“For those of us who portray wildlife . . . our decision to persist in our quest for excellence is almost always based on a love affair, a fascination with the creatures of our planet, and a need to share this feeling the best way we know how.”So said wildlife artist Robert Kuhn (1920–2007), who spent a lifetime sketching and painting animals, and generously mentoring other artists. Bob Kuhn: Drawing on Instinct presents a generous sampling of his rarely seen sketches alongside the vibrant paintings for which he is best known. Appearing in conjunction with a traveling exhibit mounted by the National Museum of Wildlife Art, in Jackson, Wyoming, this book allows readers to observe the artistic process of one of the greatest wildlife artists of our time.Curator Adam Duncan Harris provides an introduction and a biography of Kuhn, along with an examination of his working method. In addition, Bob Kuhn features four substantive essays by leading authorities on American art: James H. Nottage of the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art, Amy Scott of the Autry National Center, Lisa M. Strong of the Corcoran Gallery of Art, and Todd Wilkinson of Wildlife Art Journal and other publications. These contributions, written from a variety of art historical perspectives, set Kuhn’s oeuvre within the cultural context in which he worked and deepen our understanding of his achievements. Complementing the essays are brief appreciations by six of Kuhn’s contemporaries and three samples of the artist’s own writing.Bob Kuhn: Drawing on Instinct offers a compelling blend of the artist’s finished paintings and finest sketches—works of art in their own right. This lavishly illustrated book is a fitting tribute that will further establish Bob Kuhn’s place in the pantheon of late-twentieth-century American artists.

在《乡下人的悲歌》中，J.D. 万斯真实讲述了社会、地区和阶层衰落会给一生下来就深陷其中的人带来什么样的影响。万斯的外祖父母从肯塔基州的阿巴拉契亚地区向北迁居到俄亥俄州，希望逃离那可怕的贫穷。他们通过努力跻身中产阶层，最后他们的外孙从耶鲁法学院毕业，这是传统意义上成功实现一代人向上流动的标志。
但是随着家族故事慢慢发展，我们发现万斯的外祖父母、阿姨、叔叔、姐姐，以及最重要的他的母亲，都在极力适应中产阶级生活的要求，却从没完全逃离过药物滥用、酗酒、贫穷和精神创伤。万斯便是在这样混乱又令人心碎的环境中成长，但也是这群“乡下人”的爱与忠诚，使他取得了今日的成就。
然而综合来看，像作者一样成功脱离贫困的案例，屈指可数。大多数的美国白人蓝领仍旧摆脱不了世袭的贫穷与困顿，仿佛是一条与生俱来的枷锁，牢牢套在他们的脖子上。究竟是什么样的原因，让他们无法在美国这个以自由为豪的国度中，找到合适的出路？
《乡下人的悲歌》是一部极其动人的回忆录，包含了栩栩如生的人物形象和诸多幽默元素，记述了向上流动到底是怎样的感觉，也对一大批人丧失美国梦的现象作了思考。这本书同时也是一部深刻的社会评论，通过作者的成长故事与经历，以“局内人”的角度，带领我们以更宏观的视野，深入探视美国蓝领阶层所面临的困境与危机。

An intimate and revelatory eyewitness account of two generations of students in China’s heartland, chronicling a country in the midst of tumultuous change through the prism of its education system
More than twenty years after teaching English to China’s first boom generation at a small college in Sichuan Province, Peter Hessler returned to Sichuan to teach the next generation. At the same time, Hessler and his wife enrolled their twin daughters in a local state-run elementary school, where they were the only Westerners in a student body of about two thousand. Over the years, Hessler had kept in close contact with more than a hundred of his former students, who were now in their forties. By reconnecting with these individuals—members of China’s “Reform generation” —while teaching current undergrads, Hessler was able to gain a unique perspective on China's incredible transformation over the past quarter-century.
In the late 1990s, almost all of Hessler's students were the first member of their extended families to become educated. Their parents were subsistence farmers who could offer little guidance as their children entered a brand-new world. By 2019, when Hessler arrived at Sichuan University, he found a very different China and a new kind of student—an only child whose schooling was the object of intense focus from a much more ambitious and sophisticated cohort of parents. Hessler’s new students have a sense of irony about the regime but mostly navigate its restrictions with equanimity, and embrace the astonishing new opportunities China’s boom affords. But the pressures of this system of extreme “meritocracy” at scale can be gruesome, even for much younger children, including his own daughters, who give him and his wife an intimate view into the experience at their local school.
In Peter Hessler’s hands, China’s education system is the perfect vehicle for examining what’s happened to the country, where it’s going, and what we can learn from it, for good and ill. At a time when anti-Chinese rhetoric in America has grown blunter and uglier, Other Rivers is a tremendous, indeed an essential gift, a work of enormous human empathy that rejects cheap stereotypes and shows us China from the inside out and the bottom up, using as a measuring stick this most universally relatable set of experiences. As both a window onto China and a distant mirror onto America and its own education system, Other Rivers is a classic, a book of tremendous value and compelling human interest.
这是一本关于中国心脏地带两代学生的亲密而揭示性记录，由一位观察了过去二十五年中中国剧变的作者何伟所撰写。

在中国经济腾飞的初期教授英语二十多年后，何伟回到四川省，教导下一代的学生。他的这段经历也在他的书《江城》中有所记录。同时，何伟和妻子将双胞胎女儿送入了当地一所国立小学，她们是唯一的西方学生。多年来，何伟与许多他在上世纪90年代教过的人保持密切联系。这些人如今已是四十多岁的中国“改革一代”。通过与这些人重聚，同时教导当代的大学生，何伟获得了一个独特的视角，目睹了中国令人难以置信的变化。

1996年何伟抵达中国时，他班上的几乎所有人都是第一代大学生。他们通常来自大型农村家庭，父母多为维持生计的农民，对孩子踏入全新世界几乎无法提供指导。到2019年，何伟来到四川大学，他见到的是一个截然不同的中国以及一种新的学生类型——独生子女，他们的教育是一个更加雄心勃勃的家长群体的重中之重。在四川大学，许多年轻人对体制抱有一种讽刺的态度，但大多数人平静地适应着体制的限制，并拥抱中国崛起带来的机会。然而，极度竞争的压力依然让人精疲力尽，甚至影响到更年幼的孩子——包括何伟的女儿们，她们的学校经历让他得以深入了解当地教育环境。

在何伟的笔下，中国的教育体系成了审视这个国家的过去、现在和未来的完美媒介，让我们从中汲取正面和负面的经验。在美国反华言论愈加尖锐和丑陋之际，《Other Rivers》是一本不可或缺的巨著，饱含深厚的同理心，摒弃了廉价的刻板印象，从内而外、从下至上地展示了中国。这本书既是对中国的窗口，也是对美国的镜子，堪称这位大师级作者的经典之作。

"Can birds smell?" "Is this the same cardinal that was at my feeder last year?" "Do robins 'hear' worms?" In What It's Like to Be a Bird, David Sibley answers the most frequently asked questions about the birds we see most often. This special, large-format volume is geared as much to nonbirders as it is to the out-and-out obsessed, covering more than two hundred species and including more than 330 new illustrations by the author. While its focus is on familiar backyard birds--blue jays, nuthatches, chickadees--it also examines certain species that can be fairly easily observed, such as the seashore-dwelling Atlantic puffin. David Sibley's exacting artwork and wide-ranging expertise bring observed behaviors vividly to life. (For most species, the primary illustration is reproduced life-sized.) And while the text is aimed at adults--including fascinating new scientific research on the myriad ways birds have adapted to environmental changes--it is nontechnical, making it the perfect occasion for parents and grandparents to share their love of birds with young children, who will delight in the big, full-color illustrations of birds in action. Unlike any other book he has written, What It's Like to Be a Bird is poised to bring a whole new audience to David Sibley's world of birds.

Among the most famous American illustrators of the Gilded Era at the turn of the last century, Gibson is fondly remembered as the creator of the Gibson Girl. His thousands of images of independent and beautiful young ladies came to define a feminine ideal. This collection features 163 of Gibson's finest pen and ink drawings, showcasing his "Girl" in amusing social settings -- dinner parties, fancy balls, and sporting events.

布鲁斯•布洛克有三十余年的影视行业工作经验和电影教学经验，对影像的视觉结构有着深入而独到的认识，本书已被译为5种文字，是电影专业的经典教程。
书中介绍了空间、线条和形状、影调、色彩、运动、节奏等基本视觉元素，以及如何运用这些元素驾驭视觉结构、表达人物情绪、展现故事主题， 进而创造出更具表现力的影像。同时，本书也能够使读者清晰准确地认识到故事结构与电影、视频、动画和电脑游戏等视觉媒体的视觉结构间的关系。此外，全书图文并茂，配备了大量作者自己制作的和从影片中截取的插图，主要章节还列出了“推荐片目”，以便读者可以更深入地，更有针对性地观看影片。
本书最大的特点，就是消弭了电影教学过程中普遍存在的理论与实践间的巨大鸿沟，不但能让读者更有意识地掌握电影这门“外语”的视觉语言，而且在每章结尾给动手拍片的创作者提供了切实可行的具体操作建议。这本书既是电影专业学生训练视觉思维的基础必读教材，也能给电视、商业广告、电脑游戏等领域的从业者提供视觉设计方面的启发。
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★深入浅出，用最基本的视觉原理，告诉你如何打造属于自己的影像视觉结构
★条分缕析，将影像的视觉结构拆分为7种基本视觉元素，分别加以论述，并列出推荐片目
★学以致用，每章结尾作者都会对创作提出可行化意见，具有极强的实践意义；
★图文并茂，全书配备了大量电影插图和作者自制的示意图
★赏心悦目，整本书全彩四色印刷，带你探寻影像的视觉
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布鲁斯•布洛克所阐释的视觉结构，对动画领域的工作者们都是一种启发。对任何一位艺术家来说，本书都是极有价值且必不可少的参考资料。
— 沃尔特•迪斯尼电视动画
我认为每一位正在接受培训的电影摄影师都应该读读这本书。他们能从中学到团队合作的重要性，且其中所有的概念都是为了打造视觉结构而设。
— Rexford Metz，美国电影摄影师协会
布鲁斯•布洛克娴熟地剖析了如何用视觉手段讲故事。电影专业学生必须掌握这一实质。这本书会使你成为一名更为优秀的电影人。
— 美国电影学会
布鲁斯•布洛克的著作不仅给影像工作者提供了视觉上的选择，更为他们决定讲故事的最终方式提供了框架，以及使故事结构和银幕画面协调统一的工具。
— Randy Nelson，皮克斯大学校长，皮克斯动画工作室
布鲁斯•布洛克对电影的视觉结构有着独到的见解与认识。《以眼说话》在同类图书中独一无二。它会帮助你运用视觉元素，从而成为一名更好的讲故事的人。
— Nancy Meyers, 《爱是妥协》、《恋爱假期》导演
无论你是电影人、图片摄影师，还是平面设计，布鲁斯•布洛克都以清晰易懂的方法，告诉你视觉元素是如何被用来讲故事的。
— David Pagani，实况转播创意总监，美国DIRECTV公司
布鲁斯•布洛克是视觉内容设计领域的一个传奇。他对影像画面的卓越洞察力会永远改变你的工作方法。
— Dan Pappalardo, 执行设计总监/合作伙伴，Troika Design Group

Develop the life-changing ability to excel in spontaneous communication situations—from public speaking to interviewing to networking—with these essential strategies from a Stanford lecturer, coach, and host of the popular Think Fast, Talk Smart The Podcast.
Many of us dread having to convey our ideas to others, often feeling ill-equipped, anxious, and awkward. Public speaking experts help by focusing on planned communication experiences such as slide presentations, pitches, or formal talks. Yet, most of our professional and personal communication occurs in spontaneous situations that creep up on us and all too often leave us flustered and stumbling for words. How can we rise to the occasion and shine when we’re put on the spot?
In Think Faster, Talk Smarter, Stanford lecturer, podcast host, and communication expert Matt Abrahams provides tangible, actionable skills to help even the most anxious of speakers succeed when speaking spontaneously. Abrahams provides science-based strategies for managing anxiety, responding to the mood of the room, and making content concise, relevant, compelling, and memorable. Drawing on stories from his clients and students, he offers best practices for navigating Q&A sessions, shining in job interviews, providing effective feedback, making small talk, fixing faux pas, persuading others, and handling other impromptu speaking tasks.
Whether it’s a prospective client asking you an unexpected question during a meeting or all eyes turning to you at a dinner party, you’ll know how to navigate the situation like a pro and bring out your very best. Think Faster, Talk Smarter is an accessible guide to communication that will help you master new techniques in no time.

The paintings of Robert Johnson evoke a newfound appreciation for the elegance and power of works done in the classical tradition. The principles underlying this approach to art have been passed along for the last five centuries from master to apprentice, from teacher to student, and from painter to painter. In "On Becoming a Painter" Robert Johnson answers some of the most persistant questions in the minds of aspiring artists, including "What in fact is color harmony, and how can I achieve it?" and "How can I capture the 'Old Master' brushwork quality I admire in museums in my own paintings?" "On Becomong a Painter" includes an extensive exploration of drawing as the foundation of good painting, with numerous illustrations that show how good draftsmanship can make paintings come alive. Robert Johnson writes with human understanding and acute awareness of the attitudes which can propel an artists' work forward or hold it back. It includes the chapter "Changing Your Life," which is directed at painters who wish to seriously consider becoming full-time artists. Lavishly illustrated with over 100 full-color plates, "On Becoming a Painter" is an essential book not only for the up-and-coming artist, but also for the collector, the connoisseur,and the art lover-in short, for anyone who cares about good painting.

达尔文的自然选择演化论中有一个巨大的漏洞：像雄鹿的鹿角或孔雀的尾巴这样的复杂特征似乎是奢侈品，对一般的生存过程而言没有任何好处，甚至可能变成日常生活的障碍。在很长一段时间里，这一点一直折磨着达尔文。达尔文最终意识到，一定有另一种进化机制在起作用，那是对性的追求，所以他将 其命名为性选择。我们也可以称之为“美的进化/演化”。
《物种起源》问世10多年后，达尔文发表了他的第二部杰作《人类的由来》。这本著作概述了他关于性选择的新理论，解释了他观察到的两性之间的深刻差异。如果自然选择是为了生存而战，那么性选择本质上就是为了争夺配偶。然而，在达尔文看来，这种竞争主要是雄性的事情。受限于其所处时代根深蒂固的文化影响，达尔文认为雌性的力量是通过“相对被动”和不具威胁性的方式实现的，她们“作为旁观者站在一边”，观看雄性虚张声势的表演。
真的是这样吗？
事实上，科学家逐渐发现雌性动物会和雄性一样滥交、竞争、好斗、占主导地位和充满活力。就驾驶变革的巴士这件事而言，雌性双方权利平等。只是达尔文和支持他论点的一群绅士动物学家，不会从平等的角度看待问题。生物学中最大的一次飞跃（进化论）是由一群维多利亚时代的男人在19世纪中期的环境中创造出来的，它本身就带着一些关于性别和性本质的假设。
在这本书中，露西·库克的目标是揭穿动物王国关于性和性别的过时叙事，她打破了学界一直以来以男性为中心的科学偏见，将各种雌性动物的真实行为展现在我们面前，从交配后蜘蛛的同类相食到狐獴女王的血腥统治，我们将发现“她”并不像我们印象中那样温柔、被动、温顺和充满母性，也将重新认识包括人类在内的所有“她”的力量。
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露西·库克才华横溢，令人信赖，无所畏惧，非常幽默……这本书令人惊讶，非常有趣，而且非常重要。
——玛丽·罗琦，《科学碰撞“性”》《人类尸体的奇异生活》作者
库克描绘了过去几十年里，女权主义对演化生物学的“生殖器统治”产生的越来越大的影响。她为最近以雌性为主导的科学的力量而争辩，这些科学力量重新构建了关于性选择、母性本能和自我牺牲，以及一夫一妻制或花痴倾向的核心信念。在这个过程中，她向我们展示了一架观察动物的奇妙“西洋镜”，里面不仅有灵长类动物，还有有毒的双性鼹鼠、通过阴蒂分娩的鬣狗、杀子的猫鼬妈妈和绝经后的逆戟鲸。
——《大西洋月刊》
这是对许多生物学研究中存在的“偶然的性别歧视”的重要纠正……(以及)一个嘹亮的号角，表明雌性生物学的其余未知领域值得进行更全面的测绘。
——《金融时报》
热情洋溢的揭露……一次了解演化生物学先锋的有趣、有启发性的旅行。
——《科学美国人》
我们什么时候决定了雌性动物(包括人类女性)是非竞争性的性别?英国科学记者库克在一份翔实且经常令人脸红的调查中，对这一评估进行了有说服力的反驳，调查详细描述了交配等行为。她还展示了女性对科学探究的影响，她们提出问题，提出研究，而男性同事却没有想到或者懒得去做。
——《洛杉矶时报》
通过对大量动物的分析，这本书对科学性别歧视的抨击吸引了许多不同性别的科学家来纠正主动的男性和被动的女性的刻板印象。
——《自然》
借助引人入胜且常常令人发笑的表达，库克将科学作家玛丽·罗琦的幽默和清晰，与她作为一名训练有素的生物学家所获得的科学权威结合起来，直面演化生物学中历史悠久、根深蒂固的以男性为中心的假设，并开始澄清事实。
——《科学》
这部令人眼花缭乱、有趣而又优雅地表达愤怒的作品，打破了我们对动物王国性别和雌性行为的先入之见……这是一部轰动性的作品。读着它，惊讶得下巴耷拉下来，记下最喜欢的部分寄给朋友，高兴地念出其中的片段。
——《观察家报》
达尔文先生，你的时间到了。这就是我们这些雌性期待已久的演化重启。
——英国喜剧演员、编剧苏·帕金斯
露西·库克将两个世纪以来的性别歧视神话从生物学中彻底推翻。准备好学到很多东西，并大声发笑吧。这是一本文笔优美、非常有趣且非常重要的书。
——爱丽丝•罗伯茨，解剖学家、人类学家，伯明翰大学“公众参与科学”教授

《重返普罗旺斯》记叙了作者重返普罗旺斯的经历和感受，这里有许多让人耳目一新的精彩之笔，包括在改建后的加油站举行的宴会，一次在马赛的酒店里所尝到的普罗旺斯鱼汤，以及普罗旺斯独有的鼻子学校，种植黑马铃薯的奇怪园丁等等。
逃逸都市，享受慵懒，在普罗旺斯做个时间的盗贼！
每次的度假都如同去完成公务，全身披佳各种包裹，五天之内豪迈地遍游欧洲，像一群被赶的鸭子，走马观花，行色匆匆，也许只有普罗旺斯——世界上惟一不用做任何事情，就可以玩得非常开心的地方，能让我裹足不前，在这里，时间不受到崇拜，瞬间倒有了独特的意味。

写出《了不起的盖茨比》的少年天才→负债累累的中年“打工人”
海明威的著名CP×村上春树的文学偶像×张爱玲推崇的文学大师
一个青春期女儿的父亲
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本书由菲茨杰拉德的传记作者和生活中的朋友——安德鲁·特恩布尔编辑，收录了菲茨杰拉德写给独生女斯科蒂（1921-1986年）的书信，从1933年到1940年菲茨杰拉德去世，贯穿了他女儿12岁到19岁的青春期时光。
✉️ 编辑推荐
◎ 他原本是写出《了不起的盖茨比》《本杰明·巴顿奇事》等多部经典的文学天才，文坛处处是他的传奇：
★ 海明威的著名CP——来自亲老婆（泽尔达·菲茨杰拉德）的“官方吐槽”：
我丈夫和海明威他们两个人！哼，他们俩在一起的样子简直就像是一对情侣！
★ 村上春树的写作偶像 × 张爱玲推崇的文学大师。
★ 定义了美国历史上传奇的“爵士时代”。
◎ 妻子精神崩溃，女儿年纪尚幼，他成了“一根两头燃烧的蜡烛”
——在琐事中消耗，在重负中挣扎，曾经意气风发的“少年天才”跌入中年“崩溃时代”。
◆ 24岁从文坛横空出世，挥金如土，纵情享乐，直抵人生巅峰；
◆ 34岁负债累累，疾病缠身，被迫和妻子女儿分居三地，变身“好莱坞打工人”；
◆ 44岁心脏病发，猝然离世，代表作尚未获得认可，举办“最便宜的葬礼”。
“他给了我一个金色的童年，直到这个世界开始令他不堪重负，那时我刚满十一岁。”
—— 女儿斯科蒂
◎ 当“中年崩溃”父亲遇上“青春叛逆”女儿——“愁肠百结”的父亲该如何应对？
贴近生活，情感真挚，金句频出，令人忍俊不禁。
★ 时而风趣宠溺：今天头脑空空，似乎从起床开始就只为给《星期六晚邮报》写一则小说。我想起了你，而且一想起你，我就满心愉快。
★ 时而操心忧虑：关于90%的事情，我们都想法一致——除了你的懒惰让我愁肠百结。
★ 时而唠叨无奈：“预言家老爸！”我能听到你的嗤笑。天知道我多希望自己别总能将你的未来看透。
★ 时而诚恳相告：我认为，你应该带着一定的朝气，去接受我们身处的世界有哀伤与悲惨。
◎ 收录真实照片，搭配手绘插图，牛皮纸档案袋结构护封设计，带领读者沉浸式体验菲茨杰拉德父女书信的世界。
✉️ 名人推荐
菲茨杰拉德的才华就像蝴蝶翅膀上缤纷的图案，完全是天生的。
—— 厄内斯特·海明威
当菲茨杰拉德同时代的许多著名作家渐渐被人们忘却之时，菲茨杰拉德依然还会是人们喜爱的一位大作家，因为他为人们创造了一个新的时代和新的一代人。
—— 格特鲁德·斯泰因
倘若让我挑选一本人生必读书，那我会毫不犹豫地选择《了不起的盖茨比》。如果没有与这部作品相遇，我甚至觉得自己写出来的小说会跟现在的作品完全不同。
—— 村上春树
菲茨杰拉德是我最推崇的美国作家，他是个天才，写作技巧高超，他的作品有强烈的时代特性，叙述清晰，文风优雅，词句多姿多彩。
—— 张爱玲

A gentle and philosophical look at the events of 2020, and how we can deal with the challenges that life throws us in general. A book to share with the friends and family that we have been missing.



A beautiful book to connect us after such a challenging time.



'Dark clouds were looming in the distance. We watched them gather, and we wondered... When will it come? How long will it last?'



A monumental storm brings huge and sudden change. We follow a man and his dog through the uncertainty that it brings to their lives. Through their eyes, we see the difficulties of being apart, the rollercoaster of emotions that we can all relate to, and the realisation that by pulling together we can move through difficult times with new perspective, hope and an appreciation of what matters most in life.





THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Together, and in the highly successful genre of The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse, Luke Hawker's new book is a superbly illustrated narrative that evokes the fragility and beauty of our natural world.



From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Together.



Imagine a world without trees. A world that is in many ways like our world, but where magnificent canopies, tree climbing and leaves rustling in the breeze are now only distant memories.



Until a young girl comes along, a girl who is brave and spirited and willing to follow where her imagination takes her. Through Olive's adventures in the world of trees we are reminded of nature's extraordinary power and beauty, and her actions ultimately sow the seeds of new life in her own world.



From the mind and pen of bestselling author Luke Adam Hawker, The Last Tree is a powerful evocation of the fragility of our natural world and a magnificent celebration of its beauty.



Praise for Together:

"An accurate and thoughtful account of one of the most challenging years in modern history." -The Guardian



"Hawker's images always seem to have just the right mixture of gravitas and sly, understated humour." -The Scotsman

本书作者大卫·卡里尔教授是当代美国著名的艺术理论家，其近著《博物馆怀疑论》为同类著作中的翘楚。作者在及时传达当代国际上有关艺术博物馆研究的最新思想的同时，也展开了自己视野广阔而又催人深思的理论探索，既深入讨论了大型的博物馆（如巴黎的卢浮宫博物馆，纽约的大都会艺术博物馆），也精湛分析了私人的收藏馆（如波士顿的伊莎贝拉·斯图加特·加德纳博物馆，加州的盖蒂博物馆），为人们进一步思考当代艺术博物馆或美术馆提供了灼人的启示力。
本书作者在传达当代国际上有关艺术博物馆研究的最新思想的同时，也展开了自己视野广阔而又催人深思的理论探索，既深入讨论了大型的博物馆，也精湛分析了私人的收藏馆。全书内容丰富，构思精巧，文笔精妙，具有较高的艺术性及可读性，非常值得欣赏。

通常来说，生活中的光大都具有很强烈的散射性，这样的光照在物体上的时候，背光的一面不会产生很强烈的暗影。因为除了来自光源出的光以外，还有从不同物体和方向反射，或折射的光。这些光让暗影减淡，或产生过度。
因此，在日常生活的自然光线下，光影的明暗对比通常不会很强烈。可是，如果有强光照射在没有太多反射光和折射光的地方时，被照射的物体上就会出现与亮处对比强烈的暗影，这时，光的效果就会显现出戏剧性。尤其是晚间的灯光下，更容易出现戏剧性的效果。你是不是有的时候在晚间看到一些灯光下的场景，会觉得好像看到电影里的画面？
没错，戏剧性的光有一个很明显的特点，就是它会造成强烈的明暗对比，在视觉上造成更为突出的效果，这样的效果，在日常生活中并不常见。可是在电影和戏剧里，却是必不可少的。戏剧性的光让画面更有冲击力，带给人更多的情绪引导或心理影响。
盯住沃尔夫为我们展现戏剧性的光的那幅画面，是不是画面中的人物都强烈得仿佛呼之欲出？
看一看运用阴影呈现舞台上戏剧性的光；看一看运用点状光影，挥洒穿越树叶间的阳光；再看一看运用细腻的光影，技巧性的展露宁静柔和的落日……。让我们一起在这十八幅世界知名艺术作品中，寻找光的足迹。

Why does a city surrounded by water need another waterway? Find out what drove Seattle's civic leaders to pursue the dream of a Lake Washington Ship Canal for more than sixty years and what role it has played in the region's development over the past century. Historians Jennifer Ott and David B. Williams, author of Too High and Too Steep: Reshaping Seattle's Topography, explore how industry, transportation, and the very character of the city and surrounding region developed in response to the economic and environmental changes brought by Seattle's canal and locks.

In the midst of galloping growth at the turn of the twentieth century, Seattle's city leaders seized on the confluence of a roaring economy with the City Beautiful movement to hire the Olmsted Brothers landscape architecture firm to design a park and parkway system. Their 1903 plan led to a supplemental plan, a playground plan, numerous park and boulevard designs, changes to park system management, and a ripple effect, as the Olmsted Brothers were hired to design public and private landscapes throughout the region. The park system shaped Seattle's character and continues to play a key role in the city's livability today.

This work provides a 12-week course that guides the reader through the process of recovering their creative self. It aims to dispel the "I'm not talented enough" conditioning that tends to hamper the creativity of many people.