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Facebook for grown-ups

2012-01-26T11:24:00.000+08:00

書名 Title: Facebook for grown-ups
作者 Author: Michael Miller
出版商 Publisher: Que Publishing
出版年 Publish Year: 2011
ISBN 9780789747129
資料類型 Info. Type: Book
館藏地 Location: General Collection
索書號 Call Number: HM742 .M55 2011

簡介 Description

Presents a guide for adults on the features of Facebook, covering such topics as opening an account, finding friends, posting status updates, sharing photos, joining a business network, creating groups, and using games and applications.

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Adobe Acrobat X : classroom in a book : the official training workbook from Adobe Systems

2012-01-26T11:17:00.000+08:00

書名 Title: Adobe Acrobat X : classroom in a book : the official training workbook from Adobe Systems
出版商 Publisher: Adobe Press
出版年 Publish Year: 2011
ISBN 9780321751256
資料類型 Info. Type: Book
館藏地 Location: General Collection
索書號 Call Number: QA76.9.F48 .A36 2011

簡介 Description

Annotation Through a series of self-paced lessons (each of which builds on the last & includes hands-on projects that the reader can create using the files on the CD-ROM), this guide acquaints users with all of Acrobat's regular & industrial-strength features for creating, reviewing, editing, commenting on, modifying & preflighting PDF files.

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Social work with older adults : a biopsychosocial approach to assessment and intervention

2012-01-26T11:10:00.000+08:00

書名 Title: Social work with older adults : a biopsychosocial approach to assessment and intervention
作者 Author: Kathleen McInnis-Dittrich
出版商 Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
出版年 Publish Year: 2009
ISBN 9780205593606
資料類型 Info. Type: Book
館藏地 Location: General Collection
索書號 Call Number: HV1461 .M35 2009

簡介 Description

This text presents a comprehensive overview of the process of assessing the needs of older adults and providing social and mental health services to meet those needs. The Third Edition of this award-winning text examines the basics of biopsychosocial changes associated with the aging process.

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Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac

2012-01-26T11:06:00.000+08:00

書名 Title: Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac
作者 Author: Steve Schwartz
出版商 Publisher: Peachpit Press
出版年 Publish Year: 2011
ISBN 9780321751263
資料類型 Info. Type: Book
館藏地 Location: General Collection
索書號 Call Number: HF5548.4.M525 .S39 2011

簡介 Description

Visual QuickStart Guides, designed in an attractive tutorial and reference format, are the quickest, easiest, and most thorough way to learn applications, tasks, and technologies. The Visual QuickStart Guides are a smart choice and guide the learner in a friendly and respectful tone.

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Modern quantum mechanics

2012-01-26T11:02:00.000+08:00

書名 Title: Modern quantum mechanics
作者 Author: J. J. Sakurai, Jim Napolitano
出版商 Publisher: Addison-Wesley
出版年 Publish Year: 2011
ISBN 9780321503367
資料類型 Info. Type: Book
館藏地 Location: General Collection
索書號 Call Number: QC174.12 .S25 2011

簡介 Description

This best-selling classic provides a graduate-level, non-historical, modern introduction of quantum mechanical concepts. The author, J. J. Sakurai, was a renowned theorist in particle theory. This revision by Jim Napolitano retains the original material and adds topics that extend the text's usefulness into the 21st century. The introduction of new material, and modification of existing material, appears in a way that better prepares the student For The next course in quantum field theory.
Students will still find such classic developments as neutron interferometer experiments, Feynman path integrals, correlation measurements, and Bell's inequality. The style and treatment of topics is now more consistent across chapters.The Second Edition has been updated for currency and consistency across all topics and has been checked For The right amount of mathematical rigor.

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A history of psychology : main currents in psychological thought

2012-01-26T10:54:00.000+08:00

書名 Title: A history of psychology : main currents in psychological thought
作者 Author: Thomas Hardy Leahey
出版商 Publisher: Pearson Prentice Hall
出版年 Publish Year: 2004
ISBN 0131114476
資料類型 Info. Type: Book
館藏地 Location: General Collection
索書號 Call Number: BF81 .L45 2004

簡介 Description

This narrative history of psychology from the ancient Greeks through the present focuses on the main philosophical themes that have guided thinking in psychology, while carefully considering the subject in its religious, social, and literary contexts. Topics include: background to psychology, containing information about the origins, spirituality, the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries; founding psychology, including scientific psychology, and Sigmund Freud and psychoanalysis; and modern psychology. An excellent reference work for psychologists and psychoanalysts.

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The codes guidebook for interiors

2012-01-17T11:22:00.000+08:00

書名 Title: The codes guidebook for interiors
作者 Author: Sharon Koomen Harmon, Katherine E. Kennon
出版商 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
出版年 Publish Year: 2011
ISBN 9780470592090
資料類型 Info. Type: Book
館藏地 Location: General Collection
索書號 Call Number: KF5701 .H37 2011

簡介 Description

The Codes Guidebook for Interiors, Fifth Edition features jargon-free explanations of all the codes and standards of concern to designers and architects, including performance codes, fire codes, building and finish standards, energy codes, and Americans with Disabilities standards. The book uses an easy-to-navigate format that is geared towards the code process as a whole, to take readers step-by-step through the codes relevant at each stage in the design process. Dozens of examples and a greatly enhanced set of illustrations, show how codes apply to real-world projects.

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Poetry & translation : the art of the impossible

2012-01-17T11:13:00.001+08:00

書名 Title: Poetry & translation : the art of the impossible
作者 Author: Peter Robinson
出版商 Publisher: Liverpool University Press
出版年 Publish Year: 2010
ISBN 9781846312182
資料類型 Info. Type: Book
館藏地 Location: General Collection
索書號 Call Number: PN1059.T7 .R63 2010

簡介 Description

In Poetry and Translation, acclaimed poet and translator Peter Robinson examines the art of translation as practiced by poets and others, and how the various practices of translating have continued in parallel with the writing of original poetry. Rather than engaging in a formal theoretical debate, Poetry and Translation instead raises issues for discussion—the character of bilingual editions, for example—rather than identifying a single answer. A peerless resource for readers and students of poetry, translation, and classical and modern languages, this volume offers a unique perspective on the interactive processes of reading and writing poetry whether in mother tongues or in translations.

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Real world digital photography

2012-01-17T11:05:00.001+08:00

書名 Title: Real world digital photography
作者 Author: Katrin Eismann, Sean Duggan, Tim Grey
出版商 Publisher: Peachpit Press
出版年 Publish Year: 2011
ISBN 9780321713063
資料類型 Info. Type: Book
館藏地 Location: General Collection
索書號 Call Number: TR267 .E37 2011

簡介 Description

Real World Adobe Illustrator CS5 is the definitive reference to Adobe's industry-standard vector graphics software. With an easy, engaging style, author and past Illustrator product manager Mordy Golding takes readers through all of the features of the program, explaining not only how to use the multitude of features but also why and when to use them. This edition has been thoroughly updated for Illustrator CS5 and includes techniques on using the new perspective tools to draw, move, scale or duplicate objects in perspective. This edition also covers the refinements to Illustrator's drawing tools, such as its Stroke panel and brushes, including the new Bristle Brush for painting, as well as the Shape Builder tool, which makes it easier to merge, break apart, or modify objects. The multiple artboards that were introduced in CS4 are easier to manage in CS5, with a full Artboards panel.

Along with tips, sidebars, and expert commentary, there are also numerous 4-color illustrations and screen shots from contributing artists included to offer readers the most complete coverage on this extraordinary application. Designers from all fields--illustrators, animators, package designers, graphic designers, web designers, and more--will find Real World Adobe Illustrator CS5 their one-stop guide to creating powerful designs in Illustrator.

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Real world digital photography

2012-01-17T10:57:00.002+08:00

書名 Title: Real world digital photography
作者 Author: Katrin Eismann, Sean Duggan, Tim Grey
出版商 Publisher: Peachpit Press
出版年 Publish Year: 2011
ISBN 9780321700995
資料類型 Info. Type: Book
館藏地 Location: General Collection
索書號 Call Number: TR267 .E37 2011

簡介 Description

Whether you're a serious photographer or a hobbyist, the advice and instruction found in this comprehensive, best-selling guide to digital photography will help you advance your skills to produce consistent professional results.

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Village life in Hong Kong : politics, gender, and ritual in the New Territories

2012-01-17T10:53:00.000+08:00

書名 Title: Village life in Hong Kong : politics, gender, and ritual in the New Territories
作者 Author: James L. Watson and Rubie S. Watson
出版商 Publisher: Chinese University Press
出版年 Publish Year: 2004
ISBN 9789629961183
資料類型 Info. Type: Book
館藏地 Location: General Collection
索書號 Call Number: HT443.C62 .W38 2004

簡介 Description

This book is a collection of revised articles based on the authors'fieldwork on two villages in Yuen Long, a rural district of Hong Kong. It presents the authors'observations and their interpretation of life in a southern Chinese village under the process of urbanization.

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Essentials of medical language

2012-01-17T10:45:00.000+08:00

書名 Title: Essentials of medical language
作者 Author: David M. Allan, Karen D. Lockyer
出版商 Publisher: McGraw-Hill
出版年 Publish Year: 2012
ISBN 9780073374611
資料類型 Info. Type: Book
館藏地 Location: General Collection
索書號 Call Number: R123 .A45 2012

簡介 Description

Master medical terminology with every turn of the page!

Essentials of Medical Language, 2e, presents new medical terminology to students in manageable quantities via short lessons and a 2-page spread format.

This edition offers a completely redesigned learning experience through larger, more focused art and revised table of contents. Students will feel a new sense of engagement and motivation through Case Reports and a wide variety of exercises throughout the chapters.

As a final improvement to this textbook, professors will discover a total revamp from top to bottom, providing them with text that is shorter and stronger, larger imaging, better chapter sequence, updated learning objectives, and more questions and exercises for students to practice.

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Algebra for college students

2012-01-17T10:36:00.000+08:00

書名 Title: Algebra for college students
作者 Author: Mark Dugopolski
出版商 Publisher: McGraw-Hill
出版年 Publish Year: 2012
ISBN 9780073384344
資料類型 Info. Type: Book
館藏地 Location: General Collection
索書號 Call Number: QA152.3 .D84 2012

簡介 Description

The Dugopolski series in developmental mathematics has helped thousands of students succeed in their developmental math courses.Algebra for College Students, 6e is part of the latest offerings in the successful Dugopolski series in mathematics. In his books, students and faculty will find short, precise explanations of terms and concepts written in clear, understandable language that is mathematically accurate. Dugopolski also includes a double cross-referencing system between the examples and exercise sets, so no matter where the students start, they will see the connection between the two. Finally, the author finds it important to not only provide quality but also a wide variety and quantity of exercises and applications.

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Financial markets and institutions

2012-01-17T10:28:00.000+08:00

書名 Title: Financial markets and institutions
作者 Author: Anthony Saunders, Marcia Millon Cornett
出版商 Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Irwin
出版年 Publish Year: 2012
ISBN 9780078034664
資料類型 Info. Type: Book
館藏地 Location: General Collection
索書號 Call Number: HG4910 .S28 2012

簡介 Description

Financial Markets and Institutions, 5e offers a unique analysis of the risks faced by investors and savers interacting through financial institutions and financial markets, as well as strategies that can be adopted for controlling and managing risks. Special emphasis is put on new areas of operations in financial markets and institutions such as asset securitization, off-balance-sheet activities, and globalization of financial services.

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The finishing touch : how to build world-class customer service

2012-01-04T16:58:00.001+08:00

書名 Title: The finishing touch : how to build world-class customer service
作者 Author: Tony Cram
出版商 Publisher: Financial Times Prentice Hall
出版年 Publish Year: 2010
ISBN 9780273713012
資料類型 Info. Type: Book
館藏地 Location: General Collection
索書號 Call Number: HF5415.5 .C73 2010

簡介 Description

Find out how to deliver world class service that will get your business noticed and your customers coming back again and again.To win and keep customers you have to do more than just meet their expectations - you have to surpass them.
This book shows you that your customers' lasting impression of you as a service provider is their final one, so you need to make sure you focus on finishing every service encounter on a high note. This is a short, sharp and practical book that brings an innovative approach to achieving top-class service provision. It is packed with real examples that reveal the differences between poor, acceptable and outstanding service - and guidelines that show you how to become an exceptional service provider. It is a lifeline for any manager under pressure to deliver better service and raise levels of customer satisfaction.Tony Cram is a Programme Director at Ashridge Business School- one of Europe's leading centres for Management Development. Tony works and teaches internationally, with experience in Europe, Asia and the Americas. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing. Previously, Tony held a general management position with Manpower and spent eight years with Grand Metropolitan at operating company board level. He has an MBA from Cranfield School of Management.

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Sport psychology : concepts and applications

2012-01-04T16:41:00.000+08:00

書名 Title: Sport psychology : concepts and applications
作者 Author: Richard H. Cox
出版商 Publisher: McGraw-Hill
出版年 Publish Year: 2012
ISBN 9780078022470
資料類型 Info. Type: Book
館藏地 Location: General Collection
索書號 Call Number: GV706.4 .C69 2012

簡介 Description

This text introduces students to a solid background in the basic principles and practices of welding. It first introduces fundamental theory of the welding process (gas arc, semi-automatic, automatic, and robotic welding) and then provides practice jobs so students develop manipulative skills and technical understanding. Metals and their welding characteristics, safety practices, welding symbols, and the fundamentals of print reading are all covered.

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The Red Baron's last flight : a mystery investigted

2012-01-04T16:25:00.000+08:00

書名 Title: The Red Baron's last flight : a mystery investigted
作者 Author: Norman Franks & Alan Bennett
出版商 Publisher: Grub Street
出版年 Publish Year: 2006
ISBN 9781904943334
資料類型 Info. Type: Book
館藏地 Location: General Collection
索書號 Call Number: D604 .F73 2006

簡介 Description

The mysterious events of April 21, 1918, the day the legendary Red Baron met his end, have kept the world captivated for decades.
There have been many theories, articles and books concerning exactly what took place but all previous accounts have been overshadowed by this groundbreaking book. Here is the definitive answer to one of history’s most compelling mysteries.
Taking you straight to the site of Richthofen’s final crash, leading aviation historian Norman Franks and pilot Alan Bennett dissect the evidence and expose what only eyewitnesses could see, complimented by a host of forensic and historical facts that illustrate in detail what actually occurred, when and how.

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Paradoxes from A to Z

2012-01-04T16:12:00.001+08:00

書名 Title: Paradoxes from A to Z
作者 Author: Michael Clark
出版商 Publisher: Routledge
出版年 Publish Year: 2007
ISBN 9780415420839
資料類型 Info. Type: Book
館藏地 Location: General Collection
索書號 Call Number: BC199.P2 .C53 2007

簡介 Description

This updated second edition is the essential guide to paradoxes and takes the reader on a lively tour of puzzles that have taxed thinkers from Zeno to Galileo and Lewis Carroll to Bertrand Russell. Michael Clark uncovers an array of conundrums, such as Achilles and the Tortoise, Theseus' Ship and the Prisoners' Dilemma, taking in subjects as diverse as knowledge, ethics, science, art and politics.
Clark discusses each paradox in non-technical terms, considering its significance and looking at likely solutions. Including a full glossary, Paradoxes from A to Z is a refreshing alternative to traditional philosophical introductions.

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How math can save your life

2012-01-04T16:03:00.000+08:00

書名 Title: How math can save your life
作者 Author: James D. Stein
出版商 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
出版年 Publish Year: 2010
ISBN 9780470437759
資料類型 Info. Type: Book
館藏地 Location: General Collection
索書號 Call Number: QA99 .S74 2010

簡介 Description

The author of How Math Explains the World provides practical and fun advice with straightforward explanations for using simple math to improve all areas of daily life, including education, employment, health and love life.

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Post-colonial studies : the key concepts

2012-01-04T15:39:00.000+08:00

書名 Title: Post-colonial studies : the key concepts
作者 Author: Bill Ashcroft, Gareth Griffiths and Helen Tiffin.
出版商 Publisher:Routledge
出版年 Publish Year: 2000
ISBN 9780415243605
資料類型 Info. Type: Book
館藏地 Location: General Collection
索書號 Call Number: JV185 .A84 2000

簡介 Description

Post-colonial studies stands at the intersection of debates about race, colonialism, gender, politics and language. In the language of post-colonial studies, some words are new, while others are familiar but charged with a new significance.
This volume provides an essential key to understanding the issues that characterise post-colonialism, explaining what it is, where it is encountered and why it is crucial in forging new cultural identities. Among the subjects defined and discussed are: * diaspora * Manicheanism * Orientalism * Fanonism * mimicry * settler-colony * imperialism * negritude * transculturation This comprehensive glossary has extensive cross-referencing, each entry is supplemented by suggestions for further reading, and there is a comprehensive bibliography of essential writings in post-colonial studies.

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The new Chinese documentary film movement : for the public record

2012-01-04T15:30:00.000+08:00

書名 Title: The new Chinese documentary film movement : for the public record
編者 Editor: Chris Berry, Lu Xinyu, and Lisa Rofel
出版商 Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
出版年 Publish Year: 2010
ISBN 9789888028528
資料類型 Info. Type: Book
館藏地 Location: General Collection
索書號 Call Number: PN1995.9.D6 .N49 2010

簡介 Description

The New Chinese Documentary Film Movement is a groundbreaking project unveiling recent documentary film work that has transformed visual culture in China, and brought new immediacy along with a broader base of participation to Chinese media. As a foundational text, this volume provides a much-needed introduction to the topic of Chinese documentary film, the signature mode of contemporary Chinese visual culture. These essays examine how documentary filmmakers have opened up a unique new space of social commentary and critique in an era of rapid social changes amid globalization and marketization.
The essays cover topics ranging from cruelty in documentary to the representation of Beijing; gay, lesbian and queer documentary; sound in documentary; the exhibition context in China; authorial intervention and subjectivity; and the distinctive “on the spot” aesthetics of contemporary Chinese documentary. This volume will be critical reading for scholars in disciplines ranging from film and media Studies to Chinese studies and Asian studies.

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Victorian people and ideas : a companion for the modern readerof Victorian literature

2012-01-04T15:23:00.001+08:00

書名 Title: Victorian people and ideas : a companion for the modern readerof Victorian literature
作者 Author: Richard D. Altick
出版商 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
出版年 Publish Year: 1973
ISBN 9780393093766
資料類型 Info. Type: Book
館藏地 Location: General Collection
索書號 Call Number: DA533 .A45 1973

簡介 Description

The reputation of the Victorian age in England has undergone many vicissitudes, but it is now higher than ever. In this important study, Richard D. Altick moves us toward an understanding of the social, intellectual, and theological crises that Carlyle and Dickens, Tennyson and Arnold were daily struggling to solve.
And the issues were many: the revolution in class structure and class attitudes; the rise of utilitarianism and the evangelical spirit; the crisis in religion, including the Oxford movement and Darwinism; the democratization of culture; the place of art and the artist in an industrial, bourgeois society; the effects of industrialism, especially on the way people live. Altick brings to the discussion of these complicated questions the lively and sensitive intelligence that his many readers have come to expect. He includes contemporary illustrations and a full reference index.

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Living on borrowed time : conversations with Citlali Rovirosa-Madrazo

2012-01-04T15:14:00.000+08:00

書名 Title: Living on borrowed time : conversations with Citlali Rovirosa-Madrazo
作者 Author: Zygmunt Bauman
出版商 Publisher: Polity Press
出版年 Publish Year: 2010
ISBN 9780745647395
資料類型 Info. Type: Book
館藏地 Location: General Collection
索書號 Call Number: HM479.B39 .B38 2010

簡介 Description

The global financial crisis has shattered the illusion that all was well with capitalism and forced us to confront the great challenges we face today with a new sense of urgency. Few are better placed to do this than Zygmunt Bauman, a social thinker whose writings on liquid modernity have pioneered a new way of seeing the world in which we live at the dawn of the 21st Century.
Our liquid modern world is characterized by the transition from a society of producers to a society of consumers, the natural extension of which is the society of perpetual debtors. The ruling idea of the society of consumers is to prevent needs from being satisfied and to create demand; its natural extension is to enable consumers to consume more by borrowing. Debt was transformed into a crucial profit-earning asset of capitalism in liquid modern times. The present-day ‘credit crunch' is not the outcome of the banks' failure but rather the fruit of their success in transforming the majority of men and women, young and old, into a race of debtors. They got what they were looking for: a society of debtors whose condition of being in debt was made self-perpetuating, with more debts being offered, and more undertaken, as the only way of escaping from the debts already incurred. Starting from this reflection on the current global financial crisis and prompted by the probing questions of his interlocutor, Citlali Rovirosa-Madrazo, Bauman examines in an historical perspective some of the most pressing moral and political issues of our time, from international terrorism and the rise of religious and secular fundamentalism to the decline of the nation-state and the threats posed by global warming, issues whose seriousness and urgency attest to the fact that we are living today not only on borrowed money but also on borrowed time.

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Anne Boleyn

2012-01-04T15:05:00.000+08:00

書名 Title: Anne Boleyn
作者 Author: Howard Brenton
出版商 Publisher: Nick Hern Books Limited
出版年 Publish Year: 2010
ISBN 9781848420991
資料類型 Info. Type: Book
館藏地 Location: General Collection
索書號 Call Number: PR6052.R426 .B74 2010

簡介 Description

Commissioned specially for Shakespeare’s Globe, Howard Brenton’s epic new play that premeired there in July 2010.

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Spycraft : the secret history of the CIA's spytechs from communism to Al-Qaeda

2012-01-04T15:01:00.000+08:00

書名 Title: Spycraft : the secret history of the CIA's spytechs from communism to Al-Qaeda
作者 Author: Robert Wallace and H. Keith Melton with Henry R. Schlesinger
出版商 Publisher: Plume
出版年 Publish Year: 2009
ISBN 9780452295476
資料類型 Info. Type: Book
館藏地 Location: General Collection
索書號 Call Number: JK468.I6 .W35 2009

簡介 Description

In this look at the CIA's most secretive operations and the devices that made them possible, Spycraft tells gripping life-and-death stories about a group of spytechs-much of it never previously revealed and with images never before seen by the public.

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Contagious capitalism : globalization and the politics of labor in China

2011-12-21T12:53:00.000+08:00

書名 Title: Contagious capitalism : globalization and the politics of labor in China
作者 Author: Mary Elizabeth Gallagher
出版商 Publisher: Princeton University Press
出版年 Publish Year: 2005
ISBN 9780691130361
資料類型 Info. Type: Book
館藏地 Location: General Collection
索書號 Call Number: HG5782 .G35 2005

簡介 Description

One of the core assumptions of recent American foreign policy is that China's post-1978 policy of "reform and openness" will lead to political liberalization. This book challenges that assumption and the general relationship between economic liberalization and democratization. Moreover, it analyzes the effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) liberalization on Chinese labor politics. Market reforms and increased integration with the global economy have brought about unprecedented economic growth and social change in China during the last quarter of a century. Contagious Capitalism contends that FDI liberalization played several roles in the process of China's reforms. First, it placed competitive pressure on the state sector to produce more efficiently, thus necessitating new labor practices. Second, it allowed difficult and politically sensitive labor reforms to be extended to other parts of the economy. Third, it caused a reformulation of one of the key ideological debates of reforming socialism: the relative importance of public industry. China's growing integration with the global economy through FDI led to a new focus of debate--away from the public vs. private industry dichotomy and toward a nationalist concern for the fate of Chinese industry. In comparing China with other Eastern European and Asian economies, two important considerations come into play, the book argues: China's pattern of ownership diversification and China's mode of integration into the global economy. This book relates these two factors to the success of economic change without political liberalization and addresses the way FDI liberalization has affected relations between workers and the ruling Communist Party. Its conclusion: reform and openness in this context resulted in a strengthened Chinese state, a weakened civil society (especially labor), and a delay in political liberalization.

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Language for a new century : contemporary poetry from the Middle East, Asia, and beyond

2011-12-21T12:49:00.000+08:00

書名 Title: Language for a new century : contemporary poetry from the Middle East, Asia, and beyond
編者 Editor: Tina Chang, Nathalie Handal, and Ravi Shankar
出版商 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
出版年 Publish Year: 2008
ISBN 9780393332384
資料類型 Info. Type: Book
館藏地 Location: General Collection
索書號 Call Number: PN6101 .L36 2008

簡介 Description

Language for a New Century celebrates the artistic and cultural forces flourishing today in the East, bringing together an unprecedented selection of works by South Asian, East Asian, Middle Eastern, and Central Asian poets as well as poets living in the Diaspora. Some poets, such as Bei Dao and Mahmoud Darwish, are acclaimed worldwide, but many more will be new to the reader. The collection includes 400 unique voices--political and apolitical, monastic and erotic--that represent a wider artistic movement that challenges thousand-year-old traditions, broadening our notion of contemporary literature.Each section of the anthology--organized by theme rather than by national affiliation--is preceded by a personal essay from the editors that introduces the poetry and exhorts readers to examine their own identities in light of these powerful poems. In an age of violence and terrorism, often predicated by cultural ignorance, this anthology is a bold declaration of shared humanity and devotion to the transformative power of art.

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Nietzsche's political skepticism

2011-12-21T12:44:00.000+08:00

書名 Title: Nietzsche's political skepticism

作者 Author: Tamsin Shaw

出版商 Publisher: Princeton University Press

出版年 Publish Year:2007

ISBN 9780691133225

資料類型 Info. Type: Book

館藏地 Location: General Collection

索書號 Call Number: JC233.N52 .S53 2007

簡介 Description

Political theorists have long been frustrated by Nietzsche's work. Although he develops profound critiques of morality, culture, and religion, it is very difficult to spell out the precise political implications of his insights. He himself never did so in any systematic way. In this book, Tamsin Shaw claims that there is a reason for this: Nietzsche's insights entail a distinctive form of political skepticism.Shaw argues that the modern political predicament, for Nietzsche, is shaped by two important historical phenomena.
The first is secularization, or the erosion of religious belief, and the fragmentation of moral life that it entails. The second is the unparalleled ideological power of the modern state. The promotion of Nietzsche's own values, Shaw insists, requires resistance to state ideology. But Nietzsche cannot envisage how these values might themselves provide a stable basis for political authority; this is because secular societies, lacking recognized normative expertise, also lack a reliable mechanism for making moral insight politically effective.In grappling with this predicament, Shaw claims, Nietzsche raises profound questions about political legitimacy and political authority in the modern world.

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傷 : 銀行崩壞

2011-12-21T12:40:00.000+08:00

書名 Title: 傷 : 銀行崩壞
作者 Author: 幸田真音
出版商 Publisher: 經濟新潮社
出版年 Publish Year: 2009
ISBN 9789867889874
資料類型 Info. Type: 一般圖書
館藏地 Location: 書庫區
索書號 Call Number: PL855.O33 .K64 2009

簡介 Description

日本康和銀行紐約分行的王牌交易員明石哲彥，從高層旅館一躍而下身亡。

　　他的生前好友芹澤拿到了他死前留下的「N.U.H.」字條，在尋找真相的過程中，芹澤認識了在華爾街呼風喚雨的美商證券公司董事州波小姐。
　　州波發現該銀行隱匿鉅額虧損，「這種銀行早就該倒閉了！」她對日本的銀行充滿了怨恨，為了她的戀人明石之死，她展開對銀行的復仇計畫，一步步揭開日本金融體系的黑暗面……

　　傷，不僅代表了女主角州波個人的創傷，也是一種隱喻，影射日本大藏省和金融機構的腐敗共生結構，從中更烘托出女主角州波的特立獨行，與迷人的特質。作者幸田真音於日本經濟小說界的獨特存在，正如同女主角州波與以男性為主體的金融體制奮戰的身影一般，是孤獨的英雄，並且永不懈怠的批判與反省。
男主角芹澤在書末對州波的告白：
沒錯，之前的妳，帶著渾身的傷痛，也曾經自我傷害，但是，妳不再掩飾這些創傷……

　　每個人都有創傷，對，全日本的每個人都是如此。不，日本這個國家也傷痕累累，拼命掙扎著，努力掩飾自己造成的創傷，假裝視而不見，讓它們不斷惡化。

　　然而，現在已經無法繼續掩飾了。妳用自己的身體告訴大家這一點，所以，我想要告訴妳，妳的創傷是妳剛正不阿的證據，是妳的勳章……

　　這本小說兼顧了宏觀的金融體制問題，以及微觀的人物情節，以「傷」連結、貫穿全書，不僅揭露了銀行的黑暗面，也暗示著重生的希望。

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Common sense on mutual funds

2011-12-21T12:34:00.000+08:00

書名 Title: Common sense on mutual funds
作者 Author: Common sense on mutual funds
出版商 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
出版年 Publish Year: 2010
ISBN 9780879696344
資料類型 Info. Type: Book
館藏地 Location: General Collection
索書號 Call Number: HG4530 .B64 2010

簡介 Description

Work at the biology bench requires an ever-increasing knowledge of mathematical methods and formulae. In Lab Math, Dany Spencer Adams has compiled the most common mathematical concepts and methods in molecular biology, and provided clear, straightforward guidance on their application to research investigations.
Subjects range from basics such as scientific notation and measuring and making solutions, to more complex activities like quantifying and designing nucleic acids and analyzing protein activity. Tips on how to present mathematical data and statistical analysis are included. A reference section features useful tables, conversion charts and plug and chug equations for experimental procedures. This volume is an excellent, structured source of information that in many laboratories is often scattered and informally organized.

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Common sense on mutual funds

2011-12-21T12:31:00.000+08:00

書名 Title: Common sense on mutual funds
作者 Author: John C. Bogle
出版商 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
出版年 Publish Year: 2010
ISBN 9780470138137
資料類型 Info. Type: Book
館藏地 Location: General Collection
索書號 Call Number: HG4530 .B64 2010

簡介 Description

Since the first edition of Common Sense on Mutual Funds was published in 1999, much has changed, and no one is more aware of this than mutual fund pioneer John Bogle. Now, in this completely updated Second Edition, Bogle returns to take

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Gladiators at Pompeii

2011-12-21T12:27:00.000+08:00

書名 Title: Gladiators at Pompeii
作者 Author: Luciana Jacobelli
出版商 Publisher: Getty Publications
出版年 Publish Year: 2003
ISBN 9780892367313
資料類型 Info. Type: Book
館藏地 Location: General Collection
索書號 Call Number: N8217.G5 .J33 2003

簡介 Description

The brutal, thrilling world of gladiators was a popular motif in the art of Pompeii, as this informative book demonstrates. Gladiators at Pompeii, illustrated with striking Pompeiian depictions of these ancient combatants, presents a complete picture of the gladiators of the Roman Empire and the highly organized and regulated tournaments in which they competed. Luciana Jacobelli reveals the latest evidence on the best-documented categories of gladiators, their origins,

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Core curriculum for neonatal intensive care nursing

2011-12-06T12:47:00.000+08:00

書名 Title: Core curriculum for neonatal intensive care nursing
作者 Author: M. Terese Verklan, Marlene Walden
出版商 Publisher: Saunders/Elsevier
出版年 Publish Year: 2010
ISBN 9781437702606
資料類型 Info. Type: Book
館藏地 Location: General Collection
索書號 Call Number: RJ253.5 .C674 2010

簡介 Description

Perfect as a resource in the field or for exam preparation, this authoritative reference from the Association of Women's Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) includes in-depth coverage of the most common neonatal disorders and their management. The concise outline format highlights the essentials of each condition including definition, etiology, pathophysiology, signs and symptoms, diagnostic tests, treatments, and outcomes to help you find important information quickly.

Coverage of key content on the neonatal intensive care nursing certification exam prepares you for test success.

Information on families, ethics, legal issues, research, case management, and the transition to home emphasizes the importance of total care of the neonatal patient and family. New and updated content on late preterm infants, neurologic disorders, and ventilatory strategies provide the latest information from the field for more effective patient outcomes.

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The book of change

2011-12-06T12:41:00.000+08:00

書名 Title: The book of change
作者 Author: Eileen Chang
出版商 Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
出版年 Publish Year: 2010
ISBN 9789888028207
資料類型 Info. Type: Book
館藏地 Location: General Collection
索書號 Call Number: PL2837.E35 .C43 2010

簡介 Description

Eileen Chang is now recognized as one of the greatest modern Chinese writers, though she was completely erased from official histories in mainland China.-- Her semi-autobiographical novels depict in gripping detail her childhood years in Tianjin and Shanghai, as well as her student days in Hong Kong during World War II, and shed light on the construction of selfhood in her other novels. --This previously unpublished semi-autobiographical novel continues the story begun in The Fall of the Pagoda, following the girl's experiences as a student at the University of Victoria in Hong Kong, including the city's 1941 fall after Pearl Harbor. Hiding in shelter to escape air raids, she vividly conveys her sense of alienation both as a sojourner in a distant land and as a displaced refugee of war.--This previously unpublished work is essential to any scholar or loyal fan of Eileen Chang.-

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The Greek city states : a source book

2011-12-06T12:34:00.000+08:00

書名 Title: The Greek city states : a source book
作者 Author: P. J. Rhodes
出版商 Publisher: Cambridge University Press
出版年 Publish Year: 2007
ISBN 9780521850490
資料類型 Info. Type: Book
館藏地 Location: General Collection
索書號 Call Number: JC71.A1 .R46 2007

簡介 Description

Political activity and political thinking began in the cities and other states of ancient Greece, and terms such as tyranny, aristocracy, oligarchy, democracy and politics itself are Greek words for concepts first discussed in Greece. Rhodes presents in translation a selection of texts illustrating the formal mechanisms and informal workings of the Greek states in all their variety. From the states described by Homer out of which the classical Greeks believed their states had developed, through the archaic period which saw the rise and fall of tyrants and the gradual broadening of citizen bodies, to the classical period of the fifth and fourth centuries, Rhodes also looks beyond that to the Hellenistic and Roman periods in which the Greeks tried to preserve their way of life in a world of great powers. For this second edition the book has been thoroughly revised and three new chapters added.

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Chinese economic development and the environment

2011-12-06T12:21:00.001+08:00

書名 Title: Chinese economic development and the environment
作者 Author: Shunsuke Managi and Shinji Kaneko
出版商 Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited
出版年 Publish Year: 2009
ISBN 9781848445505
資料類型 Info. Type: Book
館藏地 Location: General Collection
索書號 Call Number: HC430.E5 .M36 2009

簡介 Description

The complete, practical guide to multicore programming: demystifies a complex, difficult topic that is now absolutely critical to developers 'Must have' knowledge about writing applications that fully exploit today's increasingly widespread multicore systems. Explains the key options available for writing high-performance multicore applications on Linux, Solaris, Mac OS X, and Windows.
Shows how to write applications that scale up to large numbers of parallel threads - and how to avoid common parallelization problems. As multicore processors increasingly dominate the marketplace, leveraging their capabilities is rapidly moving from 'optional' to mandatory. As 8-16 core processors become widespread, programs that don't take advantage of them will leave a full order of magnitude of performance on the table. Programmers recognize that they simply must master multicore programming - a subject that has traditionally been complex and hard to understand. This is a comprehensive, practical guide to high-performance multicore programming that any developer can use. In Multicore Application Programming, leading expert Dr. Darryl Gove covers all leading approaches to virtualization on many leading platforms, including Linux, Solaris, Mac OS X, and Windows. Through multiple practical examples, Gove shows how the hardware implementation of multiple cores impacts application performance both positively and negatively, and how to avoid common potential pitfalls in writing parallel applications. Then, step by step, he demonstrates how to write applications that scale to extremely large numbers of parallel threads.Multicore Application Programming covers even advanced parallelization topics with the context and insight that experienced developers need to apply them - in virtually any application, on virtually any platform.

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Multicore application programming : for Windows, Linux, and Oracle Solaris

2011-12-06T12:12:00.000+08:00

書名 Title: Multicore application programming : for Windows, Linux, and Oracle Solaris
作者 Author: Darryl Gove
出版商 Publisher: Addison-Wesley
出版年 Publish Year: 2011
ISBN 9780321711373
資料類型 Info. Type:Book
館藏地 Location: General Collection
索書號 Call Number: QA76.642 .G68 2011

簡介 Description

The complete, practical guide to multicore programming: demystifies a complex, difficult topic that is now absolutely critical to developers 'Must have' knowledge about writing applications that fully exploit today's increasingly widespread multicore systems. Explains the key options available for writing high-performance multicore applications on Linux, Solaris, Mac OS X, and Windows. Shows how to write applications that scale up to large numbers of parallel threads - and how to avoid common parallelization problems. As multicore processors increasingly dominate the marketplace, leveraging their capabilities is rapidly moving from 'optional' to mandatory. As 8-16 core processors become widespread, programs that don't take advantage of them will leave a full order of magnitude of performance on the table. Programmers recognize that they simply must master multicore programming - a subject that has traditionally been complex and hard to understand. This is a comprehensive, practical guide to high-performance multicore programming that any developer can use. In Multicore Application Programming, leading expert Dr. Darryl Gove covers all leading approaches to virtualization on many leading platforms, including Linux, Solaris, Mac OS X, and Windows. Through multiple practical examples, Gove shows how the hardware implementation of multiple cores impacts application performance both positively and negatively, and how to avoid common potential pitfalls in writing parallel applications. Then, step by step, he demonstrates how to write applications that scale to extremely large numbers of parallel threads.Multicore Application Programming covers even advanced parallelization topics with the context and insight that experienced developers need to apply them - in virtually any application, on virtually any platform.

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Crossing borders in East Asian higher education

2011-12-06T12:08:00.000+08:00

書名 Title: Crossing borders in East Asian higher education
作者 Author: David W. Chapman, William K. Cummings, Gerard A. Postiglione
出版商 Publisher: Comparative Education Research Centre, University of Hong Kong
出版年 Publish Year: 2010
ISBN 9789628093984
資料類型 Info. Type: Book
館藏地 Location: General Collection
索書號 Call Number: LB2324 .C76 2010

簡介 Description

This book examines issues that have emerged as higher education systems and individual institutions across East Asia confront and adapt to the changing economic, social, and educational environments in which they now operate. The book' s focus is on how higher education systems learn from each other and on the ways in which they collaborate to address new challenges. The sub-theme that runs through this volume concerns the changing nature of cross-border sharing.
In particular, the provision of technical assistance by more industrialized countries to lower and middle income countries has given way to collaborations that place the latter' s participating institutions on a more equal footing. At the same time, there is a greater number of partnerships that link higher education systems in the East Asian region to one another. Even as boundaries become more porous and permeable, there is growing acceptance of the view that cross border collaboration, if done well, can offer mutually beneficial advantages on multiple levels. There is a new recognition that the intensified international sharing of ideas, strategies of learning, and students is not only of enormous value to systems and institutions but essential to their long term survival. To this end, the chapters in this volume examine various motivations, goals, mechanisms, outcomes and challenges associated with cross-border collaboration in higher education.
"Crossing Borders in East Asian Higher Education" was awarded 1st place in the Annual Comparative and International Education Society's Higher Education SIG in the category Best in Book for 2009-2010 academic year.

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Taiwan's long road to democracy : bitter taste of freedom

2011-12-06T11:59:00.000+08:00

書名 Title: Taiwan's long road to democracy : bitter taste of freedom
作者 Author: Katutugu Yoshida
出版商 Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited
出版年 Publish Year: 2009
ISBN 9781848440784
資料類型 Info. Type:Book
館藏地 Location: General Collection
索書號 Call Number: JQ1536 .Y64 2009

簡介 Description

This edited translation of Katutugu Yoshida's Jiyuno Nigaiaji analyses the gradual process of reform in Taiwan over the past 100 years. It pays particular attention to the dilemmas, compromises and pitfalls that have faced reformists as they have strived to bring democratic change under a series of brutal dictatorships. The author discusses the historical background to Taiwan's current constitutional issues and its difficult relationship with the People's Republic of China. It explores in detail the way in which local political activism has transformed national politics, providing original analysis of democratic political thought in East Asia and a rich explanation of the social, historical and political context of democratization in Taiwan. The book makes a significant theoretical contribution to the literature on political reform by using the Taiwanese context to explore debates between reformists and revolutionaries and to consider the development of the concept of the right to self-determination.

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Corporate social responsibility and regulatory governance : towards inclusive development?

2011-12-06T11:30:00.000+08:00

書名 Title: Corporate social responsibility and regulatory governance : towards inclusive development?
編者 Editor: Peter Utting, Jose Carlos Marques
出版商 Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
出版年 Publish Year: 2010
ISBN 9780230576445
資料類型 Info. Type: Book
館藏地 Location: General Collection
索書號 Call Number: HD2961 .C67 2010

簡介 Description

"This is the first volume of two books on the changing nature of state-business relations. This volume explores CSR in a historical trajectory and development context; is theoretically informed and contributes to the body of critical thinking that calls for more comprehensive regulatory frameworks"--Provided by publisher.

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Transparent computing : concepts, architecture, and implementation

2011-12-06T11:26:00.000+08:00

書名 Title: Transparent computing : concepts, architecture, and implementation
作者 Author: Zhou Yuezhi, Zhang Yaoxue
出版商 Publisher: Cengage Learning Asia Pte Ltd.
出版年 Publish Year: 2010
ISBN 9789812658593
資料類型 Info. Type: Book
館藏地 Location: General Collection
索書號 Call Number: QA76.5 .Z468 2010

簡介 Description

With the rapid development of computers, the computing paradigms also witness continuous evolutions which have fundamentally changed our work and lifestyles. Today's computer systems still demand too much attention from people and thus keep the vision of disappearance of technology only a dream. Reasons for such problems should be analyzed and new computing architectures and paradigms developed. Transparent computing, based on recent developments of computer and network technologies, introduces new ideas and solutions to the blueprint of service-sharing computing.
This book offers a systematic discussion on the ideas and concept behind transparent computing based on the analysis of computer evolution and computing paradigms, their problems and related causes of traditional computing paradigms, and the underlying von Neumann architecture. It then proceeds to propose a new spatio-temporally extended von Neumann architecture based upon network thinking, and a new computing paradigm based on such new architecture transparent computing. It also further elaborates on the meta operating system (e.g., 4VP+), the method to realize transparent computing in local area network environments.

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設計最賺錢的店面

2011-12-06T11:18:00.000+08:00

書名 Title: 設計最賺錢的店面
作者 Author: 馬淵哲, 南條惠
出版商 Publisher: 遠流出版事業股份有限公司
出版年 Publish Year: 2006
ISBN 9789573259244
資料類型 Info. Type: 一般圖書
館藏地 Location: 書庫區
索書號 Call Number: HF5386 .M33 2006

簡介 Description

作者以「人的行為及動作」來看待商場上的買賣行為，根據這項觀點設計現代化的店面，營建具有招徠顧客魅力的三個空間（顧客空間、商品空間、店員空間），如何使這三者之間相互配合、融洽，而不會相互牽制、妨礙。這便是店面設計的精神之所在，透過店面設計讓顧客更滿意、商品更突出、店員更親切，因此締造商店的良好業績。

　　其實，對店主來說是為了要經營，對店員來說是為了要服務，對顧客來說是為了要購物。三者之間雖然目的不同，但是可以相輔相成。如何相輔相成？就是本書要告訴讀者的：
　　1.店面應該如何設計，什麼是對的，什麼是不對的？分別以圖面來說明，使閱讀者一目瞭然。
　　2.店員不只是要「應對禮儀」與「人際溝通」，更要知道如何在店內迎合趨避顧客，讓顧客有一個好的購物環境。因此本書特別採用圖文方式解說，並採用雙色印刷，表明店員的位置、動線圖，以利讀者「閱讀」與「演練」。
　　作者更按不同的業別蒐集了25個實例，作為店面設計與改裝的參考。

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Social cohesion in greater China : challenges for social policy and governance

2011-11-21T12:30:00.000+08:00

書名 Title: Social cohesion in greater China : challenges for social policy and governance
作者 Author: Ka Ho Mok, Yuen-Wen Ku.
出版商 Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Co. Ptd. Ltd.
出版年 Publish Year: 2010
ISBN 9789814291927
資料類型 Info. Type: Book
館藏地 Location: General Collection
索書號 Call Number: HN733.5 .S63 2010

簡介 Description

This book critically examines the issues and challenges social development of faced by societies in Mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong, with particular reference to the major strategies these societies adopt to promote social cohesion and civil harmony in the context of globalization. It focuses on people who have been socially marginalized by the Asian financial crisis in 1997, and examines the measures Greater China has adopted to balance economic growth and social development. The book will be of interest to readers who wish to know more about societies in Mainland China, and the effects of globalization.

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China's reform in global perspective

2011-11-21T12:24:00.000+08:00

書名 Title: China's reform in global perspective
作者 Author: edited by John Wong, Bo Zhiyue.
出版商 Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.
出版年 Publish Year: 2010
ISBN 9789814289245
資料類型 Info. Type: Book
館藏地 Location: General Collection
索書號 Call Number: DS779.26 .C4 2010

簡介 Description

This book provides a fascinating perspective of the experiences of China's reform in the past three decades by focusing on China's interaction with and learning from the external world in her unprecedented efforts to reform and open up.
After three introductory chapters on broad scope of reform in the political, economic, and social realms, this book deals with lessons from the Eastern Bloc, China's reform in East Asian context, and China and the developed world. The book concludes with two chapters looking to the future of China's political and economic development. In the existing literature of China's reform experience, this book is unique in perspective, topic selection, and in-depth analyses. With contributions from a group of prominent scholars in the field of China studies such as John Wong, Zheng Yongnian, Thomas P Bernstein, Dorothy J Solinger, and Bo Zhiyue, it will be of immense value to anyone who is interested in China.

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Change in use of land : a practical guide to development in Hong Kong

2011-11-21T11:50:00.001+08:00

書名 Title: Change in use of land : a practical guide to development in Hong Kong
作者 Author: Lawrence Wai-chung Lai, Daniel Chi-wing Ho, Hing-fung Leun
出版商 Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
出版年 Publish Year: 2010
ISBN 9789888028610
資料類型 Info. Type: Book
館藏地 Location: General Collection
索書號 Call Number: HD943.2 .L35 2010

簡介 Description

The major difficulties facing professionals in real estate development in Hong Kong involve the use and development intensity of land, the complicated procedures and the mass of building laws. This book is a guide to tackling these difficulties. It provides an account of the concept of the use and change in use of land; followed by an outline of the procedures for lease modifications and waivers, planning applications, reviews and appeals, and building applications and appeals. It also includes an overview of government enforcement against contravention of lease conditions; provisions of statutory town plans prepared under the Town Planning Ordinance; and provisions of the Buildings Ordinance.

A number of problems based on real life scenarios are offered. They can help developers avoid litigation with and complaints against government due to ignorance of the relevant institutional, procedural and policy arrangements. For practitioners and policy analysts, the detailed appendices in this book provide vital statistical information on both aggregate and non-aggregate development applications. They enable better appreciation of the chance of success of applications for specific uses, locations or sizes of development on a zone-by-zone basis in the light of refutable hypotheses.
This second edition has updated the law and planning statistics notably the amendment to the Town Planning Ordinance in 2005, which broadens public participation and establishes a procedure for rezoning applications, and brought all essential planning application and approval/rejection statistics updated to September 2008 by class of zone by area. The common law cases relating to development approvals involved have also been updated. There has been no comparable/rival book or article that has depicted the development approval procedures involving the lands, planning and building procedures with reference to scholarly research so clearly.
Lawrence Wai-chung Lai is professor and Daniel Chi-wing Ho and Hing-fung Leung are associate professors, all in the Department of Real Estate and Construction at the University of Hong Kong.

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All politics is global : explaining international regulatory regimes

2011-11-21T11:44:00.001+08:00

書名 Title: All politics is global : explaining international regulatory regimes
作者 Author: Daniel W. Drezner
出版商 Publisher: Princeton University Press
出版年 Publish Year: 2007
ISBN 9780691096414
資料類型 Info. Type: Book
館藏地 Location: General Collection
索書號 Call Number: JZ1318 .D74 2007

簡介 Description

Has globalization diluted the power of national governments to regulate their own economies? Are international governmental and nongovernmental organizations weakening the hold of nation-states on global regulatory agendas? Many observers think so. But inAll Politics Is Global, Daniel Drezner argues that this view is wrong.
Despite globalization, states--especially the great powers--still dominate international regulatory regimes, and the regulatory goals of states are driven by their domestic interests.As Drezner shows, state size still matters. The great powers--the United States and the European Union--remain the key players in writing global regulations, and their power is due to the size of their internal economic markets. If they agree, there will be effective global governance. If they don't agree, governance will be fragmented or ineffective. And, paradoxically, the most powerful sources of great-power preferences are the least globalized elements of their economies.Testing this revisionist model of global regulatory governance on an unusually wide variety of cases, including the Internet, finance, genetically modified organisms, and intellectual property rights, Drezner shows why there is such disparity in the strength of international regulations.

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Clinical pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics : concepts and applications

2011-11-21T11:38:00.000+08:00

書名 Title: Clinical pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics : concepts and applications
作者 Author: Malcolm Rowland, Thomas N. Tozer
出版商 Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott William & Wilkins
出版年 Publish Year: 2011
ISBN 9780781750097
資料類型 Info. Type: Book
館藏地 Location: General Collection
索書號 Call Number: RM301.5 .R69 2011

簡介 Description

Formerly Clinical Pharmacokinetics: Concepts and Applications, this fully updated Fourth Edition has been retitled Clinical Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics: Concepts and Applications to reflect the increasing body of knowledge linking the two concepts that explain the relationship between drug administration and drug response. This revised edition also reflects the explosion in our understanding at the molecular and mechanistic levels of all the processes controlling the pharmacokinetics of drugs. The text is authored by two leading international experts on the clinical aspects of pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics and is widely considered one of the authoritative texts on the subject.

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中國澳門特區博彩業與社會發展

2011-11-21T11:27:00.000+08:00

書名 Title: 中國澳門特區博彩業與社會發展
作者 Author: 梁潔芬, 盧兆興編著
出版商 Publisher: 香港城市大學出版社
出版年 Publish Year: 2010
ISBN 9789629371715
資料類型 Info. Type: 一般圖書
館藏地 Location: 書庫區
索書號 Call Number: HV6722.C53 .Z46 2010

簡介 Description

從昔日的「東方蒙地卡羅」，到今天被譽為「亞洲拉斯維加斯」，澳門這小城已洗脫往日的寂寂無名，發展至今天為世人所注目的娛樂旅遊之都。這樣的成果，全因其「龍頭產業」─博彩業─帶來繁榮及龐大的經濟收益。澳門民眾的物質生活逐步得到改善，但背後社會整體卻付出多少代價？

　　賭博不僅是澳門一個絕不簡單的社會問題，而是涉及政治、經濟、法律、文化、宗教及教育等重大範疇的爭議性討論。本書的緣起，乃在分析和梳理其賭博經濟跳躍式發展給社會承載力和政府管治力所帶來的嚴峻挑戰。本書集合12位學者，以敏銳的洞察力及負責的態度，就政治、經濟、行政、教育、犯罪、大眾媒體、宗教團體，及至青少年成長、城市規劃等各領域的重要問題作深入探討，是至今討論澳門特區博彩業之社會影響最完整的學術著作。
　　本書匯集豐碩研究成果，內涵富層次感，文章精心設計，並提供寶貴教訓和有影響力的意見，特別適合各部門的決策者、社會科學學者及研究港澳問題的學者參考；亦期望關心澳門的你能透過本書得到啟發。

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What your body says (and how to master the message) : inspire, influence, build trust, and create lasting business relationships

2011-11-16T16:57:00.000+08:00

書名 Title: What your body says (and how to master the message) : inspire, influence, build trust, and create lasting business relationships
作者 Author: Sharon Sayler
出版商 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
出版年 Publish Year: 2010
ISBN 9780470599167
資料類型 Info. Type: Book
館藏地 Location: General Collection
索書號 Call Number: BF637.N66 .S29 2010

簡介 Description

"Train your body to communicate with confidence and clarity-have your body match what your mouth says... The popular phrase "leading from influence" takes for granted that influence derives chiefly from verbal communication. However, communication is about more than words. To get to the next level in your career, you must communicate with your entire self.
What Your Body Says gives you the straight-up "how-to" on unifying what you say with what you do, allowing you to better connect with other people and reach your full leadership potential. It gives you a clear and simple process to follow, all drawn from an intense study of how language impacts people's lives and emotions. Filled with useful tools, strategies, and techniques, this book gives you the key to speak intelligently while looking smart, engaging and real; deliver unpleasant messages without pain or gui< having a committee meeting and getting something done; and more. Written by Sharon Sayler, a highly accomplished expert in marketing, presentations, and body language, What Your Body Says is the only guide you need to achieve the competitive edge in your personal and business communication style."

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Introduction to logic

2011-11-16T16:45:00.000+08:00

書名 Title: Introduction to logic
作者 Author: Irving M. Copi, Carl Cohen, Kenneth McMahon
出版商 Publisher: Pearson Education, Inc.
出版年 Publish Year: 2011
ISBN 9780205820375
資料類型 Info. Type: Book
館藏地 Location: General Collection
索書號 Call Number: BC108 .C67 2011

簡介 Description

The 14th Edition of Introduction to Logic, written by Copi, Cohen & McMahon, is dedicated to the many thousands of students and their teachers - at hundreds of universities in the United States and around the world- who have used its fundamental methods and techniques of correct reasoning in their everyday lives. To those who have not previously used or reviewed Introduction to Logicwe extend the very warmest welcome. Please join us and our international family of users! Let us help you teach students the methods and principles needed in order to distinguish correct from incorrect reasoning. For, Introduction to Logicis a proven textbook that has been honed through the collaborative efforts of many scholars over the last five decades. Its scrupulous attention to detail and precision in exposition and explanation is matched by the greatest accuracy in all associated detail. In addition, it continues to capture student interest through its personalized human setting and current examples.

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Managing the older worker : how to prepare for the new organizational order

2011-11-16T16:38:00.000+08:00

書名 Title: Managing the older worker : how to prepare for the new organizational order
作者 Author: Peter Cappelli and Bill Novelli
出版商 Publisher: Harvard Business Review Press
出版年 Publish Year: 2010
ISBN 9781422131657
資料類型 Info. Type: Book
館藏地 Location: General Collection
索書號 Call Number: HF5549.5.O44 .C37 2010

簡介 Description

Your organization needs older workers more than ever: They transfer knowledge between generations, transmit your company's values to new hires, make excellent mentors for younger employees, and provide a "just in time" workforce for special projects. Yet more of these workers are reporting to people younger than they are. This presents unfamiliar challenges that--if ignored--can prevent you from attracting, retaining, and engaging older employees .
In Managing the Older Worker, Peter Cappelli and William Novelli explain how companies and younger managers can maximize the value provided by older workers. The key? Recognize that boomers' needs differ from younger generations - and adapt your management practices accordingly. For instance:. Lead with mission: As employees age, they become more altruistic. Emphasize the positive impact of older workers' efforts on the world around them. Forge social connections: Many older employees keep working to maintain social relationships. Offer tasks that require interaction with others. Provide different benefits: Tailor benefits--such as elder-care insurance programs or discount medication--to older workers' interests. Drawing on research in management, psychology, and other disciplines, Managing the Older Worker reveals who your older workers are, what they want, and how to manage them for maximum value.

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Fractured rebellion : the Beijing Red Guard movement

2011-11-16T16:29:00.000+08:00

書名 Title: Fractured rebellion : the Beijing Red Guard movement
作者 Author: Andrew G. Walder
出版商 Publisher: Harvard University Press
出版年 Publish Year: 2009
ISBN 9780674035034
資料類型 Info. Type: Book
館藏地 Location: General Collection
索書號 Call Number: DS778.7 .W35 2009

簡介 Description

Fractured Rebellion is the first full-length account of the evolution of China’s Red Guard Movement in Beijing, the nation’s capital, from its beginnings in 1966 to its forcible suppression in 1968. Andrew Walder combines historical narrative with sociological analysis as he explores the radical student movement’s crippling factionalism, devastating social impact, and ultimate failure. Most accounts of the movement have portrayed a struggle among Red Guards as a social conflict that pitted privileged “conservative” students against socially marginalized “radicals” who sought to change an oppressive social and political system. Walder employs newly available documentary evidence and the recent memoirs of former Red Guard leaders and members to demonstrate that on both sides of the bitter conflict were students from comparable socioeconomic backgrounds, who shared similar—largely defensive—motivations. The intensity of the conflict and the depth of the divisions were an expression of authoritarian political structures that continued to exert an irresistible pull on student motives and actions, even in the midst of their rebellion. Walder’s nuanced account challenges the main themes of an entire generation of scholarship about the social conflicts of China’s Cultural Revolution, shedding light on the most tragic and poorly understood period of recent Chinese history

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The psychology of blacks : centering our perspectives in the African consciousness

2011-11-16T12:09:00.001+08:00

書名 Title:The psychology of blacks : centering our perspectives in the African consciousness
作者 Author: Thomas A. Parham, Adisa Ajamu, Joseph L. White
出版商 Publisher: Prentice Hall
出版年 Publish Year: 2011
ISBN 9780131827738
資料類型 Info. Type: Book
館藏地 Location: General Collection
索書號 Call Number: E185.625 .P37 2011

簡介 Description

For courses in Introduction to Psychology, African American Psychology, African American Studies, Multicultural Counseling and Cross Cultural Counseling and Psychotherapy. This text highlights the limitations of traditional psychological theories and approaches when applied to people of African descent.
It provides information on how the African Centered Perspective is defined, as well as how it operates in the context of the African American family with regard to identity development, education, mental health, research, and managing contemporary issues. It links the context of African American life to the traditions, values and spiritual essence of their African ancestors in an attempt to acknowledge the African worldview and assist the African American community in addressing some of the challenges they continue to face.

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Anatomy of a fraud investigation : from detection to prosecution

2011-11-16T12:00:00.000+08:00

書名 Title: Anatomy of a fraud investigation : from detection to prosecution
作者 Author: Stephen Pedneault
出版商 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
出版年 Publish Year: 2010
ISBN 9780470560471
資料類型 Info. Type: Book
館藏地 Location: General Collection
索書號 Call Number: HV6691 .P43 2010

簡介 Description

A one-of-a-kind resource walking you through one complete fraud investigation, from the original tip to conviction in court Anatomy of a Fraud Investigation is an engrossing read and a valuable resource for fraud investigators, auditors, or anyone who suspects fraud may be occuring in their organizations and is unsure as to how to act. It details all phases of a fraud investigation from the first suspicion of fraud to the final judgment in court, through the eyes of a forensic accountant.
In each phase, the author provides insights based on his twenty-two years as a forensic accountant from where to sit at the table when you bring the suspected fraudster in for questioning, to how you protect the key sources of information that the suspect will try to destroy once he or she realizes they are under investigation. In-depth analysis of a fraud investigation Based on an actual investigation conducted by the author Each chapter contains valuable tips and key considerations, providing subtext for why decisions were made and bringing to light potential risks A fascinating, insider look at a fraud investigation, Anatomy of a Fraud Investigation helps you better understand fraud detection, investigation, and prevention-from the inside out.

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The world in 2050 : four forces shaping civilization's northern future

2011-11-16T11:29:00.001+08:00

書名 Title: The world in 2050 : four forces shaping civilization's northern future
作者 Author: Laurence C. Smith
出版商 Publisher: Dutton
出版年 Publish Year: 2010
ISBN 9780525951810
資料類型 Info. Type: Book
館藏地 Location: General Collection
索書號 Call Number: GE149 .S65 2010

簡介 Description

A vivid forecast of our planet in the year 2050 by a rising star in geoscience, distilling cutting-edge research into four global forces: demographic trends, natural resource demand, climate change, and globalization. The world's population is exploding, wild species are vanishing, our environment is degrading, and the costs of resources from oil to water are going nowhere but up. So what kind of world are we leaving for our children and grandchildren?
Geoscientist and Guggenheim fellow Laurence Smith draws on the latest global modeling research to construct a sweeping thought experiment on what our world will be like in 2050. The result is both good news and bad: Eight nations of the Arctic Rim (including the United States) will become increasingly prosperous, powerful, and politically stable, while those closer to the equator will face water shortages, aging populations, and crowded megacities sapped by the rising costs of energy and coastal flooding. The World in 2050 combines the lessons of geography and history with state-of-the-art model projections and analytical data-everything from climate dynamics and resource stocks to age distributions and economic growth projections. But Smith offers more than a compendium of statistics and studies- he spent fifteen months traveling the Arctic Rim, collecting stories and insights that resonate throughout the book. It is an approach much like Jared Diamond took in Guns, Germs, and Steel and Collapse, a work of geoscientific investigation rich in the appreciation of human diversity. Packed with stunning photographs, original maps, and informative tables, this is the most authoritative, balanced, and compelling account available of the world of challenges and opportunities that we will leave for our children.

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On the aesthetics of Beowulf and other Old English poems

2011-11-16T11:25:00.000+08:00

書名 Title: On the aesthetics of Beowulf and other Old English poems
作者 Author: John M. Hill
出版商 Publisher: University of Toronto Press
出版年 Publish Year: 2010
ISBN 9780802099440
資料類型 Info. Type: Book
館藏地 Location: General Collection
索書號 Call Number: PR203 .O5 2010

簡介 Description

What makes one Anglo-Saxon poem better than another? Why does Beowulf still have the power to move us after so many centuries? What might have been aesthetically pleasing to Old English readers and writers of poetry?While there is an apparent consensus by scholars on a core of poems considered to be exceptional literary achievements - Beowulf, Judith , the Vercelli book - there has been little systematic investigation of the basis for these appraisals. With new essays on rhetoric, wordplay, meter, structure, irony, form, psychology, ethos, and reader response, the contributors to this collection aim to find objective aesthetic qualities in Anglo-Saxon poetry. Posing questions of quality and beauty as discoverable in artefacts, On the Aesthetics of Beowulf and Other Old English Poems significantly advances our understanding not only of aesthetics and Old English poetry, but also of Old English attitudes towards literature as an art form.

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Research methods, design, and analysis

2011-11-16T11:21:00.000+08:00

書名 Title: Research methods, design, and analysis
作者 Author: Larry B. Christensen, R. Burke Johnson, Lisa Turner
出版商 Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
出版年 Publish Year: 2011
ISBN 9780205701650
資料類型 Info. Type: Book
館藏地 Location: General Collection
索書號 Call Number: BF181 .C47 2011

簡介 Description

This text presents a reader-friendly introduction to the basic principles of experimental psychological research. Research Methods, Design, and Analysis is organized so that each chapter focuses on a specific step in the research process. This text provides instruction in experimental research as well as non-experimental approaches such as ex-post facto research, correlational research, and survey research. Also included are qualitative research approaches such as ethnography and phenomenology. The current edition, while maintaining detailed coverage of the experimental method, has expanded coverage on nonexperimental methods as well as expanded coverage of data analysis.

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東京Y字路

2011-11-16T11:17:00.000+08:00

書名 Title: 東京Y字路
作者 Author: 橫尾忠則
出版商 Publisher: 國書刊行會
出版年 Publish Year: 2009
ISBN 9784336051462
資料類型 Info. Type: Book
館藏地 Location: General Collection
索書號 Call Number: TR106.T65 .Y65 2009

簡介 Description

近年來藝術家横尾忠則最重要的一部作品，被視為是橫尾空前絕後的攝影集！以大型相機拍攝，從東京23區出發到島部地區，尋找、發現，並且記錄下「Y字路」的街景。序文由椹木野衣撰寫，Y字路—就像故事裡的歧路一般，兩個方向都帶有相等的未知與相等份量的驚喜，在横尾忠則的鏡頭下帶有無限的寓言性與趣味性！

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At the bench : a laboratory navigator

2011-11-16T11:05:00.000+08:00

書名 Title: At the bench : a laboratory navigator
作者 Author: Kathy Barker
出版商 Publisher: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
出版年 Publish Year: 2005
ISBN 9780879697082
資料類型 Info. Type: Book
館藏地 Location: General Collection
索書號 Call Number: R850 .B37 2005

簡介 Description

At the Bench is the unique and hugely successful handbook for living and working in the laboratory, an essential aid to understanding basic lab techniques and how research groups work at a human level. In this newly revised edition, chapters have been rewritten to accommodate the impact of computer technology and the Internet, not only on the acquisition and analysis of data, but also on its organization and presentation. Alternatives to the use of radiation have been expanded, and figures and illustrations have been redrawn to reflect changes in laboratory equipment and procedures.

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A concise history of Chinese economic thought

2011-11-07T12:03:00.000+08:00

書名 Title: A concise history of Chinese economic thought
作者 Author: Hu Jichuang
出版商 Publisher: Foreign Languages Press
出版年 Publish Year: 2009
ISBN 9787119057552
資料類型 Info. Type: Book
館藏地 Location: General Collection
索書號 Call Number: HB126.C4 .H8 2009

簡介 Description

The book's illuminating facts and profound analysis reveal the noteworthy achievements in ancient China'seconomic thought, giving it its due in the history of world economic thought.

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A theory of adaptation

2011-11-07T11:54:00.000+08:00

書名 Title: A theory of adaptation
作者 Author: Linda Hutcheon
出版商 Publisher: Routledge
出版年 Publish Year: 2006
ISBN 9780415967952
資料類型 Info. Type: Book
館藏地 Location: General Collection
索書號 Call Number: PN171.A33 .H88 2006

簡介 Description

Are we living in the age of adaptation? In contemporary cinema, of course, there are enough adaptations --based on everything from comic books to the novels of Jane Austen--to make us wonder if Hollywood has run out of new stories. But if you think adaptation can be understood by using novels and films alone, you're wrong. Today there are also song covers rising up the pop charts, video game versions of fairy tales, and even roller coasters based on successful movie franchises.

Despite their popularity, however, adaptations are usually treated as secondary and derivative. Whether in the form of a Broadway musical or a hit television show, adaptations are almost inevitably regarded as inferior to the "original." But are they?
Here, renowned literary scholar Linda Hutcheon explores the ubiquity of adaptations in all their various media incarnations--and challenges their constant critical denigration. Adaptation, Hutcheon argues, has always been a central mode of the story--telling imagination and deserves to be studied in all its breadth and range as both a process (of creation and reception) and a product unto its own.
Persuasive and illuminating, A Theory of Adaptation is a bold rethinking of how adaptation works across all media and genres that may put an end to the age--old question of whether the book was better than the movie, or the opera, or the theme park.

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Hollywood science : movies, science, and the end of the world

2011-11-07T11:45:00.001+08:00

書名 Title: Hollywood science : movies, science, and the end of the world
作者 Author: Sidney Perkowitz
出版商 Publisher: Columbia University Press
出版年 Publish Year: 2010
ISBN 9780231142816
資料類型 Info. Type: Book
館藏地 Location: Goenral Collection
索書號 Call Number: PN1995.9.S26 .P47 2010

簡介 Description

Whether depicting humans battling aliens or a brave geologist saving lives as a volcano erupts, science-fiction films are an exciting visual and sensuous introduction to the workings of science and technology. These films explore a range of complex topics in vivid and accessible ways, from space travel and laser technology to genetic engineering, global warming, and the consequences of nuclear weaponry. Though actual scientific lab work might not be as exciting, science fiction is an engaging yet powerful way for a wide audience to explore some of the most pressing issues and ideas of our time.

In this book, a scientist and dedicated film enthusiast discusses the portrayal of science in more than one hundred films, including science fiction, scientific biographies, and documentaries. Beginning with early films like "Voyage to the Moon" and "Metropolis" and concluding with more recent offerings like "The Matrix," "War of the Worlds," "A Beautiful Mind," and "An Inconvenient Truth," Sidney Perkowitz questions how much faith we can put into Hollywood's depiction of scientists and their work; how accurately these films capture scientific fact and theory; whether cataclysms like our collision with a comet can actually happen; and to what extent these films influence public opinion about science and the future.
Movies, especially science-fiction films, temporarily remove viewers from the world as they know it and show them the world as it might be, providing special perspective on human nature and society. Yet "Hollywood science" can be erroneous, distorting fact for dramatic effect and stereotyping scientists as remote and nerdy, evil, or noble, doing little to improve the relationship between science and society. Bringing together history, scientific theory, and humorous observation, "Hollywood Science" features dozens of film stills and a list of the all-time best and worst science-fiction movies. Just as this genre appeals to all types of viewers, this book will resonate with anyone who has been inspired by science-fiction films and would like to learn how fantasy compares to fact.

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The imperfectionists : a novel

2011-11-07T11:40:00.000+08:00

書名 Title: The imperfectionists : a novel
作者 Author: Tom Rachman
出版商 Publisher: Dial Press
出版年 Publish Year: 2010
ISBN 9780385343664
資料類型 Info. Type: Book
館藏地 Location: General Collection
索書號 Call Number: PR9199.4.R323 .R33 2010

簡介 Description

Set against the gorgeous backdrop of Rome, Tom Rachman’s wry, vibrant debut follows the topsy-turvy private lives of the reporters, editors, and executives of an international English language newspaper as they struggle to keep it—and themselves—afloat.
Fifty years and many changes have ensued since the paper was founded by an enigmatic millionaire, and now, amid the stained carpeting and dingy office furniture, the staff’s personal dramas seem far more important than the daily headlines. Kathleen, the imperious editor in chief, is smarting from a betrayal in her open marriage; Arthur, the lazy obituary writer, is transformed by a personal tragedy; Abby, the embattled financial officer, discovers that her job cuts and her love life are intertwined in a most unexpected way. Out in the field, a veteran Paris freelancer goes to desperate lengths for his next byline, while the new Cairo stringer is mercilessly manipulated by an outrageous war correspondent with an outsize ego. And in the shadows is the isolated young publisher who pays more attention to his prized basset hound, Schopenhauer, than to the fate of his family’s quirky newspaper.
As the era of print news gives way to the Internet age and this imperfect crew stumbles toward an uncertain future, the paper’s rich history is revealed, including the surprising truth about its founder’s intentions.
Spirited, moving, and highly original, The Imperfectionists will establish Tom Rachman as one of our most perceptive, assured literary talents.

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The best poems of the English language : from Chaucer through Robert Frost

2011-11-07T11:35:00.000+08:00

書名 Title: The best poems of the English language : from Chaucer through Robert Frost
作者 Author: Harold Bloom
出版商 Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
出版年 Publish Year: 2007
ISBN 9780060540425
資料類型 Info. Type: Book
館藏地 Location: General Collection
索書號 Call Number: PR1175 .B47 2007

簡介 Description

This comprehensive anthology attempts to give the common reader possession of six centuries of great British and American poetry. The book features a large introductory essay by Harold Bloom called "The Art of Reading Poetry," which presents his critical reflections of more than half a century devoted to the reading, teaching, and writing about the literary achievement he loves most.
In the case of all major poets in the language, this volume offers either the entire range of what is most valuable in their work, or vital selections that illuminate each figure's contribution. There are also headnotes by Harold Bloom to every poet in the volume as well as to the most important individual poems. Much more than any other anthology ever gathered, this book provides readers who desire the pleasures of a sublime art with very nearly everything they need in a single volume. It also is regarded as his final meditation upon all those who have formed his mind.

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In and out of English : for better, for worse ?

2011-11-07T11:29:00.000+08:00

書名 Title: In and out of English : for better, for worse ?
編者 Editor: Gunilla Anderman and Margaret Rogers
出版商 Publisher: Multilingual Matters Ltd.
出版年 Publish Year: 2005
ISBN 9781853597879
資料類型 Info. Type: Book
館藏地 Location: General Collection
索書號 Call Number: PE2751 .I5 2005

簡介 Description

In and out of English: For Better, For Worse? is concerned with the impact of English as the lingua franca of todays world, in particular its relationship with the languages of Europe. Within this framework a number of themes are explored, including linguistic imperialism, change as the result of language contact, the concept of the English native speaker, and the increasing need in an enlarged Europe for translation into as well as out of English.

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The God delusion

2011-11-07T11:24:00.000+08:00

書名 Title: The God delusion
作者 Author: Richard Dawkins
出版商 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
出版年 Publish Year: 2008
ISBN 9780618918249
資料類型 Info. Type: Book
館藏地 Location: General Collection
索書號 Call Number: BL2775.3 .D39 2008

簡介 Description

A preeminent scientist -- and the world's most prominent atheist -- asserts the irrationality of belief in God and the grievous harm religion has inflicted on society, from the Crusades to 9/11.

With rigor and wit, Dawkins examines God in all his forms, from the sex-obsessed tyrant of the Old Testament to the more benign (but still illogical) Celestial Watchmaker favored by some Enlightenment thinkers. He eviscerates the major arguments for religion and demonstrates the supreme improbability of a supreme being. He shows how religion fuels war, foments bigotry, and abuses children, buttressing his points with historical and contemporary evidence. The God Delusion makes a compelling case that belief in God is not just wrong but potentially deadly. It also offers exhilarating insight into the advantages of atheism to the individual and society, not the least of which is a clearer, truer appreciation of the universe's wonders than any faith could ever muster.

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The political economy of economic growth in Africa, 1960-2000

2011-11-07T11:05:00.000+08:00

書名 Title: The political economy of economic growth in Africa, 1960-2000
作者 Author: Benno J. Ndulu ... [et al.]
出版商 Publisher: Cambridge University Press
出版年 Publish Year: 2009
ISBN 9780521127752
資料類型 Info. Type: Book
館藏地 Location: General Collection
索書號 Call Number: HC800 .P65 2009

簡介 Description

The period from 1960 to 2000 was one of remarkable growth and transformation in the world economy. Why did most of Sub-Saharan Africa fail to develop over this period? Why did a few small African economies succeed spectacularly? The Political Economy of Economic Growth in Africa, 1960-2000 is by far the most ambitious and comprehensive assessment of Africa's post-independence economic performance to date. Volume 1 examines the impact of resource wealth and geographical remoteness on Africa's growth and develops a new dataset of governance regimes covering all of Sub-Saharan Africa. Separate chapters analyze the dominant patterns of governance observed over the period and their impact on growth, the ideological formation of the political elite, the roots of political violence and reform, and the lessons of the 1960-2000 period for contemporary growth strategy.

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Play between worlds : exploring online game culture

2011-11-07T10:57:00.000+08:00

書名 Title: Play between worlds : exploring online game culture
作者 Author: T. L. Taylor
出版商 Publisher: MIT Press
出版年 Publish Year: 2009
ISBN 9780262512626
資料類型 Info. Type: Book
館藏地 Location: General Collection
索書號 Call Number: GV1469.17.S63 .T39 2009

簡介 Description

In Play Between Worlds, T. L. Taylor examines multiplayer gaming life as it is lived on the borders, in the gaps—as players slip in and out of complex social networks that cross online and offline space. Taylor questions the common assumption that playing computer games is an isolating and alienating activity indulged in by solitary teenage boys. Massively multiplayer online games (MMOGs), in which thousands of players participate in a virtual game world in real time, are in fact actively designed for sociability. Games like the popular Everquest, she argues, are fundamentally social spaces.

Taylor's detailed look at Everquest offers a snapshot of multiplayer culture. Drawing on her own experience as an Everquest player (as a female Gnome Necromancer)—including her attendance at an Everquest Fan Faire, with its blurring of online-and offline life—and extensive research, Taylor not only shows us something about games but raises broader cultural issues. She considers "power gamers," who play in ways that seem closer to work, and examines our underlying notions of what constitutes play—and why play sometimes feels like work and may even be painful, repetitive, and boring. She looks at the women who play Everquest and finds they don't fit the narrow stereotype of women gamers, which may cast into doubt our standardized and preconceived ideas of femininity. And she explores the questions of who owns game space—what happens when emergent player culture confronts the major corporation behind the game.

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Joint range of motion and muscle length testing

2011-11-07T10:36:00.002+08:00

書名 Title: Joint range of motion and muscle length testing
作者 Author: Nancy Berryman Reese, William D. Bandy ; contributor, Charlotte Yates
出版商 Publisher: Saunders/Elsevier
出版年 Publish Year: 2010
ISBN 9781416058847
資料類型 Info. Type: Book
館藏地 Location: General Collection
索書號 Call Number: RC932 .R44 2010

簡介 Description

Learn the best ways to accurately measure range of motion and muscle length with this thoroughly updated new edition. Logically organized and easy to follow, this practical text provides accurate and up-to-date information on norms for range of motion in all age groups, as well as the reliability and validity of each technique. The techniques detail measurement of both joint range of motion and muscle length testing of the spine and extremities using the goniometer, the inclinometer, and the tape measure. An effective combination of instructions, illustrations, and layout for each technique allows you to easily understand and follow the information provided. In addition, a new DVD demonstrates each measurement technique contained in the book!

Each chapter uses the same format for each technique, allowing you to quickly and easily identify the information you need.

Hundreds of photos and illustrations clearly depict the various techniques and landmarks.

Evidence-based information throughout includes the latest data on ROM normative values and reliability /validity studies.

Figures have easy-to-find dots that serve as anatomical markers, providing a fast visual reference for exactly where to place the measuring device.

Complete coverage of the tape measure, goniometer, and inclinometer prepare you to use any tool in the clinical setting.

The companion DVD contains video clips demonstrating over 100 measurement techniques.

A new chapter on infants and children covers specific techniques used in measuring range of motion in children, with a particular emphasis on the measurement of joint motion in infants.

70 new line drawings help you align the goniometer or other tools accurately.

Increased coverage of techniques for measuring the motions of the extremities using the inclinometer.

Reorganized and updated information in each chapter incorporates the latest references and testing techniques, and includes descriptions of the arthrokinematics and functional range-of-motion requirements for each joint.

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Conducting your pharmacy practice research project : a step-by-step approach

2011-10-17T16:34:00.001+08:00

書名 Title: Conducting your pharmacy practice research project : a step-by-step approach
作者 Author: Felicity J. Smith
出版商 Publisher: Pharmaceutical Press
出版年 Publish Year: 2010
ISBN 9780853698692
資料類型 Info. Type: Book
館藏地 Location: General Collection
索書號 Call Number: RS122 .S65 2010

簡介 Description

Research in pharmacy practice and medicines use is an important component of many postgraduate and undergraduate pharmacy programmes. It is seen as invaluable in informing professional practice and service development. This clear and concise handbook considers the stages of the research process in logical order, from planning of the project through to dissemination of the findings. Divided into three comprehensive sections, contents include

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Beyond yellow English : toward a linguistic anthropology of Asian Pacific America

2011-10-17T16:24:00.000+08:00

書名 Title: Beyond yellow English : toward a linguistic anthropology of Asian Pacific America
作者 Author: Angela Reyes, Adrienne Lo
出版商 Publisher: Oxford University Press
出版年 Publish Year: 2009
ISBN 9780195327366
資料類型 Info. Type: Book
館藏地 Location: General Collection
索書號 Call Number: P40.45.U5 .B49 2009

簡介 Description

Beyond Yellow English is the first edited volume to examine issues of language, identity, and culture among the rapidly growing Asian Pacific American (APA) population. The distinguished contributors-who represent a broad range of perspectives from anthropology, sociolinguistics, English, and education-focus on the analysis of spoken interaction and explore multiple facets of the APA experience. Authors cover topics such as media representations of APAs; codeswitching and language crossing; and narratives of ethnic identity. The collection examines the experiences of Asian Pacific Americans of different ethnicities, generations, ages, and geographic locations across home, school, community, and performance sites.

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Gerontological nursing : competencies for care

2011-10-17T11:54:00.000+08:00

書名 Title: Gerontological nursing : competencies for care
編者 Editor: Kristen L. Mauk
出版商 Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers
出版年 Publish Year: 2010
ISBN 9780763755805
資料類型 Info. Type: Book
館藏地 Location: General Collection
索書號 Call Number: RC954 .G47 2010

簡介 Description

Gerontological Nursing: Competencies for Care, Second Edition is a comprehensive and student-accessible text that offers a holistic and inter-disciplinary approach to caring for the elderly. The framework for the text is built around the Core Competencies set forth by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) and the John A. Hartford Foundation Institute for Geriatric Nursing. Building upon their knowledge in prior medical surgical courses, this text gives students the skills and theory needed to provide outstanding care for the growing elderly population. It is the first of its kind to have more than 40 contributing authors from many different disciplines. Some of the key features include chapter outlines, learning objectives, discussion questions, personal reflection boxes, and case studies.

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可萌綠, 亦可枯黃

2011-10-17T11:49:00.000+08:00

書名 Title: 可萌綠, 亦可枯黃
作者 Author: 章詒和
出版商 Publisher: 明報月刊出版社
出版年 Publish Year: 2009
ISBN 9789881866684
資料類型 Info. Type: 一般圖書
館藏地 Location: 書庫區
索書號 Call Number: PL2929.5.N9433 .Z43 2009

簡介 Description

儲安平、康同璧、張伯駒、馬連良、言慧珠等文人、藝人，每一個人物，每一篇故事，通過作者的生花妙筆，直抒胸臆，透人心扉。章詒和優美的文字超越了意識形態，她傾訴的情感承載了悠久的歷史傳統，有著中國散文大家的氣派。本書所述的五位人物，他們像傳說一樣過去了，每一個都是奪目的、慘傷的。正如作者所說：「這是一種宿命，誰也無法藏匿或逃避。他們像瑰麗卻肅殺的秋景，攪碎了人生如夢的愁腸。連我自己都沒有重讀的勇氣，怕老淚湧出。」

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Frank Gehry MARTa Herford

2011-10-17T11:37:00.001+08:00

書名 Title: Frank Gehry MARTa Herford
作者 Author: Marta Freunde und Forderer e.V.
出版商 Publisher: Birkhauser
出版年 Publish Year: 2005
ISBN 9783764371623
資料類型 Info. Type: Book
館藏地 Location: General Collection
索書號 Call Number: NA737.G44 .F73 2005

簡介 Description

Im Mai 2005 wurde in Herford, Zentrum der MAbelindustrie Nordrhein-Westfalens, der von Frank O. Gehry entworfene Museumsbau erAffnet. Die Galerie im bestehenden GebAude ist neutral gehalten und entspricht der Vorstellung von einem White Cube; der Dom und die umliegenden Galerien weisen dagegen den eigenwilligen Charakter von Gehrys Formensprache auf. Dabei haben die kleineren Seitengalerien geschwungene Grundlinien, wAhrend der Dom einen rechtwinkligen Grundriss aufweist, mit WAlbungen erst ab einer HAhe von rund fA1/4nf Metern. So finden sich im MARTa Herford ganz verschiedene AusstellungssAle, jeder mit seiner eigenen AtmosphAre, Aden angemessenen Raum fA1/4r die Ideen, Visionen und Impulse, die MARTa nicht zuletzt durch prospektive Ausstellungen und als Ort der Konfrontation der traditionell getrennten Bereiche Wirtschaft, Design und Kunst entwickeln wirdA, sagt MARTa-Direktor Jan Hoet, Documenta-Macher 1992 und bis 2004 A1/4beraus erfolgreicher Museumsleiter des SMAK in Gent.

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Beware of small states : Lebanon, battleground of the Middle East

2011-10-17T11:27:00.000+08:00

書名 Title: Beware of small states : Lebanon, battleground of the Middle East
作者 Author: David Hirst
出版商 Publisher: Faber and Faber
出版年 Publish Year: 2010
ISBN 9780571237418
資料類型 Info. Type: Book
館藏地 Location: General Collection
索書號 Call Number: DS87.65 .H57 2010

簡介 Description

Beware of Small States wrote Mikhail Bukanin in 1870. He could have meant Lebanon: a sectarian state no bigger than Wales that has become battleground for one of the defining conflicts of twentieth-century history. Throughout its short existence, it has been attacked, invaded, occupied or interfered with to serve the political interests of foreign powers, resulting a series of devastating wars and crises. To understand Lebanons history is to understand the history of the entire region and, with the rise of Hizbullah, it has come to assume a disproportionate, dangerous power of its own. Iran and Israel now face each other in the hills of south Lebanon.David Hirst, author of The Gun and the Olive Branch, is a hugely respected commentator on the Arab-Israeli crisis. In a masterly narrative, he gives a much-needed, comprehensive history of the country and its conflicts, culminating with the recent war in Gaza and its fallout in Lebanon. Powerful and often moving, Beware of Small States is a magisterial book, essential reading for understanding Lebanon or the current political climate of the Middle East.

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The worldwide history of dress

2011-10-17T11:22:00.001+08:00

書名 Title: The worldwide history of dress
作者 Author: Patricia Rieff Anawalt
出版商 Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
出版年 Publish Year: 2007
ISBN 9780500513637
資料類型 Info. Type: Book
館藏地 Location: General Collection
索書號 Call Number: GT511 .A63 2007

簡介 Description

From Upper Paleolithic plant-fiber skirts, Ancient Egyptian linen shifts and Roman togas through Mongolian shamanic robes, Japanese kimonos and Indian saris to nineteenth-century Tyrolean dirndls, African ceremonial attire and Middle Eastern burqas, this remarkable book covers every notable geographical region, historical period and style of costume worldwide.

All aspects of dress and accessories are discussed: basic men's and women's clothing, footwear, headgear, outerwear, jewelry, armor, special costumes, garment decoration and face and body modification. More than one thousand illustrations reveal the sheer range of global clothing traditions, using an astonishing variety of sources: vintage and modern-day photographs of people in local apparel, color plates of museum-quality artifacts on display or posed on mannequins, historical paintings, miniatures, woodblock prints, statues, stone plaques, monumental carvings, friezes, murals, mosaics and pottery. There are diagrams that explain how garments are worn, line drawings that illustrate traditional motifs and designs and more than fifty specially commissioned maps.

Brilliantly tracing influences from culture to culture, this tour-de-force journey across the globe includes descriptions of each region's population, geography and climate, allowing the reader to understand the development of an area's clothing customs. Complete with an extensive reference section, this treasure trove of information is a glorious celebration of ethnographic clothing and is destined to be the standard reference work on the subject.

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World cultures : Portugal

2011-10-17T11:10:00.000+08:00

書名 Title: World cultures : Portugal
作者 Author: Sue Tyson-Ward
出版商 Publisher: Teach Yourself
出版年 Publish Year: 2004
ISBN 9780340859810
資料類型 Info. Type:Book
館藏地 Location: General Collection
索書號 Call Number: DP518 .T97 2004

簡介 Description

Why is a cockerel a national icon? What's the connection between Estoril and James Bond? How much port is there in Portugal? Where and why do people hit each other on the head with giant leeks? This book answers these questions, and many more, in a concise and lively overview of Portugal: the country, its language, its people, their way of life and culture and what makes them tick. If you are studying for examinations which require a knowledge of the background of Portugal and its civilization, or if you are learning the language, in, for example, an evening class and want to know more about the country and how it works, this is the book for you. If your job involves travel and business relations, it aims to provide useful and practical information about the ways and customs of the people you are working with. Or if you simply have an interest in Portugal for whatever reason, it should broaden your knowledge about the country and its inhabitants. The book is divided into three sections. Chapters one and two deal with the forces - historical, geographical, geological, demographical and linguistic - that have brought about the formation of the country we know as Portugal and the language we know as Portuguese. Chapters three to seven deal with the wealth of creative aspects of Portuguese culture from the beginnings to modern day. These chapters take a look at the main areas or works of literature, art and architecture, music, traditions and festivals, science and technology, fashion, and food and drink, together with the people who have created and are still creating them. The remaining chapters deal with aspects of contemporary Portuguese society and the practicalitites of living in modern-day Portugal - the way the political structure of the country is organized, education, the environment, the workplace and how people spend thier leisure time. The final chapter looks at the country's relations with the wider world, and takes a glance at the future. Each chapter ends with a section entitled "Taking it Further", where you should find useful addresses, websites and things to see and do. Each chapter also contains a list of useful words and phrases which should help you to talk or write about the subject in question.

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On government

2011-10-17T10:58:00.000+08:00

書名 Title: On government
作者 Author: Cicero
出版商 Publisher: Penguin Books
出版年 Publish Year: 1993
ISBN 0140445951
資料類型 Info. Type: Book
館藏地 Location: General Collection
索書號 Call Number: JC81 .C53 1993

簡介 Description

Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) was a key figure in the turbulent closing years of the Roman Republic. The principles he expounded, occasionally compromised, and eventually died for, draw on wide practical experience as well as deep knowledge and reflection.

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Natural supernaturalism : tradition and revolution in romanticliterature

2011-10-17T10:43:00.000+08:00

書名 Title: Natural supernaturalism : tradition and revolution in romanticliterature
作者 Author: M. H. Abrams
出版商 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.
出版年 Publish Year: 1973
ISBN 9780393006094
資料類型 Info. Type: Book
館藏地 Location: General Collection
索書號 Call Number: PN603 .A27 1973

簡介 Description

In this remarkable new book, M. H. Abrams definitively studies the Romantic Age (1789 “1835) ”the age in which Shelley claimed that "the literature of England has arisen as it were from a new birth." Abrams shows that the major poets of the age had in common important themes, modes of expression, and ways of feeling and imagining; that the writings of these poets were an integral part of a comprehensive intellectual tendency which manifested itself in philosophy as well as poetry, in England and in Germany; and that this tendency was causally related to drastic political and social changes of the age. But Abrams offers more than a work of scholarship, for he ranges before and after, to place the age in Western culture. he reveals what is traditional and what is revolutionary in the period, providing insights into those same two forces in the ideas of today. He shows that central Romantic ideas and forms of imagination were secularized versions of traditional theological concepts, imagery, and design, and that modern literature participates in the same process. Our comprehension of this age and of our own time is deepened by a work astonishing in its learning, vision, and humane understanding.

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China's Pan-Pearl River Delta : regional cooperation and development

2011-10-10T12:55:00.000+08:00

書名 Title: China's Pan-Pearl River Delta : regional cooperation and development
編者 Editor: Anthony G. O. Yeh and Jiang Xu
出版商 Publisher:Hong Kong University Press
出版年 Publish Year: 2011
ISBN 9789888028504
資料類型 Info. Type: Book
館藏地 Location: 2011
索書號 Call Number: HC428.P3 .C45 2011

簡介 Description

Cities and regions in Asia are facing problems that cannot be adequately managed by traditional urban planning. Competition and local protectionism have often hindered infrastructural development and regional integration. In southern China, an area embracing one-fifth of China and one-third of its population, the economies and societies of nine provinces, together with Hong Kong and Macao, face many barriers to regional collaboration. Fiscal regulatory conflicts, land and housing reform, and bottlenecks in immigration and transport have stymied efforts to develop infrastructure that could spur economic growth and greater prosperity for the entire region.

This book examines regional integration and its barriers in southern China in a comparative framework using perspectives on development and globalization from Europe and North America. With its contributions from leading researchers and practitioners in the field, the book will appeal to students, academics and policymakers interested in urban and regional planning, geography, sociology, public administration and development studies.
Anthony G.O. Yeh is chair professor and head of the Department of Urban Planning and Design, and director of the Centre of Urban Studies and Urban Planning, the University of Hong Kong. Jiang Xu is assistant professor in the Department of Geography and Resource Management, the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
"A timely and much-needed volume on a region of growing importance. Supported by helpful maps and charts, this collection discusses the theory, challenges, and practice of development in an area comprising nearly a third of China's population. The comparative framework, drawing on experiences from Europe and the United States, is particularly valuable." -- Linda McCarthy, co-author of "Urbanization: An Introduction to Urban Geography"

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English in Singapore : modernity and management

2011-10-10T12:42:00.000+08:00

書名 Title: English in Singapore : modernity and management
編者 Editor: Lisa Lim, Anne Pakir and Lionel Wee
出版商 Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
出版年 Publish Year: 2010
ISBN 9789888028436
資料類型 Info. Type: Book
館藏地 Location: General Collection
索書號 Call Number: PE3502.S5 .E54 2010

簡介 Description

English in Singapore provides an up-to-date, detailed and comprehensive investigation into the various issues surrounding the sociolinguistics of English in Singapore. Rather than attempting to cover the usual topics in an overview of a variety of English in a particular country the essays in this volume are important for identifying some of the most significant issues pertaining to the state and status of English in Singapore in modern times, and for doing so in a treatment that involves a critical evaluation of work in the field and new and thought-provoking angles for reviewing such issues in the context of Singapore in the twenty-first century. The contributions address the historical trajectory of English (past, present and possible future) its position in relation to language policy and multiculturalism, the relationship between the standard and colloquial varieties, and how English can and should be taught. This book is thus essential reading for scholars and students concerned with how the dynamics of the English language are played out and managed in a modern society such as Singapore. It will also interest readers who have a more general interest in Asian studies, the sociology of language, and World Englishes.

Lisa Lim directs the Language and Communication Programme in the School of English at the University of Hong Kong. She teaches in this Programme and the English Studies Programme. Her current research areas include New Englishes, especially Asian, postcolonial varieties, with particular interest in contact dynamics in the ecology metaphor, as well as identity, endangerment, shift and revitalization in multilingual minority communities. She serves on the editorial board of the journal World Englishes.
Anne hair is an associate professor in the Department of English Language and Literature at the National University of Singapore. Her research interests lie in language policy and planning, World Englishes and English in Southeast Asia.
Lionel Wee is an associate professor in the Department of English Language and Literature at the National University of Singapore. He has published extensively on language policy, World Englishes, sociolinguistics and pragmatics. He is an associate editor of the Journal of Sociolinguistics, and sits on the editorial boards of Applied Linguistics and English World-Wide.

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Basho : the complete haiku

2011-10-10T12:36:00.001+08:00

書名 Title: Basho : the complete haiku
作者 Author: Matsuo Basho
出版商 Publisher: Kodansha International
出版年 Publish Year: 2008
ISBN 9784770030634
資料類型 Info. Type: Book
館藏地 Location: General Collection
索書號 Call Number: PL794.4 .M38 2008

簡介 Description

Basho stands today as Japans most renowned writer, and one of the most revered. Wherever Japanese literature, poetry or Zen are studied, his oeuvre carries weight. Every new student of haiku quickly learns that Basho was the greatest of the Old Japanese Masters.

Yet despite his stature, Bashos complete haiku have not been collected into a single volume. Until now.

To render the writers full body of work into English, Jane Reichhold, an American haiku poet and translator, dedicated over ten years of work. In Basho: The Complete Haiku, she accomplishes the feat with distinction. Dividing his creative output into seven periods of development, Reichhold frames each period with a decisive biographical sketch of the poets travels, creative influences and personal triumphs and defeats. Scrupulously annotated notes accompany each poem; and a glossary and two indexes fill out the volume.

Reichhold notes that, Basho was a genius with words. He obsessively sought out the right word for each phrase of the succinct seventeen-syllable haiku, seeking the very essence of experience and expression. With equal dedication, Reichhold sought the ideal translations. As a result, Basho: The Complete Haiku is likely to become the essential work on this brilliant poet and will stand as the most authoritative book on the subject for many years to come. Original sumi-e ink drawings by artist Shiro Tsujimura complement the haiku throughout the book.

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Marks' basic medical biochemistry : a clinical approach

2011-10-10T12:32:00.000+08:00

書名 Title: Marks' basic medical biochemistry : a clinical approach
作者 Author: Michael Lieberman, Allan Marks
出版商 Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
出版年 Publish Year: 2009
ISBN 9781608313983
資料類型 Info. Type: Book
館藏地 Location: General Collection
索書號 Call Number: QP514.2 .L54 2009

簡介 Description

A best-selling core textbook for medical students taking biochemistry, Marks' Basic Medical Biochemistry links biochemical concepts to physiology and pathophysiology, using hypothetical patient vignettes to illustrate core concepts. Completely updated to include full-color art, expanded clinical notes, and bulleted end-of-chapter summaries, the revised Third Edition helps medical students understand the importance of the patient and bridges the gap between biochemistry, physiology, and clinical care.

A companion Website offers the fully searchable online text, an interactive question bank with 250 multiple-choice questions, animations depicting key biochemical processes, summaries of patients in the book, and a comprehensive list of disorders discussed in the text, with relevant Website links. An image bank is available for faculty.

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Bates' guide to physical examination and history taking

2011-10-10T12:28:00.000+08:00

書名 Title: Bates' guide to physical examination and history taking
作者 Author: Lynn S. Bickley, Peter C. Szilagyi
出版商 Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
出版年 Publish Year: 2009
ISBN 9781605474007
資料類型 Info. Type: Book
館藏地 Location: General Collection
索書號 Call Number: RC76 .B53 2009

簡介 Description

The Tenth Edition of this classic text provides the best foundation for performing physical examinations and taking the patient history. The book features a beautiful full-color art program and a clear, simple two-column format, with highly visual step-by-step examination techniques on the left and abnormalities with differential diagnoses on the right.
This edition's health promotion sections have been extensively updated and expanded in all chapters. Detailed information on pain assessment is now included in the general survey, vital signs, and pain chapter. A new chapter presents assessment of mental health status and behavior to encompass the psychosocial dimensions of care. Other highlights include increased evidence-based content and over 50 new drawings and photos.
A bound-in CD-ROM and companion Website include 5 Approach to Patient videos, 15 Head-to-Toe Examination videos, 25 Assessment videos, heart and breath sounds, the Center for Disease Control's pediatric growth chart, and journal articles.

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Advanced accounting

2011-10-10T12:21:00.000+08:00

書名 Title: Advanced accounting
作者 Author: Paul Marcus Fischer, William James Taylor, Rita Hartung Cheng
出版商 Publisher: South-Western/Cengage Learning
出版年 Publish Year: 2009
ISBN 9780324379051
資料類型 Info. Type: Book
館藏地 Location: General Collection
索書號 Call Number: HF5635 .F57 2009

簡介 Description

Offer your students the most authoritative, comprehensive coverage of advanced accounting topics available with Fischer/Taylor/Cheng's ADVANCED ACCOUNTING, Tenth Edition. Fully revised to incorporate the latest FASB statements and their impact on consolidations, ADVANCED ACCOUNTING, Tenth Edition, combines sound theoretical foundations with a hands-on, learn-by-example approach that has established this text as the prominent leader in today's advanced accounting classrooms.
ADVANCED ACCOUNTING, Tenth Edition, closely links theory and practice, helping students visualize the application of theories through numerous actual examples common in today's accounting. The text's proven focus on conceptual understanding and clear presentation style make even the most complex topics approachable. Proven end-of-chapter questions not only reinforce major concepts and issues from each chapter but they also challenge students to think critically and expand their reasoning skills. Only ADVANCED ACCOUNTING, Tenth Edition, uses a horizontal approach to consolidations, the format most commonly used in the business world. A common coding for eliminations and adjustments enables students to recall worksheet adjustments quickly from one chapter to the next. Integrated coverage of Excel? with a step-by-step tutorial and Electronic Online Working Papers prepare students to master this important business software tool. A trusted preparation resource for the CPA exam, ADVANCED ACCOUNTING, Tenth Edition, provides the knowledge your students need for successful professional careers in today's global economy.

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東京美術館 [享. 物]

2011-10-10T12:15:00.000+08:00

書名 Title: 東京美術館 [享. 物]
作者 Author: 李俊明著
出版商 Publisher: 商周出版
出版年 Publish Year: 2009
ISBN 9789866472442
資料類型 Info. Type: Book
館藏地 Location: General Collection
索書號 Call Number: AM78.T6 .L5 2009

簡介 Description

藝術讓人產生感動，這是美術館存在的意義。然而要讓觀眾進入美術館，首先這些空間應該要與人們的生活能夠建立一種共振的節奏，並搭起一座互相接連的橋樑。與生活有了連結，人們心中的感性才會被引發出來，讓觀眾打從心裡感覺「有趣」！讓人們自然而然想要走進美術館，聆聽美術館所要告訴我們的故事、享受美術館的空間氛圍，甚至感覺美術館所散發的時代意義。
　　特別是在資訊愈來愈發達的二十一世紀，美術館與博物館不再只是教育、學術、展示的機構；在很多面向上，也必須是創意啟發、娛樂，甚至是消費文化、生活風格趨勢的新觸媒，與當代社會更緊密結合。
　　這在東京，其實已經成了各家美術館走入群眾的經營之道。不論新興或舊有，東京各美術館與博物館積極將日本人對於設計與生活的敏銳觸角，伸向經營管理各個環節當中，激發了參觀者對展覽館的熱愛與認同。慢慢的，美術館與博物館，在東京變成極為「有趣」的地方。這種活力特別展現在美術館與博物館專賣店以及商品經營的巧思與創意，讓人們體會到這種「有趣」的強大感染力，藉由美術館與博物館的傳佈發散之後，營造出整座城市對於參與藝文活動的高度興趣。
　　《東京美術館享物》一書中，走過二十處精彩的東京博物館、美術館與藝文中心，有些個性很前衛，有的底蘊很古典；有些隸屬於大財團，有的則是獨立經營。設計類展覽館、大型企業贊助展覽館、當代藝術類展館、城市文化類展館、戶外型展覽館……多元面貌的這些藝術景地，除了展現優質展覽的企劃力，將許多概念與知識以深入淺出方式，喚起觀者心中共鳴，讓人感受「美」的存在。另外，美術館中那些延伸而出令人驚喜的設計品專賣店，以細心與巧思，讓走進美術館的朋友享受多面向的知性與充實，更願意延伸形成消費與投資，這就是體驗式的美學經濟。

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The origins and history of consciousness

2011-10-10T12:08:00.000+08:00

書名 Title: The origins and history of consciousness
作者 Author:Erich Neumann
出版商 Publisher: Princeton University Press
出版年 Publish Year: 1995
ISBN 9780691017617
資料類型 Info. Type: Book
館藏地 Location: General collection
索書號 Call Number: BF311 .N48 1995

簡介 Description

The first of Erich Neumann's works to be translated into English, this eloquent book draws on a full range of world mythology to show that individual consciousness undergoes the same archetypal stages of development as has human consciousness as a whole. Neumann, one of Jung's most creative students and a renowned practitioner of analytical psychology in his own right, shows how the stages begin and end with the symbol of the Uroboros, or tail-eating serpent.
The intermediate stages are projected in the universal myths of the World Creation, Great Mother, Separation of the World Parents, Birth of the Hero, Slaying of the Dragon, Rescue of the Captive, and Transformation and Deification of the Hero. Throughout the sequence the Hero is the evolving ego consciousness".There can be no doubt that [Neumann] has brought to his task a remarkable . . . knowledge of classical mythology, some considerable acquaintance with the comparative study of religion, and a deep understanding of those psychological views and theories evolved by C. G. Jung".--The Times Literary Supplement"A welcome source of information for all those who are touched by the relationship between man and his myths".--The New York Times"No better exposition has come to us of the two Jungian themes: the evolution of consciousness in the history of mankind and the development of personality in the individual".--The PersonalistErich Neumann, born in Berlin in 1905, lived in Tel Aviv from 1934 until his death in 1960. Among his other works in Princeton's Bollingen series are Fear of the Feminine, Amor and Psyche: The Psychic Development of the Feminine, The Great Mother, and The Archetypal World of Henry Moore.

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Investigative journalism in China : eight cases in Chinese watchdog journalism

2011-10-10T12:01:00.000+08:00

書名 Title: Investigative journalism in China : eight cases in Chinese watchdog journalism
作者 Author: David Bandurski and Martin Hala
出版商 Publisher:Hong Kong University Press
出版年 Publish Year: Hong Kong
ISBN 9789622091740
資料類型 Info. Type: Book
館藏地 Location: General Collection
索書號 Call Number: PN5367.I58 .I5 2010

簡介 Description

Despite persistent pressure from state censors and other tools of political control, investigative journalism has flourished in China over the last decade. This volume offers a comprehensive, first-hand look at investigative journalism in China, including insider accounts from reporters behind some of China's top stories in recent years. While many outsiders hold on to the stereotype of Chinese journalists as docile, subservient Party hacks, a number of brave Chinese reporters have exposed corruption and official misconduct with striking ingenuity and often at considerable personal sacrifice. Subjects have included officials pilfering state funds, directors of public charities pocketing private donations, businesses fleecing unsuspecting consumers - even the misdeeds of journalists themselves. These case studies address critical issues of commercialization of the media, the development of ethical journalism practices, the rising specter of "news blackmail," negotiating China's mystifying bureaucracy, the dangers of libel suits, and how political pressures impact different stories. During fellowships at the Journalism & Media Studies Centre of the University of Hong Kong, these narratives and other background materials were fact-checked and edited by JMSC staff to address critical issues related to the media transitions currently under way in the PRC. This engaging narrative gives readers a vivid sense of how journalism is practiced in China. --David Bandurski is a scholar at the University of Hong Kong's China Media Project, a research and fellowship initiative of the Journalism & Media Studies Centre. Martin Hala has taught journalism at the Universities in Prague and Bratislava.

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Organizational project management maturity model (OPM3) : knowledge foundation

2011-09-26T12:58:00.000+08:00

書名 Title: Organizational project management maturity model (OPM3) : knowledge foundation
作者 Author: Project Management Institute
出版商 Publisher: Project Management Institute
出版年 Publish Year: 2008
ISBN 9781933890548
資料類型 Info. Type: Book
館藏地 Location: General Collection
索書號 Call Number: HD69.P75 .O74 2008

簡介 Description

How do you help your organization improve the strategic business value of its investment in projects? Organizational Project Management Maturity Model (OPM3) Second Edition allows organizations to minimize risk, drive the right projects, and align investments to enable better informed decisions, and accelerate organizational success.

The purpose of this standard, developed by Project Management Institute, is to provide a way for organizations to:
[[Understand organizational project management
[[Measure their maturity against a comprehensive and broad-based set of organizational project management best practices

[[Plan for improvement.
OPM3 continues to provide the tools necessary for organizations to measure their maturity against a comprehensive set of best practices and now with the second edition it also provides:
[[Introduction of Organizational Enablers to promote smooth transitions within the domain, stages and process groups and to achieve a higher degree of organizational maturity
[[Categorization by Knowledge Area, by Business Results and by Balanced Scorecard
[[Consolidated best practices to eliminate duplication
The information in OPM3 Second Edition is based on input from hundreds of volunteer project management practitioners and consultants from over 35 countries and is consistent with A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide). Fourth Edition, The Standard for Program Management Second Edition and The Standard for Portfolio Management Second Edition.
This updated model is a step forward in advancing professionalism and organizational maturity in project management.

OPM3 can be used effectively by anyorganization in the world regardless of industry, size or current maturity.

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The standard for program management

2011-09-26T12:54:00.000+08:00

書名 Title: The standard for program management
作者 Author: Project Management Institute
出版商 Publisher: Project Management Institute
出版年 Publish Year: 2008
ISBN 9781933890524
資料類型 Info. Type: Book
館藏地 Location: General Collection
索書號 Call Number: HD69.P75 .S73 2008

簡介 Description

The Standard for Program Management–Second Edition continues to recognize good practices for managing multiple projects and programs successfully with even more knowledge areas and processes.What's new? * Nine new Knowledge Areas, including Program Financial Management, Stakeholder Management and Program Governance. This helps ensure proper metrics are developed so that organizations can successfully manage large and complex programs.*14 new processes.Start meeting your standards for better project performance.

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Theory and practice of family therapy and counseling

2011-09-26T12:48:00.001+08:00

書名 Title: Theory and practice of family therapy and counseling
作者 Author: James Robert Bitter
出版商 Publisher: Brooks/Cole, Cengage Learning
出版年 Publish Year: 2009
ISBN 9780534421786
資料類型 Info. Type: Book
館藏地 Location: General Collection
索書號 Call Number: RC488.5 .B5 2009

簡介 Description

A model for successful integration of multiple points of view, James R. Bitter's THEORY AND PRACTICE OF FAMILY COUNSELING AND THERAPY supports the development of personal, professional, and ethical family practice. The text's concrete, empirically based approaches, as well as diagnostics and visual tools, allow you to observe others in groups. Case studies, sample dialogues, and exercises help you to apply the concepts you've learned.

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Chasing ghosts : failures and facades in Iraq : a soldier's perspective

2011-09-26T12:42:00.000+08:00

書名 Title: Chasing ghosts : failures and facades in Iraq : a soldier's perspective
作者 Author: Paul Rieckhoff
出版商 Publisher: NAL Caliber
出版年 Publish Year: 2007
ISBN 9780451221216
資料類型 Info. Type: Book
館藏地 Location: General Collection
索書號 Call Number: DS79.76 .R54 2007

簡介 Description

As a First Lieutenant and Infantry Platoon Leader for the U.S. Army National Guard, Paul Rieckhoff was charged with leading thirty-eight men in Iraq. He spent almost a year in one of the bloodiest and most volatile areas of Baghdad. And when he finally came home, he vowed to tell Americans the harrowing truth. He does just that, uncensored and unrehearsed, "and with wit and passion" (Arianna Huffington), in Chasing Ghosts-the first criticism of the Iraq war written by a soldier who fought in it.

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Translation goes to the movies

2011-09-26T12:37:00.000+08:00

書名 Title: Translation goes to the movies
作者 Author: Michael Cronin
出版商 Publisher: Routledge
出版年 Publish Year: 2009
ISBN 9780415422864
資料類型 Info. Type: Book
館藏地 Location: General Collection
索書號 Call Number: PN1995.9.T685 .C7 2009

簡介 Description

This highly accessible introduction to translation theory, written by a leading author in the field, uses the genre of film to bring the main themes in translation to life. Through analyzing films as diverse as the Marx Brothers' A Night at the Opera , The Star Wars Trilogies and Lost in Translation , the reader is encouraged to think about both issues and problems of translation as they are played out on the screen and issues of filmic representation through examining the translation dimension of specific films. In highlighting how translation has featured in both mainstream commercial and arthouse films over the years, Cronin shows how translation has been a concern of filmmakers dealing with questions of culture, identity, conflict and representation. This book is a lively and accessible text for translation theory courses and offers a new and largely unexplored approach to topics of identity and representation on screen. Translation Goes to the Movies will be of interest to those on translation studies and film studies courses.

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The World almanac and book of facts

2011-09-26T12:30:00.004+08:00

書名 Title: The World almanac and book of facts
出版商 Publisher: World Almanac Eduction Group
出版年 Publish Year: 2009
ISBN 9781600571053
資料類型 Info. Type: Reference
館藏地 Location: Reference Collection
索書號 Call Number: AY67.N5 .W6 2009

簡介 Description

New for 2009—The World Almanac and Book of Facts includes the most comprehensive 2008 U.S. election results, tallied through November 7th, and World Series statistics. Every family needs this New York Times best-selling reference book.

The World Almanac is the #1 best-selling American reference book of all time. It is the source for essential and authoritative facts for entertainment, reference and learning. The book contains thousands of facts and statistics that aren’t publicly available which are sourced and double-checked by the staff of World Almanac experts.
The 2008 Edition spent 12 weeks on the NYT Bestseller list reaching #2; 10 weeks on the USA Today Bestseller List reaching #51; and 9 weeks on the Book Sense List reaching a high of #11.

Features in The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2009:

· The World at a Glance: The most fascinating facts of the past year in science, economics, sports, arts and media, and more

· Election 2008 Coverage and Results: Twenty-four pages dedicated to the complete coverage of key issues, pivotal primaries, memorable moments, and election results from the presidential campaign.

· Beijing Olympics Recap: faces, Places and records from the Summer 2008 games.

· World Series: For the first time in 5 years, the World Almanac will contain facts covering the World Series.

· Year in Pictures: 16 page color photo section of the top stories of 2008, as well as 16 pages of world maps and flags and easy-to-use side abs.

· Plus thousands of facts and statistics that aren’t publicly available; sourced and double-checked by our full-time editorial staff who are reference experts by category

· Downloadable World Almanac Trivia Quiz Night Kit: All that you need to host a quiz night in your local pub, bookstore, or classroom. Our editors provide over 150 questions and answers - all derived from The World Almanac 2009. Have fun, fundraise, or draw a crowd with this turn-key party kit!

World Almanac Online: www.WorldAlmanac.com

2009 will feature the third year of Bonus Content Online, extended reading to the printed edition for the same combined price of $12.99. This year will feature the Election Results from 2008, plus lots more free information available year-round at worldalmanac.com: historical presidential information, health news and features, and early access to WA09 info.

Once online, look for The World Almanac Blog, launched in 2006 and every weekday featuring

· New original entries, including provocative postings such as Unbreakable Sports Records; fascinating scientific and historical trivia; and new links to online tools and archives for almanac fans · This Day in History, Notable Birthdays and unusual anniversaries such as when Nixon met Elvis Presley in the Oval Office (1970)

· More useful links and tags to essential reads

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Think! : before it's too late

2011-09-26T12:13:00.001+08:00

書名 Title: Think! : before it's too late
作者 Author: Edward De Bono
出版商 Publisher: Vermilion
出版年 Publish Year: 2009
ISBN 9780091924096
資料類型 Info. Type: Book
館藏地 Location: General Collection
索書號 Call Number: BF408 .D43 2009

簡介 Description

The world is full of problems and conflicts. So why can we not solve them? According to Edward de Bono, current thinking cannot solve world problems because current thinking is itself the problem. And this is getting worse: we are so accustomed to readily available information online that we search immediately for the answers rather than thinking about them.
Our minds function like trying to drive a car using only one wheel. There's nothing wrong with that one wheel--conventional thinking--but we could all get a lot further if we used all four. De Bono examines why we think the way we do from a historical perspective and uses some of his famous thinking techniques combined with new ideas to show us how to change the way we think. If we strengthen our ability and raise our thinking level, other areas of our life--both personal and business success--will improve. De Bono is the master of the original big "concept" book and his enticement to us to use our minds as constructively as possible should appeal to a whole new generation of fans.

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