【加拿大】尼尔·帕斯理查 尼尔曾是一位朝九晚五的上班族，他跟全世界任何一个写字楼里的普通白领一样，每天面临着巨大的工作压力和生活压力。经历了两次婚姻破灭和最好的朋友跳楼自杀后，绝望至极的尼尔决定改变自己，重新认识生活，发现生活之美。 于是，他创立了全球第一个记录美好生活的个人网站：生活中1000个美妙时刻（http://www.1000awesomethings.com），这个博客在短短一段时间内形成一股热潮，迅速席卷欧美国家，并获得了被誉为互联网奥斯卡之称的威比奖（The Webby Awards）最佳博客奖，至今已有5200万人点击浏览，每天有50000新人加入。 随着博客的成长和人气的积累，尼尔的影响力越来越大，他提出的全新生活理念“生命中最美好的事都是免费的”，从欧美波及全球，引发了全世界80多个国家数亿人的口碑传播，大学生、都市白领、学校...(展开全部)

【加拿大】尼尔·帕斯理查 尼尔曾是一位朝九晚五的上班族，他跟全世界任何一个写字楼里的普通白领一样，每天面临着巨大的工作压力和生活压力。经历了两次婚姻破灭和最好的朋友跳楼自杀后，绝望至极的尼尔决定改变自己，重新认识生活，发现生活之美。 于是，他创立了全球第一个记录美好生活的个人网站：生活中1000个美妙时刻（http://www.1000awesomethings.com），这个博客在短短一段时间内形成一股热潮，迅速席卷欧美国家，并获得了被誉为互联网奥斯卡之称的威比奖（The Webby Awards）最佳博客奖，至今已有5200万人点击浏览，每天有50000新人加入。 随着博客的成长和人气的积累，尼尔的影响力越来越大，他提出的全新生活理念“生命中最美好的事都是免费的”，从欧美波及全球，引发了全世界80多个国家数亿人的口碑传播，大学生、都市白领、学校...(展开全部)

From Socrates to Thoreau, most philosophers, moralists, and religious leaders have seen frugality as a virtue and have associated simple living with wisdom, integrity, and happiness. But why? And are they right? Is a taste for luxury fundamentally misguided? If one has the means to be a spendthrift, is it foolish or reprehensible to be extravagant? In this book, Emrys Westacott...(展开全部)

From Socrates to Thoreau, most philosophers, moralists, and religious leaders have seen frugality as a virtue and have associated simple living with wisdom, integrity, and happiness. But why? And are they right? Is a taste for luxury fundamentally misguided? If one has the means to be a spendthrift, is it foolish or reprehensible to be extravagant? In this book, Emrys Westacott...(展开全部)

FROM COMMUNICATION EXPERT JEFFERSON FISHER, COMES THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO MAKING YOUR NEXT CONVERSATION THE ONE THAT CHANGES EVERYTHING. 'If you are a student of what makes people tick, you need this book' Chris Voss, internationally bestselling author of Never Split the Difference What’s the best way to handle a heated conversation? How do I stand my ground with confidence? Is...(展开全部)

From communication expert Jefferson Fisher, the definitive book on making your next conversation the one that changes everything No matter who you’re talking to, The Next Conversation gives you immediately actionable strategies and phrases that will forever change how you communicate. Jefferson Fisher, trial lawyer and one of the leading voices on real-world communication, offe...(展开全部)

In the spirit of Alvin Toffler’s Future Shock , a social critique of our obsession with choice, and how it contributes to anxiety, dissatisfaction and regret. This paperback includes a new P.S. section with author interviews, insights, features, suggested readings, and more. Whether we’re buying a pair of jeans, ordering a cup of coffee, selecting a long-distance carrier, ap...(展开全部)

Whether we're buying a pair of jeans, ordering a cup of coffee, selecting a long-distance carrier, applying to college, choosing a doctor, or setting up a 401(k), everyday decisions -- both big and small -- have become increasingly complex due to the overwhelming abundance of choice with which we are presented. As Americans, we assume that more choice means better options and...(展开全部)

In the contemporary world, voices are caught up in fundamentally different realms of discourse, practice, and culture: between sounding and nonsounding, material and nonmaterial, literal and metaphorical. In The Voice as Something More, Martha Feldman and Judith T. Zeitlin tackle these paradoxes with a bold and rigorous collection of essays that look at voice as both object of ...(展开全部)

With sales of well over one million copies in North America alone, the commercial success of Gould's books now matches their critical acclaim. Reissued in a larger format, with a handsome new cover, The Panda's Thumb will introduce a new generation of readers to this unique writer, who has taken the art of the scientific essay to new heights.