Who makes most money from the demand for cappuccinos early in the morning at Waterloo Station? Why is it impossible to get a foot on the property ladder? How does the Mafia make money from laundries when street gangs pushing drugs don't? Who really benefits from immigration? How can China, in just fifty years, go from the world's worst famine to one of the greatest economic rev...(展开全部)

Who makes most money from the demand for cappuccinos early in the morning at Waterloo Station? Why is it impossible to get a foot on the property ladder? How does the Mafia make money from laundries when street gangs pushing drugs don't? Who really benefits from immigration? How can China, in just fifty years, go from the world's worst famine to one of the greatest economic rev...(展开全部)

Three former CIA officers--among the world's foremost authorities on recognizing deceptive behavior--share their proven techniques for uncovering a lie Imagine how different your life would be if you could tell whether someone was lying or telling you the truth. Be it hiring a new employee, investing in a financial interest, speaking with your child about drugs, confronting yo...(展开全部)

Harriet M. Welsch is a spy. In her notebook, she writes down everything she knows about everyone, even her classmates and her best friends. Then Harriet loses track of her notebook, and it ends up in the wrong hands. Before she can stop them, her friends have read the always truthful, sometimes awful things she's written about each of them. Will Harriet find a way to put her li...(展开全部)

In his new novel, Paulo Coelho, best-selling author of The Alchemist and Adultery, brings to life one of history's most enigmatic women: Mata Hari. HER ONLY CRIME WAS TO BE AN INDEPENDENT WOMAN When Mata Hari arrived in Paris she was penniless. Within months she was the most celebrated woman in the city. As a dancer, she shocked and delighted audiences; as a courtesan, she b...(展开全部)

We are entering a new state of global hypersurveillance. As we increasingly resort to technology for our work and play, our electronic activity leaves behind digital footprints that can be used to track our movements. In our cars, telephones, even our coffee machines, tiny computers communicating wirelessly via the Internet can serve as miniature witnesses, forming powerful net...(展开全部)

1945年10月，美国战略轰炸调查团到日本调查太平洋战争的作战，调查团里有一位29岁的海军少校詹姆斯?菲尔德。菲尔德少校是文学博士，哈佛大学历史学讲师，莱特湾海战时是第七舰队第七十七特遣舰队第四群护卫航母部队第三集团克里夫顿?斯普拉格少将手下的一名参谋。他到东京后传唤了联合舰队司令长官丰田副武大将、参谋长草鹿龙之介少将、第三舰队司令长官小泽治三郎中将、参谋长大林末雄少将、第二舰队司令长官栗田健男中将、参谋长小柳富次少将和其他所有能找到的有关司令人员和幕僚。 。。。 菲尔德1947年退役后到大学教美国现代史，同时把他的作战经历和询问记录写成了一本叫做《The Japanese at leyte Gulf》的书。因为莱特湾海战被称为是“人类历史上最后的大海战”，所以描写莱特湾海战的书籍也就汗牛充栋，但这是最早的一本，也几乎是写得最好的一本。看过这本书的日...(展开全部)