2015 film by Jocelyn Moorhouse

《偷书贼》是澳大利亚知名作家马库斯•苏萨克的长篇小说代表作，它像《解忧杂货店》和《追风筝的人》一样，可以战胜孤独和恐惧，拯救身陷绝望的人，遇到这些书，是我们这一代人的幸运。 二战期间，九岁的德国姑娘莉泽尔和弟弟被送往寄养家庭。弟弟不幸病死在火车上。在埋葬弟弟的荒原上，莉泽尔捡到了一本对她意义非凡的书《掘墓人手册》。 来到慕尼黑贫民区的寄养家庭，莉泽尔夜夜抱着《掘墓人手册》入睡。养父为安慰她，每晚给她朗读手册的内容，还教她阅读。 莉泽尔发现书的诱惑比食物更难抗拒，忍不住开始偷书。书里的世界帮助她熬过了现实的苦难，她也开始为藏在地下室的犹太人和在防空洞避难的邻居读书，安慰那一颗颗惶惶不安的心。然而，无情的战火终于摧毁了这一切…… 人类为何可以如此丑陋又如此美好，文字的力量为何可以毁灭一切，又可以璀璨夺目？《偷书贼》讲述了一个孤苦的小女孩如何凭借读书的力量，度过生命中艰难时期的故事，获英联邦作家奖，被评选为美国《学校图书馆杂志》年度图书、《出版人周刊》年度图书。位居《纽约时报》畅销书榜超10年之久，并被译为40余种语言。

1939年的德国，9岁的小女孩莉赛尔和弟弟被迫送往慕尼黑远郊的寄养家庭。6岁的弟弟不幸死在了路途中。在冷清的葬礼后，莉赛尔意外得到她的第一本书《掘墓人手册》。 这将是14本给她带来无限安慰的书之一。她是个孤苦的孩子，父亲被打上了共产主义者的烙印，被纳粹带走了；母亲随后也失踪了。在弹奏手风琴的养父的帮助下，她学会了阅读。尽管生活艰苦，她却发现了一个比食物更难以抗拒的东西——书。她忍不住开始偷书。莉赛尔，这个被死神称为“偷书贼”的可怜女孩，在战乱的德国努力地生存着，并不可思议地帮助了周围同样承受苦难的人。 这是个讲述书是如何振奋灵魂的令人难忘的故事。

In 1972, the young philosopher Peter Singer published "Famine, Affluence and Morality," which rapidly became one of the most widely discussed essays in applied ethics. Through this article, Singer presents his view that we have the same moral obligations to those far away as we do to those close to us. He argued that choosing not to send life-saving money to starving people on the other side of the earth is the moral equivalent of neglecting to save drowning children because we prefer not to muddy our shoes. If we can help, we must--and any excuse is hypocrisy. Singer's extreme stand on our moral obligations to others became a powerful call to arms and continues to challenge people's attitudes towards extreme poverty. Today, it remains a central touchstone for those who argue we should all help others more than we do. As Bill and Melinda Gates observe in their foreword, in the age of today's global philanthropy, Singer's essay is as relevant now as it ever was. This attractively packaged, concise edition collects the original article, two of Singer's more recent popular writings on our obligations to others around the world, and a new introduction by Singer that discusses his current thinking.