Five Plays

Five Plays
Author: Michael Weller
Publisher: Theatre Communications Group
Total Pages: 274
Release: 1997-12-01
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 1559366443

“It’s hard to think of a writer who knows his generation better than Michael Weller.” —Frank Rich, New York Times Michael Weller’s early work chronicled American culture as it was taken apart and reformed in the turbulent ’60s. This volume collects his best-known plays of the ’70s and ’80s, including the now-classic Moonchildren, Fishing, At Home, Abroad and Loose Ends. Also includes a new introduction by the author.

The Broom of the System

The Broom of the System
Author: David Foster Wallace
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 482
Release: 2016-10-18
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0143129449

Part of the Penguin Orange Collection, a limited-run series of twelve influential and beloved American classics in a bold series design offering a modern take on the iconic Penguin paperback Winner of the 2016 AIGA + Design Observer 50 Books | 50 Covers competition For the seventieth anniversary of Penguin Classics, the Penguin Orange Collection celebrates the heritage of Penguin’s iconic book design with twelve influential American literary classics representing the breadth and diversity of the Penguin Classics library. These collectible editions are dressed in the iconic orange and white tri-band cover design, first created in 1935, while french flaps, high-quality paper, and striking cover illustrations provide the cutting-edge design treatment that is the signature of Penguin Classics Deluxe Editions today. The Broom of the System The “dazzling, exhilarating” (San Francisco Chronicle) debut novel from one of the most groundbreaking writers of his generation, The Broom of the System is an outlandishly funny and fiercely intelligent exploration of the paradoxes of language, storytelling, and reality.

Device-Independent Quantum Information Processing

Device-Independent Quantum Information Processing
Author: Rotem Arnon-Friedman
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 217
Release: 2020-10-31
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3030602311

Device-independent quantum cryptography is a method for exchanging secret messages over potentially insecure quantum communication channels, such as optical fibers. In contrast to conventional quantum cryptography, security is guaranteed even if the devices used by the communication partners, such as photon sources and detectors, deviate from their theoretical specifications. This is of high practical relevance, for attacks to current implementations of quantum cryptography exploit exactly such deviations. Device-independent cryptography is however technologically so demanding that it looked as if experimental realizations are out of reach. In her thesis, Rotem Arnon-Friedman presents powerful information-theoretic methods to prove the security of device-independent quantum cryptography. Based on them, she is able to establish security in a parameter regime that may be experimentally achievable in the near future. Rotem Arnon-Friedman's thesis thus provides the theoretical foundations for an experimental demonstration of device-independent quantum cryptography.

Dreamtamer and Other Short Stories

Dreamtamer and Other Short Stories
Author: Avnish Burman Choudhury
Publisher: Notion Press
Total Pages: 155
Release: 2021-09-04
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1638866082

Would you be able to escape a raging inferno, if your only way out was blocked by your deepest fears? Would you manage to survive on your own, or would you need someone’s help…anyone’s help… Should we fear those among us who perform seemingly impossible feats, or should we try and understand them instead? And in doing so, might we learn something that may enrich our own lives? Are changes in our relationships always brought about by arguments and force? Or may they sometimes come to pass effortlessly, through sheer good fortune? When you look in the mirror, how certain are you that the person looking back at you is truly…you? What if it isn’t…and what if they…don’t like you? Do unto others as you would have them do unto you…correct? How about: never do unto others, what you would never have them do unto you? This applies to everyone: you, me, and even the occasional serial killer. A bereft heart heals on its own. And with a little comfort and honesty, it may find love again…even where there was none to begin with. With tales of supernatural occurrences, fantasy, crime, love and personal growth, Dreamtamer and Other Short Stories explores multiple genres through a collection of six works of fiction. There’s a little something for everyone, and a lot for lovers of a good tale.

Advanced Shell Scripting Book

Advanced Shell Scripting Book
Author: Amit Ganvir
Publisher: Blue Rose Publishers
Total Pages: 575
Release: 2024-02-29
Genre: Education
ISBN:

Explore the depths of Linux with "Advanced Shell Scripting", a meticulously crafted guide designed to cater to the needs of experienced system administrators, DevOps professionals, and enthusiastic beginners. Initially tailored for RedHat/CentOS users, this comprehensive resource seamlessly adapts to all Linux platforms, offering a rich exploration of Linux commands. By emphasizing the fundamental principle that commands remain steadfast while parameters evolve, this book simplifies the complexities of task automation and enhances the reader's comprehension of the underlying logic. With its clear explanations and practical examples, "Advanced Shell Scripting" equips readers with the tools and knowledge needed to develop their own scripts, empowering them to navigate their Linux journey with confidence and proficiency.

HOME

HOME
Author: Daniel Steward
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 238
Release:
Genre:
ISBN: 1445288850

One! Hundred! Demons!

One! Hundred! Demons!
Author: Lynda Barry
Publisher: Drawn & Quarterly
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2021-04-22
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1770461701

"You'll wonder how anything can be so sad and so funny at the same time."—Lev Grossman, Time Inspired by a sixteenth-century Zen monk’s painting of a hundred demons chasing each other across a long scroll, acclaimed cartoonist Lynda Barry confronts various demons from her life in seventeen full-color vignettes. In Barry’s hand, demons are the life moments that haunt you, form you, and stay with you: your worst boyfriend; kickball games on a warm summer night; watching your baby brother dance; the smell of various houses in the neighborhood you grew up in; or the day you realize your childhood is long behind you and you are officially a teenager. As a cartoonist, Lynda Barry has the innate ability to zero in on the essence of truth, a magical quality that has made her book One! Hundred! Demons! an enduring classic of the early twenty-first century. In the book’s intro, however, Barry throws the idea of truth out of the window by asking the reader to decide if fiction can have truth and if autobiography can have a fiction, a hybrid that Barry coins “autobiofictionalography.” As readers get to know Barry’s demons, they realize that the actual truth no longer matters because the universality of Barry’s comics, true or untrue, reigns supreme.

Outplay

Outplay
Author: Mike Lees
Publisher: Mike Lees Books
Total Pages: 172
Release: 2022-08-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Outplay, book 2 of the Human Singularity series. Mike Lees displays his enigmatic and entertaining prose in Outplay, his new full-length novel, sounding the depths of human nature in a diversified galaxy. When Jack Stone, a failing journalist, receives a key containing the Melody, a coded sound arrangement that activates the inertia drive, a ship, and a mission, he finds himself drawn into international and galactic intrigue. Jack must reach deep within his soul to outplay James Carting, a scheming tech executive bent on seizing the Melody for his own gain at the risk of exposing Earth to alien exploitation. Can Jack and his mixed team save humanity from a dark future? Find out in this second instalment of the Human Singularity series: Outplay. Where fiction fast becomes reality. (A read of book one, Outpost, will ease understanding of certain aspects of Outplay.)

Splitting Issues

Splitting Issues
Author: Sam Bobrick
Publisher: Samuel French, Inc.
Total Pages: 97
Release: 2008
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 0573662681

The Failure - To the annoyance of his wife, a man reflects on his life.

Moonchildren

Moonchildren
Author: Michael Weller
Publisher: Samuel French, Inc.
Total Pages: 92
Release: 1971
Genre: American drama
ISBN: 9780573612459

Sometimes described as the definitive play about the young people of the 1960s , a generation that no longer believes in traditional values but has not yet found values of its own.