This first book from Chicago author Chris Ware is a pleasantly-decorated view at a lonely and emotionally-impaired "everyman" (Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth), who is provided, at age 36, the opportunity to meet his father for the first time. An improvisatory romance which gingerly deports itself between 1890's Chicago and 1980's small town Michigan, the reader is he...(展开全部)

Ware's hero is a doughy, middle-aged loser who retreats into fantasies that he is "The Smartest Kid on Earth." The minimal plot involves Jimmy's tragicomic reunion with the father who abandoned him in childhood. In abruptly juxtaposed flashbacks, Ware depicts previous generations of Corrigan males, revealing how their similar histories of rejection and abandonment culminated in...(展开全部)

This is a revised new edition of the bestselling toolkit for creating, building, and maintaining a strong brand. From research and analysis through brand strategy, design development through application design, and identity standards through launch and governance, "Designing Brand Identity, Fourth Edition" offers brand managers, marketers, and designers a proven, universal five...(展开全部)

Brand Vision 2007收集全球范围2005年12月至2006年12月间最新品牌视觉设计杰出案例200余套，单件视觉作品达420多件，且配以阐述文字，让每个案例的设计概念一目了然。《Brand Vision 2007》的作品来自欧美及日本、韩国、印度等地区的品牌、设计机构，杰出设计师的力作，其中以欧洲设计师和品牌、设计机构为主，其中包括PARK（俄罗斯）、Hesse Design（德国）、Smidswater（荷兰）、Grapefruit（罗马尼亚）、Shin Matsunaga（日本）、Akiko Sekimoto（日本）、Interbrand（美国）等著名设计师和品牌、设计机构的视觉创意设计新作，作品涉及LOGO、品牌整体视觉形象设计和创意图形等领域，全面体现了全球2005年12月至2006年12月间的最高设计水平，为设计界、教育界和企...(展开全部)

The definitive guide to managing a luxury brand, newly revised and updated What defines a luxury brand? Traditional wisdom suggests that it's one that's selective and exclusive-to such a degree that only one brand can exist within each retail category (automobiles, fragrances, cosmetics, etc.). But this definition is inherently restrictive, failing to take into account the way...(展开全部)

麦克·盖尔（MIKE GAYLE），1970年出生于英国伯明翰。目前为自由新闻工作者，曾是两性关系专栏作家，为许多知名杂志撰稿。其作品以男性的视角，从都市男女情感的层面切人，将社会给予男性的责任、女性寄予男性的期待及由此给男人带来的不安全感和恐惧感等，进行了细致入微的刻画，让人一窥男性内心的私密世界，令人耳目一新，开辟了全新的“男性自白文学”。

When Rob's girlfriend asks him to leave London and live with her in Manchester not only will it mean moving cities, it'll also mean leaving behind his best mate in the entire world. Believing that love conquers all and convinced of his ability to make new friends, Rob takes the plunge.Six months in, and yet to find so much as a regular drinking buddy, Rob realises that sometime...(展开全部)

麦克·盖尔（MIKE GAYLE），1970年出生于英国伯明翰。目前为自由新闻工作者，曾是两性关系专栏作家，为许多知名杂志撰稿。其作品以男性的视角，从都市男女情感的层面切人，将社会给予男性的责任、女性寄予男性的期待及由此给男人带来的不安全感和恐惧感等，进行了细致入微的刻画，让人一窥男性内心的私密世界，令人耳目一新，开辟了全新的“男性自白文学”。

When Rob's girlfriend asks him to leave London and live with her in Manchester, it means leaving behind his best mate in the entire world. Believing that love conquers all and confident that he'll meet new mates, Rob takes the plunge. Six months in, and yet to find even a drinking buddy, Rob realizes that making friends in your thirties is not easy, so his girlfriend places an ...(展开全部)

Hands-On Cryptography with Python is for security professionals who want to learn to encrypt and evaluate data, and compare different encryption methods.