In this new brief introduction to the rich and complex discipline of sociology, Jon Witt cuts to the core of the sociological perspective, supplying answers to two main questions: "Why do we think the way we think?" and "Why do we act the way we act?" Providing students with a glimpse of the "Big Picture," the author offers a top-down look at the structure of society, which all...(展开全部)

Laura Ingalls's story begins in 1871 in a little log cabin on the edge of the Big Woods of Wisconsin. Four-year-old Laura lives in the little house with her Pa, her Ma, her sisters Mary and Carrie, and their trusty dog, Jack. </p> Pioneer life is sometimes hard, since the family must grow or catch all their own food as they get ready for the cold winter. But it is also ex...(展开全部)

In this unprecedented, all-encompassing, and thoroughly entertaining account of the movie business, acclaimed writer Edward Jay Epstein reveals the real magic behind moviemaking: how the studios make their money. Epstein shows that in Hollywood, the only art that matters is the art of the deal: Major films turn huge profits not from the movies themselves but through myriad oth...(展开全部)

Children see the world with different eyes. Through illustrated stories in children s books they learn about the world in which they live. The best picture books for children not only feature wonderful stories, but also tell them in a visually appealing way. Children are very critical readers who simply cast aside books they deem boring, overzealous, pedantic, or visually unima...(展开全部)

艾莉森·简出生于英国的翰弗郡，长在德比郡。她就读于伦敦大学的平面设计专业，学习了绘画与专业插画的技巧，并以全班第一名的成绩毕业，之后就职于一家动漫工作室。 这样过了一两年，她决定改变职业方向，开始了插画家的职业生涯。现在她的插画作品遍布于各个领域，包括设计、广告、项目，以及她最热爱的童书创作。目前她正与阿德曼动画公司（Ardman Animation）合作，制作新版本的《胡桃夹子》动画电影。 艾莉森的画作非常具有特点，她利用一种叫做Alkyd（醇酸树脂）的油画颜料作画，在画布表面做一层快速涂抹，干了就会形成类似于龟裂的仿旧效果。很多小读者将她的画作可爱地称为“碎蛋壳画”。她在创作插画中非常注重趣味性，每张图之间都会暗藏承上启下的线索，并将大家耳熟能详的童话故事融入其中，使插画能够无限地延伸，增大了阅读的自主和自由度。 “让想象飞”是其代表作品，其中《...(展开全部)

Introduction by Barbara Hardy

Introduction by Barbara Hardy

爱德华·杰·艾普斯坦（Edward Jay Epstein，1935— ），于康乃尔大学和哈佛大学攻读政治学，1973年取得哈佛大学博士学位，其硕士论文以追寻政治真相为题材（Inquest：The Warren Commission and the Establishment of Truth），博士论文以电视新闻为题材（Neus from Nowhere）,两篇论文皆已出版成书。爱德华原本在MIT和UCLA教授政治学，后来觉得写书的教化功能更强而专事写作。现居美国纽约市。 译者简介 宋伟航，台大历史系、台大历史研究所中国艺术史组毕业。曾任出版编辑，现专事翻译。译有《我的动物天堂》《补缀的星球》《人类大世纪》《重拾山居岁月》《灵魂考》《酷男的异想世界》《丘吉尔：乐在危险的人生》《我在DK的出版岁月》《秃鹰律师》《无辜主人》《帮凶律师》等书。

Words and images combine on each page of this classic picture book to create an introduction to familiar words that children and their parents will want to return to again and again. With a wealth of detail, Jay has created a series of pictures where elements cleverly reappear from spread to spread.

《The Picture book:国际顶级插图设计大全》收录了超过80位一流国际插图设计师的445幅插图作品，力求把美洲、欧洲和亚洲的精彩插图一网打尽{《The Picture book:国际顶级插图设计大全》是一部适合专业人士和初学者阅读的，集合了来自全球的插图作者最新力作的综合性图鉴。 《The Picture book:国际顶级插图设计大全》由享有盛誉的设计师安格斯?黑兰德编纂，呈现出并代表了当前插图发展趋势和变革的多种风格、技术以及社会客观因素的广阔图景，它是对当代插图艺术的绝妙概括。因此，它对插图作者、平面造型设计师和任何致力于插图业的人士来说，都将是无价之宝。 每位艺术家的作品都配有作者自述和一段简短的、可以展示创作灵感及其作品和职业发展路径的叙述性文字。 《The Picture book:国际顶级插图设计大全》包括445幅插图，其中...(展开全部)