Essential texts on the work of the influential artist Michael Snow: essays and interviews spanning more than four decades. Few filmmakers have had as large an impact on the recent avant-garde film scene as Canadian Michael Snow (b. 1928). His works in a range of media—film, installation, video, painting, sculpture, sound, photography, drawing, writing, and music—address the fun...(展开全部)

这是一部描写在日常生活中猫与人类之间相互关系的幽默故事， 我们的主人公麦克，毫无疑问是只猫， 但故事同样也反映了人类的态度。 在故事中，猫似乎成了反映人类着“超级物种”的一面镜子。 一天，麦克出现在漫画家小林的家中。 即使从那一天起，小林和他的妻子便开始尽力与麦克相处， 猫想上他自己的事情，而人类则时时要改变它，这便是故事矛盾的主线。 麦克仅是一只不同的猫。 自由，冷漠而懒散，身边围绕着那些来去匆匆的人类。 而作为猫，他也有自己的事情要处理，与凶猛的母猫猫斯拉相处就是一个例子。 猫斯拉甚至连狗都惧怕她三分，更不要说麦克了。 但麦克还有他惟恐避之不及的事情，那就是孩子的玩弄。 故事当中有很多情节都将猫拟人化，例如，我们经常可以看到他们在一起开会或踢球等等……

What is striking about the paintings by Michaël Borremans (*1963 in Geraardsbergen) is a technique that is almost like that of an Old Master. The Belgian artist is a virtuoso in his use of a reduced, melancholic palette of beiges, browns, and grays. As seductive as the aesthetics of the works may be, their contents are nonetheless disturbing and difficult to decipher. His paint...(展开全部)

A Distillation of The Most Important Business Thinking of Our Time Michael Porter's groundbreaking ideas on competition and strategy have unfolded over three decades and are spread across a dauntingly long list of publications. Every manager can name individual pieces of his work-competitive advantage, the value chain, five forces-but no one, not even Porter himself, ...(展开全部)

In this book Paul Franco provides an authoritative introduction to the life and thought of Michael Oakeshott, one of the most important philosophical voices of the twentieth century. After sketching a brief biography of Oakeshott, Franco then examines his most distinctive ideas, including his early idealist theory of knowledge, his influential critique of rationalism and centra...(展开全部)

“In twenty years I went from a complete unknown, to a comer, to being hailed as the most powerful man in Hollywood. After a few years of that, I became the most feared man in town. And once I left CAA, when it was safe for everyone to vent, I became the most hated.” Who is Michael Ovitz? He’s a striver who talked his way into the famous mailroom of the William Morris Agency wit...(展开全部)

Equally competent with both his right and left feet, Ballack began his career with BSG Motor aged just seven. On signing his first professional contract with Chemnitzer FC, he earned the nickname 'Little Kaiser' and soon moved on to Kaiserslautern. A three-time winner of the German player of the year award, Ballack's three seasons at Bayer Leverkusen and four at Bayern Munich c...(展开全部)

作者简介：迈克尔·罗森（Michael Rosen） 1946年生于英国，他是诗人、剧作家、儿童文学作家，同时还是播音员和表演工作者。罗森毕业于牛津的瓦罕大学，曾在BBC电视台工作了三年，于1970年开始创作童书，至今已经出版了数十部作品。其中，《我们要去捉狗熊》一书不但连获英国数项大奖，还成为了一本流行欧美的畅销书。2004年，他与昆廷·布莱克合作的《伤心书》成为焦点之作，先后被译成了九国文字。因为对英国儿童文学的贡献，迈克尔于2007年获得“童话桂冠诗人”荣誉称号。迈克尔目前和妻子及五个子女定居在伦敦东部。 绘者简介：昆廷·布莱克（Quentin Blake） 1932年出生于英国，是英国当代儿童文学界最负盛名的插画家和作家，几乎获得过英国国内有关儿童读物的各项大奖，包括凯特·格林纳威大奖。1999年，昆廷·布莱克成为第一位“童话桂冠诗人”荣誉...(展开全部)

With unmitigated honesty, a touch of humor, and sensitive illustrations by Quentin Blake, Michael Rosen explores the experience of sadness in a way that resonates with us all. Sometimes I'm sad and I don’t know why. It's just a cloud that comes along and covers me up. Sad things happen to everyone, and sometimes people feel sad for no reason at all. What makes Michael Rosen ...(展开全部)

In a South Africa torn by civil war, Michael K sets out to take his mother back to her rural home. On the way there she dies, leaving him alone in an anarchic world of brutal roving armies. Imprisoned, Michael is unable to bear confinement and escapes, determined to live with dignity. Life and Times of Michael K goes to the centre of human experience -- the need for an interior...(展开全部)