The Message

The Message
Author: Deborah Leigh
Publisher: Dodona Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2008
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 9781846940958

A fascinating and insightful volume that presents a unique way of reading cards that will empower your every decision.

Playing Cards

Playing Cards
Author: W. Gurney Benham
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
Total Pages: 413
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 1447481755

First published in 1931, this vintage book explores the history and origins of playing cards from traditional English playing cards to tarot cards and card manufacturers in Britain and Europe. Extensively illustrated and full of interesting information, “Playing Cards” is highly recommended for those with an interest in the history of playing cards and is not to be missed by collectors of vintage literature of this ilk. Contents include: “Card Games”, “Preface”, “Many Theories About the invention of Playing Cards”, “The Tarot Cards”, “Varieties of the European Four-Suit Pack”, “Earliest References to English Playing Cards”, “Genesis of the English Pack”, etc. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new introduction on card games.

Power Analysis Attacks

Power Analysis Attacks
Author: Stefan Mangard
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 351
Release: 2008-01-03
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 0387381627

Power analysis attacks allow the extraction of secret information from smart cards. Smart cards are used in many applications including banking, mobile communications, pay TV, and electronic signatures. In all these applications, the security of the smart cards is of crucial importance. Power Analysis Attacks: Revealing the Secrets of Smart Cards is the first comprehensive treatment of power analysis attacks and countermeasures. Based on the principle that the only way to defend against power analysis attacks is to understand them, this book explains how power analysis attacks work. Using many examples, it discusses simple and differential power analysis as well as advanced techniques like template attacks. Furthermore, the authors provide an extensive discussion of countermeasures like shuffling, masking, and DPA-resistant logic styles. By analyzing the pros and cons of the different countermeasures, this volume allows practitioners to decide how to protect smart cards.

Stacking the Deck

Stacking the Deck
Author: Bryan Berg
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2009-12-15
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 1439188734

Written by the holder of several Guinness World Records for cardstacking, this is the first complete, fully illustrated guide to the art of building mind-boggling, multilevel structures with ordinary playing cards. In Stacking the Deck, Bryan Berg reveals the secret to successful cardstacking with his simple four-card-cell structure and expanded grid techniques. Using illustrations and step-by-step instructions, he guides readers on to more elaborate -- and incredibly strong -- creations. He covers a wide range of architectural styles, from classic to whimsical, and various types of structures, including pyramids, shrines, stadiums, churches, an oil derrick, and even the Empire State Building. Since first setting the height record in 1992, Bryan's built awe-inspiring card models of a Japanese shrine, the Iowa State Capitol building, Ebbets Field, and his latest tower, which is more than twenty-five feet tall! This book includes photographs of some of these amazing pieces, illustrating just how appealing and enduring a "house of cards" can be. Stacking the Deck will inspire everyone from youngsters experimenting with their first deck of cards to adults, who can create their own private skyscrapers. Once you've read Stacking the Deck, you'll never look at a deck of cards the same way again.

School of Secrets: Freddie's Shadow Cards (Disney Descendants)

School of Secrets: Freddie's Shadow Cards (Disney Descendants)
Author: Jessica Brody
Publisher: Disney Electronic Content
Total Pages: 155
Release: 2016-10-25
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1368001823

Freddie is the daughter of the infamous witch doctor, Dr. Facilier. She's got voodoo in her blood, a deck of Shadow Cards in her hands, and a song in her villain-kid heart. When Freddie's dreams of joining the acapella group at Auradon Prep fall apart, she uses her Shadow Cards to get her way... But dark magic always comes with a price.

A Lifetime of Secrets

A Lifetime of Secrets
Author: Frank Warren
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 290
Release:
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 006204592X

Book description to come.

The Secret Language of Colour Cards

The Secret Language of Colour Cards
Author: Inna Segal
Publisher:
Total Pages: 84
Release: 2010
Genre: Color
ISBN: 9780980740608

"The Secret Language of Colour Cards are your key to unlocking the extraordinary healing power of colour. Combining tips and information on colours with powerful healing processes and affirmations, this vibrant and powerful card set by bestselling author Inna Segal is a tool you can draw on daily to receive inspired messages of guidance from the Universe and to restore your body to its natural state of health and harmony. Featuring 45 stunning cards, each infused with its unique healing vibration, and an accompanying guidebook, The Secret Language of Colour Cards will assist you in adding more colour, creativity, joy, peace and balance to all areas of your life." -- back of box.

Playing the Cards You're Dealt (Scholastic Gold)

Playing the Cards You're Dealt (Scholastic Gold)
Author: Varian Johnson
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 222
Release: 2021-10-05
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1338348582

“With a deft hand, Johnson shows us there's no such thing as "too young" when it comes to questioning big ideas like manhood, or even family.” –Jason Reynolds, New York Times bestselling author of Look Both Ways and Stamped Literary powerhouse and Coretta Scott King Honor- and Boston Globe / Horn Book Honor-winning author of The Parker Inheritance Varian Johnson explores themes of toxic masculinity and family legacy in this heartfelt, hopeful story of one boy discovering what it really means to be a man. SECRETS ARE ALWAYS A GAMBLE Ten-year-old Anthony Joplin has made it to double digits! Which means he's finally old enough to play in the spades tournament every Joplin Man before him seems to have won. So while Ant's friends are stressing about fifth grade homework and girls, Ant only has one thing on his mind: how he'll measure up to his father's expectations at the card table. Then Ant's best friend gets grounded, and he's forced to find another spades partner. And Shirley, the new girl in his class, isn't exactly who he has in mind. She talks a whole lot of trash -- way more than his old partner. Plus, he's not sure that his father wants him playing with a girl. But she's smart and tough and pretty, and knows every card trick in the book. So Ant decides to join forces with Shirley -- and keep his plans a secret. Only it turns out secrets are another Joplin Man tradition. And his father is hiding one so big it may tear their family apart...