本书宏观描述了世界法系的演进过程，对法学发展脉络进行了梳理与总结。随着人类的演化，民族和部落数以千计，而世界法系只大致为16种，它们是：埃及法系、美索不达米亚法系、希伯来法系、中华法系、印度法系、希腊法系、罗马法系、海事法系、日本法系、伊斯兰法系、凯尔特法系、德国法系、斯拉夫法系、教会法系、大陆法系和英美法系。而每一法系系谱均离不开各自种族和社会独特的习俗与法律，并随着社会的发展，或消亡，或嬗变、或生存、或融合，它们不同的“命运”，反映了该民族的历史渊源。

The World's Writing Systems meets the need for a definitive volume on the major historical and modern writing systems of the world. Comprising more than eighty articles contributed by expert scholars in the field, the work is organized in twelve units, each dealing with a particular group of writing systems defined historically, geographically, or conceptually. Each unit begi...(展开全部)

Nearly 80 international scholars, the editors among them, have contributed entries in The World's Writing Systems covering all scripts officially used throughout the world as well as their historical origins, each with an extensive bibliography. Included are tables of alphabets and syllabaries as well as script samples, usually featuring transliteration, transcription, and glos...(展开全部)

PANORAMA OF HELL is a shocking, tortuous journey into the depths of one man's postnuclear Hell. Through the confessions of a fiendish Hell painter born in the aftermath of the bombing of Hiroshima, Hideshi Hino tells a nightmarish story, creating a manga masterpiece of black humor, stunning vision, and unflinching imagery. —— goodreads.com

本书为公版书，为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品，供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。

This landmark work, winner of the Woodrow Wilson Prize, analyzes the relationship between government and business, and evaluates the different forms of capitalism, socialism, and democracy in terms of efficiency and personal liberty.