All the Birds in the Sky

Charlie Jane Anders 
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The novel was generally well received by critics. It won the 2017 Nebula Award for Best Novel and the 2017 IAFA William L. Crawford Fantasy Award; it was also a 2017 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel finalist and was nominated for the 2017 Hugo Award for Best Novel.

An ancient society of witches and a hipster technological startup go war as the world from tearing itself. To further complicate things, each of the groups’ most promising followers (Patricia, a brilliant witch and Laurence, an engineering “wunderkind”) may just be in love with each other.

As the battle between magic and science wages in San Francisco against the backdrop of international chaos, Laurence and Patricia are forced to choose sides. But their choices will determine the fate of the planet and all mankind.

In a fashion unique to Charlie Jane Anders, All the Birds in the Sky offers a humorous and, at times, heart-breaking exploration of growing up extraordinary in world filled with cruelty, scientific ingenuity, and magic.

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旅行與讀書

詹宏志
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讀不一樣的書、走不一樣的路 　　

這本書裡有：被一本托斯卡尼食譜指南引路的攤牌考驗；有盡信書而驚險萬分的瑞士登山行；有念誦著魯拜集的哲思高明的印度商人；有被旅行社誆騙卻皆大歡喜的廚房體驗；有南非草叢中充滿生命體驗的薩伐旅；有爆炸後讓旅人一路矛盾的峇里島行；有阿拉斯加天地獨行般的行跡；有土耳其街攤羊頭的滋味；也有京都東京夢幻美食的紀行……30年來台灣最勇於作夢文化人詹宏志，與你分享他私密的旅行與思考。

《旅行與讀書》並不是充滿智慧形象的詹宏志作讀者的旅行提案，而是他用作家朱天文推崇的明朗文字 (「詹宏志是當代極少數能寫明朗文章的人之一。明朗的魅力。絕不抽象，將複雜的來龍去脈說得有趣、帥勁，令人神往。 」)，將他在旅行中的挫折或驚喜、決定與徬徨一一紀錄下來。

全書中，詹宏志除了展現他那百科全書般的知識配備與無線電望遠鏡似的敏銳觸角，更多時候，他像是熱情洋溢的說書人，急切地把異鄉的不同說給身邊的人聽，每個光景和人物都沾染他對未知世界少年般的好奇，聽眾們除了身歷其境感受那新鮮的景象，也得以窺見這位穿梭文化與商界的「台灣第一才子」勇敢闖蕩各界、源源不絕的熱情來源。

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Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City

Matthew Desmond
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WINNER OF THE 2017 PULITZER PRIZE FOR GENERAL NONFICTION

In Evicted, Harvard sociologist and MacArthur “Genius” Matthew Desmond follows eight families in Milwaukee as they struggle to keep a roof over their heads. Hailed as “wrenching and revelatory” (The Nation), “vivid and unsettling” (New York Review of Books), Evicted transforms our understanding of poverty and economic exploitation while providing fresh ideas for solving one of 21st-century America’s most devastating problems. Its unforgettable scenes of hope and loss remind us of the centrality of home, without which nothing else is possible.

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為了活下去 : 脫北女孩朴研美 (In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom)

朴研美 (Yeonmi Park) 著
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一個長於北韓黑市世代的女孩，歷經苦難終於逃離家鄉， 卻在人口販子的掌控下，度過兩年生不如死的歲月。
這是一則為了活下去的故事。

在黑暗的隧道裡看到微光/阿潑
在見到真正的脫北者之前，我讀了不少北韓相關的書，幾乎如出一轍地，會談論金氏領導人的權威，談到洗腦教育，談到飢餓，談到各種不堪，還有逃亡。或許因為如此，當那個清瘦束著頭髮的女孩說著自己的故事時，我有些心不在焉，因為我知道她簡短的談話裡會出現的詞彙、句子，也約莫猜得到逃亡路線：進中國，往中南半島逃，再到南韓。在這種南北韓交界區旅行，脫北者的故事分享與北韓罪惡的介紹影片，絕對是套裝行程之一，短短十分鐘，滿足大家獵奇的眼光 ......《為了活下去》作者朴研美或許是極少數願意以真名，且站在大眾面前訴說經歷的人。逃到南韓後，為了尋找姐姐，她上了電視，而後，到國外演講分享，被北韓當局視為眼中釘，公開抨擊她，並對付她在北韓的親人。但朴研美無所畏懼......

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Lean In for Graduates

Sheryl Sandberg
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The #1 best seller, expanded and updated exclusively for graduates entering the workforce

This extraordinary edition of Lean In, by Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer of Facebook and coauthor of Option B, with Adam Grant, includes a letter to graduates from Sandberg and six additional chapters from experts offering advice on finding and getting the most out of a first job; résumé writing; best interviewing practices; negotiating your salary; listening to your inner voice; owning who you are; and leaning in for millennial men.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

做自己的生命設計師 : 史丹佛最夯的生涯規畫課, 用「設計思考」重擬問題, 打造全新生命藍圖 (Designing Your Life)

比爾・柏內特 (Bill Burnett) , 戴夫・埃文斯 (Dave Evans) 著
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本書作者比爾‧柏內特（Bill Burnett）與戴夫‧埃文斯（Dave Evans）讓我們瞭解，如何透過設計思考，創造出有意義又快樂的人生。不管是誰，身處何方，現在或先前的工作是什麼，目前多老或多年輕，都可以藉著那些帶來世上美妙科技、產品、空間的設計思考，打造專屬於自己的事業與生活，活出圓滿、有趣、創意無限、生產力十足、永遠有驚喜等在前方的人生。

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My Name Is Lucy Barton: A Novel

Elizabeth Strout 
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE

The relationship between mother and daughter, in all its thorniness and intricacy, is at the heart of Elizabeth Strout’s new novel.

In the 1980s, Lucy, an aspiring writer, ends up spending nine weeks in hospital when she develops complications following what was supposed to be a routine operation. During this time, she is visited by the mother she hasn’t seen for many years and this short visit – five days out of both their lives – becomes the episode around which the rest of the story hangs.

My Name Is Lucy Barton encompasses Lucy’s marriage and her path to becoming a writer, but it is in the intimacy of these five days, with Lucy’s mother taking catnaps in the chair beside her bed, that we come to understand the nature of the bond between them ...

(Excerpt from theguardian.com)

 “A short novel about love, particularly the complicated love between mothers and daughters, but also simpler, more sudden bonds . . . It evokes these connections in a style so spare, so pure and so profound the book almost seems to be a kind of scripture or sutra, if a very down-to-earth and unpretentious one.”—Marion Winik, Newsday

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給母親的短柬

李碧華 主編
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這是李碧華小姐在博客上的一個徵文比賽作品結集。意念源於她一次在日本看到一些掌中書的內容，短柬書寫對母親的愛或懷念，言簡意賅但情意濃厚。

把不敢、不忍、不好竟思、從沒想過、難以開口向母親說的話，寫出來。一切要“及時”。用字純樸，發自真心。

小思、王安憶、陸川、陳果、小克、陳顧方、田沁鑫、侯小強、李碧華等擔任評審、分別在香港及中國大陸出版，版稅捐助中國的孤兒院，讓失去母愛的小孩受惠。

(摘錄自cp1897.com.hk)

Thank You for Being Late: An Optimist's Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations

Thomas L. Friedman
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A New York Times Bestseller

A field guide to the twenty-first century, written by one of its most celebrated observers

We all sense it―something big is going on. You feel it in your workplace. You feel it when you talk to your kids. You can’t miss it when you read the newspapers or watch the news. Our lives are being transformed in so many realms all at once―and it is dizzying.

In Thank You for Being Late, a work unlike anything he has attempted before, Thomas L. Friedman exposes the tectonic movements that are reshaping the world today and explains how to get the most out of them and cushion their worst impacts. You will never look at the world the same way again after you read this book: how you understand the news, the work you do, the education your kids need, the investments your employer has to make, and the moral and geopolitical choices our country has to navigate will all be refashioned by Friedman’s original analysis...

Thank You for Being Late is a work of contemporary history that serves as a field manual for how to write and think about this era of accelerations. It’s also an argument for “being late”―for pausing to appreciate this amazing historical epoch we’re passing through and to reflect on its possibilities and dangers. To amplify this point, Friedman revisits his Minnesota hometown in his moving concluding chapters; there, he explores how communities can create a “topsoil of trust” to anchor their increasingly diverse and digital populations.

With his trademark vitality, wit, and optimism, Friedman shows that we can overcome the multiple stresses of an age of accelerations―if we slow down, if we dare to be late and use the time to reimagine work, politics, and community. Thank You for Being Late is Friedman’s most ambitious book―and an essential guide to the present and the future.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

責任與判斷 (Responsibility and Judgment)

漢娜.鄂蘭 (Hannah Arendt)
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本書集結鄂蘭生前最後十年未出版的文章與演講稿，她在其中針對道德哲學提出幾個問題，尤其是關於「惡的本質」與「道德抉擇」。

沒有人比鄂蘭更了解二十世紀的政治危機可以從道德崩潰的角度視之。勢如瓦解，顯而易見。鄂蘭看到那具爭議性、挑戰性以及困難的核心，不是由於人的無知或邪惡，未能辨識道德的「真相」，而是由於道德的「真相」竟不足以作為標準，去對人已經可能做到的事情下判斷。鄂蘭允許自己提出的唯一的概括結論，反諷地指向一種大幅變革的無所不括，即西方思想傳統原本引以為神聖之事全盤改變了。道德思想的傳統斷了，不只由於政治觀念，也由於二十世紀的政治事實，傳統斷裂，再也無法復原。

鄂蘭既非虛無主義者，也非道學家；而是思想家，追隨其思考的指引。然而要跟上她，卻是讀者的艱鉅任務——主要並不是對於讀者的智力或知識的挑戰，而是對思考能力的挑戰。她提出的並非理論的解決，而是豐富的刺激，刺激你自己去思考。她覺得托克維爾（Alexis de Tocqueville）的洞見無比深刻，亦即，危機時刻或在真正的轉戾點，「過往無法給未來帶來啟示，人心徘徊在晦暗之中。」她認為在這種時刻（此時對她正是），心靈的晦暗就是最清明的指示，指示我們需要重新思考人類責任的意義，以及人類判斷的力量。

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