This title was first published in 2002: This text attempts to bridge the gap between international relations and comparative politics, with particular reference to East Asia. The book begins with an exploration of the theme of globalization and the impact it has on the conduct of international relations and the process of domestic politics. It discusses the fact that domestic actors are unable to assume an insular political environment as previously, referring to the constant reception of ...

This title was first published in 2002: This text attempts to bridge the gap between international relations and comparative politics, with particular reference to East Asia. The book begins with an exploration of the theme of globalization and the impact it has on the conduct of international relations and the process of domestic politics. It discusses the fact that domestic actors are unable to assume an insular political environment as previously, referring to the constant reception of ...

張文亮教授／張南驥教授／謝冠雄博士　專文推薦當我領悟到，資訊完全不是物質的屬性， 而是獨特的非物質實體，這對我是個重大的突破──韋納‧基特 身為資訊科學家，本書德文原著作者基特博士將其三十多年來的研究，建立一套新的資訊理論──通用資訊，設法解答人類最困難的問題： ‧宇宙從何而來？ ‧人從哪裡來？是演化來的？還是被創造的？ ‧大自然及生物世界的背後有一位設計師嗎？ ‧這位設計師如何傳遞訊息給被造之物？ 作者跳脫演化論的綑綁，挑戰讀者以邏輯思考來認識資訊的起源乃是上帝，以及祂的真理之言──聖經，令人耳目一新。

“In an epoch when the ideals of George Eliot were still controlling, the figure of Stevenson rose with a sort of radiance as a writer whose sole object was to entertain. Most of the great novelists were then dead, and the scientific school was in the ascendant. Fiction was entering upon its death grapple with sociology. Stevenson came, with his tales of adventure and intrigue, out-of-door life and old-time romance, and he recalled to every reader his boyhood and the delights of his earlies...

A man with a hidden past doles out a dangerous dose of frontier medicine in this new western in Ralph Compton's Gunfighter series.Young doctor Gabriel Kincaid has come west to help an aging colleague who is straining to deal with the demands of a growing town, but Kincaid is looking to do more than just experience the challenges of frontier medicine. He’s determined to start a new life.But the trials he faces aren’t confined to the doctor’s surgery. After a...

In this western in Ralph Compton's USA Today bestselling series, on the Alamosa Trail, anything goes...After the merciless Blizzard of 1886, times are tough, but on the Trailback Ranch, the cowboys are tougher. From horse racing to train robbing, they'll survive on whatever schemes their wits can muster until a job comes their way...And infamous gunslinger Clay Allison needs a few good men to rustle a herd up from Mexico into Colorado across the equally in...

LA NOVELA DEBUT MÁS VENDIDA DEL AÑO EN EL REINO UNIDO«¡Doce estrellas!» LISA JEWELUN PUEBLO PEQUEÑO. UN CRIMEN ATROZ.SOSPECHARÁS DE TODOS. PERO JAMÁS ADIVINARÁS EL FINAL.La vida del periodista Ben Harper quedó destrozada cuando su hermano mayor fue asesinado en el bosque del pequeño pueblo de Haddley. Han pasado ya veinte años desde entonces y Harper se ha convertido en uno de los reporteros...

Justice casts a long shadow in this Ralph Compton western.James Cason…son of the owner of the Long Shadow ranch and head of a posse that tracked Mexican bandits across the border and killed their leader.Duke Faglier…wanted by both sides of the law for killing the men who murdered his family.Revelation Scattergood…suspected of being a rustler alongside her four brothers—and ready to start a new life for herself.Together they will drive a herd...

In this fast-paced new installment in bestselling author Ralph Compton's Gunfighter series, the tables are turned on a posse when they become the hunted.Three men rode into Hades, New Mexico, to rob a bank. Only two rode out.Sheriff Wilson Carter killed one of the bandits in the middle of Main Street. Now he and his posse are after the two fleeing criminals. He doesn't know that the bad guys are part of a much larger gang. Nor does he know that the two men ...

Two men brave the unforgiving frontier in this western in Ralph Compton's Sundown Riders series.Parker Stanley’s family had a dream: to start a new life in the Far West. But en route, a Cheyenne band slaughters his parents and abducts his sister, leaving him for dead.Then a cowboy named Clay Springer rides to the rescue—and comes up with an idea. He’s got a team ready to deliver goods to the Mormons in Utah, but he’s short on funds for supplies. He knows th...

World affairs expert and intrepid travel journalist Robert D. Kaplan braved the dangers of war-ravaged Afghanistan in the 1980s, living among the mujahidin—the "soldiers of god"—whose unwavering devotion to Islam fueled their mission to oust the formidable Soviet invaders. In Soldiers of God we follow Kaplan's extraordinary journey and learn how the thwarted Soviet invasion gave rise to the ruthless Taliban and the defining international conflagration of the twenty-first century.

A funny, irreverent cookbook for the unconventional home cook looking to spice up their kitchen—featuring over 30 soul food recipes inspired by the flavors of Compton.Meet Spank and News—the chefs behind the cult-favorite Los Angeles restaurant—in this “part recipe collection and part autobiography” that “details the duo’s rise from gang life to cooking for the likes of Snoop Dogg and Kendrick Lamar” (Time Out).When two former memb...