This beautifully illustrated atlas of beloved movies is an essential reference for cinephiles, fans of great films, and anyone who loves the art of mapmaking. Acclaimed artist Andrew DeGraff has created beautiful hand-painted maps of all your favorite films, from King Kong and North by Northwest to The Princess Bride, Fargo, Pulp Fiction, even The Breakfast Club—with the routes...(展开全部)

This is the first book to catalog comparative maps and tableaux that visualize the heights and lengths of the world's mountains and rivers. Produced predominantly in the nineteenth century, these beautifully rendered maps emerged out of the tide of exploration and scientific developments in measuring techniques. Beginning with the work of explorer Alexander von Humboldt, these ...(展开全部)

Roger Ebert has been writing film reviews for "The Chicago Sun-Times" for over four decades now, and his biweekly essays on great movies have been featured there since 1996. As Ebert noted in the introduction to the first collection of those pieces, "They are not the greatest films of all time, because all lists of great movies are a foolish attempt to codify works which must s...(展开全部)

Yuri Bregel’s Atlas provides us with a bird’s eye view of the complicated history of this important part of the Islamic world, which is closely connected with the history of Iran, Afghanistan, China, and Russia; at different times parts of this region were included in these neighboring states, and since 1991 five new independent states emerged in Central Asia: Uzbekistan, Turkm...(展开全部)

著者：玛丽•霍夫曼 英国畅销书作家，从图画书到小说，已经为儿童创作了90多本书。她与世界著名插画家卡罗琳•宾合作的《奇异恩典》获得了凯特•格林纳威奖入围奖，加上后来出版的续集，总销量达到了150万册。她还在弗朗西斯•林肯儿童出版社出版过其他图画书，并创作了享誉国际声誉的Stravaganz系列，由布鲁姆斯伯里出版社出版。玛丽目前住在牛津郡，和丈夫还有三只缅甸猫一起生活。 绘者：罗丝•阿斯奎思 罗丝•阿斯奎思在英国《卫报》做了20年的漫画家，为年轻读者创作和插画了60多本书，包括了在兰登书屋出版的最畅销的青少年烦恼系列。她毕业于剑桥大学，专攻艺术专业。在成为Time Out杂志的戏剧评论员之前，还做过摄影师、设计师和老师。此前，阿斯奎思还做过City Limits的戏剧栏目联合编辑和《观察家》的戏剧评论员。

This fun and fascinating treasury features all kinds of families and their lives together. Each spread showcases one aspect of home lifeÑfrom houses and holidays, to schools and pets, to feelings and family trees. Ros AsquithÕs humorous illustrations perfectly complement a charming text from the acclaimed Mary Hoffman; kids will love poring over these pages again and again. A c...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 Detailed drawings showing the external anatomy, the musculature and the skeleton forms of lions, cows, dogs, and horses.

Sometimes, the legacy of depression includes a wisdom beyond one's years, a depth of passion unexperienced by those who haven't traveled to hell and back. Off the charts in its enlightening, comprehensive analysis of this pervasive yet misunderstood condition, The Noonday Demon forges a long, brambly path through the subject of depression--exposing all the discordant views and ...(展开全部)

俄裔美国作家安·兰德（Ayn Rand，1905一1982）的科幻小说《地球战栗》（Atlas Shrugged），这部著作中着重于对虚无主义主题的描写。在当代文学中，虚无主义主题在科特·沃尼格特（Ku rt Vonnegut）的书中也可见。罗伯特·斯通（Robert Stone）也是一位经常以虚无主义为主题的美国当代作家。在他的小说“日落之旗”（A Flag for Sunrise）（1981年）中，主角霍利维尔（Holliwell）挣扎着对抗他自己的虚无主义倾向。另一位书写虚无主义的是美国作家恰克·帕拉涅科（Chuck Palahniuk）。如在他1996年的小说“斗阵俱乐部”中，“毁灭计划”的终极目的就是摧毁现代文明以重建人性。然而帕拉涅科声称他并没有故意写虚无主义。 由于这部小说，兰德不再仅仅被称为“最畅销小说家”，而且还被称为“最具影响力的...(展开全部)

俄裔美国作家安·兰德（Ayn Rand，1905一1982）的科幻小说《地球战栗》（Atlas Shrugged），这部著作中着重于对虚无主义主题的描写。在当代文学中，虚无主义主题在科特·沃尼格特（Ku rt Vonnegut）的书中也可见。罗伯特·斯通（Robert Stone）也是一位经常以虚无主义为主题的美国当代作家。在他的小说“日落之旗”（A Flag for Sunrise）（1981年）中，主角霍利维尔（Holliwell）挣扎着对抗他自己的虚无主义倾向。另一位书写虚无主义的是美国作家恰克·帕拉涅科（Chuck Palahniuk）。如在他1996年的小说“斗阵俱乐部”中，“毁灭计划”的终极目的就是摧毁现代文明以重建人性。然而帕拉涅科声称他并没有故意写虚无主义。 由于这部小说，兰德不再仅仅被称为“最畅销小说家”，而且还被称为“最具影响力的...(展开全部)