The truth has no place in a courtroom. The truth doesn't matter in a trial. The only thing that matters is what the prosecution can prove. Eddie Flynn used to be a con artist. Then he became a lawyer. Turned out the two weren't that different. It's been over a year since Eddie vowed never to set foot in a courtroom again. But now he doesn't have a choice. Olek Volchek, the infa...(展开全部)

The author presents his most famous, and infamous, cases and clients, and in the process, takes a critical, informed look at a legal system that he regards as deeply corrupt.

Nabokov's third novel, The Luzhin Defense, is a chilling story of obsession and madness. As a young boy, Luzhin was unattractive, distracted, withdrawn, sullen--an enigma to his parents and an object of ridicule to his classmates. He takes up chess as a refuge from the anxiety of his everyday life. His talent is prodigious and he rises to the rank of grandmaster--but at a cos...(展开全部)

The author presents his most famous, and infamous, cases and clients, and in the process, takes a critical, informed look at a legal system that he regards as deeply corrupt.

Comprising the classic bestsellers Getting Even, Without Feathers , and Side Effects , this definitive collection of comic writings is from a man who needs no Introduction. Really–this book has no Introduction. The Insanity Defense reveals many sides of Woody Allen as he holds forth on the most human of urges (“Why does man kill? He kills for food. And not only for food: ...(展开全部)

Hans-Hermann Hoppe, a standout pupil of Murray Rothbard and now the foremost Austrian social theorist, is no stranger to seemingly insurmountable theoretical problems. In work after work, Hoppe has made remarkably pioneering insights into social order and the free market. In The Private Production of Defense, Hoppe takes on one the most difficult subjects in economic and politi...(展开全部)

安娜·弗洛伊德（Anna Freud ，1895年12月3日—1982年10月9日）是一位奥地利精神分析学家。她出生在维也纳，是西格蒙德·弗洛伊德六个孩子中小的一个，也是惟一继承父亲衣钵的人。与她的父亲相比，她的工作强调了“自我”和正常的“发展路线”的重要性，同时也强调了工作的协作性在分析和观察中的重要性。因为她对精神分析作出的贡献，她和克莱因被认为是精神分析儿童心理学创始人。1938年，安娜·弗洛伊德因第二次世界大战随父亲来到英国伦敦，坚持精神分析的实践和研究，并为英国精神分析协会服务和工作。1952年创立汉普斯特德儿童治疗诊所，即现在的安娜·弗洛伊德国家儿童和家庭中心。1973年，她当选为国际精神分析学家协会的主席。1982年10月9日，安娜·弗洛伊德在伦敦逝世.

乔治·H.奎斯特教授是马里兰大学政府与政治系主任，美国知名的国际安全问题专家，主要教授国防政策、军控、美国外交等多门课程，在国际政治和国际安全研究方面著述甚丰，硕果累累，是一位高产作家。其主要代表作品包括：《第一次核打击：打破禁忌的后果》（2005年）、《国际体系中的进攻与防御》（2002 年）、《21世纪的安全研究》（1997年）、《俄罗斯核桃战与欧亚新国家》（1995年）、《广岛之前的威慑》（1986年）、《核威慑的未来》（1986年）、《海军与军控》（1982年）、《持久的国际政治问题》（1974年）、《核外交：第一个25年》（1973年）等。

戴维·马登（David Madden），伦敦政治经济学院社会学系与城市项目助理教授。在城市研究类期刊上发表过多篇论文，担任《城市》期刊（City）编辑，并有评论常见于《伦敦政治经济学院书评》（LSE Review of Books）、《华盛顿邮报》（Washington Post）和《卫报》（Guardian）等媒体。 彼得·马库塞（Peter Marcuse），哥伦比亚大学建筑规划及保护研究生院城市规划名誉教授。他在美国、英国和其他欧洲国家用英语和德语写作了大量的作品，发表于《国家》（Nation）、《纽约日报》（New York Newsday）、《每月评论》（Monthly Review）、《庇护之力》（Shelterforce）等报刊。

Peter Marcuse has long been recognised as one of the foremost critical urban scholars of our era. He has been writing about and participating in urban politics since the 1950s and remains on the cutting edge of urban activism today. In this book, co-written with David Madden, he argues that the housing question is not an architectural or moral question but a political and econo...(展开全部)