日本を遠く離れて二十年…。異国の地アメリカに暮らす姉妹を結ぶ電話線を、英語混じりの笑いとため息が今日も行き来する。漱石や一葉の描いた日本に恋焦がれる妹。アメリカ人になりきれない姉。ふたつの国ふたつの言語に引き裂かれた彼女たちの「特別な一日」が始まる。

This book is a journey through our increasingly visual culture. A journey where we consider how technological change has influenced the way we think, the way we see and the way we communicate. We will look at the way that the development of language has gone hand in hand with the development of technology. The rise of alphabetic literacy – reading and writing – has reconfigured...(展开全部)

- Why are most people right-handed? Do left-handers behave differently from right-handers? - Why is the heart on the left-hand side of the body? - Why is each side of the human brain so different? - Why do the British drive on the left? Why do European languages go from left to right, while Arabic ones read the other way? - Why do clocks go clockwise? - What is the relationship...(展开全部)

- Why are most people right-handed? Do left-handers behave differently from right-handers? - Why is the heart on the left-hand side of the body? - Why is each side of the human brain so different? - Why do the British drive on the left? Why do European languages go from left to right, while Arabic ones read the other way? - Why do clocks go clockwise? - What is the relationship...(展开全部)

Can we have objective knowledge of right and wrong, of how we should live and what there is reason to do? The thought that we can is beset by sceptical problems. In the face of radical disagreement, can we be sure that we are not deceived? If the facts are independent of what we think, is our reliability a mere coincidence? Can it be anything but luck when our beliefs are true?...(展开全部)

On April 20, 1999, the halls of Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, reverberated with the sound of gunshots as two students, highly armed and consumed with rage, killed thirteen students and seriously injured twenty-three before turning the guns on themselves. It was the worst school massacre in out nation's history. Can we prevent a tragedy like this from happening a...(展开全部)

埃利奥特·阿伦森（Elliot Aronson），当代著名的社会心理学家，是美国心理学会（APA）120年历史上一个包揽其三个主要奖项的人：杰出研究奖（1999年）、杰出教学奖（1980）和杰出著作奖（1975）。2002年，他当选20世纪百名杰出心理学家之一。科学家和人文学者颂扬他对于社会心理学理论及其在现实世界问题中的应用所做的贡献。著有《社会性动物》《绝非偶然》等作品。

Review “David Harvey provoked a revolution in his field and has inspired a generation of radical intellectuals.” (Naomi Klein ) “Harvey is a scholarly radical; his writing is free of journalistic clichés, full of facts and carefully thought-through ideas.” (Richard Sennett ) “Whose streets? Our streets! In Rebel Cities David Harvey shows us how we might turn this slogan into a ...(展开全部)

Review “David Harvey provoked a revolution in his field and has inspired a generation of radical intellectuals.” (Naomi Klein ) “Harvey is a scholarly radical; his writing is free of journalistic clichés, full of facts and carefully thought-through ideas.” (Richard Sennett ) “Whose streets? Our streets! In Rebel Cities David Harvey shows us how we might turn this slogan into a ...(展开全部)