Snapshots

Richard Leonard's "Snapshots in Prose" is a collector's album of evocative tales about Jamie Lachlan's coming of age in mid-20th-century New York when the city was the world of neighborhood movie pala

Scrapbooks, Snapshots and Memorabilia: Hidden Archives of Performance asks the questions: What constitutes an archive? What is worthy of being archived? And who decides? Performances are ephemeral, so

Snapshots In Scarlet examines the tumultuous relationship between Martha Neeves and her daughter Heather. Living in the eighties as a divorcee in Vermont, Martha still has great difficulty in understa

A collection of brief, but intimate meditations on life and culture ranging from controversial matters to private moments The internationally acclaimed author Claudio Magris offers a collection of bri

Suzanne Zuckerman Werner is a survivor of suicide. The day her husband lost his eight year battle with depression was the day her own battle to recover began. About a year into her own journey, thr

Alain Robbe-Grillet has long been regarded as the chief spokesman for the controversial nouveau roman. This collection of brilliant short pieces introduces the reader to those techniques employed by R

How people make decisions, size up situations, spot anomalies, and anticipate problems in real-world settings.Gary Klein, author of the bestselling Sources of Power, is the cognitive psychologist who discovered how people actually make decisions, particularly under time pressure and uncertainty. In Snapshots of the Mind, he offers a set of short essays―“snapshots” of different aspects of cognitive functioning in real-world settings that will help us learn to recognize the cognitive processes that underlie and drive performance. In these essays Klein provides practical tools for escaping fixation on initial hunches and learning to detect the ways that people make decisions, size up situations, spot anomalies, and anticipate problems. Snapshots of the Mind grows out of the Naturalistic Decision Making movement, which studies how decision makers handle uncertainty and complexity in high-stakes situations. In the essays, Klein examines how people make tough choices and assessments in the

Snapshots of Great Leadership describes leaders who have either accomplished amazing feats or brought destruction. Although the goals of these individuals were often quite different, the leadership pr

For the awesomely daring women in our lives comes the perfect gift: a jewel of a book that collects vintage candid snapshots of women enjoying unconventional activities. For the last two decades, Pete

This is a great book describing leaders (both good and bad) who either have accomplished amazing feats or who brought destruction or death to scores of people. Although the goals of these individuals

This is a great book describing leaders (both good and bad) who either have accomplished amazing feats or who brought destruction or death to scores of people. Although the goals of these individuals

★國立政治大學外國語文學院「教育部高教深耕計畫」，展開國際交流的里程碑！ 《用英語說臺灣文化》緣起 我們發現太多外國師生來臺後都想繼續留下來，不然就是臨別依依不捨，日後總找機會續前緣，再度來臺，甚至呼朋引伴，攜家帶眷，樂不思蜀。當然，有些人學習有成，可直接閱讀中文；但也有些人仍需依靠其母語，才能明白內容。為了讓更多人認識寶島、了解臺灣，雙語的《用外語說臺灣文化》便提供了對大中華區文化，尤其是臺灣文化有興趣的愛好者諸多素材，其中內容深入淺出，易懂、易吸收，內文亦能博君一粲。 ★浮光掠影話臺灣──猶如萬花筒般繽紛精彩的國度！ 《用英語說臺灣文化》共有9章，分別以臺灣地理歷史、產業、宗教信仰、社會脈動、藝術休閒……等不同角度介紹臺灣，內容皆是臺灣人熟悉的日常。 本書內容豐富多元，以英文為主，中文為輔，深入淺出，易懂、易吸收，認識寶島、了解臺灣就靠《用英語說臺灣文化》！9章內容如下： I. Natural Landscapes地理景觀 II. History & Population歷史與人口 III. Industry & Innovations產業脈動 IV. Religious Mural宗教信仰 V. Holidays & Festivals節慶與祭典 VI. Culinary Delights飲食文化 VII. Social Pulse 社會脈動 VIII. Folk Practices民間習俗 IX. Arts & Entertainment藝術與休閒 每章有2～7個主題介紹該篇內容，主題豐富詳實： I. Natural Landscapes地理景觀｜地理位置、氣候 臺灣地處東亞，地形豐富多變化，北迴歸線在島嶼的中央通過，居於熱帶與亞熱帶之間，雖然國土面積很小，卻造就了很多美麗的自然景觀與生態。 II. History & Population歷史與人口｜歷史回顧、人口變遷 自17世紀起，臺灣便開始經歷許多外來勢力的統治，而現今二千三百萬的人口中更涵蓋了各種族群，其中還有近20年來自東南亞移民到臺灣的新移民，都成就了臺灣當今多元包容的社會。 III. Industry & Innovations產業脈動｜蛻變的經濟體、臺北101大樓、蘭花王國、中醫、交通號誌的故事 臺灣自1950年代

Curator Kurt Busiek and an awesome assemblage of talent celebrate the history of the House of Ideas with a series of "snapshot" tales featuring some of our greatest heroes - as seen through the wide e

In the book, we provide snapshots describing this critically important time in our nation when federal educational policy implementation has been at a level previously unheard of in the United States.