威廉•本内特是美国教育家和社会活动家，也是著名的畅销书作者。他的《美德书》和《儿童美德书》是美国过去十年中最成功的畅销书，曾在包括中国在内的65个国家出版发行。本内特1943年7月31日生于纽约布鲁克林，1965年在威廉斯学院获哲学学士学位，1970年获德克萨斯大学哲学博士学位，1971年获哈佛大学法学博士学位；1981-1985年担任全国人文学科基金会（National Endowment for the Humanities）主席，1985-1988年为里根政府的教育部长，1989-1990年任全国毒品控制政策办公室主任。目前为止，他先后写作和主编了16本书，在美国很多有影响的报刊上发表大量文章评论，经常做客于美国一些有影响的电视节目中。在近几十年里，本内特被认为是“共和党人传统价值派的首席发言人”，对内宣传保守主义社会政策，对外主张强硬的外交路...(展开全部)

Chen Hansheng was not only a pioneer of modern Chinese social science, remembered for the village studies he organized by teams of researchers in the 1930s. He was also a political operative whose career as an underground and aboveground Communist activist spanned the twentieth century and the globe. This book draws on unique interviews, beginning in 1979, with Chen himself, hi...(展开全部)

弗雷德里克·刘易斯·艾伦，研究美国20世纪前半时期的知名历史学家。曾任《世纪》杂志和《哈珀》杂志主编。 其最为著名的著作就是人们津津乐道的“美利坚帝国成长三部曲”系列：《大繁荣时代》（Only Yesterday）、《大衰退时代》（Since Yesterday）和《大转型时代》（The Big Change ）。此外，他还著有《保罗·R.雷诺兹》、《伟大的摩根》、《万物之灵》、《看美国》等书。

Climate change, the energy crisis, nuclear proliferation—many of the most urgent problems of the twenty-first century require scientific solutions, yet America is paying less and less attention to scientists. For every five hours of cable news, less than one minute is devoted to science, and the number of newspapers with science sections has shrunk from ninety-five to thirty-th...(展开全部)

Climate change, the energy crisis, nuclear proliferation—many of the most urgent problems of the twenty-first century require scientific solutions, yet America is paying less and less attention to scientists. For every five hours of cable news, less than one minute is devoted to science, and the number of newspapers with science sections has shrunk from ninety-five to thirty-th...(展开全部)

让·波德里亚。法国后现代思想大师，当代资本主义社会的深刻剖析者与有力批判者。代表作有：《物体系》、《生产之镜》、《象征交换与死亡》、《拟象与仿真》等。

In this, his most accessible and evocative book, France's leading philosopher of postmodernism takes to the freeways in a collection of traveler's tales from the land of hyperreality.

让·波德里亚。法国后现代思想大师，当代资本主义社会的深刻剖析者与有力批判者。代表作有：《物体系》、《生产之镜》、《象征交换与死亡》、《拟象与仿真》等。

In this, his most accessible and evocative book, France's leading philosopher of postmodernism takes to the freeways in a collection of traveler's tales from the land of hyperreality.

The last king of America, George III, has been ridiculed as a complete disaster who frittered away the colonies and went mad in his old age. The truth is much more nuanced and fascinating--and will completely change the way readers and historians view his reign and legacy.