Howard Marks's The Most Important Thing distilled the investing insight of his celebrated client memos into a single volume and, for the first time, made his time-tested philosophy available to general readers. In this edition, Marks's wisdom is joined by the comments, insights, and counterpoints of four renowned investors and investment educators: Christopher C. Davis (Davis Funds), Joel Greenblatt (Gotham Capital), Paul Johnson (Nicusa Capital), and Seth A. Klarman (Baupost Group). These experts lend insight into such concepts as "second-level thinking," the price/value relationship, patient opportunism, and defensive investing. Marks also adds his own annotations, expanding on his book's original themes and issues. A new chapter addresses the importance of reasonable expectations, and a foreword by Bruce C. Greenwald, called "a guru to Wall Street's gurus" by the New York Times, speaks on value investing, productivity, and the economics of information. *** Howard Marks, the chairman and cofounder of Oaktree Capital Management, is renowned for his insightful assessments of market opportunity and risk. After four decades spent ascending to the top of the investment management profession, he is today sought out by the world's leading value investors, and his client memos brim with insightful commentary and a time-tested, fundamental philosophy. Now for the first time, all readers can benefit from Marks's wisdom, concentrated into a single volume that speaks to both the amateur and seasoned investor. Informed by a lifetime of experience and study, The Most Important Thing explains the keys to successful investment and the pitfalls that can destroy capital or ruin a career. Utilizing passages from his memos to illustrate his ideas, Marks teaches by example, detailing the development of an investment philosophy that fully acknowledges the complexities of investing and the perils of the financial world. Brilliantly applying insight to today's volatile markets, Marks offers a volume that is part memoir, part creed, with a number of broad takeaways. Marks expounds on such concepts as "second-level thinking," the price/value relationship, patient opportunism, and defensive investing. Frankly and honestly assessing his own decisions--and occasional missteps--he provides valuable lessons for critical thinking, risk assessment, and investment strategy. Encouraging investors to be "contrarian," Marks wisely judges market cycles and achieves returns through aggressive yet measured action. Which element is the most essential? Successful investing requires thoughtful attention to many separate aspects, and each of Marks's subjects proves to be the most important thing. "This is that rarity, a useful book."--Warren Buffett

Kanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position for decades. Learning he has cancer, he starts to look for the meaning of his life.

Sitcom about a British government minister and the advisers who surround him. The seasonal festivities at the Department of Administrative Affairs are overshadowed by rumours of a cabinet reshuffle. But a leadership election and the Eurosausage affair could lead to great things for Jim Hacker.

1991 film by Takeshi Kitano

韩国男孩武赫（苏志燮 饰）一出生就被父母抛弃了，两岁时被一个澳大利亚家庭收养，因为饱受家庭暴力，他10岁时就离家出走了。街头艺人保罗收养了他，可是当保罗结识了一个浅薄的女人后，武赫再次被抛弃了。武赫一直过着流浪的生活，偷鸡摸狗什么也干过。长大后，武赫遇上了韩国女孩志英（崔茹真 饰），两人虽然深爱对方，可是志英为了钱而最终选择了离开。在志英的婚礼上，武赫为了保护她而身中两枪，其中一颗子弹永远留在了他的头部，这意味着他的生命也来日无多了。武赫返回了祖国，这时他才发现他的父母当年并非因为贫穷才抛弃他，他们一直都生活得十分富足，他弟弟也当上了明星。武赫决意向生母报复，以补偿自己一直以来受到的苦……

《百年孤独》是魔幻现实主义文学的代表作，描写了布恩迪亚家族七代人的传奇故事，以及加勒比海沿岸小镇马孔多的百年兴衰，反映了拉丁美洲一个世纪以来风云变幻的历史。作品融入神话传说、民间故事、宗教典故等因素，巧妙地糅合了现实与虚幻，展现出一个瑰丽的想象世界，成为20世纪重要的经典文学巨著。1982年加西亚·马尔克斯获得诺贝尔文学奖，奠定世界级文学大师的地位，很大程度上便是凭借《百年孤独》的巨大影响。 ———————————————————————— 编辑推荐 【50周年纪念版！全新典藏内封；限量赠50周年精美魔幻明信片1套】 【马尔克斯代表作，全球惟一正式授权中文版，未作任何删节！6年发行量超600万册！】 缔造文坛传奇与文学奇迹；影响世界小说走向的文学巨匠加西亚·马尔克斯巅峰杰作！代表“魔幻现实主义”文学主峰；征服全球读者、作家、出版社、版权经纪人、书店、媒体的鸿篇巨制；被誉为“《堂吉诃德》之后zui伟大的西班牙语作品”；中国读者等待了近半个世纪的殿堂级经典《百年孤独》中文版惟一正式授权，根据马尔克斯指定版本翻译，未做任何增删！主要凭借《百年孤独》的巨大影响，马尔克斯赢得诺贝尔文学奖，奠定了世界文学大师的地位。 作品中将现实主义场面和虚构情境巧妙融合，展现出一个光怪陆离的想象世界，映射了一个大陆的风云变幻和百年沧桑；《百年孤独》融神话故事、《圣经》典故、民间传说于一体，采用打乱时间次序的独特叙述手法，产生出令全球读者无比沉醉的巨大魔力，被誉为“自《创世记》后首部值得全人类阅读的文学巨著”。 诺贝尔文学奖 名人推荐 我读《百年孤独》这本书第一个感觉是“震撼”。原来小说可以这样写。紧接着感觉到遗憾，我为什么早不知道小说可以这样写呢？二十多年来我始终在跟马尔克斯搏斗。这样的作家，我们既恨又爱，爱是因为打开我们头脑很多的禁锢，恨他是因为他的吸引力太强大了。——2012年诺贝尔文学奖得主莫言 《百年孤独》我读了三遍，现在我的孩子也已经读完《百年孤独》，他在英国跟我一块在火车上读的，一边读还一段一段念给我听。这是一本天才之作。——余华 我对《百年孤独》有非常真实的、崇敬的感觉。这样的作品会不停地卖，一代一代的人都会读，是长销书，当年文学青年几乎人手一本。——苏童 《百年孤独》乃是过去五十年来所有语言中zui伟大的杰作。——萨尔曼·拉什迪 一部惟一的美洲《圣经》。——卡洛斯·富恩特斯 《百年孤独》在马尔克斯构建的虚拟世界中达到了顶峰。这部小说整合并且超越了他以前的所有虚构，从而缔造了一个极其丰饶的双重世界。它穷尽了世界，同时自我穷尽。——巴尔加斯·略萨 加西亚·马尔克斯是所有语言中zui伟大的作家。——比尔·克林顿 他是个强有力的作家，有着丰富的想象。他继承了欧洲政治小说的伟大传统，其结果是历史剧与个人戏剧合二为一。——欧文·肖 加西亚·马尔克斯是诺贝尔文学奖得主中惟一没有争议的一位。——韩素音 媒体推荐 《创世记》之后，首部值得全人类阅读的文学巨著。——《纽约时报》 加西亚·马尔克斯以小说作品创建了一个自己的世界，一个浓缩的宇宙，其中喧嚣纷乱却又生动可信的现实，映射了一片大陆及其人民的富足与贫困。——诺贝尔文学奖颁奖辞

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.

新批评派里程碑著作 改变美国大学文学教授法的经典教材 编辑推荐 ◎ 美国新批评派里程碑式著作，全世界大学的经典文学教科书。两位作者站在世界文学前沿，从内部到外部对小说进行研究，突破传统意义上的小说审美，是新批评理论观点和方法在小说批评与理论领域的全新体现。 ◎ 以人物、情节、主题三个要素排布章节，兼论小说与人生的关系，兼顾小说领域的新发展；章节之内是导读+选文+讨论的架构，新批评领军人物克林斯·布鲁克斯和罗伯特·潘·沃伦带您进入“细读”。 ◎ 选录51篇杰作，作者为马克·吐温、欧·亨利、契诃夫、莫泊桑、屠格涅夫、托尔斯泰、海明威等世界大文豪，是不可多得的英文自修读物，中英文双栏对照，便于研习。 ◎ 著名翻译家汝龙、李文俊、丰子恺、草婴、冯亦代、雨宁等联手献上绝佳译文。爱荷华“国际写作计划”创始人聂华苓女士郑重推荐；著名翻译家、《世界文学》主编李文俊，著名作家、小说理论家、北京大学曹文轩联袂审阅。 内容简介 这是美国新批评派学者布鲁克斯和沃伦编著的一部短篇小说鉴赏集，是新批评（The New Criticism）理论观点和方法在小说批评与理论领域的体现。作者选用各种题材和多种风格的短篇小说，加以分析讨论和互相比较，提出鉴别好小说的一些原则，阐述小说的形成与发展过程，为我们提供了小说批评与赏析的范例；目的是为了加深读者对作品的理解，提高其鉴赏力，使读者更接近于成功小说的真谛。 作为新批评派细读式（close reading）批评和理论阐述的名著，本书帮助新批评派在美国大学的文学讲坛中确立了“文学批评”的地位，对文学教学与批评实践影响深远。它既是一本文学教科书，也是文学爱好者的自修读物。本书采用中英文对照模式，对于具有一定英语基础的广大文学爱好者和英语专业的师生来讲，又是一部难得的英语阅读材料。 媒体推荐 谈到新批评派，不得不提克林斯·布鲁克斯和罗伯特·潘·沃伦合著的《小说鉴赏》。我相信作家比文学作家更能写出有用的文学理论，并且作为作家，沃伦的小说《国王的人马》曾获（1947年）普利策奖。这是非常有力的说明。 —— awritingguide.com 名人推荐 对于普通读者而言，这样的书，可能更有助于他们掌握最理想也是最有效的阅读方式，从而使他们更确切地理解小说何为。 ——曹文轩（北京大学教授、作家） 既是一部短篇小说鉴赏集，又是一本文学教科书。……编者从小说鉴赏与写作的角度，把全书分为七章。每一章的开头都有编者撰写的前言，就优秀小说的一些总的原则和小说的基本要素做了深入浅出的论述。……即使光从学习英语的角度来说，这些作品可以说都是值得细读的范文。 ——李文俊（著名译者）

在一次意外中，乔纳森（兴津和幸 配音）的父亲乔斯达爵士（菅原正志 配音）被陌生少年迪奥布兰度（子安武人 配音）所救，善良的爵士收留了自称无依无靠的迪奥，后者则以养子的身份正式进入了乔斯达家族的大门。在他人的眼中，迪奥是一个优秀正直的少年，可是，只有经历过迪奥残酷欺辱的乔纳森才知道，在迪奥光鲜的面具后面，隐藏着一颗邪恶的心。 果不其然，随着年龄的增长，迪奥开始觊觎起了乔斯达家族的庞大家产。无意间，迪奥发现了能够使人变得强大的石鬼面具，为了获得更多的财富和权力，迪奥毫不犹豫的带上了面具。在成为了恐怖的吸血鬼后，迪奥开始了对乔斯达家族的疯狂报复。为了替父亲和整个家族报仇，乔纳森开始修炼唯一能够打败吸血鬼的波纹气功，面对着强大的敌人极其党羽，乔纳森能够获得最终的胜利吗？

A Royal scandal, a dazzling game of cat and mouse. The seductive Irene Adler is cold, calculating, brilliant. Has Sherlock finally met his match?

When a chance encounter brings soldier John Watson into Sherlock's life, it's apparent the two men couldn't be more different, but Sherlock's intellect coupled with John's pragmatism soon forges an unbreakable alliance as they investigate a series of baffling cases together.

Born in the USSR: 21 Up is a 2005 British documentary, directed by Sergei Miroshnichenko. Following in the tradition of the original UK Up Series, this documentary revisits a group of Russian children at seven-year intervals to track their development against a backdrop of social and political change. Following the success of the UK original, this film looks at life for a group of young people from the former Soviet Union. The adults here, all introduced to viewers at the age of seven and seen again at 14, were born in a country that no longer exists. Their stories provide an insight into the break-up of the former Soviet Union as well as a reflection of what life has become without Communism. Since filming started 14 years ago, some of the youngsters have left the former USSR to go to Israel or the United States, some have stayed in their family home, but all have had their lives changed. Archival footage of them at the ages of seven and 14, and now new material at 21, shows life in a society that was once shut off from the world. The documentary was followed by Born in the USSR: 28 Up in 2012.

Monsieur Hulot, Jacques Tati’s endearing clown, takes a holiday at a seaside resort, where his presence provokes one catastrophe after another. Tati’s masterpiece of gentle slapstick is a series of effortlessly well-choreographed sight gags involving dogs, boats, and firecrackers; it was the first entry in the Hulot series and the film that launched its maker to international stardom.

A young witch, on her mandatory year of independent life, finds fitting into a new community difficult while she supports herself by running an air courier service.

Dr. Watson is shocked to learn that his good friend Sherlock Holmes has a brother, Mycroft, and that they are on their way to meet him on an urgent matter. There they learn of the strange case of Mr. Melas, a Greek interpreter, who was roused from his sleep in the middle of the night and required to interpret for a man who was clearly being held against his will. That man was beaten, bound and not allowed to speak but only to write out his answers to the questions he was posed. Clearly his captors are trying to force him to sign a document and are also keeping his sister captive. When Melas is taken a second time to interpret, Holmes, Mycroft and Watson must move quickly if they are to prevent a murder. Written by garykmcd

美国纽约长岛住着这样一家人。父亲杰森•西弗（艾伦•锡克饰）是一位心理医生。为了支持妻子玛姬•马龙•西弗（乔安娜•柯恩斯饰）重新回到记者的工作岗位，杰森毅然决定将心理诊所搬到自己的家里。而这样，他也有了更多的时间与他的三个孩子相处：15岁的大儿子迈克（柯克•卡梅隆饰）是十足的捣蛋鬼，不务正业的他经常让家里感到烦恼；14岁的二女儿凯萝（特蕾茜•格尔德饰）是优等生，但学习优秀的她似乎有些不食人间烟火；小儿子本（杰瑞米•米勒饰）是机灵鬼，有时与大人一样成熟的他实际还是一个9岁的孩子。杰森提倡的启发式教育，在这个家庭起到了极大的作用，一家人和睦相处。爱与成长的故事伴随着欢笑，这就是西弗一家的故事，成长的烦恼。

退伍军医华生医生结识了一个叫做福尔摩斯的怪人，并机缘巧合地和他一起搬进了贝克街221B居住。后来华生才知道，原来福尔摩斯是世界上唯一一名咨询侦探，而这个时候，一桩扑朔迷离的案子出现在了两人的面前……