You want a play to be challenging, ambitious, nuanced and complicated. You also want it to sell tickets. You want to make art, and you know you’re in show business. These are some of the balancing acts that the National Theatre, and this book, is about. This is the inside story of twelve years at the helm of Britain’s greatest theatre. It is a story of lunatic failures and spec...(展开全部)

Over the centuries, natural history museums have evolved from being little more than musty repositories of stuffed animals and pinned bugs, to being crucial generators of new scientific knowledge. They have also become vibrant educational centres, full of engaging exhibits that share those discoveries with students and an enthusiastic general public. At the heart of it all from...(展开全部)

海贝卡·朵特梅（Rébecca Dautremer）1971 年生于法国盖普（Gap），现定居巴黎。年轻时，朵特梅对摄影充满热情，曾梦想成为出色的摄影师或设计师。就读巴黎国立高等装饰艺术学院期间，教授们很快就看出她的绘画才华，鼓励她从事青少年绘本创作。1996年，朵特梅 发表处女作《山羊与大野狼》，让我们看到一位与众不同的插画师。朵特梅画工极其细腻，用色丰富而浓郁，画面充满梦幻色彩。 可以黑色，可以甜美可以雀跃，可以伤感可以优雅写意，可以讽世深省。多变的题材，细腻的画风，让想像不设限，触动心灵最深层的感动。有《被遗忘的公主》 》《爱丽丝梦游奇境》 《拇指男孩的秘密日记等代表作的绘本画家海贝卡·朵特梅透过一幅幅迷人的画作，搭配跳脱逻辑框架、全面颠复想像的故事情境，让思绪在天马行空的绘本世界里尽情奔放！

海贝卡·朵特梅（Rébecca Dautremer）1971 年生于法国盖普（Gap），现定居巴黎。年轻时，朵特梅对摄影充满热情，曾梦想成为出色的摄影师或设计师。就读巴黎国立高等装饰艺术学院期间，教授们很快就看出她的绘画才华，鼓励她从事青少年绘本创作。1996年，朵特梅 发表处女作《山羊与大野狼》，让我们看到一位与众不同的插画师。朵特梅画工极其细腻，用色丰富而浓郁，画面充满梦幻色彩。 可以黑色，可以甜美可以雀跃，可以伤感可以优雅写意，可以讽世深省。多变的题材，细腻的画风，让想像不设限，触动心灵最深层的感动。有《被遗忘的公主》 》《爱丽丝梦游奇境》 《拇指男孩的秘密日记等代表作的绘本画家海贝卡·朵特梅透过一幅幅迷人的画作，搭配跳脱逻辑框架、全面颠复想像的故事情境，让思绪在天马行空的绘本世界里尽情奔放！

尼古拉斯·布莱克(Nicholas Blake 1904-1972)，是英国桂冠诗人 塞西尔·戴·刘易斯的笔名。他生于爱尔兰，长于伦敦，享有牛津大 学与哈佛大学教授、大不列颠功勋骑士等多种显赫身份，出版过大量 彪炳史册的诗歌集。著有以“奈杰尔·斯特雷奇威”(Nigel Strangeways)侦探为主角的悬疑小说系列。尼古拉斯·布莱克“拥有 构筑谜案小说的非凡能力”，“在英国侦探小说史上独树一帜”。 1968 年，他荣获桂冠诗人的职衔。1972 年因病逝世。

In the Dream House is Carmen Maria Machado's engrossing and wildly innovative account of a relationship gone bad. Tracing the full arc of a harrowing experience with a charismatic but volatile woman, this is a bold dissection of the mechanisms and cultural representations of psychological abuse. Each chapter views the relationship through a different lens, as Machado holds even...(展开全部)

This is the fascinating inside story of twelve years at the helm of Britain's greatest theater. Nicholas Hytner's highly entertaining memoir combines gossip with serious insight into what is involved in bringing a production to life. It tells vivid, lively stories about working with some of the world's most celebrated actors and writers and explores many variations on the colla...(展开全部)

From the Tony Award and Laurence Olivier Award-winning former director of London's National Theatre--this is a fascinating, candid, eloquent memoir about his career directing theater, producing films and opera, and working closely with some of the world's most celebrated actors. The list of Nicholas Hytner's accomplishments is long and distinguished: as Artistic Director of Lon...(展开全部)

In this memoir, David Lynch - co-creator of Twin Peaks and writer and director of groundbreaking films like Eraserhead, The Elephant Man, Blue Velvet and Mulholland Drive - opens up about a lifetime of extraordinary creativity, the friendships he has made along the way and the struggles he has faced - sometimes successful, sometimes not - to bring his projects to fruition. Part...(展开全部)