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简介：Having enjoyed more than a decade of lively critique and creativity, feminist philosophy of religion continues to be a vital field of inquiry. New Topics in Feminist Philosophy of Religion maintains this vitality with both women and men, from their own distinctive social and material locations, contributing critically to the rich traditions in philosophy of religion. The twenty contributors open up new possibilities for spiritual practice, while contesting the gender-bias of traditional concepts in the field: the old models of human and divine will no longer 鈥榮imply do鈥? A lively current debate develops in re-imagining and revaluing transcendence in terms of body, space and self-other relations. This collection is an excellent source for courses in feminist philosophy, phenomenology, hermeneutics and literature, Continental and analytical philosophy of religion, engaging with a range of religions and philosophers including Kant, Kierkegaard, Marx, Heidegger, Arendt, Weil, Beauvoir, Merleau-Ponty, Ricoeur, Levinas, Irigaray, Bourdieu, Kristeva, Le Doeuff, bell hooks and Jantzen.

Discovering the Yongle bell

作者：  高凯军，夏明明著

出版社：中华书局,2006

简介：　　 铸造于15世纪初的永乐大钟，以其历史悠久、铭文极多，钟声优美、质 　　量上乘、悬挂合理，堪称古钟铸造史上的“世界之最”。它是因何而造?铸 　　于何时何地，历经几次搬迁?功能如何演变?上面铸有哪些佛教经咒、寓意如 　　何?其钟体结构设计、铸造工艺、声学特性有哪些领先于世界的优良特质?本 　　书作者历经多年探索，为我们作了全面、详细的介绍，使我们可以深入了解 　　永乐大钟的文化内涵。 　　

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简介：ENGLAND IN THE EIGHTEEN-EIGHTIES TOWARD A SOCIAL BASIS FOR FREEDOM HELEN MERRELL LYND OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS London New York Toronto 1945 A WARTIME BOOK THIS COMPLETE EDITION IS PRODUCED JN FULL COMPLIANCE WITH THE GOVERN MENTS REGULATIONS FOR CONSERVING PAPER AND OTHER ESSENTIAL MATKRIAI. S TO ANDREA and STAUGHTON and My FATHER and MOTHER Fore...   more 粀ord THIS BOOK has been in preparation during a number of years. Inevitably it reflects different stages in my thinking, and any acknowledgment of the many persons who have contributed to that thinking is particularly inadequate. In the preparation of the book I owe incomparably more to Robert S. Lynd than to any other person. His hand ap pears in the organization of the material, in the conceptual analysis, and in the writing of several chapters, especially of Chapters n and vn. What he has contributed is beyond any possibility of adequate recognition. It was Carlton J. H. Hayes who first directed my attention to the importance of the decade of the eighties in social history. J. Bartlctt Brebner read the entire manuscript with great discernment and gave me invaluable criticisms, Charles E. Trinkaus Jr., Maxwell Geismar, Jean Carroll Trepp, Emery Ncff, and Jacques Barzun gave me important sug gestions on parts of the manuscript. Friends in England were generous in helping to supply details which are not readily accessible to an American. I recall with especial pleasure a day spent with Sidney and Beatrice Webb and conversations with Graham Wallas, John Burns, R. II. Tawncy, G. D. H. Cole, Harold Laski, and J. L. and Barbara Hammond. Catherine Turner not only had great patience in the typing of the manuscript but through resourcefulness and care hi checking of sources saved me from errors I might otherwise have committed, Patricia Becsley was a keen and delightful companion in proof reading and index making vii viii FOREWORD the book would have profited by her counsel at earlier stages. Footnotes have been divided those that contain references only have been placed at the back of the book others appear at the bottom of the page. Acknowledgment is gratefully made to the following pub lishers for permission to quote from books published by them which are cited in full in Notes and Bibliography George Allen and Unwin, D. Applcton-Century and Co., G. Bell and Sons, Jonathan Cape, Chatto and Windus, Columbia University Press, Constable and Co., Dodd, Mead and Co., Victor Gollancz, Harper and Bros., Hodder and Stoughton, Independent Labour Party, P. S. King and Staples, John Lane the Bodley Head, Longmans, Green and Co., The Macmillan Company, W. W. Norton and Co., G. P. Putnams Sons, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, University Tutorial Press. Grateful acknowledgment is also made to Bernard Shaw, H. G. Wells, and William J. Wilkin son for permission to quote from their works. HELEN MERRELL LYND Sarah Lawrence College BronKville, New York November 1944 Contents FOREWORD vii INTRODUCTION I. The Eighteen-Eighties 3 PART I CHANGES IN THE EIGHTIES II. Material Environment 23 III. Environment of Ideas 61 IV. Intruding Events 113 V. Signs ol Change 155 PART II ROLE OF SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS IN CHANGE VI. Political Parties 193 VII. Organized Labor 237 VIIL Religion 399 IX. Education 349 X. Organization for Change 379 CONCLUSION XI-Toward Positive Freedom 411 NOTES 431 BIBLIOGRAPHY 461 INDKX 477 INTRODUCTION   ?less

For whom the bell tolls

作者：  (美)欧内斯特·海明威(Ernest Hemingway)著

出版社：译林出版社,1999

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简介：    《老无所依》讲述了美国西部巴尔的摩，老牛仔Moss（Josh Brolin 饰）在猎杀羚羊时发现几具尸体，几包海洛因和200万现金。Moss决定将毒品和现金占为己有，想以此改变自己的生活，谁知却遭到冷血杀手Chigurh（Javier Bardem 饰）的跟踪和追杀，陷入了逃亡的险境。     同时，当地治安官Bell（Tommy Lee Jones 饰）也在对一连串的杀人事件进行调查，并努力保护Moss的安全。但是，让Bell感到无力绝望的是，他使劲浑身解数也无法追踪到冷血杀手，Moss的生命安全也受到严重的威胁，Bell一边缅怀父辈们的光荣岁月，一边深感现实中老无所依的悲哀。           伊桑·科恩、乔尔·科恩: “科恩兄弟”组合在美国甚至世界独立影坛都几乎是无往不利的金字招牌，也是所有演员期望与之合作的对象之一。从演职员名单中，非常明确哥哥乔尔是导演，弟弟伊桑是制片，两人合作撰写剧本。但现实工作中却没有这样明确的区分，兄弟俩总是一起策划、一起写剧本，一起去看电影，片场上经常看到他们窃窃私语，交换着只有他们才懂的意见，甚至在生活中他们都共同抚养一个他们收养的孩子。1991年的《巴顿·芬克》，是科恩兄弟正式走上国际影坛的扬威之作。此前的三部影片，都仅仅是在想像与现实的疆界上逡巡，而从这部影片开始，科恩兄弟步入了二者之间广阔的灰色地带。这部影片给科恩兄弟带来了各种各样的盛誉，影片还在戛纳国际电影节上获得金棕榈大奖，他们从此跻身世界级大师名导行列。1996年的《冰血暴》获第49届戛纳电影节最佳导演奖，2001年的《缺席的人》获第54届戛纳电影节最佳导演奖。2003年科恩兄弟推出《难耐的残酷》，2004年是大明星汤姆·汉克斯主演的黑色喜剧《师奶杀手》，2006年两人又参与了20位名导演合拍的《巴黎我爱你》。这一对编、制、导全面合作的兄弟组合，更以其近乎传奇的合作方式，为他们的成功增添了一份神秘色彩。2007年，他们的《老无所依》大放光彩，赢得了包括奥斯卡最佳改编剧本、最佳影片和最佳导演等各项大奖，可谓实至名归。2008年，他们又携自编自导的新片《阅后即焚》出现在各大电影节上，继续“招摇”。          汤米·李·琼斯：1946年9月15日生于美国德州，就读哈佛大学时曾获选长春藤盟校最佳美式足球球员。汤米李琼斯在高中时代就对戏剧产生兴趣，大学毕业后登上舞台，1970年以《爱情故事》进入影坛，擅长演出冷血的反派角色。1993年以《亡命天涯》中联邦警长一角获得奥斯卡最佳男配角奖。在好莱坞，汤米·李·琼斯一向有着鲜明的政治色彩，这可以追溯到他在哈佛大学主修英国文学时，和美国前副总统科尔是室友的关系。他也是在大学时期对戏剧产生了高度的兴趣，而浸淫在当时的剧场表演环境中。汤米·李·琼斯的演技纯熟，却完全没有受过表演课程的训练，有的只是对表演满腔的热血及经验的累积，而他的演技，也因为1991年由奥利弗·斯通导演的《刺杀肯尼迪》中严肃的同性恋者一角，获奥斯卡提名最佳男配角得到肯定。汤米·李·琼斯的戏路十分之广。他擅长扮演固执、强悍、一丝不苟的角色，也同样能把温柔的角色诠释的令人温暖而心痛；他是稍具偏执狂的神经质人物，更是近年来好莱坞电影里的冷面笑匠。在做演员的同时，汤米李琼斯还“不务正业”地做起了导演，拍摄的影片均有不错的口碑，这也证明了这个非科班出身相貌平平的男人在电影领域的非凡才华。

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作者：  （）约夏·贝尔（Joshua Bell）小提琴演奏;（）内维尔·马里纳（Neville Marriner）指挥;圣马丁室内乐团演奏

出版社：国际文化交流音像出版社,2005

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简介：Erbium Fiber Amplifiers is a comprehensive introduction tothe increasingly important topic of optical amplification.Written by three Bell Labs pioneers, the book stresses theimportance of the interrelation of materials properties, optical properties, and systems aspects of optical fiber amplifiers. The floppy disk included with the book contains a PC based educational version of the sophisticated commercial amplifier simulation package OASIX (sold by the Specialty Fiber Group of Lucent Technologies). This powerful numerical simulation softwareallows one to simulate the performance of a real erbium fiber amplifier, and obtain its properties such as signal gain and noise generated. Several parameter sets are included, each of which represents a commercially available type of erbium doped fiber usedin different kinds of amplifiers (e.g. preamplifiers and power amplifiers). The user can vary, via Windows based input screens, various amplifier characteristics such as fiber length, pump power, signal power, and additional signals. The output is savedin a file which can be read by any spreadsheet or plotting package for graphical representation of the results. The software allows the reader to explore on his or her own the concepts of amplifier performance discussed in the book, and gain a more intuitive and interactive educational experience leading to a richer understanding of erbium-doped fiber amplifiers and their applications. Key Features * Includesa software disk with a PC-based amplifier simulation tool derived from a sophisticated commercial package (OASIX), which allows the reader to gain an interactive educationalexperience using parameters for commercially available erbium-doped fibers * Explains the theory of noise in optically amplified systems in an intuitive way * The bookcontains a discussion of components used in amplifier fabrication and of the attendant technologies used in realsystems * The book provides basic tools for amplifier design as well as systems engineering, including the latest developments in WDM and soliton systems * The book discusses the fundamentals of rare earth ions for the reader desiring more depth in the topic * The book is for either the novice of experienced reader * The chapter havelinks between them to allow the reader to understand the relationship between the amplifier characteristics, noise,and systems applications * The book contains extensive references.

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简介：　　why do consumers pay a premium for a dell or hewlett-packard laptop, when they could get a generic machine with similar features for a lower price? the answer lies in the power of branding. a brand is not just a logo. it is the image your company creates of itself, from your advertising look to your customer interaction style. it makes a promise for your business, and that promise becomes the sticking point for customer loyalty. and that loyalty and trust is why, so to speak, your laptops sell and your competitors’ don’t. 　　whatever your business is, whether it’s large or small, global or local, branding for dummies gives you the nuts and bolts know-how to create, improve, or maintain a brand. this plain-english guide will help you brand everything from products to services to individuals. it gives you step-by-step advice on assembling a top-notch branding team, positioning your brand, handling advertising and promotion, avoiding blunders, and keeping your brand viable, visible, and healthy. you’ll get familiar with branding essentials like: 　　defining your company’s identity 　　developing logos and taglines 　　launching your brand marketing plan 　　managing and protecting your brand 　　fixing a broken brand 　　making customers loyal brand champions 　　filled with easy-to-navigate icons, charts, figures, top ten lists, and humor, branding for dummies is the straight-up, jargon-free resource for making your brand stand out from the pack—and for positioning your business to reap the ensuing rewards. 　　作者简介： 　　bill chlaravalle knows brands and how to build them. his experience includes a decade-long stint as design and creative director at the world-renowned brand strategy and design firm landor associates, where he worked on the branding programs for american express, at&t, bacardi, bell atlantic, danone, delta airlines, fedex, gatorade, hyatt, ibm, microsoft, nec,p&g, smucker's, sunkist, sutter home, and many others.since founding his own firm, brand navigation, in 1999, bill's role as principaland creative director has been to assist clients large and small in the devel-opment of strategic positions and creative visions and expressions for their brands. a short list of clients brand navigation has worked with include microsoft, intel, the miami herald, thomas nelson publishers, krusteaz,canterbury cuisine, john c. maxwell, and bubbles of san francisco.bill was born in san francisco and received his training at the academy of art university in san francisco. he has been honored with numerous branding,design, and industry awards. away from brands, he enjoys spending time with his wife and four children, biking, swimming, fine dining, and jazz music.he lives in sisters, oregon. to visit his company online, go to www. brand navigation, com.

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简介：In Context is a new thematically-organized reader, with readings that emphasize compelling, distinctive cultural issues and topics. KEY TOPICS In Context has four broad thematic units: Searching for Authenticity, Establishing a Sense of Place, Participating in Civic Conversations, and Adapting to the Changing Economy. Each theme concludes with a case study that asks students to examine a single controversial event by evaluating surrounding documents (newspaper reports, legal briefs, as well as essays). Readers are then prompted to create their own synthesis and perspective. What sets In Context apart from other readers is (1) the extent of its writing coverage / its emphasis on writing and rhetorical issues, and (2) the fact that it goes beyond critiquing culture, to focus on how societies and individuals use writing and reading to do work, to achieve results. In Context offers an engaging collection of readings that are provocative, fresh, and present various genres, with selections from bell hooks, Nell Berstein, Gloria Anzaldua, Sandra Cisneros, Barry Lopez, Richard Rodriguez, Patricia J. Williams, and Ray Suarez. Market: For those interested in cultural issues, and developing the writing and reading skills necessary for academic or professional discourse on such matters.

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简介：　　Initially published under the pseudonym Currer Bell in 1847, Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre erupted onto the English literary scene, immediately winning the devotion of many of the world's most renowned writers, including William Makepeace Thackeray, who declared it a work "of great genius." Widely regarded as a revolutionary novel, Bronte's masterpiece introduced the world to a radical new type of heroine, one whose defiant virtue and moral courage departed sharply from the more acquiescent and malleable female characters of the day. Passionate, dramatic, and surprisingly modern, Jane Eyre endures as one of the world's most beloved novels. This Modern Library Paperback Classics edition includes newly written explanatory notes.　　

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简介：Introducing Cultural Studies offers a systematic overview of the concepts, theories, and latest research in the expanding field of cultural studies. Reinforcing the inter-disciplinary nature of the field, the text begins with a presentation of cultural theory and then looks at different dimensions of culture in detail, including such topics as space, time, politics, the body, and visual culture. This volume will provide undergraduate and graduate students in cultural studies, English, geography, sociology, social studies, communication, anthropology, and media studies with a clear and comprehensible introduction to the field. -- Figures, diagrams, cartoons, and photographs illustrate ideas. -- Summaries of key influences give information on the life and works of major thinkers, including Raymond Williams, Michel Foucault, Antonio Gramsci, Roland Barthes, Edward Said, Mikhail Bakhtin, bell hooks, Julia Kristeva, and others. -- "Defining Concepts" sections focus on important ideas and help develop understanding of controversial topics, such as psychoanalysis, structuralism and poststructuralism, feminism, modernity, and postmodernity. -- Collaboratively authored by a team that represents different disciplines: English, anthropology, geography, and sociology. -- Direct and accessible style, organized in a clear, logical manner.

Peak water:civilization and the world’s water crisis

作者：  (英)亚历山大·贝尔(Alexander Bell)著;罗红译

出版社：金城出版社,2012

简介：当水危机步步紧逼时，我们该何去何从？ 这本《水文明的崩溃》由亚历山大·贝尔著，罗红译，首先，本书旁征博引地讲述了一个多彩的“人和水的故事”；数千年来，通过对水资源的掌控，人类创造和发展了文明；在人类的兴衰成败和文明的起起伏伏中。水扮演了至关重要的角色。然后，它掷地有声地提出警告：由于我们对水资源的无知和贪婪，人类文明正濒临坍塌。于是，在这部世界水文明史的鲜活脉络中。作者试图和读者一起寻找的答案，也就呼之而出了。 《水文明的崩溃》既有鲜明独特的思想观点，又有生动有趣的史实知识(包含210幅插图)；不仅能满足历史爱好者和研究者的需要，还可为普能读者提茶余饭后的消遣。

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简介：     Founded as a backlash against abstract expressionism, Minimalism was characterized by simplified, stripped-down forms and materials used to express ideas in a direct and impersonal manner. By presenting objects as simple objects, minimal artists sought to communicate without referring to expressive or historical themes. This critical movement, which began in the 1960s and branched out into land art, performance art, and conceptual art, is still a major influence today.     Featured artists: Carl Andre, Stephen Antonakos, Jo Baer, Larry Bell, Ronald Bladen, Walter De Maria, Dan Flavin, Robert Grosvenor, Eva Hesse, Donald Judd, Gary Kuehn, Sol LeWitt, Robert Mangold, John McCracken, Robert Morris, Robert Ryman, Fred Sandback, Richard Serra, Tony Smith, Frank Stella, Robert Smithson, Anne Truitt

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简介： AUTHOR NEWS! Justice Department Honors Herbert Hovenkamp with Sherman Award - On July 29, 2008, the USDOJ AntitrustDivision presented Professor Herbert Hovenkamp with the prestigious John Sherman Awardfor his lifetime contributions to the teaching and enforcement of antitrust lawand the development of antitrust policy. This annual award is given for outstanding contributions to the field of antitrust law, the protection of American consumers, and the preservation of economic liberty. Hovenkamp's publications include some 70 articles, approximately 50 essays and book reviews, and a dozen books. He is the senior surviving author of Antitrust Law(formerly with Phillip Areeda & Donald Turner), which currently spans 21 volumes, and with Mark Janis and Mark Lemley, author of IP and Antitrust Law. The authority of Areeda and Hovenkamp's Antitrust Lawis second to none. It has been cited more than 50 times by the Supreme Court, more than 50 times by the FTC, and more than 1,050 times by the federal courts. Most recently it was cited by the Supreme Court in Pacific Bell v. linkLine Communicationsand Leegin Creative Leather Products v PSKS. and by the D.C. Circuit in Rambus v. FTC. No other source gives you all the law to avoid antitrustliability as you: Plan marketing strategies and develop pricing policies Structure mergers and acquisitions with attention to potential antitrustconsequences Prove - or defend against - antitrustinjury, monopolization, conspiracy, tying, and other allegation Among the real-world examples and proven strategies you can apply directly to your own cases, you'll find clear discussions of Intellectual property and antitrustPredatory pricing Antitrustissues in healthcare, media, and other areas Monopolizing conduct "Substantial" market power Market share and buyer concentration Interlocking directors Refusals to deal Territorial customer limitation Product tying Contractual arbitration provisions Plus in-depth examination of thousands of cases The latest release includes Volumes 4, 4A, and 5 of the Third Edition, which have been revised to include greatly expanded discussion of economic consequences of vertical mergers expanded coverage of power assessment and market definition in unilateral effects cases including, FTC v. Whole Foods Market, Inc. additional discussion of the relationship between entry barriers and efficiencies defense expanded coverage of consummated mergers and post-acquisition evidence and the Chicago Bridge & Iron Co. N.V. v. F.T.C.case more frequent comparisons of United States and European law.

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简介：Summary: Publisher Summary 1 The great Chinese detective Judge Dee begins work on the most disquieting case of his career when he reviews the rape murder on Half Moon Street   Publisher Summary 2 The Chinese Bell Murdersdescribes the Judge's exploits in the tribunal of Poo-yang early in his career. He has one case left over from his predecessor鈥攖he brutal rape-murder of Pure Jade, the daughter of Butcher Hsai who lived on Half Moon Street. Her lover has been accused and is on the verge of being convicted, but Judge Dee senses that all is not right and sets out with his lieutenants to find the real murderer. "So scrupulously in the classic Chinese manner yet so nicely equipped with everything to satisfy the modern reader."鈥擭ew York Times Robert Van Gulik (1910-67) was a Dutch diplomat and an authority on Chinese history and culture. He drew his plots from the whole body of Chinese literature, especially from the popular detective novels that first appeared in the seventeenth century.   Publisher Summary 3 The Chinese Bell Murdersdescribes the Judge's exploits in the tribunal of Poo-yang early in his career. He has one case left over from his predecessor--the brutal rape-murder of Pure Jade, the daughter of Butcher Hsai who lived on Half Moon Street. Her lover has been accused and is on the verge of being convicted, but Judge Dee senses that all is not right and sets out with his lieutenants to find the real murderer. "So scrupulously in the classic Chinese manner yet so nicely equipped with everything to satisfy the modern reader."--New York Times Robert Van Gulik (1910-67) was a Dutch diplomat and an authority on Chinese history and culture. He drew his plots from the whole body of Chinese literature, especially from the popular detective novels that first appeared in the seventeenth century.  

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简介：Wuthering Heights is Emily Bronte's only novel. It was first published in 1847 under the pseudonym Ellis Bell, and a posthumous second edition was edited by her sister Charlotte. The name of the novel comes from the Yorkshire manor on the moors on which the story centres (as an adjective, wuthering is a Yorkshire word referring to turbulent weather). The narrative tells the tale of the all-encompassing and passionate, yet thwarted, love between Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw, and how this unresolved passion eventually destroys both themselves and many around them. Now considered a classic of English literature, Wuthering Heights' innovative structure, which has been likened to a series of Matryoshka dolls,[citation needed] met with mixed reviews by critics when it first appeared. Though Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre was originally considered the best of the Bronte sisters' works, many subsequent critics of Wuthering Heights argued that its originality and achievement made it superior. Wuthering Heights has also given rise to many adaptations and inspired works, including films, radio, television dramatisations, a musical by Bernard J. Taylor and songs (notably the hit Wuthering Heights by Kate Bush), ballet and opera. (Quote from wikipedia.org) About the Author Emily Jane Bronte (July 30, 1818 - December 19, 1848) was a British novelist and poet, now best remembered for her only novel Wuthering Heights, a classic of English literature. Emily was the second eldest of the three surviving Bronte sisters, being younger than Charlotte and older than Anne. She published under the masculine pen name Ellis Bell. Emily was born in Thornton, near Bradford in Yorkshire to Patrick Bronte and Maria Branwell. She was the younger sister of Charlotte Bronte and the fift

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简介：Rago (one of the Bell Laboratories developers who built UNIX System V, Release 4) updates the late Stevens' text on programming in the UNIX environment after some 13 years. He has updated the chapters on file input/output (I/O), files and directories, standard I/O library, system data files and information, process environment, process control, process relationships, signals, daemon processes, interprocess communication, network IPC (information processing center), terminal I/O, pseudo terminals, database libraries, and communicating with network printers. Rago has also added chapters on threads, multithreaded programming, and socket interfaces. Interfaces have been brought into line with the 2001 version of the POSIX.1 standard and case studies have been changed to cover more relevant real-world examples, most of which have been tested on the platforms of FreeBSD 5.2.1, the Linux2.4.22 kernel, Solaris 9, and Darwin 7.4.0 (the Free BSD/Mach hybrid underlying Apples Mac OS X 10.3). Annotation 漏2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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简介：Although the representation of suicide is commonplace in literature, few studies have explicitly dealt with the meaning of suicide in the works of women writers. The Art of Dyingapplies theories concerning the division of women literary figures into angels or monsters to representative literary suicides of the nineteenth century, including the suicides of women characters in works by Kate Chopin and Sylvia Plath. The Awakeningby Kate Chopin is often misunderstood by critics who read it using the Romantic paradigm. Chopin breaks that paradigm by presenting the suicide of Edna Pontellier as heroic. Suicide is a prevalent motif and theme in two works by Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jarand Ariel.An extensive analysis of Plath’s last poem "Edge" portrays the suicide of the speaker as a calm and heroic act in keeping with the tone set by Chopin in The Awakening. The Art of Dyingconcludes by exploring women’s need for self-actualization within the framework of love, marriage, and motherhood—institutions that have always demanded from women an unnatural and harmful degree of unselfishness. The inherent message in the works of artists such as Chopin and Plath is that women should not have to die in order to live.

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简介：Contrasting with conventional Neo-Confucian attempts to recast the Confucian heritage in light of modern Western values, this book offers a Reconstructionist Confucian project to reclaim Confucian resources to meet contemporary moral and public policy challenges. Ruiping Fan argues that popular accounts of human goods and social justice within the dominant individualist culture of the West are too insubstantial to direct a life of virtue and a proper structure of society. Instead, he demonstrates that the moral insights of Confucian thought are precisely those needed to fill the moral vacuum developing in post-communist China and to address similar problems in the West. The book has a depth of reflection on the Confucian tradition through a comparative philosophical strategy and a breadth of contemporary issues addressed unrivaled by any other work on these topics. It is the first in English to explore not only the endeavor to revive Confucianism in contemporary China, but also brings such an endeavor to bear upon the important ethical, social, and political difficulties being faced in 21st century China. The book should be of interest to any philosopher working in application of traditional Chinese philosophy to contemporary issues as well as any reader interested in comparative cultural and ethical studies. FAN Ruiping's courageous book addresses the question of what should replace communism in China. He defends a Confucian morality that sharply contrasts with liberal individualism and draws implications for concrete issues like morality in business and health-care reform. The book is both provocative and plausible, and it is a must-read for anybody concerned about China's future. And perhaps it will inspire liberals to question their own commitments.-Daniel A. Bell, Tsinghua University This is an important volume in contemporary philosophical thought, deeply and creatively rooted in Confucian scholarship. It is the only major attempt in English to capture Confucian thought that does not distort that thought through background Western philosophical assumptions and commitments. Fan鈥檚 work will have an enduring impact. In a world in which no one can ignore contemporary Chinese thought, this volume is essential reading.-Nicholas Capaldi, Loyola University New Orleans

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简介：Daisy Miller and The Turn of the Screw may be Henry James's most widely read tales. Certainly, these swiftly moving accounts of failed connections are among the best examples of his shorter fiction. One represents the international theme that made him famous; the other exemplifies the multiple meanings that make him modern. The introduction to this 1993 volume locates his fiction in the context of the family that conditioned his concern with the sexual politics of intimate experience. In the four essays that follow, Kenneth Graham offers a close reading of Daisy with an emphasis on Daisy; Robert Weisbuch examines Winterbourne as a specimen of James's formidable bachelor type; Millicent Bell places the ghost story governess in the traditions of English fiction and society; David McWhirter then provides a critique of female authority. Deftly summarising earlier criticism, these essays demonstrate the continuing appeal of Henry James in our time.