Colin Beavan(科林·比万)，早年在英国的慈善团体工作，1992年回到美国从事写作工作。本书英文版出版后，已经向十余个国家和地区授予版权。本书吸引了全球许多主要媒体，如《纽约时报》、《基督教科学箴言报》(The Christian Science Monitor)的关注与报导。作者因本书受邀参加美国脱口秀节目《科尔伯特报告》(The Colbert Report)、《早安美国》(Good Morning America)等电视。广播节目的访问。他被MSN选为2007年十大最具影响力人物。美国时尚杂志Elle颁给他2008GreenAwards，并称他为“Eco-IIIuminator”。 Colin Beavan的NolmpactMan.com网站与博客，拥有上万名订阅者，吸引了数百万人浏览，被美国《时代》杂志选为全球十五大环保网...(展开全部)

As the news stories go: "Colin Beavan is a liberal schlub who got tired of listening to himself complain about the world without ever actually doing anything about it..." Thus, in November, 2006, Beavan launched a year-long project in which he, his wife, his two-year-old daughter and his four-year-old dog went off the grid and attempted to live in the middle of New York City wi...(展开全部)

Malba Tahan is the creation of a celebrated Brazilian mathematician who was looking for a way to bring some of the mysteries and delights of mathematics to a wider public. He turned out to be a born storyteller. The adventures of Beremiz Samir, The Man Who Counted, take the reader on an exotic journey in which, time and again, he summons his extraordinary mathematical powers to...(展开全部)

“A vertiginous, white-knuckled adventure through some of the most spectacular forests in the world.” ?—Washington PostMeet the man who climbs trees for a living.? In this adventure memoir, Aldred carries us with him across the globe and up to the top of these towering forest titans as he recalls his most memorable encounters with trees and their inhabitants.? Every child knows ...(展开全部)

“A vertiginous, white-knuckled adventure through some of the most spectacular forests in the world.” ?—Washington PostMeet the man who climbs trees for a living.? In this adventure memoir, Aldred carries us with him across the globe and up to the top of these towering forest titans as he recalls his most memorable encounters with trees and their inhabitants.? Every child knows ...(展开全部)

The Garden Jungle is about the wildlife that lives right under our noses, in our gardens and parks, between the gaps in the pavement, and in the soil beneath our feet. Wherever you are right now, the chances are that there are worms, woodlice, centipedes, flies, silverfish, wasps, beetles, mice, shrews and much, much more, quietly living within just a few paces of you. Dave Gou...(展开全部)

The Garden Jungle is about the wildlife that lives right under our noses, in our gardens and parks, between the gaps in the pavement, and in the soil beneath our feet. Wherever you are right now, the chances are that there are worms, woodlice, centipedes, flies, silverfish, wasps, beetles, mice, shrews and much, much more, quietly living within just a few paces of you. Dave Gou...(展开全部)

本书是美国著名经济学家 克鲁格曼 的最新力作。他在书中回顾了将近一个世纪的美国历史，从镀金年代的政治经济，直到布什年代的经济停滞。他认为，这是保守主义运动掌控美国政府的必然结果，婴儿潮时代美国中产阶级的成长则是受益于小 罗斯福 的新政。克鲁格曼指出，这两种方向的发展都非自然演进的结果，都是由组织化的政治运动所引导的，尤其是 20 世纪 70 年代以后不断加剧的两极分化和社会不公。他在书中深入地探讨了美国主张自由放任 资本主义 的 “ 保守主义运动 ” 对美国经济、社会和政治的不良影响，呼吁重新展开社会政策的公共辩论，主张政府应发挥好 维护社会稳定和社会公正的作用，同时警醒世人不要冷漠对待社会经济不平等议题，以致错失改革良机。 "The most consistent and courageo...(展开全部)

What has gone wrong with America? With The Conscience of a Liberal, best-selling author Paul Krugman points the way to a new New Deal. America emerged from Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal with strong democratic values and broadly shared prosperity. But for the past thirty years American politics has been dominated by a conservative movement determined to undermine the New Deal's ...(展开全部)

What has gone wrong with America? With The Conscience of a Liberal, best-selling author Paul Krugman points the way to a new New Deal. America emerged from Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal with strong democratic values and broadly shared prosperity. But for the past thirty years American politics has been dominated by a conservative movement determined to undermine the New Deal's ...(展开全部)