"Supremely entertaining...fascinating and wildly informative." —Kirkus Reviews "Stranger-than-fiction stories told with a novelist's flair." —Publishers Weekly The work of coroners is dark and mysterious, yet necessary for society to function. Adding to the mystery is Marin County, California, a place of natural beauty and celebrity residents where all is not as it seems, at le...(展开全部)

Acclaim for The Education of a Speculator, a provocative and penetrating look into the mind, the soul, and the strategies of one of the most controversial traders of all time "A compelling and an entertaining read." —The Wall Street Journal "Victor Niederhoffer gives us page after page of distilled investment wisdom. Taken together, this is pure nectar to those who aim for cons...(展开全部)

Acclaim for The Education of a Speculator, a provocative and penetrating look into the mind, the soul, and the strategies of one of the most controversial traders of all time "A compelling and an entertaining read." -The Wall Street Journal "Victor Niederhoffer gives us page after page of distilled investment wisdom. Taken together, this is pure nectar to those who aim fo...(展开全部)

本书作者法里德·扎卡里亚是印度裔美国人，拥有耶鲁大学、哈佛大学教育背景，被认为是“这个时代最有影响力的外事政策顾问”，是美国舆论界非常重要的人物。他目前是《时代》周刊特约编辑，《华盛顿邮报》、《纽约时报》专栏作家，著有畅销书《后美国世界》（The Post-American World）和《自由的未来》（The Future of Freedom）。

Jerry Broadfield thinks he's a good cop. But he's been charged with extortion - and his former buddies in the NYPD would like to see him laid bare out on a morgue slab for squealing to a committee on police corruption. And when a dead hooker turns up in his apartment, he's saddled with a murder rap as well. Broadfield screams "frame-up" and nobody believes him - except ex-polic...(展开全部)

Through examination of the death penalty in literature, Aaron Aquilina contests Heidegger’s concept of ‘being-towards-death’ and proposes a new understanding of the political and philosophical subject. Dickens, Nabokov, Hugo, Sophocles and many others explore capital punishment in their works, from Antigone to Invitation to a Beheading. Using these varied case studies, Aquilina...(展开全部)

The digital revolution in education is well under way, with more and more learners plugged into the online world. How can schools make the most of both the technology and the learning potential of today’s “born digital” students? In this new edition of their groundbreaking book, Collins and Halverson argue that new technologies have transformed our workplaces, our lives, and ou...(展开全部)

珍妮·H.巴兰坦（Jeanne H.Ballantine），美国俄亥俄州立大学怀特分校社会学教授。主要研究领域是教育社会学、应用社会学、国际研究以及全球女性问题。她在哥伦比皿大学获得硕士学位，在印第安纳大学获得博士学位。曾执教于日本、巴西、西班牙、意大利、卢旺达（富布莱特学者）等多个国家，在中国也做过讲座和研究。她在国际社会学协会、美国社会学协会、应用社会学学会等多个学术组织中担任职务。她学术成果众多，现已出版五本著作（每本都再版多次）并发表大量论文，她曾荣获包括美国社会学协会颁发的“教学杰出贡献奖”在内的许多教学和科研奖项，弗洛伊德M.海默克（Foyd M.Hammack），美国纽约大学斯坦哈特文化学院教育与人类发展系社会学教授。其研究兴趣集中在中等教育改革以及高等教育问题上。近期著作有《当代综合高中》（2004）、《立法及教育权利诉讼之路：纽约和...(展开全部)

珍妮·H.巴兰坦（Jeanne H.Ballantine），美国俄亥俄州立大学怀特分校社会学教授。主要研究领域是教育社会学、应用社会学、国际研究以及全球女性问题。她在哥伦比皿大学获得硕士学位，在印第安纳大学获得博士学位。曾执教于日本、巴西、西班牙、意大利、卢旺达（富布莱特学者）等多个国家，在中国也做过讲座和研究。她在国际社会学协会、美国社会学协会、应用社会学学会等多个学术组织中担任职务。她学术成果众多，现已出版五本著作（每本都再版多次）并发表大量论文，她曾荣获包括美国社会学协会颁发的“教学杰出贡献奖”在内的许多教学和科研奖项，弗洛伊德M.海默克（Foyd M.Hammack），美国纽约大学斯坦哈特文化学院教育与人类发展系社会学教授。其研究兴趣集中在中等教育改革以及高等教育问题上。近期著作有《当代综合高中》（2004）、《立法及教育权利诉讼之路：纽约和...(展开全部)