The wealthy old woman was dead -- a trifle sooner than expected. The intricate trail of horror and senseless murder led from a beautiful hampshire village to a fashionable London flat and a deliberate test of "amour" -- staged by the debonair sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey.""Here the modern detective story begins to come to its own; and all the historical importance aside, it remains...(展开全部)

A lavishly illustrated look at how evolution plays out in selective breeding Unnatural Selection is a stunningly illustrated book about selective breeding--the ongoing transformation of animals at the hand of man. More important, it's a book about selective breeding on a far, far grander scale―a scale that encompasses all life on Earth. We'd call it evolution. A unique fusion o...(展开全部)

A lavishly illustrated look at how evolution plays out in selective breeding: Unnatural Selection is a stunningly illustrated book about selective breeding―the ongoing transformation of animals at the hand of man. More important, it's a book about selective breeding on a far, far grander scale―a scale that encompasses all life on Earth. We'd call it evolution. A unique fusion o...(展开全部)

Unnatural Selection is a stunningly illustrated book about selective breeding--the ongoing transformation of animals at the hand of man. More important, it's a book about selective breeding on a far, far grander scale—a scale that encompasses all life on Earth. We'd call it evolution. A unique fusion of art, science, and history, this book celebrates the 150th anniversary of Ch...(展开全部)

【作者简介】 理查德·谢泼德（Richard Shepherd） 谢泼德就读文法学校时，他的同学偷偷把一本医学教科书带到课堂传阅，这让谢泼德第一次了解到犯罪与谋杀的世界，也是他立志了解人类各种死亡形态的起点。谢泼德于1977年取得行医资格，1987年获得医学博士学位，成为一名法医病理学家。之后，他加入伦敦盖伊医院的法医部，这是当时英国最好的法医部门之一。执业以来，谢泼德参与调查国内外数千起非自然死亡案件，他的专业知识与技术使其至今拥有国际声誉。 ·· 【译者简介】 李立丰 吉林大学法学理论研究中心/法学院教授、博士生导师，法学博士，美国麦克乔治法学院法学硕士，中国犯罪学会常务理事，中国刑法学会理事，中国人民大学反腐败法治研究中心客座研究员，日本早稻田大学访问学者，日本关西学院大学法学部客员教授。

【作者简介】 理查德·谢泼德（Richard Shepherd） 谢泼德就读文法学校时，他的同学偷偷把一本医学教科书带到课堂传阅，这让谢泼德第一次了解到犯罪与谋杀的世界，也是他立志了解人类各种死亡形态的起点。谢泼德于1977年取得行医资格，1987年获得医学博士学位，成为一名法医病理学家。之后，他加入伦敦盖伊医院的法医部，这是当时英国最好的法医部门之一。执业以来，谢泼德参与调查国内外数千起非自然死亡案件，他的专业知识与技术使其至今拥有国际声誉。 ·· 【译者简介】 李立丰 吉林大学法学理论研究中心/法学院教授、博士生导师，法学博士，美国麦克乔治法学院法学硕士，中国犯罪学会常务理事，中国刑法学会理事，中国人民大学反腐败法治研究中心客座研究员，日本早稻田大学访问学者，日本关西学院大学法学部客员教授。

Review "Along the way are examples from recent history that may surprise the reader. At the very least, every member of Congress and the State Department should study this report." (Book News Inc, November 2010) Review "A very impressive book. The most systematic, thorough, and informative review of contemporary scientific theories on the causes of war in print. Highly recommen...(展开全部)

Written by leading scholars in the field, Causes of War provides the first comprehensive analysis of the leading theories relating to the origins of both interstate and civil wars. Utilizes historical examples to illustrate individual theories throughout Includes an analysis of theories of civil wars as well as interstate wars -- one of the only texts to do both Written by two ...(展开全部)

Review "Along the way are examples from recent history that may surprise the reader. At the very least, every member of Congress and the State Department should study this report." (Book News Inc, November 2010) Review "A very impressive book. The most systematic, thorough, and informative review of contemporary scientific theories on the causes of war in print. Highly recommen...(展开全部)

What causes war? How can military conflicts best be prevented? A prominent political scientist here addresses these questions, offering ideas that will be widely debated. Stephen Van Evera frames five conditions that increase the risk of interstate war: false optimism about the likely outcome of a war, a first-strike advantage, fluctuation in the relative power of states, circu...(展开全部)