Ask a member of the middle class what it takes to become wealthy, and she'll tell you it takes a bold new idea. Tell that to a self-made millionaire, and he'll vehemently disagree. What explains the difference in mind-set between the self-made wealthy and the rest of usIt not what you think, as journalist and entrepreneur Lewis Schiff convincingly illustrates through groundbreaking research and compelling storytelling. For decades, the middle class has believed that the road to success meant working hard and playing by rules passed down from previous generations. But as the 2008 economic crisis has made clear, the old rules no longer apply. While household net worth has declined for most, self-made business leaders entrepreneurially minded individuals born into the middle class who have accumulated significant wealth have prospered. What makes these have-mores financially successful while the rest of us have never felt more uncertain about our professional and financial futuresIn Business Brilliant , Lewis Schiff reveals the eye-opening findings from a national survey of middle-class workers and self-made millionaires, offering practical guidance to show the rest of us what America self-made rich already know. Through his research, he holds a mirror to our most commonly held beliefs about success and then reveals the truth about how wealth is really created by surveying the truly wealthy. In doing so, he explodes the conventional wisdom and identifies the distinct principles practiced by individuals who may or may not be any smarter than the rest of the population but seem to understand instinctively how money is made. They don't employ business-as-usual practices; they adopt a Business Brilliant mind-set. The book illustrates how these self-made millionaires choose their careers, negotiate to win, and leverage social networks to accumulate their wealth. Schiff argues that it is the synergy behind seven uncommon practices, not serendipity or luck, that produces success. He offers a practical four-step program anyone can follow to position themselves to succeed more often and a roadmap to compare your own Business Brilliance to the executives and entrepreneurs who have successfully navigated our rapidly changing economy. While Business Brilliant doesn't promise to make you rich, it can help you achieve better results in your career and accumulate wealth faster.

The bestselling author of The Sellout tells the explosive story of the government’s crackdown on insider-trading networks an investigation that has already racked up more than 60 convictions.In Circle of Friends, award-winning journalist Charles Gasparino one of Wall Street's most knowledgeable observers follows government investigators and prosecutors as they pursue one of the most aggressive and broad-reaching series of insider-trading cases in the nation's history. A richly textured page-turner of investigative journalism based on extensive reporting, Circle of Friends chronicles the massive federal crackdown that has already put some of the biggest names on Wall Street behind bars, including Raj Rajaratnam, founder of the Galleon Group, and Rajat Gupta, a former CEO of consulting giant McKinsey & Co. Other similarly sized targets are still waiting nervously, including the biggest one of them all financial impresario Steve Cohen of SAC Capital, the giant hedge fund that has confounded regulators for years by cranking out a steady stream of market-busting returns.Gasparino goes behind the headlines to reveal how the government makes its case, using every tool at its disposal and at great expense to taxpayers to supposedly make the investing world safer for average Americans. Gasparino asks why federal officials are so eager to prosecute these cases: What is the real damage to individualsDo average investors really careHe explores why insider trading is all the rage these days when the U.S. government has failed to bring a single criminal case against the culprits who caused the 2008 financial crisis. Circle of Friends is not a defense of insider trading, but it does offer an account of the politics of Wall Street crime fighting, revealing the behind-the-scenes ambitions that motivate headlines and burnish political careers. A riveting work of narrative nonfiction, as engrossing and explosive as fictional thrillers of the finest magnitude, Circle of Friends is a wakeup call to the investing public.

Pike Logan tracks highly-trained Russian assassins to Brazil in this blistering, action-packed thriller from New York Times bestselling author and former Special Forces Officer Brad Taylor.“It’s an excellent read, and I greatly enjoyed it.” —Nelson DeMillePike Logan and the Taskforce were once the apex predators, an unrivaled hunting machine that decimated those out to harm the United States, but they may have met their match. While Pike Logan and Jennifer Cahill prepare to join their team on a counter-terrorist mission in the triple frontier—the lawless tri-border region where Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay meet—they are targeted in Charleston, South Carolina. A vicious explosion kills a friend, and the perpetrators have set it up to look like an accident. While the authorities believe this was not foul play, Pike knows the attack was meant for him. When he loses contact with the team in South America, Pike is convinced he and the Taskforce are under assault. His men are the closest thing to family that Pike has, which means he will do anything, even ignore direct orders to stand down, to find them. Pike and Jennifer head to Brazil to investigate their disappearance and run headlong into a crew of Russian assassins. Within days they are entangled in a byzantine scheme involving Brazilian politics and a cut-throat battle for control of offshore oil fields. Forged in combat, the Russians are the equal of anything the Taskforce has encountered before, but they make a mistake in attacking Pike’s team, because Pike has a couple of elite Israeli assassins of his own. And Pike will stop at nothing to protect his family.

In the brutally cold winter of 1919, 5,000 Americans battled the Red Army 600 miles north of Moscow. We have forgotten. Russia has not."AN EXCELLENT BOOK." —Wall Street Journal • "INCREDIBLE." — John U. Bacon • "EXCEPTIONAL.”  — Patrick K. O’Donnell • "A MASTER OF NARRATIVE HISTORY."  — Mitchell Yockelson • "GRIPPING." — Matthew J. Davenport • "FASCINATING, VIVID." — Minneapolis Star Tribune An unforgettable human drama deep with contemporary resonance, award-winning historian James Carl Nelson's The Polar Bear Expedition draws on an untapped trove of firsthand accounts to deliver a vivid, soldier's-eye view of an extraordinary lost chapter of American history—the Invasion of Russia one hundred years ago during the last days of the Great War.In the winter of 1919, 5,000 U.S. soldiers, nicknamed "The Polar Bears," found themselves hundreds of miles north of Moscow in desperate, bloody combat against the newly formed Soviet Union's Red Army. Temperatures plummeted to sixty below zero. Their guns and their flesh froze. The Bolsheviks, camouflaged in white, advanced in waves across the snow like ghosts.The Polar Bears, hailing largely from Michigan, heroically waged a courageous campaign in the brutal, frigid subarctic of northern Russia for almost a year. And yet they are all but unknown today. Indeed, during the Cold War, two U.S. presidents, Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon, would assert that the American and the Russian people had never directly fought each other. They were spectacularly wrong, and so too is the nation's collective memory.It began in August 1918, during the last months of the First World War: the U.S. Army's 339th Infantry Regiment crossed the Arctic Circle; instead of the Western Front, these troops were sailing en route to Archangel, Russia, on the White Sea, to intervene in the Russian Civil War. The American Expeditionary Force, North Russia, had been sent to fight the Soviet Red Army and aid anti-Bolshevik forces in hopes of reopening the Eastern Front against Germany. And yet even after the Great War officially ended in November 1918, American troops continued to battle the Red Army and another, equally formiddable enemy, "General Winter," which had destroyed Napoleon's Grand Armee a century earlier and would do the same to Hitler's once invincible Wehrmacht.More than two hundred Polar Bears perished before their withdrawal in July 1919. But their story does not end there. Ten years after they left, a contingent of veterans returned to Russia to recover the remains of more than a hundred of their fallen brothers and lay them to rest in Michigan, where a monument honoring their service still stands.In the century since, America has forgotten the Polar Bears' harrowing campaign. Russia, notably, has not, and as Nelson reveals, the episode continues to color Russian attitudes toward the United States. At once epic and intimate, The Polar Bear Expedition masterfully recovers this remarkable tale at a time of new relevance.

The master storyteller’s legacy continues… Glamour and suspense in the bestselling Sidney Sheldon novels from the international superstar Tilly Bagshawe. If Tomorrow Comes Tracy Whitey is on top of the world. Young, beautiful, intelligent, she is about to marry into wealth and glamour – until, betrayed by her own innocence, she finds herself in prison, framed by a ruthless mafia gang and abandoned by the man she loves. Beaten and broken, but surviving with her dazzling ingenuity, Tracy emerges from her savage ordeal – determined to avenge those who have destroyed her life. Nothing Lasts Forever Dr.Paige Taylor: She swore it was euthanasia, but when Paige inherited a million dollars from a patient, the D.A. called it murder. Dr. Kat Hunter: She vowed never to let another man too close again-until she accepted the challenge of a deadly bet. Dr. Honey Taft:To make it in medicine, she knew she'd need something more than the brains God gave her. Racing from the life-and-death decisions of a big major hospital to the tension-packed fireworks of a murder trial, Nothing Lasts Forever lays bare the ambitions and fears of healers and killers, lovers and betrayers. The Best Laid Plans: The explosive story of the beautiful and ambitious Leslie Stewart, who learns that for some men power is the greatest aphrodisiac; and of Oliver Russell, the handsome governor of a small southern state, who finds out why hell has no fury like a woman scorned. They both should have known that even the best laid plans can go dangerously astray…in a deadly dangerous way.

A masterpiece of satire, this classic has entertained and enlightened readers the world over with its sly and ironic portrayal of human life from the vantage point of Screwtape, a senior tempter in the service of Our Father Below. At once wildly comic, deadly serious, and strikingly original, C. S. Lewis gives us the correspondence of the worldly-wise old devil to his nephew Wormwood, a novice demon in charge of securing the damnation of an ordinary young man. The Screwtape Letters is the most engaging and humorous account of temptation and triumph over it ever written. Now, for the first time, The Screwtape Letters is presented with its full text alongside helpful annotations provided by Lewis enthusiast and dramatist Paul McCusker. The notes include literary, theological, and biographical information to enhance Lewis core themes and demystify complex ideas. McCusker also guides readers to concepts and references from the beloved author other treasured volumes to deepen and enrich this timeless classic. The annotated edition is the ultimate guide for understanding the heavenly truths buried in these epistles from below.

For years experts have been telling Americans what to eat and what not to eat. Fat, they told us, was the enemy. Then it was salt, then sugar, then cholesterol... and on it goes. Americans listened and they lost -- but not their excess fat. What they lost was their health and waistlines. Americans are the fattest people on earth... and whyMainly because of the food they eat. In this scientific and revolutionary book, based on Nobel Prize-winning research, medical visionary and former Massachusetts Institute of Technology researcher Dr. Barry Sears makes peak physical and mental performance, as well as permanent fat loss, simple for you to understand and achieve. With lists of good and bad carbohydrates, easy-to-follow food blocks and delicious recipes, The Zone provides all you need to begin your journey toward permanent fat loss, great health and all-round peak performance. In balance, your body will not only burn fat, but you'll fight heart disease, diabetes, PMS, chronic fatigue, depression and cancer, as well as alleviate the painful symptoms of diseases such as multiple sclerosis and HIV. This Zone state of exceptional health is well-known to champion athletes. Your own journey toward it can begin with your next meal. You will no longer think of food as merely an item of pleasure or a means to appease hunger. Food is your medicine and your ticket to that state of ultimate body balance, strength and great health: the Zone.

Two experts who have summited the tallest mountain on each of the seven continents and scaled the highest peaks in corporate sales and business examine what it takes to achieve success.In making the grueling journey to the top of Mount Everest, Susan Ershler and John Waechter joined the elite group of climbers who had conquered the Seven Summits the tallest mountains on each of the seven continents. This same determination has made them star performers in corporate sales and established them as business leaders. And both of them cherish the deep sense of satisfaction that comes from attaining a seemingly impossible goal through focus and persistence.In this unique guide, Susan and John draw on concrete experience to inspire sales professionals as well as all team members to overcome limitations and reach new heights of success, illustrating how anyone can achieve peak performance. They will show you how to define your goals clearly, commit to a vision, "choose the right sherpa" (build the right team), "travel light" (manage time), and "measure the mountain" (track progress).Weaving together stories from harrowing climbs and lessons of indomitable perseverance with actual tested methods for high achievement in sales, business, and life, Conquering the Seven Summits of Sales proves that anyone can overcome limitations and accomplish something real and meaningful in business and in life.

Whether you live below the Mason Dixon Line or just wish you did, The Southerner’s Handbook is your guide to living the good life. Curated by the editors of the award-winning Garden & Gun magazine, this compilation of more than 100 instructional and narrative essays offers a comprehensive tutorial to modern-day life in the South. From Food and Drink to Sporting & Adventure; Home & Garden to Style, Arts & Culture, you'll discover essential skills and unique insight from some of the South’s finest writers, chefs, and craftsmen—including the secret to perfect biscuits, how to wear seersucker, and to the right way to fall off of a horse. You'll also find: Roy Blount Jr. on telling a great story; Julia Reed on the secrets of throwing a great party; Jonathan Miles on drinking like a Southerner; Jack Hitt on the beauty of cooking a whole hog; John T Edge on why Southern food matters; and much more. As flavorful, authentic, and irresistible as the land and the people who inspire it, The Southerner's Handbook is the ultimate guide to being a Southerner (no matter where you live).

《刑法学讲义》 全网爆红的“法律男神”罗翔教授为每一位普通读者写的刑法普及讲义。 刑法与每个人的生活都密不可分，家庭、校园、职场、人际关系、经济活动处处都有违法犯罪行为，相应地，每个人都需要学习刑法。 罗翔让本来枯燥专业的刑法课变得“津津有味”，读者直呼上头，“根本停不下来”。刑法常识结合法理精神，兼具法律与人文的力量。本书为读者提供了相对完整的刑法学习体系，涵盖刑法演变、犯罪论、刑罚论，以及具体罪名的定罪量刑。全书通过分析真实刑法案件、张三的犯罪行为，激发读者用独立、睿智的法学思维去看待生活，提高法律感知能力。后，每一位读者都能带着法学思维回归到工作、生活中去。 《刑罚的历史》 中国政法大学罗翔教授，历数古代酷刑，讲述刑罚从残酷走向人道的过程。 中国古代的法律以刑法为基础，其主要的法律后果就是刑罚。成文刑法自产生以来，一直试图约束刑罚权。但是人治传统决定这一目的不可能真正实现“法有限，而情无穷”的刑罚思想导致酷刑泛滥，法外之刑五花八门。直到20世纪初，罪刑法定原则的出现，才将曾经无限膨胀的刑罚权，束缚在法律的轨道之内。 刑罚的历史并不单纯是对旧闻掌故的叙述。从奴隶制五刑到封建制五刑，直至近现代五刑，中国法律的发展历程漫长而艰难，折射出人类从野蛮到文明的嬗变，也让法治背景下的自由价值显得尤为珍贵。 《刑法中的同意制度》 中国政法大学教授罗翔，法律文化研究著作，全面审视性同意标准，以及包裹在“性”周围的权力、道德和文化。 有的男性认为女性穿着暴露、与男性单独共处一室、在男性面前喝醉酒、双方有亲密肢体接触等等行为就是女性暗示与男性发生性行为。但这些“我以为”真的意味着“她同意”吗？ 同意问题是性侵犯罪的核心，对“性同意”的讨论，不止于性行为发生需要得到许可，还包括围绕着“性”的性别、权力、道德和文化的重新审视，性同意年龄、厌女情节、社会风俗、完美受害者、亲密关系、婚内强奸…… 清楚认知法律中的同意制度，对男女双方都是纠偏的过程。正确表达不同意，是每位女性自我保护的关键；尊重她人的“不”，也是每位男性行为自由的边界。 世界并不完美，但法律可以持守正义，坚守善道，让人心在浊世中有对良善的信心与盼望。

  三国时代风云变幻，英雄辈出。关于这一时期的正史记录、野史传说、演义小说层出不穷，是非真假难以辨别，三国的真面目也逐渐被读者忽视。本书是《大唐兴亡三百年》（原《血腥的盛唐》）作者王觉仁全新力作，力求解历史事件的背后之谜，还原从东汉末年到吴国灭亡这一百年的真实三国历史。 刘关张桃园结义是个美好的虚构故事 《三国演义》：刘备、关羽、张飞三人意气相投，在桃园里结拜为兄弟。那句“不求同年同月同日生，只愿同年同月同日死”不知感动了多少后人，也写尽了中国人特有的“忠”与“义”。 《三国不演义》：史料中并没有出现过这个热血的故事，它只是罗贯中的艺术虚构。但不论是否结义，历史上的刘、关、张的确亲如兄弟。《三国志·关羽传》就称三人“寝则同床，恩若兄弟”，寥寥数语，道尽三人深厚的感情。   陈宫之所以背叛曹操，与曹操杀吕伯奢一家无关 《三国演义》：曹操杀吕伯奢一家后毫无悔意，对身旁的陈宫说：“宁教我负天下人，休教天下人负我”。陈宫无法容忍曹操的残忍，恨他是“狼心之徒”，终选择背叛离。 《三国不演义》：陈宫之所以背叛曹操，是因为一个叫边让的人。曹操诛杀了多次讥讽自己的边让一家，这件事激起了陈宫的愤怒。再加上陈宫本人性格正直刚烈，他担心自己迟早会得罪曹操，便与其他同样看不惯曹操的人一拍即合，共同推吕布上位。   关羽的“千里走单骑”“过五关斩六将”纯属虚构 《三国演义》：白马之战取胜之后，关羽拒绝了曹操的所有赏赐，决定北上寻找刘备。离曹营后，关羽跨越“千里”，上演了一段“过五关斩六将”的经典情节。 《三国不演义》：得知关羽离后，曹操只是叹了口气说“勿追也”，并未派兵追赶。此外，当时的袁绍大军与曹营所在的官渡，距离也就一百多里。关羽要去找刘备何须“千里走单骑”？还要“过五关斩六将”那么辛苦？ 翻本书，还原历史上真实的曹操、刘备、诸葛亮……  

《春节》：沉浸式体验一个中国人从腊月初八到正月十五的完整过年历程，在时间的终极仪式中体会春节蕴含的感情与愿望、伦理和信仰。 《清明》：在适宜之时呼唤春耕，也在明媚的春光中提醒人们勿忘逝者；在寒往暑来之际昭示生机，又在生生不息中将死和生并置。 《端午》：以史时间和地域两个维度，讲述端午的起源、节俗、文化、流变……追忆过往先贤，在即将到来的炎炎夏日里，保留一丝内心的清明。 《中秋》：以时间为脉络、地域为框架、节俗为肌理，深度剖析中秋的起源与内涵、历时两千多年的流变，打捞时光里独属于中秋的自在和诗性、浪漫与狂放。 《重阳》：以风俗活动、历史典故、民间传说为引，以信史文献、严谨考据为核，挖掘传统文化中蕴藏的至数之理，展示自然造化终极的壮观。

《清王朝的后十年：拉里贝的实景记录》是作者在法国公使馆内负责安全保卫工作期间拍摄的摄影集，拍摄地主要在北京及周边地区，这些照片记录了1900年到1910年之间清末中国的各种人物、家具、服饰、戏剧、建筑、街道、佛像、石刻等。透过这些不可多得的珍贵历史资料，我们可以看到一个百年前真实存在过的中国。这些照片不仅是19世纪末中国的面貌，也是更长的时间跨度内、甚至在某些方面数千年都鲜有改变的中国的侧写。 《晚清中国的光与影：杜德维的影像记忆（1876-1895）》是作者在中国任职期间拍摄的摄影集，记录了1876-1895年间北京、福建、江浙沪、广州、香港、澳门等地的人物、风光、建筑、物什及作者家人和朋友，这230多幅照片记录下了作者眼中落后腐朽与求变图强并存的中国，是晚清重要的实景资料。这些照片不仅是19世纪末中国的面貌，也是更长的时间跨度内、甚至在某些方面数千年都鲜有改变的中国的侧写。透过西方人探寻的目光，我们看到了一个近150年前真实存在过的中国，也看到了今天的中国从哪里走来。 《街头巷尾：十九世纪中国人的市井生活》整理自一组绘于19世纪的中国外销画，作者已不可考。书选择了一百四十多幅描绘当时社会生活场景及各行业人物的图画，全书分为“玩物杂耍”“民风民俗”“行业生计”三个部分，以鲜活生动、真实质朴的画面和简单易懂的文字说明再现了十九世纪中国人的日常市井生活状态。随着时代的变迁，这些原本是向西方世界介绍古老中国社会风情与文化的重要媒介，对于当代国人了解和传承传统文化同样有着重要意义、独特的史料和文化价值。 《万国来朝：<职贡图>里的古代中国与世界》以现藏于法国国家图书馆、清乾隆时期描绘海外诸国及国内各民族的画册《职贡图》为基础，解读画册中各使者形象背后的国名、方位、山川道里、风土人情等，展示了二百年前清王朝与周边地区及国家的政治、经济、文化关系及往来情形。惟妙惟肖的彩绘图为今天的人们了解当时世界各国的服饰、风俗、特产及生活状态等留下了珍贵资料。 《辫子与小脚：清都风物志》精选自由法国人（佚名）绘制的一组清国京城市井人物水粉彩画，绘制时间应在1800年前后。本书中的人物涉及王公贵胄、公主命妇、满汉官员、兵弁杂役、官员车马、社交礼仪、民间交通、佛僧道士、外藩异族、四时服装、街尾巷头的把式艺人、走街串巷的游商小贩。全书共235帧彩绘，参照原法文注释，由文博研究馆员韩炜炜为每帧图绘做了凝练的注解。

We all need a little mistletoe magic! Lose yourself in this wonderful selection of six sensational seasonal reads! Claiming His Christmas Bride by Carole Mortimer When Gideon Webber first met Molly Barton, he wanted her more than anything. But it appeared that Molly was already another man's mistress– his brother’s! Three years later, they meet again. And this time Gideon's determined to claim Molly once and for all—as his Yuletide bride! Christmas on the Children’s Ward by Carol Marinelli Consultant Nick Watson and Nurse Eden Hadley were old friends–until Nick lost his fiancée and the two grew apart. But when all a little orphaned boy on the children’s ward wants is one real family Christmas, can a little Christmas magic bring this trio together? A Surprise Christmas Proposal by Liz Fielding Sophie Harrington is very much a damsel in distress when rugged bachelor Gabriel York comes to her rescue. Gabriel ends up taking her in as a temporary lodger in his exclusive London home. But before long he realises Sophie isn't just for Christmas–but for life! Her Christmas Wedding Wish by Judy Christenberry Workaholic attorney Richard Anderson's life was turned upside down when he became guardian to his orphaned nephew. He left it up to Molly Soderling, the boy's beautiful nurse, to make this a very special Christmas—until a kiss under the mistletoe changed everything! The Italian’s Christmas Miracle by Lucy Gordon Drago di Luca and Alysa Dennis are brought together by a shared betrayal – their partners have been having an affair! But against all the odds they strike an unlikely friendship…As the attraction builds between them, could Christmas ring in the promise of a new start? A Bride by Christmas by Joan Elliott Pickart Marriage was not in wedding planner Maggie Jenkins’s future – until wealthy businessman Luke St. John hires her to plan a family wedding. His potent sexiness makes her forget her own name—but can he convince her to say ‘I do’?

《日军“慰安妇”全史》第二卷以学术性视角，深入考察了二战时期日军在中国和太平洋战场设立的慰安所及“慰安妇”制度。日本发动*侵华战争后，开始大规模推行慰安所。本卷通过大量历史案例、文献资料、实地调查和亲历者口述，还原“慰安妇”制度的真实面貌，并着重分析日军慰安所在中国占领区的设立、运作和发展，太平洋战争爆发后，这一制度又被推广到东南亚各地和太平洋岛屿。本卷的核心观点是，理解这一制度需超越文本和公娼制度的框架，考察其在战争环境下的实际运作，以判定其本质——军事性奴隶制度。

《日军“慰安妇”全史》第四卷主要聚焦于“慰安妇”制度受害者的诉讼之路、日本政府及民间的态度，以及国际社会对此问题的反应，展现战后各国政府及学界对这一二战历史遗留问题的持续关注与斗争。自20世纪90年代以来，各地的“慰安妇”制度受害幸存者，勇敢地站出来揭露日军的暴行，并寻求正义，她们通过法律途径向日本政府提起诉讼，要求道歉和赔偿。而日本政府长期回避“慰安妇”问题，试图掩盖历史真相。国际社会对日军“慰安妇”问题给予了广泛关注，联合国等国际组织对此进行了调查和报告，明确指出“慰安妇”制度是军事性奴隶制度，是对妇女人权的严重侵犯。正视历史、反省战争罪行，是避免悲剧重演、实现真正历史和解的重要前提。

God in the Dock is one of the best known of C.S. Lewis's collections of essays and includes Myth Become Fact, The Grand Miracle, Priestesses in the Church and, of course, God in the Dock.

《七个天才团队的故事》的内容简介： 《七个天才团队的故事》研究了美国历史上七个具有持久影响力的团队：迪士尼电影公司；施乐公司的帕洛阿尔托研究中心的伟大团队；苹果公司团队；克林顿竞选团队；“臭鼬计划”与隐性飞机团队；黑山学院；“曼哈顿计划”团队，总结出了伟大团队的15 条经验。对于天才团队的介绍，一部分是团队的历史，一部分是团队建设的工作方法，还有一部分是关于为何某些团队能够成就卓越，而大部分团队却仍旧在困境中苦苦挣扎的思考，对于从事颠覆式技术创新的创业团队尤有启发。 《七个天才团队的故事》描述的重点是：以各种方式组织一群天才，让他们既能创造伟大的成就，又能体验成就所带来的愉悦与个人的改变。这并不代表不再需要领导者，而是必须承认一种新模式：伟大的领导者不再单独存在，而是与伟大团队共存。领导者通过团队展现“伟大”，并协助团队成员展现“伟大”。 《领导者》的内容简介]： 《领导者》论及的是“领导者是什么人”。本尼斯团队耗时两年采访了90 位领导者，其中60 位是成功的CEO，另有30 位则是公共服务领域的杰出领导者。从这90位领导者身上识别出成功领导者所共有的四大主题策略：策略一，通过愿景唤起专注；策略二，通过沟通赋予意义；策略三，通过定位赢得信任；策略四，通过自重实现自我成长。以及“ 领导”与“管理”的本质区别和联系：它们是两个不同但互补的概念，“管理者是把事做对的人，领导者是做对的事的人”，“ 管理”意味着“带动、实现、负责、指挥”；而“领导”是“影响、指引方向、过程、行动、提出意见”，领导意味着有效的愿景和决断，管理意味着熟练的日常业务运营。 《成为领导者》的内容简介： 《成为领导者》是本尼斯重要的一部著作，以宏大的美国历史画卷探讨了领导力的作用、形成与挑战，通过对数十位领导者的深入访谈与研究，讨论了领导力的方法论：人们怎样成为领导者，他们怎样领导，以及组织是怎样鼓励或者限制有潜力的领导者，并从中识别出领导的六个基本要素和领导者的七项重要品质。 《成为领导者》是基于这样一个假定：领导者是那些能够充分表现自我的人。他们知道自己是什么人，知道自己的优点和缺点是什么，知道该怎样去充分利用自己的优点、弥补自己的缺点。他们还知道自己想要的是什么、为什么有这样的目标，以及如何通过有效的沟通共同的目标赢得他人的合作与支持。他们知道该怎样去实现目标。充分表现自我的关键是了解自我和外在的世界，而了解的关键是学习——从自己的人生和经历中学习。 《经营梦想》的内容简介： 《经营梦想》是本尼斯30 年研究精选，汇集了他全部领导力论著的精华，书中的每一页都闪耀着他的才华和智慧。他认为，通过拥抱和“经营”一个真实的梦想，领导者就真正地肩负起塑造未来的责任。 本书重点探讨的就是领导者与其梦想的关系，以及他的组织与其梦想的关系。深入探讨领导者如何推动领导和管理变革。 本书第三部分着重叙述了品格和道德对一个领导者的影响。对那些留下了真正遗产的领导者们来说，品格和道德是宝贵的优点。每一个组织都怂恿其领导者专注于眼前的当务之急，而代价就是忽视那些决定我们所有人生活质量的大问题。 事实上，领导者就是那个未来梦想的化身。一个梦想就是一张路线图。它告诉我们怎样前往与命运碰头的约会地点；梦想就是一系列富有想象力的假设，摸索着走向存在于我们意识深处的栩栩如生的理想境界。同时，领导者经营梦想，他们联合所有的资源和努力将自己的梦想转变为现实，希望这本《经营梦想》助你用心经营自己的梦想并将它转变为现实，助你成为优秀的领导者以及好的自己。

「誰是金庸小說中武功天下？」 「金庸小說的武學高手一代不如一代？」 「獨孤九劍與重劍劍理，何者較為高明？」 「你知道武林絕頂高手一掌可打多遠、一躍可跳多高、一奔能有多快、一拳能擊出多少斤嗎？」 「掃地神僧、獨孤求敗和東方不敗，哪位武藝更深？郭靖、楊過、張無忌，誰人武功更強？」 這是每位金庸小說讀者都曾思考過的問題。有說武俠小說「寧可無武，不可無俠」，但對許多讀者來說，看武林高手馳騁江湖，以神奇強大的武功行俠仗義，爭鳴競勝，藉此欣賞作者的創意和文筆，才是閱讀武俠小說的趣味所在。本書旨在說明金庸小說中的武功設定，透過仔細閱讀小說原文，詳盡比較各部金庸作品，為各位讀者澄清誤解、鑒定排名、評判高低。此乃「金庸武功學」之趣味矣。

Leverage benefits of machine learning techniques using Python About This Book Improve and optimise machine learning systems using effective strategies. Develop a strategy to deal with a large amount of data. Use of Python code for implementing a range of machine learning algorithms and techniques. Who This Book Is For This title is for data scientist and researchers who are already into the field of data science and want to see machine learning in action and explore its real-world application. Prior knowledge of Python programming and mathematics is must with basic knowledge of machine learning concepts. What You Will Learn Learn to write clean and elegant Python code that will optimize the strength of your algorithms Uncover hidden patterns and structures in data with clustering Improve accuracy and consistency of results using powerful feature engineering techniques Gain practical and theoretical understanding of cutting-edge deep learning algorithms Solve unique tasks by building models Get grips on the machine learning design process In Detail Machine learning and predictive analytics are becoming one of the key strategies for unlocking growth in a challenging contemporary marketplace. It is one of the fastest growing trends in modern computing, and everyone wants to get into the field of machine learning. In order to obtain sufficient recognition in this field, one must be able to understand and design a machine learning system that serves the needs of a project. The idea is to prepare a learning path that will help you to tackle the real-world complexities of modern machine learning with innovative and cutting-edge techniques. Also, it will give you a solid foundation in the machine learning design process, and enable you to build customized machine learning models to solve unique problems. The course begins with getting your Python fundamentals nailed down. It focuses on answering the right questions that cove a wide range of powerful Python libraries, including scikit-learn Theano and Keras.After getting familiar with Python core concepts, it’s time to dive into the field of data science. You will further gain a solid foundation on the machine learning design and also learn to customize models for solving problems. At a later stage, you will get a grip on more advanced techniques and acquire a broad set of powerful skills in the area of feature selection and feature engineering. Style and approach This course includes all the resources that will help you jump into the data science field with Python. The aim is to walk through the elements of Python covering powerful machine learning libraries. This course will explain important machine learning models in a step-by-step manner. Each topic is well explained with real-world applications with detailed guidance.Through this comprehensive guide, you will be able to explore machine learning techniques.

《完全图解——果壳宇宙：讲述宇宙的前世今生》 在茫茫宇宙之中，我们赖以生存的地球中是微不足道的一颗小小天体。渺小的人类一始就对广袤的宇宙产生了浓厚的兴趣，逐渐描绘出宇宙过去、现在和未来的图景。本书将为您介绍历史上不同时期出现的各种宇宙观，并着重对以宇宙膨胀为基础的大爆炸理论予以阐述，为读者勾画出一幅关于宇宙起源、发展和终结的速写。 　　本书运用现代编辑手法，尽量将艰涩难懂的术语解释得简洁明了，在不失信息量的同时，坚持简便易读的行文风格。同时，以插图、图解的方式，使相关的知识更加直明朗地呈现到读者面前，给您以轻松愉快的阅读体验。 　　宇宙的中心在哪里？宇宙的边缘离我们有多远？ 　　宇宙的终结，是热寂还是大坍塌，抑或再发生一次爆炸而重生？ 　　神秘的黑洞、暗物质、暗能量到底是什么？ 《完全图解——野外求生宝典：日本受欢迎、使用率的生存手册》 本书不仅是本野外求生指南，还是本野外生活趣味大全；不仅教你解决野外的衣食住行问题，让你的野外之行畅通无阻，还带你领略野趣野味，体会大自然的神秘。本书破野外生存手册复杂的传统讲解方式，以明了易懂的图解形式使枯燥的求生技能简单化、趣味化。详细介绍了分辨方向、找水、生火、觅食、安营、求救的方法，以及常见病的预防和治疗等基本知识，还介绍了诸多妙趣横生的小窍门，用手表辨别方向，用头发预测天气，用镜子通讯，用竹竿制作野外生活用品，用杂草做鞋，用绳结和毛巾急救疗伤。更教你如何观察动物、如何捕捉昆虫等使野外生活增添色彩的技能。 本套书还包括：《完全图解——人脑使用手册：掌握正确的用脑方法》、《完全图解——不可思议的人体：深度解读人体密码》、《完全图解——达尔文化论：揭生命演变的秘密》、《完全图解——不可不知的天灾地变：中国人的灾难求生宝典》。