At the crime scene, Police Detective Kyochiro Kaga recognizes Hidaka’s best friend, Osamu Nonoguchi. Years ago when they were both teachers, they were colleagues at the same public school. Kaga went on to join the police force while Nonoguchi eventually left to become a full-time writer, though with not nearly the success of his friend Hidaka. As Kaga investigates, he eventuall...(展开全部)

At the crime scene, Police Detective Kyochiro Kaga recognizes Hidaka’s best friend, Osamu Nonoguchi. Years ago when they were both teachers, they were colleagues at the same public school. Kaga went on to join the police force while Nonoguchi eventually left to become a full-time writer, though with not nearly the success of his friend Hidaka. As Kaga investigates, he eventuall...(展开全部)

Over a long career in the courts Justice Horace Ireton has a garnered a reputation for merciless rulings and his dedication to meting out strict, impartial justice. Taking a break from his duty after a session of assizes, Ireton retreats to his seaside bungalow in Devon and turns his attention to family, and specifically in attempting to bribe his daughter’s lover Morrell to le...(展开全部)

What does it mean to assert or deny the existence of a legal system? How can one determine whether a given law belongs to a certain legal system? What kind of structure do these systems have, that is--what necessary relations obtain between their laws? The examination of these problems in this volume leads to a new approach to traditional jurisprudential question, though the co...(展开全部)

The great transformation undertaken by the countries of the former communist bloc exhibits immense diversityDSin terms of initial conditions, shifting target models, consistency, paths, speed, progress to date, and economic performance. This is the first comprehensive study of the economics and politics of postsocialism to be written by an author so deeplyDSand so successfullyD...(展开全部)

The Unexpected Guest is a 1958 play by crime writer Agatha Christie. On a foggy night, Michael Starkwedder enters the home of the Warwicks through a window in the study. He finds the dead body of Richard Warwick, and finds Warwick's wife, Laura, holding a gun that supposedly killed him. Despite the murder being obvious, and overwhelming evidence pointing towards it, Starkwedder...(展开全部)

The Unexpected Guest is a 1958 play by crime writer Agatha Christie. On a foggy night, Michael Starkwedder enters the home of the Warwicks through a window in the study. He finds the dead body of Richard Warwick, and finds Warwick's wife, Laura, holding a gun that supposedly killed him. Despite the murder being obvious, and overwhelming evidence pointing towards it, Starkwedder...(展开全部)

马歇尔·杰文斯是两位美国经济学家共同创作的笔名——维吉尼亚大学经济系“罗伯·泰勒讲座教授”肯尼斯·艾尔辛格（Kenneth G. Elzinga），以及三一大学（Trinity University）教授威廉·布瑞特（William Breit，1933-2011）。他们合著的系列推理小说包括《边际谋杀》（Murder at the Margin）、《致命的均衡》（The Fatal Equilibrium）、《夺命曲线》（A Deadly Indifference），以及《看不见的手》（The Mystery of the Invisible Hand）。 媒体评论 这是个引人入胜、构局严谨又充满趣味的悬疑故事，很难想象还有什么比这更愉快、更不费力的方法，可以吸收到充分的经济学知识。 ——米尔顿·弗里德曼（Milton Friedman，诺贝尔经济...(展开全部)

As concise and enlightening as Seven Brief Lessons on Physics and Astrophysics for People in a Hurry, this mind-expanding dive into the mystery of consciousness is an illuminating meditation on the self, free will, and felt experience. What is consciousness? How does it arise? And why does it exist? We take our experience of being in the world for granted. But the very existenc...(展开全部)

周四推理俱乐部的老朋友、80岁的古董商人库尔德什死了，在偏僻小径的尽头被一枪爆头。死前，他曾给历史学教授妮娜和一个无法追踪的电话号码各打了一通电话。 消息传来，四位老年侦探誓要为老友查明真相。原来，出事前三天，当地毒贩要求库尔德什寄存一盒价值10万英镑的毒品，他死后一整盒毒品不翼而飞。毒品？历史教授？无法追踪的号码？到底谁才是真正的催命符？ 与此同时，这起不大不小的案子竟然惊动了国家犯罪调查局，案件信息被全面封锁。更大的危机来自内部，伊丽莎白的丈夫斯蒂芬罹患阿尔兹海默症，症状已严重到无法和她继续生活，强大的伊丽莎白第一次被无力包围，无心案件。周四推理俱乐部痛失“主脑”，乔伊丝及时补位，带领小团伙一头钻进多如牛毛的细碎线索。 是当地毒贩“黑吃黑”杀死无辜的寄存人？还是神秘的无法追踪者另起歹心？“周四推理俱乐部”的故事远未结束，探案仍在继续。