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Monthly update #0215 • March 2008

Monthly update 215 • March 2008 • 2008-03-01 - 2008-03-31

    Books

    The Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth

    In Frederick Forsyth’s epic thriller, The Day of the Jackal, a mysterious assassin known only as “The Jackal” is hired by the OAS, a French terrorist group, to assassinate President Charles de Gaulle in 1963.

    Books

    The Parsifal Mosaic by Robert Ludlum

    In Robert Ludlum’s The Parsifal Mosaic, a heart-pounding Cold War thriller, intelligence officer Michael Havelock’s world crumbles on a moonlit Costa Brava beach.

    Monthly Updates

    Monthly update #0214 • February 2008

    Monthly update 214 • February 2008 • 2008-02-01 - 2008-02-29

      Books

      The Bourne Ultimatum by Robert Ludlum

      In Robert Ludlum’s The Bourne Ultimatum, the epic conclusion to the original Bourne trilogy, Jason Bourne faces his toughest challenge yet.

      Monthly Updates

      Monthly update #0213 • January 2008

      Monthly update 213 • January 2008 • 2008-01-01 - 2008-01-31

        Books

        The Bourne Supremacy by Robert Ludlum

        In Robert Ludlum’s The Bourne Supremacy, the thrilling sequel to The Bourne Identity, Jason Bourne, now living peacefully with Marie St. Jacques in Maine, is dragged back into a dangerous game when a mysterious impostor using his name causes chaos in Asia.

        Monthly Updates

        Monthly update #0212 • December 2007

        Monthly update 212 • December 2007 • 2007-12-01 - 2007-12-31

          Books

          The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum

          In Robert Ludlum’s The Bourne Identity, a heart-pounding spy thriller, a man is pulled from the Mediterranean Sea with no memory, bullet wounds, and a microfilm in his hip pointing to a Swiss bank account.

          Monthly Updates

          Monthly update #0211 • November 2007

          Monthly update 211 • November 2007 • 2007-11-01 - 2007-11-30

            Books

            Bad Luck and Trouble by Lee Child

            In Bad Luck and Trouble, Reacher reunites his old Army MP unit after a member’s murder, uncovering a plot targeting them over a past case.

            Gems

            A Story of Surveillance

            He said the NSA built a special room to receive data streamed through an AT&T Internet room containing “peering links,” or major connections to other telecom providers.

            Books

            The Matarese Circle by Robert Ludlum

            In Robert Ludlum’s thrilling novel, The Holcroft Covenant, set in the late 1970s, a New York architect named Noel Holcroft stumbles upon a shocking secret. He’s the heir to a massive fortune linked to a clandestine agreement made by his Nazi officer father and two others during World War II.

            Monthly Updates

            Monthly update #0210 • October 2007

            Monthly update 210 • October 2007 • 2007-10-01 - 2007-10-31

              Books

              The Hard Way by Lee Child

              The Hard Way begins with Reacher witnessing a ransom drop in New York, hired to recover a kidnapped wife from a mercenary crew.

              Books

              The Holcroft Covenant by Robert Ludlum

              In Robert Ludlum’s thrilling novel, The Holcroft Covenant, set in the late 1970s, a New York architect named Noel Holcroft stumbles upon a shocking secret. He’s the heir to a massive fortune linked to a clandestine agreement made by his Nazi officer father and two others during World War II.

              Monthly Updates

              Monthly update #0209 • September 2007

              Monthly update 209 • September 2007 • 2007-09-01 - 2007-09-30

                Books

                One Shot by Lee Child

                In One Shot, a sniper kills five in an Indiana city, but Reacher doubts the accused's guilt and investigates a frame job tied to local corruption.

                Development

                iPhone orientation detection

                Here is the most basic JavaScript to get the iPhone orientation detection going...

                Books

                The Chancellor Manuscript by Robert Ludlum

                In Robert Ludlum’s The Chancellor Manuscript, a heart-pounding conspiracy thriller, novelist Peter Chancellor, mourning the loss of his family, uncovers a terrifying rumor: FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover’s death was no accident...

                Monthly Updates

                Monthly update #0208 • August 2007

                Monthly update 208 • August 2007 • 2007-08-01 - 2007-08-31

                  Books

                  The Enemy by Lee Child

                  The Enemy flashes back to 1990, with Reacher as an Army MP investigating a general's death that uncovers a conspiracy threatening national security.

                  Development

                  Validating email addresses is hard

                  Validating email addresses is hard...

                  Books

                  The Gemini Contenders by Robert Ludlum

                  In Robert Ludlum’s epic World War II thriller, The Gemini Contenders, a secret vault filled with ancient documents that could shake the very core of Christianity is smuggled out of a Greek monastery in 1939.

                  Monthly Updates

                  Monthly update #0207 • July 2007

                  Monthly update 207 • July 2007 • 2007-07-01 - 2007-07-31