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The kids' book of secret codes, signals, and ciphers / by Grant, E. A.(Eleanor A.)(CARDINAL)772723;
Discusses the history and different varieties of codes and ciphers, describing code machines, signals, sign language, picture languages, and hidden messages.
Subjects: Ciphers; Cryptography;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Spy codes and ciphers / by Mitchell, Susan K.(CARDINAL)482195;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 46-47) and index.Drawing conclusions -- Connecting the dots -- Cracking the enigma -- Lost languages -- Good will hacking -- Spies like who? A career in codes."Discusses different methods of secret communications used by spies, such as Morse code, the Enigma machine, the Najavo language, and digital steganography, and includes career information"--820L
Subjects: Cryptography; Ciphers; Espionage; Spies;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Tightrope / by Quick, Amanda,author.;
Former trapeze artist Amalie Vaughn moved to Burning Cove to reinvent herself, but after spending her inheritance on a mansion with the intention of turning it into a bed-and-breakfast, she learns that the villa is said to be cursed. When the first guest, Dr. Norman Pickwell, is murdered by his robot invention during a sold-out demonstration, rumors circulate that the curse is real. In the chaotic aftermath, Amalie watches Matthias Jones disappear behind the curtain, and reappear slipping a gun into a concealed holster. Matthias suspects Pickwell stole a groundbreaking prototype cipher machine and planned to sell it. But now Pickwell is dead, the machine has vanished, and time is running out...
Subjects: Romantic suspense fiction.; Thriller fiction.; Romance fiction.; Cipher and telegraph codes; Man-woman relationships; Haunted houses; Haunted places; Lost articles; Murder; Robots; Large type books.;
Available copies: 49 / Total copies: 53
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Codebreaker : the history of codes and ciphers, from the ancient pharaohs to quantum cryptography / by Pincock, Stephen.;
Includes bibliographical references (page 176) and index.1. Originality -- Unbroken codes : the Phaistos disk -- Cultural codes : holy codes -- Cultural codes : codes of the Kama Sutra -- 2. Ingenuity -- Cultural codes : Rosslyn's secrets : hidden meaning in architecture and music -- Unbroken codes : the most mysterious book : the Voynich manuscript -- Unbroken codes : the man in the iron mask -- 3. Wit -- Specific codes : the ingenious professor Babbage -- Specific codes : the Playfair cipher -- Unbroken codes : hidden treasure, hidden meaning, the Beale papers -- Unbroken codes : the Dorabella cipher, Elgar's other enigma -- 4. Perseverance -- Specific codes : the enigma machine -- Specific codes : invisible ink and other tools of the spying trade -- Specific codes : purple and Pearl Harbor -- 5. Speed -- Unbroken codes : the Zodiac killer -- Specific codes : cracking Poe's Graham magazine cipher -- Cultural codes : codes in fiction -- 6. Vision -- Specific codes : the cat came back -- Specific codes : quantum cryptography, being in two places at once -- Specific codes : quantum cryptography in a box of chocolates -- Appendix. Code challenge -- Glossary.A four-thousand-year history of cryptography ranges from the time of the ancient Egyptian pharaohs to the present, explaining encryption's development and evolution, looking at famous codes, and offering clues for code-breaking.
Subjects: Ciphers.; Ciphers; Cryptography.; Cryptography;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 6
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Tightrope / by Quick, Amanda,author.(CARDINAL)344814;
An unconventional woman and a man shrouded in mystery walk a tightrope of desire as they race against a killer to find a machine that could change the world. Former trapeze artist Amalie Vaughn moved to Burning Cove to reinvent herself, but things are not going well. After spending her entire inheritance on a mansion with the intention of turning it into a bed-and-breakfast, she learns too late that the villa is said to be cursed. When the first guest, Dr. Norman Pickwell, is murdered by his robot invention during a sold-out demonstration, rumors circulate that the curse is real. In the chaotic aftermath of the spectacle, Amalie watches as a stranger from the audience disappears behind the curtain. When Matthias Jones reappears, he is slipping a gun into a concealed holster. It looks like the gossip that is swirling around him is true -- Matthias evidently does have connections to the criminal underworld. Matthias is on the trail of a groundbreaking prototype cipher machine. He suspects that Pickwell stole the device and planned to sell it. But now Pickwell is dead and the machine has vanished. When Matthiass investigation leads him to Amalies front door, the attraction between them is intense, but she knows it is also dangerous. Amalie and Matthias must decide if they can trust each other and the passion that binds them, because time is running out.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Romance fiction.; Novels.; Bed and breakfast accommodations; Inventors; Women circus performers; Aerialists; Robots; Nineteen thirties; Murder;
Available copies: 106 / Total copies: 119
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Tightrope a burning cove novel / by Quick, Amanda,author.(CARDINAL)344814;
An unconventional woman and a man shrouded in mystery walk a tightrope of desire as they race against a killer to find a top secret invention before it's too late. Former trapeze artist Amalie Vaughn moved to Burning Cove to reinvent herself, but things are not going well. After spending her entire inheritance on a mansion with the intention of turning it into a bed-and-breakfast, she learns too late that the villa is said to be cursed. When the first guest, Dr. Norman Pickwell, is murdered by his robot invention during a sold-out demonstration, rumors circulate that the curse is real. In the chaotic aftermath of the spectacle, Amalie watches as a stranger from the audience disappears behind the curtain. When Matthias Jones reappears, he is slipping a gun into a concealed holster. It looks like the gossip that is swirling around him is true—Matthias evidently does have connections to the criminal underworld. Matthias is on the trail of a groundbreaking prototype cipher machine. He suspects that Pickwell stole the device and planned to sell it. But now Pickwell is dead and the machine has vanished. When Matthias's investigation leads him to Amalie's front door, the attraction between them is intense, but she knows it is also dangerous. Amalie and Matthias must decide if they can trust each other and the passion that binds them, because time is running out.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Historical fiction.; Romance fiction.; Thrillers (Fiction); Bed and breakfast accommodations; Circus performers; Man-woman relationships; Murder; Murder; Nineteen thirties; Private investigators; Private investigators; Women circus performers;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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Code cracking for kids : secret communications throughout history, with 21 codes and ciphers / by Daigneau, Jean,1952-author.(CARDINAL)814605;
Includes bibliographical references and index."A hands-on guide to introduce kids to the fascinating world of secret codes and ciphers, CODE CRACKING FOR KIDS explores many aspects of cryptology, including famous people who used and invented codes and ciphers, such as Julius Caesar and Thomas Jefferson; codes used during wars, including the Enigma machine, whose cracking helped the Allies gather critical information on German intelligence in World War II; and work currently being done by the US government, such as in the National Security Agency"--Ages 9 & up1080L
Subjects: Cryptography; Ciphers; Spies; Espionage; Cryptographers;
Available copies: 7 / Total copies: 8
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007. [videorecording]. by Andress, Ursula,1936-actor.(CARDINAL)842311; Armendariz, Pedro,1912-1963,actor.; Connery, Sean,actor.(CARDINAL)527366; Fleming, Ian,1908-1964,creator.(CARDINAL)121817; Hamilton, Guy,1922-2016,film director.(CARDINAL)844708; Young, Terence,1915-1994,film director.(CARDINAL)843648;
Dr. No (1962) / produced by Albert R. Broccoli, Harry Saltzman ; screenplay by Richard Maibaum, Johanna Harwood, Berkely Mather ; directed by Terence Young -- From Russia with love (1963) / produced by Albert R. Broccoli, Harry Saltzman ; screenplay by Richard Maibaum ; directed by Terence Young -- Goldfinger (1964) / produced by Harry Saltzman, Albert R. Broccoli ; screenplay by Richard Maibaum, Paul Dehn ; directed by Guy Hamilton.Sean Connery, Ursula Andress, Pedro Armendariz, Gert Frobe, Honor Blackman.British Secret Service Agent James Bond is sent to Jamaica to investigate the mysterious disappearance of another agent; Bond becomes involved with a beautiful Soviet Embassy cipher clerk in a plot to steal a Russian decoding machine, but he soon begins to question her true allegiance; James Bond must stop the maniacal Auric Goldfinger from stealing all the gold in Ft. Knox.MPAA rating: PG.
Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Feature films.; Fiction films.; Spy films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Bond, James, (Fictitious character); Spies;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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Mysterious messages : a history of codes and ciphers / by Blackwood, Gary L.(CARDINAL)353886; Henry, Jason,illustrator.(CARDINAL)600265;
Includes bibliographical and web references (page 166) and index.Clay, wax and Greece -- The rise and fall of Rome -- Ham and Bacon -- A disk, a grille and a tableau -- Babington, beer and Baconian biliteralisim -- Prisons, pigpens and black chambers -- The two revolutions -- Security suffers some severe setbacks -- The blue and the gray (and the green and the brown) -- Agony, dancing men and buried treasure -- The manuscript, the machine and the Mexican message -- Romance, rum and Romaji -- Hounds, magicians and indians -- Bookies, spies and POWs -- Colossus, Lucifer and Kryptos.From the ingenious ciphers of Italian princes to the spy books of the Civil War to the advanced techniques of the CIA, codes and code breaking have played important roles throughout history.1150LAccelerated Reader ARA Junior Library Guild selection
Subjects: Ciphers; Cryptography;
Available copies: 19 / Total copies: 21
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Delusions of intelligence : Enigma, Ultra and the end of secure ciphers / by Ratcliff, R. A.(Rebecca Ann),1963-(CARDINAL)476857;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-303) and index.Enigma: the development and use of a new technology -- Early triumph: German intelligence successes -- Of no mutual assistance: compartmentalization and competition in German signals intelligence -- The work of Station X: centralizing Allied cryptology at Bletchley Park -- Protecting Boniface: Allied security, disguise and dissemination of Ultra -- The illusion of security: the German explanations for Allied successes -- A long-standing anxiety: Allied communications security -- Determined answers: structural problems in German signal intelligence -- Enter the machines: the role of science and machines in the cryptologic war -- Conclusion: recognizing the end of security.
Subjects: Enigma cipher system.; ULTRA (Intelligence system); World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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