The son of Greek immigrants who ran a diner in Kearny, Nebraska, Pete Peterson has lived the American dream on a scale few ever experience. In this delightfully candid and astute memoir, Peterson tells a story full of family, love, business, politics, ambition, idealism, failure and fulfillment. Full of sharp portraits and humorous, telling descriptions of the many statesmen ...(展开全部)

Colleges and universities are among the most cherished—and controversial—institutions in the United States. In this updated edition of A History of American Higher Education, John R. Thelin offers welcome perspective on the triumphs and crises of this highly influential sector in American life. Exploring American higher education from its founding in the seventeenth century to ...(展开全部)

Colleges and universities are among the most cherished institutions in American society—and also among the most controversial. Yet affirmative action and skyrocketing tuition are only the most recent dissonant issues to emerge. Recounting the many crises and triumphs in the long history of American higher education, historian John Thelin provides welcome perspective on this inf...(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)

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)

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)

《黑石的起点,我的顶点》讲述黑石集团创始人彼得•彼得森以睿智、老练的文笔描述了他非凡的生命故事，他是一个真正的“巨人”，是投资银行家、政治家、美联储官员、反对财政赤字的公众人士、私人股权投资基金创始人。出生于美国内布拉斯加州的科尼市的他，8岁时就在父亲希腊餐馆的收银台前帮工，大学毕业后25岁的他就做了市场研究公司Market Facts公司的副总裁，后接受尼克松邀请，出任总统国际经济事务助理，被誉为“尼克松政府经济领域的基辛格”，之后转任商务部长，再之后又在危难时刻出任董事长兼首席执行官解救了雷曼兄弟，开始了他的投资银行家生涯，后来他以4个人和40万美元创建了黑石公司，并把它创建为私募巨头。 巴菲特赞誉这本书：“彼得森的旅程是一个了不起的故事，他的书展现了他在商业和生活上坦诚的态度，令人耳目一新。” With insight and refreshi...(展开全部)

"The One Best System" a major new interpretation of what actually happened in the development of one of America's most influential institutions. At the same time it is a narrative in which the participants themselves speak out: farm children and factory workers, frontier teachers and city superintendents, black parents and elite reformers. And it encompasses both the achievemen...(展开全部)