The basis for a major documentary, two leading experts sound an urgent call for the radical reimagining of American education so we can equip students for the realities of the twenty-first-century economy. “If you read one book about education this decade, make it this one” (Adam Braun, bestselling author and founder of Pencils of Promise). Today more than ever, we prize academ...(展开全部)

In The Price of Privilege, respected clinician, Madeline Levine was the first to correctly identify the deficits created by parents giving kids of privilege too much of the wrong things and not enough of the right things. Continuing to address the mistaken notions about what children need to thrive in Teach Your Children Well, Levine tore down the myth that good grades, high te...(展开全部)

作者簡介 唐納德．麥金泰爾（Donald Macintyre） 二○○四至二○一二年，唐納德．麥金泰爾擔任《獨立報》（Independent）耶路撒冷辦事處主任八年，在那之前是該報的政治版主編和首席政治評論員。他曾是BBC廣播四台「西敏一週」（Week in Westminster）的節目主持人，二○一一年贏得「下個世紀基金會」的「透過媒體達成和平獎」（Peace through Media Award），曾入選歐威爾新聞獎、馬莎．蓋爾霍恩新聞獎，目前住在南倫敦的克拉珀姆（Clapham）。 譯者簡介 黃中憲 1964年生，政大外交系畢業，現專職翻譯。譯作包括《中國縱橫：漢學巨擘史景遷的歷史與文化探索》、《利瑪竇的記憶宮殿》、《從帝國廢墟中崛起：從梁啟超到泰戈爾，喚醒亞洲與改變世界》、《大分流：現代世界經濟的形成，中國與歐洲為何走上不同道路？》、《塞...(展开全部)

For twenty-five years actors have given Simon Annand unprecedented access to photograph them in the intimacy of their dressing-rooms during the 30 minutes before curtain-up - 'the half'. This magnificent book offers not only a dazzling gallery of actors - including Anthony Hopkins, Cate Blanchett, Daniel Day Lewis, Judi Dench, John Gielgud, Vanessa Redgrave, Jim Broadbent, Jere...(展开全部)

罗伯特·帕特南 1941年生，美国当代最杰出的政治学家，曾担任美国政治学协会主席。哈佛大学马尔金公共政策讲席教授，美国国家科学院院士，2006年荣获政治学界最高奖约翰·斯凯特奖，且为2013年总统颁布的国家人文勋章得主。曾出任肯尼迪政府管理学院院长。目前著书14部，被译为20多种语言，在比较政治、美国政治、国际关系和政治理论领域均做出过卓越的原创贡献。代表作《让民主运转起来》和《独自打保龄》是过去半个世纪引证最多的社会科学著作，在国内学界和思想界也有深远的影响。多年来，他担任过多届美国总统、英国首相、法国总统以及多个国家政府首脑的资深顾问，其学术思想也激发了全球范围内草根社会运动的勃兴。 译者 田 雷 华东师范大学法学院教授，曾任教于重庆大学人文社会科学高等研究院，《雅理译丛》主编。香港中文大学政治学博士（2008年），耶鲁大学法学硕士（2010年...(展开全部)

A groundbreaking examination of the growing inequality gap from the bestselling author of Bowling Alone: why fewer Americans today have the opportunity for upward mobility. It’s the American dream: get a good education, work hard, buy a house, and achieve prosperity and success. This is the America we believe in—a nation of opportunity, constrained only by ability and effort. B...(展开全部)

This book is for children aged 9 and up, and their parents, who may or may not have a technical background. This book is tailored around the central idea of introducing electronics as a fun and a curiosity-inducing exercise. This book can act as a bonding exercise between parent and child over a single weekend.

Our existence is increasingly lived at a distance. As we move from flesh to image, we are in danger of losing touch with each other and ourselves. How can we combine the physical with the virtual, our embodied experience with our global connectivity? How can we come back to our senses? Richard Kearney offers a timely call for the cultivation of the basic human need to touch and...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 If you're like most business leaders, innovation now tops your corporate agenda. But despite all the talk and excitement about the importance of innovation, managers have so far found scant help for innovating in a systematic way that fuels consistent growth and sustained success. In Innovation to the Core, Strategos CEO Peter Skarzynski and business strategist Rowan G...(展开全部)