Diego Laremos had never forgotten the last night he'd spent with Melissa Sterling five years before. She'd fled their home after a bitter dispute, hoping to escape their unhappy marriage. He hadn't forgiven her for leaving, though he'd hated himself even more for driving her away. Seeing Melissa again had renewed his hope for a possible future together… Melissa had felt the same way, but she'd lied to Diego in the past. Now she had to prove to him that she was indeed his love–his ENAMORADA–and that the truth could set them both free…to love again.

Like the heroine of one of her romances, bestselling author Margie Silver was willing to rise to Cal Van Dyne's challenge. The arrogant tycoon vowed that Margie's sister would not marry his younger brother, and Margie was just as determined that the wedding would take place. Margie expected Cal's assault but not the cynical game of love he played with her on his lavish Florida estate. Suddenly Margie was gambling with her sister's future–and her own–with a passionate adversary who made his own rules…until he met his match.

Jet-setting playboy Jake Malloy knew he was a fool to hire hometown nice girl Hannah Evans as his baby's nanny. He wasn't used to a beautiful woman sleeping in his house unless she was warming his bed, and he sure as heck hadn't expected Hannah's innocent seduction…. Hannah needed Jake…to show her how to be more sophisticated like the throngs of women he undoubtedly dated. But as she traded kisses and caresses for lessons in nap times and bottles, she realized the surprisingly tender, irresistibly handsome man desperately needed her…to show him that the right woman for him was already under his roof….

Desperate to save her father's business, Caitlin Rourke enters a reality-TV contest with one thing on her mind: the prize money! To win she has to convince her family and friends that she's marrying a stranger. As she gets to know her gorgeous fake fiancé, Aiden Flynn, she gets increasingly torn between helping her family and keeping her feelings for Aiden a secret. As their wedding day looms and the cameras roll, there's another surprise in store for Caitlin–her on-screen fiancé could become her off-screen husband!

Double Trouble! U.S. Marshal Caleb Logue walks into Judge Allie Hayworth's office to find the woman who wouldn't marry him – and the son he didn't know he had. Protecting them is his latest assignment, but Allie soon discovers Caleb's main priority is getting to know his little boy – and making her agree to his proposal. After all these years, nothing has changed – she refuses to marry a man whose idea of fun is dodging bullets. Not after she lost her own cop father when she was just a girl. Allie would do anything to protect her son from that type of pain. Marrying the marshal is definitely out of the question…but how can Allie refuse, when two identical pairs of green eyes look up at her, wanting her to say yes?

Tycoon Canton Rourke, was beset and besieged - and all because of his neighbor, Janine Curtis. The woman was out to get him, he was sure of it. He'd come to Cancun, Mexico, with his daughter to relax, not catch bandits, track kidnappers…or save the woman from any other fine mess she landed herself in! Her neighbor's opinion was not a secret to Janine. So she was determined to live down to his image of her…while trying to ignore how her knees buckled every time he rescued her. Was she falling in love? The man was a mystery…would a lifetime of love prove an answer?

At sprawling Casa Verde, old flames still burn… Seven years ago Amanda Carson watched her affluent, well-respected family lose both face and fortune. Then her childhood crush–ice-cold cowboy Jace Whitehall–made her an offer she had to refuse. Now Amanda has returned to Casa Verde, Jace's luxurious home. And Jace isn't about to let her forget who she is or what she's lost. Yet beneath their heated words, something simmers, waiting. For what once drove Amanda from this land may be the one thing that can make her stay.

Temporarily displaced Southern belle Jane Charlotte Davis was desperate to make enough money to return home. So when town banker Rydell Wilder, a Northerner through and through, offered her a loan to start her own business, she jumped at the chance. Even though the man was too handsome–and too interested in her–for her peace of mind.… Once, Rydell Wilder had been the new, poor boy in town. Now he had the wealth and the means to get whatever he wanted. And what he wanted more than anything was Jane. But did he have a prayer of turning their business deal into a marriage contract?

Olivia Brady was head over heels in love with her breathtaking boss, Josh Nicholson…but he had no idea. And four years of loving the eye-catching executive from afar had taught her that it was time to move on. But when Josh learned that his ace secretary was leaving town, he demanded she stay…under his roof! Now with the blond beauty at arm's length, Josh suddenly realized that he wanted her for more than her excellent organizational skills…but a commitment was out of the question. Would Josh ever put his doubts of love aside and allow Olivia's steamy kisses to touch his hardened heart?

HE WAS BIG AND STRONG AND SEXY… But he was a complete stranger! So why was she lying in his arms on a public beach? He said he'd rescued her when a blue sedan had forced her car into the ocean, but she couldn't remember anything…. CIA analyst Clay Rogan was sent to find and decode the documents Melinda Murphy's brother had mailed to her. But first he had to keep her safe from the killers pursuing her. Harder still, he had to fight the desire that glittered between them. Clay was determined to win the battle with their deadly enemies–but with Melinda, all he could think of was surrender!

His face was the last thing she'd ever seen… Determined to locate the accident victim he'd comforted as her eyesight waned, Jack MacAllister told himself he only wanted to know that she was all right. But when he found Eleanor Rappaport again, he knew he couldn't fade into the shadows this time. She was alone and blind–and pregnant! Eleanor's life had become a lonely struggle–until a stranger's soothing words pierced the darkness. Why did his oddly familiar voice make her heart beat faster? On the bring of motherhood, Eleanor thought she needed space. But maybe she needed Jack more….

Marooned In Montana Why had handsome, celebrated Dr. Mackenzie Parish vanished at the height of his career? Jaded writer Katherine Ames sensed a story, and headed into the wilds of Montana to find him. But when a blizzard trapped Katherine, Mac found her. Thinking her just a stranded traveler, Mac brought Katherine home….The doctor had become a gruff, unsmiling cowboy–and a daddy. Snowed-in on Mac's ranch with man and child, Katherine found a completeness she'd never known–and learned the secrets Mac had disappeared to keep. He guarded his privacy as fiercely as his heart. Could he forgive her deception after trusting her with both?

Master the ArcGIS API for JavaScript to build web and mobile applications using this practical guide. About This Book ? Develop ArcGIS Server applications with JavaScript, both for traditional web browsers as well as the mobile platform ? Make your maps informative with intuitive geographic layers, user interface widgets, and more ? Integrate ArcGIS content into your custom applications and perform analytics with the ArcGIS Online Who This Book Is For If you are a web or mobile application developer, who wants to create GIS applications in your respective platform, this book is ideal for you. You will need Java Script programming experience to get the most out of this book. Although designed as an introductory to intermediate level book, it will also be useful for more advanced developers who are new to the topic of developing applications with ArcGIS Server. What You Will Learn ? To create an application with the ArcGIS API for JavaScript ? Build and display a broad range of different geometry types to represent features on the map ? The best way to leverage a feature layer and display related attribute data ? The functionality of the wide range of widgets and how to use them effectively ? Query data to gain new insights into the information it contains ? Work with tasks to discover and locate features on the map ? Using the geocoder and associated widgets ? The ability of the API to provide turn by turn directions and routing capabilities ? How to use the Geometry Engine and Geometry Service tasks for common geoprocessing operations ? Integrate content on ArcGIS online and add it to your custom web mapping application In Detail The ArcGIS API for JavaScript enables you to quickly build web and mobile mapping applications that include sophisticated GIS capabilities, yet are easy and intuitive for the user. Aimed at both new and experienced web developers, this practical guide gives you everything you need to get started with the API. After a brief introduction to HTML/CSS/JavaScript, you'll embed maps in a web page, add the tiled, dynamic, and streaming data layers that your users will interact with, and mark up the map with graphics. You will learn how to quickly incorporate a broad range of useful user interface elements and GIS functionality to your application with minimal effort using prebuilt widgets. As the book progresses, you will discover and use the task framework to query layers with spatial and attribute criteria, search for and identify features on the map, geocode addresses, perform network analysis and routing, and add custom geoprocessing operations. Along the way, we cover exciting new features such as the client-side geometry engine, learn how to integrate content from ArcGIS.com, and use your new skills to build mobile web mapping applications. We conclude with a look at version 4 of the ArcGIS API for JavaScript (which is being developed in parallel with version 3.x) and what it means for you as a developer. Style and approach Readers will be taken through a series of exercises that will demonstrate how to efficiently build ArcGIS Server applications for the mobile and web.

Get a problem-solution approach enriched with code examples for practical and easy comprehension About This Book ? Explore the use of more than 40 best-of-breed plug-ins for improving efficiency ? Secure and maintain Jenkins 2.x by integrating it with LDAP and CAS, which is a Single Sign-on solution ? Efficiently build advanced pipelines with pipeline as code, thus increasing your team's productivity Who This Book Is For If you are a Java developer, a software architect, a technical project manager, a build manager, or a development or QA engineer, then this book is ideal for you. A basic understanding of the software development life cycle and Java development is needed, as well as a rudimentary understanding of Jenkins. What You Will Learn ? Install and Configure Jenkins 2.x on AWS and Azure ? Explore effective ways to manage and monitor Jenkins 2.x ? Secure Jenkins 2.x using Matrix-based Security ? Deploying a WAR file from Jenkins 2.x to Azure App Services and AWS Beanstalk ? Automate deployment of application on AWS and Azure PaaS ? Continuous Testing – Unit Test Execution, Functional Testing and Load Testing In Detail Jenkins 2.x is one of the most popular Continuous Integration servers in the market today. It was designed to maintain, secure, communicate, test, build, and improve the software development process. This book will begin by guiding you through steps for installing and configuring Jenkins 2.x on AWS and Azure. This is followed by steps that enable you to manage and monitor Jenkins 2.x. You will also explore the ways to enhance the overall security of Jenkins 2.x. You will then explore the steps involved in improving the code quality using SonarQube. Then, you will learn the ways to improve quality, followed by how to run performance and functional tests against a web application and web services. Finally, you will see what the available plugins are, concluding with best practices to improve quality. Style and approach This book provides a problem-solution approach to some common tasks and some uncommon tasks using Jenkins 2.x and is well-illustrated with practical code examples.

Switching to Angular, Third Edition is the go-to book to align and get started with the Angular JavaScript framework. Angular contributor and international speaker Minko Gechev will help you square up and start building Angular apps and provide you an insight to the Google’s vision for the framework. About This Book ? Get up to date with Google’s vision for Angular ? Align with Angular version 5 and beyond from any direction with confidence ? Start using TypeScript to supercharge your Angular applications ? Understand the new framework from AngularJS perspective using your prior experience ? Use Angular to quickly build fast and scalable enterprise applications Who This Book Is For This book is for software developers who want to align with a modern version of Angular that’s aligned with Google’s vision of Angular version 5 and beyond, using stable APIs that they can depend on today and in the future. Also for anyone assessing changes to Angular and squaring up for a strategic migration to Angular v5, and for AngularJS developers who want to transfer their mindset to modern Angular version 5 and beyond. What You Will Learn ? Align with Google’s vision for Angular version 5 and beyond ? Confidently move forwards with a long-term understanding of Angular ? Use stable APIs in Angular to build future-proof, blazingly fast, enterprise applications ? Work with TypeScript to supercharge your Angular applications ? Understand the core concepts of Angular, aligned with the vision from Google ? Be ready with Angular from any direction - whether you’re building new new apps with the Angular and ASP.NET stack or upgrading from AngularJS with ngUpgrade In Detail Align your work to stable APIs of Angular, version 5 and beyond, with Angular expert Minko Gechev. Angular is the modern Google framework for you to build high-performing, SEO-friendly, and robust web applications. Switching to Angular, Third Edition shows you how you can align your current and future development with Google’s long term vision for Angular. Gechev shares his expert knowledge and community involvement to give you the clarity you need to confidently switch into Angular and stable APIs. Minko Gechev helps you square up to Angular with an overview of the framework, and understand the long term building blocks of Google’s web framework. Gechev then gives you the lowdown on TypeScript, with a crash-course so you can take advantage of Angular in its native, statically-typed environment. You’ll next move on to see how you can line up with Angular dependency injection, plus how Angular router and forms, and Angular pipes, are designed to work for your projects today and in the future. You'll be squared up and aligned with the vision and techniques of the one Angular, and be ready to start building quick and efficient Angular applications. You’ll know how to take advantage of the latest Angular features, and the core, stable APIs that you can depend on. You’ll be ready to confidently plan your future with the Angular framework. Style and approach In this book, Minko Gechev continues his direct style of sharing knowledge about Angular that he's developed across more than 40 international presentations to Angular developers. First, Minko explains Google's vision of Angular to you, and then you dive into a clear tutorial to work with Angular that's aligned with Google's vision of Angular.

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香港中文大歷史系成立於1963年，至2013年已經歷了五十年。在這五十年的歲月中，歷史系的前賢和師輩奠下了嚴肅的學術風氣與扎實的研究根基。莘莘學子，遂得以承傳錢穆、牟潤孫、全漢昇、嚴耕望、王德昭、孫國棟等眾多史學名宿的治學精神。 為了慶祝歷史系踏入金禧之年，我們邀請校友撰文論述前輩老師的個人風骨、學術成就、治史理念、研究心得及教學旨趣等，編成此書以總結五十年來歷史系前賢的開創、耕耘之功及治史業績，好讓後輩繼往開來，延續並發展創系以來的理念和精神。

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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。