Hidden Codes Grand Designs

An exploration of how codes—both cipher and aesthetic—have come to exist in history from Pythagoras through the Knights Templar to Turing and more. Did the Masons encode messages in walls—and even in the street plan of Washington, D.C.? Does the Hebrew Bible conceal hidden mysteries? Ingenious methods for encoding secrets have taken many amazing turns through the ages, from the military signals the Romans flashed from hilltop to hilltop, to the computer codes that guard your cash at the ATM. Pierre Berloquin, one of France’s leading puzzle book authors, takes you on a tour of them all in a book full of astonishing historical insights. With more than 150 brain-teasing problems for readers to solve for themselves, this is a journey beyond the gee-whiz and deep into the how-to of codes, ciphers, and other secret communication systems.

"A Little One Amidst the Shadows" tells of three episodes in the life of a man: one night in the young boy's life, one day in the old man's death, and a passion week in between. Along with this little one, the reader peers within the darkness and through the valley of shadows. Who are the three visitors? Why is there such suffering and so much pain? Where is God?

BradyGames Secret Codes 2001 Pocket Guide is a massive collection of the best cheats, tricks and secret codes for the hottest games from the PlayStation, PlayStation 2, Sega Dreamcast, Nintendo 64 and Game Boy consoles. No more endless searching on the internet for cheats -- they're all right here in an easy-to-use format.

For the first time, the secret codes used in slave quilt patterns that served as maps to escape on the Underground Railroad are revealed--suggesting that there was an organized African-American resistance movement that predated the Abolitionist crusade. Color photos.