From the bestselling author of The Everything Store, an unvarnished picture of Amazon’s unprecedented growth and its billionaire founder, Jeff Bezos, revealing the most important business story of our time. Almost ten years ago, Bloomberg journalist Brad Stone captured the rise of Amazon, an internet pioneer quietly changing the way we shop online, in his bestseller The Everyth...(展开全部)

The definitive story of Amazon.com, one of the most successful companies in the world, and of its driven, brilliant founder, Jeff Bezos. Amazon.com started off delivering books through the mail. But its visionary founder, Jeff Bezos, wasn't content with being a bookseller. He wanted Amazon to become the everything store, offering limitless selection and seductive convenience at...(展开全部)

An insightful look at how Amazon really works and how its founder and CEO makes it happen. Amazon's business model is deceptively simple: make online shopping so easy and convenient that customers won't think twice. It can almost be summed up by the button on every page: Buy now with one click. Why has Amazon been so successful? Much of it has to do with Jeff Bezos, the CEO and...(展开全部)

布拉德·斯通（Brad Stone）是《彭博商业周刊》的资深作家，在过去的几年中，斯通曾为《商业周刊》撰写了十余篇封面报导，像苹果、谷歌、亚马逊、脸谱、雅虎、推特、好事多和中国的百度等企业。后来加盟了《纽约时报》，在旧金山分社报导了硅谷的情况。在此之前，斯通曾是知名杂志《新闻周刊》的一位记者。斯通还为以前的纪实小说《机器发烧友》撰写过文章，《旧金山纪事报》曾把它评为2003年最佳图书。

In Jeff Bezos’s own words, the core principles and philosophy that have guided him in creating, building, and leading Amazon and Blue Origin. In this collection of Jeff Bezos’s writings—his unique and strikingly original annual shareholder letters, plus numerous speeches and interviews that provide insight into his background, his work, and the evolution of his ideas—you’ll gai...(展开全部)

In Jeff Bezos’s own words, the core principles and philosophy that have guided him in creating, building, and leading Amazon and Blue Origin. In this collection of Jeff Bezos’s writings—his unique and strikingly original annual shareholder letters, plus numerous speeches and interviews that provide insight into his background, his work, and the evolution of his ideas—you’ll gai...(展开全部)

The epic story of the rise and fall of the empire of cotton, its centrality to the world economy, and its making and remaking of global capitalism. Cotton is so ubiquitous as to be almost invisible, yet understanding its history is key to understanding the origins of modern capitalism. Sven Beckert’s rich, fascinating book tells the story of how, in a remarkably brief period, ...(展开全部)

The epic story of the rise and fall of the empire of cotton, its centrality to the world economy, and its making and remaking of global capitalism. Cotton is so ubiquitous as to be almost invisible, yet understanding its history is key to understanding the origins of modern capitalism. Sven Beckert’s rich, fascinating book tells the story of how, in a remarkably brief period, ...(展开全部)

Drug epidemics are clearly not just a peculiar feature of modern life; the opium trade in the nineteenth century tells us a great deal about Asian herion traffic today. In an age when we are increasingly aware of large scale drug use, this book takes a long look at the history of our relationship with mind-altering substances. Engagingly written, with lay readers as much as spe...(展开全部)

约翰·达尔文，英国著名历史学家，专注于研究帝国的历史，特别是大英帝国历史，既包括帝国的兴起，也包括它们的衰落。他如今在剑桥大学教授帝国史和全球史，是纳菲尔德学院的研究员。他因作品《后帖木儿时代》获得英国历史学界殊荣“沃尔夫森历史学奖”。