Roses, musk, incense and myrrh--smells have always been associated with magic, healing and sexual power. Yet what is experienced as fragrant varies dramatically from one culture to the other and from one epoch to the next. Aroma uncovers the secret history of smells: from the perfumed banquets of ancient Greece to "the best blueberry flavor ever made", from the sweet "odor ...(展开全部)

Smell is a social phenomenon, given particular meanings and values by different cultures. Odours form the building blocks of cosmologies, class hierarchies, and political odours. They can enforce social structures or transgress them, unite people or divide them, empower or disempower. The authors argue that the sociology of smell is repressed in the modern West, and its socia...(展开全部)

◎聯合推薦 商業周刊副社長兼總編輯／王文靜 AVEDA 創辦人／朱平 奇幻文化藝術基金會創辦人兼執行長／朱學恆 中央大學認知神經科學研究所所長／洪蘭 台灣大學社會系教授／孫中興 統一星巴克總經理 徐光宇 電視節目主持人 陳文茜 富邦文教基金會執行長 陳藹玲 網路家庭董事長／詹宏志 知名網路趨勢觀察家／劉威麟 王品集團董事長／戴勝益 美國最具影響力暢銷作家葛拉威爾，繼《引爆趨勢》、《決斷2秒間》， 再創話題旋風，本書甫上市即攻占全美最重要媒體書榜第一名！ 成功和你想的不一樣！ 天賦、家世、學歷、努力還不夠，之所以超群成為「異數」，還牽涉周遭的人和環境。 能不能成為運動明星，要看你幾月出生；數學好不好，要看祖先是不是種稻。 作者引用大量統計科學辯證，大開我們的視野，重新發現「出身」的意義： 誰能成功，多少人能成功，要看我們生活在什麼樣的社會。 想想看，他...(展开全部)

阿图尔•科利（Atul Kohli），美国普林斯顿大学政治学与国际事务学教授，已出版的著作包括：《民主与不满——印度不断增长的治理危机》（1991）、《国家权力与社会力量——第三世界的统治与转型》（1994）。

In this wide-ranging third installment of Malcolm Gladwell's exploration of how people and social phenomena work, the New Yorker journalist takes a close look at what constitutes high levels of success. That is, what makes people at the top of their respective fields get there? As we've come to expect from Gladwell's previous books, the answer to the question is a bit complicat...(展开全部)

Achieve personal fulfilment in your career, relationship, and performance with Success: The Psychology of Achievement. Success: The Psychology of Achievement will unlock your potential and help you raise your game by equipping you with the tools you need to achieve success in every aspect of life. Give your confidence a boost, master your resources, and raise your self-awarenes...(展开全部)

Much of the innovative programming that powers the Internet, creates operating systems, and produces software is the result of "open source" code, that is, code that is freely distributed--as opposed to being kept secret--by those who write it. Leaving source code open has generated some of the most sophisticated developments in computer technology, including, most notab...(展开全部)

In this wide-ranging third installment of Malcolm Gladwell's exploration of how people and social phenomena work, the New Yorker journalist takes a close look at what constitutes high levels of success. That is, what makes people at the top of their respective fields get there? As we've come to expect from Gladwell's previous books, the answer to the question is a bit complicat...(展开全部)

◎聯合推薦 商業周刊副社長兼總編輯／王文靜 AVEDA 創辦人／朱平 奇幻文化藝術基金會創辦人兼執行長／朱學恆 中央大學認知神經科學研究所所長／洪蘭 台灣大學社會系教授／孫中興 統一星巴克總經理 徐光宇 電視節目主持人 陳文茜 富邦文教基金會執行長 陳藹玲 網路家庭董事長／詹宏志 知名網路趨勢觀察家／劉威麟 王品集團董事長／戴勝益 美國最具影響力暢銷作家葛拉威爾，繼《引爆趨勢》、《決斷2秒間》， 再創話題旋風，本書甫上市即攻占全美最重要媒體書榜第一名！ 成功和你想的不一樣！ 天賦、家世、學歷、努力還不夠，之所以超群成為「異數」，還牽涉周遭的人和環境。 能不能成為運動明星，要看你幾月出生；數學好不好，要看祖先是不是種稻。 作者引用大量統計科學辯證，大開我們的視野，重新發現「出身」的意義： 誰能成功，多少人能成功，要看我們生活在什麼樣的社會。 想想看，他...(展开全部)

There is a story that is usually told about extremely successful people, a story that focuses on intelligence and ambition. Gladwell argues that the true story of success is very different, and that if we want to understand how some people thrive, we should spend more time looking around them-at such things as their family, their birthplace, or even their birth date. And in r...(展开全部)