美国女权运动健将，也是最具影响力和开创性的作家与行动主义者，斯 坦能以自己长久以来对“自尊”的探询，揭示了什么是自尊、缺乏自尊人性将有 怎样的缺憾、扭曲；以及恢复自尊将如何惊人地改变你的生活。她坚信每个人的 过去都只是当时的“内在”的产物，任何受损伤的自尊都可治愈。全书无一说教 ，斯坦能创造了特有的对话方式，通过收集众多人的“自我实现”的动人故事， 帮助读者认真倾听自己所拥有的内在声音，为自己培育自由的心灵。虽然有人更 感兴趣于斯坦能当花花公子俱乐部“兔女郎”的经历和在半百之年龄身穿迷你裙 面对记者的洒脱举动，把本书作为斯坦能的“爱情生活秘密”来阅读，但我以为 斯坦能在本书中是亲切而又认真地讲述她自身超越岁月、外貌及性别而拥有内在 自由的历程，着重强调女性应保持内在的自尊。

Introduction by Kathryn Harrison Commentary by Nathaniel Hawthorne, W. D. Howells, and Carl Van Doren A stark tale of adultery, guilt, and social repression in Puritan New England, The Scarlet Letter is a foundational work of American literature. Nathaniel Hawthorne’s exploration of the dichotomy between the public and private self, internal passion and external conven...(展开全部)

Gr 8 Up-Actress Elizabeth McGovern reads this acceptable abridgement with precise, clear diction. Her expressive voice is pleasant, effectively using breath sounds and pauses to recreate dramatic moods. Her usually quick tempo keeps the text from being ponderous, but it can be slower when necessary. Given the time period of the original work, her formal tone is appropriate. Her...(展开全部)

Gr 8 Up-Actress Elizabeth McGovern reads this acceptable abridgement with precise, clear diction. Her expressive voice is pleasant, effectively using breath sounds and pauses to recreate dramatic moods. Her usually quick tempo keeps the text from being ponderous, but it can be slower when necessary. Given the time period of the original work, her formal tone is appropriate. Her...(展开全部)

This is a troubling story of crime, sin, guilt, punishment and expiation, set in the rigid moral climate of 17th-century New England. The young mother of an illegitimate child confronts her Puritan judges. However, it is not so much her harsh sentence, but the cruelties of slowly exposed guilt as her lover is revealed, that hold the reader enthralled all the way to the book's p...(展开全部)

《红字》中讲述的是发生在北美殖民时期的恋爱悲剧。女主人公海丝特·白兰嫁给了医生奇灵渥斯，他们之间却没有爱隋。在孤独中白兰与牧师丁梅斯代尔相恋并生下女儿珠儿。白兰被当众惩罚，戴上标志“通奸”的红色A字示众。然而白兰坚贞不屈，拒不说出孩子的父亲。 The Scarlet Letter, published in 1850, is an American romance novel written by Nathaniel Hawthorne; it is generally considered to be his masterpiece. Set in Puritan New England in the 17th century, the novel tells the story of Hester Prynne, who gives birth ...(展开全部)

You have a genie that will grant your wishes. But, your genie will not grant wishes simply by rubbing a lamp or uncorking a magical bottle. The genie is your subconscious mind, and you must know how to it works and how to use it before it will be your powerful servant. This book is your instruction manual. The Genie Within is not "feel-good" stories and "have-faith" platitudes....(展开全部)

"In the seminal first edition of Effective Succession Planning, William J. Rothwell warned that businesses that don't take proactive steps to plan for future talent needs at all levels will face certain disruptions, and even disasters, when key employees retire or are lured away by competitors. Since then, the landscape has become even more complicated. Many organizations hav...(展开全部)

Organizations that don't take steps to plan for future talent needs at all levels, will face certain disruptions, and even disasters, when key employees leave. Still the most comprehensive and authoritative book on the subject, this new edition of "Effective Succession Planning" presents strategies for creating a complete, systematic succession planning program. Updated and exp...(展开全部)

Is this the work of a visual genius or a visionary madman? Or both? Jeffery Scott is a photographic liar. The stunning and hyper-realistic photography presented here is not captured in real time, but through a laborious process of manipulation. Each picture represents an average of fifty hours of meticulous work in which elements are assembled from dozens of images to construct...(展开全部)