Stephenson's fourth solo novel, set primarily in a far-future Shanghai at a time when nations have been superseded by enclaves of common cultures ("claves"), abundantly justifies the hype that surrounded Snow Crash, his first foray into science fiction. Here, the author avoids the major structural problem of that book-a long lump of philosophical digression-by melding myriad pe...(展开全部)

Pressured by her unscrupulous family to marry a wealthy man she detests, the young Clarissa Harlowe is tricked into fleeing with the witty and debonair Robert Lovelace and places herself under his protection. Lovelace, however, proves himself to be an untrustworthy rake whose vague promises of marriage are accompanied by unwelcome and increasingly brutal sexual advances. And ye...(展开全部)

Pressured by her unscrupulous family to marry a wealthy man she detests, the young Clarissa Harlowe is tricked into fleeing with the witty and debonair Robert Lovelace and places herself under his protection. Lovelace, however, proves himself to be an untrustworthy rake whose vague promises of marriage are accompanied by unwelcome and increasingly brutal sexual advances. And ye...(展开全部)

伊莎贝拉‧博德（1831-1904），出身于英国西部的牧师家庭，青少年时饱受脊背病痛折磨，依照医嘱赴美加地区旅行。四十岁时，她前往澳洲旅行，继而造访夏威夷。次年她来到落基山，她描述落基山绝美风光的书信集结成这本《山旅书札》。之后她前往日本的北海道及马来半岛的土著区，完成《日本僻径》和《金色的半岛居民》。丈夫去世后，博德来到伊朗沙漠、库尔德斯坦高地、朝鲜半岛，以及中国内陆等偏远地区旅行。七十岁那年，她完成了最后一次旅行，骑着苏丹王送她的一匹黑牡马造访摩洛哥。

Cybernetics―the science of communication and control as it applies to machines and to humans―originates from efforts during World War II to build automatic antiaircraft systems. Following the war, this science extended beyond military needs to examine all systems that rely on information and feedback, from the level of the cell to that of society. In The Cybernetics Moment, Ron...(展开全部)

David Boaz（大卫·鲍兹），Cato研究所执行副所长，该研究所被《滚石》杂志称为“华盛顿最炙手可热的智库”。他曾主编过《古典自由主义读本》，在《纽约时报》《华尔街日报》《华盛顿邮报》和《洛彬矶时报》上发表过大量文章，现居华盛顿。

From the author of the New York Times bestseller The Plant Paradox comes a groundbreaking plan for living a long, healthy, happy life. From the moment we are born, our cells begin to age. But aging does not have to mean decline. World-renowned surgeon Dr. Steven Gundry has been treating mature patients for most of his career. He knows that everyone thinks they want to live fore...(展开全部)

This book is an invaluable handbook for young economists working on their dissertations, preparing their first articles for submission to professional journals, getting ready for their first presentations at conferences and job seminars, or undertaking their first refereeing assignments. In clear, concise language--a model in itself--William Thomson describes how to make writte...(展开全部)