From the best-selling author of The Rise of the Creative Class, a brilliant new book on the surprising importance of place, with advice on how to find the right place for you. It's a mantra of the age of globalization that where we live doesn't matter. We can innovate just as easily from a ski chalet in Aspen or a beachhouse in Provence as in the office of a Silicon Valley s...(展开全部)

In the age of globalization, some claim that where you live doesnt matter: Alaska, Idaho, and Alabama are interchangeable. The world is, after all, flat. Not so fast. Place, argues the great urbanist Richard Florida, is not only important, its more important than ever. In fact, choosing a place to live is as important to your happiness as choosing a spouse or career. And s...(展开全部)

理查德•弗罗里达（Richard Florida）是美国著名学者，曾被《君子》(Esquire)杂志评为“最杰出最睿智的知识分子”。2003年出版了畅销书The Flight of the Creative Class（《创意阶层的崛起》）。他是马丁繁荣研究院的学术主任和多伦多大学罗特曼管理学院教授，还是华盛顿、多伦多、匹兹堡和欧洲等地的“创意阶层组织”的创始人

In the age of globalization, some claim that where you live doesnt matter: Alaska, Idaho, and Alabama are interchangeable. The world is, after all, flat. Not so fast. Place, argues the great urbanist Richard Florida, is not only important, its more important than ever. In fact, choosing a place to live is as important to your happiness as choosing a spouse or career. And s...(展开全部)

From the best-selling author of The Rise of the Creative Class, a brilliant new book on the surprising importance of place, with advice on how to find the right place for you. It's a mantra of the age of globalization that where we live doesn't matter. We can innovate just as easily from a ski chalet in Aspen or a beachhouse in Provence as in the office of a Silicon Valley s...(展开全部)

理查德•弗罗里达（Richard Florida）是美国著名学者，曾被《君子》(Esquire)杂志评为“最杰出最睿智的知识分子”。2003年出版了畅销书The Flight of the Creative Class（《创意阶层的崛起》）。他是马丁繁荣研究院的学术主任和多伦多大学罗特曼管理学院教授，还是华盛顿、多伦多、匹兹堡和欧洲等地的“创意阶层组织”的创始人

Timur Vermes' record-breaking bestseller, Look Who's Back, is a satirical novel that imagines what would happen if Hilter reawakened in present-day Germany. The book was a massive success in Germany, selling more than 1.5 million copies. Janet Maslin of The New York Times called Look Who's Back"desperately funny . . . an ingenious comedy of errors." In the novel, Adolf Hitler w...(展开全部)

Amazon.com Review Nobody writes about the immigrant experience like Gish Jen. What sets her apart from other ethnic writers is the wide-angle lens she turns not only on her own Chinese American ethnic group, but on Jewish Americans, African Americans, Irish Americans, and just about any other hyphenate you'd care to name. Though her tales are filtered through an Asian experienc...(展开全部)

A self-empowering plan for anyone who wants to stop being manipulated by others~In Who＇s Pulling Your Strings?, Dr. Harriet B. Braiker,New York Times bestselling author of The Disease to Please, expla

A self-empowering plan for anyone who wants to stop being manipulated by others~In Who＇s Pulling Your Strings?, Dr. Harriet B. Braiker,New York Times bestselling author of The Disease to Please, expla