The book shows how the break-in, and subsequent release of the contents of the FBI's files to newspapers across the country, upended the public's perception of the up-till-then inviolate head of the Bureau, paving the way for the FBI's overhaul for the first time since its inception forty-seven years before, in 1924, and setting the stage for the sensational release three month...(展开全部)

作者简介 弗雷德•杰罗姆（Fred Jerome），美国资深记者和科学作家，文章常见于《新闻周刊》、《纽约时报》等著名报刊。早在60年代初，他就直接参与并报道过美国民权运动。直至最近，他一直任教于哥伦比亚新闻学院（Columbia Journalism School）、纽约大学（New York University）和其他纽约地区的多所大学。2002年，在新学院大学（New School University）开设了一个名叫“离经叛道的科学家”（Scientists as Rebels）的课程。 译者简介 席玉苹，笔名平郁，卓有建树的台湾翻译家，四度获得梁实秋文学奖译文、译诗奖。台湾政治大学国贸系毕业，美国得克萨斯州理工大学企业管理硕士，现居高雄，专事译作、写作。译著包括《你一定爱读的极简欧洲史》、《科学的新娘》、《匠心独具》、《21世纪三事》等三...(展开全部)

作者简介 弗雷德•杰罗姆（Fred Jerome），美国资深记者和科学作家，文章常见于《新闻周刊》、《纽约时报》等著名报刊。早在60年代初，他就直接参与并报道过美国民权运动。直至最近，他一直任教于哥伦比亚新闻学院（Columbia Journalism School）、纽约大学（New York University）和其他纽约地区的多所大学。2002年，在新学院大学（New School University）开设了一个名叫“离经叛道的科学家”（Scientists as Rebels）的课程。 译者简介 席玉苹，笔名平郁，卓有建树的台湾翻译家，四度获得梁实秋文学奖译文、译诗奖。台湾政治大学国贸系毕业，美国得克萨斯州理工大学企业管理硕士，现居高雄，专事译作、写作。译著包括《你一定爱读的极简欧洲史》、《科学的新娘》、《匠心独具》、《21世纪三事》等三...(展开全部)

Drawing from more than 300 interviews and over 100,000 pages of previously classified documents, Curt Gentry reveals how a paranoid director created the fraudulent myth of an invincible, incorruptible FBI. For almost 50 years, Hoover held public power that was virtually unchecked and manipulated every president from Franklin D. Roosevelt to Richard Nixon. He kept extensive blac...(展开全部)

A monumental, integrated view of man's search for an understanding of the inner reaches of the mind.

A monumental, integrated view of man's search for an understanding of the inner reaches of the mind.

The Discovery of Slowness--a huge commercial and critical success across Europe, where it is considered the popular author's master piece--recounts the life of the nineteenth-century British explorer Sir John Franklin (1786-1847).Through the author's acute reading of history and his marvelous storytelling prowess, the reader follows John Franklin's development from awkward scho...(展开全部)

“Clear, accurate, and interesting. There is no better short introduction to the existential approach to psychology.” ―Dallas Morning News The brilliant psychologist Rollo May was a major force in existential psychology. Here, he brings together the ideas of Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, and other great thinkers to offer insights into its ideas and techniques. He pays particular atten...(展开全部)

This classic text explores the lives and ideas of the social thinkers who have shaped and continue to forge traditions in sociology. Focusing on the great names in the field, it weaves biographical and conceptual details into a tapestry of the history of social thought of the 19th and 20th centuries. Written in a narrative style that is accessible and exciting, this text serves...(展开全部)

This classic text explores the lives and ideas of the social thinkers who have shaped and continue to forge traditions in sociology. Focusing on the great names in the field, it weaves biographical and conceptual details into a tapestry of the history of social thought of the 19th and 20th centuries. Written in a narrative style that is accessible and exciting, this text is an ...(展开全部)