After Rita is found dead in a church she used to attend, the official investigation into the incident is quickly closed. Her sickly mother is the only person still determined to find the culprit. Chronicling a difficult journey across the suburbs of the city, an old debt and a revealing conversation, Elena Knows unravels the secrets of its characters and the hidden facets of au...(展开全部)

After Rita is found dead in a church she used to attend, the official investigation into the incident is quickly closed. Her sickly mother is the only person still determined to find the culprit. Chronicling a difficult journey across the suburbs of the city, an old debt and a revealing conversation, Elena Knows unravels the secrets of its characters and the hidden facets of au...(展开全部)

The rule of law has been celebrated as "an unqualified human good" and promoted around the world to secure economic development and political freedom. Yet there is considerable disagreement about just what the ideal of the rule of law requires. When people clamor for the preservation or extension of the rule of law, are they advocating a substantive conception of the rule of la...(展开全部)

Winning unanimous rave reviews, Mo Willems' Elephant and Piggie series continues to charm readers. Featuring two lovable and funny characters, an optimistic (and sometimes reckless) pig and a cautious, pessimistic elephant, these books make reading irresistible to the beginning readers. Children who sat on their parents' laps to have Pigeon read to them will eagerly take the p...(展开全部)

One of a series of delightfully humorous award-winning tales for beginner readers from the internationally acclaimed author-illustrator of Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! and Knuffle Bunny. Gerald is careful. Piggie is not. Piggie cannot help smiling. Gerald can. Gerald worries so that Piggie does not have to. Gerald and Piggie are best friends. In Are You Ready to Play Out...(展开全部)

莫·威廉斯（Mo Willems），《纽约时报》排名第一的畅销书作家和插画家，1968年出生于美国新奥尔良州，毕业于纽约大学帝许艺术学院。为《芝麻街》等许多知名儿童电视节目写过剧本，也创造了许多著名的卡通形象，先后6次获得美国电视艾美奖。作品长期位列《纽约时报》畅销书排行榜。曾三度荣获美国凯迪克大奖，两次获得盖泽尔奖章，并获得包括美国图书馆协会年度好书、国际阅读协会儿童选书大奖等在内的多项童书大奖。被《纽约时报》誉为“21世纪最突出的新锐作家”。主要作品有：“鸽子”系列——《别让鸽子开巴士！》（2003年凯迪克大奖）《鸽子捡到一个热狗！》《别让鸽子太晚睡！》《鸽子想要小狗狗！》《小鸽子认知启蒙纸板书》，“古纳什小兔”系列——《古纳什小兔》（2005年凯迪克大奖）《古纳什小兔又来了》（2008年凯迪克大奖）《再见，古纳什小兔》，以及《“嗷呜”怪兽阿抖来...(展开全部)

Winning unanimous rave reviews, Mo Willems' Elephant and Piggie series continues to charm readers. Featuring two lovable and funny characters, an optimistic (and sometimes reckless) pig and a cautious, pessimistic elephant, these books make reading irresistible to the beginning readers. Children who sat on their parents' laps to have Pigeon read to them will eagerly take the p...(展开全部)

Margaret Levi's wide-ranging theoretical and historical study demonstrates the importance of political relative to economic factors in accounting for revenue production policies.

The Rule of Law' is a phrase much used but little examined. The idea of the rule of law as the foundation of modern states and civilisations has recently become even more talismanic than that of democracy, but what does it actually consist of? In this brilliant short book, Britain's former senior law lord, and one of the world's most acute legal minds, examines what the idea ac...(展开全部)

'The Rule of Law' is a phrase much used but little examined. The idea of the rule of law as the foundation of modern states and civilisations has recently become even more talismanic than that of democracy, but what does it actually consist of? In this brilliant short book, Britain's former senior law lord, and one of the world's most acute legal minds, examines what the idea a...(展开全部)