UNIVERSALLY ACCLAIMED AS A MUSICAL GENIUS, MILES DAVIS WAS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT AND INFLUENTIAL MUSICIANS IN THE WORLD. HERE, MILES SPEAKS OUT ABOUT HIS EXTRAORDINARY LIFE. Miles: The Autobiography, like Miles himself, holds nothing back. He speaks frankly and openly about his drug problem and how he overcame it. He condemns the racism he encountered in the music business...(展开全部)

A frank autobiography of the jazz trumpeter Miles Davis. This book records his life - the music, the women and the drugs. It talks about the white promotors and producers who exploited black musicians as well as the critics.

For more than forty years Miles Davis has been in the front rank of American music. Universally acclaimed as a musical genius, Miles is one of the most important and influential musicians in the world. The subject of several biographies, now Miles speaks out himself about his extraordinary life. Miles: The Autobiography, like Miles himself, holds nothing back. For the first t...(展开全部)

迈尔斯•戴维斯（Miles Davis） 迈尔斯被认作是20世纪最有影响力的爵士大师，没有之一。一生中多次引领新的音乐潮流，凭其扎实功底和探索精神获誉无数，多次被《Downbeat》评为“最佳小号手”，囊括了9次格莱美大奖。迈尔斯的舞台没有终点，他除了为自己创造了一次次新的事业高峰外，也帮助多位乐队成员成为爵士界一流的大师。 昆西•特鲁普（Quincy Troupe） 诗人，编辑，著名记者，加州大学圣地亚哥分校名誉教授。1980年，其诗作获得美国国家图书奖。1990年，本书再次斩获美国国家图书奖。电影《幸福来敲门》原创小说作者之一。

吉尔斯·雅各布（Gilles Jacob，1930—），法国知名电影人，戛纳电影节主席。1964年开始以影评人身份参加戛纳电影节，1978年代开始担任戛纳影展选片总监，全权负责选片工作，握有各单元入围片目的最终拍板权。2000年当选组委会主席。截至2014年，82岁的吉尔斯·雅各布已经担任戛纳主席30余年，他曾以伯乐眼光挖掘培养了一批世界级大导演。 掌舵戛纳电影节期间，雅各布把工作重点放在发现世界级的优秀导演上。希腊的安哲罗普洛斯、美国的昆汀·塔兰蒂诺、澳大利亚的简·坎皮恩、中国台湾的侯孝贤、伊朗的阿巴斯等人都曾受惠于他的伯乐之才。 此外，戛纳电影节一直致力于帮助年轻的电影工作者。雅各布担任戛纳电影节总代表后不久，就创立了“金摄影机奖”，随后开设了“一种关注单元”，鼓励年轻导演的创作。后来，雅各布又创办了“电影基金奖”，每年挑选出来自世界各地优秀学生...(展开全部)

吉尔斯·雅各布（Gilles Jacob，1930—），法国知名电影人，戛纳电影节主席。1964年开始以影评人身份参加戛纳电影节，1978年代开始担任戛纳影展选片总监，全权负责选片工作，握有各单元入围片目的最终拍板权。2000年当选组委会主席。截至2014年，82岁的吉尔斯·雅各布已经担任戛纳主席30余年，他曾以伯乐眼光挖掘培养了一批世界级大导演。 掌舵戛纳电影节期间，雅各布把工作重点放在发现世界级的优秀导演上。希腊的安哲罗普洛斯、美国的昆汀·塔兰蒂诺、澳大利亚的简·坎皮恩、中国台湾的侯孝贤、伊朗的阿巴斯等人都曾受惠于他的伯乐之才。 此外，戛纳电影节一直致力于帮助年轻的电影工作者。雅各布担任戛纳电影节总代表后不久，就创立了“金摄影机奖”，随后开设了“一种关注单元”，鼓励年轻导演的创作。后来，雅各布又创办了“电影基金奖”，每年挑选出来自世界各地优秀学生...(展开全部)

Alec and Jerry shouldn't have been friends: Alec's life was one of privilege, while Jerry's was one of toil. But this hardly mattered to two young men whose shared love of horses brought them together and whose whole lives lay ahead of them. When war breaks out in 1914, both Jerry and Alec sign up - yet for quite different reasons. On the fields of Flanders they find themselves...(展开全部)

Dying is easy. Coming back to life is hard. At least that's what Miles Vorkosigan thinks and he should know, having done both once already. That was when he last visited the planet of Jackson's Whole, while rescuing his brother. Thanks to quick thinking on the part of his staff, and incredible artistry on the part of the specialist who revived him, his first death won't be his ...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 Janet Tavakoli takes you into the world of Warren Buffett by way of the recent mortgage meltdown. In correspondence and discussion with him over 2 years, they both saw the writing on the wall, made clear by the implosion of Bear Stearns. Tavakoli, in clear and engaging prose, explains how the credit mess happened beginning with the mortgage lending Ponzi schemes funded ...(展开全部)