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Book Fraud

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  • Author : Edward J. Balleisen
  • Publisher : Princeton University Press
  • Release : 2018-12-18
  • ISBN : 0691183074
  • Pages : 494 pages

Download or read book Fraud written by Edward J. Balleisen and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2018-12-18 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive history of fraud in America, from the early nineteenth century to the subprime mortgage crisis In America, fraud has always been a key feature of business, and the national worship of entrepreneurial freedom complicates the task of distinguishing salesmanship from deceit. In this sweeping narrative, Edward Balleisen traces the history of fraud in America—and the evolving efforts to combat it—from the age of P. T. Barnum through the eras of Charles Ponzi and Bernie Madoff. This unprecedented account describes the slow, piecemeal construction of modern institutions to protect consumers and investors—from the Gilded Age through the New Deal and the Great Society. It concludes with the more recent era of deregulation, which has brought with it a spate of costly frauds, including corporate accounting scandals and the mortgage-marketing debacle. By tracing how Americans have struggled to foster a vibrant economy without encouraging a corrosive level of cheating, Fraud reminds us that American capitalism rests on an uneasy foundation of social trust.

Book Kakar Cybersecurity

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  • Author : Wali Khan Kakar
  • Publisher : Wali Khan Kakar
  • Release : 2022-01-01
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 752 pages

Download or read book Kakar Cybersecurity written by Wali Khan Kakar and published by Wali Khan Kakar. This book was released on 2022-01-01 with total page 752 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contents Disclaimer!…………………………………………….. 18 Warning!……………………………………………….. 19 How to install Oracle VM VirtualBox…………. 20 VirtualBox needs the Microsoft Visual C++ 2019 Redistributable ………………………………. 22 How to install the Kali Linux …………………….. 24 How to install Kali Linux on VMware…………. 29 Install the Kali Linux ISO file in the VMware. 32 Kali Linux commands………………………………. 36 What are Daemons in Linux? & How to Run Daemon Process…………………………………….. 45 How to Install Tor Browser in Kali Linux…….. 46 Twitter Brute force (tweetshell)……………….. 48 Find All Social Media Accounts Using a Single Username ……………………………………………… 50 How to find website vulnerabilities in Kali Linux……………………………………………………… 53 Running Firefox as root in a regular user’s session is not supported. ($XAUTHORITY is 4 /home/kali/. Xauth ority which is owned by Kali.) ……………………………………………………… 57 How to secure Web server from hackers ….. 59 Dark Web Installation……………………………… 61 How to Crate Dark Web Website……………… 65 Linux Security: Securing Linux using UFW (Uncomplicated Firewall) ………………………… 69 Nmap ……………………………………………………. 71 Nmap Discovery Options…………………………. 75 Basic Scanning Techniques in the Nmap……. 76 Firewall Bypass — How to Do No-Ping Scan with NMAP…………………………………………….. 77 Network Hacking using NMAP Scanning……. 78 Kali Linux login bypass…………………………….. 82 DNS Spoofing …………………………………………. 85 How Hackers Use DNS Spoofing to Hack Systems…………………………………………………. 92 Apache2 Server…………………………………….. 100 If not work try this code ………………………. 101 5 HoneyPot…………………………………………….. 102 Track Location (Seeker)…………………………. 105 Ngrok Installation …………………………………. 117 Browser Hacking using BeEF (Browser Exploitation Framework) [For Beef don’t use Root permissions)…………………………………. 121 Exif Tool (Information Gathering Tool) ……. 137 How to Secure Your Systems and Servers | WAF and OWASP………………………………….. 138 Capturing and Analyzing Network Packets with Wireshark…………………………………………….. 141 Hacking Tools — Install Hacking Scripts, Tools, and Wordlists……………………………………….. 142 Initramfs Problem…………………………………. 153 Increase Internet Speed in Kali Linux ………. 155 NetBIOS Enumeration | How to Perform Enumeration of NetBIOS ……………………….. 158 Install Metasploitable 2 on Virtual Machine159 Bash Shell Scripting: Intro to File and Permissions………………………………………….. 163 6 Bug Bounty ………………………………………….. 165 Censys Discovery and Automation………….. 168 Website Footprinting ……………………………. 173 Footprinting Techniques (DNS, WHOIS) ….. 180 Facebook Information Gathering……………. 182 Scan the WordPress Vulnerabilities………… 184 Or ……………………………………………………… 185 Fraud Exposed | How to Expose a Scammer …………………………………………………………… 188 How to Hack WhatsApp QRL Jacking Exploitation Framework in Kali Linux ………. 189 How to Hack Webcam, Microphone and get Mobile Location using a Link ………………….. 195 Or ……………………………………………………… 200 How to Enumerate DNS? | Domain Name System ………………………………………………… 204 How to Enumerate SNMP ……………………… 205 Web Cam Hacking using CamPhish…………. 209 7 NIKTO Web vulnerability scanner tool for Kali Linux……………………………………………………. 212 Practically Perform Vulnerability Assessment (OWASP ZAP) ……………………………………….. 213 MAC Changer in Shell Scripting………………. 216 How to Enumerate NetBIOS…………………… 224 How to Enumerate NFS (Network File System) …………………………………………………………… 226 E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run ‘sudo dpkg — configure -a’ to correct the problem. ……………………………………………… 230 Shared Clipboard Text Windows to Kali Linux host in Virtual Box | Copy, and Paste Windows to Kali Linux………………………………………….. 231 How to avoid anonymity leaks? Stay anonymous………………………………………….. 233 Remotely Control an Android Device………. 237 Find someone’s social media profile, email, and domain using OSiNT Tool ………………… 238 8 How to Create a Remote Access Trojan (RAT) …………………………………………………………… 239 Enumeration — How to Enumerate SMTP…. 241 How to Change Private IP using Shell Program …………………………………………………………… 243 Clear All Logs from Windows and Linux…… 248 Monitor Mode Switcher Using Shell Scripting …………………………………………………………… 250 How to Remove Rootkits from Our Devices253 Advanced Hacking with Nmap ……………….. 254 How to Remove Cache Files…………………… 255 How to Create Payload………………………….. 256 How Hackers Hack Your Phone Remotely… 260 How to Perform DoS Attack …………………… 266 DOS Attack — Crash Linux and Android in just 2 lines of code…………………………………………. 267 DOS Attack in the Metasploitable2 Machine (Crash the Metasploitable2 Machine) …….. 270 GoldenEye DOS Attack ………………………….. 272 9 How to Perform DDoS Attacks……………….. 275 How are DoS and DDoS Attacks Performed? …………………………………………………………… 276 Install and use GR-GSM…………………………. 278 Password Protect GRUB Boot Loader ……… 282 What is Podman? Use Kali Linux on Windows 11 ……………………………………………………….. 286 How Hackers Can Own Your System……….. 289 CSI Installation | A Perfect OS for Cyber Security and Cyber Crime Investigation…… 293 Setup Web Pentesting Lab for Bug Hunting 295 How to go deep to find vulnerabilities | Bug Bounty hunting …………………………………….. 297 Sock Puppet — hackers’ technique for OSINT …………………………………………………………… 299 How to install Spiderfoot……………………….. 302 How to find social media accounts by username…………………………………………….. 304 Mapping Social Media Profiles with Facial Recognition using Social Mapper……………. 306 10 Trape: easily track location, IP, OS, Browser of people, and browser hooking ………………… 309 Recon-ng Web Reconnaissance Framework | Trace location, Pushpin, Images……………… 310 HTTrack website copier: How to clone any website | and extract website data ………… 312 How to easily setup web Pentesting lab on localhost for bug bounty ……………………….. 313 Hollywood-style terminal emulator………… 316 Fully Anonymize Your System with Tor Network Gateway using Nipe…………………. 319 METADATA (Hidden information of website download public documents)…………………. 321 Create a static name for the dynamic IP address for access localhost from anywhere …………………………………………………………… 322 Host your own fast OSiNT username search web-server…………………………………………… 329 Social Engineering Toolkit (SET) ……………… 332 11 Discover and extract hostnames of target IP addresses…………………………………………….. 333 Information Gathering | DNS-ENUM………. 335 Information gathering | DNS-RECON………. 337 Information Gathering | IDS and IPS Identification — lbd ……………………………….. 339 Information Gathering | IDS and IPS Identification — wafw00f ………………………… 340 Website’s deep information gathering using Dmitry …………………………………………………. 342 Website nameserver information nslookup343 whois lookup………………………………………… 344 Metasploit……………………………………………. 345 What is the Payload………………………………. 347 Lynis: Perform Security Auditing and Vulnerability Analysis…………………………….. 358 Enhancing Linux Security with Lynis………… 359 Bettercap Framework……………………………. 373 How to investigate an Email ID ………………. 381 12 Netcat | Swiss army knife of hacking tools. 384 Master of hacker tool to perfectly scan any website | Masscan ……………………………….. 385 Mobile Security Framework …………………… 387 How hackers gather target’s information… 389 Easily expose your localhost services to the Internet……………………………………………….. 394 Stay Anonymous online like a pro…………… 396 How do Hackers Hack Websites? — Acunetix Pro Tool……………………………………………….. 398 Twitter OSINT (Open-Source Investigation) 404 Breaking SERVER Systems using MySQL ….. 406 Easy way to find SQL Injection via SQL Finder | Bug bounty hunting………………………………. 411 SQL Injection with Sqlmap | How to use Sqlmap | Web App Penetration Testing ….. 418 Cmatrix………………………………………………… 422 Show Neofetch on Kali Linux Terminal ……. 423 How Hackers Exploit SSH to Hack Your System? | System Hacking using SSH………. 425 13 How Hackers Remotely Hack Any Device using FTP ……………………………………………………… 432 Hack Systems: How to use Netcat Commands with Examples?…………………………………….. 437 How Hackers Access Systems through Samba (Hack Like a Pro)…………………………………… 442 Capture the User name and Password in the tcpdump. …………………………………………….. 446 Download Nessus (vulnerability scanner)… 448 Nmap scanning for Network Hacking ……… 452 Basic to Advanced Network Scanning | Checking Live Systems, Open Ports and Services……………………………………………….. 454 Find the website Subdomain names……….. 462 How to find website’s subdomains | Subdomains Enumeration……………………… 464 Easy way to find Subdomain via Subfinder. 467 Complete Anonymous Settings (Proxy, VPN, and MAC Address) in Your Computer……… 471 14 Host Discovery Scan — NMAP Network Scanning………………………………………………. 486 Port Forwarding: Access Computer from Anywhere…………………………………………….. 487 Remote Desktop Attack: How Hacker Hack System Remotely using VNC ………………….. 491 Types of System Hacking ……………………… 492 Methodology of System Hacking ………….. 492 Creating a Payload with Msfvenom ………… 499 Netcat …………………………………………………. 502 Loki — Simple IOC and YARA Scanner……….. 504 System Hacking using NFS (Network File System) ……………………………………………….. 505 Linux File System ………………………………….. 512 Guymager ……………………………………………. 513 Install the Caine OS in the Virtual Box……… 520 Install the Caine OS in the VMware Workstation…………………………………………. 523 Install the Zphisher……………………………….. 525 15 The Harvester………………………………………. 531 Hack CCTV Camera ……………………………….. 532 Unmet dependencies. Try ‘apt — fix-broken install’ with no packages (or specify a solution)………………………………………………. 535 How to Install wlan0 in the Kali Linux — Not showing Wlan0 …………………………………….. 536 How to install a Wireless Adapter in the Kali Linux……………………………………………………. 540 What is Metagoofil | How to install and use metagoofil | Information gathering tools… 543 How to enable or disable the root user in the Kali Linux ……………………………………………… 544 How to create an Automate Pentest Report | APTRS Automate Pentest Report Generator …………………………………………………………… 546 DNS Cache Poisoning Attack ………………….. 553 How to hide data in image file — Steganography …………………………………………………………… 557 Features:……………………………………………. 557 16 How to manually update Metasploit in the Kali Linux……………………………………………………. 561 Install John the Ripper in the Kali Linux …… 564 Install the Hashcat in the Kali Linux…………. 566 Hydra ………………………………………………….. 568 Install Hydra in the Kali Linux …………………. 570 Dictionary Attack using Hydra………………… 571 Brute-Force services [FTP] using Hydra | Dictionary Attack using Hydra………………… 572 Hydra Brute Force ………………………………… 577 How to connect Kali Linux with Metasploitable2 Machine ……………………… 582 How to check user login history in Kali Linux | Checking last logins with last logs…………… 586 Rainbow Tables, recover password Hashes, Generate Rainbow table in the Kali Linux … 588 OpenVPN and connect with TryHackMe using Kali Linux ……………………………………………… 591 How to install Kali Nethunter in Mobile…… 595 17 Uncovering security flaws in Apache Tomcat …………………………………………………………… 603 What is Tomcat?…………………………………. 603 Types of system hacking:……………………… 604 Methodology of system hacking: ………….. 604 Kernel panic — not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block (0,0)……. 615 Website hacking using PHP configuration .. 618 Get remote access to your hacking targets (Reverse Shell hacking)………………………….. 624 Firewall Bypass — size modification | Nmap629 Bad Checksum (Firewall Bypass) — Nmap Scanning………………………………………………. 632 Firewall Bypass — Source Port | Nmap…….. 633 Install the dcfldd Digital Forensics ………….. 634

Book The Little Black Book of Scams

Download or read book The Little Black Book of Scams written by Industry Canada and published by Competition Bureau Canada. This book was released on 2014-03-10 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Canadian edition of The Little Black Book of Scams is a compact and easy to use reference guide filled with information Canadians can use to protect themselves against a variety of common scams. It debunks common myths about scams, provides contact information for reporting a scam to the correct authority, and offers a step-by-step guide for scam victims to reduce their losses and avoid becoming repeat victims. Consumers and businesses can consult The Little Black Book of Scams to avoid falling victim to social media and mobile phone scams, fake charities and lotteries, dating and romance scams, and many other schemes used to defraud Canadians of their money and personal information.

Book The Successful Frauditor s Casebook

Download or read book The Successful Frauditor s Casebook written by Peter Tickner and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-03-05 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn what works well and avoid the pitfalls in the real world of fraud detection and fraud investigation This casebook reveals how frauds and fraudsters were discovered—and delves into the investigations that followed. Each chapter covers a particular case, analyzing the factors that allowed fraud to develop and assessing the effectiveness of the detection process and the resulting fraud investigation. Importantly, the casebook examines the steps taken by organizations to recover from the cost of fraud and the damage that fraud has caused. High-profile author, Peter Tickner, is well known in auditing and investigative circles Cases of fraud, drawn from the author's direct experience as well as world-wide, are supplemented with checklists and practical guidance on fraud detection

Book How to Free Your Inner Mathematician

Download or read book How to Free Your Inner Mathematician written by Susan D'Agostino and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2020-03-26 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How to Free Your Inner Mathematician: Notes on Mathematics and Life offers readers guidance in managing the fear, freedom, frustration, and joy that often accompany calls to think mathematically. With practical insight and years of award-winning mathematics teaching experience, D'Agostino offers more than 300 hand-drawn sketches alongside accessible descriptions of fractals, symmetry, fuzzy logic, knot theory, Penrose patterns, infinity, the Twin Prime Conjecture, Arrow's Impossibility Theorem, Fermat's Last Theorem, and other intriguing mathematical topics. Readers are encouraged to embrace change, proceed at their own pace, mix up their routines, resist comparison, have faith, fail more often, look for beauty, exercise their imaginations, and define success for themselves. Mathematics students and enthusiasts will learn advice for fostering courage on their journey regardless of age or mathematical background. How to Free Your Inner Mathematician delivers not only engaging mathematical content but provides reassurance that mathematical success has more to do with curiosity and drive than innate aptitude.

Book Fraud and Misconduct in Research

Download or read book Fraud and Misconduct in Research written by Nachman Ben-Yehuda and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2017-10-05 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Fraud and Misconduct in Research, Nachman Ben-Yehuda and Amalya Oliver-Lumerman introduce the main characteristics of research misconduct, portray how the characteristics are distributed, and identify the elements of the organizational context and the practice of scientific research which enable or deter misconduct. Of the nearly 750 known cases between 1880 and 2010 which the authors examine, the overwhelming majority took place in funded research projects and involved falsification and fabrication, followed by misrepresentation and plagiarism. The incidents were often reported by the perpetrator’s colleagues or collaborators. If the accusations were confirmed, the organization usually punished the offender with temporary exclusion from academic activities and institutions launched organizational reforms, including new rules, the establishment of offices to deal with misconduct, and the creation of re-training and education programs for academic staff. Ben-Yehuda and Oliver-Lumerman suggest ways in which efforts to expose and prevent misconduct can further change the work of scientists, universities, and scientific research.

Book The Monster Catchers

Download or read book The Monster Catchers written by George Brewington and published by Henry Holt and Company (BYR). This book was released on 2019-03-05 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A father-son monster hunter duo must save the Bay Area from an evil villain in The Monster Catchers, a madcap middle-grade fantasy debut from George Brewington. If there's something strange in the neighborhood, who you gonna call? Buckleby and Son! Whether it's a goblin in the garden or a fairy in the attic, Bailey Buckleby and his dad can rid your home of whatever monster is troubling you—for the right price. But when Bailey discovers that his dad has been lying—their pet troll Henry is actually a kidnapped baby sea giant—he begins to question the family business. Enter Axel Pazuzu, criminal mastermind, who will stop at nothing to make a buck. With everyone and everything he loves in peril, it's up to Bailey to save his family and set things right in this funny, fantastical adventure.

Book The Listener

Download or read book The Listener written by and published by . This book was released on 1955-07 with total page 1160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A weekly publication, established by the BBC in 1929 as the medium for reproducing radio - and later, television - programmes in print. It is our only record and means of accessing the content of many early broadcasts.

Book The Law in Action

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  • Author : British Broadcasting Corporation. Third Programme
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1954
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 416 pages

Download or read book The Law in Action written by British Broadcasting Corporation. Third Programme and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Hearings Before the Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department  House of Representatives  on House Resolution  No  109  to Investigate the Post Office Department

Download or read book Hearings Before the Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department House of Representatives on House Resolution No 109 to Investigate the Post Office Department written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Expenditures in the Post-Office Department and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Recruiting News

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  • Author :
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1935
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 382 pages

Download or read book Recruiting News written by and published by . This book was released on 1935 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Magical Epistemologies

Download or read book Magical Epistemologies written by Anannya Dasgupta and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-07-22 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book began with a simple question: when readers such as us encounter the term magic or figures of magicians in early modern texts, dramatic or otherwise, how do we read them? In the twenty-first century we have recourse to an array of genres and vocabulary from magical realism to fantasy fiction that does not, however, work to read a historical figure like John Dee or a fictional one he inspired in Shakespeare's Prospero. Between longings to transcend human limitation and the actual work of producing, translating, and organizing knowledge, figures such as Dee invite us to re-examine our ways of reading magic only as metaphor. If not metaphor then what else? As we parse the term magic, it reveals a rich context of use that connects various aspects of social, cultural, religious, economic, legal and medical lives of the early moderns. Magic makes its presence felt not only as a forms of knowledge but in methods of knowing in the Renaissance. The arc of dramatists and texts that this book draws between Doctor Faustus, The Tempest, The Alchemist and Comus: A Masque at Ludlow Castle offers a sustained examination of the epistemologies of magic in the context of early modern knowledge formation. Please note: Taylor & Francis does not sell or distribute the Hardback in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

Book The Art of the Steal

Download or read book The Art of the Steal written by Frank W. Abagnale and published by Crown Currency. This book was released on 2002-01-29 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world--famous former con artist and bestselling author of Catch Me if You Can now reveals the mind--boggling tricks of the scam trade--with advice that has made him one of America's most sought--after fraud--prevention experts. "I had as much knowledge as any man alive concerning the mechanics of forgery, check swindling, counterfeiting, and other similar crimes. Ever since I'd been released from prison, I'd often felt that if I directed this knowledge into the right channels, I could help people a great deal. Every time I went to the store and wrote a check, I would see two or three mistakes made on the part of the clerk or cashier, mistakes that a flimflam artist would take advantage of. . . . In a certain sense, I'm still a con artist. I'm just putting down a positive con these days, as opposed to the negative con I used in the past. I've merely redirected the talents I've always possessed. I've applied the same relentless attention to working on stopping fraud that I once applied to perpetuating fraud." In Catch Me if You Can, Frank W. Abagnale recounted his youthful career as a master imposter and forger. In The Art of the Steal, Abagnale tells the remarkable story of how he parlayed his knowledge of cons and scams into a successful career as a consultant on preventing financial foul play--while showing you how to identify and outsmart perpetrators of fraud. Technology may have made it easier to track down criminals, but cyberspace has spawned a skyrocketing number of ways to commit crime--much of it untraceable. Businesses are estimated to lose an unprecedented $400 billion a year from fraud of one sort or another. If we were able to do away with fraud for just two years, we'd erase the national debt and pay Social Security for the next one hundred years. However, Abagnale has discovered that punishment for committing fraud, much less recovery of stolen funds, seldom happens: Once you're a victim, you won't get your money back. Prevention is the best form of protection. Drawn from his twenty-five years of experience as an ingenious con artist (whose check scams alone mounted to more than $2 million in stolen funds), Abagnale's The Art of the Steal provides eye-opening stories of true scams, with tips on how they can be prevented. Abagnale takes you deep inside the world and mind of the con artist, showing you just how he pulled off his scams and what you can do to avoid becoming the next victim. You'll hear the stories of notorious swindles, like the mustard squirter trick and the "rock in the box" ploy, and meet the criminals like the famous Vickers Gang who perpetrated them. You'll find out why crooks wash checks and iron credit cards and why a thief brings glue with him to the ATM. And finally, you'll learn how to recognize a bogus check or a counterfeit bill, and why you shouldn't write your grocery list on a deposit slip. A revealing look inside the predatory criminal mind from a former master of the con, The Art of the Steal is the ultimate defense against even the craftiest crook.

Book Departments of Labor  Health and Human Services  Education  and Related Agencies Appropriations for 1988  Department of Education

Download or read book Departments of Labor Health and Human Services Education and Related Agencies Appropriations for 1988 Department of Education written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 2122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book U S  Army Recruiting News

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  • Author : United States. Adjutant-General's Office
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1935
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 664 pages

Download or read book U S Army Recruiting News written by United States. Adjutant-General's Office and published by . This book was released on 1935 with total page 664 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book New spelling dictionary

Download or read book New spelling dictionary written by John Entick and published by . This book was released on 1790 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Catcher Was a Spy

Download or read book The Catcher Was a Spy written by Nicholas Dawidoff and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2011-11-02 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER Now a major motion picture starring Paul Rudd “A delightful book that recounts one of the strangest episodes in the history of espionage. . . . . Relentlessly entertaining.”—The New York Times Book Review Moe Berg is the only major-league baseball player whose baseball card is on display at the headquarters of the CIA. For Berg was much more than a third-string catcher who played on several major league teams between 1923 and 1939. Educated at Princeton and the Sorbonne, he as reputed to speak a dozen languages (although it was also said he couldn't hit in any of them) and went on to become an OSS spy in Europe during World War II. As Nicholas Dawidoff follows Berg from his claustrophobic childhood through his glamorous (though equivocal) careers in sports and espionage and into the long, nomadic years during which he lived on the hospitality of such scattered acquaintances as Joe DiMaggio and Albert Einstein, he succeeds not only in establishing where Berg went, but who he was beneath his layers of carefully constructed cover. As engrossing as a novel by John le Carré, The Catcher Was a Spy is a triumphant work of historical and psychological detection.