In a small continental country civil war is raging. Once a lecturer in medieval French, now a confidential agent, D is a scarred stranger in a seemingly casual England, sent on a mission to buy coal at any price. Initially, this seems to be a matter of straightforward negotiation, but soon, implicated in murder, accused of possessing false documents and theft, held responsible ...(展开全部)

In a small continental country civil war is raging. Once a lecturer in medieval French, now a confidential agent, D is a scarred stranger in a seemingly casual England, sent on a mission to buy coal at any price. Initially, this seems to be a matter of straightforward negotiation, but soon, implicated in murder, accused of possessing false documents and theft, held responsible ...(展开全部)

What exactly is a children's book? How is children's literature defined as a genre? A leading scholar presents close readings of six classic stories to answer these questions and offer a clear definition of children's writing as a distinct literary form. Perry Nodelman begins by considering the plots, themes, and structures of six works: "The Purple Jar," Alice in Wonderland, ...(展开全部)

“到时候我们一起离开这里，好不好？” “什么都不带就带两只桔梗花。” “好，到时候我们只带一些重要的，我们去另外一个地方好好生活。” “我的阿余永远被困在了，他骗我。”

For Arthur Rowe, the trip to the charity fete was a joyful step back into adolescence, a chance to forget the nightmare of the blitzaand the aching guilt of having mercifully murdered his sick wife. He was surviving alone, aside from the war, until he happened to guess both the true and the false weight of the cake. From that moment, he finds himself ruthlessly hunted, the quar...(展开全部)

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哈佛大学法学院教授，哈佛大学伯克曼“互联网与社会”中心主任。美国马萨诸塞州安赫斯特大学学士（美国研究）、哈佛大学J.D.和美国文明史Ph. D.，斯坦福大学行为科学高级研究中心博士后。1982-1984任美国哥伦比亚特区上诉法院法官哈里·T.爱德华兹（Judge Harry T.Edwards）和美国联邦最高法院大法官瑟古德·马歇尔（Justice Thurgood Marshall）的法律助手。自1984年起任教于哈佛大学法学院，专长于知识产权和美国法律史。其研究领域涉及美国法律史、知识产权法、财产法以及网络法。近年来集中致力于网络法，特别是数字音乐的法律问题的研究。著有《数字音乐：问题及可能性》（Digital Music: Problems and Possibilities）、《网络法》（Internet Law，与莱斯格等合作）和《说话算数...(展开全部)

Archives bring to mind rooms filled with old papers and dusty artifacts. But for scientists, the detritus of the past can be a treasure trove of material vital to present and future research: fossils collected by geologists; data banks assembled by geneticists; weather diaries trawled by climate scientists; libraries visited by historians. These are the vital collections, assem...(展开全部)

Archives bring to mind rooms filled with old papers and dusty artifacts. But for scientists, the detritus of the past can be a treasure trove of material vital to present and future research: fossils collected by geologists; data banks assembled by geneticists; case histories published in medical journals; weather diaries and data silos trawled by climate scientists; libraries ...(展开全部)

One of America's preeminent psychiatrists draws on his famous Study of Adult Development to give us a look at how the mind's defenses work. What we see as the mind's trickery, George Vaillant tells us, is actually healthy. What's more, it can reveal the mind at its most creative and mature, soothing and protecting us in the face of unbearable reality, managing the unmanageable,...(展开全部)