劳伦斯·布洛克Lawrence Block 1938年生于美国布法罗，当代欧美硬汉派侦探小说代表作家。他的许多作品以苍凉不安、危机四伏的纽约为背景，被誉为“纽约犯罪风景的吟游诗人”。 布洛克曾多次获得爱伦·坡奖、夏姆斯奖、马耳他之鹰奖，并且得到了美国推理作家协会颁发的终身大师奖、英国推理作家协会颁发的钻石匕首奖等推理小说界重要大奖。 布洛克主要的作品有马修·斯卡德系列、雅贼系列、伊凡·谭纳系列、奇普·哈里森系列、杀手凯勒系列等。 曾与香港著名导演王家卫合作编写电影《蓝莓之夜》的剧本。

"Writing with grace and clarity...he touches on everything from the evolution of the Western tonal system, to the Freudian theory of music as infantile escapism, to the differing roles o the right and left brain in perceiving music." WALL STREET JOURNAL Drawing on his own life long passion for music and synthesizing the theories of Plato, Schopenhauer, Stravinsky, Nietzsche, B...(展开全部)

In this interpretation of the composer's life and works, Beethoven scholar Lewis Lockwood interweaves the composer's musical and biographical dimensions and places them in their historical and artistic contexts. Written for the lay reader, this book explores the special problems that Beethoven faced as an artist who fulfilled his destiny as Mozart's sucessor while remaining a t...(展开全部)

An authoritative work offering a fresh look at Beethoven’s life, career, and milieu. “Magisterial” — New York Review of Books . This brilliant portrayal weaves Beethoven's musical and biographical stories into their historical and artistic contexts. Lewis Lockwood sketches the turbulent personal, historical, political, and cultural frameworks in which Beethoven worked and exam...(展开全部)

Having a moon for a head at high school is a pretty tricky situation. But when the school talent contest is announced, Joey Moonhead spots an opportunity to impress his classmates with a music machine. An imaginative and visually poetic take on the stock American high school drama, this is one graphic novel that's out of this world!

Meet Joey Moonhead. A normal kid in every way. Except one: he has a moon for a head.Equipped with little else but a boundless imagination and an insatiable desire to be the best musician in existence, Joey Moonhead embarks on a stellar mission to create a machine that is out of this world. Andrew Rae's reinterpretation of the American High School drama is visually poetic, imagi...(展开全部)

Having a moon for a head at high school is a pretty tricky situation. But when the school talent contest is announced, Joey Moonhead spots an opportunity to impress his classmates with a music machine. An imaginative and visually poetic take on the stock American high school drama, this is one graphic novel that's out of this world!

Meet Joey Moonhead. A normal kid in every way. Except one: he has a moon for a head.Equipped with little else but a boundless imagination and an insatiable desire to be the best musician in existence, Joey Moonhead embarks on a stellar mission to create a machine that is out of this world. Andrew Rae's reinterpretation of the American High School drama is visually poetic, imagi...(展开全部)

杜鲁门·卡波蒂（Truman Capote）一九二四年九月三十日生于美国新奥尔良。一九四八年第一部长篇小说《别的声音，别的房间》的出版为他赢得国际声誉，此后的创作使他成为战后美国文坛最为著名的作家之一。他两度荣获欧·亨利短篇小说奖，是美国艺术与文学院院士。卡波蒂的其他重要作品包括小说《草竖琴》、《蒂凡尼的早餐》以及“非虚构小说”《冷血》。一九八四年八月二十五日病逝于洛杉矶。

杜鲁门·卡波蒂（Truman Capote）一九二四年九月三十日生于美国新奥尔良。一九四八年第一部长篇小说《别的声音，别的房间》的出版为他赢得国际声誉，此后的创作使他成为战后美国文坛最为著名的作家之一。他两度荣获欧·亨利短篇小说奖，是美国艺术与文学院院士。卡波蒂的其他重要作品包括小说《草竖琴》、《蒂凡尼的早餐》以及“非虚构小说”《冷血》。一九八四年八月二十五日病逝于洛杉矶。