In this rugged account of a rugged profession, Matthew Desmond explores the heart and soul of the wildland firefighter. Having joined a firecrew in northern Arizona as a young man, Desmond relates his experiences with intimate knowledge and native ease, adroitly balancing emotion with analysis and action with insight. "On the Fireline" shows that these firefighters aren't adren...(展开全部)

In his gripping and provocative debut, anthropologist Jason De León sheds light on one of the most pressing political issues of our time—the human consequences of US immigration policy. The Land of Open Graves reveals the suffering and deaths that occur daily in the Sonoran Desert of Arizona as thousands of undocumented migrants attempt to cross the border from Mexico into the...(展开全部)

查尔斯·科尔（Charles A.Corr）博士自1975年开始便在南伊利诺伊大学教授死亡与临终、儿童与死亡等课程。1978年。他成为死亡教育与咨询协会成员，及美国国家临终关怀及姑息治疗组织成员。科尔博士还是死亡、临终和悲痛事务国际工作组前主席和常任理事。 目前，他还是佛罗里达阳光海岸安养协会的董事会成员。这个协会是美国国家安养与照护组织中儿童安养照护服务的首席咨询机构，同时还是国家捐献者家庭理事会执行委员会成员。他的著作包括36本书和手册，例如《帮助儿童应对死亡：指导和资料》、《儿童与死亡》、《青少年与死亡》、《青少年的死亡与悲痛手册》等。 科尔博士的工作得到了死亡教育与咨询协会的认可，并被授予杰出个人贡献奖（1988）；国际儿童安养组织授予他世界儿童安养工作杰出贡献奖（1989）；之后他还获得了创立查尔斯·科尔基金的终身成就奖（1995）等等。 ...(展开全部)

In both local and international imaginations, Vancouver, Canada, is often celebrated as one of the world’s most beautiful, cosmopolitan, and livable cities. Simultaneously, the city continues to be ground zero for successive waves of public health emergency and intervention, including a recent and unprecedented drug overdose crisis driven by the proliferation of illicitly-manuf...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 Is this really how I want to live my life? Each one of us at some point asks this question. The tragedy is not that life is short but that we often see only in hindsight what really matters. In this, her first book on life and living, Elisabeth Kubler-Ross joins with David Kessler to guide us through the practical and spiritual lessons we need to learn so that we ca...(展开全部)

喇嘛尊者于一九二五年出生在印度喜马拉雅山一个婆罗门书香世家.三岁时即获喜马拉雅山一位伟大圣者的启蒙.年少之时常云游于喜马拉雅山丛山之间,参访了一百二十余位印度大师,高人和隐士. 他是世界著名的喜马拉雅山瑜珈科学与哲学院(Himalayan Institute of Yoga Science and Philosophy)的创办人,校长和灵性上师,同时也是美国托普卡,肯萨斯等地明宁哲基金会的顾问,从事"内在心灵世界的自动控制"研究计划.

Analyze, understand, and appreciate. "Living with Art" provides the tools to help students think critically about the visual arts. Using a wealth of examples, the first half of the text examines the nature, vocabulary, and elements of art, offering a foundation for students to learn to analyze art effectively. The latter half sets out a brief but comprehensive history of art, l...(展开全部)

居室里怎样装修书架的指导书。 包括客厅，卧室，厨房甚至卫生间。 不仅仅是怎样设计，还有实用的DIY指导， 对我们这些在城市里生活的不可能DIY的人们来说， 看看这书上的一步步说明也是一种满足吧。 看着书中各式书架，真的是很享受的一回事。 真的有那么一种living with books的感觉呢。

Read Digital Minimalism and you'll never again mindlessly sacrifice your productivity to clickbait or lose 40 minutes of your evening to your Instagram feed. In this timely and enlightening book, Cal Newport introduces a philosophy for technology use that has already improved countless lives - digital minimalism. Digital minimalists are all around us. They're the calm, happy pe...(展开全部)

Killing and Dying is a stunning showcase of the possibilities of the graphic novel medium and a wry exploration of loss, creative ambition, identity, and family dynamics. With this work, Adrian Tomine (Shortcomings, Scenes from an Impending Marriage) reaffirms his place not only as one of the most significant creators of contemporary comics but as one of the great voices of mod...(展开全部)