One of the most accomplished, acclaimed, and garlanded writers, Hilary Mantel delivers a brilliant collection of contemporary stories In The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher, Hilary Mantel’s trademark gifts of penetrating characterization, unsparing eye, and rascally intelligence are once again fully on display. Stories of dislocation and family fracture, of whimsical infidel...(展开全部)

The Fast-Paced, Fun-to-Read Guide to Making Better Decisions!How much information do you really need to make a business decision? Why don't past winners keep on winning? When should you fold your hand, and when should you press on? In "The Art of Decisions," Chris Blake reveals the amazing hidden realities beneath human decision making-and helps you optimize every decision you ...(展开全部)

希拉里•曼特尔出生于英国格罗索普市，于伦敦经济学院和谢菲尔德大学攻读法律。2009年、2012年凭借历史小说《狼厅》和《提堂》两次摘得布克奖。目前，“克伦威尔三部曲”系列的第三部《镜与光》正在创作中。曼特尔是首位两次获得布克奖的女性作家，此前只有J•M•库切和彼得•凯里两次获此殊荣。 1974年，希拉里•曼特尔开始了创作生涯。第一部小说《一个更安全的地方》重现了法国大革命的恢弘场面，获1992年《周日快报》年度小说奖。1995年《爱情实验》获霍桑登奖。2005年《黑暗深处》入围英联邦作家奖和橘子奖短名单。2003年出版了以童年生活为主题的短篇小说集《学说话》。迄今为止，希拉里•曼特尔已经出版十一部长篇小说、两部短篇小说集和一部自传。最新出版的作品是2014年的短篇小说集《暗杀》。2006年希拉里•曼特尔受封大英帝国司令勋章（CBE），2014年受封大...(展开全部)

米娜·杜莱辛甘 组织心理学家，同时经营着一家名为TalentInvest的咨询公司。她做了30多年与组织效率和领导者发展相关的咨询工作，客户群体遍布全球公司。她还是一位认证高管教练，帮助高层团队和高管个人提高团队效率和董事会效率。她已发表了多篇论文，出版了多本畅销书。 沃尔夫冈·莱马赫 Corporate Value Associates的合伙人兼总经理（大中华区和印度区）。他曾经担任法国邮政下属GeoPost Intercontinental的CEO与董事会成员，拥有20多年的高级管理经验。

米娜·杜莱辛甘 组织心理学家，同时经营着一家名为TalentInvest的咨询公司。她做了30多年与组织效率和领导者发展相关的咨询工作，客户群体遍布全球公司。她还是一位认证高管教练，帮助高层团队和高管个人提高团队效率和董事会效率。她已发表了多篇论文，出版了多本畅销书。 沃尔夫冈·莱马赫 Corporate Value Associates的合伙人兼总经理（大中华区和印度区）。他曾经担任法国邮政下属GeoPost Intercontinental的CEO与董事会成员，拥有20多年的高级管理经验。

Margaret Mee must rank as one of the most remarkable women of the twentieth century. She was an intrepid explorer of the Brazilian rainforest and an outstanding botanical artist, acclaimed by botanists and art critics worldwide. At the age of 47, Mee started exploring the Amazon in the footsteps of great British explorers such as Richard Spruce and Henry Walter Bates travelling...(展开全部)

The violence wrought by climate change, toxic drift, deforestation, oil spills, and the environmental aftermath of war takes place gradually and often invisibly. Using the innovative concept of "slow violence" to describe these threats, Rob Nixon focuses on the inattention we have paid to the attritional lethality of many environmental crises, in contrast with the sensational, ...(展开全部)

Originally published in 1971, this social science classic outlines the social functions of welfare programs. "Uncompromising and provocative....By mixing history, political interpretation and sociological analysis, Piven and Cloward provide the best explanation to date of our present situation...no future discussion of welfare can afford to ignore them."

The violence wrought by climate change, toxic drift, deforestation, oil spills, and the environmental aftermath of war takes place gradually and often invisibly. Using the innovative concept of "slow violence" to describe these threats, Rob Nixon focuses on the inattention we have paid to the attritional lethality of many environmental crises, in contrast with the sensational, ...(展开全部)