Speaking with the Angel : 12 completely new stories, narrated by 12 completely fabulous characters, written by 12 of the most celebrated voices in fiction today. Bestselling author Nick Hornby has brought together a star-studded group of writers to create this one-of-a-kind collection of first-person narratives. From the imaginations of Dave Eggers, Zadie Smith, Irvine Welsh...(展开全部)

"I always compare filmmaking to cooking. Shooting is like buying the groceries. You buy all kinds of ingredients and the better ingredients you get, the better chance you have of making the movie you want."--Ang Lee, from Speaking in Images Speaking in Images offers an engaging and rare collection of interviews with the directors who have changed the face of Chinese and intern...(展开全部)

白睿文（Berry,M.），1974年生于美国芝加哥，哥伦比亚大学现代中国文学与电影博士，也是留美汉学家王德威的学生，现任职于加州大学圣芭芭拉分校东亚系副教授，主要研究领域为当代华语文学、电影、流行文化和翻译学。著作除本书外，还有《痛史：现代中国文学界与电影的历史创伤》（即将出版）。中英译作有王安忆《长恨歌》、余华《活着》、叶兆言《一九三七年的爱情》、张大春《我妹妹》与《野孩子》，正在翻译舞鹤的《余生》。

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During the colonial period, Africans told each other terrifying rumors that Africans who worked for white colonists captured unwary residents and took their blood. In colonial Tanganyika, for example, Africans were said to be captured by these agents of colonialism and hung upside down, their throats cut so their blood drained into huge buckets. In Kampala, the police were said...(展开全部)

Luise White is Associate Professor of History at the University of Florida. Her previous book, The Comforts of Home: Prostitution in Colonial Nairobi (1990), won the Herskovits Prize of the African Studies Association.

Speaking of Sadness explores depression as a human experience, not just as a disease. Each of the pieces of the depression puzzle is examined, including interactions with family and friends, experiences with anti-depressant drugs, and the interplay of biology, family and society in depression's definition and treatment. The book includes extensive interviews with depressed indi...(展开全部)

Lucas' The Art of Public Speaking is the leading public speaking textbook in the field. Whether a novice or an experienced speaker when beginning the course, every student will learn how to be a better public speaker through Lucas' clear explanations. Creative activities, vivid examples, annotated speech samples, and foundation of classic and contemporary rhetoric provide stude...(展开全部)

盖瑞·查普曼博士（Dr. Gary Chapman）是《纽约时报》百万畅销书作者，享誉全球的婚恋辅导专家，具有丰富的辅导经验和专业的技巧指导，他的讲座和书籍改变了无数人的家庭生活。 他的代表作《爱的五种语言》曾长时间高居《纽约时报》畅销书排行榜榜首，全球热销400多万册。此外，他还著有《道歉的五种语言》、《愤怒，爱的另一面》、《婚姻的四季》、《回到起初的爱》等书籍。这些作品被翻译成几十种语言，畅销全球。 目前，查普曼博士是美国婚姻与家庭机构总裁。他主持的广播节目《成长的婚姻》在100多家电台播出。

楊德昌病逝侯孝賢感慨台灣新電影也走了，而本書，收入了楊德昌生前最後訪談。 《光影言語》是美國當代新秀學者對華人知名導演的精彩訪談實錄，主要訪談導演包括：謝晉、田壯壯、陳凱歌、張藝謀、張元、王小帥、賈樟柯、李楊、侯孝賢、朱天文、楊德昌、吳念真、李安、蔡明亮、張作驥、許鞍華、關錦鵬、陳果、陳可辛、陳耀成。 作者親自到台灣、大陸、香港，走訪每一位知名導演，面對面訪談，將每位導演的電影精華心血第一手報導出來，同時結合作者長年對電影與文學的深厚研究，呈現出前所未有的豐富電影文化內涵 本書同時邀請了美國名導演馬丁．史柯西斯（Martin Scorsese，1942年11月17日生於美國紐約市皇后區，美國電影導演，曾獲第79屆奧斯卡金像獎最佳導演。）作序。 ■本書目錄 目次 序／馬丁．史柯西斯 台灣版序 謝辭 前言：光影言語 中　國 謝　晉 電影創作六十年 田壯壯...(展开全部)