Engines That Move Markets is a comprehensive history of market-shaping industries and their impact on how we invest today. Now in its second edition, this modern investing classic highlights the history of industrial development and its impact on investors. By exploring key technological advances of the past and what they meant for investors - including electricity, the railroa...(展开全部)

Pratt & Whitney engines helped to win World War II by powering much of the U.S. fighter fleet as well as many British planes. They also powered 98 percent of all transport planes used by the military during that war.Since then, they've powered such record-breaking aircraft as the Boeing B-50, the first airplane to fly nonstop around the globe, and the Air Force F-100 Super Sabr...(展开全部)

London is hunting The great Traction City lumbers after a small town, eager to strip its prey of all assets and move on. Resources on the Great Hunting Ground that once was Europe are so limited that mobile cities must consume one another to survive, a practice known as Municipal Darwinism. Tom, an apprentice in the Guild of Historians, saves his hero, Head Historian Thaddeus V...(展开全部)

These fourteen science fiction stories reveal Lems fascination with artificial intelligence and demonstrate just how surprisingly human sentient machines can be. Astonishing is not too strong a word for these tales (Wall Street Journal). Translated and with an Introduction by Michael Kandel.

“Looking to make a career change? Pivot is a book you will turn to again and again.”—Daniel H. Pink, author of To Sell Is Human and Drive If you've got the perfect job or business, congratulations. But if you are even a little bit uncertain that your current gig is the right one, it is time to start thinking about your next move. In the new world of work, it's the only move tha...(展开全部)

With his trademark comically wry phrasing and a sure eye for quirky detail, Echenoz has produced his oddest and most enjoyable novel to date. Chopin's Move interweaves the fates of Chopin, entomologist and recalcitrant secret agent; Oswald, a young foreign-affairs employee who vanishes en route to his new home; Suzy, who gets enmeshed in a tangle of deceit and counterdeceit; th...(展开全部)

日本讲谈社当家科普图鉴 原版图鉴系列销量超200万 满载生动知识的阅读体验 探索奇妙有趣的昆虫世界 ● 编辑推荐 ◎ 专家作者团队倾力奉献，原版系列销量超200万 日本最大出版社的讲谈社倾力打造MOVE系列图鉴。《MOVE图鉴 昆虫》的原版作者来自日本甲虫协会、东京大学、日本大学等多 所高等院校与研究机构，为知识保驾护航。真是标本实拍图和昆虫生态摄影作品均由昆虫研究者、专业摄影师提供。 中文版审订：张巍巍，昆虫学者、科普作家、生态摄影师。 ◎ 适读年龄范围广泛，阅读体验出色 从小学生至青少年，各个阶段的读者均能够在本书中找到吸引自己的方面，并获得出色的阅读体验。年龄较小的读者可以着重通过图片了解昆虫；年龄更大的读者可以仔细研读书中知识点、鉴赏标本图片，深入掌握昆虫知识。 此书能够成为长久陪伴小读者的好伙伴，随着阅读能力和知识储备的增长，小读者便可以通...(展开全部)

日本讲谈社当家科普图鉴 原版图鉴系列销量超200万 满载生动知识的阅读体验 展现浩瀚神秘的宇宙空间 ◎ 编辑推荐 ☆ 专家作者团队倾力奉献，原版系列销量超200万 日本最大出版社的讲谈社倾力打造MOVE系列图鉴。至今已编辑出版了22本图鉴以及多本漫画、图册等青少年科普读物，在日本广受读者欢迎。 原版审订：渡部润一，日本国立天文台副台长，著名天文学科普作家。 中文版审订：刘博洋，著名天文科普作家，专栏“天文八卦学”作者，中国科普作家协会会员。 ☆ 适读年龄范围广泛，阅读体验出色 从小学生至青少年，各个年龄层的读者均能够在本书中找到吸引自己的方面，收获引人入胜的知识，并获得出色的阅读体验。年龄较小的读者可以着重通过图片，领略宇宙空间的浩瀚迷人；年龄更大的读者可以仔细研读书中知识点，借助宇宙照片和插图展开想象，探索宇宙的奥秘和未来。 此书能够成为长久陪伴小...(展开全部)

To be financially literate in today,s market, one must have a solid understanding of derivatives concepts and instruments and the uses of those instruments in corporations. The Third Edition has an accessible mathematical presentation, and more importantly, helps readers gain intuition by linking theories and concepts together with an engaging narrative that emphasizes the cor...(展开全部)