The opening volume in the Alexander the Great trilogy -- now back in print! Telling the story of the how the boy Alexander grows to become the man all would call Alexander the Great.

The story of young Alexander the Great.

“Written with her usual vigor and imagination...Mary Renault has a great talent.”– The New York Times Book Review Alexander’s beauty, strength, and defiance were apparent from birth, but his boyhood honed those gifts into the makings of a king. His mother, Olympias, and his father, King Philip of Macedon, fought each other for their son’s loyalty, teaching Alexander politics ...(展开全部)

“Written with her usual vigor and imagination...Mary Renault has a great talent.”– The New York Times Book Review Alexander’s beauty, strength, and defiance were apparent from birth, but his boyhood honed those gifts into the makings of a king. His mother, Olympias, and his father, King Philip of Macedon, fought each other for their son’s loyalty, teaching Alexander politics ...(展开全部)

Programming in Scala is the definitive book on Scala, the new language for the Java Platform that blends object-oriented and functional programming concepts into a unique and powerful tool for developers.Coauthored by the designer of the Scala language, this authoritative book will teach you, one step at a time, the Scala language and the ideas behind it.The book is carefully c...(展开全部)

Programming in Scala is the definitive book on Scala, the new language for the Java Platform that blends object-oriented and functional programming concepts into a unique and powerful tool for developers.Coauthored by the designer of the Scala language, this authoritative book will teach you, one step at a time, the Scala language and the ideas behind it.The book is carefully c...(展开全部)

Ida B. Wells, the Black Prince, and Benito Juárez burst off the pages of Step Aside, Pops: A Hark! A Vagrant Collection, armed with modern-sounding quips and amusingly on-point repartee. Kate Beaton's second D+Q book brings her hysterically funny gaze to bear on these and even more historical, literary, and contemporary figures. Irreverently funny and carefully researched, no t...(展开全部)

This third edition brings the entire book, up to date, adding new material to cover features appearing in Scala versions 2.9 through Scala 2.12, including: String interpolation Functional Futures Implicit classes Defining new AnyVals Typeclasses and context bounds The latest style recommendations SAM support in Scala 2.12

This third edition brings the entire book, up to date, adding new material to cover features appearing in Scala versions 2.9 through Scala 2.12, including: String interpolation Functional Futures Implicit classes Defining new AnyVals Typeclasses and context bounds The latest style recommendations SAM support in Scala 2.12