The magic and mastery of anime springs to life in this gorgeous celebration of the genre that features more than one hundred and fifty full-color frames. A uniquely powerful form of artistic expression, anime has embraced complex and provocative ideas since its inception in the mid twentieth century. This dynamic and wide-ranging book explores eighty key themes of the genre, from wars to natural disasters, nature to ecology, childhood to magic, dystopias to fables. It looks at more than one hundred masterpieces of Japanese animation, including Akira, Ghost in the Shell, One Piece, Princess Mononoke, Grave of the Fireflies and Howl's Moving Castle, to show how practitioners consistently balance tradition with modernity and how anime's distinct style has influenced other forms of media such as video games, comic books and live-action films. Covering an enormous range of talent--from Isao Takahata, Katsuhiro Ôtomo, and Makoto Shinkai to Studio Ghibli and Mamoru Oshii--it demonstrates how
A bestseller on first publication, and never since out of print, Alice's fans included Oscar Wilde and Queen Victoria Alice's Adventures in Wonderland has been translated into over 50 languages, alth
What's at the bottom of the rabbit hole? What happens when you step through the looking glass? Join Alice as she tumbles into a strange world where curious things are normal, and normal things are unh
′It′s a poor sort of memory that only works backward.′In Carroll′s sequel to Alice′s Adventures in Wonderland, Alice once again finds herself in a bizarre and nonsensical place when she passes through
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Celebrate Christmas in true Wonderland style with this special festive edition of Through the Looking-glass and What Alice Found There.With a foiled festive cover and a Christmas letter from Lewis Carroll as a foreword, this limited edition gift book is the perfect gift for Alice fans, and a must-have for every collector's bookshelf.In a collectable, keepsake size, ideal as a stocking-filler, this unique edition contains Lewis Carroll's complete, original text and iconic illustrations from Sir John Tenniel throughout. Alice's extraordinary adventures are brought to life as caught up in the great looking-glass chess game, she sets off to claim her crown, meeting unforgettable characters along the way, such as Tweedledee and Tweedledum, and Humpty Dumpty.Published by Macmillan Children's Books, the original Alice publisher.
With an Introduction and Notes by Michael Irwin, Professor of English Literature, University of Kent at Canterbury This selection of Carroll's works includes Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its s
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The Complete Alice, including both Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There, is the ultimate edition of Lewis Carroll's much-loved classic, from the or
《愛麗絲漫遊奇境記》(Alice in Wonderland),又名《愛麗絲夢遊仙境》,是英國數學家查爾斯.路特維奇.道奇森,以筆名路易斯.卡羅於一八六五年創作的一部兒童文學作品,亦是路易斯.卡羅最具影響力的童話故事。《愛麗絲漫遊奇境記》是作者與友人及三位姊妹於泰晤士河同遊時,為了消磨時間,就應三位姊妹的要求,講了一個「越荒誕越好」的幻想冒險故事,故事的主角正好就是三姊妹之中的二女兒愛麗絲。事後同船的友人,以及與故事主角同名的愛麗絲,希望作者能把故事寫下來。於是,作者就在一八六五年以筆名路易斯.卡羅出版《愛麗絲漫遊奇境記》。至今,已被翻譯為一百七十四種語言出版。《愛麗絲鏡中奇遇》(Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There),又名《鏡中奇緣》,是作者於一八七一年創作出版的,也是《愛麗絲漫遊奇境記》的續集。