A trenchant analysis of sacrifice as the foundation of the modern, as well as the ancient, social order. The modern conception of sacrifice is at once cast as a victory of self-discipline over desire and condescended to as destructive and archaic abnegation. But even in the Old Testament, the dual natures of sacrifice, embodying both ritual slaughter and moral rectitude, were a...(展开全部)

This country has been sick, this country needs healing, this country needs medicine - in fact I'd go so far as to say that, what this country really needs, right now, is a Doctor.

International superstar, Ricky Martin, who has sold more than 60 million albums worldwide, opens up for the first time about memories of his early childhood, experiences in the famed boy band Menudo, struggles with his identity during the Livin' la Vida Loca phenomenon, reflections on coming to terms with his sexuality, relationships that allowed him to embrace love, and life-c...(展开全部)

安•鲁尔（1931—2015），21岁跟随祖父的脚步加入西雅图警局，一年半之后，因视力问题离开，5年后开始报道警方案件，1969年起全职从事真实罪案写作。 她主修过未成年人心理学、犯罪学和刑罚学，完成了犯罪现场调查、治安管理、犯罪现场摄影和抓捕、搜查和扣押等课程并获得了学位。 作为认证讲师，她在多个州讲课，内容包括：连环谋杀、施虐型反社会人格、杀戮妇女和表演型罪犯。 她是制定暴力犯罪逮捕计划（VI-CAP）的美国司法部特别工作组成员，并在参议院司法小组委员会就受害者权利和连环杀手的危险等问题两次作证。 鲁尔被誉为“美国最好的真实罪案作家”。

安•鲁尔（1931—2015），21岁跟随祖父的脚步加入西雅图警局，一年半之后，因视力问题离开，5年后开始报道警方案件，1969年起全职从事真实罪案写作。 她主修过未成年人心理学、犯罪学和刑罚学，完成了犯罪现场调查、治安管理、犯罪现场摄影和抓捕、搜查和扣押等课程并获得了学位。 作为认证讲师，她在多个州讲课，内容包括：连环谋杀、施虐型反社会人格、杀戮妇女和表演型罪犯。 她是制定暴力犯罪逮捕计划（VI-CAP）的美国司法部特别工作组成员，并在参议院司法小组委员会就受害者权利和连环杀手的危险等问题两次作证。 鲁尔被誉为“美国最好的真实罪案作家”。

For the Greeks, the sharing of cooked meats was the fundamental communal act, so that to become vegetarian was a way of refusing society. It follows that the roasting or cooking of meat was a political act, as the division of portions asserted a social order. And the only proper manner of preparing meat for consumption, according to the Greeks, was blood sacrifice. The fundamen...(展开全部)

In ancient China, the preparation of food and the offering up of food as a religious sacrifice were intimately connected with models of sagehood and ideas of self-cultivation and morality. Drawing on received and newly excavated written sources, Roel Sterckx's book explores how this vibrant culture influenced the ways in which the early Chinese explained the workings of the hum...(展开全部)

熊深无法想象往后的人生会有多漫长。

BESTSELLING AUTHOR AND GRAND MASTER LAWRENCE BLOCK RETURNS TO HIS DEADLIEST HITMAN A man named Nicholas Edwards lives in New Orleans renovating houses, doing honest work and making decent money at it. Between his family and his stamp collection, all his spare time is happily accounted for. Sometimes it's hard to remember that he used to kill people for a living. But when the na...(展开全部)

BESTSELLING AUTHOR AND GRAND MASTER LAWRENCE BLOCK RETURNS TO HIS DEADLIEST HITMAN A man named Nicholas Edwards lives in New Orleans renovating houses, doing honest work and making decent money at it. Between his family and his stamp collection, all his spare time is happily accounted for. Sometimes it's hard to remember that he used to kill people for a living. But when th...(展开全部)