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日期：2016-02-15 Between the World and Me BY TA-NEHISI COATES It is a riveting meditation on the state of race in America that has arrived at a tumultuous moment in America's history of racial strife. What it does better than any other recent book is relentlessly dr... 阅读全文>> 日期：2016-02-15 A Brief History of Seven Killings Marlon James A failed assassination of Bob Marley becomes a prism through which to see Jamaica's history from the early 1970s to the early 1990s. Violent, lurid, scabrous, hilarious and beautiful, this novel teems w... 阅读全文>> 日期：2016-02-15 Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction Philip Tetlock and Dan Gardner A scientific analysis of the ancient art of divination which shows that forecasting is a talent; luckily it can be learned. You need a healthy appetite for informatio... 阅读全文>> 日期：2016-02-15 The Public Wealth of Nations: How Management of Public Assets Can Boost or Bust Economic Growth Dag Detter and Stefan Flster Governments have trillions of dollars in assets, from companies to forests, but they are often poorly managed. Two investmen... 阅读全文>> 日期：2016-02-15 Kissinger: The Idealist, 1923-1968 Niall Ferguson The magisterial first instalment of a two-part biography about a man who towered over American foreign policy for more than two decades, and still divides opinion as no one else does. Skyfaring: A Jo... 阅读全文>> 日期：2016-02-15 Nagasaki: Life after Nuclear War Susan Southard The searing account of five teenage hibakusha (explosion-affected people): how they survived the atom bomb that was dropped on Nagasaki in 1945, and the terrible price they paid in the aftermath of the... 阅读全文>> 日期：2016-02-15 Near and Distant Neighbours: A New History of Soviet Intelligence Jonathan Haslam A detailed appraisal of how the Soviet Union handled undercover operations from the communist revolution in 1917 until the end of the cold war. The most gripping chapt... 阅读全文>> 日期：2016-02-15 The best books of the year list is a time-honored tradition among media outlets and publishers, with selections rolling in just after Thanksgiving. 年度最佳读物是各媒体渠道和出版商历史悠久的传统，感恩节后便有候选书本蜂拥而来。 A range of novels were... 阅读全文>> 日期：2016-02-15 How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie (1936) Carnegie's classic self-help book counts people as diverse as oracular investor Warren Buffet and murder-mastermind Charles Manson among its acolytes. The book, which comprises a recipe... 阅读全文>> 日期：2014-08-28 The Song of Song 《经济学人》谈革命先驱宋教仁遇刺对中国历史的影响，倒不是说观点有多么标新立异，而是圣诞版里出现这篇文章本身就很有意思。标题是一贯的经济学人式的玩味：The Song of Song，照这个路子可译《宋之颂》，玩心大了就译成《诵颂送宋》神马的。 No Or... 阅读全文>> 日期：2009-01-19 一篇讲述城市发展趋势的文章，颇为热门，了解一下相关背景必定有益，用句亦颇具特色，老邪借文讲点，单讲其中的倒装。 Suburbanization If by suburb is meant an urban margin that grows more rapidly than its already developed interior, the process of suburban... 阅读全文>> 日期：2009-01-19 此文事关时下热门的环保和生态的主题，讲的是野生动词之趣。而最末一段讲到在保护区打猎的矛盾和分析，颇有启示意义。 Wildlife refuges mainly serve as havens for millions of ducks, geese and other migratory birds. And this is what most people come to see.... 阅读全文>> 日期：2009-01-19 本期文选来自 www.usnews.com 上美联社的一篇关于鸟语的文章，颇有意思。 Apr 26, 8:51 PM EDT Songbirds May Be Able to Learn Grammar By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science WriterWASHINGTON (AP) -- The simplest grammar, long thought to be one of the skills that se... 阅读全文>> 日期：2007-10-18 Author: Zoe Heller List Price: $14.00 Pages: 272 Publisher: Picador; Reissue edition ISBN: 0312426097 | Character Information | Shortlisted for the Booker Prize and now a major motion picture from Fox Searchlight starring Cate Blanchett and Judi Den... 阅读全文>> 日期：2007-10-18 Author: Ishmael Beah List Price: $22.00 Pages: 240 Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux ISBN: 0374105235 | Character Information | Ishmael Beah one of many African children, who were forced into local conflicts as boy Soldier. A Long Way Gone, is hi... 阅读全文>> 日期：2007-10-18 Author: Lauren Weisberger List Price: $7.99 Pages: 448 Publisher: Pocket; Reprint edition ISBN: 1416543007 | Character Information | Bette Robinson is a twentysomething Emory graduate who shunned her parents' hippie ideals in favor of a high-paying... 阅读全文>> 日期：2007-10-11 Author: Peter Morgan List Price: $12.95 Pages: 144 Publisher: Hyperion ISBN: 1401309038 | Character Information | The screenplay for the acclaimed Miramax film of the same name, providing an intimate behind-the-scenes glimpse of the Royal Family in... 阅读全文>> 日期：2007-10-11 Author: J. K. Rowling List Price: $34.99 Language: English Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books ISBN: 0545010225 | Character Information | 没有邓布利多的帮助，哈利波特与伏地魔的最后战争谁会是最后胜利者？作者JK罗琳已表示最后一集将有两位主角死亡，哈利会... 阅读全文>> 日期：2007-10-11 Author: Elliot Perlman List Price: $24.95 Pages:288 Publisher: Riverhead Hardcover ISBN: 1573223212 | Book description | The nine smart, thoughtful stories in this collection explore the complex worlds of lovers, poets, lawyers, immigrants, students... 阅读全文>> 日期：2007-10-11 Author: Elliot Perlman List Price: $24.95 Pages:288 Publisher: Riverhead Hardcover ISBN: 1573223212 | Book description | The nine smart, thoughtful stories in this collection explore the complex worlds of lovers, poets, lawyers, immigrants, students... 阅读全文>> |
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