杰弗里•罗伯逊（Geoffrey Robertson QC） 英国王室法律顾问，国际著名人权律师，联合国塞拉利昂特别法庭法官。他曾在英国中央刑事法院的诸多著名案件中担任辩护律师，在英国、欧洲和马来西亚、斐济、澳大利亚等英联邦国家的最高法院为公民自由而辩护，赢了很多具标志性意义的官司。他参与了起诉皮诺切特和海斯廷斯•卡穆祖•班达（Hastings Kamuzu Banda)的案件，也参与对审判萨达姆•侯赛因的法官的培训。他的著作《反人类罪》（Crimes Against Humanity）启发了全球的正义运动，作品《正义的游戏》（The Justice Game ）与被当作教科书的《媒体法》（Media Law）出版后均引起巨大反响。 杰弗里•罗伯逊现与妻子凯西•乐蒂（Kathy Lette）及两个孩子居住在伦敦。他创办了道迪街律师事务所（Dought...(展开全部)

Charles I waged civil wars that cost one in ten Englishmen their lives. But in 1649 Parliament was hard put to find a lawyer with the skill and daring to prosecute a king who claimed to be above the law. In the end, they chose the radical lawyer John Cooke, whose Puritan conscience, political vision, and love of civil liberties gave him the courage to bring the king to trial. A...(展开全部)

Charles I waged civil wars that cost one in ten Englishmen their lives. But in 1649 Parliament was hard put to find a lawyer with the skill and daring to prosecute a King who claimed to be above the law: in the end the man they briefed was the radical lawyer John Cooke. His Puritan conscience, political vision, and love of civil liberties gave him the courage to bring the King’...(展开全部)

In 1649, no lawyer in the country would accept the brief of prosecuting Charles I, except one — John Cook, the bravest of barristers, who was killed as punishment for sending the King to the scaffold. From the Hardcover edition.

First printing of new edition - the middle "A." has returned, and Campbell gets his "Jr" back. ------------------------------------------------- The Man Who Sold the Moon is the title of two collections of Heinlein's short stories. Both collections include "Let There Be Light", "The Roads Must Roll", "The Man Who Sold the Moon" and "Requiem"; the first also includes "Life-Line"...(展开全部)

The Man Who Sold the Moon is the title of two collections of Heinlein's short stories. Both collections include "Let There Be Light", "The Roads Must Roll", "The Man Who Sold the Moon" and "Requiem"; the first also includes "Life-Line" and "Blowups Happen". Although the science fiction film Destination Moon is generally described as being based on Heinlein's novel Rocket Ship G...(展开全部)

罗伯特·海因莱因是美国最具影响力的科幻作家。他以高超的叙述技巧、精巧的科幻构思、极具时代感的激进思想，以及对美国历史和文化的独特的科幻化阐释，赢得了无数读者的喜爱，被誉为“美国现代科幻小说之父”。海因莱因同时也是世界科幻的“三巨头”之一。他的作品被译成数十种语言，在世界范围内广为流行，是最受中国、日本以及俄罗斯读者欢迎的美国科幻作家。 海因莱因一生著作颇丰，多次获得各种科幻大奖，是第一位获得世界科幻协会授予“科幻大师”殊荣的科幻作家。其代表作主要包括：《双星》、《进入盛夏之门》、《星船伞兵》、《异乡异客》、《严厉的月亮》等。

雨果(1802-1885)，法国著名小说家、诗人。《笑面人》是他的主要长篇小说之一。

雨果(1802-1885)，法国著名小说家、诗人。《笑面人》是他的主要长篇小说之一。

In 1974, French aerialist Philippe Petit threw a tightrope between the two towers of the World Trade Center and spent an hour walking, dancing, and performing high-wire tricks a quarter mile in the sky. This picture book captures the poetry and magic of the event with a poetry of its own: lyrical words and lovely paintings that present the detail, daring, and--in two dramatic f...(展开全部)