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)

无所目标，无所意义的前进， 但是却从未想过要放弃旅行， 即使在不知不觉当中失去了自我， 站在毁灭的边缘， 二人也从未后悔过。 在一边记录， 一边失去记忆的世界中， 一本记述着少年和少女旅行的故事。 漫无目的地、 又...

无所目标，无所意义的前进， 但是却从未想过要放弃旅行， 即使在不知不觉当中失去了自我， 站在毁灭的边缘， 二人也从未后悔过。 在一边记录， 一边失去记忆的世界中， 一本记述着少年和少女旅行的故事。 漫无目的地、 又...

A national bestseller in 1971, Born to Win still sells thousands of copies each year. The insights in the book are now fundamental to how we see ourselves. It was one of the first self-help books to analyze communication styles and its 50 gestalt exercises are as revealing as ever about the roles people reenact in their Parent and Child ego states. Photos.

A national bestseller in 1971, Born to Win still sells thousands of copies each year. The insights in the book are now fundamental to how we see ourselves. It was one of the first self-help books to analyze communication styles and its 50 gestalt exercises are as revealing as ever about the roles people reenact in their Parent and Child ego states. Photos.

The authors have patented a procedure that guarantees that both parties to a conflict negotiation, such as divorce, walk away with as much of the win-win potential as possible. Mathematics will now succeed where thousands of solicitors have failed.

The authors have patented a procedure that guarantees that both parties to a conflict negotiation, such as divorce, walk away with as much of the win-win potential as possible. Mathematics will now succeed where thousands of solicitors have failed.

In this imaginative book the reader journeys from a small town through the countryside to a big city and back again.

"A visual stunner....The format is wonderfully inventive--once the traveler arrives in the city, the book is flipped over and read back to the beginning, with the black-and-white pictures taking on new meanings....Sure to delight and fascinate."--Publishers Weekly.