All who lived in the early 1950s remember the fear of polio and the elation felt when a successful vaccine was found. Now David Oshinsky tells the gripping story of the polio terror and of the intense effort to find a cure, from the March of Dimes to the discovery of the Salk and Sabin vaccines--and beyond. Here is a remarkable portrait of America in the early 1950s, using the ...(展开全部)

All who lived in the early 1950s remember the fear of polio and the elation felt when a successful vaccine was found. Now David Oshinsky tells the gripping story of the polio terror and of the intense effort to find a cure, from the March of Dimes to the discovery of the Salk and Sabin vaccines--and beyond. Here is a remarkable portrait of America in the early 1950s, ...(展开全部)

A Washington Post reporter’s intimate account of the fallout from the closing of a General Motors’ assembly plant in Janesville, Wisconsin—Paul Ryan’s hometown—and a larger story of the hollowing of the American middle class. This is the story of what happens to an industrial town in the American heartland when its factory stills—but it’s not the familiar tale. Most observers r...(展开全部)

艾米•戈德斯坦（Amy Goldstein） 担任《华盛顿邮报》特约撰稿人超过30年，获得过众多奖项，包括2002年的普利策新闻奖。她是首位独立赢得《金融时报》-麦肯锡最佳商业图书奖的女作家，也曾是哈佛大学尼曼新闻基金会和拉德克里夫高等研究所的研究员。

艾米•戈德斯坦（Amy Goldstein） 担任《华盛顿邮报》特约撰稿人超过30年，获得过众多奖项，包括2002年的普利策新闻奖。她是首位独立赢得《金融时报》-麦肯锡最佳商业图书奖的女作家，也曾是哈佛大学尼曼新闻基金会和拉德克里夫高等研究所的研究员。

A Washington Post reporter’s intimate account of the fallout from the closing of a General Motors’ assembly plant in Janesville, Wisconsin—Paul Ryan’s hometown—and a larger story of the hollowing of the American middle class. This is the story of what happens to an industrial town in the American heartland when its factory stills—but it’s not the familiar tale. Most observers r...(展开全部)

“Knowing that Mrs. Mallard was afflicted with a heart trouble, great care was taken to break to her as gently as possible the news of her husband’s death.” American short-story writer Kate Chopin’s tale “The Story of an Hour” was first published in Vogue in 1894 and has endured to become one of her most beloved works. Upon learning of her husband’s death, Louise Mallard conside...(展开全部)

The only ant with his own name, Douglas is born into the wonderful Antworld and dreams of one day joining the line to hunt out food. But his superiors have other plans for him: Douglas is to be a soldier. They tell him his job is all about parading, waving flags and wearing a uniform, but Douglas is about to discover that there is no glory in war. A humbling perspective on the ...(展开全部)

加俾額爾．阿摩特Gabriele Amorth 1925年出生於義大利北部的艾米利亞地區，1954年晉鐸成為神父，並於1986年受命成為驅魔師，受教於著名的驅魔專家肯迪度．阿曼蒂尼神父，從此展開傳奇的驅魔生涯。 他擔任驅魔師將近30年，進行過16萬次以上的驅魔儀式，是羅馬教廷的首席驅魔師，找他求助的人不只來自義大利，還包括法國、英國、德國、西班牙……等，幾乎遍及世界各地。在1990年，他創立了國際驅魔師協會（International Association of Exorcists）並獲得梵蒂岡的正式認可，由他擔任主席直到2000年退休，在他過世前，都是該協會的終身名譽主席。 他是聖保祿修會的會士，著有多本關於驅魔的書，也在許多神學及靈修期刊上發表他的經驗。2016年，他因肺部感染過世，享年91歲。 譯者簡介 王念祖 中興大學企管系畢業，德州大學M...(展开全部)

Jack Devine is one of the legendary spymasters of our time. He was in Chile when Allende fell; he ran Charlie Wilson's war in Afghanistan; he had too much to do with Iran-Contra for his own taste, though he tried to stop it; he oversaw the effort to run down Pablo Escobar in Colombia. Devine served America's interests for more than thirty years in a wide range of covert operati...(展开全部)