Mark Simner

The Sirdar and the Khalifa examines Kitchener's campaign to re-conquer the Sudan and avenge the death of General Gordon: a war that began in 1896 and ended two years later with the epic Battle of Omdu

In 1895, a small Indian Army garrison, commanded by Surgeon-Major Sir George Scott Robertson and Captain Charles Vere Ferrers Townshend, was besieged by a joint Chitrali and Pathan army at the fort of

Pathan Rising tells the story of the large-scale tribal unrest that erupted along the North West Frontier of India in the late 1890s; a short but sharp period of violence that was initiated by the Pat

日本兩個半月熱賣10萬冊！ X（推特）上一年獲得93萬人次按讚的超強英文學習法！ ◎see、watch、look都是「看」；speak、say、talk都是「說」，差在哪裡？ ◎開心可以用happy，也可以用glad、pleased、joyful……怎麼正確使用？ ◎story是故事也是建築物樓層；capital是首都也是資金，一字多意怎麼背？ ◎上班是go to work？回家卻是go home，為何不用加to？ ◎desert（沙漠）跟dessert（甜點），你到現在還是常搞混？ 本書作者Mark（村木幸司），是日本英文教練協會認證教練， 初入職場時他為了工作需要，特別找母語人士補習英文， 補了幾年，多益（TOEIC）還是只有三百多分。 後來他靠「看圖像」學英文，能力大幅提升，甚至被公司派駐海外。 這套「圖像英文學習法」一發布到網路上，網友直呼：「應該收錄在教科書！」 目前追蹤人數已超過6萬。 ◎國中程度就卡關？用圖像克服！ ．做和製造的多重宇宙 do、act、execute……都是「做」； make、create、generate……都能翻成「製造」， 用法差在哪？答案藏在語感裡。 ．時態好難？看圖，就變得超簡單！ 現在式和進行式有什麼不同？過去式和完成式差在哪？ 畫一條「時間線」你就能瞬間搞懂。 usually、often、sometimes，中文都是「有時候」，怎麼判斷程度高低？ 作者教你「百分比」記憶法，輕鬆判斷好簡單。 in Sunday、on Sunday、at Sunday哪個對？ on a bus、in a bus，還是by a bus，超困擾！ 善用「空間圖」，讓你記一輩子。 ◎開口說，先從日常生活練起！ 起床用get up（從醒來到起身）， 如果還躺在床上就是wake up（從睡眠狀態睜開眼）； 上學用go to school，回家用go home，go後面加不加to，怎麼判斷？ ◎多益（TOEIC）測驗常考字，靠圖表搞懂！ story是「故事」也是「建築物樓層」； capital是「首都」也是「資金」； book除了當名詞「書」，也可以當動詞「預約」。 英文有多義詞的特性，只記一個意思當然不夠用， 怎麼記單字最輕鬆？ 英文認證教練的「圖像學習法」，多益分數從300分輕鬆翻倍。 英文認證教練的「圖像學習法」，多益從300分輕鬆翻倍。 原本只能

Written and peer reviewed by experts from around the globe, Encyclopedia of Polymer Science and Technology provides up-to-date coverage of traditional topics of continuing interest to professionals, r

A mathematically rigorous explanation of how manufacturing deviations and damage on the working surfaces of gear teeth cause transmission-error contributions to vibration excitationsSome gear-tooth wo

A comprehensive resource on the past, present, and future of space technologyResearchers in optics, materials processing, and telecommunications require a reference that can provide a quick study of a

This short, concrete, and to-the-point book guides students through this vast field of conflicting opinions. The book begins from the premise that students benefit most from seeing a balanced treatmen

"This is one of the most coherent and comprehensive theories of evaluation yet formulated and one that makes a most valuable contribution. The authors are pioneering in important new directions."--Ern

Dealing with the principles of calibration--both the theoretical and mathematical constructs which relate features of calibration equations to the physical phenomena that affect instruments and sample

在這本以美國密西西比河岸小鎮為背景的故事里，主要的色調是陽光和溫暖，孩子們生活的世界里基本上充滿了愛。這里沒有孤兒受盡欺凌，多的是同情與寬容，雖然還有打小報告的弟弟妹妹，或者是嚴厲的老師……但是故事進行中的各個段落終究還是回歸到上帝的愛和人間的溫情，使得倦極而歸的孩子躺在床上的時候，身心充滿了舒暢與安全感。