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In this engrossing memoir, Saks, a professor of law and psychiatry at the University of Southern California, demonstrates a novelist's skill of creating character, dialogue and suspense. From her extraordinary perspective as both expert and sufferer (diagnosis: Chronic paranoid schizophrenia with acute exacerbation; prognosis: Grave), Saks carries the reader from the early little quirks to the full blown falling apart, flying apart, exploding psychosis. Schizophrenia rolls in like a slow fog, as Saks shows, becoming imperceptibly thicker as time goes on.- Along the way to stability (treatment, not cure), Saks is treated with a pharmacopeia of drugs and by a chorus of therapists. In her jargon-free style, she describes the workings of the drugs (getting med-free, a constant motif) and the ideas of the therapists and physicians (psychologist, psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, cardiologist, endocrinologist). Her personal experience of a world in which she is both frightened and frightening is graphically drawn and leads directly to her advocacy of mental patients' civil rights as they confront compulsory medication, civil commitment, the abuse of restraints and the absurdities of the mental care system. She is a strong proponent of talk therapy (While medication had kept me alive, it had been psychoanalysis that helped me find a life worth living). This is heavy reading, but Saks's account will certainly stand out in its field.
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At eight years old, Saks began suffering hallucinations and obsessive fears of being attacked. An adolescent experimentation with drugs provoked her parents to enroll her in a drug treatment program. But Saks' incredible self-control masked the fact that she was suffering from a debilitating mental illness. By the time she entered graduate school at Oxford University, her symptoms were so severe—including full-blown psychotic episodes and suicidal fantasies—that she was hospitalized. Through Oxford, law school at Yale, and a move to Los Angeles to work in the law school of the University of California, Saks struggled mightily to balance her ambitions with her illness, which was eventually diagnosed as schizophrenia. Never wanting to concede to her mental illness, Saks founds calm and comfort in a rigorous work routine. An analyst characterized her as having three lives: as Elyn, as Professor Saks, and as the Lady of the Charts mental patient. As Saks battled to get off medication and leave behind the Lady of the Charts, she fought for the rights of mental patients, and came to terms with her own limitations. Bush, Vanessa
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本片是对演员贾宏声在上世纪九十年代整十年不堪回首岁月的真实再现，并由贾宏声本人及其家人回归各自相应身份参与回首。
贾宏声本是年轻有为的优秀演员，从1987年到1993年，他主演了《夏日的期待》、《银蛇谋杀案》、《北京你早》和《周末情人》等将近十部电影，渐渐小有名气。这期间，他接触并疯狂爱上了摇滚乐，视BEATLES乐队的约翰•列侬为精神之父，然而同时，他也接触了并非摇滚精神内核的大麻和软性毒品。自此，他不再接戏，性格变得极端、偏执和歇斯底里，无法再与其他人相处。其远在东北四平的父母为了不让儿子继续沉沦，提前退休把整个家搬到北京，随后的一切，都像一场似乎没有尽头的战争。
贾宏声于2010年7月5日下午坠楼身亡，时年43岁。

《Facebook 效应》的作者近距离地采访了与Facebook相关的人士，其中包括Facebook的创始人、员工、投资人、意向投资人以及合作伙伴，加起来超过了130人。这是真切详实的访谈，更是超级精彩的故事。作者以其细腻的笔触，精巧的叙事结构，解密了Facebook如何从哈佛的宿舍里萌发，创始人的内讧，权力之争，如何放弃华盛顿邮报的投资，怎样争取到第一个广告客户，而第一轮融资又如何获得一亿美元的估值，让人痴迷的图片产品如何上线，面对Twitter的竞争，与Google的世纪之争……一个创办仅7年，就拥有5亿活跃用户，年收入超过5亿美元，估值超过200亿美元的传奇企业再加上一个年仅26岁的的“娃娃CEO”，在你面前“裸奔”。激情澎湃的创业精神，智慧传奇的融资经历，一个聚合世界的社交帝国向你彻底开放，你还等什么？
IN LITTLE MORE THAN HALF A DECADE, Facebook has gone from a dorm-room novelty to a company with 500 million users. It is one of the fastest growing companies in history, an essential part of the social life not only of teenagers but hundreds of millions of adults worldwide. As Facebook spreads around the globe, it creates surprising effects—even becoming instrumental in political protests from Colombia to Iran. Veteran technology reporter David Kirkpatrick had the full cooperation of Facebook’s key executives in researching this fascinating history of the company and its impact on our lives. Kirkpatrick tells us how Facebook was created, why it has flourished, and where it is going next. He chronicles its successes and missteps, and gives readers the most complete assessment anywhere of founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, the central figure in the company’s remarkable ascent. This is the Facebook story that can be found nowhere else. How did a nineteen-year-old Harvard student create a company that has transformed the Internet and how did he grow it to its current enormous size? Kirkpatrick shows how Zuckerberg steadfastly refused to compromise his vision, insistently focusing on growth over profits and preaching that Facebook must dominate (his word) communication on the Internet. In the process, he and a small group of key executives have created a company that has changed social life in the United States and elsewhere, a company that has become a ubiquitous presence in marketing, altering politics, business, and even our sense of our own identity. This is the Facebook Effect.
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本片刻画了法国文学巨匠埃米尔·左拉和印象派绘画大师塞尚之间著名的决裂。在普罗旺斯如诗如画的乡间，年轻的左拉和塞尚彼此欣赏和启发，共同探讨艺术的真谛，结下了深厚的友谊。随着二人在各自的艺术领域里不断接近自己的理想，现实主义的左拉和浪漫主义的塞尚最终无法继续彼此理解。他们的友谊也走到了尽头。

以民谣和神话的风格来重现马克·夏加尔之谜。影片并不是为了创造一个夏加尔的形象，而是试图通过传说和故事来通过银屏来呈现他变化莫测的创造力。

一九八七年诺贝尔文学奖得主、美籍苏联诗人约瑟夫·布罗茨基(Joseph Brodsky)的传记片。
布罗茨基出生于列宁格勒一个犹太人家庭，十五岁便退学浪迹社会，做过烧炉、运尸、地质勘探等十余种工作，曾屡遭拘讯，多次入狱，1964年以“寄生虫”罪名被提起公诉，流放北方，后又被判五年徒刑。1972年，据布罗茨基自己说，他是在没有得到合理解释的情况下被告知说，当局“欢迎”他离开苏联，并且不由他分说，便被塞进一架不知飞向何方的飞机，从此开始了不知何时为尽头的流亡国外的生活。1972年他被迫离开祖国的时候，苏联政府为他指定的去向是犹太人祖先居住的地方——以色列，他断然拒绝了，随后到美国定居，在大学写作、执教。

世界著名影评人、法国《电影手册》前主编付东倾情力作
斯科塞斯、阿萨亚斯、侯孝贤、贾樟柯等影人温暖回忆
首次集中披露大量珍贵原始照片和手绘手稿、电影笔记
呈现世界电影殿堂级大师杨德昌的一生和他的电影世界
这是一本向已故的著名华语导演杨德昌和他的电影致敬的书。
全书分“近观杨德昌”、“电影”、“档案”、“印迹”等四个主体部分，通过对杨德昌本人电影创作生涯及其电影的深度回顾与解读，通过杨德昌的电影笔记、手绘和文章的梳理，以及诸多著名电影人的回忆或访谈（如马丁•斯科塞斯、奥利维耶•阿萨亚斯、侯孝贤、贾樟柯等），为我们较为完整而丰满地呈现了一代导演大师杨德昌的一生，和他的电影世界：他的电影实践、他对电影的理解、他通过电影对生命以及这个社会和时代的解读与反思，等等。

◆ 韩国最会演戏的“糙叔”个人经历中文世界首次披露。
◆ 河正宇业余画画并多次举办画展，他对艺术的认知和感悟，极具启发。
◆ 演技是什么？如何磨炼演技？河正宇个人经验和思考大公开。
◆ 全彩印刷，独家收录八十余幅河正宇精美画作。
本书收录了河正宇讲述个人经历、生活感悟、友情爱情、 演艺事业和艺术创作的散文22篇，另有10篇河正宇对毕加索等艺术大师的介绍和评论，均为中文世界首次出版，除此之外，更收录有河正宇画作八十余幅，全方位还原河正宇的人生和创作。

一系列短篇故事，突出了这位著名加拿大古典钢琴家的生活、工作和性格的不同方面。

The long-awaited retrospective from the internationally renowned film director celebrated for his visually lush and atmospheric films. Wong Kar Wai is known for his romantic and stylish films that explore—in saturated, cinematic scenes—themes of love, longing, and the burden of memory. His style reveals a fascination with mood and texture, and a sense of place figures prominently. In this volume, the first on his entire body of work, Wong Kar Wai and writer John Powers explore Wong's complete oeuvre in the locations of some of his most famous scenes.
The book is structured as six conversations between Powers and Wong (each in a different locale), including the restaurant where he shotIn the Mood for Love and the snack bar where he shot Chungking Express. Discussing each of Wong's eleven films—fromAs Tears Go By and Days of Being Wild to 2046 and The Grandmaster—the conversations also explore Wong's trademark themes of time, nostalgia, and beauty, and their roots in his personal life.
The first book by Wong Kar Wai, and the first comprehensive look at his oeuvre, this stunning, lavishly illustrated volume is as evocative as walking into one of Wong's lush films. With more than 250 photographs and film stills and an opening critical essay by Powers, this volume is poised to become the film book of the year.

从菲茨杰拉德、冯·诺伊曼、艾伦·图灵、乔治·凯南到约翰·纳什
一所世界一流的大学，一群照亮人类历史的天才，一个故事可以呈现所有道理。一个中国女孩进入普林斯顿，用详实的档案与第一手采访资料，铺写出他们挣脱束缚、追寻内心自由与价值的动人故事。
写作靠的大半是坚持和耐心。在大学毕业后，人所作的选择往往更重要。我很高兴你的书快出版了。这是个了不起的成绩。
——Peter Hessler 彼得·海斯勒 （作家、纽约客记者，著有《江城》、《甲骨》、《寻路中国》）
离开普大已很久，但校园常萦绕在我心头。优雅的环境，杰出的师友，高尚的人格和学术精神使我深得教益， 经历了人生最重要的转折。本书作者是普大的后起之秀，以清新平朴的文笔描述莘莘学子中的数位。我忝列其间，深感荣幸和惶恐。望作者继续创作，多方面多层次地展示普大校友的人生。
—— 许杰（旧金山亚洲艺术博物馆馆长）
这本书的文风活泼、清晰、易读，是对书中所采访和研究的人物的忠实呈现。作者努力让这些人物栩栩如生。我很高兴能成为采访对象之一，我期待看到更多关于普林斯顿著名学者和校友的文章。
——Paula Chow 宝拉·邹（普林斯顿大学戴维斯国际学生中心Davis International Center创始人）
在普林斯顿我交了许多患难知己，我的意思是，在我穷困的时候他们真的会替我付饭钱。有三四年的时间我每天饭钱不超过三美元。为了度日我常常只吃麦片。所以我十分感激那些永远支持着我的室友和好朋友们……谁知道当初普林斯顿招生办为什么会看上我。但是我很高兴他们录取了我。我汲取了这所学校的所有精髓。
——Christina Gelsone克里斯蒂娜•吉尔森（美国大苹果马戏团小丑）
我在普林斯顿度过的岁月是生命中珍贵的一部分，如果有机会我真想回到当年：那些由睿智的教授所主持的小研讨会、惊喜地发现班上有比我更聪明的学生、在横穿校园的静谧小道上散步、还有我的初恋……
——Alan Lightman 艾伦·莱特曼（作家、天体物理学家，麻省理工大学科学写作项目创始人）
在意大利的大学，学生被放在最末位，学生要见教授非常困难。所以对我来说普林斯顿好极了，教授敞开大门，待学生如朋友。这些源源不断的智性资源是普林斯顿给我的最珍贵礼物。
——Giovanni Olivei 乔万尼·奥利维（美国联邦储蓄所波士顿分行副主席）
我要通过传记钻进采访对象的皮肤。
——A. Scott Berg 斯科特•伯格（普利策奖（传记类）得主、所著传记包括飞行英雄查尔斯•林德伯格(Charles Lindbergh)、好莱坞巨星凯瑟琳•赫本等）
如果你足够关心这世界，世界将展示给你那些文学性的瞬间。在那个瞬间，一个故事可以呈现所有道理。
——Michael Lewis迈克尔•刘易斯 （作家、著名金融记者、《名利场》杂志编辑，著有畅销书《说谎者的扑克牌》、《弱点》、《点球成金》等）

这是关于The Clash乐队灵魂人物Joe Strummer的记录片。The Clash乐队是一支在英国朋克乐坛历史上占有重要地位的乐队，几十年前，当朋克音乐如火如荼的发展的时候，当性手枪乐队横扫朋克摇滚乐坛的时候，一支朋克音乐的新生力量正在迅速崛起，这就是The Clash碰撞乐队。朋克音乐发展为今天的这种繁荣景象，The Clash起到了巨大的推动作用。乐队组建于1976年，由Mick Jones任吉他手，Joe Strummer任主唱，Paul Simonon任贝司手。Topper Headon任鼓手。Joe Strummer生于政治世家，很多歌曲以政治为题材，有浓烈的左派思想，上世纪70年代末期到80年代可谓是叱咤英伦乐坛，掀起朋克浪潮，1982年成功打入美国市场。 2002年12月22号下午，Joe Strummer这位50岁的朋克偶像在屋内跌倒身亡，死因为心脏停止跳动而辞世。许多音乐人带着沉重的心情哀悼Strummer的过世，U2主唱Bono在官方网站上留言：“The Clash是最伟大的摇滚乐团，他们为U2写下最佳守则 我们本要在一月碰面，跟Dave Stewart一起完成我们为曼德拉所创作的歌，这真是太震惊了！”
记录片展现了曾经那个岁月的激情，生命永远在理想的中不会老去，那份情怀，终会有心照不宣的共鸣。片中U2主唱Bono，以及好莱坞明星约翰·库萨克 ，约翰尼·德普，马特·狄龙以及美国独立电影导演吉姆·贾木许都会有对这个天才摇滚音乐人，诉说感怀和怀念。

Rainer Werner Fassbinder was probably Germany’s most significant post-war director. His swift and dramatic demise at the early age of 37 in 1982 left behind a vacuum in European filmmaking that has yet to be filled, as well as a body of unique, multi-layered and multifarious work of astonishing consistency and rigour. From 1969 onwards, Danish director and film historian Christian Braad Thomsen maintained a close yet respectfully distanced friendship with Fassbinder. Fassbinder – Lieben ohne zu fordern is based on his personal memories as well as a series of conversations and interviews he held with Fassbinder and his mother Lilo in the 1970s. The film also contains current interviews with Irm Hermann and Harry Baer, both of whom were close to Fassbinder. Beginning with Fassbinder’s extraordinary childhood in traumatised post-war Germany, the film, which is divided into seven chapters, provides an illuminating, intimate and moving tribute that bears witness to the enduring relevance of both the man and his work. Today in particular his oeuvre continues to provoke us to engage with controversy and tension – be it aesthetical, creative or critical. berlianle 2015

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When, as a medical student in the 1950s, Kandel said he wanted to locate the ego and id in the brain, his mentor told him he was overreaching, that the brain had to be studied "cell by cell." After his initial dismay, Kandel took on the challenge and in 2000 was awarded a Nobel Prize for his groundbreaking research showing how memory is encoded in the brain's neuronal circuits. Kandel's journey into the brain spans five decades, beginning in the era of early research into the role of electrical currents flowing through neurons and ending in the age of genetic engineering. It took him from early studies of reflexes in the lowly squid to the founding of a bioengineering firm whose work could some day develop treatments for Alzheimer's and on to a rudimentary understanding of the cellular mechanisms underlying mental illness. Kandel's life also took him on another journey: from Vienna, which his Jewish family fled after the Anschluss, to New York City and, decades later, on visits back to Vienna, where he boldly confronted Austria's unwillingness to look at its collusion in the Final Solution. For anyone considering a career in science, the early part of this intellectual autobiography presents a fascinating portrait of a scientist's formation: learning to trust his instincts on what research to pursue and how to pose a researchable question and formulate an experiment. Much of the science discussion is too dense for the average reader. But for anyone interested in the relationship between the mind and the brain, this is an important account of a creative and highly fruitful career. 50 b&w illus. (Mar.)
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From Scientific American
Kandel, who received the Nobel Prize in 2000, traces advances in understanding learning and memory. His own groundbreaking findings showed that learning produces changes in behavior by modifying the strength of connections between nerve cells. He conveys his immense grasp of the science beautifully, but it is his personal recollections that make the book especially compelling. He begins with his searing childhood memories of the German annexation of Austria and his family’s escape to the U.S. when he was nine. And he ends with a conference he organized in Vienna to examine the strange reluctance of Austria (unlike Germany) to acknowledge its role in the Holocaust. One comes away in awe of the scientific advances—and of a life well and fully lived.
Editors of Scientific American --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

《精神领袖》汇集了十四位俄罗斯思想家对陀思妥耶夫斯基及其作品的评论，再现了一代人的“精神领袖”的理想和追求。陀思妥耶夫斯基是俄罗斯重要的作家，代表作有《罪与罚》、《群魔》和《卡拉马佐夫兄弟》。他的处女作《穷人》获得俄国著名文学评论家别林斯基的赞扬，被誉为第一部俄国社会小说。其文学风格对世界文坛产生了深远影响，德国哲学家尼采承认曾受惠于他，法国作家萨特称赞他对理性的专横的谴责有助于鼓舞他本人的存在主义信念。

This documentary tells the story of film director Aleksandr Medvedkin, throughout his life a sincere believer in communism

本片是关于两位法国象征派大诗人魏尔伦和兰波的传记片，内容大多都建立在真实的历史记录基础上。
1871年，17岁的诗人兰波（莱昂纳多·迪卡普里奥 Leonardo DiCaprio 饰）接受当时已是著名诗人魏尔兰（大卫·休里斯 David Thewlis 饰）的邀请，去往巴黎。当时魏尔兰已经结婚，妻子家境富有。但他偏偏对这个恃才傲物，举止怪异，放浪不羁的兰波，着迷不已。他因此而抛下妻子，与兰波流浪到伦敦，同居在了一起，过着放纵不羁又贫困潦倒的生活。在疯狂的两年同居生活中，两人相互追逐，彼此伤害，纷争不断。1873年，在最后一次争执中，魏尔兰开枪打伤了兰波逮捕并被判入狱两年。之后兰波一人孤身返乡，四处漂泊，经历繁杂，甚至贩卖军火，最终37岁时病逝于非洲。