Rich Miller

"From bestselling author Dr. Joe Schwarcz, a new collection of bite-size pop science essays that allow curious readers to understand the science behind everything from plastic-wrapped cucumbers to head transplants"--

After a final act of heroism, the Wingman lands in another dimension, where the Second World War is still raging more than five decades later After surviving years of nuclear warfare, mankind found itself facing a new, unimaginable threat: a comet headed directly for Earth. Once again, Hawk Hunter, the world's greatest fighter pilot, was determined to rescue the human race. But this would be the last time. On a suicide mission, he flew headfirst into...

The Russians are vanquished, but in Panama, an old enemy is poised to rear its ugly head A Boeing 727 is making a routine charter flight out of Football City-formerly known as St. Louis-when three F-4 Phantoms appear on its tail and open fire. No match for the lightning-quick Phantoms, the 727's pilot is about to give up when his assailants explode in mid-air, becoming the latest casualties of Hawk Hunter, the Wingman.   Hunter is the greatest fighter...

Back from the Middle East, Hawk Hunter begins a campaign to reclaim America The Soviet sneak attack crippled America, breaking the United States into an array of warring factions ruled by dictators, thugs, and thieves. In the western territories, democracy has survived-thanks to the efforts of Major Hawk Hunter, the greatest fighter pilot of his time, and the Pacific American Air Corps. After narrowly stopping a Soviet ground invasion, Hunter resolved...

Flying over a shattered nation, ace pilot Hawk Hunter comes face to face with his greatest enemy The United States may have defeated the Soviet Union in the Battle for Western Europe, but the Russians ended World War III with a nuclear sneak attack that shattered America into a collection of warring states dominated by criminals, fascists, and pirates. Air power rules all in the New Order, and pilots like Hawk Hunter are the only form of law.   One...

This is the true account of one man's struggle to fulfill his spiritual destiny. Harold Klemp recounts the momentous turning points that led him to the heights of God-Realization. Through times of testing, growth, and spiritual adventure, this memoir reads like a fast-paced novel. You'll also discover spiritual tools that can propel anyone on a quest for truth. This book includes advanced instruction in conscious dreaming. It provides techniques for...

In See Yourself in Cyber: Security Careers Beyond Hacking, information security strategist and educator Ed Adams delivers a unique and insightful discussion of the many different ways the people in your organization-inhabiting a variety of roles not traditionally associated with cybersecurity-can contribute to improving its cybersecurity backbone. You'll discover how developers, DevOps professionals, managers, and others can strengthen your cybersecurity....

This classic Soviet Union history traces the USSR from 1917, to its fall, offering "a master class in understanding the structures and intricate workings of the Soviet system" (Ian Kershaw, historian and Hitler biographer). Today, the Soviet Union remains the most extraordinary but tragic attempt to create a society beyond capitalism. Yet its history was one that for a long time proved impossible to write. In The Soviet Century, Moshe Lewin follows...

All our devices and gadgets-from our refrigerators to our home security systems, vacuum cleaners, and stereos-are going online, just like our computers did. But once we've successfully connected our devices to the internet, do we have any hope of keeping them, and ourselves, safe from the dangers that lurk beneath the digital waters? In If It's Smart, It's Vulnerable, veteran cybersecurity professional Mikko Hypponen delivers an eye-opening exploration...

What will humanity look like in twenty years... in fifty? Which skills should we be cultivating in an age of ceaseless technological progress? Finnish inventor, composer, and futurist Perttu Pölönen argues that the next revolution is a human revolution. To counterbalance the world we digitalized, we need to develop creativity, perseverance, compassion, and curiosity-those same soft skills that give our lives meaning and set us apart from machines....