The first of a new-look series of Hercule Poirot books for the 21st century ‘It’s been hushed up very nicely, hasn’t it? But he was murdered, wasn’t he?’ There are certain things that are best left unsaid. Though tragedy had touched the life of the wealthy Richard Abernethie, his sudden death seemed pretty unremarkable for a man of his age. So why would his sister wait until his funeral to say he had been murdered? When she is savagely killed with a hatchet the next day, her extraordinary remark suddenly takes on a chilling significance. In desperation, the family solicitor turns to Hercule Poirot to unravel the mystery…

A perplexed girl thinks she might have killed someone… Three single girls shared the same London flat. The first worked as a secretary; the second was an artist; the third who came to Poirot for help, disappeared convinced she was a murderer. Now there were rumours of revolvers, flick-knives and blood stains. But, without hard evidence, it would take all Poirot’s tenacity to establish whether the third girl was guilty innocent or insane…

《好简单！我是西班牙语入门学习书》是一本西班牙语入门学习书，为了方便学习者，字母、发音、单词、语法、句型、会话一本全部囊括其中，还配备了单词测验、填空、替换练习，随课测试自己的学习效果。1000个单词，2000句会话，内容丰富，编排清晰，是一本短时间内高效学习西班牙语的工具书。

You are sharing the Dark Lord's thoughts and emotions. The Headmaster thinks it inadvisable for this to continue. He wishes me to teach you how to close your mind to the Dark Lord.'Dark times have come to Hogwarts. After the Dementors' attack on his cousin Dudley, Harry Potter knows that Voldemort will stop at nothing to find him. There are many who deny the Dark Lord's return, but Harry is not alone: a secret order gathers at Grimmauld Place to fight against the Dark forces. Harry must allow Professor Snape to teach him how to protect himself from Voldemort's savage assaults on his mind. But they are growing stronger by the day and Harry is running out of time ...

"'Give me Harry Potter,' said Voldemort's voice, 'and none shall be harmed. Give me Harry Potter, and I shall leave the school untouched. Give me Harry Potter, and you will be rewarded.'As he climbs into the sidecar of Hagrid's motorbike and takes to the skies, leaving Privet Drive for the last time, Harry Potter knows that Lord Voldemort and the Death Eaters are not far behind. The protective charm that has kept Harry safe until now is broken, but he cannot keep hiding. The Dark Lord is breathing fear into everything Harry loves and to stop him Harry will have to find and destroy the remaining Horcruxes. The final battle must begin - Harry must stand and face his enemy ...

Mills & Boon proudly presents THE SARA CRAVEN COLLECTION. Sara’s powerful and passionate romances have captivated and thrilled readers all over the world for five decades making her an international bestseller. WILD MELODY Innocent seduction Catriona had left her quiet Scottish home and come to London to marry Jeremy Lord – only to find that Jeremy had forgotten all about his holiday romance. Instead, she found herself involved with his sophisticated uncle, Jason. And Jason was so out of her league. Catriona swallowed. Why was she hesitating? Every nerve, every pulse in her body was telling her that she wanted Jason. But not like this… The only sure thing in her reeling world was that Jason must never know about her foolish, hopeless feelings for him!

本書運用現代語言學方法，將粵語作為一個完整的語言系統，從詞彙、詞法、句法等方面，全面論述粵語語法上的種種表現，兼論粵語音系和各種拼音系統的異同。一方面可作為研究和學習粵語的教材，讓讀者對粵語的語言特點有較為完整的認識，；另一方面，以讀者熟悉的具體語言事實來說明比較抽象的理論，做到既能介紹粵語特色，又能普及語言學基本概念，亦適合所有對粵語有興趣的普通讀者閱讀。

"The skinny on getting back to health." – Art Smith, celebrity chef, bestselling author Skinny girls. You know the ones. Those girls who seem to eat whatever they want, yet never gain a pound. You can’t help but envy their skinny jeans and high metabolisms—but now you don’t have to. The truth is, skinny girls live by a set of Skinny Rules, whether they realize it or not. And now dietician and nutritionist Molly Morgan has collected their 101 secrets so you can free your inner skinny chick and lose weight—without dieting! Drawing on the latest research and featuring insights from top experts and your favorite skinny celebs,The Skinny Rules shares the simple rules that every skinny girl follows, so that the rest of us can live like a skinny chick and look like one, too. Eat the burger—skip the ketchup Snack on the 10 skinniest veggies Skip the soda—even diet Splurge (just a little) every day!

本书的撰写目的旨在使日语初学者在较短的时间内快速掌握日语的发音特，掌握3000个日语句子，了解与之相关的日本文化知识，并且能够在日常生活的不同场景中熟练运用本书中所学到的句子行简单的交流。本书由发音门篇和会话篇两大部分组成。*部分为发音门篇，具体包括“前言；*章 五十音图；第二章 拨音、浊音、半浊音；第三章 拗音；第四章 促音、长音；第五章 外来语专用音节和第六章 日语的声调”。第二部分为会话篇，包含150个场景和18个文化小课堂，每个场景里又包含20个句子和1个迷你小对话或补充知识，所以第二部分总共包含3000个句子 18个文化小课堂 145个迷你小对话 5个补充知识。

Create succinct and expressive implementations with functional programming in Python About This Book ? Learn how to choose between imperative and functional approaches based on expressiveness, clarity, and performance ? Get familiar with complex concepts such as monads, concurrency, and immutability ? Apply functional Python to common Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA) programming problems Who This Book Is For This book is for Python developers who would like to perform Functional programming with Python. Python Programming knowledge is assumed. What You Will Learn ? Use Python's generator functions and generator expressions to work with collections in a non-strict (or lazy) manner ? Utilize Python library modules including itertools, functools, multiprocessing, and concurrent features to ensure efficient functional programs ? Use Python strings with object-oriented suffix notation and prefix notation ? Avoid stateful classes with families of tuples ? Design and implement decorators to create composite functions ? Use functions such as max(), min(), map(), filter(), and sorted() ? Write higher-order functions In Detail If you’re a Python developer who wants to discover how to take the power of functional programming (FP) and bring it into your own programs, then this book is essential for you, even if you know next to nothing about the paradigm. Starting with a general overview of functional concepts, you’ll explore common functional features such as first-class and higher-order functions, pure functions, and more. You’ll see how these are accomplished in Python 3.6 to give you the core foundations you’ll build upon. After that, you’ll discover common functional optimizations for Python to help your apps reach even higher speeds. You’ll learn FP concepts such as lazy evaluation using Python’s generator functions and expressions. Moving forward, you’ll learn to design and implement decorators to create composite functions. You'll also explore data preparation techniques and data exploration in depth, and see how the Python standard library fits the functional programming model. Finally, to top off your journey into the world of functional Python, you’ll at look at the PyMonad project and some larger examples to put everything into perspective. Style and approach This book provides a general overview of functional concepts and then delves deeper into the functional features, showing you how the Python standard library fits the functional programming model. It also demonstrates how to implement common functional programming design patterns and techniques in Python.

现如今网络成为大家获取信息的主要方式，如果想考研，绝大多数学生会先参考一下别人的经验。而互联网上信息虽然丰富，但也良莠不齐。可是在考研这场“战役”中，经验太重要了，信息太重要了！ 初心自创始起，团队大多为日语专业出身的硕士研究生毕业，一直精耕日语考研市场。因为起步较早，所以在国内日语考研的课程体系中算是独占鳌头了。这些年，也取得不菲的成绩：清华北大北外上外等考上的同学大都接受过初心的辅导，甚至某些知名的院校录取的学员有1/3都是我们的学员。 此书收录了2018年至2019年投稿至初心的所有优秀经验帖，按地区和时间分类，更便于读者查阅。不仅涵盖了学习方法，更分享了每位学子宝贵的心路历程。 正如我们初心的企业文化，“成人达己，不忘初心”，我们希望更多的人看到那些或成功或失败的经验帖，吸取他们的经验或者教训，考上自己心目中的院校，遇见更好的自己。

本书是为了帮助日语学习者学习标准地道的日语口语而编写的，旨在利用超简单的方法让日语初学者有效提高日语口语水平。本书围绕与生活息息相关的话题，分谈天说地、着装扮、品尝美食、房屋住宿、交通出行、休闲娱乐、日常物、潮流生活八个部分，涵盖生活方方面面的常用对话。

本书是专门为意大利语刚门或基础较弱、急于口说意大利语的读者量身定制的一本实用意大利语速成工具书，能帮助他们轻轻松松快速掌握简单意大利语。 全书分为四大部分，将日常必需单词、日常生活用语、情景应急口语全部覆盖，第四部分附录对意大利国情、节日和习俗做了介绍。这是一本即翻即用型的便携工具书，是赴意大利语国家学习、生活、工作、旅游和物的好帮手。

《完全掌握.新韩国语能力考试TOPIK语法（初级、中高级全收录）》并非常规的语法书，而是为TOPIK考生“量身定制”的工具书。本书针对备考TOPIK初级和中高级的考生编写，强调实用性和学习效果。通过学习本书，考生可以在一个月内了解和巩固TOPIK考试必考的360个语法条目。如果某个语法有多种用法，但考试中只考其中两种常见用法，本书只收录常见用法。作者在解释语法时充分结合TOPIK考，尽可能多地列举出考试中可能出现的形式。另外，本书还收录相近语法和语法辨析，其中相近语法是TOPIK阅读专项的重要考，语法辨析则从实际应用层面阐述了作者对相近语法的解析。

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法语专业毕业论文写作反应了学生运用法语、运 用所学专业理论和知识，行独立思考和创作的综合 能力。《法语专业毕业论文写作指南》的作者王秀丽 多年来一直担任各级别法语专业毕业论文的指导、审 阅和答辩工作，具有丰富的学位论文写作知识和实践 经验。针对目前法语专业毕业论文写作中普遍存在的 畏难情绪、言之无物、条理性和规范性欠缺的情况， 作者从个人经验出发，遴选了大量毕业论文样本，挑 选出丰富的实例，编写了本指南。 本书以论文的写作过程为出发，从写作前的准 备，到论文每一部分的撰写，再到写作后的答辩修改 ，一一给出可行性建议，条理清晰，实用性强，可供 法语专业师生指导和撰写毕业论文时参考使用。

本教材是以*颁发的《大学日语第二外语课程教学要求》和《日本语能力与测试出题基准》为依据编写而成的。主要面向高等院校以日语为第二外语的零起学习者，同时也适用于社会上各类人员的培训、自学等。 本教材突出第二外语、成.人、自学人员等特，内容简单、实用，形式活泼、多样。知识编排注重系统性，同类或相关语法较为集中，各个知识之间具有较强的内在逻辑关系。内容安排由易到难，循序渐。学习者通过每一课的学习、复习，可在课后的练习中，就身边的话题行基本的、简短的会话、交流。 本教材分为上下两册。每册16课。通过本教材的学习，可使学生掌握基础的日语综合运用能力，达到"日语能力测试"N3水平。

关系场理论RFT（Relationship field theory）是以中国传统文化为土壤，以心理学理论为研究基础，以关系场为研究内容，以耗散结构理论为指导原则建构起来的思想体系。是一组内在有序外在广泛联系并尝试对主观世界中的事件做出一般意义上的描述和解释的观念、法则、原理的集合。关系场理论的提出旨在协助人们理解自己的心理事实，解释人际中的各种现象，并能够在此基础上对未来做出有效的预测和控制。 书中从六个层面观察和分析了沟通中所发生的事件。这六个层面分别为：零维元始要素，一维相对关系，二维标准平面，三维心理容器，四维生命个体，五维关系场域。本书包括五章，*章是总述，主要介绍了关系场理论的总体目标及其相关的一些专有概念。第二章是核心假设，列举了九条关系场的理论假设，这九条假设将成为整个关系场丛书的理论根基。第三章谈及五维关系场的结构，先论述了零维元始要素的基本含义和性质，之后从一维到五维逐一展开论述。针对具体事件的分析，可以从这六个维度入手，使分析更加有层次，也更*。第四章的标题是关系场理论中的十级概念，*级概念中只包含一个内容：有序。第十级概念中有十个内容，是有效沟通所用的简要十步。它们既可用于关系场咨询实践，也可用于营销和谈判等其它实践活动中。第五章关系场咨询理论，侧重探讨关系场理论在心理咨询中的应用，包括咨询原则、咨询对象、咨询技术、咨询理念、原因分析、疗效因子、咨询步骤等七个方面的内容。

一部“经营之圣”稻盛和夫的心灵自传。 稻盛和夫饱含激情地回顾了自己的创业历程，着力描写了青春的苦难与早期的挫折，以及成长过程中从不放弃的“较劲”的信念。 “磨炼自己的灵魂，就要每天都特别认真地生活，每天都特别勤奋地工作。让心灵变得美丽、优雅、充满慈悲，这就是人生的目的。” ——稻盛和夫 “每天都必须特别认真地生活”，这是我自己的信条。人生只有一次，一定要采取真挚的、冠以“特别”二字的认真态度，这种持续不懈的努力才能让人生好转，才能培育高尚的人格，才能把与生俱来的灵魂磨炼得更加美丽。我也祈愿大家都抱着这样的信念去度过自己的人生。 劳动绝不仅仅是获得生活食粮的手段，劳动是战胜欲望、磨炼心志、提升人格的崇高行为。工作现场就是精神修炼的场所，每天全神贯注、拼命工作，就是磨炼灵魂的修行。

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What is the meaning and purpose of life?’ ?This is, perhaps, the most important question that has ever been asked.? Throughout the ages, philosophers have considered it to be the most fundamental question.? Scientists, historians, philosophers, writers, psychologists and the common man all wrestle with the question at some point in their lives.? ‘Why do we eat?’ ?‘Why do we sleep?’ ?‘Why do we work?’ ?The answers we would get to these questions would be similar.? ‘I eat to live.’ ?‘I sleep to rest.’ ?‘I work to support myself and my family.’ ?But when it comes to what the purpose of life is, people are confused.? We see their confusion by the type of answers we receive.? Youths may say, "I live for booze and bikinis."? The middle aged professional might say, "I live to save enough for a comfortable retirement."? The old man would probably say, "I’ve been asking why I’m here most of my life.? If there’s a purpose, I don’t care anymore." ?And perhaps the most common answer will be, "I really don’t know!" How, then, do you discover the purpose of life? ?We basically have two options.? The first is to let ‘human reason’ - the celebrated achievement of the Enlightenment - guide us.? After all, the Enlightenment gave us modern science based on careful observation of the natural world.? But have post-Enlightenment philosophers figured it out? ?Camus described life as "absurd"; Sartre spoke of "anguish, abandonment and despair." ?To these Existentialists, life has no meaning. Islam is the response to humanity’s search for meaning.? The purpose of creation for all men and women for all times has been one: to know and worship God. The Quran teaches us that every human being is born conscious of God, "(Remember) when your Lord extracted from the loins of Adam’s children their descendants and made them testify [saying]: ‘Am I not your Lord?’ ?They said: ‘Yes, we testify to it.’ ?(This was) in case you say on the Day of Judgment: ‘We were unaware of this.’ ?Or you say: ‘It was our ancestors who worshipped others besides God and we are only their descendants.? Will you then destroy us for what those liars did?’"(Quran 7:172-173) The Prophet of Islam teaches us that God created this primordial need in human nature at the time Adam was made.? God took a covenant from Adam when He created him.? God extracted all of Adam’s descendants who were yet to be born, generation after generation, spread them out, and took a covenant from them.? He addressed their souls directly, making them bear witness that He was their Lord.? Since God made all human beings swear to His Lordship when He created Adam, this oath is imprinted on the human soul even before it enters the fetus, and so a child is born with a natural belief in the Oneness of God.? This natural belief is called fitra in Arabic.