From an award-winning chronicler of our nation’s history and its legends comes his much-anticipated novel about wealth and talent, trust and intimacy, truth and perception. Even through the roar and effervescence of the 1920s, everyone in New York has heard of Benjamin and Helen Rask. He is a legendary Wall Street tycoon; she is the brilliant daughter of eccentric aristocrats. ...(展开全部)

Piotr Sztompka here presents a major work of social theory, which gives a comprehensive theoretical account of trust as a fundamental component of human actions. Professor Sztompka's detailed and systematic study takes account of the rich evolving research on trust, and provides conceptual and typological clarifications and explications of the notion itself, its meaning, founda...(展开全部)

From an award-winning chronicler of our nation’s history and its legends comes his much-anticipated novel about wealth and talent, trust and intimacy, truth and perception. Even through the roar and effervescence of the 1920s, everyone in New York has heard of Benjamin and Helen Rask. He is a legendary Wall Street tycoon; she is the brilliant daughter of eccentric aristocrats. ...(展开全部)

The gaze of others is our gratification, and the measure of our inadequacy. We are willing to shift our whole lives to show only our best side, knowing full well our worst lurks nearby. Pietro and Teresa's love is tempestuous. After yet another argument, Teresa comes up with an idea: "tell me something you've never told anyone," she suggests, "tell me the thing you're most asha...(展开全部)

In an American suburb in the early 1980s, students at a highly competitive performing arts high school struggle and thrive in a rarified bubble, ambitiously pursuing music, movement, Shakespeare, and, particularly, their acting classes. When within this striving “Brotherhood of the Arts,” two freshmen, David and Sarah, fall headlong into love, their passion does not go unnotice...(展开全部)

In this period we've seen tremendous volatility in stock prices, a market bubble and its subsequent pop, a parade of corporate scandals, the demise of a leading accounting firm and proven deception by many so-called investment analysts employed by major brokerage firms.

Acclaimed as the most influential work on evolution written in the last hundred years, "The Blind Watchmaker" offers an inspiring and accessible introduction to one of the most important scientific discoveries of all time. A brilliant and controversial book, which demonstrates that evolution by natural selection - the unconscious, automatic, blind, yet essentially non-random pr...(展开全部)

「Blind Date」是日本藝術家志賀理江子在2017年6月舉行的大規模個展。 志賀理江子生於日本愛知縣，自2008年起居住於宮城縣，透過攝影，她持續以影像作為自身與社會的接點。本展展出志賀2009年在泰國曼谷拍攝的「Blind Date」系列，她拍下騎乘在摩托車上、雙雙對對的戀人騎士，開啟圍繞著悲痛、人性之源、資本主義與死亡的思索與敘事。展覽包括系列照片與一件由20台幻燈機組成的裝置，閃爍著一如生命中光與影的共生與矛盾。我們的眼睛看不到的是什麼呢？志賀嘗試探尋攝影的範圍，認真地觀看世界，創造著接近人類生命樣態的影像。

Acclaimed as the most influential work on evolution written in the last hundred years, "The Blind Watchmaker" offers an inspiring and accessible introduction to one of the most important scientific discoveries of all time. A brilliant and controversial book, which demonstrates that evolution by natural selection - the unconscious, automatic, blind, yet essentially non-random pr...(展开全部)