David Lynch erupted onto the cinema landscape in 1977 with Eraserhead, establishing himself as one of the most original and imaginative directors at work in contemporary cinema. Over the course of his career, he has remained true to a vision of the innocent lost in darkness and confusion, balancing hallucination and surrealism with a sense of Americana that is as pure and simpl...(展开全部)

Now fully updated, LYNCH ON LYNCH describes the career of a cinematic genius who has continued to astonish film-goers with the lovely and life-affirming The Straight Story and the luxurious dread of the Academy Award-nominated Mulholland Drive.

雷克斯．史陶特 Rex Stout 一八八六年十二月一日生於美國印第安那州諾伯斯維爾，家中九個小孩裡排行老六。高中畢業後曾短暫就讀堪薩斯大學，之後進入海軍，擔任老羅斯福總統專用艇上的士官長。退役後的四年間，史陶特分別在六個州從事過辦公室工友、雪茄店記帳員、旅館經理等大大小小約莫三十種不同的工作，其中包括自由撰稿者，在雜誌上發表過詩作、小說及專題文章。此外，史陶特及其兄弟專為學校設計的銀行服務系統廣受歡迎，多達四百間學校使用的高額收益為他帶來優渥的生活。 一九二七年，史陶特自金融界退休，前往巴黎展開專職作家的生涯，此時他已經四十二歲了。四十九歲那年返美，推出以尼洛．伍爾夫為主角的推理小說《高爾夫謀殺案》，從此在文壇大放異彩，一九五九年獲美國推理作家協會頒贈大師獎肯定其畢生貢獻。 史陶特的創作量極大，直至一九八五年過世前仍手不輟筆，光是伍爾夫探案系列就寫...(展开全部)

When David Shannon was only five years old, he wrote and illustrated a story in which an unruly little boy breaks all of his mother's rules -- he jumps on the beds; he chews with his mouth open; he plays ball in the house. Any child who is tired of hearing his parents say "No " will readily identify with this boldly illustrated, comical story.

Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825) was the most important European artist in a period of extraordinary upheaval. A participant in the French Revolution, he then witnessed the rise and fall of Napoleon Bonaparte. A revolutionary in both art and life, David took painting away from the frivolity of the Rococo towards the dramatic moral force of neoclassicism. Passionate, intense, fie...(展开全部)

In this witty, candid, and revealing account of himself, which is in the tradition of Cellini's Autobiography, Hockney tells of his early years in art school; his studies at the Royal College of Art in London, during which he first came to public attention; his sojourn in California, which inspired his best-known paintings, drawings and prints; and his present phase in Paris, w...(展开全部)

David Copperfield is the common name of the eighth novel, first published as a novel in 1850. Like most of Charles Dickens'works, it originally appeared in serial form during the two preceding years. Many elements of the novel follow events in his own life, and it is probably the most autobiographical of his novels. In the preface to the 1867 edition, Dickens wrote, like many fond parents, I have in my heart of hearts a favourite child. And his name is David Copperfield.

Pop artist, painter of modern life, landscape painter, master of color, explorer of image and perception—for six decades, David Hockney has been known as an artist who always finds new ways of exploring the world and its representational possibilities. He has consistently created unforgettable images: works with graphic lines and integrated text in the Swinging Sixties in Londo...(展开全部)