An inward-looking economy with a State-dominated development programme to a liberalized economy operating in a globalized world—India has indeed come a long way since Independence. In this volume, Bimal Jalan—long-standing witness to India’s trajectory through the decades—gives us a complete picture of the country’s economic journey so far. In the pages of this book we read abo...(展开全部)

An inward-looking economy with a state-dominated development programme to a liberalized economy operating in a globalized world-india has indeed come a long way since Independence. In this volume, Bimal jalan-long-standing witness to India's trajectory through the decades-gives us a complete picture of the country economic journey so far. in the pages of this book we read about...(展开全部)

威廉·萨默塞特·毛姆（1874—1965），英国著名作家，被誉为“最会讲故事的作家”，整个英语世界最畅销的作家之一。毛姆是一位成功的多产作家，在长篇小说、短篇小说和戏剧领域里都有建树。不过毛姆本人对自己的评价却很谦虚：“我只不过是二流作家中排在前面的一个。” 毛姆最知名、最畅销的小说包括《人生的枷锁》《月亮和六便士》和《刀锋》等。除长篇外，毛姆还是一个出色的短篇小说家，他的短篇小说有一百多部。1946年，毛姆设立了萨默塞特·毛姆奖，奖励优秀的年轻作家，鼓励 并资助他们到各处旅游。1952年，牛津大学授予毛姆名誉博士学位。1954年，英王室授予他“荣誉侍从”称号。1965年12月16日毛姆在法国尼斯去逝。

Maugham found a parallel to the turmoil of our own times in the duplicity, intrigue and sensuality of the Italian Renaissance. Then and Now enters the world of Machiavelli, and covers three important months in the career of that crafty politician, worldly seducer and high priest of schemers.

威廉·斯莫克（William Smock）美国著名设计师、插画师，现居加利福尼亚州伯克利市。

Charles E. Rosenberg, one of the world's most influential historians of medicine, presents a fascinating analysis of the current tensions in American medicine. Situating these tensions within their historical and social contexts, Rosenberg investigates the fundamental characteristics of medicine: how we think about disease, how the medical profession thinks about itself and its...(展开全部)

Nobel laureate V. S. Naipaul’s impassioned and prescient travelogue of his journeys through his ancestral homeland, with a new preface by the author. Arising out of Naipaul’s lifelong obsession and passion for a country that is at once his and totally alien, India: A Million Mutinies Now relates the stories of many of the people he met traveling there more than fifty years a...(展开全部)

For the first time ever, bestselling author Eckhart Tolle brings the core of his teachings to children, ages 7 to 100. Beautifully illustrated and artfully expressed, this charming story will bring joy to children and their parents for decades to come.Milton, who is about eight years old, is experiencing bullying on the school playground at the hands of a boy named Carter.Becau...(展开全部)

威廉·斯莫克（William Smock）美国著名设计师、插画师，现居加利福尼亚州伯克利市。

The concept of relation holds a privileged place in how anthropologists think and write about the social and cultural lives they study. In Relations, eminent anthropologist Marilyn Strathern provides a critical account of this key concept and its usage and significance in the English-speaking world. Exploring relation's changing articulations and meanings over the past three ce...(展开全部)