“爵士乐宝典”一书由美国著名爵士钢琴家马克.列文编写， 他从70年代开始就已活跃于美国主流音乐界，与多位爵士乐坛大师级乐手同台演出，拥有极为丰富的演出和教学经验，这也成为他写作本书的深厚基础。

When you think of jazz composers, who comes to mind? Jelly Roll Morton, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, Bob Brookmeyer. This book is about what they (and many others) do. Jazz composition has evolved into a disciplined art that often evidences great emotional depth and breadth of sophistication. Berklee College of Music legend Ted Pease demysti...(展开全部)

http://www.complete-review.com/reviews/dyerg/butbeaut.htm The complete review's Review: But Beautiful is a paean to jazz, a study and homage in fictional form. Dedicated to his mentor, John Berger, Dyer follows in the master's footsteps in looking for novel approaches to presenting a literary work. In his preface Dyer states: When I began writing this book I was unsure of the f...(展开全部)

The Little Book of String Theory offers a short, accessible, and entertaining introduction to one of the most talked-about areas of physics today. String theory has been called the "theory of everything." It seeks to describe all the fundamental forces of nature. It encompasses gravity and quantum mechanics in one unifying theory. But it is unproven and fraught with controversy...(展开全部)

The Little Book of String Theory offers a short, accessible, and entertaining introduction to one of the most talked-about areas of physics today. String theory has been called the "theory of everything." It seeks to describe all the fundamental forces of nature. It encompasses gravity and quantum mechanics in one unifying theory. But it is unproven and fraught with controversy...(展开全部)

In The Book of Politics, Michael Dutton offers an affective theorization of the political and a political theorization of affect. Drawing on Western and Chinese social theory and practice, Dutton rethinks Carl Schmitt’s insistence that the political can be thought of only within the antagonistic pairing of friend and enemy. Dutton shows how the power of the friend/enemy binary ...(展开全部)

In The Book of Politics, Michael Dutton offers an affective theorization of the political and a political theorization of affect. Drawing on Western and Chinese social theory and practice, Dutton rethinks Carl Schmitt’s insistence that the political can be thought of only within the antagonistic pairing of friend and enemy. Dutton shows how the power of the friend/enemy binary ...(展开全部)

Jazz is the most colorful and varied art form in the world and it was born in one of the most colorful and varied cities, New Orleans. From the seed first planted by slave dances held in Congo Square and nurtured by early ensembles led by Buddy Belden and Joe "King" Oliver, jazz began its long winding odyssey across America and around the world, giving flower to a thousand diff...(展开全部)

作者：泰德•乔亚（Ted Gioia，1957— ） 美国爵士钢琴家、音乐史学家、爵士乐资深评论家。《爵士音乐家百科全书》主编，斯坦福大学爵士乐研究项目的创始人之一。著有《如何听爵士》《爵士乐标准曲》《爵士乐史》等相关书籍十余种并屡获殊荣。 译者：李剑敏 1999年毕业于厦门大学新闻传播系国际新闻专业。历任中国国际广播电台、《中国新闻周刊》、《凤凰周刊》、美国《体育画报》中文版记者、编辑。现为出版人，业余从事翻译，翻译作品近百种。

In the winter of 1926, when everybody everywhere sees nothing but good things ahead, Joe Trace, middle-aged door-to-door salesman of Cleopatra beauty products, shoots his teenage lover to death. At the funeral, Joe’s wife, Violet, attacks the girl’s corpse. This passionate, profound story of love and obsession brings us back and forth in time, as a narrative is assembled from t...(展开全部)