Charles Harrington Elster 1957年出生於紐約。1981年以優異的成績畢業於耶魯大學。 他是美國知名的字彙權威，經常受邀於全國性廣播電台暢談字彙相關知識。所著的字彙有聲書Verbal Advantage，風靡美國20年...... more

CHARLES HARRINGTON ELSTER又一力作! 字彙再接再厲，挑戰最險峻的障礙，攀上最耀眼的英語巔峰! 身為字彙愛好者，最幸福的事就是可以不斷探究字彙，不過字彙的鑽研最忌諱選錯字彙書，不明就裡地讀了一些生硬又無趣的字彙解析。《字彙...... more

First time in book form A successful program for teaching 3,500 vocabulary words that successful peo... more

loathe when you mean loath. Charles Harrington Elster shows you how to navigate the hairpin turns of grammar, diction...... more

An SAT and ACT vocabulary-building program in the lively form of a mystery novel. Now students who t... more

proselytize, from demagogue to mendicant, Charles Harrington Elster has carefully picked the words you need to know, and...... more

If you have trouble distinguishing the verbs imitate and emulate, the relative pronouns that and whi... more

How to Swing in Musical Theatre shines a light on the most universal techniques used by cast members... more

How to Swing in Musical Theatre shines a light on the most universal techniques used by cast members... more

Elster, this book delves into the complex themes and motifs of Wagner’s magnum opus. Whether you are a Wagner aficionado or...... more

Elster, this book delves into the complex themes and motifs of Wagner’s magnum opus. Whether you are a Wagner aficionado or...... more

Revolution With America before 1787, Jon Elster offers the second volume of a projected trilogy that examines the emergence of...... more

comfortable idea that what was or what is are inherently better options than what might be. Innovation facilitators Katrin Elster...... more

Learn to effortlessly leverage the power of the GPU in a 3D game or application using Babylon.js v5.... more

Happens follows the story of author Jean Alicia Elster’s maternal grandmother, Dorothy May Jackson. Born in Tennessee in 1890...... more

Elster s classic book Sour Grapes continues and complements the arguments of his acclaimed earlier book, Ulysses and the...... more

The International Who s Who in Classical Music 2016 is a vast source of biographical and contact inf... more

The Last of Heaven is a tale of obsessive and destructive lesbian love in the context of Roman Catho... more

In the spirit of Jeremy Bentham s Political Tactics, this volume offers the first comprehensive disc... more

James Madison wrote, Had every Athenian citizen been a Socrates, every Athenian assembly would stil... more

The Europa Directory of International Organizations 2013 offers a unique guide to the contemporary i... more

This book proposes a normative theory of collective decision making, inspired by Jeremy Bentham but ... more

The International Who’s Who in Popular Music 2013 gives biographical information and contact details... more

of women than ever, workplace dynamics have changed. Crowley and Elster cover every conceivable scenario, providing...... more

An extensive one-volume guide covering some 1,900 international and regional entities, this title gi... more

award-winning translator, Arthur Goldhammer is uniquely qualified for the task. In his Introduction, Jon Elster draws on his recent...... more

An extensive and unequalled one-volume guide covering some 1,900 international and regional entities... more

The International Who s Who in Classical Music 2010 is an unparalleled source of biographical inform... more

An extensive and unequalled one-volume guide covering some 1,900 international and regional entities... more

rather than as a political theorist. Drawing on his earlier work on the explanation of social behavior, Elster argues that...... more

rather than as a political theorist. Drawing on his earlier work on the explanation of social behavior, Elster argues that...... more

International Who s Who of Authors and Writers 2009 provides an invaluable and practical source of b... more

realities of racism in Depression-era Detroit. As she tells Doug’s story, author Jean Alicia Elster incorporates rich...... more

The essays in this volume offer the most thorough and up-to-date discussion available of the relatio... more

Power Through Pain is a moving, inspiring memoir of Elizabeth Elster and her family s three and a half year struggle to...... more

The contributions in this study present a comprehensive analysis of transitional justice from 1945 t... more

Jesus H. Christ? If you can t, be assured that Charles Harrington Elster, author of several well-loved works on language...... more

Here’s an irresistible invitation to discover a treasure trove of exceptional words you can use to a... more

victims are compensated. John Elster looks at examples and proposes a framework for explaining variations. In addition to the...... more

victims are compensated. John Elster looks at examples and proposes a framework for explaining variations. In addition to the...... more

While much has been written about social justice, even more has been written about democracy. Rarely... more

Test of Time is a captivating time-travel adventure that incorporates vocabulary words from the SAT ... more

ignorant. The three long essays that constitute this book revise and expand the ideas developed in Jon Elster s classic study...... more

The essays in this volume offer the most thorough and up-to-date discussion available of the relatio... more

Jon Elster has written a comprehensive, wide-ranging book on the emotions in which he considers the full range of...... more

Jon Elster has written a comprehensive, wide-ranging book on the emotions in which he considers the full range of...... more

It is sometimes assumed that voting is the central mechanism for political decision making. The cont... more

This book examines the problems and issues facing formerly communist states as they seek to develop ... more

It is sometimes assumed that voting is the central mechanism for political decision making. The cont... more

The eleven essays in this volume, supplemented by an editorial introduction, center around three ove... more

In this volume a diverse group of economists, philosophers, political scientists, and psychologists ... more