For more than three decades, Jeffrey D. Sachs has been at the forefront of international economic problem solving. But Sachs turns his attention back home in The Price of Civilization, a book that is essential reading for every American. In a forceful, impassioned, and personal voice, he offers not only a searing and incisive diagnosis of our country’s economic ills but also ...(展开全部)

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE GUARDIAN AND PUBLISHERS WEEKLY “Succinct, humane, and politically astute . . . Sachs lays out a detailed path to reform, regulation, and recovery.”— The American Prospect In this forceful and impassioned book, Jeffrey D. Sachs offers a searing and incisive diagnosis of our country’s econ...(展开全部)

阿伦斯多夫，詹姆斯•斯普朗特社区大学政治科学系教授，兼任戴维森学院古典学教授。著有《希腊肃剧与政治哲学》《苏格拉底之死与哲学的生命》，合著《国家间的正义》，合译《索福克勒斯的忒拜剧》，发表诸多关于柏拉图、修昔底德、霍布斯、索福克勒斯、萨米恩托、荷马的论文和文章；曾获富布莱特研究项目赴阿根廷学习和教书，两次获国家人文基金会项目，五次获埃尔哈特基金会项目，一次获博斯韦尔基金会教师项目，还曾获戴维森学院颁发的亨特•汉密尔顿热爱教学奖。

First published in English in 1965, "The Reawakening" is Primo Levi's bestselling sequel to his classic memoir of the Holocaust, "Survival in Auschwitz." The inspiring story of Levi's liberation from the German death camp in January 1945 by the Red Army, it tells of his strange and eventful journey home to Italy by way of the Soviet Union, Hungary, and Romania. Levi's railway t...(展开全部)

Ayn Rand here sets forth the moral principles of Objectivism, the philosophy that holds man's life--the life proper to a rational being--as the standard of moral values and regards altruism as incompatible with man's nature, with the creative requirements of his survival, and with a free society. --This text refers to the Kindle Edition.

Ayn Rand here sets forth the moral principles of Objectivism, the philosophy that holds man's life--the life proper to a rational being--as the standard of moral values and regards altruism as incompatible with man's nature, with the creative requirements of his survival, and with a free society. --This text refers to the Kindle Edition.

Ayn Rand here sets forth the moral principles of Objectivism, the philosophy that holds man's life--the life proper to a rational being--as the standard of moral values and regards altruism as incompatible with man's nature, with the creative requirements of his survival, and with a free society.

As a comparative study of the virtue ethics of Aristotle and Confucius, this book explores how they each reflect upon human good and virtue out of their respective cultural assumptions, conceptual frameworks, and philosophical perspectives. It does not simply take one side as a framework to understand the other; rather, it takes them as mirrors for each other and seeks to devel...(展开全部)

"A how-to manual for a local or state government that wants to redesign its budget to emphasize and maximize results" ( Minneapolis Star-Tribune ) Already adopted by city governments across the country, this long-awaited paperback edition puts David Osborne and Peter Hutchinson's renowned guide into the hands of all state and local governments facing fiscal crisis. In a time ...(展开全部)