An award-winning novel about growing up and making choices Viginia Euwer Wolff's groundbreaking novel, written in free verse, tells the story of fourteen-year-old LaVaughn, who is determined to go to college--she just needs the money to get there. When she answers a babysitting ad, LaVaughn meets Jolly, a seventeen-year-old single mother with two kids by different fathers. As s...(展开全部)

毋庸置疑，对于美国这样一个新兴民族和超级大国，我们目前还远远谈不上深刻而可靠的了解。这对中国普通大众是如此，对于各行专家、甚至对专门从事美国研究的学者教授，也大致是如此。即将进入二十一世纪的中国，自有必要全面了解、认真学习、逐步深入地分析、思考和研究美国。 那些激发了上述文献以及近二百篇其他文献的历史事件，确已在美国发展史上发挥了重要的作用。这部文集阐明了自从哥伦布发现美洲以来的美国民族性格及其政策，并将美国人的内在想法突出显示出来。书中所收片断文献，既有马丁·路德·金的著名讲演词《我有一个梦想》，也有其他具有全球影响的演说和文字，例如《田纳西河流域管理局法》，《公共事业振兴署法案》。全书划分为十五个独立单元，例如有外交、总统职能、民权事务等。一整套美国历史全景画卷在书中逐年展开，这与传统的单线编排在相径庭。 美国作为民族国家是年轻的，但作为现代意义...(展开全部)

We Make Magazines explores magazine culture and celebrates the energy and visual dynamite that can be found outside the publishing mainstream. Edited by passionate magazine connoisseurs, it features exclusive interviews with international experts and illustrates the diverse topics that are fundamental to magazine publishing. While showcasing more than 100 independent magazines ...(展开全部)

Simple Heuristics That Make Us Smart invites readers to embark on a new journey into a land of rationality that differs from the familiar territory of cognitive science and economics. Traditional views of rationality tend to see decision makers as possessing superhuman powers of reason, limitless knowledge, and all of eternity in which to ponder choices. To understand decisions...(展开全部)

Simple Heuristics That Make Us Smart invites readers to embark on a new journey into a land of rationality that differs from the familiar territory of cognitive science and economics. Traditional views of rationality tend to see decision makers as possessing superhuman powers of reason, limitless knowledge, and all of eternity in which to ponder choices. To understand decisions...(展开全部)

Mmmmm. In Maisy Makes Lemonade, it's a hot day, and Maisy is having a nice cold drink. Eddie is hot, too, but it takes a lot of lemonade to satisfy this thirsty friend. Not to worry -- Maisy goes out to the garden and, with a boost from Eddie, picks some fresh lemons. Together they stir in some water and sugar, and there A pitcher of refreshing lemonade. Now she just needs to ...(展开全部)

Mmmmm. In Maisy Makes Lemonade, it's a hot day, and Maisy is having a nice cold drink. Eddie is hot, too, but it takes a lot of lemonade to satisfy this thirsty friend. Not to worry -- Maisy goes out to the garden and, with a boost from Eddie, picks some fresh lemons. Together they stir in some water and sugar, and there A pitcher of refreshing lemonade. Now she just needs to ...(展开全部)

Shouldn't everyone receive a stake in society's wealth? Could we create a fairer world by granting a guaranteed income to all? What would this mean for our health, wealth and happiness? Basic income is a regular cash transfer from the state, received by all individual citizens. It is an acknowledgement that everyone plays a part in generating the wealth currently enjoyed only b...(展开全部)

Shouldn't everyone receive a stake in society's wealth? Could we create a fairer world by granting a guaranteed income to all? What would this mean for our health, wealth and happiness? Basic Income is a regular cash transfer from the state, received by all individual citizens. It is an acknowledgement that everyone plays a part in generating the wealth currently enjoyed only b...(展开全部)

A manifesto for a radically different philosophy and practice of manufacture and environmentalism "Reduce, reuse, recycle" urge environmentalists; in other words, do more with less in order to minimize damage. As William McDonough and Michael Braungart argue in their provocative, visionary book, however, this approach perpetuates a one-way, "cradle to grave" manufacturing model...(展开全部)