In his follow-up to the Pulitzer Prize–winning The Metaphysical Club, Louis Menand offers a new intellectual and cultural history of the postwar years The Cold War was not just a contest of power. It was also about ideas, in the broadest sense—economic and political, artistic and personal. In The Free World, the acclaimed Pulitzer Prize–winning scholar and critic Louis Menand t...(展开全部)

In his follow-up to the Pulitzer Prize–winning The Metaphysical Club, Louis Menand offers a new intellectual and cultural history of the postwar years The Cold War was not just a contest of power. It was also about ideas, in the broadest sense—economic and political, artistic and personal. In The Free World, the acclaimed Pulitzer Prize–winning scholar and critic Louis Menand t...(展开全部)

This devastating and inspiring book, by one of the world's leading economic thinkers, lays out not only the course of the financial crisis which began in 2007, but its underlying causes, and shows why much more radical reforms are needed than are currently being contemplated if we are to avoid similar 'systemic' crises in the future. It shows why the bailout has been only margi...(展开全部)

Nobel Prize winner Joseph E. Stiglitz explains the current financial crisis---and the coming global economic order.

The Great Recession, as it has come to be called, has impacted more people worldwide than any crisis since the Great Depression. Flawed government policy and unscrupulous personal and corporate behavior in the United States created the current financial meltdown, which was exported across the globe with devastating consequences. The crisis has sparked an essential debate about ...(展开全部)

特里•普拉切特Terry Pratchett （1948—2015 ） 获得“卡内基大奖”“世界奇幻终身成就奖”“轨迹奖”“普罗米修斯奖”“星云奖” 作品全球销量过8500万册，被翻译成37种语言出版 经典奇幻《碟形世界》系列是他的代表作 因文学成就两次获得大英帝国爵士称号 大师级奇幻作家、儿童文学作家，1948年出生于英国白金汉郡。他被称为“我们时代的托尔金”。 普拉切特认为奇幻小说的重点不是魔法，而是以另一种角度看世界。他的作品不同于以托尔金为代表的“严肃奇幻”，常打破常规，从经典文学、民间故事或童话中汲取灵感，并进行荒诞的、幽默且具有现实意义的再创作。他的代表作《碟形世界》被认为是这类幽默奇幻的代名词。《卫报》评价他的作品“不是在创造另一个世界，而是在重新想象我们的世界”，并盛赞其“发现了高于文学的事物”。 普拉切特也是当代成功的畅销书作家，作...(展开全部)

‘The brown bears paced, brushing their thick coats against the bars; their heads swayed low to the ground, in rhythm with some ritual of stealth they were born knowing and pointlessly never forgot’ It is 1967 and two Viennese university students decide to liberate the Vienna Zoo, as was done after World War II. The eccentric duo, Graff and Siggy, embark on an adventure-fi...(展开全部)

It is 1967 and two Viennese university students want to liberate the Vienna Zoo, as was done after World War II. But their good intentions have both comic and gruesome consequences, in this first novel written by a twenty-five year old John Irving, already a master storyteller. From the Paperback edition.

特里•普拉切特Terry Pratchett （1948—2015 ） 获得“卡内基大奖”“世界奇幻终身成就奖”“轨迹奖”“普罗米修斯奖”“星云奖” 作品全球销量过8500万册，被翻译成37种语言出版 经典奇幻《碟形世界》系列是他的代表作 因文学成就两次获得大英帝国爵士称号 大师级奇幻作家、儿童文学作家，1948年出生于英国白金汉郡。他被称为“我们时代的托尔金”。 普拉切特认为奇幻小说的重点不是魔法，而是以另一种角度看世界。他的作品不同于以托尔金为代表的“严肃奇幻”，常打破常规，从经典文学、民间故事或童话中汲取灵感，并进行荒诞的、幽默且具有现实意义的再创作。他的代表作《碟形世界》被认为是这类幽默奇幻的代名词。《卫报》评价他的作品“不是在创造另一个世界，而是在重新想象我们的世界”，并盛赞其“发现了高于文学的事物”。 普拉切特也是当代成功的畅销书作家，作...(展开全部)

It is 1967 and two Viennese university students want to liberate the Vienna Zoo, as was done after World War II. But their good intentions have both comic and gruesome consequences, in this first novel written by a twenty-five year old John Irving, already a master storyteller. From the Paperback edition.