Mention the Bauhaus and iconic objects such as a Marianne Brandt teapot, an Anni Albers weaving or a Marcel Breuer chair leap to mind. But the Bauhaus was more than an art school - it was the birth of a radical new philosophy of design: a constellation of talents including Kandinsky, Klee and Moholy-Nagy, at the heart of which was Walter Gropius. MacCarthy grippingly narrates t...(展开全部)

Paul Samuelson was at the heart of a revolution in economics. He was "the foremost academic economist of the 20th century," according to the New York Times, and the first American to win the Nobel Prize in Economics. His work transformed the field of economics and helped give it the theoretical and mathematic rigor that increased its influence in business and policy making. In ...(展开全部)

The founder of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), Zhu Yuanzhang, was one of the most colorful rulers in China's long imperial history. His rise from poverty, participation in a millenarian movement, expulsion of the Mongols, unification of the empire, three decades of tumultuous rule, paranoia, and bloody purges are all the stuff of legend. Ever since his death in 1398 popular stori...(展开全部)

比兹•斯通(Biz Stone) 1974年3月出生于美国。作为一个大学肄业生，比兹在一贫如洗、一无所有的状态下开始创业。2006年3月，年仅32岁的他成功地参与创建了全球知名的社交网络平台推特，成为世界顶级的硅谷商业奇才。之前他还参与了赞架（Xanga）、博客网站（Blogger）、奥德奥（Odeo）及奥比威尔斯（Obvious）等企业及网站的创建。目前，他又创建了自己的问答平台水母公司（Jelly）。

作者简介 费子智（C. P. Fitzgerald） 原名查尔斯•帕特里克•菲茨杰拉德（Charles Patrick Fitzgerald），1902年出生于英国伦敦，曾在伦敦亚非学院学习汉语，因对中国文化兴趣浓厚，1923年来华后在此居住和工作了十多年。其间曾到中国各地考察，他不仅对中国了解很深，而且十分推崇中国文化。他1950年离开中国后赴澳大利亚国立大学任教，直至1992年去世。他毕生从事中国历史、文化和外交关系的研究，著有《中国文化简史》《武则天女皇》《五华楼》《胡床》等多部作品，对中国历史文化研究做出了杰出贡献。 译者简介 童岭，文学博士，南京大学文学院教授，中国魏晋南北朝史学会理事，研究方向为六朝隋唐时代的学术、思想与文学，古代东亚史与域外汉籍等，著有《南齐时代的文学与思想》《炎凤朔龙记：大唐帝国与东亚的中世》《六朝隋唐汉籍旧钞本研究》...(展开全部)

比兹•斯通(Biz Stone) 1974年3月出生于美国。作为一个大学肄业生，比兹在一贫如洗、一无所有的状态下开始创业。2006年3月，年仅32岁的他成功地参与创建了全球知名的社交网络平台推特，成为世界顶级的硅谷商业奇才。之前他还参与了赞架（Xanga）、博客网站（Blogger）、奥德奥（Odeo）及奥比威尔斯（Obvious）等企业及网站的创建。目前，他又创建了自己的问答平台水母公司（Jelly）。

From Michael Dell, renowned founder and chief executive of one of America’s largest technology companies, the inside story of the battles that defined him as a leader In 1984, soon-to-be college dropout Michael Dell hid signs of his fledgling PC business in the bathroom of his University of Texas dorm room. Almost 30 years later, at the pinnacle of his success as founder and le...(展开全部)

From Michael Dell, renowned founder and chief executive of one of America’s largest technology companies, the inside story of the battles that defined him as a leader In 1984, soon-to-be college dropout Michael Dell hid signs of his fledgling PC business in the bathroom of his University of Texas dorm room. Almost 30 years later, at the pinnacle of his success as founder and le...(展开全部)

Paul Samuelson was at the heart of a revolution in economics. He was "the foremost academic economist of the 20th century," according to the New York Times, and the first American to win the Nobel Prize in Economics. His work transformed the field of economics and helped give it the theoretical and mathematic rigor that increased its influence in business and policy making. In ...(展开全部)

The Los Angeles Times and USA Today bestseller! Wise, practical, and profitable letters to entrepreneurs, leaders, managers, and business owners in every field—from a leading executive, investor, and business founder More than 600,000 new businesses are launched each year. How can a start-up find the funding it needs to survive? When, if at all, should a company go public? How ...(展开全部)