Description In contrast to traditional Enlightenment studies that focus solely on authors and ideas, Gary Kates' employs a literary lens to offer a wholly original history of the period in Europe from 1699 to 1780. Each chapter is a biography of a book which tells the story of the text from its inception through to the revolutionary era, with wider aspects of the Enlightenment ...(展开全部)

America's foremost expert on criminal profiling provides his uniquely gripping analysis of seven of the most notorious murder cases in the history of crime -- from the Whitechapel murders to JonBenet Ramsey -- often contradicting conventional wisdom and legal decisions. Jack the Ripper. Lizzie Borden. The Zodiac Killer. Certain homicide cases maintain an undeniable, almos...(展开全部)

America's foremost expert on criminal profiling provides his uniquely gripping analysis of seven of the most notorious murder cases in the history of crime -- from the Whitechapel murders to JonBenet Ramsey -- often contradicting conventional wisdom and legal decisions. Jack the Ripper. Lizzie Borden. The Zodiac Killer. Certain homicide cases maintain an undeniable, almos...(展开全部)

A New York Times-bestselling author explains how the physical world shaped the history of our species When we talk about human history, we often focus on great leaders, population forces, and decisive wars. But how has the earth itself determined our destiny? Our planet wobbles, driving changes in climate that forced the transition from nomadism to farming. Mountainous terrain ...(展开全部)

☀作者简介 斯科特•克里斯蒂松 Scott Christianson 美国学者、作家，纽约州立大学奥尔巴尼分校博士，著有《文件中的历史：改变世界历史进程的100份文献》等。 科林•索尔特 Colin Salter 美国作家，曾合著有《任何你需要知道的关于发明的事》。

肯•费雪( kenneth L. Fisher)，是费雪投资公司(Fisher Investments)的创办人兼总裁，他的父亲是被尊为“成长股价值投资策略之父”的菲利普•费雪。肯•费雪在20世纪70年代发展出市销率(Price Sales Ratio)作为投资的主要核心指标，至今这项指标已成为证券注册分析师考试(CFA exam)的必考项目，自1984年起，肯•费雪已为《福布斯》杂志撰写专栏长达20多年，是其创刊以来为期第四长的专栏作家。

在线阅读本书 Introducing the new Fisher Investment Series, comprised of engaging and informative titles written by renowned money manager and bestselling author Ken Fisher. This series offers essential insights into the worlds of investing and finance. Over the course of nearly two centuries, the innovations, mistakes, and scandals of different market participants have played an i...(展开全部)

莫里·古皮提尔·曼宁 Molly Guptill Manning，身兼作者、律师双职，著述颇丰，著有《以法莲市场的神话》(THE MYTH OF EPHRAIM TUTT) 等，作品多见于《哥伦比亚法律和艺术》(THE COLUMBIA JOURNAL OF LAW A ND THE ARTS) 等诸多高端刊物之中。

When America entered World War II in 1941, we faced an enemy that had banned and burned over 100 million books and caused fearful citizens to hide or destroy many more. Outraged librarians launched a campaign to send free books to American troops and gathered 20 million hardcover donations. In 1943, the War Department and the publishing industry stepped in with an extraordinary...(展开全部)

Simple Heuristics That Make Us Smart invites readers to embark on a new journey into a land of rationality that differs from the familiar territory of cognitive science and economics. Traditional views of rationality tend to see decision makers as possessing superhuman powers of reason, limitless knowledge, and all of eternity in which to ponder choices. To understand decisions...(展开全部)