"For readers of Jon Krakauer and The Lost City of Z, a remarkable tale of survival and solitude--the true story of a man who lived alone in a tent in the Maine woods, never talking to another person and surviving by stealing supplies from nearby cabins for twenty-seven years. In 1986, twenty-year-old Christopher Knight left his home in Massachusetts, drove to Maine, and disappeared into the woods. He would not have a conversation with another human...

With the large number of high-profile incidents in the last few years, you've likely heard of ransomware attacks--a type of cybercrime where hackers use malware to encrypt network files, locking users out of the system until a ransom is paid. Within hours, a thriving business can completely lose access to its sensitive data. Business solutions company Tools & Solutions survived a ransomware attack. Then, to prevent future attacks from succeeding,...

The Juche nation : beloved leaders, brilliant thoughts, power cuts and empty shelves. A normal day in Pyongyang ; The Juche state : political theory in North Korea ; The revolutionary dynasty : leadership in North Korea -- The economics of North Korea : Chollima, speed battles, collapse and famine. Economics Pyongyang style : command and control ; The worst of times : food, famine, and the arduous march ; The start of a sort of reform : change and...

Overview: From Erin Brockovich to Enron, whistleblowers who "challenge abuses of power that betray the public trust" have proven to be an unfortunate necessity in modern business culture. Their efforts to report crimes, fraud, and dangers to public health and safety have saved millions of lives and billions of dollars of shareholder value-and had we heeded the warnings of whistleblowers, perhaps disasters such as the Bernie Madoff scandal and the...

"This book is concerned with how people come together to achieve a productive purpose. Human survival has always depended upon our ability to form and sustain social organisations. People have a deep need to be creative and to belong. By creating positive organisations we can fulfil these needs and build a worthwhile society. Such organisations do not occur by chance; a positive organisation is created by the hard work of leaders and members and influenced...

"Active business capitalizes on popular motivational category: The Program combines military experience and motivation like popular books Make Your Bed, The Way of the SEAL, Team of Teams, and Extreme Ownership among many others. Author Plan for Moving Books Through Speaking Engagements and Keynotes: Eric Kapitulik and his team of distinguished, retired military veterans and former varsity athletes speak in front of approximately 150 sports teams...

"Design for Excellence in Electronics Manufacturing offers comprehensive, up to date coverage specific to design and reliability of electronics. The book will highlight how utilizing the DfX concepts of Design for Reliability, Design for Manufacturability, Design for Environment, Design for Testability, etc., will not only reduce research and development costs, but will also decrease time to market and allow companies to confidently issue warranty...

"Raised in the "agrarian ghetto" of Dickens--improbably smack in the middle of downtown L.A.--the narrator of The Sellout resigned himself to the fate of all other middle-class Californians: "to die in the same bedroom you'd grown up in, looking up at the crack in the stucco ceiling that had been there since '68 quake." Raised by a single father, a controversial sociologist at Riverside Community College, he spent his childhood as the subject in psychological...