Fifteen years after its first publication, The Second Shift remains just as important and relevant t...
打工女孩 | Factory Girls by Leslie T. Chang
“出去”,农民工用这个简单的词定义他们的流动生活。“在家没事做,所以我出去了”,出去打工的故事就是这样开始的。如今,中国有一亿五千万农民工。在南部工厂林立的城市,农民工在拉动国家出口经济的流水线上全力...
Three Days in Moscow by Bret Baier, Catherine Whitney
In his acclaimed bestseller Three Days in January, Bret Baier illuminated the extraordinary leadersh...
The First Congress by Fergus M. Bordewich
The little known story of perhaps the most productive Congress in US history, the First Federal Cong...
寻路中国 | Country Driving: A Journey Through China from Farm to Factory (China trilogy #3) by Peter Hessler
我叫彼得·海斯勒,是《纽约客》驻北京记者。这本书讲述了我驾车漫游大陆的经历。2001年夏天,我考取了驾照,在此后的七年中,我驾车漫游于的乡村与城市。这七年也正是汽车业的高速发展期,单在北京一地,每天申...
奇石 | Oracle Bones: A Journey Between China’s Past and Present (China trilogy #2) by Peter Hessler
《奇石》是《纽约客》专栏作家彼得•海斯勒创作的纪实中国三部曲的番外篇,收入三部曲写作期间,即时或零星素材创作的文章,可以说是三部曲的前传,也是那三本书中部分人物的后续跟踪。书中收录自2000到2012...
江城 | River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze (China trilogy #1) by Peter Hessler
1996年8月底一个温热而清朗的夜晚,彼得·海斯勒从重庆出发,乘慢船,顺江而下来到涪陵。涪陵没有铁路,历来是四川省的贫困地区,公路非常糟糕。去哪里你都得坐船,但多半你哪里也不会去。 在随后的两年,这座...
英国人的言行潜规则 | Watching the English by Kate Fox
《英国人的言行潜规则》的出版引起英国人自己的大辩论,有人认为它泄露了太多英国人的秘密,也有人认为它一针见血地揭露了英国人行事风格背后的潜规则。不过所有人都一致同意,这本书实在是太有趣了。 《英国人的言...
金钱不能买什么 | What Money Can’t Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets by Michael J. Sandel
Should we pay children to read books or to get good grades? Should we allow corporations to pay for ...
The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels by Jon Meacham
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jon Meacham helps us understand the present moment in American politic...
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