Modeling and Simulation in Python

Inspired by Disney and Pixar's film Lightyear!This hardcover jacketed picture book captures the humor and antics of Buzz and his new friend in this story inspired by the film.Featuring beautiful artwork and packed with heart and humor, this book is perfect for fans of Buzz Lightyear.Check out these other best-selling fan favorites:Lightyear Middle Grade NovelLuca: Silenzio, Bruno!: When in Doubt, Shout It Out!Toy Story 4: Forky in Craft Buddy DayCoco: Miguel and the Grand HarmonyFinding Dory: Three Little Words

從建構交易策略到使用Python的機器人投資顧問 機器學習和資料科學將在未來幾年顯著改變金融業。透過本實用指南，避險基金、投資和零售銀行以及金融科技公司的專業人士將學到如何建構對該行業極為關重要的ML演算法。您將研究ML概念和20多個案例研究，包括了監督式、非監督式和強化學習，以及自然語言處理(natural language processing, NLP)。 分析師、交易員、研究人員和開發人員還將深入研究投資組合管理、演算法交易、衍生性商品定價、詐欺偵測、資產價格預測、情緒分析和聊天機器人開發。您將探索現實生活中的問題，並學習以程式碼和範例作為後盾的科學上合理的解決方案。 本書包括： ‧基於迴歸的監督式學習交易策略和衍生性商品定價模型 ‧基於分類的監督式學習信用違約風險預測與詐欺偵測模型 ‧投資組合管理與收益率曲線建構中的降維技術及實例研究 ‧利用演算法和分群技術尋找交易策略和投資組合管理中相似物件的案例研究 ‧建立交易策略的強化學習模型和技巧，衍生性商品避險和投資組合管理 ‧使用Python函式庫(例如NLTK和Scikit-learn)的NLP技術

Rigatoni is a pasta cat. He loves pasta, any kind of pasta: spaghetti, penne, fusilli, with pesto, in soup, in lasagne, any whichever way his owners, Ruth and Tina, will serve it.Then one day Ruth and Tina go away and leave George in charge. And the pasta is replaced with yucky cat food. Can Rigatoni find someone who understands what he really wants to eat?

A timely story of two teenagers who discover the power of friendship, feminism, and standing up for what you believe in, no matter where you come from. A collaboration between two gifted authors writing from alternating perspectives, this compelling novel shines with authenticity, courage, and humor.Malena Rosario is starting to believe that catastrophes come in threes: First, Hurricane María destroyed her home, taking her unbreakable spirit with it. Second, she and her mother are now stuck in Florida, which is nothing like her beloved Puerto Rico. And, third, when she goes to school bra-less after a bad sunburn, and is humiliated by the school administration into covering up, she feels like she has no choice but to comply. Ruby McAllister has a reputation as her school's outspoken feminist rebel. But back in Seattle, she lived under her sister’s shadow. Now her sister is teaching in underprivileged communities, and she’s in a Florida high school, unsure of what to do with her future,

A New York Times BestsellerSpanning Prohibition-era Montana, the Pacific Northwest, Alaska, New Zealand, wartime London, and modern-day Los Angeles, Great Circle tells the unforgettable story of a daredevil female aviator determined to chart her own course in life, at any cost.After being rescued as infants from a sinking ocean liner in 1914, Marian and Jamie Graves are raised by their dissolute uncle in Missoula, Montana. There--after encountering a pair of barnstorming pilots passing through town in beat-up biplanes--Marian commences her lifelong love affair with flight. At fourteen she drops out of school and finds an unexpected and dangerous patron in a wealthy bootlegger who provides a plane and subsidizes her lessons, an arrangement that will haunt her for the rest of her life, even as it allows her to fulfill her destiny: circumnavigating the globe by flying over the North and South Poles. A century later, Hadley Baxter is cast to play Marian in a film that centers on Marian's d

Push, pull and slide the tabs to learn about looking after Busy Pets! Feed the dog some treats, watch the hamster turn in its wheel and visit the bunny in the garden. Young children will love playing with this bright and colourful board book with a gentle rhyme and wonderful illustrations by Louise Forshaw, which is part of the Busy Book series. Busy Pets has been endorsed and recommended by Dr Amanda Gummer's Good Toy Guide.Discover more in the Busy Book series: Busy Farm, Busy Party and Busy Zoo.

Intricate mandalas fuse lovingly-crafted shapes and symbols with striking wild imagery from across the globe. Powerful spiritual symbols in art and in meditation, these circular patterns celebrate the beauty of nature in a dazzling colouring book from artist Melpomeni Chatzipanagiotou. Visit life under the sea, on land and in the sky, bringing your own choice of colour as you go.Melpomeni Chatzipanagiotou previously created Circle of Life, which explored the rhythms and riches of the natural world.

In The Making of Chinese-Sinophone Literatures as World Literature, Kuei-fen Chiu and Yingjin Zhang aim to bridge the distance between the scholarship of world literature and that of Chinese and Sinophone literary studies. This edited volume advances research on world literature by bringing in new developments in Chinese/Sinophone literatures and adds a much-needed new global perspective on Chinese literary studies beyond the traditional national literature paradigm and its recent critique by Sinophone studies. In addition to a critical mapping of the domains of world literature, Sinophone literature, and world literature in Chinese to delineate the nuanced differences of these three disciplines, the book addresses the issues of translation, genre, and the impact of media and technology on our understanding of “literature” and “literary prestige.” It also provides critical studies of the complicated ways in which Chinese and Sinophone literatures are translated, received, and reinveste

Traversing from the rapidly urbanising county-level city of Fuqing to the remote mountainous kingdom of Lesotho in Southern Africa, Searching for Sweetness is one of the first and most extensive ethnographies linking rural-to-urban migration in China with Chinese migration to Africa. Against the backdrop of China’s national struggle for modernity and globalisation, Sarah Hanisch examines Chinese migrant women’s complex and ever-shifting struggles for upward social mobility across different generations and localities in China and Lesotho. Embedding the women’s individual portraits into larger historical contexts, Hanisch illustrates how these women interpret and narrate their migratory and everyday experiences through and beyond powerful state metanarratives on ‘sweetness’ and ‘bitterness’. In her exploration of migratory identities and projects that have been overlooked by previous studies, Hanisch brings uniquely gendered, multi-sited, and intergenerational perspectives to existing sc

The Many Faces of Ruan Dacheng: Poet, Playwright, Politician in Seventeenth-Century China is the first monograph in English on a controversial Ming dynasty literary figure. It examines and re-assesses the life and work of Ruan Dacheng (1587–1646), a poet, dramatist, and politician in the late Ming period. Ruan Dacheng was in his own time a highly regarded poet, but is best known as a dramatist, and his poetry is now largely unknown. He is most notorious as a ‘treacherous official’ of the Ming–Qing transition, and as a result his literary work―his plays as well as his poetry―has been neglected and undervalued. Hardie argues that Ruan’s literary work is of much greater significance in the history of Chinese literature than has generally been recognised since his own time. Ruan, rather than being a transgressive figure, is actually a very typical late Ming literatus, and as such his attitudes towards identity and authenticity can add to our understanding of these issues in late Ming intel

'Haunting. Geppetto's voice, full of wistful overemphases and bewildered revelation, is absorbing as he takes in the oddity of his situation. And the book, sentence by sentence, offers much in which to luxuriate.' - Sunday Times 'Profound and delightful.It is a strange and tender parable of two maddening obsessions; parenting and art-making' - Max Porter 'Strange, moving and musical, it's a delight' - A. L. Kennedy 'A re-imagining of Pinocchio, told from the viewpoint of the beast-entrapped Geppetto, it surprise and delights, and saddens and gladdens, from start to finish.' - Jane Graham I am writing this account, in another man's book, by candlelight, inside the belly of a fish.I have been eaten. I have been eaten, yet I am living still. 'Art objects live in the belly of this marvellous novel, images swallowed by text, sustained by a sublime and loving imagination.Like all Edward Carey's work The Swallowed Man is profound and delightful. It is a strange and tender parable of two madde

In this lyrical picture book from an award-winning poet, a young boy cherishes a neighborhood field throughout the changing seasons. With stunning illustrations and a charming text, this beautiful story celebrates a child's relationship with nature.There was a boynamed Emilewho fellin love with a field.It was wideand blue--and if you could haveseen itso would've you.Emile loves the field close to his home--in spring, summer, and fall, when it gives him bees and flowers, blossoms and leaves. But not as much in winter, when he has to share his beautiful, changeable field with other children...and their sleds. This relatable and lyrical ode to one boy's love for his neighborhood field celebrates how spending time in nature allows children to dream, to imagine...and even to share.

基於「以人為本、生命無價」的信念，我把服務外商（加拿大／日本）多年的安全衛生管理實務經驗，藉由這本新書分門別類及條理有序的內容，讓讀者能夠了解到營建工程安全衛生精實管理機制的運作，暨如何提高工程安全度及提升管理效率的作法。精實管理的機制在工程作業中必須落實，作業前進行施工風險評估才能劍及履及達成工程零職災的目標。工程施工作業的期間，風險無時、無刻，無處不在，本書針對風險管理以蓮藕現象分析應用圖示解說其因果關係，在研討作業上使用建築資訊模型，簡稱BIM（Building Information Modeling）研討出有效的風險防制對策等作法，將使讀者能夠一目了然，記憶深刻。創改型工法――因應國內勞工嚴重短缺的情況下，各類新工法被研發運用在工程上。關於確保新工法的本質安全暨相關衛生管理的作法，本書章節也有許多精闢的說明。作者誠摯地盼望所有的讀者在開卷有益的意念下，相信本書內容會使您感受到創新的思維及了解工事精實管理的作法，最後期盼工程人員一起拚搏，共創台灣營建業美好的願景。Character of EditionBased on the faith of “Human oriented、Life is invaluable”. The publication has been understood to improve the safety degree & promote the efficiencies means of safety & health lean management to construction project which content of edition in classification & systematic organized that relied upon the practical experience during the many years I have serviced in international construction companies as Canada & Japan.Lean management of safety & health should have fulfilled at construction in progressing, which key

Aziza's Secret Fairy Door and the Birthday Present Disaster is the third title in a fun and inclusive, young magical adventure series for readers of 6-8 from Lola Morayo. Inspired by fairies and magical creatures from world mythology it is gorgeously illustrated in black and white throughout by Cory Reid. Aziza notices that the Secret Fairy Door in her bedroom is covered in a cute ribbon tied in a very messy bow.It's a sure sign that she's about to go on a new adventure. Aziza opens the door and finds herself in the Palace just in time for Princess Peri's birthday party. Tiko is organizing the party and wants everything to be just right for his friend.There are party games, delicious food and lots of friends ready to celebrate. It's very exciting! But Peri needs Aziza's help when some special presents go missing. .. Packed with mischief, friendship and magic, Aziza is perfect for fans of Isadora Moon. Look out for other titles in the series: Aziza's Secret Fairy Door and the Mermaid's

It's Daniel's birthday, and Megabat wants to join in all the fun, but his excitement gets the best of him and suddenly the birthday celebrations are on the brink of disaster. The next laugh-out-loud book in this sweet and funny chapter book series featuring a talking bat.Daniel isn't in the birthday party mood. He hates his new glasses -- they're dorky, and he feels silly in them.Megabat LOVES Daniel's new face windows! They make him dizzy and his tummy feel funny. And he loves parties even more!Daniel starts planning his party, and things are looking up -- all of his friends are excited, and he has some fun games planned. Plus: presents!Megabat's party excitement is losing steam. He has to hide the whole time. He can't eat any of the delicious buttermelon. And he can't participate in any games, even though it's the thing he wants most in the WHOLE WIDE WORLD.When Megabat loses his temper and breaks Daniel's best birthday gift, he realizes he's been a bad friend and gives Daniel what h

'I want to be me! The glorious glittering me . . .People like me here Celestine! They adore me!'Victoria Stitch has escaped from the confines of Wiskling Wood and flown into the human world. Here, she breaks the most sacred of all wiskling laws and speaks to a human. Where she is feared and disgraced in Wiskling Wood, she is adored and revered in the human world.But the net is closing in. There are wisklings who would like to end Victoria Stitch's famous reign in the human world for good. Will her beloved twin, Celestine, be able to warn her in time? And even if she can, will Victoria Stitch listen?Review of Victoria Stitch: Bad and Glittering. This absorbing miniature melodrama is full of fraught sibling fondness between sweet, gentle Celestine and the marvellously ambitious and snooty Victoria, with Muncaster's own enticing illustrations. - The GuardianReview of Victoria Stitch: Bad and Glittering. Packed full of gothic glam and with a hefty dose of sparkles and glitter, Victoria Sti

In the vein of Jon Krakauer's Into the Wild, a riveting work of narrative nonfiction centering on the unsolved disappearance of an American backpacker in India--one of at least two dozen tourists who have met a similar fate in the remote and storied Parvati Valley.For centuries, India has enthralled westerners looking for an exotic getaway, a brief immersion in yoga and meditation, or in rare cases, a true pilgrimage to find spiritual revelation. Justin Alexander Shetler, an inveterate traveler trained in wilderness survival, was one such seeker.In his early thirties Shetler quit his job at a tech startup and set out on a global journey: across the United States by motorcycle, then down to South America, and on to the Philippines, Thailand, and Nepal, in search of authentic experiences and meaningful encounters, while also documenting his travels on Instagram. His enigmatic character and magnetic personality gained him a devoted following who lived vicariously through his adventures. B

In an alternate version of 1893 America, New York is part of the Free States, where people may live and love whomever they please (or so it seems). The fragile young scion of a distinguished family resists betrothal to a worthy suitor, drawn to a charming music teacher of no means. In a 1993 Manhattan besieged by the AIDS epidemic, a young Hawaiian man lives with his much older, wealthier partner, hiding his troubled childhood and the fate of his father. And in 2093, in a world riven by plagues and governed by totalitarian rule, a powerful scientist's damaged granddaughter tries to navigate life without him-and solve the mystery of her husband's disappearances.These three sections are joined in an enthralling and ingenious symphony, as recurring notes and themes deepen and enrich one another: A townhouse in Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village; illness, and treatments that come at a terrible cost; wealth and squalor; the weak and the strong; race; the definition of family, and o

Zhao Di wishes the New Year would never end!Zhao Di and her friends are excited to go out at night with their paper lanterns and celebrate Chinese New Year. Each holding a unique colorful lantern with a lit candle inside, they admire the breathtaking colors while doing their best to avoid the wind and the sneaky boys in the village. Every night, until the fifteenth day of New Year, Zhao Di and her friends take part in this fun tradition, experiencing the thrill of nighttime in their village. And then--it's time to smash the lanterns!In this cheerful book first published in China, readers are invited along with Zhao Di and her friends as they experience all the joy and excitement of this folk Chinese custom. Details about the paper lantern tradition are also included in an author's note at the end of the book.

Dylan was six when The End came, back in 2018; when the electricity went off for good, and the 'normal' 21st century world he knew disappeared. Now he's 14 and he and his mam have survived in their isolated hilltop house above the village of Nebo in north-west Wales, learning new skills, and returning to old ways of living. Despite their close understanding, the relationship between mother and son changes subtly as Dylan must take on adult responsibilities. And they each have their own secrets, which emerge as, in turn, they jot down their thoughts and memories in a found notebook - the Blue Book of Nebo. In this prize-winning novel, Manon Steffan Ros not only explores the human capacity to find new strengths when faced with the need to survive, but also questions the structures and norms of the contemporary world.

One day, in the middle of the summer holidays and in the middle of a manic episode, Todd and Laurie's dad takes them to stay in the hotel he spent most of his childhood holidays in. The hotel is a rundown dump and the disappointment means Dad takes to his bed. Todd and Laurie have the run of the place and they soon start to uncover a few secrets... THE SUNDAY TIMES' CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE WEEK 'A warm-hearted, involving story about a mystery explored by a group of unlikely friends in a run-down seaside hotel . The feelgood ending is about kindness and seeking help when you need it' Nicolette JonesTodd and Laurie's dad is either on top of the world, taking them on fun adventures, or down in the depths and sleeping all the time.In the middle of the night, he bundles them into the car and drives them to the Paradise Hotel. He paints a picture of a luxurious mansion by the sea, but the reality is a rundown dump and the disappointment means Dad takes to his bed.Todd and Laurie have the

Reverse paintings on glass occupy a special place in Chinese art, spanning the genres of glass working, export art, folk art, erotica, and meiren hua (paintings of beauties). Their unique appearance is the result of a challenging production process in which artists layer pigments in the reverse order of the normal painting procedure–highlights first, then mid-layers, and finally base colours. The final product is viewed in reverse from the opposite side of the glass, which must also be considered when creating the paintings. A product of the encounter between East and West, the manufacture of glass paintings in China was stimulated by European glass paintings brought to the imperial court by traders and diplomats in the seventeenth century. Initially made in Canton for Western consumers, by the eighteenth century their production had spread throughout China, with subjects and styles adapted to suit local tastes. The glass paintings in the Mei Lin Collection represent this later floweri

English novelist E.M. Forster wrote his last and best-loved work, A Passage to India, both as a paean to his love for India and as a tribute to the relationships he formed with Indians. Forster became entranced by the India of the Raj at a young age, and his love affair with the sub-continent, its princes, and peoples, was to last all his life. At his most socially transgressive, it was with Indians that Forster chose to connect and with whom he put into effect his belief in man’s duty to value friendship over state or ideology. His time in India was undoubtedly when he was at his most human and most vulnerable.At once a contemporary reflection on India’s rich history and a biographical retelling of Forster’s travels through the country in the early 1900s, Developing the Heart delves into the past to better understand the profound impact certain events and people had on his writing. In doing so, it allows readers to look on as Forster matures and softens over time in his behaviour with

內容介紹: 有了三個臭皮匠，何必每次堅持找個諸葛亮？任何人都能運用深度學習（DL）嗎？AutoML（自動化機器學習）已經遍地開花，各大企業諸如 Google、Microsoft、Amazon、IBM、SAS 等都推出了自己的 AutoML 服務，讓使用者不必具備專業領域知識，也能快速打造出自己的 AI 模型。換言之，AutoML 徹底降低了 「AI 落地」的門檻。AutoML不能取代資料科學家，卻能大大省下你試驗機器學習模型的時間與痛苦。當你的朋友還在興致沖沖算數學時，你說不定早就端出了可投入實用的高效能模型。而什麼是 AutoKeras？這是一套完全開源的 Python AutoML 套件，以 Tensorflow 2 為基礎、運用創新的『高效神經網路架構搜尋』（ENAS）來實現自動化建模。AutoKeras 對於影像、文字、時間序列或一般結構化資料的預測都提供了內建類別，甚至會加上資料預處理功能，使你只需用短短幾行程式碼便能打造出成效優異的 DL 模型，還不必接觸高深的數學。就連經驗豐富的專家也能受惠：利用 AutoKeras 快速產生候選模型，好做為進一步改良的參考，並將更多寶貴的時間投注在資料清洗與特徵工程上。從此向困難、令人困惑的建模過程說拜拜，跨入深度學習的門檻從未如此之低；有了 AutoKeras，任何人都能駕馭 AI 的威力來解決真實世界的問題。 本書特色: ★ 免懂數學免瞎忙！不必再被迫學數學，就能輕鬆將 AI 運用在真實世界★ 什麼是神經網路和深度學習？何謂 CNN 與 RNN？用淺顯易懂的方式理解其運作原理★ 只要寫短短幾行 Python 程式，就能打造出強效深度學習模型，省時省力又好用★ 無須透過複雜的 Keras API 就能使用諸如 ResNet、Xception、EfficientNet、Transformer、BERT、LStM、GRU 等知名模型架構★ 提供了使用真實資料集的豐富實作範例，從圖像、文字、時間序列到一般結構化資料的預測一應俱全★ 運用內建的 AutoModel 類別針對多模態 (multi-model) 資料建立多任務 (multi-task) 自訂模型★ 利用 TensorBoard 或 ClearML 將你的模型訓練過程圖形化，更容易比較訓練成效和分享★ 附 notebook/py 範例

Discover how this vibrant Black neighborhood in upper Manhattan became home to the leading Black writers, artists, and musicians of the 1920s and 1930s.Travel back in time to the 1920s and 1930s to th

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

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

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.

內容介紹: 【最齊全！徹底活用Pandas的114技】想學Pandas，看官方文件就夠了？對於Python使用者來說，Pandas無疑是資料分析的必備套件。有了Pandas，您可以非常高效地重塑、過濾、清理以及整合大部分類型的資料。的確，Pandas的官方網站提供了不同指令的使用範例。因此有的使用者會說：『不用買書看啦！網路資源這麼豐富，多看看官方文件就好了！』不過，單單只知道某個指令的運作方式是不足夠的。在實際進行資料分析時，您可能需要結合多個指令來達成目標。這時候，您更需要知道如何活用Pandas。舉例來說，假設您現在面對DataFrame的記憶體用量過大，導致無法順利分析資料的難題時，該怎麼辦呢？從Pandas的官方文件中，您可以了解轉換欄位型別的方法，也知道如何查詢欄位的浮點數精度。只要結合這兩個方法，您就可以非常輕鬆地降低DataFrame的記憶體用量。遺憾的是，官方文件並不會告訴您這個訣竅，而必須自己花時間來摸索。在摸索的過程中，不可避免地會多走許多彎路。本書並非單純的Pandas語法參考手冊。作者寫作此書時的目標，是希望讀者們可以從完整的範例中學習，並充分了解活用Pandas技巧的重要性。此外，作者習慣給出同一問題的不同解法，同時比較不同做法的效能。由此一來，讀者日後在實際分析資料時，才能知道哪一種做法是最優解。正面對決真實資料集！目前市面上的Pandas書籍，多數是使用亂數產生的假資料集來進行教學。這會導致您在面對真實資料集時，不知該從何下手。有鑒於此，本書作者使用了眾多的真實資料集，讓讀者切身感受資料分析師的工作內容。書中的資料集包含：●IMDB 5000電影資料集●Tesla股票資料集●Kaggle問卷資料集●鑽石品質資料集●美國大學資料集●美國國內航班資料集●丹佛市的犯罪案件資料集 ●阿爾塔年積雪資料集●美國燃油經濟資料集 …等最齊全的Pandas技巧教學！為了讓讀者可以更好的理解，書中每一小節的內容皆搭配完整範例。讀者可以從讀入資料集開始，循序漸進地搞懂資料分析的眉眉角角。全書共傳授了Pandas實戰的114種技巧，保證讀者可以全面掌握其中的精髓。讀者將會學到如何：●處理資料集中的缺失值●處理索引爆炸的問題●組合多個Pandas物件●在DataFrame中新增和刪除欄位●取得特定欄位的統計資訊●轉置DataFrame的運算方向●

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.

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

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.

內容介紹: Ⓞ釐清網路技術的來龍去脈, 用最有效率的方法考取 CCNA 證照！Ⓞ涵蓋最新版 CCNA 200-301 認證考試範圍目前 Cisco (思科) 定位 CCNA 不只包含路由器與交換器的技術，而是整合了 QoS、無線網路與網路安全相關知識，並加入最新的智慧型網路介紹 (Virtualization、Cloud、SDN、Cisco DNA Center) 及各種網路自動化概念 (Python、Rest API、Ansible...)，使得整個 CCNA 認證範圍變成更廣泛，考試更難以準備。本書並非 Cisco 官方教材，然而作者以多年教導 CCNA 的教學經驗來撰寫本書，設計一套由「網路運作理論」到「網路設備實作」的學習歷程，以循序漸進的方式來幫助初學者快速打好網路基礎。包括學習各種網路協定、無線網路、QoS、網路安全，從網路架設的層面，進步到管理整個網路的全貌。此外也會介紹未來網路管理的趨勢 - 自動化，用程式協助做網路自動化管理已是大勢所趨，書中會以 Python 與 Ansible 等工具帶讀者進行實戰，實際體驗網路自動化的做法。本書除了帶領讀者通透了解 Cisco 網路設備的操作、管理，迅速掌握 CCNA 認證考試的重點外，課程內容亦涵蓋考試範圍外的深入網路技術，因此更是培訓專業網管工程師的絕佳參考用書！最後，本書提供了 Facebook 社團教學討論區 (https://bit.ly/2ZWfVVN) 及 LINE 社群教學討論區 (https://bit.ly/3B3VczC)，讀者可以將本書內容的問題直接回饋給作者，書中也針對部分基礎課程提供影音教學 (詳內文)，希望透過彷彿參與真人教學般的學習模式，協助讀者達到最佳的學習成效！ 本書特色: ● 去蕪存菁！涵蓋最新版 CCNA 200-301 國際網管認證考試範圍，系統化整理最精華的網路概論知識！● 鉅細靡遺！使用 WireShark 捕捉、分析網路封包，詳細解說各種網路協定運作的細節● 實務演練！建構各種網路架構帶領您反覆演練，累積實作練習經驗，認證應答更有把握● 經驗養成！將故障排除的過程步驟化，快速抓出網路故障問題，厚實網管實務經驗與能力● Python 網管程式範例實戰● Ansible Playbook 腳本範例實戰● Kali Linux 網路攻防實戰&

Shortlisted for the Lollies 2023.A colourful and comical tour through history from cartoonists Mike Barfield and Jess Bradley. The hilarious minds behind A Day in the Life of a Poo, a Gnu and You have teamed up once again – this time to give a taste of the daily lives of the people, animals and objects who made history. Featuring a day in the life of early humans as they paint mammoths on the walls of a cave, a fierce gladiator battling in the Colosseum and the first woman in space.And not forgetting the animals of history – from an Egyptian cat (worshipped as a god, of course) to an albatross flying over Rapa Nui and a dog in the trenches of the First World War. Readers can also discover the stories behind famous constructions, including the Great Wall of China and Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, and delve into the secret diaries of a Viking, Isaac Newton’s cat and the wooden panel that became the Mona Lisa. With over 90 entries told in the friendly, informative style of Mike Barfield an

The first in a brand new cozy series from Elizabeth Penney, introducing Molly Kimball and set in one of the oldest bookshops in Cambridge, England.Librarian Molly Kimball and her mother, Nina, are in

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of All the Light We Cannot See, perhaps the most bestselling and beloved literary fiction of our time, comes a triumph of imagination and compassion, a soaring novel about children on the cusp of adulthood in a broken world, who find resilience, hope, and story. The heroes of Cloud Cuckoo Land are trying to figure out the world around them: Anna and Omeir, on opposite sides of the formidable city walls during the 1453 siege of Constantinople; teenage idealist Seymour in an attack on a public library in present day Idaho; and Konstance, on an interstellar ship bound for an exoplanet, decades from now. Like Marie-Laure and Werner in All the Light We Cannot See, Anna, Omeir, Seymour, and Konstance are dreamers and outsiders who find resourcefulness and hope in the midst of peril. An ancient text--the story of Aethon, who longs to be turned into a bird so that he can fly to a utopian paradise in the sky--provides solace and mystery to these unforgetta

Time is a central feature of geomorphological research, and is used in this book (first published in 1977) to provide a conceptual framework within which to consider and compare old and new approaches

用最強大的Windows C/C++暴力破解密碼一窺這個充滿數學及程式語言的新世界【本書特色】◎支撐現代人類經濟活動的就是密碼學◎用最強大的Windows C/C++暴力破解 ◎一窺這個充滿數學及程式語言的新世界C/C++一直是程式語言的王者，再方便的Python，再強大的Java，再物件化的Ruby，都沒有C/C++來得暴力直接，使用C/C++是最能了解密碼學的極佳工具。【本書內容】雖然量子電腦

The stars of Jonathan Fenske's 2016 Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor book, A Pig, a Fox, and a Box, are back in a stinky adventure. Now available in Step into Reading, the premier leveled reader line!First, Fox tries to prank Pig with a "gift" of stinky socks hidden in a box. Then he hides another pair in Pig's slop. As always, the mischief winds up backfiring, and Fox becomes his own victim. With comical art and simple language, Pig and Fox's shenanigans in this Step 2 reader will continue to crack kids up.Step 2 Readers use basic vocabulary and short sentences to tell simple stories, for children who recognize familiar words and can sound out new words with help. Rhyme and rhythmic text paired with picture clues help children decode the story.

The groundbreaking feminist and socialist writings of Puerto Rican author and activist Luisa Capetillo A Penguin Classic In 1915, Puerto Rican activist Luisa Capetillo was arrested and acquitted in 1915 for being the first woman to wear men's trousers publicly. While this act of gender-nonconforming rebellion elevated her to feminist icon status in modern pop culture, it also overshadowed the significant contributions she made to both the women's movement and anarchist labor movements of the early twentieth century--both in her native Puerto Rico and in the migrant labor belt in the eastern United States. With the volume A Nation of Women, Capetillo's socialist and feminist activism is given the spotlight it deserves with its inclusion of the first English translation of Capetillo's landmark Mi opini n sobre las libertades, derechos y deberes de la mujer. Originally published in Spanish in 1911, Mi opini n is considered by many to be the first feminist treatise in Puerto Rico and one o