Sir Roberto Rannaldini, the most successful but detested conductor in the world, had two ambitions: to seduce his ravishing nineteen-year-old stepdaughter, Tabitha Campbell-Black, and to put his mark on musical history by making the definitive film of Verdi's darkest opera, Don Carlos . As Rannaldini, Tristan, his charismatic French director, a volatile cast and bolshy French...(展开全部)

著绘者：派翠西亚·波拉蔻（Patricia Polacco） 美国著名图画书作家。出生于美国密歇根州，但她有多种族血统，外祖父母是俄籍犹太人，祖父母是爱尔兰人，她的个人经历极具传奇色彩。她从小就极具艺术天分，但因为阅读障碍症，求学经历很不顺利，幸而在老师的帮助下，逐渐克服阅读障碍，后来进入俄亥俄州立大学，先后获得美术硕士和美术史博士学位。 41岁开始创作图画书，至今已出版过几十本，并屡获大奖。她的作品多取材于自己的真实经历和日常生活，能够直抵人心，让读者有切身感触；同时，她受到犹太文化、爱尔兰文化、美国文化等多种文化的影响，在作品中也常有体现。她的作品总是将“图”和“文”编织得天衣无缝，深受世界各地读者喜爱。代表作品有《蜜蜂树》《雷公糕》《谢谢您，福柯老师》等。 译者：周英 儿童文学博士，童书编辑，业余偶尔尝试儿童文学创作。已在《中国教育报》《中国...(展开全部)

著绘者：派翠西亚·波拉蔻（Patricia Polacco） 美国著名图画书作家。出生于美国密歇根州，但她有多种族血统，外祖父母是俄籍犹太人，祖父母是爱尔兰人，她的个人经历极具传奇色彩。她从小就极具艺术天分，但因为阅读障碍症，求学经历很不顺利，幸而在老师的帮助下，逐渐克服阅读障碍，后来进入俄亥俄州立大学，先后获得美术硕士和美术史博士学位。 41岁开始创作图画书，至今已出版过几十本，并屡获大奖。她的作品多取材于自己的真实经历和日常生活，能够直抵人心，让读者有切身感触；同时，她受到犹太文化、爱尔兰文化、美国文化等多种文化的影响，在作品中也常有体现。她的作品总是将“图”和“文”编织得天衣无缝，深受世界各地读者喜爱。代表作品有《蜜蜂树》《雷公糕》《谢谢您，福柯老师》等。 译者：周英 儿童文学博士，童书编辑，业余偶尔尝试儿童文学创作。已在《中国教育报》《中国...(展开全部)

When Patricia's Great-Gramma Anna came to America as a child, the only things she brought along from Russia were her dress and the babushka she liked to throw up into the air when she was dancing. Soon enough, though, Anna outgrew the dress and her mother decided to incorporate it and the babushka into a quilt. "It will be like having a family in backhome Russia dance around us...(展开全部)

To accompany the exhibition dedicated to Jean-Luc Godard at the Casa do Cinema Manoel de Oliveira, the Serralves Foundation publishes Keeping tale of current times: Jean-Luc Godard – Visual work, a unique publication that reveals an unknown facet of one of the most influential filmmakers of the twentieth century. This singular work, directed by the Collectif Ô Contraire! – comp...(展开全部)

An extraordinary collection—hawk-eyed and understanding—from the Man Booker Prize–winning, best-selling author of The Sense of an Ending and Levels of Life. As Julian Barnes notes: “Flaubert believed that it was impossible to explain one art form in terms of another, and that great paintings required no words of explanation. Braque thought the ideal state would be reached when ...(展开全部)

A web application involves many specialists, but it takes people in web ops to ensure that everything works together throughout an application's lifetime. It's the expertise you need when your start-up gets an unexpected spike in web traffic, or when a new feature causes your mature application to fail. In this collection of essays and interviews, web veterans such as Theo Schl...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 If you design and develop products for people, this book is for you. The Persona Lifecycle addresses the "how" of creating effective personas and using those personas to design products that people love. It doesn't just describe the value of personas; it offers detailed techniques and tools related to planning, creating, communicating, and using personas to create great...(展开全部)

保罗·沃尔克（Paul A. Volcker） 1927年9月出生于美国新泽西州开普敦。1945-1952年先后就读于普林斯顿大学、哈佛大学、伦敦政治经济学院。1971年，作为尼克松政府负责货币事务的财政部副部长，沃尔克主导了美元与黄金的脱钩，以及“布雷顿森林体系”的终结。1975年，出任纽约联储行长。1979-1987年，出任美联储主席，驯服了“通胀野马”，稳定了美国经济。在此期间，沃尔克作为主要的亲历者，参与了“广场协定”的谈判，救助克莱斯勒和伊利诺伊大陆银行等美国金融机构，处理储蓄和贷款协会危机。1996年，成立沃尔克委员会，调查瑞士银行持有的、属于大屠杀受害者的资产。2000年，被任命为由19名成员组成的国际会计准则委员会主席，致力于建立国际会计准则。2004年，负责调查联合国石油换食品项目中的腐败行为。2007年，负责审查世界银行机构廉政部...(展开全部)