著者 迈克尔·霍华德（Michael Howard，1923—2019），演员、戏剧导演、表演教师，70多年来一直是美国戏剧界的顶梁柱之一。20世纪40年代在纽约的邻里剧院跟随桑福德·迈斯纳学习，50年代在李·斯特拉斯伯格的私人课堂和演员工作室学习，表演生涯中曾与克利福德·奥德茨和乌塔·哈根等杰出剧作家、导演和演员合作，后转向导演和教学。他是亚特兰大联盟剧院的首任艺术总监，曾在茱莉亚学院和耶鲁大学戏剧学院任教。1953年在纽约创办了迈克尔·霍华德表演工作室，执教50余年，获得了广泛的国际认可。 译者 张越，男，80后，工学学士，戏剧与影视学硕士，喜欢电影和戏剧。现居北京。

How does an actor learn to: Call up emotion? Develop a character? Strengthen awareness? These are essential techniques for every actor, and Michael Chekhov's classic work To the Actor explains, clearly and concisely, how to develop them. Chekhov's simple and practical method - successfully used by professional actors all over the world - trains the actor's imagination and bo...(展开全部)

This new exciting book includes more than 170 previously unseen ‘ghost signs’ that have been fortunately captured by photography over t he past six to seven years through the cracks of the rapid urban regeneration in Shanghai. It is produced by The Type and three local photographers who have been tracking the ghost signs throughout Shanghai — Colleague Dong, Jiayu Shi and Jianw...(展开全部)

Theoretically, the actor ought to be more sound in mind and body than other people, since he learns to understand the psychological problems of human beings when putting his own passions, his loves, fears, and rages to work in the service of the characters he plays. He will learn to face himself, to hide nothing from himself -- and to do so takes an insatiable curiosity about ...(展开全部)

这部启发了知名迪士尼电影的小说是一部更深层次的艺术作品——一个以美丽的自然世界为背景的关于失去和生存的寓言。 由于迪士尼的改编，这个扣人心弦的森林生活故事被认为是一个儿童故事，但尽管年轻读者可以享受它，但它也是对自然世界文学的感人贡献。小鹿斑比先是和妈妈在一起，然后失去了妈妈，他了解到森林里的生活既珍贵又不稳定。在失去母亲后，他长成了一只小鹿，爱上了一只母鹿，并从森林中老且大的雄鹿老王子那里学到了关于人类危险生活方式的重要课程。老王子向小鹿斑比揭示的最后一课是，人类并不像他们看起来那么全能和聪明，因为他们对彼此也是一种致命的危险。 Everyman's Library 追求高生产标准，采用无酸奶油色纸张印刷，配有带双色烫金的全布外壳、装饰性衬页、丝带标记和欧式半圆形书脊。 The novel that inspired the famous Disn...(展开全部)

6 working actors describe their methods and philosophies of the theater. All have worked with playwright David Mamet at the Goodman Theater in Chicago.

丹尼尔·巴伦博伊姆（Daniel Barenboim，1942～），以色列钢琴家、指挥家。1942年11月15日生于阿根廷的布宜诺斯艾利斯。7岁登台演出。曾随E.菲舍尔、I.马克耶维奇、N.布朗热学钢琴、指挥与作曲。1956年以皇家爱乐乐团独奏家的身份在英国首次公演。1957年1月，在斯托科夫斯基指挥下，于卡内基大厅演出普罗科菲耶夫的《第一钢琴协奏曲》。此后，进行了一系列的巡回演出，获得世界声誉。1962年起从事指挥，1964～1975年担任英国室内乐团指挥，1975～1989年转任巴黎管弦乐队指挥，1991年至2004年担任芝加哥交响乐团首席指挥，1992年任柏林国家歌剧院音乐指导。曾先后指挥过柏林爱乐乐团、以色列爱乐乐团、费城管弦乐团、纽约爱乐乐团、伦敦交响乐团、英国室内乐团等。 曲目涉猎广泛。作为钢琴家，尤擅演奏贝多芬、莫扎特作品，以浪漫热情服...(展开全部)

伊莎贝拉‧博德（1831-1904），出身于英国西部的牧师家庭，青少年时饱受脊背病痛折磨，依照医嘱赴美加地区旅行。四十岁时，她前往澳洲旅行，继而造访夏威夷。次年她来到落基山，她描述落基山绝美风光的书信集结成这本《山旅书札》。之后她前往日本的北海道及马来半岛的土著区，完成《日本僻径》和《金色的半岛居民》。丈夫去世后，博德来到伊朗沙漠、库尔德斯坦高地、朝鲜半岛，以及中国内陆等偏远地区旅行。七十岁那年，她完成了最后一次旅行，骑着苏丹王送她的一匹黑牡马造访摩洛哥。

One of the most important writers of the twentieth century, Andre Gide also led what was probably one of the most interesting lives our century has seen. Gide knew and corresponded with many of the major literary figures of his day, from Mallarme to Oscar Wilde. Though a Communist, his critical account of Soviet Russia in "Return from the USSR" earned him the enmity of the Left...(展开全部)

By the end of his life Gide would have been on most lists of the ten most important novelists of the twentieth century. His Paludes (1895) was one of the beginnings of the modern novel; his masterpiece, Les Faux-Monnayeurs (1925), is one of its most ambitious achievements. But his name was also familiar the world over to millions who had never read his books: he had long since ...(展开全部)