面向对象软件开发原理

作者：  (荷) Anton Eliens著

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莫泊桑文集

作者：  韩志宏译

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简介：　　契诃夫(anton chekhov，1860～1904)是一位与法国作家莫泊桑齐名的短篇小说大师。中国学生对他的了解大多是从中学课本中的《变色龙》和《套中人》(又译《装在套子里的人》)两篇小说开始的。 　　 契诃夫于1860年1月29日出生在俄国一个杂货店老板家。他从小生活困苦，靠当家庭教师维持生活和求学。1884年从莫斯科大学医学系毕业后当了一名医生。与社会和人民的广泛接触，丰富了他的阅历，为日后的创作积累了素材。从入学的第二年开始，契诃夫便在一些幽默刊物上发表短篇小说。在20多年的创作活动中他共写了400多篇中、短篇小说，10多个剧本。创造了一种风格独特、言简意赅、艺术精湛的抒情心理小说。他截取平凡的日常生活片段，凭借精巧的艺术手法对生活和人物作真实描绘和刻画，不动声色地展示重要的社会内容。他认为“天才的姊妹是简练”，“写作的本领就是把写得差的地方删去的本领”。 　　 契诃夫的小说内容丰富，其代表作有揭露统治阶级奴才的暴戾无耻的《变色龙》、《普里希别叶夫中士》等；反映小市民庸俗与丑恶的《匿名者的故事》、《跳来跳去的女人》等。《哀伤》、《苦恼》、《万卡》等真切地写出了劳动人民的痛苦、生活和悲剧命运；而《没意思的故事》《套中人》等则深刻地揭示出知识分子的空虚苦闷，向往新生的内心世界。他的剧作《万尼亚舅舅》、《三姊妹》等与他的小说一样表面上并无离奇之处，大都讲述很普通的生活故事，然而细细品味，作品中蕴含着深邃的思想，人物的对白常常包含着丰富的潜台词。他的最后一个剧本《樱桃园》发出了年轻的俄罗斯的声音：“永别了，旧生活!”“你好，新生活!”1904年7月15日，契诃夫病逝于德国。 　　 作为俄国19世纪末最后一位杰出的现实主义文学巨匠，契诃夫以对“小人物” 命运空前的关注，以对沙皇制度的专横和虚伪的无情揭露赢得了巨大的国际声誉。契诃夫的作品在欧美许多国家都有广泛的影响。契诃夫逝世不久，他的作品便被译成中文，介绍给中国读者。剧本《万尼亚舅舅》、《三姊妹》、《樱桃园》也早在1921年、1925年先后由文学家郑振铎、曹靖华译成中文。延安鲁迅艺术学院经常上演契诃夫的作品。现在他的小说和戏剧几乎都有中译本。

契诃夫文集

作者：  契诃夫,

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简介：　　契诃夫(anton chekhov，1860～1904)是一位与法国作家莫泊桑齐名的短篇小说大师。中国学生对他的了解大多是从中学课本中的《变色龙》和《套中人》(又译《装在套子里的人》)两篇小说开始的。 　　 契诃夫于1860年1月29日出生在俄国一个杂货店老板家。他从小生活困苦，靠当家庭教师维持生活和求学。1884年从莫斯科大学医学系毕业后当了一名医生。与社会和人民的广泛接触，丰富了他的阅历，为日后的创作积累了素材。从入学的第二年开始，契诃夫便在一些幽默刊物上发表短篇小说。在20多年的创作活动中他共写了400多篇中、短篇小说，10多个剧本。创造了一种风格独特、言简意赅、艺术精湛的抒情心理小说。他截取平凡的日常生活片段，凭借精巧的艺术手法对生活和人物作真实描绘和刻画，不动声色地展示重要的社会内容。他认为“天才的姊妹是简练”，“写作的本领就是把写得差的地方删去的本领”。 　　 契诃夫的小说内容丰富，其代表作有揭露统治阶级奴才的暴戾无耻的《变色龙》、《普里希别叶夫中士》等；反映小市民庸俗与丑恶的《匿名者的故事》、《跳来跳去的女人》等。《哀伤》、《苦恼》、《万卡》等真切地写出了劳动人民的痛苦、生活和悲剧命运；而《没意思的故事》《套中人》等则深刻地揭示出知识分子的空虚苦闷，向往新生的内心世界。他的剧作《万尼亚舅舅》、《三姊妹》等与他的小说一样表面上并无离奇之处，大都讲述很普通的生活故事，然而细细品味，作品中蕴含着深邃的思想，人物的对白常常包含着丰富的潜台词。他的最后一个剧本《樱桃园》发出了年轻的俄罗斯的声音：“永别了，旧生活!”“你好，新生活!”1904年7月15日，契诃夫病逝于德国。 　　 作为俄国19世纪末最后一位杰出的现实主义文学巨匠，契诃夫以对“小人物” 命运空前的关注，以对沙皇制度的专横和虚伪的无情揭露赢得了巨大的国际声誉。契诃夫的作品在欧美许多国家都有广泛的影响。契诃夫逝世不久，他的作品便被译成中文，介绍给中国读者。剧本《万尼亚舅舅》、《三姊妹》、《樱桃园》也早在1921年、1925年先后由文学家郑振铎、曹靖华译成中文。延安鲁迅艺术学院经常上演契诃夫的作品。现在他的小说和戏剧几乎都有中译本。

巴尔扎克文集

作者：  叶雨寒译

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简介：　　契诃夫(anton chekhov，1860～1904)是一位与法国作家莫泊桑齐名的短篇小说大师。中国学生对他的了解大多是从中学课本中的《变色龙》和《套中人》(又译《装在套子里的人》)两篇小说开始的。 　　 契诃夫于1860年1月29日出生在俄国一个杂货店老板家。他从小生活困苦，靠当家庭教师维持生活和求学。1884年从莫斯科大学医学系毕业后当了一名医生。与社会和人民的广泛接触，丰富了他的阅历，为日后的创作积累了素材。从入学的第二年开始，契诃夫便在一些幽默刊物上发表短篇小说。在20多年的创作活动中他共写了400多篇中、短篇小说，10多个剧本。创造了一种风格独特、言简意赅、艺术精湛的抒情心理小说。他截取平凡的日常生活片段，凭借精巧的艺术手法对生活和人物作真实描绘和刻画，不动声色地展示重要的社会内容。他认为“天才的姊妹是简练”，“写作的本领就是把写得差的地方删去的本领”。 　　 契诃夫的小说内容丰富，其代表作有揭露统治阶级奴才的暴戾无耻的《变色龙》、《普里希别叶夫中士》等；反映小市民庸俗与丑恶的《匿名者的故事》、《跳来跳去的女人》等。《哀伤》、《苦恼》、《万卡》等真切地写出了劳动人民的痛苦、生活和悲剧命运；而《没意思的故事》《套中人》等则深刻地揭示出知识分子的空虚苦闷，向往新生的内心世界。他的剧作《万尼亚舅舅》、《三姊妹》等与他的小说一样表面上并无离奇之处，大都讲述很普通的生活故事，然而细细品味，作品中蕴含着深邃的思想，人物的对白常常包含着丰富的潜台词。他的最后一个剧本《樱桃园》发出了年轻的俄罗斯的声音：“永别了，旧生活!”“你好，新生活!”1904年7月15日，契诃夫病逝于德国。 　　 作为俄国19世纪末最后一位杰出的现实主义文学巨匠，契诃夫以对“小人物” 命运空前的关注，以对沙皇制度的专横和虚伪的无情揭露赢得了巨大的国际声誉。契诃夫的作品在欧美许多国家都有广泛的影响。契诃夫逝世不久，他的作品便被译成中文，介绍给中国读者。剧本《万尼亚舅舅》、《三姊妹》、《樱桃园》也早在1921年、1925年先后由文学家郑振铎、曹靖华译成中文。延安鲁迅艺术学院经常上演契诃夫的作品。现在他的小说和戏剧几乎都有中译本。

Collected Short Stories Of Saki沙奇短篇小说精选 9781853260711

作者：  Hugh Munroe Munro　著

出版社：Wordsworth Editions Ltd 1999-12-1

简介：‘All decent people live beyond their incomes nowadays, and those who aren't respectable live beyond other peoples' Saki (H.H. Munro) stands alongside Anton Chekhov and O Henry as a master of the short story. His extraordinary stories are a mixture of humorous satire, irony and the macabre, in which the stupidities and hypocrisy of conventional society are viciously pilloried. This collection includes Sredni Vastor and The Unrest Cure. 'We all know that Prime Ministers are wedded to the truth, but like other married couples they sometimes live apart'

Symphony No.4 in E-flat, "Romantic"

作者：  (奥)布鲁克纳(Anton Bruckner)作曲;北德广播交响乐团(NDR symphonieorchester)演奏;(德)君特·旺德(Gunter Wand)指挥

出版社：九洲音像出版公司,2008

简介：    《布鲁克纳“第四浪漫交响曲”》清澈响亮的音色，光辉灿烂的音响效果。有位著名的音乐大师曾经对奥地利伟大音乐旋律家安东·布鲁克纳的作品作过一个令人不解的评价：布鲁克纳的作品是宗教的，过于平静，不出一、两年就会消亡并被人遗忘。但事实却是布鲁克纳的音乐吸引着越来越多的、并不接受宗教信仰的人的喜爱。     第四交响曲是布鲁克纳艰涩作品中最浅易的一部，有着光辉灿烂的音响效果。德奥权威指挥家君特·旺德曾与多个乐团演奏此曲；其中他与北德广播交响乐团的合作，是难得珍贵的名演奏。     北广乐团实现旺德所追求的境界，清澈响亮的音色，彷佛在雨后的明净空气中，得以望见平常无法瞧清的远景。汪德与北广乐团将这首曼妙乐曲的前景与远景，淋漓尽致地呈现在乐迷面前。     ●布鲁克纳九部交响曲中最著名的一部     ●德奥传统权威指挥、布鲁克纳最佳诠释者君特·旺德与北德广播交响乐团演奏     ●最珍贵的现场录音，爱乐者不可或缺的经典名盘，极具收藏价值     布鲁克纳最著名的交响曲 《日本唱片艺术》特选。北德广播交响乐团／君特·旺德 指挥。

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简介：Includes fiction by Kate Chopin, Gail Godwin, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Faulkner, Grace Paley, Dickens, Melville, Hawthorne, Eudora Welty, Hemingway, Alice Munro, Chekhov, Joyce Carol Oates, Colette, Ralph Ellison, Katherine Anne Porter, Stephen Crane, Joseph Conrad, Garcia Marquez, Tillie Olsen, Mark Twain, Poe, Flannery O'Connor, Toni Cade Bambara, John Cheever, Joyce, Kafka, Jamaica Kincaid, D.H. Lawrence, Katherine Mansfield, Updike, Yukio Mishima, Louise Erdrich, Fitzgerald, Elizabeth Bowen, Vladimir Nabokov, Gore Vidal, E.L. Doctorow, Ursula K. Le Guin, and others. others. Includes poems by Marge Piercy, Robert Hayden, Elizabeth Bishop, Philip Larkin, E.E. Cummings, Mary Oliver, John Donne, Nikki Giovanni, Emily Dickinson, Randall Jarrell, Maxine Kumin, Robert Herrick, Andrew Marvell, Richard Wilbur, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Thomas Hardy, David R. Slavitt, Gwendolyn Brooks, Stevie Smith, Jane Kenyon, William Carlos Williams, Adelaide Crapsey, Walt Whitman, Theodore Roethke, Matthew Arnold, H.D., William Blake, Wilfred Owen, Margaret Atwood, Robert Lowell, Mark Strand, Richmond Lattimore, Anne Bradstreet, Dylan Thomas, Sylvia Plath, Wordsworth, Robert Graves, May Swenson, Robert Frost, Poe, Edwin Arlington Robinson, Stephen Crane, W.D. Snodgrass, Richard Eberhart, D.H. Lawrence, Louise Bogan, Robert Browning, Ezra Pound, Leonard Cohen, Galway Kinnell, Richard Armour, Robert Southey, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Lewis Carroll, Jean Toomer, Pope, Yeats, A.E. Housman, Ben Jonson, Dorothy Parker, Tennyson, Richard Lovelace, Shakespeare, Basho, Seamus Heaney, Shelley, George Herbert, Allen Ginsberg, Denise Levertov, Carolyn Forche, Sharon Olds, Keats, W.H. Auden, Robert Bly, Rupert Brooke, Robert Burns, Byron, Coleridge, Countee Cullen, Lucille Clifton, James Dickey, T.S. Eliot, Donald Hall, Langston Hughes, Ted Hughes, X.J. Kennedy, Audre Lord, Archibald MacLeish, Claude McKay, Christopher Marlowe, Milton, Ogden Nash, Marianne Moore, Howard Nemerov, John Crowe Ransom, Anne Sexton, Delmore Schwartz, Leslie Marmon Silko, Wallace Stevens, Anna Akhmatove, Claribel Alegria, Baudelaire, Garcia Lorca, Czeslaw Milosz, Pablo Neruda, Octavio Paz, Rilke, Sappho, Amy Clampitt, Robert Creeley, Rita Dove, and others. Includes drama and writings on drama by Sophocles, Aristotle, Muriel Rukeyser, Jean Anouilh, Maurice Sagoff, Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson, Freud, Moliere, Henrik Ibsen, Anton Chekhov, David Mamet, Samuel Beckett, Martin Esslin, Harold Pinter, Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller, Wole Soyinka, James Gibb, Caryl Churchill, August Wilson, David Henry Hwang, Owen Davis, Susan Glaspell, Eric Bentley, David Savran, Susan Sontag, Judith Fetterley, Annette Kolodny, and others.

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简介：　　Drama in four acts written by Anton Chekhov as Vishnyovy sad. Chekhov's final play, it was first performed and published in 1904. Though Chekhov insisted that the play was "a comedy, in places even a farce," playgoers and readers often find a touch of tragedy in the decline of the charming Ranevskaya family. Madame Ranevskaya, who has spent five years in Paris to escape grief over her young son's death, returns to her home in Russia ridden with debt. She is obliged to decide how to dispose of her family's estate, with its beautiful and famous cherry orchard. The coarse but wealthy merchant Ermolai Lopakhin suggests that Mme Ranevskaya develop the land on which the orchard sits. Eventually Lopakhin purchases the estate and proceeds with his plans for a housing development. As the unhappy Ranevskayas leave the estate, the sound of saws can be heard in the orchard. -- The Merriam-Webster Encyclopedia of Literature --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. 　　 　　 　　 Classic of world drama concerns the passing of the old semifeudal order in turn-of-the-century Russia, symbolized in the sale of the cherry orchard owned by Madame Ranevskaya. The work also showcases Chekhov’s rich sensitivities as an observer of human nature. This inexpensive, high-quality edition, reprinted from a standard edition of the play, will provide theater students and any lover of great drama with a reliable text of this masterpiece. 　　 　　 　　 　　 Text: English (translation) 　　 Original Language: Russian　　

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简介：By establishing a dialogue in which the meditative practices of Buddhism and Christianity speak to the theories of modern philosophy and science, B. Alan Wallace reveals the theoretical similarities underlying these disparate disciplines and their unified approach to making sense of the objective world. Wallace begins by exploring the relationship between Christian and Buddhist meditative practices. He outlines a sequence of meditations the reader can undertake, showing that, though Buddhism and Christianity differ in their belief systems, their methods of cognitive inquiry provide similar insight into the nature and origins of consciousness. From this convergence Wallace then connects the approaches of contemporary cognitive science, quantum mechanics, and the philosophy of the mind. He links Buddhist and Christian views to the provocative philosophical theories of Hilary Putnam, Charles Taylor, and Bas van Fraassen, and he seamlessly incorporates the work of such physicists as Anton Zeilinger, John Wheeler, and Stephen Hawking. Combining a concrete analysis of conceptions of consciousness with a guide to cultivating mindfulness and profound contemplative practice, Wallace takes the scientific and intellectual mapping of the mind in exciting new directions.

Expert differential diagnosis,Pediatrics

作者：  Anton著;李欣，范国光主译

出版社：人民军医出版社,2012

简介：本书由美国知名影像诊断专家编著。设7章，分别对儿科心脏、胸部、胃肠道、泌尿生殖系统、骨骼肌肉系统、脑和头颈部、脊柱等部位一般影像学表现和特异性影像学表现进行了科学系统的论述。

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简介："In this book Oliver Grau shows how virtual art fits into the art history of illusion and immersion. He describes the metamorphosis of the concepts of art and the image and relates those concepts to interactive art, interface design, agents, telepresence, and image evolution. Grau retells art history as media history, helping us to understand the phenomenon of virtual reality beyond the hype.". "Through a detailed analysis of perhaps the most important German panorama, Anton von Werner's 1883 The Battle of Sedan, Grau shows how immersion produced emotional responses. He traces immersive cinema through Cinerama, Sensorama, Expanded Cinema, 3-D, Omnimax and IMAX, and the head-mounted display with its military origins. He also examines those characteristics of virtual reality that distinguish it from earlier forms of illusionary art. His analysis draws on work of contemporary artists and groups ART+COM, Maurice Benayoun, Charlotte Davies, Monika Fleishmann, Ken Goldberg, Agnes Hegedues, Eduardo Kac, Knowbotic Research, Laurent Mignonneau, Michael Naimark, Simon Penny, Daniela Plewe, Paul Sermon, Jeffrey Shaw, Karl Sims, Christa Sommerer, and Wolfgang Strauss. Grau offers not just a history of illusionary space but also a theoretical framework for anayzing its phenomenologies, functions, and strategies throughout history and into the future."--BOOK JACKET.

Symphony No.7 in E

作者：  (奥)布鲁克纳(Anton Bruckner)作曲;北德广播交响乐团(NDR symphonieorchester)演奏;(德)君特·旺德(Gunter Wand)指挥

出版社：九洲音像出版公司,2008

简介：　　 《第七交响曲》是布鲁克纳最为美丽的作品，此曲与《第四交响曲》都是他最为流 　　行的作品。此片是哈斯编订的版本，在编订布鲁克纳所有音乐作品中最惹人喜爱的第一 　　乐章时，哈斯略去了许多后人加上的遗度变化记号，因为过多的速度变化会打乱音乐进 　　行的流畅性。德奥派指挥硕果仅存的大师旺德，在1982年接掌汉堡北德广播交响乐团后 　　，一连为RCA录制了许多优质唱片。由其执棒的贝多芬、勃拉坶斯、舒曼一向都端庄稳重 　　、不哗众取宠．本片中他则以更紧密的乐句行进凝聚出一股在宗教热诚之外，反映人生 　　命运挣扎的撼人力量。第一乐章结尾处复杂的对位法在旺德的缜密分析下井井有条。第 　　四乐章有着一气呵成的气势，旺德把它了然掌握在手中，外表的强度和内在的张力同样 　　让人激赏！ 　　

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简介：This thematically organized anthology treats literature as a continually expanding commentary on our infinitely varied lives, helping to make the connection between literature and our own unique life stories. Each of the anthology's themes-Family, Men and Women, Vulnerability, Freedom and Responsibility, Creativity, and Quest-progresses outward from reflections on the self to more universal issues. Within each theme, the readings provide a unique combination of traditional and contemporary works that highlight the diverse cultures and perspectives of our world today. A new emphasis on argument throughout the book is evidenced by an all new introductory section on literary argument, including an annotated student essay, and argument-oriented questions and suggestions for writing after the reading. New selections–both classic and contemporary–include 12 essays, 9 poems, 7 short stories, and 3 plays. New pieces range from Black Elk to Anton Chekhov and Todd James Pierce and from Walt Whitman to bell hooks and Julia Alvarez. New Casebooks on Robert Frost and Alice Walker enrich the units on Men and Women and Creativity. Revised Appendix B, Writing about Film, along with an expanded focus on film discusses film adaptations of literature, helping students view films with knowledge of the unique techniques available for this art form and write essays that make connections between films and literature.

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简介：Summary: Publisher Summary 1 This work demonstrates the use of the electrocardiogram (ECG) in evaluating patients presenting with symptoms suggestive of acute myocardial ischemia. Chapters cover determining the size of the area at risk and identifying the site of occlusion in the culprit coronary artery, conduction disturbances in acute myocardial infarction, myocardial infarction in the presence of abnormal ventricular activation, arrhythmias in acute myocardial infarction, and the ECG in unstable angina. Wellens teaches cardiology at Academic Hospital Maastricht, The Netherlands. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)   Publisher Summary 2 This volume, written by the leaders in the field, will provide a practical and comprehensive overview of the electrocardiogram (ECG). The ECG remains the most accessible and inexpensive diagnostic tool to evaluate the patient presenting with symptoms suggestive of acute myocardial ischemia.The ECG in Acute Myocardial Infarction and Unstable Angina, written by Drs. Hein Wellens, Anton Gorgels and Pieter Doevendans, is an excellent reference for any cardiac electrophysiologist, cardiologist, internist or emergency room physician.  

Symphony No.9 in D minor

作者：  (奥)布鲁克纳(Anton Bruckner)作曲;北德广播交响乐团(NDR symphonieorchester)演奏;(德)君特·旺德(Gunter Wand)指挥

出版社：九洲音像出版公司,2008

简介：　　 《第九交响曲》是布鲁克纳一部未完成的“天鹅之歌”，是许多指挥家要着力诠释 　　的一部作品。其中，以德国指挥家君特·旺德为突出的代表。在他去世前的14年里，他 　　一再地指挥上演这部作品，并先后三次录音。这款1993年3月录制于汉堡音乐厅的版本， 　　作为现场版《第九交响曲》的一个范本，被认为因契合了作曲家成长、生活的自然环境 　　的意蕴而赢得众多首肯。它不仅录音出色，重要的是旺德将世问的种种骚动与不安，通 　　过布鲁克纳的音乐很好地进行了抚慰与净化，与其说是对人生的自省，倒不如说是对上 　　帝的一种告解，留给了人们无穷的回味。 　　

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简介：Watershed and industrialization added a rich new dimension to theatre and gave birth to a powerful new generation of playwrights whose works are represented in this book which includes the best of Georg Buchner, Victor Hugo, Goethe, Thomas Bailey Aldrich, Nikolay Gogol, Freddrich Hebbel, Henrick Ibsen, George Bernard Shaw, and Anton Chekhov.

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简介："In Art Matters, Robert Paul Lamb provides the definitive study of Ernest Hemingway's short story aesthetics. Lamb locates Hemingway's art in literary historical contexts and explains what he learned from earlier artists, including Edgar Allan Poe, Paul Cezanne, Henry James, Guy de Maupassant, Anton Chekhov, Stephen Crane, Gertrude Stein, James Joyce, and Ezra Pound. Examining how Hemingway developed this inheritance, Lamb insightfully charts the evolution of the unique style and innovative techniques that would forever change the nature of short fiction."--BOOK JACKET.

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作者：  edited by Anton Posch.

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简介：Covering a specific set of recent developments in sample preparation and fractionation tools in expression proteomics and especially for two-dimensional electrophoresis, this second volume in the two-volume set covers a range of 25 procedures and conceptual articles, including applications of fluorescent dye staining for micro-dissected cells, albumin and immunoglobulin depletion of human plasma, proteomics of cerebrospinal fluid, preparation of nasal secretions, isolation of cytoplasmatic proteins from cultured cells, preparing canine kidney cells, protein extraction from green plant tissue, isolation of plant wall proteins, cell wall fractionation for yeast and fungal proteoms, isplation and enrichment of secreted proteins from filimentous fungi, isolation and solubilization of cellular membranes from bacteria, and cell fractionation of parasitic protozoa. Each article includes references and the editors provide a general index. Annotation 漏2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Educational thoughts of Anton Semeunovich Makarenko

作者：  黄昌诚著

出版社：高雄复文图书出版社,2008

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简介：Book Description The highest standards in editing and production have been applied to the Wordsworth Children's Classics, while the low price makes them affordable for everyone. Wordsworth's list covers a range of the best-loved stories for children, from nursery tales, classic fables, and fairy tales to stories that will appeal to older children and adults alike. Many of these volumes have contemporary illustrations, and while they are ideal for shared family reading, their attractive format will also encourage children to read for themselves. Like all Wordsworth Editions, these children's books represent unbeatable value. These simple tales embody truths so powerful, the titles of the individual fables - the fox and the grapes, the dog in the manger, the wolf in sheep's clothing and many others - have entered the languages and idioms of most European tongues. From Publishers Weekly Salter refurbishes 58 of Aesop's fables with delicate flame-toned illustrations. Underscoring the timelessness and adaptability of the Greek storyteller's work, the British artist borrows motifs and styles from a number of the so-called cradles of civilization. In her full-page illustrations, slightly flattened perspectives recall antiquity, while the use of serial borders and of floral and geometric patterns seem specifically Middle Eastern. A fox and a stork pose with with a black-figure vase suggestive of pre-classical Athens; other pictures incorporate architectural flourishes (various types of capitals or arches) that evoke the style of an entire period. Small, color images interspersed with the text echo the facing illustrations; for spreads without full-page art, Salter produces stately framed miniatures or, alternately, abstract decorations. While the stories themselves receive perfectly satisfactory treatment, the concluding morals, unnecessarily modified, can take on a fortune-cookie flavor ("you will often be judged by the company you keep"). The moral here: judge this book by its cover full of sumptuous art. Ages 6-up. From Booklist Gr. 2-4. An acclaimed illustrator has set himself an ambitious task: retelling and visually reinterpreting 60 of Aesop's traditional tales. And he has succeeded brilliantly, bringing vivid new life to these ancient fables by creating pencil, colored pencil, and watercolor illustrations that are subtle and delicate in color but dynamic and dramatic in composition and in size. Pinkney is particularly successful at investing his animal characters with personality and panache, but his human characters also come alive on the page. Beginning with the illustrated endpapers, every page of this beautifully designed, lavish book is a delight for the eye and an invitation to the imagination. Happily, Pinkney's text proves equal to his art. His language, though formal, is subtly witty and begs to be read aloud, a fitting tribute to the oral tradition of the tales themselves. This first-rate edition is as artful, witty, and wise as old Aesop himself, and it will also stand the test of time. 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Michael Cart From School Library Journal Grade 1-5-- Fifty-eight of the fables attributed to Aesop are given a fresh and totally inviting look here. In retelling the tales, Gatti uses spare but evocative language and includes the requisite moral for each. Many of Aesop's best-loved selections are included, but quite a few equally clever, if lesser known, fables find their way into this collection. Great attention has been paid to the arrangement of type, and both text and illustrations are beautifully reproduced on a heavy white paper stock. Employing a style reminiscent of illuminated manuscripts and Persian miniatures, Salter excels in the decorative aspect of her work. Detailed borders surround the stylized animal characters and enrich each story. Executed in gouache, the paintings are most successful when occupying a full page. The smaller paintings are attractive but lack the detail found in the larger ones. The colors are a pleasing mix of earthy brown, red, and green. While many versions exist, this book's artwork sets it apart. 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　--Denise Anton Wright, Illinois State University, Normal About Author Michael Hague lives with his family in Colorado Springs, Colorado Book Dimension : length: (cm)19.8 　　　 　　　　　 　　　　　 width:(cm)12.6