What did the Romans know about their world? Quite a lot, as Daryn Lehoux makes clear in this fascinating and much-needed contribution to the history and philosophy of ancient science. Lehoux contends that even though many of the Romans’ views about the natural world have no place in modern science—the umbrella-footed monsters and dog-headed people that roamed the earth and the ...(展开全部)

Reginald Haynes Barrow(1893-1984), the founding editor of Greece and Rome (1931).

It's the story "They" don't want you to listen to. Though, to be fair, "They" are probably right about this one. To quote the Bible, "Learning the truth can be like loosening a necktie, only to realize it was the only thing keeping your head attached". No, don't put the book back on the shelf - it is now your duty to purchase it to prevent others from listening to it. Yes, it w...(展开全部)

2014: A great poem is read aloud and never heard again. For generations, people speculate about its message, but no copy has yet been found. 2119: The lowlands of the UK have been submerged by rising seas. Those who survive are haunted by the richness of the world that has been lost. Tom Metcalfe, an academic at the University of the South Downs, part of Britain’s remaining isl...(展开全部)

2014: A great poem is read aloud and never heard again. For generations, people speculate about its message, but no copy has yet been found. 2119: The lowlands of the UK have been submerged by rising seas. Those who survive are haunted by the richness of the world that has been lost. Tom Metcalfe, an academic at the University of the South Downs, part of Britain’s remaining isl...(展开全部)

《我们所能知道的》是一部探索、一部文学惊悚片和一段爱情故事，它跨越过去、现在和未来，提出了关于我们是谁以及我们将去往哪里的深刻问题。 2014年：一首伟大的诗歌被大声朗诵，却再也听不到。几代人以来，人们一直在猜测它所蕴含的信息，但至今仍未找到任何抄本。 2119年：英国的低地被不断上升的海平面淹没。幸存下来的人们被失落的世界的丰富多彩所困扰。 汤姆·梅特卡夫是南唐斯大学的学者，南唐斯大学是英国仅存的群岛之一。他深入研究了21世纪初的档案，被人类生活时期的自由与可能性深深吸引。 当他偶然发现一条可能指向这失传巨作的线索时，纠缠不清的爱情和残酷的犯罪真相浮现，打破了他对一个他自认为非常了解的故事的假设。 《我们能知道什么》是一部杰作，它将我们眼前的现实从迫在眉睫的灾难感中解放出来，并描绘了一个并非一切都已消失的未来世界。 A quest, a liter...(展开全部)

Ram Charan, who has gained fame for clarifying and simplifying difficult business problems and who is the bestselling author of What the CEO Wants You to Know, teaches you how to rethink sales from the outside in.

According to business guru Ram Charan, the process of selling is broken. Demand for competitive pricing is ever on the increase, and customers want more than great products at great prices; they want you to know how their business works, so that you can make it work better. It is time for companies to re-think their selling processes, and that's where Charan's concept of Value ...(展开全部)

奥普拉·温弗瑞： 通过当代传媒的力量，奥普拉·温弗瑞与世界各地的人们建立了无以伦比的联结。在25年间，作为超高收视率并屡屡获奖的同名脱口秀节目主持人和制片人，奥普拉·温弗瑞启发并鼓励了全球数百万观众。如今的她，由于全球媒体领导者和慈善家的身份，成为了最受人尊重和仰慕的公众人物之一。

奥普拉·温弗瑞： 通过当代传媒的力量，奥普拉·温弗瑞与世界各地的人们建立了无以伦比的联结。在25年间，作为超高收视率并屡屡获奖的同名脱口秀节目主持人和制片人，奥普拉·温弗瑞启发并鼓励了全球数百万观众。如今的她，由于全球媒体领导者和慈善家的身份，成为了最受人尊重和仰慕的公众人物之一。