Jay Rubin explains how Murakami developed a distinctive new style in Japanese writing. In tracing the reclusive writer’s career, he draws on his own interviews with him, and observations gathered from ten years of collaborating with Murakami on translations of his works.

Jay Rubin explains how Murakami developed a distinctive new style in Japanese writing. In tracing the reclusive writer’s career, he draws on his own interviews with him, and observations gathered from ten years of collaborating with Murakami on translations of his works.

Ice Cube is one of the most influential figures in the history of rap and hip hop. Best known for the vitriol of his 'angry black man' recordings of the late 1980s and mid 1990s, he epitomizes the genre often referred to as gangsta rap. Much of his music from these years is focused on the disturbing realities of life in black urban ghettos, chronicling such complex and controve...(展开全部)

In this book Anthony Grafton lets us in on one of the great secrets of scholars and intellectuals: although scholars lead solitary lives in order to win independence of mind, they also enjoy the conviviality of sharing a project sustained by common ideals, practices, and institutions. It's like Masonry, but without the secret handshakes. Grafton reveals the microdynamics of the...(展开全部)

The long-awaited memoir by “the most prolific and popular of all contemporary composers” (New York Times). A world-renowned composer of symphonies, operas, and film scores, Philip Glass has, almost single-handedly, crafted the dominant sound of late-twentieth-century classical music. Yet here in Words Without Music, he creates an entirely new and unexpected voice, that of a bor...(展开全部)

The long-awaited memoir by “the most prolific and popular of all contemporary composers” (New York Times). A world-renowned composer of symphonies, operas, and film scores, Philip Glass has, almost single-handedly, crafted the dominant sound of late-twentieth-century classical music. Yet here in Words Without Music, he creates an entirely new and unexpected voice, that of a bor...(展开全部)

Schools loom large in the comprehensive body of work designed by Hertzberger more than 30 have been built to date. School buildings, according to the architect, are one of the few areas in architecture today where designers are still able to define and influence human conditions. Space and Learning’ brings together Hertzberger’s knowledge and ideas in a theoretical study of the...(展开全部)

「細節不只是細節。有了細節，才有產品。」 －－CHARLES EAMES 20世紀設計史的決定版！ 深入了解現代設計‧建築‧藝術最重要的教科書 《Herman Miller物語》並非枯燥的家具史，而是一篇篇相互連貫、豐富生動的設計師故事。有別於一般的設計書籍，日本知名設計大師渡邊力先生不但是那個時代少數僅存的見證者，更與喬治‧尼爾森、查爾斯‧伊姆斯等人相識，因此寫來格外深刻細膩。就像一齣精采的劇碼，以赫曼米勒公司作為主要舞台，各個領域的大師在作者的介紹下逐一登場，讓人如同身處當時的情景，真正認識了對於現代設計極具影響力的設計師、建築師與藝術家。 本書集結自一九七六年四月到一九七九年十二月為止，渡邊力先生為《室內》雜誌撰寫的內容，美國設計界彷彿躍然於紙上，被譽為「夢幻的連載」，雜誌的影印稿不斷地在日本流傳。經由作者親自編輯、修訂之後，內容更具整體性。 ...(展开全部)

「細節不只是細節。有了細節，才有產品。」 －－CHARLES EAMES 20世紀設計史的決定版！ 深入了解現代設計‧建築‧藝術最重要的教科書 《Herman Miller物語》並非枯燥的家具史，而是一篇篇相互連貫、豐富生動的設計師故事。有別於一般的設計書籍，日本知名設計大師渡邊力先生不但是那個時代少數僅存的見證者，更與喬治‧尼爾森、查爾斯‧伊姆斯等人相識，因此寫來格外深刻細膩。就像一齣精采的劇碼，以赫曼米勒公司作為主要舞台，各個領域的大師在作者的介紹下逐一登場，讓人如同身處當時的情景，真正認識了對於現代設計極具影響力的設計師、建築師與藝術家。 本書集結自一九七六年四月到一九七九年十二月為止，渡邊力先生為《室內》雜誌撰寫的內容，美國設計界彷彿躍然於紙上，被譽為「夢幻的連載」，雜誌的影印稿不斷地在日本流傳。經由作者親自編輯、修訂之後，內容更具整體性。 ...(展开全部)

A subtle portrait of one of the world’s great concert artists, this volume offers a vivid presentation of Arrau’s unique and intensely felt beliefs about music and piano technique. In addition to conversations with Arrau, the author has included discussions with four of Arrau’s renowned musical colleagues: Philip Lorenz, Daniel Barenboim, Garrick Ohlsson, and Sir Colin Davis. T...(展开全部)