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DuBois organizes his cookbook's recipes into sections on the problem, the solution stated simply, and the solution implemented in code and discussed. The implementation and discussion sections are the most valuable, as they contain the command sequences, code listings, and design explanations that can be transferred to outside projects.
" Richly engaging . . . Skilfully translated by David Homel - Michael Arditti, Spectator "A touching tale of a beleaguered dreamer . . . Lightness balanced by glints of harsh realism, a combination captured perfectly in David Homel's translation" - Financial Times ***WINNER OF THE PRIX GONCOURT*** Paul Hansen is in prison. He's been in prison for a couple of years now, sharing a cell with a huge Hells Angel with a fear of mice and an intense love of Harley Davidsons, who often reminds Paul that he could kill him at any moment. But life wasn't always like this. Before prison, there were his parents: Danish pastor Johannes and free-spirited Anna, the proprietor of a controversial art house cin...
Meet Paul Blick: born in France (but not Paris); son of a car dealer; provincial sociology student-cum-theoretical revolutionary; briefly employed (by his father-in-law); married and soon to discover adultery and other satisfactions of a desperate househusband as consort of a high-flying wife who conquers the world as CEO of a Jacuzzi-manufacturing company. This not-so-extraordinary Frenchman is delivered to the not-so-extraordinary awareness of having arrived in middle age more a product of his times, his country, and blind chance than a creature of his own free will. Jean-Paul Dubois gives us a man whose life reflects the story – the mind and the heart – of a society coming belatedly, poignantly, and often hilariously to grips with the abiding pain and intermittent beauty of what living has become.
"Traces the evolution of obstetric instruments from ancient times to the end of the nineteenth century in Britain, Europe, and America."--Dust jacket.
Relates the sights and sounds of a subway ride through the boroughs of New York City.
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This meticulously edited Henry James collection includes his complete novels and short stories, as well as literary essays, plays, travel sketches and reports of the great author. The life of Henry James is revealed in different biographies, and in his three autobiographical books._x000D_ Content:_x000D_ Novels:_x000D_ Watch and Ward_x000D_ Roderick Hudson_x000D_ The American_x000D_ The Europeans_x000D_ Confidence_x000D_ Washington Square_x000D_ The Portrait of a Lady_x000D_ The Bostonians_x000D_ The Princess Casamassima_x000D_ The Reverberator_x000D_ The Tragic Muse _x000D_ The Other House_x000D_ The Spoils of Poynton_x000D_ What Maisie Knew_x000D_ The Awkward Age_x000D_ The Sacred Fount_x0...
1 MetroCard, Momma and me. Down 2 flights—to catch the 3. 4 turnstiles, singers 5. A rumble, a screech . . . the train arrives! This bright, young counting book is a delightful trip through the New York City subway system. Hand in hand, child and mother see colorful subway signs and funny passengers, watch trains screeching by, and make new friends. With bold illustrations and a playful, rhyming text, this is not only a counting book, but also a tribute to New York and a sweet story of a child and parent navigating the city together.
Explains the reasons for the large Irish emigration, and examines the problems they faced adjusting to new lives in the United States.