The Implications of Brexit for East Asia

by David W.F. Huang (Editor), Michael Reilly (Editor)
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This book is the first comprehensive exploration of the impact Brexit might have on both Britain’s and the EU’s role in a rising East Asia. From the internationalization of the renminbi to Hong Kong's fraught political status quo, and from former British colonies exploring their place in the world to America's place in East Asia in the Trump era, the EU plays an influential role in Asia today. However, much of this derives from Britain’s role and interests, even as Asian models were explicitly cited as models for post-Brexit Britain, particularly the Singaporean model. This book will be of value to scholars, policymakers, and journalists seeking to understand what role the EU and Britain will play in the Asian century.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

BBC News on Brexit

請帶我穿越這片海洋 : 記敘利亞、伊拉克、阿富汗、北非難民, 以及跨地中海的悲劇航程

卡里姆‧埃爾-高哈利 (Karim el-Gawhary), 瑪蒂爾德‧施瓦本德 (Mathilde Schwabeneder)
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他們為什麼不留下來，為自己的國家奮戰到底？
為什麼那些難民父母自己不工作，卻讓小孩負責打工賺錢養家？
明明是難民，竟然人手一支手機，也有辦法付給人蛇好幾萬美元？
橫越地中海的那些「死亡之船」上，究竟都發生了什麼事？

自2011年爆發內戰以來，敘利亞人民平均壽命整整降低了20年，760萬人流離失所，400萬人逃出敘利亞、成了你我口中的「難民」。

從兩伊戰爭到最近的內戰，伊拉克有4％的人口「被消滅了」；2014年初，約250萬伊拉克人在ISIS的武裝攻擊下逃離家園……

這波「第二次世界大戰以來最大的難民潮」，已經成了一齣日常的悲劇，淹沒在每分每秒攫取我們注意力的大小即時事件中。但如果他們不再只是一個數字，如果你可以聽見他們的故事，你會知道他們和我們沒什麼不同......

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News about Syria from The New York Times

What Color Is Your Parachute? 2019: A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers

Richard N. Bolles
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With more than 10 million copies sold in 28 countries, the world's most popular job-search book is updated for 2019, tailoring Richard Bolles's long-trusted guidance with up-to-the-minute information and advice for today's job-hunters and career-changers.

In today's complex job-market, the time-tested advice of What Color Is Your Parachute? is needed more than ever. Recent grads facing a changing economic landscape, workers laid off mid-career, and people searching for an inspiring work-life change all look to career guru Richard N. Bolles for support, encouragement, and advice on which job-hunt strategies work—and which don't. This revised edition combines classic elements like the famed Flower Exercise with updated tips on social media and search tactics. Bolles demystifies the entire job-search process, from writing resumes to interviewing to networking, expertly guiding job-hunters toward their dream job.

(Excerpt from the publisher's website)

越南：世界史的失語者 (The Penguin History of Modern Vietnam)

克里斯多佛‧高夏 (Christopher Goscha)
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權力爭奪、戰火洗禮、帝國殖民、獨立與開放、文化影響……
越南的歷史就是世界大歷史的縮影
跳脫越戰世代史學窠臼，抗衡越共對歷史詮釋的壟斷
史學家高夏運用越南文、法文、英文等多語史料，在《越南：世界史的失語者》一書中重建越南歷史多元完整的面貌

2017年榮獲
- 卓越歷史著作獎──坎迪爾獎（Cundill Prize）
- 美國歷史學會費正清獎（The John K. Fairbank Prize）

一本以「越南為中心」史觀的集大成巨作
高夏：「把越南歷史寫成勝利者獨享的故事，已經不再有其必要。」

文安立（Odd Arne Westad）：想對越南歷史有一次精確而全面性評估的人，讀這本書就對了。

芮納‧米德（Rana Mitter）：以宏觀角度審視越南，讓越南在讀者心目中不再只是冷戰期間已經幾乎淡忘的陳年舊事。

羅吉法爾（Fredrik Logevall）：精闢、公正、人道色彩濃厚……在這個議題上，這本書必將成為經典之作。

《華爾街日報》：讀者若想找一本簡潔、有見識而又淺顯易讀的書，了解複雜而多變的越南現代史，這本書是最佳選項。

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Art Deco

Alastair Duncan
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Art Deco is one of the most exciting chapters in the history of the decorative arts. Conceived in France before the First World War, it spread throughout Europe and had its greatest and most spectacular success in the United States. Myriad influences shaped the style - Cubism, Constructivism, Orientalism, the Ballets Russes, the Bauhaus - and its exponents included many of the century's most celebrated artists, designers and craftsmen.

This volume traces the history of the art deco movement and examines its influence on design.
Examples are given of art deco furniture, textiles, ironwork, lighting, silver, glass, ceramics, sculpture, graphics, posters, books, jewellery, and architecture.

(Excerpt from AbeBooks.co.uk)

The “Art Deco. The France-China Connection” exhibition traces the origins of Art Deco in France, examines its influence of Chinese arts and craftsmanship on French designers and artisans, and explores the Art Deco lifestyle in Hong Kong, Shanghai and Hangzhou. The artefacts include furniture, sculptures, paintings, posters, costumes, ceramic glassware, vases, jewellery, cosmetic cases and more, highlighting the versatility, originality and adaptability of Art Deco designs. READ MORE

“Art Deco. The France-China Connection” Exhibition
Date: 6 March 2019 to 30 June 2019 (Closed on Mondays)
Time: 10am to 7pm
Venue: CityU Exhibition Gallery, City University of Hong Kong
Admission: Free of charge

便利店人間 = コンビニ人間

村田沙耶香
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第155屆芥川賞得獎作品
今年度，最衝擊社會普世價值，
動搖「正常」與「異常」的人格界線，
引起媒體熱烈討論，極具話題性的寫實小說。

36歲未婚女性古倉惠子，大學畢業後沒有就職，
在便利店打工已歷經18個年頭，至今未交過男朋友。

某天，以尋找結婚對象而加入打工行列的男人白羽，
卻對惠子的生活方式提出質疑：
「妳不覺得丟臉嗎？」

從此，惠子向來信奉的價值被徹底顛覆了，
失去基準的她，能找回真正的自我嗎？

「本作品透過將主角設定為一個偏離社會常識的怪物般角色，銳利、淺白、並且滑稽地刻畫出人類世界的這個真相。本作品堪稱傑作。」----------------奧泉光

「將身為社會異物的主角，放入人工式的正常化超商盒子裡，便鮮明地映照出外頭世界的人們的奇異。作者自由地伸縮這曖昧模糊的境界線，這部分的發展讀來趣味盎然。」---------------小川洋子

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On China

Henry Kissinger
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"Fascinating, shrewd . . . The book deftly traces the rhythms and patterns of Chinese history." —Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times

In this sweeping and insightful history, Henry Kissinger turns for the first time at book length to a country he has known intimately for decades and whose modern relations with the West he helped shape. On China illuminates the inner workings of Chinese diplomacy during such pivotal events as the initial encounters between China and tight line modern European powers, the formation and breakdown of the Sino-Soviet alliance, the Korean War, and Richard Nixon’s historic trip to Beijing. With a new final chapter on the emerging superpower’s twenty-first-century role in global politics and economics, On China provides historical perspective on Chinese foreign affairs from one of the premier statesmen of our time.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

Glimpses of China from a Bygone Era – An Exhibition of the Library’s Special Collection showcases treasured items dating back to the Ming and Qing dynasties from Special Collection & Archive of the City University of Hong Kong Library. The exhibition is being held from 14 January to 21 March 2019 at Wofoo Foundation Gallery, Run Run Shaw Library, City University of Hong Kong. READ MORE

小說課 : 折磨讀者的秘密

許榮哲
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這是一本小說的武功祕笈，從招式解密到攫取心法––從小說創作的36個關鍵入手，引用古今中外三十多個經典作品為例，以最淺顯的方式讓讀者了解小說。

關於「人物」，它說：描寫性格比描寫長相重要！
關於「場景」，它說：每間星巴克都長得不一樣！
關於「對話」，它說：看得到的對話是水面上的八分之一，看不到的對話是水面下的八分之七！

從「全世界最好的小說開頭」到「一切都是羅生門」，文藝營達人許榮哲帶你深入小說的世界––讀過，看懂，學到！

本書深入淺出，從國中生到大學生，讓愛讀小說的人，更了解小說的構成；想寫小說的人，更不能缺少這本書的指引。

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