Enka, a sentimental ballad genre, epitomizes for many the nihonjin no kokoro (heart/soul of Japanese). To older members of the Japanese public, who constitute enka's primary audience, this music - of parted lovers, long unseen rural hometowns and self-sacrificing mothers - evokes a direct connection to the traditional roots of "Japaneseness". Overlooked in this emotional invoca...(展开全部)

Enka, a sentimental ballad genre, epitomizes for many the nihonjin no kokoro (heart/soul of Japanese). To older members of the Japanese public, who constitute enka's primary audience, this music - of parted lovers, long unseen rural hometowns and self-sacrificing mothers - evokes a direct connection to the traditional roots of "Japaneseness". Overlooked in this emotional invoca...(展开全部)

The first full-length “Frank” graphic novel! Readers of the “Frank” stories know that The Unifactor is in control of everything that happens to the characters that abide there, and that however extreme the experiences they undergo may be, in the end nothing really changes. That goes treble for Frank himself, who is kept in a state of total ineducability by the unseen forc...(展开全部)

英国作家、记者和撰稿人。三十年来专门从各个角度研究吸毒与成瘾以及摇滚、爵士和蓝调等流行音乐的关系。其作品包括为年轻人撰写的流行乐手的传记和同行评议的学术文章。他是MOJO 及其他英国杂志的固定撰稿人。目前担任英国毒品咨询慈善机构DrugScope 的通讯信息主管。 代表作有《杰克•布鲁斯：麻醉自己》（Jack Bruce : composing himself ）、《吉米• 亨德里克斯：电子吉普赛》（Jimi Hendrix: Electric Gypsy ）、《埃里克•克拉普顿：迷失蓝调》（Eric Clapton: lost inthe blues ）、《格雷汉姆•邦德：强大的幽灵》（Graham Bond: the mighty shadow ）、《亚历克西斯• 科纳传》（Alexis Korner :the biography ）、《陨落的明...(展开全部)

A newborn’s absent face appears on the back of someone else’s head, a filmmaker goes to gruesome lengths to achieve the silence he’s after for his final scene, and a therapist begins, impossibly, to appear in a troubled patient's room late at night. In these stories of doubt, delusion, and paranoia, no belief, no claim to objectivity, is immune to the distortions of human perce...(展开全部)

保罗·萨宾（Paul Sabin） 耶鲁大学历史系教授，主要讲授美国在环境与能源、政治与法律方面的历史。进入耶鲁之前，曾任非营利组织环境领导项目的创办执行总监。著有《较量：乐观的经济学与悲观的生态学》和《原油政治：加利福尼亚原油市场》。

In 1980, the iconoclastic economist Julian Simon challenged celebrity biologist Paul Ehrlich to a bet. Their wager on the future prices of five metals captured the public's imagination as a test of coming prosperity or doom. Ehrlich, author of the landmark book The Population Bomb, predicted that rising populations would cause overconsumption, resource scarcity and famine - wit...(展开全部)

In 1980, the iconoclastic economist Julian Simon challenged celebrity biologist Paul Ehrlich to a bet. Their wager on the future prices of five metals captured the public's imagination as a test of coming prosperity or doom. Ehrlich, author of the landmark book The Population Bomb, predicted that rising populations would cause overconsumption, resource scarcity and famine - wit...(展开全部)

丹尼尔•耶金不论是在国际问题或是石油产业的研究上，都是当今全球顶级的权威专家。他是美国剑桥能源研究会主席、美国政府思想库布鲁金斯学会理事会成员、外交关系委员会研究委员会成员等诸多职位在身的美国重要影响人物之一。曾因其经典作品《奖赏》荣获普利策大奖，除此之外，他还写过两部著作——《粉碎的和平》与《能源的未来：哈佛商业学院能源项目报告》，前者成为探讨冷战起源的经典巨著，而后者在欧美、日本也都广受欢迎。

William Peter Coleman (born 15 December 1928) is an Australian writer and former politician. A widely published journalist for over 60 years, he was editor of The Bulletin (1964-1967) and of Quadrant for 20 years, and has published 16 books on political, biographical and cultural subjects. While still working as an editor and journalist he had a short but distinguished politica...(展开全部)