From John Robbins, a new edition of the classic that awakened the conscience of a nation. Since the 1987 publication of Diet for a New America, beef consumption in the United States has fallen a remarkable 19%. While many forces are contributing to this dramatic shift in our habits, Diet for a New America is considered to be one of the most important. Diet for a New America is ...(展开全部)

Here， the man who started the "food revolution" with the million-plus-selling Diet for a New America， boldly posits that， collectively， our personal diet can save ourselves and the world. If， according to chaos theory， the beating of a butterfly s wing can cause a hurricane in another part of the world， try this out for chaotic cause and effect: monarch butterflies are dying in...(展开全部)

From John Robbins, a new edition of the classic that awakened the conscience of a nation. Since the 1987 publication of Diet for a New America , beef consumption in the United States has fallen a remarkable 19%. While many forces are contributing to this dramatic shift in our habits, Diet for a New America is considered to be one of the most important. Diet for a ...(展开全部)

Why is eating chocolate so pleasurable? Can the function of just one small group of chemicals really determine whether you are happy or sad? Does marijuana help to improve your memory in old age? Is it really best to drink coffee if you want to wake up and be alert? Why is a drug like PCP potentially lethal? Why does drinking alcohol make you drowsy? Do cigarettes help relieve ...(展开全部)

《如何掌控自己的时间和生活》告诫人们，一定要记住，这个世界上根本不存在“没时间”这回事。如果你跟很多人一样，也是因为“太忙”而没时间完成自己的工作的话，那请你一定记住，在这个世界上还有很多人，他们比你更忙，结果却完成了更多的工作。这些人并没有比你拥有更多的时间。他们只是学会了更好地利用自己的时间而已！有效地利用时间是一种人人都可以掌握的技巧，就像驾驶一样，有效利用时间，不是成为时间的奴隶，而是实现自己的人生目标。一切完全取决于是否能够成功管理自己的时间，这就是所有成功的秘诀所在。 由于在时间控制方面的卓越见解，该书所倡导的时间管理系统已经成为不少当今世界著名企业采用，如A.T.&T.、美国银行、IBM、标准石油；一些繁忙的知名人士也把本书看作是安排生活的指导，如歌星尼尔•迪亚蒙德、女权主义者、作家格劳里亚•斯坦纳姆、设计师米尔顿•格拉塞尔等；此外，...(展开全部)

In Take on the Street , Arthur Levitt--Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission for eight years under President Clinton--provides the best kind of insider information: the kind that can help honest, small investors protect themselves from the deliberately confusing ways of Wall Street. At a time when investor confidence in Wall Street and corporate America is at an ...(展开全部)

◎ 作者简介 阿兰娜·科伦（Alanna Collen），英国帝国理工学院生物学学士及硕士，伦敦大学学院演化生物学博士。阿兰娜是一位经常旅行的动物学家，也是研究蝙蝠回声定位的专家，后意外成为热带疾病的收集者。她在田野调查的过程中因细菌感染而大病一场，由此引发了她对微生物与宿主之间共生关系的研究兴趣，尤其是人类与微生物之间的关系。此外，她写过一篇关于“辨识危机”的文章，介绍一种无法分辨人脸的疾病，在学界引起很大反响，同时她也为《星期日泰晤士报》《卫报》《赫芬顿邮报》撰写专题文章。 …………………… ◎ 译者简介 钟季霖，曾于出版社担任执行编辑，后旅居澳大利亚一年，目前兼职翻译。 …………………… ◎ 审订者简介 张尚麟，分子与细胞生物博士，研究专长为演化遗传学及分子生物学。

An estimated 4.6 billion years ago, the Earth and Moon were formed in a violent impact. On this, many agree, and even more that a long time after that, life began. However, few know that the first life on the Earth may not have emerged on this planet, but could, in fact, have begun on Mars, brought here by meteorites. In this revolutionary book, leading scientists Peter Ward an...(展开全部)

An estimated 4.6 billion years ago, the Earth and Moon were formed in a violent impact. On this, many agree, and even more that a long time after that, life began. However, few know that the first life on the Earth may not have emerged on this planet, but could, in fact, have begun on Mars, brought here by meteorites. In this revolutionary book, leading scientists Peter Ward an...(展开全部)

An estimated 4.6 billion years ago, the Earth and Moon were formed in a violent impact. On this, many agree, and even more that a long time after that, life began. However, few know that the first life on the Earth may not have emerged on this planet, but could, in fact, have begun on Mars, brought here by meteorites. In this revolutionary book, leading scientists Peter Ward an...(展开全部)