《槍炮、病菌與鋼鐵》、 《大崩壞》賈德‧戴蒙Jared Diamond 文明興衰三部曲最終章 面對存亡的動盪轉捩點，什麼行動決定國家的命運？ UCLA教授賈德‧戴蒙Jared Diamond無疑是當今最具指標性的權威學者，跨越單一學門的專業，結合地理、歷史、考古各方知識，從龐雜與紛亂中找出關鍵，形塑出獨特的理解框架，讓人以全新的觀點看待歷史的演變推動。更在理解過去之外，將提煉出的知識，提供當代所用。 動盪，是描述我們當下生活世界的關鍵詞。我們看見國家之內的力量興衰、國與國之間關係的改變、甚或全球共同面對的環境災害、暖化等棘手問題。身處在這些前途未明的迷惘徬徨中，歷史，可以給我們什麼指引？而這正是賈德‧戴蒙在本書想找出解答的──當國家面對動盪危局，為何有的國家成功挺過挑戰，有的卻以失敗收場？ 再次發揮自己縱觀歷史的專才，以心理治療理論為基礎，從個人面對...(展开全部)

"The future," as the author William Gibson once noted, "is already here. It's just unevenly distributed." WHIPLASH is a postcard from that future. The world is more complex and volatile today than at any other time in our history. The tools of our modern existence are getting faster, cheaper, and smaller at an exponential rate, just as billions of strangers around the world are...(展开全部)

The epic story and ultimate big history of how human society evolved from intimate chimp communities into the sprawling civilizations of a world-dominating species If a chimpanzee ventures into the territory of a different group, it will almost certainly be killed. But a New Yorker can fly to Los Angeles–or Borneo–with very little fear. Psychologists have done little to explain...(展开全部)

A unique perspective on issues underlying worldwide financial turmoil running the gamut from the S&L and Third World debt crises in the U.S. to the fall of the Iron Curtain and the 1992 unification drive. Identifies and explains the four crucial skills that determine success or failure for financial firms along with five fundamental strategies. Packed with examples and cases fr...(展开全部)

马太·杜甘（Mattei Dogan），法国当今最著名的政治学家和社会学家之一，目前任国家科学研究中心（巴黎）主任、国际社会学学会比较社会学研委会主席。杜甘博士1973～1990年任美国加州大学洛杉矶分校政治学系教授及国际社会学学会比较社会学委员会主席；曾任国际政治学学会政治精英研委会主席、比较研究理事会成员、国际社会学学会社会生态研委会主席等重要职务。他还曾在特兰托大学（意大利）、印第安那大学、耶鲁大学、统计数学研究所（东京）及佛罗伦萨大学担任学术职务。由杜甘博士所创立的巴黎马太·杜甘基金会是经法国政府认可的正式基金会，它的目标是推进社会科学的不断发展。 杜甘博士编著及参与编著过25本专著，撰写了上百篇学术论文。他最为知名的作品包括《法国面临的政治问题》、《社会科学的数量生态学分析》、《西欧标准语》、《政治社会学比较研究》、《政治社会学国际比较》、...(展开全部)

"Whatever goes up must come down" does not, fortunately, apply to most of the structures in today's world. In fact, whenever a building, a bridge, a tunnel, or a dam collapses nowadays, it is front page news and often the beginning of a hunt for clues and culprits as fascinating as any detective story. In this book, two of the world's premier structural engineers take us on a j...(展开全部)

How (Not) to Be Secular is what Jamie Smith calls "your hitchhiker's guide to the present" -- it is both a reading guide to Charles Taylor's monumental work A Secular Age and philosophical guidance on how we might learn to live in our times. Taylor's landmark book A Secular Age (2007) provides a monumental, incisive analysis of what it means to live in the post-Christian presen...(展开全部)

Decline can be avoided. Decline can be detected. Decline can be reversed. Amidst the desolate landscape of fallen great companies, Jim Collins began to wonder: How do the mighty fall? Can decline be detected early and avoided? How far can a company fall before the path toward doom becomes inevitable and unshakable? How can companies reverse course? In How the Mighty ...(展开全部)

Information is endlessly available to us; where shall wisdom be found?" is the crucial question with which renowned literary critic Harold Bloom begins this impassioned book on the pleasures and benefits of reading well. For more than forty years, Bloom has transformed college students into lifelong readers with his unrivaled love for literature. Now, at a time when faster and ...(展开全部)