人们只看到我的与众不同：一个十七岁前从未踏入教室的大山女孩，却戴上一顶学历的高帽，熠熠生辉。只有我知道自己的真面目：我来自一个极少有人能想象的家庭。我的童年由垃圾场的废铜烂铁铸成，那里没有读书声，只有起重机的轰鸣。不上学，不就医，是父亲要我们坚持的忠诚与真理。父亲不允许我们拥有自己的声音，我们的意志是他眼中的恶魔。哈佛大学，剑桥大学，哲学硕士，历史博士……我知道，像我这样从垃圾堆里爬出来的无知女孩，能取得如今的成就，应当感激涕零才对。但我丝毫提不起热情。我曾怯懦、崩溃、自我怀疑，内心里有什么东西腐烂了，恶臭熏天。直到我逃离大山，打开另一个世界。那是教育给我的新世界，那是我生命的无限可能。

《天才的阴暗面:希区柯克的一生》内容简介：一个人，如何能像希区柯克那样，挣脱内心的恐惧、焦虑、欲望与偏执，获得力量，找到属于自己的天才……《后窗》《迷魂记》《蝴蝶梦》《39级台阶》……一个有着伟大作品的天才导演，电影史上的光辉名字，对自己的生命经历却向来讳莫如深。在他复杂乖僻的个性、深刻迷人的艺术背后，究竟躲藏着些什么？
美国著名传记作家唐纳德•斯伯特访问了与希区柯克合作过的制片人、编剧、演员和长年故交，搜罗了海量的各类材料，挖掘出艺术与个性间的联系，为世人理解希区柯克及其电影提供了一条清晰的线索。

Following his great success with "North by Northwest," director Alfred Hitchcock makes a daring choice for his next project: an adaptation of Robert Bloch's novel "Psycho." When the studio refuses to back the picture, Hitchcock decides to pay for it himself in exchange for a percentage of the profits. His wife, Alma Reville, has serious reservations about the film but supports him nonetheless. Still, the production strains the couple's marriage.

本书是著名华裔笑星黄西的第一本书，涉及他在中国的成长、在美国的经历以及从生化博士到脱口秀演员的道路。
黄西从小有礼貌但不是很听老师的话。中学老师说他考不上大学，后来因为不想让一位慈母般的老师失望而努力学习，考上吉林大学，并以第一名的成绩考入中科院研究生院。为了考GRE去美国留学，他把牛津词典背了8遍；在莱斯大学求学期间他经常在实验室里努力工作到凌晨一两点，有连续两年的时间只休过一个周末，最后拿到生化博士学位；后来工作期间，他白天去公司的做医药实验，晚上去俱乐部说相声；为了能到俱乐部演出，他在大雪天里站在俱乐部外面询问路过的人是否愿意进去听他讲相声……
这本书是一个生在中国的美籍华人讲述自己的奋斗经历，也有他对美国社会、美国政治，尤其是亚裔移民在美国的地位问题思考。黄西对亚裔在美国政治中的弱势地位有非常深的感受，在哈佛大学，他发现那里已经有很多华裔教授，他觉得美国不再需要多他一个华人教授，华人应该在其他领域有所突破。

2010 film directed by Randall Wallace

Based on the journals of Che Guevara, leader of the Cuban Revolution. In his memoirs, Guevara recounts adventures he and best friend Alberto Granado had while crossing South America by motorcycle in the early 1950s.

A rebellious teenager, future Beatle John Lennon lives with his Aunt Mimi in working-class mid-1950s Liverpool, England. Mimi's husband suddenly dies, and John spies his mother Julia at the funeral. Despite Mimi's misgivings, John intends to have a real relationship with his mother. Julia introduces him to popular music and the banjo and, though a family conflict looms, young John is inspired to form his own band.

Disciplined Italian composer Antonio Salieri becomes consumed by jealousy and resentment towards the hedonistic and remarkably talented young Viennese composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

2008 film directed by Diane Kurys

A fictionalised exploration of Beethoven's life in his final days working on his Ninth Symphony. It is 1824. Beethoven is racing to finish his new symphony. However, it has been years since his last success and he is plagued by deafness, loneliness and personal trauma. A copyist is urgently needed to help the composer. A fictional character is introduced in the form of a young conservatory student and aspiring composer named Anna Holtz. The mercurial Beethoven is skeptical that a woman might become involved in his masterpiece but slowly comes to trust in Anna's assistance and in the end becomes quite fond of her. By the time the piece is performed, her presence in his life is an absolute necessity. Her deep understanding of his work is such that she even corrects mistakes he has made, while her passionate personality opens a door into his private world.

2007 film by Julian Jarrold

“然而，在无动于衷的人群里，契诃夫的妻子和母亲紧紧地偎依着，相互搀扶。在这个世界上的所有人当中，契诃夫曾经真正深爱过的，惟有她们俩。”
是看到这里，要合上书页之时，才能真的明白，什么是“混合着玩笑、伤感和平静的失望”，什么是“水晶一般的冷漠”。在疲惫的孤独的背面，始终希望能够捕捉到一丝让这个世界亮起来的清美的光辉——这是伊莱娜·内米洛夫斯基笔下的契诃夫，也是伊莱娜·内米洛夫斯基自己。
——袁筱一
呈现在我们眼前的这个人，并没有因其不幸的身世而遭到贬低。穷困潦倒，拖家带口，体弱多病，安东·契诃夫的一生历尽坎坷。其中艰辛，被朴实的语言一一道来，没有华丽的词藻。他生于苦难，长于苦难。过去，我们只因他的作品而爱戴他，崇拜他。如今，我们对他的爱戴和崇拜将更进一步。这应归功于这本传记。它在世界文学史上铭刻下了动人的篇章。经由伊莱娜·内米洛夫斯基，契诃夫将令我们感到更加亲切，也更容易接近。
——让-雅克·贝尔纳（法国剧作家）
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俄国文学大师安东·契诃夫一生历尽坎坷，他拖家带口，体弱多病，穷困潦倒。然而，他又是勇敢、顽强和勤奋的。他二十六岁业已成名，家喻户晓。但是他最初写小说只是“玩玩”，但他缺乏自信，甚至不敢署自己的名字。是一位年过六十五岁的老作家在偶然读到他的一篇小说并被他打动后，富有远见地与他通信，鼓励他，指导他……
作为俄裔作家，内米洛夫斯基从小深受契诃夫的影响，在她的作品中渗透着契诃夫的文学精神。在这部篇幅不长的传记作品中，内米洛夫斯基为我们揭示了一个有血有肉的契诃夫，并且超越了对其人生的呈现，令我们的阅读之旅愈加荡气回肠。

A chronicle of country music legend Johnny Cash's life, from his early days on an Arkansas cotton farm to his rise to fame with Sun Records in Memphis, where he recorded alongside Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins.

From the mean streets of the Belleville district of Paris to the dazzling limelight of New York's most famous concert halls, Edith Piaf's life was a constant battle to sing and survive, to live and love. Raised in her grandmother's brothel, Piaf was discovered in 1935 by nightclub owner Louis Leplee, who persuaded her to sing despite her extreme nervousness. Piaf became one of France's immortal icons, her voice one of the indelible signatures of the 20th century.

Six actors portray six personas of music legend Bob Dylan in scenes depicting various stages of his life, chronicling his rise from unknown folksinger to international icon and revealing how Dylan constantly reinvented himself.

Brilliant mathematician, John Nash, is on the brink of international acclaim when he becomes entangled in a mysterious conspiracy.

1986 film by Alex Cox

For Jimmy Smith, Jr., life is a daily fight just to keep hope alive. Feeding his dreams in Detroit's vibrant music scene, Jimmy wages an extraordinary personal struggle to find his own voice - and earn a place in a world where rhymes rule, legends are born and every moment… is another chance.