As World War II ended, few Americans in government or universities knew much about the Soviet Union. As David Engerman shows in this book, a network of scholars, soldiers, spies, and philanthropists created an enterprise known as Soviet Studies to fill in this dangerous gap in American knowledge. This group brought together some of the nation's best minds from the left, right,...(展开全部)

As World War II ended, few Americans in government or universities knew much about the Soviet Union. As David Engerman shows in this book, a network of scholars, soldiers, spies, and philanthropists created an enterprise known as Soviet Studies to fill in this dangerous gap in American knowledge. This group brought together some of the nation's best minds from the left, right,...(展开全部)

Attempting to better themselves - learn new skills, break bad habits - people read books, attend seminars, take training courses. But in spite of what they sincerely believe are their best efforts, their behavior doesn't change. It's an endless source of frustration for organizations and individuals. Because people who have mastered learning are free to be creative and make big...(展开全部)

Attempting to better themselves - learn new skills, break bad habits - people read books, attend seminars, take training courses. But in spite of what they sincerely believe are their best efforts, their behavior doesn't change. It's an endless source of frustration for organizations and individuals. Because people who have mastered learning are free to be creative and make big...(展开全部)

Coincides with four solo exhibitions in New York, San Francisco, Minneapolis, and Berlin. Taking its name from a line in the Wallace Stevens’ poem “The Gray Room,” Alec Soth’s latest book is a lyrical exploration of the limitations of photographic representation. While these large-format color photographs are made all over the world, they aren’t about any particular place or po...(展开全部)

Written by Derek Munson Illustrated by Tara Calahan King It was the perfect summer. That is, until Jeremy Ross moved into the house down the street and became neighborhood enemy number one. Luckily Dad had a surefire way to get rid of enemies: Enemy Pie. But part of the secret recipe is spending an entire day playing with the enemy! In this funny yet endearing stor...(展开全部)

Have you ever considered why you always get stuck in the longest line? Why two s company but three s a crowd? Or why there are six degrees of separation instead of seven? In this hugely informative and endlessly entertaining book, John D. Barrow takes the most baffling of everyday phenomena and with simple math, lucid explanations, and illustrations explains why they work the w...(展开全部)

《这辈子只能这样吗?》将是一张地图、一套计划，也是一整组的工具，独家披露改变全美150万人命运的“极限潜能计划”，提供15个实用、有效的方法，让你可以突破障碍，了解自己的极限潜能！它被媒体誉为20年来最有影响力的自我突破工具书！ 什么是“极限潜能计划”？ 这项运动由享誉国际的心理学家肯尼斯•克利斯汀创立，目的是帮助所有被习惯性障碍困扰、潜能无法发挥的人，使他们能够建立新习惯，突破人生的瓶颈，一步一步实现自己的梦想。这项运动被普华永道、摩托罗拉、沃尔玛、通用电气等世界500强广泛推行，用于激发员工潜能，提振士气。 《这辈子只能这样吗?》是一本世界级的自我突破工具书！独家披露改变全美150万人的“极限潜能计划”！ 你是不是这样的人： 凡事力求简便，只做最低程度的努力，即使是很重要的事情。做事不持久，常常徒劳无功。无法乐在其中，即使是面对你人生中重要的活动...(展开全部)

Do you suffer from any of the following?</p> <UL><LI>Procrastination <LI>Wide swings of mood and self-esteem Ambivalence in making decisions <LI>Dreaming big, but never following through If you or someone you love isn't living up to his or her potential -- and suffers from even one or two of the above feelings -- here is a program that can help. Your Own Worst Enemy is the...(展开全部)

Mathematics can reveal and illuminate things about the complex world we live in that can t be found any other way. In this hugely informative and entertaining book, John D. Barrow takes the most perplexing of everyday phenomena from the odds of winning the lottery and the method of determining batting averages to the shapes of roller coasters and the reasoning behind the faires...(展开全部)