An ocean voyage of unimaginable consequences Not every thirteen-year-old girl is accused of murder, brought to trial, and found guilty. But I was just such a girl, and my story is worth relating even if it did happen years ago. Be warned, however: If strong ideas and action offend you, read no more. Find another companion to share your idle hours. For my part I intend to ...(展开全部)

An ocean voyage of unimaginable consequences Not every thirteen-year-old girl is accused of murder, brought to trial, and found guilty. But I was just such a girl, and my story is worth relating even if it did happen years ago. Be warned, however: If strong ideas and action offend you, read no more. Find another companion to share your idle hours. For my part I intend to ...(展开全部)

In this exploration of modern American legal culture, Lawrence Friedman addresses the ways in which the contemporary idea of individual rights has altered the legal systems and authority structures of Western society. Every aspect of law, he argues - from civil rights to personal-injury litigation - has been profoundly reshaped, reflecting the power of this concept.

In this imaginative exploration of modern legal culture, Lawrence Friedman addresses how the contemporary idea of individual rights has altered the legal systems and authority structures of Western societies. Every aspect of law, he argues--from civil rights to personal-injury litigation to divorce law--has been profoundly reshaped, reflecting the power of this concept. The new...(展开全部)

Long regarded as the most accurate rendering of Plato's Republic that has yet been published, this widely acclaimed work is the first strictly literal translation of a timeless classic. In addition to the annotated text, there is also a rich and valuable essay—as well as indices—which will better enable the reader to approach the heart of Plato's intention. This new edition in...(展开全部)

This vivid biography, written by John Dickson Carr, a giant in the field of mystery fiction, benefits from his full access to the archives of the eminent Sir Arthur Conan Doyle—to his notebooks, diaries, press clippings, and voluminous correspondence. Like his creation Sherlock Holmes, Doyle had "a horror of destroying documents," and until his death in 1930, they accumulated t...(展开全部)

R.E. Allen's highly regarded translations of the dialogues of Plato have been praised for their faithfulness and readability. Many years in the making, his translation of "The Republic" has been eagerly awaited. It comes now to crown a distinguished classicist's efforts to make Plato's works available in readable and accurate translations. This new, lucid translation of Plato's...(展开全部)

朴泰均，1966年生，博士毕业于韩国国立首尔大学历史系，现任国立首尔大学国际大学院教授、韩国国际交流财团韩国学事业本部咨询委员等。曾任国立首尔大学国际韩国学研究所所长、和平统一研究院资料出版室室长、韩国统一部政策顾问等。曾多次赴欧美国家以及中国、日本等国访问研修，2007年赴美国哈佛大学燕京学社访问研究，并为该校师生讲授韩国近现代史。主要著作有《朝鲜战争：没有结束而应该结束的战争》《友邦与帝国：韩美关系的两个神话》《原型与变相：韩国经济开发计划的起源》《一起读东亚近现代史》等。 译者简介： 邢丽菊，哲学博士，现任复旦大学韩国研究中心副主任、教授。主要研究方向为韩国哲学与思想史、中韩传统文化比较等，出版专著和译著多部。 张柳雅，复旦大学韩语系本科，韩国首尔国立大学国际大学院硕士。研究方向为中国与朝鲜半岛关系、中国外交及韩国现代史等。

朴泰均，1966年生，博士毕业于韩国国立首尔大学历史系，现任国立首尔大学国际大学院教授、韩国国际交流财团韩国学事业本部咨询委员等。曾任国立首尔大学国际韩国学研究所所长、和平统一研究院资料出版室室长、韩国统一部政策顾问等。曾多次赴欧美国家以及中国、日本等国访问研修，2007年赴美国哈佛大学燕京学社访问研究，并为该校师生讲授韩国近现代史。主要著作有《朝鲜战争：没有结束而应该结束的战争》《友邦与帝国：韩美关系的两个神话》《原型与变相：韩国经济开发计划的起源》《一起读东亚近现代史》等。 译者简介： 邢丽菊，哲学博士，现任复旦大学韩国研究中心副主任、教授。主要研究方向为韩国哲学与思想史、中韩传统文化比较等，出版专著和译著多部。 张柳雅，复旦大学韩语系本科，韩国首尔国立大学国际大学院硕士。研究方向为中国与朝鲜半岛关系、中国外交及韩国现代史等。

The "world of letters" has always seemed a matter more of metaphor than of global reality. Rejecting facile talk of globalization, with its suggestion of a happy literary "melting pot," Pascale Casanova exposes an emerging regime of inequality in the world of letters, where minor languages and literatures are subject to the invisible but implacable violence of their dominant co...(展开全部)