As a young woman growing up in Africa, Leymah Gbowee was broken by a savage civil war that destroyed life as she knew it, depriving her of the education she yearned for and claiming the lives of relatives and friends. As war continued to ravage Liberia, Gbowee's bitterness turned to rage-fueled action as she realized it is women who are the silent sufferers in prolonged conflic...(展开全部)

"WINNER OF THE 2011 NOBEL PEACE PRIZE" "I""n a time of death and terror, Leymah Gbowee brought Liberia's women together--and together they led a nation to peace." As a young woman, Leymah Gbowee was broken by the Liberian civil war, a brutal conflict that tore apart her life and claimed the lives of countless relatives and friends. Years of fighting destroyed her country--and s...(展开全部)

This is a social, cultural, and medical history of transsexuality in the US. It tells a human story about people who had a deep and unshakeable desire to transform their bodily sex.

英国DK公司是一家国际性的出版企业，现为企鹅兰登书屋的子公司。英国DK公司出版的科普、百科、生活等图书畅销全球，其图文并茂的出版风格，深受各国读者的青睐与认可。尤其是在儿童百科图书领域，英国DK公司以精美的图片、与时俱进的知识、生动有趣的讲述方式，成为行业内的佼佼者。爱上DK，爱上科学！

英国DK公司是一家国际性的出版企业，现为企鹅兰登书屋的子公司。英国DK公司出版的科普、百科、生活等图书畅销全球，其图文并茂的出版风格，深受各国读者的青睐与认可。尤其是在儿童百科图书领域，英国DK公司以精美的图片、与时俱进的知识、生动有趣的讲述方式，成为行业内的佼佼者。爱上DK，爱上科学！

Drawing on a large body of empirical evidence, former Harvard President Derek Bok examines how much progress college students actually make toward widely accepted goals of undergraduate education. His conclusions are sobering. Although most students make gains in many important respects, they improve much less than they should in such important areas as writing, critical thinki...(展开全部)

Drawing on a large body of empirical evidence, former Harvard President Derek Bok examines how much progress college students actually make toward widely accepted goals of undergraduate education. His conclusions are sobering. Although most students make gains in many important respects, they improve much less than they should in such important areas as writing, critical thinki...(展开全部)

Building a Nation at War argues that the Chinese Nationalist government’s retreat inland during the Sino–Japanese War (1937–1945), its consequent need for inland resources, and its participation in new scientific and technical relationships with the United States led to fundamental changes in how the Nationalists engaged with science and technology as tools to promote developme...(展开全部)

Crackling with the personalities, conflicts, and ambitions that transformed the media from something that followed the news to something that formed it, "The Powers That Be" is David Halberstam's forceful account of the rise of modern media as an instrument of political power, published here with a new introduction by the author. Beginning with FDR's masterful use of radio to e...(展开全部)

Book Description A fascinating celebration of one of the most important classical composers, and one of the most enduringly popular. Product Description A century after his death, Gustav Mahler is the most important composer of modern times. Displacing Beethoven as a box-office draw, his music offers more than the usual listening satisfactions. Many believe it has the power to ...(展开全部)