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W. H. Auden takes you to Auden’s home in Austria to ask him questions; the conversation on the lawn that one dreams of. A fine tribute.” —Bestseller

“A brisk, frothy narrative . . . informative and fun.” —The Wall Street Journal In the dizzying wake of World War II, Rome skyrocketed to prominence as an epicenter of film, fashion, photography, and boldfaced libertinism. Artists, exiles, and a dazzling array of movie talent rushed to...

Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (June 6, 1599 – August 6, 1660) was a Spanish painter who was the leading artist in the court of King Philip IV and one of the most important painters of the Spanish Golden Age. He was an individualistic artist of the contemporary Baroque period, important...

Vincente Minnelli, Hollywood's Dark Dreamer is the first full-length biography of Vincente Minnelli, one of the most legendary and influential directors in the twentieth century, encompassing his life, his art, and his artistry. Minnelli started out as a set and costume designer in New York, where...

Sir Peter Paul Rubens ( 28 June 1577 – 30 May 1640), was a Flemish Baroque painter, and a proponent of an extravagant Baroque style that emphasised movement, colour, and sensuality. He is well known for his Counter-Reformation altarpieces, portraits, landscapes, and history paintings of mythological...

This study of monopolies and trusts in England from Tudor days to the twentieth century was first published in 1909. It is a key text in the study of early capitalism and industrial organisation.

企畫截稿迫在眉睫，即使通宵熬夜，還是等不到靈感來敲門？客戶簡報老是凸槌，腦袋空空，擠不出吸引人的好點子？從今天起，就用自由書寫，激發出無限好創意！ 每個人都會遇上腦袋打結的時候！當你毫無靈感時，卻必須完成一份簡報、交出一份企畫、想出一堆文案，這時候難道你只能眼睜睜看著美好未來葬送在自己的「死腦袋」下？ 當邏輯思考無法幫你解決問題時，「自由書寫」就是啟動腦袋轉個彎的好方法——只要針對眼前的主題，以最快的速度不停書寫，完全不要去管文法或用字是否正確。如此一來，你的腦袋來不及編修你寫出來的東西，你便能專注於問題的背景，得到讓人眼睛一亮的好點子與好辦法。 多年來，作者馬克．李維便是利用自由書寫解決了這些工作上的問題，同時藉此得到了寫文章與部落格PO文的靈感。他指出，靈感不是一種天賦，而是一種練習，只要你能善用原本已在腦中的東西，就能將思緒的原料變成實用、甚至是非凡的點子。他以工作上遇到的難題為實例，包括策略、行銷、定位、業務、商業書寫等方面的問題，示範各種進行自由書寫的方式。不論你是遇到了寫作瓶頸、面臨緊迫的截稿壓力，或是不知該如何處理在腦中四處亂竄的絕妙點子，本書都能幫助你提升戰力，喚醒沉睡的思考，將想法化為文字，發揮源源不絕的創意！ 【名家推薦】 「我一直是本書與馬克．李維的忠實粉絲，不運用書中的方法，我已經沒有辦法工作了。」——大衛．米爾曼．史考特（David...

A tremendously insightful biography of the man who helmed the Velvet Underground and single-handedly created alternative rock This book covers not only the highlights of Reed's career, but explores lesser-known facets of his work, such as his first recordings with doo-wop group the Jades, his key...

There are many kinds of madness. Some known and some unknown. Some seen and some unseen. Some cured and some not curable. All beings who claim to be human are born in moments of madness; not just in mayhem, but in the mundane, in the everyday, in this moment. Look in any direction, the evidence...

Fantasy has been an important and much-loved part of children's literature for hundreds of years, yet relatively little has been written about it. Children's Fantasy Literature traces the development of the tradition of the children's fantastic - fictions specifically written for children and fictions...

**The third book in the Mary Handley Mystery series features Mary's most dangerous and personal case yet. ** It's the summer of 1894, and an infidelity case has brought PI Mary Handley to a far corner of Brooklyn: Coney Island. In the midst of her investigation, Mary is contacted by a convicted...

David Crockett was an adventurer, a pioneer, and a media-savvy national celebrity. In his short-but-distinguished lifetime, this charismatic frontiersman won three terms as a U.S. congressman and a presidential nomination. His 1834 memoir enjoyed frenzied sales and prompted the first-ever “official”...

The strange new disease SARS erupted apparently out of nowhere and has spread at an astonishing rate. Scary as SARS itself is, the disease is also a warning of many possible such outbreaks to come. Featuring the disturbing story of SARS—where it came from, what it is, and how to protect yourself...