This book is a crucial contribution to the debate about the meaning and purpose of leisure at the end of modernity. Karl Spracklen uses Jurgen Habermas's work on the tension of rationalities to situate leisure and critical studies of leisure as meaningful and valuable in the twenty-first century. In particular, Spracklen uses Habermas' concerns between free, communicative disco...(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...

In the traditional model, business operates in an economic flow of inputs (resources and raw materials), outputs (products and services) and processes that help get you from one to the other (research and development, production, distribution).

About the Author Dr. Jeffrey D. Camm is Professor of Quantitative Analysis and head of the Department of Quantitative Analysis and Operations Management at the University of Cincinnati, where he has been since 1984. He also has served as a visiting scholar at Stanford University and a visiting professor of Business Administration at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth Coll...(展开全部)

About the Authors　　作者简介杰弗里D.坎姆（Jeffrey D.Camm）杰弗里D.坎姆是美国辛辛那提大学数量分析专业教授，当过运筹学、商务统计分析、信息系统系的系主任，是辛辛那提大学Carl H.Lindner商学院商业研究继续教育学院的主管。坎姆教授出生在俄亥俄州的辛辛那提市，本科毕业于泽维尔大学（Xavier University），博士毕业于克莱姆森大学（Clemson University）。自1984年起，坎姆教授就一直在辛辛那提大学任教，是斯坦福大学的访问学者，做过达特茅斯学院塔克商学院工商管理专业的访问教授。 坎姆博士在运营管理优化领域发表了30多篇论文，分别刊登在《科学》《管理科学》《运筹学》、Interfaces等专业期刊杂志上。在辛辛那提大学，坎姆博士是Dornoff Fellow教学优秀奖获得者，也是运筹学和...(展开全部)

This is the remarkable story of one endearing dog’s search for his purpose over the course of several lives. More than just another charming dog story, A Dog’s Purpose touches on the universal quest for an answer to life's most basic question: Why are we here? Surprised to find himself reborn as a rambunctious golden-haired puppy after a tragically short life as a stray mutt,...(展开全部)

Well known for coining the term 'Global Village', Marshall McLuhan's thinking was, and still is, revolutionary. His theories, many of which are illustrated in this astonishing 'inventory of effects', force us to question how modes of communication have shaped society. This is an astonishing work by a truly astonishing man. The Penguin on Design series includes the works of crea...(展开全部)

Well known for coining the term 'Global Village', Marshall McLuhan's thinking was, and still is, revolutionary. His theories, many of which are illustrated in this astonishing 'inventory of effects', force us to question how modes of communication have shaped society. This is an astonishing work by a truly astonishing man. The Penguin on Design series includes the works of crea...(展开全部)

Herbert Marshall McLuhan CC (July 21, 1911 - December 31, 1980) was a Canadian educator, philosopher, and scholar — a professor of English literature, a literary critic, and a communications theorist. McLuhan's work is viewed as one of the cornerstones of the study of media theory. McLuhan is known for coining the expressions "the medium is the message" and the "global village"...(展开全部)