Why is the incidence of mental illness in the UK twice that in Germany? Why are Americans three times more likely than the Dutch to develop gambling problems? Why is child well-being so much worse in New Zealand than Japan? As this groundbreaking study demonstrates, the answer to all these hinges on inequality. In The Spirit Level Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett put inequali...(展开全部)

理查德•威尔金森（Richard Wilkinson），英国诺丁汉大学社会流行病学荣誉退休教授、伦敦大学学院公共卫生与流行病学荣誉教授、约克大学客座教授，2009年创立平等信托基金会（The Equality Trust），他在社会因素对人类健康影响方面的研究成果卓著。 凯特•皮克特（Kate Pickett），英国约克大学健康科学系流行病学教授、平等信托基金会联合创办人。曾在剑桥大学研究身体人类学，在康奈尔大学研究营养科学，在加州大学伯克利分校研究流行病学。

理查德•威尔金森（Richard Wilkinson），在社会因素对人类健康影响方面的研究领域成果卓著；曾在伦敦经济学院研究经济史，后修流行病学，现为诺丁汉大学医学院退休教授、伦敦大学学院荣誉教授及约克大学客座教授。 凯特•皮克特（Kate Pickett），约克大学流行病学教授，美国国立卫生研究院项目基金科学家，曾在剑桥大学研究身体人类学，在康奈尔大学研究营养科学，在加州大学伯克利分校研究流行病学。

理查德•威尔金森（Richard Wilkinson），在社会因素对人类健康影响方面的研究领域成果卓著；曾在伦敦经济学院研究经济史，后修流行病学，现为诺丁汉大学医学院退休教授、伦敦大学学院荣誉教授及约克大学客座教授。 凯特•皮克特（Kate Pickett），约克大学流行病学教授，美国国立卫生研究院项目基金科学家，曾在剑桥大学研究身体人类学，在康奈尔大学研究营养科学，在加州大学伯克利分校研究流行病学。

Imagine, at a terrifyingly aggressive rate, everything you regularly use is being equipped with computer technology. Think about your phone, cameras, cars-everything-being automated and programmed by people who in their rush to accept the many benefits of the silicon chip, have abdicated their responsibility to make these products easy to use. The Inmates Are Running the Asylum...(展开全部)

This work is available on its own or as part of the 7 volume set "Selected Works of R. D. Laing"

In the late 1950s the psychiatrist R.D.Laing and psychoanalyst Aaron Esterson spent five years interviewing eleven families of female patients diagnosed as 'schizophrenic'. Sanity, Madness and the Family is the result of their work. Eleven vivid case studies, often dramatic and disturbing, reveal patterns of affection and fear, manipulation and indifference within the family. B...(展开全部)

Despite checking off the boxes of worldly accomplishments, most high-achieving women are secretly dissatisfied. They feel stuck in lives that look perfect on the outside, yet on the inside, they’re unfulfilled, plagued by the nagging feeling that there’s got to be more. They feel guilty and ungrateful for feeling trapped in lives that are so good. They disown their pain, or num...(展开全部)

Despite checking off the boxes of worldly accomplishments, most high-achieving women are secretly dissatisfied. They feel stuck in lives that look perfect on the outside, yet on the inside, they’re unfulfilled, plagued by the nagging feeling that there’s got to be more. They feel guilty and ungrateful for feeling trapped in lives that are so good. They disown their pain, or num...(展开全部)

Filled with practical, step-by-step instructions and clear explanations for the most important and useful tasks. This hands-on guide provides a quick and easy way to back up and restore your database using PostgreSQL.Written for database administrators who want to create backups of their critical enterprise data and efficiently restore it using PostgreSQL.