This new edition of The Story of Film, published to coincide with the fascinating 15-hour film documentary airing in September 2011, updates the most accessible and compelling history of the medium yet published. Film critic, producer and presenter, Mark Cousins shows how film-makers are influenced both by the historical events of their times, and by each other. He demonstrates...(展开全部)

This new edition of The Story of Film, published to coincide with the fascinating 15-hour film documentary airing in September 2011, updates the most accessible and compelling history of the medium yet published. Film critic, producer and presenter, Mark Cousins shows how film-makers are influenced both by the historical events of their times, and by each other. He demonstrates...(展开全部)

“Knowing that Mrs. Mallard was afflicted with a heart trouble, great care was taken to break to her as gently as possible the news of her husband’s death.” American short-story writer Kate Chopin’s tale “The Story of an Hour” was first published in Vogue in 1894 and has endured to become one of her most beloved works. Upon learning of her husband’s death, Louise Mallard conside...(展开全部)

“Knowing that Mrs. Mallard was afflicted with a heart trouble, great care was taken to break to her as gently as possible the news of her husband’s death.” American short-story writer Kate Chopin’s tale “The Story of an Hour” was first published in Vogue in 1894 and has endured to become one of her most beloved works. Upon learning of her husband’s death, Louise Mallard conside...(展开全部)

The Story of Film presents the history of the movies in a way never told before. Mark Cousins's chronological journey through the worldwide history of film is told from the point of view of filmmakers and moviegoers. Weaving personalities, film technology, and production with engaging descriptions of groundbreaking scenes, Cousins uses his experience as film historian, producer...(展开全部)

The Story of Film presents the history of the movies in a way never told before. Mark Cousins's chronological journey through the worldwide history of film is told from the point of view of filmmakers and moviegoers. Weaving personalities, film technology, and production with engaging descriptions of groundbreaking scenes, Cousins uses his experience as film historian, producer...(展开全部)

Legal evolution is a way of explaining how the law changes. Basically it suggests that a society's law develops along predetermined lines parallel to those of its other institutions. The idea came to prominence in the mid-eighteenth century as a response to the difficulties experienced by theorists in the field of natural law when applying the notion of universal natural rights...(展开全部)

This engaged, provocative reading of the ancient classic examines The Republic's philosophical meaning in the context of the text's dramatic, narrative, and mythical dimensions. The overall structure of the work is analyzed to offer insight into the key questions Plato presents about the human soul, human community, proper objects of worship and reverence, the nature of philoso...(展开全部)

[作者] 金介甫（Jeffrey C. Kinkley） 美国汉学家，退休前为美国纽约圣若望大学历史系教授。1972年开始研究沈从文。1977年以论文《沈从文笔下的中国》获得哈佛大学博士学位。金介甫著《沈从文传》是公认的沈从文研究里的重要作品之一。 [译者] 符家钦（1919—2002） 当代著名翻译家，四川合江人。1943年毕业于中央大学（今南京大学），1978年起任中国大百科全书出版社英文组组长。1984年因病截瘫致残，但他在轮椅上依旧以一年出一书的进度与命运抗争，先后出版过著作及译著24部，共计600多万字。他所翻译的《沈从文传》一书一直深受读者喜爱。