The question of how much freedom the press should enjoy has been debated throughout American history. In 1942 an impartial commission was formed to study mass communication, evaluate the performance of the media, and make recommendations for possible regulation of the press. This book is the general report of that commission. The Commission on Freedom of the Press began with t...(展开全部)

Wayne Cascio explodes thirteen common myths about downsizing, detailing its negative impact on profitability, productivity, quality, and on the morale, commitment, and even health of survivors. He uses real-life examples to illustrate successful approaches to responsible restructuring.

[美] 罗伯特•希格斯（Robert Higgs） 美国著名经济学家和历史学家，约翰·霍普金斯大学经济学博士，曾执教于华盛顿大学、拉法叶特学院、西雅图大学，还著有《危机与利维坦》《美国经济的变革》等。

[美] 罗伯特•希格斯（Robert Higgs） 美国著名经济学家和历史学家，约翰·霍普金斯大学经济学博士，曾执教于华盛顿大学、拉法叶特学院、西雅图大学，还著有《危机与利维坦》《美国经济的变革》等。

Since the publication of his first monograph, Anchoring, New York-based architect Steven Holl has continued to gain international prominence. Pursuing a thoroughly independent course, Holl is one of the most important and dynamic architects practicing today. Intertwining takes up where the best-selling Anchoring left off, presenting comprehensive and anxiously-awaited materi...(展开全部)

Internationally known and one of the most influential philosophers of his day (and for a time almost a cult figure in France, where his lectures drew huge crowds), Henri Bergson (1859-41) led a revolu

Internationally known and one of the most influential philosophers of his day (and for a time almost a cult figure in France, where his lectures drew huge crowds), Henri Bergson (1859-41) led a revolu

No writer has rendered our boundariless, post-colonial world more acutely or prophetically than V. S. Naipaul, or given its upheavals such a hauntingly human face. A perfect case in point is this riveting novel, a masterful and stylishly rendered narrative of emigration, dislocation, and dread, accompanied by four supporting narratives. In the beginning it is just a car trip...(展开全部)

Shortlisted for the 2021 Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction A reflection on "freedom" in a dramatic, beautifully written memoir of the end of Communism in the Balkans. For precocious 11-year-old Lea Ypi, Albania’s Soviet-style socialism held the promise of a preordained future, a guarantee of security among enthusiastic comrades. That is, until she found herself clinging to ...(展开全部)