Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka the one-ideaed Hungarian painter was thought to be crazy by his peers, but he eventually became a significant artist.

A biography of artist Frida Kahlo, who channeled the pain of a crippling injury and her tempestuous marriage into her work.

1940年5月，在墨西哥城郊区，一支穿着警察打扮的墨西哥共产党士兵袭击了俄国革命前领导人Leon Trotsky的住宅。一刻钟，他们向房子开枪，但令人难以置信的巧合是，托洛茨基和他的妻子幸存下来。在斯大林十一年的驱逐中失去了几乎所有的亲人，托洛茨基明白：他永远的敌人，他将继续追捕他直到他生命的结束。逃跑是可能的，但不是逃避。托洛茨基决定战斗。但他的武器不是子弹，而是文字。他想留下一份政治遗嘱，第一次完整而真诚地讲述一个犹太年轻人如何成为新世界的先知并摧毁最大的帝国。为了写回忆录，他邀请了他的思想对手——一位同情斯大林的加拿大记者——把他转变成他的信仰，这样他就可以改造整个人类…

本书是列夫•托洛茨基的自传，记述了作者从童年到走上革命道路的成长轨迹，也以亲历者的视角回顾了二十世纪最初三十年的俄苏革命史，以翔实的资料再现了这段历程。

Peter Seibel interviews 15 of the most interesting computer programmers alive today in Coders at Work, offering a companion volume to Apress's highly acclaimed best-seller Founders at Work by Jessica Livingston. As the words "at work" suggest, Peter Seibel focuses on how his interviewees tackle the day-to-day work of programming, while revealing much more, like how they became great programmers, how they recognize programming talent in others, and what kinds of problems they find most interesting. Hundreds of people have suggested names of programmers to interview on the Coders at Work web site: www.codersatwork.com. The complete list was 284 names. Having digested everyone's feedback, we selected 15 folks who've been kind enough to agree to be interviewed: * Frances Allen: Pioneer in optimizing compilers, first woman to win the Turing Award (2006) and first female IBM fellow * Joe Armstrong: Inventor of Erlang * Joshua Bloch: Author of the Java collections framework, now at Google * Bernie Cosell: One of the main software guys behind the original ARPANET IMPs and a master debugger * Douglas Crockford: JSON founder, JavaScript architect at Yahoo! * L. Peter Deutsch: Author of Ghostscript, implementer of Smalltalk-80 at Xerox PARC and Lisp 1.5 on PDP-1 * Brendan Eich: Inventor of JavaScript, CTO of the Mozilla Corporation * Brad Fitzpatrick: Writer of LiveJournal, OpenID, memcached, and Perlbal * Dan Ingalls: Smalltalk implementor and designer * Simon Peyton Jones: Coinventor of Haskell and lead designer of Glasgow Haskell Compiler * Donald Knuth: Author of The Art of Computer Programming and creator of TeX * Peter Norvig: Director of Research at Google and author of the standard text on AI * Guy Steele: Coinventor of Scheme and part of the Common Lisp Gang of Five, currently working on Fortress * Ken Thompson: Inventor of UNIX * Jamie Zawinski: Author of XEmacs and early Netscape/Mozilla hacker What you'll learnHow the best programmers in the world do their jobs! Who this book is for Programmers interested in the point of view of leaders in the field. Programmers looking for approaches that work for some of these outstanding programmers. Table of Contents * Jamie Zawinski * Brad Fitzpatrick * Douglas Crockford * Brendan Eich * Joshua Bloch * Joe Armstrong * Simon Peyton Jones * Peter Norvig * Guy Steele * Dan Ingalls * L Peter Deutsch * Ken Thompson * Fran Allen * Bernie Cosell * Donald Knuth

Artémisia 女性漫画奖获奖作品 跟随富有想象力、诗意和旋律的画笔 探索不世出钢琴天才的人生之谜 体会古典音乐巨星的敏感和孤独 ◎ 编辑推荐 ☆ 一个孤独、高贵、特立独行的人 格伦·古尔德是一位万人瞩目的天才钢琴家，也是一个令人唏嘘的人。他是音乐神童，12 岁即毕业于多伦多皇家音乐学院，13 岁成名，用一架钢琴征服北美、德国、奥地利和冷战中的苏联，唱片销量堪称古典音乐界的奇迹。然而在生活中他是一个不折不扣的怪咖和弱者。他从小对动物充满爱心，却与周围的人格格不入；他演奏时的动作神情引人发笑；他对很多细节有偏执；他有明显的抑郁倾向，逐渐离群索居，终于英年早逝。 ☆ 女性漫画大奖得主温情演绎 作者在参考传记和影像资料的基础上，以女性特有的想象力、同情心和敏感性去体味和展现天才背后那孤独、敏感的灵魂，并试图解释古尔德人生中一些令世人百思不得其解的谜团，内容翔实紧凑，画工精湛。作者凭本书摘得2016年度女性漫画家大奖。 ☆ 独树一帜的漫画音乐传记 本书是一部调动音乐艺术和漫画艺术的优势呈现的传记作品，其内容与创作风格高度协调。作者用细腻的线条表现生活的细节，用貌似重复实为变奏的连续镜头表现演奏时短暂而激烈的时间，用奇幻的画面表现主人公绚丽的内心世界，用当下和回忆两种时态糅合艺术与生活的反差，并将丰富的信息融进有限的篇幅中，叙述推进的节奏仿佛伴有旋律，令人在不知不觉中随着经典的节拍阅读，掩卷后依然余音绕耳，回味无穷。 ◎ 内容简介 本书是法国女漫画家桑德里娜·雷韦尔以独特视角和细腻手法创作的漫画传记。传主是加拿大天才钢琴家、《哥德堡变奏曲》的演奏者、古典音乐唱片界的传奇巨星格伦·古尔德。他对许多经典曲目的演绎都具有革命性的改进和轰动性的成功，但在日常生活中，他是一个名副其实的“弱者”。他小时候依赖母亲，长大后依赖亲友和经纪人，不善于与人沟通；他意志力旺盛，但身体孱弱；他踌躇满志，又孤独寂寞……终于在 1982 年早早地离世，享年仅 50 岁，令人唏嘘。 ◎ 媒体推荐 精妙、悦目的绘画，紧贴天才钢琴家身心的杰作……正如演奏巴赫的古尔德一样，我们翻着书页就会情不自禁地哼唱出来。 ——《法国电视周刊》 精美的着色，真实、巧妙的绘画，打散的编年，当下（双框）与过去（圆框）交织成一个超时空的世界。 ——《星期日报》 桑德里娜·雷韦尔心怀敏感和敬畏描绘了古尔德的一生，她引我们一窥演奏乐曲的那个“人”。一部旋律优美的漫画。 ——《法国快报》 读者可以认识一位患孤独症的、极端完美主义的天才。绘画优美、独特、成熟，仿佛自带背景音乐。 ——《巴黎人报》 不论你是否认识、喜爱格伦·古尔德，你都会想要翻开这本书一探究竟。 ——《Piano bleu》网站推荐 怎样画出格伦·古尔德“天才的疯狂”？桑德里娜·雷韦尔找到了一条漂亮的途径……这部漫画道出了理解其犹豫、脆弱和病态孤独的关键。 —— 法国广播电台

1993 film directed by Poon Man-kit

The story of the rise to prominence of Luk, a Shanghai fruitseller who became one of the most powerful men in China in the first half of the 20th Century.

前意大利总理西尔维奥·贝卢斯科尼畅谈他的生活，包括性丑闻、贪污审判，以及和普京的交情。

2019 film directed by Agnieszka Holland

孔子是中国儒家学派的创始人，伟大的思想家、教育家、政治家，生活在二千四百多年前的春秋末期，他幼年丧父，少年丧母，靠自己的勤奋，精通了“六艺”，博览了天下的典籍，以学识闻名于天下。他兴办私学，培养了一大批治国平天下的人才；他主张“恢复周礼”，倡导“仁者爱人”和“中庸之道”，以图安定动乱的天下。五十一岁，他虽然出仁大司冠高位，却仍无法推行自己的政治主张，只好带着弟子们周游列国，寻找贤明的国君……。然而，颠沛流离十四年，最终仍是一无所获，只好又回到了故国。年近古稀的孔子，并未被命运所屈服，他一边教弟子，一边修纂《春秋》，将自己未能实现的政治主张，融进了《春秋》的字里行间…… 该剧艺术地表现了孔子坎坷的一生和博大的思想。人物众多，场面宏大，堪称一部历史文化巨片。

2016 film by Alejandro Jodorowsky

二战前夕，温顿是伦敦的一个股票交易员，途经捷克时，温顿发现一大批被纳粹扣留的犹太儿童。他游说德国军方放过他们，并交给他运往英国，救助工作危险而艰辛，最终他动用各种关系，用8列火车救出了669个孩子，并将这个秘密保守了半个世纪；而孩子的父母，很多都未能活着走出集中营。

Vivian Maier's photos were seemingly destined for obscurity, lost among the clutter of the countless objects she'd collected throughout her life. Instead these images have shaken the world of street photography and irrevocably changed the life of the man who brought them to the public eye. This film brings to life the interesting turns and travails of the improbable saga of John Maloof's discovery of Vivian Maier, unravelling this mysterious tale through her documentary films, photographs, odd collections and personal accounts from the people that knew her. What started as a blog to show her work quickly became a viral sensation in the photography world. Photos destined for the trash heap now line gallery exhibitions, a forthcoming book and this documentary film.

身价净值超过600亿美元，沃伦•巴菲特是真正的独一无二的亿万富翁。这位传奇般的投资者仍旧住在他位于奥马哈的小房子里。今年86岁的他，每天都开车去到办公室管理世界第五大上市公司伯克希尔•哈撒韦公司。但比起他低调的生活方式，更令人惊讶的是他的道德情操。他庄重和正直的人格魅力让他累积了巨额财富，并在一次史上最大型的慈善活动中，捐出了所有财产。《成为沃伦•巴菲特》这部影片讲述了一个来自内布拉斯加洲的小男孩成为世界上最受人尊敬的男人之一的成长史，以及引导他的幕后贵人。影片为独家拍摄，包含沃伦•巴菲特从未曝光过的家庭影像，沃伦•巴菲特将带领大家思考，当金钱不再有意义时，什么才是最重要的？ With a net worth of over $60,000,000,000, Warren Buffett is truly a one-of-a-kind billionaire. The legendary investor still lives in his modest home in Omaha. At 86 years old, he drives to the office every morning to manage Berkshire Hathaway, the fifth largest public company in the world. But more surprising than his humble lifestyle is his moral core. The same principles of decency and integrity that helped him pile up a fortune led him to give it all away in the largest philanthropic donation in history. Becoming Warren Buffett chronicles the evolution of a boy from Nebraska who became one of the most respected men in the world, and the heroes who helped guide him along the way. By allowing access to his life and never-before-released home videos, Buffett offers a glimpse into his unique mind to help us understand what is truly important when money no longer has meaning.

《股票大作手回忆录》是一本精彩的人物传记，记述了一位几百年一遇的金融市场交易与投资天才——杰西·利弗莫尔（Jesse Lauriston Livermore，1877-1940年）的人生、梦想、事业和财富的故事，情节起伏跌宕、激动人心。 当事人回忆往事的年岁在45、46岁（1922-1923）。他从14岁开始从股票经纪行营业部的小伙计做起。很快便专门从事交易。他的一生既以交易为事业而追求事业成功，又以交易为依托而满足远超过温饱水平的生活需求，股票、商品的交易和投资是他人生的全部基础。45、46岁年华，正是事业兴旺、思想成熟、年富力强的好时候。 点击链接进入英文版： Reminiscences of a Stock Operator

I ask no favors for my sex… All I ask of our brethren is that they will take their feet from off our necks. —Sarah Moore Grimké, activist for women’s suffrage, 1837 As the United States Supreme Court leans increasingly to the right, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s vigorous dissenting opinions and ferocious 20-push-up workouts have earned this tiny, soft-spoken, intellectual giant the status of rock star and the title “Notorious RBG.” What many don’t know is Ginsburg’s strategic, trailblazing role in defining gender-discrimination law. Intent on systematically releasing women from second-class status, she argued six pivotal gender-bias cases in the 1970s before an all-male Supreme Court blind to sexism. Now 84, and still inspired by the lawyers who defended free speech during the Red Scare, Ginsburg refuses to relinquish her passionate duty, steadily fighting for equal rights for all citizens under the law. Through intimate interviews and unprecedented access to Ginsburg’s life outside the court, RBG tells the electric story of Ginsburg’s consuming love affairs with both the Constitution and her beloved husband Marty—and of a life’s work that led her to become an icon of justice in the highest court in the land.

Alexander, the King of Macedonia, leads his legions against the giant Persian Empire. After defeating the Persians, he leads his army across the then known world, venturing farther than any westerner had ever gone, all the way to India.

原节子，二十世纪日本最具代表性女演员之一，一生跨越大正、昭和、平成三个时代。年少时误打误撞进入电影界，懵懵懂懂中一炮而红。早期常以温婉贤淑的形象出现，后期角色多回归家庭。因参演小津安二郎的多部影片为后人熟知，更与黑泽明、木下惠介、成濑巳喜男等打造日本电影黄金时代的导演数次合作。事业如日中天之际选择息影，过起深居简出的生活，也为影迷留下无数遐想的空间。 全书以近三十万字描绘了原节子的一生，和以她为圆心的整个昭和时代电影生态。其中不乏详实的影史资料，以及大量珍贵的电影剧照和杂志宣传图片，多为日活、松竹等电影公司提供。阅读本书，既有助于读者了解原节子其人，也可对那段风云激荡的岁月投去一瞥。

1966 film by Andrei Tarkovsky