Publisher: Delmar Cengage Learning, 2008. — 1043 p. Advanced Bread & Pastry has a unique approach to providing advanced level concepts, techniques and formulas to those aspiring to be professional bakers and professional pastry chefs. It is the only available resource covering complex bread making, viennoiserie and pastry into one book. Exquisite photographs are throughout to further inspire learners and professionals of the unlimited potential of the craft. Advanced Bread and Pastry provides in depth information and troubleshooting strategies for addressing the complex techniques of the advanced level of bread and pastry arts.

1 (p0-1): 凡例 1 (p0-2): 概述 1 (p0-3): 目录 1 (p0-4): 序 8 (p0-5): 大事记 51 (p0-6): 第一章 建置沿革 51 (p0-7): 卷一 建置 52 (p0-8): 第一节 清朝及其以前区划 52 (p0-9): 第二章 行政区划 53 (p0-10): 第二节 民国时期区划 55 (p0-11): 第三节 解放后区划 58 (p0-12): 第一节 市区 58 (p0-13): 第三章 市区与乡镇 59 (p0-14): 第二节 乡镇 72 (p0-15): 第一节 地层 72 (p0-16): 第一章 地质 72 (p0-17): 卷二 自然地理 74 (p0-18): 第二节 构造 75 (p0-19): 第三节 岩石 77 (p0-20): 第一节 地貌特征 77 (p0-21): 第二章 地貌 77 (p0-22): 第四节 矿藏 78 (p0-23): 第二节 地貌类型 79 (p0-24): 第三节 山脉 82 (p0-25): 第四节 海域 83 (p0-26): 第一节 四季特征 83 (p0-27): 第三章 气候 84 (p0-28): 第二节 气候要素 88 (p0-29): 第一节 水系 88 (p0-30): 第四章 水文 89 (p0-31): 第三节 水位 89 (p0-32): 第二节 径流 90 (p0-33): 第四节 水质 92 (p0-34): 第五节 潮汐 93 (p0-35): 第一节 类型与分布 93 (p0-36): 第五章 土壤 97 (p0-37): 第二节 土壤养分 99 (p0-38): 第一节 类型与分布 99 (p0-39): 第六章 植被 100 (p0-40): 第二节 植物种类 104 (p0-41): 第七章 野生动物 105 (p0-42): 第八章 自然灾异 108 (p0-43): 第二节 姓氏 108 (p0-44): 第一节 源流 108 (p0-45): 卷三 人口 108 (p0-46): 第一章 人口源流 110 (p0-47): 第一节 人口消长 110 (p0-48): 第二章 人口规模 115 (p0-49): 第二节 人口分布 117 (p0-50): 第一节 性别与年龄构成 117 (p0-51): 第三章 人口构成 119 (p0-52): 第二节 民族与职业构成 123 (p0-53): 第三节 文化构成 125 (p0-54): 第一节 婚姻 125 (p0-55): 第四章 婚姻家庭 126 (p0-56): 第五章 计划生育 126 (p0-57): 第二节 家庭 127 (p0-58): 第三节 节育 127 (p0-59): 第二节 晚婚晚育 127 (p0-60): 第一节 计生机构 130 (p0-61): 第四节 优生优育 132 (p0-62): 第一节 市政设施 132 (p0-63): 第一章 市区建设 132 (p0-64): 卷四 城乡建设 139 (p0-65): 第二节 房屋建设 141 (p0-66): 第一节 镇政府驻地建设 141 (p0-67): 第二章 乡镇村建设 144 (p0-68): 第二节 乡政府驻地建设 145 (p0-69): 第三节 村庄建设 146 (p0-70): 第一节 建筑队伍 146 (p0-71): 第三章 建筑业 147 (p0-72): 第二节 技术设备 149 (p0-73): 第三节 勘察设计 150 (p0-74): 第四节 优良工程 152 (p0-75): 第一节 环境状况 152 (p0-76): 第四章 环境保护 153 (p0-77): 第二节 环境监测 154 (p0-78): 第三节 污染防治 156 (p0-79): 第二节 工程质量监督 156 (p0-80): 第一节 规划管理 156 (p0-81): 第五章 管理 157...

__The Oxford Handbook of Language Production__ provides a comprehensive, multidisciplinary review of the complex mechanisms involved in language production. It describes what we know of the computational, linguistic, cognitive, and brain bases of human language production - from how we conceive the messages we aim to convey, to how we retrieve the right (and sometimes wrong) words, how we form grammatical sentences, and how we assemble and articulate individual sounds, letters, and gestures. Contributions from leading psycholinguists, linguists, and neuroscientists offer readers a broad perspective on the latest research, highlighting key investigations into core aspects of human language processing.The __Handbook__ is organized into three sections: speaking, written and sign languages, and how language production interfaces with the wider cognitive system, including control processes, memory, non-linguistic gestures, and the perceptual system. These chapters discuss a wide array of levels of representation, from sentences to individual words, speech sounds and articulatory gestures, extending to discourse and the broader social context of speaking. Detailed supporting chapters provide an overview of key issues in linguistic structure at each level of representation. Authoritative yet concisely written, the volume will be of interest to scholars and students working in cognitive psychology, psycholinguistics, cognitive neuroscience, computer science, audiology, and education, and related fields.

<br> The entire Alpha Quadrant has been threatened with deadly infiltration by the shape-shifting Founders of the Dominion. Already the Romulans and Cardassians have been decimated by the clandestine machinations of the Founders. <p>Now the newly promoted Captain Benjamin Sisko of <i>Deep Space Nine™</i> has another problem: a massive fleet of Klingon warships has arrived at DS9 on a secret mission. Unable to learn anything from an elusive Klingon general, Sisko turns to Lt. Commander Worf, formerly of the <i>Starship Enterprise™</i> and the only Klingon in Starfleet, to try and uncover the truth.</p> <p>What Worf learns will have a profound impact on the future of the Alpha Quadrant, and Sisko must risk destroying the Federation-Klingon alliance to prevent a full-scale war!</p> <p>In the beginning of a thrilling new season, everyone's favorite Klingon, Lt. Commander Worf, jumps ship from Star Trek: The Next Generation to join the crew of Deep Space Nine. His help will be in dire demand as the Federation's once peaceful relationship with the Klingons deteriorates to all-out war. Available in early September. Original. </p>

El pensamiento neoclásico forma un todo coherente y extremo. La determinación de los precios de los factores y productos, mediante la función de producción y la estructura de preferencias, resulta familiar tras el estudio de la microeconomía ortodoxa. En relación con la producción sabemos que -en un proceso de determinación simultánea- los precios de los factores se igualan a los valores de la productividad marginal física de los mismos y que la técnica escogida es precisamente la que proporciona esos valores a las productividades. En lo que se refiere a la producción, todas las deducciones neoclásicas descansan en la existencia de rendimientos decrecientes de los factores, costes marginales crecientes de la empresa, etc. En esa línea, el autor trata de ofrecer una alternativa a la visión totalizadora neoclásica, discutiendo sus supuestos, examinando sus conclusiones y proponiendo, en definitiva, una estructura analítica macroeconómica distinta. El paso inicial es examinar las condicionantes del sector de producción, primero en un modelo simple unisectorial y después en uno bisectorial, en el que partiendo de coeficientes fijos de producción (esto es, sin existencia asumida de rendimientos decrecientes) se observan las relaciones existentes entre salario, tipo de beneficio, distribución, precios relativos, etc. Este tipo de análisis que descansa de la obra de Ricardo (1821) y en el replanteamiento de Sraffa (1960), podía resultar, hasta hace poco, excesivamente complejo para un curso introductorio de macroeconomía. La síntesis de Craven (1979), sin embargo, ha hecho que el análisis resulte asequible a nivel introductorio.

Master Procedural Generation with Unity and C#Are you ready to build dynamic, evolving game worlds that captivate players? Procedural World Building With Unity and C# is your step-by-step guide to mastering procedural generation techniques in Unity, no matter your coding experience. This book walks you through reading files to create procedural scenes, generating realistic terrains, designing city layouts with traffic systems, and crafting organic caves and mazes. By the end, you'll be equipped to create unique and replayable environments that bring your game ideas to life.What You Will LearnAfter completing this book, you will be able toRead Files and Generate Worlds from Data: Learn how to create game worlds by reading arrays, files, and XML, allowing for data-driven environments.Generate Procedural Terrain with Perlin Noise: Use noise functions, custom shaders, and meshes to create varied landscapes with hills, valleys, and unique terrain features.Design Procedural Cities with Traffic Systems: Develop structured city layouts with roads, buildings, and traffic systems that mimic real-life urban environments.Create Natural Cave Systems with Cellular Automata: Use cellular automata to generate organic cave formations for immersive exploration.Build Mazes Using Binary Tree Algorithms: Implement and understand the Binary Tree algorithm to design complex, navigable mazes.Optimize and Structure Code for Procedural Generation: Develop efficient code for smooth, real-time generation and optimize your project to handle complex procedural content.Topics Included in This BookReading Files and Creating Scenes Procedurally: Learn to build game worlds from arrays, files, and XML data, enabling flexible, data-driven environments.Procedural Terrain Generation with Perlin Noise: Use noise functions, custom shaders, and mesh manipulation to create diverse landscapes.Procedural City Generation with Traffic Systems: Develop urban layouts with streets, buildings,...

Much more important, these simple maps - often drawn on scrap paper - showed where steps could be eliminated, flows smoothed, and pull systems introduced in order to create a truly lean value stream for each product family. <p>In 1998 John teamed with Mike Rother of the University of Michigan to write down Toyota's mapping methodology for the first time in <i>Learning to See</i>. This simple tool makes it possible for you to see through the clutter of a complex plant. You'll soon be able to identify all of the processing steps along the path from raw materials to finished goods for each product and all of the information flows going back from the customer through the plant and upstream to suppliers. With this knowledge in hand it is much easier to envision a "future state" for each product family in which wasteful actions are eliminated and production can be pulled smoothly ahead by the customer.</p> <p>In plain language and with detailed drawings, this workbook explains everything you will need to know to create accurate current-state and future- state maps for each of your product families and then to turn the current state into the future state rapidly and sustainably.</p> <p>In <i>Learning to See</i> you will find:</p> <ul> <li>A foreword by Jim Womack and Dan Jones explaining the need for this tool.</li> <li>An introduction by Mike Rother and John Shook describing how they discovered the mapping tool in their study of Toyota.</li> <li>Guidance on identifying your product families.</li> <li>A detailed explanation of how to draw a current-state map.</li> <li>A practice case permitting you to draw a current-state map on your own, with feedback from Mike and John in the appendix on how you did.</li> <li>A detailed explanation of how to draw a future-state map.</li> <li>A second practice case permitting you to draw a future-state map, with "the answer" provided in the appendix.</li> <li>Guidance on how to designate a manager for each value stream.</li> <li>Advice on breaking implementation into easy steps.</li> <li>An explanation of how to use the yearly value stream plan to guide each product family through successive future states.</li> </ul> <p>More than 50,000 copies of <i>Learning to See</i> have been sold in the past two years. Readers from across the world report that value stream mapping has been an invaluable tool to start their lean transformation and to make the best use of kaizen events.</p> <p>The lean tool kit is intended to be a dynamic and continually evolving means of sharing knowledge between lean thinkers. We value your feedback on the tools and encourage you to share your experiences in using them. </p>

Publisher: Delmar Cengage Learning, 2008. — 1043 p. Advanced Bread & Pastry has a unique approach to providing advanced level concepts, techniques and formulas to those aspiring to be professional bakers and professional pastry chefs. It is the only available resource covering complex bread making, viennoiserie and pastry into one book. Exquisite photographs are throughout to further inspire learners and professionals of the unlimited potential of the craft. Advanced Bread and Pastry provides in depth information and troubleshooting strategies for addressing the complex techniques of the advanced level of bread and pastry arts.

<p>A new model of economic life that looks at it in terms of ecological interaction and mutation is presented in Evolutionary Economics. It looks at commodities, for example, as if they were a species in the social ecosystem. Boulding describes his new model with clarity and wit, showing its roots in classical economics and exploring the prospects of an evolutionary approach for bettering human conditions.</p>

In the Fourth Edition of Scale Development, Robert F. DeVellis demystifies measurement by emphasizing a logical rather than strictly mathematical understanding of concepts. The text supports readers in comprehending newer approaches to measurement, comparing them to classical approaches, and grasping more clearly the relative merits of each. This edition addresses new topics pertinent to modern measurement approaches and includes additional exercises and topics for class discussion.

Can you find the right words at the right time? Then put your clue-solving skills to the ultimate test by working through these 500 crossword puzzles.

<p><P>The once unbeatable Band of the Hawk is smashed, and their former leader, Griffith, has made an unholy pact with the demon lords of the Godhand, sacrificing his former troops to resurrect his crippled body and ascend to stand in power beside these profane gods. The Invocation of Doom has unleashed a plague of unspeakable horrors upon the earth, and the first battle not only shatters the Hawks, but the hand of their champion, Guts, and the mind of their captain and Guts' lover, Casca. And while time may heal some of Guts' wounds, it will not heal his desire for vengeance. And his discovery of a gigantic, dragon-slaying sword might be just the ticket to deal out some king-sized payback!<p>Also included in this volume&#58; "Berserk Prototype," the very first Berserk story, created during Kentaro Miura's college days as his audition that sold the series!</p>

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Why do people submit to authority and derive pleasure even others have over them? What is the appeal of domination and submission, and why are they so prevalent in erotic life? Why is it so difficult for men and women to meet as equals? Why, indeed, do hey continue to recapitulate the positions of master and slave? In The Bonds of Love , noted feminist theorist and psychoanalyst Jessica Benjamin explains why we accept and perpetuate relationships of domination and submission. She reveals that domination is a complex psychological process which ensnares both parties in bonds of complicity, and shows how it underlies our family life, our social institutions, and especially our sexual relations, in spite of our conscious commitment to equality and freedom.

In an old mansion in Cennethisar, a former fishing village near Istanbul, an old widow Fatma awaits the annual summer visit of her grandchildren. She has lived in the village for decades, ever since her husband, an idealistic young doctor, first arrived to serve the poor fishermen. Now mostly bedridden, she is attended by her faithfulservant Recep, a dwarf and the doctor's illegitimate son. They share memories, and grievances, of the early years, before Cennethisar became a high-class resort.Her visiting grandchildren are Faruk, a dissipated failed historian; his sensitive leftist sister, Nilgun; and Metin, a high school student drawn to the fast life of the nouveaux riches, who dreams of going to America. But it is Recep's nephew Hassan, a high-school dropout, lately fallen in with right-wing nationalists, who will draw the visiting family into the growing political cataclysm issuing from Turkey's tumultuous century-long struggle for modernity. General Fiction

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Véritable accompagnement à la pratique hypnothérapeutique, cet ouvrage propose des outils concrets, des modèles d'intervention simples et efficaces et des techniques précises et rapides à intégrer facilement. Après un bref rappel historique, les auteurs définissent les notions théoriques centrales et actuelles de l'hypnose, puis présentent des techniques d'hypnose classiques et nouvelles tant conversationnelles que formelles. Ils abordent des cas cliniques et présentent des protocoles d'intervention adaptés aux différentes pathologies (addictions, phobies, traumatismes, dépressions, troubles du comportement sexuel, troubles psychotiques...). Ce livre répond aux questionnements des professionnels de l'accompagnement thérapeutique et du soin somatique et psychique, et les aidera à construire de nouveaux outils et de nouvelles stratégies d'intervention. [Payot]

Statistical Rethinking: A Bayesian Course With Examples In R And Stan Builds Readers’ Knowledge Of And Confidence In Statistical Modeling. Reflecting The Need For Even Minor Programming In Today’s Model-based Statistics, The Book Pushes Readers To Perform Step-by-step Calculations That Are Usually Automated. This Unique Computational Approach Ensures That Readers Understand Enough Of The Details To Make Reasonable Choices And Interpretations In Their Own Modeling Work. The Text Presents Generalized Linear Multilevel Models From A Bayesian Perspective, Relying On A Simple Logical Interpretation Of Bayesian Probability And Maximum Entropy. It Covers From The Basics Of Regression To Multilevel Models. The Author Also Discusses Measurement Error, Missing Data, And Gaussian Process Models For Spatial And Network Autocorrelation. By Using Complete R Code Examples Throughout, This Book Provides A Practical Foundation For Performing Statistical Inference. Designed For Both Phd Students And Seasoned Professionals In The Natural And Social Sciences, It Prepares Them For More Advanced Or Specialized Statistical Modeling. Web Resource The Book Is Accompanied By An R Package (rethinking) That Is Available On The Author’s Website And Github. The Two Core Functions (map And Map2stan) Of This Package Allow A Variety Of Statistical Models To Be Constructed From Standard Model Formulas.

The fifth edition of Australian Principles of Tort Law provides currency, depth of analysis and clear explanation of this challenging area of law. It explains common law doctrine and the operation of civil liability legislation across Australian jurisdictions. There is extensive discussion and analysis of the latest resources with particular focus on the scope and content of the growing body of case law on interpretation and application of Australian civil liability legislation. Stewart and Stuhmcke succeed in clarifying a conceptually difficult area of law across all Australian jurisdictions. They discuss an excellent range of cases (geographical and hierarchical), explain the relevance and applicability of the civil liability legislation, and detail the impact and importance of the relationship between the legislation and the common law of tort.

झोला की तीमारदारी में बहू और ग्यारह बरस का पोता भी लोगों के कहे-कहे जीप में बैठ गए।...और पीछे रह गई हञ्जा-माऊ—निपट अकेली! इतनी लंबी-लड़ाक जिंदगी में वह कभी अकेली नहीं रही। और न सपने में भी उसे अकेलेपन का कभी एहसास हुआ। घरवालों के बीच वह हरदम ऐसी आश्वस्त रहती थी, मानो सार-सँभाल के वज्र-कुठले में नितांत सुरक्षित हो! उसकी निर्बाध कुशलक्षेम में कहीं कोई कसर नहीं थी। और आज अकेली होते ही उसके अटूट विश्वास की नींव मानो अतल गहराई में धँस गई! बड़ी मुश्किल से पाँव घसीट-घसीटकर वह अस्पताल से अपने घर पहुँची।वक्त तो कयामत की भी परवाह नहीं करता, फिर उस बामन की क्या औकात! रात-दिन का चक्र अपनी रफ्तार से चलता रहा और अपनी बारी से अमावस भी आ गई। इधर देवी परेशान थी। आखिर इस बखेडि़ये को यह क्या बेजा सूझी! अगर एक दफा लोगों के मन से देवी-देवताओं की आस्था उठ गई तो फिर कोई उनका नाम लेवा भी नहीं मिलेगा। दूसरे जीवों को तो अपने जीवन से परे कोई ध्यान ही नहीं। उनकी बला से भगवान् कल मरे या आज। —इसी संग्रह सेभारतीय लोक संस्कृति, परंपराओं और मान्यताओं को नए प्रतिमान देनेवाले विजयदान देथा उपाख्य ‘बिज्जी’ ने अपनी प्रभावी लेखनी के माध्यम से शोषित, उपेक्षित और पिछड़े वर्गों को समाज की मुख्यधारा में लाने का पुरजोर आग्रह किया। सामाजिक चेतना जाग्रत् करनेवाली उनकी प्रभावी लोकप्रिय कहानियों का पठनीय संकलन।

Now a Hulu series starring Elizabeth Moss. The Handmaid's Tale is an instant classic and eerily prescient cultural phenomenon, from "the patron saint of feminist dystopian fiction" (New York Times) The Handmaid's Tale is a novel of such power that the reader will be unable to forget its images and its forecast. Set in the near future, it describes life in what was once the United States and is now called the Republic of Gilead, a monotheocracy that has reacted to social unrest and a sharply declining birthrate by reverting to, and going beyond, the repressive intolerance of the original Puritans. The regime takes the Book of Genesis absolutely at its word, with bizarre consequences for the women and men in its population. The story is told through the eyes of Offred, one of the unfortunate Handmaids under the new social order. In condensed but eloquent prose, by turns cool-eyed, tender, despairing, passionate, and wry, she reveals to us the dark corners behind the establishment's calm facade, as certain tendencies now in existence are carried to their logical conclusions. The Handmaid's Tale is funny, unexpected, horrifying, and altogether convincing. It is at once scathing satire, dire warning, and a tour de force. It is Margaret Atwood at her best.

​Renee Nault was chosen by author Margaret Atwood to adapt & illustrate Atwood's 1985 classic dystopian novel. Each page is hand-painted in vivid watercolor. It’s hard to imagine a more colourful, more ironically vivid, dystopia than the Republic of Gilead in the hands of Renee Nault. The 38-year-old Vancouver artist has turned The Handmaid’s Tale, the most protean of Margaret Atwood’s novels—already refashioned as a feature film, opera, radio drama, stage play & ongoing TV series—into a strikingly beautiful graphic novel. Dystopias, places of ash & toxicity both physically & mentally, tend to be illustrated in shades of grey, Nault allows in an interview, “and that works, obviously—I used those tones a lot for the background. But I really wanted to pare down to the colours assigned to people’s social positions. Gilead is such a rigid, role-based society, & the novel has so much to say about gender roles as seen through women’s perspectives, that the first thing anyone notices about anyone else is what colour they’re wearing. Often, it’s the only thing, because those limited roles are all that matters in that society.”The artist “really liked” doing the wild scenes at the ruling elite’s private bordello, “because I got to draw these crazy costumes & colours,” including old cheerleader uniforms, ragged underwear & swimsuits, & an on-its-last-legs Playboy Bunny outfit, complete with busted right ear. “They weren’t set out in the novel,” laughs Nault. “All it says is that the costumes were old or scavenged from other things.” Those scenes were a closer fit with Nault’s natural style, as displayed in her ongoing webcomic, Witchling. “My temptation is always to make everything really lush & beautiful because that’s what I like to draw. But Handmaid’s Tale is definitely a lot more minimalist.Nault made what she calls a “movie-style” script, which described each page & what it would look like,...

​Renee Nault was chosen by author Margaret Atwood to adapt & illustrate Atwood's 1985 classic dystopian novel. Each page is hand-painted in vivid watercolor. It’s hard to imagine a more colourful, more ironically vivid, dystopia than the Republic of Gilead in the hands of Renee Nault. The 38-year-old Vancouver artist has turned The Handmaid’s Tale, the most protean of Margaret Atwood’s novels—already refashioned as a feature film, opera, radio drama, stage play & ongoing TV series—into a strikingly beautiful graphic novel. Dystopias, places of ash & toxicity both physically & mentally, tend to be illustrated in shades of grey, Nault allows in an interview, “and that works, obviously—I used those tones a lot for the background. But I really wanted to pare down to the colours assigned to people’s social positions. Gilead is such a rigid, role-based society, & the novel has so much to say about gender roles as seen through women’s perspectives, that the first thing anyone notices about anyone else is what colour they’re wearing. Often, it’s the only thing, because those limited roles are all that matters in that society.”The artist “really liked” doing the wild scenes at the ruling elite’s private bordello, “because I got to draw these crazy costumes & colours,” including old cheerleader uniforms, ragged underwear & swimsuits, & an on-its-last-legs Playboy Bunny outfit, complete with busted right ear. “They weren’t set out in the novel,” laughs Nault. “All it says is that the costumes were old or scavenged from other things.” Those scenes were a closer fit with Nault’s natural style, as displayed in her ongoing webcomic, Witchling. “My temptation is always to make everything really lush & beautiful because that’s what I like to draw. But Handmaid’s Tale is definitely a lot more minimalist.Nault made what she calls a “movie-style” script, which described each page & what it would look like,...

One of the definitive novels of the twentieth century, and winner of the Pulitzer Prize. 'Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird.' A lawyer's advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of Harper Lee's classic novel - a black man charged with the rape of a white girl. Through the young eyes of Scout and Jem Finch, Harper Lee explores with exuberant humour the irrationality of adult attitudes to race and class in the Deep South of the thirties. The conscience of a town steeped in prejudice, violence and hypocrisy is pricked by the stamina of one man's struggle for justice. But the weight of history will only tolerate so much. To Kill a Mockingbird is a coming-of-age story, an anti-racist novel, a historical drama of the Great Depression and a sublime example of the Southern writing tradition.This enhanced edition includes an excerpt from the audio read by Sissy Spacek as well as footage from the documentary, Hey Boo, including contributions from Oprah Winfrey, Wally Lamb and Richard Russo among others.

View our Ken Follett feature page. Learn more about The Pillars of the Earth miniseries on Starz. A departure for the bestselling thriller writer, this historical epic—a twelfth-century tale of the building of a mighty Gothic cathedral—stunned readers and critics alike with its ambitious scope and gripping humanity

#1 New York Times Bestseller In 1989, Ken Follett astonished the literary world with  The Pillars of the Earth , a sweeping epic novel set in twelfth-century England centered on the building of a cathedral and many of the hundreds of lives it affected. World Without End is its equally irresistible sequel—set two hundred years after The Pillars of the Earth and three hundred years after the Kingsbridge prequel, The Evening and the Morning . World Without End  takes place in the same town of Kingsbridge, two centuries after the townspeople finished building the exquisite Gothic cathedral that was at the heart of  The Pillars of the Earth . The cathedral and the priory are again at the center of a web of love and hate, greed and pride, ambition and revenge, but this sequel stands on its own. This time the men and women of an extraordinary cast of characters find themselves at a crossroads of new ideas—about medicine, commerce, architecture, and justice. In a world where proponents of the old ways fiercely battle those with progressive minds, the intrigue and tension quickly reach a boiling point against the devastating backdrop of the greatest natural disaster ever to strike the human race—the Black Death. Three years in the writing and nearly eighteen years since its predecessor,  World Without End  is a "well-researched, beautifully detailed portrait of the late Middle Ages" ( The Washington Post ) that once again shows that Ken Follett is a masterful author writing at the top of his craft.

Ken Follett collection 3 books set includes titles in this set :- World without end, The pillars of the earth, A column of fire *The Pillars of the EarthA spellbinding epic tale of ambition, anarchy, and absolute power set against the sprawling medieval canvas of twelfth-century England, this is Ken Follett's classic historical masterpiece.The Pillars of the Earth tells the story of Philip, prior of Kingsbridge, a devout and resourceful monk driven to build the greatest Gothic cathedral the world has known . . . of Tom, the mason who becomes his architect – a man divided in his soul . . . of the beautiful, elusive Lady Aliena, haunted by a secret shame . . . and of a struggle between good and evil that will turn church against state, and brother against brother. *World Without End The saga that has enthralled the millions of readers of The Pillars of the Earth continues with World Without End. On the day after Halloween, in the year 1327, four children slip away from the cathedral city of Kingsbridge. They are a thief, a bully, a boy genius and a girl who wants to be a doctor. In the forest they see two men killed. As adults, their lives will be braided together by ambition, love, greed and revenge. They will see prosperity and famine, plague and war. One boy will travel the world but come home in the end; the other will be a powerful, corrupt nobleman. *A Column of Fire The saga that has enthralled the millions of readers of The Pillars of the Earth and World Without End now continues with Ken Follett's magnificent, gripping A Column of Fire.Christmas 1558, and young Ned Willard returns home to Kingsbridge to find his world has changed. The ancient stones of Kingsbridge Cathedral look down on a city torn by religious hatred. Europe is in turmoil as high principles clash bloodily with friendship, loyalty and love.

The pillars of the earth. By Ken Follett As a new age dawns in England's twelfth century the building of a mighty Gothic cathedral sets the stage for a story of intrigue and power revenge and betrayal. It is in this rich tapestry, where kings and queens are corrupt, that the common man shows eternal promise----and one majestic creation will bond them forever. The Pillar's of the Earth

SUMMARY:The Pillars of the Earth sweeps through 12th-century England in an era of raging civil war, telling of a group of men and women whose fates are linked to the building of a great cathedral, a site of bloodshed and treachery. A masterpiece of raw courage and passion from the author of Eye of the Needle. William Morrow.

Ken Follett collection 3 books set includes titles in this set :- World without end, The pillars of the earth, A column of fire \*The Pillars of the EarthA spellbinding epic tale of ambition, anarchy, and absolute power set against the sprawling medieval canvas of twelfth-century England, this is Ken Follett's classic historical masterpiece.The Pillars of the Earth tells the story of Philip, prior of Kingsbridge, a devout and resourceful monk driven to build the greatest Gothic cathedral the world has known . . . of Tom, the mason who becomes his architect – a man divided in his soul . . . of the beautiful, elusive Lady Aliena, haunted by a secret shame . . . and of a struggle between good and evil that will turn church against state, and brother against brother. \*World Without End The saga that has enthralled the millions of readers of The Pillars of the Earth continues with World Without End. On the day after Halloween, in the year 1327, four children slip away from the cathedral city of Kingsbridge. They are a thief, a bully, a boy genius and a girl who wants to be a doctor. In the forest they see two men killed. As adults, their lives will be braided together by ambition, love, greed and revenge. They will see prosperity and famine, plague and war. One boy will travel the world but come home in the end; the other will be a powerful, corrupt nobleman. \*A Column of Fire The saga that has enthralled the millions of readers of The Pillars of the Earth and World Without End now continues with Ken Follett's magnificent, gripping A Column of Fire.Christmas 1558, and young Ned Willard returns home to Kingsbridge to find his world has changed. The ancient stones of Kingsbridge Cathedral look down on a city torn by religious hatred. Europe is in turmoil as high principles clash bloodily with friendship, loyalty and love.

From Publishers WeeklySet in 12th-century England, the narrative concerns the building of a cathedral in the fictional town of Kingsbridge. The ambitions of three men merge, conflict and collide through 40 years of social and political upheaval as internal church politics affect the progress of the cathedral and the fortunes of the protagonists. "Follett has written a novel that entertains, instructs and satisfies on a grand scale," judged PW. Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Library JournalA radical departure from Follett's novels of international suspense and intrigue, this chronicles the vicissitudes of a prior, his master builder, and their community as they struggle to build a cathedral and protect themselves during the tumultuous 12th century, when the empress Maud and Stephen are fighting for the crown of England after the death of Henry I. The plot is less tightly controlled than those in Follett's contemporary works, and despite the wealth of historical detail, especially concerning architecture and construction, much of the language as well as the psychology of the characters and their relationships remains firmly rooted in the 20th century. This will appeal more to lovers of exciting adventure stories than true devotees of historical fiction. Literary Guild dual main selection.- Cynthia Johnson Whealler, Cary Memorial Lib., Lexington, Mass.Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Set in twelfth-century England, this epic of kings and peasants juxtaposes the building of a magnificent church with the violence and treachery that often characterized the Middle Ages. Reissue.

SUMMARY: Set in twelfth-century England, this epic of kings and peasants juxtaposes the building of a magnificent church with the violence and treachery that often characterized the Middle Ages. Reissue.

View our Ken Follett feature page. Learn more about The Pillars of the Earth miniseries on Starz. A departure for the bestselling thriller writer, this historical epica twelfth-century tale of the building of a mighty Gothic cathedralstunned readers and critics alike with its ambitious scope and gripping humanity From Publishers Weekly Set in 12th-century England, the narrative concerns the building of a cathedral in the fictional town of Kingsbridge. The ambitions of three men merge, conflict and collide through 40 years of social and political upheaval as internal church politics affect the progress of the cathedral and the fortunes of the protagonists. "Follett has written a novel that entertains, instructs and satisfies on a grand scale," judged PW. Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Library Journal A radical departure from Follett's novels of international suspense and intrigue, this chronicles the vicissitudes of a prior, his master builder, and their community as they struggle to build a cathedral and protect themselves during the tumultuous 12th century, when the empress Maud and Stephen are fighting for the crown of England after the death of Henry I. The plot is less tightly controlled than those in Follett's contemporary works, and despite the wealth of historical detail, especially concerning architecture and construction, much of the language as well as the psychology of the characters and their relationships remains firmly rooted in the 20th century. This will appeal more to lovers of exciting adventure stories than true devotees of historical fiction. Literary Guild dual main selection. - Cynthia Johnson Whealler, Cary Memorial Lib., Lexington, Mass. Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Tom Builder's dream is to build a cathedral, but in the meantime, he must scrounge about to find a lord that will hire him. His search pulls him and his family into the politics of 12th-century England, as different lords vie to gain control of the throne in the wake of the recently deceased king. Prior Phillip, a man raised in the monastery since childhood, also finds himself drafted into the brewing storm as he must protect the interests of a declining church. Richard E. Grant seduces readers early on with a soft and deliberate voice that is like a loud whisper. However, his full range quickly reveals itself as he delves into characters with animated voices that exert their true essence. Even throughout the narrative, Grant musters a lively voice that imbues energy into the story.

Tom Builder's dream is to build a cathedral, but in the meantime, he must scrounge about to find a lord that will hire him. His search pulls him and his family into the politics of 12th-century England, as different lords vie to gain control of the throne in the wake of the recently deceased king. Prior Phillip, a man raised in the monastery since childhood, also finds himself drafted into the brewing storm as he must protect the interests of a declining church. Richard E. Grant seduces readers early on with a soft and deliberate voice that is like a loud whisper. However, his full range quickly reveals itself as he delves into characters with animated voices that exert their true essence. Even throughout the narrative, Grant musters a lively voice that imbues energy into the story.

The Color Purple's deeply inspirational narrative of courage in the face of oppression, coupled with Alice Walker's prodigious talent as a stylist and storyteller, have made this a contemporary American classic.Celie has grown up in rural Georgia, navigating a childhood of ceaseless abuse. Not only is she poor and despised by the society around her, but she's also badly treated by her family. As a teenager, she begins writing letters directly to God in an attempt to transcend a life that often seems too much to bear. Her letters span twenty years and record a journey of self-discovery and empowerment through the guiding light of a few strong women and her own implacable will to find harmony with herself and her home. Lauded as a literary masterpiece, this is the groundbreaking novel that placed Walker “in the company of Faulkner” (The Nation) and remains a wrenching — yet intensely uplifting — experience for new generations of readers. The Color Purple is the 1st book in the Color Purple Collection, which also includes The Temple Of My Familiar and Possessing The Secret Of Joy."[The Color Purple]... brings into sharper focus many of the diverse themes that threaded their way through her past work... [here] the role of male domination in the frustration of black women's struggle for independence is clearly the focus....What makes Miss Walker's exploration so indelibly affecting is the choice of a narrative style that, without the intrusion of the author, forces intimate identification with the heroine... Alice Walker's choice and effective handling of the epistolary style has enabled her to tell a poignant tale of women's struggle for equality and independence." - Mel Watkins, The New York Times Book Review

The Color Purple's deeply inspirational narrative of courage in the face of oppression, coupled with Alice Walker's prodigious talent as a stylist and storyteller, have made this a contemporary American classic.Celie has grown up in rural Georgia, navigating a childhood of ceaseless abuse. Not only is she poor and despised by the society around her, but she's also badly treated by her family. As a teenager, she begins writing letters directly to God in an attempt to transcend a life that often seems too much to bear. Her letters span twenty years and record a journey of self-discovery and empowerment through the guiding light of a few strong women and her own implacable will to find harmony with herself and her home. Lauded as a literary masterpiece, this is the groundbreaking novel that placed Walker “in the company of Faulkner” (The Nation) and remains a wrenching — yet intensely uplifting — experience for new generations of readers. The Color Purple is the 1st book in the Color Purple Collection, which also includes The Temple Of My Familiar and Possessing The Secret Of Joy."[The Color Purple]... brings into sharper focus many of the diverse themes that threaded their way through her past work... [here] the role of male domination in the frustration of black women's struggle for independence is clearly the focus....What makes Miss Walker's exploration so indelibly affecting is the choice of a narrative style that, without the intrusion of the author, forces intimate identification with the heroine... Alice Walker's choice and effective handling of the epistolary style has enabled her to tell a poignant tale of women's struggle for equality and independence." - Mel Watkins, The New York Times Book Review

Three novels by a New York Times –bestselling author—including the Pulitzer Prize winner The Color Purple —that speak to the African experience in America. The Color Purple is Alice Walker’s stunning, Pulitzer Prize–winning novel of courage in the face of oppression. Celie grows up in rural Georgia, navigating a childhood of ceaseless abuse. Not only is she poor and despised by the society around her, she’s badly treated by her family. As a teenager she begins writing letters directly to God in an attempt to transcend a life that often seems too much to bear. Her letters span twenty years and record a journey of self-discovery and empowerment through the guiding light of a few strong women and her own implacable will to find harmony with herself and her home.    In The Temple of My Familiar , Celie and Shug from The Color Purple follow the lives of a brilliant cast of characters, all dealing in some way with the legacy of the African experience in America. From recent African immigrants, to a woman who grew up in the mixed-race rainforest communities of South America, to Celie’s own granddaughter living in modern-day San Francisco, all must come to understand the brutal stories of their ancestors to come to terms with their own troubled lives.     Possessing the Secret of Joy portrays Tashi’s tribe, the Olinka, where young girls undergo genital mutilation as an initiation into the community. Tashi manages to avoid this fate at first, but when pressed by tribal leaders, she submits. Years later, married and living in America as Evelyn Johnson, Tashi’s inner pain emerges. As she questions why such a terrifying, disfiguring sacrifice was required, she sorts through the many levels of subjugation with which she’s been burdened over the years. Hailed by the Washington Post as “one of the best American writers of today,” Alice Walker is a master storyteller and a major voice in modern literary fiction. Includes a new letter written by the author on  The Temple of My Familiar.

With the rising tide of steam power and machinery, who can come close to being a Beyonder? Shrouded in the fog of history and darkness, who or what is the lurking evil that murmurs into our ears?Waking up to be faced with a string of mysteries, Zhou Mingrui finds himself reincarnated as Klein Moretti in an alternate Victorian era world where he sees a world filled with machinery, cannons, dreadnoughts, airships, difference machines, as well as Potions, Divination, Hexes, Tarot Cards, Sealed Artifacts...The Light continues to shine but mystery has never gone far. Follow Klein as he finds himself entangled with the Churches of the world—both orthodox and unorthodox—while he slowly develops newfound powers thanks to the Beyonder potions.Like the corresponding tarot card, The Fool, which is numbered 0—a number of unlimited potential—this is the legend of "The Fool."