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This book is based on a course in cryptography at the upper-level under- graduate and beginning graduate level that has been given at the University of Maryland since 1997, and a course that bos been taught at Rutgers Uni- versity since 2003. When designing the courses, we decided on the following requirements:

• The...

A fascinating, eye-opening and often shocking look at what lies ahead for the U.S. and the world from one of our most incisive futurists.
 
In his thought-provoking new book, George Friedman, founder of STRATFOR—the preeminent private intelligence and forecasting firm—focuses on what he knows best, the future....

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A new novel from Paulo Coelho, author of The Alchemist. A stranger arrives in the small mountain village. He carries with him a backpack containing a notebook and eleven gold bars. Burying these in the vicinity, the stranger strikes up a curious friendship with a young woman from the village -- Miss Prym. His mission is to discover whether...