This philosophy-of-programming guide presents a unique and entertaining take on how to think about programming. A collection of twenty-one pragmatic rules, each presented in a stand-alone chapter, captures the essential wisdom that every freshly minted programmer needs to know and provides thought-provoking insights for more seasoned programmers. Author Chris Zimmerman, cofounder of the video game studio Sucker Punch Productions, teaches basic truths of programming by wrapping them in memorable aphorisms and driving them home with examples drawn from real code.

We are living in the computer age, in a world increasingly designed and engineered by computer programmers and software designers, by people who call themselves hackers. Who are these people, what motivates them, and why should you care? Consider these facts: Everything around us is turning into computers. Your typewriter is gone, replaced by a computer. Your phone has turned into a computer. So has your camera. Soon your TV will. Your car was not only designed on computers, but has more processing power in it than a room-sized mainframe did in 1970.

アジアや東欧の民主化の先駆けとなったピープルパワー革命から約40年．国を追われた独裁者の息子が大統領となり，父の戒厳令下での人権侵害や蓄財の記憶が消されようとしている．

Before the internet became widely known as a global tool for terrorists, one perceptive US citizen recognized its ominous potential. Armed with clear evidence of computer espionage, he began a highly personal quest to expose a hidden network of spies that threatened national security. But would the authorities back him up? Cliff Stoll's dramatic firsthand account is "a computer-age detective story, instantly fascinating [and] astonishingly gripping" - Smithsonian.

琵琶法師の語りによって全国に広まった物語を今、朗読であらためて語り継ぐ――

Messy code is a nuisance. "Tidying" code, to make it more readable, requires breaking it up into manageable sections. In this practical guide, author Kent Beck, creator of Extreme Programming and pioneer of software patterns, suggests when and where you might apply tidyings to improve your code while keeping the overall structure of the system in mind. Instead of trying to master tidying all at once, this book lets you try out a few examples that make sense for your problem. If you have a big function containing many lines of code, you'll learn how to logically divide it into smaller chunks.

米中対立最前線の極東アジア4か国の展望を「地理」×「歴史」×「政治体制」から読み解く!●中国が軍拡・外交をエスカレートせざるをえない900年前の黒歴史=「靖康の変」と「岳飛と秦檜」の逸話

一度酔えば即ち政治を論じ哲学を論じて止まるところを知らぬ南海先生のもとに，ある日洋学紳士，豪傑君という二人の客が訪れた．次第に酔を発した三人は，談論風発，大いに天下の趨勢を論じる．

人間の連帯は，真理の哲学的な探求によって可能となるものではない．他者への残酷さに対する感性を想像力によって拡張することで達成されるべき，目標なのだ．

本業不振、どのように生き残るのか？価値創造（新規事業）だけではない、利益獲得にもイノベーションを！　かつて日本企業が率先して取り組んできた「価値創造」では利益が出なく

1993年の初版刊行以来、多くの読者の圧倒的な支持を受け、四半世紀にわたって読みつがれてきた憲法教科書の決定版を四年ぶりに改訂。

〔権力・繁栄・貧困の起源〕明治維新の意義、産業革命が始まった理由、独裁体制の矛盾、共産主義の限界、民衆デモの背景にあるもの……なぜ世界には豊かな国と貧しい国が生まれるのか？

『罪と罰』は、1866年に雑誌「ロシア報知」に連載された、フョードル・ドストエフスキーによる長編小説。

Almost everything we want in life involves other people. Whether you want a better social life, a promotion at work, or a good romantic relationship, it all depends on the way you communicate. Lack of communication skills is exactly what ruins most peoples’ lives. Luckily, "communicating" is not only simple and straightforward but also easy to master, even if you’re shy, introverted or have social anxiety. This book will guide you on how you can quickly move through conversations, and express yourself in a manner that is conducive to relationship-building and productivity.

21世紀に入り欧米諸国にとって最大の脅威はイスラム勢力だった。だが、欧米がイスラムを理解せず、自分たちの価値観を押しつけようとしたことが、対立をより深刻にしたのは否めない。