In Influx and Efflux Jane Bennett pursues a question that was bracketed in her book Vibrant Matter: how to think about human agency in a world teeming with powerful nonhuman influences? “Influx and efflux”—a phrase borrowed from Whitman's "Song of Myself"—refers to everyday movements whereby outside influences enter bodies, infuse and confuse their organization, and then exit,...(展开全部)

This text provides lawyers, judges, paralegals, law students and legal scholars advice and practical tools for improving their written work. It offers insight into the writing process: how to organize ideas, create and refine prose, and imporove editing skills. The book draws on real life examples and covers all types of legal materials, from analytical and persuasive writing t...(展开全部)

世界各地成千上万的程序员提供了可免费使用的源代码：这就是被称为Open Source的软件革命的精神。如今，Open Source的领袖们第一次聚集到一起，讨论他们所开创的这个软件产业的未来前景。本书中的这些短文透析了Open Source的工作方式、其成功的原因，以及Open Source将去向何方。对于致力于Open Source项目的那些程序员来说，Open Source是一种新的信仰；这项运动的精神领袖们为这些程序员描绘了一幅美好的前景。对于将Open Source软件集成到企业运作中的那些公司来说，Open Source揭示了开放式开发如何能够构建出更好的软件，并揭示出企业如何利用这些免费的软件来取得商业竞争上的优势。对于今天的程序员来说，下面这些计算机高手是他们的偶像，这些人开发出了很多软件，包括：世界上最流行和Web服务器软件——Apa...(展开全部)

Ethical concepts are, or purport to be, normative. They make claims on us: they command, oblige, recommend, or guide. Or at least when we invoke them, we make claims on one another; but where does their authority over us - or ours over one another - come from? Christine Korsgaard identifies four accounts of the source of normativity that have been advocated by modern moral phil...(展开全部)

Ways with Words presents interpretive essays by scholars from different disciplines on seven core, premodern classical Chinese texts. The remarkable diversity of these works--drawn from literature, philosophy, religion, and art history--challenges the presumption of a monolithic Chinese tradition that has been promoted by scholars and popular culture alike, both in China and th...(展开全部)

Anyone wishing to create children's books will learn how to tell a story visually; build a storyboard to plot the flow of a book; prepare pages for a printer; and go about finding a publisher. Step-by-step sketches provide insights into drawing characters and developing settings. The works of such renowned illustrators as Beatrix Potter, William Steig, and Maurice Sendak are us...(展开全部)