To sort out who's who and what's what in the world of Barbies and Ninja Turtles, Tinkertoys and teddy bears, is to begin to see what has become of childhood in America. It is this changing world, and what it unveils about Americans values, that Gary Cross explores in this book, a look into the meaning of American toys through this century. Early in the 1900s toys reflected pare...(展开全部)

We have a problem with Stuff. With just 5 percent of the world’s population, we’re consuming 30 percent of the world’s resources and creating 30 percent of the world’s waste. If everyone consumed at U.S. rates, we would need three to five planets! This alarming fact drove Annie Leonard to create the Internet film sensation The Story of Stuff, which has been viewed over 10 mill...(展开全部)

We have a problem with Stuff. With just 5 percent of the world’s population, we’re consuming 30 percent of the world’s resources and creating 30 percent of the world’s waste. If everyone consumed at U.S. rates, we would need three to five planets! This alarming fact drove Annie Leonard to create the Internet film sensation The Story of Stuff, which has been viewed over 10 mill...(展开全部)

The story of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s precocity is so familiar as to be taken for granted. In scholarship and popular culture, Mozart the Wunderkind is often seen as belonging to a category of childhood all by himself. But treating the young composer as an anomaly risks minimizing his impact. In this book, Adeline Mueller examines how Mozart shaped the social and cultural reev...(展开全部)

Mark Schultz 曾为DC漫画公司（DC Comics）和惊奇漫画公司（Marvel Comics）创作过大量作品，他的剧本和插图已经获得5项哈维奖、2项艾斯纳奖和1项英克波特奖，其中最著名的作品包括他的力作《恐龙快打》（Xenozoic Tales）系列漫画和《超人》（Superman）。 Illustrated by Zander Cannon and Kevin Cannon 插图画家，他们的客户既包括美国国家海洋与大气管理局，也包括DC漫画公司，共同创作的作品包括《替身上帝》（The Replacement God）和Smax，此外，《前十名》（Top 10）还获得2项艾斯纳奖。

In Designing News, award-winning editorial and infographics designer Francesco Franchi conveys his vision for the future of the news and media industries. He evaluates the fundamental changes that are taking place in our digital age in terms of consumer expectations and the way media is being used. The book then outlines the challenges that result and proposes strategies for tr...(展开全部)

In Designing News, award-winning editorial and infographics designer Francesco Franchi conveys his vision for the future of the news and media industries. He evaluates the fundamental changes that are taking place in our digital age in terms of consumer expectations and the way media is being used. The book then outlines the challenges that result and proposes strategies for tr...(展开全部)

傑米‧巴特利特（Jamie Bartlett） 德莫斯智庫社群媒體分析中心（Center for the Analysis of Social Media）的主任，專門分析線上社會運動，以及科技對社會的影響。其他著作包含《黑暗網路》與《歐威爾vs恐怖份子》（Orwell Versus the Terrorists）。他現居倫敦。 ■譯者簡介 朱崇旻 曾在美國居住九年，以閱讀為樂，現於台北讀生化科技。喜歡翻譯時推敲琢磨的過程，並認為無論是什麼題材的書，譯者都應該忠實表達出作者的立場。興趣包含寫小說、武術、室內布置和冬眠。

“The Lonely Crowd . . . remains not only the best‑selling book by a professional sociologist in American history, but arguably one that has had the widest influence on the nation at large.”—Orlando Patterson, New York Times Considered by many to be one of the most influential books of the twentieth century, The Lonely Crowd opened exciting new dimensions in our understanding o...(展开全部)