In the fall of 1957 the University of California Press expanded Arnheim's 1933 book "Film" by four essays and brought that landmark work back into print as "Film as Art". Now nearly fifty years after that re-edition, this book continues to occupy an important place in the literature of film. Arnheim's method, provocative in this age of technological wizardry, was to focus on th...(展开全部)

Based on John Dewey's lectures on esthetics, delivered as the first William James Lecturer at Harvard in 1932, Art as Experience has grown to be considered internationally as the most distinguished work ever written by an American on the formal structure and characteristic effects of all the arts: architecture, sculpture, painting, music, and literature.

Alain de Botton is the bestselling author of How Proust Can Change Your Life and Religion for Atheists in addition to other works of fiction and essays. In 2008 he founded The School of Life, dedicated to a new vision of education. His work has been reviewed in The Times, The Guardian, The Economist among many others and he has appeared on BBC Radio 4, Question Time and Newsnig...(展开全部)

How do we see the world around us? "The Penguin on Design" series includes the works of creative thinkers whose writings on art, design and the media have changed our vision forever. Bruno Munari was among the most inspirational designers of all time, described by Picasso as 'the new Leonardo'. Munari insisted that design be beautiful, functional and accessible, and this enligh...(展开全部)

The bible for successful speculators, written on speculation, by a successful speculator. This is a combination of what is speculation, along with some thoughts on life, business, society, and language. An excellent thought starter. Also contains Watts classic "Thoughts on Life" - short aphorisms of timeless wisdom. The orignal source for classic market wisdom such as: "Make ...(展开全部)

作者簡介 納托．湯普森（Nato Thompson） 是作家兼策展人。現職為費城當代館（Philadelphia Contemporary）的藝術總監。在此之前，他曾自二〇〇七年起擔任創意時代（Creative Time）藝術總監。他的其他著作包括了《觀看權力的方式：改變社會的21世紀藝術行動指南》（Seeing Power : Art and Activism in the Twenty-first Century）、以及推想奇幻小說《沼歌》（Marshsong）。 譯者簡介 石武耕 台北人。政大廣告系、台灣大學新聞所畢，巴黎第十大學傳播學博士班肄業。 譯作《藝術的法則：文學場域的生成與結構》（合譯）、《編劇的藝術》（合譯）、《深南地方》、《形象科學》。

In this volume, Louise L. Hay shares her philosophy of life on a multitude of subjects from addictions to fears to spiritual laws, and everything in between. Her insights offer meditations and practical knowledge to apply to your day-to-day life. "Begin anywhere in this book. Open it at will. The message will be perfect for you at that moment. It may confirm what you already be...(展开全部)

More than eighty years after his death, Nietzsche’s writings and his career remain disquieting, disturbing, obscure. His most famous views—the will to power, the eternal recurrence, the Übermensch, the master morality—often seem incomprehensible or, worse, repugnant. Yet he remains a thinker of singular importance, a great opponent of Hegel and Kant, and the source of much that...(展开全部)