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[英文原版]The RoadLess Traveled 少有人走的路 基本信息 出版社: Holiday House;Intl edition; Export (1997年9月1日) 外文书名: 少有人走的路 平装: 320页 语种： 英语 ISBN: 068485015X 条形码: 9780684850153 商品尺寸: 2.2 x 10.8 x16.9 cm 商品重量: 150g 图书描述 这是一本震惊世界的名著，出版后虽未作任何宣传，但经人们口耳相传，迅速畅销起来，它曾在美国著名的《纽约时报》畅销书排行榜上连续上榜近二十年，创下了出版史上的一大奇迹。 这是一部罕见的心理学杰作，早在1983年，它便成为有口皆碑的超级畅销读物。作者灵活运用传统心理分析方法去解决人生的冲突和难题。它的有效和实用，产生了前所未有的轰动响应。 《出版者周刊》 本书处处透露出沟通与理解的意味，它跨越时代限制，帮助我们探索爱的本质，引导我

Catapulted onto the world stage by a daring reform agenda, present-day China represents an experiment unique in human history. Its astonishing economic ascent and rapidly expanding consumer market has captured the global imagination. Bristling with amazing opportunities which may conceal considerable risks, engaging with China is inescapable for many firms. How to Do Business in China highlights 24 lessons that will facilitate your entry into China. Tips on avoiding common mishaps and enhancing your preparedness are outlined. This book provides valuable insights into：The nature of business environment、Strategic thinking、Negotiation、Cultural awareness、Anticipating problems、Understanding the bigger picture. This exhilarating and mostly untapped marketplace replete with idiosyncrasies is a dominant force shaping the 21st century. How to Do Business in China will sensitise you to the issues as it clearly depicts the challenges ahead. 作者简介： Nick Dallas, PHD, is a China watcher and we

“Applicants looking for the competitive edge in gettingaccepted at the business school of their choice may want to perusethis book.” –Security Traders Handbook Every year, thousands apply for a finite number of places inbusiness schools. With similar grades, backgrounds, and goals,sometimes the only thing that can make an applicant stand out isthe application essay. It’s the best chance you have to shine andtip the balance in your favor. Essays That Worked for Business Schools shows that the bestessays are brief, sincere, and personal. Some are off the wall,some are bold, all are unique to their creator. One applicantwrites about starting his own airline. Another tells about thecorruption in his job as a defense contractor. And a third reflectson his license plate. From the thousands submitted each year, theforty essays in this book were considered some of the best byadmissions officers at the nation’s top business schools. As thiscollection demonstrates, with creativity and effor

You can go after the job you want...and get it! You can take the job you have...and improve it! You can take any situation you're in...and make it work for you! For over 50 years the rock-solid, time-tested advice in this book has carried thousands of now famous people up the ladder of success in their business and personal lives. Now this phenomenal book has been revised and updated to help readers achieve their maximum potential in the complex and competitive 90s! Learn: The six ways to make people like you The twelve ways to win people to your way of thinking The nine ways to change people without arousing resentment and much, much

Mark Penn argues that the biggest trends in America are theMicrotrends, the smaller trends that go unnoticed or ignored. Onemillion people can create new market for a business, spark a socialmovement, or effect political change. In 1996, a microtrendidentified by Penn ("soccer moms") was crucial in re-electingPresident Clinton. With years of experience as one of world's mosthighly regarded pollsters, Mark Penn identifies the new microtrendssweeping the world: *Single women by choice: More often than ever before, they aren'twaiting for Mr. Right. They are raising children by themselves andbuying their own homes. *Splitters: A growing number of middle-class residents areshuttling between two homes, creating new communities and dynamicsin the real estate market. *Sun Haters: Environmentalists, skin cancer survivors, andparents concerned about the impact the sun is having on ourhealth. *Philo-semites: A growing number of people want to date Jewishmen and women. *Classical Musi

With a new Afterword by the author and a new Foreword by MarkCuban In this commanding big-picture analysis of what went wrong incorporate America, Alex Berenson, a top financial investigativereporter for The New York Times, examines the common threadconnecting Enron, Worldcom, Halliburton, Computer Associates, Tyco,and other recent corporate scandals: the cult of the number. Every three months, 14,000 publicly traded companies report salesand profits to their shareholders. Nothing is more important inthese quarterly announcements than earnings per share, the lodestarthat investors—and these days, that’s most of us—use to judge thehealth of corporate America. earnings per share is the number forwhich all other numbers are sacrificed. It is the distilled truthof a company’s health. Too bad it’s often a lie. Alex Berenson’s The Number provides a comprehensiv, brutallyfactual overview of how Wall Street and corporate America losttheir way during the great bull market tha

As director of an inner-city woman's shelter, Dana Dupinskysafeguards many secrets. Some are new identities; some are newaddresses; and some are even hidden truths about herself.Passionately dedicated to Hanover House and the women she protects,Dana has always been reluctant to look for love. But now, just as acase puts her and a child in mortal danger, it seems that love hascome looking for her. Security expert Ethan Buchanan learned to stalk men in the Afghandesert. Now he vows to track down the ruthless woman who kidnappedhis godson-and falling for Dana is not in the plan. Yet her verypresence seems to chase away the ghosts that haunt him, and herskillful evasion of personal questions raises his huntinginstincts. For there's a deadly new secret at Hanover House. Abrutal killer is weaving a web of revenge with a stolen boy at itscenter. And Dana is the next victim on the list...

The devaluation of the American dollar, with the subsequentinflation, iseerily similar to the chaotic markets of the 1970s.The factors that createdthe stagflation and the gold and silverbull markets of the late seventiesand early eighties are back. AsYogi Berra said, "It's deja vu all overagain." Only this time,they're even more exaggerated-offeringonce-in-a-lifetimeopportunities for middle-class Americans, if they lookbeyond theWall Street stock-market propaganda. This book can helpyoupanic-proof your life and your finances, and reap huge profitswithrelatively small investments in gold, silver, certain ETFs,mutual funds,and mining stocks.How to Prosper During the Coming BadYears in the 21st Century is amust-have survival and moneymakingguide for people who want to profit fromthe rough economic seasthat are upon us-and come through with their shareof treasure.--This text refers to the Kindle Edition.

Have you ever wondered why some people seem to riseeffortlessly to the top, while others are stuck in the same jobyear after year? Have you ever felt you are falling short of yourcareer potential? Have you wondered if some of the things you do–ordon’t do–at work might be hamstringing your ambitions? In The 12Bad Habits That Hold Good People Back, James Waldroop and TimothyButler identify the twelve habits that–whether you are a retailclerk or a law firm partner, work in technology or in a factory–arealmost guaranteed to hold you back. The fact is, most people learn their greatest lessons not fromtheir successes but from their mistakes. The 12 Bad Habits ThatHold Good People Back offers the flip side to Stephen Covey’sapproach in The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, zeroing in onthe most common behavior that can impede a career. Based on overtwenty years of research as business psychologists, the authorsclaim that the reasons people fail in their jobs are the sameeverywhere. Only a

So much to do, so little time, so best to start early. Full of things to make, achieve, learn (and some things you shouldn't learn) this is the perfect handbook for any child who wants to revel in being young and not-boring. Can you Make an origami crane? Lie convincingly? Operate as a spy? Parents may need these skills (not origami) to wrest their child's copy from them and indulge in all the fun they should have had.

In all his years in the Chicago Fire Department, LieutenantReed Solliday has never experienced anything like this recentoutbreak of house fires--devastating, vicious, and,in one case,homicidal. He has another problem--his new partner, Detective MiaMitchell. She's brash, bossy, and taking the case in a direction henever imagined. Mia's instincts tell her the arsonist is making this personal.And as the infernos become more deadly, one look at the victims'tortured faces convinces her and Reed that they must work closer tocatch the killer. With each new blaze, the villain ups the ante,setting firetraps for the people Reed and Mia love. The truth isalmost too hot to handle: This monster's desire for death anddestruction is unquenchable...and for Mia he's started thecountdown to an early grave.

The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum draws morevisitors than any other museum in the world—90,000 a day in thesummertime—and the exhibit of air travel posters featured in thisunique companion volume combines arresting, colorful art, rarearchival material, and a unique approach to aeronautical history.The posters—most of them never before published—featurebarnstormers, gliders, and flying boats, the earliest passengerflights, the first luxury-liners, mail carriers, jets, and muchmore. Spanning a century and a half, they combine the popular artand the commerce of their eras, with both explored in theentertaining, informative text by a longstanding National Air andSpace Museum curator. From 19th-century circus impresarios offeringrides in gaudy hot-air balloons to the sleek 21st-centuryairliners, the posters provide a fascinating illustrated history offlight as it evolved from an exotic realm inhabited only byvisionaries and daredevils into our modern world of speedy jets andfrequent flye

In the On-the-Fly Guide to Balancing Work and Life ,Bill Butterworth brings his trusted brand of motivation to an issuethat affects us all, no matter what our jobs or where we stand onthe corporate ladder. As this charming little book makes clear, it is possibleto have it all: success at work and a fulfilling life outside theoffice. Designed to be read in one short plane ride—or over a hotcup of coffee or two—this book is the “Cliff’s Notes” for ahappier, more well-rounded life. Filled with stories about howsuccessful people from all walks of life have integrated their workand home lives and packed with advice on how you can learn to dothe same, the On-the-Fly Guide to Balancing Work and Life will change the way you work—and, more importantly, the way youlive. There’s no telling what you’ll learn when you read on thefly.

Because starting a small business is not only a huge financialrisk but also a complete lifestyle change, anyone who wants to behis or her own boss needs to approach entrepreneurship thoughtfullyand with careful planning. That’s why there is no better resourcethan The Wall Street Journal Complete Small Business Guidebook, apractical guide for turning your entrepreneurial dreams into asuccessful company, from America’s most trusted source of financialadvice. It answers would-be business owners’ biggest question—howdo I fund my venture?—then explains the mechanics of building,running and growing a profitable business. You’ll learn: ? How to write a winning business plan ? Secrets to finding extra money during the lean years andbeyond ? Ways to keep your stress in check while maintaining a work/lifebalance ? How to manage your time, including taking vacations anddealing with sick days ? Strategies for keeping your business running smoothly—frominvesting in technology to hiring the right peop

Spain. A land of eternal passion and unceasing bloodshed. Fromthe vengeance of a pitiless tyrant, four women flee the sacred,once-safe walls of a convent: LUCIA, the proud survivor harboring amurderous secret from the savage clan wars of Sicily...GRACIELLA,the beauty still unpurged of guilt from one reckless, youthfulsin...MEGAN, the orphan seeking perilous refuge in the arms of adefiant Basque rebel...and TERESA, the believer haunted by a faiththat mocks her with silence. Leaving innocence but not hope behind,they venture into an alien, dazzling world, where each willencounter an unexpected destiny -- and the truth about herself.