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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