"Music at the Limits" is the first book to bring together three decades of Edward W. Said's essays and articles on music. Addressing the work of a variety of composers, musicians, and performers, Said carefully draws out music's social, political, and cultural contexts and, as a classically trained pianist, provides rich and often surprising assessments of classical music and o...(展开全部)

From Publishers Weekly Though best known for his political writings (Orientalism), Said was also, from 1986 until his death in 2003, the music critic for the Nation, and this collection draws together reviews from that publication and other magazines. Said had very firm opinions and lashed out against New York City's classical music scene in the 1980s and early '90s for produci...(展开全部)

Winner of the 1981 Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award for the best book published in the United States on government, politics, or international affairs. ""City Limits" radically reinterprets urban politics by deriving its dominant forces from the logic of the American federal structure. It is thereby able to explain some pervasive tendencies of urban political outcomes that are ...(展开全部)

Comical and original, this vivacious picture book from the creator of Maisy features a lovable new character — and a novelty element that’s a hole lot of fun.Today my daddy said to me,"It’s time you learned to peck a tree."Little woodpecker has just learned to peck. Yippee! He’s having so much fun that he peck-peck-pecks right through a door and has a go at everything on the ot...(展开全部)

Combining Maurice Merleau-Ponty's course notes on Husserl's Origin of Geometry, his "Course Summary", related texts, and critical essays by each of the co-translators, this collection provides a unique and welcome glimpse both into Merleau-Ponty's nuanced reading of Husserl's famed late writings and into his persistent effort to track the very genesis of truth through the incar...(展开全部)

Combining Maurice Merleau-Ponty's course notes on Husserl's Origin of Geometry, his "Course Summary", related texts, and critical essays by each of the co-translators, this collection provides a unique and welcome glimpse both into Merleau-Ponty's nuanced reading of Husserl's famed late writings and into his persistent effort to track the very genesis of truth through the incar...(展开全部)

作者简介 （美）安德里亚·贝蒂（AndreaBeaty）美国童书作家。代表作《乔伊想当建筑师》荣获《时代》杂志2007年度十佳绘本，十年来一直高居美国亚马逊童书畅销榜，同系列作品《罗西想当发明家》则连续66周高居《纽约时报》畅销书排行榜，入选“太空故事时间”项目官方选书，并获得“美国父母之选”金奖等多项大奖。贝蒂笔下的角色通常是聪明、有趣，充满激情和创造力的实干家，深厚的韵文功底让她的故事读起来朗朗上口，因而备受孩子、父母和老师的青睐。 （英）大卫·罗伯茨（DavidRoberts）英国插画家。毕业于曼彻斯特城市大学时装设计专业，曾做过帽子设计师、理货员、咖啡师、群众演员等各种工作，后成为童书插画家。处女作《弗兰克的机器人》获得英国鹅妈妈奖提名，之后又出版了《丑妖怪》《暴龙小不点》《“脏”男孩波迪》等作品，并荣获诺丁汉童书奖、英国诺福克童书奖等奖项，...(展开全部)

Both parents and children will love Iggy Peck, Architect, a fun-filled, inspiring, colorful New York Times bestselling picture book, from author Andrea Beaty and illustrator David Roberts, about the power of teamwork and the importance of celebrating individual gifts and self-expression. Watch Iggy Peck in the Netflix television series Ada Twist, Scientist! “Read it at bedtim...(展开全部)

Noise, an underground music genre made through an amalgam of feedback, distortion, and electronic effects, first emerged in the 1980s, circulating on cassette tapes traded between fans in Japan, Europe and North America. With its cultivated obscurity, ear-shattering sound, and over-the-top performances, Noise has captured the imagination of a small but passionate transnational ...(展开全部)

Noise, an underground music genre made through an amalgam of feedback, distortion, and electronic effects, first emerged in the 1980s, circulating on cassette tapes traded between fans in Japan, Europe and North America. With its cultivated obscurity, ear-shattering sound, and over-the-top performances, Noise has captured the imagination of a small but passionate transnational ...(展开全部)