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The Library Douban
author: Sarah Stewart / David Small publishing house: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) 1995 - 4
Meet an unforgettable bibliophile
Elizabeth Brown doesn't like to play with dolls and she doesnt like to skate. What she does like to do is read books. Lots of books. The only problem is that her library has gotten so big she can't even use her front door anymore. What should Elizabeth Brown do? Start her own public library, of course! With charming verse and watercolors Sarah Stewart and David Small celebrate one of America's oldest and finest institutions.
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失焦 Douban
Slightly Out of Focus
★ 9.5 (24 ratings) author: [美] 罗伯特·卡帕 translator: 徐振锋 publishing house: 广西师范大学出版社 2005 - 3
《失焦》是卡帕亲历二战的摄影手记，作品忠实记录了他在战争中经历和感受到的一切。展卷阅读，有时会哑然失笑，而更多的时候，则会让人心情沉重。卡帕深深热爱生命，热爱和平，他厌恶战争，痛恨自己的职业——眼看着一个个年轻的生命，生死只在一瞬间，任谁也无法承受这种巨大的反差——尤其是当这种事情就发生在自己的身边，甚至随时会发生在自己身上时。然而卡帕却以近乎“冷酷无情”的冷静忠实地记录下这一切，他的文字，他的照片，无一不充分体现出这种冷静，而隐藏在冷静背后的，是用生命才能换取的勇气。
作为战地摄影的鼻祖，卡帕有着典型的冒险家的性格，他曾说“战地记者的赌注——他的生命——就在他自己手里……我是个赌徒。”而他更著名的一句话则是：“如果你的照片拍得不够好，那是因为你离炮火不够近。”他的摄影作品，没有太多的技巧可言，焦点不够准确，裁切不够精当，色调不够丰富……但所有这些“缺点”都无法掩盖其作品的伟大性。
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马语者 Douban
author: [英] 尼古拉斯·埃文斯 translator: 杨玉娘 publishing house: 作家出版社 1996 - 5
内容提要
一个冰天雪地的早晨，在纽约州
北部，十三岁的小姑娘克蕾斯骑着心
爱的名马“朝圣者”外出，不幸与一
辆四十吨的卡车相撞。克蕾斯失去了
一条腿，心理上遭受了严重的创伤，
“朝圣者”血肉模糊，奄奄一息。她
虽然逃离了死亡，但这场突如其来的
横祸，给她以及亲人们带来了强烈的
冲击。
克蕾斯是纽约一位有名的杂志编
辑安妮和律师罗伯特的独生女儿。起
初，他们都不知道，他们全家人的命
运全系于“朝圣者”身上。兽医们主
张射杀“朝圣者”但安妮认为，“朝
圣者”是克蕾斯生命的一部分，如果
射杀“朝圣者”，克蕾斯生命的一部
分也会随之死亡。
她听人说，在蒙大家州有个和马
有通感，能与马用语言交流，治疗马
匹疑难杂症的牛仔汤姆・布克，便放
下她的事业，驱车带着女儿和“朝圣
者”，经过长途跋涉，跨越整个美洲
大陆寻找这个奇人。在洛矶山山脉的
山麓，汤姆・布克以其非凡的人格魅
力和精湛的技艺，治愈了人和马，使
“朝圣者”和克蕾斯奇迹般地康复，
克蕾斯生新跃上了马背。在这历险过
程中，安妮深深地爱上了汤姆，而汤
姆却为救克蕾斯，倒在野马的重蹄之
下……在蒙大拿广阔的天空下，这些
人完全改变了人生选择。
这是感人肺腑的爱情诗篇，也是
惊心动魄的心灵历险，尼古拉斯・埃
文斯为治疗在苦难中受伤的心灵，奉
献了一个凄婉，感人的故事。
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数字城堡 Douban Goodreads
Digital Fortress
★ 7.2 (110 ratings) author: [美] 丹·布朗 translator: 朱振武 / 赵永健 … publishing house: 人民文学出版社 2004 - 9
世界上最隐秘的情报部门——美国国家安全局（NSA）斥巨资建造了一台可以破解一切密码的机器——万能解密机。这台超级电脑帮助NSA挫败了无数恐怖分子的阴谋，但这台电脑也能截获普通人的电子邮件。这个世界已没有隐私和秘密可言！
NSA前程序设计师远诚友加针锋相对地推出了“数字城堡”，他声称这是具有不可破解的密码的加密软件，并以此要挟NSA，要求他们向世人宣布万能解密机的存在。不料，远诚友加在西班牙意外死亡，而刻有口令的戒指却神秘失踪。
NSA首席密码破解专家苏珊·弗莱切与男友——语言学家戴维·贝克猝不及防地被卷入了这一事件中。两人各自在扑朔迷离的情境中经历了险象环生的一幕幕……
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纯真年代 Douban
★ 8.0 (7 ratings) author: [美国] 伊迪丝·华顿 translator: 赵兴国 / 赵玲 publishing house: 译林出版社 2002 - 1
《纯真年代》的主要情节发生在19世纪70年代末80年代初的纽约上流社会。那是伊迪丝度过童年与青春的地方，她在那儿长大成人，进入社交界，订婚又解除婚约，最后嫁给波士顿的爱德华·华顿，并度过了婚后的最初几年。时隔40年后，作为小说家的她回顾养育过她也束缚过她的那个社会，她的感情是复杂的，既有亲切的眷恋，又有清醒的针砭。
作家把那个时代的纽约上流社会比作一个小小的金字塔，它又尖又滑，很难在上面取得立足之地。处在塔顶，真正有贵族血统的只有二三户人家:华盛顿广场的达戈内特祖上是正宗的郡中世家；范德卢顿先生是第一任荷兰总督的嫡孙，他家曾与法国和英国的几家贵族联姻；还有与德格拉斯伯爵联姻的拉宁一家。他们是上流社会的最高阶层，但显然已处于日薄西山的衰败阶段。上流社会的中坚力量是以明戈特家族、纽兰家族、奇弗斯家族为代表的名门望族，他们的祖辈都是来自英国或荷兰的富商，早年在殖民地发迹，成为有身份有地位的人物。比如纽兰·阿切尔的一位曾外祖父曾参与过独立宣言的签署，还有一位曾在华盛顿部下任将军。正如阿切尔太太所说的，“纽约从来就是个商业社会”，占支配地位的是这些殷实的富商。处于金字塔底部的是富有却不显贵的人们，他们多数是内战之后崛起的新富，凭借雄厚的财力，通过联姻而跻身上流社会。
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Almost Famous (2000)
Almost Famous
★ 8.0 (189 ratings) director: Cameron Crowe actor: Billy Crudup / Frances McDormand …
other title: 几近成名 / 成名在望(台) …
In 1973, 15-year-old William Miller's unabashed love of music and aspiration to become a rock journalist lands him an assignment from Rolling Stone magazine to interview and tour with the up-and-coming band, Stillwater.
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Pulp Fiction (1994)
Pulp Fiction
★ 8.9 (2195 ratings) director: 昆汀·塔伦蒂诺 actor: 约翰·特拉沃尔塔 / 乌玛·瑟曼 …
other title: 低俗小说 / 危险人物(港) …
A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in three stories that ingeniously trip back and forth in time.
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Psycho (1960)
Psycho
★ 9.0 (1229 ratings) director: 阿尔弗雷德·希区柯克 actor: 安东尼·帕金斯 / 珍妮特·利 …
other title: 싸이코 / サイコ …
When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she ends up at the notorious Bates Motel, where manager Norman Bates cares for his housebound mother.
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Alien³ (1992)
Alien³
★ 6.6 (468 ratings) director: 大卫·芬奇 actor: 西格妮·韦弗 / 查尔斯·达顿 …
other title: 异形3 / 异形Ⅲ …
After escaping with Newt and Hicks from the alien planet, Ripley crash lands on Fiorina 161, a prison planet and host to a correctional facility. Unfortunately, although Newt and Hicks do not survive the crash, a more unwelcome visitor does. The prison does not allow weapons of any kind, and with aid being a long time away, the prisoners must simply survive in any way they can.
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Aliens (1986)
Aliens
★ 7.7 (699 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.
March 27, 2013 watched
女人有了母性果真就是不一样啊……另外异形真高级，还会坐电梯
美国 电影 动作 科幻 RA
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Total Recall (1990)
Total Recall
★ 7.6 (212 ratings) director: 保罗·范霍文 actor: 阿诺·施瓦辛格 / 雷切尔·蒂科汀 …
other title: 全面回忆 / 宇宙威龙(港) …
Construction worker Douglas Quaid's obsession with the planet Mars leads him to visit Recall, a company that manufactures memories. When his memory implant goes wrong, Doug can no longer be sure what is and isn't reality.
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Alien (1979)
Alien
★ 8.2 (1047 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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Top Gun (1986)
Top Gun
★ 6.9 (439 ratings) director: 托尼·斯科特 actor: 汤姆·克鲁斯 / 凯莉·麦吉利斯 …
other title: 壮志凌云 / 捍卫战士(台) …
For Lieutenant Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell and his friend and co-pilot Nick 'Goose' Bradshaw, being accepted into an elite training school for fighter pilots is a dream come true. But a tragedy, as well as personal demons, will threaten Pete's dreams of becoming an ace pilot.
March 25, 2013 watched
"美国海军凭借此片，迎来了自二战结束以来历史上最高的入伍率。"绝对相信。Val Kilmer也很劲啊~听到那首歌，想不给五星都不行啊 take my breath away!
电影 爱情 动作 美国 大学
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Life as We Know It (2010) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Life as We Know It
★ 6.5 (63 ratings) director: 格里格·伯兰蒂 actor: 凯瑟琳·海格尔 / 乔什·杜哈明 …
other title: 我们所知道的生活 / 命中注定多个你(台) …
After a disastrous first date for caterer Holly and network sports director Messer, all they have in common is a dislike for each other and their love for their goddaughter Sophie. But when they suddenly become all Sophie has in this world, Holly and Messer must set their differences aside. Juggling careers and social calendars, they'll have to find common ground while living under the same roof.
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Another Cinderella Story (2008)
Another Cinderella Story
★ 5.8 (54 ratings) director: Damon Santostefano actor: 赛琳娜·戈麦斯 / 安德鲁·西雷 …
other title: 灰姑娘之舞动奇迹 / 另个灰姑娘的故事 …
A guy who danced with what could be the girl of his dreams at a costume ball only has one hint at her identity: the Zune she left behind as she rushed home in order to make her curfew. And with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity in front of him, he sets out to find his masked beauty.
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Rebecca (1940)
Rebecca
★ 8.2 (535 ratings) director: Alfred Hitchcock actor: Laurence Olivier / Joan Fontaine …
other title: 레베카 / レベッカ …
Story of a young woman who marries a fascinating widower only to find out that she must live in the shadow of his former wife, Rebecca, who died mysteriously several years earlier. The young wife must come to grips with the terrible secret of her handsome, cold husband, Max De Winter. She must also deal with the jealous, obsessed Mrs. Danvers, the housekeeper, who will not accept her as the mistress of the house.