周星驰：做人如果没有梦想，跟咸鱼有什么分别

近年来，对艺人自传都不太感兴趣。理由是，很多自传都很容易对号入座。作者往往随意扭曲事实，然后乱七八糟的胡乱评论。最糟的是，很多这类书籍都是东凑西凑般，把一些道听途说或报章杂志上的文章合拼，然后就造就了一本所谓的自传。但是，这一本的主人翁太吸引我了。从小就看着星爷的戏长大。对星爷的确有一份说不出的怀念。。。

结果是。。。老样子。很多书里提到的都是略有所闻的事迹。整本书没什么新鲜事。作者和星爷的互动几乎是零。读到一半时，已经很想放弃。但，还是勉为其难的把整本书啃完。最后，得到一些对于偶像的怀念，但想要的惊喜（尤其是更多关于偶像的内心世界）真的少之又少。最糟糕的是，作者免不了还是会对号入座的细说星爷的事迹。然后，又很勉强的加入了自己的感想。事实是如何，只有星爷能够告诉我们答案。。。

唯一的优点是。。。作者把整本书排序的井井有条。整本书的次序非常棒。完全不会又凌乱的感觉。可惜，这也只是这本书仅有的优点。。。

弹了那么多，评分方面肯定不高。十分满分，只能给予两分。这本书的主人翁如果不是星爷，我相信评价会更低。有时，名人效应还是存在的，呵呵！

大话方言

找了好久的一本书（市面上还真难订到的一本书）。。。据说，当年易老师还不是那么出名。（百家讲坛还没发觉到有那么一个重要人物！哈！）因此，他的书籍肯定也不太引人注意。。。我只能说，谁因此而错过它的旧作肯定是走宝了。。。易老师的书绝对不会让你失望的！！！

这是本非常轻松有趣的书籍。整个阅读过程完全不需要消耗任何脑力和专注力。。。内容幽默诙谐，很容易引起读者会心一笑。。。不得不佩服易老师的知识。。。虽只是个方言，却能“南腔北调”，“朝秦暮楚”，“东拉西扯”，“死去活来”，“张冠李戴”，“指桑骂槐”（引号里是整本书的章节主题）的讨论。。。你能说这本书不精彩吗？

评分方面，还真有点难。。。说实在，这其实是个人最不喜欢的易老师作品。最不喜欢的原因并不在于这本书，而是个人太喜欢听易老师讲史讲哲学了。。。纯粹以书的角度去评分，这本书少说也值8分（满分10分）。。。但，以个人因素去衡量，我最多减半给个4分。。。书肯定是精彩；只是本人的慧根太有限了。。。哈！

Soccernomics

Soccernomics? Wait a minute... Soccer or economics? Yes, it is the combination of both !!! Amazing, right?

The two combined topic good enough to convince me. In fact, over the years, I had been wondering why nobody combines sports with economics... After all, Arsene Wenger had already showed the whole England how important data analysis since his arrival in 1996.

In fact, it took me more than a week to read and re-read this book. Yes, I read twice. First attempt was to read the whole thing... second attempt was to revise a few interesting parts. Having said that, I really love this book.

Few interesting points from the perspective of football fan (in fact, kinda shock on certain details as I thought I know enough football, LOL):

1. The reluctance and resistant shown by the English to accept "tactical" stuff ~ proper tactical guidance were seen as laughing stock those days. Wow... now I can imagine how hard Wenger was when he arrived at highbury (1996).

2. Club's victory and long term successes is determined by the club efforts in providing a competitive salary cap. In other words, salaries to attract stars and salaries to hold on with existing stars are the main factor (92%) contributing to a club's long term glories. In opposite, transfers market (by buying and selling stars) merely contributed 16% to a club's long run glories. ~~~ Well, it answers my long doubt question... looks like Wenger's philosophy to sell a star each season is totally wrong !!! LOL.

3. The facts that even club like Chelsea and Real Madrid ignore the basic problem of a player ~ Adaptability. Anelka's issue at Bernabaeu is an open stories those days. (well, served him right !!! LOL). But, Drogba's stories at West London was a real shock to me !!!

4. The facts that BPL clubs are one of the worst businesses in the world... Yet, millionaires are putting their monies in...Are they really buying simply due to their passionate in football? LOL!

Author did a very sharp forecasting at the end... Both author suggest that future football glories lies with modern town (or perhaps capital) clubs with the reason that millionaires are more than willing to invest in clubs based in capital rather than those based in cowboy town. Well, it means that club in London, Paris, Moscow and etc.are going to attract huge monies sooner or later. Right now, Chelsea had just won their first Champions League trophy (forget about how they won it though...LOL)... and Paris Saint-Germain looks to be another Citeh in France league soon. So, they are right !!! Bingo !!!

As a conclusion, Soccernomics is a real nice book for the game's intelligentia. Both authors explain trends on and off the pitch that helps us to understand to a much greater extend. Although there could be concepts that you do not fully agree on (Still think Guss Hiddink is over-rated! LOL)... but we have to appreciate how they dig out statistics and how they presented the whole concepts in such an excellent book. I hope I have the time to re-read this book again. Having said that... I rated this book at 9/10. I know I am bias... but, football remains something passionate to me... just like how I remain passionate in my books as well as my life... Football forever !!!

李安的世界

作者不是李安，所以没什么细致的内容。。。不过作为了解李安的一本书来说，作者是做到的。。。

坦白说，李安的戏我看了不少。。。从【推手】，【喜宴】，【饮食男女】到后期的【卧虎藏龙】，【断背山】和【色戒】，每一部都有它精彩的一面。父亲三部曲的【推手】，【喜宴】和【饮食男女】是个人的最爱。。。后期的【卧虎藏龙】我最不懂得欣赏。武打不够刺激，剧情散漫再加上挺讨人厌的章子怡（哈），李安怎么变了样呢？哈哈。。。【断背山】还算不错。虽然本人不是很认同故事的讯息。但，看着看着也挺恶心的；证明李安的功力还是一流的！【色戒】我真的挺喜欢。。。感觉上，父亲三部曲时代的李安又回来了！

电影说完了。。。该说一说【李安的世界】了。整体文笔虽一般，但至少明目了然。细致的内容虽不足，但也算交代的不马虎。李安能有今时今日的成就也的确不容易。李民杰说过。。。根据易经的理论，人类的每项行动都含有四个可能性：吉，凶，悔，吝。而既然三分之四都是不好的，李安的早期痛苦经历也就变的理所当然了。。。再来，李民杰所说的先重“量”，后重“质”也发生在李大导演的身上。李安也不是每部作品都行的。。。看来，李民杰的哲学在大人物或一般民众里都行得通噢，哈哈。。。

有一点真的要赞一赞作者。对于每一部作品，作者都会事先探讨李大导演当初开拍此片的动机（或者说是灵感）。然后，拍摄过程也一滴不漏的交代清清楚楚（如遴选演员方面）。最后，作者也在整部戏的成与败之间做了个结论。唯一不足的是。。。一切的一切或许是作者很理性的分析。但，艺术家如李安应该会感性点吧。。。

评分方面，因为是个人喜好（对于李安的崇拜），所以可能比较不中肯。。。10分满分，我会给8分。老实说，我还蛮享受阅读这本书的。。。至少脑筋用的少（哈！），而又不缺乏娱乐效果，赞！！！