On a beautiful spring day, March 25, 1911, workers were preparing to leave the Triangle Shirtwaist factory in New York's Greenwich Village when a fire started. Within minutes it consumed the building's upper three stories. Firemen who arrived at the scene were unable to rescue those trapped inside. The final toll was 146—123 of them women. It was the worst disaster in New York ...(展开全部)

凯文·库克（Kevin Cook），曾著有《泰坦尼克·汤普森》和《汤米的荣耀》。他为包括《纽约时报》、《每日新闻》、《GQ》杂志、《Men’s Journal》杂志、《Vogue》杂志以及其他出版物撰稿，还曾参与美国有线电视新闻网以及福克斯电视台的节目。现居住在纽约市。

凯文·库克（Kevin Cook），曾著有《泰坦尼克·汤普森》和《汤米的荣耀》。他为包括《纽约时报》、《每日新闻》、《GQ》杂志、《Men’s Journal》杂志、《Vogue》杂志以及其他出版物撰稿，还曾参与美国有线电视新闻网以及福克斯电视台的节目。现居住在纽约市。

When James Womack, Daniel Jones, and Daniel Roos wrote THE MACHINE THAT CHANGED THE WORLD in 1990, Japanese automakers, and Toyota in particular, were making a strong showing by applying the principles of lean production. However, the full power of lean principles was unproven, and they had not been applied outside of the auto industry. Today, the power of lean production has b...(展开全部)

When James Womack, Daniel Jones, and Daniel Roos wrote THE MACHINE THAT CHANGED THE WORLD in 1990, Japanese automakers, and Toyota in particular, were making a strong showing by applying the principles of lean production. However, the full power of lean principles was unproven, and they had not been applied outside of the auto industry. Today, the power of lean production has b...(展开全部)

From the opening of King Tut’s tomb to the Wright Brothers’ first flight, from the mushroom cloud made by the atomic bomb in Nagasaki to the first moon landing, these 100 pictures record some of history’s most iconic moments. They remind us that photography not only chronicles major events around the world, but also serves as a means of raising awareness and changing public opi...(展开全部)

《白城恶魔》是美国作家埃里克·拉森的长篇犯罪纪实小说代表作。 1893年，镀金时代的美国，芝加哥世界博览会即将举行，旧世界正在崩塌，荣耀与罪恶争相上演。 总设计师伯纳姆孜孜以求，集合知名的建筑师和规划师，只为打造一场令世人赞叹的世博会，重塑芝加哥的形象。他说，这不会只是一个梦。 而在几个街区之外，一位年轻英俊的医生踏出列车，手中提着手术箱。对不知道他隐秘嗜好的女性而言，他的外表充满了魅力。他走入这个充满喧哗、雾霾和蒸汽的世界，在心中勾勒出了一座“神秘旅馆”，在那里，所有隐秘邪恶的梦想都将实现…… “我不能不杀人，就像诗人一样，灵感一来就不能不吟唱。”《白城恶魔》以富于诗意和张力的纪实性语言，交替描写了世博会的建造和杀人恶魔的疯狂。这个故事是如此丰盛，又如此邪恶，让每个人赞叹不已，又充满恐惧。 编辑推荐： ★犯罪实录文学头号著作，它展现的真相远比小说离...(展开全部)

Every day, we use our computers to perform remarkable feats. A simple web search picks out a handful of relevant needles from the world's biggest haystack: the billions of pages on the World Wide Web. Uploading a photo to Facebook transmits millions of pieces of information over numerous error-prone network links, yet somehow a perfect copy of the photo arrives intact. Without ...(展开全部)

A collection of the world's most memorable, provocative, best-selling and groundbreaking posters from Johannes Gutenberg to Barack Obama. This collection charts the history of poster design, from the time when paper was first affordable in the 18th century, through developments in print technology, to the more subtle visual communication of the 21st century. Along the way, it s...(展开全部)

Everything around us is designed and the word 'design' has become part of our everyday experience. But how much do we know about it? Fifty Dresses That Changed the World imparts that knowledge listing the top 50 dresses that have made a substantial impact in the world of British design today. From the 1915 Delphos Pleated dress to Hussein Chalayan's 2007 LED dress, each entry ...(展开全部)