The creator of the comic character Sir Humphrey Appleby (of "Yes Minister" and "Yes Prime Minister") provides an insight into the workings of the official mind and the behaviour of bureaucracies. The reader is Derek Fowlds, in his character from the series, Bernard Wooley.

Train for Speed...Feel Great Are you looking for better race times, whether you run 5-Ks or marathons? Searching for that ultimate, exhilarating moment when you're running faster than ever before? Or do you just want to get healthy and have more fun when you run? You "can run faster, and this book will show you how. Much more than a training guide, this classic volume-- comple...(展开全部)

托马斯•索威尔（Thomas Sowell）

托马斯•索威尔（Thomas Sowell）

托马斯·索维尔（Thomas Sowell），美国当代杰出的自由主义经济学大师，芝加哥经济学派代表人物之一。现为斯坦福大学胡佛研究所高级研究员，曾在康奈尔大学、加州大学等讲授经济学，还在政府部门担任经济学顾问，获得过包括总统人文成就奖、全国人文学科奖、布莱德雷基金奖在内的众多荣誉。 他的著作有《美国种族简史》《知识分子与社会》《实用经济学》《被掩盖的经济真相》《房地产的繁荣与萧条》《知识和决策》等30多部作品，其中一些甚至多次再版。他的《经济学的思维方式》（Basic Economics）一书已被译成六种语言。其文章和随笔多次发表于《财富》《时代周刊》《纽约时报》《华盛顿邮报》等知名媒体。

Suddenly , channeling has become nationwide news. With Shirley MacLaine's best-selling books Out on a Limb and Dancing in the Light , nationwide TV and radio programs and almost weekly articles in Sunday supplements, America has entered the age of channeling. What was once an isolated New Age phenomenon has become the subject of excited nationwide curiosity. Opening to...(展开全部)

From the creator of The Good Place and the cocreator of Parks and Recreation, a hilarious, thought-provoking guide to living an ethical life, drawing on 2,400 years of deep thinking from around the world. Most people think of themselves as “good,” but it’s not always easy to determine what’s “good” or “bad”—especially in a world filled with complicated choices and pitfalls and ...(展开全部)

From the creator of The Good Place and the cocreator of Parks and Recreation, a hilarious, thought-provoking guide to living an ethical life, drawing on 2,400 years of deep thinking from around the world. Most people think of themselves as “good,” but it’s not always easy to determine what’s “good” or “bad”—especially in a world filled with complicated choices and pitfalls and ...(展开全部)

莫提默·J.艾德苗（(Mortimer J.Adler，1902-2001） 以学者、教育家、编辑人等多重面貌享有盛名。除了写作《如何阅读一本书》外，以主编《西方世界的经典》，并担任1974年第十五版《大英百科全书》的编辑指导而闻名于世。另外，他还曾任大观念研究中心的名誉主席，是该中心的最初发起者之一。

Mortimer J. Adler's classic How to Read a Book was an instant bestseller upon publication, and its worldwide sales today total over seven million copies. Audiences will find this companion book just as provocative as its predecessor. Drawing on decades of experience as an educator and philosopher, Mortimer J. Adler offers a short course in effective communication, filled with h...(展开全部)