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Title: The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography Publisher: Anchor Authors: SIMON SINGH Rating: 5/5  I'm on a non-fiction kick at the moment, and I'm loving reading books that tell you about anything science-y. Of the stack of 5 or 6 I've recently read, this one was the best. Firstly, Singh is an excellent writer - the writing just draws you in. Secondly, you learn how easy it is to crack the sorts of codes people write to each other as kids. And thirdly, I loved learning how Elizabeth 1st's spymaster outwitted Mary Queen of Scots by using decryption. Other books in my stack (which weren't quite as good) included The Perfect Storm, and The Making of the Atomic Bomb. Now, both of these were great. But that just shows how good I think The Code Book is.
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Title: Resident Evil(TM) Official Strategy Guide for GameCube Publisher: Brady Games Authors: Dan Birlew Rating: 5/5 I found this book to be indespensible when exploring this game. Some of the puzzles and challenges I don't know how I would have figured out without the book. A time saver on levels wherre I was just plain stuck. If you own the game or need help this is the book to have. Also good for figuring out the alternate stories that can take place depending on your decisions in the game.
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Title: Wireless Communications: Principles and Practice (2nd Edition) Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR Authors: Theodore S. Rappaport, Theodore Rappaport Rating: 5/5 In my opinion, THE book for introductory coursework in wireless (non-satellite) communications systems. Though the author claims the material can be covered in a single semester, I think it is better to plan a two-semester sequence at either the advanced undergraduate or early graduate levels. A background in calculus, probability theory, and communications signal analysis is necessary.
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Title: Building Cocoa Applications : A Step by Step Guide Publisher: O'Reilly Authors: Simson Garfinkel, Michael K. Mahoney Rating: 5/5 This is a great book, and I recommend it to anyone who wants to develop applications for Mac OS X. It covers a wide range of Cocoa programming topics, from the basics of the various Cocoa developer tools through more-complex topics like multiprocessing, multithreading, and system-wide services. I really like the authors' approach to presenting the example programs. Although small example programs are used for some topics, they present most of the programming topics through 3 larger applications. Each application (Calculator, MathPaper, GraphPaper) is built up over several chapters, which helps the reader tie the topics together and see how the various concepts interoperate. At the end of each major section of the book, you have an application that is actually useful, rather than a bunch of small programs that just demonstrate individual programming concepts. The book assumes no prior knowledge of Macintosh-based programming, although it does assume some general programming knowledge as well as knowledge of the ANSI C programming language. If you're serious about developing applications for Mac OS X, buy this book. You won't be sorry.
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