在线阅读本书 How maverick companies have passed up revenue growthand focused on greatness instead Most books about successful businesses focus on public companies, where the definition for success is steady growth in revenue and profits. Yet there are many excellent, privately held companies marching to the beat of a different drum; they have stricken revenue and profit growt...(展开全部)

It's widely accepted in business that great companies grow their revenues and profits year after year - but bigger is not necessarily better. In "Small Giants", journalist Bo Burlingham takes us deep inside fourteen remarkable privately held companies, from a brewery to a record label, that chose a different path to success. These organizations quietly rejected the pressure of ...(展开全部)

罗伯特·西奥迪尼、史蒂夫·马丁、诺瓦·戈尔茨坦是知名的说服力与影响力研究权威。在影响力和说服力领域，罗伯特·西奥迪尼的著作《影响力》已被翻译成26种语言，在全球售出了200万册，并被《财富》杂志评选的75本必读的最睿智的图书之一。他们共同写作畅销书籍曾获得英国皇家学会奖。

At some point today you will have to influence or persuade someone - perhaps ask a colleague a favour, negotiate with a contractor or get your spouse to put out the recycling. In The small BIG, three heavyweights from the world of persuasion science and practice - Steve Martin, Noah Goldstein and Robert Cialdini - describe how, in today's information-overloaded world, it is now...(展开全部)

New, wicked humor from the author of the bestselling Bunny Suicides books On the heels of his runaway Bunny Suicides books, cartoonist Andy Riley turns his irreverent wit to another group of small creatures that lurk among us seemingly everywhere: children. From the benign (every ant you meet must be named) to the truly cruel (Ronald McDonald is dead!), each hilari...(展开全部)

Ruth Jefferson is a labor and delivery nurse at a Connecticut hospital with more than twenty years’ experience. During her shift, Ruth begins a routine checkup on a newborn, only to be told a few minutes later that she’s been reassigned to another patient. The parents are white supremacists and don’t want Ruth, who is African American, to touch their child. The hospital complie...(展开全部)

Ruth Jefferson is a labor and delivery nurse at a Connecticut hospital with more than twenty years’ experience. During her shift, Ruth begins a routine checkup on a newborn, only to be told a few minutes later that she’s been reassigned to another patient. The parents are white supremacists and don’t want Ruth, who is African American, to touch their child. The hospital complie...(展开全部)

NATIONAL BESTSELLER A NEW YORK TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR A memoir on mortality as only Julian Barnes can write it, one that touches on faith and science and family as well as a rich array of exemplary figures who over the centuries have confronted the same questions he now poses about the most basic fact of life: its inevitable extinction. If the fear of death is “the most...(展开全部)

This fun and fascinating treasury features all kinds of families and their lives together. Each spread showcases one aspect of home lifeÑfrom houses and holidays, to schools and pets, to feelings and family trees. Ros AsquithÕs humorous illustrations perfectly complement a charming text from the acclaimed Mary Hoffman; kids will love poring over these pages again and again. A c...(展开全部)

著者：玛丽•霍夫曼 英国畅销书作家，从图画书到小说，已经为儿童创作了90多本书。她与世界著名插画家卡罗琳•宾合作的《奇异恩典》获得了凯特•格林纳威奖入围奖，加上后来出版的续集，总销量达到了150万册。她还在弗朗西斯•林肯儿童出版社出版过其他图画书，并创作了享誉国际声誉的Stravaganz系列，由布鲁姆斯伯里出版社出版。玛丽目前住在牛津郡，和丈夫还有三只缅甸猫一起生活。 绘者：罗丝•阿斯奎思 罗丝•阿斯奎思在英国《卫报》做了20年的漫画家，为年轻读者创作和插画了60多本书，包括了在兰登书屋出版的最畅销的青少年烦恼系列。她毕业于剑桥大学，专攻艺术专业。在成为Time Out杂志的戏剧评论员之前，还做过摄影师、设计师和老师。此前，阿斯奎思还做过City Limits的戏剧栏目联合编辑和《观察家》的戏剧评论员。