How much is a human life worth? Individuals, families, companies, and governments routinely place a price on human life. The calculations that underlie these price tags are often buried in technical language, yet they influence our economy, laws, behaviors, policies, health, and safety. These price tags are often unfair, infused as they are with gender, racial, national, and cu...(展开全部)

How much is a human life worth? Individuals, families, companies, and governments routinely place a price on human life every day. The calculations that underlie these price tags are often buried in technical language yet influence our economy, our laws, our behaviors, our policies, our health and our safety. These price tags are often unfair. They are infused with gender, rac...(展开全部)

When Oliver Sacks was twelve years old, a perceptive schoolmaster wrote in his report: “Sacks will go far, if he does not go too far.” It is now abundantly clear that Sacks has never stopped going. From its opening pages on his youthful obsession with motorcycles and speed, On the Move is infused with his restless energy. As he recounts his experiences as a young neurologist in...(展开全部)

格洛丽亚·斯泰纳姆 Gloria Steinem，作家、演讲家、编辑和女权主义社会活动家。20世纪60年代后期和20世纪70年代妇女解放运动的代表人物，因揭露花花公子兔女郎的故事而掀起了反色情运动的风潮。在1968年，她协助建立了《纽约》杂志，同时担任政治专栏评论员。她 于1972年联合创办了《女士》杂志。2005年，斯泰纳姆联合成立了妇女媒体中心，并担任董事。代表作有《内在革命》《无耻行为和日常生活的反叛》《言语之上》《玛丽莲：诺玛·珍》和《仿佛女人重要一般》等。斯泰纳姆曾获得彭尼-密苏里新闻奖、《头版新闻》和号角奖、全国杂志奖、女性体育新闻报道奖、专业记者协会颁发的新闻终身成就奖、联合国颁发的作家协会奖、詹姆士·威尔顿·约翰逊新闻奖等。在2013年，她被巴拉克·奥巴马总统授予总统自由勋章。

在线阅读本书 Publisher Comments : Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves — and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives — and destroyed them. Now, Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, r...(展开全部)

杰拉尔德·布雷（Gerald Bray） 美国阿拉巴马州伯明罕（Birmingham）桑福德大学（Samford University）毕森神学院（Beeson Divinity School）的教授，同时也担任拉蒂莫基金会（Latimer Trust）的研究主任。他编写过许多关于不同神学主题的书籍，包括《神是爱》（God Is Love: A Biblical and Systematic Theology）、《释经学：过去与现在》（Biblical Interpretation: Past & Present）、《上帝论》（The Doctrine of God）等书。作为英国圣公会的牧师，布雷也参与编辑了宗教改革后圣公会的重要著作。他同时也是「古代基督信仰圣经注释丛书」中《罗马书》、《哥林多前后书》和《雅各书、彼得前后书、约翰一二三书、犹大书》...(展开全部)

《聪明的投资者》是一本投资实务领域的世界级和世纪级的经典著作，自从1949年首次出版以来，本书即成为股市上的《圣经》。本修订版在完整保留格雷厄姆原著1973年第4版的基础上，由贾森•兹威格根据近40年尤其是世纪之交全球股市的大动荡现实，进一步检验和佐证了价值投资理论。其中大量的注释和每章之后的点评非常有价值。股神巴菲特特为本书撰写的序言和评论是这个版本的又一个亮点。 本书首先明确了“投资”与“投机”的区别，指出聪明的投资者当如何确定预期收益。本书着重介绍防御型投资者与积极型投资者的投资组合策略，论述了投资者如何应对市场波动。本书还对基金投资、投资者与投资顾问的关系、普通投资者证券分析的一般方法、防御型投资者与积极型投资者的证券选择、可转换证券及认股权证等问题进行了详细阐述。在本书后面，作者列举分析了几组案例，论述了股息政策，最后着重分析了作为投资中心...(展开全部)

柯丽·邓·波姆（1892－1983年），生长于荷兰的一个基督教家庭，是一名钟表匠。二次世界大战期间，她和她的家人帮助、收容了许多受到迫害的犹太人，并因此被送入了纳粹的集中营。她的父亲和大姐都死在集中营里，而幸存下来的柯丽则在战后四处演讲她在战时的经历以及上帝的恩典和引领。她的见证感动并安慰了许多人，也包括那些曾经迫害过她的德国人。1971年，由她与约翰·谢里尔、伊丽莎白·谢里尔合著的自传《密室》问世；1975年同名的电影全球发行。 柯丽·邓·波姆荣获了荷兰女王授予的爵士封号，并获得了以色列授予的国家正义奖。1983年，在她91岁生日当天，在美国去世。

India is the top provider of surrogacy services in the world, with a multi-million dollar surrogacy industry that continues to grow exponentially, as increasing numbers of couples from developed nations look for wombs in which to grow their babies. Some scholars have exulted transnational surrogacy for the possibilities it opens for infertile couples, while others have offered ...(展开全部)

This comprehensive cat care guide from the star of the hit Animal Planet show "My Cat from Hell," Jackson Galaxy, shows us how to eliminate feline behavioral problems by understanding cats' instinctive behavior. Cat Mojo is the confidence that cats exhibit when they are at ease in their environment and in touch with their natural instincts—to hunt, catch, kill, eat, groom, and ...(展开全部)