In The Second Mountain, David Brooks explores the four commitments that define a life of meaning and purpose: to a spouse and family, to a vocation, to a philosophy or faith, and to a community. Our personal fulfillment depends on how well we choose and execute these commitments. In The Second Mountain, Brooks looks at a range of people who have lived joyous, committed lives, a...(展开全部)

The last 30 years in China have witnessed tremendous changes, primarily as a result of the shift in focus by the state from class struggle to economic development. China soon eliminated the threat of famine and the rationing of food in the first decade of the reform era and increased its GDP per capita by 41 per cent between 1978 and 2006. The average annual GDP growth rate dur...(展开全部)

The last 30 years in China have witnessed tremendous changes, primarily as a result of the shift in focus by the state from class struggle to economic development. China soon eliminated the threat of famine and the rationing of food in the first decade of the reform era and increased its GDP per capita by 41 per cent between 1978 and 2006. The average annual GDP growth rate dur...(展开全部)

Consciousness is one of science's last great unsolved mysteries. How can the salty taste and crunchy texture of potato chips, the unmistakable smell of dogs after they have been in the rain, or the exhilarating feeling of hanging on tiny fingerholds many feet above the last secure foothold on a cliff, emerge from networks of neurons and their associated synaptic and molecular p...(展开全部)

Consciousness is one of science's last great unsolved mysteries. How can the salty taste and crunchy texture of potato chips, the unmistakable smell of dogs after they have been in the rain, or the exhilarating feeling of hanging on tiny fingerholds many feet above the last secure foothold on a cliff, emerge from networks of neurons and their associated synaptic and molecular p...(展开全部)

艾伦·贾德（Alan Judd），著名小说家、传记作家，英国皇家文学学会会员。原名艾伦·埃德文·佩蒂（Alan Edwin Petty），1946年出生于英国，毕业于牛津大学。曾在英国陆军、外交部任职。著有“查尔斯·索罗古德（Charles Thoroughgood）”系列间谍小说［《英雄传奇》（A Breed of Heroes, 1981）、《遗产》（Legacy, 2001）、《罕见对手》（Uncommon Enemy, 2012）、《潜入敌营》（Inside Enemy, 2014）、《深蓝计划》（Deep Blue, 2016）、《临时特工》（The Accidental Agent, 2019）］，人物传记《英国情报之父卡明爵士》（The Quest for C, 1999），长篇小说《德皇的最后一吻》（The Kaiser’s Last...(展开全部)

A fascinating and unique history of the launch of Britain's Secret Intelligence Service through the unusual life of its founder, Mansfield Cumming. / Sir Mansfield Cumming, the founder of the British Secret Service and the original 'C', has until now been a shadowy figure. For this authorised biography, the Secret Intelligence Service has released to Alan Judd, Cumming's volum...(展开全部)

*Shortlisted for the 2019 Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize* One of the most fascinating scientific detective stories of the last fifty years, an exciting quest for a new form of matter. “A riveting tale of derring-do” (Nature), this book reads like James Gleick’s Chaos combined with an Indiana Jones adventure. When leading Princeton physicist Paul Steinhardt ...(展开全部)