Speaking with the Angel : 12 completely new stories, narrated by 12 completely fabulous characters, written by 12 of the most celebrated voices in fiction today. Bestselling author Nick Hornby has brought together a star-studded group of writers to create this one-of-a-kind collection of first-person narratives. From the imaginations of Dave Eggers, Zadie Smith, Irvine Welsh...(展开全部)

A stunning volume accompanies the largest retrospective of this modernist master ever mounted, an exhibit, opening at the Musee du Luxembourg in Paris in October 2002 and running through March 2003, will be a comprehensive survey of Modigliani's career, from his earliest days as a painter in search of a style to his premature death in 1920. The exhibit presents Modigliani's pai...(展开全部)

Lucas' The Art of Public Speaking is the leading public speaking textbook in the field. Whether a novice or an experienced speaker when beginning the course, every student will learn how to be a better public speaker through Lucas' clear explanations. Creative activities, vivid examples, annotated speech samples, and foundation of classic and contemporary rhetoric provide stude...(展开全部)

"I always compare filmmaking to cooking. Shooting is like buying the groceries. You buy all kinds of ingredients and the better ingredients you get, the better chance you have of making the movie you want."--Ang Lee, from Speaking in Images Speaking in Images offers an engaging and rare collection of interviews with the directors who have changed the face of Chinese and intern...(展开全部)

白睿文（Berry,M.），1974年生于美国芝加哥，哥伦比亚大学现代中国文学与电影博士，也是留美汉学家王德威的学生，现任职于加州大学圣芭芭拉分校东亚系副教授，主要研究领域为当代华语文学、电影、流行文化和翻译学。著作除本书外，还有《痛史：现代中国文学界与电影的历史创伤》（即将出版）。中英译作有王安忆《长恨歌》、余华《活着》、叶兆言《一九三七年的爱情》、张大春《我妹妹》与《野孩子》，正在翻译舞鹤的《余生》。

From one of the greatest writers of our time, his first collection of short stories, written between 1979 and 2011, chronicling—and foretelling—three decades of American life Set in Greece, the Caribbean, Manhattan, a white-collar prison and outer space, these nine stories are a mesmerizing introduction to Don DeLillo’s iconic voice, from the rich, startling, jazz-infused rhyth...(展开全部)

唐•德里罗（1936— ） 美国当代最伟大的作家之一，诺贝尔文学奖热门候选人，哈罗德•布鲁姆所推崇的“美国当代最重要的四位作家之一”。 以“代表美国文学最高水准”的创作，赢得了美国全国图书奖、美国笔会/索尔•贝娄文学终生成就奖、耶路撒冷奖等十多种重量级文学奖项。 他也是第一位获得耶路撒冷奖的美国作家。 创作经典：《名字》（1982）、《白噪音》（1985）、《天秤星座》（1988）、《地下世界》（1997）、《大都会》（2003）。 近年新作：《欧米伽点》（2010）、《天使埃斯梅拉达：九个故事》（2011）。

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During the colonial period, Africans told each other terrifying rumors that Africans who worked for white colonists captured unwary residents and took their blood. In colonial Tanganyika, for example, Africans were said to be captured by these agents of colonialism and hung upside down, their throats cut so their blood drained into huge buckets. In Kampala, the police were said...(展开全部)

Luise White is Associate Professor of History at the University of Florida. Her previous book, The Comforts of Home: Prostitution in Colonial Nairobi (1990), won the Herskovits Prize of the African Studies Association.