Something scary is happening to boys today. From kindergarten to college, American boys are, on average, less resilient and less ambitious than they were a mere twenty years ago. The gender gap in college attendance and graduation rates has widened dramatically. While Emily is working hard at school and getting A’s, her brother Justin is goofing off. He’s more concerned about g...(展开全部)

◎ 著者 莱昂纳德·萨克斯（Leonard Sax），医师，心理学家，作家，也是知名演说家。1980年于麻省理工学院毕业，随后进入宾夕法尼亚大学取得心理学博士学位和医学博士学位。他根据自己的从医经验写作的相关研究发表在《美国心理学家》《美国医学期刊》等许多著名的学术 期刊上，著有《浮萍男孩》（Boys Adrift）、《棉花糖女孩》（Girls on the Edge）等众多有关儿童发展与教养的相关著作。 萨克斯医生不仅在美国，而且在澳大利亚、英国、德国、意大利等10多个国家就儿童和青少年的发展问题发表过演讲，一年在全球有50多场演讲。自2001年以来，他访问并与400多所中小学、大学、社区的家长团体合作；曾多次接受美国有线电视新闻（CNN）、美国之声（VOA）等节目的采访。 ◎ 译者 洪兰，加州大学实验心理学博士，曾经任教于加州大学河滨分校、中正大...(展开全部)

◎ 著者 莱昂纳德·萨克斯（Leonard Sax），医师，心理学家，作家，也是知名演说家。1980年于麻省理工学院毕业，随后进入宾夕法尼亚大学取得心理学博士学位和医学博士学位。他根据自己的从医经验写作的相关研究发表在《美国心理学家》《美国医学期刊》等许多著名的学术 期刊上，著有《浮萍男孩》（Boys Adrift）、《棉花糖女孩》（Girls on the Edge）等众多有关儿童发展与教养的相关著作。 萨克斯医生不仅在美国，而且在澳大利亚、英国、德国、意大利等10多个国家就儿童和青少年的发展问题发表过演讲，一年在全球有50多场演讲。自2001年以来，他访问并与400多所中小学、大学、社区的家长团体合作；曾多次接受美国有线电视新闻（CNN）、美国之声（VOA）等节目的采访。 ◎ 译者 洪兰，加州大学实验心理学博士，曾经任教于加州大学河滨分校、中正大...(展开全部)

In this important book, a distinguished legal scholar examines how the legal culture and institutions in Anglo-American countries affect the way in which evidence is gathered, sifted, and presented to the courts. Mirjan Damaska focuses on the significance of the divided tribunal (the judge-jury division), the concentrated character of trials ("day-in-court" justice), and the pr...(展开全部)

'The greatest story of our age ... Be very afraid' John Arlidge, Sunday Times Michael Lewis's epic bestseller tells the outrageous story of the multi-millionaires and whizz kids who scammed the banking system in the blink of an eye - and the whistleblowers who tried to stop them. It's hilarious, terrifying and it's all true. 'Thrilling, a masterclass' Robert McCrum, Observer, B...(展开全部)

Fat Charlie Nancy's normal life ended the moment his father dropped dead on a Florida karaoke stage. Charlie didn't know his dad was a god. And he never knew he had a brother. Now brother Spider's on his doorstep about to make Fat Charlie's life more interesting . . . and a lot more dangerous.

"In me are the memories of a boy's life, spent in that realm of enchantments. These are the things I want to tell you...."Robert McCammon delivers "a tour de force of storytelling" ("BookPage") in his award-winning masterpiece, a novel of Southern boyhood, growing up in the 1960s, that reaches far beyond that evocative landscape to touch readers universally."Boy's Life" is a ri...(展开全部)

One of fiction's most audaciously original talents, Neil Gaiman now gives us a mythology for a modern age -- complete with dark prophecy, family dysfunction, mystical deceptions, and killer birds. Not to mention a lime. Anansi Boys God is dead. Meet the kids. When Fat Charlie's dad named something, it stuck. Like calling Fat Charlie "Fat Charlie." Even now, twenty years later, ...(展开全部)

Zephyr, Alabama, is an idyllic hometown for eleven-year-old Cory Mackenson -- a place where monsters swim the river deep and friends are forever. Then, one cold spring morning, Cory and his father witness a car plunge into a lake -- and a desperate rescue attempt brings his father face-to-face with a terrible vision of death that will haunt him forever. As Cory struggles to u...(展开全部)

"In me are the memories of a boy's life, spent in that realm of enchantments. These are the things I want to tell you...."Robert McCammon delivers "a tour de force of storytelling" ("BookPage") in his award-winning masterpiece, a novel of Southern boyhood, growing up in the 1960s, that reaches far beyond that evocative landscape to touch readers universally."Boy's Life" is a ri...(展开全部)