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 Fall, C...(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)

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)

A new and comprehensive look at the reasons behind successful or failed nation building Nation Building presents bold new answers to an age-old question. Why is national integration achieved in some diverse countries, while others are destabilized by political inequality between ethnic groups, contentious politics, or even separatism and ethnic war? Traversing centuries and con...(展开全部)

A new and comprehensive look at the reasons behind successful or failed nation building Nation Building presents bold new answers to an age-old question. Why is national integration achieved in some diverse countries, while others are destabilized by political inequality between ethnic groups, contentious politics, or even separatism and ethnic war? Traversing centuries and con...(展开全部)

米歇尔•法柏（Michel Faber） 英国文坛备受瞩目的小说家，被誉为“狄更斯的接班人”、“能像康拉德那样写出完美句子的人”。 1960年生于荷兰，成长于澳洲，目前定居于苏格兰高地。读书期间主修英语文学，毕业后做过护士、腌菜包装工人、清洁工、医学研究实验对象等。这些经历为法柏以后的作品提供了丰富的素材。 1998年，处女作《雨必将落下》赢得多项大奖，被《泰晤士报》赞誉为“炙手可热的天才，短篇小说的大师”。2000年，《皮肤之下》的出版更是让法柏声名鹊起，奠定了他在英国文坛的地位。 其他代表作品有：《199级阶梯，玻璃瓶里的秘密》、《勇气伴侣》、《华氏双胞胎》、《腥红色的花瓣和白色》等。

米歇尔•法柏（Michel Faber） 英国文坛备受瞩目的小说家，被誉为“狄更斯的接班人”、“能像康拉德那样写出完美句子的人”。 1960年生于荷兰，成长于澳洲，目前定居于苏格兰高地。读书期间主修英语文学，毕业后做过护士、腌菜包装工人、清洁工、医学研究实验对象等。这些经历为法柏以后的作品提供了丰富的素材。 1998年，处女作《雨必将落下》赢得多项大奖，被《泰晤士报》赞誉为“炙手可热的天才，短篇小说的大师”。2000年，《皮肤之下》的出版更是让法柏声名鹊起，奠定了他在英国文坛的地位。 其他代表作品有：《199级阶梯，玻璃瓶里的秘密》、《勇气伴侣》、《华氏双胞胎》、《腥红色的花瓣和白色》等。

Michel Faber's short stories are markedly diverse-the voice of each is so distinct that the book reads like an anthology of different writers. But Faber's radically inventive style fastens all fifteen stories into a compelling collection deserving of the high praise it garnered in the United Kingdom. One surreal story, "Fish," projects a futuristic world populated with fish swi...(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)

在线阅读本书 The Wealth and Poverty of Nations is David S. Landes's acclaimed, best-selling exploration of one of the most contentious and hotly debated questions of our time: Why do some nations achieve economic success while others remain mired in poverty? The answer, as Landes definitively illustrates, is a complex interplay of cultural mores and historical circumstance. Rich wit...(展开全部)