Much against his will, the Duke of Omnium consents to lead a coalition government. The Duchess quickly becomes a social figure of great power striving to consolidate his support. Together they make their way to the centre of society and, like Phineas Finn before them, they find it hollow. The novel is haunted by the mysterious Ferdinand Lopez whose pernicious influence the Duk...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 Plantaganet Palliser, Prime Minister of England - a man of power and prestige, with all the breeding and inherited wealth that goes with it - is appalled at the inexorable rise of Ferdinand Lopez. An exotic impostor, seemingly from nowhere, Lopez has society at his feet, while well-connected ladies vie with each other to exert influence on his behalf - even Palliser's o...(展开全部)

'though a great many men and not a few women knew Ferdinand Lopez very well, none of them knew whence he had come' Despite his mysterious antecedents, Ferdinand Lopez aspires to join the ranks of British society. An unscrupulous financial speculator, he determines to marry into respectability and wealth, much against the wishes of his prospective father-in-law. One of the nin...(展开全部)

We have had diaries from other Cabinet Ministers, but none I think which have been quite so illuminating... It is a fascinating diary... It is shorter than Barbara Castle's... and although it is rather more accurate than Dick Crossman's, it is distinctly funnier' - Lord Allen of Abbeydale (formerly Permanent Secretary at the Home Office) in The Times 'It has...(展开全部)

We have had diaries from other Cabinet Ministers, but none I think which have been quite so illuminating... It is a fascinating diary... It is shorter than Barbara Castle's... and although it is rather more accurate than Dick Crossman's, it is distinctly funnier' - Lord Allen of Abbeydale (formerly Permanent Secretary at the Home Office) in The Times 'It has...(展开全部)

Many years ago, the four children of the Brontë family – Charlotte, Branwell, Emily and Anne – lived in a windswept house by the Yorkshire moors with their father. Although their lives were often filled with sadness and their world was only as large as the distance they could walk, their inner worlds were bound only by their imaginations. Hungry for stories, these children devo...(展开全部)

【The Little Books of the Little Brontës】 ✰英國文學巨擘——勃朗特姐妹的故事 很久以前，在一個荒原的房屋裡，住著四位喪母的勃朗特孩子 – 夏洛蒂、布倫威爾、艾蜜莉和安妮。他們的生活充滿悲傷，活動範圍也十分有限，但他們的內心無拘無束，由想像力構築而成。 喜愛閱讀的孩子，讀著小說、詩歌、歷史與寓言故事。有一天，當他們收到一組士兵玩具後，更激發了創作的靈感，開啟了製作袖珍書的熱情，這份熱情將伴隨他們一生。 《The Little Books of the Little Brontës》描述了想像力的力量、說故事的樂趣以及對書籍的熱愛。這本書會讓喜愛勃朗特姐妹的讀者著迷，也讓初次認識她們的人留下深刻印象。 ✰勃朗特姐妹： 夏洛蒂－代表作《簡愛》 艾蜜莉－代表作《咆哮山庄》 安妮－代表作《荒野莊園的房客》 ✰本書特色： ...(展开全部)

《The Little Schemer：递归与函数式的奥妙》是一本久负盛名的经典之作，两位作者Daniel P. Friedman、Matthias Felleisen在程序语言界名声显赫。《The Little Schemer：递归与函数式的奥妙》介绍了Scheme的基本结构及其应用、Scheme的五法十诫、Continuation-Passing-Style、Partial Function、Y-Combinator、Interpreter等内容，并通过这些内容阐述了计算的一般本质。《The Little Schemer：递归与函数式的奥妙》没有什么理论性描述，所有概念都蕴含在独特的引导式一问一答过程中，这种方式让读者对程序大师运用熟稔的程序方法来驾驭概念的能力叹为观止。 通过阅读《The Little Schemer：递归与函数式的奥妙》，可以...(展开全部)

An introduction to dependent types, demonstrating the most beautiful aspects, one step at a time. A program's type describes its behavior. Dependent types are a first-class part of a language, and are much more powerful than other kinds of types; using just one language for types and programs allows program descriptions to be as powerful as the programs they describe. The Littl...(展开全部)

The book, written in the style of The Little Schemer, introduces instructors, students, and practicioners to type-directed functional programming. It covers basic types, quickly moves into datatypes, and ends with a coverage of functional programming with modules. The book uses a minimal core of SML, which can easily be translated into the various ML dialects (SML/NJ, CAML). En...(展开全部)