Learn pfSense 2.4. Get up and running with Pfsense and all the core concepts to build firewall and routing solutions

David Zientara

As computer networks become ubiquitous, it has become increasingly important to both secure and optimize our networks. pfSense, an open-source router/firewall, provides an easy, cost-effective way of achieving this – and this book explains how to install and configure pfSense in such a way that even a networking beginner can successfully deploy and use pfSense.This book begins by covering networking fundamentals, deployment scenarios, and hardware sizing guidelines, as well as how to install pfSense. The book then covers configuration of basic services such as DHCP, DNS, and captive portal and VLAN configuration. Careful consideration is given to the core firewall functionality of pfSense, and how to set up firewall rules and traffic shaping. Finally, the book covers the basics of VPNs, multi-WAN setups, routing and bridging, and how to perform diagnostics and troubleshooting on a network.

Collected Short Fiction

Stanley G. Weinbaum

Stanley Grauman Weinbaum (also wrote as John Jessel and Marge Stanley) (1902-1935) was an American science fiction author. His career in science fiction was short but influential. His first story, A Martian Odyssey, was published to great acclaim in July 1934. Most of the stories fall into two categories: travelogue types that explore different planets, and the others with Dixon Wells and the great scientist Van Manderpootz, who invents amazing stuff that Wells manages to use to break his own heart over and over again. A collection of stunning short stories written in the 30s but ahead of their time in their depiction of bizarre alien life forms. The final story in the book, Proteus Island, is a bit of an anomaly. Instead of being in the future or space, it seems set more present day.

Bomba, the Jungle Boy Among the Slaves

Roy Rockwood

Years of tough jungle living made Bomba the most powerful hunter around. At 14, he possessed the strength of three men, and could fight the most powerful jungle beasts with little more than a knife. With his extraordinary throwing arm, he could bury a knife up to its hilt in any enemy within fifty yards. His phenomenally strong arms allow him to send an arrow over impossibly long distances while still striking his targets with perfect accuracy. Bomba the Jungle Boy Among The Slaves continues the exciting adventures of Bomba as he seeks to learn the details of his family and heritage. Tarzan wasnt the only fellow out there in the jungle. Bomba the Jungle Boy attracted readers for his various adventures that featured authentic jungle lore and swift-moving plots.

Topics in Syntax and Semantics. Linguistic and Philosophical Perspectives

Wiktor Pskit

Syntax and semantics are traditional areas of the study of language recognised in linguistics and philosophy of language. This overlap of research areas seems to justify publication of a volume containing both linguistic and philosophical papers on selected issues pertaining to syntax and semantics. While linguistics and philosophy of language remain distinct disciplines in a number of ways, this collection of papers attempts to demonstrate that exchange of ideas by the representatives of the two fields is not only possible: it can actually be fruitful. The major goal of this volume is to bring together the efforts of linguists and philosophers (representing different schools of thought within respective disciplines) trying to explore selected topics in syntax and semantics. The most obvious contrast between linguistics and philosophy of language – the preoccupation with the morphosyntactic distribution of specific linguistic elements in the former and striving for precise semantic analyses that abstract from language-particular morphosyntactic detail in the latter – is still visible throughout the book. Yet, one can observe some degree of openness to insights from philosophical investigation on the part of linguists and from linguistic research on the part of philosophers. This openness involves, among other things, ingesting the results of investigation in the other field, employment of terminology or even ‘borrowing’ some methods of research.

Cock O the North

Talbot Mundy

Madame Rosika Storey was one of the most celebrated fictional female private investigators during the Golden Age of the mystery (1920-40). This collection of six stories featuring the woman private detective, glamorous Madame Storey psychologist and detective! From missing persons to ghastly murder (often in the same case) Madame Storey and her faithful secretary Bella take on the criminal underworld of 1930s New York in these thrilling mysteries. But many of Mme. Storeys attitudes are surprisingly modern, and shes always on the side of justice, as is narrator Bella, who, however, is nowhere near as intrepid as her beautiful, intelligent and intuitive boss.

Смерть чиновника и другие рассказы (Śmierć urzędnika i inne opowiadania)

Антон Павлович Чехов, Anton Pawłowicz Czechow

В сборник вошли такие рассказы, как «Смерть чиновника», «Толстый и тонкий», «Хамелеон», «Лошадиная фамилия», «Пересолил», «Попрыгунья», «Ионыч», «Человек в футляре», «Дама с собачкой». Мастер короткого рассказа, Антон Павлович Чехов, создал в своих произведениях большое количество ярких образов и сюжетов, соответствующих духу как своего времени, так и последующих поколений. Писатель заставляет читателя задуматься, проанализировать, сделать выводы, посмотреть на привычные вещи под другим углом и, возможно, узнать себя в одном из героев его произведений.

The Hole in the Wall

Arthur Morrison

Morrison, a novelist and short-story writer, is most often remembered for a series featuring the detective Martin Hewitt, but before that, he wrote several grim and violent books about life in the London slums. The Hole in the Wall is one of the most gripping adventure stories ever written. Stephen Kemp goes to live with his mysterious grandfather after his mothers death, and is gradually drawn into the seedy world which Captain Nat Kemp inhabits. The author brilliantly conveys the childs sharp observation of all that goes on around him, and builds up portrait of the picaresque life of the East End of London at the turn of the 20th century with humanity and humor he himself may have known as a boy. It is considered a classic of English story-telling and worth a read.

Groźny cień. Wydanie dwujęzyczne angielsko-polskie

A. Conan Doyle

Publikacja zawiera dwie wersje językowe dzieła – angielską i polską. Czytanie dzieł w oryginale to jeden z najlepszych sposobów nauki języka obcego, możliwość porównania tekstu z polskim tłumaczeniem gwarantuje zrozumienie fabuły. Tekst możemy zatem czytać w dowolnej wersji językowej. Powieść  takiej sławy jak Arthur Conan Doyle zapewni emocjonujące wrażenia i przyjemność na długie wieczory. W nadmorskiej miejscowości, do której powraca po zakończeniu nauki główny bohater, pojawia się rozbitek. Jego postać jest intrygująca, gdyż posiada on skrzynię pełną złotych monet oraz tajemniczą przeszłość. Nieostrożny Jim bierze go do siebie w gościnę i łatwo obdarza zaufaniem. Przyjaciele chłopaka przeczuwają  grożące mu niebezpieczeństwo i stronią od przybysza.