安·霍纳迪（Ann Hornaday），《华盛顿邮报》首席电影评论家，2008年荣获普利策新闻奖 “最佳评论人”提名。曾是著名女权主义者格洛丽亚·斯泰纳姆（自传《在路上：我生活的故事》2017年在国内出版）的助理。从业三十多年以来，采访过李安、马丁·斯科塞斯、史蒂文·斯皮尔伯格、加里·奥德曼、卡西·阿弗莱克、蒂尔达·温斯顿等众多影视界知名人士，本书的撰写得到包括他们在内的32位奥斯卡奖得主的帮助和支持。亚马逊读者评价她是“继罗杰·伊伯特之后可相信、跟随”的影评人。

Malcolm Gladwell, host of the podcast Revisionist History and #1 bestselling author of The Tipping Point, Blink, Outliers, David and Goliath, and What the Dog Saw, offers a powerful examination of our interactions with strangers---and why they often go wrong. How did Fidel Castro fool the CIA for a generation? Why did Neville Chamberlain think he could trust Adolf Hitler? Why a...(展开全部)

Richard Gilman referred to How to Read a Film as simply "the best single work of its kind." And Janet Maslin in The New York Times Book Review marveled at James Monaco's ability to collect "an enormous amount of useful information and assemble it in an exhilaratingly simple and systematic way." Indeed, since its original publication in 1977, this hugely popular book has become ...(展开全部)

Men are right. The "relationship talk" "does not" help. Dr. Patricia Love's and Dr. Steven Stosny's "How to Improve Your Marriage Without Talking About It" reveals the stunning truth about marital happiness: Love is "not" about better communication. It's about connection. You'll never get a closer relationship with your man by talking to him like you talk to one of your gir...(展开全部)

Everyone knows that a picture tells a thousand words. But what about the elements that make up a picture? Using the tale of Little Red Riding Hood as an example, Molly Bang uses boldly graphic artwork to explain how images—and their individual components—work to tell a story that engages the emotions: Why are diagonals dramatic? Why are curves calming? Why does red feel hot and...(展开全部)

Anyone wishing to create children's books will learn how to tell a story visually; build a storyboard to plot the flow of a book; prepare pages for a printer; and go about finding a publisher. Step-by-step sketches provide insights into drawing characters and developing settings. The works of such renowned illustrators as Beatrix Potter, William Steig, and Maurice Sendak are us...(展开全部)

莫提默·J.艾德苗（(Mortimer J.Adler，1902-2001） 以学者、教育家、编辑人等多重面貌享有盛名。除了写作《如何阅读一本书》外，以主编《西方世界的经典》，并担任1974年第十五版《大英百科全书》的编辑指导而闻名于世。另外，他还曾任大观念研究中心的名誉主席，是该中心的最初发起者之一。

Mortimer J. Adler's classic How to Read a Book was an instant bestseller upon publication, and its worldwide sales today total over seven million copies. Audiences will find this companion book just as provocative as its predecessor. Drawing on decades of experience as an educator and philosopher, Mortimer J. Adler offers a short course in effective communication, filled with h...(展开全部)

Award-winning author Robert J. Sawyer continues his "wildly though- provoking" science fiction saga of a sentient World Wide Web. Webmind is an emerging consciousness that has befriended Caitlin Decter and grown eager to learn about her world. But Webmind has also come to the attention of WATCH-the secret government agency that monitors the Internet for any threat to the Unite...(展开全部)