Moscow Rules

• Author : Robert Moss
• Publisher : G K Hall & Company
• Release : 07 February 1985

Sasha Preobrazhensky infiltrates the upper echelons of the Soviet power structure and attempts to destroy the Kremlin and topple the entire Soviet political system in a bloodless coup

• Author : Keir Giles
• Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
• Release : 29 January 2019

From Moscow, the world looks different. It is through understanding how Russia sees the world—and its place in it—that the West can best meet the Russian challenge. Russia and the West are like neighbors who never seem able to understand each other. A major reason, this book argues, is that Western leaders tend to think that Russia should act as a “rational” Western nation—even though Russian leaders for centuries have thought and acted based on their country's

• Author : Daniel Silva
• Publisher : Penguin
• Release : 22 July 2008

The death of a journalist leads Israeli spy Gabriel Allon to Russia, where he finds that, in terms of spycraft, even he has something to learn in this #1 New York Times bestseller. Moscow is no longer the gray, grim city of Soviet times. Now it is awash with oil wealth and choked with bulletproof Bentleys. But in the new Russia, power once again resides behind the walls of the Kremlin. Critics of the ruling class are ruthlessly silenced. And a

• Author : Douglas Boyd
• Publisher : The History Press
• Release : 02 March 2015

After the guns fell silent in May 1945, the USSR resumed its clandestine warfare against the western democracies. Soviet dictator Josef Stalin installed secret police services in all the satellite countries of Central and Eastern Europe. Trained by his NKVD – a predecessor of the KGB – officers of the Polish UB, the Czech StB, the Hungarian AVO, Romania’s Securitate, Bulgaria’s KDS, Albania’s Sigurimi and the Stasi of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) spied on and ruthlessly repressed their fellow

• Author : Everest Media,
• Publisher : Everest Media LLC
• Release : 27 March 2022

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 The CIA had a spy named Oleg Penkovsky, who had been missing for several months. He had resurfaced to signal that the Soviets were about to start World War III. He had provided the CIA with so much classified information that thirty translators and analysts were hired to work on the material full time. #2 The American president, John F. Kennedy, was informed by the Soviet Union’

• Author : Kurt Bittner,Ian Spence
• Publisher : Addison-Wesley Professional
• Release : 07 February 2023

Discusses how to define and organize use cases that model the user requirements of a software application. The approach focuses on identifying all the parties who will be using the system, then writing detailed use case descriptions and structuring the use case model. An ATM example runs throughout the book. The authors work at Rational Software. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

• Author : H. Keith Melton,Craig Piligian,Duane Swierczynski
• Publisher : Quirk Books
• Release : 07 February 2023

In today's business world, information is everything: and no one gathers it more effectively than spies. The Spy's Guide: Office Espionage brings real spying techniques into the workplace, with the same appeal as The Action Hero's Handbook. Step-by-step instructions disclose the secret methods used by the CIA, KGB and Fortune 500 companies to steal computer passwords and spy on competitors.

• Author : Daniel Silva
• Publisher : Putnam Adult
• Release : 07 February 2023

Investigating the suspicious death of a journalist in Moscow, Gabriel Allon learns of the machinations of a former KGB colonel whose covert arms dealing business is part of a larger plot to challenge the global dominance of the United States.

• Author : Kurt Bittner,Ian Spence
• Publisher : Addison-Wesley Professional
• Release : 27 June 2006

The Practical, Start-to-Finish Guide to Planning and Leading Iterative Software Projects Iterative processes have gained widespread acceptance because they help software developers reduce risk and cost, manage change, improve productivity, and deliver more effective, timely solutions. But conventional project management techniques don’t work well in iterative projects, and newer iterative management techniques have been poorly documented. Managing Iterative Software Development Projects is the solution: a relentlessly practical guide to planning, organizing, estimating, staffing, and managing any iterative project, from

• Author : Amanda Hosch
• Publisher : Capstone
• Release : 01 August 2017

A young spy gets entangled in an action-filled, whodunit mystery! When Mabel's parents leave town without warning, she isn't worried. They're spies, after all. But when her beloved Aunt Gertie is arrested for leading a smuggling ring, then her obnoxious Uncle Frank and Aunt Stella show up, demanding to be let into the family's private museum . . . things begin to look fishy. Especially since Mabel hasn't heard from her parents in days. Tackling a mystery like this one is what she

• Author : Jennifer Stapleton
• Publisher : Cambridge University Press
• Release : 07 February 1997

DSDM is about people, not tools. It is about truly understanding the needs of a business, delivering software solutions that work and delivering them as quickly and as cheaply as possible. The Dynamic Systems Development Method provides a framework of controls and best practice for Rapid Application Development. It was created by a consortium of organisations and it has been proved, since its publication in January 1995, to be extremely effective in delivering maintainable systems which match the needs of the

• Author : Antonio Mendez,Jonna Mendez,Bruce Henderson
• Publisher : Simon and Schuster
• Release : 07 November 2003

From the author of the Golden Globe winner and Oscar nominated Argo, a true-life thriller set against the backdrop of the Cold War, which unveils the life of an American spy from the inside and dramatically reveals how the CIA reestablished the upper hand over the KGB in the intelligence war. From the author of the Golden Globe winner and Academy Award winner Argo... Moscow, 1988. The twilight of the Cold War. The KGB is at its most ruthless, and has

• Author : JOANNA BAWA,Pat Dorazio,Lesley Trenner
• Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
• Release : 12 November 2001

As a follow-up to the successful Politics of Usability, this book deals with the ways in which HCI experts apply their knowledge within the pressured environment of the modern organisation. Quite apart from the need to provide a good usability service with little time or money, most HCI practitioners also have to deal with the day-to-day concerns of funding, budgets, project and people management, teamwork, communication and the promotion of HCI ideas. How to achieve this and still find new

• Author : John le Carré
• Publisher : Penguin UK
• Release : 27 September 2018

The concluding part of John le Carré's celebrated Karla Trilogy, Smiley's People sees the last confrontation between the indefatigable spymaster George Smiley and his great enemy, as their rivalry comes to a shattering end. A Soviet defector has been assassinated on English soil, and George Smiley is called back to the Circus to clear up - and cover up - the mess. But what he discovers sends him delving into the past, on a trail through Hamburg and Paris

• Author : Philip Gooden
• Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
• Release : 24 September 2015

What is the shade of difference between Sod's Law and Murphy's Law? What is the Helsinki Bus Station Theory? What part do the McNaughton Rules and the Miranda Law play in criminal justice? Plenty of books claim to tell you how to succeed in life, love or business with infallible sets of guidelines and self-help principles, but have nothing to say about the laws - often hidden ones - which really govern our lives. Skyscrapers, Hemlines and the Eddie Murphy