What is effective argument? * It is Abraham Lincoln at Cooper Union in 1860, marshalling many lines of evidence to make the case that Congress has the power to regulate slavery. * It is Franklin D. Roosevelt in a 1940 "fireside chat," employing a vivid analogy to convince Americans to lend war equipment to Great Britain, then battling Nazi Germany alone. * It is the U.S. Suprem...(展开全部)

What is effective argument? * It is Abraham Lincoln at Cooper Union in 1860, marshalling many lines of evidence to make the case that Congress has the power to regulate slavery. * It is Franklin D. Roosevelt in a 1940 "fireside chat," employing a vivid analogy to convince Americans to lend war equipment to Great Britain, then battling Nazi Germany alone. * It is the U.S. Suprem...(展开全部)

One of the greatest and most influential books of social psychology ever written, brilliantly instructive on the general characteristics and mental unity of a crowd, its sentiments and morality, ideas, reasoning power, imagination, opinions and much more. A must-read volume not only for students of history, sociology, law and psychology, but for every politician, statesman, inv...(展开全部)

One of the greatest and most influential books of social psychology ever written, brilliantly instructive on the general characteristics and mental unity of a crowd, its sentiments and morality, ideas, reasoning power, imagination, opinions and much more. A must-read volume not only for students of history, sociology, law and psychology, but for every politician, statesman, inv...(展开全部)

The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien's three-volume epic, is set in the imaginary world of Middle-earth -- home to many strange beings, and most notably hobbits, a peace-loving "little people," cheerful and shy. Since its original British publication in 1954-55, the saga has entranced readers of all ages. It is at once a classic myth and a modern fairy tale. Critic Michael Str...(展开全部)

The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien's three-volume epic, is set in the imaginary world of Middle-earth -- home to many strange beings, and most notably hobbits, a peace-loving "little people," cheerful and shy. Since its original British publication in 1954-55, the saga has entranced readers of all ages. It is at once a classic myth and a modern fairy tale. Critic Michael Str...(展开全部)

一行禅师 （Thich Nhat Hanh） 国际知名禅师、诗人、学者 1926年出生于越南，为越南临济法脉第四十二代传人。1967年，一行禅师被美国黑人民权领袖马丁·路德·金提名为当年诺贝尔和平奖候选人。1982年，在法国南部建立了“梅村”禅修道场，并经常赴世界各地弘法。 一行禅师通晓越、英、法及中文，迄今已出版佛学论述、诗集、小说、戏剧、传记等上百本著作，其中包括《正念的奇迹》、《观照的奇迹》、《心力》、《调心》、《与生命相约》、《你可以不生气》、《你可以不怕死》、《你可以，爱》、《生生基督世世佛》、《步步安乐行》。

The author, himself a Zen master, here unfolds an explanation of core Buddhist teachings such as the Four Noble Truths and the Noble Eightfold Path. He makes these practices accessible to Buddhists and non-Buddhists alike, showing how our very suffering can be the path to our liberation.

A year after the publication of Dicey's LAW OF THE CONSTITUTION, William Gladstone was reading it aloud in the House of Commons, citing it as authority. It remains, to this day, a starting point for the study of the English Constitution and comparative constitutional law. THE LAW OF THE CONSTITUTION elucidates the guiding principles of the modern constitution of England: the le...(展开全部)