Is there a pythonic (please no numpy!) way to select a subset list-of-lists from a list-of-lists? In MATLAB, the behavior I'm trying to mimic can be exemplified with something like `A(2:7, 5:8)`. 

This isn't a homework problem, just looking for a clean solution. 

Here's a concrete example:

```
A = [[1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6], [7, 8, 9]]
select(A, (1, 3), (0, 3))

```

should yield

```
[[2, 3], [5, 6], [8, 9]]

```