If humanity cannot live with the dangers and responsibilities inherent in freedom, it will probably turn to authoritarianism. This is the central idea of Escape from Freedom, a landmark work by one of the most distinguished thinkers of our time, and a book that is as timely now as when first published in 1941. Few books have thrown such light upon the forces that shape modern s...(展开全部)

《爱的艺术》作者 艾里希·弗洛姆 影响现代人精神生活最深远的社会心理学名著 要战胜极权主义势力，就必须首先弄清楚极权主义者竭力逃避自由的原因。 —艾里希·弗洛姆 “极其重要且令人深思的著作！” —《纽约先驱报》 “极为精彩地分析了当代文明社会的精神官能性病征。” —《国家周刊》 “弗洛姆的思想值得所有关切人类处境及其未来者的高度重视。” —《华盛顿邮报》 弗洛姆语录 自由是所有成长的基本前提。 自由虽然给人带来了独立和理性……个性为基础的积极自由。 思想能成为……才能变为现实。 我们不能丧失现代民主所取得的任何基础成就，无论是最基本的代议制政府（即民选且对人民负责的政府），还是《权力法案》赋予每位公民的所有权利。我们也不应该伤害下述这些新的民主原则：任何人不得挨饿，社会必须对所有成员负责，任何人不得因害怕失业和饥饿而臣服于他人或失去尊严。 如果人性...(展开全部)

Based on the experience of real-life Auschwitz prisoner Dita Kraus, this is the incredible story of a girl who risked her life to keep the magic of books alive during the Holocaust. Fourteen-year-old Dita is one of the many imprisoned by the Nazis at Auschwitz. Taken, along with her mother and father, from the Terezín ghetto in Prague, Dita is adjusting to the constant terror t...(展开全部)

Auschwitz-Birkenau is the site of the largest mass murder in human history. Yet its story is not fully known. In Auschwitz, Laurence Rees reveals new insights from more than 100 original interviews with Auschwitz survivors and Nazi perpetrators who speak on the record for the first time. Their testimonies provide a portrait of the inner workings of the camp in unrivalled detail...(展开全部)

In this compelling new book, published to coincide with the sixtieth anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, highly acclaimed author and broadcaster Laurence Rees tells the definitive history of the most notorious Nazi institution of them all. We discover how Auschwitz evolved from a concentration camp for Polish political prisoners into the site of the largest mass murder ...(展开全部)

Review "Escape from Rome presents a fascinating account of why modernity appeared first in Western Europe―it was precisely the failure of the Roman project and not its legacy that allowed the emergence of a decentralized and competitive system that became the ultimate platform for modern economic growth. A challenging and counterintuitive hypothesis."―Francis Fukuyama, author o...(展开全部)

Review "Escape from Rome presents a fascinating account of why modernity appeared first in Western Europe―it was precisely the failure of the Roman project and not its legacy that allowed the emergence of a decentralized and competitive system that became the ultimate platform for modern economic growth. A challenging and counterintuitive hypothesis."―Francis Fukuyama, author o...(展开全部)

From Publishers Weekly When Kessler interviewed for an analyst's position at Paine Webber in 1986, he wasn't even sure what the job entailed, but would soon learn there were "absolutely no qualifications whatsoever" for the responsibility of telling investors how to build their stock portfolios. He did happen to meet the right people, however: he palled around with Jack Grubman...(展开全部)

Of one-and-a-half-million surviving photographs related to Nazi concentration camps, only four depict the actual process of mass killing perpetrated at the gas chambers. "Images in Spite of All" reveals that these rare photos of Auschwitz, taken clandestinely by one of the Jewish prisoners forced to help carry out the atrocities there, were made as a potent act of resistance.Av...(展开全部)

Massmarket edition of this spiritual guide to making the most of life, through bad times as well as good, from bestselling author Pema Chodron. This accessible book has been on the US bestseller lists consistently for four years now. In The Wisdom of No Escape, bestselling author Pema Chodron shows us the profound value of our situation of 'no exit' from the ups and downs of l...(展开全部)