Something scary is happening to boys today. From kindergarten to college, American boys are, on average, less resilient and less ambitious than they were a mere twenty years ago. The gender gap in college attendance and graduation rates has widened dramatically. While Emily is working hard at school and getting A’s, her brother Justin is goofing off. He’s more concerned about g...(展开全部)

In this important book, a distinguished legal scholar examines how the legal culture and institutions in Anglo-American countries affect the way in which evidence is gathered, sifted, and presented to the courts. Mirjan Damaska focuses on the significance of the divided tribunal (the judge-jury division), the concentrated character of trials ("day-in-court" justice), and the pr...(展开全部)

In this important book, a distinguished legal scholar examines how the legal culture and institutions in Anglo-American countries affect the way in which evidence is gathered, sifted, and presented to the courts. Mirjan Damaska focuses on the significance of the divided tribunal (the judge-jury division), the concentrated character of trials ("day-in-court" justice), and the pr...(展开全部)

In spite of soaring tuition costs, more and more students go to college every year. A bachelor's degree is now required for entry into a growing number of professions. And some parents begin planning for the expense of sending their kids to college when they're born. Almost everyone strives to go, but almost no one asks the fundamental question posed by Academically Adrift: are...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 Shanghai in the wake of World War I was one of the world's most dynamic, brutal and exciting cities. Into this maelstrom stepped a tough and resourceful ex-veteran Englishman to join the police. This is his story, told in part through his rediscovered photograph albums and letters.

在线阅读本书 Shanghai in the wake of World War I was one of the world's most dynamic, brutal and exciting cities. Into this maelstrom stepped a tough and resourceful ex-veteran Englishman to join the police. This is his story, told in part through his rediscovered photograph albums and letters.

Richard Maurice Tinkler was an ordinary man in an extraordinary time and place. This riveting "biography of a nobody" offers a rare glimpse of imperialism and the making of modern China seen from the perspective of a working-class Englishman enforcing the order of everyday life on the streets of Shanghai. Culled from Tinkler's many personal letters, Empire Made Me meticulously...(展开全部)

◎ 著者 莱昂纳德·萨克斯（Leonard Sax），医师，心理学家，作家，也是知名演说家。1980年于麻省理工学院毕业，随后进入宾夕法尼亚大学取得心理学博士学位和医学博士学位。他根据自己的从医经验写作的相关研究发表在《美国心理学家》《美国医学期刊》等许多著名的学术 期刊上，著有《浮萍男孩》（Boys Adrift）、《棉花糖女孩》（Girls on the Edge）等众多有关儿童发展与教养的相关著作。 萨克斯医生不仅在美国，而且在澳大利亚、英国、德国、意大利等10多个国家就儿童和青少年的发展问题发表过演讲，一年在全球有50多场演讲。自2001年以来，他访问并与400多所中小学、大学、社区的家长团体合作；曾多次接受美国有线电视新闻（CNN）、美国之声（VOA）等节目的采访。 ◎ 译者 洪兰，加州大学实验心理学博士，曾经任教于加州大学河滨分校、中正大...(展开全部)

◎ 著者 莱昂纳德·萨克斯（Leonard Sax），医师，心理学家，作家，也是知名演说家。1980年于麻省理工学院毕业，随后进入宾夕法尼亚大学取得心理学博士学位和医学博士学位。他根据自己的从医经验写作的相关研究发表在《美国心理学家》《美国医学期刊》等许多著名的学术 期刊上，著有《浮萍男孩》（Boys Adrift）、《棉花糖女孩》（Girls on the Edge）等众多有关儿童发展与教养的相关著作。 萨克斯医生不仅在美国，而且在澳大利亚、英国、德国、意大利等10多个国家就儿童和青少年的发展问题发表过演讲，一年在全球有50多场演讲。自2001年以来，他访问并与400多所中小学、大学、社区的家长团体合作；曾多次接受美国有线电视新闻（CNN）、美国之声（VOA）等节目的采访。 ◎ 译者 洪兰，加州大学实验心理学博士，曾经任教于加州大学河滨分校、中正大...(展开全部)