【美】安杰拉•达克沃思（Angela Duckworth） 曾作为美国国家科学基金会研究员获得其宾夕法尼亚大学的博士学位，目前为宾夕法尼亚大学心理学副教授。她于2013年荣获美国麦克阿瑟奖。 2013年，达克沃思进行了名为“坚毅：释放激情与坚持的力量”的TED演讲，并获得了全球各界人士的关注。截止目前，其点击量已超过1000万。 此外，她也是非营利性组织“性格实验室”（the Character Lab）的联合创始人，此机构旨在发展、宣传并支持提高学生成绩及心理健康的干预项目。

[美] 查尔斯·波蒂斯：美国当代小说家，生于1933年。大学攻读新闻专业，毕业后从事了六年记者工作。1964年，他从报社辞职，自此专注于小说创作，出版了五部长篇小说。他的作品犀利幽默，很多文学评论家将他的风格与马克•吐温的创作相提并论。 他广为流传的作品是《大地惊雷》。这部小说曾两次被改编成电影，其中2010年版由科恩兄弟执导，斩获奥斯卡10项提名。

Charles Portis has long been acclaimed as one of America's foremost comic writers. True Grit is his most famous novel--first published in 1968, and the basis for the movie of the same name starring John Wayne and now the film by the Coen brothers starring Jeff Bridges and Matt Damon. It tells the story of Mattie Ross, who is just fourteen years of age when a coward going by t...(展开全部)

【美】安杰拉•达克沃思（Angela Duckworth） 曾作为美国国家科学基金会研究员获得其宾夕法尼亚大学的博士学位，目前为宾夕法尼亚大学心理学副教授。她于2013年荣获美国麦克阿瑟奖。 2013年，达克沃思进行了名为“坚毅：释放激情与坚持的力量”的TED演讲，并获得了全球各界人士的关注。截止目前，其点击量已超过1000万。 此外，她也是非营利性组织“性格实验室”（the Character Lab）的联合创始人，此机构旨在发展、宣传并支持提高学生成绩及心理健康的干预项目。

In this instant New York Times bestseller, pioneering psychologist Angela Duckworth shows anyone striving to succeed—be it parents, students, educators, athletes, or business people—that the secret to outstanding achievement is not talent but a special blend of passion and persistence she calls “grit.” Drawing on her own powerful story as the daughter of a scientist who frequen...(展开全部)

In this instant New York Times bestseller, pioneering psychologist Angela Duckworth shows anyone striving to succeed—be it parents, students, educators, athletes, or business people—that the secret to outstanding achievement is not talent but a special blend of passion and persistence she calls “grit.” Drawing on her own powerful story as the daughter of a scientist who frequen...(展开全部)

保罗•图赫(Paul Tough)，《纽约时报周刊》(New York Times Magazine)的编辑，他长期以来深入研究并撰写了大量教育、儿童性格开发、贫困与政治方面的文章，其中包括《纽约时报周刊》的封面文章“性格教育”“收入差距”“奥巴马的反贫困政策”等。同时，他还身兼美国公共广播电台“美国人的生活”栏目的记者、Open Letters的创刊编辑。他的作品也经常出现在《纽约客》（New Yorker）, 美国知名网络杂志Slate, 《绅士季刊》（GQ）,《时尚先生》 （Esquire）等杂志上。

“Drop the flashcards—grit, character, and curiosity matter even more than cognitive skills. A persuasive wake-up call.”—People Why do some children succeed while others fail? The story we usually tell about childhood and success is the one about intelligence: success comes to those who score highest on tests, from preschool admissions to SATs. But in How Children Succeed, Paul ...(展开全部)

“Drop the flashcards—grit, character, and curiosity matter even more than cognitive skills. A persuasive wake-up call.”—People Why do some children succeed while others fail? The story we usually tell about childhood and success is the one about intelligence: success comes to those who score highest on tests, from preschool admissions to SATs. But in How Children Succeed, Paul ...(展开全部)

Here is a deeply moving account of a couple's struggle with cancer and their journey to spiritual healing. Grace and Grit is the compelling story of the five-year journey of Ken Wilber and his wife Treya Killam Wilber through Treya's illness, treatment, and, finally, death.