In Depression: A Public Feelings Project, Ann Cvetkovich seeks to understand why intellectuals, activists, professionals, and other privileged people struggle with feelings of hopeless and self-loathing. She focuses particularly on those in academia, where the pressure to succeed and the desire to find space for creative thinking and alternative worlds bump up against the harsh...(展开全部)

The World Economy: A Millennial Perspective is a "must" for all scholars of economics and economic history, while the casual reader will find much of fascinating interest. It is also a monumental work of reference. The book has several objectives. The first is a pioneering effort to quantify the economic performance of nations over the very long term. The second is to identify ...(展开全部)

The World Economy: A Millennial Perspective is a "must" for all scholars of economics and economic history, while the casual reader will find much of fascinating interest. It is also a monumental work of reference. The book has several objectives. The first is a pioneering effort to quantify the economic performance of nations over the very long term. The second is to identify ...(展开全部)

托马斯•伯恩哈德（Thomas Bernhard，1931-1989），奥地利著名小说家、剧作家，被公认为20世纪最伟大的德语作家之一，也是“二战”之后德语文坛风格最独特、影响力最大的作家之一，对他有很多称谓：“阿尔卑斯山的贝克特”“敌视人类的作家”“以批判奥地利为职业的作家”“灾难与死亡作家”“夸张艺术家”“故事破坏者”等。作品已被译为45种语言。 特立独行的伯恩哈德，以批判的方式关注人生（生存和生存危机）和社会现实（人道与社会变革）。文字极富音乐性，以犀利的夸张、重复和幽默，将人类境遇中种种愚钝与疾病，痛苦与冷漠，习惯与禁忌推向极端，向纷乱昏暗的世界投掷出一支支光与热的火炬。

托马斯•伯恩哈德（Thomas Bernhard，1931-1989），奥地利著名小说家、剧作家，被公认为20世纪最伟大的德语作家之一，也是“二战”之后德语文坛风格最独特、影响力最大的作家之一，对他有很多称谓：“阿尔卑斯山的贝克特”“敌视人类的作家”“以批判奥地利为职业的作家”“灾难与死亡作家”“夸张艺术家”“故事破坏者”等。作品已被译为45种语言。 特立独行的伯恩哈德，以批判的方式关注人生（生存和生存危机）和社会现实（人道与社会变革）。文字极富音乐性，以犀利的夸张、重复和幽默，将人类境遇中种种愚钝与疾病，痛苦与冷漠，习惯与禁忌推向极端，向纷乱昏暗的世界投掷出一支支光与热的火炬。

A moving memoir in words and pictures of one woman's struggle with the little black cloud of depression pening up the darkest corners of her world, author Elizabeth Swados takes us on an unforgettable journey that is by turns poignant and funny, and will be undoubtedly familiar to those who suffer from depression and those who love them. Through the author's whimsical drawings,...(展开全部)

What is depression? What is bipolar disorder? How are they diagnosed and how are they treated? Can a small child be diagnosed with depression and treated with antidepressants - and should they be? Covering depression, manic depression, and bipolar disorder, this Very Short Introduction gives a brief account of the history of these concepts, before focussing on the descriptions ...(展开全部)

To consider comedy in its many incarnations is to raise diverse but related questions: what, for instance, is humour, and how may it be used (or abused)? When do we laugh, and why? What is it that writers and speakers enjoy - and risk - when they tell a joke, indulge in bathos, talk nonsense, or encourage irony? This Very Short Introduction explores comedy both as a literary ge...(展开全部)