A Frenchman rents a Hollywood movie. A Thai schoolgirl mimics Madonna. Saddam Hussein chooses Frank Sinatra's "My Way" as the theme song for his fifty-fourth birthday. It is a commonplace that globalization is subverting local culture. But is it helping as much as it hurts? In this strikingly original treatment of a fiercely debated issue, Tyler Cowen makes a bold new case for ...(展开全部)

A Frenchman rents a Hollywood movie. A Thai schoolgirl mimics Madonna. Saddam Hussein chooses Frank Sinatra's 'My Way' as the theme song for his fifty-fourth birthday. It is a commonplace that globalization is subverting local culture. But is it helping as much as it hurts? In this strikingly original treatment of a fiercely debated issue, Tyler Cowen makes a bold new case for ...(展开全部)

拓宽眼界与思想深度的时尚之书。一个人的眼界就是他的全世界。 全球生活方式引领者KINFOLK创始人内森·威廉斯，花费四年，走访全球超过 90 位影响世界的创意总监，只为回答一个问题：创意总监们是如何拓展他们的眼界的？ 本书集合时尚、内容出版和娱乐界的创意人士，包括汤姆·布朗、山本耀司、VOGUE主编格蕾丝·柯丁顿、YSL总监斯特凡诺、Holiday杂志总监杜兰德、英国皇家芭蕾舞团编舞麦格雷戈、好莱坞电影场景设计克里斯·莫兰、黑人音乐人海因斯、为LADY GAGA和碧昂丝担任过创意总监的托德·图索……将隐于幕后的创意人群引至台前，介绍他们擅长的领域、工作方式、思考维度、爱好与习惯等，从各方面展示影响世界的创意者们的所见、所思与所想。 “我的作品总会为我发声。” “作为创意人士，你不可能把自己的开关关掉。周围事物会自然而然地激发着你。” “我是一个服装设...(展开全部)

Two Economist writers show how and why religion is booming around the world and reveal its vast effects on the global economy, politics, and more On the street and in the corridors of power, religion is surging worldwide. From Russia to Turkey to India, nations that swore off faith in the last century—or even tried to stamp it out—are now run by avowedly religious leaders. ...(展开全部)

F. S. 迈克尔斯 出生于加拿大，2011年因本书对公共议题做出批判性的分析，而荣获2011年NCTE乔治·奥威尔奖。 迈克尔斯形容自己是个“深入钻研的通识性作家”。她利用广泛的研究，在各个学科之间建立了惊人的联系，寻找出乎意料的模式，挖掘看不见却深深影响我们世界运作的社会结构。她的研究与写作得到加拿大社会科学和人文研究理事会的支持。 - 黄煜文，台湾大学历史学硕士，专职译者。代表译作有《阅读蒙田，是为了生活》《伊斯坦布尔三城记》《巴黎城记：现代性之都的诞生》等

'This little book is full of insights about who we are and where we are going.' - Financial Times The most accessible book yet by one of the most influential thinkers of our time, Runaway World evaluates the ever-increasing impact of globalization today. Extending his arguments beyond the merely economic, Giddens shows how our growing interdependence directly affects our everyd...(展开全部)

安东尼·吉登斯（Anthony Giddes），英国著名学者，现任伦敦政治经济学院院长，曾任英国布莱尔首相和美国前总统克林顿顾问，出版著作30余部。

What if your cell phone could detect cancer cells circulating in your blood or warn you of an imminent heart attack? Mobile wireless digital devices, including smartphones and tablets with seemingly limitless functionality, have brought about radical changes in our lives, providing hyper-connectivity to social networks and cloud computing. But the digital world has hardly pierc...(展开全部)

From one of the founding executives of Fed Ex comes the first full inside story of how Fed Ex came to be one of the world's most successful, innovative, and admired companies. Frock reveals the details of how the company was conceived, launched, and kept afloat despite incredible obstacles.