Archaeologist Brandon Thackery and his rival Miles 'Klicks' Jordan fulfill a dinosaur lover's dream with history's first time-travel jaunt to the late Mesozoic. Hoping to solve the extinction mystery, they find Earth's gravity is only half its 21st century value and dinosaurs that behave very strangely. Could the slimey blue creatures from Mars have something to do with both?

Archaeologist Brandon Thackery and his rival Miles 'Klicks' Jordan fulfill a dinosaur lover's dream with history's first time-travel jaunt to the late Mesozoic. Hoping to solve the extinction mystery, they find Earth's gravity is only half its 21st century value and dinosaurs that behave very strangely. Could the slimey blue creatures from Mars have something to do with both?

This short biography is taken from: Shanghai. 1949: The end of an era, New York, New Amsterdam Books, NY, 1989, p. 9. Obituary on CBC Canada: "Of Indian descent but born in Shanghai in September 1911, Tata picked up photography after completing his studies at the University of Hong Kong in the late 1930s. After purchasing a small format camera, he began capturing street scenes ...(展开全部)

This short biography is taken from: Shanghai. 1949: The end of an era, New York, New Amsterdam Books, NY, 1989, p. 9. Obituary on CBC Canada: "Of Indian descent but born in Shanghai in September 1911, Tata picked up photography after completing his studies at the University of Hong Kong in the late 1930s. After purchasing a small format camera, he began capturing street scenes ...(展开全部)

During the past twenty years, the world's most renowned critical theorist--the scholar who defined the field of postcolonial studies--has experienced a radical reorientation in her thinking. Finding the neat polarities of tradition and modernity, colonial and postcolonial, no longer sufficient for interpreting the globalized present, she turns elsewhere to make her central argu...(展开全部)

From Cixin Liu, the New York Times bestselling and Hugo award-winning author of The Three Body Problem, comes a new science fiction masterpiece. In those days, Earth was a planet in space. In those days, Beijing was a city on Earth. On this night, history as known to humanity came to an end. Eight light years away, a star has died, creating a supernova event that showers Earth ...(展开全部)

From Cixin Liu, the New York Times bestselling and Hugo award-winning author of The Three Body Problem, comes a new science fiction masterpiece. In those days, Earth was a planet in space. In those days, Beijing was a city on Earth. On this night, history as known to humanity came to an end. Eight light years away, a star has died, creating a supernova event that showers Earth ...(展开全部)

Product Description While skepticism about government is n enduring feature of American political culture, today's climate of anti-government sentiment has grown aggressive and even violent. Not only do citizens feel distrustful and powerless, but many public administrators too are demoralized, alienated, cynical, and even frightened. Furthermore, proposals to "reinvent governm...(展开全部)

The book that completes Positioning . . . Thirty years ago, Jack Trout and Al Ries published their classic bestseller, Positioning: The Battle for Your Mind—a book that revolutionized the world of marketing. But times have changed. Competition is fiercer. Consumers are savvier. Communications are faster. And once-successful companies are in crisis mode. Repositioning shows you ...(展开全部)

19世纪80年代到20 世纪20 年代，美国出现了许多社会、政治和经济的改革实践。这个时期被称为“进步时代”。进步时代是美国历史上最具重要意义的时期之一。当时，美国社会正经历从农业社会向工业社会的急剧变革，美国经济迅速发展，但也产生了大量的经济社会问题。传统历史学家认为，反垄断、环境保护、禁酒、妇女参政权、儿童保护、产品质量控制成为当时进步主义改革者的重要选择。 有别于传统的历史学家，罗斯巴德在本书中并非向读者详细描述进步时代。相反，他以大量史料为基础，对这个时代进行了革命性诠释，深入分析了当时政策选择背后的原因、推动群体。在罗斯巴德看来，进步主义带来了有组织种族主义的胜利，南部黑人被剥夺选举权，移民终止，联邦政府推动建设的大政府、大企业和大工会三方联盟，对军人形象和征兵的大肆赞美，以及美国的海外扩张。简而言之，进步时代启动了美国现代政治经济体系的形...(展开全部)