所有黄金时代都以文化繁荣、科学探索、技术成就和经济增长的辉煌时期为标志；然而，没有两个黄金时代是完全相同的。他们的信念、社会以及在更广阔的世界中的地位各不相同。尽管如此，所有先前的黄金时代都已终结，无论是由于外部压力还是内部分裂；过于傲慢还是缺乏警惕。历史学家兼评论家约翰·诺伯格考察了人类历史上伟大的七大文明——古雅典、罗马共和国、阿拔斯王朝的巴格达、宋朝中国、文艺复兴时期的意大利、荷兰共和国和英语文化圈——试图提炼它们的优势和劣势，以回答这个问题：我们如何确保我们当前的黄金时代不会终结？一书见解深刻，引人入胜，既是对我们惊人进步的赞歌，也是对我们绝不能自满的警告。 All golden ages are marked by periods of spectacular cultural flourishing, scientific explora...(展开全部)

The French intellectual Georges Bataille saw energy as the basis of all human activity—the essence of the human—and he envisioned a society that, instead of renouncing profligate spending, would embrace a more radical type of energy expenditure: la dépense, or “spending without return.” In Bataille’s Peak, Allan Stoekl demonstrates how a close reading of Bataille—in the wake of...(展开全部)

法国推理文坛的异数，是当前欧美唯一传承了约翰·狄克森·卡尔、安东尼、伯克莱等古典大师衣钵的作家。其作品皆是以不可能犯罪为主的正统推理小说，充斥着密室、不在场证明、凶器消失等令人兴奋的诡计。阴冷的哥特城堡、古老的神话传说的确让人兴奋，但若没有对古典推理小说那份执著的信念，这一切都是浮云！古典推理在后黄金时代得以延续，一方面固因读者们的忠心耿耿，另一方面更因有保罗·霍尔特这样坚持不懈的旗手，年复一年地对抗寂寞。

Crimson Snow brings together a dozen vintage crime stories set in winter. Welcome to a world of Father Christmases behaving oddly, a famous fictional detective in a Yuletide drama, mysterious tracks in the snow----, and some very unpleasant carol singers. The mysterious events chronicled by a distinguished array of contributors in this volume frequently take place at Christmas....(展开全部)

Bestselling author and peak performance expert Steven Kotler decodes the secrets of those elite performers—athletes, artists, scientists, CEOs and more—who have changed our definition of the possible, teaching us how we too can stretch far beyond our capabilities, making impossible dreams much more attainable for all of us.

Anders Ericsson has made a career studying chess champions, violin virtuosos, star athletes, and memory mavens. Peak distills three decades of myth-shattering research into a powerful learning strategy that is fundamentally different from the way people traditionally think about acquiring new abilities. Whether you want to stand out at work, improve your athletic or musical per...(展开全部)

“This book is a breakthrough, a lyrical, powerful, science-based narrative that actually shows us how to get better (much better) at the things we care about.”—Seth Godin, author of Linchpin “Anyone who wants to get better at anything should read [Peak]. Rest assured that the book is not mere theory. Ericsson’s research focuses on the real world, and he explains in detail, with...(展开全部)

“This book is a breakthrough, a lyrical, powerful, science-based narrative that actually shows us how to get better (much better) at the things we care about.”—Seth Godin, author of Linchpin “Anyone who wants to get better at anything should read [Peak]. Rest assured that the book is not mere theory. Ericsson’s research focuses on the real world, and he explains in detail, with...(展开全部)

Anders Ericsson has made a career studying chess champions, violin virtuosos, star athletes, and memory mavens. Peak distills three decades of myth-shattering research into a powerful learning strategy that is fundamentally different from the way people traditionally think about acquiring new abilities. Whether you want to stand out at work, improve your athletic or musical per...(展开全部)

Bestselling author and peak performance expert Steven Kotler decodes the secrets of those elite performers—athletes, artists, scientists, CEOs and more—who have changed our definition of the possible, teaching us how we too can stretch far beyond our capabilities, making impossible dreams much more attainable for all of us.