Expecting to be inducted into the army, Joseph has given up his job and carefully prepared for his departure to the battlefront. When a series of mix-ups delays his induction, he finds himself facing a year of idleness. Bellow's first novel documents Joseph's psychological reaction to his inactivity while war rages around him and his uneasy insights into the nature of freedom a...(展开全部)

Expecting to be inducted into the army to fight in World War II, Joseph has given up his job and carefully prepared for his departure to the battlefront. When a series of mix-ups delays his induction, he finds himself facing a year of idleness. Saul Bellow's first novel documents Joseph's psychological reaction to his inactivity while war rages around him and his uneasy insight...(展开全部)

索尔·贝娄（1915-2005），美国当代最负盛名的作家之一，诺贝尔文学奖得主。索尔·贝娄出生于一个有犹太血统的俄国移民家庭。处女作《晃来晃去的人》出版后就颇受评论界瞩目。《雨王亨德森》《赫索格》《洪堡的礼物》等长篇小说的出版奠定了他在世界文坛的地位。索尔·贝娄被认为是继福克纳和海明威之后最重要的美国小说家。他的创作代表了当代世界文学多元交流的走向。“异化世界”和“寻找自我”是其小说中常见的主题。他的杰出成就在于对叙事艺术的突破和贡献。曾三次获美国国家图书奖，一次获普利策奖，1976年荣膺诺贝尔文学奖。

Design by Contract is a systematic approach to specifying and implementing object-oriented software elements based on precisely defined obligations between them. This is the first practical, example-centered guide to using Design by Contract. The authors introduce powerful design principles for writing good contracts and supporting guidelines -- and demonstrate those principles...(展开全部)

Book Description Recovering from amnesia, Dr. Arthur Calgary discovers that he alone could have provided an alibi in a scandalous murder trial. It ended in the conviction of Jacko Argyle. The victim was Jacko's own mother, and to make matters worse, he died in prison. But the young man's innocence means that someone else killed the Argyle matriarch, and would certainly kill ag...(展开全部)

Book Description Recovering from amnesia, Dr. Arthur Calgary discovers that he alone could have provided an alibi in a scandalous murder trial. It ended in the conviction of Jacko Argyle. The victim was Jacko's own mother, and to make matters worse, he died in prison. But the young man's innocence means that someone else killed the Argyle matriarch, and would certainly kill ag...(展开全部)

Design by Contract is a systematic approach to specifying and implementing object-oriented software elements based on precisely defined obligations between them. This is the first practical, example-centered guide to using Design by Contract. The authors introduce powerful design principles for writing good contracts and supporting guidelines -- and demonstrate those principles...(展开全部)

During the Cold War, an alliance between American scientists, pharmaceutical companies, and the US military pushed the medical establishment into ethically fraught territory. Doctors and scientists at prestigious institutions were pressured to produce medical advances to compete with the perceived threats coming from the Soviet Union. In "Against Their Will," authors Allen Horn...(展开全部)

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