A spirited biography of the prophetic and sympathetic philosopher who helped build the foundations of the modern world. Denis Diderot is often associated with the decades-long battle to bring the world's first comprehensive Encyclopédie into existence. But his most daring writing took place in the shadows. Thrown into prison for his atheism in 1749, Diderot decided to reserve h...(展开全部)

<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" soNormal>Accessible and engaging, this unique text offers strategies for critical and creative thinking and includes many opportunities for practicing these fundamental skills. It will help readers think “outside the box” and to become more effective writers, speakers, and communicators.</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" soNormal> </P> <P styl...(展开全部)

<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" soNormal>Accessible and engaging, this unique text offers strategies for critical and creative thinking and includes many opportunities for practicing these fundamental skills. It will help readers think “outside the box” and to become more effective writers, speakers, and communicators.</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" soNormal> </P> <P styl...(展开全部)

Have you ever . . . Invested time in something that, in hindsight, just wasn't worth it? Paid too much in an eBay auction? Continued to do something you knew was bad for you? Sold stocks too late, or too early? Taken credit for success, but blamed failure on external circumstances? Backed the wrong horse? These are examples of what the author calls cognitive biases, simple erro...(展开全部)

"When everybody thinks alike, Everyone is likely to be wrong." The ten words quoted above are, according to Humphrey B. Neill, a potent factor behind the economic booms and busts that blight our civilization. "The Mississippi Bubble," Hollands incredible "Tulipmania," and the New York stock market crash in 1929 are historic examples of disasters magnified and hastened by the pr...(展开全部)

作者简介：迈克尔·弗雷德（Michael Fried,1939- ），杰出的批评家、艺术史家，美国霍普金斯大学人文学科波恩讲席教授。20世纪60年代，他凭借对极简艺术的深刻批判奠定其优秀批评家的地位（其批评文章集结为《艺术与物性：论文与评论集》）；70年代后，他转入艺术史研究，著述丰富，其中《专注性与剧场性：狄德罗时代的绘画与观众》《库尔贝的写实主义》《马奈的现代主义》构成了“现代主义前史”三部曲；并在最近十几年重返当代艺术批评，直面影像艺术的最新现象。其批评和艺术史研究不仅在艺术学界广受关注，并且也为哲学、美学、思想史等领域内的学者所重视，甚至还反哺当代的艺术实践（著名摄影师杰夫·沃尔就深受启发），被公认为美国最具影响力的在世批评家、艺术史家之一。 译者简介：张晓剑（1977- ），温州大学美术与设计学院副教授，浙江大学博士，主要从事中西艺术史和西...(展开全部)

Burlesque / Art of the Teese A tour of the world of burlesque and fetish includes in the first part a history of burlesque complemented by Dita's provocative tips on erotic fashion and sensuality, and in the second part a celebration of fetish style. Copious photographs throughout from the worlds best pinup, glamour and fashion photographers make this thick tome essential for a...(展开全部)

Burlesque / Art of the Teese A tour of the world of burlesque and fetish includes in the first part a history of burlesque complemented by Dita's provocative tips on erotic fashion and sensuality, and in the second part a celebration of fetish style. Copious photographs throughout from the worlds best pinup, glamour and fashion photographers make this thick tome essential for a...(展开全部)

The Art and Power of Facilitation: Running Powerful Meetings provides powerful tools that the business analyst can use to negotiate through the myriad of meetings, informal work sessions, and formal workshops that are necessary to develop business requirements.