Acclaim for Leo Melamed Escape to the Futures "A well-written, fascinating memoir of a remarkable man of many parts, who arrived in the United States at age 9, fleeing the Holocaust. Almost single-handedly, he transformed a minor commodity exchange into the leading futures market in the world. His influence was and remains worldwide." —Milton Friedman Senior Researc...(展开全部)

三谷博，男，1950年生于日本。现为日本东京大学研究生院综合文化研究科教授。1975年毕业于东京大学大学院人文科学研究科国史学专业，文学博士。主要著作：《明治维新与民族主义》([日]山川出版社，1997)、《十九世纪日本的历史》(合著)([日]放送大学教育协会，2000)、《佩里来航》([日]吉川弘文馆，2003)、《面向成人的近现代史十九世纪部分》(合著)([日]东京大学出版会，2009)。 · 张宪生，1982 年毕业于广州外国语学院（今广东外语外贸大学）日语专业，2000 年获日本东京大学学术博士学位，为广东外语外贸大学东方语言文化学院教授，主要研究日本近世史。 · 谢跃，1982年毕业于广州外国语学院日语专业，现为海南师范大学外国语学院日语系副教授，主要研究日本近现代史。

三谷博，男，1950年生于日本。现为日本东京大学研究生院综合文化研究科教授。1975年毕业于东京大学大学院人文科学研究科国史学专业，文学博士。主要著作：《明治维新与民族主义》([日]山川出版社，1997)、《十九世纪日本的历史》(合著)([日]放送大学教育协会，2000)、《佩里来航》([日]吉川弘文馆，2003)、《面向成人的近现代史十九世纪部分》(合著)([日]东京大学出版会，2009)。 · 张宪生，1982 年毕业于广州外国语学院（今广东外语外贸大学）日语专业，2000 年获日本东京大学学术博士学位，为广东外语外贸大学东方语言文化学院教授，主要研究日本近世史。 · 谢跃，1982年毕业于广州外国语学院日语专业，现为海南师范大学外国语学院日语系副教授，主要研究日本近现代史。

Review "Escape from Rome presents a fascinating account of why modernity appeared first in Western Europe―it was precisely the failure of the Roman project and not its legacy that allowed the emergence of a decentralized and competitive system that became the ultimate platform for modern economic growth. A challenging and counterintuitive hypothesis."―Francis Fukuyama, author o...(展开全部)

The fall of the Roman Empire has long been considered one of the greatest disasters in history. But in this groundbreaking book, Walter Scheidel argues that Rome’s dramatic collapse was actually the best thing that ever happened, clearing the path for Europe’s economic rise and the creation of the modern age. Ranging across the entire premodern world, Escape from Rome offers ne...(展开全部)

Review "Escape from Rome presents a fascinating account of why modernity appeared first in Western Europe―it was precisely the failure of the Roman project and not its legacy that allowed the emergence of a decentralized and competitive system that became the ultimate platform for modern economic growth. A challenging and counterintuitive hypothesis."―Francis Fukuyama, author o...(展开全部)

Massmarket edition of this spiritual guide to making the most of life, through bad times as well as good, from bestselling author Pema Chodron. This accessible book has been on the US bestseller lists consistently for four years now. In The Wisdom of No Escape, bestselling author Pema Chodron shows us the profound value of our situation of 'no exit' from the ups and downs of l...(展开全部)

Massmarket edition of this spiritual guide to making the most of life, through bad times as well as good, from bestselling author Pema Chodron. This accessible book has been on the US bestseller lists consistently for four years now. In The Wisdom of No Escape, bestselling author Pema Chodron shows us the profound value of our situation of 'no exit' from the ups and downs of l...(展开全部)

First published in 1935, "On Escape" represents Emmanuel Levinas's first attempt to break with the ontological obsession of the Western tradition. In it, Levinas not only affirms the necessity of an escape from being, but also gives a meaning and a direction to it. Beginning with an analysis of need not as lack or some external limit to a self-sufficient being, but as a positiv...(展开全部)