Chiang Mai (literally, “new city”) suffered badly in the 1997 Asian financial crisis as the Northern Thai real estate bubble collapsed along with the Thai baht, crushing dreams of a renaissance of Northern prosperity. Years later, the ruins of the excesses of the 1990s still stain the skyline. In Ghosts of the New City, Andrew Alan Johnson shows how the trauma of the crash, bro...(展开全部)

Chiang Mai (literally, “new city”) suffered badly in the 1997 Asian financial crisis as the Northern Thai real estate bubble collapsed along with the Thai baht, crushing dreams of a renaissance of Northern prosperity. Years later, the ruins of the excesses of the 1990s still stain the skyline. In Ghosts of the New City, Andrew Alan Johnson shows how the trauma of the crash, bro...(展开全部)

From Wall Street to Main Street, John Brooks, longtime contributor to the New Yorker, brings to life in vivid fashion twelve classic and timeless tales of corporate and financial life in America What do the $350 million Ford Motor Company disaster known as the Edsel, the fast and incredible rise of Xerox, and the unbelievable scandals at GE and Texas Gulf Sulphur have in common...(展开全部)

克利夫顿·威尔（Clifon Ware）,美国明尼苏达大学明尼阿波利斯分校音乐学院荣休教授。西北大学声乐表演博士，曾任职美国国家歌剧院协会和国家声乐教师协会明尼苏达分会，为美国国家声乐教师协会基金董事会成员，并几度入选“全美名人录”。2000年获得舒伯特俱乐部颁发的“年度教师奖”。作为一名男高音独唱家，威尔博士曾与60多个一流音乐机构合作演出，出演过53首歌剧、轻歌剧、音乐剧角色，76首与管弦乐团及合唱团合作的曲目，超过25首独唱曲目，以及一些室内乐独唱曲目。编写出版过流行甚广的歌唱教学教材《声乐教学基本原理：歌唱的基础与历程》。此外，他还曾为美国国家歌剧协会的刊物《歌剧期刊》撰写过一系列有关演唱的文章，2005年被收录整理成《歌唱者的一生：目标和角色》一书。 毛斯祺，美国纽约大学传播学硕士，现居纽约。热衷翻译、戏剧、设计和旅行。

"Adventures in Singing" combines a thorough introduction to the singing process with an anthology of 70 songs. It offers a clear introduction to the basics of how the voice works along with methodical voice-building techniques. The popular text takes a holistic approach throughout, reflecting the view that the study of singing helps students to develop greater self-awareness of...(展开全部)

克利夫顿·威尔（Clifon Ware）,美国明尼苏达大学明尼阿波利斯分校音乐学院荣休教授。西北大学声乐表演博士，曾任职美国国家歌剧院协会和国家声乐教师协会明尼苏达分会，为美国国家声乐教师协会基金董事会成员，并几度入选“全美名人录”。2000年获得舒伯特俱乐部颁发的“年度教师奖”。作为一名男高音独唱家，威尔博士曾与60多个一流音乐机构合作演出，出演过53首歌剧、轻歌剧、音乐剧角色，76首与管弦乐团及合唱团合作的曲目，超过25首独唱曲目，以及一些室内乐独唱曲目。编写出版过流行甚广的歌唱教学教材《声乐教学基本原理：歌唱的基础与历程》。此外，他还曾为美国国家歌剧协会的刊物《歌剧期刊》撰写过一系列有关演唱的文章，2005年被收录整理成《歌唱者的一生：目标和角色》一书。 毛斯祺，美国纽约大学传播学硕士，现居纽约。热衷翻译、戏剧、设计和旅行。

Starred Review. Set in the land of Zamonia, this exuberant, highly original fantasy from German writer and cartoonist Moers (The 13½ Lives of Captain Bluebear) features an unlikely hero, Rumo, a little horned puppy (or Wolperting) who lives on a farm with a family of seven dwarfs. Rumo's rise to greatness begins when he's kidnapped by a Demonocle, "a vicious type of one-eyed gi...(展开全部)

In this richly entertaining and accessible book, Alex Bellos explodes the myth that maths is best left to the geeks. Covering subjects from adding to algebra, from set theory to statistics, and from logarithms to logical paradoxes, he explains how mathematical ideas underpin just about everything in our lives. Alex explains the surprising geometry of the 50p piece, and the stra...(展开全部)

In this richly entertaining and accessible book, Alex Bellos explodes the myth that maths is best left to the geeks. Covering subjects from adding to algebra, from set theory to statistics, and from logarithms to logical paradoxes, he explains how mathematical ideas underpin just about everything in our lives. Alex explains the surprising geometry of the 50p piece, and the stra...(展开全部)