Moments of humour, surreal fantasy, and the sometimes devastating ways we interact with the people we love the most, are presented in Shaun Tan’s typical thought-provoking style. RULES OF SUMMER, is a deceptively simple story about two boys, one older and one younger, and the kind of ‘rules’ that might govern any relationship between close friends or siblings. Rules that are of...(展开全部)

Summer has come to Krynn, a summer unlike any before. The sun bears down on land and sea, searing the world with relentless light and heat. Clouds and rain are nowhere to be found, and even the darkness of night brings little relief from the strange and oppressive day. Meanwhile, those who commune regularly with their gods are uneasy. Every day, their deities become more dista...(展开全部)

About the series The aim of this series is to bring together important recent writings in major areas of philosophical inquiry, selected from a variety of sources, mostly periodicals, which may not be conveniently available to the university student or the general reader. The editor of each volume contributes an introductory essay on the items chosen and on the questions with w...(展开全部)

This book is an important gateway through which professional analytic philosophers and their students can come to understand the significance of Hegel's philosophy for contemporary theory of action. As such it will contribute to the erosion of the sterile barrier between the continental and analytic approaches to philosophy. Michael Quante focuses on what Hegel has to say about...(展开全部)

This book is an important gateway through which professional analytic philosophers and their students can come to understand the significance of Hegel's philosophy for contemporary theory of action. As such it will contribute to the erosion of the sterile barrier between the continental and analytic approaches to philosophy. Michael Quante focuses on what Hegel has to say about...(展开全部)

【作者简介】 S. C. 格温（S. C. Gwynne）, 曾任《时代》杂志分社社长、驻外通讯员和高级编辑。他后来担任《得克萨斯月刊》的执行主编。他在普林斯顿大学主修历史，1974年毕业。他还在约翰斯·霍普金斯大学主修创意写作硕士课程，获得了研究生奖学金，并师从小说家约翰·巴特。他与妻子和女儿住在德克萨斯州的奥斯汀。 【译者简介】 卢树群 新闻编辑、战地记者，长期从事国际新闻采写、编译工作，曾驻阿富汗、缅甸。

【作者简介】 S. C. 格温（S. C. Gwynne）, 曾任《时代》杂志分社社长、驻外通讯员和高级编辑。他后来担任《得克萨斯月刊》的执行主编。他在普林斯顿大学主修历史，1974年毕业。他还在约翰斯·霍普金斯大学主修创意写作硕士课程，获得了研究生奖学金，并师从小说家约翰·巴特。他与妻子和女儿住在德克萨斯州的奥斯汀。 【译者简介】 卢树群 新闻编辑、战地记者，长期从事国际新闻采写、编译工作，曾驻阿富汗、缅甸。

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In Japanese folklore, a ghost that arise from the burial of a pregnant woman is an Ubume . The Summer of Ubume is the first of Japan's hugely popular Kyogokudo series, which has 9 titles and 4 spinoffs thus far. Akihiko "Kyogokudo" Chuzenji, the title's hero, is an exorcist with a twist: he doesn't blieve in ghosts. To circumnavigate his clients' inability to come to gri...(展开全部)

The Explanation of Social Action is a sustained critique of the conventional understanding of what it means to "explain" something in the social sciences. It makes the strong argument that the traditional understanding involves asking questions that have no clear foundation and provoke an unnecessary tension between lay and expert vocabularies. Drawing on the history and philos...(展开全部)