查尔斯•布考斯基（Charles Bukowski，1920～1994），20世纪美国最有影响力的诗人、小说家之一。生于德国，三岁时跟随父母前往美国。出版过诗集《花朵，拳头和野兽般的哀号》、《水深火热：1955～1973诗集》、《战争无止：1981～1984诗集》；小说《邮差》、《女人》、《夹心面包》、《苦水音乐》等数十部作品，被翻译成多种语言在世界各地出版。 1994年，布考斯基在美国加州小镇圣佩德罗去世。墓碑上刻着“Don’t Try”。

查尔斯•布考斯基（Charles Bukowski，1920～1994），20世纪美国最有影响力的诗人、小说家之一。生于德国，三岁时跟随父母前往美国。出版过诗集《花朵，拳头和野兽般的哀号》、《水深火热：1955～1973诗集》、《战争无止：1981～1984诗集》；小说《邮差》、《女人》、《夹心面包》、《苦水音乐》等数十部作品，被翻译成多种语言在世界各地出版。 1994年，布考斯基在美国加州小镇圣佩德罗去世。墓碑上刻着“Don’t Try”。

Hot Water Music is a collection of short stories by Charles Bukowski, published in 1983. The collection deals largely with: drinking, women, gambling, and writing. It is an important collection that establishes Bukowski's minimalist style and his thematic oeuvre.

Philosophy of language has for some time now been the very core of the discipline of philosophy. But where did it begin? Frege has sometimes been identified as its father, but in fact its origins lie much further back, in a tradition that arose in eighteenth-century Germany. Michael Forster explores that tradition. He also makes a case that the most important thinker within tha...(展开全部)

Philosophy of language has for some time now been the very core of the discipline of philosophy. But where did it begin? Frege has sometimes been identified as its father, but in fact its origins lie much further back, in a tradition that arose in eighteenth-century Germany. Michael Forster explores that tradition. He also makes a case that the most important thinker within tha...(展开全部)

Water features Inoue's masterful work in color. It also highlights artwork created specifically for this volume. In a recent interview, Takehiko Inoue claimed that in his first major follow-up to Slam Dunk, he wanted to delve as deeply as possible into visual artistry. The result was the incredibly realized world of Vagabond, the Sistine Chapel of manga. This artbook captures t...(展开全部)

For many of us, classical music is something serious-something we study in school, something played by cultivated musicians at fancy gatherings. In Language of the Spirit, renowned music scholar Jan Swafford argues that we have it all wrong: classical music has something for everyone and is accessible to all. Ranging from Gregorian chant to Handel's Messiah, from Vivaldi's The ...(展开全部)

Back on the job after an involuntary leave of absence, LAPD homicide detective Harry Bosch is ready for a challenge. But his first case is a little more than he bargained for. It starts with the body of a Hollywood producer in the trunk of a Rolls-Royce, shot twice in the head at close range - what looks like "trunk music," a Mafia hit. But the LAPD's organized crime unit i...(展开全部)

Just hearing a few notes from certain songs can bring a movie back to life—whether the Doors’ “The End” from Apocalypse Now, Simon and Garfunkel’s “Mrs. Robinson” in The Graduate, or John Williams’ scores to such blockbusters as Jaws, Star Wars, and Raiders of the Lost Ark. But what is the relationship between film and music—where does the film begin and the music end? Taking o...(展开全部)