Niall: 234 books

As an under-studied area of academic research, the analysis of computer network traffic data is still in its infancy. However, the challenge of detecting and mitigating malicious or unauthorised behaviour through the lens of such data is becoming an increasingly prominent issue. This collection...

There is increasing pressure to protect computer networks against unauthorized intrusion, and some work in this area is concerned with engineering systems that are robust to attack. However, no system can be made invulnerable. Data Analysis for Network Cyber-Security focuses on monitoring and analyzing...

A fascinating miscellany that celebrates all things Christmas from the author of The Curious Gardener?s Almanac. Drawing from more than two thousand years of history and culture, this collection of anecdotes, customs, tips, and recipes features more than 1,000 entries honoring one of the world?s...

In easy to understand language, this text describes how anyone, of any age or background, may consecrate their heart to Jesus, through Mary, using the celebrated method of St Louis de Montfort. Progressing through four successive themes over 33 days, and by way of daily scripture, guidance from St...

The US. EPA defines brownfields as "idle real property, the development or improvement of which is impaired by real or perceived contamination." The authors of Principles of Brownfield Regeneration argue that, compared to "greenfields"-farmland, forest, or pasturelands that have never been developed-brownfields...

Written by radiology residents who have recently passed the newly formatted FRCR Part 1 Anatomy Exam, this study guide includes detailed coverage of all the anatomy topics on the exam. The images and accompanying questions and answers are specifically tailored to the new exam format and cover the...

Consideration of the body as a subject for study has increased in recent years with new technologies, forms of modification, debates about obesity and issues of age being brought into focus by the media. Drawing on contemporary culture, Body Studies: The Basics introduces readers to the key concerns...

The 2016 presidential race is arguably already over in 40 states and the District of Columbia. If recent presidential election trends are any indication of what will happen in 2016, Democrats in Texas and Republicans in New York might as well stay home on election day because their votes will matter...

Donovan DeChance watches over the balDonovan DeChance is a collector of ancient manuscripts and books, a practicing mage, and a private investigator. Over the span of a long life, he has gathered and archived the largest occult library in the world. When a local houngan begins meddling with...

A Midnight Dreary, the long-awaited fifth volume in The DeChance Chronicles, picks up outside Old Mill, NC, when Donovan, reminded that he has promised his lover, Amethyst, and Geoffrey Bullfinch of the O.C.L.T. a story, draws them back in time to a vision of the final chapter of the novel Nevermore,...

In a future Los Angeles where organ theft is sanctioned and complete computer-human interfacing is all the rage, a woman suddenly let out of prison discovers that all of her friends and relatives are mysteriously dying around her. She finds herself on the run from Chinese Black Hearts, eager to confiscate her already levied organs, as well as the authorities.

Edgar Allan Poe is one of the most influential authors in the genres of horror and dark fantasy; his presence can be felt in everything from Sherlock Holmes to Stephen King. In AN UNKINDNESS OF RAVENS, you will find modern fiction directly connected to and inspired by the master, penned by two Bram Stoker Award-winning authors.

When Euphrankes Holmynn, Captain of the Airship Vector, approaches the High Council with a plan for launching an airship through The Second Veil, an energy barrier that has protected their planet since the beginning of their collective memories, he is dismissed and banished from the city. Then a flaming...

Something in Lavender, California is waking up. Rituals not properly completed for centuries are coming together. Nothing is what it seems.When Nick Leatherman, his girlfriend Ruthie, and their buddies Flash and Weasel invade Shady Grove Cemetery for a “ghost hunt” on their way home from a concert,...