After a war breaks out, what factors influence the warring parties' decisions about whether to talk to their enemy, and when may their position on wartime diplomacy change? How do we get from only fighting to also talking? In The Costs of Conversation, Oriana Skylar Mastro argues that states are primarily concerned with the strategic costs of conversation, and these costs need ...(展开全部)

马里奥•巴尔加斯•略萨（Mario Vargas Llosa，1936— ）拥有秘鲁与西班牙双重国籍的著名作家，创作小说、剧本、随笔、文学评论、政论杂文等。诡谲瑰奇的小说技法与丰富深刻的内容为他带来“结构现实主义大师”的称号，使他成为“拉美文学爆炸”四主将之一。曾获海明威文学奖、塞万提斯文学奖、耶路撒冷文学奖等，2010年获诺贝尔文学奖。2011年被西班牙国王封为第一代巴尔加斯•略萨侯爵。 译者简介 孙家孟（1934-2013）中国第一代西班牙语翻译家，毕业于北京外国语学院西班牙语系，1981—1982 年留学秘鲁，曾先后担任中国西葡语教学研究会副会长、中国西葡拉美文学研究会常务理事、中国外语教学研究会理事等职务。2013 年因病逝世于南京。译著有：《酒吧长谈》《绿房子》《潘达雷昂上尉与劳军女郎》《凯尔特人之梦》等。

马里奥•巴尔加斯•略萨（Mario Vargas Llosa，1936— ）拥有秘鲁与西班牙双重国籍的著名作家，创作小说、剧本、随笔、文学评论、政论杂文等。诡谲瑰奇的小说技法与丰富深刻的内容为他带来“结构现实主义大师”的称号，使他成为“拉美文学爆炸”四主将之一。曾获海明威文学奖、塞万提斯文学奖、耶路撒冷文学奖等，2010年获诺贝尔文学奖。2011年被西班牙国王封为第一代巴尔加斯•略萨侯爵。 译者简介 孙家孟（1934-2013）中国第一代西班牙语翻译家，毕业于北京外国语学院西班牙语系，1981—1982 年留学秘鲁，曾先后担任中国西葡语教学研究会副会长、中国西葡拉美文学研究会常务理事、中国外语教学研究会理事等职务。2013 年因病逝世于南京。译著有：《酒吧长谈》《绿房子》《潘达雷昂上尉与劳军女郎》《凯尔特人之梦》等。

本书为公版书，为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品，供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。

本书为公版书，为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品，供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。

The ability to engage and entertain your companions always stands you in good stead--but many people feel nervous with strangers or fear that they lack the skills to put others at ease. Fortunately, Her Ladyship is on hand to help you become a conversationalist par excellence! Embracing all sorts of situations from formal parties and business receptions to chance encounters and...(展开全部)

The ability to engage and entertain your companions always stands you in good stead--but many people feel nervous with strangers or fear that they lack the skills to put others at ease. Fortunately, Her Ladyship is on hand to help you become a conversationalist par excellence! Embracing all sorts of situations from formal parties and business receptions to chance encounters and...(展开全部)

In 2003, George Soros published the controversial international bestseller, The Bubble of American Supremacy - a powerful and persuasive indictment of the Bush Administration's foreign policy and its invasion of Iraq. He predicted dire consequences to our brash, unilateral actions. The past year has proven these predictions prophetic. Now Soros is racing to get his message ...(展开全部)

Communication within many organisations has been reduced to e-mail, electronic file transfer, and hasty sound bytes at hurried meetings. More and more, people appear to have forgotten the value of wisdom gained by ordinary conversations. This book convincingly restores this most human of attributes to prime place within businesses and organisations, and demonstrates what can be...(展开全部)

Communication within many organisations has been reduced to e-mail, electronic file transfer, and hasty sound bytes at hurried meetings. More and more, people appear to have forgotten the value of wisdom gained by ordinary conversations. This book convincingly restores this most human of attributes to prime place within businesses and organisations, and demonstrates what can be...(展开全部)