Monday, May 11, 2015

City Voices : Hong Kong Writing in English, 1945 to the Present

Edited by Xu Xi and Mike Ingham
online access from JSTOR
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City Voices is the first showcase of postwar Hong Kong literature originating in English. Fiction, poetry, essays and memoirs from more than 70 authors are featured to demonstrate 'the rich variety and vitality of the city's literary production'. Together with work from established authors, both bilingual writers who choose to write in English and expatriate authors who have made Hong Kong their home, a section of 'New Voices' introduces the work of unknown and young writers who are part of today's surge of new creativity.

'As the first anthology of Hong Kong prose and poetry written in English, City Voices is a groundbreaking collection that propels readers from the early writing of the 1950s through the creative surge of the 1990s into today. City Voices has poignant, gorgeous, stunning, disturbing, exhilarating writing and is cause for celebration.' - Arthur Sze, author of seven books of poetry, including The Redshifting Web: Poems 1970-1998

'This most necessary and wildly ambitious collection is as boisterous and packed with voices as a Hong Kong street. With an unruly grace, City Voices boldly asserts the rich variety and vitality of the city's literary production, past and present. What a delight to find within these covers not only some old favorites but so many new, exciting writers and poets, whose contributions will leave the reader longing for more.' - David Wong Louie, author of The Barbarians Are Coming and Pangs of Love

'This anthology, containing selections from Hong Kong writers both famous and newly discovered, lays the soul of Hong Kong bare. In writings by turn humorous or dark, we get a look at the secret life of what is arguably the world's most interesting and cosmopolitan city. If you thought Hong Kong was a city devoted only to making money, shopping, and eating well, City Voices will open your eyes and put you in the presence of a scintillating literary community. Hong Kong has a soul and this anthology proves it.' - Robert H. Abel, winner of the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction and the author of Riding a Tiger

'What shape will Hong Kong literature take in the hands of Mother China? This seminal anthology of Hong Kong literature in English hints at myriad possibilities: the city becoming more Chinese and less British, or mainland China becoming more Hong Kong, or perhaps an explosion of multi-cultural sensibilities in this theatre of the South China Sea? While the upcoming acts of history might tickle our exotic imaginings, it is worthwhile to see how this was all staged to begin with. Here is an anthology brilliantly collected by two who are themselves literary pioneers, Xu Xi and Mike Ingham, of work originally composed in English, or if not, self-translated to English - perfect for those of us who question the authenticity of translation - an anthology that offers a multi-genre vision from writers who live there or have lived there, writers who are all active observers and participants in Hong Kong's march through history.' - Bino A. Realuyo, editor and author, The Umbrella Country

(Excerpt from hkupress.org)

魯平口述香港回歸

魯平 口述; 錢亦蕉 整理
online access from SuperStar Digital Library
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詳細地敘述了香港回歸過程中的林林總總,中央政府與英國政府的談判、“一國兩制”的提出、國務院港澳辦在香港所做的工作、對歷屆港督及第一屆特首的評價、回歸慶典的經過等等。

由前國務院港澳辦公室主任,前香港基本法起草委員會副秘書長魯平口述,便於讀者了解當時一些鮮為人知的內幕,了解中央政府在解決香港問題上的良苦用心。

(摘錄自cp1897.com.hk)


Monday, May 4, 2015

The Discomfort Zone: How Leaders Turn Difficult Conversations Into Breakthroughs

Marcia Reynolds 
online access from EBSCOhost Audiobook Collection
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You want people to stretch their limits, but your conversations meant to help them often fall flat or backfire, creating more resistance than growth. Top leadership coach Marcia Reynolds offers a model for using the Discomfort Zone—the moment when the mind is most open to learning—to prompt people to think through problems, see situations more strategically, and transcend their limitations.

Drawing on recent discoveries in the neuroscience of learning, Reynolds shows how to ask the kinds of questions that short-circuit the brain’s defense mechanisms and habitual thought patterns. Then, instead of being told, people see for themselves the insightful and often profound solutions to what is stopping their progress. The exercises and case studies will help you use discomfort in your conversations to create lasting changes and an enlivened workforce.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

人性能達到的境界 (The Farther Reaches of Human Nature)

馬斯洛 (Abraham H. Maslow)
online access from Apabi - China digital library
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馬斯洛在探討人性能夠達到多高境界的新問題時,他深深意識到傳統科學否認人的價值的極其危險性和全部科學非道德技術化的嚴重後果。他發現傳統科學具有太多的懷疑論、太冷酷、非人性。他認為傳統科學一直宣稱它只關注事實的認識,而不是“一種意識形態,或一種倫理或一種價值體系,它不能幫助人們在善惡之間作出選擇”。當涉及到人性對事實的認識時,科學常常表現出一種對潛能、對理想可能性的盲目性。馬斯洛要求科學不能排斥價值,要從人性事實的研究中給人們提供生命的意義和理想。

本書共分四章:
第一章 探索生命的需要
第二章 創造人性的境界
第三章 實現自我的價值
第四章 體驗人生的幸福

(摘錄自dangdang.com)

Monday, April 27, 2015

Young People and Housing: Transitions, Trajectories and Generational Fractures

Edited by Ray Forrest and Ngai Ming Yip 
online access from ProQuest Ebook Central
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Young People and Housing brings together new research exploring the economic, social, and cultural challenges that face young people in search of permanent housing. Featuring international case studies from Asia, Europe, and Australia, Young People and Housing is a collection of groundbreaking work from leading scholars in housing policy.

Younger generations across a wide range of societies face increasing difficulties in gaining access to housing. Housing occupies a pivotal position in the transition from parental dependence to adult independence. Delayed independence has significant implications for marriage and family formation, fertility, inter and intra generational tensions, social mobility and social inequalities.

The social and cultural dimensions are, of course, enormously varied with strong contrasts between Asian and Western societies in terms of intergenerational norms and practices in relation to housing. Nevertheless, younger households in China (including Hong Kong), Japan, the USA, Australasia and Europe face very similar challenges in the housing sphere. Moreover, concerns about the housing future for younger generations are gaining greater policy and popular prominence in many countries.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

成功可以走直線 (Strategic Acceleration)

托尼.杰瑞 (Tony Jeary)
online access from Apabi - China digital library
online access from Ebook Central Academic Complete
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本書內容包括:想成功走直線第1步:清晰目標;清晰的目標對於成功至關重要;如何使目標更清晰;提高專注力,讓成功走直線等。

無論你是一名銷售人員,還是一家大公司的CEO,本書都將幫助你感受到杰瑞的魔力。
——馬克·漢森,《心靈雞湯》作者,《紐約時報》暢銷書作家

本書將為你提供一套切實有用的工具,幫助你改變自己的思想和行為,進而幫助你以更快的速度得到你想要的結果。
——博恩·崔西,《時間力》作者,《紐約時報》暢銷書作家

加速成功法將幫助你看清自己的人生目標,保持專注,盡快實現自己的目標。
——史蒂芬·柯維,《高效能人士的七個習慣》作者,《紐約時報》暢銷書作家  

(摘錄自http://www.baike.com/)