The author behind 1000awesomethings.com celebrates the good things in life- by the sheer power of their awesomeness. Based on the award-winning blog 1000awesomethings.com, The Book of Awesome is a high five for humanity and a big celebration of life's little moments and the underappreciated, simple things that make us happy, from popping bubble wrap to hitting a bunch of ...(展开全部)

本来，尼尔•帕斯理查是加拿大一个生活普通到有点无聊的朝九晚五的白领，经受过两次婚姻破灭，最好的朋友跳楼自杀，每天回家后对着空洞的房子看电视新闻里播放让人绝望的消息…… 可是忽然有一天，他开始觉得生活应该不只是这幅模样。于是，他开始撰写 “1000awesomethings.com”的博客，而这个博客在短短的时间内就影响了越来越多的人，甚至还获得了有互联网奥斯卡之称的威比奖（The Webby Awards）。全世界上百万人加入了博客的讨论中。而尼尔也将这些美妙的小事记录整理成书。 每一件小事都是类似“啤酒+朋友”的灵感，生活中的美好简直信手拈来。 “通过专注于生活中积极的一面,我在最低谷的时候迎来了人生的高峰。” 目前，这本书已经出了它第二册《更多的美妙事情大全》，而尼尔的博客里那些来自全世界所有人们记录下来的美妙时刻还在不断扩大。这一连串美妙的事情...(展开全部)

【加拿大】尼尔·帕斯理查 尼尔曾是一位朝九晚五的上班族，他跟全世界任何一个写字楼里的普通白领一样，每天面临着巨大的工作压力和生活压力。经历了两次婚姻破灭和最好的朋友跳楼自杀后，绝望至极的尼尔决定改变自己，重新认识生活，发现生活之美。 于是，他创立了全球第一个记录美好生活的个人网站：生活中1000个美妙时刻（http://www.1000awesomethings.com），这个博客在短短一段时间内形成一股热潮，迅速席卷欧美国家，并获得了被誉为互联网奥斯卡之称的威比奖（The Webby Awards）最佳博客奖，至今已有5200万人点击浏览，每天有50000新人加入。 随着博客的成长和人气的积累，尼尔的影响力越来越大，他提出的全新生活理念“生命中最美好的事都是免费的”，从欧美波及全球，引发了全世界80多个国家数亿人的口碑传播，大学生、都市白领、学校...(展开全部)

The Book of Questions may be the only publication that challenges and changes the way readers view the world, without offering a single opinion of its own. Posing 265 questions, "The Book of Questions" is bound to provoke hours and hours of thought.

The Book of Questions may be the only publication that challenges and changes the way readers view the world, without offering a single opinion of its own. Posing 265 questions, "The Book of Questions" is bound to provoke hours and hours of thought.

An insider's view of court life and culture during the Renaissance, here is the handiwork of a 16th-century diplomat who was called upon to resolve the differences in a war of etiquette among the Italian nobility. The ultimate resource on aristocratic manners, it remains the most definitive account of life among the Renaissance nobility.

Stewart Levine demonstrates the superiority of ''agreements for results'' versus ''agreements for protection'' and outlines ten principles for creating agreements that explicitly articulate desired outcomes and provide a roadmap to achieving them.

Skin, Steven Connor argues, has never been more visible. "The Book of Skin explores the multiple functions of the skin in the cultures of the West. In this vividly illustrated book, Connor draws on evidence from a variety of sources including literary and other forms of public and private writing, especially medical texts, as well as painting, photography, and film, folklore an...(展开全部)