For a lucky few, light conversation at parties and social events is a breeze. For the rest of us, there is Carol Fleming (bestselling author of It's the Way You Say It), who breaks even the shortest bit of small talk into an understandable process that anyone can master.

For a lucky few, light conversation at parties and social events is a breeze. For the rest of us, there is Carol Fleming (bestselling author of It's the Way You Say It), who breaks even the shortest bit of small talk into an understandable process that anyone can master.

伊莉莎白．貝克 Elizabeth Becker 貝克的記者生涯始於一九七二年擔任《華盛頓郵報》駐柬埔寨戰地特派員，並曾擔任《紐約時報》特派員，在歐洲、亞洲以及南美洲進行採訪。貝克曾榮獲羅伯∙甘迺迪圖書獎(Robert F. Kennedy Book Prize)、海外記者俱樂部獎( Overseas Press Club Award )，並兩度獲得杜邦─哥倫比亞大學獎 (DuPont-Columbia Award)，表彰其新聞報導之專業。 譯者簡介 吳緯疆 世新大學傳播研究所碩士，自由譯者。譯有《自戀時代》、《設計解剖全書》、《時尚的力量》、《地球與人》等書。

史蒂夫•卡普兰（Steve Kaplan），喜剧专家、好莱坞炙手可热的喜剧编剧和制作人，纽约外百老汇剧院Manhattan Punch Line的联合创始人及艺术总监，曾一手开发、创建HBO的重磅项目和工作坊，担任迪士尼、梦工场、阿德曼动画、HBO等知名公司的编剧顾问。在加州大学洛杉矶分校、纽约大学、耶鲁大学及全球多所知名院校均开设有喜剧课程，学员遍布世界各地。多位奥斯卡、艾美奖、金球奖和美国编剧工会奖得主，曾受其栽培教导或参与其制作，其中包括《老友记》《破产姐妹》《欲望都市》《威尔和格蕾丝》的创剧人、编剧或制片人等。 更多信息请参见作者个人网站：www.KaplanComedy.com 译者简介： 陈易之（豆瓣id：柴斯卡），对文学、电影不死心的“时丧”社畜博主，用业余时间写文章、译书，代表创作《哈利•波特中的傲慢与偏见》、悬疑小说《赛博且朋克的都...(展开全部)

Why small business is not the basis of American prosperity, not the foundation of American democracy, and not the champion of job creation. In this provocative book, Robert Atkinson and Michael Lind argue that small business is not, as is widely claimed, the basis of American prosperity. Small business is not responsible for most of the country's job creation and innovation. Am...(展开全部)

From the colonial era to the present day, small businesses have been an integral part of American life. First published in 1991 and now thoroughly revised and updated, "A History of Small Business in America" explores the central but ever-changing role played by small enterprises in the nation's economic, political, and cultural development. Examining small businesses in manufa...(展开全部)

In the traditional model, business operates in an economic flow of inputs (resources and raw materials), outputs (products and services) and processes that help get you from one to the other (research and development, production, distribution).

There is a true fascination with all things miniature and with the skills involved in creating a miniature work of art. Speaking of such works, anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss remarked that "all miniatures seem to have an intrinsic aesthetic quality." And who could fail to be beguiled by an exquisite Elizabethan miniature painting, an intricately carved Japanese netsuke, the...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 The story of the tragic decline of an Indian family whose members suffer the terrible consequences of forbidden love, The God of Small Things is set in the state of Kerala, on the southernmost tip of India. Armed only with the invincible innocence of children, the twins Rahel and Esthappen fashion a childhood for themselves in the shade of the wreck that is their fami...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 The story of the tragic decline of an Indian family whose members suffer the terrible consequences of forbidden love, The God of Small Things is set in the state of Kerala, on the southernmost tip of India. Armed only with the invincible innocence of children, the twins Rahel and Esthappen fashion a childhood for themselves in the shade of the wreck that is their fami...(展开全部)