A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration. Based on Jordan Belfort's autobiography.

本书作者以理性客观的视角和深入浅出的文笔，向读者介绍了美国宪法第一修正案产生的历史背景，及其对美国社会的过去、现在和可预计的将来所产生的深刻影响。

Mia, an aspiring actress, serves lattes to movie stars in between auditions and Sebastian, a jazz musician, scrapes by playing cocktail party gigs in dingy bars, but as success mounts they are faced with decisions that begin to fray the fragile fabric of their love affair, and the dreams they worked so hard to maintain in each other threaten to rip them apart.

Season three takes place six months after the conclusion of the second season and ends in December 1963. It chronicles the end of the "Camelot era" as the characters go through immense change in their professional and personal lives.

Season two takes place between February and October 1962, culminating with the Cuban Missile Crisis. It expands on Peggy's rise in the workplace and the marital strife between Don and Betty Draper as Don's infidelities further intrude on his family life. The second season also introduces an unknown acquaintance of Don Draper. Draper is corresponding by letter with this unseen acquaintance in secret.

1953 film directed by William Wyler

WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first Conscientious Objector in American history to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor.

2016 film directed by Clint Eastwood

Westworld - a theme park where guests indulge fantasies with robots, a destination offering the future of sin, the artificial intelligence that fuels it and the humans that sense there's something more sinister at play.

19-year-old Billy Lynn is brought home for a victory tour after a harrowing Iraq battle. Through flashbacks the film shows what really happened to his squad – contrasting the realities of war with America's perceptions.

After waking up in a hospital with amnesia, professor Robert Langdon and a doctor must race against time to foil a deadly global plot.

Season one takes you inside the O.J. Simpson trial with a riveting look at the legal teams battling to convict or acquit the football legend of double homicide. Based on the book The Run of His Life: The People v. O.J. Simpson by Jeffrey Toobin, it explores the chaotic behind-the-scenes dealings and maneuvering on both sides of the court, and how a combination of prosecution overconfidence, defense shrewdness, and the LAPD's history with the city's African-American community gave a jury what it needed: reasonable doubt.

本书是《历史深处的忧虑――近距离看美国》的姊妹篇，作者继续以信件的形式，从“美国总统是什么？”这样一个问题开始，用一连串的故事，层层铺排出美国政治法律制度的基本原理和操作细节，使读者更深刻地了解美国是如何在自身的制度系统中，通过“平衡和制约”去实施对权力的监督和限制。

美国的面积和中国差不多。和大多数留学生及新移民一样，当我们一脚踏上这块广袤的陌生土地时，最初落脚点的选择是十分偶然的。我们落在了一个普通的地方，居住的环境平常而宁静。周围的美国人老老少少都在辛勤劳作，过着普通得不能再普通的生活。要想谋出一番好的光景，对他们也不是一件轻而易举的事情。
还来不及作任何思索，新移民所面临的生活压力就立即把我们投入了同样的辛勤劳作之中。这样，我们和周围的普通美国人之间，自然就有了共同谋生而产生的共同语言，也有了共同的经历，共同的喜怒哀乐。不少美国人还成了我们的好朋友。我们无形中发现，美国已经渐渐地从一堆抽象的概念中走出来，变成了脚下实实在在的土地，变成了一片片森林牧场，变成了一个一个美国人。
我们也有过被称之为“边缘人”的苦闷。我们显然不可能在进入这一块国土的同时，就在一瞬间也进入它的文化，而原来的文化背景又由于天长地远而渐显陌生。在实际生活中，两种截然不同的文化，会经常骤然直率地在我们面前相遇碰撞，一开始真有无所适从亦无可躲避的窘迫。然而，时间长了，我们开始对“边缘人”的处境逐渐坦然，甚至悟出了些什么。冷静下来，我们发现自己第一次能够这样坐在一个安静的地方，同时和两个文化保持一个不远也不近的距离，它们不仅开始有可能化为一片风景，而且第一次向我们呈现出前所未有的意义。
“边缘人”的苦恼在新移民中十分普遍，它只是两个强势文化聚焦在一个小人物身上而产生的悲剧性效应。我们庆幸自己能够脱身出来。但是，我们的处境使我们不可能不想到，作为一个夹缝中的移民，尚且感受到矛盾与压力，那么，当这两种文化两个大国真的正面遭遇，彼此实际上是多么陌生和困惑，说是危机四伏似乎也并不过分。我们所处的位置，使我们有可能更多地看到它们的差异。我们发现，它们不仅有各自圆满的价值体系，甚至有各自不同的语汇、语境和逻辑。有时，从一个大前提出发，顺着各自的逻辑走去，竟会走出风马牛不相及的结果来。在这样的基础上，对话只可能显得痛苦而吃力。
因此，好像在作出举手相迎或严辞相拒的决定之前，还有一段相当艰苦而漫长的互相了解的路必须去走。否则，轻易称“是”显得没有根据，动辄言“不”也容易文不对题。更何况，历史已经规定了它们不可能永远回避。它们都已尝试过这样做，但是，眼看着毫无结果，于是，它们又试图相互走近。有时，如果不暂时和自己的习惯思维方式生生拉开一段距离，就无法在相互了解的路上走出一步。
我们则是以一个普通新移民的身份去了解这个陌生的国家。既来之则安之，这也是我们的必由之路，我们也别无选择。
美国不是一个善于遮羞的国家，它投出一片阳光，就落下一片阴影。它全部的阴影都毫无遮掩地暴露在所有的人面前，哪怕你是一个陌生人。所以，即使是像我们这样的平常外来者，也会一眼就看出～大堆毛病来。但是我们马上就明白自己必须从沾沾自喜中醒来，因为后来很快发现，这并不见得就～定是自己比美国人更高明且目光更敏锐。他们似乎也很清楚有这么一片阴影，他们只是迫不得已在承认一个简单的道理，如果你追求阳光，你就躲不开身后的阴影。我们开始奇怪，美国人在容忍这片阴影的时候(这种容忍常常使他们痛苦不堪)，什么是他们心中不熄的光明呢?他们在寻求着什么，以至于不惜支付出沉重的代价呢?对于我们，这真是一个问题。在了解它的过程中，我们对这个历史短短的陌生国家产生了与日俱增的兴趣。
根据自己作为一个平民的经验，我们发现，了解的第一步就是简单的交往。不论一个大国看上去有着多么坚硬的外壳，它的人民都是一个个平平常常，而再大的大国也就是这些平常人组成的。当人民成为朋友，交流变成友谊，相互了解自然就开始了。任何一方，能以更宽广的视角去看这个世界， 总是一件好事情。
去年，我们逐渐给自己在国内的好朋友写了这些信。希望能和朋友们分享我们的所读所见所闻所思。在此，衷心感谢三联书店的编辑和所有帮助这本书出版的朋友。

In 2006-2007 a group of investors bet against the United States mortgage market. In their research, they discover how flawed and corrupt the market is.

Faced with an unplanned pregnancy, sixteen year old high-schooler, Juno MacGuff, makes an unusual decision regarding her unborn child.

Following the death of District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman assumes responsibility for Dent's crimes to protect the late attorney's reputation and is subsequently hunted by the Gotham City Police Department. Eight years later, Batman encounters the mysterious Selina Kyle and the villainous Bane, a new terrorist leader who overwhelms Gotham's finest. The Dark Knight resurfaces to protect a city that has branded him an enemy.

In the projects. On the docks. In City Hall. And now, in the schools. The places and faces change, but the game remains the same. A new story begins. This year, while expanding on storylines introduced in previous seasons — including the new vocations of several characters, the rise of a new drug empire, and the city's imminent mayoral election — the series expands its focus into Baltimore's school system, providing an inside look at the role of the urban educational system in shaping young people's lives. This storyline is played out through four new young characters, each of whom faces difficult choices amidst the temptation of crime and easy money.

The heat is on in Baltimore. The drug war is being lost, bodies are piling up, and a desperate mayor wants the tide turned before the election. But the police department hasn't got any answers. Wiretaps haven’t worked. Neither have stakeouts or street busts. With the demolition of the Franklin Terrace towers, Stringer Bell and the Barksdale crew have been forced to improvise. But no matter how hard McNulty and the detail try, the dealers always seem to be one step ahead of the game. It’s time to change the rules.

In 2003, Harvard undergrad and computer programmer Mark Zuckerberg begins work on a new concept that eventually turns into the global social network known as Facebook. Six years later, Mark is one of the youngest billionaires ever, but his unprecedented success leads to both personal and legal complications when he ends up on the receiving end of two lawsuits, one involving his former friend.