Suddenly everyone in the world loses consciousness for two minutes. Planes fall from the sky, there are millions of car crashes, millions die. And when everyone comes round they have had a glimpse of their life in the future. When it awakes the world must live with the knowledge of what is to come. Some saw themselves in new relationships, some saw exciting new technologies, so...(展开全部)

A stunning testament to his creative genius. Forward The Foundation is a the saga's dramatic climax -- the story Asimov fans have been waiting for. An exciting tale of danger, intrigue, and suspense, Forward The Foundation brings to vivid life Asimov's best loved characters: hero Hari Seldon, who struggles to perfect his revolutionary theory of psychohistory to ensure the s...(展开全部)

Product Description Tala, a London-based Palestinian, is preparing for her elaborate Middle Eastern wedding when she meets Leyla, a young British Indian woman who is dating her best friend. Spirited Christian Tala and shy Muslim Leyla could not be more different from each other, but the attraction is immediate and goes deeper than friendship. As Tala’s wedding day approaches, s...(展开全部)

They called him Neutron Jack. They called him the world's toughest boss. And then Fortune called him "The Manager of the Century." In his twenty-year career at the helm of General Electric, Jack Welch defied conventional wisdom and turned an aging behemoth of a corporation into a lean, mean engine of growth and corporate innovation. In this remarkable autobiography-a classic bu...(展开全部)

Teaching students to become better consumers of psychological research. Keith Stanovich's widely used and highly acclaimed book presents a short introduction to the critical thinking skills that will help students to better understand the subject matter of psychology. How to Think Straight about Psychology, 10e helps students recognize pseudoscience and be able to distinguish i...(展开全部)

"Among the most provocative and compelling feminist political visions since The Second Sex. Wittig's theoretical insights are both precise and far-reaching, and her theoretical style is bold, incisive, even shattering." --Judith Butler, author of Gender Trouble Beacon Press Web Site, Aug., 2001 These political, philosophical, and literary essays mark the first collection of the...(展开全部)

Struck by a bolt of lightning and doused in chemicals, Central City Police scientist Barry Allen was transformed into the fastest man alive. Tapping into the energy field called The Speed Force, he applies a tenacious sense of justice to protect an serve the world as The Flash! The Fastest Man Alive returns to his own monthly series as part of the DC Comics—The New 52 event wit...(展开全部)

A straight white girl can kiss a girl, like it, and still call herself straight—her boyfriend may even encourage her. But can straight white guys experience the same easy sexual fluidity, or would kissing a guy just mean that they are really gay? Not Gay thrusts deep into a world where straight guy-on-guy action is not a myth but a reality: there’s fraternity and military hazin...(展开全部)

Like the typewriter and the light bulb, the heterosexual was invented in the 1860s and swiftly transformed Western culture. The idea of “the heterosexual” was unprecedented. After all, men and women had been having sex, marrying, building families, and sometimes even falling in love for millennia without having any special name for their emotions or acts. Yet, within half a cen...(展开全部)

梅琳达·弗朗奇·盖茨 (Melinda French Gates) 罕见地从一些她人生中的关键时刻中汲取灵感，从以前未曾讲述的故事中汲取灵感，为应对转变提供新的视角。 “如果没有经历各种转变，你就不会活到我这个年纪。有些转变是你欣然接受的，有些是你从未预料到的。有些是你希望的，有些是你竭尽全力争取的。” – 梅琳达·弗朗奇·盖茨 转变是我们走出熟悉的环境，进入新环境的时刻——对许多人来说，这个空间被困惑、恐惧和犹豫不决所笼罩。《第二天》陪伴读者穿越这段空间，指导他们如何充分利用结束和新开始之间的时间，以及如何在你脚下的大地发生变化时继续前进。 在这本书中，梅琳达将首次以印刷形式回顾自己人生中一些重要的转变，包括成为父母、一位亲密朋友的去世以及她离开盖茨基金会。她讲述的故事阐明了摆脱完美主义束缚、帮助朋友渡过危机、拥抱不确定性等普遍教训。 我们每个人，...(展开全部)