Review “A gripping and deeply reported account of the devastating disintegration of one of the most iconic firms ever to exist. To all of us shocked by GE’s seemingly abrupt fall from grace, this book lays out in painful detail how such a thing could have happened.”—Rita McGrath, Columbia Business School, author of Seeing Around Corners: How to Spot Inflection Points in Busines...(展开全部)

Review “A gripping and deeply reported account of the devastating disintegration of one of the most iconic firms ever to exist. To all of us shocked by GE’s seemingly abrupt fall from grace, this book lays out in painful detail how such a thing could have happened.”—Rita McGrath, Columbia Business School, author of Seeing Around Corners: How to Spot Inflection Points in Busines...(展开全部)

This strikingly beautiful book-the first to focus on Degas` late work-presents a new and definitive view of his last decades. Degas played an integral role in reshaping the visual arts at the turn of the century, says Richard Kendall. The artist`s remarkable drawings, pastels, oil paintings, and sculptures involve startling explorations of color, unexpected combinations of tech...(展开全部)

保尔•瓦雷里（Paul Valéry,1871-1945），法国“20世纪最伟大的诗人”，其诗作倾向于内心真实，以象征的意境表现生与死、灵与肉、永恒与变幻等主题，富于哲理。

Subtitled "A Novel of Many Manners, " Evelyn Waugh's notorious first novel lays waste the "heathen idol" of British sportsmanship, the cultured perfection of Oxford, and the inviolable honor codes of the English gentleman.

Subtitled "A Novel of Many Manners, " Evelyn Waugh's notorious first novel lays waste the "heathen idol" of British sportsmanship, the cultured perfection of Oxford, and the inviolable honor codes of the English gentleman.

Sent down from Oxford for indecent behaviour, Paul Pennyfeather embarks on a series of bizarre adventures that start in a minor public school and end in one of HM prisons. In this, his first and funniest novel, Evelyn Waugh immediately caught the ear of the public with his account of an ingenu abroad in the razzmatazz of Twenties high society.

This series acts as an introduction to key artists and movements in art history. Each title contains 48 full-page colour plates, accompanied by extensive notes, and numerous comparative illustrations in colour or black and white, a concise introduction, select bibliography and detailed source information for the images. Monographs on individual artists also feature a brief chro...(展开全部)

《衰落》出版后立即轰动整个伦敦文坛。小说家阿诺德·班内特写道:“一个真正的幽默天才出现了,他就是伊夫林·沃,他的《衰落》是一部辉煌的讽刺小说,我认为是第一流的。”小说家兼评论家马尔科姆·布雷德伯利称沃的这部小说是“一部描写天真青年冒险经历的流浪汉滑稽小说”。美国评论家埃德蒙·威尔逊认为,“伊夫林·沃的小说很可能流传下来,而他可能成为继肖伯纳之后最优秀的喜剧天才”。文论家和校园小说家戴维·洛奇认为沃的小说标题表达了对现行社会的一种审判态度,而特里·伊格尔顿则指出《衰落》为伊夫林·沃后来的小说主题奠定了基调。这本小说出版后如此流行,以至于温斯顿·丘吉尔把它作为圣诞礼物赠送朋友。的确,小说以《衰落》为标题,本身就传达出沃对社会的一种评价。他看到社会的动乱和道德沦丧,特别是上流社会的堕落,“举目四顾,到处是变动和颓败”,联系早年研读过的爱德华·吉本的《罗马帝...(展开全部)

《衰落》出版后立即轰动整个伦敦文坛。小说家阿诺德·班内特写道:“一个真正的幽默天才出现了,他就是伊夫林·沃,他的《衰落》是一部辉煌的讽刺小说,我认为是第一流的。”小说家兼评论家马尔科姆·布雷德伯利称沃的这部小说是“一部描写天真青年冒险经历的流浪汉滑稽小说”。美国评论家埃德蒙·威尔逊认为,“伊夫林·沃的小说很可能流传下来,而他可能成为继肖伯纳之后最优秀的喜剧天才”。文论家和校园小说家戴维·洛奇认为沃的小说标题表达了对现行社会的一种审判态度,而特里·伊格尔顿则指出《衰落》为伊夫林·沃后来的小说主题奠定了基调。这本小说出版后如此流行,以至于温斯顿·丘吉尔把它作为圣诞礼物赠送朋友。的确,小说以《衰落》为标题,本身就传达出沃对社会的一种评价。他看到社会的动乱和道德沦丧,特别是上流社会的堕落,“举目四顾,到处是变动和颓败”,联系早年研读过的爱德华·吉本的《罗马帝...(展开全部)