This revised and enlarged sixth edition of Proofs from THE BOOK features an entirely new chapter on Van der Waerden’s permanent conjecture, as well as additional, highly original and delightful proofs in other chapters. From the citation on the occasion of the 2018 "Steele Prize for Mathematical Exposition" “… It is almost impossible to write a mathematics book that can be read...(展开全部)

Learning SAS by Example, A Programmer’s Guide, Second Edition, teaches SAS programming from very basic concepts to more advanced topics. Because most programmers prefer examples rather than reference-type syntax, this book uses short examples to explain each topic. The second edition has brought this classic book on SAS programming up to the latest SAS version, with new chapter...(展开全部)

What is meaning? How is linguistic communication possible? What is the nature of language? What is the relationship between language and the world? How do metaphors work? The Philosophy of Language, Sixth Edition, is an excellent introduction to such fundamental questions. Incorporating insights from new coeditor David Sosa, the sixth edition collects forty-eight of the most im...(展开全部)

The wizard Alder comes from Roke to the island of Gont in search of the Archmage, Lord Sparrowhawk, once known as Ged. The man who was once the powerful wizard in the Islands now lives with his wife Tenar and their adopted daughter Tehanu. Alder needs help: his beloved wife died and in his dreams she calls him to the land of the dead - and now the dead are haunting him, begging...(展开全部)

Understanding the experiences of men in U.S. society Edited by two of the field’s most prominent researchers, Men’s Lives, 9th edition, reflects on the question “What does it mean to be a man in contemporary U.S. society?” Organized around themes that define masculinity, this reader uses a social-constructionist view to examine how men construct masculinity within a social an...(展开全部)

二十多年来，无数家长和教育工作者都借助吉姆·崔利斯（Jim Trelease）的至爱经典帮助成千上万孩子成为如饥似渴的读者，激发出他们的想像力并提高了他们的语言能力。现在，新版《大声朗读手册》（The Read-Aloud Handbook）将教给新一代儿童大声朗读的好处和重要性。本书通过轻松趣闻和最新研究成果教给读者已被证明的朗读技巧和方法，并且对其原理加以解释，帮助孩子们发现阅读的乐趣，让他们成为终生受益的读者。 For more than two decades, millions of parents and educators have turned to Jim Treleases beloved classic to help countless children become avid readers through awaken...(展开全部)

With over a million users around the world, the Mathematica software system created by Stephen Wolfram has defined the direction of technical computing for the past decade. The enhanced text and hypertext processing and state-of-the-art numerical computation features will ensure that Mathematica 4, takes scientific computing into the next century.The Mathematica Book continues...(展开全部)