This provocative literary debut--part personal history, part commentary--interweaves explications of Greek philosophers with commentary of our own era to provide a lyrical and highly charged quest for a personal mythology.

Hailed for its searing emotional insights, and for the astonishing originality with which it weaves together personal history, cultural essay, and readings of classical texts by Sophocles, Ovid, Euripides, and Sappho, The Elusive Embrace is a profound exploration of the mysteries of identity.It is also a meditation in which the author uses his own divided life to investigate ...(展开全部)

加文·麦考马克（Gavan McCormack），澳大利亚国立大学亚太研究中心教授。近著有《虚幻的乐园》（The Emptiness of Japanese Affluence）、《日本的宪法之争》（Japans Contested Constitution）、《目标：朝鲜——把朝鲜推向核灾难的边缘》（Target North Korea：Pushing North Korea to the Brink of Nuclear Catastrophe）等。他还是网络杂志《日本热点》（Japan Focus）的创办者之一。

加文·麦考马克（Gavan McCormack），澳大利亚国立大学亚太研究中心教授。近著有《虚幻的乐园》（The Emptiness of Japanese Affluence）、《日本的宪法之争》（Japans Contested Constitution）、《目标：朝鲜——把朝鲜推向核灾难的边缘》（Target North Korea：Pushing North Korea to the Brink of Nuclear Catastrophe）等。他还是网络杂志《日本热点》（Japan Focus）的创办者之一。

In 1552, Muscovite Russia conquered the city of Kazan on the Volga River. It was the first Orthodox Christian victory against Islam since the fall of Constantinople, a turning point that, over the next four years, would complete Moscow’s control over the river. This conquest provided a direct trade route with the Middle East and would transform Muscovy into a global power. As M...(展开全部)

Since its beginnings at the start of the 20th century, educational scholarship has been a marginal field, criticized by public policy makers and relegated to the fringes of academe. An Elusive Science explains why, providing a critical history of the traditions, conflicts, and institutions that have shaped the study of education over the past century.

Since its beginnings at the start of the 20th century, educational scholarship has been a marginal field, criticized by public policy makers and relegated to the fringes of academe. An Elusive Science explains why, providing a critical history of the traditions, conflicts, and institutions that have shaped the study of education over the past century.

Since the end of World War II, economists have tried to figure out how poor countries in the tropics could attain standards of living approaching those of countries in Europe and North America. Attempted remedies have included providing foreign aid, investing in machines, fostering education, controlling population growth, and making aid loans as well as forgiving those loans o...(展开全部)

Since the end of World War II, economists have tried to figure out how poor countries in the tropics could attain standards of living approaching those of countries in Europe and North America. Attempted remedies have included providing foreign aid, investing in machines, fostering education, controlling population growth, and making aid loans as well as forgiving those loans o...(展开全部)

Babson College president provides a simple, systematic, and research-based method - identical to the one taught at Babson - for achieving success in an uncertain world. In a world where you can no longer plan or predict your way to success, what is the best way to achieve your goals? It's a daunting question, but today - when change seems to be the only constant - it's one that...(展开全部)