Bit by Bit : Social Research in the Digital Age

Matthew J. Salganik
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An innovative and accessible guide to doing social research in the digital age

In just the past several years, we have witnessed the birth and rapid spread of social media, mobile phones, and numerous other digital marvels. In addition to changing how we live, these tools enable us to collect and process data about human behavior on a scale never before imaginable, offering entirely new approaches to core questions about social behavior. Bit by Bit is the key to unlocking these powerful methods―a landmark book that will fundamentally change how the next generation of social scientists and data scientists explores the world around us.

Bit by Bit is the essential guide to mastering the key principles of doing social research in this fast-evolving digital age. In this comprehensive yet accessible book, Matthew Salganik explains how the digital revolution is transforming how social scientists observe behavior, ask questions, run experiments, and engage in mass collaborations. He provides a wealth of real-world examples throughout and also lays out a principles-based approach to handling ethical challenges.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

你該殺死那個胖子嗎? 為了多數人幸福而犧牲少數人權益是對的嗎? 我們今日該如何看待道德哲學的經典難題 (Would You Kill the Fat Man?)

大衛‧愛德蒙茲 (David Edmonds)
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榮獲美國專業與學術傑出哲學出版獎（The PROSE awards）

道德哲學是在我們的日常生活中最常遇見的哲學。小至欺騙撒謊、大至殺人放火，我們不斷用心中那把尺檢視自己與他人，但那把尺卻不會始終如一，甚至有時還會自我矛盾，這把尺究竟該長什麼樣子，正是道德哲學家苦心孤詣想找出來的。

大衛‧愛德蒙茲在本書中從一個倫理學中著名的思想實驗「電車難題」出發，不僅用饒富趣味的生動文字討論電車難題的源流以及種種變形，更介紹近十年來社會學、心理學、神經科學等對電車困境的熱情與解釋。因為這個看似極端的「一或五」情境，背後代表了生活中大大小小的道德選擇，愛德蒙茲用各種精彩的真實案例來挑戰我們的道德直覺，更試圖在許多哲學家絞盡腦汁想出的電車場景中，讓我們不禁反思這個大哉問：道德到底是什麼？我到底該怎麼做才是對的？

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Travelling to Infinity : My Life with Stephen

Jane Hawking
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Professor Stephen Hawking is one of the most famous and remarkable scientists of our age and author of the scientific bestseller "A Brief History of Time", which sold over 25 million copies across the world and will be adapted as a children's book in the Autumn of next year. In this compelling memoir his first wife, Jane Hawking, relates the inside story of their extraordinary marriage. As Stephen's academic renown soared, his body was collapsing under the assaults of motor neurone disease, and Jane's candid account of trying to balance his 24-hour care with the needs of their growing family will be inspirational to anyone dealing with family illness. The inner-strength of the author, and the self-evident character and achievements of her husband, make for an incredible tale that is always presented with unflinching honesty; the author's candour is no less evident when the marriage finally ends in a high-profile meltdown, with Stephen leaving Jane for one of his nurses, while Jane goes on to marry an old family friend. In this exceptionally open, moving and often funny memoir, Jane Hawking confronts not only the acutely complicated and painful dilemmas of her first marriage, but also the faultlines exposed in a relationship by the pervasive effects of fame and wealth. The result is a book about optimism, love and change that will resonate with readers everywhere.

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

是設計，讓城市更快樂 : 找回以「人」為本的大街小巷，創造人與人的互動連結 (Happy City)

查爾斯‧蒙哥馬利 (Charles Montgomery)
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★ 蟬連亞馬遜都市發展∕都市經濟∕城市規劃排行榜

為何生活在都會裡心情會這麼煩躁？人口太稠密？錯！路邊的攤販太多？錯！因為現代城市的設計就不是要讓你過得好！

以下這些人應該要出來負責：
‧讓車子時速能超過40公里的車商
‧主張「車子最大」的道路規劃
‧建築蓋得超密，害陽光無法照到街道上的建商
‧硬把都市蓋成棋盤狀，結果沒留任何綠地給市民的政府
‧以為要「空間」就得搬去郊區的都市規劃師
‧因為財務危機，就把公車班次減少的公車處
‧把商場蓋在市郊，害你得浪費油開車大老遠去購物的零售商

這些設計讓我們以為生活要過得好，就得遠離都市、搬去郊區：於是我們的道路越蓋越筆直（撞死的行人也越來越多）、住宅區離市中心越來越遠（想購物？要上班？先開一小時車再說）、「路」變成車子走的而非人走的（去哪裡都得開車，所以我們越來越胖）、土地都蓋高樓大廈不見綠地（想去公園玩耍？對不起，你得開車去那個超遠的森林公園）、與鄰居完全沒有互動，不認識彼此。

長期投入城市規劃的得獎記者查爾斯‧蒙哥馬利，透過大量的追蹤訪談，結合環境心理學、行為經濟學等，將影響人快樂／不快樂的元素融合為一個個小故事以及妙味橫生的心理學研究，抽絲剝繭現代都市規劃的利弊，以及我們該如何追求更舒適的居所。他以巴黎、波哥大、紐約、溫哥華等地為例，指出快樂城市應該有充足的人口、完善的大眾運輸、車流量越低越好、道路以步行為主，而每個路口都要一片綠地，並有充足空間讓市民彼此交流。

(摘錄自博客來網路書店)

Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Max Tegmark
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New York Times Best Seller

How will Artificial Intelligence affect crime, war, justice, jobs, society and our very sense of being human? The rise of AI has the potential to transform our future more than any other technology—and there’s nobody better qualified or situated to explore that future than Max Tegmark, an MIT professor who’s helped mainstream research on how to keep AI beneficial.

How can we grow our prosperity through automation without leaving people lacking income or purpose? What career advice should we give today’s kids? How can we make future AI systems more robust, so that they do what we want without crashing, malfunctioning or getting hacked? Should we fear an arms race in lethal autonomous weapons? Will machines eventually outsmart us at all tasks, replacing humans on the job market and perhaps altogether? Will AI help life flourish like never before or give us more power than we can handle?

What sort of future do you want? This book empowers you to join what may be the most important conversation of our time. It doesn’t shy away from the full range of viewpoints or from the most controversial issues—from superintelligence to meaning, consciousness and the ultimate physical limits on life in the cosmos.

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大數據 : 「數位革命」之後, 「資料革命」登場 : 巨量資料掀起生活、工作和思考方式的全面革新 (Big Data)

麥爾荀伯格 (Viktor Mayer-Schonberger) 、庫基耶 (Kenneth Cukier)
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汽車烤漆的顏色能告訴你，這輛二手車的故障率高低嗎？
市政府要怎樣清查，才能迅速找出有致命危險的人孔蓋？
從谷歌的搜尋字眼，怎麼預測流感疫情的蔓延？

要回答這些問題，關鍵就在於巨量資料（俗稱大數據）。
「巨量資料分析」是一門新興科技，能夠解讀和預測無數的現象，
包括預測機票的價格、好萊塢新片的票房、你家裡的青少年是否未婚懷孕！
也能協助診斷早產兒的健康情況，探查收入高低與幸福快樂的相關程度，
幫忙規劃快遞的送貨路線、電動車的充電站應該設置在哪裡，
還能用來發展自動導航的無人駕駛汽車、
以及「從駕駛人的臀部形態判斷是否為車主」的防盜系統，
也能夠快速進行多種語文的互譯……

兩位最頂尖的大數據專家，真正掌握到巨量資料思維的精髓，
在這本書裡，清晰曉暢的解釋了巨量資料是什麼，
它將如何改變我們的生活，對經濟、社會和科學會帶來什麼影響，
我們又能夠做些什麼，趕搭上這波新潮流，
同時也懂得保護自己，避免個人資料和隱私受到侵害。

(摘錄自博客來網路書店)

Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy

Sheryl Sandberg, Adam Grant
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#1 New York Times Best Seller
Named a Best Book of 2017 by Barnes & Noble and Amazon

After the sudden death of her husband, Sheryl Sandberg felt certain that she and her children would never feel pure joy again. “I was in ‘the void,’” she writes, “a vast emptiness that fills your heart and lungs and restricts your ability to think or even breathe.” Her friend Adam Grant, a psychologist at Wharton, told her there are concrete steps people can take to recover and rebound from life-shattering experiences. We are not born with a fixed amount of resilience. It is a muscle that everyone can build.

Option B combines Sheryl’s personal insights with Adam’s eye-opening research on finding strength in the face of adversity. Beginning with the gut-wrenching moment when she finds her husband, Dave Goldberg, collapsed on a gym floor, Sheryl opens up her heart—and her journal—to describe the acute grief and isolation she felt in the wake of his death. But Option B goes beyond Sheryl’s loss to explore how a broad range of people have overcome hardships including illness, job loss, sexual assault, natural disasters, and the violence of war. Their stories reveal the capacity of the human spirit to persevere . . . and to rediscover joy.

Resilience comes from deep within us and from support outside us. Even after the most devastating events, it is possible to grow by finding deeper meaning and gaining greater appreciation in our lives. Option B illuminates how to help others in crisis, develop compassion for ourselves, raise strong children, and create resilient families, communities, and workplaces. Many of these lessons can be applied to everyday struggles, allowing us to brave whatever lies ahead...

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

香港音樂的前世今生 : 香港早期音樂發展歷程 (1930s-1950s)

周光蓁
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「將來我們這批人不在時，你要問也問不了。這些歷史是不可以沒有的，不可以沒有的。」
這是著名女高音費明儀臨終前的寄語。

本書正是費女士等十位香港音樂界和政界名人，通過口述訪談，娓娓道出他們在二戰前後鮮為人知與音樂結緣的經過。從Uncle Ray郭利民、林樂培、沈鑒治、費明儀、盧景文、何承天、東尼·卡比奧、蕭炯柱、黎小田、羅乃新的珍貴憶述，勾畫出香港音樂的前世與今生。

那是沒有大會堂的日子。他們音樂人生的起步，從1930到1950年代，見證香港從經濟大蕭條，到日佔後重建，慢步走出南隅、邁向國際。

十個口述個案，帶出很多值得我們思考的課題：一個人的音樂成就，是先天還是後天所決定？學習音樂是手段還是目的？成功是否贏在起跑線？音樂與功課是互補還是相剋？

再又：所謂中西音樂文化匯集於香江的具體表現是甚麼？政府與民間的音樂有何互動？音樂和音樂人在戰爭大時代有怎樣的經歷？業餘時期的香港音樂文化是怎樣的？香港是個文化沙漠嗎？

(摘錄自cp1897.com.hk)

Creating Great Choices: A Leader's Guide to Integrative Thinking

by Jennifer Riel,‎ Roger L. Martin
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Move Beyond Trade-Off Thinking

When it comes to our hardest choices, it can seem as though making trade-offs is inevitable. But what about those crucial times when accepting the obvious trade-off just isn't good enough? What do we do when the choices in front of us don't get us what we need? In those cases, rather than choosing the least worst option, we can use the models in front of us to create a new and superior answer. This is integrative thinking.

First introduced by world-renowned strategic thinker Roger Martin in The Opposable Mind, integrative thinking is an approach to problem solving that uses opposing ideas as the basis for innovation. Now, in Creating Great Choices, Martin and his longtime thinking partner Jennifer Riel vividly illustrate how integrative thinking works, and how to do it.

The book includes fresh stories of successful integrative thinkers that will demystify the process of creative problem solving, as well as practical tools and exercises to help readers engage with the ideas. And it lays out the authors' four-step methodology for creating great choices, which can be applied in virtually any context. The result is a replicable, thoughtful approach to finding a "third and better way" to make important choices in the face of unacceptable trade‐offs.

Insightful and instructive, Creating Great Choices blends storytelling, theory, and hands-on advice to help any leader or manager facing a tough choice.

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打開狄波諾的思考工具箱：從「水平思考」到「六頂思考帽」，有效收割點子的發想技巧 (Serious Creativity)

愛德華．狄波諾 (Edward de Bono)
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「水平思考」、「6頂思考帽」創意大師
愛德華．狄波諾Edward de Bono
——最完整的水平思考工具與應用大全——
 教你不用靈感也能創新！

創造力是可以學習的。
我們不必成為天才，或仰賴無可捉摸的靈感，只要用對方法！

愛德華．狄波諾是當代最重要的思考大師，在思考訓練的推動上不遺餘力。
我們總認為創意是專屬於某些領域的事，總習慣遇到問題才來想辦法解決；
但狄波諾告訴我們：
每個人都可以養成創意思考的態度，在沒問題中找問題，在一切順利時進行改善。
只要掌握好方法，你就可以在邏輯和分析思考之外，另闢一條創意思考的思路。

本書囊括水平思考法最重要的工具與技巧，
幫助你掌握「六頂思考帽」、「隨機輸入法」、「概念扇」等思考工具，以及在組織中的應用方法。
從發想到收割創意，讓你和你的團隊展現真正有效率和效益的創造力！

六頂思考帽──戴上不同顏色的帽子，一次只用一種角度看事情，得以避免爭辯，更有效地討論問題！
創造性暫停──打斷例行思考的流暢運轉，才能注意到被疏忽的事物！
聚焦──聚焦在一些沒有人願意思考的問題上，即使是小創意，也能產生驚人成果！
質疑──拒絕接受現行做法必然是最佳做法，繼續尋找可行的替代方案！
刺激──藉由設定腳踏石，扭轉現行的方式思考，找出真正的新做法！

(摘錄自博客來網路書店)

Swimming in Hong Kong

Stephanie Han
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Stephanie Han’s award-winning stories cross the borders and boundaries of Hong Kong, Korea, and the United States. This is an intimate look at those who dare to explore the geography of hope and love, struggle with dreams of longing and home, and wander in the myths of memory and desire.

Stephanie Han’s Swimming in Hong Kong was the finalist for the AWP Grace Paley Prize for Short Fiction as well as the Spokane Prize. She is City University of Hong Kong’s first English literature PhD.

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思考的藝術：52 個非受迫性思考錯誤 (The Art of Thinking Clearly)

魯爾夫．杜伯里 (Rolf Dobelli)
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我們經常會「直覺地、無意識地」做出決定，事後再補上一些看似合理的選擇理由。如果拿律師跟科學家來比喻，我們的思考模式比較傾向律師，因為律師都很會先射箭再畫靶。

我們很容易掉入思考的陷阱裡，產生偏差、謬誤、幻覺、錯誤……

杜伯里帶著放大鏡，幫助我們一一檢視這些常見的思考陷阱，並告訴我們為何該藐視權威、別跟模特兒做好朋友、別以實報實銷的方式付錢給律師、別參加什麼拍賣會或競標案、別說你在婚姻裡付出比較多……

作者以清晰易讀的語調，逐篇舉出52個人人易犯的思考錯誤，並佐以生活趣事、名人軼事、歷史、愛情關係、投資理財、實驗研究等內容，具體說明錯誤何在、何以會犯。此外，針對各項錯誤，作者一一提出解決之道，讓讀者不易掉入思考陷阱之中。同時，每篇均搭配一幅與主題相關的諧趣插畫，讓本書不僅具實用性，更具可看性。

不論是日常生活、學習、工作經營、投資理財或愛情關係上的大小事，本書指摘的52個思考錯誤，將讓你明白自身的弱點何在，並且更勇敢地與自己的非理性對抗，不再只靠直覺決定一切！

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iGen: Why Today’s Super-Connected Kids Are Growing Up Less Rebellious, More Tolerant, Less Happy--and Completely Unprepared for Adulthood--and What That Means for the Rest of Us

Jean M. Twenge
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A highly readable and entertaining first look at how today’s members of iGen—the children, teens, and young adults born in the mid-1990s and later—are vastly different from their Millennial predecessors, and from any other generation, from the renowned psychologist and author of Generation Me.

With generational divides wider than ever, parents, educators, and employers have an urgent need to understand today’s rising generation of teens and young adults. Born in the mid-1990s to the mid-2000s and later, iGen is the first generation to spend their entire adolescence in the age of the smartphone. With social media and texting replacing other activities, iGen spends less time with their friends in person—perhaps why they are experiencing unprecedented levels of anxiety, depression, and loneliness.

But technology is not the only thing that makes iGen distinct from every generation before them; they are also different in how they spend their time, how they behave, and in their attitudes toward religion, sexuality, and politics. They socialize in completely new ways, reject once sacred social taboos, and want different things from their lives and careers. More than previous generations, they are obsessed with safety, focused on tolerance, and have no patience for inequality. iGen is also growing up more slowly than previous generations: eighteen-year-olds look and act like fifteen-year-olds used to.

As this new group of young people grows into adulthood, we all need to understand them: Friends and family need to look out for them; businesses must figure out how to recruit them and sell to them; colleges and universities must know how to educate and guide them. And members of iGen also need to understand themselves as they communicate with their elders and explain their views to their older peers. Because where iGen goes, so goes our nation—and the world.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

快思慢想 (Thinking, Fast and Slow)

康納曼 (Daniel Kahneman)
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如果一年只能讀一本書，你絕對不能錯過《快思慢想》！

「快思」與「慢想」是我們腦中的兩位主角。它們大部分時候是朋友，有時是敵人，更常一起並肩打仗！

我們何時要相信直覺？何時要對抗直覺與偏見，召喚所有理性出來打仗？我們總以為能駕馭自己的思考，事實上，人們的行為常常受到未知因素所影響。我們對思考的機制充滿假設與誤解，又很依賴直覺的感知和記憶，常常做出因個人偏見導致的錯誤決策。

如果你希望自己更聰明、更冷靜，就要學會掌握「快思」與「慢想」的遊戲規則。

康納曼介紹了很多有趣的經典行為實驗，披露思考的捷徑、替代、偏好、框架、錨點等效應。不僅讓我們對大腦的複雜與非理性恍然大悟，也指出我們在什麼情況下該相信靈光乍現，什麼時候該三思而行，該運用哪些技巧來避免常常使我們陷入麻煩的思考偏誤，以及如何在商場、職場和個人生活中做出更好的選擇。

(摘錄自博客來網路書店)

China: Five Thousand Years of History & Civilization

Edited by The Editorial Committee of Chinese Civilization: A Source Book, City University of Hong Kong
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This richly illustrated chronicle of Chinese civilization furnishes general readers and scholars alike with an authoritative overview of Chinese history, art and culture, from the pre-historic era to the early twentieth century, touching upon recurring themes and developments and synthesizing more than five thousand years of evolution and transition.

Written with precision and flair by a host of leading academics from Beijing and Hong Kong, this single volume is a welcome addition to the study of world civilizations, a broad yet detailed chronological sweep through time. Every aspect of Chinese civilization is explained, interpreted, contextualized and brought to life with well-balanced commentary and photographic documentation.

The result is a fascinating distillation of the past, an indispensable guide that renders the ancient past relevant to China today and to the rest of the world.

(Excerpt from the website of City University of Hong Kong Press)

我比別人更認真 : 刻意練習讓自己發光 (Talent Is Overrated)

傑夫．柯文 (Geoffrey Colvin)
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小時候你也許從大人那裡聽過，如果要出人頭地，成為各行各業的頂尖人物，像是邱吉爾、莫扎特、巴菲特，甚至是老虎伍茲這樣的人，你從小就必須埋頭苦幹。

不過事實還不僅如此，所有我們看得到的天才人物其實必定經過「刻意練習」（deliberate practice）的洗禮，對練習結果進行分析，從失敗中吸取教訓，以科學的方法進行苦練，才有可能斬露頭角，讓所有人刮目相看。

(摘錄自eslite.com)

Reading Hong Kong, Reading Ourselves

Edited by Janel Curry,‎ Paul Hanstedt
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This book, written by fourteen reflective scholars about living and learning from Hong Kong, builds on the growing interest of using “place” as text while providing a model of deepening cross-cultural encounters. Each chapter is written in a personal and experiential style, exploring Hong Kong through the lenses of a range of disciplines that shaped individual author's perceptions and encounters.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

看電影與拍電影

趙崇基
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看電影容易，看懂一部電影卻需要慢慢咀嚼細味。電影以講故事為主，講甚麼樣的故事，悲歡離合，離不開身處的社會。觀眾從電影看社會，拍電影的，也需要關懷社會，了解社會， 洞悉人生，才能拍出感動人心的作品。觀眾能夠感動，其實就是因為電影將人生寫得透徹入微，讓看的人有共鳴。

不同人對同一部電影的理解不盡相同。導演趙崇基看了四十年電影，拍了二十年電影，也在學院教電影，對他而言，無論電影藝術如何改變，都離不開技巧、社會、人生這三種元素。此書是他的電影筆記，分為三部分，以電影語言中的三個景別：特寫、中景及全景，透過一篇篇的短文，談電影中的技巧，說電影中的社會，講電影中的人生。

(摘錄自博客來網路書店)

Becoming an Academic Writer: 50 Exercises for Paced, Productive, and Powerful Writing

Patricia Goodson
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With its friendly, step-by-step format, Becoming an Academic Writer by Patricia Goodson helps writers improve their writing by engaging in deep and deliberate practice―a type of practice adopted by expert performers in areas such as sports or music. Featuring 50 exercises, this practical, self-paced guide is flexibly organized so readers can either work their way through all of the exercises in order or focus on the specific areas where they need additional practice building their skills.

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中國女權 : 公民知識分子的誕生

曾金燕
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榮獲「香港出版雙年獎」社會科學類別的「出版獎」

艾曉明教授裸胸抗議的照片，在防火牆內外的中文社交媒體上引發了憤怒、悲傷、驕傲、嘲諷、厭惡等情感，爭論中形成了支持或瓦解艾曉明教授抗議的不同社群。而葉海燕通過身體的、性化的、演繹性的、政治化的日常生活、社會行動和網絡寫作來改寫個人生命和改變社會。愈來愈多女權主義者用各種形式進行象徵性的抗議，引起社會上強烈的反應。

本書作者多年來在中國從事維權工作，雖曾被軟禁，但發聲不絕，更於2007年被美國《時代》雜誌選為全球100位最具影響力人物。作者從艾曉明和葉海燕開始，書寫中國知識分子、獨立電影導演、文人作家、藝術家等人在政治反抗者、社會運動活躍分子、「多餘的人」之間的角色中，面臨思想資源、行動力、審美趣味方面的困境和選擇。作者又提出完整地實踐、提升建立在尋求真理基礎上的自我關照能力，是當下中國人建立良心生活、貢獻社會改進的一種生存美學。

(摘錄自香港城市大學出版社網站)

Creative Confidence: Unleashing the Creative Potential Within Us All

Tom Kelley and David Kelley
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IDEO founder and Stanford d.school creator David Kelley and his brother Tom Kelley, IDEO partner and the author of the bestselling The Art of Innovation, have written a powerful and compelling book on unleashing the creativity that lies within each and every one of us.

Too often, companies and individuals assume that creativity and innovation are the domain of the "creative types." But two of the leading experts in innovation, design, and creativity on the planet show us that each and every one of us is creative. In an incredibly entertaining and inspiring narrative that draws on countless stories from their work at IDEO, the Stanford d.school, and with many of the world's top companies, David and Tom Kelley identify the principles and strategies that will allow us to tap into our creative potential in our work lives, and in our personal lives, and allow us to innovate in terms of how we approach and solve problems. It is a book that will help each of us be more productive and successful in our lives and in our careers.

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小說與我 = Fiction and I

王安憶
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「我要創造，我渴望創造。」把自己的經驗，透過寫作，創造現實裏無法實現的生活，就是王安憶這三十多年來都在寫作的原因。

王安憶作為69屆初中生，有着比別人豐富的人生閱歷，經歷過知青生活，插隊落戶，這些成長經歷都為她帶來豐富的寫作題材，開展她寫作的漫漫長路。

本書收錄王安憶教授在香港城市大學舉辦的六課講座內容，分享了多年來自身的寫作生活，同時講述與寫作有關的種種—從閱讀生活領略到的文學樂趣到創作類型小說的細節結構，再從小說探索文字的奧妙。她更闡述了教授寫作實踐課的一些體會，如同手把手般傳授讀者寫作之道，極其可貴難得，對有志投身創作行業的青年人極具啟發性。

(摘錄自香港城市大學出版社網站)

Negotiating the Nonnegotiable: How to Resolve Your Most Emotionally Charged Conflicts

Daniel Shapiro
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** Grand Prize Winner of the 2017 Nautilus Book Award

Are you struggling to deal with conflict in your life? In Negotiating the Nonnegotiable, Harvard negotiation expert Daniel Shapiro introduces a groundbreaking method to bridge the toughest divides—whether with family members, colleagues, or in the polarized world of politics. He reveals the hidden power of identity in fueling conflict, and presents a practical framework to reconcile even the most contentious situations. Field-tested around the world, the results are empowering.

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注意！這是我的個人資料私隱 (Watchout! This is My Personal Data Privacy)

黃繼兒
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榮獲「第二十九屆香港印製大獎」書刊印刷優異獎

個人資料 由你掌握 齊齊做個「私隱話事人」！

現代社會資訊及通訊科技高速發展，為我們的生活帶來方便，但同時，亦對個人資料的保障帶來新的挑戰。我們日常生活中經常接觸的社交網絡媒體、閉路電視，或是填寫會員表格、使用電子錢包等，都可能不知不覺洩漏了個人資料，如身份證號碼、電話號碼、地址、相片、信用卡資料、交易紀錄等，令人防不勝防，假如落入不法之徒手中，後果不堪設想，人人自危。

所幸的是，《個人資料（私隱）條例》（以下簡稱《私隱條例》）已於1996年正式生效，香港個人資料私隱專員公署亦在同年成立，我們的個人資料須按法律所規定的原則來收集、持有、處理和使用。

為提高「保障、尊重個人資料」的意識，香港個人資料私隱專員公署聯同香港城市大學出版社出版《注意！這是我的個人資料私隱》一書。本書根據《私隱條例》，以淺白的語言，並附以具啟發性的個案，詳細介紹保障個人資料的法律權利，從生活的不同層面分析私隱外洩的陷阱，並以多個真實個案剖析《私隱條例》的法律根據與原則，讓你懂得如何保護個人資料。書中除了介紹條例下六個保障資料原則的要求及主要豁免條款以外，亦就不同範疇解答私隱疑難及提供各項實用提示。 此外，本書亦從人力資源管理、物業管理、資訊及通訊科技、直接促銷等角度，解答有關收集及使用個人資料的問題，讓讀者避免在不知情的情況下觸犯《私隱條例》。

(摘錄自香港城市大學出版社網站)

老子四種

(魏)王弼 等
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成書於先秦的《老子》一書，是道家學說的核心，也是形塑中華文明的重要典籍。歷代有關《老子》的注釋中，以曹魏《王弼注》及漢代《河上公注》為必讀之作。此外，1973年於長沙出土的馬王堆帛書《老子》甲、乙本，1993年於湖北省出土的郭店竹簡《老子》甲、乙、丙三篇，皆與傳世版本多有差異，亦是研讀《老子》必備的資料。

上述四種文獻合刊為《老子四種》，並重加標點、精心排印，改進歷來版本經注混雜、眉目不清的缺點。使讀者在研讀《老子》之時，能相互參照，成為最精審可靠的讀本。

(摘錄自博客來網路書店)


《道德經》是春秋時期老子（李耳）的哲學作品，又稱《道德真經》、《老子》、《五千言》、《老子五千文》，是中國古代先秦諸子分家前的一部著作，為其時諸子所共仰，是道家哲學思想的重要來源。道德經分上下兩篇，原文上篇《德經》、下篇《道經》，不分章，後改為《道經》37章在前，第38章之後為《德經》，並分為81章。

《道德經》，文本以哲學意義之“道德”為綱宗，論述修身、治國、用兵、養生之道，而多以政治為旨歸，乃所謂“內聖外王”之學，文意深奧，包涵廣博，被譽為萬經之王。

(摘錄自百度百科)

Energy and Civilization: A History

by Vaclav Smil
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A comprehensive account of how energy has shaped society throughout history, from pre-agricultural foraging societies through today's fossil fuel--driven civilization.

Energy is the only universal currency; it is necessary for getting anything done. The conversion of energy on Earth ranges from terra-forming forces of plate tectonics to cumulative erosive effects of raindrops. Life on Earth depends on the photosynthetic conversion of solar energy into plant biomass. Humans have come to rely on many more energy flows -- ranging from fossil fuels to photovoltaic generation of electricity -- for their civilized existence. In this monumental history, Vaclav Smil provides a comprehensive account of how energy has shaped society, from pre-agricultural foraging societies through today's fossil fuel--driven civilization.

Humans are the only species that can systematically harness energies outside their bodies, using the power of their intellect and an enormous variety of artifacts -- from the simplest tools to internal combustion engines and nuclear reactors. The epochal transition to fossil fuels affected everything: agriculture, industry, transportation, weapons, communication, economics, urbanization, quality of life, politics, and the environment. Smil describes humanity's energy eras in panoramic and interdisciplinary fashion, offering readers a magisterial overview. This book is an extensively updated and expanded version of Smil's Energy in World History (1994). Smil has incorporated an enormous amount of new material, reflecting the dramatic developments in energy studies over the last two decades and his own research over that time.

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The Charisma Myth: How Anyone Can Master the Art and Science of Personal Magnetism

Olivia Fox Cabane
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What if charisma could be taught? 

The charisma myth is the idea that charisma is a fundamental, inborn quality—you either have it (Bill Clinton, Steve Jobs, Oprah) or you don’t. But that’s simply not true, as Olivia Fox Cabane reveals. Charismatic behaviors can be learned and perfected by anyone.

Drawing on techniques she originally developed for Harvard and MIT, Cabane breaks charisma down into its components. Becoming more charismatic doesn’t mean transforming your fundamental personality. It’s about adopting a series of specific practices that fit in with the personality you already have.

The Charisma Myth shows you how to become more influential, more persuasive, and more inspiring.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

上一堂最生動的國際關係 : 20部經典電影, 告訴你世界原來是這個樣子

蔡增家
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敘利亞男童艾倫，為何會死在土耳其海灘上？
為什麼美國擊斃賓拉登，恐怖主義仍舊方興未艾？
為什麼歐巴馬當選總統，美國種族問題反而激化？
催生緬甸成為民主國家的翁山蘇姬，卻不太具備人道精神？
墨西哥人為何感嘆「離天堂太遠，離美國太近」？

透過電影探索世界，提升你的國際觀與競爭力！

國際觀是什麼？大前研一這樣定義：「知道世界發生什麼事，並且對這些事有提出觀點的能力。」

藉由重大國際事件沿革與國際情勢發展解析，配合相關經典電影作品簡介，諸如《亞果出任務》《以愛之名：翁山蘇姬》《美味情書》《追風箏的孩子》等，告訴你如何掌握絢爛螢幕背後的真實世界，形塑看世界的觀點。

(摘錄自cp1897.com.hk)

Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World

Cal Newport
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One of the most valuable skills in our economy is becoming increasingly rare. If you master this skill, you'll achieve extraordinary results.

Deep work is the ability to focus without distraction on a cognitively demanding task. It's a skill that allows you to quickly master complicated information and produce better results in less time. Deep work will make you better at what you do and provide the sense of true fulfillment that comes from craftsmanship. In short, deep work is like a super power in our increasingly competitive twenty-first century economy. And yet, most people have lost the ability to go deep-spending their days instead in a frantic blur of e-mail and social media, not even realizing there's a better way.

In DEEP WORK, author and professor Cal Newport flips the narrative on impact in a connected age. Instead of arguing distraction is bad, he instead celebrates the power of its opposite. Dividing this book into two parts, he first makes the case that in almost any profession, cultivating a deep work ethic will produce massive benefits. He then presents a rigorous training regimen, presented as a series of four "rules," for transforming your mind and habits to support this skill.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

每天最重要的2小時 : 神經科學傢教你5種有效策略, 使心智有高效率表現, 聰明完成當日關鍵工作 (Two Awesome Hours)

喬許．戴維斯 (Josh Davis)
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Amazon.com商業理財／個人成長類百大暢銷書

本書結合神經科學和心理學的研究，引據十數項研究成果與大量文獻結論，提出5種有效策略，配合人體生理系統的最適運作狀態，我們每天至少都能創造出2小時的高效率心智狀態：

• 辨識每個決定點：妥善利用做完一件事或被打斷後的5分鐘，想一下後續該處理哪件事；別擔心「浪費時間」的問題，想趕快做事的急迫感，有時會讓我們先把時間誤用在不重要的事上，消耗我們的心力。

• 管理心智能量，善用好情緒與壞情緒：所有事都會消耗心智能量、引發情緒，學會在心智疲勞之前，先集中精神做最重要的事。全球流行天后碧昂絲（Beyoncé）說：「緊張，讓我表現得更好」；正面情緒是養分，但負面情緒不必然是毒素，正、負面情緒都可以用來提升工作表現與成果。

• 停止對抗分心，學會放自己一馬：專注是成功的要素，但人類的注意力系統天生善於留意分心事物，這是演化的生存必要策略之一。學會讓心思漫遊，東想西想、作作白日夢，對提升創意和思考未來都有幫助。

• 妥善利用身心關連性：掌握運動和飲食的訣竅，能讓你表現得更出色。適量、溫和的運動可以提升專注力和心智能量，吃什麼、怎麼吃、一次吃多少，也會影響你的表現。咖啡因有助於提升效率，但不是喝多就有用，少即是多，無效時小睡10分鐘更好。

• 打造對自己有益的工作環境：辦公環境中的噪音、光線和桌邊雜物，都會影響你的工作效能。斷斷續續的談話聲，是專心工作的頭號勁敵，但戴耳機聽音樂並非最佳解方。較昏暗的光線可催生創意，辦公空間大一點，則有助於多冒點險、展現領導自信。

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The Remains of the Day

Kazuo Ishiguro (石黑一雄)
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From the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, here is the universally acclaimed novel—winner of the Booker Prize and the basis for an award-winning film.

The novel's narrator, Stevens, is a perfect English butler who tries to give his narrow existence form and meaning through the self-effacing, almost mystical practice of his profession. In a career that spans the second World War, Stevens is oblivious of the real life that goes on around him -- oblivious, for instance, of the fact that his aristocrat employer is a Nazi sympathizer. Still, there are even larger matters at stake in this heartbreaking, pitch-perfect novel -- namely, Stevens' own ability to allow some bit of life-affirming love into his tightly repressed existence.

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未來簡史：從智人到神人 (Homo Deus)

尤瓦爾·赫拉利 (Yuval Noah Harari)
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進入21世紀後，曾經長期威脅人類生存、發展的瘟疫、飢荒和戰爭已經被攻克，智人面臨著新的待辦議題：永生不老、幸福快樂和成為具有“神性”的人類。在解決這些新問題的過程中，科學技術的發展將顛覆我們很多當下認為無需佐證的“常識”，比如人文主義所推崇的自由意志將面臨嚴峻挑戰，機器將會代替人類做出更明智的選擇。

更重要的，當以大數據、人工智能為代表的科學技術發展的日益成熟，人類將面臨著從進化到智人以來最大的一次改變，絕大部分人將淪為“無價值的群體”，只有少部分人能進化成特質發生改變的“神人”。

未來，人類將面臨著三大問題：生物本身就是算法，生命是不斷處理數據的過程；意識與智能的分離；擁有大數據積累的外部環境將比我們自己更了解自己如何看待這三大問題，以及如何採取應對措施，將直接影響著人類未來的發展。

(摘錄自amazon.cn)

Lab Girl

Hope Jahren 
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Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography
Winner of the AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books
Finalist for the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award

Geobiologist Hope Jahren has spent her life studying trees, flowers, seeds, and soil. Lab Girl is her revelatory treatise on plant life—but it is also a celebration of the lifelong curiosity, humility, and passion that drive every scientist. In these pages, Hope takes us back to her Minnesota childhood, where she spent hours in unfettered play in her father’s college laboratory. She tells us how she found a sanctuary in science, learning to perform lab work “with both the heart and the hands.” She introduces us to Bill, her brilliant, eccentric lab manager. And she extends the mantle of scientist to each one of her readers, inviting us to join her in observing and protecting our environment. Warm, luminous, compulsively readable, Lab Girl vividly demonstrates the mountains that we can move when love and work come together.

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10秒內言之有物的即答思考法：5天打造你的獨特觀點，立刻放大工作能見度！

齋藤孝
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「立即表達」自我想法，是現在及未來最需要的能力。
無論是求職面試、開會討論、主管提問、企劃提案……
想要在職場中勝出，你必須懂得瞬間思考，說、寫出與眾不同的獨家觀點！

‧你的臉書都在轉載文章？要寫出自己的看法，總是有點困難？
‧開會討論，怎麼擠都只能說：「還好」、「沒意見」？
‧主管突然問：「你怎麼想？」是否能在10秒內提出看法？
‧對方忽然提出一篇報導、時事，是否有自信立即發表評論？

同事、主管甚至是朋友，多半從你網路發文、聊天、面試、會議及企劃提案中……
偷偷觀察你這個人有沒有想法。
沒有一個主管，會重用只懂得照本宣科、聽話辦事、工作等待他人指示的員工；
反過來說，只要10％帶有獨家觀點的「說、寫能力」，
就能讓別人覺得你「不太一樣」，工作上勢必比別人掌握更多機會。

但獨立思考、10秒內即答，並不是要你無中生有。
想要讓人忍不住讚賞：「這個觀點真精采」、「這個人有深度」，
日本知名企業教育大師、溝通專家──齋藤孝，要教你，
5天利用「平常就在做的事」，社群網站發文、看電視偷學、
運用即答思考技巧，開闢出新的想法！

(摘錄自博客來網路書店)

Swing Time

Zadie Smith
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A New York Times bestseller * Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction * Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize  

“This is a story at once intimate and global, as much about childhood friendship as international aid, as fascinated by the fate of an unemployed single mother as it is by the omnipotence of a world-class singer…Smith’s attention to the grace notes of friendship is as precise as ever…’Swing Time’ uses its extraordinary breadth and its syncopated structure to turn the issues of race and class in every direction…We finally have a big social novel nimble enough to keep all its diverse parts moving gracefully toward a vision of what really matters in this life when the music stops.”—Ron Charles, Washington Post

“A dance itself, syncopated, unexpected, and vital…Swing Time may not parse easily and fits no mold, but it is uncommonly full of life.” —Claire Messud, The New York Review of Books

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

微權力: 從會議室、軍事衝突、宗教到國家，權力為何衰退與轉移，世界將屬於誰？ (The End of Power)

摩伊希斯．奈姆 (Moisés Naím)
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掌權者為什麼失勢？失去的權力到誰手上？
國家未來領導人必讀，關心社會的公民必看

Facebook創辦人祖克柏強力號召粉絲共讀，全美緊急再版！
每周銷售破萬本，強勢擠進亞馬遜暢銷TOP10！

權力的演變正在改變世界
人人都可以更有權力

本書做了幾項大膽預言：
1. 壟斷社會的「大巨頭」與新興的「微權力」之間將出現角力，「微權力」將逐漸取代傳統的社會結構。
2. 權力不單被分散，甚至被蠶食。當權者行使權力要更加克制，否則失勢的機會將會大大提高。
3. 權力不再只掌控在菁英手上；發明家、社運分子甚至恐怖分子的影響力將大大提升。
4. 「微權力」可以推翻政權、打倒壟斷事業、開發新市場。但也可能帶來混亂，令社會癱瘓。

(摘錄自博客來網路書店)

To the Bright Edge of the World: A Novel

Eowyn Ivey
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PNBA 2017 Award Winner
One of the Best Books of 2016--Amazon
A Washington Post Notable Book of 2016
A Goodreads Choice Award Nominee
A Library Journal Top 10 Book of 2016
A BookPage Best Book of 2016

In the winter of 1885, decorated war hero Colonel Allen Forrester leads a small band of men on an expedition that has been deemed impossible: to venture up the Wolverine River and pierce the vast, untamed Alaska Territory. Leaving behind Sophie, his newly pregnant wife, Colonel Forrester records his extraordinary experiences in hopes that his journal will reach her if he doesn't return--once he passes beyond the edge of the known world, there's no telling what awaits him ...

"To the Bright Edge of the World moves seamlessly through different times and different voices to depict an often harrowing journey that leads the central characters to question all that they 'have known as real & true.' Ivey's novel is a dazzling depiction of love, endurance, courage, and wonder, and a worthy successor to The Snow Child." ―Ron Rash, author of Serena

"Beautifully told...a page-turner, a fascinating story that is broad in its scope as it is compassionate in its message...Ivey has created a world that is dangerous and beautiful, worrisome and satisfying, all in a novel that readers will not soon forget." ―Jim Carmin, The Miami Herald

"Powerful...Ivey is a gifted storyteller and a lyrical prose stylist...remarkable." ―Amy Greene, New York Times Book Review

"An epic adventure story that seems heir to the tradition of Melville's own sweeping and ambitious literary approach to the age-old struggle of humans versus nature...an absorbing and high-stakes read." ―Kathleen Rooney, The Chicago Tribune

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

第四次工業革命 (The Fourth Industrial Revolution)

克勞斯．施瓦布 (Klaus Schwab)
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★本書榮獲亞馬遜網路書店2017最佳商管書TOP20！

第四次工業革命正如海嘯般地席捲全球，
在這個新世界裡，不再是大魚吃小魚，
而是快魚吃慢魚！

未來5年全球15大經濟體，
將因機器人和人工智慧的興起，
導致510萬個工作消失 ！
和前三次工業革命全然不同，
第四次工業革命不僅改變我們的世界，
也改變了我們是誰！

蒸汽機的發明驅動了人類史上第一次工業革命；電力的使用帶來了第二次工業革命，半導體、電腦、網路的問世再度催生了第三次工業革命；隨著科技快速的進程，第四次工業革命也已經悄然開始，並且正以前所未見的速度席捲全球，徹底顛覆我們的生活、工作和互相關聯的方式，無論是規模、廣度，還是複雜程度，第四次工業革命都與人類過去經歷的變革截然不同。其中可植入技術、數位化身分、物聯網、3D列印、無人駕駛、人工智慧、機器人、區塊鏈、大數據、智慧城市等技術變革都將對全人類帶來顛覆性的影響。

本書作者為被視為全球經濟風向球的「世界經濟論壇」創辦人與執行主席克勞斯．施瓦布，他在本書中提醒，人類若無法做好因應這波科技海嘯的準備，機器人等技術創新，將導致大量工作消失，而最直接受衝擊的，就是中產階級。更重要的是，各種科技的匯流改變的不僅是我們的工作和生活，而是我們是誰！

(摘錄自博客來網路書店)

The Gene: An Intimate History

Siddhartha Mukherjee
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THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
A Wellcome Book Prize Finalist
A New York Times Notable Book
A Washington Post and Seattle Times Best Book of the Year

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning, bestselling author of The Emperor of All Maladies—a magnificent history of the gene and a response to the defining question of the future: What becomes of being human when we learn to “read” and “write” our own genetic information?

Siddhartha Mukherjee has a written a biography of the gene as deft, brilliant, and illuminating as his extraordinarily successful biography of cancer. Weaving science, social history, and personal narrative to tell us the story of one of the most important conceptual breakthroughs of modern times, Mukherjee animates the quest to understand human heredity and its surprising influence on our lives, personalities, identities, fates, and choices.

Throughout the narrative, the story of Mukherjee’s own family—with its tragic and bewildering history of mental illness—cuts like a bright, red line, reminding us of the many questions that hang over our ability to translate the science of genetics from the laboratory to the real world. In superb prose and with an instinct for the dramatic scene, he describes the centuries of research and experimentation—from Aristotle and Pythagoras to Mendel and Darwin, from Boveri and Morgan to Crick, Watson and Franklin, all the way through the revolutionary twenty-first century innovators who mapped the human genome.

As The New Yorker said of The Emperor of All Maladies, “It’s hard to think of many books for a general audience that have rendered any area of modern science and technology with such intelligence, accessibility, and compassion…An extraordinary achievement.” Riveting, revelatory, and magisterial history of a scientific idea coming to life, and an essential preparation for the moral complexity introduced by our ability to create or “write” the human genome, The Gene is a must-read for everyone concerned about the definition and future of humanity. This is the most crucial science of our time, intimately explained by a master.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

觸景生情──幾代香港人的生活記憶

鄭寶鴻
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全書收錄約二百幅精選舊照片，生動展現鄭寶鴻所收藏的香港，為讀者重構祖父輩們的奮鬥故事，過得雖苦，當中卻有活力無限、希望在前的一點甜。

循著香港人走過的足跡，反覆嚴謹考證圖像與文獻，本書作者鄭寶鴻以個人經歷作引子，帶領讀者從民生居住、攤販商貿、「紅白」儀式與玩樂消遣、交通等方面細味舊日人情。大牌檔、大馬路走地雞、僱警迎親送殯、代客寫信神槍手、OL午餐專人送到、單車電車拍拖駛過……一幕幕已然消失的老香港風景在書中重現，並輔以詳盡解說，圖文並茂地述說人間百態，既側寫歷史，更貼地活潑地反映了幾代香港人的生活記憶。

(摘錄自cp1897.com.hk)

Before the Fall

Noah Hawley
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Winner of the 2017 EDGAR AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL and the 2017 INTERNATIONAL THRILLER WRITERS AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL

On a foggy summer night, eleven people--ten privileged, one down-on-his-luck painter--depart Martha's Vineyard on a private jet headed for New York. Sixteen minutes later, the unthinkable happens: the plane plunges into the ocean. The only survivors are the painter Scott Burroughs and a four-year-old boy, who is now the last remaining member of an immensely wealthy and powerful media mogul's family.

Was it by chance that so many influential people perished? Or was something more sinister at work? A storm of media attention brings Scott fame that quickly morphs into notoriety and accusations, and he scrambles to salvage truth from the wreckage. Amid trauma and chaos, the fragile relationship between Scott and the young boy grows and glows at the heart of this stunning novel, raising questions of fate, morality, and the inextricable ties that bind us together.

Kristin Hannah raves, "Noah Hawley really knows how to keep a reader turning the pages... a complex, compulsively readable thrill ride of a novel."

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

零秒思考力 : 全世界最簡單的腦力鍛鍊

赤羽雄二
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一個主題、一張A4紙、一分鐘、一天10張
短短三週就能達到95%的腦力開發。
確實鍛練出連麥肯錫都無法實現的瞬間思考力。

只要把浮現於腦海中的想法，逐一寫在A4紙上，
就能夠鍛鍊你的腦力與領導力！

猶疑困惑的時間為零、
煩惱憂慮的時間為零、
瞬間掌握現狀的時間為零、
釐清問題的時間為零、
想出解決方案的時間為零、
做出行動決策的時間為零……
思考重「質」也重「速度」，
將兩者同時達到極致，正是「零秒思考力」的威力！

零秒思考，是一場意識與行動的改革。
為何明明提案在即，思緒卻毫無進展？！

對組織來說，人才的戰鬥力將大幅影響著公司的未來，
但不論是學校教育或工作訓練，都不曾教導我們「如何深入思考」？

本書作者活躍於麥肯錫顧問公司十數年，
親自驗證上萬張A4筆記後，所創造的獨一無二「零秒思考力」，
是最簡單、且最有效的腦力鍛鍊方法。

到目前為止，已成功傳授上千名商務人士驗證，
對於掌握現狀、釐清問題或實際行動，都能立即浮現想法。
即使是人生突如其來的變化，也能面對及預測未來。

(摘錄自博客來網路書店)

Steps to Writing Well with Additional Readings

Jean Wyrick
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Writing well is just a step away! Join the thousands of students who have learned to write well with Jean Wyrick's clear, thoughtful advice. STEPS TO WRITING WELL WITH ADDITIONAL READINGS, 10th Edition, is the ultimate step-by-step guide to writing effective academic essays. Wyrick offers friendly, practical guidelines for composing different types of essays, with discussion of everything from choosing a topic to developing an essay to polishing your prose. This 10th edition includes new "Visualizing the Process" flowcharts that provide at-a-glance summaries of the steps for completing each of the major assignments in the text; many new professional readings and sample essays that offer useful models for academic writing and also touch on engaging topics intended to spark ideas for your own writing; and a wealth of exercises, group activities, and longer assignments that provide additional essay topic ideas and opportunities to apply and review what you are learning.

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讀書便佳

董橋
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本書《讀書便佳》是作者2017年最新作品，全書未曾發表。

作者說，為了寫這本新書他翻看了箱子裏許多陳年筆記，補讀了許多沒有細讀的舊書，也重讀了許多偏愛的老書。作者愛零零星星寫些隨筆札記，記錄讀書的一慮和一得。這樣的寫法不是新穎的嘗試，明清筆記文學前代啟發後代，代代相傳，煥然成風，雲蒸霞蔚。十八十九世紀英國不少散文名家都偏愛這樣瑣碎的寫法，匯之成書，裁之成篇。二十世紀初葉英國出版界出過袖珍送禮的小書裁錄著名散文家文集裏的雋語警句。

作者總覺得中國文化的精髓離不開幽情，閑適：「英國人只在下午茶座上才追求幽情和閑適，不夠的。」我們說「東平云為善最樂，紫陽曰讀書便佳。」為善講機緣，讀書是本份，這本新寫的書取名《讀書便佳》，企盼的不是名成也不是利就，塵世喧囂，爭逐齷齪，一卷在手，字裏徘徊，悠忽間一個回眸的欣喜一次促膝的交會，那才是佳趣。

(摘錄自cp1897.com.hk)

The Great Escape : Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality (財富大逃亡)

Angus Deaton
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Angus Deaton was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his analysis of consumption, poverty, and welfare in 2015.

The world is a better place than it used to be. People are healthier, wealthier, and live longer. Yet the escapes from destitution by so many has left gaping inequalities between people and nations. In The Great Escape, Angus Deaton--one of the foremost experts on economic development and on poverty--tells the remarkable story of how, beginning 250 years ago, some parts of the world experienced sustained progress, opening up gaps and setting the stage for today's disproportionately unequal world. Deaton takes an in-depth look at the historical and ongoing patterns behind the health and wealth of nations, and addresses what needs to be done to help those left behind.

Deaton describes vast innovations and wrenching setbacks: the successes of antibiotics, pest control, vaccinations, and clean water on the one hand, and disastrous famines and the HIV/AIDS epidemic on the other. He examines the United States, a nation that has prospered but is today experiencing slower growth and increasing inequality. He also considers how economic growth in India and China has improved the lives of more than a billion people. Deaton argues that international aid has been ineffective and even harmful. He suggests alternative efforts--including reforming incentives to drug companies and lifting trade restrictions--that will allow the developing world to bring about its own Great Escape.

Demonstrating how changes in health and living standards have transformed our lives, The Great Escape is a powerful guide to addressing the well-being of all nations.

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