We live in a world oriented toward greatness, one in which we feel compelled to be among the wealthiest, most powerful, and most famous. This book explains why no one truly benefits from this competitive social order, and reveals how another way of life is possible—a good-enough life for all. Avram Alpert shows how our obsession with greatness results in stress and anxiety, dam...(展开全部)

We live in a world oriented toward greatness, one in which we feel compelled to be among the wealthiest, most powerful, and most famous. This book explains why no one truly benefits from this competitive social order, and reveals how another way of life is possible—a good-enough life for all. Avram Alpert shows how our obsession with greatness results in stress and anxiety, dam...(展开全部)

罗素（Bertrend Russell,1872-1970）,出身于英国贵族家庭，20世纪声誉卓著、影响深远的思想家之一。在98年的生涯中，完成了40多部著作，涉及哲学、数学、科学、伦理学、社会学、教育、历史、宗教与政治等。他的首要事业和建树是在数学和逻辑领域，对西方哲学产生了深刻的影响。

In Passionate Work, Renyi Hong theorizes the notion of being “passionate about your work” as an affective project that encourages people to endure economically trying situations like unemployment, job change, repetitive and menial labor, and freelancing. Not simply a subject of aspiration, passion has been deployed as means to build resilience and mend disappointments with our ...(展开全部)

What could middle-class German supermarket shoppers buying eggs and impoverished coffee farmers in Guatemala possibly have in common? Both groups use the market in pursuit of the "good life." But what exactly is the good life? How do we define wellbeing beyond material standards of living? While we all may want to live the good life, we differ widely on just what that entails. ...(展开全部)

#1 European bestseller: the indispensable new work from the author of the international and Sunday Times bestseller The Art of Thinking Clearly Have you ever... · Spent too long on a powerpoint presentation? · Lost sight of what makes you happy? · Failed to reach a long-term goal? · Become infuriated by queuing, tax or parking tickets? · Broken a promise you knew you'd keep? Si...(展开全部)

A riveting, lively and brilliantly researched biography of Socrates by the author of the acclaimed bestseller Helen of Troy. We think the way we do because Socrates thought the way he did. His aphorism 'The unexamined life is not worth living' may have originated twenty-five centuries ago, but it is a founding principle of modern life. Socrates lived and contributed to a city t...(展开全部)

A riveting, lively and brilliantly researched biography of Socrates by the author of the acclaimed bestseller Helen of Troy . We think the way we do because Socrates thought the way he did. His aphorism 'The unexamined life is not worth living' may have originated twenty-five centuries ago, but it is a founding principle of modern life. Socrates lived and contributed to a ci...(展开全部)

We think the way we do because Socrates thought the way he did; in his unwavering commitment to truth and in the example of his own life, he set the standard for all subsequent Western philosophy. And yet, for twenty-five centuries, he has remained an enigma: a man who left no written legacy and about whom everything we know is hearsay, gleaned from the writings of Plato, Xenop...(展开全部)

“水门事件”中锒铛入狱的尼克松总统的首席顾问寇尔森的人生意义追寻之旅 寇尔森是我们这个时代最犀利的思想家和文化分析家之一。 ——华理克（《标杆人生》作者） 读者对象： 寻求人生意义、命运与信仰等问题的读者。 尼克松总统的首席政治顾问寇尔森，在“水门事件”中锒铛入狱，却因此蒙恩，领悟人生真意，从此活出另一番丰富的人生。在本书中寇尔森追寻我们每个人都问的基本人生问题：我是谁？我为什么而活？我人生的价值是什么？ 在本书的前半部分，作者描述了很多努力寻求美满人生的人们的生命历程。并引导读者思考是什么原因促使他们做出那些生命中的重大选择？在本书的第二部分，作者以文字勾勒的图画帮助读者发现我们身处的这个世界的真理，以及我们应当如何与之回应。在本书末尾的章节中，作者给出他所知道那个被许多人的生命经历所证实的关于人生的答案。 目录： 前言：美满人生 第一部 美满人生...(展开全部)