Based on Gabor Maté’s two decades of experience as a medical doctor and his groundbreaking work with the severely addicted on Vancouver’s skid row, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts radically reenvisions this much misunderstood field by taking a holistic approach. Dr. Maté presents addiction not as a discrete phenomenon confined to an unfortunate or weak-willed few, but as a cont...(展开全部)

戈夫曼（1922～1982） Goffman，Erving 美国社会学家。符号互动论的代表人物，拟剧论的倡导人。1945年毕业于多伦多大学，1953年在芝加哥大学获博士学位。1962～1968年任加利福尼亚大学伯克利分校社会学教授。1968年在宾夕法尼亚大学任本杰明·富兰克林人类学和社会学教授。1981～1982年任美国社会学协会主席。1945～1951年间曾在设得兰群岛进行实地调查，并据此写出他的第一部重要著作《日常生活中的自我表现》。戈夫曼深受 H.G.布鲁默等符号互动论者的影响。他以个人经验观察的结果为主要资料来源，对社会互动、邂逅、聚集、小群体和异常行为进行了大量研究。其理论观点主要有：①在人际交往形式的研究中首创拟剧论，认为社会行为就是社会表演，人们在互动过程中，小心翼翼地扮演自己的多种角色，从而使自身的形象能为自己的目的服务。②在对异常行...(展开全部)

戈夫曼（1922～1982） Goffman，Erving 美国社会学家。符号互动论的代表人物，拟剧论的倡导人。1945年毕业于多伦多大学，1953年在芝加哥大学获博士学位。1962～1968年任加利福尼亚大学伯克利分校社会学教授。1968年在宾夕法尼亚大学任本杰明·富兰克林人类学和社会学教授。1981～1982年任美国社会学协会主席。1945～1951年间曾在设得兰群岛进行实地调查，并据此写出他的第一部重要著作《日常生活中的自我表现》。戈夫曼深受 H.G.布鲁默等符号互动论者的影响。他以个人经验观察的结果为主要资料来源，对社会互动、邂逅、聚集、小群体和异常行为进行了大量研究。其理论观点主要有：①在人际交往形式的研究中首创拟剧论，认为社会行为就是社会表演，人们在互动过程中，小心翼翼地扮演自己的多种角色，从而使自身的形象能为自己的目的服务。②在对异常行...(展开全部)

Whether recalling the experience of being chased through the Grand Canyon by a bighorn sheep, swimming with sharks off the coast of British Columbia, watching a peregrine falcon perform acrobatic stunts at 200 miles per hour, or engaging in a tense face-off with a mountain lion near a desert waterhole, Craig Childs captures the moment so vividly that he puts the reader in his b...(展开全部)

THE ANIMAL DIALOGUES tells of Craig Childs' own chilling experiences among the grizzlies of the Arctic, sharks off the coast of British Columbia and in the turquoise waters of Central America, jaguars in the bush of northern Mexico, mountain lions, elk, Bighorn Sheep, and others. More than chilling, however, these stories are lyrical, enchanting, and reach beyond what one commo...(展开全部)

When South African conservationist Lawrence Anthony was asked to accept a herd of 'rogue' elephants on his reserve at Thula Thula, his commonsense told him to refuse. But he was the herd's last chance of survival--notorious escape artists, they would all be killed if Lawrence wouldn't take them. He agreed, but before arrangements for the move could be completed the animals brok...(展开全部)

劳伦斯·安东尼，著名国际自然环境保护主义者，“地球组织”（The Earth Organization）创始人。居住在南非祖鲁兰地区，曾因在巴格达的出色环保工作而获奖。代表作品有《巴比伦方舟》（合著）。 格雷厄姆·斯彭斯，著名记者，现居住在英格兰。代表作品有《巴比伦方舟》（合著）。

Review “...to give a bullet-point summation of takeaways is to deny the real value of this lovely book.”--Harvard Business Review Product Description Why trying to be the best … competing like crazy … makes you mediocre Every few years a book—through a combination of the author’s unique voice, storytelling ability, wit, and insight—simply breaks the mold. Bill Bryson’s A Walk i...(展开全部)

Why trying to be the best … competing like crazy … makes you mediocre Every few years a book—through a combination of the author’s unique voice, storytelling ability, wit, and insight—simply breaks the mold. Bill Bryson’s A Walk in the Woods is one example. Richard Feynman’s “ Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!” is another. Now comes Youngme Moon’s Different, a book ...(展开全部)

Robert D. Mowry is Alan J. Dworsky Curator of Chinese Art, Harvard University Art Museums. Janet Baker is curator of Asian Art, Phoenix Art Museum. Claudia Brown is professor of art history, Herberger College of the Arts, Arizona State University. Arnold Chang is an independent scholar. Chun-yi Lee is an artist and Ph.D. student, Arizona State University. Melissa Moy is assista...(展开全部)