In the India of the mid-1970s, Indira Gandhi's government has just come to power. It institutionalizes corruption and arbitrary force, most oppressive to the poorest and weakest people under its sway. Against this backdrop, in an unnamed city by the sea, four people struggle to survive. Dina, Maneck, and two tailors, the Untouchables Om and Ishvar,...
丹·艾瑞里又出新书了，这本《不诚实的诚实真相》中文版还是由中信引进。心理学和行为经济学相关领域，近几年热度不减，正如90年代末开始经济学成为显学一样，心理学和行为经济学与工农商学一一沾边，炙手可热势绝伦，成为显学中的显学。 显学说的不好听一点，就是泡沫，一般泡沫升起的时候会把经典也给淹没了，在一片噪音中你很难分清楚什么才是值得听的声音。所以心理学和行为经济学图书领域也一样随大流，泛起了泡沫。...
这本书充满了黑与白，干净与肮脏的交汇。一个有黑人血统的白人被黑人指责种族歧视，一个老人抱着一瓶伟哥爱上一个年轻女人，一个名誉颇丰的教授把自己一生的无人知道的污点告诉了一个清洁女工。就像这本书开头，文学教授优雅又无奈地说—— 伟大的英雄阿基里斯为了一个女人脱离了轨道，舍弃这个污点，一切问题都将解决。 而现如今，抱着伟哥老去的英雄阿基里斯仍旧不可能舍弃一生的污点——他身上黑人的血统。
Every time surgeons operate, they're betting their skills are better than the brain tumor, the faulty heart valve, the fractured femur. Sometimes, they're wrong. At Chelsea General, surgeons answer for bad outcomes at the Morbidity and Mortality conference, known as M & M. This extraordinary peek behind the curtain into what is considered the most ...
这部书不必多言吧，只能说不看一生后悔。 站长是先看的美剧后看的书。史诗，巨著，用这些大词来形容这部作品完全不为过。 本书包含英文版的音频、英文版的电子书、中文版电子书的全集，共10.1G。 中文版由屈畅翻译，字句都经过反复推敲，非常有原著的味道。 这本书马丁在讲述故事的时候，还给我们带来了许多经典的语句，这些句子不但凸显出书中人物的性格，也为读者提供了许多处世良方。...
An atmospheric, vibrant and moving tale of pain and passion at the heart of war-torn Spain, from Victoria Hislop, the million-copy best-selling author of The Island and The Thread. Beneath the majestic towers of the Alhambra, Granada's cobbled streets resonate with music and secrets. Sonia Cameron knows nothing of the city's shocking past; she i...
客观来讲，“黑暗塔”系列算得上斯蒂芬·金最重要的小说：篇幅最长，约莫三百余万字；写作时间最长，历时三十余年；格局也最庞大，跨越了多重空间和时间。 对斯蒂芬·金本人而言，它也意义重大。黑暗塔”系列将要为读者呈现的，就是枪侠罗兰的英雄史诗，是他那起初荒凉、孤独、满怀痛苦与负疚，在与伙伴们结成新的命运组（卡泰特）后变得丰富、柔软、重新获得爱与希望的征程——是外在的拯救塔的征程，也是内在的拯救心灵的征程...
The product of 11 years of research, The Story of Philosophy is an endlessly inspiring and instructive chronicle of the world’s greatest thinkers, from Socrates to Santayana. Written with exacting and scrupulous scholarship, it was designed both to command the respect of educators and to capture the interest of the layman. Durant lucidly describ...
More than 40 years ago, Mario Puzo wrote his iconic portrait of the Mafia underworld, as told through the fictional first family of American crime, the Corleones. The leader, Vito Corleone, is the Godfather. He is a benevolent despot who stops at nothing to gain and hold power. His command post is a fortress on Long Island from which he presides ov...
A spellbinding amalgam of murder mystery, family saga, love story, and financial intrigue.... It's about the disappearance 40 years ago of Harriet Vanger, a young scion of one of the wealthiest families in Sweden...and about her octogenarian uncle, determined to know the truth about what he believes was her murder. It's about Mikael Blomkvist...