As Jane Alison writes in the introduction to her insightful and appealing book about the craft of writing: “For centuries there’s been one path through fiction we’re most likely to travel— one we’re actually told to follow—and that’s the dramatic arc: a situation arises, grows tense, reaches a peak, subsides . . . But something that swells and tautens until climax, then collaps...(展开全部)

伊丽莎白·威尔海德（Elizabeth Wilhide），设计与装潢领域专业作家，已出版《设计通史》《康兰论设计》《康兰论色彩》《室内设计宝典》《朴素、简约与实用》《麦金托什风格》《家居必备书》《斯堪的纳维亚的现代家居》等。她住在英国伦敦。 张心童，图书翻译，同声传译，已出版译著《世界花纹与图案大典》《装饰的法则》《艺术的精神》《20世纪简史》《与古斯塔夫国王共进晚宴》《但丁》等，诗歌创作散见于《世界日报》《侨报》等。现定居于美国旧金山。

The lack of a specific contemporary guide to pattern design called for the publication of this volume. It brings together a wide variety of pattern designs and their variations and maps the spectrum of their possible applications, such as wallpaper, furniture, interior design, clothes and more. Featuring work from outstanding pattern designers from around the world, this book c...(展开全部)

A book which should appeal to both literary theorists and to readers of the novel, this study invites the reader to consider how the plot reflects the patterns of human destiny and seeks to impose a new meaning on life.

A book which should appeal to both literary theorists and to readers of the novel, this study invites the reader to consider how the plot reflects the patterns of human destiny and seeks to impose a new meaning on life.

A plethora of patterns and palettes! This hardworking reference book is the second volume in Rockport's Pattern and Palette series. Like the first, it is an invaluable tool for art directors, designers, and students working in the fashion, product, and graphic design fields, as well as anyone in the business of visual communication. With close to 1,000 new patterns, Pattern a...(展开全部)

Software developers now recognize the value of design patterns in helping build better software more efficiently. As a result, design patterns have become extremely popular in the software development community. Pattern Hatching explains and enhances the information from the seminal work in the field, Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software. The hands-on ...(展开全部)

Software developers now recognize the value of design patterns in helping build better software more efficiently. As a result, design patterns have become extremely popular in the software development community. Pattern Hatching explains and enhances the information from the seminal work in the field, Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software. The hands-on ...(展开全部)

Design patterns have moved into the mainstream of professional software development as a highly effective means of improving the quality of software engineering, system design, and development, as well as the communication among the people building them. Patterns capture many of the best practices of software design, making them available to all software engineers. The fifth v...(展开全部)