Caste : The Origins of Our Discontents

Isabel Wilkerson
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD LONGLIST • “An instant American classic and almost certainly the keynote nonfiction book of the American century thus far.”—Dwight Garner, The New York Times

The Pulitzer Prize–winning, bestselling author of The Warmth of Other Suns examines the unspoken caste system that has shaped America and shows how our lives today are still defined by a hierarchy of human divisions.

Winner of the Carl Sandberg Literary Award • Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize • National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist • PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction Finalist • PEN/Jean Stein Book Award Longlist

“As we go about our daily lives, caste is the wordless usher in a darkened theater, flashlight cast down in the aisles, guiding us to our assigned seats for a performance. The hierarchy of caste is not about feelings or morality. It is about power—which groups have it and which do not.”

In this brilliant book, Isabel Wilkerson gives us a masterful portrait of an unseen phenomenon in America as she explores, through an immersive, deeply researched narrative and stories about real people, how America today and throughout its history has been shaped by a hidden caste system, a rigid hierarchy of human rankings.

Beyond race, class, or other factors, there is a powerful caste system that influences people’s lives and behavior and the nation’s fate. Linking the caste systems of America, India, and Nazi Germany, Wilkerson explores eight pillars that underlie caste systems across civilizations, including divine will, bloodlines, stigma, and more. Using riveting stories about people—including Martin Luther King, Jr., baseball’s Satchel Paige, a single father and his toddler son, Wilkerson herself, and many others—she shows the ways that the insidious undertow of caste is experienced every day. She documents how the Nazis studied the racial systems in America to plan their out-cast of the Jews; she discusses why the cruel logic of caste requires that there be a bottom rung for those in the middle to measure themselves against; she writes about the surprising health costs of caste, in depression and life expectancy, and the effects of this hierarchy on our culture and politics. Finally, she points forward to ways America can move beyond the artificial and destructive separations of human divisions, toward hope in our common humanity.

Beautifully written, original, and revealing, Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents is an eye-opening story of people and history, and a reexamination of what lies under the surface of ordinary lives and of American life today.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

社會‧作家‧文本: 南來文人的香港書寫

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南來文人與香港文化

一九四九年後的香港文學與一九四九年前的香港文學有很大的差別，「和平文藝」產生的影響，不論好壞，都是值得注意的，因為它確是帶來了影響。——劉以鬯〈香港文學中的「和平文藝」〉

一九三、四○年代，中國一批文人在《和平日報》工作，並於1949 年前後南來香港，從事文藝創作。共同擁有「和平文藝」這個背景的諸位南來文人，稱為「和平文人」。劉以鬯一再確認「和平文藝」對1949年後的香港文學具重要影響。

若要勾勒一九五、六○年代的香港文壇面貌，不能不論及報紙連載，更要兼顧作家、作品及刊登園地等三方面。《星島晚報‧ 星晚》編輯歐陽天，號召一眾「和平文人」相繼發表重要的連載小說︰徐訏〈彼岸〉、易文〈閨怨〉、南宮搏〈李後主〉，劉以鬯〈酒徒〉、〈寺內〉和〈對倒〉等。佳作不但提高報紙銷售量，更可結集出版，改編為電影，香港文化產業的緊密相連由此可見。歐陽天、徐訏和劉以鬯在「星晚」的連載小說具跨界特點，是研究當時文化產業的重要例子。

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Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know

Adam Grant
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"Think Again is a must-read for anyone who wants to create a culture of learning and exploration, whether at home, at work, or at school.... In an increasingly divided world, the lessons in this book are more important than ever." (Bill and Melinda Gates)

The best-selling author of Give and Take and Originals examines the critical art of rethinking: learning to question your opinions and open other people's minds, which can position you for excellence at work and wisdom in life

Intelligence is usually seen as the ability to think and learn, but in a rapidly changing world, there's another set of cognitive skills that might matter more: the ability to rethink and unlearn. In our daily lives, too many of us favor the comfort of conviction over the discomfort of doubt. We listen to opinions that make us feel good, instead of ideas that make us think hard. We see disagreement as a threat to our egos, rather than an opportunity to learn. We surround ourselves with people who agree with our conclusions, when we should be gravitating toward those who challenge our thought process. The result is that our beliefs get brittle long before our bones.

We think too much like preachers defending our sacred beliefs, prosecutors proving the other side wrong, and politicians campaigning for approval - and too little like scientists searching for truth.

Intelligence is no cure, and it can even be a curse: Being good at thinking can make us worse at rethinking. The brighter we are, the blinder to our own limitations we can become.

Organizational psychologist Adam Grant is an expert on opening other people's minds - and our own. As Wharton's top-rated professor and the best-selling author of Originals and Give and Take, he makes it one of his guiding principles to argue like he's right but listen like he's wrong. With bold ideas and rigorous evidence, he investigates how we can embrace the joy of being wrong, bring nuance to charged conversations, and build schools, workplaces, and communities of lifelong learners. You'll learn how an international debate champion wins arguments, a Black musician persuades White supremacists to abandon hate, a vaccine whisperer convinces concerned parents to immunize their children, and Adam has coaxed Yankees fans to root for the Red Sox.

Think Again reveals that we don't have to believe everything we think or internalize everything we feel. It's an invitation to let go of views that are no longer serving us well and prize mental flexibility over foolish consistency. If knowledge is power, knowing what we don't know is wisdom.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

以少創多 : 我們如何用更少的資源創造更多產出? (More from Less)

安德魯‧麥克費 (Andrew McAfee)
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21世紀最鼓舞人心的趨勢洞見
資本主義不是環境保護的敵人，而是朋友
我們正進入經濟成長與改善環境並存的世界

★全球暢銷書《第二次機器時代》、《機器，平台，群眾》作者最新力作★

我們都有一個根深柢固的觀念：伴隨著經濟成長，必定會消耗更多資源。然而麥克費發現兩者之間的關係正逐漸脫鉤。證據是自1970年代起，美國人口與經濟正向成長，但使用的資源逐年減少。此外，美國的空氣與水污染逐漸降低，溫室效應氣體排放量減少，瀕臨危機的動物數量再度增加。這些現象不只發生於美國，其他國家也有同樣正面的轉變。

為什麼會有這種轉變？為什麼在經濟成長的同時，我們的環境污染更少？耗費的資源更少？ ...

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The Hidden Habits of Genius: Beyond Talent, IQ, and Grit―Unlocking the Secrets of Greatness

Craig Wright
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“An unusually engaging book on the forces that fuel originality across fields.” --Adam Grant

Looking at the 14 key traits of genius, from curiosity to creative maladjustment to obsession, Professor Craig Wright, creator of Yale University's popular “Genius Course,” explores what we can learn from brilliant minds that have changed the world.

Einstein. Beethoven. Picasso. Jobs. The word genius evokes these iconic figures, whose cultural contributions have irreversibly shaped society.

Yet Beethoven could not multiply. Picasso couldn’t pass a 4th grade math test. And Jobs left high school with a 2.65 GPA. What does this say about our metrics for measuring success and achievement today? Why do we teach children to behave and play by the rules, when the transformative geniuses of Western culture have done just the opposite? And what is genius, really?

Professor Craig Wright, creator of Yale University’s popular “Genius Course,” has devoted more than two decades to exploring these questions and probing the nature of this term, which is deeply embedded in our culture. In The Hidden Habits of Genius, he reveals what we can learn from the lives of those we have dubbed “geniuses,” past and present.

Examining the lives of transformative individuals ranging from Charles Darwin and Marie Curie to Leonardo Da Vinci and Andy Warhol to Toni Morrison and Elon Musk, Wright identifies more than a dozen drivers of genius—characteristics and patterns of behavior common to great minds throughout history. He argues that genius is about more than intellect and work ethic—it is far more complex—and that the famed “eureka” moment is a Hollywood fiction. Brilliant insights that change the world are never sudden, but rather, they are the result of unique modes of thinking and lengthy gestation. Most importantly, the habits of mind that produce great thinking and discovery can be actively learned and cultivated, and Wright shows us how.

This book won't make you a genius. But embracing the hidden habits of these transformative individuals will make you more strategic, creative, and successful, and, ultimately, happier.

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小說的越界

劉劍梅
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人如何以“越界”式的飛翔，擺脫存在之痛、現實的重負與心靈深處的孤獨。

★深入剖析解讀博爾赫斯、布魯諾·舒爾茨、奧爾加·托卡爾丘克等當下熱門大師傑作 。
★觸及時代最鮮活的話題和標籤，探討女性主義，體悟時代節奏和觀念變化。
★閻連科、駱以軍傾情作序，當代著名作家余華、蘇童、遲子建、梁鴻以及著名批評家李歐梵、王德威推薦。

《小說的越界》是劉劍梅的文學評論集，本書分為“女性的水上書寫”“文學的變幻之旅”“文學的各種維度”“文學隨筆”四部分。
★女性的水上書寫：劉劍梅闡釋了瑪麗蓮·羅賓遜、韓江、阿蘭達蒂·洛伊等四位女性作家，如何通過作品大膽地跨越了男權社會規定的“家”的邊界，表達女性的獨立意識；
★文學的變幻之旅：深入地剖析了博爾赫斯、布魯諾·舒爾茨、奧爾加·托卡爾丘克及其他中外作家，如何以夢、幻想和變形跨越現實的各種疆域和束縛，完成“越界式”的飛翔；
★文學的各種維度：分析波拉尼奧、薩曼·魯西迪、格雷厄姆·格林等人的作品，討論了文學的各種維度，比如現實維度、歷史維度、宗教維度和思想維度。
★文學隨筆：透徹地剖析了傑出的文學大師們的作品中所蘊含的深邃秘密和神奇魅力，引導當代讀者擺脫來自現實的種種壓力、苦惱和束縛，安撫焦慮、不安的靈魂。

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Head Hand Heart: The Struggle for Dignity and Status in the 21st Century

David Goodhart
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A FINANCIAL TIMES AND TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020

The acclaimed new book from the celebrated author of The Road to Somewhere

'Brilliant, will become a classic' Daily Telegraph

'Utterly compelling ... one of the most important intellectuals in the country, if not Europe' Sunday Times

The coronavirus pandemic taught us something we ought already to have known: that care workers, supermarket shelf-stackers, delivery drivers and cleaners are doing essential work that keeps us all alive, fed and cared for. Until recently much of this work was regarded as menial by the the same society that now lauds them as 'key workers'. Why are they so undervalued?

In this timely and original analysis, David Goodhart divides human aptitudes into three: Head (cognitive), Hand (manual and craft) and Heart (caring, emotional). It's common sense that a good society needs to recognise the value of all three, but in recent decades they have got badly out of kilter. Cognitive ability has become the gold standard of human esteem. The cognitive class now shapes society largely in its own interests, by prioritizing the knowledge economy, ever-expanding higher education and shaping the very idea of a successful life. To put it bluntly: smart people have become too powerful.

Head, Hand, Heart tells the story of the cognitive takeover that has gathered pace over the past forty years. As recently as the 1970s most people left school without qualifications, but now 40 per cent of all jobs are graduate-only. A good society must re-imagine the meaning of skilled work, so that people who work with their hands and hearts are valued alongside workers who manipulate data. Our societies need to spread status more widely, and provide meaning and value for people who cannot, or do not want to, achieve in the classroom and the professions. This is the story of the central struggle for status and dignity in the twenty-first century.

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宋氏三姊妹與她們的丈夫：20世紀三位傳奇女子，一部動盪百年的中國現代史 (Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister)

張戎 (Jung Chang)
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現代中國從慈禧到今天，
宋氏三姊妹與她們的丈夫，正是完整串連中國百年史的關鍵人物！
跨越三個世紀 走過三大陸 多場革命
三位家喻戶曉的女子 三段鮮為人知的傳奇人生

親訪宋、孔、蔣、孫家親屬與專家學者見證人
參閱臺港英美俄五地共14家檔案館
收錄三姊妹個人生命與大歷史交織的珍貴照片64幀
★足以理解中國現代樣貌的歷史巨作★

《紐約時報》《泰晤士報》《衛報》《華盛頓時報》
《圖書館雜誌》《金融時報》《書單》《出版人週刊》等
★英美重量媒體一致讚譽★

本書從宋氏三姊妹為起點，連結到她們的丈夫，再連結到清末至近代的中國，緩緩寫出整個時代的動人史詩。有別於刻板教條的歷史，作者將人物的性格、感情、理念還原至歷史中，使歷史事件充滿人性；以人為主題，將生命歷程放入歷史事件中，讓人物述說歷史故事。你會發現：原來有好多真相被掩蓋住了。更會驚覺：這些教科書中的歷史人物，竟是在動盪不安的大時代中，展開自己與家人的生命歷程──本書宛如讓讀者看了一部活生生的宋氏家族興衰史。
──國立蘭陽女子高級中學教師◎汪栢年

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Built: The Hidden Stories Behind Our Structures

Roma Agrawal
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Winner of the AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books

The wonders of engineering revealed--by the inspirational female engineer behind the Shard, Western Europe's tallest building.

While our cities are full of incredible engineering feats, most of us live with little idea of what goes into creating the built environment, let alone how a new building goes up, what it is constructed upon, or how it remains standing.

In Built, star structural engineer Roma Agrawal explains how construction has evolved from the mud huts of our ancestors to skyscrapers of steel that reach into the sky. She unearths how humans have tunneled through solid mountains; how we've walked across the widest of rivers, and tamed nature's precious water resources. She tells vivid tales of the visionaries who created the groundbreaking materials used to build the Pantheon and the Eiffel Tower; and explains how careful engineering can minimize tragedies like the collapse of the Quebec Bridge. Interweaving science, history, illustrations, and personal stories, Built offers a fascinating window into a subject that makes up the foundation of our everyday lives.

“Conveys insight into the built environment in an unusually accessible style-the kind of insight that will help lay readers look differently at the world around them.” ―Wall Street Journal

“Interweaving science, history, illustrations, and personal stories, Built offers a simply fascinating and impressively informative history of architecture, a subject that makes up the foundation of our everyday lives.” ―Midwest Book Review

“Makes engineering concepts easy to understand . . . [Agrawal] asks to reader to dream with her, look at the world before a problem is solved, then rejoice in the solution and all that it has meant to us as heirs of earlier genius. In short, she does the almost impossible; she makes engineering fun.” ―Manhattan Book Review

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

說故事的力量: 解決問題、發揮影響力的最佳工具, 微軟、NASA、華府智庫爭相學習 (The Story Factor)

安奈特．西蒙斯 (Annette Simmons)
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第一本將故事運用在商業場域的作品
世界級故事大師安奈特．西蒙斯成名作
微軟、NASA、花旗銀行、時代雜誌、華府智庫爭相學習
一本你需要的書，也是一本全世界迫切需要的書！

很多商業書都告訴我們，只要有具體的事實、數據，就能說服別人。
但其實不然。
不相信嗎？
看看賈伯斯怎麼說：「世上最強大的人，是說故事的人。」

──道理只能贏得辯論，故事卻能收服人心！──

本書作者安奈特．西蒙斯，是首位將「故事」概念運用於商務世界的先鋒，告訴我們如果想成功激勵、說服、影響他人，解決問題，有件很重要卻一直被忽略的事：說故事。

說故事是一種思維，也是一種技巧。

◎為何「說故事」是解決問題、發揮影響力的最佳工具？
故事是人類歷史上最古老的影響力工具，也是最有說服力的溝通技術。
一個好故事，打動的是人心，分享的是經驗，讓人不自覺被牽動。
這是任何數據或具體事情無法取代的，
更重要的是，它是每個人都學得會的技能！

◎怎麼「說」故事？
作者認為，任何尋求影響他人的人，首先都必須找到屬於自己的故事，然後學會如何成功的說出故事。她開創性的提出商界溝通中常用的六種故事，並詳細闡述在何種情況下、
如何講述這些故事。

說服別人之前，必須先設想別人怎麼看你！人們會想，「你是誰？」「你為什麼在這裡跟我說話？」
如果要影響初次見面的人，你必須學會說關於這兩個問題的故事：

「你是誰？」故事：告訴聽眾，哪些經歷造就今天的你。
「我為什麼在這裡」故事：開誠布公，向聽眾坦承自己的意圖。

這兩個故事，重點在於「取得信任」。要影響陌生人，你需要說「取得信任」的故事。

如果你想影響身邊的人，例如同事或下屬或朋友，另外四種故事：

「願景」故事：激發人們對未來的憧憬，克服當下的挫折和沮喪。
「教誨」故事：啟發他人思考如何以最佳方式做一件事。
「現行價值」故事：展現你的價值觀，而不是告訴他人應該怎麼做。
「我知道你在想什麼」故事：消除疑慮，取得信任。

以上四種故事，重點在於「激勵、啟發與引發共鳴」。要影響周遭的人，你需要說「引發共鳴」的故事。

◎你的六種故事在哪裡？
某種意義上，故事就在你的生活之中。你每天都在講故事。
這本書舉出超過一百個包括商界和政界的成功影響人心的故事案例，無論你是一個尋求創投資金的新創業者，試圖談成一筆生意的業務，主持公司改組方案的專案經理，或是為
公共議題發聲的主導人，你都必須說出一個好故事。透過這些案例，搭配你的生活或工作，找出屬於自己的六種故事。

最後作者提醒……
說故事，但不是假故事，為說好故事而捏造事實，最終會失去人心。

把故事說好，將讓你的聽眾與你的訴求、觀念、情感產生共鳴，最後得到任何你想達成的結果。
透過故事，我們不僅可以影響別人，你也將成為一位更有效率的溝通者。
最終，最好的故事取勝。

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The Elements of Style

William Strunk
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The original edition of the concise classic, with essential advice for aspiring writers like "omit needless words."

With simple principles and helpful tips on usage and composition, as well as lists of common errors to avoid, The Elements of Style was first published during World War I by Cornell University professor William Strunk Jr. Originally intended for Cornell students, it would become widely renowned as a memorable short guide for those who want to write clear, correct, and effective prose. A staple in countless classrooms and a touchstone for generations, it is still relevant and useful a century later.

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寫好聯,過好年

魏寧, 路曉紅
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除舊布新，從自書新春聯做起，
吉言吉聯，給你新年好運連連！

對聯有很多種，但從實用的角度講，春聯的使用面最廣。如何將最精華、最實用、最有韻味的春聯及壽聯呈現給廣大對聯愛好者，是我們編寫本書的初衷。

天下名聯取精華，世間豪對選厚味。為了達到這個目標，我們對大量的自創春聯、壽聯和現實社會中流傳最廣的春聯、壽聯進行了篩選， 並在本書的編寫過程中，將常用的一些文書知識進行了簡單介紹，如請柬的寫法、對聯的貼法等，增強了本書的實用性。

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Broad Band: The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the Internet

Claire L. Evans
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Celebrate the International Day of Women and Girls in Science (11 February) with Broad Band.

"This is a radically important, timely work," says Miranda July, filmmaker and author of The First Bad Man. The history of technology you probably know is one of men and machines, garages and riches, alpha nerds and brogrammers--but from Ada Lovelace, who wrote the first computer program in the Victorian Age, to the cyberpunk Web designers of the 1990s, female visionaries have always been at the vanguard of technology and innovation.

In fact, women turn up at the very beginning of every important wave in technology. They may have been hidden in plain sight, their inventions and contributions touching our lives in ways we don't even realize, but they have always been part of the story.

VICE reporter and YACHT lead singer Claire L. Evans finally gives these unsung female heroes their due with her insightful social history of the Broad Band, the women who made the internet what it is today.

Seek inspiration from Grace Hopper, the tenacious mathematician who democratized computing by leading the charge for machine-independent programming languages after World War II. Meet Elizabeth "Jake" Feinler, the one-woman Google who kept the earliest version of the Internet online, and Stacy Horn, who ran one of the first-ever social networks on a shoestring out of her New York City apartment in the 1980s.

Join the ranks of the pioneers who defied social convention to become database poets, information-wranglers, hypertext dreamers, and glass ceiling-shattering dot com-era entrepreneurs. This inspiring call to action shines a light on the bright minds whom history forgot, and shows us how they will continue to shape our world in ways we can no longer ignore.

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穿越吧吉祥話：周朝的漢字劇場

黃庭頎, 謝博霖
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史上最有梗的吉祥話，將你的祝福拉近三千年
說好話運動，勇闖吉祥新紀年！

年年歲歲你的祝福老了，梗舊了，心累了，
拋開爛詞聳句，穿越去周朝取經吧，
另類問候語，古字新意。
長輩圖、IG和FB貼圖貼文專屬現代人？
周人刻吉祥話在器物之典雅之新潮，
根本神超越。
三千年書袋，一剎那笑開。
周朝吉祥話的字體原形、出處、涵義、故事、插畫，
還有現代人要怎麼用，一次好心滿足。

◎它它巸巸
睡覺覺，疊字字不是現代人的專利，古人也很愛。「它」像蛇一樣蜿蜒綿長，「巸」是盛大繁榮，合起來就是一路長紅。

◎得眾難老
這句話是期望不僅要逆天凍齡，還要成為萬人迷。太貪了吧？對，吉祥話就是要貪，話出去，錢進來，作夥貪起來。

◎屯魯通祿
屯魯就是大福，啊不是甜點那個大福，是大大的有福。通祿就是發達或升官的意思。升職要人幫，吉祥話用這發。
什麼？你說怎麼又是魯？已經很魯了還魯上加魯？在你拳頭硬起來，先聽我說～
魯，在古代是福氣的意思喔，魯多福就是祝您福上加福！

(摘錄自博客來網路書店)

No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention

Reed Hasting, Erin Meyer
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Netflix cofounder Reed Hastings reveals for the first time the unorthodox culture behind one of the world's most innovative, imaginative, and successful companies.

There has never before been a company like Netflix. It has led nothing short of a revolution in the entertainment industries, generating billions of dollars in annual revenue while capturing the imaginations of hundreds of millions of people in more than 190 countries. But to reach these great heights, Netflix, which launched in 1998 as an online DVD rental service, has had to reinvent itself over and over again.

This type of unprecedented flexibility would have been impossible without the counterintuitive and radical management principles that cofounder Reed Hastings established from the very beginning. Hastings rejected the conventional wisdom under which other companies operate and defied tradition to instead build a culture focused on freedom and responsibility, one that has allowed Netflix to adapt and innovate as the needs of its members and the world have simultaneously transformed. Hastings set new standards, valuing people over process, emphasizing innovation over efficiency, and giving employees context, not controls. At Netflix, there are no vacation or expense policies. At Netflix, adequate performance gets a generous severance, and hard work is irrelevant. At Netflix, you don’t try to please your boss, you give candid feedback instead. At Netflix, employees don’t need approval, and the company pays top of market. When Hastings and his team first devised these unorthodox principles, the implications were unknown and untested. But in just a short period, their methods led to unparalleled speed and boldness, as Netflix quickly became one of the most loved brands in the world.

Here for the first time, Hastings and Erin Meyer, best-selling author of The Culture Map and one of the world’s most influential business thinkers, dive deep into the controversial ideologies at the heart of the Netflix psyche, which have generated results that are the envy of the business world. Drawing on hundreds of interviews with current and past Netflix employees from around the globe and never-before-told stories of trial and error from Hastings’s own career, No Rules Rules is the fascinating and untold account of the philosophy behind one of the world’s most innovative, imaginative, and successful companies.

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一流的人讀書, 都在哪裡畫線?

土井英司
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日本Amazon五顆星評價，好評滿載！

讀書，是從數千行字裡，
畫出專屬於自己，能夠拓展未來、翻轉人生的一條線

讓股神巴菲特翻轉思考的一句話。
蘊藏著上億商機的線索……
讀書，就是在上千行文句中，找出能開啟你全新未來的一行字。
這一條線，就可能翻轉你的人生。

土井英司是日本亞馬遜網路書店的創立元老、王牌採購，一手打造全球銷量超過六百萬冊的《怦然心動的人生整理魔法》等多本暢銷書，擅長培育作家、挖掘暢銷書，被譽為日本第一書評家。他每年讀超過一千本書，每天持續發行超過五萬人訂閱的書評電子報《商業書馬拉松》，至今已超過十三年。他是愛書人、更是專業讀書人。

土井強調，閱讀商業類書籍的重點不在享樂，而在於投資。一流的讀者，能夠從上千行文句中挖掘能為己所用的精華，畫上專屬於自己的一條線，為自己的職涯或事業創造新的契機。

本書引導讀者學會畫出那翻轉人生的一條線，從「選書」開始傳授獨門訣竅，緊接著是分門別類的「部分閱讀」，勇敢挑戰自己不熟悉、不擅長的領域，由淺入深擴充自己的商業知識，接著才能抓對重點、讀出門道。

不論是輕薄近人的暢銷書、還是艱澀厚重的磚頭教科書，每個優秀的讀書人，都能從中抓住有助提升自己的靈感。

書末更親自示範作者自己如何「畫線」，精選四十四本商業好書，畫出土井英司獲益匪淺的文句，與讀者分享他獨特的深思考技術。

你也可以從中選一本書，拿起紅筆想一想，如果整本書只能選一個重點，能夠改變你人生的文字，是哪一句？

(摘錄自博客來網路書店)

T-Minus AI: Humanity’s Countdown to Artificial Intelligence and the New Pursuit of Global Power

Michael Kanaan
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"Mike Kanaan is an influential new voice in the field of AI, and his thoughts paint an insightful perspective. A thought-provoking read." Eric Schmidt, former CEO and executive chairman of Google

Late in 2017, the conversation about the global impact of artificial intelligence (AI) changed forever. China delivered a bold message when it released a national plan to dominate all aspects of AI across the planet. Within weeks, Russia's Vladimir Putin raised the stakes by declaring AI the future for all humankind, and proclaiming that, "Whoever becomes the leader in this sphere will become the ruler of the world."

The race was on. Consistent with their unique national agendas, countries throughout the world began plotting their paths and hurrying their pace. Now, not long after, the race has become a sprint.

Despite everything at risk, for most of us AI remains shrouded by a cloud of mystery and misunderstanding. Hidden behind complex technical terms and confused even further by extravagant depictions in science fiction, the realities of AI and its profound implications are hard to decipher, but no less crucial to understand.

In T-Minus AI: Humanity's Countdown to Artificial Intelligence and the New Pursuit of Global Power, author Michael Kanaan explains the realities of AI from a human-oriented perspective that's easy to comprehend. A recognized national expert and the U.S. Air Force's first Chairperson for Artificial Intelligence, Kanaan weaves a compelling new view on our history of innovation and technology to masterfully explain what each of us should know about modern computing, AI, and machine learning.

Kanaan also illuminates the global implications of AI by highlighting the cultural and national vulnerabilities already exposed and the pressing issues now squarely on the table. AI has already become China's all-purpose tool to impose authoritarian influence around the world. Russia, playing catch up, is weaponizing AI through its military systems and now infamous, aggressive efforts to disrupt democracy by whatever disinformation means possible.

America and like-minded nations are awakening to these new realities, and the paths they're electing to follow echo loudly, in most cases, the political foundations and moral imperatives upon which they were formed.

As we march toward a future far different than ever imagined, T-Minus AI is fascinating and critically well-timed. It leaves the fiction behind, paints the alarming implications of AI for what they actually are, and calls for unified action to protect fundamental human rights and dignities for all.

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斜槓青年:全球職涯新趨勢, 迎接更有價值的多職人生

Susan Kuang
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除了本業，你還擁有什麼？
除了職稱，你還有沒有比名片更亮眼的故事？
席捲全球新風潮！
不是迫於生存，而是不甘平庸！

斜／槓／青／年──Slash是一種生活態度！
共享經濟時代，越來越多人不再滿足於單一職業和身分的束縛，
開始選擇一種能夠利用自身專業和才藝，經營多重身分的多職人生。
這些人都擁有一個共同的名字：斜槓青年／Slash。

對於一個斜槓青年最重要的是：
不是身兼很多種賺錢的方式，而是擁有許多真正熱愛的事物。
透過不同管道，讓你的才華和機會超／展／開！

斜槓青年並不浪漫，但可能精采。
他們投資的不是財富，而是自己人生的故事────
一邊做設計同時開書店、從事攝影也是健身教練、寫程式邊做Youtuber……
如今全球斜槓青年的故事已越堆越厚，如果你還未上路，那你該緊張了。

未必要辭職去旅行，
拋棄麵包追逐詩與遠方。
但是你該捫心自問，
除了一份安穩的工作，你還會什麼？
如果世界是精采的，
當你delete人生的其他選擇，自然就沒得選擇。
你要做一隻在猴群裡爬樹的魚？還是也同時痛快地游水！
讓現在的業餘愛好，成為你未來謀生的手段！

從今以後，按自己的方式生活！

(摘錄自博客來網路書店)

Designing Experiences

J. Robert Rossman, Mathew D. Duerden
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In an increasingly experience-driven economy, companies that deliver great experiences thrive, and those that do not die. Yet many organizations face difficulties implementing a vision of delivering experiences beyond the provision of goods and services. Because experience design concepts and approaches are spread across multiple, often disconnected disciplines, there is no book that succinctly explains to students and aspiring professionals how to design them...

Named a best customer experience book of 2019. ― My Customer

Designing Experiences provides a much-needed evolution in the delivery and execution of programs, services, products, and experiences. Rossman and Duerden present a contemporary approach to experience design, journey mapping, and design thinking that helps us understand the complexity of designing experiences. Moreover, the book offers a refreshing resource, targeting multiple academic disciplines that will benefit greatly from Rossman and Duerden’s framework and conceptualization of experience design. ― William W. Hendricks, Professor and Department Head, Experience Industry Management Department, California Polytechnic State University

Designing Experiences will change the way you think about just about everything you do, or experience, in life. This engaging book outlines the essential elements of any experience, explains the features that influence how we experience different events, describes how to use a set of specific tools to design experiences that achieve a planner’s desired objectives, and leads the reader through the process of conceptualizing how to create great experiences. The book is full is of useful insights relevant to businesses, politicians, teachers, and parents, anyone trying to create experiences that will meaningfully engage others. ― Brigitte C. Madrian, Dean and Marriott Distinguished Professor, Brigham Young University Marriott School of Business

The core content and big payoff in the book is the how-to guide. It begins with an ascending framework of five types of experiences: prosaic, mindful, memorable, meaningful, and transformational. ― Strategy + Business

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香港築印

馮俊鍵; 攝影、插圖, 陳耀慈
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歲月悠長的建築
仍蘊含著流動的生命

走在香港的大街上，
總會與不同的建築物擦身而過，
新舊區交替之間，
不少建築屹立於城市多年，
成為歷史的見證，
承載着幾代人的回憶。

本書以細膩的筆觸與繪畫，
勾勒出香港富有歷史意義的建築物，
還以相片展現它們今天的面貎，
在多角度的重塑下，
一磚一瓦流露着人情味與質感，
讓讀者追憶香港舊日生活之外，
也能憑藉建築物的變遷，
見證時代的更迭。

(摘錄自cp1897.com.hk)

A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future

David Attenborough
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*Goodreads Choice Award Winner for Best Science & Technology Book of the Year*

In this scientifically informed account of the changes occurring in the world over the last century, award-winning broadcaster and natural historian shares a lifetime of wisdom and a hopeful vision for the future.

See the world. Then make it better.

I am 93. I've had an extraordinary life. It's only now that I appreciate how extraordinary.

As a young man, I felt I was out there in the wild, experiencing the untouched natural world - but it was an illusion. The tragedy of our time has been happening all around us, barely noticeable from day to day -- the loss of our planet's wild places, its biodiversity.

I have been witness to this decline. A Life on Our Planet is my witness statement, and my vision for the future. It is the story of how we came to make this, our greatest mistake -- and how, if we act now, we can yet put it right.

We have one final chance to create the perfect home for ourselves and restore the wonderful world we inherited.

All we need is the will to do so.

Review
"The eminent traveler and naturalist delivers a combination of memoir and manifesto, the first leisurely, the second earnest....Recognizing that we are at a tipping point, Attenborough is refreshingly optimistic, noting that one thing humans do well is solve problems. Anyone concerned with the planet's ecological future will want to spend time with this excellent book."―Kirkus Reviews, starred review

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香港歷史考察之旅 (Hong Kong History Excursion)

鄭寶鴻
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親身走進城區現場 按圖索驥細味歷史

讀歷史書、欣賞老照片，不如親身走進歷史現場，從真實感受、點點痕跡，去搜尋各種歷史細節。

本地歷史掌故專家鄭寶鴻，自行開發出多條港島歷史考察路線，每一條路線作者都多次帶隊導覽，
行程豐富，包含大量有趣香港歷史資料，參加人士無不拍案叫絕。

書中刊載了二百多幅歷史圖片，讀者按圖索驥，走遍港島東區、中區、西區、金鐘區及灣仔區，九龍尖沙咀、油麻地、旺角、九龍塘、九龍城、深水埗、九龍灣、觀塘以至將軍澳等區域，沿途比對各區新顏舊貌，來一趟趣味盎然的香港歷史散步。

Still reading historical titles or seeing old photos? Why not visit the historical sites by yourself, and trace every bit of Hong Kong history in the real environment?

Hong Kong history expert, Mr. Cheng Po Hung, has himself designed a number of historical guided tours for the Hong Kong Island. He has led tours to walk through every route. With rich itinerary that contains numerous interesting historical details of Hong Kong, the guided tours were highly praised.

This book includes more than 200 historical pictures of Hong Kong. Readers can travel through the Eastern, Central, Western, Admiralty and Wan Chai districts in Hong Kong Island, Tsim Sha Tsui, Yau Ma Tei, Mong Kok, Kowloon Tong, Kowloon City, Sham Shui Po, Kowloon Bay, Kwun Tong, as far as Tseung Kwan O districts, comparing the old and the new appearances of these areas.

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The Midnight Library: A Novel

Matt Haig
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A WASHINGTON POST “FEEL-GOOD BOOK GUARANTEED TO LIFT YOUR SPIRITS”

A New York Times bestseller | Winner of the Goodreads Choice Award for Fiction | A Good Morning America Book Club Pick!

"Between life and death there is a library, and within that library, the shelves go on forever. Every book provides a chance to try another life you could have lived. To see how things would be if you had made other choices . . . Would you have done anything different, if you had the chance to undo your regrets?"

A dazzling novel about all the choices that go into a life well lived, from the internationally bestselling author of Reasons to Stay Alive and How To Stop Time.

Somewhere out beyond the edge of the universe there is a library that contains an infinite number of books, each one the story of another reality. One tells the story of your life as it is, along with another book for the other life you could have lived if you had made a different choice at any point in your life. While we all wonder how our lives might have been, what if you had the chance to go to the library and see for yourself? Would any of these other lives truly be better?

In The Midnight Library, Matt Haig's enchanting new novel, Nora Seed finds herself faced with this decision. Faced with the possibility of changing her life for a new one, following a different career, undoing old breakups, realizing her dreams of becoming a glaciologist; she must search within herself as she travels through the Midnight Library to decide what is truly fulfilling in life, and what makes it worth living in the first place.

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自願被吃的豬 : 100個讓人想破頭的哲學問題 (The Pig That Wants to Be Eaten)

朱立安．巴吉尼 (Julian Baggini)
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吃下自願被你吃的豬，有錯嗎？
吃下自願被你吃的人，有罪嗎？

▍100個哲學問題就像100個哲學版「數獨」，保證讓你想破頭蓋骨，卻又捨不得轉頭！▍

英國哲普作家朱立安‧巴吉尼
暢銷長銷十餘年，最膾炙人口的經典作品

本書已售出14種語文版權，亞馬遜網路書店佳評如潮。
直接以眾人日常生活中都會遇到的問題，挑戰你的邏輯、判斷，道德底線。

★ 派駐國外，雇主付你低於當地勞工的薪資又怎樣？反正比你在本國的薪水高！
★ 即使人民自願被洗腦，且此舉可降低犯罪率，政府仍不該洗腦人民，因為這是對個人自由與尊嚴的侵犯──真的嗎？但教育不也是一種緩慢的洗腦？

在生命的旅途中，你可能會遇到類似的場景：

1.你去領錢。提款機吐出好多錢，比你要領的還多，但是你的帳戶一切正常。嘿嘿，銀行不知道出錯了，除了銀行，沒有人有所損失。這是天上掉下來的禮物嗎？──〈凱子提款機〉
2.你是官員。一部偉大的藝術作品誕生了，拍攝手法一流，內心刻畫深邃。可是，劇情驚世駭俗，甚至歌詠種族屠殺與強暴婦女。該不該禁止這部電影上映？──〈偉大藝術與道德恥辱〉
3.你是消費者。滿街都是「便宜的好咖啡」，真是好康。不過，為什麼會這麼便宜？是因為店員薪資過低、咖啡農被嚴重剝削嗎？你是不是助紂為虐？──〈便宜也有好咖啡〉
4.你是三級貧戶。看過《佐賀的超級阿嬤》之後，你發誓絕不浪費任何食物。有一天，你心愛的貓咪被車撞死了，但牠還是一塊完整的肉，該不該煮來吃？──〈吃吧，不要浪費〉
5.你是國家元首。聲名狼藉的商人想要改變形象，願意捐款拯救卡奴，減少燒炭自殺的現象。條件是：頒授國家最高榮譽勳章給他！這是賄賂，還是行善？──〈賄賂無罪，受餽有理〉

人生經常面臨許多抉擇，也經常遇到許多令人不解的現象，而且都找不到答案。沒錯，這些就是哲學問題。你可以選擇不面對哲學，卻無法逃脫哲學問題的糾纏。
在本書中，英國暢銷哲普作家巴吉尼設計了100種場景，引導出100個哲學問題。他會帶你思索這些問題，提出各種可能的解答；一旦面對這些似曾相似的場景，或許能讓你找到最恰當的解決方法。

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The War for Kindness: Building Empathy in a Fractured World

Jamil Zaki
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“In this masterpiece, Jamil Zaki weaves together the very latest science with stories that will stay in your heart forever.”—Angela Duckworth, author of Grit

Empathy is in short supply. We struggle to understand people who aren’t like us, but find it easy to hate them. Studies show that we are less caring than we were even thirty years ago. In 2006, Barack Obama said that the United States was suffering from an “empathy deficit.” Since then, things seem to have only gotten worse.

It doesn’t have to be this way. In this groundbreaking book, Jamil Zaki shares cutting-edge research, including experiments from his own lab, showing that empathy is not a fixed trait—something we’re born with or not—but rather a skill that can be strengthened through effort. He also tells the stories of people who embody this new perspective, fighting for kindness in the most difficult of circumstances. We meet a former neo-Nazi who is now helping to extract people from hate groups, ex-prisoners discussing novels with the judge who sentenced them, Washington police officers changing their culture to decrease violence among their ranks, and NICU nurses fine-tuning their empathy so that they don’t succumb to burnout.

Written with clarity and passion, The War for Kindness is an inspiring call to action. The future may depend on whether we accept the challenge.

Praise for The War for Kindness

“A wide-ranging practical guide to making the world better.”—NPR

“Relating anecdotes and test cases from his fellow researchers, news events and the imaginary world of literature and entertainment, Zaki makes a vital case for ‘fighting for kindness.’ . . . If he’s right—and after reading The War for Kindness, you’ll probably think so—Zaki’s work is right on time.” —San Francisco Chronicle

“In this landmark book, Jamil Zaki gives us a revolutionary perspective on empathy: Empathy can be developed, and, when it is, people, relationships, organizations, and cultures are changed.”—Carol Dweck, author of Mindset

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

100個漢字裡的中國

劉葉翎,段慶峰
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本書選取100個與中國傳統觀念相關的核心漢字，按人自身、人與自然、人與社會的邏輯線索，通過解讀漢字的本源、流變，將與漢字有關的文化知識融會貫通其中，從而挖掘出漢字背後傳遞出的人文精神、生活智慧，由此對生活進行引導。

(摘錄自博客來網路書店)