In this book Hartmut Esslinger — one of the most influential designers and thinkers internationally, as well as the founder of frog design — explains how ‘strategic design’ in business and society can and must bring about positive change through innovative creativity. A key component is the strategically extended definition of design as a convergent and humanistic amalgamation of...(展开全部)

In this book Hartmut Esslinger — one of the most influential designers and thinkers internationally, as well as the founder of frog design — explains how ‘strategic design’ in business and society can and must bring about positive change through innovative creativity. A key component is the strategically extended definition of design as a convergent and humanistic amalgamation of...(展开全部)

the world—if they know how to focus their skills, time, and agendas. In Design is the Problem: The Future of Design Must be Sustainable, Nathan Shedroff examines how the endemic culture of design often creates unsustainable solutions, and shows how designers can bake sustainability into their design processes in order to produce more sustainable solutions. Design is the Problem...(展开全部)

Ninety percent of companies worldwide failed to achieve sustained, profitable growth over the past decade. While current business wisdom calls for "new rules" for strategy and organization, a breakthr

From the author of the Finlandia Award-winning novel Troll: A Love Story, The Core of the Sun further cements Johanna Sinisalo’s reputation as a master of literary speculative fiction and of her country’s unique take on it, dubbed “Finnish weird.” Set in an alternative historical present, in a “eusistocracy”—an extreme welfare state—that holds public health and social stability...(展开全部)

From the author of the Finlandia Award-winning novel Troll: A Love Story, The Core of the Sun further cements Johanna Sinisalo’s reputation as a master of literary speculative fiction and of her country’s unique take on it, dubbed “Finnish weird.” Set in an alternative historical present, in a “eusistocracy”—an extreme welfare state—that holds public health and social stability...(展开全部)

More than one hundred years ago, the American philosopher William James dubbed the knowledge that we must die “the worm at the core” of the human condition. In 1974, cultural anthropologist Ernest Becker won the Pulitzer Prize for his book The Denial of Death, arguing that the terror of death has a pervasive effect on human affairs. Now authors Sheldon Solomon, Jeff Greenberg, ...(展开全部)

谢尔登·所罗门（Sheldon Solomon） 杰夫·格林伯格（Jeff Greenberg） 汤姆·匹茨辛斯基（Tom Pyszczynski） 3位社会心理学家，分别在斯基德莫尔学院、亚利桑那大学、科罗拉多大学担任心理学教授。 他们在研究和写作上的合作已经延续30多年了。他们在对死亡的恐惧这一主题上的研究不但获过奖，还受到了美国自然科学基金的支持。在这一研究中，他们将存在主义思想融入现代心理科学当中，使用最尖端的科学研究方法来探索这一长期以来被认为超越了科学研究范畴的领域。不同角度的整合带来了一些新的思考方式，思考关于文化、自尊和引发人们做出他们最高贵和最卑鄙行为的那些因素。

The very idea that Buddhist teachings can be mastered will arouse controversy within Buddhist circles. Even so, Daniel Ingram insists that enlightenment is an attainable goal, once our fanciful notions of it are stripped away, and we have learned to use meditation as a method for examining reality rather than an opportunity to wallow in self-absorbed mind-noise. This book sets ...(展开全部)

The very idea that Buddhist teachings can be mastered will arouse controversy within Buddhist circles. Even so, Daniel Ingram insists that enlightenment is an attainable goal, once our fanciful notions of it are stripped away, and we have learned to use meditation as a method for examining reality rather than an opportunity to wallow in self-absorbed mind-noise. This book sets ...(展开全部)