Samantha Cash has a skill Connor Wolfe needs - catching killers through computers. When she poses as a target, her virtual world becomes real - and deadly.

Reaching net zero emissions will not be the end of the climate struggle, but only the end of the beginning. For centuries thereafter, temperatures will remain elevated; climate damages will continue to accrue and sea levels will continue to rise. Even the urgent and utterly essential task of reaching net zero cannot be achieved rapidly by emissions reductions alone. To hasten net zero and minimize climate damages thereafter, we will also need massive...

"Learn all about drones, from how they were first created to how they are being used today."--

An FBI hostage negotiator confronts a commercial pilot who has hijacked his own plane in this spellbinding thriller from New York Times–bestselling author John J. Nance
Airline pilot Ken Wolfe does not rattle easily. But when he learns that Rudolph Bostich is on his flight, his face goes pale. Bostich, the presumptive nominee for US Attorney General, bungled the case against the man who kidnapped and killed Wolfe’s...

Department Z tracks down a doomsday weapon in an edge-of-your-seat spy thriller from the Edgar Award–winning author who sold eighty million books worldwide. Professor Toller has created a weapon that could change the world as we know it. The threat is imminent as the professor and his formula are kidnapped, and it is left to the head of Department Z, Gordon Craigie, to save the day. Department Z is a small and little-known faction of the intelligence...

Bill Gates has spent a decade investigating the causes and effects of climate change, and with the help of experts, has focused on what must be done in order to stop the planet's slide to certain environmental disaster. Giving us a clear-eyed description of the challenges we face. he not only explains why we need to work toward net-zero emissions of greenhouse gases, but also details what we need to do to achieve this profoundly important goal. He...

Fans of Ex Machina and I, Robot will love this book with "something to interest almost everyone." (Screencraft) "Faster is an exciting drama with deeply drawn and flawed characters. The action is often exciting, and many chapters are page-turners." -Valerie W., Amazon reviewer Inspired by the incredible true story of three geniuses who changed the world. Out in the sun-bleached sands of the Mojave Desert, a group of masterminds comes together...

Studies in neuroscience reveal that the way we learn doesn't always match up with the way we are taught. To stay competitive academically, economically, and technologically, we need to apply the proven principles of disruptive innovation to our educational system. Disrupting Class will show you how to: * Help more students succeed through customized learning. * Meet the demand for new technology, especially computers, in student-centric classrooms. *...

An introduction to how cryptocurrencies like bitcoin are just one example of transformative applications that this relatively new technology makes possible. The author interprets the complexity into digestible anecdotes, metaphors, and straightforward descriptions for readers who don't know tech, and explains all of blockchain's most important aspects: why this so-called digital ledger is unhackable and unchangeable; how its distributed nature may...