威廉·詹姆士（1842—1910），美国本土第一位哲学家和心理学家，也是教育学家、实用主义的倡导者，美国机能主义心理学派创始人之一。本书是一部打破传统研究方式，主要从个人经验角度，或者说从心理学的角度，通过生动翔实的事例对个体的种种宗教经验（如皈依、悔改等）及其本质进行探讨的著作，认为宗教经验在根本上是个体与更高的神秘力量进行交流而产生的情感体验。本书出版后产生了巨大的轰动。

Trevor, an insomniac lathe operator, experiences unusual occurrences at work and home. A strange man follows him everywhere, but no one else seems to notice him.

World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by troubling visions and a mysterious doctor.

Blonde Betty Elms has only just arrived in Hollywood to become a movie star when she meets an enigmatic brunette with amnesia. Meanwhile, as the two set off to solve the second woman's identity, filmmaker Adam Kesher runs into ominous trouble while casting his latest project.

A ticking-time-bomb insomniac and a slippery soap salesman channel primal male aggression into a shocking new form of therapy. Their concept catches on, with underground "fight clubs" forming in every town, until an eccentric gets in the way and ignites an out-of-control spiral toward oblivion.

A young man struggles to access sublimated childhood memories. He finds a technique that allows him to travel back into the past, to occupy his childhood body and change history. However, he soon finds that every change he makes has unexpected consequences.

A mathematical genius discovers a link between numbers and reality, and thus believes he can predict the future.

2003 film directed by James Mangold