It has been a bad day for Horace. A very bad day. He's come home feeling mean. But his mother knows just what to do "For the book "Mean Soup, " the recipe is as follows: (1) clever text spiced with one or two outrageous bits; (2) a grand message about getting out anger instead of locking it inside; and (3) exciting artwork as full of life as the story."--"Booklist"

The Art of Spirited Away collects colour illustrations of Spirited Away for the first time in an English edition. This book includes paintings and designs from the Academy Award winning animated film directed by Hayao Miyazaki. Features commentary, colour stills, sketches, storyboards, and illustrations used to envision the rich fantasy world of the film. Also includes a comple...(展开全部)

On the orders of his boyhood friend, now King Philip of Macedon, Aristotle postpones his dreams of succeeding Plato as leader of the Academy in Athens and reluctantly arrives in the Macedonian capital of Pella to tutor the king’s adolescent sons. An early illness has left one son with the intellect of a child; the other is destined for greatness but struggles between a keen min...(展开全部)

A startlingly original first novel by “this generation’s answer to Alice Munro” ( The Vancouver Sun )—a bold reimagining of one of history’s most intriguing relationships: between legendary philosopher Aristotle and his most famous pupil, the young Alexander the Great. 342 BC: Aristotle is reluctant to set aside his own ambitions in order to tutor Alexander, the rebellious son...(展开全部)

[美]亚历山大·米克尔约翰 | Alexander Meiklejohn 美国哲学家、教育家。1872年生于英国罗奇代尔，自幼成长于美国罗得岛，求学于布朗大学（B.A. & M.A.）和康奈尔大学（Ph.D.）。在布朗大学任教十余载之后，于1912年成为阿默斯特学院校长，并以其卓越的治校才能让该校迅速崛起，进入全美**文理学院之列。1938年功成身退，此后将关注重心转至公民自由议题，尤其是通过撰文、发表演讲、出席国会作证等积极举动，为宪法**修正案领域的研究贡献良多，影响持续至今，获誉“二十世纪美国*具原创力的社会哲学家之一”。

[美]亚历山大·米克尔约翰 | Alexander Meiklejohn 美国哲学家、教育家。1872年生于英国罗奇代尔，自幼成长于美国罗得岛，求学于布朗大学（B.A. & M.A.）和康奈尔大学（Ph.D.）。在布朗大学任教十余载之后，于1912年成为阿默斯特学院校长，并以其卓越的治校才能让该校迅速崛起，进入全美**文理学院之列。1938年功成身退，此后将关注重心转至公民自由议题，尤其是通过撰文、发表演讲、出席国会作证等积极举动，为宪法**修正案领域的研究贡献良多，影响持续至今，获誉“二十世纪美国*具原创力的社会哲学家之一”。

宮崎駿於2001年推出的「神隱少女」獲得了無數獎項的肯定，甚至在日本國內創下空前的304億日圓票房，為日本史上票房最高電影。還是首部風行全世界的吉卜力動畫電影，先後在20個國家或地區公映並出版16個語系配音的影音產品。究竟這部如此成功的動畫，它成功的背後是付出了多少的努力、結合了多少有力的超強團隊一手打造？本書除了告訴你這些不為人知的祕密外，更一舉揭露從概念草圖到製作成動畫的珍貴圖畫，亦是從事藝術創作的人士不可錯過的參考用書！ 本書收錄了宮崎駿氏擔任原作、腳本、監督的動畫電影『神隱少女』中，所繪製的概念草圖、美術設定圖、背景、數位檔案（電影劇照）、角色設定，並順著故事的流程一一加以介紹。概念草圖是由宮崎監督、美術設定圖是由武重洋二美術監督、角色設定則是由安藤雅司作畫監督所繪製。此外，沒有特別註記的電影劇照，則是使用數位檔案來加以呈現。 這是一本精緻、...(展开全部)