Quickly established as an essential and enduring companion for aspiring writers when it was first published, Lerner's sharp, funny, and insightful guide has been meticulously updated and revised to address the dramatic changes that have reshaped the publishing industry in the decade since. From blank page to first glowing (or gutting) review, Lerner is a knowing and sympathetic...(展开全部)

Advice to a young scientist by Peter Medawar (Basic Books). The titan of 20th century molecular medicine gives well-meaning and funny (in the British sense) advice on (from the chapter headings): How do I tell if I am cut out to be a scientific research worker? - What shall I do research on? - How can I equip myself to be a scientist or a better one? - Women in science - Aspect...(展开全部)

Advice to a young scientist by Peter Medawar (Basic Books). The titan of 20th century molecular medicine gives well-meaning and funny (in the British sense) advice on (from the chapter headings): How do I tell if I am cut out to be a scientific research worker? - What shall I do research on? - How can I equip myself to be a scientist or a better one? - Women in science - Aspect...(展开全部)

An uproarious and authoritative natural history in the form of letters to and answers from the preeminent sexpert in all creation, this bestselling guidebook to sex reveals, for example, when necrophilia is acceptable, how to have a virgin birth, and when to eat your lover. It also advises on more mundane matters-such as male pregnancy and the joys of a detachable penis. At onc...(展开全部)

An uproarious and authoritative natural history in the form of letters to and answers from the preeminent sexpert in all creation, this bestselling guidebook to sex reveals, for example, when necrophilia is acceptable, how to have a virgin birth, and when to eat your lover. It also advises on more mundane matters-such as male pregnancy and the joys of a detachable penis. At onc...(展开全部)

The host of the hit reality show The Apprentice presents an invaluable collection of grounded, hard-hitting advice on business success, from people who have made it to the boss’s chair at some of America’s most thriving companies. How can you find the way to the top? Ask people who are already there. Because you can’t know it all. No matter how smart you are, no matter how...(展开全部)

Gerald M. Weinberg是软件领域最负盛名的专家之一，国际著名的演讲家和顾问，美国计算机名人堂代表人物，也是Weinberg & Weinberg顾问公司（位于内布拉斯加州林肯市）的负责人。他撰写过30多本广受欢迎的著作，在西方乃至全球都拥有庞大的读者群，其中包括《你的灯亮着吗？》《成为技术领导者》《系统化思维导论》《程序开发心理学》等。此外，作为活动创始人，他每年都在科罗拉多州举办咨询师夏令营。个人网站：www.geraldmweinberg.com。

Gerald M. Weinberg是软件领域最负盛名的专家之一，国际著名的演讲家和顾问，美国计算机名人堂代表人物，也是Weinberg & Weinberg顾问公司（位于内布拉斯加州林肯市）的负责人。他撰写过30多本广受欢迎的著作，在西方乃至全球都拥有庞大的读者群，其中包括《你的灯亮着吗？》《成为技术领导者》《系统化思维导论》《程序开发心理学》等。此外，作为活动创始人，他每年都在科罗拉多州举办咨询师夏令营。个人网站：www.geraldmweinberg.com。

苏珊·佩滕，人力资源咨询专家，70年代毕业于普林斯顿大学，她的两个儿子和媳妇也都毕业于这所著名大学。因此被称为“普林斯顿妈”。因本书的出版，2014年被提名入选美国《时代周刊》最有影响力的百人名单。 本书由北大87级8位女生联袂推荐，并承担翻译工作。这八位女生都已成婚有子，同时事业有成。从作者到译者，这些高智商的优秀女性，共同的生活阅历使她们在婚恋家庭问题上达成了东西方文化观念的一致，这可以在一定程度上说明作者所提倡的理性的婚恋态度，应该是女性在现代生活方式下的正确选择，读者也可以籍此书领略北大妈妈们简洁睿智、风趣活泼的语言风格，这将使阅读此书的过程成为一次酣畅淋漓、透彻犀利的人生反思之旅。

The world's most entertaining and useless self-help guide, from the brilliant mind behind the wildly popular webcomic xkcd and the #1 New York Times bestsellers What If? and Thing Explainer For any task you might want to do, there's a right way, a wrong way, and a way so monumentally bad that no one would ever try it. How To is a guide to the third kind of approach. It's full o...(展开全部)