The spoiled daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a tumultuous romance with a cynical profiteer during the American Civil War and Reconstruction Era.

A man with a low IQ has accomplished great things in his life and been present during significant historic events—in each case, far exceeding what anyone imagined he could do. But despite all he has achieved, his one true love eludes him.

人生的智慧就是如何尽量称心、愉快地度过一生这样一门艺术。关于这方面的教诲在哲学上可称为“幸福论”。因此，这本著作教导人们如何才能享有一个幸福的生存。 对于人的幸福起着首要关键作用的，是属于人的主体的美好素质，这些包括高贵的品格、良好的智力、愉快的性情和健康良好的体魄。 在这世上存在三种力：明智、力量和运气。我相信运气至为重要。

A touching story of an Italian book seller of Jewish ancestry who lives in his own little fairy tale. His creative and happy life would come to an abrupt halt when his entire family is deported to a concentration camp during World War II. While locked up he tries to convince his son that the whole thing is just a game.

2009 film by Mona Achache

史铁生用生动而通俗甚至是优美的语言追寻和探索了关于我们人生的已知和未知的道理：人生、命运、爱情、金钱、道义、信仰，健康的心态、成功的途径和价值、孩子的教育、家庭的纽带，共分六部分，243则。

A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City, the object of worship by half a billion people; through his abdication, his decline and dissolute lifestyle; his exploitation by the invading Japanese, and finally to his obscure existence as just another peasant worker in the People's Republic.

本书是朱光潜先生旅欧期间写给国内青年朋友的十二封信，信中所说多为青年们所关心和应该关心的事项，如读书、修身、作文、社会运动、爱恋、哲理，凡此种种。自朱光潜先生笔下汩汩流淌的，是如长者劝导似的语重心长，如老友交谈般的诚恳真挚，读来亲切自然，受益颇多。本次重版，“愿对于现在的青年，有些力量！”

1964 film directed by Paul Almond

二十四岁的维罗妮卡厌倦了死水般的日子，决定服药自杀。 醒来时，她却发现自己躺在一家精神病院，四肢捆绑、一丝不挂，并且患上严重的心脏病，只剩下最后一周时光。 在与疯人们的相处中，她出乎意料地体验到人生的欢愉和真实的自我，深深爱上梦想成为画家的英俊男子爱德华。生活的热望前所未有地燃烧起来…… 可是，已到尽头的生命如何挽回?