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)

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)

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)

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)

He violated her past and haunts her present. Now he's threatening their future. She breathes deeply, trying to quell the rising sense of panic. A detective came to her home, drugged her and kidnapped her. She tries to make sense of it, to imagine alternatives, but only one conclusion is possible: it's her past come to claim her. Martin Scarsden's new life seems perfect, right u...(展开全部)

The Moral Foundations of Trust seeks to explain why people place their faith in strangers, and why doing so matters. Trust is a moral value that does not depend upon personal experience or on interacting with people in civic groups or informal socializing. Instead, we learn to trust from our parents, and trust is stable over long periods of time. Trust depends on an optimistic ...(展开全部)

The Moral Foundations of Trust seeks to explain why people place their faith in strangers, and why doing so matters. Trust is a moral value that does not depend upon personal experience or on interacting with people in civic groups or informal socializing. Instead, we learn to trust from our parents, and trust is stable over long periods of time. Trust depends on an optimistic ...(展开全部)

休·塞巴格-蒙蒂菲奥里︱Hugh Sebag-Montefiore 英国历史学家、作家，曾接受过律师培训，担任过新闻记者。他的曾祖父在西线皇家工兵部队服役归来后结束了自己的生命，这对他产生了巨大的影响，促使他对战争进行反思。他的作品多为战争题材，包括讲述第二次世界大战故事的《敦刻尔克：战斗到最后一人》（Dunkirk: Fight to the Last Man）和《难解之谜：代码之战》（Enigma: The Battle for the Cod）。《索姆河：穿越火线》是他为纪念第一次世界大战结束百年而专门创作的。

休·塞巴格-蒙蒂菲奥里︱Hugh Sebag-Montefiore 英国历史学家、作家，曾接受过律师培训，担任过新闻记者。他的曾祖父在西线皇家工兵部队服役归来后结束了自己的生命，这对他产生了巨大的影响，促使他对战争进行反思。他的作品多为战争题材，包括讲述第二次世界大战故事的《敦刻尔克：战斗到最后一人》（Dunkirk: Fight to the Last Man）和《难解之谜：代码之战》（Enigma: The Battle for the Cod）。《索姆河：穿越火线》是他为纪念第一次世界大战结束百年而专门创作的。