By examining “the real thing” ingredient by ingredient, this brilliant history shows how Coke used a strategy of outsourcing and leveraged free public resources, market muscle, and lobbying power to build a global empire on the sale of sugary water. Coke became a giant in a world of abundance but is now embattled in a world of scarcity, its products straining global resources a...(展开全部)

巴托·J.埃尔莫尔（Bartow J. Elmore），俄亥俄州立大学环境史助理教授，曾任教于阿拉巴马大学历史系。

By examining “the real thing” ingredient by ingredient, this brilliant history shows how Coke used a strategy of outsourcing and leveraged free public resources, market muscle, and lobbying power to build a global empire on the sale of sugary water. Coke became a giant in a world of abundance but is now embattled in a world of scarcity, its products straining global resources a...(展开全部)

It is commonly assumed that capitalism has created an a-emotional world dominated by bureaucratic rationality; that economic behavior conflicts with intimate, authentic relationships; that the public and private spheres are irremediably opposed to each other; and that true love is opposed to calculation and self-interest. Eva Illouz rejects these conventional ideas and argues t...(展开全部)

It is commonly assumed that capitalism has created an a-emotional world dominated by bureaucratic rationality; that economic behavior conflicts with intimate, authentic relationships; that the public and private spheres are irremediably opposed to each other; and that true love is opposed to calculation and self-interest. Eva Illouz rejects these conventional ideas and argues ...(展开全部)

索比，站在朱布尔拍卖台上的孩子。没有人要他，除了一位老乞丐。在神秘的老乞丐的抚育下，他逐渐成长。但他没有过去，没有前途，没有自由。这时的他，是一个奴隶。 老乞丐的秘密身份被暴露以后，索比带着一份极其珍贵的口信，要逃避警察追捕，逃上飞船。这时的他，是一个逃犯。 索比成了往来星际的自由贸易船员，成为西苏号贸易家族中的一员。他拥有一切，除了自由。这是的他，是一个囚徒。 索比返回故乡，与自己的家人重聚。阴谋和背叛等待着他，但他无所畏惧。因为，这时的他已经成为一名“银河系公民”。

In a distant galaxy, the atrocity of slavery was alive and well, and young Thorby was just another orphaned boy sold at auction. But his new owner, Baslim, is not the disabled beggar he appears to be: adopting Thorby as his son, he fights relentlessly as an abolitionist spy. When the authorities close in on Baslim, Thorby must ride with the Free Traders — a league of merchant p...(展开全部)

<CENTER>A classic novel from the mind of the storyteller who captures the imagination of readers from around the world, and across two generations <FONT SIZE="+1">Science Fiction Grand Master ROBERT A. HEINLEIN CITIZEN OF THE GALAXY</FONT></CENTER> In a distant galaxy, the atrocity of slavery was alive and well, and young Thorby was just another orphaned boy sold at auction...(展开全部)

AN ANGOULEME AWARD WINNER RETURNS WITH A PARABLE ABOUT LIFE IN THE ART WORLD "The Making Of" is the follow-up to international sensation Brecht Evens's Eisner-nominated debut, "The Wrong Place." With lush watercolors and his characteristic wit, Evens details the fumbling, amateurish foibles of the participants of a small art festival in the Flemish countryside. Pieterjan is i...(展开全部)

How oil greases the wheels of global capitalism This expansive history traces the hidden connections between oil and capitalism from the late 1800s to the current climate crisis. Beyond simplistic narratives that frame oil as 'prize' or 'curse', Crude Capitalism uncovers the surprising ways that oil is woven into the fabric of our modern world: the rise of an American-centered ...(展开全部)