For the first time since its publication in 1984, The Filmmaker's Handbook--the classic volume highlighting the techniques and technologies needed for the creation and production of movies--has been completely revised and updated. Written by filmmakers for filmmakers, this essential text now includes the latest information on digital age filmmaking, where the shifting boundari...(展开全部)

"What kinds of investors actually choose to make their living by seeking out troubled companies and becoming mired in the complexities and contentiousness of a bankruptcy or out-of-court workout?" - Hilary Rosenberg (from The Vulture Investors) Welcome to the big-time, big-stress-and big-profit-world of vulture investing. From the eleventh-hour save of Donald Trump's c...(展开全部)

When the first edition of The Media Monopoly was published in 1983, critics called Ben Bagdikian's warnings about the chilling effects of corporate ownership and mass advertising on the nation's news "alarmist." Since then, the number of corporations controlling most of America's daily newspapers, magazines, radio and television stations, book publishers, and movie companies ha...(展开全部)

作为畅销书《有生之年非看不可的1001部电影》的姊妹篇，《501位电影导演》是对银幕大师们一次全面而深入的介绍：从弗雷德•金尼曼、 英格玛•伯格曼，到伍迪•艾伦、三池崇史。不管是作者导演、动作大片导演、喜剧天才或是恐怖大师，你都能在这本拥有精美插图和大量史实的书中找到。 灯光、摄影、开拍！电影的世界充满了魅力和浪漫——事实却是摄影机后的男男女女们在发号施令，创造出让一代又一代影迷沉醉的观影体验。从电影先驱巴斯特•基顿到法国新浪潮导演让-吕克•戈达尔，以及电影顽童加斯帕•诺，电影史上的巨人和天才被悉数囊括，使得本书成为了解电影导演的最全面的指导。每位导演至少有一页内容，内容包括精选出来的电影年表，以及对其影响、标志、创作关系的引人入胜的介绍。你知道阿尔弗雷德•希区柯克在自己的三十七部电影中都有客串演出吗？发现过马丁•斯科西斯作品中的纽约，以及六十年代的...(展开全部)

In this completely revised and updated edition of international bestseller WATCHING THE ENGLISH, anthropologist Kate Fox takes a revealing look at the quirks, habits and foibles of the English people. Now with new survey data to add weight to her original fieldwork findings, and more extensive field-research and experiments to back up earlier observations, Kate Fox has decipher...(展开全部)

Completely updated and revised edition of one of the most widely-praised food books of recent years It’s a perverse fact of modern life: There are more starving people in the world than ever before, while there are also more people who are overweight. To find out how we got to this point and what we can do about it, Raj Patel launched a comprehensive investigation into th...(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.

撒迦利亚•西琴1922年出生于俄罗斯阿塞拜疆首府库班，在乌克兰度过幼年时代。年长后在伦敦大学攻读过考古学、历史学、语言学、经济学及神话学等。 作为世界上少数能解读苏美尔楔形文字的学者，撒迦利亚•西琴同时也精通希伯来语、塞姆语和欧洲的各种语言。他的研究遍 及古巴比伦、古埃及、古印度和玛雅文化等领域，一生致力于人类起源的研究活动。他的研究活动甚至被立为一门独立的学科“西琴学”。 撒迦利亚•西琴已于2010年10月9日以90岁高龄病逝于纽约。

The author of the world wide best-seller, Small Is Beautiful, now tackles the subject of Man, the World, and the Meaning of Living.Schumacher writes about man's relation to the world. man has obligations -- to other men, to the earth, to progress and technology, but most importantly himself. If man can fulfill these obligations, then and only then can he enjoy a real re...(展开全部)

Now inits 7th edition, Mathematical Methods for Physicists continues to provide all the mathematical methods that aspiring scientists and engineers are likely to encounter as students and beginning researchers. This bestselling text provides mathematical relations and their proofs essential to the study of physics and related fields. While retaining thekey features of the 6th...(展开全部)