The War for Kindness: Building Empathy in a Fractured World

Jamil Zaki
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“In this masterpiece, Jamil Zaki weaves together the very latest science with stories that will stay in your heart forever.”—Angela Duckworth, author of Grit

Empathy is in short supply. We struggle to understand people who aren’t like us, but find it easy to hate them. Studies show that we are less caring than we were even thirty years ago. In 2006, Barack Obama said that the United States was suffering from an “empathy deficit.” Since then, things seem to have only gotten worse.

It doesn’t have to be this way. In this groundbreaking book, Jamil Zaki shares cutting-edge research, including experiments from his own lab, showing that empathy is not a fixed trait—something we’re born with or not—but rather a skill that can be strengthened through effort. He also tells the stories of people who embody this new perspective, fighting for kindness in the most difficult of circumstances. We meet a former neo-Nazi who is now helping to extract people from hate groups, ex-prisoners discussing novels with the judge who sentenced them, Washington police officers changing their culture to decrease violence among their ranks, and NICU nurses fine-tuning their empathy so that they don’t succumb to burnout.

Written with clarity and passion, The War for Kindness is an inspiring call to action. The future may depend on whether we accept the challenge.

Praise for The War for Kindness

“A wide-ranging practical guide to making the world better.”—NPR

“Relating anecdotes and test cases from his fellow researchers, news events and the imaginary world of literature and entertainment, Zaki makes a vital case for ‘fighting for kindness.’ . . . If he’s right—and after reading The War for Kindness, you’ll probably think so—Zaki’s work is right on time.” —San Francisco Chronicle

“In this landmark book, Jamil Zaki gives us a revolutionary perspective on empathy: Empathy can be developed, and, when it is, people, relationships, organizations, and cultures are changed.”—Carol Dweck, author of Mindset

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

100個漢字裡的中國

劉葉翎,段慶峰
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本書選取100個與中國傳統觀念相關的核心漢字，按人自身、人與自然、人與社會的邏輯線索，通過解讀漢字的本源、流變，將與漢字有關的文化知識融會貫通其中，從而挖掘出漢字背後傳遞出的人文精神、生活智慧，由此對生活進行引導。

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The Hype Machine: How Social Media Disrupts Our Elections, Our Economy, and Our Health--and How We Must Adapt

Sinan Aral
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A landmark insider’s tour of how social media affects our decision-making and shapes our world in ways both useful and dangerous ...

LONGLISTED FOR THE PORCHLIGHT BUSINESS BOOK AWARD • “The most important book of the year . . . a lively, engaging masterpiece.”—Erik Brynjolfsson, bestselling co-author of The Second Machine Age

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY WIRED

MIT professor Sinan Aral isn’t only one of the world’s leading experts on social media—he’s also an entrepreneur and investor, giving him an unparalleled 360-degree view of the technology’s great promise as well as its outsize capacity to damage our politics, our economy, and even our personal health.

Drawing on two decades of his own research and business experience, Aral goes under the hood of the biggest, most powerful social networks to tackle the critical question of just how much social media actually shapes our choices, for better or worse. Aral shows how the tech behind social media offers the same set of behavior-influencing levers to both Russian hackers and brand marketers—to everyone who hopes to change the way we think and act—which is why its consequences affect everything from elections to business, dating to health. Along the way, he covers a wide array of topics, including how network effects fuel Twitter’s and Facebook’s massive growth to the neuroscience of how social media affects our brains, the real consequences of fake news, the power of social ratings, and the impact of social media on our kids.

In mapping out strategies for being more thoughtful consumers of social media, The Hype Machine offers the definitive guide to understanding and harnessing for good the technology that has redefined our world overnight.

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電影港義：香港電影的60堂人生課

港唔斷戲 (著)
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人氣電影專頁「港唔斷戲」
60套香港電影＝60堂人生課
導演：陳詠燊／黃浩然　
新生代演員：余香凝／吳肇軒／岑珈其／李任燊／周祉君／陳漢娜／陳家樂／郭漢柱／張建聲／梁雍婷／麥芷誼／麥子樂／游學修／廖子妤／蔡頌思／談善言／盧鎮業 撐場推薦

從《行運一條龍》學說「對不起」；
《逆流大叔》的真香港人精神；
都市男女的《十二夜》愛情輪迴；
《大隻佬》萬般帶不走的因果；
不認命的我城，終究《樹大招風》……
光影中哭過笑過領悟過， 大銀幕上是他也是你和我。 那些印在腦海中的對白、真真假假的情節、揮之不去的殘影……
人生如戲，我們在香港電影中成長。
這是屬於香港人的 60 堂電影人生課。
「感謝香港電影！世界上有無數優秀的電影， 但任憑弱水三千，我只取一瓢飲。」
－港唔斷戲

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The Infinite Game

Simon Sinek
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From the New York Times best-selling author of Start with Why and Leaders Eat Last, a bold framework for leadership in today’s ever-changing world.

How do we win a game that has no end? Finite games, like football or chess, have known players, fixed rules, and a clear endpoint. The winners and losers are easily identified. Infinite games, games with no finish line, like business or politics, or life itself, have players who come and go. The rules of an infinite game are changeable, while infinite games have no defined endpoint. There are no winners or losers - only ahead and behind.

The question is, how do we play to succeed in the game we’re in?

In this revelatory new book, Simon Sinek offers a framework for leading with an infinite mindset. On one hand, none of us can resist the fleeting thrills of a promotion earned or a tournament won, yet these rewards fade quickly. In pursuit of a just cause, we will commit to a vision of a future world so appealing that we will build it week after week, month after month, year after year. Although we do not know the exact form this world will take, working toward it gives our work and our life meaning.

Leaders who embrace an infinite mindset build stronger, more innovative, more inspiring organizations. Ultimately, they are the ones who lead us into the future.

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象與騎象人：實現快樂的十個配方 : 老智慧與新科學的結合 (The Happiness Hypothesis)

強納森・海德特 (Jonathan Haidt)著
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我們的心，像是一頭放任的大象。 我們的智，像是一個希望具備掌控能力的騎象者。 心智往往意見相左，各行其事，結果離開快樂越來越遠。 如何引導大象與騎象者以協調的步伐走上快樂之道？ 過去人類歷史沉澱下來的古老智慧，告訴我們許多快樂的指南針， 現在尖端科學研究出快樂的方程式，則是H = S + C + V。 Happiness（快樂）= Setpoint（快樂起始點）+Condition（生活條件）+Voluntary　 activities（自發性活動） 只要懂得善用老智慧及新科學、掌握自己的潛能與限制， 就能實現快樂，過一個充滿智慧的人生。

★得獎紀錄： 獲選中國時報開卷十大好書美好生活書獎

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The Rules of Contagion: Why Things Spread--And Why They Stop

Adam Kucharski
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From ideas and infections to financial crises and fake news, an "utterly timely" look at why the science of outbreaks is the science of modern life

One of the Best Books of 2020 — Financial Times
One of the "Most 2020 Books of 2020" — Washington Post

These days, whenever anything spreads, whether it's a YouTube fad or a political rumor, we say it went viral. But how does virality actually work? In The Rules of Contagion, epidemiologist Adam Kucharski explores topics including gun violence, online manipulation, and, of course, outbreaks of disease to show how much we get wrong about contagion, and how astonishing the real science is.

Why did the president retweet a Mussolini quote as his own? Why do financial bubbles take off so quickly? Why are disinformation campaigns so effective? And what makes the emergence of new illnesses -- such as MERS, SARS, or the coronavirus disease COVID-19 -- so challenging? By uncovering the crucial factors driving outbreaks, we can see how things really spread -- and what we can do about it.

Whether you are an author seeking an audience, a defender of truth, or simply someone interested in human social behavior, The Rules of Contagion is an essential guide to modern life.

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香港粵語片藝術論集

盧偉力
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《香港粵語片藝術論集》結集了香港電影研究者盧偉力從九十年代末以來，關於五六十年代香港粵語電影藝術的研究文章，當中包括論文、筆記和影片賞析，亦是作者在電影方面的文字紀錄。本書談到多位粵語片時代的重要影人，如李鐵、盧敦、任劍輝、紅線女、關德興、新馬師曾、曹達華等，亦述說了香港粵語電影與當時的時代變局、社會變遷，甚至國際政治環境、意識型態的關係。

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Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family

Robert Kolker
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OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES TOP TEN BOOKS OF THE YEAR
Named a BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR by The New York Times, The Washington Post, TIME, and Amazon

The heartrending story of a midcentury American family with twelve children, six of them diagnosed with schizophrenia, that became science's great hope in the quest to understand the disease.

Don and Mimi Galvin seemed to be living the American dream. After World War II, Don's work with the Air Force brought them to Colorado, where their twelve children perfectly spanned the baby boom: the oldest born in 1945, the youngest in 1965. In those years, there was an established script for a family like the Galvins--aspiration, hard work, upward mobility, domestic harmony--and they worked hard to play their parts. But behind the scenes was a different story: psychological breakdown, sudden shocking violence, hidden abuse. By the mid-1970s, six of the ten Galvin boys, one after another, were diagnosed as schizophrenic. How could all this happen to one family?

What took place inside the house on Hidden Valley Road was so extraordinary that the Galvins became one of the first families to be studied by the National Institute of Mental Health. Their story offers a shadow history of the science of schizophrenia, from the era of institutionalization, lobotomy, and the schizophrenogenic mother to the search for genetic markers for the disease, always amid profound disagreements about the nature of the illness itself. And unbeknownst to the Galvins, samples of their DNA informed decades of genetic research that continues today, offering paths to treatment, prediction, and even eradication of the disease for future generations.

With clarity and compassion, bestselling and award-winning author Robert Kolker uncovers one family's unforgettable legacy of suffering, love, and hope.

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貝加爾湖隱居札記 (Dans les forêts de Sibérie)

席爾凡・戴松 (Sylvain Tesson))
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21世紀的《湖濱散記》
恐慌世代讀者最需要的心靈書寫
一段隱居原始森林的人生思考

★榮獲法國梅迪西文學獎
★榮獲英國鐸曼旅行文學獎
★《國家地理》最佳秋季讀物
★《金融時報》年度最佳好書

「『隱居』乍看遠離生活，然而這本『隱居之書』卻站在與社會相依存的觀點，告訴人們生活是一門藝術，而非令人鄙視之事。」────《科克斯書評》（Kirkus Reviews）

「我行前隨身帶了書、雪茄和伏特加酒。
其餘的東西──空間、寧靜和孤獨
──那裡已經有了。」

法國記者席爾凡・戴松曾向自己許諾，要在四十歲前去森林裡過一段隱居生活。於是，他前往西伯利亞自然而孤獨的荒野────貝加爾湖畔的一座小木屋裡住了六個月。離小木屋最近的村莊在一百二十公里外，他沒有鄰居，偶爾會有熊訪客。

▍在這裡，我見識了冬天和春天、幸福、絕望，乃至於平靜。
......「在這片無人之地，我替自己打造了一段清明又美麗的生活，我度過一段深居簡出的儉樸日子。我依山傍水，得以凝視日子一天天流轉。我砍柴、釣了自己的晚餐、讀很多書、到山裡健行，並在窗邊喝伏特加。這座小木屋是個絕佳的觀察站，能一窺大自然的各種動靜。」

在這片荒原中，他逐漸馴服了空間、時間，每一天都在發掘忙碌生活與旅行中無法帶來的體驗；最後他以緩慢沉穩的步調，創造出屬於自己的、簡約而美好的生活。

「也許所謂自由即在於擁有時間？也許所謂富有即在於坐擁獨處、空間和安靜──而這些恰恰都是未來世代人們所欠缺的事物。然而只要深山裡仍有小木屋，這世界就不至於全然絕望。」

「內容非凡……作者除了文學體操和怪癖外，寫下了描寫西伯利亞廣闊風光的讚歌，以及在度過逆境的生活方式。這本書讓人一頁頁不忍釋卷，直到我們和戴松一樣結束了這段隱居時光，返回我們的日常。」────《亞洲書評》（Asian Review Books）

「戴松的幽默感一絕，並生動寫下他熱愛的針葉林與俄國人對其近乎神祕的依戀。他在書中展開叔本華式地追索：現代人眼中的渴望與遺憾間的世界。」────《經濟學人》網站（Economist.com）網站

「這部作品非常珍貴，它揭露了流逝的時間那無可估量的價值。作品非常有張力，我們於是發現一個弔詭之處：說起來，在這座小屋中，（幾乎）什麼都沒發生。這部作品由一位穿著風之鞋的男人所撰，是一曲針對靜止、缺乏、靜默的頌歌。……如此對孤獨的追尋──我們尤其不能將之看作限制──促使作者內省靜觀。……他與孤獨的關係是複雜而意義豐富的。……在一個萬事萬物都以提高利潤為目的而遭到安排、組織的時代，戴松透過長時間凝賞貝加爾湖及湖中掩映的天空，重新發掘冥想的益處。」──《世界報》（Le Monde）

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Sontag: Her Life and Work

Benjamin Moser
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WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE
Finalist for the Lambda Literary Award
Finalist for the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography
Named one of the Best Books of the Year by: O Magazine, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Seattle Times

The definitive portrait of one of the American Century’s most towering intellectuals: her writing and her radical thought, her public activism and her hidden private face

No writer is as emblematic of the American twentieth century as Susan Sontag. Mythologized and misunderstood, lauded and loathed, a girl from the suburbs who became a proud symbol of cosmopolitanism, Sontag left a legacy of writing on art and politics, feminism and homosexuality, celebrity and style, medicine and drugs, radicalism and Fascism and Freudianism and Communism and Americanism, that forms an indispensable key to modern culture. She was there when the Cuban Revolution began, and when the Berlin Wall came down; in Vietnam under American bombardment, in wartime Israel, in besieged Sarajevo. She was in New York when artists tried to resist the tug of money—and when many gave in. No writer negotiated as many worlds; no serious writer had as many glamorous lovers. Sontag tells these stories and examines the work upon which her reputation was based. It explores the agonizing insecurity behind the formidable public face: the broken relationships, the struggles with her sexuality, that animated—and undermined—her writing. And it shows her attempts to respond to the cruelties and absurdities of a country that had lost its way, and her conviction that fidelity to high culture was an activism of its own.

Utilizing hundreds of interviews conducted from Maui to Stockholm and from London to Sarajevo—and featuring nearly one hundred images—Sontag is the first book based on the writer’s restricted archives, and on access to many people who have never before spoken about Sontag, including Annie Leibovitz. It is a definitive portrait—a great American novel in the form of a biography.

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打造理想人生的習慣大全:65個習慣開關, 讓你輕鬆戒掉壞習慣、無痛養成好習慣

古川武士
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許多人「知道」成功取決於90％的好習慣，
只是往往想做卻「做不到」，
事實上，養成好習慣的關鍵不在意志力，
而在某些隱形的開關！

★ 日本唯一「習慣養成」顧問
★ 針對培養好習慣會遇到的問題，一一詳細破解
★ 從行動、思考、感受、環境四大層面，提供65個無痛養成習慣的開關

如果你有以下煩惱，必讀本書：
．好習慣無法持續，壞習慣戒不掉
．容易負面思考
．心煩意亂，沒有充實感
．一年前就開始沒成長

好習慣可以提升效率、改善健康，讓自己過上理想生活，這毋庸置疑，
但培養好習慣會遇到的實際狀況總是三分鐘熱度，
因為多數人培養好習慣的策略是靠意念和毅力，
這樣反而讓培養好習慣變成一件苦差事，更是力不從心。

日本暢銷作家、習慣養成顧問古川武士認為，
「無法持之以恆」是人生最大的課題，
因此從2006年開始，他致力於開發獨創的習慣養成理論和技術。

經過十多年的研究與實驗，
他發現，養成好習慣的成效不彰，通常只把焦點放在表面的行為上，
若想順利養成好習慣，必須利用冰山模型，從不同的層面著手......

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Entrepreneurship: The Practice and Mindset

Heidi M. Neck, Christopher P. Neck, Emma L. Murray
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Murray catapults students beyond the classroom by helping them develop an entrepreneurial mindset so they can create opportunities and take action in uncertain environments. Based on the world-renowned Babson Entrepreneurship program, this text emphasizes practice and learning through action. Students learn entrepreneurship by taking small actions to get feedback, experiment, and move ideas forward. They will walk away from this text with the entrepreneurial mindset, skillset, and toolset that can be applied to startups as well as organizations of all kinds. Whether your students have backgrounds in business, liberal arts, engineering, or the sciences, this text will take them on a transformative journey and teaches them crucial life skills.

The Second Edition includes a new chapter on customer development, 15 new case studies, 16 new Mindshift Activities and 16 new Entrepreneurship in Action profiles, as well as expanded coverage of prototyping, incubators, accelerators, building teams, and marketing trends.

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史丹佛最強「創業成真」四堂課：矽谷創業推手教你以最少資源開創最大志業 (Insight Out)

婷娜‧希莉格 (Tina Seelig)
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創業不只是開公司，而是開創任何可能性。
實踐「三創一想」，生活處處是機會，小點子變大事業！

想像帶來創意。創意帶來創新。創新帶來創業。

在這個充滿創業機會與創意靈感的時代，每個人都懷著雄心壯志要打造自己的人生，也企圖解決世界更重大的問題，而唯一能將想法付諸實現的方法就是運用知識、技能與態度。可惜的是，大部分的正規教育教的是記憶，而不是創新。但如果有一套清楚的指示能幫助你實現想法，那會如何呢？

國際知名創造力導師、史丹佛大學教授婷娜‧希莉格認為，不教導年輕人有創業家精神是一種罪過。本書正是一部培養從靈感到執行這完整過程所需技能的葵花寶典。書中清楚定義了「想像」、「創意」、「創新」、「創業」的核心概念，提出一個能有效開展創意、創新與創業過程的「發明循環」模式，讓你把障礙看成機會，激勵別人一起共享你的願景，就像有了食譜，你可以拿著吸引人的點子與具體步驟，讓它轉變成不凡的大事。

此外，書中還分享了史丹佛大學課堂中的眾多範例，以及從矽谷到加州聖昆汀監獄、從巴基斯坦鄉下到北極等令人意外的創業故事。每章最後並附有作業練習，有助於強化對書中概念的理解與省思。

無論是學生、教育工作者、創業家或各領域的未來創新者，只要你想實現腦中的點子，本書幫助你畫出一條通往夢想人生的清晰路徑，讓你更有創意、更有創新力，同時更加敢於實踐！

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Post-Truth

Lee McIntyre
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How we arrived in a post-truth era, when “alternative facts” replace actual facts, and feelings have more weight than evidence.

Are we living in a post-truth world, where “alternative facts” replace actual facts and feelings have more weight than evidence? How did we get here? In this volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series, Lee McIntyre traces the development of the post-truth phenomenon from science denial through the rise of “fake news,” from our psychological blind spots to the public's retreat into “information silos.”

What, exactly, is post-truth? Is it wishful thinking, political spin, mass delusion, bold-faced lying? McIntyre analyzes recent examples—claims about inauguration crowd size, crime statistics, and the popular vote—and finds that post-truth is an assertion of ideological supremacy by which its practitioners try to compel someone to believe something regardless of the evidence. Yet post-truth didn't begin with the 2016 election; the denial of scientific facts about smoking, evolution, vaccines, and climate change offers a road map for more widespread fact denial. Add to this the wired-in cognitive biases that make us feel that our conclusions are based on good reasoning even when they are not, the decline of traditional media and the rise of social media, and the emergence of fake news as a political tool, and we have the ideal conditions for post-truth. McIntyre also argues provocatively that the right wing borrowed from postmodernism—specifically, the idea that there is no such thing as objective truth—in its attacks on science and facts.

McIntyre argues that we can fight post-truth, and that the first step in fighting post-truth is to understand it.

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金庸小說裏的中國文學

潘步釗
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本書一方面從中國傳統的文學體裁出發，提取金庸小說中的詩詞、散文、歌賦、對聯等內容，分析其與中國文學的內在關聯及文藝價值，同時從金庸小說中的人物形象、故事情節和時代背景切入，探究金庸的文學思想及其作品在中國文學發展脈絡中所處的地位和作用。語言通俗易懂，是品讀金庸作品和中國傳統文學不可多得的「小書」。

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Tribe of Mentors: Short Life Advice from the Best in the World

Timothy Ferriss
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Tim Ferriss, the #1 New York Times best-selling author of The 4-Hour Workweek, shares the ultimate choose-your-own-adventure book―a compilation of tools, tactics, and habits from 130+ of the world's top performers. From iconic entrepreneurs to elite athletes, from artists to billionaire investors, their short profiles can help you answer life's most challenging questions, achieve extraordinary results, and transform your life.

From the author:

...... time is our scarcest, non-renewable resource. With a renewed sense of urgency, I began asking myself many questions:

Were my goals my own, or simply what I thought I should want?
How much of life had I missed from underplanning or overplanning?
How could I be kinder to myself?
How could I better say “no” to the trivial many to better say “yes” to the critical few?
How could I best reassess my priorities and my purpose in this world?

To find answers, I reached out to the most impressive world-class performers in the world, ranging from wunderkinds in their 20s to icons in their 70s and 80s. No stone was left unturned.

This book contains their answers―practical and tactical advice from mentors who have found solutions. Whether you want to 10x your results, get unstuck, or reinvent yourself, someone else has traveled a similar path and taken notes ...... Among other things, you will learn:

More than 50 morning routines―both for the early riser and those who struggle to get out of bed.
How TED curator Chris Anderson realized that the best way to get things done is to let go.
The best purchases of $100 or less (you'll never have to think about the right gift again).
How to overcome failure and bounce back towards success.
Why Humans of New York creator Brandon Stanton believes that the best art will always be the riskiest.
How to meditate and be more mindful (and not just for those that find it easy).
Why tennis champion Maria Sharapova believe that “losing makes you think in ways victories can’t.”
How to truly achieve work-life balance (and why most people tell you it isn’t realistic).
How billionaire Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz transformed the way he engages with difficult situations to reduce suffering.
Ways to thrive (and survive) the overwhelming amount of information you process every day.
How to achieve clarity on your purpose and assess your priorities.
And much more.

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超級導覽員趣說博物館

河森堡
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大英博物館多達八百萬件館藏意謂著有99%根本看不到！
羅浮宮裡大氣磅礡的《勝利女神》雕像一度被塞在頂樓樓梯間？
大都會藝術博物館那一座完好無缺的埃及神廟竟是埃及人免費贈送的？
當年被留在南京機場帶不走的司母戊鼎到底是何來頭？

大英博物館、羅浮宮、大都會藝術博物館、故宮、東京國立博物館、梵蒂岡博物館、烏菲茲美術館、荷蘭國立博物館、梵谷博物館、中國國家博物館，以及羅塞塔石碑、《蒙娜麗莎》、童子切安綱、《創世紀》、《富春山居圖》、《最後的審叛》、《向日葵》、《快雪時晴帖》、《維納斯的誕生》、《女史箴圖》……，十一間博物館與它們的鎮館之寶背後，實在有太多說不完的精彩故事。

博物館保存的每一件文物，都是人類文明的「證據」。
每一座博物館，都是一間裝滿人類文明紀錄的檔案室。

各式各樣的藏品見證了那些已經消失卻曾經無比璀璨的文明。在博物館裡，你可以看到人類怎樣一步步從遠古走到今天。

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The Wild Iris

Louise Glück
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Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2020

From Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Louise Glück, a stunningly beautiful collection of poems that encompasses the natural, human, and spiritual realms

Bound together by the universal themes of time and mortality and with clarity and sureness of craft, Louise Glück's poetry questions, explores, and finally celebrates the ordeal of being alive.

"Louise Gluck is a poet of strong and haunting presence. Her poems, published in a series of memorable books over the last twenty years, have achieved the unusual distinction of being neither 'confessional' nor 'intellectual' in the usual senses of those words, which are often thought to represent two camps in the life of poetry. . . . What a strange book The Wild Iris is, appearing in this fin-de-siecle, written in the language of flowers. It Is a lieder cycle, with all the mournful cadences of that form." (Helen Vendler, The New Republic)

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香港當舖遊蹤 = Excursions in Hong Kong Pawnshops

徐振邦
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本書以當舖為中心，分五個部分介紹關於當舖的知識，包括當舖的設計、當押流程、當舖營運與管理手法、當舖的現代化以及與當舖發展有關的故事，書中亦穿插著香港當舖的特點和香港個別當舖的發展歷史。作者在書中還引用了舊時香港報章上關於當舖的專欄文章，並在書中穿插大量有關當舖的照片，在書的結尾亦單獨開出兩章，將曾經在報刊上刊出過的與當舖有關的漫畫以及作者本人收集的當票票頭做一展示。本書內容豐富，文字輕鬆易讀，是了解香港當舖的必備讀物。

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Conducting Research Literature Reviews: From the Internet to Paper

Arlene Fink
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Providing readers with an accessible, in-depth look at how to synthesize research literature, Conducting Research Literature Reviews: From the Internet to Paper is perfect for students, researchers, marketers, planners, and policymakers who design and manage public and private agencies, conduct research studies, and prepare strategic plans and grant proposals. Bestselling author Arlene Fink shows readers how to explain the need for and significance of research, as well as how to explain a study’s findings.

Offering a step-by-step approach to conducting literature reviews, the Fifth Edition features new research, examples, and references from the social, behavioral, and health sciences, expanded coverage of qualitative research, updated and revised meta-analysis procedures, a brand new glossary of key terms, double the number of exercises, and additional examples of how to write reviews.

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校服歲月 : 圖說香港校服史

陳美怡
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‧穿長衫的男生，從甚麼時候開始改穿恤衫西褲上學？
‧上世紀的制水問題如何影響校裙長短？
‧工業發展潮流、披頭四、嬉皮士風等，如何影響了校服造型？
‧香港電影和電視劇集歷年呈現了怎樣的校服形象？

由大襟裝、長衫、工人褲、水手服到白色連身裙……我們學生時代都穿過的校服，記載的不只是每個人的青春歲月，還有香港的百年歷史。由時裝設計師陳美怡，聯同香港教育博物館合著的《校服歲月：圖說香港校服史》，參考逾千舊照、校刊、文獻，以及訪問校服供應商、各校師生校友等，再結合香港歷史的發展、世界時尚潮流的影響，從中推敲校服的演變方向，以及背後的文化意義。

本書既以年代為縱、款式風格為緯，清晰展示香港校服自開埠至今的發展脈絡；各章亦附多篇小故事，以輕鬆角度為校服史補白。尤其可貴的是，本書不但收錄多張老照片，還有超過四百張手繪插圖，通過一頁頁的視覺盛宴，帶你重新發現我們早已視為日常的校服之美。

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A Crack in Creation: Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution

Jennifer A. Doudna, Samuel H. Sternberg
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World-famous scientist Jennifer Doudna - winner of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for creating the revolutionary gene-editing technique CRISPR - explains her discovery, describes its power to reshape the future of all life and warns of its use.

“The future is in our hands as never before, and this book explains the stakes like no other.” — George Lucas

“Required reading for every concerned citizen.” — New York Review of Books

Not since the atomic bomb has a technology so alarmed its inventors that they warned the world about its use. That is, until 2015, when biologist Jennifer Doudna called for a worldwide moratorium on the use of the gene-editing tool CRISPR—a revolutionary new technology that she helped create—to make heritable changes in human embryos. The cheapest, simplest, most effective way of manipulating DNA ever known, CRISPR may well give us the cure to HIV, genetic diseases, and some cancers. Yet even the tiniest changes to DNA could have myriad, unforeseeable consequences, to say nothing of the ethical and societal repercussions of intentionally mutating embryos to create “better” humans. Writing with fellow researcher Sam Sternberg, Doudna—who has since won the Nobel Prize for her CRISPR research—shares the thrilling story of her discovery and describes the enormous responsibility that comes with the power to rewrite the code of life.

“An invaluable account . . . We owe Doudna several times over.” — Guardian

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穿梭太平洋︰金山夢、華人出洋與香港的形成 (Pacific Crossing)

冼玉儀 (Elizabeth Sinn)
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「第十三屆香港書獎」

十九世紀美國加州的淘金熱
改變了香港的命運

1848年初，加州發現金礦，自此華南地區尤其是珠江三角洲的人，前仆後繼遠渡重洋，到達加州尋找他們的金山夢，此一浪潮也徹底改變了香港的命運。淘金熱把太平洋變成了連接北美洲和亞洲的幹道，並在此過程中把香港打造成亞洲的主要太平洋門戶。香港與後來被稱「舊金山」的三藩市的距離，比起從大西洋的港口到舊金山要近得多，令香港迅速崛起成為太平洋商貿的樞紐。

香港作為華人移民的「中介之地」，既是資金、貨物、資訊、意念、個人通信不斷往來流動的樞紐，也為移民提供各種與家鄉保持聯繫的方法。香港對華人出洋的重要性，以及華人出洋對香港經濟、社會和文化發展的深遠影響，一直欠缺足夠研究，而這正是本書的重點，以華人出洋前往加州為案例，探討香港在華人移民史中的地位。

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The Dutch House: A Novel

Ann Patchett
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New York Times best seller | A Read with Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick | A New York Times Book Review Notable Book | Time Magazine's 100 Must-Read Books of 2019 | 2020 Audie finalist - audiobook of the year and best male narrator

Named one of the Best Books of the Year by NPR, The Washington Post; O: The Oprah Magazine, Real Simple, Good Housekeeping, Vogue, Refinery29, and Buzzfeed

Ann Patchett, the number-one New York Times best-selling author of Commonwealth, delivers her most powerful novel to date: a richly moving story that explores the indelible bond between two siblings, the house of their childhood, and a past that will not let them go. The Dutch House is the story of a paradise lost, a tour de force that digs deeply into questions of inheritance, love, and forgiveness, of how we want to see ourselves, and of who we really are.

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當代藝術，如何看？：藝術家觀點，帶你看懂作品 (How to See: Looking, Talking, and Thinking About Art)

大衛‧薩利 (David Salle)
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好藝術，如何看？
當代藝術就是布滿專業術語的地雷區
該相信你的眼睛？藝評評價？藝術史論斷？還是市場賣價？

紐約最前線、美國80年代新表現主義大將
塗鴉藝術家巴斯奇亞、凱斯˙哈林同代人、普普大師李奇登斯坦好友
重返20世紀藝術現場，說出藝術家們的激辯、交心、回憶與自白

◎什麼因素讓當代藝術滴答運作？什麼因素讓它變成好藝術？又是什麼因素讓它顯得有趣？

自杜象1917年在小便斗上簽名後，撼動了繪畫主導的藝術世界。視覺藝術的變化速度日益加快，未來主義、構成主義、新地理、機制批判、非具象主義、表現主義、抽象表現主義、低限主義、新表現主義等新名詞大量繁殖，當代藝術成了布滿專業術語的地雷區，這些術語就像是為了將欣賞者淘汰出局而設計的。

◎近五百年後，再度挑戰「藝術家談藝術家」

美國80年代最重要的新表現主義大將：大衛•薩利（David Salle），試圖扭轉一般人被藝評家阻隔於現代藝術之外的現況。身為塗鴉藝術家巴斯奇亞和凱斯˙哈林的同代人，及普普大師李奇登斯坦的好友，他想用藝術家聚在一起聊天的語言談論當代藝術，說出一位創作人面對藝術世界這四十年來天翻地覆驟變的真心話。他是繼1550年義大利藝術家瓦薩利，時隔近五百年後，再度挑戰藝術家談藝術家的後繼者。文集收錄的主題，從當代指標型人物到歷史人物皆有。許多是作者的同代人，有些更是認識幾十年的好友、同學 ......

本書的架構分為四部分：「如何為想法賦予形式」、「當個藝術家」、「世間藝術」和「教學與論戰」。

關於藝術的「如何」論戰，沒人比大衛˙薩利探索得更棒。──作家˙魯西迪

「如果說約翰•伯格的《觀看的方式》是藝術評論的經典，探究了藝術是『什麼』，那麼大衛•薩利的《當代藝術，如何看》就是藝術家給的答覆，告訴觀者該『如何看』。篇篇精彩的文章談論藝術家在創作時，他們想什麼？ 關於藝術的『如何』論題，或許從來沒人比他探索得更棒。」──作家˙魯西迪

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Through the Language Glass: Why the World Looks Different in Other Languages

Guy Deutscher
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A New York Times Editor's Choice
An Economist Best Book of 2010
A Financial Times Best Book of 2010
A Library Journal Best Book of 2010

The debate is ages old: Where does language come from? Is it an artifact of our culture or written in our very DNA? In recent years, the leading linguists have seemingly settled the issue: all languages are fundamentally the same and the particular language we speak does not shape our thinking in any significant way. Guy Deutscher says they're wrong. From Homer to Darwin, from Yale to the Amazon, and through a strange and dazzling history of the color blue, Deutscher argues that our mother tongues do indeed shape our experiences of the world. Audacious, delightful, and provocative, Through the Language Glass is destined to become a classic of intellectual discovery.

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花街．廢園．烏托邦：都市空間中的日本文學

前田愛
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「文學文本的閱讀行為啟動後，
一步步包圍讀者沉浸其中的『空間』，
與夢境的空間多少有幾分相似」。

日本「文學社會學」研究的傳奇作品
榮獲日本藝術選獎文部大臣獎
30年來日本文學評論不朽巨著
中文版首度於華文世界面世！

「作者與讀者如何在都市空間相遇？」
──前田愛以流麗詩意和精準科學，
處理這樣一個文學理論的大哉問。
文學只是作者的提問，但答案卻在「讀者」，
唯有讀者回應了作者，一切意義才會正式開啟；
前田愛開創「讀者」研究的新世界，
以「空間」馳騁讀者的想像力，
其觀點、技法，走在西方理論的最前緣，
以迷人的膽識，為日本文學作出最卓越的貢獻。

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The Craft of Research

Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb, Joseph M. Williams, Joseph Bizup, William T. FitzGerald
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With more than three-quarters of a million copies sold since its first publication, The Craft of Research has helped generations of researchers at every level—from first-year undergraduates to advanced graduate students to research reporters in business and government—learn how to conduct effective and meaningful research. Conceived by seasoned researchers and educators Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb, and Joseph M. Williams, this fundamental work explains how to find and evaluate sources, anticipate and respond to reader reservations, and integrate these pieces into an argument that stands up to reader critique.

The fourth edition has been thoroughly but respectfully revised by Joseph Bizup and William T. FitzGerald. It retains the original five-part structure, as well as the sound advice of earlier editions, but reflects the way research and writing are taught and practiced today. Its chapters on finding and engaging sources now incorporate recent developments in library and Internet research, emphasizing new techniques made possible by online databases and search engines. Bizup and FitzGerald provide fresh examples and standardized terminology to clarify concepts like argument, warrant, and problem.

Following the same guiding principle as earlier editions—that the skills of doing and reporting research are not just for elite students but for everyone—this new edition retains the accessible voice and direct approach that have made The Craft of Research a leader in the field of research reference. With updated examples and information on evaluation and using contemporary sources, this beloved classic is ready for the next generation of researchers.

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命子

董啟章
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榮獲第十三屆香港書獎

寫給爸爸、寫給兒子、寫給自己，建構三代人，一個完美，有溫度，香港人的故事三稜鏡......

《命子》以父親的角度，進入存在或不存在的兒女之人生。第一部分〈命子：果〉以回憶錄／生活散文形式，寫父子的相處日常和兩人之間的相互「忍讓」，寫兒子果之執著，為人父母之甜蜜無奈，讀來生動幽默。第二部分〈笛卡兒的女兒〉，則是沒有女兒的作者，透過虛構笛卡兒的人物傳記，想像一個有女兒的人生。第三部分〈命子：花〉則虛構另一個不存在的兒子花的書信，試圖作為真實兒子的對照，也帶入自己孩提時的記憶，作為另一種隱性式父對子的期待。

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The Student Phrase Book: Vocabulary for Writing at University

Jeanne Godfrey
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The second edition of this concise phrase book is an essential tool for all students who want to communicate their ideas, arguments and evaluations clearly and precisely. Featuring over 2,000 words common to most academic disciplines, it will help students to expand their vocabulary, understand how these words are used and spot mistakes in their own academic writing. Units present the words in full sentences, enabling users to see exactly how they are used, and also include additional information on context, connotation and collocations.

This is an ideal reference guide for students of all disciplines and levels who are required to complete written assignments as part of their course. It is also a valuable resource for students looking to fine tune their vocabulary for job searches, interviews and writing for professional purposes.

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超成功對話術: 突破千萬點閱率的TED演講 (We Need to Talk)

瑟列斯特．赫莉 (Celeste Headlee)
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因為溝通不良，你錯失多少機會？
你說出口的，或沒說出口的話，往往影響了你的人生。
好好說話，人生從此大不同。

★2016年最受歡迎的TED演講
★入選美國公共廣播電台年度最佳好書

真誠的對話，目的在於敞開心胸，而不是改變對方

對話是一門藝術，要讓人不無聊，要樂於小題大作，講到什麼事都覺得有趣，
要無中生有、樂無窮。

作者主持廣播節目十多年，累積了深厚的對話功力與經驗。她深刻體認溝通的重要性，良好的對話是工作與生活成功的關鍵因素。她在TED上分享「營造美好談話經驗的10個原則」，至今已超過一千萬點閱率，是當年最後歡迎的演講，本書即是由此熱門演講延伸而來。

作者提出的對話策略，包括：專注、真誠、傾聽能力、同理心、拋開成見……具體而有效，有助我們開展成功愉快的談話。

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The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter--And How to Make the Most of Them Now

Meg Jay
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Our "thirty-is-the-new-twenty" culture tells us the twentysomething years don't matter. Some say they are a second adolescence. Others call them an emerging adulthood. Dr. Meg Jay, a clinical psychologist, argues that twentysomethings have been caught in a swirl of hype and misinformation, much of which has trivialized what is actually the most defining decade of adulthood.

Drawing from a decade of work with hundreds of twentysomething clients and students, The Defining Decade weaves the latest science of the twentysomething years with behind-closed-doors stories from twentysomethings themselves. The result is a provocative read that provides the tools necessary to make the most of your twenties, and shows us how work, relationships, personality, social networks, identity, and even the brain can change more during this decade than at any other time in adulthood-if we use the time wisely.

The Defining Decade is a smart, compassionate and constructive book about the years we cannot afford to miss.

"The professional and personal angst of directionless twentysomethings is given a voice and some sober counsel in this engaging guide. While Jay maintains that facing difficulties in one's 20s 'is a jarring--but efficient and often necessary--way to grow,' the author is sincere and sympathetic, making this well-researched mix of generational sociology, psychotherapy, career counseling, and relationship advice a practical treatise for a much-maligned demographic."―Publishers Weekly

"Excellently written, this book is sensitive to the emotional life of twentysomethings."―Library Journal

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這一生，你想留下什麼？：史丹佛的10堂領導課 (Leading Matters)

約翰‧漢尼斯 (John L. Hennessy)
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Google母公司Alphabet董事長約翰‧漢尼斯巨作
25歲就當教授，Google、YAHOO創辦人都是他的學生
為學界、產業貢獻甚巨，被譽為「矽谷教父」
本書為其生涯領導之洞見，是各階層領導人必讀指南

漢尼斯曾任史丹佛校長長達16年，是美國大學校長平均任期的兩倍。任期間帶領史丹佛被《富比士》評為「全美頂尖大學第一名」，對學術與產業的貢獻甚巨，不只是圖靈獎得主，更有「矽谷教父」的讚譽。曾受美國前總統歐巴馬邀請，參與科技領袖晚宴，與賈伯斯、祖克柏、施密特同為座上嘉賓。本書分享的10項領導原則，是他40多年職涯、25年領導之路精髓，旨在建議現在與未來的領導人，發揮影響力，留下長遠的貢獻。

我的貢獻無關緊要，重要的是，在這一路上，我們能幫助多少人？── 約翰．漢尼斯

真正的自信來自謙卑
有自信才會為人所信，但不是放大自己，而是放低身段。遭逢挫折時要謙卑，才有機會從錯誤中學習。成功時更要謙卑，因為成功大抵來自運氣，不是你努力掙來的。

勇敢做對的事
除了具備謙卑、真誠、同理心以及服務的心，好的領導人更需要培養勇氣，與恐懼共處，以中心思想支撐勇氣：牢記核心使命、挺身而出、堅定立場，以及不要害怕冒險。

領導人的敏銳學習力
除了增強技能，也該追求新知，與時俱進。學習不只是學知識，還要從別人的經驗汲取知識，看他們如何因應危機、面對成功，還有更重要的是，學會處理失敗。

做比生命更長久的志業
職涯早期，應該努力培養技能、累積經驗、學習獨立作業與團隊合作。太在意最後的成就，就可能不願冒險。你真正該做的，是思考如何善用有限的時間、精力、資源以及地位，聚焦在最重要的事情上。

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Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones

James Clear
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The instant New York Times best seller. Over one million copies sold!

Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results

No matter your goals, Atomic Habits offers a proven framework for improving - every day. James Clear, one of the world's leading experts on habit formation, reveals practical strategies that will teach you exactly how to form good habits, break bad ones, and master the tiny behaviors that lead to remarkable results.

If you're having trouble changing your habits, the problem isn't you. The problem is your system. Bad habits repeat themselves again and again not because you don't want to change, but because you have the wrong system for change. You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems. Here, you'll get a proven system that can take you to new heights.

Clear is known for his ability to distill complex topics into simple behaviors that can be easily applied to daily life and work. Here, he draws on the most proven ideas from biology, psychology, and neuroscience to create an easy-to-understand guide for making good habits inevitable and bad habits impossible. Along the way, listeners will be inspired and entertained with true stories from Olympic gold medalists, award-winning artists, business leaders, life-saving physicians, and star comedians who have used the science of small habits to master their craft and vault to the top of their field.

Learn how to:
．make time for new habits (even when life gets crazy);
．overcome a lack of motivation and willpower;
．design your environment to make success easier;
．get back on track when you fall off course;
...and much more.

Atomic Habits will reshape the way you think about progress and success, and give you the tools and strategies you need to transform your habits - whether you are a team looking to win a championship, an organization hoping to redefine an industry, or simply an individual who wishes to quit smoking, lose weight, reduce stress, or achieve any other goal.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

運動改造大腦: EQ 和 IQ 大進步的關鍵 (Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain)

約翰．瑞提 (John J. Ratey) 、艾瑞克．海格曼 (Eric Hagerman)
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★15年研究首發！革命性科學發現！運動是天然的健腦丸！
★50位讀者親身實作、Amazon 4.5顆星好評推薦！

為什麼有些人就是業績好人緣也好？
為什麼有些人就是會玩又會念書？
因為他們的大腦結構不一樣！
想改造失控的大腦嗎？
快繫上你的慢跑鞋，就能工作順利、課業進步、幸福快樂全部來！

只有會「動」的生物，才需要大腦！
做事老是鬼打牆、壓力大到想殺人
憂鬱纏身、忘東忘西、無法專注，緊張焦慮殺很大
??注意，你的腦細胞開始變少、海馬回變瘦、突觸萎縮、血清素快要不夠用啦！

聽聽「過動兒」約翰．瑞提醫師怎麼說！本書首度公開革命性的大腦研究，透過美國高中的體育改革計畫、真實的案例與作者的親身經歷，證實「有氧運動」不只能鍛鍊肌肉，還能直接鍛鍊大腦，改造心智與智商，讓你更聰明、更快樂、更幸福！

運動能刺激腦幹，提供能量、熱情和動機，還能調節腦內神經傳導物質，改變我們既定的自我概念，穩定情緒，增進學習力。請別再坐著憂鬱、碎碎念、想個不停，身體只要動起來，就能騙過大腦，增長腦細胞、避開消極因應中心，重新開拓新迴路，排除諸如焦慮、憂鬱、過動、成癮、經前症候群等困擾，還能減緩老化、預防阿茲海默症！

別懷疑，你絕對有能力改造自己的大腦！想改善智商與心智？先繫好你的慢跑鞋吧！

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Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language

Gretchen McCulloch
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An Instant New York Times Best Seller!

Named a Best Book of 2019 by TIME, Amazon, and The Washington Post

A Wired Must-Read Book of Summer

“Gretchen McCulloch is the internet’s favorite linguist, and this book is essential reading. Reading her work is like suddenly being able to see the matrix.” (Jonny Sun, author of everyone's a aliebn when ur a aliebn too)

Because Internet is for anyone who's ever puzzled over how to punctuate a text message or wondered where memes come from. It's the perfect book for understanding how the internet is changing the English language, why that's a good thing, and what our online interactions reveal about who we are.

Language is humanity's most spectacular open-source project, and the internet is making our language change faster and in more interesting ways than ever before. Internet conversations are structured by the shape of our apps and platforms, from the grammar of status updates to the protocols of comments and @replies. Linguistically inventive online communities spread new slang and jargon with dizzying speed. What's more, social media is a vast laboratory of unedited, unfiltered words where we can watch language evolve in real time. Even the most absurd-looking slang has genuine patterns behind it.

Internet linguist Gretchen McCulloch explores the deep forces that shape human language and influence the way we communicate with one another. She explains how your first social internet experience influences whether you prefer "LOL" or "lol," why ~sparkly tildes~ succeeded where centuries of proposals for irony punctuation had failed, what emoji have in common with physical gestures, and how the artfully disarrayed language of animal memes like lolcats and doggo made them more likely to spread.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

大腦會說故事 : 看電影、讀小說, 就是大腦學習危機下的生存本能 (The Storytelling Animal)

哥德夏 (Jonathan Gottschall)
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★「紐約時報書評」選書
★「洛杉磯時報好書獎」決選書單

作者透過分析各種故事原型，以最新的腦神經醫學、心理學研究和實驗為基礎，說明故事之所以吸引我們，正是因為人類的大腦在接收這些暴力情節的同時，強化了自身對未知情境和棘面對大自然和社會複雜情境時需要的生存本能。

人為什麼會說故事、聽故事、沉浸在故事的世界中？作者從多種面向切入探討，並舉出了許多心理學與神經科學的發現來說明故事的功能與未來……──林君昱　國立成功大學心理學系助理教授

這本書小心翼翼地結合藝術與科學，手法相當高明，讀起來很有收穫，令人振奮且擴展思維。──Terry Castle　史丹佛大學哈斯人文講座教授

這本書緊緊抓住了讀者的心思，作者分享了許多生動的故事，以及說故事本身的故事，綜合起來說明為何說故事是人類的本能。──Edward Wilson　哈佛大學昆蟲學榮譽館長

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Humankind : A Hopeful History

Rutger Bregman
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INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. "The Sapiens of 2020."---The Guardian

From the author of the New York Times bestseller Utopia for Realists comes "the riveting pick-me-up we all need right now" (People), the #1 Dutch bestseller Humankind, which offers a "bold" (Daniel H. Pink), "extraordinary" (Susan Cain) argument that humans thrive in a crisis and that our innate kindness and cooperation have been the greatest factors in our long-term success on the planet.

"Humankind made me see humanity from a fresh perspective." ---Yuval Noah Harari, author of the #1 bestseller Sapiens

If there is one belief that has united the left and the right, psychologists and philosophers, ancient thinkers and modern ones, it is the tacit assumption that humans are bad. It's a notion that drives newspaper headlines and guides the laws that shape our lives. From Machiavelli to Hobbes, Freud to Pinker, the roots of this belief have sunk deep into Western thought. Human beings, we're taught, are by nature selfish and governed primarily by self-interest.

But what if it isn't true? International bestseller Rutger Bregman provides new perspective on the past 200,000 years of human history, setting out to prove that we are hardwired for kindness, geared toward cooperation rather than competition, and more inclined to trust rather than distrust one another. In fact this instinct has a firm evolutionary basis going back to the beginning of Homo sapiens.

From the real-life Lord of the Flies to the solidarity in the aftermath of the Blitz, the hidden flaws in the Stanford prison experiment to the true story of twin brothers on opposite sides who helped Mandela end apartheid, Bregman shows us that believing in human generosity and collaboration isn't merely optimistic---it's realistic. Moreover, it has huge implications for how society functions. When we think the worst of people, it brings out the worst in our politics and economics. But if we believe in the reality of humanity's kindness and altruism, it will form the foundation for achieving true change in society, a case that Bregman makes convincingly with his signature wit, refreshing frankness, and memorable storytelling.

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