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Western political discourse on cybersecurity is dominated by news of Chinese military development of cyberwarfare capabilities and cyber exploitation against foreign governments, corporations, and non-governmental organizations. Western accounts, however, tell only one side of the story. Chinese leaders are also concerned with cyber insecurity, and Chinese authors frequently note that China is also a victim of foreign cyber attacks—predominantly from the United States. China and Cybersecurity is a comprehensive analysis of China's cyberspace threats and policies.

Health and wellness campaigns preach avoidance of unhealthy foods, sedentary lifestyles, tobacco, drugs, and alcohol, but rarely preach avoidance of unhealthy, difficult, or toxic people. Yet the health benefits of removing toxic people from your life may have far greater benefits to both physical and psychological health. We need to learn to be better gatekeepers for our minds, bodies, and souls. Narcissism, entitlement, and incivility have become the new world order, and we are all in trouble. They are not only normalized but also increasingly incentivized.

Selected from sermons delivered by C. S. Lewis during World War II, these nine addresses show the beloved author and theologian bringing hope and courage in a time of great doubt. Addressing some of the most difficult issues we face in our day-to-day lives, C.S. Lewis’s ardent and timeless...

In this book we will be exploring the world of bullying as it pertains to the views of a child. We will explore the different types of bullying, why it occurs, and what your child - and the parent of a child - can do to prevent it and help their child through this rough patch of growing up.

Just when Colin Richardson thinks he has mastered the art of survival in this savage Earth, a new threat emerges. As he returns to Townsville with the imprisoned J.J. in tow, he learns that the mandrills are on the move once again.

NFL tight end Andrew McAdams isn't thrilled to be sidelined with an injury. He's even less thrilled about his legal troubles. Community service is the only thing standing between him and jail. It's not all bad news, though. He gets to work with Jesse Fox, who is as gorgeous as he is guarded. And...

Who doesn't worry sometimes that smart phones, the Internet, and TV are robbing us of time and preventing us from having a life? How can we make the most of our time on earth? In the first century AD, the Stoic philosopher Seneca the Younger offered one of the most famous answers to that question in his essay "On the Shortness of Life"—a work that has more to teach us today than ever before.

Detective Karen Hart is finally getting her life back on track—enjoying her new relationship and dealing with the grief in her past. Then someone from her counselling group asks for help locating a missing friend, Phoebe Woodrow, who went out partying and never came home. Karen wonders if Phoebe’s disappearance might be related to a recent spate of women having their drinks spiked. As she digs deeper, she finds out that Phoebe’s work in medical research involved a shifty alliance with Quentin Chapman, a menacing local gangster—but it was also about to make her a fortune.

A modern day classic, The Richest Man in Babylon dispenses financial advice through a collection of parables set in ancient Babylon. These famous "Babylonian parables" offer an understanding of - and solution to - a lifetime's worth of personal financial problems, and hold the secrets to acquiring money, keeping money, and earning more money.

The Waste Land is a seminal work of modernist poetry by T.S. Eliot. Written in 1922, this five-part poem is a portrait of its time, a work that expresses the disillusionment of the modernist era and the desperation that the generation of writers of that time was feeling....

As a married man and Stanford graduate student nearing thirty, Christopher Donner would likely have qualified for an exemption from the draft. Like most of his generation, however, he responded promptly to the call to arms after Pearl Harbor. His wartime experiences in the Pacific Theater were seared into his consciousness, and in early 1946 he set out to preserve those memories while they were still fresh.

"He who controls the spice controls the universe." Frank Herbert's Dune saga is the epic story of Paul, son of Duke Leto Atreides, and heir to the massive fortune promised by the desert planet Arrakis and its vast reservoirs of a drug called "spice." To control the spice, Paul and his mother Jessica, a devotee of the pseudo-religious Bene Gesserit order, must find their place in the culture of the desert-dwelling Fremen of Arrakis. Paul must contend with both the devious rival House Harkonnen and the gargantuan desert sandworms—the source of the spice. 

Når nogen redder ens barn, står man i evig gæld til dem ... Han reddede min lille pige, da jeg ikke selv kunne. Jeg lukkede ham ind i vores liv. Men jeg anede intet om, at han kendte min mørkeste hemmelighed ... Det er en helt almindelig morgen i september, da jeg er lige ved at miste min...

It all begins when Tanja meets Eg. Handsome and grey-eyed, he is a friend of her parents and a teller of stories. Soon, he begins to write to Tanja, sending letters that arrive at her home in the Swedish forest, drawing her deeper into a fated love offering escape from an isolated childhood. Tanja steps through a door into adult experience from which there is no return, a relationship where desire and excitement give way to shame and control.

Porcelain angels arranged in a perfect semi-circle. A student strangled in her room. When Jemima Kelly is found murdered at Lincoln University, DS Karen Hart knows the ritualistic staging is a message. As the press call the killer ‘The Angel of Death’, Karen faces an investigation with no...

Lane O’Neill lebt seinen Traum. Mit seinen besten Freunden betreibt er Campus Drivers, eine Ride-Share-App mit Vintage-Cars. Der Fahrservice ist besonders bei den Studentinnen sehr beliebt, aber Lane befolgt streng eine Regel: keine Beziehungen. Denn er hat schon einmal einen schmerzhaften Verlust erlitten. Doch dann stolpert er eines Abends im Treppenhaus über die völlig aufgelöste Lois Hogan, die nach einer überraschenden Trennung nicht weiß, wohin ...

Løgner. Morder. Eller offer ... Natalie har brugt ti år på at komme sig over to begivenheder, der ændrede hendes liv for altid. Det første: det øjeblik, hvor hendes chef forgreb sig på hende. Det andet: Det øjeblik, hvor juryen erklærede ham uskyldig – og dermed hende for en...

Oliver My parents let me down. They should have loved me. Put me first. Protected me. But they didn't, so I protect myself by shutting people out, never letting them see the real me. They see what I want them to. The cold asshole who is there for a good time. All smiles and charm hiding an...

Inclui as duas versões desse clássico que inspirou o novo filme da Disney É véspera de Natal. Marie se encanta, dentre todos os presentes, por um quebra-nozes em formato de boneco. Ela acomoda o novo amigo no armário de brinquedos - mas, à meia-noite, ouve estranhos ruídos. Aterrorizada...

On Victoria's secluded west coast, Sarah and husband Ewen walk across a narrow bridge at dusk. Behind them, a truck rattles onto the bridge. Moments later Sarah finds herself fighting for her life as she's dragged on the inlet tide out to sea. She makes it to shore but discovers both Ewen and the truck have disappeared. The police are called, and a search follows, but Ewen remains missing. Without evidence the police are sceptical of Sarah's story and wind down their efforts. But Sarah is desperate to find her husband.