part I Deformation and Fracture of Rocks -- chapter 1 Precise measurements of fracture strength of rocks under uniform compressive stress -- chapter 2 Deformation and failure of rocks under confining pressure -- chapter 3 Deformation and fracture of rocks under the triaxial compression: The effect of the intermediate principal stress -- part II Acoustic Emission (AE) -- chapter 4 AE Activity -- chapter 5 Source location of AE -- chapter 6 Magnitude�frequency relation of AE events -- chapter 7 AE activity under cyclic loading -- part III Rock Friction and Earthquakes -- chapter 8 Laboratory experiment of rock friction -- chapter 9 Typical stick-slip events in nature and earthquakes -- chapter 10 Some features in the occurrence of recent large earthquakes.