Meticulously researched and beautifully written, the true story of a Japanese American family that found itself on opposite sides during World War II—an epic tale of family, separation, divided loyalties, love, reconciliation, loss, and redemption—this is a riveting chronicle of U.S.–Japan relations and the Japanese experience in America. After their father’s death, Harry, Fran...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 Since Yao Ming's electrifying NBA debut with the Houston Rockets in 2002, the 7-foot-5 Chinese center has appeared in numerous TV commercials, on magazine covers, and in countless basketball-highlights reels. And yet, despite Yao's status as one of the country's most recognizable sports stars, the remarkable story of how a shy, gangly kid from Shanghai went on to become...(展开全部)

In 2002, Yao Ming became the NBA's first foreign #1 draft pick and a media sensation. Sports writer Ric Bucher was the only American reporter with unrestricted access to Yao's first year in the NBA. Now available in paperback, Yao: A Life in Two Worlds captures Yao's private story and traces his remarkable journey from Chinese success story to international icon. Whether winn...(展开全部)

"Between Two Worlds" is an authoritative commentary on - and powerful reinterpretation of - the founding work of modern philosophy, "Descartes' Meditations". Philosophers have tended to read Descartes' seminal work in an occasional way, examining its treatment of individual topics while ignoring other parts of the text. In contrast, John Carriero provides a sustained, systemati...(展开全部)

The powerfully told story of a group of German Jews desperately seeking American visas to escape Nazi Germany, and an illuminating account of America's response to the refugee crisis of the 1930's and 40's. This book complements the exhibition The Americans and the Holocaust that is now on view at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC In October 1940 the...(展开全部)

作者简介： 迈克尔·多布斯（Michael Dobbs） 生于北爱尔兰首府贝尔法斯特，毕业于约克大学，曾获普林斯顿大学和哈佛大学的研究资助。曾任《华盛顿邮报》记者，任职期间大多奔波于国外。现任职于美国犹太人大屠杀纪念馆。他著有Down with Big Brother: The Fall of the Soviet Empire（美国笔会非小说类入围作品）、《午夜将至：核战边缘的肯尼迪、赫鲁晓夫与卡斯特罗》（《华盛顿邮报》《圣路易斯邮报》年度最佳图书）、《1945年的六个月：从盟友到对抗》等。 译者简介： 夏文钊，毕业于伦敦政治经济学院人类学系，致力于追寻真诚而有意义的对话。

In recent years, techno-scientific progress has started to utterly transform our world - changing it almost beyond recognition. In this extraordinary new book, renowned philosopher Slavoj Zizek turns to look at the brave new world of Big Tech, revealing how, with each new wave of innovation, we find ourselves moving closer and closer to a bizarrely literal realisation of Marx's...(展开全部)

萨曼莎·温伯格（Samantha Weinberg），英国记者、旅游作家、杂志编辑。温伯格出生于伦敦，毕业于剑桥大学三一学院，曾在南非、美国和伦敦担任记者，擅长非虚构创作。 卢静，中国科学院古脊椎动物与古人类研究所研究员，国家优秀青年基金获得者。主要从事古鱼类学，特别是早期硬骨鱼类演化、四足动物起源研究。 卢静自称“拉蒂迈鱼的粉丝”，而这份情缘的建立，便始于这本书。当年初入古生物学领域时，是这本书为她 “打开了新世界的大门”。受邀翻译简体中文版时，卢静老师欣然应允，不仅亲自打磨译文，提供拉蒂迈鱼的精彩复原图，而且倾情作序推荐：“‘拉蒂迈鱼’是一个铭刻在我心上的名字，我希望这个名字可以走进更多人心里。”

Alexis de Tocqueville may be the most influential political thinker in American history. He also led an unusually active and ambitious career in French politics. In this magisterial book, one of America's most important contemporary theorists draws on decades of research and thought to present the first work that fully connects Tocqueville's political and theoretical lives. In ...(展开全部)