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简介:"Everyday Thai for Beginners is a language textbook that lays the essential groundwork for mastering authentic spoken Thai. The textbook provides an introduction to the basics of communication using Central Thai vocabulary and idioms. Professor Wiworn Kesavatana-Dohrs has developed and perfected the methods and materials used in this volume over her many years of Thai language instruction at the University of Washington. The course book has proved effective in teaching university students, and it can be used more widely in a variety of teaching and learning contexts." "Organized into a total of seven units and thirty thematic lessons, the book is designed to be used for a one-year study of Thai, taking a total of thirty weeks and 150 hours to complete. Basic Thai reading and writing ability is assumed from the outset in order to avoid using transliteration systems that hinder the mastery of correct pronunciation and intonation. Accompanying the book is an easy-to-use CD containing recordings of the vocabulary and drills in MP3 format."--BOOK JACKET. Everyday Thai for Beginners is a language textbook with accompanying CD that lays the essential groundwork for mastering authentic spoken Thai. It provides an introduction to the basics of communication using Central Thai vocabulary and idioms. Developed for teaching university students, it can be used in a variety of teaching and learning contexts. Organized into seven units and thirty thematic lessons, the book is designed to be used for a one-year study of Thai, taking a total of thirty weeks and 150 hours to complete. Basic Thai reading and writing ability is assumed from the outset in order to avoid using transliteration systems that hinder the mastery of correct pronunciation and intonation. Wiworn Kesavatana-Dohrs is a lecturer in Asian languages and literatures at the University of Washington.
简介:"A postseason series of games to establish supremacy in the major leagues was not inevitable in the baseball world. But in 1903 the owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates (inthe well-established National League) challenged the Boston Americans (in the upstart American League) to a play off, which he was sure his team would win. They didn't - and that wasn't the only surprise during what became the first World Series. In Autumn Glory, Louis P. Masur tells the riveting story of two agonizing weeks in which the stars blew it, unknown players stole the show, hysterical fans got into the act, and umpires had to hold on for dear life." "Before and even during the 1903 season,it had seemed that baseball might succumb to the forces that had been splintering the sport for decades: owners' greed, players' rowdyism, fans' unrest. Yet baseball prevailed, and Masur tells the dramatic story of how it did so, in a country preoccupied with labor strife and big-business ruthlessness, and anxious about the welfare of those crowding into cities such as Pittsburgh and Boston (which in themselves offered competing versions of the American dream). His colorful history of how the first World Series consolidated baseball's hold on the American imagination makes us see what one sportswriter meant when he wrote at the time, "Baseball is the melting pot at a boil, the most democratic sport in the world." All in all,Masur believes, it still is."--BOOK JACKET. "A postseason series of games to establish supremacy in the major leagues was not inevitable in the baseball world. But in 1903 the owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates (inthe well-established National League) challenged the Boston Americans (in the upstart American League) to a play off, which he was sure his team would win. They didn't - and that wasn't the only surprise during what became the first World Series. In Autumn Glory, Louis P. Masur tells the riveting story of two agonizing weeks in which the stars blew it, unknown players stole the show, hysterical fans got into the act, and umpires had to hold on for dear life." "Before and even during the 1903 season,it had seemed that baseball might succumb to the forces that had been splintering the sport for decades: owners' greed, players' rowdyism, fans' unrest. Yet baseball prevailed, and Masur tells the dramatic story of how it did so, in a country preoccupied with labor strife and big-business ruthlessness, and anxious about the welfare of those crowding into cities such as Pittsburgh and Boston (which in themselves offered competing versions of the American dream). His colorful history of how the first World Series consolidated baseball's hold on the American imagination makes us see what one sportswriter meant when he wrote at the time, "Baseball is the melting pot at a boil, the most democratic sport in the world." All in all,Masur believes, it still is."--BOOK JACKET.
简介:IT STRIKES WITHOUT WARNING--A HORRIFYING, LETHAL DISEASE WITH NO NAME. AND NO CURE. . . . Now, from the molten center of the "hot zone," comes a terrifying, completely authentic novel of medical suspense by William T. Close, M.D., the American physician who lived in Zaire for sixteen years, and who worked desperately to contain the first outbreak of the virus in 1976. Haunted by the images from this wrenching time, and unable to forget the people he knew and lost, Dr. Close was compelled to tell their story. EBOLA, inspired by his personal experience and based upon extensive research, is an unforgettable portrait of this devastating drama, which all began with an invisible, unknown killer . . . . EBOLA At a Catholic mission in Yambuku, a remote area of Zaire, Mabalo Lokela, a local teacher, visits the clinic with a raging fever. Sister Lucie, a Flemish nun and nurse, gives him a shot of an anti-malarial drug, wipes off the syringe, and awaits her next patient. Within days, Mabolo is dead. Soon after, others become ill and die. Less than three weeks later, Sister Lucie, too, is dead. As panic erupts and the villagers flee from the sickness . . . as the roads leading out of Yambuku are blocked and the dying are turned away . . . as the single radio connecting the village to the outside world brings only bad news, the valiant nuns and medical personnel left behind at the mission can only pray and wonder: will the world ever hear their plea for help? And always there is the virus, from which there is no escape . . . .
作者: (美)安德鲁·韦尔(Andrew Weil)著;伍子牛译
出版社:南海出版公司,2009
简介: “不生病”、“保健康”是我们每个人追求的目标。然而,由于缺乏 基本的医学常识,很多人面对疾病的威胁时,或听天由命,或轻信各种毫 无科学依据的“偏医偏方”、“灵丹妙药”。这样的盲目迷信,不仅会导 致病情恶化,而且还会错失治疗良机。 本书作者安德鲁·韦尔博士是闻名世界的医学权威,曾两度登上《时 代》杂志封面,1997年被评为“美国最具影响力25人”,2005年被评为“ 全球100位最具影响力人士”。 《不生病的8周计划》是韦尔博士根据多年临床经验和自然疗法原理, 总结的一套科学且真正有效的“不生病的智慧”。他认为8周是康复治疗的 临界时间,本书中,他以8周为一个康复疗程,从饮食、补充剂,运动、心 理等方面为我们提出了一套循序渐进的计划和具体的方法。这8周计划的实 施并不艰辛,甚至不必停止吃肉或戒烟戒酒。书中有大量成功案例,很多 被疾病或不适症状困扰多年而无法根治的人,经过8周计划的调理而脱胎换 骨。 该书出版后在国际医学界与普通读者中引起巨大反响,迅速登上全美 各大畅销书排行榜冠军宝座,并长居《纽约时报》《出版家周刊》畅销书 排行榜第一名。
简介:Greg Behrendt knows that the one thing harder than realizing he's not that into you is finding the courage to walk away from the relationship. Complete with a workbook to help you put the crazy down on paper and not take it out into the world, this is a manual for getting over Mr. Wrong and reclaiming your inner Superfox. In the first few days or weeks after a breakup, you need to recognize that some things can't and shouldn't be fixed, especially that loser who dumped you or forced you to dump him. It's over for a reason, and deep down inside you probably know what that reason is. The goal is to help you turn your breakup into the event that changes your life for the better in ways you never dreamed possible.--From publisher description.
简介:Beginning iOS Game Center and Game Kit shows you how to use Game Center and Game Kit to create fun and polished games that use advanced features such as social networking and voice over IP (VoIP). Game Kit and Game Center can help you reach new customers through social interaction, so this book shows you how you can quickly add a level of polish to your app that used to take weeks of hard work and late nights. Implementing a leaderboard and achievement system has never been so simple! Gone are the days of writing your own server. You'll also see how to easily add advanced networking concepts like VoIP support in hours, not days. Learn how to quickly implement many advanced social networking concepts into your apps. You'll be guided through the process of creating a custom Game Center Manager class that can be rapidly deployed into any of your new or existing projects. Furthermore, learn how to聽avoid pitfalls commonly encountered by new Game Center developers.
简介:Around the World in Eighty Days(1873)relates the hair-raising journey made as a wager by the Victorian gentleman Phileas Fogg,who succeeds-but only just!-in circling the globe within eighty days.The dour Fogg's obsession with his timetable is complemented by the dynamism and versatility of his French manservant,Passepartout,whose talent for getting into scrapes brings colour and suspense to the race against time.Five Weeks in a Balloon(1863)was Verne's first novel.It documents an apocryphal jaun 更多>>
简介:In 1892 the city of Hamburg was hit by one of the greatest urban disasters of the century: a cholera epidemic that within six weeks left ten thousand people dead and many more suffering the appalling symptoms of this terrible disease. Drawing on a mass of detailed source material, this book presents a graphic portrayal of a great European city in the throes of a major social and political crisis. In seeking to discover why Hamburg alone was struck by an epidemic of such proportions, Evans ushers readers into the often unfamiliar terrain of environmental pollution, social inequality, municipal administration, and medical science in 19th-century Europe and offers a fresh look at the problems generated by urban growth and social change in the age of industrialization.
Woman’s guide to better living 52 weeks a year
作者: (美)约翰·辛德莱尔(John A. Schindler)著;金树译
出版社:金城出版社,2014
简介:《女人成熟前,都是有苦味的52:聪明女人的人生成长私房书》主要讲述了:成熟不一定与年龄有关,就如同智慧不一定与智商有关一样。一个成熟的女人,能够使家庭温馨和睦、事业蒸蒸日上,能够获得自己想要的幸福。然而,有太多的教育我们如何成功,却很少有人指导我们走向成熟。辛德莱尔博士从事心理咨询数十年,看到女性的种种困惑,便在书中将经营家庭与事业的心得与女性朋友分享,更希望女性朋友能够重新审视自己,成为心智成熟的幸福女人。《女人成熟前,都是有苦味的52:聪明女人的人生成长私房书》所说的心智成熟的11个方面,包括性情、心态、情绪、面对变化、面对现实、兴趣、独立等。
作者: 仓骨彰(Akira Kurahone),Travis T. Kurahone著;赖建桦,李静华译
简介:日本亞馬遜書店 amazon.co.jp★★★★★五顆星評價暢銷書! 5 分鐘立即回覆英文 e-mail 的祕密武器! 超值附贈全書例句文字檔光碟,「複製」、「貼上」就能迅速回信! 本書特色 特色一:好查好找!精準歸納十大類e-mail使用情境 本書作者擁有數學語言學博士的專業背景,以科學化的方式過濾大量商業書信,精準的歸納出,包括「商業會晤」、「刻意不表明意見」、「贊成與反對」、「確認進度和行程」…等國際商務人士最常使用的10大類英文e-mail使用情境。 為了能讓使用者從眾多的使用例中快速找出自己需要的內容,本書已經過特別編排。能讓您以最少的時間與精力便能找出所需例句。並將類似用途及目的的例句精確分類並統整。你需要的國際商務e-mail範例句型,這本通通找得到! 特色二:獨創「換句話說」實用範例1000句型 在十大類e-mail使用情境之下,全書共收錄1000句以上的完整示範句型。並且獨創「換句話說」的超多範例,不論想要表達什麼意思,都能在本書收錄的句型裡逐一挑選。 舉例來說,本書第七章收錄「向客戶確認進度、行程」。在此商務e-mail情境之下,又分別收錄各式「換句話說」的超完整範例,你的漂亮商務英文絕對讓外國客戶眼睛為之一亮!以下摘錄本書精彩範例: 【範例1】 A month ago, you mentioned that we needed to send somebody to Los Angeles to attend preparatory contract negotiation meetings with Fair Oaks Associates Ltd. What happened to that idea since then? Please resolve any conflicts among the different departments and decide on who should go within 2 weeks. 一個月前,你說我們必須派人到洛杉磯,參加與費爾橡聯合公司的合約協商預備會議,現在怎麼樣了呢?請解決各部門之間的衝突,並在兩週內決定人選。 【範例2】 I expected you to handle Victory Management Inc.’s complaint a month ago, but you haven’t shown any indication of getting on it. It’s urgent that you set up a meeting with them and explain to them your planned course of action. 關於勝利管理公司的抱怨,我一個月前就請你處理了,但你似乎沒有開始著手的跡象,請你趕快與他們安排會面,並解釋你打算採取的處理方式。 特色三:超值附贈全書e-mail例句完整文字檔光碟,「複製」、「貼上」迅速完成Email! 本書超值附贈全書e-mail例句完整文字檔光碟,只要簡單兩步驟「複製」、「貼上」,就是5 分鐘立即回覆英文 e-mail 的祕密武器! 依據作者表示,在遇到外國人直接寄信到自己的電子郵件信箱時,必須要以英文簡略地回覆的情形下,速度便是關鍵。在這種情形下,自己從無到有重寫一份信件是很浪費時間的。在寫英文商業郵件時,盡量用能重複使用的內容便是一個便捷之道。只要善用本書分類完整且最貼近商務英文情境的範例句型,就能迅速回覆! 特色四:標註「句子重點結構」,快速完成正確的英文句子! 為了幫助非英文母語人士判斷主要句子結構,本書以獨創方式編排,將必須固定套用的慣用語或句型以粗體字標示,只要代換人、事、時、地、物,就是道地又正確的英文。 特色五:最貼近歐美國家的實用句型 英文的商業信件與中文有相當的差異,呈現出的是很直接了當的內容。本書的範例若是從中文的角度來看,可能顯得太過單刀直入而略失尊敬。但是,請將這樣直接的思考模式理解為歐美國家普遍的思考方法。 以下摘錄本書精彩範例句型: 【範例1】 Regarding the promotion expense I asked you to let me know by 1:30 today, I don’t understand why it’s taking you so long to figure it out. It’s already 4:30. 我請你今天下午一點半以前讓我知道促銷費用,我不懂你為何要花那麼多時間計算。現在都已經下午四點半了。 【範例2】 When I talked to you over the phone a few weeks ago, you said that everything was running close to schedule. However, according to an e-mail I received from Pasadena Enterprises today, you are behind schedule. Please let me know the reasons for the delay so that I can be of assistance. 數週前我與你通電話時,你說事情差不多都有跟著進度走。然而,根據我今天從巴莎迪那企業收到的電子郵件,你的進度是落後的。請讓我知道延誤的原因,以便提供協助。 本書結構 一個章節簡明分析商業 e-mail 基本格式,即使是沒有概念的人也能快速上手。 五個章節完整涵蓋自我介紹、預約會面、詢問.提供資訊、確認計畫進度.出差行程等主要商業用途。 四個章節囊括提出贊成.反對意見、模稜兩可暫不表態、表達強硬態度、告知壞消息、督促.說服對方等寫信目的。
简介:This book serves as a comprehensive atlas of the developmental histology of the major organs from 15 weeks gestation to the neonatal period. Each section includes text on basic embryologic processes that influence the development of each organ and highlight major histologic features that correspond with certain developmental periods. In addition, there聽are many color photomicrographs at key developmental stages to assist the reader in identifying appropriate histologic changes at each developmental stage. This book will be of great聽value to students of embryology, pathology residents and fellows, and attending pathologists who perform fetal autopsies.
简介: Tchaikovsky's death in October 1893 in St. Petersburg, shortly after the first performance of his masterpiece, the Pathétique symphony, is one of the most thoroughly documented deaths of a prominent cultural figure in modern times. He was treated by no fewer than four physicians and surrounded by a group of relatives and friends. The official account of his death was that he died from cholera. But almost since the day of his passing there have been rumors that it was not accidental. It is alleged that Tchaikovsky was forced to commit suicide in order to avoid the scandal and disgrace of being unmasked as a homosexual. Alexander Poznansky is the first Western scholar to have access to the Tchaikovsky archives in Klin, Russia. In this fascinating new book, the product of five years' research, he provides a definitive account of the circumstances preceding the composer's death. On the basis of much previously unknown material, including diaries, letters, memoirs, and newspaper reports, he traces in minute detail the composer's activities during the last weeks of his life and finds no evidence to support the notion that Tchaikovsky's death was brought about by nything other than cholera.
简介:"Monumental in scope and extraordinary in sensitivity, The Kennedy Women chronicles five matrilineal generations in our nation's premier political dynasty. Not merely distinguished cultural history, it is a story of epic sweep, brimming with triumph and tragedy, courage and compliance, self-sacrifice and self-delusion." "Moving from steerage on an immigrant vessel to the slums of Boston, from the Court of St. James's to the White House and beyond, The Kennedy Women paints startling, in-depth portraits of the mothers, wives, sisters, and daughters who stood beside some of the most dynamic men of the twentieth century through occasions of great opulence and heartbreak, victory and scandal. Among its revelations: how Rose's marriage almost ended on her wedding day; the poignantly detailed life stories of mentally challenged Rosemary and the glorious, lost Kathleen; Jackie's near death in the weeks before the inauguration; Eunice's struggle, despite chronic illness, to build the Special Olympics; a long-guarded account of Rose's response to Chappaquiddick; Jean Kennedy Smith's and the family's private reactions to the William Kennedy Smith rape charges; Jackie's gallant battle to live and die with dignity and privacy; and the unique challenges and pressures confronting future Kennedy matriarchs Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg, Maria Shriver Schwarzenegger, Kerry Kennedy Cuomo, Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, and Rory Kennedy." "Here, finally, is the women's story; even those who feel they know all there is to know about the Kennedys will discover how much more there is to the story. For five years, Laurence Leamer researched this book, receiving unprecedented cooperation from family members, interviewing scores of relatives and close associates, gaining access to hundreds of personal documents. Included are thirty-two pages of rare and fascinating family photographs.". "The Kennedy Women combines exhaustive and superb scholarship with a gripping narrative that will alter forever our perception of America's royal family."--BOOK JACKET.
简介: Sometimes even the most thorough homework on fundamentals fails to pinpoint the best time to buy a stock or take profits. Technical analysis helps market players predict the price behavior of a stock, commodity, or any financial instrument, giving clues about the coursea trade may take in the coming weeks and months. When market timing is of the essence in making logical, informed decisions abouta trade's future, technical analysis is the tool. In New Thinking in Technical Analysis: Trading Models from the Masters , a dozen top authorities reveal their techniques and strategies for successful trading. This book offers market participants a treasury of tools to improve their investment performance, each from a unique and time-tested perspective. Readers will find immense value in the straightforward, user-friendly, application-rich presentation of market dynamics forecasting in this invaluable guide. Enhanced with over 170 charts and illustrations, New Thinking will become the primary companion of every trader seeking to gain a competitive edge.
简介: Lunacy, Alaska - population 506 - is Nate Burke's last chance. As a Baltimore cop, he had watched his partner die - and the guilt still haunts him. Maybe serving as Chief of Police in this tiny, remote town, where darkness falls by mid-afternoon and temperatures fall to below zero, will bring some kind of solace. It isn't as if he has anywhere else to go. Aside from sorting out a run-in between a couple of motor vehicles and a moose and pulling apart two brothers fighting overJohn Wayne's best movie Nate's first weeks on the job are relatively quiet. But as he wonders whether this was all a big mistake, an unexpected kiss from feisty bush pilot Meg Galloway under the brilliant Northern Lights of the Alaska sky lifts his spirit - and convinces him to stay just a little longer. Born and raised in Lunacy, Meg has learned to be independent. But there's something about Nate's sad eyes that gets under her skin, and warms her frozen heart. However, when two climbers find a corpse on the mountain, Nate discovers that Lunacy isn't quite the sleepy little backwater he imagined. Set in the beautiful Alaskan wilderness and full of wonderfully real characters, romance and mystery, this exciting page-turner is Nora Roberts' best novel yet.
简介:In Multiple Blessings, Kate Gosselin shares the gripping details of her rollercoaster ride of emotional highs and lows when she discovered she and her husband, Jon, would be expecting sextuplets while still basking in the light of their twin girls' toddlerhood. Strongly encouraged to consider selective reduction for the sake of both mother and babies, she and Jon instead decided to accept the extreme challenge God had handed them. After suffering the long and winding road of infertility, the young couple felt stressed but blessed as they fought valiantly to help their babies survive the fight for their lives. Kate reveals excerpts from her private journal as she describes the daily struggle to carry the babies for thirty weeks. In addition to their uphill medical battle, the family suffered many emotional setbacks such as the loss of Jon's job, forcing the pair to look to God as their sole provider and sustainer of life. After the miraculous birth, the couple coped with months of neonatal intensive care for their newborns as well as Kate's physical recovery from such complete and prolonged bed rest. Later as the entire family of ten finally arrived home reeling with exhaustion, they still managed to feed, bathe, clothe, and monitor the health of their fragile infants as a steady parade of necessary and helpful volunteers turned their home and family life into a public arena. The young family lived moment to moment at first, not knowing what each new day would bring and how they would survive on such depleted sleep, money, and emotional reserves. However, as the months progressed, they grew into the next stage of development, proudly letting go of yesterday and looking forward to a brighter and ever-changing tomorrow. Their small home was soon filled to capacity with six cribs, six bouncy seats, several changing tables, never-ending piles of laundry, tubs of colorful toys, stacks of diapers, cartons of formula, rows and rows of bottles, bibs and pacifiers, two triplet strollers, six car seats, and so on. Yes, life was hectic and cramped, but with each major milestone Jon and Kate rejoiced at the miracles that unfolded around them. The crew of six growing babies along with their proud big sisters, Madelyn and Cara, did their part to fill those rooms with squawking, squealing, laughing, and of course, a healthy dose of crying. Kate and Jon eventually came out of the fog of the first precarious two years feeling eternally grateful for the love and support of family, friends, community, and indeed a nation. More important, they felt the ever present hand of a faithful God upholding them and giving them just enough strength and courage to take one day at a time.
简介:"Well-established voice actors can often earn as much in one hour as a stage actor might make in six weeks. And while actors in the know have always relied on voice-overs as a steady source of income, the recent influx of well-known actors and personalities lending their voices to television commercials and cartoon characters has imbued the field with a new, more highly esteemed reputation. These big-name talents have stumbled upon the industry's best-kept secret: that voice-overs are fun as well as profitable." "Breaking into the voice-over arena takes a flexible voice but it also requires a knowledge of the business, and There's Money Where Your Mouth Is provides it all, from sample commercials to savvy industry advice. Author Elaine Clark discusses script copy, showing how to interpret it and bring it to life. She includes a look at the various markets a voice talent can enter, complete with specific guidelines on how to branch out and break into each area. Information on the ins and outs of the business and self-promotion, plus guidelines for exercising the voice, will be helpful to both newcomers and seasoned voice talents."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
简介:The Evolution of Jazz Drumming presents a complete historical overview and analysis of jazz drumming. Designed as a guide and workbook for the high school, college level, and professional drummer, it is designed to be studied based on a typical 16-week college semester. A legendary and influential jazz drummer is studied during each of these weeks. Upon completion of the book, the user will have a complete understanding of the influential contributions of these jazz masters, which is necessary for any musician to play this music authentically. The 31 jazz drumming legends included are examined with musical analysis including practice exercises in the style of the subject's drumming, transcriptions of both solo and time playing, and etudes that examine the work of each artist in unprecedented detail. Each profile also includes a complete biography, personal anecdotes from the author, and dozens of exclusive and rare photos, many of which have never appeared in print before. The book includes a DVD of classic video clips of many of the drummers, as well as an MP3 disc with over 300 tracks. Video clips on the DVD are analyzed and transcribed in the text, while the MP3s consist of exercises and etudes from the book recorded at various speeds, that can be looped for analysis and practice. Drummers featured in this book include Chick Webb, Gene Krupa, Buddy Rich, Louis Bellson, Kenny Clarke, Max Roach, Art Blakey, and many more.
简介:A textbook for an undergraduate course ranging from ten weeks to one year, depending on how many of the many sample problems are selected. Combines information on computers, mathematics, and physics to teach students how to solve problems in the physical sciences with computers. Emphasizes hands-on experience, and leaves theory to be taught elsewhere. Includes a glossary without pronunciation. The 3.5 disk is for IBM compatibles; resources are also available on the WWW. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
简介:"The United States and the Soviet Union stood eyeball to eyeball, each brandishing enough nuclear weapons to obliterate each other鈥檚 civilization. It was one of the most dangerous moments in world history. Day by day, for two weeks, an executive committee formed around elements of President Kennedy鈥檚 National Security Council debated what to do, twice coming to the brink of attacking Soviet military units in Cuba - units equipped for nuclear retaliation. And through it all, unknown to any of the participants except the President himself - and possibly his brother Robert - tape was rolling, capturing for posterity the deliberations that might have ended the world as we know it." "These are the full and authenticated transcripts of those audio recordings. Arguably the most important document in the history of the Cuban missile crisis, these transcripts are also a unique window on a drama rarely if ever witnessed by those outside the halls of power: the moment-by-moment decision-making of those with the fate of the West in their hands in a constantly changing, world-threatening situation. At the center of it all is President Kennedy, wary of experts after the debacle of the Bay of Pigs, puzzled and distrustful after confrontation with Khrushchev in Vienna over Berlin, and ever mindful of the responsibility symbolized by the satchel his military aides hold nearby, containing the codes to unleash nuclear warfare." "Other participants in the deliberations are identified and put securely into their context by the editors, whose introduction illuminates this singular crisis in a framework spanning several administrations and whose conclusions, incorporating Khrushchev鈥檚 thinking, show this to be the climax of the Cold War."--BOOK JACKET.