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Teen & Young Adult

Ben Wilson

Education & Reference

Expanse

Metropolis: A History of the City, Humankind's Greatest Invention

METROPOLIS: A HISTORY OF THE CITY, HUMANKIND'S GREATEST INVENTION

Doubleday, Canada

Anchor Canada

Decency and Disorder: The Age of Cant 1789-1837

History

Europe

Faber&Faber

William Hone is the forgotten hero of the British Press. In 1817 he was compelled to defend himself against a government determined to enforce censorship. His fellow journalists, opposition MPs and the ministers believed that a verdict against Hone would silence all critical voices. It was a show trial, and Hone - a self-educated and obscure Fleet Street journalist who had to defend himself against the Lord Chief Justice and the Attorney General and in front of a jury hand-picked by the ministry - was the underdog, a supposedly easy victim for the state. Hone's crime was ridiculing the government. He was a noted satirist, who used laughter as a weapon to destroy censorship. His humour captured the imagination of the public; his satires sold in the hundreds of thousands. They were symbols of resistance for an angry public and were genuinely feared by his enemies. The Laughter of Triumph looks at the history of the struggle for free expression against repressive laws through the life of William Hone. Could the state push the law so far that humour was a crime? Or was it the only way to subvert censorship? As Hone implored his jury on the second day of his trials, 'Is a laugh treason? Surely not.'

The Laughter of Triumph

Business & Money

Gardners Books

<p>Fear of terrorism, crime, social chaos - factors which have put our ideal of individual liberty very much into retreat. Particularly in light of the debate surrounding 42-day detention, it is important to remind ourselves of just how complex the battle to achieve these rights has been. However, the question remains; how can we resist the growth of intrusive authoritarianism without exposing ourselves to crime, terrorism and other risks? History provides a guide to answering this question. "What Price Liberty?" takes us through four centuries of British, American and European history, elaborating not just how civil liberties were constructed in the past, but how they were continually rethought - and re-fought - in response to modernity, and puts into context the controversies of the past decade or so. If liberty is to survive now, it must again adapt to new circumstances, but it is up to us all to agree upon the value we place on it. An essential and utterly enlightening discussion, "What Price Liberty?" provides the material and arguments with which we can make sense of our times.</p>

What Price Liberty!: How Freedom Was Won and Is Being Lost

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

Join the first, most comprehensive discussion on 'liberty' - the defining issue of the twenty-first Century. With fear of terrorism, crime and social chaos putting our ideal of individual liberty very much into retreat, how can we maintain the principles we fought so hard to attain? History provides a guide to answering this question. "What Price Liberty?" takes us through four centuries of civil liberty; how it was constructed, and has been re-thought and re-fought to adapt to new circumstances. An essential and utterly enlightening discussion, "What Price Liberty?" provides the material and arguments with which we can make sense of our times.

What Price Liberty?

Faber and Faber

Heyday

Asia

GARDNERS VI BOOKS AMS006

Urban Jungle

Vintage

<p>The handbook will give clear and comprehensive guidance to anyone who wants a basic understanding of information security threats and the legal issues related to them. them.</p>

Information Security: A Legal Business and Technical Handbook

Computers & Technology

Kimberley Kiefer

Stephen Wu

Certification

American Bar Association]

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