One of USA Today's Best Business Books of 2008-now updated with a new chapter It's hard to believe that one man revolutionized computers in the 1970s and '80s (with the Apple II and the Mac), animated movies in the 1990s (with Pixar), and digital music in the 2000s (with the iPod and iTunes). No wonder some people worship Steve Jobs like a god. On the other hand, stories of ...(展开全部)

Steve Jobs has turned his personality traits into a business philosophy. Here’s how he does it. It’s hard to believe that one man revolutionized computers in the 1970s and ’80s (with the Apple II and the Mac), animated movies in the 1990s (with Pixar), and digital music in the 2000s (with the iPod and iTunes). No wonder some people worship him like a god. On the other hand,...(展开全部)

In late 2003, ninety-four-year-old Peter Drucker invited Jeffrey Krames to his home for an unprecedented day-long interview. He spoke candidly about his seminal management principles, his enormous body of work (thirty-eight books over six decades), and the leaders he had advised over the years (including Jack Welch). Krames used the insights he gained that day to create Inside ...(展开全部)

This popular trade book, originally released in hardcover in the Spring of 1999, has been newly expanded to show how the theories and insights from the original book can translate into actions and practice, now making a real connection between classroom activities and learning behavior. This paperback edition includes far-reaching suggestions for research that could increase th...(展开全部)

约翰·罗尔斯，美国哲学家与政治理论家，1921年出生于巴尔的摩，1950年获普林斯顿大学博士学位，先后执教于普林斯顿大学、康奈尔大学、麻省理工学院和哈佛大学，担任过美国政治与社会哲学家协会主席以及美国哲学协会东部地区主席，并荣获1999年度美国国家人文科学奖章。罗尔斯的哲学捍卫了洛克、卢梭和康德所开创的社会契约传统，复活了人们对于系统政治理论的兴趣，其核心信念是政治权利与基本公民自由的神圣性。他的主要著作还有《正义论》（1971）、《人民的法律》（1999）和《作为公平的正义》（2001）等。 本书继续并修正了罗尔斯在《正义论》中所提出的公正观念，从根本上改变了对它的哲学阐释。在《正义论》中，罗尔斯假定在“秩序良好的社会”里，存在着相对稳定和同质的基本道德信念，人们对于什么是善的生活有着广泛一致意见。然而在现代民主社会中，互不相容、无法调和的宗教、...(展开全部)

Stephen Shore's images from his travels across America in 1972-73 are considered the benchmark for documenting the extraordinary in the ordinary and continue to influence photographers today. The original edition of American Surfaces, published by Phaidon in 2005, brought together 320 photographs sequenced in the order in which they were originally documented. Now, in the age o...(展开全部)

Is there a right way to study how the brain works? Following the empiricist’s tradition, the most common approach involves the study of neural reactions to stimuli presented by an experimenter. This ‘outside-in’ method fueled a generation of brain research and now must confront hidden assumptions about causation and concepts that may not hold neatly for systems that act and rea...(展开全部)

"Psychoanalysis is dead!" Again and again this obituary is pronounced, with ever-increasing conviction in newspapers and scholarly journals alike. But the ghost of Freud and his thought continues to haunt those who would seal the grave. The Legend of Freud shows why psychoanalysis has remained uncanny, not just for its enemies but for its advocates and practitioners as well—and...(展开全部)

Revised and Expanded Edition Every night, a pageant of Greek mythology circles overhead. Perseus flies to the rescue of Andromeda, Orion faces the charge of the snorting Bull, and the ship of the Argonauts sails in search of the Golden Fleece. Constellations are the invention of the human imagination, not of nature. They are an expression of the human desire to impress its own ...(展开全部)

The New York Times bestselling graphic memoir from actor/author/activist George Takei returns in a deluxe hardcover edition with bonus material! Experience the forces that shaped an American icon -- and America itself -- in this gripping tale of courage, country, loyalty, and love. George Takei has captured hearts and minds worldwide with his magnetic performances, sharp wit, a...(展开全部)