What is bad data? Some people consider it a technical phenomenon, like missing values or malformed records, but bad data includes a lot more. In this handbook, data expert Q. Ethan McCallum has gathered 19 colleagues from every corner of the data arena to reveal how they’ve recovered from nasty data problems. From cranky storage to poor representation to misguided policy, there...(展开全部)

梦想是什么？平凡的生活，还是远方的壮阔？爱冒险的男孩长成了赌气小老头，和意外闯入的童子军小胖乘着用生命守护的“气球屋”完成最华丽的冒险，这是最疯狂也是最浪漫的故事。

In his bestselling book The Five Secrets You Must Discover Before You Die, John Izzo tackled the secrets to lifelong happiness. Now he gives readers the key to a great career, a great workplace, better relationships, and a better world.

12 year old Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt Fitzroy has got a murder on his hands and trouble on his tail. Henry, the hippopatamus at the brand-new nationally known FunJungle, has gone belly up. Even though it's claimed he died of natural causes, Teddy smells something fishy and it sure ain't the polar bear's lunch. Dealing with the zoo's top brass proves to be nothing but a waste o...(展开全部)

From the author and illustrator of the best-selling Peek-a-Who? comes another irresistible board book that's sure to entertain curious babies and toddlers. With peek-a-boo windows featuring adorable baby animals, bright colors and a simple, playful text, Grow Up! takes guessing games for toddlers to a new level! Honors for Grow Up!: 2004 CCBC (Cooperative Children's Book Ce...(展开全部)

一本汇集了韩寒、春树、胡坚、李海洋等众多80写手最新力作的青春图文读本，提出杂志书（MOOK）的阅读概念，在视觉上注重色彩的冲击力，使文字内容和图片效果相得益彰，强调先锋阅读感觉。必将成为2006年最值得期待的青春读物。 　　《up势力》，立足于“生活/娱乐/先锋”，集合有丰富经历，有特别过人之处的年轻人，组成“势力军团”，打出“写作不止于文学” 的口号，提倡“人人都可以写作”的理念，为所有年轻的实力创意生产者打造展示最符合自我个性的专栏展示平台。

Close up is right! Klein put a wide-angle lens on his camera, headed for any crowd he could find, and got as close as he could. He decided not to worry about graininess, blurriness, depth of field, and other technical considerations but to go for a spontaneous feel. He got it. These double-page, black-and-white photos are overflowing with people--blurry, grainy, and out of focu...(展开全部)

A Manual for Cleaning Women compiles the best work of the legendary short-story writer Lucia Berlin. With the grit of Raymond Carver, the humor of Grace Paley, and a blend of wit and melancholy all her own, Berlin crafts miracles from the everyday, uncovering moments of grace in the laundromats and halfway houses of the American Southwest, in the homes of the Bay Area upper cla...(展开全部)

露西亚·伯林 LUCIA BERLIN 1936.11.12—2004.11.12 美国作家，1936年出生于阿拉斯加。一生在美国、智利、墨西哥辗转生活，居无定所。有过三次婚姻，独自抚养四个儿子，从事过中学西班牙语教师、电话接线员、病房管理员、急诊室护士、清洁女工 、监狱写作教师等各种职业，一边工作一边创作。2004年于玛琳娜得瑞港去世。 生前共发表76篇短篇小说，故事多基于个人经历写就。由于生活坎坷、不求名利，在世时未得到大众读者的关注，但在文学团体中具有广泛的影响力。直到逝世11年后，《清洁女工手册》出版，这位文学大师才进入大众视野，获得迟来的尊敬和喜爱。

露西亚·伯林 LUCIA BERLIN 1936.11.12—2004.11.12 美国作家，1936年出生于阿拉斯加。一生在美国、智利、墨西哥辗转生活，居无定所。有过三次婚姻，独自抚养四个儿子，从事过中学西班牙语教师、电话接线员、病房管理员、急诊室护士、清洁女工 、监狱写作教师等各种职业，一边工作一边创作。2004年于玛琳娜得瑞港去世。 生前共发表76篇短篇小说，故事多基于个人经历写就。由于生活坎坷、不求名利，在世时未得到大众读者的关注，但在文学团体中具有广泛的影响力。直到逝世11年后，《清洁女工手册》出版，这位文学大师才进入大众视野，获得迟来的尊敬和喜爱。