In his latest book, Frank Furedi argues that genuine intellectuals have largely disappeared from the public sphere - paradoxically, given that we supposedly live in a knowledge economy supported by an expanding higher education sector. The result is that potential intellectuals have taken up other, narrower, roles e.g. lobbyists, policy-advisers. This has impoverished public li...(展开全部)

With the rise of science, we moderns believe, the world changed irrevocably, separating us forever from our primitive, premodern ancestors. But if we were to let go of this fond conviction, Bruno Latour asks, what would the world look like? His book, an anthropology of science, shows us how much of modernity is actually a matter of faith. What does it mean to be modern? What d...(展开全部)

With the rise of science, we moderns believe, the world changed irrevocably, separating us forever from our primitive, premodern ancestors. But if we were to let go of this fond conviction, Bruno Latour asks, what would the world look like? His book, an anthropology of science, shows us how much of modernity is actually a matter of faith. What does it mean to be modern? What d...(展开全部)

A mouse describes the feelings he and his family members experience during the day, including feeling happy, sad, jealous, angry, and scared.

A mouse describes the feelings he and his family members experience during the day, including feeling happy, sad, jealous, angry, and scared.

This RSPB-endorsed book answers all those burning questions about birds that beginners and experts alike may ask themselves: How do ducks keep their feet from freezing in winter? Why don't swallows stay in Africa? Are birds really dinosaurs, or were dinosaurs really birds? And do birds have knees? Taking a "questions and answers" approach, each specific question leads to an ans...(展开全部)

灰暗压抑的水泥 无所不在的恐惧 那年夏天 姐姐就已经被我们杀死了…… 怨毒和仇恨可以把人变成怎样的怪物？ 被伤害是不是注定无法再原谅？ 肉体是她，血液是她，声音是她，而灵魂却已属于地狱。 三起诡异的凶案震惊警局 令人发指的密室现场，支离破碎的尸体惨状 难不成他们是被四壁灰暗的水泥所杀？ 屡破奇案的警探王峰继续追踪调查 竟牵扯出自己一段不堪回首的阴暗过去 是人还是魔，精心布置了这个局？ 似乎每个介入其中者，都会被神秘势力揭开自己都不愿再想起的回忆……

This book began as a list designer Stefan Sagmeister made in his diary under the title Things I have learned in my life so far , which includes statements such as "Worrying solves nothing" and "Trying to look good limits my life." The list reveals something that is profoundly true: Although human beings have been pursuing happiness for countless generations, it is not so easil...(展开全部)

This book began as a list designer Stefan Sagmeister made in his diary under the title Things I have learned in my life so far , which includes statements such as "Worrying solves nothing" and "Trying to look good limits my life." The list reveals something that is profoundly true: Although human beings have been pursuing happiness for countless generations, it is not so easil...(展开全部)

An eminent historian offers a sweeping look at Europe’s tumultuous twentieth century, showing how the rejection of violence after World War II transformed a continent In the last decade we’ve seen an ever-widening rift between the United States and Europe, most visibly over Iraq. But as James J. Sheehan reminds us in his timely book, it wasn’t always thus. How did America and ...(展开全部)