The intimate, inspiring, and authoritative biography of Sandra Day O'Connor, America's first female Supreme Court justice, drawing on exclusive interviews and first-time access to Justice O'Connor's archives--by the New York Times bestselling author Evan Thomas.

[美]埃文·托马斯 美国历史学家协会会员，尼克松、肯尼迪等政治家的传记作者，罕见获得美国中央情报局机密文件历史访问特权的作家。曾在普林斯顿大学和哈佛大学教授写作与新闻学。在《时代周刊》和《新闻周刊》担任了33年的作家、记者和编辑，曾在《新闻周刊》担任了10年的华盛顿分社社长。他写了100多篇封面故事，获得了许多新闻奖项，包括1998年的美国国家杂志奖。 作品包括《罗伯特·肯尼迪》《雷海之海》《成为尼克松》《艾克的骗局：艾森豪威尔总统拯救世界的秘密战役》《战争爱好者:罗斯福、洛奇、赫斯特和对帝国的冲击》《约翰·保罗·琼斯》《漫长的未来：2008年竞选和历史性的巴拉克·奥巴马选举》等。传记作品多次登上《纽约时报》畅销书榜。 译者 仇京荣 法学博士。曾长期供职于中国中信集团公司，先后任中信银行法律部总经理，中信集团法律部副主任、董事会办公室专员等职。中国国...(展开全部)

Sandra Day O'Connor, America's first woman justice, became the axis on which the Supreme Court turned. She was called the most powerful woman in America, and it was often said that to gauge the direction of American law, one need look only to O'Connor's vote. Then, just one year short of a quarter century on the bench, she surprised her colleagues and the nation by announcing h...(展开全部)

Sandra Day O'Connor, America's first woman justice, was called the most powerful woman in America. She became the axis on which the Supreme Court turned, and it was often said that to gauge the direction of American law, one need look only to O'Connor's vote. Drawing on information gleaned from once-private papers, hundreds of interviews, and the insight gained from nearly two ...(展开全部)

A landmark work from one of the preeminent historians of our time: the first published biography of Andrew W. Mellon, the American colossus who bestrode the worlds of industry, government, and philanthropy, leaving his transformative stamp on each. Andrew Mellon, one of America’s greatest financiers, built a legendary personal fortune from banking to oil to aluminum manufacture...(展开全部)

In this eagerly anticipated memoir, Palin paints an intimate portrait of growing up in the wilds of Alaska; meeting her lifelong love; her decision to enter politics; the importance of faith and family; and the unique joys and trials of life as a high-profile working mother. She also opens up for the first time about the 2008 presidential race, providing a rare, mom's-eye view ...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 Benjamin Franklin is the founding father who winks at us, the one who seems made of flesh rather than marble. In this authoritative and engrossing full-scale biography, Walter Isaacson shows how the most fascinating of America's founders helped define our national character. In a sweeping narrative that follows Franklin's life from Boston to Philadelphia to London and...(展开全部)

In this authoritative and engrossing full-scale biography, Walter Isaacson, bestselling author of Einstein and Steve Jobs, shows how the most fascinating of America's founders helped define our national character. Benjamin Franklin is the founding father who winks at us, the one who seems made of flesh rather than marble. In a sweeping narrative that follows Franklin’s life fro...(展开全部)

Benjamin Franklin is the Founding Father who winks at us. An ambitious urban entrepreneur who rose up the social ladder, from leather-aproned shopkeeper to dining with kings, he seems made of flesh rather than of marble. In bestselling author Walter Isaacson's vivid and witty full-scale biography, we discover why Franklin seems to turn to us from history's stage with eyes that ...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 Benjamin Franklin is the founding father who winks at us, the one who seems made of flesh rather than marble. In this authoritative and engrossing full-scale biography, Walter Isaacson shows how the most fascinating of America's founders helped define our national character. In a sweeping narrative that follows Franklin's life from Boston to Philadelphia to London and...(展开全部)