Designed to teach students how to gather, write, and edit news stories, The Complete Reporter discusses the techniques that are used every day in the news business. Through a combination of descriptive text, examples, demonstrations, and exercises, this book makes fundamental concepts clear while instilling task-specific news and feature story writing skills. Along with introd...(展开全部)

The Gathering is a novel by the Irish author Anne Enright. It is Enright's fourth book. It won the 2007 Man Booker Prize. It had been an outsider to win the prize, but was eventually chosen unanimously. The novel is a saga about an Irish family set in Ireland and England.It begins with the suicide of Liam Hegarty. His family gather in Dublin for his wake. Liam's sister Veronica...(展开全部)

The essays collected in "Persecution and the Art of Writing" all deal with one problem--the relation between philosophy and politics. Here, Strauss sets forth the thesis that many philosophers, especially political philosophers, have reacted to the threat of persecution by disguising their most controversial and heterodox ideas.

The essays collected in "Persecution and the Art of Writing" all deal with one problem--the relation between philosophy and politics. Here, Strauss sets forth the thesis that many philosophers, especially political philosophers, have reacted to the threat of persecution by disguising their most controversial and heterodox ideas.

Pretty early on in The Gathering you realize that in her lingering portrait of the Hegarty clan (and this isn't hyperbole--they are a family of 12), Irish novelist Anne Enright will wrestle with all the giant literary tropes that have come before her. Family, of course, is the big one, but with equal intensity she explores death and dying, the sea and its siren song, sex, shame...(展开全部)

The Fundamentals of Reasons offers a comprehensive introduction to the philosophy of reasons. The authors explore the twin roles of reasons in explanation and deliberation, show why reasons are so important for a wide range of philosophical issues, and guide the reader through the debates. -First comprehensive introduction to the questions that have been central to philosophica...(展开全部)

The Conversations is a treasure, essential for any lover or student of film, and a rare, intimate glimpse into the worlds of two accomplished artists who share a great passion for film and storytelling, and whose knowledge and love of the crafts of writing and film shine through. It was on the set of the movie adaptation of his Booker Prize-winning novel, The English Patient...(展开全部)

著者 迈克尔·翁达杰（Michael Ondaatje），加拿大著名诗人、作家，1943年生于斯里兰卡，11岁随母亲来到英国，19岁移居加拿大，毕业于多伦多大学。他的作品兼具文学的语言美感和电影的视觉冲击力，通过诗性直觉和叙事节奏的交揉变化，达到一种极具个人风格的境界。迄今为止，翁达杰共出版了6部长篇小说、10余部诗集和其他一些非虚构著作。其中，《英国病人》荣获布克奖，由沃尔特 ·默奇担任剪辑、安东尼 ·明格拉执导的同名改编电影获9项奥斯卡奖。 译者 夏彤，北京大学及加拿大艾米利·卡尔艺术大学（Emily Carr University）毕业，电影作品多次参加国际电影节并获奖，现为中央美术学院电影系教师，工作涉及独立电影和科幻研究多个领域，译有《眨眼之间》（沃尔特·默奇著）、《纪录我们自己》等。