Neal Stephenson, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Anathem, returns to the terrain of his groundbreaking novels Snow Crash, The Diamond Age, and Cryptonomicon to deliver a high-intensity, high-stakes, action-packed adventure thriller in which a tech entrepreneur gets caught in the very real crossfire of his own online war game.In 1972, Richard Forthrast, the black sheep of an Iowa farming clan, fled to the mountains of British Columbia to avoid the draft. A skilled hunting guide, he eventually amassed a fortune by smuggling marijuana across the border between Canada and Idaho. As the years passed, Richard went straight and returned to the States after the U.S. government granted amnesty to draft dodgers. He parlayed his wealth into an empire and developed a remote resort in which he lives. He also created T’Rain, a multibillion-dollar, massively multiplayer online role-playing game with millions of fans around the world.But T’Rain’s success has also made it a target. Hackers have struck gold by unleashing REAMDE, a virus that encrypts all of a player’s electronic files and holds them for ransom. They have also unwittingly triggered a deadly war beyond the boundaries of the game’s virtual universe—and Richard is at ground zero.Racing around the globe from the Pacific Northwest to China to the wilds of northern Idaho and points in between, Reamde is a swift-paced thriller that traverses worlds virtual and real. Filled with unexpected twists and turns in which unforgettable villains and unlikely heroes face off in a battle for survival, it is a brilliant refraction of the twenty-first century, from the global war on terror to social media, computer hackers to mobsters, entrepreneurs to religious fundamentalists. Above all, Reamde is an enthralling human story—an entertaining and epic page-turner from the extraordinary Neal Stephenson.

With so many different health products, superfoods, and diets all vying for your attention these days, how do you know what you should really be eating?In The 10 Things You Need to Eat, New York Times health columnist Anahad O'Connor and veteran Food Network chef Dave Lieberman team up to cut through all the claims and studies and identify ten simple foods with undeniable health benefits that you can find in any supermarket. With wit and verve, the authors combine their individual areas of expertise to create a lighthearted yet illuminating book that presents the fascinating science behind these ten powerhouse superfoods, along with a plethora of recipes that feature them in easy-to-prepare and delicious meals.If you are serious about living healthfully, this is the one book you won't want to live without.

The short fiction of American literary cult figure Paul Bowles is marked by a unique, delicately spare style, and a dark, rich, exotic mood, by turns chilling, ironic, and wry—possessing a symmetry between beauty and terror that is haunting and ultimately moral. In "Pastor Dowe at Tecaté," a Protestant missionary is sent to a faraway place where his God has no power. In "Call at Corazón," an American husband abandons his alcoholic wife on their honeymoon in a South American jungle. In "Allal," a boy's drug-induced metamorphosis into a deadly serpent leads to his violent death. Here also are some of Bowles's most famous works, including "The Delicate Prey," a grimly satisfying tale of vengeance, and "A Distant Episode," which Tennessee Williams proclaimed "a masterpiece."

Desert God by Wilbur Smith has de*ive copy which is not yet available from the Publisher.

In Clouds of Glory: The Life and Legend of Robert E. Lee, Michael Korda, the New York Times bestselling biographer of Dwight D. Eisenhower, Ulysses S. Grant, and T. E. Lawrence, has written the first major biography of Lee in nearly twenty years, bringing to life America's greatest and most iconic hero. Korda paints a vivid and admiring portrait of Lee as a general and a devoted family man who, though he disliked slavery and was not in favor of secession, turned down command of the Union army in 1861 because he could not "draw his sword" against his own children, his neighbors, and his beloved Virginia. He was surely America's preeminent military leader, as calm, dignified, and commanding a presence in defeat as he was in victory. Lee's reputation has only grown in the 150 years since the Civil War, and Korda covers in groundbreaking detail all of Lee's battles and traces the making of a great man's undeniable reputation on both sides of the Mason-Dixon Line, positioning him finally as the symbolic martyr-hero of the Southern Cause.

Before the X-Files, before alt.conspiracy, there was Robert Anton Wilson and his legendary Illuminatus! Trilogy. Now this avatar of conspiriology, renowned for his razor wit and progressive philosophy, takes you on a fascinating, eclectic ride through what Wilson has termed the "Cultic Twilight" where conspiracy theories flourish. Everything Is Under Control covers the range of Wilson's kaleidoscopic knowledge, from John Adams to the Voronezh (former Soviet Union) UFO sighting, the Campus Crusade for Cthulhu to the Mothman prophecies, and everything in between. What do the Freemasons, the Kennedys, and Princess Diana have in commonAll are at the center of gigantic conspiracy theories with incredibly complex and endlessly multiplying twists, turns, highways and byways. Arranged by alphabetical entries which include cross-references to other entries in the book and also provide addresses to related sites on the Web, this book is truly interactive--you can dip in, read through, or follow one of the URLs from an interesting entry onto the internet. What some famous people say about Robert Anton Wilson:"A dazzling barker hawking tickets to the most thrilling tilt-a-whirls and daring loop-o-planes on the midway to higher consciousness."--Tom Robbins"Wilson managed to reverse every mental polarity in me, as if I had been pulled through infinity."--Philip K. Dick"One of the most important scientific philosophers of his century--scholarly, witty, scientific, hip and hopeful."--Dr. Timothy Leary

In this lively and fresh introduction to the *ures of ancient Israel (what Christians call the Old Testament and Jews call the Tanakh), two preeminent biblical scholars, Douglas A. Knight and Amy-Jill Levine, combine their passion and expertise to examine not just what the Bible says but what it means. Through their eyes we see anew the Bible’s literary brilliance, moral profundity, historical settings, and implications for our faiths and our future. Passed down for generations, compiled between 500 and 100 BCE, and finalized around the time of Jesus, the various accounts in the Hebrew Bible took shape under a variety of cultures. Drawing on their extensive biblical scholarship, Knight and Levine explore this diverse history and equip us with the critical tools necessary to understand what the ancient texts originally meant. With long experience in teaching candidates for the ministry as well as undergraduate and graduate students, they also explore the possible meanings the texts hold today for churches, synagogues, and anyone interested in the Bible’s legacy.Knight and Levine begin with the broader biblical story its historical context, literary artistry, and geographical setting. They then turn to the major biblical themes with which modern readers continue to wrestle: law and justice, human evil and God’s response, belief and practice, chaos and creation, war and peace, gender and sexuality, politics and economics, practical wisdom and apocalyptic vision. For each topic, they provide both general overviews and specific analyses of select biblical passages, explaining how and why their approaches reveal new insights and offering various strategies for informed interpretation.Throughout, Knight and Levine inspire us to ask new questions and develop a deeper understanding of one of the greatest collections of literature known to humankind as illuminating today as it was two thousand years ago.

This pocket edition of Richard McBrien's acclaimed Lives of the Popes is a practical quick reference tool for scholars, students, and anyone needing just a few concise facts about all the popes, from St. Peter to Benedict XVI.

America's Civil War raged for more than four years, but it is the three days of fighting in the Pennsylvania countryside in July 1863 that continues to fascinate, appall, and inspire new generations with its unparalleled saga of sacrifice and courage. From Chancellorsville, where General Robert E. Lee launched his high-risk campaign into the North, to the Confederates' last daring and ultimately-doomed act, forever known as Pickett's Charge, the battle of Gettysburg gave the Union army a victory that turned back the boldest and perhaps greatest chance for a Southern nation.Now acclaimed historian Noah Andre Trudeau brings the most up-to-date research available to a brilliant, sweeping, and comprehensive history of the battle of Gettysburg that sheds fresh light on virtually every aspect of it. Deftly balancing his own narrative style with revealing firsthand accounts, Trudeau brings this engrossing human tale to life as never before.

This expert, one-of-a-kind handbook shows you how to ensure that your inheritance instructions will be carried out the way you want them to be; protect your children's inheritance from creditors, ex-spouses, addictions, tax troubles, mismanagement, squandering, and other risks of loss; prevent family conflict that can arise when parents die and children divide the family money leave more money to your children and grandchildren, and less to the IRS; avoid creating inheritance problems in your family with cautionary tales of inheritance planning gone bad; understand why you still have to deal with estate tax issues even if your net worth falls below the new death-tax-exemption.

Welcome to basic training, soldier.Now meet your worst nightmare . . . your drill sergeant.Even if you've never served in the military, you know the drill sergeant. The mere sight of his fatigues and the iconic "Round Brown" campaign hat strikes fear into the bravest of hearts. Drill sergeants inflict pain, demand discipline, and aren't afraid of power, aggression, and using fear as a motivational tool. But unless you've witnessed one firsthand with your face in the mud doing pushups, you might not know one other fact . . . drill sergeants are some of the FUNNIEST people on the planet!After his deployment in Afghanistan, Dan Caddy began swapping great drill sergeant stories by e-mail and social media with other veterans. Now, in Awesome Sh*t My Drill Sergeant Said, Caddy shares the best-of-the-best quotes, one-liners, stories, and top-ten lists proving once and for all that drill sergeants are the world's most underrated comedians and philosophers. If you have ever suffered a hard-ass manager (in uniform or not), these often profane, sometimes profound, yet always entertaining rants from real life soldiers will add a much-needed dose of humor to your day. Now stop laughing and drop and give me fifty.

"The heroic quest is about saying 'yes' to yourself and in so doing, becoming more fully alive and more effective in the world. . . . The quest is replete with dangers and pitfalls, but it offers great rewards: the capacity to be successful in the world, knowledge of the mysteries of the human soul, and the opportunity to find and express your unique gifts in the world."In this bold and original work, Carol S. Pearson shows that the heroic quest isn't just for certain people under special circumstances. Exploring the many heroic paths available to each of us, at every point in our lives, her innovative program enables us to live heroically by activating and applying twelve archetypes in our lives.This companion to the bestselling The Hero Within outlines twelve archetypal patterns that can aid inner development and the quest for wholeness.These archetypes are inner guides that can help us prepare for the journey, by learning how to become successful members of society; embark upon the quest, by becoming initiated into the mysteries of the human soul; and return to transform our lives as a result of claiming our uniqueness and personal power. Writing for individuals seeking to realize their full potential and professionals engaged in empowering others, Pearson shows how journeys differ by the age, gender, and cultural background of the seeker, and how archetypes help awaken the capacities of our psyches. A unique diagnostic test, the Heroic Myth Index, and exercise are included to help us understand and awaken our inner guides.

"纽约时报畅销作品，一场动人心弦的毒品战争。 四十多年来，阿特?凯勒一直在美国历长的战争——毒品战争的前线奋斗。 他渴望打败世界上强大、富有、致命的头目——锡那罗亚贩毒集团的教父阿丹?巴雷拉 ——让他血流成河、伤痕累累、失去一切。 现在，功成身就的凯勒被提升到美国缉毒局的别，却发现战争并未结束，尽管的怪物已经不复存在，毒品仍然在墨西哥制造混乱和痛苦。而“教父”巴雷拉留下的后一笔遗产是遍布美国的海洛因泛滥。 为了阻止毒品的流动，凯勒没有放弃追击，在这过程中发现自己被敌人包围了——有想要杀死他的人，有想要摧毁他的政客，更难以想象的是即将上台的政府与凯勒试图推翻的毒贩勾结在一起。 凯勒发现自己不仅在于毒贩集团作战，还在与他自己的政府作战。 长期的斗争教会了他比他想象中更多的东西。 现在，他学到了后一课——没有边界。 从墨西哥的沙漠到华尔街，从危地马拉的贫民窟到华盛顿特区的大理石走廊，作者讲述了新一代的毒枭，与他们作战的警察，街头贩子，瘾君子，政客，房地产大亨，以及渴望逃离暴力的孩子们在一个崭新国家里生活的故事。 "ONE OF THE MOST ACCLAIMED BOOKS OF THE YEAR"A big, sprawling, ultimately stunning crime tableau." – Janet Maslin, New York Times"You can't ask for more emotionally moving entertainment." – Stephen King"One of the best thriller writers on the planet." – EsquireThe explosive, highly anticipated conclusion to the epic Cartel trilogy from the New York Times bestselling author of The ForceWhat do you do when there are no borders??When the lines you thought existed simply vanish???How do you plant your feet to make a stand when you no longer know what side you’re on?The war has come home.For over forty years, Art Keller has been on the front lines of America’s longest conflict: The War on Drugs. His obsession to defeat the world’s most powerful, wealthy, and lethal kingpin―the godfather of the Sinaloa Cartel, Adán Barrera―has left him bloody and scarred, cost him the people he loves, even taken a piece of his soul.Now Keller is elevated to the highest ranks of the DEA, only to find that in destroying one monster he has created thirty more that are wreaking even more chaos and suffering in his beloved Mexico. But not just there.Barrera’s final legacy is the heroin epidemic scourging America. Throwing himself into the gap to stem the deadly flow, Keller finds himself surrounded by enemies―men who want to kill him, politicians who want to destroy him, and worse, the unimaginable―an incoming administration that’s in bed with the very drug traffickers that Keller is trying to bring down.Art Keller is at war with not only the cartels, but with his own government. And the long fight has taught him more than he ever imagined. Now, he learns the final lesson―there are no borders.In a story that moves from deserts of Mexico to Wall Street, from the slums of Guatemala to the marbled corridors of Washington, D.C., Winslow follows a new generation of?narcos, the cops who fight them, street traffickers, addicts, politicians, money-launderers,?real-estate moguls, and mere children fleeing the violence for the chance of a life in a new country.A shattering tale of vengeance, violence, corruption and justice, this last novel in Don Winslow’s magnificent, award-winning, internationally bestselling trilogy is packed with unforgettable, drawn-from-the-headlines scenes. Shocking in its brutality, raw in its humanity,?The Border?is an unflinching?portrait of modern America, a story of—and for—our time.

全书共3个部分10个章节，介绍了张磊的个人历程、他所坚持的投资理念和方法以及他对价值 投资者自我修养的思考，还介绍了他对具有伟大格局观的创业者、创业组织，以及对人才、教育、 科学观的理解。书中包含大量珍贵资料，不仅有首次提出的7大高瓴公式，详细拆解的10多个 投资案例，还有11张精致手绘彩插和19张珍贵照片。

本书讨论了大量经过时间检验的投资理念和与之对应的投资策略，这些理念和策略曾让不同类型的投资者在市场中收获了丰厚回报。同时，本书详细分析了成功的投资者为什么会选择这些投资理念、如何将这些理念应用于实践，以及最终决定投资成功的因素是什么。在书中，达摩达兰教授提供了大量经过时间检验的投资模型，帮助投资者建立思考投资的框架。 本书包括两个部分。第1章到第6章介绍从事股票投资所必须了解的金融理论基础，如风险、估值方法、交易成本以及有效市场假说等。第7章到第14章讨论了各种经过时间检验的投资策略，包括价值投资、成长投资、技术分析、市场时机选择、套利和指数化等，并分析了每种投资策略背后对市场变化的假设，每种投资策略的适用条件，以及从历史证据来看，每种策略在现实中运用的成效 本书的目标是帮助每一位投资者学会选择最适合自己的投资理念，并理解如何谨慎地运用这些理念和策略去实现成功的投资。

消化系统是人体八大系统中包含器官多的系统，包括食管、胃、小肠、结肠、直肠、肝脏、胆囊及胆管、胰腺、网膜、腹膜、腹部血管及淋巴结、消化腺等器官。消化系统除了消化吸收功能，还有内分泌功能，免疫功能，微生态功能。因此，消化系统疾病一直是内外科疾病里发病率**，就诊率多的疾病，且病因复杂，病种繁多，这就需要对消化系统疾病有充分的全面的认知。近年来，随着消化腔镜及科研工作的飞快展，消化系统疾病的基础理论及临床研究都取得了显著成就，诊断及治疗水平也有了明显提高。 自2015年医疗改革政策实施以来，国家大力发展基层医疗卫生服务（包括县级、镇级、乡级医院），提高基层和区域的专科水平，逐步缓解地域、城乡、学科之间发展不平衡，促医疗服务体系协调发展，重培训和指导基层医疗卫生机构人员，着力提升服务能力和质量，加强基层医疗卫生队伍的建设。为了满足广大医生的需求，尤其是基层医生的迫切需求，特聘请消化内外科专家参与编写此书。 本书主要是以消化科常见疾病及消化科急症的规范化诊断及治疗为主，附有消化内科常见基本操作。书中精选了编者们在临床工作中遇到的典型的病例，通过病例解析，引导出相关疾病的特行详细讲解，并把病例的病情展及变化融到讲解中。通过这种理论结合临床病例的方式，提高临床思维，诊治的流程，并充分调动读者的积极性，增加学习的兴趣。本书编写参考了国内外临床诊疗指南，专家共识，临床路径等，介绍了消化系统常见疾病的经典诊疗方法及**诊疗展，内容全面、系统、规范、实用、易懂，便于读者理解及记忆。

本书全面介绍可解释人工智能的基础知识、理论方法和行业应用。全书分为三部分，共11 章。部分为第1 章，揭示基于数据驱动的人工智能系统决策机制，提出一种基于人机沟通交互场景的可解释人工智能范式。第二部分为第2～5 章，介绍各种可解释人工智能技术方法，包括贝叶斯方法、基于因果启发的稳定学习和反事实推理、基于与或图模型的人机协作解释、对深度神经网络的解释。第三部分为第6～10 章，分别介绍可解释人工智能在生物医疗、金融、计算机视觉、自然语言处理、推荐系统等领域的应用案例，详细说明可解释性在司法、城市管理、安防和制造等实际应用中发挥的积极作用。第11 章对全书行总结，并论述可解释人工智能研究面临的挑战和未来发展趋势。此外，本书的附录给出可解释人工智能相关的源资源、中英文术语对照及索引，方便读者一步查阅。本书既适合高等院校计算机和信息处理相关专业的高年级本科生和研究生，以及人工智能领域的研究员和学者阅读；也适合关注人工智能应用及其社会影响力的政策制定者、法律工作者、社会科学研究人士等阅读。

《中国香学》是一部全面系统的中国香学文化专著。全书从概念、发展简史、香材、用香方法、香与其他传统雅文化的搭配助益、香与家居生活、品香的感悟和审美判断、香与宗教、历代香学文化大家、主要香学文化典籍精要摘录等方面，系统地阐述了中国香学文化这一脉古老、特殊、美妙的传统文化。 本书主要是绪论，香史，香识，香境几个章节的修改，涉及内容近十万字。主要修订了原来表述不准确，文字游离于主题之外的地方，以及论述不透彻之处，同时增加了近五年的个人香学文化研究成果和业界技术发展、科研成果。图片更换十几幅，增加了三十多幅。

并作为公司金融的终极体现形式，是公司*重要的战略交易。 并重组能够从根本上改变一个公司，对公司的兴衰周期产生强烈的冲，可以使处于价值流出阶段的行业向价值稳定和价值流阶段转变，从而实现转型升级和产业突围。 卖企业并不是一件容易的事！并重组具有明显的多学科特性，涉及金融、经济学、战略管理、法律、税务以及公司治理等诸多领域的知识；并实务的流程也非常复杂，并决策、尽职调查、估值、谈判、交易结构设计、融资安排、支付方式设计、整合，任何一个环节都不能出错，否则精心设计的交易就会无功而返；并重组同时也是一次对卖双方的股东、管理层和员工的利益平衡，触动利益比触动灵魂更难，任何一疏忽都会前功尽弃。 本书从企业创始人的角度出发（重关注方企业家的诉求，同时兼顾卖方企业创始人的诉求），以公司金融的整体视角研究如何有效地解决他们在卖企业中*关心的问题。

本书是一部理论与实践紧密结合，以“精、准、速”止痛为特色的学术专著。疼痛多急，甚至有厥脱之险。中医学对疼痛的靶向治疗内容非常丰富，包括药物外治、非药物外治等，且治疗途径甚为广泛，具有简便验廉，疗效独特等优势,然而目前尚无此类著作出版。本书在《全国名老中医韦绪性辨治疼痛病精要》一书，所创立的“中医疼痛靶向疗法”基础上，全面系统编写。全书共设四篇，基础篇主要介绍疼痛靶向疗法的理论基础。疗法篇：包括药物外治疗法、非药物外治疗法等,重介绍依据可靠、疗效确切、实用性强、便于操作的靶向疗法。疾病篇是全书的重，选择临床各科60余种常见疼痛病，每种病在概述中西医关于该病的临床特征，及中医学的病位、病性、治法等基础上，分三步叙述辨证论治：抓主症，从标止痛；辨病性，从本止痛；防复发，杂合以治。附篇：外用止痛中成药靶向治疗等。

系统级封装（System-in-Package，SiP）是一种通过封装技术实现集成电路特定功能的系统综合集成技术，它能有效实现局部高密度功能集成，减小封装模块尺寸，缩短产品发周期，降低产品发成本。本书全面、系统地介绍系统级封装技术，全书共9章，主要内容包括：系统集成的发展历程，系统级封装集成的应用，系统级封装的综合设计，系统级封装集成基板，封装集成所用芯片、元器件和材料，封装集成关键技术及工艺，系统级封装集成结构，集成功能测试，可靠性与失效分析。