In this magnificent biography, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of American Lion and Franklin and Winston brings vividly to life an extraordinary man and his remarkable times. Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power gives us Jefferson the politician and president, a great and complex human being forever engaged in the wars of his era. Philosophers think; politicians maneuver. Jeffe...(展开全部)

约翰•托里•莫尔斯（John Tory Morse Jr，1840—1937），美国历史学家和传记作家。1840年，他出生于马萨诸塞州波士顿，1862年获得马萨诸塞州律师资格，在公共政策、经济学和社会理论方面著述颇丰。他曾担任过美国《国际评论》编辑。其代表作有《亚历山大•汉密尔顿》《约翰•亚当斯》《约翰•昆西•亚当斯》《杰斐逊总统》《亚伯拉罕•林肯》《本杰明•富兰克林》等作品。 买天春，男，生于1981年，甘肃天祝人，西北师范大学翻译专业硕士研究生，一级教师，现任教于甘肃省天祝县第一中学，主要从事翻译和英语教育教学工作。

约瑟夫•J. 埃利斯（Joseph J. Ellis） 美国著名历史学家和畅销书作家，撰写了一系列脍炙人口的美国建国史作品。他的《杰斐逊传：美国的斯芬克斯》和《奠基者：独立战争那一代》分别荣获美国国家图书奖和美国普利策历史奖。 埃利斯早年就读于威廉玛丽学院和耶鲁大学。他曾在美国军中服役并在西点军校任教，军衔达到陆军上尉。埃利斯目前执教于马萨诸塞大学。 埃利斯主要研究美国殖民地和建国时代的历史，是该领域的权威学者和历史普及作家，为广大历史读者打开了了解美国建国史的窗口。《福布斯》杂志曾盛赞埃利斯的读者声望，称他是“历史学家中的罗杰•费德勒”。

"Great art has dreadful manners," Simon Schama observes wryly at the start of his epic and explosive exploration of the power, and whole point, of art. "The hushed reverence of the gallery can fool you into believing masterpieces are polite things; visions that soothe, charm and beguile, but actually they are thugs. Merciless and wily, the greatest paintings grab you in a headl...(展开全部)

'Great art has dreadful manners...' Simon Schama observes at the start of his epic exploration of the power, and whole point, of art. 'The hushed reverence of the gallery can fool you into believing masterpieces are polite things, visions that soothe, charm and beguile, but actually they are thugs. Merciless and wily, the greatest paintings grab you in a headlock, rough up your...(展开全部)

Turning our conventional understanding of power on its head, world-renowned Zen master, spiritual leader, and national bestselling author Thich Nhat Hanh reveals how true power comes from within. What we seek, we already have.

西蒙·沙玛（Simon Schama）是一位英国作家、历史学家。1966年，他以“超一等”的成绩毕业于剑桥大学基督学院。 20世纪60年代和70年代沙玛曾先后任教于剑桥大学和牛津大学。在此期间，他完成了他的第一本书《爱国者和解放者》（沃夫森历史奖获奖作品）。1980年，沙玛赴美国，任教于哈佛大学。期间，他完成了《财富的困窘》（《纽约时报》年度最佳图书奖获奖作品）、《市民：法国大革命编年史》（《纽约时报》年度最佳图书奖获奖作品、《约克郡邮报》图书奖）等著作。1995年，沙玛受邀成为《纽约客》杂志的艺术批评家，并转至哥伦比亚大学任历史与艺术史教授。此后他又接连出版了像《风景与记忆》（莱昂内尔·特里林图书奖、W.H.史密斯文学奖获奖作品）、《伦勃朗的眼睛》、《乱世交汇：英国、奴隶与美国革命》（国家书评人协会奖非虚构类优胜作品）这样在学术和商业上均取得成功的...(展开全部)

The Art and Power of Facilitation: Running Powerful Meetings provides powerful tools that the business analyst can use to negotiate through the myriad of meetings, informal work sessions, and formal workshops that are necessary to develop business requirements.

The Art and Power of Facilitation: Running Powerful Meetings provides powerful tools that the business analyst can use to negotiate through the myriad of meetings, informal work sessions, and formal workshops that are necessary to develop business requirements.

In straightforward prose that doesn't mystify art or deny its special allure, prominent art dealer and market expert Michael Findlay offers a close up and personal view of almost 50 years in the business of art. He engagingly explains art's three kinds of value: commercial; social; and what he terms its essential value - the range of responses to art that we as individuals have...(展开全部)