The Roots of Normativity concerns one of the most basic philosophical questions: how to explain normativity in its many guises. Over many decades, Joseph Raz has sought to develop an answer to this question, according to which understanding normativity is understanding the roles and structures of normative reasons which, when they are reasons for action, are based on values. Th...(展开全部)

"Our only channel of information about the world is the impact of external forces on our sensory surfaces. So says science itself. There is no clairvoyance. How, then, can we have parlayed this meager sensory input into a full-blown scientific theory of the world? This is itself a scientific question. The pursuit of it, with free use of scientific theory, is what I call natural...(展开全部)

The Roots of Normativity concerns one of the most basic philosophical questions: how to explain normativity in its many guises. Over many decades, Joseph Raz has sought to develop an answer to this question, according to which understanding normativity is understanding the roles and structures of normative reasons which, when they are reasons for action, are based on values. Th...(展开全部)

What holds America together? In this classic work, Russell Kirk describes the beliefs and institutions that have nurtured the American soul and commonwealth. Beginning with the Hebrew prophets, Kirk examines in dramatic fashion the sources of American order. His analytical narrative might be called "a tale of five cities": Jerusalem, Athens, Rome, London, and Philadelphia. For ...(展开全部)

What holds America together? In this classic work, Russell Kirk describes the beliefs and institutions that have nurtured the American soul and commonwealth. Beginning with the Hebrew prophets, Kirk examines in dramatic fashion the sources of American order. His analytical narrative might be called "a tale of five cities": Jerusalem, Athens, Rome, London, and Philadelphia. For ...(展开全部)

拉塞尔·柯克（1918-1994），美国著名政治理论家、道德家、历史学家、社会评论家和文学评论家。 二战期间，曾在美军服役，并与自由主义作家伊莎贝尔·帕特森（Isabel Paterson）建立了联系，后者在他早期政治思想的形成中发挥了重要作用。战后，进入苏格兰圣安德鲁斯大学学习，并于1953年成为当年一位获得文学博士学位的美国人。 柯克以其保守主义思想而闻名美国，其思想甚至影响了尼克松、里根等美国总统的施政方向。1989年，柯克被里根总统授予“总统公民奖章”（仅次于“总统自由勋章”的平民奖）。

John Grisham's first work of non-fiction, an exploration of small town justice gone terribly awry, is his most extraordinary legal thriller yet. In the major league draft of 1971, the first player chosen from the State of Oklahoma was Ron Williamson. When he signed with the Oakland A's, he said goodbye to his hometown of Ada and left to pursue his dreams of big league glory. Si...(展开全部)

An award-winning epic tale set in the magical Finnish wilderness According to rumour, the people of Nevabacka had a hint of magic in their blood, because one of their ancestors had lain with a woman of the forest folk… An old soldier carves a croft out of the Finnish forest and calls it home, but try as he might to tame the land, its wild magic endures. For centuries his descen...(展开全部)

Noted Holocaust scholar David M. Crowe presents a distinct and comprehensive examination of one of the greatest human tragedies in modern history. Acclaimed scholar, professor, and writer in the field of Holocaust studies, David M. Crowe begins this compelling new text with a detailed overview of the history of the Jews, their two-millennia- old struggle with a larger Christian...(展开全部)

戴维·M·克罗（David M.Crowe），美国伊隆大学法学院法学教授和历史学教授、哥伦比亚大学民族研究协会名誉主席、美国大屠杀纪念博物馆教育委员会成员，出版过多部研究大屠杀的著作，2004年关于辛德勒的著作、2007年关于东欧吉卜赛人的著作都获得了美国历史读物俱乐部的选择奖。