Rainbow Rowell's #1 New York Times bestseller Carry On, now available in this special bookshelf edition with a brand new case stamp and designed endpapers!Simon Snow is the worst Chosen One who's ever been chosen.That's what his roommate, Baz, says. And Baz might be evil and a vampire and a complete git, but he's probably right.Half the time, Simon can't even make his wand work, and the other half, he starts something on fire. His mentor's avoiding him, his girlfriend broke up with him, and there's a magic-eating monster running around, wearing Simon's face. Baz would be having a field day with all this, if he were here--it's their last year at the Watford School of Magicks, and Simon's infuriating nemesis didn't even bother to show up.Carry On is a ghost story, a love story and a mystery. It has just as much kissing and talking as you'd expect from a Rainbow Rowell story - but far, far more monsters.
An analysis of the lessons learned from tuberculosis control in Shanghai. Tuberculosis Control and Institutional Change in Shanghai, 1911-2011 is the first book on the most widespread and deadly infectious disease in China, both historically and today. Weaving together interviews with data from periodicals and local archives in Shanghai, Rachel Core examines the rise and fall of tuberculosis control in China from the 1950s to the 1990s. Under the socialist work unit system, the vast majority of people had guaranteed employment, a host of benefits tied to their workplace, and there was little mobility--factors that made the delivery of medical and public health services possible in both urban and rural areas. The dismantling of work units amid wider market reforms in the 1980s and 1990s led to the rise of temporary and casual employment and a huge migrant worker population, with little access to health care, creating new challenges in TB control. This study of Shanghai will provide valu
歷史往往只記錄戰勝者的榮耀，卻忽略戰敗者的觀點要了解真實的二戰史，不能忽略戰敗者的看法以古鑑今――尊重戰敗者，洞悉你的競爭對手！◆國際局勢╳軍事戰史╳二戰真相╳外交布局軍事戰略大師「李德哈特」必讀經典＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝李德哈特是誰？他是軍事史學家，同時也是軍事理論家；美國總統甘迺迪（John F. Kennedy）說他「上尉而為將軍之師」，《經濟學人》（Economist）更如此評價：「李德哈特不僅是戰略的倡導者與批評者，更是第一流的偉大史家」。他的戰略觀點與軍史論述更是影響全球軍事政策至今，歷經七十餘年愈發權威。◆從二戰經驗學習戰略外交――給台灣與俄烏戰爭的啟示第二次世界大戰是人類有史以來最大規模的戰爭，它對七十年後的世界格局依然有著重大影響，直到今天，二戰歷史依舊充滿疑團，有各種解釋和看法。然而，歷史往往只記錄戰勝者的榮耀，卻忽略戰敗者的觀點。因此，李德哈特認為只有聆聽戰敗者的聲音，才能對戰爭有更全面的認知。本書是李德哈特親訪戰敗德軍將領的二戰史經典之作，在他筆下，我們能跳脫「勝著為王、敗者為寇」的刻板印象，不以負面與反派形象加諸其身，能客觀理解那些軍官如何驍勇善戰、如何運籌帷幄，古德林、隆美爾、曼斯坦、倫德斯特、布勞齊區……這些德軍將領在他眼中，甚至還比盟軍將領更有軍人氣度；然而，他們的命運卻被希特勒強行綑綁，帶領德國走向敗戰一途。放眼如今的國際局勢，俄烏戰爭成為西方國家逃避不掉的歷史共業，台灣也須正面迎接中國文攻武嚇的挑戰，閱讀李德哈特的戰略經典有其必要。透過本書，德軍「功虧一簣」的二戰經驗已然成為全球戰略布局的參考，即使戰後已過七十餘年，李德哈特的論述仍是軍事政策、戰略思考的研究重點。◆戰敗者的另一種觀點――德軍將領眼中的希特勒與二戰謎團本書主軸分為開戰前跟開戰後，以時間序列串起每一場戰役，得出大戰時期德國真正的國策與戰略想法，以及成敗的真正關鍵，藉此追溯德國在一戰後的建軍、軍事力量的再崛起，以及如何走向戰爭、最終失敗的過程。史料彙整與訪談記錄豐富詳實，內容極富啟發性。◎德國在一戰投降後，何以能在短短二十年間重新建軍、茁壯強大，並再次發動戰爭？◎希特勒原本只是一介下士，但他擅長權術與蠱惑人心，德國將領如何評價希特勒？◎「沙漠之狐」隆美爾本是希特勒欽點的「戰爭英雄」，為什麼卻被希特勒神秘處死？◎盟國主張德國「無條件
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