所有黄金时代都以文化繁荣、科学探索、技术成就和经济增长的辉煌时期为标志；然而，没有两个黄金时代是完全相同的。他们的信念、社会以及在更广阔的世界中的地位各不相同。尽管如此，所有先前的黄金时代都已终结，无论是由于外部压力还是内部分裂；过于傲慢还是缺乏警惕。历史学家兼评论家约翰·诺伯格考察了人类历史上伟大的七大文明——古雅典、罗马共和国、阿拔斯王朝的巴格达、宋朝中国、文艺复兴时期的意大利、荷兰共和国和英语文化圈——试图提炼它们的优势和劣势，以回答这个问题：我们如何确保我们当前的黄金时代不会终结？一书见解深刻，引人入胜，既是对我们惊人进步的赞歌，也是对我们绝不能自满的警告。 All golden ages are marked by periods of spectacular cultural flourishing, scientific explora...(展开全部)

The French intellectual Georges Bataille saw energy as the basis of all human activity—the essence of the human—and he envisioned a society that, instead of renouncing profligate spending, would embrace a more radical type of energy expenditure: la dépense, or “spending without return.” In Bataille’s Peak, Allan Stoekl demonstrates how a close reading of Bataille—in the wake of...(展开全部)

Presented by Legendary Pictures and Universal Pictures, Crimson Peak launches in October 2015. This deluxe book explores Guillermo del Toro’s breathtaking supernatural mystery in unparalleled detail, from the creation of its sumptuous sets and costumes to the dark themes interwoven into its story and stunning visuals. A powerful blend of psychological thriller, gothic horror, a...(展开全部)

［美］丹·伊根（Dan Egan） 《密尔沃基哨兵报》（Milwaukee Journal Sentinel）记者，毕业于哥伦比亚大学新闻学院和密歇根大学。曾两次入围普利策奖（Pulitzer Prize），还曾获得美国科学促进会卡夫利科学新闻奖（AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Award）。 温建平 博士，上海对外经贸大学教授，上海外国语大学贤达经济人文学院教授，中国翻译协会理事，上海市外文学会副会长，上海翻译家协会理事，上海翻译专业教学指导委员会委员，中国翻译协会对外话语体系研究委员会委员，中国外文局翻译专业资格考评中心翻译人才评价与高校教学促进专家委员会委员。出版学术专著、译著9部，主编和参编教材2部，主持和参与国家级、省部级项目10余项，在国内外权威期刊发表论文30余篇。担任上海市级一流课程“商务翻译”负责人、国家...(展开全部)

［美］丹·伊根（Dan Egan） 《密尔沃基哨兵报》（Milwaukee Journal Sentinel）记者，毕业于哥伦比亚大学新闻学院和密歇根大学。曾两次入围普利策奖（Pulitzer Prize），还曾获得美国科学促进会卡夫利科学新闻奖（AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Award）。 温建平 博士，上海对外经贸大学教授，上海外国语大学贤达经济人文学院教授，中国翻译协会理事，上海市外文学会副会长，上海翻译家协会理事，上海翻译专业教学指导委员会委员，中国翻译协会对外话语体系研究委员会委员，中国外文局翻译专业资格考评中心翻译人才评价与高校教学促进专家委员会委员。出版学术专著、译著9部，主编和参编教材2部，主持和参与国家级、省部级项目10余项，在国内外权威期刊发表论文30余篇。担任上海市级一流课程“商务翻译”负责人、国家...(展开全部)

Anders Ericsson has made a career studying chess champions, violin virtuosos, star athletes, and memory mavens. Peak distills three decades of myth-shattering research into a powerful learning strategy that is fundamentally different from the way people traditionally think about acquiring new abilities. Whether you want to stand out at work, improve your athletic or musical per...(展开全部)

Bestselling author and peak performance expert Steven Kotler decodes the secrets of those elite performers—athletes, artists, scientists, CEOs and more—who have changed our definition of the possible, teaching us how we too can stretch far beyond our capabilities, making impossible dreams much more attainable for all of us.

“This book is a breakthrough, a lyrical, powerful, science-based narrative that actually shows us how to get better (much better) at the things we care about.”—Seth Godin, author of Linchpin “Anyone who wants to get better at anything should read [Peak]. Rest assured that the book is not mere theory. Ericsson’s research focuses on the real world, and he explains in detail, with...(展开全部)

Bestselling author and peak performance expert Steven Kotler decodes the secrets of those elite performers—athletes, artists, scientists, CEOs and more—who have changed our definition of the possible, teaching us how we too can stretch far beyond our capabilities, making impossible dreams much more attainable for all of us.

“This book is a breakthrough, a lyrical, powerful, science-based narrative that actually shows us how to get better (much better) at the things we care about.”—Seth Godin, author of Linchpin “Anyone who wants to get better at anything should read [Peak]. Rest assured that the book is not mere theory. Ericsson’s research focuses on the real world, and he explains in detail, with...(展开全部)