During the space of a day in Rome in 1933, a ten-lira coin passes through the hands of nine people - including an aging artist, a prostitute, and a young woman preparing to assassinate Mussolini. In Yourcenar's brilliant evocation of the Eternal City, this coin links characters otherwise lost in private passions and nearly impenetrable solitude.

During the space of a day in Rome in 1933, a ten-lira coin passes through the hands of nine people - including an aging artist, a prostitute, and a young woman preparing to assassinate Mussolini. In Yourcenar's brilliant evocation of the Eternal City, this coin links characters otherwise lost in private passions and nearly impenetrable solitude.

Carly A. Kocurek examines the factors and incidents that contributed to the widespread view of video gaming as an enclave for young men and boys. Coin-Operated Americans holds valuable lessons for contemporary culture as we struggle to address pervasive sexism in the domain of video games—and in the digital working world beyond.

[美] 丹尼尔·亚伯拉罕 (Daniel Abraham)，1969年生的美国作家，上世纪九十年代中期开始从事幻想文学创作，曾在写作工坊中拜在世界幻想文学第 一泰斗乔治·R.R.马丁门下学习，两人结成了亦师亦友的关系，因此在后辈奇幻文学家中，被誉为是乔治·马丁的接班人。亚伯拉罕的代表作包括史诗奇幻“漫长的代价”四部曲，太空歌剧系列“扩张”、都市奇幻系列“黑日之女”和近期新的集大成的史诗奇幻与乔治·R.R.马丁、加德纳·多佐伊斯共同完成的科幻小说《猎人行》。

[美] 丹尼尔·亚伯拉罕 (Daniel Abraham)，1969年生的美国作家，上世纪九十年代中期开始从事幻想文学创作，曾在写作工坊中拜在世界幻想文学第 一泰斗乔治·R.R.马丁门下学习，两人结成了亦师亦友的关系，因此在后辈奇幻文学家中，被誉为是乔治·马丁的接班人。亚伯拉罕的代表作包括史诗奇幻“漫长的代价”四部曲，太空歌剧系列“扩张”、都市奇幻系列“黑日之女”和近期新的集大成的史诗奇幻与乔治·R.R.马丁、加德纳·多佐伊斯共同完成的科幻小说《猎人行》。

This volume is a synthesis of economic, political, and cultural theories of value. David Graeber re-examines a century of anthropological thought about value and exchange, in large measure to find a way out of ongoing quandaries in current social theory, which have become critical at the present moment of ideological collapse in the face of Neoliberalism. Rooted in an engaged, ...(展开全部)

Hailian Chen’s pioneering study presents the first comprehensive history of Chinese zinc—an essential base metal used to produce brass and coin and a global commodity—over the long eighteenth century. Zinc, she argues, played a far greater role in the Qing economy and in integrating China into an emerging global economy, than has previously been recognized. Using commodity chai...(展开全部)