William Playfair's Books

As You Like It

By: William Shakespeare

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As You Like It has sometimes seemed a subversive play that exposes the instability of gender roles and traditional values. In other eras it has been prized - or derided - as a reliable celebration of conventional social mores. The play's ability to compass these extremes tells an interesting story about changing cultural and theatrical practices. This edition provides a detailed history of the play in production, both on stage and on screen. The introduction examines how changing conceptions of gender roles have affected the portrayal of Rosalind, one of Shakespeare's greatest comic heroines. The striking differences between the British tradition and the freer treatment the play has received abroad are discussed, as well as the politics of court versus country. The commentary, printed alongside the New Cambridge edition of the text, draws on primary sources to illuminate how costuming, stage business, design, and directorial choices have shaped the play in performance.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521786495

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9780521786492

Playfair's Commercial and Political Atlas and Statistical Breviary

By: William Playfair

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Playfair's Commercial and Political Atlas and Statistical Breviary

By: William Playfair

A scientific revolution began at the end of the eighteenth century with the invention and popularization of the graphic display of data by the remarkable Scot, William Playfair. His marvellous Atlas showed how much could be learned if one plotted data atheoretically and looked for suggestive patterns. Those patterns provide evidence, albeit circumstantial, on which to build new science. Playfair's work has much to teach us, but finding a copy has been almost impossible. Until now. This full colour reproduction of two of his classic works, with new explanatory material, makes Playfair's wisdom widely available for the first time in two centuries.

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282

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Cambridge University Press

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0521855543

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9780521855549

Tobruk

The Great Seige 1941-2

By: William F Buckingham

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Tobruk

The Great Seige 1941-2

By: William F Buckingham

The siege of Tobruk was the longest in British military history. The coastal fortress and deep-water port was of crucial importance to the battle for North Africa, and the key that would unlock the way to Egypt and the Suez Canal. For almost a year the isolated garrison held out against all attempts to take it, and in the process Tobruk assumed a propaganda role that outweighed its great strategic value, becoming a potent symbol of resistance when the war was going badly for the British. Goebbels referred to the garrison as 'rats,' and they proudly adopted the insult as a title, and became the 'Rats of Tobruk.' When it finally fell to German tanks on 21 June 1942 with the loss of 25,000 men, Churchill said it was 'one of the heaviest blows I can recall during the war'. William F. Buckingham's startling account, drawing extensively on official records and first-hand accounts from both sides, is a comprehensive history of this epic struggle, and essential reading for anyone with an interest in the Western Desert Campaign.

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394

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The History Press

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0752487159

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9780752487151

Sir Lyon Playfair's Logic

By: William Job Collins

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Sir Lyon Playfair's Logic

By: William Job Collins

Reprint of the original, first published in 1883.

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3385327792

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9783385327795

Elements of Chemistry

Part III

By: William Allen Miller

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Elements of Chemistry

Part III

By: William Allen Miller

Reprint of the original, first published in 1857.

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890

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3375159250

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9783375159252

Modern Cryptography

Applied Mathematics for Encryption and Information Security

By: William Easttom

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Modern Cryptography

Applied Mathematics for Encryption and Information Security

By: William Easttom

This expanded textbook, now in its second edition, is a practical yet in depth guide to cryptography and its principles and practices. Now featuring a new section on quantum resistant cryptography in addition to expanded and revised content throughout, the book continues to place cryptography in real-world security situations using the hands-on information contained throughout the chapters. Prolific author Dr. Chuck Easttom lays out essential math skills and fully explains how to implement cryptographic algorithms in today's data protection landscape. Readers learn and test out how to use ciphers and hashes, generate random keys, handle VPN and Wi-Fi security, and encrypt VoIP, Email, and Web communications. The book also covers cryptanalysis, steganography, and cryptographic backdoors and includes a description of quantum computing and its impact on cryptography. This book is meant for those without a strong mathematics background with only just enough math to understand the algorithms given. The book contains a slide presentation, questions and answers, and exercises throughout. Presents new and updated coverage of cryptography including new content on quantum resistant cryptography; Covers the basic math needed for cryptography - number theory, discrete math, and algebra (abstract and linear); Includes a full suite of classroom materials including exercises, Q&A, and examples.

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460

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Springer Nature

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3031123042

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9783031123047

Justus Von Liebig

The Chemical Gatekeeper

By: William H. Brock

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Justus Von Liebig

The Chemical Gatekeeper

By: William H. Brock

One of the founding fathers of organic chemistry and also a great teacher, the German scientist Justus von Liebig transformed scientific education, medical practice, and agriculture in Great Britain. William H. Brock's fresh interpretation of Liebig's stormy career shows how he moved chemistry into the sociopolitical marketplace, demonstrating its significance for society in food production, nutrition, and public health. Through his controversial ideas on artificial fertilizers and recycling, his theory of disease, and his stimulating suggestions concerning food and nutrition, he warned the world of the dangers of failing to recycle sewage or to replace soil nutrients. Liebig also played the role of an elder statesman of European science by commenting, via popular lectures and expansions of his readable Chemical Letters, on such issues as scientific methodology and materialism.

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400

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Cambridge University Press

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0521524733

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9780521524735

The Edinburgh Review in the Literary Culture of Romantic Britain

Mammoth and Megalonyx

By: William Christie

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The Edinburgh Review in the Literary Culture of Romantic Britain

Mammoth and Megalonyx

By: William Christie

From its first issue, published on the 10th October 1802, Francis Jeffrey's "Edinburgh Review" established a strong reputation and exerted a powerful influence. This is a literary study of the "Edinburgh Review" for over fifty years. It contextualizes the periodical within the culture wars of the Romantic era.

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297

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Routledge

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1315476274

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9781315476278

The Origins of the Grand Alliance

Anglo-American Military Collaboration from the Panay Incident to Pearl Harbor

By: William T. Johnsen

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The Origins of the Grand Alliance

Anglo-American Military Collaboration from the Panay Incident to Pearl Harbor

By: William T. Johnsen

This “uncommonly astute study” examines the early development of the US-UK military alliance that would eventually lead to victory in WWII (Paul Miles, author of FDR’s Admiral). On December 12, 1937, Japanese aircraft sank the American gunboat Panay outside Nanjing, China. Although the Japanese apologized, President Roosevelt set Captain Royal Ingersoll to London to begin conversations with the British admiralty about Japanese aggression in the Far East. While few Americans remember the Panay Incident, it was the start of what would become the “Special Relationship” between the United States and Great Britain. In The Origins of the Grand Alliance, William T. Johnsen provides the first comprehensive analysis of Anglo-American military collaboration before the Second World War. He sets the stage by examining Anglo-French and Anglo-American coalition military planning from 1900 through World War I and the interwar years. Johnsen also considers the formulation of policy and grand strategy, operational planning, and the creation of the command structure and channels of communication. He addresses vitally important logistical and materiel issues, particularly the difficulties of war production. Drawn from extensive sources and private papers held in the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States, Johnsen’s exhaustively researched study casts new light on the twentieth century’s most significant alliance.

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293

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University Press of Kentucky

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0813168368

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9780813168364

Book's by William Playfair

As You Like It

As You Like It

Playfair's Commercial and Political Atlas and Statistical Breviary

Playfair's Commercial and Political Atlas and Statistical Breviary

Tobruk

Tobruk

Sir Lyon Playfair's Logic

Sir Lyon Playfair's Logic

Elements of Chemistry

Elements of Chemistry

Modern Cryptography

Modern Cryptography

Justus Von Liebig

Justus Von Liebig

The Edinburgh Review in the Literary Culture of Romantic Britain

The Edinburgh Review in the Literary Culture of Romantic Britain

The Origins of the Grand Alliance

The Origins of the Grand Alliance

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