Thou shalt kill. A world with no hunger, no disease, no war, no misery. Humanity has conquered all those things, and has even conquered death. Now scythes are the only ones who can end life—and they are commanded to do so, in order to keep the size of the population under control. Citra and Rowan are chosen to apprentice to a scythe—a role that neither wants. These teens must m...(展开全部)

Emily Starr never knew what it was to be lonely -- until her beloved father died. Now Emily's an orphan, and her mother's snobbish relatives are taking her to live with them at New Moon Farm. She's sure she won't be happy Emily deals with stiff, stern Aunt Elizabeth and her malicious classmates by holding her head high and using her quick wit. Things begin to change when she ma...(展开全部)

It had occurred to her early that in her position--that of a young person spending, in framed and wired confinement, the life of a guinea-pig or a magpie--she should know a great many persons without their recognising the acquaintance.

The Long Arc of Legality I am working on a book titled The Long Arc of Legality, which traces a trajectory in modern thought about the role of law in constituting a legitimate political order, from Thomas Hobbes to this day. It seeks to vindicate a claim that will seem part and parcel of Hobbes's general authoritarian political philosophy and deeply repugnant to a liberal democ...(展开全部)

Book Description When in 1154 A.D. Henry II of England married Eleanor of Aquitaine of France, he became at once the reigning sovereign over a vast stretch of land extending across all of England and half of France, and yet, according to the feudal hierarchy of the times, a vassal to the King of France. This situation, which placed French and English borders in such a tenuous p...(展开全部)

长冈贤明，1965年生于北海道。《d 设计之旅》系列的出版人。京都造型艺术大学教授、武藏野美术大学客座教授。2013年获得日本设计大奖：每日设计奖。 2000年创办D&DEPARTMENT PROJECT，以“Long-life design”（永续设计）的审美理念创立了二手设计品臻选店D&DEPARTMEN，与川久保玲在日本掀起二手店风潮。发掘生活里本来就存在的美好设计，以旧物重生为入口，开启重新审视生活的通道。

老舍（1899－1966），原名舒庆春，字舍予。北京市人。中国现代小说家、著名作家，杰出的语言大师。老舍的代表作有长篇小说《骆驼祥子》、《老张的哲学》、《四世同堂》、《二马》、《离婚》等，剧本《残雾》、《方珍珠》、《面子问题》、《春华秋实》、《龙须沟》、《茶馆》等，报告文学《无名高地有了名》，中篇小说《月牙儿》、《我这一辈子》等，另有短篇小说集《赶集》等。

老舍（1899－1966），原名舒庆春，字舍予。北京市人。中国现代小说家、著名作家，杰出的语言大师。老舍的代表作有长篇小说《骆驼祥子》、《老张的哲学》、《四世同堂》、《二马》、《离婚》等，剧本《残雾》、《方珍珠》、《面子问题》、《春华秋实》、《龙须沟》、《茶馆》等，报告文学《无名高地有了名》，中篇小说《月牙儿》、《我这一辈子》等，另有短篇小说集《赶集》等。

里齐奥·费拉里斯（Maurizio Ferraris 1956-），现任意大利都灵大学哲学系教授、都灵大学“本体论实验室”（Laboratory for Ontology）主任。曾师从意大利知名哲学家基阿尼·瓦蒂莫（Gianni Vattimo）和世界知名哲学家雅克·德里达（Jacques Derrida）。主要研究领域是诠释学、美学和社会本体论。费拉里斯教授比较明确地提出和讨论了文件性（Documentality）概念，并积极推动学术界对当代新实在论的探讨。费拉里斯教授已出版著作50多部，发表论文、评论和访谈500多篇。被译成英语的著作有：History ofHermeneutics（《诠释学史》）（1996）、ATastefor the Secret（《品味秘密》，与德里达合作）（2001）、Documentality or Why it is ...(展开全部)

里齐奥·费拉里斯（Maurizio Ferraris 1956-），现任意大利都灵大学哲学系教授、都灵大学“本体论实验室”（Laboratory for Ontology）主任。曾师从意大利知名哲学家基阿尼·瓦蒂莫（Gianni Vattimo）和世界知名哲学家雅克·德里达（Jacques Derrida）。主要研究领域是诠释学、美学和社会本体论。费拉里斯教授比较明确地提出和讨论了文件性（Documentality）概念，并积极推动学术界对当代新实在论的探讨。费拉里斯教授已出版著作50多部，发表论文、评论和访谈500多篇。被译成英语的著作有：History ofHermeneutics（《诠释学史》）（1996）、ATastefor the Secret（《品味秘密》，与德里达合作）（2001）、Documentality or Why it is ...(展开全部)