编自小雷蒙牧迪博士的畅销书《生命不息》（Life After Life），探讨濒临死亡经验之人所经历的过程。

Life is one of our most basic concepts, yet when examined directly it proves remarkably contradictory and elusive, encompassing both the broadest and the most specific phenomena. We can see this uncertainty about life in our habit of approaching it as something at once scientific and mystical, in the return of vitalisms of all types, and in the pervasive politicization of life....(展开全部)

Life is one of our most basic concepts, yet when examined directly it proves remarkably contradictory and elusive, encompassing both the broadest and the most specific phenomena. We can see this uncertainty about life in our habit of approaching it as something at once scientific and mystical, in the return of vitalisms of all types, and in the pervasive politicization of life....(展开全部)

理安·艾斯勒，美国著名文化人类学家，现代文艺复兴的代表人物。国际广义进化论研究小组成员，国际合作关系研究中心的创始人。现任教于加州大学和洛杉矶圣心学院。 艾斯勒是国际公认的具有高度创造性的思想家。她的创作是对我们的过去、现在和未来的真正整体化的研究，她的思想已对哲学和人文科学产生了深远的影响。 主要著作有：《解体》、《平等权手册》、《圣杯与剑》、《神圣的欢爱》。

What if you could live again and again, until you got it right? On a cold and snowy night in 1910, Ursula Todd is born to an English banker and his wife. She dies before she can draw her first breath. On that same cold and snowy night, Ursula Todd is born, lets out a lusty wail, and embarks upon a life that will be, to say the least, unusual. For as she grows, she also dies,...(展开全部)

What if you could live again and again, until you got it right? On a cold and snowy night in 1910, Ursula Todd is born to an English banker and his wife. She dies before she can draw her first breath. On that same cold and snowy night, Ursula Todd is born, lets out a lusty wail, and embarks upon a life that will be, to say the least, unusual. For as she grows, she also dies,...(展开全部)

With the advent of print in the fifteenth century, Europe’s cultural elite assembled personal libraries as refuges from persecutions and pandemics. Andrew Hui tells the remarkable story of the Renaissance studiolo—a “little studio”—and reveals how these spaces dedicated to self-cultivation became both a remedy and a poison for the soul. Blending fresh, insightful readings of li...(展开全部)

In Passionate Work, Renyi Hong theorizes the notion of being “passionate about your work” as an affective project that encourages people to endure economically trying situations like unemployment, job change, repetitive and menial labor, and freelancing. Not simply a subject of aspiration, passion has been deployed as means to build resilience and mend disappointments with our ...(展开全部)

保罗·多兰（Paul Dolan） 伦敦政治经济学院行为科学教授，心理与行为科学系主任。 曾在普林斯顿大学做访问学者，与丹尼尔·卡尼曼密切合作。 美国国家科学院测量国民幸福感小组研究员。 英国国家统计局国家幸福咨询论坛成员。 英国政府首席学术顾问。 国际知名的幸福、行为和公共政策专家。

In order to understand today's Russia and former Soviet republics, it is vital to consider their socialist past. Caroline Humphrey, one of anthropology's most highly regarded thinkers on a number of topics including consumption, identity, and ritual, is the ideal guide to the intricacies of post-Soviet culture. The Unmaking of Soviet Life brings together ten of Humphrey's best ...(展开全部)