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The Nazis Knew My Name is one woman's story about the bravery and
kindness shown by her mother in the Holocaust concentration camps.
In the camps during the Second World War, prisoner Magda Hellinger
Blau was selected by the SS as a Jewish prison leader and she
eventually rises to the senior position of Lageralteste (Camp
Elder). Madga used her proximity to her fellow prisoners and the SS
to engage in numerous acts of kindness, bravery and compassion to
keep the prisoners alive in frightening and uncertain
circumstances. Now, her daughter Maya Lee tells the definitive
story of her mother, a woman who showed great bravery and
compassion when stuck between worlds of authority and imprisonment.
Using her mother's short memoir as a starting point, this book is
Maya Lee's deep-dive into her mother's life and the power of
kindness in the face of adversity, as she connects with fellow
Auschwitz survivors and forms new friendships throughout her
journey. The Nazis Knew My Name is a poignant and personal
exploration of the prisoners in the Holocaust camps and the need to
still tell these stories almost 70 years on.
Sir David Brewster (1781 1868) was a distinguished scientist and
inventor who frequently turned the results of his research to
practical ends; his work on the diffraction of light, for example,
led to his developing improved reflectors for lighthouses and
inventing two popular Victorian toys, the stereoscope and the
kaleidoscope. He was also active as the editor of the Edinburgh
Magazine and the Edinburgh Encyclopaedia (1808 1830) and
contributed to the seventh and eighth editions of the Encyclopaedia
Britannica, as well as writing many articles for a variety of
philosophical and scientific journals. He was deeply religious, and
in More Worlds Than One (1854) he set out to counter the arguments
against extra-terrestrial life of William Whewell's recently
published Of the Plurality of Worlds (also reissued in this
series), urging that Whewell's 'extraordinary doctrine' was wrong
on scientific grounds.
From the local to the global, the governance of illegal drug use is
becoming increasingly fragmented. In some contexts, prohibitive
regimes are being transformed or replaced, while in others there
are renewed commitments to criminalized control. But what gives
rise to convergence and divergence in processes of policy making,
both across different countries as well as within them? Based upon
empirical qualitative research with 'elite' insiders, David
Brewster explores a diverse range of cannabis policy approaches
across the globe. His original analysis reveals the factors which
facilitate or hinder punitive or liberalising tendencies in
cannabis policy processes, concluding with future directions for
policy making and comparative criminology.
The emergence of India as a regional and potentially global
power is forcing us to rethink our mental map of the Asia Pacific.
We are only just beginning to discern how India may alter the
global economic landscape. How will the rise of India change the
strategic landscape of Asia and beyond?
This book provides a comprehensive assessment of India's
international relations in the Asia Pacific, a region which has not
traditionally been understood to include India. It examines India's
strategic thinking about the Asia Pacific, its relationships with
China and the United States, and India's increasingly close
security ties with other major countries in the region. It
considers the consequences of India's rise on the Asia Pacific
strategic order and asks whether India is likely to join the ranks
of the major powers of the Asia Pacific in coming years.
The emergence of India as a regional and potentially global power
is forcing us to rethink our mental map of the Asia Pacific. We are
only just beginning to discern how India may alter the global
economic landscape. How will the rise of India change the strategic
landscape of Asia and beyond? This book provides a comprehensive
assessment of India's international relations in the Asia Pacific,
a region which has not traditionally been understood to include
India. It examines India's strategic thinking about the Asia
Pacific, its relationships with China and the United States, and
India's increasingly close security ties with other major countries
in the region. It considers the consequences of India's rise on the
Asia Pacific strategic order and asks whether India is likely to
join the ranks of the major powers of the Asia Pacific in coming
years.
The Nazis Knew My Name is one woman's story about the bravery and
kindness shown by her mother in the Holocaust concentration camps.
In the camps during the Second World War, prisoner Magda Hellinger
Blau was selected by the SS as a Jewish prison leader and she
eventually rises to the senior position of Lageralteste (Camp
Elder). Madga used her proximity to her fellow prisoners and the SS
to engage in numerous acts of kindness, bravery and compassion to
keep the prisoners alive in frightening and uncertain
circumstances. Now, her daughter Maya Lee tells the definitive
story of her mother, a woman who showed great bravery and
compassion when stuck between worlds of authority and imprisonment.
Using her mother's short memoir as a starting point, this book is
Maya Lee's deep-dive into her mother's life and the power of
kindness in the face of adversity, as she connects with fellow
Auschwitz survivors and forms new friendships throughout her
journey. The Nazis Knew My Name is a poignant and personal
exploration of the prisoners in the Holocaust camps and the need to
still tell these stories almost 70 years on.
After a brief career at sea, during which he tested Harrison's
chronometer for the Board of Longitude, John Robison (1739-1805)
became lecturer in chemistry at the University of Glasgow. In 1774,
having spent a period teaching mathematics in Russia, he returned
to Scotland as professor of natural philosophy at Edinburgh.
Despite his busy schedule, he contributed major articles on the
sciences to the Encyclopaedia Britannica, giving an overview of
contemporary scientific knowledge for the educated layperson. After
his death, these and other pieces of his scientific writing were
edited by his former pupil David Brewster (1781-1868) and were
finally published in four volumes in 1822, with a separate volume
of illustrative plates. This reissue incorporates those plates in
the relevant volumes of text. Volume 1 contains articles on
dynamics and on the construction of roofs, arches and bridges, as
well as a previously unpublished manuscript on projectile motion.
After a brief career at sea, during which he tested Harrison's
chronometer for the Board of Longitude, John Robison (1739-1805)
became lecturer in chemistry at the University of Glasgow. In 1774,
having spent a period teaching mathematics in Russia, he returned
to Scotland as professor of natural philosophy at Edinburgh.
Despite his busy schedule, he contributed major articles on the
sciences to the Encyclopaedia Britannica, giving an overview of
contemporary scientific knowledge for the educated layperson. After
his death, these and other pieces of his scientific writing were
edited by his former pupil David Brewster (1781-1868) and were
finally published in four volumes in 1822, with a separate volume
of illustrative plates. This reissue incorporates those plates in
the relevant volumes of text. Volume 2 contains Robison's articles
on the steam engine (revised and expanded by his friend James
Watt), on other machinery, and on fluid flows.
After a brief career at sea, during which he tested Harrison's
chronometer for the Board of Longitude, John Robison (1739-1805)
became lecturer in chemistry at the University of Glasgow. In 1774,
having spent a period teaching mathematics in Russia, he returned
to Scotland as professor of natural philosophy at Edinburgh.
Despite his busy schedule, he contributed major articles on the
sciences to the Encyclopaedia Britannica, giving an overview of
contemporary scientific knowledge for the educated layperson. After
his death, these and other pieces of his scientific writing were
edited by his former pupil David Brewster (1781-1868) and were
finally published in four volumes in 1822, with a separate volume
of illustrative plates. This reissue incorporates those plates in
the relevant volumes of text. Volume 3 reprints Robison's large
treatise on astronomy, based on his university lectures, as well as
his articles on telescopes and pneumatics.
After a brief career at sea, during which he tested Harrison's
chronometer for the Board of Longitude, John Robison (1739-1805)
became lecturer in chemistry at the University of Glasgow. In 1774,
having spent a period teaching mathematics in Russia, he returned
to Scotland as professor of natural philosophy at Edinburgh.
Despite his busy schedule, he contributed major articles on the
sciences to the Encyclopaedia Britannica, giving an overview of
contemporary scientific knowledge for the educated layperson. After
his death, these and other pieces of his scientific writing were
edited by his former pupil David Brewster (1781-1868) and were
finally published in four volumes in 1822, with a separate volume
of illustrative plates. This reissue incorporates those plates in
the relevant volumes of text. Volume 4 contains a variety of
Robison's encyclopaedia articles: on electricity and on magnetism,
various pieces on the physics of sound and music, and assorted
others.
This book assesses India's role as a major power in the Indian
Ocean. Many see the Indian Ocean as naturally falling within
India's sphere of influence but, as this book demonstrates, India
has a long way to go before it could achieve regional dominance.
The book outlines the development of Indian thinking on its role in
the Indian Ocean and examines India's strategic relationships in
the region, including with maritime South Asia, the Indian Ocean
islands, East Africa, the Middle East, Southeast Asia and
Australia. The book then discusses India's ambivalent relationship
with the United States and explores its attitude towards China's
growing power in the Indian Ocean. It concludes by discussing the
region's evolving strategic order - does India have what it takes
to become the leading power in the region?
The Scottish natural philosopher and historian of science Sir David
Brewster (1781 1868), best remembered as a friend of Sir Walter
Scott and the inventor of the kaleidoscope, contributed reviews and
articles on a huge variety of subjects to such periodicals as the
Edinburgh Review and Fraser's Magazine. (His Letters on Natural
Magic Addressed to Sir Walter Scott and his two-volume life of
Isaac Newton are also reissued in this series). In this work,
published in 1804, Brewster is determined to refute the allegations
often directed against the Freemasons, as representing 'caverns of
darkness, in which the most detestable schemes have been hatched'.
He does so by tracing the history of the 'peaceful institution' of
Freemasonry from antiquity until the end of the eighteenth century.
He then describes the history of the Grand Lodge of Scotland from
its institution in 1736, basing his account on the records of the
Lodge.
Intended as a supplement to Sir Walter Scott's 1830 Letters on
Demonology and Witchcraft, this 1832 publication seeks to explain
and expose the science behind the alleged 'magic' of spiritualists
and conjurors. David Brewster (1781 1868), a Scottish natural
philosopher and historian of science, was highly regarded in his
lifetime but has since faded into obscurity. Penned at the request
of Scott, Brewster's friend and neighbour, this book follows an
epistolary structure, consisting of thirteen letters each
addressing and exposing different aspects of the alleged
supernatural activity, in keeping with the format of Scott's
publication. Brewster's subject matter includes optics, magic
lanterns, automata, alchemy, fire-breathing, spontaneous
combustion, spectral illusions and various other phenomena. In each
case he carefully outlines how this 'magic' is created with optical
illusion, narcotic drugs, gas inhalation, and chemical tricks. The
book offers an intriguing insight into nineteenth-century attitudes
towards the supernatural.
Sir David Brewster (1781 1868) was a Scottish physicist,
mathematician, astronomer, inventor, and writer of international
reputation. His biography of Sir Isaac Newton, published in 1855
and reissued in 1860, was the result of over twenty years'
research, undertaken while publishing hundreds of scientific papers
of his own. Brewster made use of previously unknown correspondence
by Newton, and his own scientific interests, particularly in
optics, meant that he was able to understand and explain Newton's
work. It covered the many facets of Newton's personality and work,
remaining the best available study of Newton for over a century.
Brewster reveals much about the science of his own time in his
handling of earlier centuries, and as a cleric was obviously
uncomfortable about the evidence of Newton's unorthodox religious
views and alchemical studies. Volume 1 covers the period up to
about 1700, and includes disputes with Leibniz over the development
of calculus.
Sir David Brewster (1781 1868) was a Scottish physicist,
mathematician, astronomer, inventor, and writer of international
reputation. His biography of Sir Isaac Newton, published in 1855
and reissued in 1860, was the result of over twenty years'
research, undertaken while publishing hundreds of scientific papers
of his own. Brewster made use of previously unknown correspondence
by Newton, and his own scientific interests, particularly in
optics, meant that he was able to understand and explain Newton's
work. It covered the many facets of Newton's personality and work,
remaining the best available study of Newton for over a century.
Brewster reveals much about the science of his own time in his
handling of earlier centuries, and as a cleric was obviously
uncomfortable about the evidence of Newton's unorthodox religious
views and alchemical studies. Volume 2 covers the period from the
dispute with Leibniz to Newton's death, and considers his
posthumous reputation.
This book assesses India's role as a major power in the Indian
Ocean. Many see the Indian Ocean as naturally falling within
India's sphere of influence but, as this book demonstrates, India
has a long way to go before it could achieve regional dominance.
The book outlines the development of Indian thinking on its role in
the Indian Ocean and examines India's strategic relationships in
the region, including with maritime South Asia, the Indian Ocean
islands, East Africa, the Middle East, Southeast Asia and
Australia. The book then discusses India's ambivalent relationship
with the United States and explores its attitude towards China's
growing power in the Indian Ocean. It concludes by discussing the
region's evolving strategic order - does India have what it takes
to become the leading power in the region?
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