From the moment he set foot on it, Karl Rove has rocked America’s political stage. He ran the national College Republicans at twenty-two, and turned a Texas dominated by Democrats into a bastion for Republicans. He launched George W. Bush to national renown by unseating a popular Democratic governor, and then orchestrated a GOP White House win at a time when voters had little r...(展开全部)

From the moment he set foot on it, Karl Rove has rocked America's political stage. He ran the national College Republicans at twenty-two, and turned a Texas dominated by Democrats into a bastion for Republicans. He launched George W. Bush to national renown by unseating a popular Democratic governor, and then orchestrated a GOP White House win at a time when voters had little r...(展开全部)

菲利普·罗斯(1933- )，美国著名犹太作家

A fiction-within-a-fiction, a labyrinthine edifice of funny, mournful, and harrowing meditations on the fatal impasse between a man and a woman, My Life as a Man is Roth's most blistering novel. At its heart lies the marriage of Peter and Maureen Tarnopol, a gifted young writer and the woman who wants to be his muse but who instead is his nemesis. Their union is based on fr...(展开全部)

Opening with a child's ascension to the Chinese throne, this novel charts the complexities of courtly life, as a boy of few talents is suddenly thrust into a position of power. The dramatisation of the dark side of nation-building, this is also a deft exploration of the failings of human nature.

Emanuel Derman was one of the first physicists to move to Wall Street, and his career paralleled the growth of quantitative trading over the past twenty years. In My Life as a Quant, he traces his transformation from ambitious young scientist to managing director and head of the renowned Quantitative Strategies group at Goldman, Sachs & Co. Derman’s tale recounts his a...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 In My Life as a Quant, Emanuel Derman relives his exciting journey as one of the first high–energy particle physicists to migrate to Wall Street. Page by page, Derman details his adventures in this field—analyzing the incompatible personas of traders and quants, and discussing the dissimilar nature of knowledge in physics and finance. Throughout this tale, he also refle...(展开全部)

François Truffaut (1932-1984), perhaps the most respected member of the New Wave group of French moviemakers, left a legacy of beloved and influential films that include The 400 Blows, Jules and Jim, Stolen Kisses, Day for Night, and The Story of Adele H. Equally fascinating is the very large body of film criticism Truffaut wrote over many years for Cahiers du Cinema and...(展开全部)

A humane behind-the-scenes account of a week in the life of a psychiatrist at one of Canada’s leading mental health hospitals. How Can I Help? takes us to the frontlines of modern psychiatric care. How Can I Help? portrays a week in the life of Dr. David Goldbloom as he treats patients, communicates with families, and trains staff at CAMH, the largest psychiatric facility in Ca...(展开全部)

戴维·戈德布卢姆（David Goldbloom），医学博士、加拿大皇家医学院院士、成瘾与精神健康中心高级医学顾问、多伦多大学精神病学教授，曾任加拿大精神健康委员会主席。毕业于哈佛大学、牛津大学（罗德学者）和麦吉尔大学。著有一百多篇专业论文，编过两本精神病学教科书。他还是一位著名的公众演说家，因对精神病学领域的贡献而屡获殊荣，包括加拿大勋章。 皮尔·布莱登（Pier Bryden），医学博士、多伦多病童医院精神科医生和临床教师、多伦多大学医学院副教授、加拿大医学委员会主席、美国儿童与青少年精神病学伦理委员会加拿大代表。毕业于多伦多大学、牛津大学和麦克马斯特大学。专攻儿童与青少年精神疾病治疗的伦理与法律问题。