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The Ship We Built is an expertly told epistolary middle grade novel about a trans boy learning to stand up for himself—especially to those he loves—and the power of finding a friend who treasures him

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Now in its second edition, Forensic DNA Evidence Interpretation is the most comprehensive resource for DNA casework available today. Written by leaders in the fields of biology and statistics, including a contribution from Peter Gill, the father of DNA analysis, the book emphasizes the interpretation of test results and provides the necessary formulae in an easily accessible manner. This latest edition is fully updated and includes current and emerging techniques in this fast-moving field. The book begins by reviewing all pertinent biology, and then provides information on every aspect of DNA analysis. This includes modern interpretation methods and contemporary population genetic models available for estimating DNA frequencies or likelihood ratios. Following a chapter on procedures for validating databases, the text presents overviews and performance assessments of both modern sampling uncertainty methods and current paternity testing techniques, including new guidelines on paternity

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The true, behind-the-scenes history of the people who built Silicon Valley and shaped Big Tech in America Long before Margaret O'Mara became one of our most consequential historians of the American-led digital revolution, she worked in the White House of Bill Clinton and Al Gore in the earliest days of the commercial Internet. There she saw firsthand how deeply intertwined Silicon Valley was with the federal government--and always had been--and how shallow the common understanding of the secrets of the Valley's success actually was. Now, after almost five years of pioneering research, O'Mara has produced the definitive history of Silicon Valley for our time, the story of mavericks and visionaries, but also of powerful institutions creating the framework for innovation, from the Pentagon to Stanford University.It is also a story of a community that started off remarkably homogeneous and tight-knit and stayed that way, and whose belief in its own mythology has deepened into a collective

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本書是一本立足本科生水平的電動力學教材，主要闡述電磁場理論，分析各個實驗定律，從中總結出電磁場的普遍規律，建立麥克斯韋方程組和洛倫茲力公式，討論恒定電磁場問題，說明一些恒定場的基本性質和求解電場和磁場問題的一些基本方法，討論電磁波的傳播與輻射，介紹一般情況下勢的概念和輻射電磁場的計算方法，*後將電動力學的參考系引入相對論時空觀，導出電磁場量在不同參考系間的變換，並且說明相對論力學的基本概念。本書注重把現代物理前沿引入教學，把電動力學問題擴展到多個前沿的研究領域，如固體物理、天體物理、核物理學、計算物理等。本書涵蓋我國物理專業電動力學課程的基本內容，可作為高等學校物理專業低年級學生學習電動力學課程的教材或參考書，也可作為電子、材料、通信等專業高年級學生的教學參考書。This is a blingual edition of the following title published by Cambridge University Press:Introduction to Electrodynamics，Fourth edition，ISBN 9781108420419This book was previously published by Pearson Education,Inc. 1989, 1999, 2013Reprinted 2018Cambridge University Press and China Machine Press 2020.This blingual of edition is authorized for sale in the People’s Republic of China (excluding Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan) only. Unauthorised export of this blingual edition is a violation of the Copyright Act. No part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written permis

Modern power and energy systems are characterized by the wide integration of distributed generation, storage and electric vehicles, adoption of ICT solutions, and interconnection of different energy carriers and consumer engagement, posing new challenges and creating new opportunities. Advanced testing and validation methods are needed to efficiently validate power equipment and controls in the contemporary complex environment and support the transition to a cleaner and sustainable energy system. Real-time hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) simulation has proven to be an effective method for validating and de-risking power system equipment in highly realistic, flexible, and repeatable conditions. Controller hardware-in-the-loop (CHIL) and power hardware-in-the-loop (PHIL) are the two main HIL simulation methods used in industry and academia that contribute to system-level testing enhancement by exploiting the flexibility of digital simulations in testing actual controllers and power equipment.

The Children in Our World picture book series helps children make sense of the larger issues and crises that dominate the news in a sensitive and appropriate manner. With relatable comparisons, carefully researched text and striking illustrations, children can begin to understand issues in the news, how they affect people and how readers can help those who are affected. Rights and Equality looks at the topic of human rights and considers some of the different rights in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights such as the right to good health and to go to school, and the ways in which people fight for equality.Where issues aren't appropriate to describe in words, Hanane Kai's striking and sensitive illustrations help children visualise the issues with images that are suited to their age.

What did it mean to be 'civilized' in Early Modern England? Keith Thomas's seminal studies Religion and the Decline of Magic, Man and the Natural World, and The Ends of Life, explored the beliefs, values and social practices of the years between 1500 and 1800. In Pursuit of Civility continues this quest by examining what the English people thought it meant to be `civilized' and how that condition differed from being `barbarous' or `savage' . Thomas shows how the upper ranks of society sought to distinguish themselves from their social inferiors by developing distinctive forms of moving, speaking and comporting themselves - and how the common people in turn developed their own forms of civility.The belief of the English in their superior civility shaped their relations with the Welsh, the Scots and the Irish. By legitimizing international trade, colonialism, slavery, and racial discrimination, it was fundamental to their dealings with the native peoples of North America, India, and Aust

A wonderfully humorous rhyming story with a house-that-jack-built style story about an unlucky surfer on his journey to the beach to catch the perfect wave. Brilliant, retro illustrations and joyful repetitions that will delight adults and children alike!One very patient surfer on his way to the beach finds himself giving all manner of unlikely characters a ride. Will they all make it?!A surfer is off to the seaside in search of the perfect wave. On the road he ends up giving a ride to all sorts of whacky characters: a soon-to-be married diver, a tired super hero, a bored alligator, a wanted criminal, a scared little girl ... But will the occupants of the increasingly overcrowded car make it to the beach? A wonderfully humorous story, playing on repetitions that will delight children!

榮獲蘭姆達文學獎LGBTQ科幻／奇幻／驚悚類大獎，《The Deep》是一部結合歷史創傷與奇幻想像的動人小說。靈感來自Daveed Diggs所屬饒舌團體 Clipping 的雨果獎提名歌曲，本書描繪由非洲奴隸女性後代所組成的水下族群，他們逃離過去，卻也失去了記憶。身為族群的「記憶守護者」，耶圖背負所有創傷與歷史，漸漸無法承受。當她逃往海面，意外發現遺失的世界與自己真正的身分。這是一則關於記憶、身份與療癒的寓言；唯有面對過去，我們才能走向未來。WINNER OF THE LAMBDA LITERARY LGBTQ SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY/HORROR AWARDThe water-breathing descendants of African slave women tossed overboard have built their own underwater society-and must reclaim the memories of their past to shape their future in this brilliantly imaginative novella inspired by the Hugo Award-nominated song "The Deep" from Daveed Diggs's rap group clipping. Yetu holds the memories for her people-water-dwelling descendants of pregnant African slave women thrown overboard by slave owners-who live idyllic lives in the deep. Their past, too traumatic to be remembered regularly, is forgotten by everyone, save one-the historian.This demanding role has been bestowed on Yetu. Yetu remembers for everyone, and the memories, painful and wonderful, trauma

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序The publisher invites Japanese readers and Satoyama supporters to spread these stories of harmonious coexistence between humanity and nature in rural communities in Taiwan, and to keep telling the story of the Satoyama Initiative. Let us keep learning from one another through exchange, strengthening the friendship between Taiwan and Japan on the road to landscape restoration, and contributing to global biodiversity. We are all in this together, and we can do it together.內容簡介There are four books in the set, about four rural communities in Taiwan. First, The Spring on the Highland explains how two generations of farmers in Gonglaoping, Fengyuan District, Taichung enjoy the fruits of kinship with the land following the restoration of the spring on the highland. Second, Farming Village Co. Unlimited is about a Satoyama-inspired enterprise based on crop diversification and creative local produce marketing in Gongrong, Sanzhi District, New Taipei City. Third, Letters the Blue Sea Wrote to t

本書一共分為3篇：基礎篇(上)、案例篇和工具篇(下)。基礎篇：從理論基礎和基本原理層面介紹了 MySQL 的安裝與設定、升級和架構，information_schema、sys_schema、performance_schema 和 mysql_schema，MySQL複製、MySQL 交易、SQL 語句最佳化及架構設計基礎知識。案例篇：從硬體和系統、MySQL 架構等方面提出了效能最佳化的十幾個案例，包括：效能測試的基本最佳化概念和最需要關注的效能指標解釋、對 SQL 語句執行慢的基本定位、避免 x86 可用性的一般性方法、節能模式會怎樣影響效能、I/O 儲存作為資料庫最重要的依賴是如何影響資料庫效能的、主備複製不一致可能有哪些原因、字元集不一致會造成哪些效能問題、在實際場景中鎖的爭用是怎樣的。工具篇：介紹了在 MySQL 效能最佳化過程中需要用到的各種工具，包括：dmidecode、top、dstat 等硬體和系統排查工具；FIO、sysbench、HammerDB 等壓力測試工具；mysqldump、XtraBackup 等備份工具；Percona、innotop、Prometheus 等監控工具。--------------------------------------------------------------------------------效能問題：本書解決 MySQL 資料庫效能問題，某種程度來說，MySQL 資料庫效能最佳化問題是一個平行處理的問題，歸根究柢是鎖和資源爭用的問題。其實效能最佳化要做的就是下列事情：•瞭解基本原理。找到事情的因果關係和依賴關係，儘量讓不相關的事情能平行進行。•要事第一。找到目前最重要、最需要最佳化的地方，投入時間和精力，不斷去改進與最佳化。•切中要害。找到耗費時間最長的地方，想盡辦法縮短其時間。機械思維和大數據思維：本書的效能最佳化方法論還是工業革命時代的機械思維，簡而言之，就是尋找因果關係，大膽假設，小心求證。現在已經是資訊時代，理應瞭解什麼是資訊理論，解決問題需要利用大數據思維！讀者對象：（1）MySQL 初學者。（2）專門從事 MySQL 工作1~3年的開發人員和運維人員。（3）資深的 MySQL DBA。

Lemony Snicket meets Roald Dahl in this "wickedly funny" (James Ponti, New York Times bestselling author), deliciously macabre, and highly illustrated tale of a hungry beast, a vain immortal man, and a not-so-charming little girl who doesn't know she's about to be eaten. Beauty comes at a price. And no one knows that better than Ebenezer Tweezer, who has stayed beautiful for 511 years. How, you may wonder? Ebenezer simply has to feed the beast in the attic of his mansion. In return for meals of performing monkeys, statues of Winston Churchill, and the occasional cactus, Ebenezer gets potions that keep him young and beautiful, as well as other presents. But the beast grows ever greedier with each meal, and one day he announces that he'd like to eat a nice, juicy child next. Ebenezer has never done anything quite this terrible to hold onto his wonderful life. Still, he finds the absolutely snottiest, naughtiest, and most frankly unpleasant child he can and prepares to feed her to the bea

BOOK ONE IN THENEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLING SERIES • One ofTime Magazine’s 100 Best Fantasy and 100 Best YA Books of All Time • People's Choice Award winner • Bustle's Best Young Adult Book“This novel is a harrowing, haunting reminder of what it means to be human—and how hope might be kindled in the midst of oppression and fear.” —The Washington PostThe beloved and bestselling fantasy series that “glows, burns, and smolders.” (Huffington Post).Laia is a slave.Elias is a soldier.Neither is free.Under the Martial Empire, defiance is met with death. Those who do not vow their blood and bodies to the Emperor risk the execution of their loved ones and the destruction of all they hold dear.It is in this brutal world, inspired by ancient Rome, that Laia lives with her grandparents and older brother. The family ekes out an existence in the Empire’s impoverished backstreets. They do not challenge the Empire. They’ve seen what happens to those who do.But when Laia’s brother is arrested for treason,

What if your best friend was a unicorn? Chapter book readers are flocking to this magical series, where everyone is paired with their very own unicorn!Graduation from Unicorn Academy is a magical celebration. Isla and her unicorn, Buttercup, haven’t bonded as best friends, which means they can’t graduate yet. But then Isla learns that someone is trying to steal everyone’s magic and take over Unicorn Island. Can she and Buttercup save the island, and graduate on time?Be sure to read all the books in this magical series!Don’t miss any books in the magical new spin-off series, Unicorn Academy Nature Magic!

Prepare for the jaw-dropping finale of Sabaa Tahir’s beloved New York Times bestselling An Ember in the Ashes fantasy series, and discover: Who will survive the storm?Picking up just a few months afte

What does it mean to be queer in a Confucian society in which kinship roles, ties, and ideologies are of such great importance? This book makes sense of queer cultures in China—a country with one of the largest queer populations in the world—and offers an alternative to Euro-American blueprints of queer individual identity. This book contends that kinship relations must be understood as central to any expression of queer selfhood and culture in contemporary cultural production in China. Using a critical approach—“queering Chinese kinship”—Lin Song scrutinizes the relationship between queerness and family relations, and questions Eurocentric queer culture’s frequent assumption of the separation of queerness from blood family.Offering five case studies of queer representations across a range of media genres, this book also challenges the tendency in current scholarship on Chinese and East Asian queerness to understand queer cultures as predominantly counter-mainstream, marginal, and unde

"I recommend to every Architect, designer and those who have a passion for New York to own this magnificent book…there is no better on the extraordinary Beaux Arts of New York." —Lemeau, Decorator's Insider"This great, beautiful, glossy, polychromatic slab of a book more than does justice to an epic period in architecture when some of the world’s most luscious buildings were designed for some of the most unpleasant people in American history." — Timothy Brittain-Catlin, World of Interiors"New York would be little more than another faceless glass-and-steel city were it not for its Gilded Age buildings and institutions... An American Renaissance: Beaux-Arts Architecture in New York City, written by Phillip James Dodd with photography by Jonathan Wallen, is a gilded embrace of this legacy."— The Critic?The Gilded Age, also referred to as the American Renaissance, is an era associated with unparalleled growth, technological advancement, prosperity, and cultural change. Spanning from the 18

Learn even more about art through the ages in this humorous and informative graphic novel sequel. Two kids and their grandpa continue their adventurous guided exploration of art, civilization, and how they interacted and evolved to become something entirely new. Continuing with the Renaissance and iconic works such as The Last Supper, the Mona Lisa, and the Sistine Chapel, the book winds its way through to the work of Vincent van Gogh, the surrealist movement, to Jackson Pollock, and more. Written by a tour guide for museums and historic landmarks, the text is designed to entertain (with many funny asides and jokes) as it informs. The illustrations accurately portray the art and the artists described, with flavor and humor added to keep readers turning the page. Reproductions of the featured artworks and information about each piece are included in the back, along with a glossary of terms.

Two legal systems founded on similar Enlightenment philosophical and political values use state coercion differently to regulate a liberty at the core of the Enlightenment: freedom of expression. This comparative study of France and the United States proposes a novel theory of how the limits of freedom of expression are informed by different revolutionary experiences and constitutional and political arrangements. Ioanna Tourkochoriti argues that the different ways freedom of expression is balanced against other values in France and the United States can be understood in reference to the role of the government and the understanding of republicanism and liberty. This understanding affects how jurists define the content and the limits of a liberty and strike a balance between liberties in conflict. Exploring both the legal traditions of the two countries, this study sheds new light on the broader historical, social and philosophical contexts in which jurists operate.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • An audacious, darkly glittering novel set in the eerie days of civilization’s collapse—the spellbinding story of a Hollywood star, his would-be savior, and a nomadic group of act

NYT Best Children's Books of 2021A young adult graphic novel about three foreign exchange students and the pleasures, and difficulties, of adjusting to living in Japan.Living in a new country is no walk in the park-Nao, Hyejung, and Tina can all attest to that. The three of them became fast friends through living together in the Himawari House in Tokyo and attending the same Japanese cram school. Nao came to Japan to reconnect with her Japanese heritage, while Hyejung and Tina came to find freedom and their own paths. Though each of them has her own motivations and challenges, they all deal with language barriers, being a fish out of water, self discovery, love, and family.

暢銷作家Oliver Jeffers帶來最適合萬聖節的可愛作品！小女孩住在一個鬧鬼的房子裡但她從沒見過鬼魂，有趣的互動式內容帶小讀著們一起在頁面之間尋找鬼魂！A captivating and utterly unique picture book with interactive, transparent pages about a girl who lives in a haunted house from world-renowned artist Oliver Jeffers. A young girl lives in a haunted house, but she has never seen a ghost. Are they white with holes for eyes? Are they hard to see? Step inside and help the girl as she searches under the stairs, behind the sofa, and in the attic for the ghost. From New York Times bestselling author-illustrator Oliver Jeffers comes a delightful picture book that breaks the fourth wall about young girl's determination to find the ghost haunting her house. Includes tracing paper pages that make the silly ghosts appear on each page. Perfect for Halloween!

The crisis of masculinity surfaced and converged with the crisis of the nation in the late Qing, after the doors of China were forced open by Opium Wars. The power of physical aggression increasingly overshadowed literary attainments and became a new imperative of male honor in the late Qing and early Republican China. Afflicted with anxiety and indignation about their increasingly effeminate image as perceived by Western colonial powers, Chinese intellectuals strategically distanced themselves from the old literati and reassessed their positions vis-à-vis violence. In Mastery of Words and Swords: Negotiating Intellectual Masculinities in Modern China, 1890s–1930s, Jun Lei explores the formation and evolution of modern Chinese intellectual masculinities as constituted in racial, gender, and class discourses mediated by the West and Japan. This book brings to light a new area of interest in the “Man Question” within gender studies in which women have typically been the focus. To fully r

Eros of International Relations: Self-Feminizing and the Claiming of Postcolonial Chineseness is a distinctive work that explores the much-neglected Chinese perspective in broader international relations theory. Using the concept of “self-feminizing”―adoption of a feminine identity to oblige and achieve mutual caring as a relational strategy―this book argues that postcolonial actors have employed gendered identities in order to survive the squeezing pressure of globalization and nationalism in their own ways. Sovereign actors who have historically claimed to act on behalf of Chineseness have taken advantage of the images of femininity thrust upon them by transnational capitalism, the media, or intellectual thought.Shih illustrates the feminist potential for emancipation through a range of empirical examples, showing that women of various Chinese characteristics, acting on behalf of their nation, city, and corporations, reject the masculinization of their groups of belonging as remedy f

This book carries decades of academic observations and the author’s personal political experience. It reviews and refects on the past trajectory of governance and administration, identifying strengths and capabilities as well as constraints and vulnerabilities of Hong Kong as a polity and society, while charting its course of ‘exceptionalism’ within a new context and under changing conditions.Hong Kong under British rule was a prime example of exceptionalism in many aspects —economic, political, and even social. It was governed under a colonial structure and yet had enjoyed a large degree of social and economic freedom, as well as fiscal self-sufficiency and autonomy from London. After returning to Chinese rule in 1997, Hong Kong has continued to thrive as a relatively resilient city-state still known for efficiency andeffectiveness despite tensions and scepticism about its political future.This book carries decades of academic observations and the author's personal political experienc

Oh dear . . . when Pip shows up with a new look that's just as much of a surprise to him as to Zoey and Sassafras, the trio knows something strange is happening in the forest. They retrace Pip's steps only to see another magical friend change right before their eyes It's up to the team to figure out what is happening and how to change the magical animals back before things get any more serious . . .Each story in the Zoey and Sassafras series features a new magical animal with a problem that must be solved using science. There isn't a set formula for each book; Zoey sometimes needs to run experiments, while other times she needs to investigate a mystery, and yet other times she needs to do research. Zoey models how to keep a science journal through her handwritten entries in each story. Each story is complete with a glossary of the kid-friendly definitions for scientific terms used. The series highlights child-led inquiry science and the topics covered align with both Common Core and Ne

A Netflix Original Series!See if you have what it takes to survive the monster-zombie apocalypse in this interactive guided journal from the New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling Last Kids on Earth series, now with over 7 million copies in print.You've read all about the Last Kids on Earth's adventures in the post-zombie-monster-apocalypse, and now it's time to get in on the action! In this interactive journal, readers will feel like they're part of the Last Kids world by taking part in creative exercises that are based on the characters and settings that they've come to know so well. They'll draw their own inventions in Quint's workshop, design their perfect kids-only hangout that will rival Jack's treehouse, put together their dream post-apocalyptic warrior outfits and weapons that will give the Louisville Slicer a run for its money, imagine themselves and their friends as zombies, and so much more. The perfect creative outlet for every Last Kids fan.

Welcome to the world of Leaflings, the secret guardians of the trees.Among the branches and roots of some of our planet's most important inhabitants, live the leaflings. These tiny creatures protect trees and help manage their interactions, their cycles and tell their stories. In A Field Guide to Leaflings, meet leaflings from all over the world and the trees they live with. Travel from an ancient holly tree in Ireland, to a cherry blossom in Japan, and climb to the highest branches of a giant redwood in California. The leaflings will show you how trees breathe, make food, support many forms of life and what they mean to people all around the world.

和SQL一樣簡單的NoSQL，從汎汎小工程師昇華到資料庫宗師的一大步！ MongoDB是當今業界使用最廣泛的文件資料庫之一，本書特別結合實踐案例，再以開發管理者的角度對MongoDB技術進行系統地整理，想要從SQL跳槽的讀者，這本書是市面上難得的最佳範例手冊。 本書內容概要 第1 部分：MongoDB 入門（第1 ～ 6 章） 該部分介紹MongoDB 的基本概念及入門知識。透過該部分的學習，讀者可對MongoDB 自身的技術全貌形成一定的認識。 第2 部分：MongoDB 微服務開發（第7 ～ 10 章） 該部分介紹微服務的基本概念及微服務架構中應用MongoDB 的相關技術實現。透過該部分的學習，讀者將能深入了解基於Java 微服務技術堆疊開發MongoDB 應用的實踐方法。 第3 部分：MongoDB 進階（第11 ～ 15 章） 該部分介紹MongoDB 更加進階的一些使用技巧。透過該部分的學習，讀者可掌握MongoDB 在性能最佳化方面的一些最佳實踐及指導方案。 第4 部分：MongoDB 架構管理（第16 ～ 18 章） 該部分介紹MongoDB 在架構管理方面的一些經驗。透過該部分的學習，讀者可獲得MongoDB 在架構可靠性、安全方面的指導及如何在專案中進行資料庫問題防治的一些想法。 適合讀者群 本書適合希望了解、使用MongoDB 資料庫的技術從業者。 對有一定基礎的研發人員，透過閱讀本書可以更深入地了解MongoDB在性能最佳化、叢集技術方面的一些原理。 對初學者，可以根據書中的一些案例快速開發基於 MongoDB 的微服務應用。 對系統架構師，可以透過本書了解 MongoDB 的一些進階特性及原理，並獲得在技術選型、架構管理方面的指導資訊。