“steven marcus”

This volume contains the proceedings of a two-day multidisciplinary conference on the ethical implications of brain research organized by Stanford University and the University of California, San Francisco. Leaders in neuroscience, journalism, law, and philosophy, among other fields, engaged in a fr... More

Only complete guide to Check Point FireWall-1, the security software used in 75% of corporate networks worldwide. Clear, step-by-step help for installing, administrating, troubleshooting, and maintaining Check Point firewalls. Officially endorsed and tech edited by Check Point.Valuable CD-ROM, creat... More

Short, thick-bodied, mulishly stubborn, and indifferent to pain, Dashiell Hammett's Continetal Op was the prototype for generations of tough-guy detectives. In these stories the Op unravels a murder with too many clues, looks for a girl with eyes the color of shadows on polished silver, and tangles ... More

The five novels that Hammett published between 1929 and 1934 are collected inone volume: "Red Harvest, The Dain Curse, The Maltese Falcon, The Glass Key, "and "The Thin Man."... More

The Continental Op's greatest capers are newly restored in this edition of Dashiell Hammett's crime stories, just as they appeared in "Black Mask."In scores of stories written for Black Mask and other pulp magazines in the 1920s and 1930s, Dashiell Hammett used the vernacular adventure tale to regis... More