在线阅读本书 Two boys. Two balloons. Each boy thinks his balloon is best. What do you think?

Are there tangible benefits in flossing? Is it wrong to fake orgasms? What does the perfect online dating ad look like? Should we bother doing the ironing? Is it really impossible to buy the perfect Christmas gift? (Other than this book, of course.) Economists might not be the first people you would think of to give you advice on such diverse areas as parenting, the intricacies...(展开全部)

杰玛·埃尔文·哈里斯（Gemma Elwin Harris） 久负盛名的职业撰稿人，主要撰写社论和杂志专栏文章。曾工作于《消费导刊》(Time Out)、《魅力杂志》(Glamour)、《星期日泰晤士报》(The Sunday Times)。 她有一个儿子和三个侄女，正是这些孩子的好奇心激发了她出版此书的想法。她联手英国防止虐待儿童学会（NSPCC）——英国首屈一指的儿童保护慈善机构，邀请世界顶级专家，解答孩子们提出的问题。

杰玛·埃尔文·哈里斯（Gemma Elwin Harris） 久负盛名的职业撰稿人，主要撰写社论和杂志专栏文章。曾工作于《消费导刊》(Time Out)、《魅力杂志》(Glamour)、《星期日泰晤士报》(The Sunday Times)。 她有一个儿子和三个侄女，正是这些孩子的好奇心激发了她出版此书的想法。她联手英国防止虐待儿童学会（NSPCC）——英国首屈一指的儿童保护慈善机构，邀请世界顶级专家，解答孩子们提出的问题。

[英]理查德·泰普勒（Richard Templar） 欧美畅销书“泰普勒人生法则系列（Rules）”图书的作者，其人生轨迹丰富多彩，在其30年的工作生涯中，涉猎了诸多领域，在不同企业内负责过不同的工作，现在他自己创业，同时经营几家公司。他的个人成功促使其开启了传道授业解惑的旅程。 据不完全统计，全球有超过240万人在按照他所建议的法则行事。有评论家认为，理查德的文字风格，既不是那种冷硬命令式、听多了让人觉得苛刻的“教科书风格”，也不是温柔多情式、听久了让人觉得黏糊糊的“中央空调风格”，而是一种介于两者之间温暖又不失客观的风格。

The author presents his most famous, and infamous, cases and clients, and in the process, takes a critical, informed look at a legal system that he regards as deeply corrupt.

The author presents his most famous, and infamous, cases and clients, and in the process, takes a critical, informed look at a legal system that he regards as deeply corrupt.

Million-dollar birthday parties, megayachts on the French Riviera, and $40,000 bottles of champagne. In today’s New Gilded Age, the world’s moneyed classes have taken conspicuous consumption to new extremes. In Very Important People, sociologist, author, and former fashion model Ashley Mears takes readers inside the exclusive global nightclub and party circuit—from New York Cit...(展开全部)

作者简介 阿什利·米尔斯（Ashley Mears），荷兰阿姆斯特丹大学文化社会学和新媒体教授兼系主任，曾就职于波士顿大学社会学系。主要致力于经济社会学、文化社会学与性别研究的交叉领域，包括劳动市场、审美价值、无偿资源、精英阶层、消费文化及社交媒体等场景中的价值生产与交换逻辑。著有《美丽的标价：模特行业的规则》《VIP世界》等作品。 译者简介 时川萌，生于北京。哈佛大学文理学院区域国别研究方向文学硕士，埃默里大学社会学学士。关注文化社会学、时尚与艺术。

在线阅读本书 Book Description The international bestseller----more than 500,000 copies sold! With their 1994 international bestseller, Dealing with People You Can't Stand, Drs. Rick Brinkman and Rick Kirschner armed a civility-starved world with no-nonsense strategies for dealing with difficult people with tact and skill. Since then, cell phones, the Internet, voice mail, and oth...(展开全部)