First Person Singular: Stories

Haruki Murakami
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“Some novelists hold a mirror up to the world and some, like Haruki Murakami, use the mirror as a portal to a universe hidden beyond it.” —The Wall Street Journal

A mind-bending new collection of short stories from the internationally acclaimed Haruki Murakami.

The eight stories in this new book are all told in the first person by a classic Murakami narrator. From memories of youth, meditations on music, and an ardent love of baseball, to dreamlike scenarios and invented jazz albums, together these stories challenge the boundaries between our minds and the exterior world. Occasionally, a narrator may or may not be Murakami himself. Is it memoir or fiction? The reader decides.

Philosophical and mysterious, the stories in First Person Singular all touch beautifully on love and solitude, childhood and memory. . . all with a signature Murakami twist.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

生時間 : 高績效時間管理術 (Make Time: How to Focus on What Matters Every Day)

傑克‧納普, 約翰‧澤拉斯基 (Jake Knapp, John Zeratsky)
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你可曾在夜深人靜時納悶，我今天到底做了什麼？可曾夢想「有朝一日」可以著手什麼計畫、展開什麼行動──但那「有朝一日」永遠不會到來？

我們都努力為要事騰出時間。我們信心滿滿地開啟每一天──然後時間就被接連不斷的會議、沒有盡頭的email和永無休止的社群媒體動態吞沒。有時彷彿疲憊不堪和注意力不集中已成為我們的預設狀態。要是你可以跳出倉鼠輪、開始掌控你的時間和專注力，該有多好！

身為Google Ventures「設計衝刺」（design sprint）的開創者，傑克‧納普和約翰‧澤拉斯基已透過重新設計「工作週」，協助數百支團隊解決重要問題。根據從設計衝刺汲取的教訓，他們花費數年以自己的習性和慣例進行試驗，尋找將活力、注意力和時間最佳化的方式。現在，他們已將最有效的策略歸納成一個四步驟的日常架構──精華、雷射、提振活力、反省──任何人都可以用來有系統地設計自己的每一天。

「生時間」不是關於提高生產力或給更多待辦事項打勾，也不是提出像是扔掉智慧型手機或發誓戒除社群媒體等不切實際的解決方案。「生時間」提供的是一套可量身訂作、有87個迷你策略的選單，包括：

●擬辦清單
●讓自己不方便
●不要一早就上線
●把盤子中央公園化
●把自己鎖在外面
●……還有其他更多

如果你希望一天之中有更多自由時間可以運用，《生時間》是你必讀之作，它能協助你開始以真正重要的事情為中心，刻意設計你的日子。假以時日，你必能讓你的生活歸你所有。

「《生時間：高績效時間管理術》是魅力四射的宣言──也是大膽無畏、打造聰明長久習慣的DIY指南。如果你想要完成更多（而不發瘋），請讀這本書。」──查爾斯‧杜希格（Charles Duhigg），暢銷作家，著有《為什麼我們這樣生活，那樣工作？》（The Power of Habit）、《為什麼這樣工作會快、準、好》（Smarter Faster Better）

(摘錄自博客來網路書店)

The Tyranny of Merit: What's Become of the Common Good?

Michael J. Sandel
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A Times Literary Supplement’s Book of the Year 2020
A New Statesman's Best Book of 2020
A Bloomberg's Best Book of 2020
A Guardian Best Book About Ideas of 2020

The world-renowned philosopher and author of the best-selling Justice explores the central question of our time: What has become of the common good?

These are dangerous times for democracy. We live in an age of winners and losers, where the odds are stacked in favor of the already fortunate. Stalled social mobility and entrenched inequality give the lie to the American credo that "you can make it if you try". The consequence is a brew of anger and frustration that has fueled populist protest and extreme polarization and led to deep distrust of both government and our fellow citizens - leaving us morally unprepared to face the profound challenges of our time.

World-renowned philosopher Michael J. Sandel argues that to overcome the crises that are upending our world, we must rethink the attitudes toward success and failure that have accompanied globalization and rising inequality. Sandel shows the hubris a meritocracy fosters among the winners and the indignities it inflicts on those left behind. And he offers an alternative way of thinking about success - more attentive to the role of luck in human affairs, more conducive to an ethic of humility and solidarity, and more affirming of the dignity of work. The Tyranny of Merit points us toward a hopeful vision of a new politics of the common good.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

邏輯謬誤鑑識班:訓練偵錯神經的24堂邏輯課

冀劍制
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＊新版增加32頁「習題解答」，幫助你訓練更犀利的邏輯思考能力！

當你身處邏輯謬誤的「犯罪現場」，
你能馬上偵測出錯在哪裡，用的是什麼手法嗎？
每個人天生都有偵測錯誤與邏輯推理的能力，
因此，有時你會聽到有些話就是感覺「怪怪的」，好像「有陷阱」！
這時就代表你的偵錯神經已經開始運作。
然而，如果不特別經過訓練，你的防火牆就會出現漏洞，
於是輕則人云亦云，重則信假為真、上當受騙。

 ...... 本書以常發生在我們身邊、隨處可見的謬誤為例，
從政治宣傳、宗教迷信、廣告用語，甚至到我們日常生活的對話。
內容也由淺到深，從認識謬誤的各種型態，訓練推理能力，
到抓出隱藏型謬誤，最後克服情緒障礙與直覺的誤判，
就像從偵錯思考的初級班、中級班，進階到高級班和研究班，
之後，只要一有可疑的狀況出現，你的偵錯神經就會自動啟動，避免受騙上當。

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做自己的情緒管理師：20個負面情緒管理法

香港心理學會輔導心理學部
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【榮獲2021第三屆「香港出版雙年獎」心理勵志類「出版獎」】

全書分為四個章節：第一章焦慮家族：焦慮、恐懼、強迫、羞怯、緊張、沒有安全感，第二章抑鬱家族：抑鬱、沮喪、悲傷、孤寂感、麻木，第三章憤怒家族：憤怒、憎恨、矛盾、內疚，第四章困惑家族：沒有希望感、失望、無助、悶/無聊、空虛

介紹以上的情緒特徵，並有「自測表」自我篩檢測驗是否有相關的困擾、應對方法、有甚麼可預防和注意等等。

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Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment

Daniel Kahneman, Olivier Sibony, Cass R. Sunstein
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From the Nobel Prize-winning author of Thinking, Fast and Slow and the coauthor of Nudge, a revolutionary exploration of why people make bad judgments and how to make better ones--"a tour de force” (New York Times).

Imagine that two doctors in the same city give different diagnoses to identical patients—or that two judges in the same courthouse give markedly different sentences to people who have committed the same crime. Suppose that different interviewers at the same firm make different decisions about indistinguishable job applicants—or that when a company is handling customer complaints, the resolution depends on who happens to answer the phone. Now imagine that the same doctor, the same judge, the same interviewer, or the same customer service agent makes different decisions depending on whether it is morning or afternoon, or Monday rather than Wednesday. These are examples of noise: variability in judgments that should be identical.

In Noise, Daniel Kahneman, Olivier Sibony, and Cass R. Sunstein show the detrimental effects of noise in many fields, including medicine, law, economic forecasting, forensic science, bail, child protection, strategy, performance reviews, and personnel selection. Wherever there is judgment, there is noise. Yet, most of the time, individuals and organizations alike are unaware of it. They neglect noise. With a few simple remedies, people can reduce both noise and bias, and so make far better decisions.

Packed with original ideas, and offering the same kinds of research-based insights that made Thinking, Fast and Slow and Nudge groundbreaking New York Times bestsellers, Noise explains how and why humans are so susceptible to noise in judgment—and what we can do about it.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

余達之路—糖薑大王與戰後香港

余皓媛、區志堅
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香港人對九龍塘又一村並不陌生，它是一個寧謐而優美的社區，簇集了一排排的房舍、一所所優秀的學校，以及一條條以花卉命名的街道。而貫穿整個社區的「達之路」(Tat Chee Avenue)，是殖民地年代香港極少以華人姓名來命名的街道之一，以表揚余達之先生對香港的傑出貢獻。

二戰後的香港百廢待興，而「糖薑大王」余達之，在開拓個人事業之餘，已為香港公共事務作出重要貢獻，更對推動整個社會的經濟、民生及教育發展都有抱負及承擔。余氏這種有別於只顧追求私利、絲毫不捨的狹隘商界作風，非常值得後人借鏡。他帶領香港工商業界走向國際、推動開發官塘工業區、銳意改善工人生活，更關注新一代教育，興學施教，為日後香港的騰飛，奠定了堅實的基礎。

本書記錄了早期香港歷史重要的一頁，兩位作者分別為余達之的孫女余皓媛，以及從事歷史教研工作的區志堅博士，透過史料追查與口述對照，期望與讀者一同在「達之路」上，回顧余達之傳奇的一生。

(摘錄自cityu.edu.hk/upress)

The "Post-War Hong Kong & the Story of Tat Chee Avenue" Exhibition presents an overview of the housing, education, and industry conditions in the 1950s – 1960s using historically valuable images, publications, and maps. It also introduces the history of Tat Chee Avenue and Yau Yat Chuen, as well as the specific contributions of U Tat Chee to their development. The exhibition is being held until 12 November 2021 at the Wofoo Foundation Gallery, Run Run Shaw Library, City University of Hong Kong. READ MORE

Face to Face: The Art of Human Connection

Brian Grazer
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Featured on CBS This Morning, Squawk Box, MSNBC, CNN, Bloomberg, Forbes, Fast Company, The New York Times, and more.

“Reading Face to Face is like being a fly on the wall, watching Brian Grazer work his magic. Utterly entertaining, this is how you become Hollywood’s best producer.” —Malcolm Gladwell, author of Talking to Strangers

Legendary Hollywood producer and author of the bestselling A Curious Mind, Brian Grazer is back with a captivating new book about the life-changing ways we can connect with one another.

Much of Brian Grazer’s success—as a #1 New York Times bestselling author, Academy Award–winning producer, father, and husband—comes from his ability to establish genuine connections with almost anyone. In Face to Face, he takes you around the world and behind the scenes of some of his most iconic movies and television shows, like A Beautiful Mind, Empire, Arrested Development, American Gangster, and 8 Mile, to show just how much in-person encounters have revolutionized his life—and how they have the power to change yours.

With his flair for intriguing stories, Grazer reveals what he’s learned through interactions with people like Bill Gates, Taraji P. Henson, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Eminem, Prince, Spike Lee, and the Afghani rapper activist Sonita: that the secret to a bigger life lies in personal connection. In a world where our attention is too often focused downward at our devices, Grazer argues that we are missing an essential piece of the human experience. Only when we are face to face, able to look one another in the eyes, can we form the kinds of connections that expand our world views, deepen our self-awareness, and ultimately lead to our greatest achievements and most meaningful moments.

When we lift our eyes to look at the person in front of us, we open the door to infinite possibility.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

尋琴者

郭強生
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如貓印般音符的輕緩語言，演奏出一段迷人故事，傾訴了人、音樂與情感之間的靈魂歸屬，如此的蒼茫雪景與滄桑人生的互映，只有郭強生老師的《尋琴者》能乘載，這是一部令人眷戀的小說。──甘耀明（小說家）

《尋琴者》關於音樂與樂器的描寫很多，從小聽曲、唱曲的強生，有著善於審音的聽覺，他寫了一個聽覺小說，讓感情更純粹與空靈。這本書在談藝術，更在談創造小說的敘述藝術，然而愛情總是他作品中的終極藝術，因為不完美，甚至千瘡百孔，更能說明細緻純粹的情愛更是藝術，這是作者孤獨的藝術，也是悲傷的救贖。──周芬伶（作家）

讀《尋琴者》宛如聆聽一首跌宕的曲子，讓人不禁憶起孟若的《幸福與陰影之舞》、石黑一雄的《夜曲》、托瑪斯・曼的《魂斷威尼斯》、三島的《金閣寺》，甚至是恩田陸《蜜蜂與遠雷》……在這中篇裡，幾乎與所有音樂小說、與所有探討人性與命運之複雜的小說、與所有追求藝術與美的偉大小說，都彼此呼應著。如此具有啟發，如此難得。──盛浩偉（作家）

一位擁有過人音樂天分的鋼琴調音師，少年時的遭遇讓他放棄成為鋼琴家的夢想，人生也停留在逝去的時光與感情之中。
一位年逾六十歲的生意人，因為妻子死後留下的一架鋼琴與調音師相遇，兩人結伴踏上尋琴之路……

每個人都有與生俱來的共鳴程式，「有人在樂器中尋找，有人在歌聲中尋找，也有人更幸運地，能夠就在茫茫塵世間，找到了那個能夠喚醒與過去、現在、未來產生共鳴的一種震動。」你的一生是否也在尋覓能夠共鳴的靈魂？

金鼎獎、台灣文學金典獎、開卷好書獎得主郭強生，繼暢銷動人的散文書寫之後，重回小說領域推出《尋琴者》。這是郭強生首次嘗試音樂題材的小說，每個句子宛如音符精確而優雅，譜寫愛慕與寂寞的殘酷，只為追尋靈魂共鳴的無悔。全書哀傷而節制，讀完讓你掩卷嘆息。馬世芳力推：「這本書既寫出了深淵的黑暗，也寫出了那不可方物的至美。」

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