From bestselling author Jon Gordon and rising star Damon West comes The Coffee Bean: an illustrated fable that teaches readers how to transform their environment, overcome challenges, and create positive change. Life is often difficult. It can be harsh, stressful, and feel like a pot of boiling hot water. The environments we find ourselves in can change, weaken, or harden us, a...(展开全部)

In this trenchant volume, Rollo May helps all of us find those creative impulses that, once liberated, offer new possibilities for achievement. A renowned therapist and inspiring guide, Dr. May draws on his experience to show how we can break out of old patterns in our lives. His insightful book offers us a way through our fears into a fully realized self. 点击链接进入中文版： 创造的勇气...(展开全部)

菲利普·罗斯（1933-2018） 1997年，菲利普•罗斯凭借《美国牧歌》摘得普利策文学奖。1998年，罗斯在白宫受颁美国国家艺术勋章。2002年，他又获得美国艺术文学院颁发的最高荣誉——虚构类作品金奖，该奖的往届获奖者有约翰•多斯•帕索斯、威廉•福克纳、索尔•贝娄等著名作家。罗斯于1960年、1996年分别凭借处女作《再见，哥伦布》和《萨巴斯的剧院》两度将美国国家图书奖揽入囊中。此外，他还获得美国书评人协会奖两次，笔会/福克纳奖三次。罗斯的《反美阴谋》被誉为“2003-2004年度以美国为主题的优秀历史小说”，这部小说于2005年荣获美国历史学家协会奖和W.H.史密斯文学奖年度最佳图书。罗斯也因此成为W.H.史密斯文学奖设立四十六年以来首位两度获奖的作家。 2005年，罗斯成为第三位由美国文库为其出版权威版作品全集的在世作家。此后，罗斯接连获得笔...(展开全部)

The most powerful word in the language is one that most people find difficult to say. Yet when we know how to use it correctly, it has the power to profoundly transform our lives. That word is 'No'.

A cup of coffee is a miracle, a wonderful assemblage of relationships”. This classic follows coffee's journey around the world, from London to Brazil, telling in fascinating detail and amusing anecdote the singular history of the legendary commodity, from its discovery that chewing on the beans were keeping goats awake in Yemen to the author’s own experiences with the bean in 1...(展开全部)

[德]海因里希•爱德华•雅各布，被认为是德国新通俗专业书籍的奠基人之一。曾担任过记者，同时也是历史学家、小说家、文化史传记和“事物历史”的撰写人。纳粹统治时期，这位犹太人作家的作品曾被列为禁书。

A cup of coffee is a miracle, a wonderful assemblage of relationships”. This classic follows coffee's journey around the world, from London to Brazil, telling in fascinating detail and amusing anecdote the singular history of the legendary commodity, from its discovery that chewing on the beans were keeping goats awake in Yemen to the author’s own experiences with the bean in 1...(展开全部)

[德]海因里希•爱德华•雅各布，被认为是德国新通俗专业书籍的奠基人之一。曾担任过记者，同时也是历史学家、小说家、文化史传记和“事物历史”的撰写人。纳粹统治时期，这位犹太人作家的作品曾被列为禁书。

Alex Davies tells the “illuminating and important narrative” (Steven Levy, author of Facebook: The Inside Story) of the quest to develop driverless cars—and the fierce competition between Google, Uber, and other companies in a race to revolutionize our lives. The self-driving car has been one of the most vaunted technological breakthroughs of recent years. But early promises th...(展开全部)

约瑟夫•康拉德（Joseph Conrad，1857—1924），出生于波兰，20岁之前还不能流利地说英语，38岁时出版第一部小说，却被认为是用英语写作的作家中最伟大的小说家之一。他十七岁时前往马赛学习航海，在海上生活达二十余年，36岁时因为糟糕的健康和对写作的痴迷而放弃海上生活，开始专著于小说创作。康拉德一生共出版长、短篇作品四十余部，是英国现代小说的先行者之一。他的叙事风格和反英雄人物塑造影响了后世很多作家，包括D.H.劳伦斯、F.S.菲茨杰拉德、威廉•福克纳、欧内斯特•海明威、伊塔罗•卡尔维诺、加西亚•马尔克斯、V.S.奈保尔、J.M.库切等诸多文学大师。