2013 film by Stephen Frears

在碟形世界里，谁都知道魔笛手的故事：付够了钱，魔笛手吹着笛子带走老鼠；得罪了他，被带走的就是孩子。但少年魔笛手看起来只是一只猫的赚钱“工具”而已—— 一只一不小心获得了思考能力的猫。而老鼠们，以寻找“鼠类理想国”为人生目标的老鼠们，则是这个团队里的最佳“鼠灾”演员，同时也是团队的最大不稳定因素——因为他们太有“道德感”了。这一天，他们来到了一个名叫“糟糕的布林兹”的小城，准备最后一次施展这个诡计，但事情却有些不对劲…… 本书为2001年卡内基大奖（Carnegie Medal）获奖作品

After enduring an injury at Dunkirk during World War II, Laurie Odell is sent to a rural veterans' hospital in England to convalesce. There he befriends the young, bright Andrew, a conscientious objector serving as an orderly. As they find solace and companionship together in the idyllic surroundings of the hospital, their friendship blooms into a discreet, chaste romance. Then one day, Ralph Lanyon, a mentor from Laurie's schoolboy days, suddenly reappears in Laurie's life, and draws him into a tight-knit social circle of world-weary gay men. Laurie is forced to choose between the sweet ideals of innocence and the distinct pleasures of experience. Originally published in the United States in 1959, The Charioteer is a bold, unapologetic portrayal of male homosexuality during World War II that stands with Gore Vidal's The City and the Pillar and Christopher Isherwood's Berlin Stories as a monumental work in gay literature.

【100份完美对称早餐食谱，365个心动的早晨，送给你亲爱的人】 每座城市，每一分钟， 都有人正在享受心爱的人所做的早餐， 知道自己确确实实被爱着。 2013年，住在伦敦的迈克尔为男友做了一份特别的早餐，并分享到了自己的Instagram账号上。这是一份完全对称的早餐，收获了很多网友的赞。从此，迈克尔每天早上都为男友做一份精致的早餐，完全对称，绝不重复，七点准时上传。 英国著名厨师杰米•奥利弗给迈克尔的早餐图片点赞，Instagram创始人也成为他的崇拜者。他说，“这显示了人们是如何度过这一天，并让这一天变得美丽的。”至此，迈克尔的账号有了近70万关注者，每张照片都能获得将近两万个点赞。 接下来，有了这本迈克尔出版的早餐书。这本书已经在英国、美国、台湾出版，既是一本烹饪指南，也是一本精美的时尚生活读物。书中以食谱的形式，介绍了几十种日常易操作的早餐，分地域介绍这些早餐的文化背景，还配有迈克尔自己制作、拍摄的完美对称的精美图片，令人饥肠辘辘的同时也鼓舞人心、让人换一种方式来看待早餐这件“小事”。

每位艺术家，都与他那个时代的颜色有一份属于自己的约定。 一部揭示艺术、科学与文化协同演进历程的力作，获评第十八届引进版优秀图书，美术史学家范景中作序推荐 。 ▼内容简介 艺术史的书写向来重技艺而轻材料，英国作家菲利普·鲍尔却让调色板上的无名英雄列队登场，以外观、气味、质地和名称彰显了颜料迷人的物质 属性。他搅动炼金术师的坩埚，聆听画家与画材商的争执，又拈起科学家的色卡和棱镜，细腻地谱写出梦想家与手艺人协力合作、发明新颜料的漫长故事：千百年来，艺术需求刺激了化学工艺的演进，绘画乃至整个社会生活的色彩谱系又因科学而扩张。名画背后的科技革新，给我们带来了理解西方艺术史的独特维度。 ▼媒体专家推荐 这部书用科学和艺术的精工去绘制金碧山水，从而创造一套色彩的语言，帮助眼睛重新观看色彩的绘画和色彩的世界。——范景中 这部作品是对西方绘画的一次全新审视，叙述简洁，构思精巧。在学术史与一系列可读性极强的奇闻趣事和艺术家传略之间，鲍尔恰如其分地挥洒着他的渊博才学。——《每日邮报》 一部研精究微、信息量极大的色彩大全。——《泰晤士报文学副刊》 充满了妙趣横生的小插曲……鲍尔动人地书写了诸多复杂的主题。——《星期日电讯报》

目前，在伦敦定居的亿万富翁数量比世界上任何其他城市都要多。和我们所有人一样,他们也需要吃饭。普通人在超市购买食物，百万富翁们通过米其林指南选择餐厅,而亿万富翁们则采用奢侈食品供应商私有网络。这部上下集系列的纪录片聚焦于为这些英国超级富豪客户服务的独家供应商，这些亿万富翁们生活在一个物质永不匮乏的世界。现在，伦敦的精英们正在改变——目前，价值超过一千万英镑的财产中，有一半属于外资,所以，食品供应商们必须适应新形势，同时，需要比以往任何时候都要努力，才能在越来越难获得丰厚利润的新市场中拥有一席之地。

Documentary series made in China in the early 90s. Agland was an anthropologist and he’d already made a wonderful series in the 80s about the Baka tribe in Cameroon. For Beyond the Clouds, he spent several years in a small town in Yunnan province telling the stories of various characters he met. He focuses on normal people but in doing so tells us about China’s past as well as its present and the monumental change that was coming.

BBC One的3集迷你剧《英式丑闻 A Very English Scandal》根据Jeremy Thorpe的真人真事所改篇。在60年代末英国才刚刚对同性恋除罪化，而当时作为自由党领袖，以及百年来英国政党中最年轻的领袖，Jeremy Thorpe（Hugh Grant饰）隐藏着一个秘密 – 他有一个前同性恋人 Norman Scott（Ben Whishaw饰）。 只要Norman Scott还活着，这对Jeremy Thorpe来说都是威胁，因此他策划谋杀前度，但最终不但不成事，还被对方指控意图谋杀。此事令Jeremy Thorpe成为首位因谋杀案而受审判的英国政治家，更被公众得知他的同志身份；最终Jeremy Thorpe虽然被判无罪，但也结束了政治生涯。 该剧由Stephen Frears执导﹑Russell T. Davies负责执笔。

本书着重研究原始人的宗教、巫术、仪式、心理与它们的教源，以及它们在人类思想方式发展进程中的重要作用。弗氏在这部作品中阐述的基本观点是：“人类较高级的思想活动，大体是巫术发展到宗教，更进而到科学的这几个阶段。”虽然随着这个社会学领域研究范式的更新，弗氏的一部分观点已经显得陈旧，但正如他自己所说：“这部书作为一部古代习俗和信仰的集录，会依然保留其效益。”

According to The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch (the world's only completely accurate book of prophecies, written in 1655, before she exploded), the world will end on a Saturday. Next Saturday, in fact. Just before dinner. So the armies of Good and Evil are amassing, Atlantis is rising, frogs are falling, tempers are flaring. Everything appears to be going according to Divine Plan. Except a somewhat fussy angel and a fast-living demon—both of whom have lived amongst Earth's mortals since The Beginning and have grown rather fond of the lifestyle—are not actually looking forward to the coming Rapture. And someone seems to have misplaced the Antichrist . . . It is the coming of the End Times: the Apocalypse is near, and Final Judgment will soon descend upon the human race. This comes as a bit of bad news to the angel Aziraphale (who was the angel of the Garden of Eden) and the demon Crowley (who, when he was originally named Crawly, was the serpent who tempted Eve to eat the apple), respectively the representatives of God and Satan on Earth, as they have become used to living their cozy, comfortable lives and have, in a perverse way, taken a liking to humanity. As such, since they are good friends (despite ostensibly representing the polar opposites of Good and Evil), they decide to work together and keep an eye on the Antichrist, destined to be the son of a prominent American diplomat stationed in Britain, and thus ensure he grows up in a way that means he can never decide between Good and Evil, thereby postponing the end of the world. Unfortunately, Warlock, the child everyone thinks is the Anti-Christ is, in fact, a perfectly normal eleven-year-old boy. Due to mishandling of several infants in the hospital, the real Anti-Christ is Adam Young, a charismatic and slightly otherworldly eleven-year-old who, despite being the harbinger of the Apocalypse, has lived a perfectly normal life as the son of typical English parents and as a result has no idea of his true powers. As Adam blissfully and naively uses his powers, creating around him the world of Just William (because he thinks that is what an English child's life should be like), the race is on to find him—the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse assemble and the incredibly accurate (yet so highly specific as to be useless) prophecies of Agnes Nutter, seventeenth-century prophetess, are rapidly coming true. Agnes Nutter was a witch in the 17th century and the only truly accurate prophet to have ever lived. She wrote a book called The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch, a collection of prophecies that did not sell very well because they were unspectacular, cryptic and, ironically enough, all true. She, in fact, decided to publish it only so that she could receive a free author's copy. There is only one copy of the book left, which belongs to her descendant Anathema Device. Agnes was burned at the stake by a mob (because that is what mobs did at that time); however, because she had foreseen her fiery end ("Ye're tardy; I should have been aflame ten minutes since") and had packed 80 pounds of gunpowder and 40 pounds of roofing nails into her petticoats, everyone who participated in the burning was killed instantly. Anathema teams up with Newton Pulsifer, the descendant of the man who initiated the burning of Agnes, to use the prophesies and find the Antichrist. Unfortunately, that is exactly what everyone else is trying to do, and time is running out.

玛丽·瑞瑙特在《天堂之火》中讲述了亚历山大20岁继位以前的人生，而《波斯少年》则以第一人称回忆录的动人之笔，续写大帝最后的七年。故事叙述者是一位真实的波斯人——亚历山大青春俊美的伴侣巴勾鄂斯。 这少年幼时被卖为奴隶，辗转成了波斯国王大流士的男宠，他起初只从宫闱传闻里听说亚历山大震动朝野的胜利。后来在高伽米拉战场上，亚历山大再次击败大流士，将他赶上逃亡之路。大流士故后，巴勾鄂斯被作为求和礼物献入亚历山大的内廷。 亚历山大对声色享受体验尚浅，但对感情向来需求很深；巴勾鄂斯善于悦人，却一直无处实现少年的恋梦。他们的相遇恰似命中注定。征途漫漫，爱情给了亚历山大无限安慰，历经刺杀阴谋、异族联姻与军心浮动，他对巴勾鄂斯始终未减眷恋。 瑞瑙特不但以大师手笔再现了一代军事天才的光荣与梦想，而且一反亚历山大故事从希腊人出发的传统视角，借波斯人眼光写出胜利者与臣服民族难以弥合的鸿沟。作为历史小说，《波斯少年》不仅大气磅礴，细节精确，考据严谨，而且全书洋溢着一种罕见的深情与人性之光，与现代读者无有阻隔。 【书评一览】 有一阵子，（肯尼迪）总统偶尔会大看特看写实风格的历史小说，他尤其喜欢玛丽·瑞瑙特关于古希腊的作品。——<总统的阅读>，美国《生活》杂志1961-3-17 她[张爱玲]看过Mary Renault的《The King Must Die》，看得津津有味。——水晶《蝉：夜访张爱玲》，1971年 玛丽•瑞瑙特代表了历史小说的最高理想——使读者获得对过去的新洞见。……她在作品中真实自然地展示希腊世界的生活与道德，而且把双性爱、同性爱和异性爱都视为常态，予以从容的表现。——《纽约时报》 玛丽•瑞瑙特属于极少数长年创作而精品迭出的作家，她写到的每一个题材都予人新鲜的惊奇感。——《华尔街日报》 玛丽•瑞瑙特的亚历山大三部曲是20世纪原创性最令人意外的艺术品之一。——戈尔•维达尔，著名美国作家 刻画深爱着战士（亚历山大）的半是男子的这位宫廷宠臣，需要娴熟的技法，瑞瑙特女士成就斐然。——《大西洋月刊》

BBC最新纪录片，一个家族，40种不同面孔！将有非洲狮、虎、美洲豹、金钱豹、猎豹、云豹、雪豹、美洲狮、猞猁、豹猫、虎猫、渔猫、黑足猫、兔狲、薮猫、沙漠猫…等等很多野生猫科动物纷纷出镜

In this three-part series Alastair Sooke (Treasures Of Ancient Rome, Pride and Prejudice: Having A Ball) explores the riches and unique legacy of Greek art. Episode One tells the story of Greek art from its surprising, often mysterious origins, travelling from Crete to Santorini, Mycenae to Delphi. Episode Two explores the astonishing development of classical art - the so called 'Greek revolution', asking how did the ancient Greeks get so good, so fast? The final instalment looks in detail at a handful of works that have achieved the status of masterpieces, tracing the complex and fascinating story of western civilisation’s love affair with Greek art, from the Romans to modern times.

BBC新版《文明》，2018倾情奉献，共九集。涵盖六个大陆，三十一个国家，超过五百件艺术品。主讲人历史学家西蒙·沙玛、学者玛丽·比尔德以及戴维·奥卢索加将一起探索人类创造的渴望。此外，“文明节”将通过创新的数字产品和活动，为博物馆的珍宝赋予新的生命力。

在英国戏剧行业，大幕开启前的三十分钟被称作“候场时间”（The Half），这是演员们全神贯注准备演出的时段，除演职人员外，任何人不得在后台区域逗留。 在过去的二十五年间，摄影师西蒙·安纳德用镜头持续记录着候场期间演员们酝酿表演状态的方式，这些珍贵影像将引领我们一窥这个独特而隐秘的世界。 《候场》便是这样一部摄影集，三百余幅黑白摄影，呈现的是一个个未曾呈现于观众眼前的瞬间，其中既有事业如日中天的艺术家，也有如今家喻户晓的演员们崭露头角时的青葱模样。你不仅会遇到诸多熟悉的演员，也将一睹舞台背后变化无穷的世界。如果说一幕幕戏剧是这悲喜人间的缩影，从化妆间到舞台这段通常被视为禁地的旅程，便是演员将自身的经历和情感与所扮演角色进行融合的过程。 本书有着多重身份，你既可以视这本摄影集为英国戏剧行业二十五年的视觉史，从中了解到英国有哪些知名剧院、长演不衰的经典剧目，熟悉英剧的读者会看到海量熟面孔；也可以视其为一本人像摄影教科书，亲眼见证纪实摄影在经历数十载时光洗礼后散发出的熠熠光辉；还可以看到自己喜爱的演员如何进入表演状态，化身成为舞台上光芒四射的人物。 读库在引入本书时考虑到读者的需求，完整保留了每幅照片的原始英文信息，并同时附上中文版本，确保对相关作品、剧院、作者、演员感兴趣的读者可以追本溯源。不同知识背景、不同专业方向的读者均可以在其中看到别人难觅其踪的乐趣，读者涉猎越广泛，便能从其中读出越多的细节。当然，即便是单纯地欣赏这一张张或沉思、或欢悦的脸，也足以让你感受到戏剧与表演本身的魔力。

《艺术的故事》概括地叙述了从最早的洞窟绘画到当今的实验艺术的发展历程，以阐明艺术史是“各种传统不断迂回、不断改变的历史，每一件作品在这历史中都既回顾过去又导向未来。 继1997年三联版《艺术的故事》后，英国费顿出版社授权广西美术出版社独家出版，也是国内唯一合法授权的版本。

In the Tale of The Fall of Gondolin are two of the greatest powers in the world. There is Morgoth of the uttermost evil, unseen in this story but ruling over a vast military power from his fortress of Angband. Deeply opposed to Morgoth is Ulmo, second in might only to Manwë, chief of the Valar. Central to this enmity of the gods is the city of Gondolin, beautiful but undiscoverable. It was built and peopled by Noldorin Elves who, when they dwelt in Valinor, the land of the gods, rebelled against their rule and fled to Middle-earth. Turgon King of Gondolin is hated and feared above all his enemies by Morgoth, who seeks in vain to discover the marvellously hidden city, while the gods in Valinor in heated debate largely refuse to intervene in support of Ulmo's desires and designs. Into this world comes Tuor, cousin of Túrin, the instrument of Ulmo's designs. Guided unseen by him Tuor sets out from the land of his birth on the fearful journey to Gondolin, and in one of the most arresting moments in the history of Middle-earth the sea-god himself appears to him, rising out of the ocean in the midst of a storm. In Gondolin he becomes great; he is wedded to Idril, Turgon's daughter, and their son is Eärendel, whose birth and profound importance in days to come is foreseen by Ulmo. At last comes the terrible ending. Morgoth learns through an act of supreme treachery all that he needs to mount a devastating attack on the city, with Balrogs and dragons and numberless Orcs. After a minutely observed account of the fall of Gondolin, the tale ends with the escape of Túrin and Idril, with the child Eärendel, looking back from a cleft in the mountains as they flee southward, at the blazing wreckage of their city. They were journeying into a new story, the Tale of Eärendel, which Tolkien never wrote, but which is sketched out in this book from other sources. Following his presentation of Beren and Lúthien Christopher Tolkien has used the same 'history in sequence' mode in the writing of this edition of The Fall of Gondolin. In the words of J.R.R. Tolkien, it was ‘the first real story of this imaginary world’ and, together with Beren and Lúthien and The Children of Húrin, he regarded it as one of the three 'Great Tales' of the Elder Days.

六个国家，重现纷乱时局的沙盘推演 十个决策，锁定二战终局的隐形硝烟 ……………… ※媒体推荐※ 一个壮举。 ——《爱尔兰时报》 对第二次世界大战转折点充满学术洞察力的分析……它的几乎每一页都闪耀着光辉。 ——《观察家报》 一次精彩的历史重建。 ——《标准晚报》 这本书充满智慧 、引人入胜，发人深省，仿佛这段关键的历史重现在我们眼前。 ——《星期日先驱报》 对那些渴望了解高层政治决策是如何做出的人来说，这本书非常值得一读。 ——《星期日邮报》 ……………… ※名人推荐※ 极其有力的论证……这本书非常重要……它真正改变了我们对第二次世界大战的看法。 ——安德鲁·罗伯茨 这一引人入胜、论证严谨的杰作加深了我们对第二次世界大战的理解。 ——艾伦·马西 对第二次世界大战问题令人信服地再探讨……克肖此书保持了严谨的学术态度、严密的论证过程与可靠的判断力，与他对希特勒生平的研究一样成功。 ——理查德·奥弗里 对第二次世界大战中最重要的政治决策清晰明了且无懈可击的阐述。 ——马克斯·黑斯廷斯 我们非常幸运，有伊恩·克肖先生用他丰富的知识与清晰的思路为我们剖析了这些决策……一本充满智慧的著作。 ——安东尼·比弗 ……………… ※内容简介※ 作者伊恩·克肖用十个章节的篇幅考察了1940年5月至1941年12月间第二次世界大战中，英国、美国、苏联、德国、意大利和日本等六个主要国家做出的十个互相关联、具有巨大军事影响的政治决策。从英国决定坚持抗击德国，到德国决定在珍珠港事件后向美国宣战，再到希特勒决定消灭欧洲大陆上的犹太人，这些决策把欧亚大陆上的两场互相分隔的战争，转变成一场真正全球化的冲突。尽管在1941年底，战争仍有三年多的进程，但第二次世界大战的结局在此时就已经注定了。 任何决策的制定都受到一系列条件的限制。政治体制、决策机制、意识形态、决策者所能掌握的情报信息、国内舆论、国际环境、决策者的理智与情感……这些无一不影响着“二战”中这些决策的形成过程。作者充分分析了这些因素在这十个决策中的作用与影响，试图为读者还原当时战场之外看不见的硝烟。但历史的发展并不具有必然性。作者还专门分析了被决策者们抛弃的其他替代方案，并合理推测了选择这些替代方案可能产生的结果。对这些替代方案被放弃过程的分析更是凸显了决策者做出这些命运攸关的抉择背后的逻辑。

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