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PhD ebooks

I found these books for downloads and in my opinion, these books are really helpful! Advises for Troubled PhD Students How to Finish a PhD A Word to Struggling PhD Student How to Survive Your PhD

Comparing Online Book Retailers

As might as everyone else on the earth, we have limitation of budget for the things that we always want and need  - this apply for books too. I try to look around for the best deals for book price. Tried out several retailers, Psychology Press (Psypress - which is a subs of T&F Book) - interesting they have different pricing scheme for the books that they sell. Later I found out bookdepository. They sell book without shipping charges. But it is not always cheaper than let say, Amazon since sometimes the book price is higher than Amazon combined with the shipping fee. Last time I bought two books and it took more than a month (they refund me anyway). I still waiting for the other book from them since I bought a preordered book (yet to publish, at this time writing, I will be published in another two months.. given their track record I might only receive the book in the other three months?) Recently the put an offer for the already cheap books, for about 10% (this is quite a ...
Books: Computer Worms by Jose Nazario I borrowed a book from my employer's resource center and this book seems seminal for a malicious code research, especially on computer worms. A security professional educated in Biochemistry (PhD), Jose Nazario who is currently working with Arbor Networks needs no introduction. Worth to read, although it was published in 2003.
I bought several books for my study literature, one of them is "Botnets, The Killer Web App" which covers the technical parts of botnet. At first I doubt the book actually cover the common botnet that people talk about, but after I read the book, yes sure it is. I suggest the word "killer web app" to be phased off, since it is not always dealing with Web... port 6667 isn't Web, port 80 and 443 always Web. Prior to that I already got Provos and Holz's Virtual Honeypot's book. This is also a technical book, finely grained covered on howtos of the honeypot including the popular Nepenthes (although now it's already dead, succeeded by Dionaea).
I bought this book, Hacking Exposed: Malware & Rootkits several months back, while it is still new! A good read and really worth for your money. It keeps you update with current stuffs and first of its kind within Hacking Exposed series. Perhaps more to come in the same title in future! If you comfortable shopping online, just visit Amazon and get the latest copy here HACKING EXPOSED MALWARE AND ROOTKITS
MPH revisited I wish I can have MPH pay me for getting them promoted within my blog. Somehow I believe they should. BN, Amazon, should do the same way as well. In a sense it makes me blogging about new books, getting people updated with the books and of course, getting them commented in my blog. He he. I guess though the online book mechanism do append comments from reader( or somehow there was also a case which accused a reader whom turned out the be the author/influenced by him), my blog should serve non-bias purpose. :-] //Well,honestly it was just an excuse to get myself a FREE BOOK for lifetime.