Christie Watson was a nurse for twenty years. Taking us from birth to death and from A and E to the mortuary, The Language of Kindness is an astonishing account of a profession defined by acts of care, compassion and kindness. We watch Christie with a new mother holding her premature son who has miraculously made it through the night, we stand by her side as she spends many hou...(展开全部)

Christie Watson was a nurse for twenty years. Taking us from birth to death and from A and E to the mortuary, The Language of Kindness is an astonishing account of a profession defined by acts of care, compassion and kindness. We watch Christie with a new mother holding her premature son who has miraculously made it through the night, we stand by her side as she spends many hou...(展开全部)

In this sweeping book, Michael S. Roth narrates a vivid and dynamic history of students, exploring some of the principal models for learning that have developed in very different contexts, from the sixth century BCE to the present. Beginning with the followers of Confucius, Socrates, and Jesus and moving to medieval apprentices, students at Enlightenment centers of learning, a...(展开全部)

Challenging, comprehensive and relevant, this textbook combines in-depth presentation with a stunning visual program. "Earth Science: Geology, the Environment, and the Universe" is a comprehensive program that provides thorough content with a wide variety of engaging laboratory experiences. Relevant connections are highlighted to emphasize an environmental application between t...(展开全部)

Challenging, comprehensive and relevant, this textbook combines in-depth presentation with a stunning visual program. "Earth Science: Geology, the Environment, and the Universe" is a comprehensive program that provides thorough content with a wide variety of engaging laboratory experiences. Relevant connections are highlighted to emphasize an environmental application between t...(展开全部)

Finance is one of the fastest growing areas in the modern banking and corporate world. This, together with the sophistication of modern financial products, provides a rapidly growing impetus for new mathematical models and modern mathematical methods; the area is an expanding source for novel and relevant 'real-world' mathematics. In this book the authors describe the modelling...(展开全部)

沃尔・索因卡，尼日利亚诗人、小说家、剧作家，一九三四年出生于约鲁巴族聚居的阿贝奥库塔。 一九五七年取得英国利兹大学英文学士学位，毕业后于英国皇家宫廷剧院任剧本编审，一九六○三月回国，尼日利亚于同年十月脱离英国独立。他先后创立“一九六○假面”剧团和“欧瑞森剧团”，制作并演出自己的剧作，其后陆续受邀至剑桥、耶鲁等大学讲学。一九六六年，尼日利亚内战爆发，索因卡于一九六七年遭军政府逮捕，入狱一年十个月。被捕之前，他是尼日利亚伊巴丹大学戏剧学院的院长。一九七三年获利兹大学荣誉博士学位。一九八六年获诺贝尔文学奖，成为第一位获此殊荣的非洲作家。 蔡宜刚，台湾中原大学电机系毕业，台湾清华大学社会学研究所毕业。译有《行动有者的归来》及《非凡小人物》。

Finance is one of the fastest growing areas in the modern banking and corporate world. This, together with the sophistication of modern financial products, provides a rapidly growing impetus for new mathematical models and modern mathematical methods; the area is an expanding source for novel and relevant 'real-world' mathematics. In this book the authors describe the modelling...(展开全部)