John F : 989 books

This book is an attempt to relate moral formation to democratic life and to the emotional emotion of shame. The argument is that shame is essential to moral formation, that it tells us when we are violating our own moral norms. Contrary to common belief, I argue that shame is neither imposed on us...

**1970－2017美中台關係發展史 台灣問題專家逾四十年精深研究的結晶之作 ●台海風雲密布，本書勾勒出這幅心驚膽顫的景象。 ●跨越四十年、涵蓋美中台三方全方位觀點、最新的國際關係研究。 ●台美斷交前夕至今，美中台三邊外交最鉅細靡遺的記載。 ●美國台灣問題專家逾四十年精深研究，畢生首部中文翻譯著作。 ●作者特別為中文版增訂2006年英文書出版後至2017年的發展。 ●鉅細靡遺地以第一手觀察和資料敘述美中台關係發展史。** 「對任何一本書的讀者而言，瞭解作者的『出發點』有其啟發性，也就是他或她的背景、偏見和看待議題的方式。雖然我在美國的中心地帶出生及成長，但到了而立之年，台灣幾乎是我的第二個家。」 －－康培莊 康培莊是美國首屈一指的台灣問題專家，對台灣和中國議題非常熟悉，至今筆耕不輟。這本書是他四十多年觀察、思考和寫作的累積。作者在自序中提到他1963年來到台灣，親眼見到台灣創造民主化和經濟起飛的「雙奇蹟」，也目睹了幾次台灣大選的混亂局面和台海危機，從這樣的「出發點」開始，他共寫了26本關於台灣的專書，這本書便是交織了浪漫風情和現實主義的集大成者。 林孝庭在《意外的國度：蔣介石、美國、與近代台灣的形塑》敘述1945－1954台灣如何成為國民黨政府最後一塊根據地，聚焦於飄搖不定的台美關係。在《飛彈、政客與祕密外交》這本書中，康培莊從1970年代尼克森／季辛吉與中國祕密外交到今日中美交鋒，緊扣著美中台三方關係，而中國的崛起，注定與美國爭奪霸主，一如古希臘歷史學家修昔底德記錄古希臘兩次重大戰爭之一的《伯羅奔尼撒戰爭史》，中美之間的矛盾與衝突，以及經濟對政治、軍事的影響，再次印證了「修昔底德陷阱」－崛起中的強權挑戰霸權的情形下，一場戰爭在所難免，而夾在中間的台灣勢必捲入戰局。值得一提的是，英文書名「玩火」（Playing...

Max Stirner (1806-1856) is recognized in the history of political thought because of his egoist classic The Ego and Its Own. Stirner was a student of Hegel, and a critic of the Young Hegelians and the emerging forms of socialist and communist thought in the 1840s. Max Stirner's Dialectical Egoism:...

Commanding its own museum and over 200 years of examination, observation and scholarship, the monumental embroidery, known popularly as the Bayeux Tapestry and documenting William the Conqueror’s invasion of England in October 1066, is perhaps the most important surviving artifact of the Middle...

A study of retroscapes, commercial environments that evoke past times and places, a ubiquitous manifestation of modern marketing. It covers an array of retailing milieux, in a number of different countries, at a variety of spatial scales, and from various evaluative perspectives, both pro and con.

Following the defeat at Wabash, in 1792 the Washington administration created a new US Army to replace the one that had been destroyed. The man chosen to lead it was the famous Major-General "Mad†? Anthony Wayne. Having trained his new force, Wayne set out in 1793 to subdue the Ohio Indians....

This textbook is ideal for a course in engineering systems dynamics and controls. The work is a comprehensive treatment of the analysis of lumped parameter physical systems. Starting with a discussion of mathematical models in general, and ordinary differential equations, the book covers input/output...

The only major conflict of Lord Dunmore's War, the battle of Point Pleasant was fought between Virginian militia and American Indians from the Shawnee and Mingo tribes. Following increased tensions and a series of incidents between the American settlers and the natives, Dunmore, the last colonial...

As the Revolutionary War raged on fields near the Atlantic, Native Americans and British rangers fought American settlers on the Ohio River frontier in warfare of unsurpassed ferocity. When their attacks threatened to drive the Americans from their settlements in Kentucky, Daniel Boone, Simon Kenton...

Explore the Italian enclaves in different parts of the six states and the evolution of Italian heritage cuisine. What part of Italy did the immigrants come from? How did they adapt recipes and use new ingredients? How did those recipes evolve over the years? Included are profiles of the people, places,...

This classic book in the Kemp and Young series has been fully revised and updated by David J Eyres, author of the well-known Butterworth-Heinemann title "Ship Construction," and will prove indispensable to the student reader. The contents cover, in numerous fully illustrated items, shipyard...

Can murder and death be predetermined by the utterances of a drunken curse? A stranger carrying an unusual cloth handbag engages in conversation with a fellow traveler during a flight delay. When questioned about the bag, the man relates a gloomy tale. His tale begins when a clap of thunder causes...

Improved efficiency and effectiveness in the construction industry provide huge potential savings. Various forms of relational contracting such as partnering, alliancing, public private partnership (PPP), and joint venture are good examples of this. Relational Contracting for Construction Excellence...

Airlines are buffeted by fluctuating political and economic landscapes, ever-changing competition, technology developments, globalization, increasing deregulation and evolving customer requirements. As a consequence all sectors of the air transport industry are in a constant state of flux. The principle...