This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-workshop proceedings of the 5th International Workshop on Web Services and Formal Methods, WS-FM 2008, held in Milan, Italy, in September 2008 in conjunction with the 6th International Conference on Business Process Management, BPM 2008.
The 13 revised full papers presented together with one invited paper were carefully reviewed and selected from 39 submissions. The papers feature topics such as analysis, test, and verification; choreographies and process calculi; transactions and interoperability; workflows and petri nets.
The Ernst Schering Workshop on Chemokine Roles in Immunoregulation and Disease, with contributions by leading experts in the field, succinctly summarizes cutting-edge research in immunology, protein chemistry, and disease. This book gives an up-to-date overview on important developments in immunology with a concise, state-of-the-art review of chemokines. It is a time-saving reference for both researchers and students, providing fast and easy access to the latest information in this important area of research.』
Kakaku：
Cambridge University Press
Usually ships in 24 hours 『Shakespeare Survey is a yearbook of Shakespeare studies and production. Since 1948 Survey has published the best international scholarship in English and many of its essays have become classics of Shakespeare criticism. Each volume is devoted to a theme, or play, or group of plays; each also contains a section of reviews of the previous year's textual and critical studies and of major British performances. The books are illustrated with a variety of Shakespearean images and production photographs. The current editor of Survey is Peter Holland. The first eighteen volumes were edited by Allardyce Nicoll, numbers 19-33 by Kenneth Muir and numbers 34-52 by Stanley Wells. The virtues of accessible scholarship and a keen interest in performance, from Shakespeare's time to our own, have characterised the journal from the start. For the first time, numbers 1-50 are being reissued in paperback, available separately and as a set.』 fetish『 But It Is Not So Among You: Echoes of Power in Mark 10.32-45 (Journal for the Study of the New Testament Supplement) 』
Alberto De Mingo Kaminouchi,Alberto De Mingo Kaminouchi
Kakaku：
T. Clark Publishers
Usually ships in 24 hours 『The gospel of Mark, especially in 10:32-45, contains teachings attributed to Jesus about the use and abuse of power. This book applies a combination of different methods and approaches: mainly orality, criticism, literary criticism and a sensitivity for the social and cultural environment of the text, showing the centrality of Jesus's message on the issue of power both for the plot and for the theology of Mark. This message is a call to practice leadership in a way that is subversive toward the networks of power of the empire.』 fetish『 The Yale Editions of Horace Walpole's Correspondence, Volume 45: Complete Index: Volume II, Constantine to Grazing (The Yale Edition of Horace Walpole's Correspondence) (Vol 45) 』
Horace Walpole
Kakaku：
Springer
Usually ships in 24 hours 『The present volume 45 of Advances in Solid-State Physics contains the written versions of selected invited lectures from the spring meeting of the Arbeitskreis Festkörperphysik of the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft in the World Year of Physics 2005, the Einstein Year, which was held from 4 - 11 March 2005 in Berlin, Germany. Many topical talks given at the numerous symposia are included. Most of these were organized collaboratively by several of the divisions of the Arbeitskreis. The book presents, to some extent, the status of the field of solid-state physics in 2005 not only in Germany but also internationally. It is ''nanoscience'', namely the physics of quantum dots and wires, electrical transport, optical properties, spin transport in nanostructures, and magnetism on the nanoscale, that is of central interest to the physics community. Also, soft matter and biological systems are covered.』 fetish『 The Man in the Middle: A Story of the Polish Resistance : 1940-45 』
Witold Sagajllo
Kakaku：
Penguin (Non-Classics)
Usually ships in 24 hours IPhone 3G used's review (Enjoyable!) 『I always love getting my history in a fun way, and this is a really fun but educational book. I love that short bios are included first, before the "interview". I refreshed my memory on some, learned new tidbits to complete my recollections and, in some cases, learned about people and history I had never heard of before. I will pass portions of this book on (via my Kindle!) to my son for his reading as he encounters the historical individuals in school. The biggest suprise of the book was how MANY historical people were covered. Quite a lot, though I didn't actually count.』
(The Dead Guy Interviews is "Live" man!) 『Remember sitting in class and opening your history book to page, whatever, and trying to stay awake while you read along with the teacher? Nothing about the information brought the subject to life, made you care about what was going on back then, and it certainly didn't stick in your brain for a test. This book, The Dead Guy Interviews, is the absolute antidote for this type of mind numbing boredom. Dead Guy Interviews not only brings characters to life, it connects personality to history - which makes the past seem less distant and more recognizable. You aren't even aware that as you are laughing you are learning. I want to learn about every historical figure this way! I guarantee you will happily remember it for a test and long after.』
(Interesting idea, good writer, intersting people--but not a very good book) 『This is an idea that has been used before, which is not necessarily a bad thing. John Kendrick Bangs wrote at least two books about a Houseboat on the Styx where such notables as Washington, Darwin, Hamlet, Raleigh, Dr. Johnson, and many others discuss issues on their way to Hades. More recently, Steve Allen wrote a couple of books, including Meeting of the Minds, where various historical figures discussed their accomplishments and current topics. These latter books were the result of an amazingly good television series by the same name, and were funny, perceptive, and very intelligently done.
Michael Stusser, who is a very good writer with an excellent sense of humor, tries a similar approach here, but for some reason, it just doesn't seem to work. The "interviews" all feel somehow very similar, and become tedious by the end of the book. The humor is at times forced, and is often very juvenile. For example, after spending an inordinate amount of space ridiculing Napoleon about his height, he starts in on his love life: "MS: And, according to several mistresses, a three-minute limit in the sack, and a two-inch schlong."
Mr. Stusser's encyclopedic knowledge of history is obvious, the introductory biography of each person is very nicely done, but the question and answer section seems to have been dashed off without a lot of thought or imagination. A good editor would have been a real plus for this book.』
(DEAD GUY INTERVIEWS) 『 "The Dead Guy Interviews" by Michael A. Stusser is a collection of some 45 supposed interviews with some of the most famous personalities to have walked down the corridors of time. From "Alexander the Great" to "Crazy Horse", and on to Oscar Wilde, the interview tapes just keep on rolling!
Mr. Stusser prefaces each interview with a short biographical fingerprint of the individual to be interviewed, and relays a great deal of fascinating facts in a finely constructed capsule of information. The interviews are satirical and some quite funny. Sometimes however, I felt the author was trying too hard to be funny and his humor became more "slap-stick" in nature than... genuine humor.
This is a fun book, and the type you want to keep by your bed at night or, in your bathroom to read... "when the urge hits you." This book would also be highly recommended for those very serious businessmen who make a living running from one airport to another in route to their boring staff meetings, and teleconferences.
The books format is well planned and the author's pick of subjects for interview are... brilliant. Simply put... a good book to hang on to. 』
(Great Read!) 『Fresh off a heated election season, I find myself more interested than usual in historical figures, but also a little tired of the heavy-handed nature of the Obama-McCain contest. This book adds just the right kind of levity and humor into the mix in a way that reminds me of Neal Pollack's "Never Mind the Pollacks" in which Pollack travels the world and hangs out with the reality-based characters like Iggy Pop, David Bowie, and Kurt Cobain. Stusser has a real knack for being witty and informative without the implied smugness I find in most good humorists. The Dead Guy Interviews brings a thoroughly enjoyable blend of humor and education, which makes for one great read. Highly recommended as a stocking stuffer.』 『The interviewees in this irreverent book may not have a pulse, but, boy, can they talk!
Ever wanted to ask Nostradamus for the winning lotto numbers or van Gogh about the whole ear episode? How about Napoleon about his complex, or if Frida might consider a brow wax? InThe Dead Guy Interviews, journalist Michael Stusser has created forty-five interviews with some of the most famous personalities of all time, asking them probing questions about their lives, accomplishments, and what’s on their iPods. Based on his column in the acclaimed magazinemental_floss, this collection of conversations is incredibly funny, but each interview is also based on serious research, so in addition to laughing, readers actually learn real history.
The Dead Guy Interviewsincludes discussions with: Alexander the Great Beethoven Napoléon Bonaparte Buddha Julius Caesar Caligula George Washington Carver Catherine the Great Winston Churchill Cleopatra Confucius Crazy Horse Salvador Dalí Charles Darwin Emily Dickinson Albert Einstein Benjamin Franklin Sigmund Freud Genghis Khan Vincent van Gogh Henry VIII J. Edgar Hoover Harry Houdini Thomas Jefferson Joan of Arc Robert Johnson Frida Kahlo Leonardo da Vinci Abraham Lincoln Mao Tse-tung Karl Marx Michelangelo Montezuma Mozart Nostradamus Edgar Allan Poe William Shakespeare Sun Tzu Mae West Oscar Wilde 』
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