雲從哪裡來？為什麼它看起來是這個樣子？他們何以能抓住藝術家、詩人和每個孩子的想像力和眼光？身為設計師，卻熱愛觀看天空的Pretor-Pinney，詳述了雲的科學知識、歷史，以及它在藝術和大眾文化中的種種，並以攝影、素描讓讀者得以窺看雲朵的千姿百態。 推薦理由：Gavin Pretor-Pinney於二００四年創立了愛雲會（Cloud Appreciation Society），全球會員已有五千人。 相信每一個人都有望著藍天中的白雲出神的時候，捉不住的畫面與變換無窮的雲朵，讓整個天空變成了恣意揮灑的創意畫布。而這一次我們要介紹一這一本有關於天上雲朵的書籍，作者群是The Cloud Appreciation Society，是一個喜愛欣賞雲朵愛好者所組成的協會，他們的網站與創意甚至獲得2005年雅虎的創意網站。這本《The Cloudspotter's...(展开全部)

A quirky, clever guide for everyone who loves to look up. Where do clouds come from? Why do they look the way they do? And why have they captured the imagination of timeless artists, Romantic poets, and every kid who's ever held a crayon? Journalist and lifelong sky watcher Gavin Pretor-Pinney reveals everything there is to know about clouds, from history and science to art ...(展开全部)

Squid is the most popular Web caching software in use today, and it works on a variety of platforms including Linux, FreeBSD, and Windows. Squid improves network performance by reducing the amount of bandwidth used when surfing the Web. It makes web pages load faster and can even reduce the load on your web server. By caching and reusing popular web content, Squid allows you...(展开全部)

Turin, a renowned scientist and Sanchez, a longtime perfume critic, are experts in the world of scent. They have spent years sniffing the world's most elegant and beautiful - as well as some truly terrible - perfumes. In this authoritative, one of a kind book, they combine talents and experience to review over 1200 fragrances, separating the divine from the good from the awful....(展开全部)

Rare is the style guide that a person--even a word person--would want to read cover to cover. But The Economist Style Guide, designed, as the book says, to promote good writing, is so witty and rigorous as to be irresistible. The book consists of three parts. The first is the Economist's style book, which acts as a position paper of sorts in favor of clear, concise, correct usa...(展开全部)

What is economics? What can - and can't - it explain about the world? Why does it matter?

什么是经济学？经济学如何解释世界的现象？有没有什么事情经济学无法解释？经济学到底为何重要？让剑桥经济学家、畅销经济书作家张夏准告诉你！ 看新闻的时候、读政治类书籍的时候、日常生活与柴米油盐打交道的时候，你或许都会遇到与经济相关的问题，有过上述种种疑问。剑桥经济学家张夏准（Ha-Joon Chang）以他一贯轻快的笔调、广博的知识、清楚专业的口吻，写了这一本经济学的入门书，书中包含各类的经济学议题：什么是经济学、国家的角色、不公与贫穷、工作与失业、金融与生产。 许多经济学家只喜欢谈自己的学派，但张夏准却带读者认识从古典主义到凯因斯等各类经济学理论，析论各家长短，又解释为何经济现象的解释方法不只一种。各章后头还有延伸阅读，方便有兴趣的读者进一步深入挖掘，即便是读经济的学生也会觉得相当受用。 新古典主义、新自由主义学当道，研究发展经济及全球化议题的经济学家...(展开全部)

For too long, developers have worked on disorganized application projects, where every part seemed to have its own build system, and no common repository existed for information about the state of the project. Now there's help. The long-awaited official documentation to Maven is here. Written by Maven creator Jason Van Zyl and his team at Sonatype, Maven: The Definitive Guide c...(展开全部)

The rising popularity of Apache Cassandra rests on its ability to handle very large data sets that include hundreds of terabytes -- and that's why this distributed database has been chosen by organizations such as Facebook, Twitter, Digg, and Rackspace. With this hands-on guide, you'll get all the details and practical examples you need to understand Cassandra's non-relational ...(展开全部)

Eben Hewitt 跨国公司应用架构总监，负责系统战略和设计工作。他是Apache Cassandra项目的一位文档贡献者，同时也是多本技术书籍的作者，其中包括Java SOA Cookbook（O’Reilly出版）。