In her new masterpiece, the author of the bestselling phenomenon Quiet reveals the power of a bittersweet outlook on life, and why we’ve been so blind to its value. “Bittersweet grabs you by the heart and doesn’t let go.”—BRENÉ BROWN, author of Atlas of the Heart “Susan Cain has described and validated my existence once again!”—GLENNON DOYLE, author of Untamed “A sparkling ode...(展开全部)

In her new masterpiece, the author of the bestselling phenomenon Quiet reveals the power of a bittersweet outlook on life, and why we’ve been so blind to its value. “Bittersweet grabs you by the heart and doesn’t let go.”—BRENÉ BROWN, author of Atlas of the Heart “Susan Cain has described and validated my existence once again!”—GLENNON DOYLE, author of Untamed “A sparkling ode...(展开全部)

阿伦·阿胡维亚，密歇根大学迪尔伯恩商学院市场营销学教授，品牌挚爱概念提出者，常参加公开广播脱口秀和流行电视节目，如《奥普拉脱口秀》。

Humans live in landscapes of make-believe: we spin fantasies, we devour novels, films, and plays, and even our sporting events and criminal trials unfold as narratives. Yet the world of story has long remained an undiscovered and unmapped country. It’s easy to say that humans are “wired” for story, but why? In this delightful and original book, Jonathan Gottschall offers the fi...(展开全部)

Humans live in landscapes of make-believe: we spin fantasies, we devour novels, films, and plays, and even our sporting events and criminal trials unfold as narratives. Yet the world of story has long remained an undiscovered and unmapped country. It’s easy to say that humans are “wired” for story, but why? In this delightful and original book, Jonathan Gottschall offers the fi...(展开全部)

乔纳森·歌德夏 Jonathan Gottschall，华盛顿与杰斐逊学院英文系教授，专门研究科学和艺术的交汇以及相互作用。作品曾获《纽约时报》《自然》《科学美国》等媒体报道。麻省理工学院心理学家史蒂芬·平克曾形容歌德夏是“才华横溢的年轻学者”其写作“绝对清晰、睿智且令人兴奋不已。” 译者 许雅淑，台湾大学图书馆系、台湾清华大学社会学研究所毕业，现为清大社会学研究所博士生，终日与字为舞，为专职文字工作者同时也是一只狂爱阅读各种故事的动物。 译者 李宗义，台湾政治大学英语系、东亚研究所毕业，台湾清华大学社会学研究所博士，研究写作之余也热爱翻译，已有多本译作。

菲奥娜·默登（Fiona Murden）是英国心理学会的会员和特许心理学家，作家和演讲者。她从伦敦大学获得了心理学硕士学位，在安德森咨询公司开启了自己的职业生涯。过去的16年里，菲奥娜一直与体育、商界、政治界等各行各业的杰出表现者合作，以帮助他们创造最佳的工作表现和成绩。她曾去英国内阁办公室、英国国家医疗服务部演讲，也曾在牛津大学文学节和红色智慧女性周上演讲。 菲奥娜的第一本书《你的定义》(Defining You) 获得了Axion商业图书奖(Axion Business book Awards)银奖，并入围年度商业图书奖(Business book of the Year)。除了写作和演讲之外，菲奥娜还是“点对点”慈善组织的创始人，该组织旨在“加入人类行为的点点滴滴”。

Mankind now has within its grasp the power to synthesize true artificial life, playing out Dr Frankenstein's dream in both cyberspace and the real world. In this book, Steve Grand, a leading exponent of artificial life, provides the first authoritative and comprehensive tour of the frontiers of this burgeoning new creation. He surveys what has been achieved so far and looks at ...(展开全部)

From one of the world’s leading data scientists, a landmark tour of the new science of idea flow, offering revolutionary insights into the mysteries of collective intelligence and social influence If the Big Data revolution has a presiding genius, it is MIT’s Alex “Sandy” Pentland. Over years of groundbreaking experiments, he has distilled remarkable discoveries significant eno...(展开全部)

Martha Friel just turned forty. Once, she worked at Vogue and planned to write a novel. Now, she creates internet content. She used to live in a pied-à-terre in Paris. Now she lives in a gated community in Oxford, the only person she knows without a PhD, a baby or both, in a house she hates but cannot bear to leave. But she must leave, now that her husband Patrick—the kind who ...(展开全部)