* Do taxes help more than they hurt?* What effect does redistributing wealth have on our economy---and those who participate in its redistribution?* What is the role of government?* How does an economy work?James Gwartney, Richard L. Stroup, and Dwight R. Lee are three of the most prominent economists today, and in Common Sense Economics they show us why economic understanding ...(展开全部)

“The authors tell us what everyone should know about economics in language we can all understand. It’s refreshing when four of the best in the profession avoid the all-too-common practice of writing in a code that only other economists can comprehend.” ---Robert McTeer, former president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas With the global economy recovering from a steep rec...(展开全部)

They're "everywhere " In water, food, air, and soil. On the kitchen counter and in the bathroom. On our skin, in our intestines, and even swimming in our mouths They affect us every second of our lives, but most microbes are terribly misunderstood. "The Five-Second Rule and Other Myths about Germs" does away with the notion that you need a doctorate to understand the microscop...(展开全部)

- Clear, engaging, and scientifically-based guide to understanding the major issues surrounding overfishing - Considers all sides of overfishing issue and provides a balanced view - Includes case studies of major fisheries as a frame for understanding major issues Over the past twenty years considerable public attention has been focused on the decline of marine fisheries, the s...(展开全部)

菲利普•J.兰德里根（Philip J. Landrigan），流行病学家，哈佛医学院医学博士，现任波士顿学院全球公共卫生计划主任。曾在美国疾病预防控制中心和美国国家职业安全与健康研究所工作，并在美国疾病预防控制中心建立了环境流行病学部门。原为《柳叶刀》污染与健康委员会联合主席。曾被授予美国公共卫生杰出服务奖章，并于2006年获得美国环境保护署儿童健康冠军奖。 玛丽•M.兰德里根（Mary M. Landrigan），健康教育专家，曾在美国韦斯特切斯特郡卫生局工作25年。

Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas s...(展开全部)

"Common Sense "combines extravagantly lurid and luscious colour with Parr's trademark sense of irony. Though hilariously funny there is a sharp and biting edge to the humor. He highlights the minutiae of everyday contemporary life-hamburgers, cigarette butts, tacky gifts and dime store combs-that have been taken around the world.

芭芭拉．安吉丽思 (Barbara De Angelis) 安吉丽思博士是当代个人成长与灵性成长领域，最有影响力的导师之一，美国知名的人际关系专家，也是重要的畅销书作家，所著的《活在当下》、《爱是一切的答案》、《男人都该知道女人的秘密》、《女人都该知道男人的秘密》等书，分别在《纽约时报》畅销书排行榜上高居榜首。25年以来，她出了14本书，被译成20余种文字出版，芭芭拉曾在美国有线电视台（CNN）、哥伦比亚广播公司（CBS）与美国公共广播网（PBS）主持自己的节目。她的得奖节目「让爱行得通」（Making Love Work）专门探讨人际关系，拥有极佳的收视率，且经常受邀为著名脱口秀节目的特别来宾，她散播爱、快乐与追寻人生意义的讯息，影响了全球各地的数千万人。 目前定居在美国洛杉矶。

In the late twentieth century, the common sense approach to literature was deemed naïve. Roland Barthes proclaimed the death of the author, and Hillis Miller declared that all interpretation is theoretical. In many a literature department, graduate students spent far more time on Derrida and Foucault than on Shakespeare and Milton. Despite this, common sense approaches to lit...(展开全部)

丹尼尔·森博洛夫（Daniel Simberloff）， 美国田纳西大学诺克斯韦尔分校环境研究学教授。荣获2012年拉蒙·马加利夫奖生态学奖、2006年美国生态学会杰出生态学家奖。