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)

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)

Orson Scott Card offers a Christmas gift to his millions of fans with this short novel set during Ender's first years at the Battle School where it is forbidden to celebrate religious holidays. The children come from many nations, many religions; while they are being trained for war, religious conflict between them is not on the curriculum. But Dink Meeker, one of the older st...(展开全部)

A.C.葛瑞林是英国哲学家、伦敦大学伯贝克学院哲学系教授、福克奇奖及罗素奖双料得主。著有近30本书籍，包括《民主与危机》 《道德价值观的未来》 《怀疑论的驳斥》 《维特根斯坦》 《天才时代：十七世纪与现代思想的诞生》 《友谊》等，他还长期为《泰晤士报》《观察家报》《文学评论》等报刊杂志供稿。 葛瑞林学术知识深厚，观点新颖，文字妙趣横生，擅长用类比、对比等各种手法将深刻的知识表现得有趣、易懂。他还深切地关怀着人类命运，这在他的作品中体现得淋漓尽致。

A.C.葛瑞林是英国哲学家、伦敦大学伯贝克学院哲学系教授、福克奇奖及罗素奖双料得主。著有近30本书籍，包括《民主与危机》 《道德价值观的未来》 《怀疑论的驳斥》 《维特根斯坦》 《天才时代：十七世纪与现代思想的诞生》 《友谊》等，他还长期为《泰晤士报》《观察家报》《文学评论》等报刊杂志供稿。 葛瑞林学术知识深厚，观点新颖，文字妙趣横生，擅长用类比、对比等各种手法将深刻的知识表现得有趣、易懂。他还深切地关怀着人类命运，这在他的作品中体现得淋漓尽致。

A.C.葛瑞林是英国哲学家、伦敦大学伯贝克学院哲学系教授、福克奇奖及罗素奖双料得主。著有近30本书籍，包括《民主与危机》 《道德价值观的未来》 《怀疑论的驳斥》 《维特根斯坦》 《天才时代：十七世纪与现代思想的诞生》 《友谊》等，他还长期为《泰晤士报》《观察家报》《文学评论》等报刊杂志供稿。 葛瑞林学术知识深厚，观点新颖，文字妙趣横生，擅长用类比、对比等各种手法将深刻的知识表现得有趣、易懂。他还深切地关怀着人类命运，这在他的作品中体现得淋漓尽致。

A.C.葛瑞林是英国哲学家、伦敦大学伯贝克学院哲学系教授、福克奇奖及罗素奖双料得主。著有近30本书籍，包括《民主与危机》 《道德价值观的未来》 《怀疑论的驳斥》 《维特根斯坦》 《天才时代：十七世纪与现代思想的诞生》 《友谊》等，他还长期为《泰晤士报》《观察家报》《文学评论》等报刊杂志供稿。 葛瑞林学术知识深厚，观点新颖，文字妙趣横生，擅长用类比、对比等各种手法将深刻的知识表现得有趣、易懂。他还深切地关怀着人类命运，这在他的作品中体现得淋漓尽致。

Nikita Khrushchev was a leader who risked war to get peace during the most dangerous years of the twentieth century. In "Khrushchev's Cold War", Aleksandr Fursenko and Timothy Naftali, authors of the Cuban missile crisis classic "One Hell of a Gamble", bring to life head-to-head confrontations between Khrushchev and Presidents Eisenhower and Kennedy. Drawing from their unrivall...(展开全部)

“Contains unsettling insights into some of the most dangerous geopolitical crises of the time.”— The Economist This acclaimed study from the authors of “One Hell of a Gamble” brings to life head-to-head confrontations between the Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev and Presidents Eisenhower and Kennedy. Dra...(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)