《芬兰》将向读者讲述芬兰奇迹和荣誉背后那一个个鲜活的故事，引导读者徜徉在如诗如画的美丽国度中。芬兰，一个人口只有530万的北欧小国，却拥有“森林王国”、“欧洲绿色之肺”、“千岛之国”和“圣诞老人故乡”等诸多的美称。2000-2004提。芬兰连续四年被评为世界上腐败程度、廉洁程度最高的国家。在世界经济论坛公布的全球竞争力报告中，芬兰三度蝉联榜首。芬兰还是全球移动电话产品市场的头号，2003年诺基亚公司手机的发货量达1.8亿部，占全球市场份额的35％。

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Peter Bogdanovich, known primarily as a director, filmhistorian and critic, has been working with professional actors allhis life. He started out as an actor (he debuted on the stage inhis sixth-grade production of Finian’s Rainbow); he watched actorswork (he went to the theater every week from the age of thirteenand saw every important show on, or off, Broadway for the nextdecade); he studied acting, starting at sixteen, with Stella Adler(his work with her became the foundation for all he would ever doas an actor and a director). Now, in his new book, Who the Hell’s in It, Bogdanovich drawsupon a lifetime of experience, observation and understanding of theart to write about the actors he came to know along the way; actorshe admired from afar; actors he worked with, directed, befriended.Among them: Lauren Bacall, Humphrey Bogart, James Cagney, JohnCassavetes, Charlie Chaplin, Montgomery Clift, Marlene Dietrich,Henry Fonda, Ben Gazzara, Audrey Hepburn, Boris Karloff, DeanMartin, Marilyn Monroe

Are you in good shape but struggling with those last ten totwenty pounds that stand between looking perfectly okay and lookingknock-their-eyes-out great? Do you have an event on the calendarwhere you’d love to make jaws drop? Or do you just want to see foryourself what it would be like to have the best body you’ve everhad in your life? Then you need this book. Making the Cut is a unique, intense thirty-day program from TV’stoughest fitness guru, Jillian Michaels. It has one purpose: tomaximize your diet and fitness potential so you’ll get dramaticresults at an accelerated pace. The program trains you in threeessential ways—mentally, nutritionally, and physically. Making theCut enables you to: ? identify your unique body type and metabolic makeup (are you afast, slow, or balanced oxidizer?) and customize a diet plan thatis perfect for you ? learn mental techniques that greatly enhance yourself-confidence and sharpen your focus on success ? develop your strength, flexibi

“What happens when a shoe-crazy, lipstick-obsessed,wine-swilling, pasta-slurping, fashion-fanatic, single-forever,about-to-get-married big-city girl cartoonist with a fabulous lifefinds . . . a lump in her breast?” That’s the question that setsthis powerful, funny, and poignant graphic memoir in motion. Invivid color and with a taboo-breaking sense of humor, MarisaAcocella Marchetto tells the story of her eleven-month, ultimatelytriumphant bout with breast cancer—from diagnosis to cure, andevery challenging step in between. But Cancer Vixen is about more than surviving an illness. Itis a portrait of one woman’s supercharged life in Manhattan, and awonderful love story. Marisa, self-described “terminalbachelorette,” meets her Prince Charming in Silvano, owner of thechic downtown restaurant Da Silvano. Three weeks before theirwedding, she receives her diagnosis. She wonders: How will he reactto this news? How will my world change? Will I even survive? And .. . what about my hair? From raucous

Darfur is a region set apart: huge, remote, and povertystricken. Its people are today locked in conflict, terrorized bythe lawless Arab militia known as janjawid, which has created whatthe United Nations has called 'the world's worst humanitariandisaster'. As M. W. Daly, distinguished historian and long-termobserver of the Sudan, explains, the roots of the crisis lie deepin Darfur's past. Tracing the story to the origins of the Fur statein the seventeenth century, through imperial expansion, revolution,and finally Darfur's annexation by the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, heshows how years of neglect left the region unprepared forindependence. The final chapters focus on the years thereafter, assuccessive governments failed to rise to the challenges ofinstitution building and economic and political administration, andthe region descended into chaos. This is a complex and oftenharrowing story, told with compassion, insight, and a strong senseof place.

Fear, anger, and anxiety–the side effects of life’s everydaystresses–are natural and sometimes helpful, but left unchecked theycan lead to a host of debilitating ailments that are now so commonwe assume they are unavoidable: heart disease, arthritis,gastrointestinal problems, depression, and more. There is goodnews, though: The key to a healthy life free of these conditions isto activate what Harvard Medical School instructor Dr. Eva Selhubcalls the love response: a series of biochemical reactions thatlower blood pressure, heart rate, respiration, and adrenalinelevels, stimulating physical healing and reinstating balance andwell-being. A practical life-healing program, the first of its kind, The LoveResponse is the result of Dr. Selhub’s years of research–andclinical practice–on how to reverse the destructive physicaleffects of fear and stress, and banish emotional wounds from thepast. Through a simple-to-use plan of awareness, breathing,visualization, and verbal command exercises, The Love Resp

Operation Family Secrets is the chilling true story ofhow the son of the most violent mobster in Chicago made theunprecedented decision to work with the FBI and the U.S. Attorney’sOffice to incriminate his own father and to help bring down thelast great American crime syndicate—the one-hundred-year-oldChicago Outfit. The Calabrese family of Chicago is a close-knit, middle-class,multi-generational Italian-Irish-American clan. They operate familybusinesses. They work day and night striving for the AmericanDream. All three sons forge a bond with their controlling father,Frank Sr., and their soft-spoken favorite uncle, Nick. As a boy,the oldest son, Frank Jr., realizes that his father and uncle arealso “made” members of another close-knit family: the outfit. In Operation Family Secrets FrankCalabrese, Jr., tells the turbulent tale of a family dominated by aviolent patriarch who breaks a longstanding unwritten outfit codeand “brings the street into his home” by enlisting two of his sonsinto

二十一世纪以来，伴随着中国经济的迅速崛起，国内财经媒体迅猛发展、日臻成熟，财经新闻行业吸引了越来越多的高校学子投身其中。如何成为一名卓越的财经媒体人？如何理解中国经济的运行轨迹？中国财经媒体面临怎样的发展机遇和挑战？类似问题并不能在象牙塔中、在学院教育中找到完整的答案。本书收录了一线财经媒体人的切身经验和体悟，并在第一版基础上进行调整和更新，为新闻理想主义者们，点燃梦想之光。

Cosmic Coupling is a fun, fast-paced exploration of every?possible relationship between star signs, both straight and gay,from the authors’ unique sextrological perspective. With richknowledge, expert wordsmithing, and signature wry humor, celebritycosmic consultants Stella Starsky + Quinn Cox delve into thespecific rules of attraction inherent in each bond and the perksand pitfalls particular to each partnership. Whether addressingenduring alliances or fleeting dalliances, Starsky + Cox don’t shyaway from the juicier bits in profiling the romantic and sexualnature of each star-sign combination on the astrological block.Smart, sexy, and sophisticated, with a wink, Cosmic Coupling?profiles couples in a threefold manner: ? Chemistry—describes the sparks, clashes, andunderlying motivations of the couple’s mutual attraction ? Compatibility—depicts the relationship needs ofeach sign and explains how the pair best meshes ? Carnality—details the sexual dynamics of thebond, right on down to the

A remarkable introduction to cultural studies as relevant todayas it was in 1934, Ruth Benedict's groundbreaking study is the bookthat first brought the concept of "culture" to lay readers. In thisfascinating work, Benedict compares the cultures of three peoples:the Kwakiutl of western Canada, the Zuni of the southwestern UnitedStates, and the Dobuans of Melanesia. Featuring an introduction byFranz Boas, a preface by Margaret Mead, and a foreword by MaryCatherine Bateson, Patterns of Culture shows the importance culturehas on everyday life.

Each chapter of this inventive consideration of Americanculture evokes an actual meeting between American writers andartists, from Henry James and Mathew Brady, to Mark Twain andUlysses S. Grant, to Elizabeth Bishop and Marianne Moore, to NormanMailer and Robert Lowell. The accumulation of these pairings drawsthe reader into the mysterious process by which creativity has beensparked and passed on, from the Civil War through the civil rightsmovement.

Leading natural health expert Gary Null has devoted his lifeto helping people feel better about their bodies, and in thisgroundbreaking book he presents a surefire plan to help you loseweight—and keep it off. Based on Null’s research with over athousand volunteers and more than thirty-five years as a healtheducator, Kiss Your Fat Goodbye explores the science behindweight gain and provides an easy-to-follow weight-loss regimenbased on all-natural nutrition, exercise, and holistic therapies.Complete with a thirty-one-day eating plan packed with delicious,low-fat recipes that can be tailored to your individual needs, Kiss Your Fat Goodbye shows you how to jump-start yourmetabolism and develop healthier, lifelong eating habits. You willlearn how to: —Listen to your body and determine your unique dietary needs —Use detoxification as the key to weight-loss success—safely andeffectively —Reduce with juice and blend a variety of slimming,health-enhancing beverages —Use the 125 recipes in the eating

Wall Street scandals. Fights over taxes. Racial resentments. ALakers-Celtics championship. The Karate Kid topping the box-officecharts. Bon Jovi touring the country. These words could describeour current moment—or the vaunted iconography of three decadespast. In this wide-ranging and wickedly entertaining book, New YorkTimes bestselling journalist David Sirota takes readers on arollicking DeLorean ride back in time to reveal how so many of ourpresent-day conflicts are rooted in the larger-than-life popculture of the 1980s—from the “Greed is good” ethos of Gordon Gekko(and Bernie Madoff) to the “Make my day” foreign policy of RonaldReagan (and George W. Bush) to the “transcendence” of CliffHuxtable (and Barack Obama). Today’s mindless militarism and hypernarcissism, Sirota argues,first became the norm when an ’80s generation weaned on Ramboone-liners and “Just Do It” exhortations embraced a newreligion—with comic books, cartoons, sneaker commercials,videogames, and

作者考察了中国的小脚部落――云南通海六一村的历史，采访了几十位小脚妇女，发掘了她们的缠足史，叙述了她们的生命历程并探索了世代缠足者的心理及其欣赏缠足者的变态心理。

Discover the Rewards of Homeschooling Your Teen ?Create unlimited learning on a limited budget ?Discover teaching methods for teens with different learningstyles ?Utilize the best resources and technology ?Prepare your teen for college, career, and adult life The teen years can be the most exciting time in your child'slife. He or she is becoming an independent young adult andbeginning to make decisions for the future. Yet growing concernabout the negative social pressures, safety, and efficiency of ourtraditional high schools has prompted many parents just like you toteach their teenagers at home. With Homeschooling: The Teen Yearsas your guide, you'll discover it's not as daunting a task asyou've been led to believe. Using real-life stories from dozens offamilies, this book reveals the secrets of making homeschoolingwork for you and your teen. You'll discover how to: ?Work with your teen to create a unique, individual learningexperience ?Make coursework intere

A dramatic and moving tribute to the military’s unsung heroes,American Patriots tells the story of the black servicemen and womenwho defended American ideals on the battlefield, even as they facedracism in the ranks and segregation on the home front. Throughhundreds of original interviews with veterans of every war sinceWorld War I, historic accounts, and photographs, Gail Buckleybrings these heroes and their struggles to life. We meet Henry O.Flipper, who withstood silent treatment from his classmates tobecome the first black graduate of West Point in 1877. And WorldWar II infantry medic Bruce M. Wright, who crawled through aminefield to shield a fallen soldier during an attack. Finally, wemeet a young soldier in Vietnam, Colin Powell, who rose through theranks to become, during the Gulf War, the first black chairman ofthe Joint Chiefs of Staff. Fourteen years in the making, AmericanPatriots is a landmark chronicle of the brave men and women whosecourage and determination changed the course of Ameri

Irritable bowel syndrome, Crohn’s disease, colitis, hepatitis,heartburn—these are only a few of the gastrointestinal disordersthat affect tens of millions of Americans. Despite theirprevalence, these conditions have proven difficult to treat withstandard medical approaches. In this updated guide, Andrew Gaeddertoffers a wealth of natural remedies and lifestyle changes that havehelped thousands to alleviate symptoms and heal their bodies, onestep at a time. Drawing on his extensive clinical experience,Gaeddert covers such topics as herbs and vitamins, Chinesemedicine, meditation, and environmental triggers that affectdigestion, helping the reader make sense of the daunting array ofnatural healing techniques. Case studies illustrate how the author’s clients were able toreduce or eliminate their digestive problems, enjoy greater energy,and reduce discomfort by learning how to identify foodsensitivities, develop a tolerance for certain foods, preventnegative reactions to food, and use rotation diets and a