享用一生一世的恩賜 : 影響我們人生信仰的49本書

楊薇編 著
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在迷茫時讀本好書，能領略人生的真義。
和好書生活在一起，你永遠都不會孤獨。

你是否還記得那老人與大海間的無聲對話所蘊含著的深刻哲理？是否還記得那千錘百鍊的鋼鐵迸發出的生命火花？是否還記得……

其實「沒有一艘船能像一本書，也沒有一匹駿馬能像跳躍著的詩句那樣，把我們帶往遠方」。在靜靜的夜，捧起一本好書，任思緒在字行間遨遊，將你帶入那種既恍惚空靈又旖旎美妙的境界中去，是一種難得的心靈享受。

本書收錄了49本可以與你相伴一生的好書，也許在一般人的眼，這只是49本有趣的書；然而在聰明人的眼，它們卻凝聚著對生活的感悟。這些作品早已超越了其本身的涵義，它代表著「智慧」與「經典」，是我們可以受用一生一世的恩賜。包括:

• 《老人與海》~海明威   在與極限的抗爭中成長
• 《懺悔錄》~(法)盧梭  人生從審視自己開始
• 《鋼鐵是怎樣練成的》~(蘇聯)奧斯特洛夫斯基   人生並非遂己所願，而是盡己所能
• 《貝多芬傳》~(法)羅曼‧羅蘭   苦難是人生的養分
• 《悲慘世界》~(法)雨果   不幸讓我們認知幸福
• 《簡愛》~(英)夏綠蒂‧勃朗特   人格的平等展現人的尊嚴
• 《人生的智慧》~(德)叔本華   真正的幸福之源就在我們自身
• 《約翰‧克利斯多夫》~(法)羅曼‧羅蘭   英雄就是竭盡所能的人
• 《活著》~(中)余華   為了活著本身而活著
• 《復活》~(俄)托爾斯泰   美好的生活來自於美好的靈魂
• 《小王子》~(法)聖‧艾修伯里   人的幸福在責任的承擔之中
• 《聖經》~不詳 人生的說明書
• 《圍城》~(中)錢鍾書   人的一生就是在突圍
• 《湖濱散季》~(美)梭羅   快樂源於簡單
• 《渴望生活》~(美)歐文‧史東   執著是追求卓越者的品格
• 《假如給我三天光明》(美)海倫‧凱勒   感恩是人生的美德
• 《哈姆雷特》~(英)莎士比亞    自省是人生的財富
• 《頌歌集》~(印)泰戈爾   寧靜的精神
• 《追憶似水年華》~(法)馬歇爾‧普魯斯特   珍惜是生命的延續
• 《三國演義》~(中)羅貫中   大志造就英雄
• 《最後的十四堂課》~(美)米奇‧艾爾邦   人生最重要的是要施愛於人
• 《平凡的世界》~(中)路遙   平凡就是幸福
• 《浮華世界》~(英)薩克雷   浮華不過是一場雲煙
• 《寬容》~(美)房龍   寬容代表著心智與精神上的成功
• 《流亡的牛虻》~(愛爾蘭)艾瑟爾‧伏尼契   生命是創造自己的過程
• 《歐葉妮‧葛德蘭》~(法)巴爾札克   貪婪是奴役靈魂的枷鎖
• 《送信給加西亞》~(美)阿爾伯特‧哈伯德   責任源於忠誠
• 《刺鳥》~(澳)考琳‧麥卡洛   有一種選擇叫不後悔
• 《麥田捕手》(美)傑羅姆‧大衛‧塞林格   每個人都是自己靈魂的守望者
• 《變形記》~(奧)卡夫卡   只有屈服於命運的人，沒有敗給命運的人
• 《富蘭克林自傳》~(美)班傑明‧富蘭克林   美德是成功必備的品質
• 《少年維特的煩惱》~(德)歌德  一味妥協就是墮落
• 《魯賓遜漂流記》~(英)丹尼爾‧笛福   活著的是軀體，生活著的是靈魂
• 《安妮的日記》~(荷)安妮‧弗朗克   在絕境中自己製造希望
• 《傅雷家書》~(中)傅雷   保有一顆赤子之心
• 《格列佛遊記》~(英)斯威夫特   人性的反光鏡
• 《伊索寓言》~不詳   生活就是一個寓言
• 《唐吉軻德》~(西)賽凡提斯   理想鑄就品格
• 《道德經》~(中)老子   萬經之王
• 《智慧書》~(西)葛拉西安   明慎是使人臻於完美的策略
• 《馬丁‧伊登》~(美)傑克‧倫敦   人生的醜陋是美好的鏡子
• 《昆蟲記》~(法)法布爾   對生命要心存敬畏
• 《尤里西斯》~(德)詹姆斯‧喬伊斯   尋找失落的自我
• 《一千零一夜》~不詳   童話裏的人生智慧
• 《湯姆叔叔的小屋》~斯托夫人  只有自己才能拯救自己
• 《草葉集》~(美)惠特曼   詩是生命的凱歌
• 《生命中不能承受之輕》~(捷克)米蘭‧昆德拉   以生活之輕抗衡生活之重
• 《飄》~(美)瑪格麗特‧密契爾   有真愛便有希望
• 《盔甲騎士》~(美)羅伯特‧費希爾   人生就是經營自我的過程

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Mr. and Mrs. Dog: Our Travels, Trials, Adventures, and Epiphanies

Donald McCaig
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Donald McCaig draws on twenty-five years of experience raising sheepdogs to vividly describe his―and his dogs June and Luke’s―unlikely progress toward and participation in the World Sheepdog Trials in Wales.

McCaig engagingly chronicles the often grueling experience ―through rain, snow, ice storms, and brain-numbing heat―of preparing and trialing Mrs. Dog, June, "a foxy lady in a slinky black-and-white peignoir," and Mr. Dog, Luke, "a plain worker―no flash to him." Along the way, he relays sage advice from his decades spent talking with America’s most renowned dog experts, from police-dog trainers to positive-training gurus. toward and participation in the World Sheepdog Trials in Wales.

... Mr. and Mrs. Dog delivers far more than straightforward dog-training tips. Revealing an abiding love and respect for his dogs, McCaig unveils the life experiences that set him on the long road to the Welsh trial fields ... In his narration of one man’s love for his dogs, McCaig offers a powerful portrayal of the connection between humans and their animal companions.

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猫啊，猫

陳子善 編
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這是一本“貓書”，一本諸多愛貓人寫的養貓、寵貓、飼貓、喂貓、享受與貓同樂的有趣之書。作者都是名家，如魯迅、鄭振鐸、冰心、豐子愷、老舍、季羨林、楊絳、柏楊、王蒙、蔡瀾，等等。學者作家寫的性靈小品文，往往于細微處見真性情，其中不乏趣聞，如錢鐘書幫愛貓打架，為愛貓賦詩；季羨林散步小山丘，貓咪虎子如影形，亦步亦趨；甚至聞名海峽兩岸的柏楊張香華伉儷共話愛貓“孟子”；席慕容劉海北同寫“劉家貓園”；等等。讀來令人忍俊不禁。遴選中外畫家如馬奈、史丹林、徐悲鴻、潘玉良等等有關貓的畫作多幅，中外圖書插圖多幅，中外作家如海明威、冰心等“人貓共處”的照片多幅，共饗讀者。

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The forbidden worlds of Haruki Murakami (村上春樹)

Matthew Carl Strecher
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In an “other world” composed of language—it could be a fathomless Martian well, a labyrinthine hotel or forest—a narrative unfolds, and with it the experiences, memories, and dreams that constitute reality for Haruki Murakami’s characters and readers alike. Memories and dreams in turn conjure their magical counterparts—people without names or pasts, fantastic animals, half-animals, and talking machines that traverse the dark psychic underworld of this writer’s extraordinary fiction.

Fervently acclaimed worldwide, Murakami’s wildly imaginative work in many ways remains a mystery, its worlds within worlds uncharted territory. Finally in this book readers will find a map to the strange realm that grounds virtually every aspect of Murakami’s writing. A journey through the enigmatic and baffling innermost mind, a metaphysical dimension where Murakami’s most bizarre scenes and characters lurk, The Forbidden Worlds of Haruki Murakami exposes the psychological and mythological underpinnings of this other world. Matthew Carl Strecher shows how these considerations color Murakami’s depictions of the individual and collective soul, which constantly shift between the tangible and intangible but in this literary landscape are undeniably real.

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我是猫

夏目漱石 著
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在我這隻貓看來，現代人不論醒著或睡著，都在不斷盤算著怎樣對自己最有利，因此當然要像密探和盜賊一樣加強自覺意識。整天東張西望，膽戰心驚，直到進入墳墓，片刻不得安寧，這便是現代人的心理，文明的詛咒！愚蠢至極！

日本國民作家——夏目漱石透過貓兒獨特的視野，對人類世界大肆品頭題足一番，詼諧的口吻中，也生動地刻畫出人性的真實與庸俗的醜態。財閥的勢利、政治黑暗的鬥爭、金權主義下的阿諛奉承、知識分子的無病呻吟，種種荒謬狂妄的言行舉止，在貓兒眼裡昭然若揭。

這是一部討論「自我定位」的書，也是夏目漱石三十年生活經驗的省思；藉由擬貓的陳述，經歷調適自我與社會規範，對資本主義社會進行了無情的攻擊與嘲笑。

本書特色
★日本國民作家夏目漱石一舉成名的不朽著作！
★日本《朝日新聞》票選為日本一千年來最受歡迎的文學家之首！
★夏目漱石最膾炙人口的處女作，更因此被譽為最有價值的新時代作家。

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Imperial Illusions: Crossing Pictorial Boundaries in the Qing Palaces

Kristina Kleutghen
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In the Forbidden City and other palaces around Beijing, Emperor Qianlong (r. 1736-1795) surrounded himself with monumental paintings of architecture, gardens, people, and faraway places. The best artists of the imperial painting academy, including a number of European missionary painters, used Western perspectival illusionism to transform walls and ceilings with visually striking images that were also deeply meaningful to Qianlong. These unprecedented works not only offer new insights into late imperial China’s most influential emperor, but also reflect one way in which Chinese art integrated and domesticated foreign ideas ...

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“Giuseppe Castiglione – Lang Shining New Media Art Exhibition” is being staged at City University of Hong Kong until 25 August 2016. The exhibition combines analog and digital technologies to present the masterpieces of Giuseppe Castiglione (1688-1766), an Italian Jesuit missionary who became a highly influential painter at the imperial court of the Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong Emperors.

跟徐志摩去流浪: 英倫文學飛翔版圖

謝金玄 著
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倫敦是隨性嘻鬧的，是五光十色的，是歷史堆疊的，但也籠罩化不開的文藝氣息……。你想知道：徐志摩所知道的康橋是什麼樣子嗎？莎士比亞在哪裡邂逅他的茱麗葉呢？歐蘭朵真是吳爾芙的影子情人？祕密花園裡究竟藏了什麼祕密？長不大的小熊維尼和羅賓到哪去了？聽著柳林風聲的動物們冬眠去了嗎？

作者走訪了十三位英國偉大文人（包括四位兒童文學作家）的故居，及其經典著作的真實場景；並附景點之交通、開放時間、門票等詳細資訊，同時穿插寫意式的水彩地圖。人間四月天時，請安排一趟文學之旅，去發現倫敦最初的溫柔。

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The Economic Consequences of Brexit: A Taxing Decision

Rafal Kierzenkowski, Nigel Pain, Elena Rusticelli and Sanne Zwart
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Membership of the European Union has contributed to the economic prosperity of the United Kingdom. Uncertainty about the outcome of the referendum has already started to weaken growth in the United Kingdom. A UK exit (Brexit) would be a major negative shock to the UK economy, with economic fallout in the rest of the OECD, particularly other European countries. In some respects, Brexit would be akin to a tax on GDP, imposing a persistent and rising cost on the economy that would not be incurred if the UK remained in the EU. The shock would be transmitted through several channels that would change depending on the time horizon. In the near term, the UK economy would be hit by tighter financial conditions and weaker confidence and, after formal exit from the European Union, higher trade barriers and an early impact of restrictions on labour mobility.

By 2020, GDP would be over 3% smaller than otherwise (with continued EU membership), equivalent to a cost per household of GBP 2200 (in today’s prices). In the longer term, structural impacts would take hold through the channels of capital, immigration and lower technical progress. In particular, labour productivity would be held back by a drop in foreign direct investment and a smaller pool of skills. The extent of foregone GDP would increase over time. By 2030, in a central scenario GDP would be over 5% lower than otherwise – with the cost of Brexit equivalent to GBP 3200 per household (in today’s prices). The effects would be larger in a more pessimistic scenario and remain negative even in the optimistic scenario. Brexit would also hold back GDP in other European economies, particularly in the near term resulting from heightened uncertainty would create about the future of Europe. In contrast, continued UK membership in the European Union and further reforms of the Single Market would enhance living standards on both sides of the Channel.

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後殖民食物與愛情 香港卷

許子東 主編
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人們不再祇是宣示“我們的城市”，“我們的故事”，“我們的小說”，並呼喊“我們不是天使”，而是必須思考我們究竟生活在什麼樣的城市。我們不是天使，我們是什麼？人們不再祇是以文學為工具來建構“香港意識”，而且也以文學的方式反省“香港意識”的基礎和問題。

圖書目錄
序/許子東
後殖民食物與愛情/也斯
老鼠/文津
嘻嘻嘻酒吧/王璞
長城營造/西西
諾言/亦舒
關於我和影子的故事/邱心
日落安靜道/陳慧
重復的城市/黃勁輝
宋金倩在樓梯街/黃淑嫻
桃花紅/黃碧雲
青春遺事/黃燦然
美人關/陶然
疲勞綜合症/黃婉霞
ICQ以外的介面/斃南
陪我睡/游靜
香港制造/董啟章
看樓/鄺國惠
芭比的世界/潘文偉
回鄉/綠騎士
一張裸照/戴平
襄驛之戰/鐘英偉
短篇兩題/鐘菊芳
電梯/韓麗珠

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The Traveling Photographer: A Guide to Great Travel Photography

Sandra Petrowitz
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Traveling and photography is a perfect match, but photographers are often disappointed that their images fail to meet the quality of their artistic aspirations. This book combines theoretical information, practical advice, and helpful suggestions for taking better pictures while traveling, whether you are on a local trip, enjoying your annual summer vacation or exploring a more exotic, remote destination. This book includes descriptions for how to carefully compose photos, avoid common mistakes, and achieve a unique perception of places that have been photographed many times before. Beautifully illustrated with photographs from all over the world, this guide will help you find your personal point of view, which will lead to exceptional travel photos.

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慢旅行：行走，遇見未知的自己

舟舟
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放慢腳步，回味上一秒精彩；繼續前行，尋找下一秒奇蹟。

行走的意義在於，我終於懂得︰　　
當我們用35度角仰望別人的幸福時，　　
卻被人用65度角仰望著。

我曾在艾菲爾鐵塔下守望遠逝的夢，　　
我曾在聖心大教堂的聖歌中醒來，　　
我曾在羊角村裡排遣過憂傷，　　
我曾在威爾斯尋找過愛情，　　
我曾在維也納歌劇院中輕吟，　　
我曾在佛羅倫斯吃義大利空心麵的時候，想過自己要成為怎樣的人……　　
每一座山，每一條河，每一片海，每一個溫暖的名字。　　
行走，遇見未知的自己。

行走在，一個女人的心靈天路。

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The Character Triangle Companion: A 30-Day Kick Start to An Even Better YOU!

Lorne Rubis
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 Can our CHARACTER be developed? Or are we born and stuck with it? In his 2011 book The Character Triangle, Lorne Rubis shared a breakthrough method of shaping our own character by practicing three distinct but interdependent values: Accountability (Do It Now!), Respect (Be Nice!) and Abundance (Give More!).

His follow up, The Character Triangle Companion: A 30-Day Kick Start to an Even Better YOU!, is a practical guide to help you to Do It Now, Be Nice, and Give More.

In 30 Days, you will learn how to identify your life’s purpose, find your motivation and consciously practice the core values that will help you to live with greater character, have an impact and inspire others.

In this book, Rubis presents key learnings from both research driven results and experiential leadership. You’ll learn from some of the best business, leadership and self-improvement experts including Marshall Goldsmith, Stephen Covey, Clayton Christensen, Charles Duhigg, Brene Brown, Jim Collins, Ram Charan, Jim Kouzes and others. He also shares leadership and management best practices from top companies including Apple, The Ford Motor Company, Campbell Soup Company, WestJet and more.

This 150-page quick read is a real roadmap to success for anyone looking to move goals into actions and set an intentional path towards continual improvement.

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另外的90% 開啟你未發掘的潛能 (The Other 90%: How to Unlock Your Vast Untapped Potential for Leadership and Life)

庫珀 (Robert K. Cooper) 著
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 長久以來，人們普遍認為人類的能力有種種極限，儘管已經有許多科學研究證實這種觀點的錯誤，但根深蒂固的心態仍然阻礙著我們，使我們看不見許多潛藏的可能性，未能發掘與運用自己與他人的無限潛能，於是，在面對種種壓力、變革、與不確定性下，我們感到精疲力竭、黔驢技窮。不論我們多麼勤奮努力，不論我們付出多少，仍然無法達到期盼的生活與境界。其實，還有別的方法，生命可以有另一種不同的風貌。

本書作者是神經科學先驅、同時也是知名的領導力領域專家羅伯．庫柏，敦促我們徹底改變對人類能力的觀點，他說，絕大多數人只發揮了不到百分之十的潛能。在本書中，他以淺顯易懂、容易學習的步驟教導我們如何發展與運用另外百分之九十的潛能。

......作者應用神經科學、行為心理學、工作生理學等領域的最新研究結果，提供許多鮮為人知的實用方法，教大家如何：

*提高工作時的精力，同時也擁有更多精力投入個人與家庭生活
*啟動大腦裡的“警報開關”，以消除壓力與緊張
*運用“三個不同的大腦”
*激發自己與他人的獨特才能

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Claude Monet

Nina Kalitina and Nathalia Brodskaia
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For Monet, the act of creation was always a painful struggle. His obsession to express emotions and to transmit light effects over nature was much more intense than his contemporaries. In his words: Skills come and go... Art is always the same: a transposition of Nature that requests as much will as sensitivity. I strive and struggle against the sun... should as well paint with gold and precious stones.

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The exhibition Claude Monet: The Spirit of Place, now being held at the Hong Kong Heritage Museum from 4 May till 11 July 2016, features some of Monet’s most emblematic artworks including the famous water lilies of “Nymphéas.”

莫內的魅力

洪麟風 著
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莫內把印象派的理想，所謂「光的神祕」，將全部身心投入奉獻進去。他也是創造「組畫」的畫家，從來沒有一位畫家，將一種主題以不同時辰、不同季節、不同氣氛來表現。因為他的畫都在戶外寫生，而且尋覓到那麼多「畫點」，所以現在有所謂「莫內繪畫之旅」的導覽。

本書目錄：「光之印象．色彩的光輝」、「生活在水邊的喜悅」、「可讀時辰的畫」、「水氣．霧靄的魅力」、「在理想的風景中」、「莫內－印象派繪畫之母」、「確立印象派技法」、「維特尼的冬天」、「吉維尼終生之家」、「在南國的強光下求光色」、「連作組畫」。

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香港文化博物館推出「他鄉情韻--克勞德‧莫奈作品展」，展出法國印象派大師莫奈17幅畫作，展期為5月4日至7月11日。

Humans, Beasts, and Ghosts: Stories and Essays

By Qian Zhongshu (錢鍾書); Edited with an introduction by Christopher G. Rea
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Qian Zhongshu  (錢鍾書) was one of twentieth-century China's most ingenious literary stylists, one whose insights into the ironies and travesties of modern China remain stunningly fresh. Between the early years of the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945) and the Communist takeover in 1949, Qian wrote a brilliant series of short stories, essays, and a comedic novel that continue to inspire generations of Chinese readers.

With this long-awaited translation, English-language readers can immerse themselves in the invention and satirical wit of one of the world's great literary cosmopolitans. This collection brings together Qian's best short works, combining his iconoclastic essays on the "book of life" from Written in the Margins of Life (寫在人生邊上) (1941) with the four masterful short stories of Human, Beast, Ghost (人獸鬼) (1946). His essays elucidate substantive issues through deceptively simple subjects-the significance of windows versus doors, for example, or the blind spots of literary critics—and assert the primacy of critical and creative independence. His stories blur the boundaries between humans, beasts, and ghosts as they struggle through life, death, and resurrection. Christopher G. Rea situates these works within China's wartime politics and Qian's literary vision, highlighting significant changes that Qian Zhongshu made to different editions of his writings and providing unprecedented insight into the author's creative process.


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楊絳傳

羅銀勝 著
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《楊絳傳》以溫暖的筆觸敘寫了楊絳的百年人生，包括童年成長、家庭變遷、求學歷程，以及同錢鐘書半個多世紀相濡以沫的愛情，盡現其博學、睿智、寬容、韌性的純德名媛風範。

楊絳是一個從容優雅的精神貴族，她對抗戰火、疾病、政治風暴、生離死別的態度，堪稱生命的正能量；她經盡人生起起落落，依然平靜、充實、恬淡、知足又不卑不亢地生活著，她的傳記值得所有人靜下心來一讀。

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楊絳，1911-2016年，本名楊季康，祖籍江蘇無錫，生於北京。著名的作家，戲劇家、翻譯家，錢鐘書的夫人。楊絳通曉英語、法語、西班牙語，由她翻譯的《唐·吉訶德》被公認為最優秀的翻譯佳作，到2014年已累計發行70多萬冊；她早年創作的劇本《稱心如意》，被搬上舞台長達六十多年，2014年還在公演；楊絳93歲出版散文隨筆《我們仨》，風靡海內外，再版達一百多萬冊，96歲成出版哲理散文集《走到人生邊上》，102歲出版250萬字的《楊絳文集》八卷。

The Glass Slipper: Women and Love Stories

Susan Ostrov Weisser
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Why is the story of romance in books, magazines, and films still aimed at women rather than at men? Even after decades of feminism, traditional ideas and messages about romantic love still hold sway and, in our “postfeminist” age, are more popular than ever. Increasingly, we have become a culture of romance: stories of all kinds shape the terms of love. Women, in particular, love a love story.

The Glass Slipper is about the persistence of a familiar Anglo-American love story into the digital age. Comparing influential classics to their current counterparts, Susan Ostrov Weisser relates in highly amusing prose how these stories are shaped and defined by and for women, the main consumers of romantic texts. Following a trajectory that begins with Jane Austen and concludes with Internet dating sites, Weisser shows the many ways in which nineteenth-century views of women’s nature and the Victorian idea of romance have survived the feminist critique of the 1970s and continue in new and more ambiguous forms in today’s media, with profound implications for women...

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"In this timely, valuable, relevant study, Weisser examines the ways in which traditional ideas of romantic love endure, despite decades of feminist scholarship and critique challenging sexism and misogyny and calling for change. Her prose is accessible, lively, and informed, and her discoveries outlining where feminism and romance dovetail and diverge have far-reaching implications to be valuable to anyone interested in gender studies, narrative theory, and cultural studies. Highly recommended." -- Choice  

文化演繹中的圖像 : 中國近現代文學, 美術個案解讀

姚玳玫 著
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本書主要以“圖像”為線索，運用敘事研究、文化研究的方法，對發生於20世紀中國的關涉文學、美術諸領域的一組個案加以解讀和剖析，主要涉及幾方面問題：晚清至民國時期海派刊物“女性”主題圖像的含義生成和圖式衍變問題；早期媒體傳播中女性肖像照的公共性與私人性僭越問題；“五四”背景下西方美術圖像的引進、譯介、闡釋，與本土表達的銜接，這一過程所隱含的“五四”知識分子自我身份定位問題；20世紀中國女藝術家“自畫像”與女性自我認知問題，20世紀中國美術的人文圖式構建問題，20世紀二三十年代身處生存夾縫中的中國現代主義藝術家藝術追求的多熏性、分裂性問題，等等。本書經由相關個案解讀，考察“圖像”背后文化運作的跡象、內在意圖及其在多方力量的制衡下形成的格局。

Time Travel in Popular Media Essays on Film, Television, Literature and Video Games

Edited by Matthew Jones and Joan Ormrod
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In recent years numerous films, television series, comic books, graphic novels and video games have featured time travel narratives, with characters jumping backward, forward and laterally through time. No rules govern time travel in these stories. The fluid forms of imagined time travel have fascinated audiences and prompted debate since at least the 19th century. -- Provided by publisher.

時間簡史 : 從大爆炸到黑洞 (A Brief History of Time)

史蒂芬. 霍金 (Stephen W. Hawking)
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史蒂芬. 霍金那本暢銷世界的《時間簡史》已成為科學著述的里程碑。這不僅歸因於作者迷人的表達方式，還歸因於他討論的令人敬畏的主題：空間和時間的本性，上帝在創生中的作用，宇宙的歷史和將來......

Game Art: Art from 40 Video Games and Interviews with Their Creators

Matt Sainsbury
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Game Art is a collection of breathtaking concept art and behind-the-scenes interviews from videogame developers, including major players like Square Enix, Bioware, and Ubisoft as well as independent but influential studios like Tale of Tales and Compulsion Games. Immerse yourself in fantastic artwork and explore the creative thinking behind over 40 console, mobile, and PC games.

Art from: Akaneiro: Demon Hunters • Alice: Madness Returns • American McGee's Alice • Atelier Escha & Logy • Atelier Meruru • Atelier Rorona • Atelier Shallie • Atelier Totori • Bientôt l'été • Bladestorm: Nightmare • Child of Light • Contrast • D4: Dark Dreams Don't Die • Dead or Alive 5 • Deception IV • Dragon Age: Inquisition • Dynasty Warriors • escapeVektor • Fairy Fencer F • Fatal Frame II • Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn • flowmo • Gamebook Adventures • The Graveyard • Hyperdimension Neptunia • KILLER IS DEAD • LOLLIPOP CHAINSAW • Luxuria Superbia • Malevolence: The Sword of Ahkranox • Monster Monpiece • NaissanceE • Never Alone • Ninja Gaiden 3 • The Path • Samurai Warriors • Shadows of the DAMNED • Sorcery Saga: Curse of the Great Curry God • Spirit Hunters Inc • Sunset • Tengami

Interviews with: Peter Budziszewski and Tamara Schembri • Amy Fredeen and Alan Gershenfeld • Auriea Harvey and Michaël Samyn • Yosuke Hayashi • Keisuke Kikuchi • Makoto Kitano • Mike Laidlaw • American McGee • Naoko Mizuno and Tsunako • Alex Norton • Yoshito Okamura • Jean-François Poirier• Guillaume Provost • Neil Rennison • Jennifer Schneidereit • Mavros Sedeño • SUDA51 • Hidetaka Suehiro • Akihiro Suzuki and Hisashi Koinuma • Nic Watt • Naoki Yoshida

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設計中的設計 = Design of Design

原研哉 著
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到底何謂“設計”？對一位專業設計者而言，這是一個相當基本的問題，而對我的人生也一直在追尋著這個答案。

邁入二十一世紀的當下，伴隨著資訊科技的發展，全世界正陷入一大改革的漩渦中，對於商品或溝通等等的價值觀也隨之動搖……

當科技正要重新改造世界時，卻往往犧牲了蘊藏於生活中的美感價值。當技術與經濟掛帥且強領者世界向前邁進的同時，生活中的美感也正不堪於此瞬息萬變而發出哀鳴。

The Fundamentals of Argument Analysis

Richard L. Epstein
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This series of books, Essays on Logic as The Art of Reasoning well, presents the fundamentals of logic in a style accessible to both students and scholars. The text of each essay presents a story, the main line of development of the ideas, while the notes and appendices place the research within a larger scholarly context. The essays overlap, forming a unified analysis of logic as the art of reasoning well, yet each essay is designed so that it may be read independently.

The question addressed in The Fundamentals of Argument Analysis is how we can justify our beliefs through reasoning. The first essay, "Arguments," investigates what it is that we call true or false and how we reason toward truths through arguments. A general theory of argument analysis is set out on the basis of what we can assume about those with whom we reason. The next essay, "Fallacies," explains how the classification of an argument as a fallacy can be used within that general approach. In contrast, there is no agreement on what the terms "induction" and "deduction" mean, and they are not useful in evaluating arguments, as shown in "Induction and Deduction."

In reasoning to truths, in the end we must take some claims as basic, not requiring any justification for accepting them. How we choose those claims and how they affect our reasoning is examined in "Base Claims" ... Essays in "Base Claims" include "Analogies", "Subjective Claims", "Generalizing",  "Probabilities", and "Rationality,".

This volume is meant to give a clearer idea of how to reason well, setting out methods of evaluation that are motivated in terms of our abilities and interests. At the ground of our reasoning, though, are metaphysical assumptions, too basic and too much needed in our reasoning for us to justify them through reasoning. But we can try to uncover those assumptions to see how they are important and what depends on them, which is a major them of this volume.

Other volumes in the series Essays on Logic as The Art of Reasoning Well include:
Cause and Effect, Conditionals, Explanations
Prescriptive Reasoning
Reasoning in Science and Mathematics

溫柔的路途 : 散漫時光札記

馬家輝 著
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  一個男子，一個女子，一個女孩，在地球上走走停停，用鏡頭拍下沿途景象，用文字寫下旅途心情。《死在這裡也不錯》是前篇，《溫柔的路途》是延續......

Answering Tough Interview Questions For Dummies

By Rob Yeung 
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A guide to stunning your interviewer with perfect answers to stumping questions

In today′s competitive job market, a stellar interview lends you an edge over the competition, which can make or break your chances at a new career. Answering Tough Interview Questions For Dummies, 2nd Edition teaches you how to perform professionally and productively under stressful interview conditions.

With this handy guide, you′ll learn to breeze through tricky questions and accentuate your most impressive qualities. This updated second edition features a ten–step guide to having a great interview, ten tips for projecting confidence, ten techniques for trouble–shooting your job search, 200 tough sample interview questions with detailed advice and model answers, proven strategies to combat nerves, and guidelines for perfecting your social media presence and handling questions that may arise from an online search. There is no need to enter an interview feeling unprepared with this guide by your side.

•Rob Yeung′s holistic approach helps you make a positive first impression
•Shows you how to prepare to answer questions regarding your online presences (and how to avoid embarrassing search results)
•Provides essential preparation so that you can familiarize yourself with tricky questions before embarking on the stressful interviewing process

Whether you′re an entry–level worker or a mid–level professional, Answering Tough Interview Questions For Dummies prepares you to blow the competition away with your poised and professional responses.

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應屆生求職面試全攻略

應屆生求職網  編著
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本書介紹了面試前的準備，面試類型及應對技巧，各類面試題型以及面試之后要注意的事項。書中對電話面試、小組面試、AC面試、行為面試、壓力面試、結構化面試等一一進行了介紹。書中有大量面試實例，可供學生參考。

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The 80/20 Principle: The Secret to Achieving More with Less

by Richard Koch
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How anyone can be more effective with less effort by learning how to identify and leverage the 80/20 principle--the well-known, unpublicized secret that 80 percent of all our results in business and in life stem from a mere 20 percent of our efforts.

The 80/20 principle is one of the great secrets of highly effective people and organizations.

Did you know, for example, that 20 percent of customers account for 80 percent of revenues? That 20 percent of our time accounts for 80 percent of the work we accomplish? The 80/20 Principle shows how we can achieve much more with much less effort, time, and resources, simply by identifying and focusing our efforts on the 20 percent that really counts. Although the 80/20 principle has long influenced today's business world, author Richard Koch reveals how the principle works and shows how we can use it in a systematic and practical way to vastly increase our effectiveness, and improve our careers and our companies.

The unspoken corollary to the 80/20 principle is that little of what we spend our time on actually counts. But by concentrating on those things that do, we can unlock the enormous potential of the magic 20 percent, and transform our effectiveness in our jobs, our careers, our businesses, and our lives.

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生命,才是最值得去的地方 : 敘事治療與旅行的相遇

黃錦敦 著
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旅行看似出走，卻是一種回歸。

作者透過旅行途中遇見的人事物，介紹敘事治療的視野；同時透過敘事治療的眼光，回頭看看旅程裡的風景，一路上且行且思，讓「旅行故事」與「敘事治療概念」來回對話，交織成一幅深刻動人的生命風景，幫助讀者打開心扉，向內旅行，撐起更大的心靈空間。

在旅行裡，旅者交換了故事，也就交換了生命的某種能量。

當我透過聆聽別人的生命故事，而碰觸到自己內在的深刻經驗，這種共鳴感受就是所謂的生命感。這些生命的碰觸會影響我接下來的行動與思考，影響我的人生。這就是敘說故事的影響力。因為彼此的生命在故事裡現身，於是更深刻的相互影響就發生了，這也就是為何敘事治療強調聽故事、說故事，因為故事可以承載活生生的生命，可以更自然地產生影響人的力道。

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Think and Grow Digital: What the Net Generation Needs to Know to Survive and Thrive in Any Organization

Joris Merks-Benjaminsen
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A digital executive shows millennials how to excel in a corporate environment still dominated by an older generation, while remaining true to their personal values

Think and Grow Digital teaches young talents how to align with company "seniors" without giving up their ideals. The author explains how readers can help companies focus on moon shots: things really worth going for that help both the company and the world. Readers learn how to systematically create their own job roles, drive their personal growth engine, and connect effectively with people allowing them to do meaningful work with great rewards.

Joris Merks-Benjaminsen worked in several media and advertising businesses before he joined Google in 2010. He serves as European Head of Insights Communication, aggregating research and data insights into B2B narratives that explain changes in the media landscape, marketing, and consumer behavior.

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什麼都沒有發生

陳冠中
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《什麼都沒有發生》這本書是作者第一次把文化觀察與創作才能結合 , 寫成一本對於香港有所反省的長篇。小說以一種幽默而略帶反諷的書寫 , 為我們帶來閱讀的樂趣。《什麼都沒有發生》可以作為俗世情故事看 , 也可以作為香港文化評論讀 , 肯定是香港九○年代最重要小說之一。

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Louder Than Words: Take Your Career from Average to Exceptional with the Hidden Power of Nonverbal Intelligence

Joe Navarro with Toni Sciarra Poynter
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 “Louder Than Words takes us from an understanding of nonverbal behavior to an understanding of something far more valuable for success—nonverbal intelligence.” — Robert B. Cialdini, author of Influence: Science and Practice

“Joe Navarro brings together the art and science of nonverbal communications for the business sector with the edge of a former FBI agent and the insight of a world-class observer.” — Jack Canfield, co-author of The Success Principles

Joe Navarro, bestselling author of What Every Body Is Saying and Phil Hellmuth Presents Read ‘Em and Reap and former FBI agent specializing in behavioral analysis, helps you successfully navigate the business world by training your brain to see what others are feeling, thinking, or intending. Job hunters and professionals of every ilk—as well as fans of the hit FOX television series Lie to Me—will find many helpful and effective tips to reading body language and microexpressions in Louder than Words.

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地圖集 : The Atlas : Archaeology of an Imaginary City

董啟章 著
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這不是一本地圖
它是90年代以來重要的城市論述
在空間與權力中
它讓我們認識一座城市的身世

中國時報開卷好書獎、亞洲週刊中文十大好書、紅樓夢獎決審團獎、香港藝術發展局藝術發展獎年度最佳藝術家獎、聯合文學小說新人獎、聯合報文學獎、聯合報讀書人最佳書獎得主、香港知名作家董啟章┼畫家楊智恆，跨界跨域首度合作

地圖模仿世界，還是世界模仿地圖？
地圖是埋藏在時間之下的地方，
地圖是凝止在地方之上的時間。

在1841年之前，在1997年之後，
故事已經開始，故事還未結束。
考古學家是下一個太平盛世的第一位備忘錄零餘者，
用文字繪畫香港的地圖，建構一段被遺忘的V城歷史。

彷彿波特萊爾筆下所描述的城市漫遊者般，
或者卡爾維諾的馬可波羅，
考古學家憑藉上一個千年殘存下來的維多利亞城地圖，
通過想像，解讀和重構一個湮沒城市的面貌，
開發地圖這種地理測繪形式中的歷史、文化和權力暗示，
把地圖重新讀成一種小說、一種虛構、一種偽嚴肅，偽學術風格，看似正經，實則荒誕。
有如卡爾維諾的《看不見的城市》，用解讀地圖的方式
把一座實實在在的香港城拆成數十節神祕而虛幻的片段

香港新生代重要畫家楊智恆，特別為本書繪製四幅具有代表性意義的跨頁插畫，
小說家VS.畫家，是對昔日香港的沉思，對香港未來的推想；
更是小說諧仿理論論述的有趣實驗。

《地圖集》分為理論篇、城市篇、街道篇和符號篇，全書成於1997年前夕，作者董啟章嘗試在這歷史性時刻重繪香港地圖：

．理論篇發掘或發明各種形容香港地理的名詞，帶出閱讀城市的理論；
．城市篇與街道篇結合虛構與地方掌故，重寫歷史，審視當下的香港；
．符號篇是對香港城市透過書寫想像的空間刺探一個實體城市的過去、現在與將來。在史實的基礎上鋪排虛構的情節，虛實之間，令讀者著迷。

從理論篇→城市篇→街道篇→符號篇，
從消失到重建，
香港，這個名字，
從文字到畫面躍然紙上。

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Resilience: How to Cope When Everything Around You Keeps Changing

Liggy Webb
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BOUNCE BACK FROM WHATEVER LIFE THROWS AT YOU

Stressful situations are a fact of life. Job insecurity, financial burden, relationship doubt are all too familiar. Some people approach them with confidence and poise, facing change and challenges head on. Others back away slowly into a corner and become quivering wrecks at the mere thought of them. So what is it that makes some people cope with these adverse situations so well? It s not about what is happening to you, but how you react to it. It s about your resilience.

Happiness guru Liggy Webb is here to help us all find positivity and inner strength to cope with stressful situations. Arming you with a personal toolkit to handle day to day challenges, and providing strategies for thriving in uncertain times Liggy shows you how to increase your bouncibility and bounce back from whatever negative things life throws at you.

Timely topic with governments across the world promoting happiness on the one hand and dealing with vast economic uncertainty and austerity on the other

Easy to digest, anecdotal and practical guide with lots of common sense advice

Contains timely examples and tips tailored for coping with difficult times

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方法論Ⅲ－研究之建設

劉勝驥 著
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《方法論III：研究之建設》是一本跨越學門整合社會科學各科之方法論輝煌巨著，全書十四章 ...... 本書由1概念→2變項→3策略，完成研究論文的「問題意識建構」；為進一步統計分析推論之需；接著→4範疇→5排序→6測量，整理研究材料的基本觀念與方法，完成研究論文的資料鑑定。從事「質性研究」則：7解釋→8關係→9意識形態，是社會科學質性研究提出各項新理論入門方法。從事「量化研究」則：10行為→11模式→12系統→13制度，是科學量化研究理念，一旦模式、系統、制度建構成功，其研究發現將是您給學術界增添了一項新定理或新公式。

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A Scientific Approach to Writing for Engineers and Scientists

Robert E. Berger
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A SCIENTIFIC APPROACH TO WRITING

Technical ideas may be solid or even groundbreaking, but if these ideas cannot be clearly communicated, reviewers of technical documents--e.g., proposals for research funding, articles submitted to scientific journals, and business plans to commercialize technology--are likely to reject the argument for advancing these ideas.

The problem is that many engineers and scientists, entirely comfortable with the logic and principles of mathematics and science, treat writing as if it possesses none of these attributes. The absence of a systematic framework for writing often results in sentences that are difficult to follow or arguments that leave reviewers scratching their heads.

This book fixes that problem by presenting a "scientific" approach to writing that mirrors the sensibilities of scientists and engineers, an approach based on an easily-discernable set of principles. Rather than merely stating rules for English grammar and composition, this book explains the reasons behind these rules and shows that good reasons can guide every writing decision.

This resource is also well suited for the growing number of scientists and engineers in the U.S. and elsewhere who speak English as a second language, as well as for anyone else who just wants to be understood.

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18歲前就該讀的哈佛人生哲理

王愛民 著
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 哈佛是社會菁英寶地，不是因為哈佛人天生就是菁英，而是因為他們的視野更高，志向更遠，付出的更多。我們也要有菁英意識，要努力、努力再努力，鍛鍊自己，培養自己，讓優秀成為一種習慣，讓自己脫穎而出，讓自己成為時代的菁英，菁英中的菁英。

「先有哈佛，後有美利堅合眾國」，哈佛人驕傲地將這句話寫入了自己的校史。這絕不是哈佛人的自誇，哈佛早就已經成為一種成功與榮譽的象徵。它被譽為「美國人的思想庫」。

哈佛創校三百年來，為全世界造就了大批的人才：七位美國總統，三十多位諾貝爾獎得主、三十多位普利茲獎得主與數十家跨國公司總裁。

到底哈佛靠什麼打造了這些人？難道他們的教育中有著什麼不為人知的秘密？

實際上，哈佛能夠培養出如此多的頂尖級人才，不僅僅在於其課堂上傳授的知識，更在於其在承載了厚重歷史的前提下、在歲月中沉澱下來的引人深思的智慧。這些智慧潛藏在哈佛的各個角落和師生生活的每一個細節之中。在其靈秀之氣中長期耳濡目染，人們便會於不知不覺中脫胎換骨，進入一種高素質、高水準、高格調的境界。

哈佛，不只是一所大學的名字，更是一種精神，一種智慧。百年哈佛帶給世界的不僅僅是優秀的人才，還有經典而深刻的人生哲學。哈佛已經成為很多年輕人夢想開始的地方。

我們每個人都有必要做做百年哈佛的學生，學習它教給我們的人生哲學。哈佛的人生哲學需要我們拜讀，它的智慧是指引一生的航標。在它帶給我們的智慧和哲理面前，我們不能有絲毫的懈怠。

為此，我們編著了這本名為《18歲前就該讀的哈佛人生哲理》一書。這是一本青少年的成長讀物，也是修身養性的人生指南。書中圍繞著哈佛哲理精神，精心選擇了一百多個哲理小故事，它們或幽默風趣，或發人深省，而且每一個故事後面還附有一段精彩的點評。

本書內容包括了夢想、品質、習慣、機遇等各個方面，沒有冗長的說教，只有無窮無盡的榜樣力量。本書從各個角度充分詮釋了哈佛的哲理精髓，觸及了人生中最樸素的感情和人性中最本質的東西，並挖掘出成功中最豐富的內涵。

本書通俗易懂，不僅能為我們的心靈撥開一絲愁雲，還可帶來閱讀的愉快體驗。讀這本書，你會感覺到幾百年來的哈佛智慧就像涓涓細流在你的心頭流淌。無須親自走進哈佛校園，此書就會帶給你對哈佛的深刻體驗。在書中，你可以聆聽哈佛教授的精彩哲思，可以品味哈佛大學的濃郁氣息。走進此書，你就會像一個智者一樣低頭沉思……

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What the Best College Students Do

Ken Bain
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The author of the best-selling book What the Best College Teachers Do is back with more humane, doable, and inspiring help, this time for students who want to get the most out of college―and every other educational enterprise, too.

The first thing they should do? Think beyond the transcript. The creative, successful people profiled in this book―college graduates who went on to change the world we live in―aimed higher than straight A’s. They used their four years to cultivate habits of thought that would enable them to grow and adapt throughout their lives.

Combining academic research on learning and motivation with insights drawn from interviews with people who have won Nobel Prizes, Emmys, fame, or the admiration of people in their field, Ken Bain identifies the key attitudes that distinguished the best college students from their peers. These individuals started out with the belief that intelligence and ability are expandable, not fixed. This led them to make connections across disciplines, to develop a “meta-cognitive” understanding of their own ways of thinking, and to find ways to negotiate ill-structured problems rather than simply looking for right answers. Intrinsically motivated by their own sense of purpose, they were not demoralized by failure nor overly impressed with conventional notions of success. These movers and shakers didn’t achieve success by making success their goal. For them, it was a byproduct of following their intellectual curiosity, solving useful problems, and taking risks in order to learn and grow.

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不安於「是」：西洋女性文學十二家

李根芳 著
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以西洋文學中的女性主體和建構為主題，探討女性文學的六大議題：族群與歷史、成長與背叛、婚姻與獨立、纖弱與堅強、驚悚與奇詭、欲望與身體。每一主題以兩個經典文學作品為例，透過說故事的方式，細膩分析女性作者如何把這些議題寫入作品之中，使其發光、發熱，昇華為散發美感的經典作品。

淺顯流暢的文字，引領讀者一窺女性書寫的歷史，探索西方女性主義關切的重點議題，表現女性安穩的「是」或不安於「是」。選題精要並具新意，作者除推薦相關作品的中譯版本，更在導讀中翻譯作品精華片段，堪稱近年來最佳的西洋女性文學導讀。

※精選十二位重量級的西洋女作家，介紹其生平故事及膾炙人口的作品，包括湯亭亭、吳爾芙、奧斯汀、莫里森等。

※書中討論了十八世紀至二十世紀的經典女性書寫，文類涵蓋了詩、小說、戲劇等，論述之間不掉書袋，輕鬆中帶有一定深度，另附延伸閱讀書單，最適合剛對文學萌生興趣的讀者。

※翻譯名家李根芳教授以淺顯易讀的文字，搭配說書般的敘事口吻，與讀者分享每一篇經典作品的精妙之處。

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