A stunning testament to his creative genius. Forward The Foundation is a the saga's dramatic climax -- the story Asimov fans have been waiting for. An exciting tale of danger, intrigue, and suspense, Forward The Foundation brings to vivid life Asimov's best loved characters: hero Hari Seldon, who struggles to perfect his revolutionary theory of psychohistory to ensure the s...(展开全部)

The first volume in Issac Asimov's world-famous saga, winner of the Hugo Award for Best All-Time Novel Series.

Suddenly everyone in the world loses consciousness for two minutes. Planes fall from the sky, there are millions of car crashes, millions die. And when everyone comes round they have had a glimpse of their life in the future. When it awakes the world must live with the knowledge of what is to come. Some saw themselves in new relationships, some saw exciting new technologies, so...(展开全部)

"This book of essays is full of rampant idealism. Its authors--educators, think-tankers, corporate executives, consultants, book authors, nonprofit association executives, and a German politician--share a desire to better the world through their ideas and actions. Many qualify as do-gooders in the best sense of the phrase." *This third volume from the acclaimed Drucker Foundati...(展开全部)

阿兰•巴丢（Alain Badiou）,法国当代著名哲学家、作家、政治活动家。1937年出生于法属摩洛哥，毕业于巴黎高等师范学校，参加过阿尔都塞的学习小组，曾深受雅克•拉康的影响。1999年起任教于巴黎高等师范学校，曾担任哲学学科主席，在逻辑、数学和马克思主义等多方面均有深入研究。巴丢绝非书斋中的哲学家，有着激进的政治思想，在参与左派政治组织的社会活动方面不遗余力。作为一位高产的思想者，他已有数十部著作问世，如《主体理论》《存在与事件》《世界的逻辑：存在与事件2》《德勒兹》《圣保罗》《维特根斯坦的反哲学》《袖珍先贤祠》《哲学宣言》《第二哲学宣言》《法国哲学的冒险》等。

为什么是圣保罗？为什么要诉诸这位“使徒”？他似乎更加怀疑自称为“使徒”的正确性，他的名字常常与基督教最不开放、最制度化的方面有关：教会，道德纪律，社会保守主义，对犹太人的怀疑。我们何以把这个名字纳入我的研究？我的研究旨在重建一个主体理论，把生存置于事件的机遇维度，置于多元存在的纯粹偶然性，而又不牺牲真理。

Struck by a bolt of lightning and doused in chemicals, Central City Police scientist Barry Allen was transformed into the fastest man alive. Tapping into the energy field called The Speed Force, he applies a tenacious sense of justice to protect an serve the world as The Flash! The Fastest Man Alive returns to his own monthly series as part of the DC Comics—The New 52 event wit...(展开全部)

梅琳达·弗朗奇·盖茨 (Melinda French Gates) 罕见地从一些她人生中的关键时刻中汲取灵感，从以前未曾讲述的故事中汲取灵感，为应对转变提供新的视角。 “如果没有经历各种转变，你就不会活到我这个年纪。有些转变是你欣然接受的，有些是你从未预料到的。有些是你希望的，有些是你竭尽全力争取的。” – 梅琳达·弗朗奇·盖茨 转变是我们走出熟悉的环境，进入新环境的时刻——对许多人来说，这个空间被困惑、恐惧和犹豫不决所笼罩。《第二天》陪伴读者穿越这段空间，指导他们如何充分利用结束和新开始之间的时间，以及如何在你脚下的大地发生变化时继续前进。 在这本书中，梅琳达将首次以印刷形式回顾自己人生中一些重要的转变，包括成为父母、一位亲密朋友的去世以及她离开盖茨基金会。她讲述的故事阐明了摆脱完美主义束缚、帮助朋友渡过危机、拥抱不确定性等普遍教训。 我们每个人，...(展开全部)

The fifth novel in Asimov's popular Foundation series opens with second thoughts. Councilman Golan Trevize is wondering if he was right to choose a collective mind as the best possible future for humanity over the anarchy of contentious individuals, nations and planets. To test his conclusion, he decides he must know the past and goes in search of legendary Earth, all reference...(展开全部)

The Foundation has managed to preserve humanculture and shorten the period of chaotic barbarism after the Galactic Empire began to decay. But the Foundation still faces great challenges in its struggle to survive.