The Book of Beautiful Questions: The Powerful Questions That Will Help You Decide, Create, Connect, and Lead

Warren Berger
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From the bestselling author of A More Beautiful Question, hundreds of questions that harness the magic of inquiry to tackle challenges we all face-at work, in our relationships, and beyond.

When we're confronted with almost any demanding situation, the act of questioning can help guide us to smart decisions in the face of uncertainty. But the questions must be the right ones; the ones that cut to the heart of complexity or enable us to see an old problem in a fresh way.

In The Book of Beautiful Questions, expert "questionologist" Warren Berger shares illuminating stories and compelling research on the power of inquiry. Drawing from the insights and expertise of psychologists, innovators, effective leaders, and some of the world's foremost creative thinkers, he presents the essential questions readers need to make the best choices when it truly counts, with a particular focus in four key areas: decision-making, creativity, leadership, and relationships.

The powerful questions in this book can help you:
- Identify opportunities in your career or industry
- Generate fresh ideas in business or in your own creative pursuits
- Check your biases so you can make better judgments and decisions
- Do a better job of communicating and connecting with the people around you

Thoughtful, provocative, and actionable, these beautiful questions can be applied immediately to bring about change in your work or your everyday life.

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21世紀的21堂課 (21 Lessons for the 21st Century)

哈拉瑞 (Yuval Noah Harari)
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在一個資訊滿滿卻多半無用的世界上，
清楚易懂的見解，就成了一種力量。
—— 哈拉瑞

在《人類大歷史》，哈拉瑞展現了他「後見之明」的洞識，深刻闡述了人類簡史；
在《人類大命運》，哈拉瑞則以他「先見之明」的睿智，為我們預示了未來簡史。
而在這本「人類三部曲」的第三部《21世紀的21堂課》，哈拉瑞聚焦於此時此地，
關注的是資訊科技和生物科技攜手之後，科技為社會帶來的巨大顛覆與重塑，
以及川普粉墨登場、難民湧入歐洲、恐怖攻擊迭起、假新聞到處流竄……
世事紛紛擾擾之際，我們應該思索、也應該教導孩子的21項核心課題，

諸如：
♦ 天然愚蠢遇上人工智慧，人類還剩下什麼能力勝過人工智慧？
♦ 系統性大規模失業危機無可避免？「無用階級」將大量暴增？
♦ 社經精英不再剝削勞工了，因為已不需要這些「無用階級」？
♦ 我們該提防機器人，還是該提防機器人的主人？
♦ 資產誠可貴，資料價更高？擁有資料數據者，得天下？
♦ 你真以為有「自由意志」？還是改聽大數據和演算法的就對了？
♦ 神有兩種，你相信哪一種？信眾的行為決定了神的價值？
♦ 假新聞萬世永存？宗教神話就是流傳千年的假新聞？
♦ 恐怖主義是全球政治問題？宗教問題？還是社會心理機制問題？
♦ 我們的正義感可能已經過時？如何在全球化的世界實現正義？
♦ 如果世間皆是虛假，「自我」也是虛構的故事，那麼人生意義何在？

《21世紀的21堂課》是現代智人的必修課，
是洞悉世局變幻、洞察社會趨向、洞燭心靈深處的必修課。

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The Kite Runner

Khaled Hosseini
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“A vivid and engaging story that reminds us how long his people [of Afghanistan] have been struggling to triumph over the forces of violence—forces that continue to threaten them even today." –New York Times Book Review, 2003

"A marvelous first novel... the story of two young boys who are friends in Afghanistan, and an incredible story of the culture. It's an old-fashioned kind of novel that really sweeps you away." --San Francisco Chronicle

"This extraordinary novel locates the personal struggles of everyday people [of Afghanistan] in the terrible sweep of history." --People

The unforgettable, heartbreaking story of the unlikely friendship between a wealthy boy and the son of his father’s servant, caught in the tragic sweep of history, The Kite Runner transports readers to Afghanistan at a tense and crucial moment of change and destruction. A powerful story of friendship, it is also about the power of reading, the price of betrayal, and the possibility of redemption; and an exploration of the power of fathers over sons—their love, their sacrifices, their lies.

Since its publication in 2003 Kite Runner has become a beloved, one-of-a-kind classic of contemporary literature, touching millions of readers, and launching the career of one of America's most treasured writers.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

書店旅圖：走進全球21間特色書店，感受書店故事、理想和職人精神

金彥鎬
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金彥鎬（韓國坡州出版城幕後推手、資深出版人金彥鎬）：當一個人在人生路上陷入徬徨之際，最好的去處非書店莫屬；被無以言說的孤寂圍困之時，能讓靈魂得到撫慰的空間也是書店。只要世界上依然有這樣的書店存在著，人類就有希望。

韓國資深出版人金彥鎬歷時20年記錄，走訪世界各地，帶你深入世界21間特色書店，探索書店的生存之道！
21間書店日常，21種與書共生的生活方式，讓書店不只是路上風景，而成為日常生活之必須。
甫上市即登上韓國網路書店排行榜，讀者好評5顆星★★★★★！
收錄世界各國，橫跨三大洲，21間各有特色、風格不同的書店。
從書店裝潢、設計理念到成立宗旨，透過上百張全彩照片呈現。
獨家專訪各書店職人，進行深入對談，一起聊聊書店的生存之道。
書末附有「書店索引」，收錄各書店聯絡資料，方便查找。

‧書店為何迷人？由資深出版人說給你聽！
作者金彥鎬是資深出版人，也是一位狂熱的愛書人，不論現實環境多嚴苛，仍澆不熄他對書及出版的熱情！為了喚回大眾對閱讀的初心，他花費20年的時間，走遍世界，探訪21間各具特色的書店，用鏡頭和文字記錄這些書店為實現理想、不畏艱難的幕後故事。

‧書店是城市的縮影，想了解城市就該從「書店」開始！每座城市都該有間書店，而每間書店背後都有一個動人的故事，像是：
•歷經800年風霜，讓傳統教堂大變身的【荷蘭天堂書店】
•被譽為英語世界文學青年的庇護所和烏托邦的【法國莎士比亞書店】
•將閱讀與美食合而為一的【比利時酷客美食書店】
•不提供其他服務，只專心賣書的【美國史傳德書店】
•讓紙張越陳越香，擁有高達30萬冊舊書的【台灣舊香居古書店】
•被BBC評為「世界十大最美書店」的【中國先鋒書店】
•專為婦女和兒童服務，並提倡和平反戰的【日本蠟筆屋書店】
•見證歷史，伴隨釜山人歷經戰爭風暴的【韓國寶水洞舊書街】

‧不安時代更需要閱讀！透過書店找回遺失的美好
書中的21間書店代表不同美好時代的精神寫照，在歷史的滾滾洪流中，推動我們奮力前行，找尋心中完整的理想世界。

《書店旅圖：走進全球21間特色書店，感受書店故事、理想和職人精神》希望能藉由書店的經營故事，喚起讀者思考，「書是什麼？書店又代表什麼？」這也是書店存在於世界的價值和意義。

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Terra Incognita: 100 Maps to Survive the Next 100 Years

Ian Goldin, Robert Muggah
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'Fascinating, beautiful, alarming and revelatory use of mapping and infographics' Stephen Fry on EarthTime maps

'An indispensable read' Arianna Huffington

From the global impact of the Coronavirus to exploring the vast spread of the Australian bushfires, join authors Ian Goldin and Robert Muggah as they trace the ways in which our world has changed and the ways in which it will continue to change over the next hundred years.

Map-making is an ancient impulse. From the moment homo sapiens learnt to communicate we have used them to make sense of our surroundings. But as Albert Einstein once said, 'you can't use old maps to explore a new world.' And now, when the world is changing faster than ever before, our old maps are no longer fit for purpose.

Welcome to Terra Incognita. Based on decades of research, and combining mesmerising, state-of-the-art satellite maps with enlightening and passionately argued analysis, Ian and Robert chart humanity's impact on the planet, and the ways in which we can make a real impact to save it, and to thrive as a species.

Learn about: fires in the arctic; the impact of sea level rise on cities around the world; the truth about immigration - and why fears in the West are a myth; the counter-intuitive future of population rise; the miracles of health and education that are waiting around the corner, and the reality about inequality, and how we end it. The book traces the paths of peoples, cities, wars, climates and technologies, all on a global scale. Full of facts that will confound you, inform you, and ultimately empower you, Terra Incognita guides readers to a new place of understanding, rather than to a physical location.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

找回愛與尊重的自尊課：擁有安穩的自尊，安心成為自己，在關係裡自由自在

蘇絢慧
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當你願意把自己視為「生命中最重要的人」，
世上再沒有任何人事物，足以否定你的存在。

我們的心裡，有個「內建翻譯系統」，
這個翻譯系統的主機，正是心理學所說的：「自尊」。

自尊，會讓我們的內心形成對自己的感受、評價，
自尊的高低、穩定與否，會影響自己如何翻譯外界訊息，
別人的話語，對自己是友善還是敵意？
工作、感情的不順，是對自己的否定，還是生命給我們的提醒？

40堂獻給低自尊人格的自尊課，
陪你面對內在的不安、焦慮、恐懼，為內心找回安定的力量。
當我們能安心成為自己，就能在關係裡自由自在。

不用去追逐別人眼中的璀璨，
好好成為自己這一顆鑽石，
看見及肯定自己身上的光芒，
就能在眾聲喧嘩中，擁有堅定自信的內在之光。

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Patented : 1,000 Design Patents

Thomas Rinaldi
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An unprecedented, essential field guide to more than a century of fascinating product and industrial design

From legendary classics to anonymous objects that are indispensable in homes and offices, this one-of-a-kind collection of original patent documents celebrates the creative genius of designers, inventors, creators, innovators, and dreamers the world over. The range is phenomenal: patents by Eero Saarinen, Charles Eames, Isamu Noguchi, Ettore Sottsass, Raymond Loewy, and George Nelson sit alongside everyday designs for tape dispensers, pencil sharpeners, food processors, desk fans, and drink bottles to create an valuable reference that's also an irresistible browse.

"A new and essential reference for any designer." — Acquire

"Some of the earliest glimpses of innovations that have changed the world as we know it today." — Design Week

"If you've ever wondered about the original design of the Porta Potty, the iPhone, or tape dispensers, then Thomas Rinaldi's book is for you." — Hyperallergic

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

傳染病時代的我們 : 新冠肺炎帶給我們的危機與轉變 (Nel Contagio)

保羅．裘唐諾 (Paolo Giordano)
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保羅．裘唐諾《傳染病時代的我們》像是一本後新冠肺炎時代的作品，提醒我們所經歷的，永遠不可能遺忘的2020。

每一篇文字，好像在幫我們紀錄這傳染病大流行時的我們的日常。我們所關切的與我們所遇到的困境。

「最近，我常常想起瑪格麗特．莒哈絲的句子：「和平即將來到，就像大片低垂的黑幕，也是遺忘的開始。」戰爭之後，人們總是迅速忘記教訓，我們碰到傳染病也一樣：苦難逼我們面對平時模糊不清的真相，逼我們重新評估輕重緩急；鼓勵我們為現在的局面賦予新意義。然而傷痛一旦開始復原，覺知的心情便不復存在。

所以我要列出我不想忘記的每件事情。這張名單每天都越來越長，我覺得每個人都該自己擬一份，就能拿出來互相比對，看看是否有共通點，討論是否可以協力改變。 」

新冠肺炎這個未知的世紀傳染病在全球肆虐，各國紛紛緊急封鎖邊界，禁止外國人入境。一個因為全球人口移動、交流頻繁而造成的世紀病毒，迫使全人類得暫時過著社交隔離的日子。

這全球大流行的可怕惡夢，有一天終將過去，而什麼是你不想忘記的事呢？

各界好評如潮

　 「清楚、冷靜、資訊明瞭。幫助我們試著去思考在這傳染病大流行的當下，我們該怎麼做……這時代的文學之作始於這裡。」──《倫敦旗幟晚報》

「閱讀裘唐諾的書，讓我們得以在瘋狂混淆視聽的數據以及可怕的傳染病故事中得到喘息的空間……他簡潔的文字把那些早已從我們腦中逃離的理性概念又重新整齊地串了起來。」──《泰晤士報》

「具有力量又原創！」──《星期日泰晤士報》

「在簡短的一個小時閱讀時光，在這最艱難的時刻，裘唐諾加強了我對人性的希望。」──《人權的條件》作者 沙茲

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Ask for More: 10 Questions to Negotiate Anything

Alexandra Carter
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**Instant Wall Street Journal Bestseller**

“A joy to read.” —Douglas Stone and Sheila Heen, authors of Difficult Conversations

“Like having a negotiation coach in your corner…giving you the courage to ask for more.” —Linda Babcock, author of Women Don’t Ask

Ask for More shows that by asking better questions, you get better answers—and better results from any negotiation.

Negotiation is not a zero-sum game. It’s an essential skill for your career that can also improve your closest relationships and your everyday life, but often people shy away from it, feeling defeated before they’ve even started. In this groundbreaking new book on negotiation, Ask for More, Alexandra Carter—Columbia law professor and mediation expert who has helped students, business professionals, the United Nations, and more—offers a straightforward, accessible approach anyone can use to ask for and get more.

We’ve been taught incorrectly that the loudest and most assertive voice prevails in any negotiation, or otherwise both sides compromise, ending up with less. Instead Carter shows that you get far more value by asking the right questions of the person you’re negotiating with than you do from arguing with them. She offers a simple yet powerful ten-question framework for successful negotiation where both sides emerge victorious. Carter’s proven method extends far beyond one “yes” and instead creates value that lasts a lifetime.

Ask for More gives you the tools to bring clarity and perspective to any important discussion, no matter the topic.

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為什麼我們這樣生活，那樣工作？ (The Power of Habit)

查爾斯．杜希格 (Charles Duhigg)
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一流企業（寶僑、微軟、Google等）與世界級大學（哈佛、耶魯、劍橋、MIT等）都在研究的最熱門學問——「習慣的力量」

不論你想聰明理財、規律運動、成功減重、養育小孩、增加工作效率、革新企業組織都能利用「習慣的力量」達到目的

一名年輕女子走進實驗室，過去兩年她整個人改頭換面，不但不再抽菸，開始跑馬拉松，工作也一帆風順。神經學家發現，她的腦部活動模式已經完全改變。

寶僑公司的行銷人員觀察家庭主婦鋪床的過程，他們想知道新產品該如何廣告才能打動人心，之後發現一個細微到幾乎無法察覺的行為模式，於是稍稍改變一下廣告內容，最終一年賺了十億美元。

◎寫「飲食日記」可以減肥？
◎失去記憶的人畫不出住家位置圖，卻能順利走回家？
◎工廠注重安全措施，結果增加營收與獲利，股價大漲？
◎星巴克如何讓一個EQ有障礙的人成為明星級店長？

其實，它們都是透過改變日常「習慣」而達到的。
原來，人每天的活動中，逾40%是習慣，而不是自己主動的決定。

只要學會利用「習慣的力量」，就能讓人生與事業脫胎換骨！

本書分成三部分。第一部分的重點在於每個人的習慣到底從何而來，深入探索習慣養成的神經學原理，新習慣如何養成，舊習慣又該如何戒掉。

第二部分深入分析成功企業與組織的好習慣，譬如一家面臨瓶頸的公司如何靠著一個核心習慣而成功轉型，變成道瓊工業平均指數裡的第一優等生；也說明當組織慣例亂了調，會犯下怎樣要命的失誤。

第三部分檢視社會的習慣，看一位精神領袖如何替人們建立新的習慣而成功改良社會觀念與風氣。最後還深入探究棘手的道德問題：英國一位殺人犯若能頭頭是道說服他人自己是因習慣而殺人，能否因此重獲自由？

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