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  Hands-on Cryptography with...

  Md Rasid Ali

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  Master Cryptography with Python: From History to Real-World Implementation.
  Book Description
  Cryptography is the backbone of modern digital security, and Python makes it accessible for everyone. Hands-on Cryptography with Python takes readers from foundational concepts to advanced cryptographic systems, equipping them with both theoretical understanding and practical implementation skills using Python.
  You’ll begin with setting up the platform and Installation and move on to understanding the basics of cryptography—exploring classic ciphers, their evolution, and their role in secure communication. Next, you’ll advance to Symmetric Key Cryptography and Asymmetric Key Cryptography, learning how to implement encryption algorithms step-by-step with Python.
  As you progress, you’ll dive into essential cryptographic components like Hashing and Message Integrity, enabling you to safeguard data and verify its authenticity. The book then introduces miscellaneous cryptographic schemes and highlights the principle that “Security is Only as Strong as the Weakest Link”, encouraging you to identify and address vulnerabilities.
  Toward the final stages, you’ll gain hands-on expertise in TLS Communication, the backbone of secure data exchange on the web. The journey culminates with an exploration of current trends in cryptography, including lightweight cryptography and post-quantum solutions, ensuring you stay ahead in this ever-evolving field.
  Table of Contents
  1. Platform Setup and Installation
  2. Introduction to Cryptography
  3. Symmetric Key Cryptography
  4. Asymmetric Key Cryptography
  5. Hashing
  6. Message Integrity
  7. Miscellaneous Crypto Schemes
  8. Security is Only as Strong as the Weakest Link
  9. TLS Communication
  10. Latest Trends in Cryptography      
  
  Index

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  Heal the Beasts - A Jaunt...

  DVM Philipp Schott

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  How and why did humans begin to treat sick and injured animals? And how did those practices, and the associated attitudes, evolve from prehistory to the present day? 
   
   
   
  To answer these questions, Dr. Schott shares stories of twenty-two different animal healers and veterinarians from across eras and continents, examining the always fascinating, often unexpected, and sometimes hilarious veterinary methods employed by these people and their colleagues. But at the heart of the tale lies the evolution of the human-animal bond, which has been more cyclical than linear. 
   
   
   
  James Herriot will be familiar to many people, but most of the other featured vets will be new. They range from Palakapya, who treated fighting elephants in India almost 3,000 years ago, to Dr. Louis Camuti, who had the first feline house call practice anywhere, tending to the cats of celebrities in mid-twentieth-century Manhattan. Along the way, we see every kind of person trying to heal every kind of creature. 
   
   
   
  Whether you have a passion for animals, the history of the medical sciences, or just quirky history, this light-hearted exploration of the empathetic relationship between man and beast will entertain and delight.

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  Secret Societies

  Philip Gardiner

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  Throughout Secret Societies, Gardiner; uncovers an ancient secret society thought to have died out many years ago and gets to the core of the secret societies’ belief systems. He explores the secret origins of Freemasonry and the links to secret Serpent Cults, Investigates the secret hidden meaning of King Arthur and Robin Hood and examines the claimants to the name of Illuminati, and analyzes the history of the group in Europe and America. Gardiner reveals the secret links within the Vatican and the Nazi Party and looks in-depth at the white-powdered gold theory supposedly kept secret by orders throughout time and radically re-appraises it. He also shows the link between the so-called enlightenment experience and the control of our minds. 
   
  Nobody in the genre involves themselves in the tale in the same way that Gardiner does, and here he shows that the search for ultimate truth can often be a terrifying one.

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  Into Stability - Walter R Evans...

  Gregory W Evans

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  Into Stability: Walter R. Evans and the Story of Root Locus tells the remarkable story of a quiet but transformative breakthrough in engineering—one that reshaped modern control systems and helped guide technological progress during the Cold War. 
  In the late 1940s, as engineers struggled to design increasingly complex feedback systems for aircraft, radar, and emerging technologies, stability remained one of the most difficult problems in control engineering. Walter Evans, working with a rare combination of mathematical insight and practical intuition, developed a graphical technique that allowed engineers to visualize how system stability changed as parameters shifted. This method—later known as the root locus—quickly became one of the most powerful and widely taught tools in control theory. 
  The book traces Evans’s journey from his early life and education through the intellectual environment that shaped his thinking, revealing how curiosity, persistence, and unconventional problem-solving led to a breakthrough that would influence generations of engineers. 
  Beyond the mathematics, Into Stability is also a human story—of family, mentorship, and the legacy of innovation. Gregory W. Evans blends personal recollections with historical context to illuminate how one engineer’s idea spread through classrooms, laboratories, and industries worldwide. The result is both a tribute and a historical narrative that captures the spirit of discovery that drives engineering progress. 
  Ultimately, the book reveals how a deceptively simple graphical technique became a cornerstone of modern control engineering—shaping everything from aerospace systems to robotics and beyond—while honoring the life and contributions of the man who first drew stability into view.

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  AI Chat GPT Elections 2024 -...

  Michael Mathiesen

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  AI Chat GPT Elections 2024 - Orac for President is a journey through Human-AI collaboration and is a futuristic book that explores the possibilities and challenges of a world where AI language models can collaborate with humans to create meaningful dialogues on complex issues such as politics and social justice. This book is a compilation of conversations between a human and Orac, an intelligent and intuitive AI language model, discussing the potential of AI-assisted decision-making, ethical concerns, and the role of technology in shaping our worldviews. The reader will witness the evolution of the relationship between human and AI, highlighting the possibilities and limitations of this relationship in creating a more just and equitable society.The collaboration between Orac and myself also delves into the concept of Real Democracy and the potential amendments to the Constitution required to make it a reality. From discussions around voting rights and accessible education, to equitable healthcare and a universal basic income, the reader will find compelling arguments and perspectives around the ways in which technology and AI can support a more inclusive and democratic society. Through the lens of Real Democracy, the book offers a path towards progress and social change, encouraging readers to think critically about how technology and AI can be harnessed for the greater good of humanity.We come to many revolutionary ideas about how to use this amazing new technology to improve the highly flawed and antiquated system of making our laws by sending representatives - who pledge to represent their constituents in Washington D.C., but somehow take decades to deliver on any real solutions to problems and in fact create more problems than they solve.  Orac realizes there is a better way by using the power of the Internet in a Real Democracy where money cannot block truly popular legislation and new ideas but he needs to be President to get this done.

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  The Hunter's Way - A Guide to...

  Craig Raleigh

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  “Craig Raleigh puts hunting into modern perspective, combining higher sensibilities and his firsthand insight into the hunting world to gently illuminate a part of human nature that was, and still is, among the purest of human endeavors.” —Jim Shockey, award-winning writer and host of Jim Shockey’s Hunting Adventures and Uncharted 
  A thoughtful appreciation of hunting and a celebration of the outdoors that illuminates the hunter’s psyche, role, and influence on our culture. 
  ""As we began to set foot in the outdoors we didn’t expect to learn something beyond where the deer were running or where the ducks were flying. Once we realized what these creatures really wanted, it was the opening of truth for us as hunters."" 
  A long-time hunter and fisherman and senior writer at Wide Open Spaces, Craig Raleigh has spent most of the last forty-five years of his life trying to find that elusive Holy Grail of hunting, that unimagined outdoor reality where one’s training, instinct, and experience converge into extraordinary bliss and accomplishment. He is the first to admit, that this does not entail the capture of a deer or an ever-evasive pheasant. It is the freedom to give back to the outdoors as much as one takes from it. For hunters, a life lived in the outdoors is massively rewarding and offers non-stop pleasures. It comes with the love of camaraderie, choice, and reward, and provides a deep appreciation for the nature world. 
  The Hunter’s Way is his meditative and philosophical journey into the soul of a hunter. Divided into four parts that mirror the hunting experience—the background, the preparation, the hunt, and the harvest—it addresses the paradox of hunting as conservationism, ruminates on the failures and successes of hunting as sport and as a way of life, and reveals how hunting influences our society. 
  As Raleigh explains, the hunt is so much more than the kill. Most often, the hunter leaves the woods and fields empty-handed. Rather, the beauty of hunting is in the experience itself. As a hunter, you are constantly looking for clues. Yet in nature, signs are changeable, confusing, and never the same the second time. A captivating synthesis of On Trails, Norwegian Wood, and Shop Class as Soulcraft, The Hunter’s Way is a literary reflection and love letter to the value of hunting as both sport and way of life.

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