C Thomas: 475 books

Book cover of Parasitic and Related Diseases

Parasitic and Related Diseases

Basic Mechanisms, Manifestations, and Control

by Thomas C. Cheng
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2013

The study of parasites and their interactions with hosts continues to represent a challenging area of modern biology. The availability of new techniques and instrumentation, coupled with the development of daring new hypotheses and concepts, has paved the way for the dramatic evolution of parasitology...
Book cover of Biochemistry
by Thomas Briggs, W.-Y. Chan, Albert M. Chandler
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012

As stated in the preface to the first edition, this book is intended to be a review and not a comprehensive textbook of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. The book covers only the highlights from the much more detailed knowledge that is usually found in textbooks and we recommend that the reader...
Book cover of Nutty shades of sheep
by Eric Vial-Bonacci, Magali Lefèbvre, Barnett Chevin
Language: French
Release Date: February 20, 2019

Vous, incorrigibles romantiques, fans de Twilight et de Fifty Shades of Grey, d’After ou de Calendar Girl, lecteurs inavoués de new romance... Fuyez cette anthologie, n’explorez pas ses sentiers interdits ! Vous risqueriez d’y rencontrer des personnages improbables, d’y découvrir des unions...
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El ámbito de lo colectivo

Teoría y praxis de los derechos colectivos

by Johnny Antonio Dávila, Thomas Pogge, Mario Alberto Montoya Brand
Language: Spanish
Release Date: February 1, 2018

Vivimos en sociedades donde el individuo constituye el centro de la mayoría de nuestras reflexiones y acciones, ya sean políticas, morales o de otro tipo. Esto es así, por lo menos, en las sociedades occidentales, aunque vemos cómo otras culturas, en las que lo colectivo tradicionalmente ha tenido...
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The Roots of My Obsession

Thirty Great Gardeners Reveal Why They Garden

by Thomas C. Cooper
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2012

Why do you garden? For fun? Work? Food? The reasons to garden are as unique as the gardener. The Roots of My Obsession features thirty essays from the most vital voices in gardening, exploring the myriad motives and impulses that cause a person to become a gardener. For some, it’s the quest...
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by John R. Fultz, Jeffrey Ford, Karin Tidbeck
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2014

Welcome to the weird! Acclaimed author and editor Laird Barron, one of weird fiction's brightest exponents, brings his expert eye and editorial sense to the inaugural volume of the Year's Best Weird Fiction. No longer the purview of esoteric readers, weird fiction is enjoying wide popularity. Chiefly...
Book cover of 美國文學院最受歡迎的23堂小說課
by 湯瑪斯・佛斯特(Thomas C. Foster)
Language: Chinese
Release Date: April 7, 2014

好小說,不會只說故事而已! 「純屬虛構」的故事,如何讓人越陷越深、欲罷不能? **  美國文學評論大師 湯瑪斯.佛斯特教授最新力作   國內英美文學權威 陳超明教授專文導讀   各界名人 肆一、譚光磊、郝譽翔、許榮哲、王聰威、陳珊妮、張靜之好評推薦   小說愛讀者與未來新銳作家必備的「小說教戰手冊」!**   給自認很愛小說你:請先問自己以下3個問題。   如果答不出來,恭喜!你就是這本書的目標讀者! **  1、小說的前幾頁到底有什麼用處?**   世界上小說何其多,而讀者也不是呆瓜,想讓他們心甘情願買帳,作家當然得在小說開頭的前幾頁就下足功夫。打開小說第一頁的那一刻,誘惑就開始了,不信你看看以下這兩個例子:   「戴洛維夫人說她要自己去買花。」--吳爾芙《戴洛維夫人》   「我沒聽過比這更慘的故事。」--福特《好軍人》   小說的第一頁,會使盡渾身解數、張牙舞爪的吸引你的目光。戴洛維夫人為什麼非得自己去買花?他買什麼花?那個「很慘的故事」到底是什麼?到底有多悲慘?小說成功的「開場白」,讓我們心甘情願地被作者牽著鼻子走。   那麼小說的前幾頁呢?它們負責給讀者工具,告訴讀者「該怎麼讀」。作者把祕密全藏在小說的前幾頁裡,但只有一小部分的聰明讀者,才有機會去發現、進而享受它。如果你想一窺小說真貌,徹底讀懂它,而不只是欣賞一個有趣的故事而已,就來上這門「美國文學院最受歡迎的小說課」吧! **  2、誰在主導全局?作者、主角還是敘事者?**   猜猜對作家而言,提筆寫小說最大的難題是什麼?答案是決定這本小說將由「誰」來說故事。是主角自己、主角的親密友人?還是另一個置身事外的聲音?   小說的「敘事觀點」究竟有多重要?曾有人說:「改變敘事觀點就想改變信仰。」好的敘事觀點,就像一個好的說書人,可以讓故事變得更精彩,高潮迭起,絕無冷場。畢竟這個「聲音」將陪你走完一本短則三萬字、長則二十萬字的路途,你能不去了解它嗎?   為什麼這部小說的旁白置身事外?那部小說卻像上帝一樣無所不知、無所不曉?其實這都是作者的精心安排。原來!全知全能的「神的觀點」適合用來講述長篇故事;英式偵探小說得透過華生醫生的眼睛,福爾摩斯才顯得如此神祕迷人;美式偵探小說則要主角親上火線才夠刺激,讓讀者也跟著熱血沸騰。這本書中,佛斯特教授將分別從7大常見的敘事觀點,分析各類型的小說。  ** 3、故事的主角究竟長什麼樣子?**   請在腦海中想個你最愛小說的其中一個角色。好了嗎?接著,拿紙筆把他畫下來。告訴我,他的眼睛是大是小?體重多少?身高多高?頭髮的顏色呢?臉上有沒有雀斑?   就算你仔細讀過,也肯定畫不出這幅鉅細靡遺的人物肖像,因為作家根本沒告訴我們這麼多細節。福樓拜在寫《包法利夫人》時,連她眼睛的顏色都搞不定了,你還期望他告訴你包法利夫人長的是圓是扁?關於角色的形貌,好的作者絕不會提示太多,剩下的得由讀者自行建構、腦補。如果每個讀《傲慢與偏見》的女人都愛過達西先生,我的達西肯定與你認識的不同,也絕非電影的樣子。   真正讓角色生動的元素,不在於鉅細靡遺地描述,而是「欲望」。你大可不必知道角色的長相,但必須了解他內心的渴望。在《燈塔行》中,蘭姆西太太的欲望是關乎家庭的;蘭姆西先生則一天到晚沉浸在他的哲學遊戲裡;至於另一個角色莉莉,她始終在找尋認同感,而那也是屬於她的欲望。佛斯特教授認為,只要順著角色間的「欲望衝突」按圖索驥,一定能讀懂小說。 **  ◎你一定知道狄更斯、珍•奧斯汀、海明威,但透過這本書,你可以真正讀懂他們**   還記得第一次讀小說的經驗嗎?不論你讀的是武俠、歷史、推理,還是愛情小說,我們常會深陷其中,就算犧牲睡眠也在所不惜;讀罷後,更往往久久不能抽離。小說究竟有何魅力?即使是同一本小說,讀第一次、第二次、第三次的閱讀感受,也都各不相同。   我們都明白,小說家想說的不只是「故事」而已,他們表達的可能是對社會價值觀或現象的反動,也可能是透過書寫來傳達理想──然而,無論小說家想表達的究竟是什麼,故事都不只是故事,它們背後的意義,才是小說真正的精神。   小說很簡單,但其實也很不簡單。進入這座寶山,你豈能空手而返?為了讀出更多樂趣、享受作家精心擘劃、隱藏在小說中的那些祕密,我們需要領路人--美國文學院最受歡迎的教授「湯瑪斯•佛斯特」。   佛斯特教授繼《教你讀懂文學的27堂課》之後,這回要帶領讀者更進一步地探究「小說」這個史上最受歡迎的文類。本書中,佛斯特教授引用超過兩百本經典文學名著,傳授23個「讀懂」小說的技巧,揭開作者為小說蓋上的神祕面紗,讓我們這些「芸芸讀者」,得以一窺小說的真貌。   《傲慢與偏見》、《大亨小傳》、《百年孤寂》……,你也許讀過這些經典小說,但透過這本書,你可以真正讀懂它們;如果你一本也不認識,那也沒關係,因為讀過這本書後,你保證會迫不及待想閱讀它們! **  ◎現在就重讀一本你愛的小說,完完全全占有它,一次又一次地**   這是你永遠應該保持的態度──去擁有你閱讀的小說。不是去買一本,而是在心智上徹底地占領那些作品,把它們變成「你的」。閱讀是一場作者與讀者之間心靈及想像力的撞擊,而你的心靈和想像力與作者的同等重要。在這場閱讀交易裡,你可以運用本書提供的線索,掌握小說家寫在作品裡,卻不親口告訴你的那些祕密,讓它變得比「好看」更好;甚至透過一次又一次地反覆閱讀,讓小說進一步染上你的顏色,成為獨一無二的超棒小說。   這輩子,你可能沒辦法成為第二個狄更斯、珍・奧斯丁或馬奎斯,但卻可以透過閱讀他們,建構出只屬於你的「私小說」,這就是閱讀的歧異性,也是小說最迷人的地方。現在就重讀一本你愛的小說吧!重新占有它,一次又一次地。讀它千次也不嫌多,因為小說正如它的名字novel,永遠都是新的。 本書特色   1、旁徵博引多達275部小說,讓讀者可以一口氣接觸許多經典小說。   2、深入淺出分析各項小說寫作手法,是小說愛讀者與未來新銳作家必備教戰手冊。   3、獨家收錄英美文學權威陳超明教授專文導讀,台美兩位大師精彩授課一次網羅。   4、台灣版特別附錄後翻式索引頁,方便查找作家與書名,延伸閱讀更多小說。 台灣各界名人【好評推薦】   國內英美文學權威【專文導讀】   陳超明...
Book cover of Data Warehousing For Dummies
by Thomas C. Hammergren
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2009

Data warehousing is one of the hottest business topics, and there’s more to understanding data warehousing technologies than you might think. Find out the basics of data warehousing and how it facilitates data mining and business intelligence with Data Warehousing For Dummies, 2nd Edition. Data...
Book cover of The Glory of Heaven: The Truth about Heaven, Angels and Eternal Life
by John MacArthur, Leonard G. Goss, Richard Baxter
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 1998

If you're going to call it "home" for eternity, don't you want to know what it's like? Our pictures of life in heaven cover the range from comical to curious, from mystical to fictitious—with maybe some biblical truth thrown in. For example: We know angels will be there. But thanks to TV,...
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World's Greatest Classics in One Volume

Les Misérables, Hamlet, Jane Eyre, Ulysses, Huck Finn, Walden, War and Peace, Art of War, Siddhartha, Faust, Don Quixote, Arabian Nights, Bushido…

by Herman Hesse, Marcel Proust, Leo Tolstoy
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2018

Musaicum Books presents to you this unique collection, designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Les Misérables (Victor Hugo) The Call of the Wild (Jack London) Walden (Henry David Thoreau) Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy) War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)...
Book cover of Pennsylvania: A History
by Thomas C. Cochran
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 1978

Who would have guessed, three centuries ago, that William Penn's "greene" province and "countrie towne" on the Delaware would become the keystone of American industrialization and the source of some of the nation's most important business institutions? Penn's colony was...
Book cover of Mozambique Rising: Building a New Tomorrow
by Doris C. Ms. Ross, Victor Duarte Lledo, Alex Mr. Segura-Ubiergo
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2014

This publication highlights Mozambique’s remarkably strong growth over the two decades since the end of the civil war in 1992, as well as the major challenges that remain for the country to rise out of poverty and further its economic development. Chapters explore such topics as the role of megaprojects...
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The Philosophical I

Personal Reflections on Life in Philosophy

by Nicholas Rescher, Linda Martín Alcoff, Lorraine Code
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2002

Philosophy is shaped by life and life is shaped by philosophy. This is reflected in The Philosophical I, a collection of 16 autobiographical essays by prominent philosophers. Candid and philosophically insightful, these personal narratives critically call into question the belief that philosophy should...
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Cleared for Take-Off

Structure and Strategy in the Low Fare Airline Business

by Thomas C. Lawton
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017

Competition in air transport has been transformed by industry liberalization initiatives, resulting in the emergence of a wide array of new airline start-ups. Restrictions on low fares have been removed, uniform control requirements have been established, and legislation has facilitated the proliferation...
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