America's most prominent legal mind and the #1 bestselling author of Chutzpah and The Best Defense , Alan Dershowitz, recounts his legal autobiography, describing how he came to the law, as well as the cases that have changed American jurisprudence over the past 50 years, most of which he has personally been involved in. In Taking the Stand , Dershowitze reveals the ...(展开全部)

François Truffaut (1932-1984), perhaps the most respected member of the New Wave group of French moviemakers, left a legacy of beloved and influential films that include The 400 Blows, Jules and Jim, Stolen Kisses, Day for Night, and The Story of Adele H. Equally fascinating is the very large body of film criticism Truffaut wrote over many years for Cahiers du Cinema and...(展开全部)

Lucy Knisley loves food. The daughter of a chef and a gourmet, this talented young cartoonist comes by her obsession honestly. In her forthright, thoughtful, and funny memoir, Lucy traces key episodes in her life thus far, framed by what she was eating at the time and lessons learned about food, cooking, and life. Each chapter is bookended with an illustrated recipe - many of t...(展开全部)

弗•伊•涅米罗维奇－丹钦科（1858—1943），生于格鲁吉亚奥祖尔盖蒂，苏联戏剧导演、剧作家、戏剧教育家、评论家。早年从事剧本和小说创作，1898年与斯坦尼斯拉夫斯基共同创建莫斯科艺术剧院，此后联合执导了契诃夫的《海鸥》《万尼亚舅舅》《三姊妹》《樱桃园》和高尔基的《底层》等名剧。1928年以后成为剧院的主要负责人，先后将托尔斯泰的小说《复活》《安娜•卡列尼娜》搬上舞台，并重排了《三姊妹》。1936年获“苏联人民艺术家”称号。 译者简介： 焦菊隐（1905—1975），生于天津，原名焦承志，戏剧导演、戏剧理论家、翻译家，北京人民艺术剧院的创建人之一。1928年毕业于燕京大学，1938年获巴黎大学文学博士学位。1952年被任命为北京人民艺术剧院第一副院长兼总导演，开创了北京人艺演剧学派。导演代表作有《龙须沟》《虎符》《茶馆》《关汉卿》《蔡文姬》等，译著...(展开全部)

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Written in Lord Denning's familiar vivid, staccato style, Landmarks in the Law discusses cases and characters whose names will be known to all readers, grouped together under headings such as High Treason, Freedom of the Press, and Murder. Thus, for example, the chapter on High Treason tells the stories of Sir Walter Raleigh, Sir Roger Casement, and William Joyce - three very d...(展开全部)

In this hugely entertaining sequel to the New York Times bestselling memoir An Appetite for Wonder, Richard Dawkins delves deeply into his intellectual life spent kick-starting new conversations about science, culture, and religion and writing yet another of the most audacious and widely read books of the twentieth century—The God Delusion. Called “one of the best nonfiction wr...(展开全部)

In his much-anticipated memoir, The Company I Keep: My Life in Beauty, Chairman Emeritus and former CEO of The Estée Lauder Companies Leonard A. Lauder shares the business and life lessons he learned as well as the adventures he had while helping transform the mom-and-pop business his mother founded in 1946 in the family kitchen into the beloved brand and ultimately into the ic...(展开全部)

When South African conservationist Lawrence Anthony was asked to accept a herd of 'rogue' elephants on his reserve at Thula Thula, his commonsense told him to refuse. But he was the herd's last chance of survival--notorious escape artists, they would all be killed if Lawrence wouldn't take them. He agreed, but before arrangements for the move could be completed the animals brok...(展开全部)

劳伦斯·安东尼，著名国际自然环境保护主义者，“地球组织”（The Earth Organization）创始人。居住在南非祖鲁兰地区，曾因在巴格达的出色环保工作而获奖。代表作品有《巴比伦方舟》（合著）。 格雷厄姆·斯彭斯，著名记者，现居住在英格兰。代表作品有《巴比伦方舟》（合著）。