"Mathematicians" is a remarkable collection of ninety-two photographic portraits, featuring some of the most amazing mathematicians of our time. Acclaimed photographer Mariana Cook captures the exuberant and colorful personalities of these brilliant thinkers and the superb images are accompanied by brief autobiographical texts written by each mathematician. Together, the photog...(展开全部)

Donald Kalsched explores the interior world of dream and fantasy images encountered in therapy with people who have suffered unbearable life experiences. He shows how, in an ironical twist of psychical life, the very images which are generated to defend the self can become malevolent and destructive, resulting in further trauma for the person. Why and how this happens are the q...(展开全部)

In this book, Lee draws on that wealth of experience and depth of insight to offer his views on today’s world and what it might look like in 20 years. This is no dry geopolitical treatise. Nor is it a thematic account of the twists and turns in global affairs. Instead, in this broad-sweep narrative that takes in America, China, Asia and Europe, he parses their society, probes t...(展开全部)

In this book, Lee draws on that wealth of experience and depth of insight to offer his views on today’s world and what it might look like in 20 years. This is no dry geopolitical treatise. Nor is it a thematic account of the twists and turns in global affairs. Instead, in this broad-sweep narrative that takes in America, China, Asia and Europe, he parses their society, probes t...(展开全部)

Why Things Go Right. The Science of Psychology: An Appreciative View by Laura King (University of Missouri at Columbia) is the first text to bring a truly appreciative view of psychology--as a science and for exploring behavior--to introductory students. It is built around the idea that students must study the discipline of psychology as a whole, that the sub-disciplines are in...(展开全部)

World War Two From Above tells the amazing story of the daring photo-reconnaissance flyers and backroom boffins whose role was key in helping the Allies win the war. Copiously illustrated with aerial photographs drawn from the archives of the major Allied and Axis powers, this book examines all the theatres of the war; from Europe to the Pacific.

乔治·帕克，美国作家，记者。 1960年生，毕业于耶鲁大学。自2003年起连续十五年担任《纽约客》专职作者，两获海外记者俱乐部奖。现为《大西洋月刊》专职作者。 作为长期观察员和一线写作者，乔治·帕克深谙美国的历史变迁、经济发展和社会结构，深入从华盛顿到绣带工厂的生命世界 ，被视为最了解当代美国的作家之一。其作品《刺客之门》《我们的人》先后入围普利策奖，《下沉年代》于2013年因“撕开美国的破碎裂痕”获美国国家图书奖。 2019年，乔治·帕克获希钦斯奖，该奖旨在表彰“为自由表达和追求真理而不顾个人或职业后果”的作家。 ———— 刘冉，香港中文大学社会学学士、硕士，宾夕法尼亚大学社会学博士，曾任职于硅谷某科技公司，现为威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校教育政策研究系助理教授，译有《文凭社会》《暴力：一种微观社会学理论》等书。

American democracy is beset by a sense of crisis. Seismic shifts during a single generation have created a country of winners and loser s, allowing unprecedented freedom while rending the social contract, driving the political system to the verge of breakdown, and setting citizens adrift to find new paths forward. In The Unwinding, George Packer, author of The Assassins’ Gate: ...(展开全部)

乔治·帕克，美国作家，记者。 1960年生，毕业于耶鲁大学。自2003年起连续十五年担任《纽约客》专职作者，两获海外记者俱乐部奖。现为《大西洋月刊》专职作者。 作为长期观察员和一线写作者，乔治·帕克深谙美国的历史变迁、经济发展和社会结构，深入从华盛顿到绣带工厂的生命世界 ，被视为最了解当代美国的作家之一。其作品《刺客之门》《我们的人》先后入围普利策奖，《下沉年代》于2013年因“撕开美国的破碎裂痕”获美国国家图书奖。 2019年，乔治·帕克获希钦斯奖，该奖旨在表彰“为自由表达和追求真理而不顾个人或职业后果”的作家。 ———— 刘冉，香港中文大学社会学学士、硕士，宾夕法尼亚大学社会学博士，曾任职于硅谷某科技公司，现为威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校教育政策研究系助理教授，译有《文凭社会》《暴力：一种微观社会学理论》等书。

American democracy is beset by a sense of crisis. Seismic shifts during a single generation have created a country of winners and loser s, allowing unprecedented freedom while rending the social contract, driving the political system to the verge of breakdown, and setting citizens adrift to find new paths forward. In The Unwinding, George Packer, author of The Assassins’ Gate: ...(展开全部)