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)

Look at the state of the world right now. It’s a terrible mess, and that’s putting it mildly. There has never been a more dangerous time. The politicians and special interests in Washington, DC, are directly responsible for the mess we are in. So why should we continue listening to them? It’s time to bring America back to its rightful owners—the American people. I’m not going t...(展开全部)

Look at the state of the world right now. It’s a terrible mess, and that’s putting it mildly. There has never been a more dangerous time. The politicians and special interests in Washington, DC, are directly responsible for the mess we are in. So why should we continue listening to them? It’s time to bring America back to its rightful owners—the American people. I’m not going t...(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)

On a beautiful spring day, March 25, 1911, workers were preparing to leave the Triangle Shirtwaist factory in New York's Greenwich Village when a fire started. Within minutes it consumed the building's upper three stories. Firemen who arrived at the scene were unable to rescue those trapped inside. The final toll was 146—123 of them women. It was the worst disaster in New York ...(展开全部)

A curated collection of Steve’s speeches, interviews and correspondence, Make Something Wonderful offers an unparalleled window into how one of the world’s most creative entrepreneurs approached his life and work. In these pages, Steve shares his perspective on his childhood, on launching and being pushed out of Apple, on his time with Pixar and NeXT, and on his ultimate return...(展开全部)

A curated collection of Steve’s speeches, interviews and correspondence, Make Something Wonderful offers an unparalleled window into how one of the world’s most creative entrepreneurs approached his life and work. In these pages, Steve shares his perspective on his childhood, on launching and being pushed out of Apple, on his time with Pixar and NeXT, and on his ultimate return...(展开全部)

威廉·M·埃克斯（William M.Akers），美国编剧工会终身会员，已有三个剧本被拍摄制作成剧情长片。埃克斯曾为米高梅、迪斯尼、环球电影制片厂和福克斯、NBC 及ABC 电视网写作。目前，他有关西贡沦陷的电影剧本已由序曲工作室(Overture Studios) 和导演乔恩• 阿米尔购得优先权。他在范德堡大学讲授剧本写作和电影制作课程。埃克斯讲一口还不错的法语，有两条很守规矩的狗，而且是个电视竞赛参赛者，当然，他没胜出。有关本书更多内容参见www.yourscreenplaysucks.com。

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