This gripping, deeply thoughtful book considers future of civilization in the light of what we know about climate change and related threats. David Orr, an award-winning, internationally recognized leader in the field of sustainability and environmental education, pulls no punches: even with the Paris Agreement of 2015, Earth systems will not reach a new equilibrium for centuri...(展开全部)

A leading environmental thinker takes a hard look at the obstacles and possibilities on the long road to sustainability This gripping, deeply thoughtful book considers future of civilization in the light of what we know about climate change and related threats. David Orr, an award-winning, internationally recognized leader in the field of sustainability and environmental educat...(展开全部)

Are we deranged? The acclaimed Indian novelist Amitav Ghosh argues that future generations may well think so. How else to explain our imaginative failure in the face of global warming? In his first major book of nonfiction since In an Antique Land, Ghosh examines our inability—at the level of literature, history, and politics—to grasp the scale and violence of climate change. T...(展开全部)

Are we deranged? The acclaimed Indian novelist Amitav Ghosh argues that future generations may well think so. How else to explain our imaginative failure in the face of global warming? In his first major book of nonfiction since In an Antique Land, Ghosh examines our inability—at the level of literature, history, and politics—to grasp the scale and violence of climate change. T...(展开全部)

Are we deranged? The acclaimed Indian novelist Amitav Ghosh argues that future generations may well think so. How else to explain our imaginative failure in the face of global warming? In his first major book of nonfiction since In an Antique Land, Ghosh examines our inability—at the level of literature, history, and politics—to grasp the scale and violence of climate change. T...(展开全部)

Climate change differs from any other problem that, as collective humanity, we face today. If it goes unchecked, the consequences are likely to be catastrophic for human life on earth. Yet for most people, and for many policy-makers too, it tends to be a 'back of the mind' issue. We recognise its importance and even its urgency, but for the most part it is swamped by more immed...(展开全部)

梅琳达·弗朗奇·盖茨 (Melinda French Gates) 罕见地从一些她人生中的关键时刻中汲取灵感，从以前未曾讲述的故事中汲取灵感，为应对转变提供新的视角。 “如果没有经历各种转变，你就不会活到我这个年纪。有些转变是你欣然接受的，有些是你从未预料到的。有些是你希望的，有些是你竭尽全力争取的。” – 梅琳达·弗朗奇·盖茨 转变是我们走出熟悉的环境，进入新环境的时刻——对许多人来说，这个空间被困惑、恐惧和犹豫不决所笼罩。《第二天》陪伴读者穿越这段空间，指导他们如何充分利用结束和新开始之间的时间，以及如何在你脚下的大地发生变化时继续前进。 在这本书中，梅琳达将首次以印刷形式回顾自己人生中一些重要的转变，包括成为父母、一位亲密朋友的去世以及她离开盖茨基金会。她讲述的故事阐明了摆脱完美主义束缚、帮助朋友渡过危机、拥抱不确定性等普遍教训。 我们每个人，...(展开全部)

梅琳达·弗朗奇·盖茨 (Melinda French Gates) 罕见地从一些她人生中的关键时刻中汲取灵感，从以前未曾讲述的故事中汲取灵感，为应对转变提供新的视角。 “如果没有经历各种转变，你就不会活到我这个年纪。有些转变是你欣然接受的，有些是你从未预料到的。有些是你希望的，有些是你竭尽全力争取的。” – 梅琳达·弗朗奇·盖茨 转变是我们走出熟悉的环境，进入新环境的时刻——对许多人来说，这个空间被困惑、恐惧和犹豫不决所笼罩。《第二天》陪伴读者穿越这段空间，指导他们如何充分利用结束和新开始之间的时间，以及如何在你脚下的大地发生变化时继续前进。 在这本书中，梅琳达将首次以印刷形式回顾自己人生中一些重要的转变，包括成为父母、一位亲密朋友的去世以及她离开盖茨基金会。她讲述的故事阐明了摆脱完美主义束缚、帮助朋友渡过危机、拥抱不确定性等普遍教训。 我们每个人，...(展开全部)

How the earth’s previous global warming phase, from the tenth to the fifteenth centuries, reshaped human societies from the Arctic to the Sahara—a wide-ranging history with sobering lessons for our own time. From the tenth to the fifteenth centuries the earth experienced a rise in surface temperature that changed climate worldwide—a preview of today’s global warming. In som...(展开全部)

From Gemma Hartley, the journalist who ignited a national conversation on emotional labor, comes Fed Up, a bold dive into the unpaid, invisible work women have shouldered for too long—and an impassioned vision for creating a better future for us all. Day in, day out, women anticipate and manage the needs of others. In relationships, we initiate the hard conversations. At home, ...(展开全部)