The provocative follow-up to the New York Times bestseller Predictably Irrational Why can large bonuses make CEOs less productive? How can confusing directions actually help us? Why is revenge so important to us? Why is there such a big difference between what we think will make us happy and what really makes us happy? In his groundbreaking book Predictably Irrational, social s...(展开全部)

How can large bonuses sometimes make CEOs less productive? Why is revenge so important to us? How can confusing directions actually help us? Why is there a difference between what we think will make us happy and what really makes us happy? In his groundbreaking book, Predictably Irrational , social scientist Dan Ariely revealed the multiple biases that lead us to ma...(展开全部)

Work Want Work considers in captivating detail how a logic of work has become integral to everything we do, even as the place of formal work has become increasingly precarious. With reference to sociological data, philosophy, political theory, legislation, the testimonies of workers and an eclectic mix of cultural texts – from Lucian Freud to Google, Anthony Giddens to selfies,...(展开全部)

We can reach every point in the world but, more importantly, we can be reached from any point in the world. Privacy and its possibilities are abolished. Attention is under siege everywhere. Not silence but uninterrupted noise, not the red desert, but a cognitive space overcharged with nervous incentives to act: this is the alienation of our times.... —from The Soul at Work Capi...(展开全部)

The long-awaited follow-up to the New York Times bestseller Getting Things Done. David Allen’s Getting Things Done hit a nerve and ignited a movement with businesses, students, soccer moms, and techies all the way from Silicon Valley to Europe and Asia. Now, David Allen leads the world on a new path to achieve focus, control, and perspective. Throw out everything you know about...(展开全部)

From Michael Cunningham, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "The Hours," comes this widely praised novel of two boyhood friends: Jonathan, lonely, introspective, and unsure of himself; and Bobby, hip, dark, and inarticulate. In New York after college, Bobby moves in with Jonathan and his roommate, Clare, a veteran of the city's erotic wars. Bobby and Clare fall in love, scutt...(展开全部)

From Michael Cunningham, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "The Hours," comes this widely praised novel of two boyhood friends: Jonathan, lonely, introspective, and unsure of himself; and Bobby, hip, dark, and inarticulate. In New York after college, Bobby moves in with Jonathan and his roommate, Clare, a veteran of the city's erotic wars. Bobby and Clare fall in love, scutt...(展开全部)

Even the most enthusiastic of maths students probably at one time wondered when exactly it would all prove useful in ‘real life’. Well, maths reaches so far and wide through our world that, love it or hate it, we’re all doing maths almost every minute of every day. David Darling and Agnijo Banerjee go in search of the perfect labyrinth, journey back to the second century in pur...(展开全部)

"I am forced into speech because men of science have refused to follow my advice without knowing why.""" H.P. Lovecraft's terrifying horror story gets an illustrated interpretation by one of today's finest graphic novel artists. Geologist William Dyer--the narrator of this novella--is desperate to stop a research team planning a journey to Antarctica. He himself led a disastrou...(展开全部)

绘者简介： I.N.J.卡尔巴德，英国著名漫画家、作家、动画导演。起初卡尔巴德是以动画设计师的身份开始的职业生涯，2006年，他在成千上万名漫画家中脱颖而出，将作品发表在黑马漫画的新成员选集上。他创作与改编的图像小说以科幻、奇幻题材为主，尤其是对H.P.洛夫克拉夫特、罗伯特•W.钱伯斯和亚瑟•柯南•道尔等经典作家作品的改编为他带来了巨大的声誉。卡尔巴德的代表作包括：原创科幻图像小说《塞莱斯特》，与作家伊恩•艾金顿合作的蒸汽朋克图像小说《黄铜太阳》，与作家丹•阿布尼特合作创作的科幻图像小说《新特警判官》《黑暗时代》《荒野的终结》《边缘》，改编作品《疯狂山脉》《查尔斯•迪克斯特•瓦德事件》《超越时间之影》《梦寻秘境卡达斯》《黄衣之王》等等。2011年，卡尔巴德凭借对洛夫克拉夫特的名篇《疯狂山脉》的出色改编，获得了英国奇幻大奖（British Fantas...(展开全部)