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Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
7.6 (1908 ratings) director: 大卫·叶茨 actor: 埃迪·雷德梅恩 / 凯瑟琳·沃特斯顿 …
other title: 神奇动物在哪里 / 怪兽与它们的产地(港/台) …
In 1926, Newt Scamander arrives at the Magical Congress of the United States of America with a magically expanded briefcase, which houses a number of dangerous creatures and their habitats. When the creatures escape from the briefcase, it sends the American wizarding authorities after Newt, and threatens to strain even further the state of magical and non-magical relations.
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Alien (1979)
Alien
8.2 (1041 ratings) director: 雷德利·斯科特 actor: 托马斯·斯凯里特 / 西格妮·韦弗 …
other title: 에이리언 / エイリアン …
During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs on the planet, a creature inside one of the eggs attacks an explorer. The entire crew is unaware of the impending nightmare set to descend upon them when the alien parasite planted inside its unfortunate host is birthed.
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Aliens (1986)
Aliens
7.6 (696 ratings) director: 詹姆斯·卡梅隆 actor: 西格妮·韦弗 / 凯莉·赫恩 …
other title: 异形2 / 异形Ⅱ …
The only survivor of the Nostromo, Ripley is discovered in deep sleep half a century later by a salvage ship. When she is taken back to Earth, she learns that a human colony was founded on the same planet where the aliens were first found. After contact with the colony is lost, she finds herself sent back to the planet along with a team of warriors bent on destroying the alien menace forever, and saving any survivors -- if any remain.
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医学伦理 Douban
7.8 (8 ratings) author: 托尼·霍普 translator: 吴俊华 / 李方 … publishing house: 译林出版社 2010 - 7
安乐死是原则上错误的吗？在精神疾病患者不同意的情况下，可否对其进行强制治疗？绝经后的妇女是否应当接受辅助生殖技术的帮助？基因检测数据应当对谁公开？卫生保健资源应当如何合理分配？在这本精致、通俗的医学伦理学小书中，作者收集和整理了许多生动的案例，很有意义，也很发人深省；对于生命和医疗的关系给了我们新的道德启示。
May 5, 2016 read
这本书的精彩之处出乎我的意料。里面讨论的是很多社会的逻辑悖论，很多曾经困扰我的问题在这里都有涉及。很多事情都不是非黑即白，但是对于黑白的思考和论述却是必要的。这本书对很多社会问题都有启发性。
牛津通识读本 译林出版社 社会学 通识 英国
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数学 Douban
Mathematics: A Very Short Introduction
8.7 (30 ratings) author: [英] Timothy Gowers translator: 刘熙 publishing house: 译林出版社 2014 - 3
所有人在日常生活中都会接触到数学问题，多数人却又对之心存畏惧。在这本极为易读又充满趣味的小书中，蒂莫西·高尔斯解释了高等数学与我们在中小学所学的数学知识之间的一些最为根本的、主要是哲学性的区别，让我们能更好地理解那些听起来带有悖论的概念，比如“无限”“弯曲空间”“虚数”等。从基本的观念，到哲学探究，再到与数学共同体相关的一般社会学问题，本书揭开了空间和数的神秘面纱之一角。
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佛学概论 Douban
Buddhism: A Very Short Introduction
8.1 (64 ratings) author: [英]关大眠 translator: 郑柏铭 publishing house: 译林出版社 2013 - 6
自佛教在印度创始之后，两千多年来佛教传遍了亚洲，现在对西方文化又产生了越来越重大的影响。本书向读者揭示了佛教的发源和发展，语言直白并辅之以图表，清楚明白地说明了佛教的中心教义和修习方法。各个章节分别就法与轮回、禅定、伦理和佛教在西方的影响等等细细展开。藏传佛教和禅宗也各有阐述。如果你渴望了解佛教的基本知识，阅读本书大有裨益。
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Hot Fuzz (2007)
Hot Fuzz
8.2 (779 ratings) director: Edgar Wright actor: 西蒙·佩吉 / Nick Frost …
other title: 热血警探 / 爆辣刑警(港) …
Former London constable Nicholas Angel finds it difficult to adapt to his new assignment in the sleepy British village of Sandford. Not only does he miss the excitement of the big city, but he also has a well-meaning oaf for a partner. However, when a series of grisly accidents rocks Sandford, Angel smells something rotten in the idyllic village.
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
8.7 (2355 ratings) director: Chris Columbus actor: Daniel Radcliffe / Emma Watson …
other title: 哈利·波特与魔法石 / 哈利波特1：神秘的魔法石(港/台) …
Harry Potter has lived under the stairs at his aunt and uncle's house his whole life. But on his 11th birthday, he learns he's a powerful wizard—with a place waiting for him at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. As he learns to harness his newfound powers with the help of the school's kindly headmaster, Harry uncovers the truth about his parents' deaths—and about the villain who's to blame.
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遥远地球之歌 Douban Goodreads
The Songs of Distant Earth
8.5 (37 ratings) author: [英国] 阿瑟·克拉克 translator: 高天羽 publishing house: 江苏文艺出版社 2013 - 5
公元1967年，人类经过反复计算，发现要不了两千年，太阳就会变成超新星爆发，地球即将毁灭。在这最后的时刻，有人绝望，有人痛哭，有人放浪形骸，但更多的人将全世界的力量凝聚到一起，试图移民银河系，或者，至少将人类的基因和文明传播到宇宙中，这样，人类才不至于白白在宇宙中存在过。
地球最终还是毁灭了，但在此之前，她至少产生了两种不同的移民：一种是用播种船运送基因到异星，在异星上土生土长的地球人后代，他们没有历史，不考虑未来，无忧无虑；另一种则是通过人体冷冻技术保存了肉体的地球人，他们眼睁睁地看着地球在眼前灰飞烟灭，内心焦虑，充满沉重的使命感。
而现在，这两种截然不同的人群在小小的萨拉萨星上相遇了……
本书一直被阿瑟•克拉克本人视作自己的最高杰作，他以轻松诙谐的笔调，出人意料又在情理之中的情节设置，构筑了一个地球毁灭之后的人类世界。小说中，融入了他对科学与未来、人类个体与社会、哲学与宗教、生与死、爱情与背叛的深深思考，更探讨了人类哲学的终极问题——我们为什么活着？我们活着又该做什么？
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神的九十亿个名字 Douban Goodreads
Of time and stars
8.1 (124 ratings) author: [英国] 阿瑟·克拉克 translator: 邹运旗 publishing house: 江苏文艺出版社 2013 - 3
上帝、耶和华、安拉……这些都是人造的符号，神真正的名字是不可呼唤的……
一位西藏喇嘛向瓦格纳博士提出了一个奇怪的请求，他需要雇佣两名工程师，将一台自动序列计算机运送到圣地香格里拉。工程师们不远万里来到高山之巅的寺庙中，确保计算机不出故障地日夜运作。3个月之后，计算机将打印出九十亿种不同字母排列，里面隐藏着至高之神真正的名字。一旦名录完成，真正的神明便会降临世间……
英国科幻小说大师阿瑟•克拉克是20世纪最伟大的先知，是用科幻预言未来最成功的小说家。《神的九十亿个名字：阿瑟•克拉克经典科幻小说》收录了克拉克一生创作的近100部科幻作品中最精彩的18篇。他在这些才华横溢的杰作中，对宇宙争霸、地心危机、太空缆车、人工智能、星际通讯、冰河纪降临、外星人入侵、核能浩劫等科幻母题逐一进行了深刻的阐释。克拉克用钟表般精确的科幻道具和庞大壮阔的时空尺度，赋予读者无尽的使命感与苍凉的宿命感，并对后世的科幻小说、电影有着极其深远的影响。
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Moon (2009)
Moon
8.4 (1130 ratings) director: 邓肯·琼斯 actor: 山姆·洛克威尔 / 凯文·史派西 …
other title: Moon - O Outro Lado da Lua / 月球 …
With only three weeks left in his three year contract, Sam Bell is getting anxious to finally return to Earth. He is the only occupant of a Moon-based manufacturing facility along with his computer and assistant, GERTY. When he has an accident however, he wakens to find that he is not alone.
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无人生还 Douban Goodreads Media of OOIS
And Then There Were None
8.9 (400 ratings) author: [英] 阿加莎·克里斯蒂 translator: 祁阿红 publishing house: 人民文学出版社 2008 - 3
十个互不相识的人，被富有的欧文先生邀请到了印地安岛上的私人别墅里。晚餐后，一个神秘的声音揭开了人们心中所各自隐藏着的可怕秘密。当天晚上，年轻的马斯顿先生离奇死去，古老的童谣就像诅咒一样笼罩着所有人，似乎有一双神秘的眼镜在时刻窥视着这场死亡游戏，到访者就像消失的印地安小瓷人一样一个又一个的走向死神……
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Nanny McPhee (2005) IMDb TMDB Douban Skybridge
Nanny McPhee
7.2 (182 ratings) director: Kirk Jones actor: Emma Thompson / Colin Firth …
other title: 魔法保姆麦克菲 / 保姆麦克菲 …
Widower Cedric Brown hires Nanny McPhee to care for his seven rambunctious children, who have chased away all previous nannies. Taunted by Simon and his siblings, Nanny McPhee uses mystical powers to instill discipline. And when the children's great-aunt and benefactor, Lady Adelaide Stitch, threatens to separate the kids, the family pulls together under the guidance of Nanny McPhee.
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东方快车谋杀案 Douban
Murder on the Orient Express
9.1 (412 ratings) author: [英] 阿加莎·克里斯蒂 translator: 陈尧光 publishing house: 人民文学出版社 2006 - 5
午夜过后，一场大雪迫使东方快车停了下来。这辆豪华列车整年都处于满员状态。但那天早上却发现少了一名乘客。一个美国人死在了他的包厢里，他被刺了十二刀，可他包厢的门却是反锁着的。
随着紧张气氛逐渐增强，侦探赫尔克里·波洛想出了两个侦破此案的方法……