A hefty compilation of essays (both pictorial and prose), notes, concept sketches and interviews by (and with) Hayao Miyazaki. Arguably the most respected animation director in the world, Miyazaki is the genius behind Howl's Moving Castle, Princess Mononoke and the Academy Award-winning film, Spirited Away.

Aldous Huxley's lifelong concern with the dichotomy between passion and reason finds its fullest expression both thematically and formally in his masterpiece Point Counter Point. By presenting a vision of life in which diverse aspects of experience are observed simultaneously, Huxley characterizes the symptoms of "the disease of modern man" in the manner of a composer themes an...(展开全部)

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY DAVID BRADSHAW The dilettantes who frequent Lady Tantamount's society parties are determined to push forward the moral frontiers of the age. Marjorie has left her family to live with Walter; Walter is in love with the luscious but cold-hearted Lucy; Maurice deflowers young girls for the sake of entertainment, while the withdrawn writer, Philip, finds him...(展开全部)

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY DAVID BRADSHAW The dilettantes who frequent Lady Tantamount's society parties are determined to push forward the moral frontiers of the age. Marjorie has left her family to live with Walter; Walter is in love with the luscious but cold-hearted Lucy; Maurice deflowers young girls for the sake of entertainment, while the withdrawn writer, Philip, finds him...(展开全部)

This title presents a new introduction to Hegel, guiding the student through the key concepts of his work by examining the overall development of his ideas. G.W.F. Hegel is without doubt one of the most important and influential thinkers in the whole history of philosophy. Covering all the key concepts of his work, "Starting with Hegel" provides an accessible introduction to th...(展开全部)

Nel Noddings, one of the central figures in the contemporary discussion of ethics and moral education, argues that caring - a way of life learned at home - can be extended into a theory that guides social policy. Tackling issues such as capital punishment, drug treatment, homelessness, mental illness, and abortion, Noddings inverts traditional philosophical priorities to show h...(展开全部)

日本を代表するコミックアーティスト浦沢直樹、松本大洋、寺田克也、カネコアツシ、小池桂一がオリジナル短編を寄稿! フランスの出版社ユマノイド創立40周年を記念する日仏米コミックアンソロジー! ! ! 日本=マンガ、フランス=バンド・デシネ、アメリカ=コミックス。世界のマンガシーンをリードする3つの地域から総勢14人のアーティストが結集! テーマは「ターニングポイント」。14人の作家たちが、さまざまな決定的瞬間をお届けします。 1974年、バンド・デシネ作家のメビウスやフィリップ・ドリュイエによって創設されたフランスの出版社HUMANOIDS(ユマノイド)は、雑誌『メタル・ユルラン』などを通じて、 世界中のマンガ家・アニメーター・映像作家に影響を与えました。本書は、そのユマノイドが、創立40周年を記念し、 世界中の優れたコミックアーティストたちにオリジナ...(展开全部)

When a NASA satellite discovers an astonishingly rare object buried deep in the arctic ice,the floundering space agency proclaims a much-needed victory-a victory tith profound implications for NASA policy and the impending presidential election.,To verify the authenticity of the find,the White House calls upon the skills of intelligence analyst Rachel Sexton.Accompanied by a te...(展开全部)