Originally published in 1898 as To-Morrow: A Peaceful Path to Real Reform and reissued in 1902 under its present title, Garden Cities of To-Morrow holds a unique place in town planning literature. The book led directly to two experiments in town-founding that have had a profound influence on practical urban development around the world. The book was also responsible for the int...(展开全部)

Peter Hall's seminal Cities of Tomorrow remains an unrivalled account of the history of planning in theory and practice, as well as of the social and economic problems and opportunities that gave rise to it. Now comprehensively revised, the fourth edition offers a perceptive, critical, and global history of urban planning and design throughout the twentieth-century and beyond. ...(展开全部)

彼得·F·德鲁克，社会思想家，集作家、顾问、教授于一身。1909年11月19日生于奥地利维也纳，1937年移居美国，一生著有41部巨作。1939年出版《经济人的末日》，受到丘吉尔高度赞赏。1954年的《管理的实践》则奠定其大师级的不朽地位。之后的一系列著作构建了现代管理学的根基，因而他被尊称为“管理学教父”。但其本人则坚持以“社会生态学家”自诩。通过管理的哲学思想贯彻落实“自由而有功能的社会”愿景。 2002年获美国总统布什颁发的“总统自由勋章”，这是美国公民所能获得的最高荣誉。2005年11月11日辞世，享年95岁。

刘向（前77—前6），是西汉后期的博学大家，原名更生，字子政。历仕汉宣、元、成三朝，好直言极谏，多次获罪，仕途不得志，但从不退缩。刘向学问渊博，曾奉诏整理五经秘书、诸子诗赋近二十年。其著作今存《新序》《说苑》《列女传》等几种。刘向在版本学、校雠学、目录学、辨伪学，乃至图书编纂等几个方面的开拓之功与创新贡献，都极为卓著，是中国古文献学学科的奠基者。

杰夫里·迪弗，1950年出生于芝加哥。11岁时写出了他的第一本小说，从此再也没有搁下笔。作为一个诗人、记者，他不光自己他写歌唱歌，还进行巡演。迪弗当过杂志社记者。为了成为《纽约时报》或者《华尔街日报》的法律记者，他去福德汉姆法律学院学习，毕业后，他在法律界实践了一段时间后，就在华尔街一家大律师事务所开始了律师生涯。在这几年间，他开始写那种他最喜欢读的悬疑小说。1990年起，迪弗成为一名全职作家。 迄今为止，迪弗共创作了22部小说，获得六次MWA（美国推理小说作家协会）的爱伦·坡奖提名，一次安东尼奖、三次获得艾勒里•奎恩最佳短篇小说读者奖。2001年，《空椅子》一书获W.H.史密斯好书奖。2004年，因为《野兽花园》，迪弗被CWA（英国犯罪小说家协会）授予钢匕首奖。 迪弗的小说被翻译成35种语言，多次登上世界各地的畅销书排行榜，包括《纽约时报》、《泰晤...(展开全部)

Here is a delightful look at childhood, written by master poet and storyteller Robert Louis Stevenson. In this collection of sixty-six poems, Stevenson recalls the joys of his childhood, from sailing boats down a river, to waiting for the lamplighter, to sailing off to foreign lands in his imagination. Tasha Tudor's watercolor paintings evoke a simpler time in the past, and cel...(展开全部)

Here is a delightful look at childhood, written by master poet and storyteller Robert Louis Stevenson. In this collection of sixty-six poems, Stevenson recalls the joys of his childhood, from sailing boats down a river, to waiting for the lamplighter, to sailing off to foreign lands in his imagination. Tasha Tudor's watercolor paintings evoke a simpler time in the past, and cel...(展开全部)

Cities of Tomorrow is a critical history of planning in theory and practice in the twentieth century, as well as of the social and economic problems and opportunities that gave rise to it. A critical history of planning in theory and practice in the twentieth century, as well as of the social and economic problems and opportunities that gave rise to it. Trenchant, perceptive, ...(展开全部)

The metropolis of the future — as perceived by architect Hugh Ferriss in 1929 — was both generous and prophetic in vision. Largely an illustrated essay on the modern city and its future, Ferriss' book incorporated his philosophy of architecture. Includes powerful illustrations of towering structures, personal space, wide avenues, and rooftop parks. 59 illustrations.