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Piano Lessons is Noah Adams's delightful and movingchronicle of his fifty-second year--a year already filled withlong, fast workdays and too little spare time--as he answers atlast a lifelong call: to learn to play the piano. The twelvemonthly chapters span from January--when after decades of growingaffection for keyboard artists and artisans he finally plunges inand buys a piano--through December, when as a surprise Christmaspresent for his wife he dresses in a tuxedo and, in flickeringcandlelight, snow falling outside the windows, he attempts theirfavorite piece of music, a difficult third-year composition he'sbeen struggling with in secret to get to this very moment. Among the up-tempo triumphs and unexpected setbacks, Noah Adamsinterweaves the rich history and folklore that surround the piano.And along the way, set between the ragtime rhythms andboogie-woogie beats, there are encounters with--and insightsfrom--masters of the keyboard, from Glenn Gould and Leon Fleisher("I was a bit embarrassed," he wr

Clubs by their definition offer 'exclusivity': to be a member ofa club you have to meet the selected criteria, whatever that mightbe. The image of a club becomes the key to how its members identifywith it - be it the relaxed wholesome logos of health clubs; or thesleek aerodynamic images found in business-class airline lounges.This issue of AD sets out to examine how architects and interiordesigners effectively use the physical spaces of clubs to enforceimages of exclusivity and collective belonging. Traditionalgentlemen's clubs are looked at alongside a new generation ofsports, media, commercial and night clubs that are springing upacross the world. It also features interviews with Nigel Coates andDavid Adjaye.

Hirshenson and Jenkins got their start casting for Francis Ford Coppola's Zoetrope Studios. When the studio went bust, they opened their own office, the Casting Company, and their book reminisces about the many films they've cast, including Harry Potter and A Beautiful Mind; the actors they've discovered, such as Tom Cruise, Leonardo DiCaprio and Scarlett Johansson; and some of the A-list directors, like Ron Howard and Steven Spielberg, who hired them. Given the authors' credentials (they have been casting partners since 1981), consider the advice they offer blue-chip. They cover everything from how to handle a call-back to telling actors to send head shots "that actually look like you." Most important, never take anything personally. A great audition doesn't always translate into a role: there are many factors that determine the final decision, such as chemistry, preference and competition. These veteran insiders have a passion for casting major motion pictures, and they use meetings with famous people to il

数千年的农耕时代，在看似单调的百姓生活里，深藏着博大沉雄的文化因子。构成了绵延不断的历史信息链，无所不包地传递着中华民族心理的密码，编织出中侉民族所特有的审美追求和伟大的创造精神，至今仍闪烁着璀璨的光华，为当代文化提供着无尽的营养、彰明的昭示和有益的启迪。??????本书着眼于儿童成长的认知规律，在浩瀚的民间美术领域中，根据学科特点，选取了部分“中国民间吉祥纹样”作为美术教育资源之一，从中发掘出一些可被转换成具有现代审美价值和创造意味的美术教育形式，力求以丰富的文化知识内涵发儿童在“读图时代”中的感悟能力，使他们自幼在本民族特质文化的熏陶中，以文化自尊的态度去面对扑逆迷离的信息社会。此书的出版，无疑是对美术课程改革的一次突破性探索，为构建具有中国民族特色的少儿教育带来了许多有益的启

The official inside story on the making of the award-winning movie trilogy The Lord of the Rings: The Making of the Movie Trilogy is a lavishly illustrated, behind-the-scenes, definitive account of the creation of an epic film experience. Hailed by critics worldwide, part one of the movie trilogy was a box-office smash, one of the most successful films of the decade. Peter Jackson's "fierce, imaginative movie takes high-flying risks and inspires with its power and scale," wrote Newsweek. "In every way this is moviemaking on a grand scale," wrote the San Francisco Chronicle, while Time proclaimed the "grandeur, moral heft and emotional depth" of the film, which received thirteen Academy Award(R) nominations. Including more than 300 photographs from all three films, most unique to this book, and exclusive interviews with all the cast and crew, Brian Sibley's fascinating book takes every fan inside the process of adapting J.R.R. Tolkien's masterwork for the screen. For the first time in histor

John M. Gottman ha revolucionado el estudio del matrimonioutilizando procesos rigurosamente científicos para la observaciónde los hábitos de las parejas a través de muchos a?os en un detallesin precedentes. Aquí está la culminación de una vida de trabajo:los siete principios que guían a las parejas en el camino haciarelaciones duraderas y armoniosas. Directo en su método, pero a lavez profundo en sus resultados, estos principios ense?an asombrosasnuevas estrategias para hacer que el matrimonio funcione. Gottmanayuda a las parejas a concentrarse el uno en el otro, a prestaratención al día a día y a los peque?os detalles que, puestosjuntos, forman el corazón y el alma de cualquier relación.Acompa?ado de ejercicios y cuestionarios prácticos Los sieteprincipios para hacer que el matrimonio funcione es la guíadefinitiva para cualquiera que quiera que su relación alcance sumáximo potencial.

音乐欣赏的首要目的是让学生能真正的欣赏音乐。欣赏音乐的前提是肯定音乐是美的东西，是值得人们去欣赏，而且由此而获益的。既然音乐是美的，那么这个课程首先就是对美的享受和甄别，是对学生的听觉审美的满足。起码在感性层面会让学生带来欣赏的快乐，让他真切体会音乐的美之所在。使音乐的本质揭示和人的主体性接受相吻合，只有这一目的得以体现，才可能兼及其余。

Rem Koolhaas (Rotterdam,1944)studied architecture at the AA in London--where he went on tobecome a lecturer--and at the IAUS in New York, during PeterEisenman's time there. Koolhaas has always been connected with thetheory of architecture, as lecturer at the innovative AA, as aspeaker, and with his published work: Delirious New York, aretrospective manifesto for Manhattan (1978) and the recent S, M,L, XL (1995). In 1972 Koolhaas set up the OMA (Office forMetropolitan Architecture), whose name clearly expresses theplanning intentions of the team, comprising Koolhaas, Elia and ZoeZenghelis, and Madelon Vriessendorp.

PAUL C?ZANNE (1839-1906) is an important figure in the progressof modern European painting. In his dedicated concern with form andstructure, he stands apart from the mainstream of Impressionistpainting, extending its range into a new art of visualanalysis. Cézanne, sensitive and shy, shunned the Parisian café society ofhis fellow artists, preferring to live and work alone in his nativeProvence which provided the inspiration for so many of hispaintings. Less immediately appealing to a wider audience than, forexample, Monet and Degas, Cézanne is nonetheless of immenseimportance through the influence he exerted on so many of theartists who followed him, such as Picasso and Matisse. Blessed with financial independence through the efforts of hisbanker father, he fortunately enjoyed a freedom to pursue his artwithout the demands of making a living felt by so many of hisfellow artists.

Villanueva was born in London, he grew up and was educated inParis at the Ecole des Beaux Arts and was acquainted with thecontemporary artists of the Parisian Avant-garde. In 1929 hefounded his own architectural office in Caracas, where he designedand realised many large buildings including the university campusin Caracas which consists of approximately 100 buildings; thelecture theatre with its curved white ceiling from which largecolored tiles from Calder are suspended is particularly remarkable.In addition he designed the Olympic stadium and housing estates.Villanueva's architecture combines the radical style of Modernismwith a dynamic and personal use of color and form. Concrete is muchin evidence in his work and he lays great value on allowing thestructural elements to become visible in expressive forms. Incooperation with Tanais Ediciones, Princeton Architectural Pressand Logos Art.

在艾利斯的请求之下，艾一行人前往艾利斯与蒂伊的故乡——欧斯提亚。那里是一个封闭的空间，无止尽地重复着十四年前的那一年。他们试图解开时间循环的怪圈，后来得知这个怪圈与一名学生的死有关。艾锲而不舍地追寻真相，没想到那名死去的学生竟然是……艾利斯渴望“外界”，艾与他有着同样的目标。而蒂伊尽管一直追随艾利斯的脚步，最后仍与他诀别——