This title features the former head of MI5 on freedom intelligence the rule of law torture & security. How do we balance our belief in human freedom with the need to defend ourselves against those who believe the use of terror can be justified? Can our handling of security risk & the laws we pass to deal with them distort our response to the threat of terrorism? In this sobering & remarkably frank analysis based on her 2011 Reith Lectures Eliza Manningham-Buller ex-Director General of MI5 the British Security Service talks about key events during her tenure
- from the threat of the IRA to al-Qaeda. She states that torture works but must never be used how intelligence is gathered & why surveillance is necessary to protect democracy the importance of the rule of law & why without security there can be no liberty.
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Written by Denny Cherry a Microsoft MVP for the SQL Server product a Microsoft Certified Master for SQL Server 2008 & one of the biggest names in SQL Server today Securing SQL Server Second Edition" explores the potential attack vectors someone can use to break into your SQL Server database as well as how to protect your database from these attacks. In this book you will learn how to properly secure your database from both internal & external threats using best practices & specific tricks the author uses in his role as an independent consultant while working on some of the largest & most complex SQL Server installations in the world. This edition

Includes:: new chapters on Analysis Services Reporting Services & Storage Area Network Security. It presents hands-on techniques for protecting your SQL Server database from intrusion & attack. I provides the most in-depth coverage of all aspects of SQL Server database security including a wealth of new material on Microsoft SQL Server 2012 (Denali). It explains how to set up your database securely how to determine when someone tries to break in what the intruder has accessed or damaged & how to respond & mitigate damage if an intrusion occurs."

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A road map for investing that I have now been following for 57 years." --From the Foreword by Warren E. Buffett First published in 1934 Security Analysis is one of the most influential financial books ever written. Selling more than one million copies through five editions it has provided generations of investors with the timeless value investing philosophy & techniques of Benjamin Graham & David L. Dodd. As relevant today as when they first appeared nearly 75 years ago the teachings of Benjamin Graham "the father of value investing " have withstood the test of time across a wide diversity of market conditions countries & asset classes. This new sixth edition based on the classic 1940 version is enhanced with 200 additional pages of commentary from some of today's leading Wall Street money managers. These masters of value investing explain why the principles & techniques of Graham & Dodd are still highly relevant even in today's vastly different markets. The contributor list
Includes:: Seth A. Klarman president of The Baupost Group L.L.C. & author of Margin of Safety James Grant founder of Grant's Interest Rate Observer general partner of Nippon Partners Jeffrey M. Laderman twenty-five year veteran of Business Week Roger Lowenstein author of Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist & When America Aged & Outside Director Sequoia Fund Howard S. Marks CFA Chairman & Co-Founder Oaktree Capital Management L.P. J. Ezra Merkin Managing Partner Gabriel Capital Group. Bruce Berkowitz Founder Fairholme Capital Management. Glenn H. Greenberg Co-Founder & Managing Director Chieftain Capital Management Bruce Greenwald Robert Heilbrunn Professor of Finance & Asset Management Columbia Business School David Abrams Managing Member Abrams Capital Featuring a foreword by Warren E. Buffett (in which he reveals that he has read the 1940 masterwork "at least four times") this new edition of Security Analysis will reacquaint you with the foundations of value investing-more relevant than ever in the tumultuous 21st century markets."
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Security Studies is the most comprehensive textbook available on security studies. Comprehensively revised for the new edition including new chapters on Polarity Culture Intelligence & the Academic & Policy Worlds it continues to give students a detailed overview of the major theoretical approaches key themes & most significant issues within security studies. Part 1 explores the main theoretical approaches currently used within the field from realism to international political sociology. Part 2 explains the central concepts underpinning contemporary debates from the security dilemma to terrorism. Part 3 presents an overview of the institutional security architecture currently influencing world politics using international regional & global levels of analysis. Part 4 examines some of the key contemporary challenges to global security from the arms trade to energy security. Part 5 discusses the future of security. Security Studies provides a valuable teaching tool for undergraduates & MA students by collecting these related strands of the field together into a single coherent textbook. Contributors: Richard J. Aldrich Deborah D. Avant Sita Bali Michael N. Barnett Alex J. Bellamy Didier Bigo Pinar Bilgin Ken Booth Barry Buzan Stuart Croft Simon Dalby John S. Duffield Colin Elman Louise Fawcett Lawrence Freedman James M. Goldgeier Fen Osler Hampson William D. Hartung Michael Jensen Adam Jones Danielle Zach Kalbacher Stuart J. Kaufman Michael T. Klare Peter Lawler Matt Mc Donald Colin Mc Innes Cornelia Navari Michael Pugh Paul R. Pillar Srinath Raghavan Paul Rogers Waheguru Pal Singh Sidhu Joanna Spear Caroline Thomas Thomas G. Weiss Nicholas J. Wheeler Sandra Whitworth Paul D. Williams Phil Williams & Frank C. Zagare. ...

Ideas & concepts in sedimentology are changing rapidly but fundamental field work & data collection remain the basis of the science. This book is intended as a guide to the recognition & description of sedimentary rocks in the field. It aims to help the geologist know what to observe & record & how best to interpret this data. The emphasis is on illustrating the principal types of sedimentary rocks & the book contains over 400 superb colour photos & drawings. The introductory chapter defines the main types of sedimentary rock & their initial recognition followed by a section highlighting safety in the field. The author goes on to describe the main field techniques & provides a comprehensive summary of the principal characteristics of sedimentary rocks. There is a chapter on each of the main rock types & on how to interpret facies & their features in terms of depositional environments & economic significance. This book is of value to students amateur enthusiasts & professional geologists. ...

Johannes is an aesthete dedicated to creating the possibility of seduction through the careful manipulation of young women. He stealthily pursues the innocent Cordelia until she becomes increasingly drawn to him. But when she is ready to give herself completely she realizes she may have got everything wrong. United by the theme of love the writings in the Great Loves" series span over two thousand years & vastly different worlds. Readers will be introduced to loves endlessly fascinating possibilities & extremities: romantic love platonic love erotic love gay love virginal love adulterous love parental love filial love nostalgic love unrequited love illicit love not to mention lost love twisted & obsessional love..." ...

Paris. Spring 1945. A ripple of excitement passes through the crowd of photographers. Robert Capa jostles amongst them waiting for a glimpse of the anticipated star. He sees her; beautiful graceful & composed as she enters the Ritz. It is a chance meeting between the two most unlikely of people. He
- a combat photographer she
- a famous Hollywood actress. So begins a sweeping & passionate love affair between Ingrid Bergman & Robert Capa one they must keep a secret from Hollywood & Ingrids controlling husb&. Desperate to be together Ingrid vows to abandon her marriage but their happiness is brought to a crashing halt with a turn of events neither of them could ever have predicted. From the screenwriter of the 2009 film Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky comes a novel that is romantic passionate & full of the glamour of 40s Paris & Hollywood & describes the true love affair between the iconic Casablanca actress & famous photographer
- a story of love loss & longing.


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SHE VOWED TO RESIST HIM Her wealth & beauty have made Miss Portia Crompton the catch of the season. Secretly determined to wed the maharajah's son she left behind in India Portia ignores the money-hungry bucks who ply her with bouquets & bonbons. But one suitor will not be deterred: Colin Byrd Viscount Ratcliffe. He is persistent & presumptuous
- & wickedly tempting. HE VOWED TO HAVE HER Colin has no delusions about romance. He's a rake a womanizer & a murderer & seduction comes as easily to him as breathing. Portia's fortune is an irresistible lure until Colin's mercenary scheme hits a snag. Winning her dowry is no longer enough
- he wants her heart & her passion. The more adamant she is in her refusal the more determined he is to seduce her...PRAISE FOR SEDUCING THE HEIRESS: This decadent Regency romance debut is carried along by a spunky heroine & sumptuous descriptions of upper-class life." Publishers Weekly " This book has it all: a fabulous hero a wonderful heroine & sizzling passion. Read it & watch the sparks fly!" Christina Dodd " Guaranteed to seduce readers everywhere. This book is something truly special an unforgettable story filled with passion intrigue & sweep-you-away romance." Susan Wiggs Rouge Romance
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Business & pleasure is a dangerous game.. . Former part-time escort Mason Anthony manages The Black Door Two -- a club catering to a much younger sexually uninhibited clientele than the original uptown elite Black Door club. In a world where customers are always right Mason makes sure that he fully accommodates all of their needs & cravings. But controlling his passion-starved spirit long enough to focus on his new leadership role is tough especially when he's on the search for romance. Will he be able to resist temptation to win the heart of the one woman he loves? Or will secrets & scandal come knocking on his door one steamy night? ...

She was twenty-three & already in love. She was certain he'd be handsome. She would be dead before midnight. Bryna Bankhead carefully dressed for her date with the wonderful Dante a man she's only ever spoken to online. By the end of the night rose petals are scattered poetry has been"ed
- & Bryna has been murdered. What starts as a mistake becomes a terrifying game as two young men pursue their poisonous obsession with an illegal drug & an insatiable desire. As more girls are taken homicide lieutenant Eve Dallas & her roguish husband Roarke must think fast & act even faster. & then Eve discovers the secret to their destructive past & a deadly trap is set.. .
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