"This comprehensively researched, well-written book represents the definitive account of Robert E. Lee’s triumph over Union leader John Pope in the summer of 1862. . . . Lee’s strategic skills, and the capabilities of his principal subordinates James Longstreet and Stonewall Jackson, brought the Confederates onto the field of Second Manassas at the right places and times against a Union army that knew how to fight, but not yet how to win."–Publishers Weekly

Mercy in Disaster is about the forgotten nurse in America’s signature, iconic photograph of Civil War wounded: abolitionist Abby Hopper Gibbons. Hung in museums large and small, pictured in books, and found across the internet, rarely is what the New York Times called “one of the most remarkable women of this century” identified. More practitioner than pundit, an organizer and social reformer for nearly six decades before the war, Gibbons spent the majority of America’s l...

New developments in Civil War scholarship owe much to removal of artificial divides by historians seeking to explore the connections between the home front and the battlefield. Indeed, scholars taking a holistic view of the war have contributed to our understanding of the social complexities of emancipation—of freedom in a white republic—and the multifaceted experiences of both civilians and soldiers. Given these accomplishments, research focusing on military history prompts prominent and ...

The outcomes of campaigns in the Civil War often depended on top generals having the right corps commanders in the right place at the right time. Mutual trust and respect between generals and their corps commanders, though vital to military success, was all too rare: Corps commanders were often forced to exercise considerable discretion in the execution of orders from their generals, and bitter public arguments over commanders' performances in battle followed hard on the heels of many majo...

史丹佛校長漢尼斯寫給數位世界下的你，未來的處世指引先懂得管理自己的人生，才能領導別人；面對21世紀的挑戰，只要秉持10項原則，勇氣就會油然而生漢尼斯擔任校長長達16年，是美國大學校長平均任期的兩倍。帶領史丹佛名列大學排名Top 10，並被《富比士》評為「全美頂尖大學第一名」。他三度進出矽谷，對學術與產業的貢獻甚巨，不只是圖靈獎得主，更有「矽谷教父」的讚譽。曾受美國前總統歐巴馬邀請，參與科技領袖晚宴，與賈伯斯、祖克柏、施密特同為座上嘉賓。本書分享的10項原則，是他職涯40多年的精髓，旨在建議現在與未來的領導人，發揮影響力，留下長遠的貢獻，造福世界。真正的自信來自謙卑有自信才會為人所信，但不是放大自己，而是放低身段。遭逢挫折時要謙卑，姿態夠低、虛心接受，才有機會從錯誤中學習，洗心革面。成功時更要謙卑，因為成功大抵來自運氣，你生在這個家庭、這個地方、這個時代，純粹是運氣，不是你努力掙來的。勇...

The 11th Hour Audio Anthology is a collection of eleven macabre tales created by masters of modern audio drama to haunt and terrify you.Intensive Care by James ComtoisAlex Ericson is checked into a New England Hospital after a major car accident. The more he wakes up, the more Alex realizes his condition is more critical than he could ever believe.Heavenly Deception by Steve SchneiderWhen Prudence reunites with her older sister Zara after 18 month...

Computer Organization and Design, Fourth Edition, has been updated with new exercises and improvements throughout suggested by instructors teaching from the book. It covers the revolutionary change from sequential to parallel computing, with a chapter on parallelism and sections in every chapter highlighting parallel hardware and software topics. It includes an appendix by the Chief Scientist and the Director of Architecture of NVIDIA covering the emergence and importance of the modern GPU...

Computer Organization and Design, Fifth Edition, moves into the post-PC era with new examples and material highlighting the emergence of mobile computing and the cloud. The book explores this generational change with updated content featuring tablet computers, cloud infrastructure, and the ARM (mobile computing devices) and x86 (cloud computing) architectures. This new edition provides in-depth coverage of parallelism with examples and content highlighting parallel hardware and software to...

John Hennessy grew up with animals as his constant companions. Each time he faced the death of a cherished pet, along with the gut wrenching pain and guilt trips came the same questions, to which there were no obvious answers.Then, mysterious things began to happen that he could not explain, almost pushing him to question his own mind at times. This led him on an incredible journey to uncover the truth about what it is to learn, to love, to live, and to leave a legacy, for ourselve...

A major account of Renaissance portraiture by one of the twentieth century’s most eminent art historiansIn this book, John Pope-Hennessy provides an unprecedented look at two centuries of experiment in portraiture during the Renaissance. Pope-Hennessy shows how the Renaissance cult of individuality brought with it a demand that the features of the individual be perpetuated, a concept first manifested in the portraits that fill the great Florentine fresco cycles and...

Computer Organization and Design: The Hardware/Software Interface, Sixth Edition, the leading, award-winning textbook from Patterson and Hennessy used by more than 40,000 students per year, continues to present the most comprehensive and readable introduction to this core computer science topic. Improvements to this new release include new sections in each chapter on Domain Specific Architectures (DSA) and updates on all real-world examples that keep it fresh and relevant for a new generat...

After spending his life of immortality in solitude, suffering depression and suicidal thoughts, John Leach's life is suddenly bursting with one problem after another. His somber day of mourning ruined by gangsters at a graveyard, John ends up taking in an emotionally abused girl who needs help. As the two learn about each other's lives, and John shares his decades of suffering and horrible experiences, an unusual encounter draws nearer. Small details and abnormal occurrences add up as John...