A sharp and illuminating history of one of capitalism’s longest running tensions—the conflicts of interest among public company directors, managers, and shareholders—told through entertaining case studies and original letters from some of our most legendary and controversial investors and activists. Recent disputes between shareholders and major corporations, including Apple an...(展开全部)

Mr. Jefferson Philip Gramm, also known as Jeff, has been a Managing Director, Managing Partner, and Portfolio Manager at Bandera Partners LLC since August 2006. From October 2004 to July 2006, Mr. Gramm served as the Managing Director at Arklow Capital, LLC. He was employed at Mellon HBV from June 2002 to September 2004, serving as a Senior Research Analyst. Mr. Gramm has been ...(展开全部)

Mr. Jefferson Philip Gramm, also known as Jeff, has been a Managing Director, Managing Partner, and Portfolio Manager at Bandera Partners LLC since August 2006. From October 2004 to July 2006, Mr. Gramm served as the Managing Director at Arklow Capital, LLC. He was employed at Mellon HBV from June 2002 to September 2004, serving as a Senior Research Analyst. Mr. Gramm has been ...(展开全部)

A sharp and illuminating history of one of capitalism’s longest running tensions—the conflicts of interest among public company directors, managers, and shareholders—told through entertaining case studies and original letters from some of our most legendary and controversial investors and activists. Recent disputes between shareholders and major corporations, including Apple an...(展开全部)

维克托•戴维斯•汉森（Victor Davis Hanson），军事历史学家，加利福尼亚州立大学弗雷斯诺校区古典文化学教授。汉森先生的著述涉及古代历史与古典时代战争等领域，包括The Other Greeks， The Western Way of War，以及 The Soul of Battle等。 傅翀，毕业于浙江大学。除译有《杀戮与文化》一书外，目前正在翻译乔纳森•萨姆欣（Jonathan Sumption）的《百年战争》（The Hundred Years War）一书。 吴昕欣，毕业于浙江大学外语学院，现从事版权引进工作。

Examining nine landmark battles from ancient to modern times--from Salamis, where outnumbered Greeks devastated the slave army of Xerxes, to Cortes’s conquest of Mexico to the Tet offensive--Victor Davis Hanson explains why the armies of the West have been the most lethal and effective of any fighting forces in the world. Looking beyond popular explanations such as geography o...(展开全部)

"This is scientific storytelling at its most visceral, striding with the beasts through their Triassic dawn, Jurassic dominance, and abrupt demise in the Cretaceous." — Nature The dinosaurs. Sixty-six million years ago, the Earth’s most fearsome creatures vanished. Today they remain one of our planet’s great mysteries. Now The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs reveals their extrao...(展开全部)

The state, which since the middle of the seventeenth century has been the most important and most characteristic of all modern institutions, is in decline. From Western Europe to Africa, many existing states are either combining into larger communities or falling apart. Many of their functions are being taken over by a variety of organizations which, whatever their precise natu...(展开全部)

"This is scientific storytelling at its most visceral, striding with the beasts through their Triassic dawn, Jurassic dominance, and abrupt demise in the Cretaceous." — Nature The dinosaurs. Sixty-six million years ago, the Earth’s most fearsome creatures vanished. Today they remain one of our planet’s great mysteries. Now The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs reveals their extrao...(展开全部)

The state, which since the middle of the seventeenth century has been the most important and most characteristic of all modern institutions, is in decline. From Western Europe to Africa, many existing states are either combining into larger communities or falling apart. Many of their functions are being taken over by a variety of organizations which, whatever their precise natu...(展开全部)