The practice of charging interest on loans has been controversial since it was first mentioned in early recorded history. Lending is a powerful economic tool, vital to the development of society but it can also lead to disaster if left unregulated. Prohibitions against excessive interest, or usury, have been found in almost all societies since antiquity. Whether loans were made...(展开全部)

查尔斯·盖斯特 ※美国曼哈顿大学金融&经济学教授 ※财经类畅销书作家。作品常年盘踞《纽约时报》《华尔街日报》《新闻周刊》等媒体畅销榜，图书版权销售至多国。 ※常以嘉宾身份做客广播和电视节目，探讨对金融与商业的看法。 ※除《借钱》外，还有《华尔街投行百年史》《鲨鱼贷款 》《最后的合伙人》等19部作品。 获奖记录： ●《华尔街：一部历史》：《纽约时报》“经济畅销书” ●《抵押伤害：美国对消费者借贷的营销》：“NYSSCPAs年度最佳金融图书”、●《选择》“年度重点书”、《美国今日》“年度最佳金融图书” ●《世纪交易：华尔街、合并、现代美国营销》：《澳大利亚经济评论》“年度最佳101部金融图书” ●《最后一次合作：华尔街金融家族内部》：《书单》“年度十大金融书籍” ●《华尔街投行百年史》：《商业周刊》《华尔街日报》畅销书 ●《金融市场指南》：《经济学人》“...(展开全部)

AMIDST THE WRECKAGE OF FINANCIAL RUIN, PEOPLE ARE LEFT PUZZLING ABOUT HOW IT HAPPENED. WHERE DID ALL THE PROBLEMS BEGIN? For the answer, Jack Cashill, a journalist as shrewd as he is seasoned, looks past the headlines and deep into pages of history and comes back with the goods. From Plato to payday loans, from Aristotle to AIG, from Shakespeare to the Salomon Brothers, from th...(展开全部)

The fascinating story of how Unix began and how it took over the world. Brian Kernighan was a member of the original group of Unix developers, the creator of several fundamental Unix programs, and the co-author of classic books like "The C Programming Language" and "The Unix Programming Environment."

The fascinating story of how Unix began and how it took over the world. Brian Kernighan was a member of the original group of Unix developers, the creator of several fundamental Unix programs, and the co-author of classic books like "The C Programming Language" and "The Unix Programming Environment."

"Whether Alice Munro's The Beggar Maid is a collection of stories or a new kind of novel I'm not quite sure, but whatever it is, it's wonderful. The psychological precision...is a delight, and the startling twists -- the unexpected leaps in time, the transformation of familiar characters -- they make the book what books ought to be, a little wild, a little mysterious." -- John ...(展开全部)

"Whether Alice Munro's The Beggar Maid is a collection of stories or a new kind of novel I'm not quite sure, but whatever it is, it's wonderful. The psychological precision...is a delight, and the startling twists -- the unexpected leaps in time, the transformation of familiar characters -- they make the book what books ought to be, a little wild, a little mysterious." -- John ...(展开全部)

A global history of historical writing, thought and the development of the historical discipline from the ancient world to the present. This is a definitive guide to human efforts to recover, understand and represent the past, bringing together different historical traditions and their social, economic, political and cultural contexts. Daniel Woolf offers clear definitions of d...(展开全部)

A global history of historical writing, thought and the development of the historical discipline from the ancient world to the present. This is a definitive guide to human efforts to recover, understand and represent the past, bringing together different historical traditions and their social, economic, political and cultural contexts. Daniel Woolf offers clear definitions of d...(展开全部)

An authoritative history of art history from its medieval origins to its modern predicaments In this wide-ranging and authoritative book, the first of its kind in English, Christopher Wood tracks the evolution of the historical study of art from the late middle ages through the rise of the modern scholarly discipline of art history. Synthesizing and assessing a vast array of wr...(展开全部)