Nuclear War: A Scenario

Annie Jacobsen
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The INSTANT New York Times bestseller
Instant Los Angeles Times bestseller
One of NPR's Books We Love
One of Newsweek Staffers' Favorite Books of the Year
Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize

“In Nuclear War: A Scenario, Annie Jacobsen gives us a vivid picture of what could happen if our nuclear guardians fail…Terrifying.”—Wall Street Journal

There is only one scenario other than an asteroid strike that could end the world as we know it in a matter of hours: nuclear war. And one of the triggers for that war would be a nuclear missile inbound toward the United States.

Every generation, a journalist has looked deep into the heart of the nuclear military establishment: the technologies, the safeguards, the plans, and the risks. These investigations are vital to how we understand the world we really live in—where one nuclear missile will beget one in return, and where the choreography of the world’s end requires massive decisions made on seconds’ notice with information that is only as good as the intelligence we have.

Pulitzer Prize finalist Annie Jacobsen’s Nuclear War: A Scenario explores this ticking-clock scenario, based on dozens of exclusive new interviews with military and civilian experts who have built the weapons, have been privy to the response plans, and have been responsible for those decisions should they have needed to be made. Nuclear War: A Scenario examines the handful of minutes after a nuclear missile launch. It is essential reading, and unlike any other book in its depth and urgency.

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頂尖大學的條件 : 從現代大學的演變洞見教育卓越的關鍵 (Empires of Ideas)

柯偉林 (William C. Kirby)
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「據我所知，在高等教育方面沒有任何其他著作能在廣度、視野和純粹的比較分析上與這本書相媲美。」
──魯登斯坦（Neill L. Rudenstine）哈佛大學名譽校長

19 世紀，德國的大學為現代大學奠定了基礎；
20 世紀末，美國的大學對各國產生巨大的影響力；
而21世紀，全球高等教育將由誰領導？

當今美國的大學機構幾乎在每一個重要的全球大學排名都獨占鰲頭，然而從歷史的角度來看，美國的卓越地位是從二十世紀才開始。在十九世紀的多半時間，人們是以德國的大學模式為尚。而我們也沒有理由認定，美國的學校必然在一個世紀以後能繼續引領世界。事實上，美國在高等教育的霸主地位正面臨巨大的壓力，它的公立大學更是如此。與此同時，中國的大學正在崛起。三十年前，中國的大學機構在文化大革命的浩劫之後重新開放，今天它們有些已經是世界上最創新的教育中心之一。在美中對峙的新冷戰格局中，除了政治與經濟的競逐外，中國會在高等教育環境中，也威脅到美國的領先地位嗎？

一流的大學是如何出現的？卓越的高等教育又需要哪些條件？《頂尖大學的條件》回顧了過去兩百年的歷史尋找答案，敘述了高等教育的兩次革命：研究型大學的誕生，以及它與博雅教育模式的整合。

曾任哈佛大學文理學院院長的歷史學者柯偉林，利用著名的「個案分析」方法，結合大量的訪談與資料分析，檢視幾所領先大學的成功經驗──德國的柏林大學、自由大學；美國的哈佛、杜克和加州大學柏克萊分校，分析它們如何崛起，以及各自所面臨的挑戰。柯偉林也對三個中國競爭者的發展軌跡做了發人深省的比較：清華大學、南京大學、香港大學，它們的目標都是要成為世界一流的機構，能夠和歐美最好的大學競爭，但也面對了不同的阻礙，如對於教學的投資、經費來源，以及一個可能會損自由探究和學術卓越的政治體系。

透過分析上述個案，柯偉林提出了晉升一流大學的種種條件，包括保有治理的自由及學術自由、對人文和科學研究的重視、積極參與國際化進程，並與世界各地的大學建立合作關係。

曾在台灣求學的柯偉林教授，亦特別為台灣版撰寫序言。他指出，過去數十年，台灣的大學一直致力於追求邁向世界一流，政府亦制定了相應的目標和政策，以提升大學國際地位。台灣擁有自由的學術和社會環境，也有實力雄厚的研究型大學和大專院校，未來必須保持「外向」，深入參與 21 世紀國際化的大學世界，讓教職員和學生沉浸在廣闊的交流中。

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Deep Water: The World in the Ocean

James Bradley
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2025 NAUTILUS BOOK AWARDS GOLD WINNER

"Deep Water is a major achievement....Bradley's skills both as novelist and essayist converge here to create this wise, compassionate and urgent book, characterized throughout by a clarity of prose and a bracing moral gaze that searches water, self and reader." —ROBERT MACFARLANE, bestselling author of Underland

In this thrilling work—a blend of history, science, nature writing, and environmentalism—acclaimed writer James Bradley plunges into the unknown to explore the deepest recesses of the natural world.

Seventy-one percent of the earth’s surface is ocean. These waters created, shaped, and continue to sustain not just human life, but all life on Planet Earth, and perhaps beyond it. They serve as the stage for our cultural history—driving human development from evolution through exploration, colonialism, and the modern era of global leisure and trade. They are also the harbingers of the future—much of life on Earth cannot survive if sea levels are too low or too high, temperatures too cold or too warm. Our oceans are vast spaces of immense wonder and beauty, and our relationship to them is innate and awe inspired.

Deep Water is both a lyrically written personal meditation and an intriguing wide-ranging reported epic that reckons with our complex connection to the seas. It is a story shaped by tidal movements and deep currents, lit by the insights of philosophers, scientists, artists and other great minds. Bradley takes readers from the atomic creation of the oceans, to the wonders within, such as fish migrations guided by electromagnetic sensing. He describes the impacts of human population shifts by boat and speaks directly and uncompromisingly to the environmental catastrophe that is already impacting our lives. It is also a celebration of the ocean’s glories and the extraordinary efforts of the scientists and researchers who are unlocking its secrets. These myriad strands are woven together into a tapestry of life that captures not only our relationship with the planet, but our past, and perhaps most importantly, what lies ahead for us.

A brilliant blend of Robert MacFarlane’s Underland, Susan Casey’s The Underworld, and Simon Winchester’s Pacific and The Atlantic, Deep Water taps into the essence of our planet and who we are.

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香港戰後紀事1945-1949

鄭寶鴻
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一九四一年十二月二十五日至一九四五年八月十五日，香港經歷三年零八個月的日據時期，飽受戰火蹂躪，人口銳減，經濟崩潰。

一九四五年二戰結束，日本宣佈投降，英軍重掌香港，於戰後進行重建。

鄭賓鴻擷取一九四五至一九四九年這五年時光，以紀實的筆觸記錄日據後期盟軍轟炸、日本投降後軍政府過渡期，及文人政府接掌重建秩序的歷程，在衣食住行與經濟變遷的微小紀錄裡，呈現香港由戰後廢墟至國際都市的蛻變之路。

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Reverse the Search: How to Turn Job Seeking into Job Shopping

Madeline Mann
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From the creator of top career YouTube channel Self Made Millennial, the only job search guide you’ll need to get employers competing for you

Are you tired of sending out dozens of job applications every day and never hearing back? Or, when you do land interviews, not getting an offer, and never knowing why? As a former recruiter and head of HR at multiple companies, Madeline Mann has seen every kind of job application under the sun, and she’s here to tell you that the antiquated job search advice you’ve been told before is all wrong.

After years of working in HR, Mann began to share her behind-the-scenes insight into the world of hiring, creating viral career tip videos and posts online—and soon amassing nearly 1 million followers across YouTube, LinkedIn, and TikTok. In Reverse the Search, Mann distills her juiciest advice into a concise guide on how to turn the job search around, going from job seeking to job shopping—from desperately sending out applications to having your pick of jobs. By following the simple but proven steps—beginning with determining your ideal job through negotiating your final offer—that have landed hundreds of Mann’s career coaching clients positions at dream companies, you will transform into a lifelong Job Shopper, getting recruited and attracting opportunities at every stage.

Because Job Shoppers know they deserve to land more than any old job. They deserve a job that brings meaningful work, happiness, flexibility, and financial stability. And with Reverse the Search’s help, you’ll get noticed and approached, even when you’re not actively looking a job. You will have the leverage, and you will never have to perform a soul-sucking job search again.

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像隨筆作家一樣生活 : 松浦彌太郎的寫作與思考方式

松浦彌太郎
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【寫作讓我得到救贖，讓我的生活產生變化】
隨筆＝描繪個人心境的文章
如果我們持續地寫作、反思、思考，
便能得到平靜的生活。

「像隨筆作家一樣生活」，
並非是為了成為某種特定身分的生活方式，
而是思考自己希望成為什麼樣的人，直視每日的生活和自我，
感受心靈的微小變化和喜悅，並能明確地表達出來。

什麼是隨筆？──────隨筆一詞可以解釋為「自由抒發記錄的散文體裁」，也就是將快樂、悲傷等情感的起伏化為言語，彙整成文章。本質並不在於「今天發生了什麼事」，而是「因為這些事情，我產生了這樣的想法」，並且將隨筆視為「存在讀者的前提下」寫出的作品。

不只傳授寫作技巧，更是一種生活指南──────松浦先生以自身經驗闡述隨筆創作的哲學，並分享其獨特的思考方式與生活態度，強調從日常生活中尋找「祕密」的重要性，以及培養「細膩觀察」、「全盤接受」、「持續反思」等能力，最終達到內在的平靜與富足。文中也探討了閱讀、書寫、思考與生活之間的緊密關聯，並提出許多實用的建議，幫助讀者在生活中找到屬於自己的哲學。

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Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

Cal Newport
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A New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, and IndieBound bestseller

"Brilliant and timely"—Oliver Burkeman

~ Do Fewer Things. Work at a Natural Pace. Obsess over Quality. ~

From the New York Times bestselling author of Digital Minimalism and Deep Work, a groundbreaking philosophy for pursuing meaningful accomplishment while avoiding overload

Our current definition of “productivity” is broken. It pushes us to treat busyness as a proxy for useful effort, leading to impossibly lengthy task lists and ceaseless meetings. We’re overwhelmed by all we have to do and on the edge of burnout, left to decide between giving into soul-sapping hustle culture or rejecting ambition altogether. But are these really our only choices?

Long before the arrival of pinging inboxes and clogged schedules, history’s most creative and impactful philosophers, scientists, artists, and writers mastered the art of producing valuable work with staying power. In this timely and provocative book, Cal Newport harnesses the wisdom of these traditional knowledge workers to radically transform our modern jobs. Drawing from deep research on the habits and mindsets of a varied cast of storied thinkers–from Galileo and Isaac Newton, to Jane Austen and Georgia O’Keefe–Newport lays out the key principles of “slow productivity,” a more sustainable alternative to the aimless overwhelm that defines our current moment. Combining cultural criticism with systematic pragmatism, Newport deconstructs the absurdities inherent in standard notions of productivity, and then provides step-by-step advice for cultivating a slower, more humane alternative.

From the aggressive rethinking of workload management, to introducing seasonal variation, to shifting your performance toward long-term quality, Slow Productivity provides a roadmap for escaping overload and arriving instead at a more timeless approach to pursuing meaningful accomplishment. The world of work is due for a new revolution. Slow productivity is exactly what we need.

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細胞之歌 : 探索醫學和新人類的未來 (The Song of the Cell)

辛達塔．穆克吉 (Siddhartha Mukherjee)
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「我們終歸要回到細胞」
我們得要了解細胞，才能了解人體。
我們需要它們，才能了解醫學。
但最基本的是，我們需要細胞的故事，來講述生命和我們自己的故事。

普立茲獎得主、《萬病之王》《基因》作者——辛達塔．穆克吉最新作品，本書是一部生命基石的歷史，交織了他擔任醫師的生涯。

《細胞之歌》融合了尖端研究、無可挑剔的嚴謹學術、勇敢無畏的報導，和流暢優美的散文，形成百科全書式的研究，讀起來就如文學作品般扣人心弦。～《歐普拉日報》（Oprah Daily）

◆ 2023年美國PROSE Awards生物與生命科學卓越獎
◆ 2023年肖托誇獎
◆《經濟學人》、《歐普拉日報》、紐約公共圖書館等評為「年度最佳書籍」

本書談的是細胞的故事，是發現包括人類在內，所有生物體都是由這些「基本粒子」構成的記述。這是關於這些自主的生命單位——組織、器官和器官系統合作，有條不紊地累積，能夠促成深奧形式的生理功能：免疫、生殖、知覺、認知、修復，和再生的故事。而反過來，它也是講述在細胞功能失調，使我們的身體由細胞生理變為細胞病理——細胞的功能障礙導致身體功能失常，會是什麼樣的故事。最後，這是關於我們對細胞生理學和病理學日漸深入的了解如何引發生物學和醫學革命，促成革命性的醫藥誕生，以及人類如何因這些醫藥而改變的故事。

本書提醒我們，所有與生物機能相關的分子機制，都存在「細胞」之內，在特定的細胞環境中才能發生作用。作者身為臨床腫瘤醫師，對於「細胞」失靈、變態的後果特別有感。他甚至提醒我們：新冠大疫其實揭露了我們對於涉及的免疫機制與細胞的無知。我們需要更多的知識，更需要謙卑。～～王道還／生物人類學者

穆克吉在《細胞之歌》中巧妙地結合科學知識與人性故事，透過詩意的比喻和接近偵探小說的筆法，帶領我們深入探索細胞世界，並揭示這些微小生命單位在醫學、科學和人類生活中的重要性。 本書涉及癌症、心臟病、不孕症、憂鬱症等病患，展示了科學研究如何實際影響人們的生活。在探討免疫療法、幹細胞、基因工程等領域的最新進展時，不僅揭示了科學的希望，也指出了其中的挑戰，並透過一系列感人故事展示了這些科學發現如何改變人們的生命。～～黃貞祥／清華大學生命科學暨醫學院分子與細胞生物研究所副教授副教授

如果你還沒有感到生物學的偉大，《細胞之歌》就會讓你嘆為觀止。這是一堂大師講座。——蘇珊．歐沙利文（Suzanne O’Sullivan），《衛報》（The Guardian)

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The Ideological Brain: The Radical Science of Flexible Thinking

Leor Zmigrod
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Named a best book of the year by The Guardian and The Telegraph

Why do some people become radicalized?
How do ideologies shape the human brain?
And how can we unchain our minds from toxic dogmas?

In The Ideological Brain, Leor Zmigrod reveals the deep connections between political beliefs and the biology of the brain. Drawing on her cutting-edge research, she exposes the complex interplay between cognition and environment that predisposes some individuals to inflexible ways of thinking. The human brain faces a set of dilemmas every day: how to achieve coherence from fragmented sensory inputs and how to attain connection with other people in an increasingly atomized and isolating world. Ideologies offer a shortcut, providing easy answers, scripts to follow, and a sense of shared identity. But ideologies also come at a cost: demanding conformity and suppressing individuality through rigid rules, repetitive rituals, and intolerance. Once ideologies grip our minds, they fundamentally transform the way we think, act, and interact with others, making us less sensitive and adaptable.

Guiding readers through her innovative experiments, Zmigrod uncovers the hidden mechanisms driving our beliefs and behaviors and argues that our politics are not superficial but rather woven into the fabric of our minds. Her results show that ideologues across the political spectrum struggle to change their thought patterns when faced with new information. While some individuals are more susceptible to dogmatic thinking than others, all of us can strive to be more flexible, and Zmigrod ultimately explains how we can keep our minds open in the face of extreme ideologies. Eye-opening, provocative, and unforgettable, The Ideological Brain is a groundbreaking book that challenges us to resist black-and-white thinking and reassess our closest convictions.

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導演的起點 : 100位華語電影導演, 第一部作品誕生的故事

程青松
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100位華語電影導演‧100個拍電影的起源
第一手作者論‧最貼近真實的創作訪談

沿著點點微光摸索，歷經無盡的徬徨，
直至交出宛如面試般的「首部作品」，
以導演之名，放眼世界。

透過本書一窺侯孝賢、楊德昌、魏德聖、王家衛、陳可辛、周星馳、張藝謀、賈樟柯、婁燁……當今華語電影世界的100名導演，與他們的第一部作品。或許當時沒有經驗，但有足夠的激情，回溯過程中與現實層面的拉扯、妥協，資金的調度和挹注，笑談自身的想法與觀眾反應，無所不言，真心吐露的心境轉折，讓我們重新挖掘電影的本質。

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The Language of Cyber Attacks: A Rhetoric of Deception

Aaron Mauro
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Many cyberattacks begin with a lure: a seemingly innocent message designed to establish trust with a target to obtain sensitive information or compromise a computer system. The perils of clicking an unknown link or divulging sensitive information via email are well-known, so why do we continue to fall prey to these malicious messages? This groundbreaking book examines the rhetoric of deception through the lure, asking where its all-too-human allure comes from and suggesting ways in which we can protect ourselves online.

Examining practices and tools such as phishing, ransomware and clickbait, this book uses case studies of notorious cyberattacks by both cyber criminals and nation-states on organizations such Facebook, Google, and the US Department of Defence, and in-depth, computational analyses of the messages themselves to unpack the rhetoric of cyberattacks. In doing so, it helps us to understand the small but crucial moments of indecision that pervade one of the most common forms of written communication.

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城市拾遺 : 探尋港九歷史遺跡

陳天權
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歷史建築研究者陳天權，穿梭大街小巷，帶領大家尋覓隱沒於港九都市某個角落的歷史遺跡蹤影。

今天香港僥倖留存下來的文物建築，大多數已獲評級，成為珍貴的文化遺產，但隨着城市發展，一些構築物或舊物，例如牌坊、門樓、界石、奠基石、紀念碑和雕像等，卻因不屬於建築物而被大家忽略。當中包括物件（如十九世紀的八角形鐵水缸）、構築物（如戰時公共食堂和爐灶、子午線標記石柱）、遺址（如兵頭花園的神社遺跡、英華女學校幼稚園校舍），它們與建築物一樣，可以讓人回望過去，了解城市發展的因由，每一件的背後，都能道出一段引人入勝的故事。

本書精選四十項港九市區「非建築類別」遺跡加以介紹，可為我們深入接觸香港歷史，提供一些線索。

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Superagency: What Could Possibly Go Right with Our AI Future

Reid Hoffman, Greg Beato
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Instant New York Times and USA Today Bestseller.

Tech visionary and co-founder of Manas AI Reid Hoffman shares his unique insider’s perspective on an AI-powered future, making the case for its potential to unlock a world of possibilities.

"An essential companion." — Fei-Fei Li
"An important read." —Bill Gates
"Brilliant mind. Compassionate heart. Bold ideas…Read this book!” —Van Jones
"Refreshingly optimistic and welcome perspective." — Ariana Huffington
"A fascinating and insightful book." —Yuval Noah Harari

As taught at UPenn's Wharton and Stanford.

Superagency offers a roadmap for using AI inclusively and adaptively to improve our lives and create positive change. While acknowledging challenges like disinformation and potential job changes, the book focuses on AI’s immense potential to increase individual agency and create better outcomes for society as a whole.

Imagine AI tutors personalizing education for each child, researchers rapidly discovering cures for diseases like Alzheimer's and cancer, and AI advisors empowering people to navigate complex systems and achieve their goals. Hoffman and co-author, tech and culture writer Greg Beato envision a world where these possibilities, and many more, become a reality.

Superagency challenges conventional fears, inviting us to view the future through a lens of opportunity, rather than fear. It’s a call to action – to embrace AI with excitement and actively shape a world where human ingenuity and the power of AI combine to create something extraordinary.

Entrepreneur Reid Hoffman is a co-founder of LinkedIn, Inflection AI, and Manas AI. He is also host of the podcasts Possible and Masters of Scale.

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中文學術寫作入門

范家偉
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本書作者范家偉博士任教本地大學多年，發現修讀文史的本科生普遍缺乏論文寫作的基礎和系統的訓練，因而撰寫本書，輔助大學新生掌握學期論文的寫作技巧與規範。

全書分為十二部分，扼要講解撰寫學期論文的要點，包括學術倫理的規範及意義、論文架構、尋找題目的方法、搜集資料的途徑、徵引資料的原則、撰寫論文的注意事項（事實查證、章節連繫、修飾行文等）、參考書目與注釋的寫法、怎樣閱讀古籍等，內容全面而實用，解說層次分明。作者從自身的治學經驗出發，配以大量具針對性的例子，令讀者更易於掌握論文寫作的竅門。

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The Lost Bookshop

Evie Woods
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‘The thing about books,’ she said ‘is that they help you to imagine a life bigger and better than you could ever dream of.’

On a quiet street in Dublin, a lost bookshop is waiting to be found …

For too long, Opaline, Martha and Henry have been the side characters in their own lives.

But when a vanishing bookshop casts its spell, these three unsuspecting strangers will discover that their own stories are every bit as extraordinary as the ones found in the pages of their beloved books. And by unlocking the secrets of the shelves, they find themselves transported to a world of wonder… where nothing is as it seems.

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雲端封建時代 : 串流平台與社群媒體背後的經濟學 (Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism)

雅尼斯．瓦魯法克斯 (Yanis Varoufakis)
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《紐約時報》暢銷第1名的經濟學家、我們這時代的修昔底德
雅尼斯．瓦魯法克斯 Yanis Varoufakis 最爆炸性的話題之作

※臺灣中文版作者序

全球大流行的疫情、抖音的崛起與無止境的金融危機，在在分散了我們對全球經濟運作方式的注意。藏在資本主義的外皮底下，一種更可怕的全新階級制度正在悄悄成形，名為「科技封建主義」。

今天，大型科技企業正在匯聚史無前例的龐大資金，打造屬於自己的網路雲端領地，進而獲得不成比例的現實權力。當數位平台掏空市場，雲端租金取代了利潤，而馬斯克或祖克柏這樣的科技巨擘成為新世界的封建領主，我們這些早已離不開社群媒體、串流平台與第三方支付的一般人，就成了數位時代的農奴：像農奴一樣辛勤勞動，以換取地主提供的各項服務。這就是雲端封建時代的真相。

希臘前財政部長雅尼斯．瓦魯法克斯將在本書中呈現，這種更險惡的可怕制度究竟是如何取代掉傳統的資本主義，威脅到我們習以為常的民主自由制度，促成了美中新冷戰的全球格局，甚至是永遠改變了我們所生活在其中的世界。

作為二十一世紀最重要的激進經濟思想家，作者也試圖對這一劃時代變革提供解方與指引。資本主義為何死去？世界為何走向科技封建主義？如何在一切太遲之前，阻止狀況惡化下去？本書將透過一段段平易近人的父子對話，帶領讀者一步步理解這些變化究竟是如何發生，以及身為小老百姓的我們，如何能夠奪回屬於自己的權力。

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It's Not You: Identifying and Healing from Narcissistic People

Ramani Durvasula
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INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

From clinical psychologist and expert in narcissistic relationships Dr. Ramani Durvasula, a guide to protecting and healing yourself from the daily harms of narcissism

AN OPEN FIELD PUBLICATION FROM MARIA SHRIVER

It’s not always easy to tell when you’re dealing with a narcissist. One day they draw you in with their confidence and charisma, the next they gaslight you, wreck your self-confidence, and leave you wondering, What could I have done differently?

As Dr. Ramani Durvasula reveals in It's Not You, the answer is: absolutely nothing. Just as a tiger can’t change its stripes, a narcissist won’t stop manipulating and invalidating you. To heal in the aftermath of their abuse and protect yourself from future harm, you first have to accept that you are not to blame.

Deeply compassionate and revelatory, It’s Not You examines how narcissists hijack our wellbeing and offers a healing path forward. Drawing on more than 20 years of studying, teaching, and helping clients navigate the landscape of narcissism, Dr. Durvasula unpacks the oft-misunderstood personality, showing how to identify the telltale signs that you may be dealing with a narcissist and protect yourself from their toxic influence. Along the way, you’ll learn how to become gaslight resistant, chip away at the trauma bonds that keep us stuck in these cycles, grieve the losses, create realistic boundaries, learn the fine art of discernment, and recover your sense of self after years of invalidation.

Healing and thriving after or even during a narcissistic relationship can be challenging, but it is possible. It's Not You shows that the first step is to stop trying to change the narcissistic person, stop blaming yourself, and start giving yourself permission to foster your autonomy and sense of self outside of this relationship.

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亞馬遜逆向工作法 ：揭密全球最大電商的經營思維 (Working Backwards)

柯林．布萊爾 (Colin Bryar), 比爾．卡爾 (Bill Carr)
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亞馬遜兩位累積27年資歷的前高階主管現身說法
揭開Kindle、Amazon Prime和AWS等創新商品的開發內幕
詳細解析不用PPT、兩個披薩團隊、逆向工作法等亞馬遜獨有的領導思維

柯林．布萊爾和比爾．卡爾是亞馬遜草創時期的員工，不但是亞馬遜最高領導團隊（S-Team）的成員，還經常與貝佐斯共同開會討論新商機，協助落實公司許多商業流程。他們不僅親身見證和參與亞馬遜創新產品與服務的研發，更幫忙塑造亞馬遜的企業文化與工作思維。

他們在這本書中將揭開亞馬遜之道的重要原則與流程，一窺亞馬遜擴展為全球最大電商的成功經營模式。他們會詳細探討：

　　● 16項幫助公司成長茁壯的領導原則
　　● 有效開發創新產品的逆向工作法
　　● 招募符合企業文化的抬桿者招募流程
　　● 兩個披薩團隊與單一領導人的特殊建構組織模式
　　● 衡量業務發展的獨特方法
　　● Kindle、Amazon Prime和AWS等創新商品的研發過程

對任何渴望創新、引領組織轉型和執行高挑戰任務的經營者或新創團隊來說，本書為不容錯過的必讀商業之作！

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Let Us Dream: The Path to a Better Future

Pope Francis
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In a world filled with challenges and uncertainties, finding a source of hope and guidance can be transformative. Let Us Dream: The Path to a Better Future by Pope Francis offers just that—a powerful call to action and a beacon of light for those seeking to make a difference in our world.
In Let Us Dream, Pope Francis invites us to reflect deeply on the issues that shape our global community, from social justice and economic inequality to environmental concerns and the pressing need for solidarity.

Pope Francis begins Let Us Dream by exploring what COVID crisis can teach us about how to handle upheaval of any kind in our own lives and the world at large. With unprecedented candor, he reveals how three crises in his own life changed him dramatically for the better. By its very nature, he shows, crisis presents us with a choice: we make a grievous error if we try to return to some pre-crisis state. But if we have the courage to change, we can emerge from the crisis better than before.

Francis then offers a brilliant, scathing critique of the systems and ideologies that conspired to produce the crisis, from a global economy obsessed with profit and heedless of the people and environment it harms, to politicians who foment their people’s fear and use it to increase their own power at their people’s expense. He reminds us that Christians’ first duty is to serve others, especially the poor and the marginalized, just as Jesus did.

Finally, the Pope offers an inspiring and actionable blueprint for building a better world for all humanity by putting the poor and the planet at the heart of new thinking. For this plan, he draws not only on sacred sources, but on the latest findings from renowned scientists, economists, activists, and other thinkers. Yet rather than simply offer prescriptions, he shows how ordinary people acting together despite their differences can discover unforeseen possibilities.

Along the way, he offers dozens of wise and surprising observations on the value of unconventional thinking, on why we must dramatically increase women’s leadership in the Church and throughout society, on what he learned while scouring the streets of Buenos Aires with garbage-pickers, and much more.

Let Us Dream is an epiphany, a call to arms, and a pleasure to read. It is Pope Francis at his most personal, profound and passionate. With this book and with open hearts, we can change the world.

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未來之歌 : 粵語流行曲的傳承

留情, 梁明暉
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「粵語流行曲」概念面世多年，幾十年間創立無數里程碑，形成非凡景象。為了讓當中蘊含的珍貴情感、歷史及文化意義流傳後世，實踐有效傳承至關重要，為當今重要課題。本書齊集不同年代的專家樂迷，分上下兩編探討傳承的各種可能及方法。傳承是確立經典，也是對來歷和經驗的思考。上編由各個活躍於實踐粵語流行曲傳承的樂迷撰寫，通過親身經驗及觀察指出現今推動傳承中的機遇及挑戰。下編從學術角度檢視粵語流行歌的各種表達和現象，分析流行歌中集體情感的流動和結構。

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The Return of Great Powers: Russia, China, and the Next World War

Jim Sciutto
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Instant New York Times Bestseller
A Politico Top 10 Most Anticipated Book of 2024
A New York Times Notable Book
A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice

“An absorbing account of 21st-century brinkmanship . . . . one that should be read by every legislator or presidential nominee sufficiently deluded to think that returning America to its isolationist past or making chummy with Putin is a viable option in today’s world.”–New York Times Book Review

The essential new book by CNN anchor and chief national security analyst Jim Sciutto, identifying a new, more uncertain global order with reporting on the frontlines of power from existing wars to looming ones across the globe.

The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 dawned what Francis Fukuyama called “The End of History.” Three decades later, Jim Sciutto said on CNN’s air as the Ukraine war began, that we are living in a “1939 moment.” History never ended—it barely paused—and the global order as we long have known it is now gone. Powerful nations are determined to assert dominance on the world stage. And as their push for power escalates, a new order will affect everyone across the globe. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is a part of it, but in reality, this power struggle impacts every corner of our world—from Helsinki to Beijing, from Australia to the North Pole. This is a battle with many fronts: in the Arctic, in the oceans and across the skies, on man-made islands and redrawn maps, and in tech and cyberspace.

Through globe-spanning, exclusive interviews with dozens of political, military, and intelligence leaders, Sciutto defines our times as a return of great power conflict, “a definitive break between the post–Cold War era and an entirely new and uncertain one.” With savvy, thorough, in-person reporting, he follows-up his 2019 bestseller, The Shadow War: Inside Russia’s and China's Secret Operations to Defeat America, which focused on the covert tactics of a hidden conflict.

The Return of Great Powers analyzes a historic and visible shift in real time. It details the realities of this new post-post-Cold War era, the increasingly aligned Russian and Chinese governments, and the flashpoint of a new, global nuclear arms race. And it poses a question: As we consider uncertain, even terrifying, outcomes, will it be possible for the West and Russia and China to prevent a new World War?

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香港史讀本

劉智鵬 , 劉蜀永
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一本既有知識性，又易於閱讀的香港歷史知識讀本

本書是權威香港史專家編寫的香港史普及讀本，全書分上下兩篇：
一、上篇從史前寫到九七回歸，就每個歷史階段選取若干主題，扼要敘述，具有連貫性。
二、下篇論述香港社會的發展特點，尤其突出香港與祖國內地、與世界的緊密聯繫。
三、本書配有多幅圖片，並輔以多個「歷史文化知多點」的小專題，跟正文互相補充，增加本書的閱讀趣味。

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The Hidden Globe: How Wealth Hacks the World

Atossa Araxia Abrahamian
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NAMED ONE OF THE TOP 5 BOOKS OF 2024 ON CBS SUNDAY MORNING
ONE OF THE WASHINGTON POST'S TOP 10 BOOKS OF 2024
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK

“Vivid, revelatory, and politically unpredictable…What bothers Abrahamian, in the end, isn’t the anarchic but the unfair; if capital is free, people deserve the same respect.” —Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker

"A season of unrest looms ahead, and The Hidden Globe lays out the unvarnished truth in a luminous feat of reportage.”—Hamilton Cain, Minneapolis Star Tribune

Borders draw one map of the world; money draws another. A journalist’s riveting account exposes a parallel universe that has become a haven for the rich and powerful.

A globe shows the world we think we know: neatly delineated sovereign nations that grant or restrict their citizens’ rights. Beneath, above, and tucked inside their borders, however, another universe has been engineered into existence. It consists of thousands of extraterritorial zones that operate largely autonomously, and increasingly for the benefit of the wealthiest individuals and corporations.

Atossa Abrahamian traces the rise of this hidden globe to thirteenth-century Switzerland, where poor cantons marketed their only commodity: bodies, in the form of mercenary fighters. Over time, economists, theorists, statesmen, and consultants evolved ever more sophisticated ways of exporting and exploiting statelessness, in the form of free trade zones, flags of convenience, offshore detention centers, charter cities controlled by foreign corporations, and even into outer space. By mapping this countergeography, which decides who wins and who loses in the new global order—and helping us to see how it might be otherwise—The Hidden Globe fascinates, enrages, and inspires.

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消失的記憶 舊香港的光影故事

勇先
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【香港人，同笑同哭的光影記憶】

香港過去一段段的光影故事，一齣齣的本土電視劇和電影，除了陪伴我們成長，也是我們的香港記憶。

本書嘗試以文字作為放映機，帶著我們一幕幕回看上世紀香港的影視作品，字裡行間泛起的光影記憶，與幾代香港人同笑同哭，走過多少高山低谷。看著本書的舊香港光影故事，彷彿又回到那年那天我們最美好的時光，在迷失中，還是記得最愛的那個——香港。

作者前作《消失的記憶 101個即將遺忘的香港故事》長期高踞香港誠品書店及獨立書店暢銷書榜，本書為2024年推出全新作品，獲得香港大學香港研究課程 朱耀偉教授專文推薦。

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MoneyGPT: AI and the Threat to the Global Economy

James Rickards
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“Essential reading” – Forbes

From the New York Times bestselling author of The New Great Depression and Currency Wars, a telling prediction for how AI will endanger global economic markets and security

In November 2022, OpenAI released GPT-4 in a chatbot form to the public. In just two months, it claimed 100 million users—the fastest app to ever reach this benchmark. Since then, AI has become an all-consuming topic, popping up on the news, in ads, on your messenger apps, and in conversations with friends and family. But as AI becomes ubiquitous and grows at an ever-increasing pace, what does it mean for the financial markets?

In MoneyGPT, Wall Street veteran and former advisor to the Department of Defense James Rickards paints a comprehensive picture of the danger AI poses to the global financial order, and the insidious ways in which AI will threaten national security. Rickards shows how, while AI is touted to increase efficiency and lower costs, its global implementation in the financial world will actually cause chaos, as selling begets selling and bank runs happen at lightning speed. AI further benefits malicious actors, Rickards argues, because without human empathy or instinct to intervene, threats like total nuclear war that once felt extreme are now more likely. And throughout all this, we must remain vigilant on the question of whose values will be promoted in the age of AI. As Rickards predicts, these systems will fail when we rely on them the most.

MoneyGPT shows that the danger is not that AI will malfunction, but that it will function exactly as intended. The peril is not in the algorithms, but in ourselves. And it’s up to us to intervene with old-fashioned human logic and common sense before it’s too late.

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弱勢者視角下的香港未來

羅金義
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香港自20世紀中後期以後，憑着優越的地理位置和開放的政策，逐步發展成為東方之珠、大都會、國際金融中心。這些美譽突顯了香港的繁華，成為了無數人的向往。然而，在這座燦爛輝煌的城市背後，也有着晦暗、貧困的一面，存在着不少弱勢社群。

香港有哪些「弱勢社群」？少數族裔、殘障人士、低收入貧窮戶、病弱長者、新移民家庭；又或是同性戀者、跨性別人士，以至相對於成年人的青少年。他們面對生活上各種各樣的困難及有形無形的歧視、面對融入社會的挑戰、面對惡劣的生活環境，以至氣候變化也給他們帶來額外的威脅。當我們說香港正面對種種的困境及挑戰，也就是生活在這裏的人的困境及挑戰；而這種困境，我們必須要從社會上弱勢社群的視覺去解讀，方可窺見問題的根本。

「享天下之利者，任天下之患」。香港在璀璨的背後，隱藏着許多社會問題。本書輯錄了十二篇文章，涉及貧弱、青年、少數族裔、社區發展等不同議題，逐一從弱勢社群視角分析詳述。到底弱勢者正面臨什麼困境，社會又該如何幫助他們，社會政策範式應予何種轉移？作為香港的一分子，作者期望讀者大眾都能關注正視這些議題。

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My Life in Medicine A Hong Kong Journey

Yuen Kwok-Yung
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From humble beginnings in Hong Kong, Yuen Kwok-Yung rose to international prominence as an academic, physician, and microbiologist. As an advisor to governments, he and colleagues made discoveries that helped the world cope in often controversial ways with unprecedented threats to public health, including the COVID-19 pandemic. In this compelling memoir, Dr. Yuen weaves personal stories with those from his extraordinary medical careers to take readers on an inspiring journey about perseverance, courage, faith, and the ongoing peril of infectious diseases.

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7天改不了社會

關志健
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在很多人心中，社會工作者都有一把公義的尺。尤其剛畢業的社工，充滿理想，矢志扶助弱勢社群，甚至期望改變社會面貌。然而人的改變，大多不是立竿見影；改變整個社會不同範疇的「有色眼鏡」，也殊不容易。

本書由1 0 0篇短小的文章組成，內容既涉及社會工作的基本概念、介入方法、服務使用者的需要，也有專業發展及持續學習等領域。作者透過書中生活化的例子和小故事，為讀者打開社會工作的大門，並領略到微小改變所帶來的力量。

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Why We Die: The New Science of Aging and the Quest for Immortality

Venki Ramakrishnan
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*WINNER OF THE 2025 ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN PUBLISHERS PROSE AWARD FOR BEST BOOK ON BIOLOGY*

"Utterly fascinating." —Bill Bryson

"An incredible journey." —Siddhartha Mukherjee

A groundbreaking exploration of the science of longevity and mortality—from Nobel Prize-winning molecular biologist Venki Ramakrishnan

The knowledge of death is so terrifying that we live most of our lives in denial of it. One of the most difficult moments of childhood must be when each of us first realizes that not only we but all our loved ones will die—and there is nothing we can do about it.

Or at least, there hasn’t been. Today, we are living through a revolution in biology. Giant strides are being made in understanding why we age—and why some species live longer than others. Could we eventually cheat disease and death and live for a very long time, possibly many times our current lifespan?

Venki Ramakrishnan, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry and former president of the Royal Society, takes us on a riveting journey to the frontiers of biology, asking whether we must be mortal. Covering the recent breakthroughs in scientific research, he examines the cutting edge of efforts to extend lifespan by altering our physiology. But might death serve a necessary biological purpose? What are the social and ethical costs of attempting to live forever?

Why We Die is a narrative of uncommon insight and beauty from one of our leading public intellectuals.

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古典今情 : 跨越時空的經典閱讀與賞析

鄭吉雄
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落紅化作春泥，繁花重新綻放。人文丰采的新貌，印證古典精神的賡續；
舊土壤滋養靈根，新情懷得以孕育。血脈同源、新舊相接，文化綿延不絕。
放眼未來，運用新價值、新視野重新詮釋舊經典

古典為國學之本，無論深淺，都是千百年文化的沉澱，重要性自不待言，而當代讀者最需要的，是進入古典的途徑。本書精選中國傳統極具代表性的經典共十八種，敦聘香港各大學十八位前沿學者作解讀，俾引導讀者跨越時空，上下千載，掌握中國經典的精髓。他們如同領航人，拉近了讀者與莊嚴雋永的古典作品之間的距離。對於有興趣悠游於經典世界的讀者而言，這是一本既可親又可靠的入門讀本。

(摘錄自博客來網路書店)

Supremacy: AI, ChatGPT, and the Race that Will Change the World

Parmy Olson
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WINNER OF THE THE FINANCIAL TIMES AND SCHRODERS 2024 BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD

In November of 2022, a webpage was posted online with a simple text box. It was an AI chatbot called ChatGPT, and was unlike any app people had used before. It was more human than a customer service agent, more convenient than a Google search. Behind the scenes, battles for control and prestige between the world’s two leading AI firms, OpenAI and DeepMind, who now steers Google's AI efforts, has remained elusive - until now.

In Supremacy, Olson, tech writer at Bloomberg, tells the astonishing story of the battle between these two AI firms, their struggles to use their tech for good, and the hazardous direction they could go as they serve two tech Goliaths whose power is unprecedented in history. The story focuses on the continuing rivalry of two key CEOs at the center of it all, who cultivated a religion around their mission to build god-like super intelligent machines: Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, and Demis Hassabis, the CEO of DeepMind.

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香港眾生七千年--四十古代歷史人物誌

香港古事記著 ; 倫@化外繪
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四十人，橫跨七千年，拼湊古代香港複雜而多元的圖像。

路過香港的末代宋帝趙昰；
殖民屯門的葡萄牙探險家區華利；
打鼓嶺「護圍英雄」劉阿牛；
陳抗官兵勒索、引發坑口大罷市的凌老師；
帶領信徒保衛西貢的和神父；
傳說預言香港陸沉的賴布衣……

四十位香港古代人物，有扭轉歷史的帝王將相，有反抗體制的俠客，更有平平無奇的「普通人」，雖然未有名留青史，卻是有血有肉，確確實實在古代香港存在過，反映著當時社會的面貌，組成香港歷史的一部分。

這是跨越七千年的四十篇人物誌。若想輕鬆一點，隨意挑讀篇章，都是有趣的故事；若想認真一點，順序讀完全書，理應會對香港古代史的輪廓有所了解。

重構香港眾生，探尋被遺忘的時空，窺見古代香港的輪廓。

(摘錄自hummingpublishing.com)

The 4 Stages of Psychological Safety: Defining the Path to Inclusion and Innovation

Timothy R. Clark
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This book is the first practical, hands-on guide that shows how leaders can build psychological safety in their organizations, creating an environment where employees feel included, fully engaged, and encouraged to contribute their best efforts and ideas.

Perhaps the leader's most challenging task is to increase intellectual friction while decreasing social friction. When this doesn't happen and it becomes emotionally expensive to say what you truly think and feel, that lack of psychological safety triggers the self-censoring instinct, shuts down learning, and blocks collaboration and creativity. Timothy R. Clark, a former CEO, Oxford-trained social scientist, and organizational consultant, provides a research-based framework to help leaders transform their organizations into sanctuaries of inclusion and incubators of innovation.

When leaders cultivate psychological safety, teams and organizations progress through four successive stages. First, people feel included and accepted; then they feel safe to learn, contribute, and finally, challenge the status quo. Clark draws deeply on psychology, philosophy, social science, literature, and his own experiences to show how leaders can, and must, set the tone and model the ideal behaviors--as he says, "you either show the way or get in the way." This thoughtful and pragmatic guide demonstrates that if you banish fear, install true performance-based accountability, and create a nurturing environment that allows people to be vulnerable as they learn and grow, they will perform beyond your expectations.

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超高齡紅利時代：人口未來學家帶你讀懂銀髮海嘯的危機與商機，打造長壽經濟的行動指南 (The Super Age)

布萊德利．雪曼 (Bradley Schurman)
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人口老化已是全球無法逆轉的超級大趨勢
等著我們的是停滯和衰退，還是一個更創新、更繁榮的新時代？
只有真正理解並擁抱超高齡時代的人，才能成為未來贏家！

超高齡時代靜悄悄地朝我們走來，人口老化已是全球無法逆轉的超級大趨勢，預計2030年，全球將有35個國家成為超高齡社會。

面對這樣的巨大轉變，如果我們沒有任何作為，恐將面臨經濟停滯、農村社區加速衰退等翻天覆地的災難。相反地，若能善用超高齡時代的優勢，像是人類將擁有更長壽、更健康的生活，以及更多的世代合作，那麼我們將大有機會從中挖掘全新市場，重塑新世界。

本書除了回顧人類一直以來看待老年的態度，也檢視了我們對青春的執迷，以及讓我們走到這一步的科學與社會成就。作者明確指出，企業若想要存活下來，就必須正視新時代的現實，重新思考龐大銀髮族的需求與渴望，為不同世代的受眾開發產品與服務。

打造超高齡時代的未來工程，你我都將參與其中。正面迎擊年齡歧視，把握潛在機會，做出個人生命、家庭、社區、事業與國家經濟需要的改變，建立一個更公義、更平等的未來。

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HBR's 10 Must Reads 2025: The Definitive Management Ideas of the Year from Harvard Business Review

Harvard Business Review, Ginni Rometty, Robert I. Sutton, Huggy Rao, Jamil Zaki
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A year's worth of management wisdom, all in one place.

We've reviewed the ideas, insights, and best practices from the past year of Harvard Business Review to keep you up to date on the most cutting-edge, influential thinking driving business today. With authors from Ginni Rometty to Robert I. Sutton and company examples from Maersk to Nvidia, this volume brings the most current and important management conversations right to your fingertips.

This book will inspire you to:

• Reskill your organization in the age of AI
• Rid your company of the obstacles that infuriate everyone
• Understand what today's rainmakers do differently
• Market sustainable products effectively
• Choose the right sources of demand to grow your company at the right speed
• Use strategic thinking to create the life you want

Harvard Business Review has sorted through hundreds of articles and selected only the most essential reading on each topic. Each title includes timeless advice that will be relevant regardless of an ever‐changing business environment.

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非暴力溝通的對話練習：放下指責或成見，善用5種情境對話，有效找出彼此的需要 (What We Say Matters)

茱迪絲．韓森．拉薩特 (Judith Hanson Lasater), 艾克．K．拉薩特 (Ike K. Lasater)
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──全球超過數百萬人都在用的說話方式──
馬歇爾•盧森堡博士的門生親授

唯有理解雙方的感受與需要，才能站在同理的角度說話，
一套真正避免衝突、減少情緒勒索的溝通法。

為什麼你需要「非暴力溝通」？
「非暴力溝通」是由馬歇爾•盧森堡博士創建，
由於他早期生活在動盪不安的底特律市，
因此非常希望能用新的溝通方式和平解決分歧。

之後他開始學習臨床心理學，並創立了「非暴力溝通」及培訓機構，
成功讓許多人使用這套「愛的語言」來說話，減少紛爭。

本書的兩位作者為盧森堡博士的門生，一直致力於「非暴力溝通」的推廣，
因此在書中，他們會告訴你要如何以此為基礎，
應用在自己、伴侶、孩子和父母，甚至是職場對話中。

此外，每一章結束後都會附上實作活動，幫助你將非暴力溝通巧妙地融入日常。

▍何謂「非暴力溝通」？你將學到什麼？
這是一套以「愛」為主的說話方式，並以此來傾聽和溝通。
簡單來說，就是在開口前，按照下列四個步驟來說話，
（1）觀察──客觀陳述狀況
（2）感受──說出你的感受
（3）需要──表達你的需要
（4）請求──提出具體的請求

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The Best Short Stories 2024: The O. Henry Prize Winners

Amor Towles, Jenny Minton Quigley
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“A diverse and glorious selection . . . a gift of imagination, wit, and wonder. The collection is filled with miniature masterpieces. . . . This must-have anthology is a treasure trove not to be missed.” —Library Journal (starred review)

The prestigious annual story anthology, featuring prize-winning stories by Kate DiCamillo, Jess Walter, Dave Eggers, Allegra Goodman, Jai Chakrabarti, Francisco Gonzalez, and more.

Continuing a century-long tradition of cutting-edge literary excellence, this year's edition contains twenty prizewinning stories chosen from the thousands published in magazines over the previous year. Guest editor Amor Towles has brought his own refreshing perspective to the prize, selecting stories by an engaging mix of celebrated names and emerging voices. The winning stories are accompanied by an introduction by Towles, observations from the winning writers on what inspired them, and an extensive resource list of magazines that publish short fiction.

THE WINNING STORIES

“Roy,” Emma Binder
“The Soccer Balls of Mr. Kurz,” Michele Mari (translated from the Italian by Brian Robert Moore)
“Orphans,” Brad Felver
“The Home Visit,” Morris Collins
“The Import,” Jai Chakrabarti
“Didi,” Amber Caron
“Serranos,” Francisco González
“Hiding Spot,” Caroline Kim
“Junior,” Katherine D. Stutzman
“My Good Friend,” Juliana Leite (translated from the Portuguese by Zoë Perry)
"The Castle of Rose Tellin,” Kate DiCamillo
"Rain,” Colin Barrett
“Marital Problems,” Robin Romm
“The Last Grownup,” Allegra Goodman
“The Honor of Your Presence,” Dave Eggers
“The Paper Artist,” E. K. Ota
“The Room-Service Waiter,” Tom Crewe
“Seeing Through Maps,” Madeline ffitch
“The Dark,” Jess Walter
“Mobilization,” Allegra Hyde

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