Absorbing Roman poet Ovid's tales of transformation in "Metamorphoses "and adding his own dash of art-historical figuration and contemporary pop culture, Mark Ryden broaches new terrain with "The Tree Show," Arcadian Gothic" might hint at the nature of this new work, and fans of Ryden will find familiar preoccupations in these new paintings, drawings and sculptures--made since ...(展开全部)

Memorial is a story about a tree planted beside a war memorial monument, in a small country town by returned servicemen. Years on, the tree has grown to be huge and unruly, dislodging the statue next to it and creating a traffic hazard in what is now a much larger, busier town. A decision is made by a local council to cut the tree down. Memorial won an Honour Book award in the ...(展开全部)

When the soldiers return from the Great War in 1918, a memorial tree is planted . . . 'Lest We Forget'. But generations later, what do those who pause in the shadows of the tree's immense branches remember? Years on, the tree has grown to be huge and unruly, dislodging the statue next to it and creating a traffic hazard in what is now a much larger, busier town. A decision is m...(展开全部)

In this daring new work, the poet Alice Oswald strips away the narrative of the Iliad the anger of Achilles, the story of Helen in favor of attending to its atmospheres: the extended similes that bring so much of the natural order into the poem and the corresponding litany of the war-dead, most of whom are little more than names but each of whom lives and dies unforgettably and...(展开全部)

Benson and Mike are two young guys who live together in Houston. Mike is a Japanese American chef at a Mexican restaurant and Benson's a black day care teacher, and they've been together for a few years -- good years -- but now they're not sure why they're still a couple. There's the sex, sure, and the meals Mike cooks for Benson, and, well, they love each other. But when Mike ...(展开全部)

Matthew Arnold praised the "Iliad" for its 'nobility', as has everyone ever since - but ancient critics praised it for its enargeia, its 'bright unbearable reality' (the word used when gods come to earth not in disguise but as themselves). To retrieve the poem's energy, Alice Oswald has stripped away its story, and her account focuses by turns on Homer's extended similes and on...(展开全部)

In this daring new work, the poet Alice Oswald strips away the narrative of the Iliad the anger of Achilles, the story of Helen in favor of attending to its atmospheres: the extended similes that bring so much of the natural order into the poem and the corresponding litany of the war-dead, most of whom are little more than names but each of whom lives and dies unforgettably and...(展开全部)

Any book-length interview with Alfred Hitchcock is valuable, but considering that this volume's interlocutor is François Truffaut, the conversation is remarkable indeed. Here is a rare opportunity to eavesdrop on two cinematic masters from very different backgrounds as they cover each of Hitch's films in succession. Though this book was initially published in 1967 when Hitchcoc...(展开全部)

D. A. 米勒（D. A. Miller），加州大学伯克利分校英文系约翰•F. 霍奇斯（John F. Hotchkis）教授，其他著述有《简•奥斯丁，或风格的秘密》（2003）等，他还为《电影季刊》撰写专栏。

艾米·克罗丝·罗森塔尔：美国畅销书作家，电影制作人，电台主持人。她是一位多产作家成人书和童书作品都曾登上《纽约时报》畅销书排行榜，2005年至2011年，她共出版了16部童书作品，2012年又有超过5部作品问世。她是唯一一个在同一年有三本童书入选美国家庭佳童书书单的作家，目前居住在芝加哥。 汤姆·利希滕赫德：美国童书作家、画家，他热心为爱笑的孩子，以及爱和孩子一起笑的人创作童书。他的代表作品有《纽约时报》畅销童书《鸭子？兔子？》，他和艾米共同创作了这本书，他们有过多次默契的合作。