Whimsical and touching images tell the story of an unexpected friendship and the revelations it inspires in this moving, wordless picture book from two-time Caldecott Honor medalist Marla Frazee. A baby clown is separated from his family when he accidentally bounces off their circus train and lands in a lonely farmer’s vast, empty field. The farmer reluctantly rescues the littl...(展开全部)

Editorial Reviews From Publishers Weekly： Financial journalist Tett asks why the economic engine that achieved phenomenal growth for Japan between 1953 and 1970 has been stalled since 1990, with 2003 marking the fifth consecutive year of deflation. Puzzled by the persistent stagnation and dissatisfied with prevailing macroeconomic explanations, Tett has taken an intriguing alte...(展开全部)

For nearly three thousand years, the black Jews of Ethiopia–known as the Falashas–maintained their faith and their identity in the face of drought, famine, and tribal war. They were indeed the lost tribe, tracing their ancestry to King Solomon and the queen of Sheba. Then in May 1991, these Ethiopian Jews staged a miraculous exodus. With Ethiopia exploding around them in brutal...(展开全部)

Editorial Reviews From Publishers Weekly： Financial journalist Tett asks why the economic engine that achieved phenomenal growth for Japan between 1953 and 1970 has been stalled since 1990, with 2003 marking the fifth consecutive year of deflation. Puzzled by the persistent stagnation and dissatisfied with prevailing macroeconomic explanations, Tett has taken an intriguing alte...(展开全部)

"I am proud to call myself a straphanger," writes Taras Grescoe. The perception of public transportation in America is often unflattering - a squalid last resort for those with one too many drunk-driving charges, too poor to afford insurance, or too decrepit to get behind the wheel of a car. Indeed, a century of auto-centric culture and city planning has left most of the countr...(展开全部)

罗伯特·赖克（Robert B. Reich） 著名政治经济学者，被誉为“美国三位在商业及经济领域很具影响力的意见领袖之一”，曾任美国克林顿政府劳工部长，现任伯克利加州大学理查德&萝达·高曼公共政策学院公共政策校长讲席教授，布鲁姆发展经济学中心高级研究员。赖克著述颇丰，迄今出版著作14部，包括被翻译成22种语言的《国家的作用》(The Work of Nations)，以及畅销书《超级资本主义》（Supercapitalism)和《美国的逻辑》（Aftershock）。他是获奖纪录片《不平等的时代》(Inequality for All)的联合创作人。

America was once celebrated for and defined by its large and prosperous middle class. Now, this middle class is shrinking, a new oligarchy is rising, and the country faces its greatest wealth disparity in eighty years. Why is the economic system that made America strong suddenly failing us, and how can it be fixed? Leading political economist and bestselling author Robert B. Re...(展开全部)

罗伯特·赖克（Robert B. Reich） 著名政治经济学者，被誉为“美国三位在商业及经济领域很具影响力的意见领袖之一”，曾任美国克林顿政府劳工部长，现任伯克利加州大学理查德&萝达·高曼公共政策学院公共政策校长讲席教授，布鲁姆发展经济学中心高级研究员。赖克著述颇丰，迄今出版著作14部，包括被翻译成22种语言的《国家的作用》(The Work of Nations)，以及畅销书《超级资本主义》（Supercapitalism)和《美国的逻辑》（Aftershock）。他是获奖纪录片《不平等的时代》(Inequality for All)的联合创作人。

The language of psychology is all-pervasive in American culture - from "The Sopranos" to "Oprah", from the abundance of self-help books to the private consulting room, and from the support group to the magazine advice column. "Saving the Modern Soul" examines the profound impact of therapeutic discourse on our lives and on our contemporary notions of identity. Eva Illouz plumbs...(展开全部)

The language of psychology is all-pervasive in American culture - from "The Sopranos" to "Oprah", from the abundance of self-help books to the private consulting room, and from the support group to the magazine advice column. "Saving the Modern Soul" examines the profound impact of therapeutic discourse on our lives and on our contemporary notions of identity. Eva Illouz plumbs...(展开全部)