The dark side of the gig economy (Uber, Airbnb, etc.) and how to make it equitable for the users and workers most exploited. When the “sharing economy” launched a decade ago, proponents claimed that it would transform the experience of work—giving earners flexibility, autonomy, and a decent income. It was touted as a cure for social isolation and rampant ecological degradation....(展开全部)

The best-selling, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Road returns with the second of a two-volume masterpiece: Stella Maris is an intimate portrait of grief and longing, as a young woman in a psychiatric facility seeks to understand her own existence. 1972, BLACK RIVER FALLS, WISCONSIN: Alicia Western, twenty years old, with forty thousand dollars in a plastic bag, admits her...(展开全部)

Amazon Best Books of the Month, September 2012 Pulitzer Prize-winner Junot Díaz’s first book, Drown, established him as a major new writer with “the dispassionate eye of a journalist and the tongue of a poet” (Newsweek). His first novel, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, was named #1 Fiction Book of the Year” by Time magazine and spent more than 100 weeks on the New...(展开全部)

Amazon Best Books of the Month, September 2012 Pulitzer Prize-winner Junot Díaz’s first book, Drown, established him as a major new writer with “the dispassionate eye of a journalist and the tongue of a poet” (Newsweek). His first novel, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, was named #1 Fiction Book of the Year” by Time magazine and spent more than 100 weeks on the New...(展开全部)

『君に届け』の椎名軽穂､推薦！ 女たらしの男性客に思い渦巻く美容師、白髪のレズビアン、フツーじゃないことを恐れる女子高生、母の浮気がトラウマな地味めOL、女が嫌いな女…。オンナの本音を描き話題沸騰、全６編の連作オムニバス。描き下ろしBONUS TRACK、および『BUTTER!!!』（講談社）連動マンガも収録。

简介：打王者排位的日常

这本书算是国内第一本图文并茂的白领生活写照、白领解忧指南。 作者尧尧有十年的白领经历，其间她曾经担任国SONY中国公司广告部主管。尧尧把这十年间个人的成长经历画了下来，希望可以跟那些仍在写字间里工作，被称为“白领”的群体分享个中的酸甜苦辣。 尧尧所写的每个小故事都来源于她的亲身经历，或者是她对周围人、事的细致观察，每件事由她画来格外栩栩如生、幽默动人。她从自己大学毕业开始，讲述一个懵懵懂懂、大大咧咧，但心地善良的小女孩儿，经过了令人啼笑皆非，但有时候甚至称得上残酷的磨练过程，成长为一位写字楼中成熟小虾米的过程。 小虾米是作者对普通白领的一个生动的比喻。在职场的大海中，有大鱼、有螃蟹，更有为数最多的小虾米，他们做着最普通的工作，不居高位不拿高薪，得不到最大的好处却也不会吃最大的亏。他们比普通老百姓享受更多物质好处，也有普通老百姓没有的烦恼。 作者的语言...(展开全部)

简介：打王者排位的日常

This book explains how the human brain evolved to make language possible and how cultural evolution took over from biological evolution during the transition from basic forms of communication to fully fledged languages. Basing his argument on the latest research in neuroscience, linguistics, and primatology, Michael Arbib presents an up-to-the-minute version of a theory that o...(展开全部)

Stella and her little brother, Sam, discover the wonders of winter together. Playing in the snow, they explore the white-draped forest, pelt each other with snowballs, and make snow angels. Evocative watercolors bring alive the magic of a winter day, as Sam asks a million questions and Stella patiently answers them in a big sister kind of way.