The long-awaited first work of nonfiction from the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Once Upon a Time in Hollywood: a deliriously entertaining, wickedly intelligent cinema book as unique and creative as anything by Quentin Tarantino. In addition to being among the most celebrated of contemporary filmmakers, Quentin Tarantino is possibly the most joyously infectious mo...(展开全部)

The follow-up to Victor Niederhoffer's critically and commercially acclaimed book The Education of a Speculator has finally arrived. Practical Speculation continues the story of a true market legend who ran a hugely successful futures trading firm that had annual returns of over thirty percent until unforeseen losses forced him to close operations. Like a phoenix rising from th...(展开全部)

The follow-up to Victor Niederhoffer's critically and commercially acclaimed book The Education of a Speculator has finally arrived. Practical Speculation continues the story of a true market legend who ran a hugely successful futures trading firm that had annual returns of over thirty percent until unforeseen losses forced him to close operations. Like a phoenix rising from th...(展开全部)

For Alain Badiou, films think, and it is the task of the philosopher to transcribe that thinking. What is the subject to which the film gives expressive form? This is the question that lies at the heart of Badiou's account of cinema. He contends that cinema is an art form that bears witness to the Other and renders human presence visible, thus testifying to the universal value ...(展开全部)

Dept. of Speculation is a portrait of a marriage. It is also a beguiling rumination on the mysteries of intimacy, trust, faith, knowledge, and the condition of universal shipwreck that unites us all. Jenny Offill's heroine, referred to in these pages as simply "the wife," once exchanged love letters with her husband postmarked Dept. of Speculation, their code name for all the u...(展开全部)

菲利普·L·凯瑞特（1896～1998）美国著名投资家、基金管理人。身为记者与“一战”飞行员的菲利普，最初为朋友和家人打理钱财，1928年他创办了Pioneer基金，后发展为现今的富达（Fidelity）共同基金，该基金公司为美国最大基金公司之一，由菲利普·L·凯瑞特的儿子和孙女掌管。菲利普掌管该基金55年，期间公司募集的投资额由１万美元变成800万美元。沃伦·巴菲特称他具有“最长期的投资纪录”。凯瑞特投资的成功秘诀，很大程度在于当别人未能发现某些小公司之前，他对这些公司的价值十分认可，如供水与桥梁公司的股票。他并不在意长期持有那些一直呆滞不动的股票。他与巴菲特身为挚友，并时常交换投资理念与秘诀。 《投机的艺术》一书，主要是凯瑞特作为Barron记者期间所写的系列投资文章，后一直成为投资的经典之作。 菲利普·L·凯瑞特于1998年...(展开全部)

Gilles Deleuze has produced some of the most important -- and most formidable -- theory on cinema to appear in the last half-century. Deleuze on Cinema provides a thorough and reliable guide to Deleuze's thought on the art of film, elucidating in clear language the shape and thrust of Deleuze's arguments found in his influential books on cinema.

Gilles Deleuze has produced some of the most important -- and most formidable -- theory on cinema to appear in the last half-century. Deleuze on Cinema provides a thorough and reliable guide to Deleuze's thought on the art of film, elucidating in clear language the shape and thrust of Deleuze's arguments found in his influential books on cinema.