You want a play to be challenging, ambitious, nuanced and complicated. You also want it to sell tickets. You want to make art, and you know you’re in show business. These are some of the balancing acts that the National Theatre, and this book, is about. This is the inside story of twelve years at the helm of Britain’s greatest theatre. It is a story of lunatic failures and spec...(展开全部)

Over the centuries, natural history museums have evolved from being little more than musty repositories of stuffed animals and pinned bugs, to being crucial generators of new scientific knowledge. They have also become vibrant educational centres, full of engaging exhibits that share those discoveries with students and an enthusiastic general public. At the heart of it all from...(展开全部)

This is the fascinating inside story of twelve years at the helm of Britain's greatest theater. Nicholas Hytner's highly entertaining memoir combines gossip with serious insight into what is involved in bringing a production to life. It tells vivid, lively stories about working with some of the world's most celebrated actors and writers and explores many variations on the colla...(展开全部)

From the Tony Award and Laurence Olivier Award-winning former director of London's National Theatre--this is a fascinating, candid, eloquent memoir about his career directing theater, producing films and opera, and working closely with some of the world's most celebrated actors. The list of Nicholas Hytner's accomplishments is long and distinguished: as Artistic Director of Lon...(展开全部)

If you need to know it, it’s in this book. Cracking the New GRE, 2012 Edition has been completely revised and updated for the changes coming to the GRE in August 2011. It includes: •Access to 2 full-length practice tests •Practice questions with detailed explanations for every question •Keystrategies for solving Text Completions, Sentence Equivalents, Numeric Entry, Quanti...(展开全部)

If you need to know it, it’s in this book. Cracking the New GRE, 2012 Edition has been completely revised and updated for the changes coming to the GRE in August 2011. It includes: •Access to 2 full-length practice tests •Practice questions with detailed explanations for every question •Keystrategies for solving Text Completions, Sentence Equivalents, Numeric Entry, Quanti...(展开全部)

Cracking the Coding Interview, 6th Edition is here to help you through this process, teaching you what you need to know and enabling you to perform at your very best. I've coached and interviewed hundreds of software engineers. The result is this book. Learn how to uncover the hints and hidden details in a question, discover how to break down a problem into manageable chunks, d...(展开全部)

Praise for Damn Right! From the author of the bestselling WARREN BUFFETT SPEAKS. . . "Charlie Munger, whose reputation is deep and wide, based on an extraordinary record of brilliantly successful business strategies, sees things that others don't. There is a method to his mastery and, through this book, we get a chance to learn about this rare individual." -MICHAEL EISNER, Chai...(展开全部)