title: The EC Archives: Tales from the Crypt Volume 1
author: Various
description: The <i>EC </i>comics the <i>EC Archives</i> reprint featured numerous writers and artists most of whom are now deceased.
zlib_text: Cryptography: A Very Short Introduction
  
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  VERY SHORT INTRODUCTIONS are for anyone wanting a stimulating and accessible
  way in to a new subject. They are written by experts, and have been published
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  The series began in 1995, and now represents a wide variety of topics in
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  **Very Short Introductions available now:**
  
  > ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY **Julia Annas**
  
  > THE ANGLO-SAXON AGE **John Blair**
  
  > ANIMAL RIGHTS **David DeGrazia**
  
  > ARCHAEOLOGY **Paul Bahn**
  
  > ARISTOTLE **Jonathan Barnes**
  
  > AUGUSTINE **Henry Chadwick**
  
  > BARTHES **Jonathan Culler**
  
  > THE BIBLE **John Riches**
  
  > BUDDHA **Michael Carrithers**
  
  > BUDDHIS **Damien Keown**
  
  > CLASSICS **Mary Beard and John Henderson**
  
  > CLAUSEWITZ **Michael