Colette began writing "Break of Day" in her early fifties, at Saint-Tropez on the Cote d'Azur, where she had bought a small house after the breakup of her second marriage. The novel's theme--the renunciation of love and the return to an independent existence supported and enriched by the beauty and peace of nature--grows out of Colette's own period of self-assessment in the mid...(展开全部)

One of the distinguished comic dramatist's more somber plays, this entertaining allegory examines apathy, confusion and lack of purpose as causes of major world problems, with larger-than-life characters representing the evils of the modern world.

The thirty-four stories in this seminal collection powerfully display what have become Lydia Davis's trademarks--dexterity, brevity, understatement, and surprise. Although the certainty of her prose suggests a world of almost clinical reason and clarity, her characters show us that life, thought, and language are full of disorder. "Break It Down "is Davis at her best. In the wo...(展开全部)

How to Break Software is a departure from conventional testing in which testers prepare a written test plan and then use it as a script when testing the software. The testing techniques in this book are as flexible as conventional testing is rigid. And flexibility is needed in software projects in which requirements can change, bugs can become features and schedule pressures of...(展开全部)

How to Break Software is a departure from conventional testing in which testers prepare a written test plan and then use it as a script when testing the software. The testing techniques in this book are as flexible as conventional testing is rigid. And flexibility is needed in software projects in which requirements can change, bugs can become features and schedule pressures of...(展开全部)

Research on homeless people in Japan has increased since the end of the 1990s. Today a vast literature on this topic exists, and yet the phenomenon of homeless women remains underrepresented. With her detailed ethnography, Maruyama not only brings this topic into the spotlight but also develops a wider set of tools to understand social issues from a feminist point of view. Her ...(展开全部)

Not all relationships are made to last forever. Sometimes what starts as a beautiful friendship or productive partnership turns toxic, or one-sided, or unhealthy – and the best solution for both parties is to end it. In How to Break Up With Anyone, relationship expert Jamye Waxman has written a much-needed guide to every step of a non-romantic breakup. Drawing from her own expe...(展开全部)

主编简介 艾尔弗拉德•诺德曼在德国汉堡获得博士学位，而后在美国南卡罗莱纳大学哲学系任教，于2002年成为德国达姆施塔特技术大学的哲学和科学史教授。目前诺德曼正致力于一种综合性的技性科学哲学的发展。作为欧洲专家组的报告员，他编写了关于欧洲知识社会融合技术的报告（2004），还编辑了几本关于纳米技术研究的哲学方面的书籍。 汉斯•拉德荷兰阿姆斯特丹自由大学的科学和技术哲学教授。他的主要工作领域是科学观察和实验，概念的历史、认识论和本体论本性和作用，科学实在论问题，以及科学和技术的规范和政治的意义。 格雷戈•希尔曼德国伍珀塔尔大学哲学系历史和科学哲学教授。拥有物理学文凭和哲学博士学位。其专业领域包括十九世纪和二十世纪物理学的历史和哲学以及自然的概念。 译者简介 武天欣南京审计大学公共管理学院讲师，哲学博士。研究方向为科学技术哲学，科学技术与社会。 蔡仲哲学博...(展开全部)

If you've ever dreamed of working at Vogue , photographing supermodels, or outfitting celebrities, In Fashion will equip you with everything you need to know to get an “in” into fashion. Former beauty and fashion news director of Harper's Bazaar and editor in chief of Seventeen, Annemarie Iverson—the outsider’s insider—knows just how to get noticed and stay on top. In Fa...(展开全部)

Ready to take the next step in your career . . . but not sure what's holding you back? Read on. Leadership expert Sally Helgesen and bestselling leadership coach Marshall Goldsmith have trained thousands of high achievers--men and women--to reach even greater heights. Again and again, they see that women face specific and different roadblocks from men as they advance in the wor...(展开全部)