Dr. James David Barber,s well-known, provocative examination of who has the potential to be voted into the highest office in the land - and why - is being reissued as the newest addition to the "Longman Classics in Political Science" series. Arguing that patterns in a person,s character, world view, and style can allow us to anticipate their performance as president, The Presid...(展开全部)

What should we look for in a president? This timeless question begs reconsideration in light of today’s crucial presidential election season. To that end, The Presidential Character, James David Barber’s well-known, provocative examination of who has the potential to be voted into the highest office in the land–and why–is being reissued as the newest addition to the Longman Cla...(展开全部)

詹姆斯·戴维·巴伯（1930—2004），前美国杜克大学政治学教授（1977—1995）。20世纪50年代曾在美国军队担任特工，退役后学习政治学，分别在芝加哥大学和耶鲁大学获得学士和博士学位。1972年任杜克大学政治学系系主任，1977年晋升为全职教授，80年代中期曾任大赦国际美国分部主席。在美国的政治学学者中，他第一个超越了传统的案例研究方法，从性格角度解释和预测总统的行为，奠定了他在政治心理学领域里的地位。他的主要著作还有：《政治的脉搏：20世纪总统选举的节奏》、《人的政治：美国领导层研究》和《民主宝典》。 赵广成，国际关系专业博士，现为西北大学中东研究所副教授，主要研究方向为国际关系理论和中东问题。在《世界经济与政治》、《现代国际关系》、《国际问题研究》、《教学与研究》和《外交评论》等刊物上发表论文十余篇，主持国家级和省部级课题多项，出版专著《...(展开全部)

The Japanese believe that until the age of three, children are gods, each one a 'Lord Child'. On their third birthday they fall from grace and join the rest of humanity. Narrated by a child - from the age of two and a half up until her third birthday - this novel reveals that the move from deity to ordinary member of the human race can be a very difficult thing indeed from whic...(展开全部)

“I wrote this book not sure I could follow the road to character, but I wanted at least to know what the road looks like and how other people have trodden it.”—David Brooks With the wisdom, humor, curiosity, and sharp insights that have brought millions of readers to his New York Times column and his previous bestsellers, David Brooks has consistently illuminated our daily live...(展开全部)

What is consciousness? How does the subjective character of consciousness fit into an objective world? How can there be a science of consciousness? In this sequel to his groundbreaking and controversial The Conscious Mind, David Chalmers develops a unified framework that addresses these questions and many others. Starting with a statement of the "hard problem" of consciousness...(展开全部)

What is consciousness? How does the subjective character of consciousness fit into an objective world? How can there be a science of consciousness? In this sequel to his groundbreaking and controversial The Conscious Mind, David Chalmers develops a unified framework that addresses these questions and many others. Starting with a statement of the "hard problem" of consciousness...(展开全部)

“I wrote this book not sure I could follow the road to character, but I wanted at least to know what the road looks like and how other people have trodden it.”—David Brooks With the wisdom, humor, curiosity, and sharp insights that have brought millions of readers to his New York Times column and his previous bestsellers, David Brooks has consistently illuminated our daily live...(展开全部)

In these Messenger Lectures, originally delivered at Cornell University and recorded for television by the BBC, Richard Feynman offers an overview of selected physical laws and gathers their common features into one broad principle of invariance. He maintains at the outset that the importance of a physical law is not "how clever we are to have found it out, but . . . how clever...(展开全部)

In these Messenger Lectures, originally delivered at Cornell University and recorded for television by the BBC, Richard Feynman offers an overview of selected physical laws and gathers their common features into one broad principle of invariance. He maintains at the outset that the importance of a physical law is not "how clever we are to have found it out, but . . . how clever...(展开全部)