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The Valley of Amazement is a novel by Amy Tan. Like many of her works, it deals with mother-daughter relationship and is partly set in historical China. An excerpt from the novel was published independently as Rules for Virgins.

"This is the most important book on Silicon Valley I've read in two decades. It will take us all back to our roots in the counterculture, and will remind us of the true nature of the innovation process, before we tried to tame it with slogans and buzzwords." -- Po Bronson, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Nudist on the Late Shift and Nurtureshock A candid, colorful, ...(展开全部)

切斯瓦夫·米沃什 波兰著名诗人、散文家、文学史家。 1911年出生于波兰第一共和国的立陶宛。曾荣获波兰雅盖沃大学、美国哈佛大学、意大利罗马大学等近十座世界知名学府的荣誉博士学位及各种勋章。1980年获诺贝尔文学奖，瑞典文学院在对他的授奖词中说: “他在自己的全部创作中，以毫不妥协的深刻性揭示了人在充满剧烈矛盾的世界上所遇到的威胁。”2004年8月在波兰克拉科夫逝世，享年93岁。 译者 赵刚，教授，博士生导师。现任北京外国语大学副校长，兼任中国欧洲学会中东欧分会副会长。主要研究波兰文学、中波关系及中东欧文化等，出版专著、译著、编著30余部。曾获得波兰格但斯克大学奖章、波兰文化与民族遗产部颁发的“波兰文化功勋奖章”、波兰“GloriaArtis”文化功勋奖章等。 易丽君，北京外国语大学教授，资深翻译家，波兰格但斯克大学名誉博士。著有《波兰文学》《波兰战后...(展开全部)

切斯瓦夫·米沃什 波兰著名诗人、散文家、文学史家。 1911年出生于波兰第一共和国的立陶宛。曾荣获波兰雅盖沃大学、美国哈佛大学、意大利罗马大学等近十座世界知名学府的荣誉博士学位及各种勋章。1980年获诺贝尔文学奖，瑞典文学院在对他的授奖词中说: “他在自己的全部创作中，以毫不妥协的深刻性揭示了人在充满剧烈矛盾的世界上所遇到的威胁。”2004年8月在波兰克拉科夫逝世，享年93岁。 译者 赵刚，教授，博士生导师。现任北京外国语大学副校长，兼任中国欧洲学会中东欧分会副会长。主要研究波兰文学、中波关系及中东欧文化等，出版专著、译著、编著30余部。曾获得波兰格但斯克大学奖章、波兰文化与民族遗产部颁发的“波兰文化功勋奖章”、波兰“GloriaArtis”文化功勋奖章等。 易丽君，北京外国语大学教授，资深翻译家，波兰格但斯克大学名誉博士。著有《波兰文学》《波兰战后...(展开全部)

In this study the author challenges both cognitivist-historicist accounts of cinema and conventional film-theory. Arguing that the reading of Lacan operative in the 1970s and 1980s was particularly reductive, he asserts that there is "another Lacan" in reference to whom film theory, cultural studies and critical thought as such can be transformed and revitalized. He supports th...(展开全部)

A comprehensive and profoundly relevant history of interest from one of the world’s leading financial writers, The Price of Time explains our current global financial position and how we got here In the beginning was the loan, and the loan carried interest. For at least five millennia people have been borrowing and lending at interest. The practice wasn’t always popular—in the ...(展开全部)

Capitalism and interest are inseparable, yet over the centuries whenever interest rates have collapsed and money was too easy, financial markets have become unstable. In the first two decades of the twenty-first century, interest rates have sunk lower than at any time in the five millennia since they were first recorded. In an unprecedented move, negative interest rates were in...(展开全部)

A growing nation of genetically evolved apes led by Caesar is threatened by a band of human survivors of the devastating virus unleashed a decade earlier. They reach a fragile peace, but it proves short-lived, as both sides are brought to the brink of a war that will determine who will emerge as Earth's dominant species.

Praise for The Science of Sherlock Holmes "Holmes is, first, a great detective, but he has also proven to be a great scientist, whether dabbling with poisons, tobacco ash, or tire marks. Wagner explores this fascinating aspect of his career by showing how his investigations were grounded in the cutting-edge science of his day, especially the emerging field of forensics.... Utte...(展开全部)