What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy

James Paul Gee
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James Paul Gee writes, 'I want to talk about video games-yes, even violent video games-and say some positive things about them.' With this simple but explosive salvo, one of America's most well-respected professors of education looks seriously at the unexpected good that can come from playing video games. Gee is interested in the cognitive development that can occur when someone is trying to escape a maze, find a hidden treasure, or even blast away an enemy with a high-powered rifle. Talking about his own experience learning and using games as diverse as Tomb Raider and Arcanum, Gee looks at major specific cognitive activities including: -How individuals develop a sense of identity -How one grasps meaning -How one evaluates and follows a command -How one picks a role model -How one perceives the world. This is a groundbreaking book that illuminates and develops a new electronic method of education and shows the positive upside it has for learning.

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視覺文化導論 (An Introduction to Visual Culture)

尼古拉斯・米爾佐夫著 (Nicholas Mirzoeff) 著
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本書全面介紹了視覺文化這個令人興奮的跨學科研究領域。通過追溯從繪畫到萬維網的視覺文化的歷史和理論，本書追問：為何視覺媒介會在當代日常生活中佔據如此重要的位置。米爾佐夫提出，是視覺而非文本正在日益成為我們了解當代世界的主要方式。這是一本富有原創性的著作，研究透徹，文筆迷人，對於分析和理解視覺文化做出了獨特的貢獻。米爾佐夫對材料的精湛運用使本書成為一本非常及時的著作，將能立即吸引住許多讀者。

《視覺文化導論》全面介紹了視覺文化這個令人興奮的跨學科研究領域。通過追溯從繪畫到萬維網的視覺文化的歷史和理論，本書追問：為何視覺媒介會在當代日常生活中佔據如此重要的位置。米爾佐夫提出，是視覺而非文本正在日益成為我們了解當代世界的主要方式。在這本令人耳目一新的導論性著作中，米爾佐夫探討了： 甚麼是視覺文化？視覺的基本要素，包括透視、色彩、線條和視力。

視覺媒體的廣泛領域，包括繪畫、雕塑、攝影、電視、電影、虛擬現實和互聯網等。“種族”和族群、性別和性以及身體在視覺文化中的重要性 ......

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Global Culture/Individual Identity: Searching for Home in the Cultural Supermarket

Gordon Mathews
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Most people still think of themselves as belonging to a particular culture. Yet today, many of us who live in affluent societies choose aspects of our lives from a global cultural supermarket, whether in terms of food, the arts or spiritual beliefs. So if roots are becoming simply one more consumer choice, can we still claim to possess a fundamental cultural identity? Global Culture/Individual Identity focuses on three groups for whom the tension between a particular national culture and the global cultural supermarket is especially acute: Japanese artists, American religious seekers and Hong Kong intellectuals after the handover to China. These ethnographic case studies form the basis for a theory of culture which we can all see reflected in our own lives.

Gordon Mathews opens up the complex and debated topics of globalization, culture and identity in a clear and lively style.

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巴黎文學地圖 (Paris)

邁克．杰拉德 (Mike Gerrard) 著
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巴黎是浪漫的代名詞，是“光明之城”最好的詮釋。在這裡，你可以欣賞巴爾扎克的《人間喜劇》、感受雨果的《悲慘世界》、品味波德萊爾的《惡之花》、觀察左拉的《小酒店》。同時，這裡還有莫里哀、拉辛、伏爾泰、狄德羅、司湯達、福樓拜、普魯斯特……面對如此眾多文學巨匠，《巴黎文學地圖》娓娓道來，融歷史、地理、人文為一體，帶領讀者鑒賞巴黎悠久的文學歷史，感受巴黎獨有的文學氣息，領略巴黎燦爛的文學世界。

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Paintings―France
Graphic Design and Illustration―France
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The Go-getter: A Story that Tells You How to Be One

By Peter Bernard Kyne
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"The Go Getter" is the story of William Peck, a war veteran and amputee, who will not be refused what he wants. Peck not only fights to find employment, but continually proves himself more than competent at the many difficult tests that are thrown his way in the course of his early days with the Ricks Lumber Company. This volume also features Cappy Ricks, the protagonist of many Kyne stories.

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不可征服：納爾遜．曼德拉治國傳奇 (Invictus)

約翰．卡林 (John Carlin)
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1994年，納爾遜‧曼德拉贏得南非首次全民選舉，當選總統。然而，他面臨著社會動蕩不安、國家即將分崩離析的危局。緊要關頭，他利用1995年在南非舉辦的世界杯橄欖球賽，喚起了全體國民對國家的認同，在民眾心理層面真正地統一了南非，締造了“南非奇跡”。本書即是對這段歷史的鮮活記述。

一個國家，在短短十餘年間，就從種族對立情緒根深蒂固的典型，轉變為民主穩定、法制健全的範本。這便是全球輿論津津樂道的“南非奇跡”。這段傳奇歷程，也正是納爾遜‧曼德拉這位當世最為德高望重的領袖平生最偉大的成就。

故事始自1985年，此時的曼德拉已入獄逾23年。漫長的囚牢生涯並未讓他心頭燃起復仇的烈焰，相反，他以寬容的姿態向敵人張開了懷抱，開啟了與白人當局的談判和解之路。從監獄看守到高層政要，與他接觸過的白人，無不被他的人格魅力感化。經過數年的談判博弈，曼德拉的計劃一步步得以落實︰出獄、推動當局舉行全國首次多種族大選、就任總統。

於1994年主政南非之後，曼德拉面臨著複雜的國內局勢——黑人與白人之間對立情緒嚴重，國家分崩離析的危局正在迫近……曼德拉必須盡快找到團結全國各種族民眾的辦法。他決定利用1995年南非世界杯橄欖球賽的契機，力求實現全民一心的空前盛景……

約翰‧卡林（John Carlin），從業近30年的資深記者，出生於倫敦，畢業自牛津大學，職業生涯足跡遍及美國、阿根廷、墨西哥、南非諸國，曾擔任英國《獨立報》駐南非、駐美國記者站負責人，為《紐約時報》、《星期日泰晤士報》、《每日電訊報》等多家權威媒體撰稿，現為西班牙著名大報《國家報》的資深國際撰稿人。

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Subject: Nelson Mandela