From the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller On Tyranny comes an impassioned condemnation of America's coronavirus response and an urgent call to rethink health and freedom. On December 29, 2019, historian Timothy Snyder fell gravely ill. Unable to stand, barely able to think, he waited for hours in an emergency room before being correctly diagnosed and rushed into surge...(展开全部)

From the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller On Tyranny comes an impassioned condemnation of America's coronavirus response and an urgent call to rethink health and freedom. On December 29, 2019, historian Timothy Snyder fell gravely ill. Unable to stand, barely able to think, he waited for hours in an emergency room before being correctly diagnosed and rushed into surge...(展开全部)

A virus is not human, but the reaction to it is a measure of humanity. America has not measured up well. Tens of thousands are dead for no reason. America is supposed to be about freedom, yet illness and fear make its citizens less free. After all, freedom is meaningless if we are too ill to think about our right to happiness or too weak to pursue it. So, if a government is mak...(展开全部)

A virus is not human, but the reaction to it is a measure of humanity. America has not measured up well. Tens of thousands are dead for no reason. America is supposed to be about freedom, yet illness and fear make its citizens less free. After all, freedom is meaningless if we are too ill to think about our right to happiness or too weak to pursue it. So, if a government is mak...(展开全部)

The Dealmaker is a frank and honest account of how a severely dyslexic child who struggled at school went on to graduate from Oxford and become a serial entrepreneur. It describes Guy Hand's career in private equity, first at Nomura and then as head of his own company, Terra Firma. It looks in detail at the huge deals that Terra Firma has done over the years, involving everythi...(展开全部)

From Nobel Prize-winning scientist James D. Watson, a living legend for his work unlocking the structure of DNA, comes this candid and entertaining memoir, filled with practical advice for those starting out their academic careers. In Avoid Boring People , Watson lays down a life’s wisdom for getting ahead in a competitive world. Witty and uncompromisingly honest, he shares h...(展开全部)

From a living legend—James D. Watson, who shared the Nobel Prize for having revealed the structure of DNA—a personal account of the making of a scientist. In Avoid Boring People, the man who discovered “the secret of life” shares the less revolutionary secrets he has found to getting along and getting ahead in a competitive world. Recounting the years of his own formation—fr...(展开全部)

The Dealmaker is a frank and honest account of how a severely dyslexic child who struggled at school went on to graduate from Oxford and become a serial entrepreneur. It describes Guy Hand's career in private equity, first at Nomura and then as head of his own company, Terra Firma. It looks in detail at the huge deals that Terra Firma has done over the years, involving everythi...(展开全部)

布莱恩·费根（Brian Fagan），世界知名考古学家，剑桥大学考古学和人类学博士，曾任加州大学圣巴巴拉分校人类学系教授。他著作等身，且乐于传播人类学和历史学知识，用平易近人的语言为大众写作，于1997年被美国考古学会授予“公共教育贡献奖”，2013年获得美国考古学会“霍尔顿图书终身成就奖”。他的著作《世界史前史》《考古学与史前文明》《小冰河时代》《大暖化》《洪水、饥馑与帝王》《法老王朝》《床的人类史》等已被译成中文出版。 在对考古学和人类学的研究中，费根发现了气候变迁与人类历史间千丝万缕的联系，他认为，这种关联被人们严重忽视了。他致力于开拓这个领域的研究，为认识历史提供新的视角。 纳迪亚·杜拉尼（Nadia Durrani），毕业于剑桥大学，伦敦大学学院博士，专攻阿拉伯考古。曾在英国最畅销的考古杂志《当代世界考古》以及《当代考古》担任编辑，与布莱...(展开全部)

A top trader takes you through the markets and revels how he succeeded In Diary of a Professional Commodity Trader, Peter Brandt provides a play-by-play diary of his 2009 trading, offering an inside look at the difficult process and what it takes to excel at such a demanding endeavor. A long-time trader, Brandt clearly explains his thinking as he searches for the ri...(展开全部)