Explore the fascinating world of anime through 30 classic films in this new book from the authors of Ghibliotheque The Ghibliotheque Guide to Anime gives an accessible beginner's tour to the wildly popular world of Japanese animated cinema, charting a path that takes in everything from titans of the industry like Akira, Ghost in the Shell and Your Name, to deeper cuts, hidden g...(展开全部)

日本动画80年—— 宫崎骏、大友克洋、川尻善昭、押井守、今 敏、汤浅政明、庵野秀明、新海诚、细田守……30位导演、30部经典动画，一窥日本动画产业的轨迹 从类型、主题、视觉表现到各世代天才名导 破解日本动画席卷全球的织梦技术 带领读者进入日本动画的神奇世界 知名Podcast节目“吉卜力图书馆”（Ghibliotheque）主持人杰克汉和麦可，继广受好评的《吉卜力电影完全指南》之后再次出击。这次的野心更大，他们揭开80年来日本动画风靡世界的神秘面纱，带领读者探访日本动画产业的轨迹，分析这些动画的看点，并分享幕后制作的精彩故事。 本书从1958年的《白蛇传》开始，以2021年的《龙与雀斑公主》结束，作者以一位导演一部片为原则，选出30部最具代表性的动画。在漫长60多年的时光里，媒介技术、表现形式、动画制作的体制与劳动等问题不断演变。在其中，雄心壮志往往...(展开全部)

China covers about 7% of the earth's land surface and encompasses a hugely diverse range of habitats. As a result, it boasts a rich and diverse avifauna, including some of the most spectacular and fascinating birds to be found anywhere in the world. Building on the enormous popularity and reputation of the original A Field Guide to the Birds of China (2000), John MacKinnon's fu...(展开全部)

The Blackwell Guide to Philosophy of Language is a collection of twenty new essays in a cutting-edge and wide-ranging field. Surveys central issues in contemporary philosophy of language while examining foundational topics Provides pedagogical tools such as abstracts and suggestions for further readings Topics addressed include the nature of meaning, speech acts and pragmati...(展开全部)

China's stunning diversity of natural habitats--from parched deserts to lush tropical forests--is home to more than 10 percent of the world's mammal species. A Guide to the Mammals of China is the most comprehensive guide to all 556 species of mammals found in China. It is the only single-volume reference of its kind to fully describe the physical characteristics, geographic di...(展开全部)

Comprising a series of specially commissioned chapters by leading scholars, this comprehensive volume presents an up-to-date survey of the central themes in the philosophy of mind. It leads the reader through a broad range of topics, including Artificial Intelligence, Consciousness, Dualism, Emotions, Folk Psychology, Free Will, Individualism, Personal Identity and The Mind-Bod...(展开全部)

An essential analysis of cinema from one of the great figures of French philosophy The cinema, like language, can be said to exist as a system of differences. In his latest book the acclaimed philosopher Jacques Rancière relates cinema to literature and theatre. With literature, he argues, cinema takes its narrative conventions, while at the same time effacing its images and it...(展开全部)

This book explores the border zones between life and non-life as represented in cinema from the end of the nineteenth century, when France led the global film industry, to the first decades of the twenty-first century, when world film markets are dominated by Hollywood. Informed by both the Internet of Things and the Parliament of Things, The Cinema of Things examines cinematic...(展开全部)