《樂高神話》述說一段令人驚奇的故事，是關於樂高這種令人驚奇的玩具，以及因樂高而改變一生的人們。如果你覺得，樂高不過是孩子們的玩意兒，看完本書將會讓你改觀。 簡而言之，《樂高神話》內容是關於一群成人樂高迷，以及他們所熱愛的樂高。這些玩家將玩玩具變成一種藝術〈甚至是貨真價實的藝術品〉，並喚起公眾的注意力。全世界有上萬個家庭，曾經參觀過樂高年會；不僅報紙會報導這些年會中的玩家作品，甚至還會出現在電視的晚間娛樂節目中。他們的作品，每年都表現出更高的野心和技術。 樂高的核心，當然是創造樂高的這間公司。他們是如何將小小的塑膠磚塊，變成全球市場上最知名、最受尊敬的品牌？本書的第1篇就從敘述樂高的歷史開始，回溯樂高集團如何從一個位於丹麥Billund的裝潢公司，因為從不放棄創辦人的理念，而成功地轉變為跨國企業。 在第2篇重回樂高懷抱單元中，我們提出本書最核心的問題：...(展开全部)

No, this isn't a book about joining some fringe cult. It's a book by LEGO(R) fans, for LEGO fans, and you and your kids will love it. In The Cult of LEGO, Wired's GeekDad blogger John Baichtal and BrickJournal founder Joe Meno take you on a magnificent, illustrated tour of the LEGO community, its people, and their creations. The Cult of LEGO introduces us to fans and builders...(展开全部)

There is no product on the planet that enjoys the devotion of a Macintosh computer. Apple's machines have legions of loyal, sometimes demented fans. The Cult of Mac surveys the devoted following that has grown up around Macintosh computers. Like fans of a football team or a rock group, Macintosh fanatics have their own subculture, with clearly defined obsessions, rites, and pas...(展开全部)

TheodoreRoszak

Amateur hour has arrived, and the audience is running the show In a hard-hitting and provocative polemic, Silicon Valley insider and pundit Andrew Keen exposes the grave consequences of today’s new participatory Web 2.0 and reveals how it threatens our values, economy, and ultimately the very innovation and creativity that forms the fabric of American achievement. Our most ...(展开全部)

TheodoreRoszak

Raymond Callahan's lively study exposes the alarming lengths to which school administrators went, particularly in the period from 1910 to 1930, in sacrificing educational goals to the demands of business procedures. He suggests that even today the question still asked is: "How can we operate our schools?" Society has not yet learned to ask: "How can we provide an excellent educ...(展开全部)

本書是搖滾樂文化學的「奇書」，作者從希臘神祇的故事切入，探討「搖滾與暴力的呈現形式」、「插電化與吉他英雄的竄起」、「搖滾歌曲的性慾表達」、「陽具搖滾與自戀」、「黑人搖滾的培力與白人複製與剽竊」、「搖滾的仇恨女性意識與變裝越界」等。 這是第一本從希臘神話（亦即image原型）與人類學角度切入的搖滾樂文化學，探討搖滾樂的一些重要意象的形成。出版後，在歐美得到極高評價。被評為搖滾文化批評的《金枝》。 Ruth Padel以詩人的洞見與古典音樂學者的素養，檢視「搖滾與侵略性的性慾」的交互關係，並以古典文學的角度解釋之……本書充滿睿智與知識，足以與Greil Marcus，Lester Bangs,和Tom Wolfe並列其驅。 Bel Mooney，《泰晤士報》。 迷人且充滿挑戰的論述。Ruth Padel以古典神話學為鑰匙，打開了潘朵拉的盒子，讓我們一窺搖...(展开全部)