In this work a political scientist seeks to offer a jargon-free introduction to the market system, for all readers with or without a background in economics. He assesses the character, rules, advantages and shortcomings of the institution co-ordinating modern economic and social life.

In the wake of the collapse of communism, we hear much about the victory of the 'market system'. Just what is the market system? This clear and accessible book begins by answering this question, then goes on to explain how the market system works and what it can and cannot do. Charles E. Lindblom, writing in nontechnical language for a wide general audience, offers an evenhande...(展开全部)

Winner of the 2020 Audio Publishers Association Lifetime Achievement Award From #1 New York Times bestselling author, legendary storyteller, and master of short fiction Stephen King comes an extraordinary collection of four new and compelling novellas—Mr. Harrigan’s Phone, The Life of Chuck, Rat, and the title story If It Bleeds—each pulling you into intriguing and frightening ...(展开全部)

From #1 New York Times bestselling author, legendary storyteller, and master of short fiction Stephen King comes an extraordinary collection of four new and compelling novellas—Mr. Harrigan’s Phone, The Life of Chuck, Rat, and the title story If It Bleeds—each pulling readers into intriguing and frightening places. The novella is a form King has returned to over and over again ...(展开全部)

From #1 New York Times bestselling author, legendary storyteller, and master of short fiction Stephen King comes an extraordinary collection of four new and compelling novellas—Mr. Harrigan’s Phone, The Life of Chuck, Rat, and the title story If It Bleeds—each pulling readers into intriguing and frightening places. The novella is a form King has returned to over and over again ...(展开全部)

安东尼·布朗（Anthony Browne） 英国绘本大师，他以独具特色的超现实主义绘画风格，在全球图画书的舞台上占据着重要的位置，粉丝遍布全世界。他的作品先后被译成26种文字出版，你所能想得到的奖项几乎都被他拿了个遍：两次凯特·格林纳威大奖、三次库特·马斯勒奖，以及国际安徒生大奖、德国绘本奖、荷兰银铅笔奖和艾米克奖等。他所出版的图画书已经成为全球绘本的销量保证。1976年，他发表了他的首部绘本作品，到现今为止，已经出版了30余本童书。其代表作有《我爸爸》《我妈妈》《大猩猩》《隧道》《动物园的一天》等，本本都是脍炙人口的童书佳作。

It is what it is (or...Are we done yet?) What’s your deliverable? It’s a common question, as crass as it is self-evident. We deliver Design…24/7. But it’s a strange word – deliverable – with so many embedded assumptions. Someone else demands, requires, needs, wants, and ultimately pays (or doesn’t), but we always deliver. The verb makes sense, it’s the noun that’s the problem: ...(展开全部)

It is what it is (or...Are we done yet?) What’s your deliverable? It’s a common question, as crass as it is self-evident. We deliver Design…24/7. But it’s a strange word – deliverable – with so many embedded assumptions. Someone else demands, requires, needs, wants, and ultimately pays (or doesn’t), but we always deliver. The verb makes sense, it’s the noun that’s the problem: ...(展开全部)