原书作者 嘉约翰（John Glasgow Kerr，1824—1901），美国医生，1854年至广州行医，后担任博济医院（今中山大学孙逸仙纪念医院）首任院长等职，中国西医学传播先行者。 译者简介 李国庆，男，现任美国俄亥俄州立大学教授、图书馆中韩文部主任，兼任上海师范大学客座教授。曾主编收录清末民国来华外国人亲历纪实性著作的《亲历中国》《“中国研究”外文旧籍汇刊·中国记录》等丛书，译作有《暴发》《金字塔》《保护并捍卫》等。 陈垚，女，美国芝加哥大学东亚图书馆馆长。主要研究图书馆学、海外中国学等。在SSCI期刊上发表多篇文章，编著有《美国明尼苏达大学图书馆中文古籍目录》。

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The publication of The Sibley Guide to Birds in 2000 quickly established David Allen Sibley as the author and illustrator of the nation’s supreme and most comprehensive guide to birds. Used by millions of birders from novices to the most expert, The Sibley Guide became the standard by which natural history guides are measured. The highly anticipated second edition builds on thi...(展开全部)

LaTeX is high-quality open source typesetting software that produces professional prints and PDF files. It's a powerful and complex tool with a multitude of features, so getting started can be intimidating. However, once you become comfortable with LaTeX, its capabilities far outweigh any initial challenges, and this book will help you with just that! The LaTeX Beginner's Guide...(展开全部)

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Ruby is an increasingly popular, fully object-oriented dynamic programming language, hailed by many practitioners as the finest and most useful language available today. When Ruby first burst onto the scene in the Western world, the Pragmatic Programmers were there with the definitive reference manual, Programming Ruby: The Pragmatic Programmer's Guide. Now in its Second Editio...(展开全部)

Ruby is an increasingly popular, fully object-oriented dynamic programming language, hailed by many practitioners as the finest and most useful language available today. When Ruby first burst onto the scene in the Western world, the Pragmatic Programmers were there with the definitive reference manual, Programming Ruby: The Pragmatic Programmer's Guide. Now in its Second Editio...(展开全部)

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Synopsis In his most famous work, THE PRINCE (Il Principe), Machiavelli described the ideal prince and encouraged the people of Italy to imagine what it might be like if such a person led a unified Italy. Written in 1513 and published posthumously in 1532, THE PRINCE has been interpreted both as a genuine handbook for potential rulers and as a satirical portrait of certain pr...(展开全部)

Synopsis In his most famous work, THE PRINCE (Il Principe), Machiavelli described the ideal prince and encouraged the people of Italy to imagine what it might be like if such a person led a unified Italy. Written in 1513 and published posthumously in 1532, THE PRINCE has been interpreted both as a genuine handbook for potential rulers and as a satirical portrait of certain pr...(展开全部)