The first comprehensive on-the-ground investigation of the global market for citizenship, examining the wealthy elites who buy passports, the states and brokers who sell them, and the normalization of a once shadowy practice.
Our lives are in countless ways defined by our citizenship. The country we belong to affects our rights, our travel possibilities, and ultimately our chances in life. Obtaining a new citizenship is rarely easy. But for those with the means—billionaires like Peter Thiel and Jho Low, but also countless unknown multi-millionaires—it’s just a question of price.
More than a dozen countries, many of them small islands in the Mediterranean, Caribbean, and South Pacific, sell citizenship to 50,000 people annually. Through six years of fieldwork on four continents, Kristin Surak discovered how the initially dubious sale of passports has transformed into a full-blown citizenship industry that thrives on global inequalities. Some “investor citizens” hope to parlay their new passport into visa-free travel—or use it as a steppingstone to residence in countries like the United States. Other buyers take out a new citizenship as an insurance policy or to escape state control at home. Almost none, though, intend to move to their selected country and live among their new compatriots, whose relationship with these global elites is complex.
A groundbreaking study of a contentious practice that has become popular among the nouveaux riches, The Golden Passport takes readers from the details of the application process to the geopolitical hydraulics of the citizenship industry. It’s a business that thrives on uncertainty and imbalances of power between big, globalized economies and tiny states desperate for investment. In between are the fascinating stories of buyers, brokers, and sellers, all ready to profit from the citizenship trade.

<b>From the author of <i>Steve Jobs</i> and other bestselling biographies, this is the astonishingly intimate story of the most fascinating and controversial innovator of our era—a rule-breaking visionary who helped to lead the world into the era of electric vehicles, private space exploration, and artificial intelligence. Oh, and took over Twitter.</b><br /><br />When Elon Musk was a kid in South Africa, he was regularly beaten by bullies. One day a group pushed him down some concrete steps and kicked him until his face was a swollen ball of flesh. He was in the hospital for a week. But the physical scars were minor compared to the emotional ones inflicted by his father, an engineer, rogue, and charismatic fantasist.<br /><br />His father’s impact on his psyche would linger. He developed into a tough yet vulnerable man-child, prone to abrupt Jekyll-and-Hyde mood swings, with an exceedingly high tolerance for risk, a craving for drama, an epic sense of mission, and a maniacal intensity that was callous and at times destructive.<br /><br />At the beginning of 2022—after a year marked by SpaceX launching thirty-one rockets into orbit, Tesla selling a million cars, and him becoming the richest man on earth—Musk spoke ruefully about his compulsion to stir up dramas. “I need to shift my mindset away from being in crisis mode, which it has been for about fourteen years now, or arguably most of my life,” he said.<br /><br />It was a wistful comment, not a New Year’s resolution. Even as he said it, he was secretly buying up shares of Twitter, the world’s ultimate playground. Over the years, whenever he was in a dark place, his mind went back to being bullied on the playground. Now he had the chance to own the playground.<br /><br />For two years, Isaacson shadowed Musk, attended his meetings, walked his factories with him, and spent hours interviewing him, his family, friends, coworkers, and adversaries. The result is the revealing inside story, filled with amazing tales of triumphs and turmoil, that addresses the are the demons that drive Musk also what it takes to drive innovation and progress?

This surprising global history of an indispensable document reveals how the passport has shaped art, thought, and human experience while helping to define the modern world.
 
In  License to Travel , Patrick Bixby takes the reader on a captivating journey from pharaonic Egypt and Han-dynasty China to the passport controls and crowded refugee camps of today. Along the way, you will:
 
Peruse the passports of artists and intellectuals, writers and musicians, ancient messengers and modern migrants. 
See how these seemingly humble documents implicate us in larger narratives about identity, mobility, citizenship, and state authority.
Encounter intimate stories of vulnerability and desire along with vivid examples drawn from world cinema, literature, art, philosophy, and politics.
Witness the authority that travel documents exercise over our movements and our emotions as we circulate around the globe.
 
With unexpected discoveries at every turn,  License to Travel  exposes the passport as both an instrument of personal freedom and a tool of government surveillance powerful enough to define our very humanity.

她是妈妈，也是女儿，可是她被指控杀死了自己的女儿
一起轰动日本的女童忽视案，直击东亚女性普遍性的育儿困境
没有“恶母”，只有一个个孤立无援、陷入绝望的母亲
获第十一届小学馆非虚构作品大奖
【编辑推荐】
★一起推动日本儿童保护法案修订的女童忽视案，一部聚焦日本“育儿放弃”社会现象的纪实力作。纪实版《坡道上的家》，文学版《无人知晓》，以一起真实案件呈现蕞极致也是蕞普遍的育儿困境。没有“恶母”，只有一个个孤立无援、陷入绝望的母亲。——2000年日本爱知县武丰町某员工宿舍内，一对年轻的父母，一个在纸箱中死去的孩子，一个凌乱不堪散发着异味的家，组成一幅令人触目惊心的当代家庭现场。这对年轻父母究竟为何放弃养育自己的孩子？本书通过对这起女童虐待死亡案的调查，还原一对年轻夫妻危机重重的家庭生活，呈现蕞极致然而也是最普遍的育儿困境。
★我没有准备好成为母亲：东亚社会女性生育困境典型案例剖析，三代女性生存境遇集中投射。——作者杉山春是一名写作育儿及亲子问题的纪实文学作家，也是一个男孩的母亲。她历时三年半，多次采访涉案父母及相关人士，搜集法庭审判资料，最终详尽还原了案件的全貌。作者通过对雅美与她的母亲、外祖母三代女性的深度沟通，揭示出在结构性性别不平等的社会，一个女孩有可能遭遇到的一切：被忽视，被霸凌，被强暴，被性别偏见绑架，成为早婚妈妈或单亲妈妈，丧偶式育儿，经济贫困，原生家庭的长期影响，育儿放弃……真奈之死绝非特殊个案，它是三代女性生存处境的集中投射，是现代社会育儿环境引发的悲剧。
★一个女性对另一个女性的理解与关照。为什么被指责、被定罪的总是女性/母亲？每一个女性/母亲的痛苦，都不应该被忽视。——作者杉山春历时三年多，与雅美长期通信，将她隐秘的内心和背后破碎的原生家庭坦诚细腻地展露出来，也呈现出其中不易为人所理解的复杂幽暗之处。“我觉得你体会到的育儿的艰辛，是每一位普通母亲都体会过的。我本人也有孩子，也有育儿的烦恼。关注并反思真奈的死，或许会让我们看清母亲在现代社会中面临的困难。我想见你一面。”
★雅美的故事，映照出每一个受原生家庭影响的女性艰难的自我疗愈与成长之路。——“像我这样的人，很容易自责，总是出了一点小问题就感觉自己受了很大伤害。我不太喜欢自己。可能和成长环境有关，我很容易怀疑别人……”在和作者持续的通信中，雅美逐渐打开了自己，袒露内心深处的脆弱与不安，令人深深共鸣。
★“理想国纪实”系列全新作品。获第十一届小学馆非虚构作品大奖。媒体人、作家姜泓舟专文导读：“非常感谢本书，对女性而言，是一次重要的‘看见’。”——“在一个默认母亲承担主要育儿职责的社会里，女性作为个体的需求很容易被轻视或是彻底忽视，一旦出现问题，就容易成为站在问题靶心的那个人，被议论、被谴责、被定罪。除了是妈妈之外，她还是谁？”
【内容简介】
二〇〇〇年十二月十日，日本爱知县发生了一起女童死亡案。一对年轻父母将年仅三岁的女儿真奈放进纸箱近二十天，在此期间真奈几乎没有任何进食，最终饿死。此时他们还有一个一岁半的儿子，而母亲雅美还怀有身孕。
这起案件震惊了整个日本社会。杉山春是一名纪实文学写作者，也是一个男孩的母亲。她历时三年半，多次采访涉案父母及其家属、儿童保护组织与医院等多方人士，搜集法庭审判资料，最终详尽客观地还原了案件的全貌，深刻揭示出其背后个人的与社会的种种深层原因，也发出疑问：为什么被指责、被定罪的总是母亲？
本书是一部聚焦日本“育儿放弃”社会现象的纪实力作。真奈之死绝非特殊个案，它是三代女性生存处境的集中投射，是现代社会育儿环境引发的悲剧。在这本书中，你会读到，当一个女孩成为母亲，她可能会遭遇到的一切。它也折射出在结构性性别不平等的社会，每一个女儿、每一个母亲内心最真实而隐秘的痛苦。
【名人推荐】
在一个默认母亲承担主要育儿职责的社会里，真奈之死绝非特殊个案，在结构性性别不平等的社会背景下，女性作为个体的需求很容易被轻视或是彻底忽视，一旦出现问题，就容易成为站在问题靶心的那个人，被议论、被谴责、被定罪。从这点上说，非常感谢本书，对女性而言，是一次重要的“看见”。作者客观、详实地记录了这起极端案例的来龙去脉，似乎与我们平静的日常生活无关，但在阅读中，我从头到尾没有产生过猎奇的心态，反而常常被一些细节牢牢锁住在字里行间，真实地体会到一个女儿、一个妻子、一个母亲内心真实而隐秘的苦痛，往深里陷了去，有时候会自问，究竟为何会如此？在抚养孩子的过程中，母亲扮演了一个怎样的角色？除了是妈妈之外，她还是谁？
——姜泓舟（媒体人、作家）
对这起残酷无比的案件来说，唯一的救赎恐怕就是得到了本书作者杉山春的关注。这样说大抵没有言过其实。杉山春以细致的采访和坚韧不拔的意志闻名，她在被告服刑期间和他们见面，持续和两人通信，整个采访可谓是名副其实的“彻查到底”。为了调查案件，她默默奔波了近四年之久，最终用摒弃了一切多余情感的文字，几乎写下了案件的全貌。
阅读本书时，读者恐怕会觉得很多内容似曾相识。例如自己小时候忽然被母亲不分青红皂白地责难，父母之间冷冰冰的气场，孩提时费解的母亲和祖母（也就是婆媳）的不睦，还有婚前说不清道不明的不安在婚后日益增大时，近乎“无可挽回”的感受。
家庭和地区关系绝不会崩坏殆尽，它们将拼命地、不停地探索，以新的形式重生——作者忠实于非虚构写作的准则，坚持“用事实说话”。虽然没有高声呼吁，但字里行间无不流露着这样的期盼。
——[日]野村进（非虚构写作者）

Description
A fascinating exploration of this fundamental aspect of graphic design, The Layout Book explains the hows, whys and why-nots of the placing of elements on a page or screen layout. A historical overview of the subject is followed by a systematic look at key theoretical principles and practical applications.
Offering a huge array of potential layout options and with over 200 color illustrations from some of the world's leading design studios, whether you are working in print or digital media this book encompasses a variety of creative approaches. The second edition has also been updated to include interviews with practising designers, as well as new exercises to aid readers in their own explorations.
Invaluable for design students looking for a better understanding of layout design, and inspiring for working designers, The Layout Book proves itself as a graphic design must-have.

"This study offers a systematic theory of the institutional solutions to the dictator's dilemma, which arises from the incapacity to calibrate repression and concessions due to the lack of information about elite and popular discontent. Empirically, the book presents a detailed discussion of the types of information-gathering institutions created in autocracies, paying particular attention to the difference between standard mechanisms for the retrospective assessment of overt dissatisfaction and the more sophisticated channels for anticipatory evaluations of latent discontent. The book argues that the creation of institutions for the involuntary collection of information is straightforward, but that only certain regimes successfully promote the voluntary provision of information, which is essential for anticipatory governance. In ethnically heterogeneous countries, compactly settled ethnic minorities present a further obstacle for establishing a panoptical authoritarian vision. These problems notwithstanding, communist regimes are especially adept at developing sophisticated systems that mobilize the party, State Security, and internal journalism to assess levels of discontent. Methodologically, the book demonstrates that documents prepared for regime insiders are more likely to shed light on a secret activity like information collection than officially released materials. Theoretically, the book argues that although the dictator's dilemma can be solved and abundant information does extend authoritarian lifespans, information cannot ensure the indefinite survival of dictatorships. The book is based on detailed analysis of the origins and evolution of information-gathering systems in communist Bulgaria (1944-1991) and in China (1949-present), supplemented by eight case studies of information collection in the complete range of authoritarian regimes"--

From the internationally acclaimed Oxford authority on Communism comes a definitive history that examines the origins of the ideology, its development in different nations, its collapse in many of those countries following perestroika, and its current incarnations around the globe. The Rise and Fall of Communism explores how and why Communists came to power; how they were able, in a variety of countries on different continents, to hold on to power for so long; and what brought about the downfall of so many Communist systems. For this comprehensive and illuminating work, Brown draws on more than forty years of research and on a wealth of new sources. Tracing the story of Communism from its nineteenth-century roots, Brown explains both its expansion and its decline in the twentieth century. Even today, although Communism has been widely discredited in the West, more than a fifth of humanity still lives under its rule.

This glorious, authoritative, and unprecedented retrospective of Doré’s prints and paintings, drawn from an oeuvre of more than 10,000 works, comes in a spectacularly ornate package that reflects the artist’s own dramatic style.
If you were a consumer of literature in the nineteenth century, chances are the volumes in your library featured the illustrations of Gustave Doré.
From the Bible to Shakespeare, Balzac to Milton, Cervantes to Poe, Doré’s intricate, romantic, and exuberant drawings brought great works to life, and were as treasured as the stories and poetry they depicted. Furthermore, as this magnificent book reveals, he was also a skilled sculptor, painter, and cartoonist.
This book spans Doré’s entire career, with chapters dedicated to specific works such as The Divine Comedy, Don Quixote, Tennyson’s Idylls of the King, and medieval fairy tales—each featuring exquisite full-page reproductions that allow Doré’s genius for line, shading, and texture to shine through. The authors also provide a background on the techniques that Doré employed to achieve his exquisite works. Fans of Doré will appreciate this volume’s spectacular production, which features quarter binding, gold foil stamping, embossing on the cover and spine, a belly band, and silkscreen printing on three edges.
Filled with incisive analysis and expert historical perspectives, this book is the consummate collector’s item—a volume as expansive and sensational as the artist himself.

獅子、妖怪、人頭……連內褲都能拿來當圖形？！
權威研究統整 × 約300張珍貴圖像 × 精彩淵源脈絡
基本結構、寓意層層拆解，揭曉總數超過150萬種的紋章世界，
用前所未有的新視角踏上歐洲歷史文化的深度旅行，
最完整的知識＆解說，享受解謎般樂趣的紋章學入門！
首先，什麼是紋章？
相信大家應該都曾見過兩隻獅子從左右兩側扶著盾牌的圖案吧？
這是一種始於受基督宗教支配的中世紀歐洲貴族社會，
在盾牌上添加可識別個人身分之象徵符號的世襲制度。
會使用盾牌，是因為本來目的是便於在戰場上分辨敵我。
後來還發展出國家、都市、教會等機構或法人的紋章。
為什麼要認識紋章？
總數超過150萬種，看起來都很相似的紋章，
背後其實蘊藏著歐洲各國長達千年的歷史，
紋章與使用者的姓氏、地位、年代有著密切的關係，
認識紋章的寓意和典故，等於重新梳理歐洲歷史文化的脈絡。
深入淺出探討紋章的演變與進化！
．為什麼紋章要畫在盾牌上？
．都是老鷹圖形卻有各自講究的典故？
．同一個人的紋章圖形卻不盡相同？
．顏色使用、上色方式都有嚴格規定？
．原來牛頓與莎士比亞的紋章有如此涵義！
承載歷史 × 豐富寓意 × 美學綿延古今
沉浸千年歷史之奧妙！

Doing well with money isn’t necessarily about what you know. It’s about how you behave. And behavior is hard to teach, even to really smart people.
Money―investing, personal finance, and business decisions―is typically taught as a math-based field, where data and formulas tell us exactly what to do. But in the real world people don’t make financial decisions on a spreadsheet. They make them at the dinner table, or in a meeting room, where personal history, your own unique view of the world, ego, pride, marketing, and odd incentives are scrambled together.
In The Psychology of Money, award-winning author Morgan Housel shares 19 short stories exploring the strange ways people think about money and teaches you how to make better sense of one of life’s most important topics.

The first integrated program designed specifically for the critical thinking course, Moore & Parker's Critical Thinking teaches students the skills they need in order to think for themselves - skills they will call upon in this course, in other college courses, and in the world that awaits. The authors' practical and accessible approach illustrates core concepts with concrete real-world examples, extensive practice exercises, and a thoughtful set of pedagogical features. Connect and LearnSmart for Critical Thinking coalesce in a highly adaptive learning environment where each student gets the targeted help he or she needs for more efficient mastery of course concepts.

私たちが使う「氏名」の形は昔からの伝統だと思われがちだが、約150年前、明治新政府によって創出されたものだ。その背景には幕府と朝廷との人名をめぐる認識の齟齬があった。江戸時代、人名には身分を表示する役割があったが、王政復古を機に予期せぬ形で大混乱の末に破綻。さらに新政府による場当たり的対応の果てに「氏名」が生まれ、それは国民管理のための道具へと変貌していく。気鋭の歴史研究者が、「氏名」誕生の歴史から、近世・近代移行期の実像を活写する。

Study Gods offers a rare look at the ways privileged youth in China prepare themselves to join the ranks of the global elite. Yi-Lin Chiang shows how these competitive Chinese high schoolers first become “study gods” (xueshen), a term describing academically high-performing students. Constant studying, however, is not what explains their success, for these young people appear god-like in their effortless abilities to excel. Instead, Chiang explores how elite adolescents achieve by absorbing and implementing the rules surrounding status.
Drawing from eight years of fieldwork and extensive interviews, Chiang reveals the important lessons that Chinese youth learn in their pursuit of elite status. They understand the hierarchy of the status system, recognizing and acquiring the characteristics that are prized, while avoiding those that are not. They maintain status by expecting differential treatment and performing status-based behaviors, which guide their daily interactions with peers, teachers, and parents. Lastly, with the help of resourceful parents, they rely on external assistance in the face of potential obstacles and failures. Chiang looks at how students hone these skills, applying them as they head to colleges and careers around the world, and in their relationships with colleagues and supervisors.
Highlighting another facet of China’s rising power, Study Gods announces the arrival of a new generation to the realm of global competition.

Compulsory ujamaa villages in Tanzania, collectivization in Russia, Le Corbusier's urban planning theory realized in Brasilia, the Great Leap Forward in China, agricultural "modernization" in the Tropics -- the twentieth century has been racked by grand utopian schemes that have inadvertently brought death and disruption to millions. Why do well-intentioned plans for improving the human condition go tragically awry? In this wide-ranging and original book, James C. Scott analyzes failed cases of large-scale authoritarian plans in a variety of fields. Centrally managed social plans misfire, Scott argues, when they impose schematic visions that do violence to complex interdependencies that are not -- and cannot -- be fully understood. Further, the success of designs for social organization depends upon the recognition that local, practical knowledge is as important as formal, epistemic knowledge. The author builds a persuasive case against "development theory" and imperialistic state planning that disregards the values, desires, and objections of its subjects. He identifies and discusses four conditions common to all planning disasters: administrative ordering of nature and society by the state; a "high-modernist ideology" that places confidence in the ability of science to improve every aspect of human life; a willingness to use authoritarian state power to effect large-scale interventions; and a prostrate civil society that cannot effectively resist such plans. "A broad-ranging, theoretically important, and empirically grounded treatment of the modern state and its propensity to simplify and make legible a society which by nature is complex and opaque. For anyone interested inlearning about this fundamental tension of modernity and about the destruction wrought in the twentieth century as a consequence of the dominant development ideology of the simplifying state, this is a must-read". -- Daniel Jonah Goldhagen, author of Hitler's Willing Executioners

This is 99% Invisible.
A beautifully designed guidebook to the unnoticed yet essential elements of our cities, from the creators of the wildly popular 99% Invisible podcast
Have you ever wondered what those bright, squiggly graffiti marks on the sidewalk mean?
Or stopped to ponder who gets to name the streets we walk along?
Or what the story is behind those dancing inflatable figures in car dealerships?
99% Invisible is a big-ideas podcast about small-seeming things, revealing stories baked into the buildings we inhabit, the streets we drive, and the sidewalks we traverse. The show celebrates design and architecture in all of its functional glory and accidental absurdity, with intriguing tales of both designers and the people impacted by their designs.
Now, in The 99% Invisible City: A Field Guide to Hidden World of Everyday Design, host Roman Mars and coauthor Kurt Kohlstedt zoom in on the various elements that make our cities work, exploring the origins and other fascinating stories behind everything from power grids and fire escapes to drinking fountains and street signs. With deeply researched entries and beautiful line drawings throughout, The 99% Invisible City will captivate devoted fans of the show and anyone curious about design, urban environments, and the unsung marvels of the world around them.
You are about to see stories everywhere, you beautiful nerd. Now get out there.

如果香港重新分區——十八區條界，你會點樣擺？
從「三環七約」
到「四環九約」
再演變成「十八區」
地界恍如「龍門」，因行政需要而不斷變遷，有時甚至被居民的觀感左右。

Kubernetes in Action, Second Edition teaches you to use Kubernetes to deploy container-based distributed applications. You'll start with an overview of how Docker containers work with Kubernetes and move quickly to building your first cluster. You'll gradually expand your initial application, adding features and deepening your knowledge of Kubernetes architecture and operation. In this revised and expanded second edition, you’ll take a deep dive into the structure of a Kubernetes-based application and discover how to manage a Kubernetes cluster in production. As you navigate this comprehensive guide, you'll also appreciate thorough coverage of high-value topics like monitoring, tuning, and scaling.
what's inside
Up and running with Kubernetes
Deploying containers across a cluster
Securing clusters
Updating applications with zero downtime

Chinatown Pretty—the term we coined to describe this unique style—is a delightful mix of modern and vintage, high and low, bold patterns and colors, and contemporary streetwear—like Nike sneakers or a Supreme hat—that takes the outfit to a whole new level.
Sounds like a window display at Urban Outfitters, but it’s just a few of the outfits we’ve encountered on Chinatown pòh pohs (grandmas) and gùng gungs (grandpas).
-Andria Lo and Valerie Luu, authors and creators of @chinatownpretty and chinatownpretty.com

本书收录14篇中日字体设计领域专业学者的文章，内容横亘金属活字时代至计算机时代，其中的历史研究主要集中于欧洲人的汉字活字开发活动及其向亚洲的传播、日本印刷界的活字开发活动。在此基础上，本书还收录了字体分类、字体设计、人物访谈和字符编码、中文可变字体、多文种混排等内容。本书的出版旨在能够摆脱单一领域、个别学科的桎梏，让读者可以从宏观的、多样的、多层次的视角，概览汉字文字设计的历史发展、内涵及其外延。