Concurrency on the Java platform has evolved, from the synchronization model of JDK to software transactional memory (STM) and actor-based concurrency. This book is the first to show you all these concurrency styles so you can compare and choose what works best for your applications. You’ll learn the benefits of each of these models, when and how to use them, and what their lim...(展开全部)

米歇尔·克罗齐耶(Michel CROZIER)，法国国家科学研究中心主任，法兰西科学院教授，组织社会学研究中心，巴黎政治研究院社会学高等教育部负责人， 曾在哈佛大学和法国楠泰尔大学执教多年。他主持过多次有关政府部门、企业以及其他机构的实际功能的社会学调查，围绕权力现象和组织现象开展过多方面的研究。其代表作有《科层现象》、《法令不能改变社会》、《被封闭的社会》等。

Demonstrates what constitutes a good performance, what actors want from a director, what directors do wrong and more.

The transition from sequential to parallel computation is an area of critical concern in today's computer technology, particularly in architecture, programming languages, systems, and artificial intelligence. This book addresses central issues in concurrency, and by producing both a syntactic definition and a denotational model of Hewitt's actor paradigm -- a model of computati...(展开全部)

For twenty-five years actors have given Simon Annand unprecedented access to photograph them in the intimacy of their dressing-rooms during the 30 minutes before curtain-up - 'the half'. This magnificent book offers not only a dazzling gallery of actors - including Anthony Hopkins, Cate Blanchett, Daniel Day Lewis, Judi Dench, John Gielgud, Vanessa Redgrave, Jim Broadbent, Jere...(展开全部)

This book is intended for .NET developers with any level of experience and who are interested in building native applications without the hassle of becoming Objective-C or Java experts. Although it will be beneficial to have some development experience, particularly in .NET, Learning Xamarin help even a novice developer get past the headaches of setting up and customizing their new development environment so they can move on to producing high-quality native applications quickly.

Written in an easy to follow manner with practical exercises, this book takes you through every aspect of Anime Studio, guiding you to create your own original cartoon.Learning Anime Studio is for newcomers to Anime Studio or animation in general. Hobbyists and newcomers with ambitions of being an animator will get the most out of this book. However, intermediate and long time users will be able to use various chapters as a reference to some of Anime Studio’s tools and features. The book also serves as a guide for the new enhancements introduced in Anime Studio Pro 10.

"Studio" assesses nearly two decades of Paolo Roversi's hugely influential studio portraiture. Within the confines of his Paris studio, Roversi photographs using an 8 x 10 Polaroid format, often allowing the images to fade before affixing them to their substrate. His long exposures at close range harness an aesthetic that dates back to the earliest days of studio photography, b...(展开全部)

This book is built on recipes written in an easy-to-follow manner accompanied by diagrams and crucial insights and knowledge on what they mean in the real world.This book is ideal for musicians and producers who want to take their music creation skills to the next level, learn tips and tricks, and understand the key elements and nuances in building inspirational music. It’s good to have some knowledge about music production, but if you have creativity and a good pair of ears, you are already ahead of the curve and well on your way.

本书通过一个完整的网上商城，系统讲解如何使用Visual Studio 2010（C#）开发基于数据库（SQL Server）的Web应用程序。 全书从功能角度描述了商城的商品浏览、挑选商品、购物车、确认订单、注册、登录、查询、报表打印等购物流程，期望读者能掌握：母版页、DataList、GridView、验证控件的使用； QueryString、Session、Cookie、DataTable、DataColumns、DataRow的各类应用场景；理解数据库的设计、熟练使用SQL语句。网上商城系统是一个非常典型的、基于数据库应用的Web系统，企业需要的系统绝大多数都和数据库相关，所以本书示例系统具有很好的代表性和实用性。