World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments

Aimee Nezhukumatathil
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A New York Times Best Seller; Barnes & Noble 2020 Book of the Year; A Kirkus Prize Finalist for Nonfiction; A Southern Book Prize Finalist; An NPR Best Book of 2020; An Esquire Best Book of 2020; A New York Public Library Best Book of 2020; A Wall Street Journal Holiday Gift Pick for 2020 ...

From beloved, award-winning poet Aimee Nezhukumatathil comes a debut work of nonfiction―a collection of essays about the natural world, and the way its inhabitants can teach, support, and inspire us.

"From its gorgeous illustrations to its unusual combination of lyrical nature writing and memoir, World of Wonders is hands-down one of the most beautiful books of the year." ―NPR, "Best Books of 2020"

"Within two pages, nature writing feels different and fresh and new. Nezhukumatathil has written a timely story about love, identity and belonging . . . We are losing the language and the ability to see and understand the wondrous things around us. And our lives are impoverished by this process . . . This book demands we find the eyes to see and the heart to love such things once more. It is a very fine book indeed, truly full of wonder." ―New York Times Book Review

“What the peacock can do,” she tells us, “is remind you of a home you will run away from and run back to all your life.” The axolotl teaches us to smile, even in the face of unkindness; the touch-me-not plant shows us how to shake off unwanted advances; the narwhal demonstrates how to survive in hostile environments. Even in the strange and the unlovely, Nezhukumatathil finds beauty and kinship. For it is this way with wonder: it requires that we are curious enough to look past the distractions in order to fully appreciate the world’s gifts.

Warm, lyrical, and gorgeously illustrated by Fumi Nakamura, World of Wonders is a book of sustenance and joy.

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最愛是詩:五十則擁抱生命的詩句, 喚回人生的美好記憶

琹涵
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引領古典詩詞現代化的散文名家琹涵
重新詮釋從漢代到清末，50首流芳千古的經典好詩。

★書中引用漢代至元明清的雋永詩句，詩本來就有很多對庶民心情直白的描摹，結合生活化的故事，將古典詩句的智慧運用到現代人的日常生活中。
★不同於以往琹涵出版的詩集，不限於唐代詩人的作品，也只選摘詩名句，所選的都是流傳千古的詩句。

◆古詩今讀，激盪出不同的璀璨光芒
全書精選歷久彌新的絕妙詩句，涵蓋陶淵明、王維、李白、杜甫、李商隱、晏殊、歐陽修、蘇軾、陸游、方孝孺、王九齡等不同年代的三十多位詩人，共五十首詩作。作者閱讀古典詩詞多年，選詩呈現漢代用韻自由的古體詩、樂府詩，唐代音律工整的近體詩，趨於散文化的宋詩，乃至元明清不為人熟知的遺珠之作，隨手拈來都是讓人深深喜愛的佳句。只選名句，是因為膾炙人口、歷代流傳的短句，格外深刻動人，如：「人生到處知何似，恰似飛鴻踏雪泥。」「萬物靜觀皆自得，四時佳興與人同。」「行到水窮處，坐看雲起時。」令人好奇這些句子在現代生活中出現，將擦出怎樣燦爛的火花？

◆和詩同在，人生就可以與愛同行
那些優美動人的詩，亙古閃爍在文學的夜空，使人仰望和由衷的喜愛與嘆服。現代人生活太過忙碌緊張，身心靈容易受傷，而美，會是最好的療癒。琹涵將詩中意象結合日常經驗，以溫柔優美的文字細膩描摹你我周遭的故事。也許某天，像書中人遭遇苦難困厄，自覺人間行難時，心中浮想聯翩的是「山重水復疑無路，柳暗花明又一村」，將原本的失望沮喪轉化為歡欣鼓舞，在絕望中重現生機。或許憶起「人生天地間，忽如遠行客」，如作者一樣珍惜韶光易逝，勉勵自己善用每一刻，追尋生命的意義，與愛同行。翻讀本書五十則扣人心弦的篇章，手抄數首詩句，從中獲取心靈的平靜，寫作的薰陶，人生的啟迪。原來這些令人愛好的詩句與故事，可以召喚往日美好的回憶，激發我們積極正向的去擁抱生命。

◆琹心涵語
人生天地間，忽如遠行客。——佚名〈青青陵上柏‧古詩十九首其三〉
人生在天地之間，就像那來去匆匆的遠行過客一般。如此短暫無常，匆匆的來也匆匆的去，還有多少時光可供我們停留揮霍呢？所以珍惜歲月是必須，力求上進也是必須。

昔去雪如花，今來花似雪。——范雲〈別詩〉
相聚太短，離別太長，能不感嘆？每次分手後總要經過許久才能相見。難怪古人不愛別離，不喜旅行，因為別後變化多，甚至未必還有重逢的時刻。

行到水窮處，坐看雲起時。——王維的〈終南別業〉
能如此悠然自得，沒有罣礙，應該是來自於胸襟的曠達，才能有超然於物外之趣，領會了處處都有好風景的佳妙。

春風取花去，酬我以清陰。——王安石〈半山春晚即事〉
晚春的風把美麗的繁花帶走了，取而代之的，留給了我們清涼的綠蔭。屬於我們生命中的花季早已遠去，卻也無須傷悲，讓我們期待另一番勝景的來到吧！

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Crush Your Career: Ace the Interview, Land the Job, and Launch Your Future

Dee Ann Turner
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Chick-fil-A's former HR operations manager helps you create a work life you love from recruitment to retirement, including how to prepare and interview for jobs, develop strong relationships, keep a job, and grow your career.

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宮崎駿とジブリ美術館 = Hayao Miyazaki and the Ghibli Museum

宮崎 駿
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1985年，動畫導演宮崎駿、高畑勳等人成立吉卜力工作室，發行多部動畫史上經典作品：《風之谷》、《天空之城》、《龍貓》、《魔女宅急便》...。不但橫掃各大獎，還累計無可超越的超高票房。2001年推出的《神隱少女》，更是日本首部奪下奧斯卡最佳動畫片獎的動畫！

當年，以吉卜力動畫為主題而設計的美術館於日本東京三鷹成立。此書集20年之大成，紀錄宮崎駿成立吉卜力美術館的構思過程，及18個主題展覽企畫的草創規劃、創意發想。

兩冊收錄近900張插畫作品，包括水彩分鏡圖、鉛筆素描、底稿、塗鴉等極其珍貴的創始草圖。是日本動畫迷一生夢幻收藏！

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Uncanny Valley: A Memoir

Anna Wiener
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A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES'S 10 BEST BOOKS OF 2020.

Named one of the Best Books of 2020 by The Washington Post, The Atlantic, NPR, the Los Angeles Times, Forbes, The Times (UK), Fortune, Chicago Tribune, The Week (UK) ...

"A wild and dishy memoir of the bravado, debauchery, idealism, and recklessness of start-up tech culture during the height of Silicon Valley." —Al Woodworth, Amazon Editor

"A definitive document of a world in transition: I won't be alone in returning to it for clarity and consolation for many years to come." --Jia Tolentino, author of Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion

In her mid-twenties, at the height of tech industry idealism, Anna Wiener—stuck, broke, and looking for meaning in her work, like any good millennial--left a job in book publishing for the promise of the new digital economy. She moved from New York to San Francisco, where she landed at a big-data startup in the heart of the Silicon Valley bubble: a world of surreal extravagance, dubious success, and fresh-faced entrepreneurs hell-bent on domination, glory, and, of course, progress ...

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HK Tech 300 is a large-scale flagship innovation and entrepreneurship programme organised by City University of Hong Kong (CityU) for aspiring entrepreneurs among CityU students, alumni, research staff and others to launch start-ups and ignite their entrepreneurship journey. READ MORE

字型城市--香港造字匠

郭斯恆
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本書不是要從專業的字體設計角度，來解構中文字體或字型結構的工具書，也不是中文字體設計理論專書，要教人如何設計中文字體；而是從人文關懷和香港本位出發，以了解本土造字匠的工藝美學和社會轉變之間所產生的關係。我們希望從多角度去了解和記錄我們所身處的城市和本土美學，透過走訪並聆聽每一個造字匠的成長背景，從他們個人的經歷帶出造字工匠的工藝或技術與日常生活的關係。看畢本書，希望大家能重新觀察我們的城市，從細微之處了解和欣賞我城當中的字型美學和功能。

這本書將分成三個範疇──字型與交通、字型與工藝和字型與信息。透過七位造字匠的訪問，以大量資訊圖像、實地拍攝及航拍等，圖文並茂地記錄製作過程，以及香港的字型美學與功能。香港雖然是彈丸之地，但我們的造字工匠，也一直默默地為香港作出貢獻。

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Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life

Jordan B. Peterson
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The companion volume to 12 Rules for Life offers further guidance on the perilous path of modern life.

In 12 Rules for Life, clinical psychologist and celebrated professor at Harvard and the University of Toronto Dr. Jordan B. Peterson helped millions of readers impose order on the chaos of their lives. Now, in this bold sequel, Peterson delivers twelve more lifesaving principles for resisting the exhausting toll that our desire to order the world inevitably takes.

In a time when the human will increasingly imposes itself over every sphere of life—from our social structures to our emotional states—Peterson warns that too much security is dangerous. What’s more, he offers strategies for overcoming the cultural, scientific, and psychological forces causing us to tend toward tyranny, and teaches us how to rely instead on our instinct to find meaning and purpose, even—and especially—when we find ourselves powerless.

While chaos, in excess, threatens us with instability and anxiety, unchecked order can petrify us into submission. Beyond Order provides a call to balance these two fundamental principles of reality itself, and guides us along the straight and narrow path that divides them.

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長安客

北溟魚
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長安的大雨天，杜甫睡在青苔與積水裡，李白困在翰林院的書堆裡打瞌睡，小旅館裡王維正為少年時的詩作標注年齡，李商隱在下雨的春天登上高樓，中年白居易從夢中驚醒，慢慢想起來，這是元稹去世的第八個秋天……

最偉大的唐代詩人們，他們的作品已經是不朽的經典，有的更是被後人貼上了 “詩仙”“詩聖”的標籤。詩句於他們而言是用來炫耀才華，交換功名，鋪展開自己人生地位與財富的籌碼。詩人們懷揣著夢想來到長安，希望能做官，買房，為國家效力，成為時代的英雄。那時候他們都年輕，都擁有卓絕的詩才，光明的未來仿佛觸手可及。然而命運最叛逆，從不輕易滿足人的心意。

本書集歷史、傳記、詩歌評論等多重元素於一體，可以說是一本大唐版《人類群星閃耀時》。用八個故事，串聯起大唐由盛轉衰直至滅亡的一段歷史，從詩人的眼裡看見時代與命運，講年輕人在大城市裡的夢想、艱難和漂泊。那些不朽的詩篇來自他們無數歡欣和至暗的時刻。通過這些故事，你或許能重新認識這些詩人，就像重新認識一位元老朋友，在人生的某一時刻，他曾有過和你同樣的悲喜。

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