冷思考：社群時代狂潮下，我們如何在衝突中活出自己，與他者共存 (How to Think: A Survival Guide for a World at Odds)

亞倫．傑考布斯 (Alan Jacobs)
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只讀標題，順手按讚和分享、轉貼，之後卻被真相打臉？
網路筆戰、瘋狂洗版，事後才後悔自己被人帶風向？
你在網路上的發言，是自己的想法，還是同溫層的共識？
社群／群組是給你歸屬感的夥伴，還是控制你思想的怪物？

講求效率和速度的網路時代，要求你即時回應，讓你來不及思考；
各種洗腦貼文、帶風向的錯誤訊息、來源不明的假新聞，已成為日常，
不只在個人的社交網絡激發迴響，甚至足以左右社會輿論、影響決定國家前途的大選。
我們該如何在聲量的大洪流時代，保有批判性思考的能力，
跳出牽制自己的心理陷阱、被有心人操縱的棋局？

當「後真相」／「另類事實」時代
與個人追求團體／社群認可的需求合而為一頭吞噬我們的巨獸，
個人因此更迷惑不安，社會因此更傾斜、方向更紊亂，
你需要養成一套思考的策略，找回思考的能力，
學會和不同於你的人一起思考……也許最終大家也能學會一起好好生活。

＃不經思考的「討論」算討論嗎？
＃思考太麻煩！

後網路時代，每個人身上都有好幾個社群標籤，每天在網路上對分裂的政治、社會等重大議題發表意見——但那是真正的討論嗎？
知名作家暨人文學院教授亞倫・傑考布斯，也是為《大西洋月刊》與《哈潑雜誌》等全國性刊物執筆的文化評論家，本身在各種社群中遭遇過大小衝突。多年經驗下來，傑考布斯發現：大多數爭辯淪為意氣、情緒的發洩，因為牽涉其中的人就是不思考。
我們不想思考，因為思考太麻煩！
它會逼迫我們脫離熟悉、讓人安心的習慣；它可能讓我們跟知心朋友的關係變得複雜；
而且思考很慢，當我們迷失在社群媒體、黨派爭執與確認偏誤的循環中，思考很慢就成了問題。

＃大師來幫忙診斷「思考病」......

(摘錄自博客來網路書店)

Blockchain : Transforming Your Business and Our World

Mark Van Rijmenam, Philippa Ryan
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The internet was envisaged as a decentralised global network, but in the past 25 years it has come to be controlled by a few, very powerful, centralised companies. Blockchain is a technological paradigm shift that allows secure, reliable, and direct information transfer between individuals, organisations, and things, so that we can manage, verify, and control the use of our own data.

Blockchain also offers a new opportunity for humanity to fix some major problems. It can authenticate data, manage its analysis, and automate its use. With better data comes better decision-making. In this way, Blockchain can contribute to solving climate change, reduce voting fraud, fix our identity systems, improve fair trade, and give the poor an opportunity to improve their lives by monetising their (digital) capital. A world built upon peer-to-peer transactions and smart contracts can empower individuals and communities.

This book offers a fresh perspective with which to consider this transformative technology. It describes how Blockchain can optimise the processes that run our society. It provides practical solutions to global problems and offers a roadmap to incorporate Blockchain in your business. It offers a blueprint for a better world. Filled with easy-to-understand examples, this book shows how Blockchain can take over where the internet has fallen short.

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做個‧真選民—選舉工程48講 (Behind Your Vote)

周偉航
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經過多年的區議會、立法會選舉洗禮，不少港人愈來愈明白一票在手的價值。然而，選舉期間，各政黨都會出盡渾身解數展開選舉工程：網絡戰、傳媒戰、「蛇齋餅糉」、配票、運用地區椿腳等策略固然人前背後進行得如火如荼；候選人找來專業人士特訓口才、辯才，建立看似能幹、可靠、親切模樣等形象工程，更是層出不窮。誰在耍花招？誰是真材實料？

在台灣，選舉期間候選人同樣出盡花招。台灣熱門博客「人渣文本」版主周偉航，曾當過馬英九和國民黨議員的幕僚，也做過民進黨的競選總幹事和辦公室主任，選戰經驗極之豐富。本書由他以專業角度拆解選舉工程，從理論到實務，深入探討台灣選舉的眾生百態，藉由撥開眾多選戰花招迷霧，引領讀者建立公民意識、強化自身思考能力。

香港與台灣從來都是互相學習，本地政治人物便經常往台灣觀戰。書中拆解台灣選舉工程中的每一環都十分值得香港選民借鑑。作者深信，每次選舉的結束，都是下次選舉的開始；今次誤投錯的人，只要在下一次修正便好。讀完此書，明白選舉工程的箇中玄機後，冀讀者也能了解甚麼是選舉，更能真正運用手中的選票。

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New Power: How Power Works in Our Hyperconnected World—and How to Make It Work for You

Jeremy Heimans, Henry Timms
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Shortlisted for the Financial Times/McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award
“The best window I’ve seen into this new world.” —David Brooks, The New York Times

In this indispensable guide to navigating the twenty-first century, two visionary thinkers reveal the unexpected ways power is changing--and how 'new power' is reshaping politics, business, and life.

Why do some leap ahead while others fall behind in our chaotic, connected age? In New Power, Jeremy Heimans and Henry Timms confront the biggest stories of our time--the rise of mega-platforms like Facebook and Uber; the out-of-nowhere victories of Obama and Trump; the unexpected emergence of movements like #MeToo--and reveal what's really behind them: the rise of 'new power'.

For most of human history, the rules of power were clear: power was something to be seized and then jealously guarded. This 'old power' was out of reach for the vast majority of people. But our ubiquitous connectivity makes possible a different kind of power. 'New power' is made by many. It is open, participatory, and peer-driven. It works like a current, not a currency--and it is most forceful when it surges. The battle between old and new power is determining who governs us, how we work, and even how we think and feel.

New Power shines fresh light on the cultural phenomena of our day, from #BlackLivesMatter to the Ice Bucket Challenge to Airbnb, uncovering the new power forces that made them huge. Drawing on examples from business, activism, and pop culture, as well as the study of organizations like Lego, NASA, Reddit, and TED, Heimans and Timms explain how to build new power and channel it successfully. They also explore the dark side of these forces: the way ISIS has co-opted new power to monstrous ends, and the rise of the alt-right's 'intensity machine'.

In an era increasingly shaped by new power, this groundbreaking book offers us a new way to understand the world--and our role in it.

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蔡康永的情商課──為你自己活一次

蔡康永
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很多人說要做自己，只是說著玩的。
先弄清自己是怎麼回事，才可能開始做自己啊。──蔡康永

這些年間，他發現有件事跟會說話同樣重要，那就是擁有｢高情商｣。他凝聚30年來在演藝圈摸索出的門道，舉大量實例、動人的故事和對話，以及獨到的幽默感和奇思妙想，幫讀者掃除自卑、恐懼、自欺、空虛……等負面情緒，踏出高情商的第一步。

提高情商，改變的不只是人際關係，甚至能改變一個人的命運。

◆我不是為你活的，你也不是為別人活的。你知道到今天為止，你已經為了別人，放棄了多少自己嗎？
◆情緒，就是我們當下的自己。想要高情商，就要做到適合與平衡，而不是極端的壓抑情緒，或極端的放任情緒。
◆消化情緒需要採取有效的行動，而選擇有效行動的依據，是釐清自己的感受。
◆幸福指需要「人和」──與人和、與自己和。而且最奇妙的是，如果一個人能夠「與自己和」，就能「與別人和」。
◆你也許聽說過，世界有世界的規則，但那不是你的規則。世界上只有一種值得你遵行的規則，那就是～你的規則。
◆你以為情商是壓住你的情緒嗎？如果手腳都被壓住。你要怎麼奔跑與舞蹈？對於情緒，我們要珍惜，並且恰當的分配，而不是壓制或遮蓋。
◆我們的心力，那麼有限，那麼珍貴，你怎麼捨得每分每秒的揮霍你的心力，去評價各種與你無關的人？去反應各種與你無關的事？
◆別老是相信那些動不動就要死要活的戲劇與歌曲，那些東西本來就被設計成情緒的炸彈，誰會抱著炸彈過日子呢？如果想要寧靜，並且內心強大，就要多看書，多與自己相處。
◆所有好看的戲劇，其中的人物情商都很低。追劇時請順便拿出抬槓的精神，當作自己的情商訓練。

(摘錄自博客來網路書店)

Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty

Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo
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From the Winners of the Nobel Prize in Economics
Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo won the Nobel Prize in Economics 2019, along with economist Michael Kremer, for their "experimental approach to alleviating global poverty". READ MORE

Two practical visionaries upend the most common assumptions about how economics works in this gripping and disruptive portrait of how poor people actually live.

Why do the poor borrow to save? Why do they miss out on free life-saving immunizations, but pay for unnecessary drugs? In Poor Economics, Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo, two award-winning MIT professors, answer tby Abhijit Banerjee (Author), Esther Duflo (Author)hese questions based on years of field research from around the world. Called "marvelous, rewarding" by the Wall Street Journal, the book offers a radical rethinking of the economics of poverty and an intimate view of life on 99 cents a day. Poor Economics shows that creating a world without poverty begins with understanding the daily decisions facing the poor.

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香港六七暴動始末——解讀吳荻舟

程翔
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榮獲第十二屆香港書獎

本書共分三部分：探討有關六七暴動的幾個概觀問題，解讀吳荻舟《六七筆記》，並附有吳荻舟遺文。全書的重點是吳荻舟。

吳荻舟長期領導中共在香港的地下黨，掌握中共對香港的政策，他留下來的筆記，反映了當年中共在港的活動，具有重要的歷史價值。「香港六七暴動」的官方檔案尚未解密，吳荻舟筆記提供了暴動期間的內情和一手線索。讀者可以看到：暴動的左傾思想根源、發動暴動的動機和目的、暴動的組織指揮系統，以及總理周恩來在暴動中的角色等，還可以看到吳荻舟對整件事的反思等。

吳荻舟並沒有《六七筆記》這樣的一本書，這是他女兒吳輝發現父親的一本筆記本，裏面記載的都是香港六七年暴動期間中央的內部討論。《六七筆記》是一本工作筆記，不是完整的文章，需要詳加解讀。

本書在前人研究成果的基礎上，對六七暴動以下幾個方面有不少新的發現：在六七暴動的成因、中共同英國秘密協定不反對香港由英國接收、中共一直在香港保存着兩個地位平行的地下組織，一個是已經半公開的「香港工作委員會」，另一個是迄今仍然保密的「香港城市工作委員會」（這個「城工委」外界一無所知）。此外，還有很多所謂「二、三、四線」組織。第四，沙頭角槍擊事件是中央軍委直接部署、由解放軍正規部隊執行的。第五，英國解密檔案對六七暴動研究提供新角度。

(摘錄自 hkbookcity.com)

Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and Warning

Timothy Snyder
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A brilliant, haunting, and profoundly original portrait of the defining tragedy of our time.

In this epic history of extermination and survival, Timothy Snyder presents a new explanation of the great atrocity of the twentieth century, and reveals the risks that we face in the twenty-first. Based on new sources from eastern Europe and forgotten testimonies from Jewish survivors, Black Earth recounts the mass murder of the Jews as an event that is still close to us, more comprehensible than we would like to think, and thus all the more terrifying.

The Holocaust began in a dark but accessible place, in Hitler's mind, with the thought that the elimination of Jews would restore balance to the planet and allow Germans to win the resources they desperately needed. Such a worldview could be realized only if Germany destroyed other states, so Hitler's aim was a colonial war in Europe itself. In the zones of statelessness, almost all Jews died. A few people, the righteous few, aided them, without support from institutions. Much of the new research in this book is devoted to understanding these extraordinary individuals. The almost insurmountable difficulties they faced only confirm the dangers of state destruction and ecological panic. These men and women should be emulated, but in similar circumstances few of us would do so.

By overlooking the lessons of the Holocaust, Snyder concludes, we have misunderstood modernity and endangered the future. The early twenty-first century is coming to resemble the early twentieth, as growing preoccupations with food and water accompany ideological challenges to global order. Our world is closer to Hitler's than we like to admit, and saving it requires us to see the Holocaust as it was -- and ourselves as we are.

Groundbreaking, authoritative, and utterly absorbing, Black Earth reveals a Holocaust that is not only history but warning.

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“Stars Without a Heaven: Children in the Holocaust” Exhibition 
Date: 16-31 October 2019
Time: Monday to Sunday, 8:30am-11:00pm.
Venue: Wofoo Foundation Gallery, Run Run Shaw Library, City University of Hong Kong
Admission: Free of charge
For enquiries, please email to lb@cityu.edu.hk
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收集夢的剪貼簿 (House of Day, House of Night)

奧爾嘉．朵卡萩 (Olga Tokarczuk)
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作者獲得2018年度的諾貝爾文學獎。

非線性小說的傑作，入圍2004年IMPAC都柏林國際文學獎決選，獲1999年波蘭尼刻文學獎

我在做夢，我覺得時間走得沒有盡頭。沒有以前，也沒有以後……
新魯達位於歐洲的心臟地帶，曾是個身分不明的地方，過去屬於波蘭、德國、捷克、奧匈帝國，現歸屬波蘭，語言與邊界的更迭造成此地生活的特異性。

敘事者與她的先生Ｒ搬來這裡居住，她是一個收集夢的人，收自己的夢與他人的夢，她發現了這個地方藏著許多祕密，藉由與奇特的鄰居老婆婆瑪爾塔的交往，從中得知許多當地的奇聞軼事、過往的歷史，以及生活的見解。

夢的獨白與對白穿插在文本中，交疊錯綜著現實生活的風俗民情刻畫、自我對話的哲思、歷史訊息的隱藏符碼、超現實的神話傳奇軼聞等，將整體交織成一部層次豐富、思維飽滿的多稜鏡，提供各個面向的觀照。因此，穿過敘事者的意識層，可以發現這部小說的主角其實是夢，夢掩藏著也承載著人的生存意義，敘事者試圖從中獲得什麼，端視讀者從中讀到了什麼，這是一部有著高度互動性、可撕黏性的文本。

情節以非線性剪接的方式呈現，接連出現的夢，彷彿呼應著榮格的「同步性」，將一幕幕非偶然的偶然，排演出一場多重意義的群舞：時間的秩序、空間的界線、意識的刻度、情感的對位、信仰的永恆、生活的本質、死亡的勝利……

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Writing Your Journal Article in Twelve Weeks: A Guide to Academic Publishing Success

Wendy Laura Belcher
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“Wow. No one ever told me this!” Wendy Laura Belcher has heard this countless times throughout her years of teaching and advising academics on how to write journal articles. Scholars know they must publish, but few have been told how to do so. So Belcher made it her mission to demystify the writing process. The result was Writing Your Journal Article in Twelve Weeks, which takes this overwhelming task and breaks it into small, manageable steps. For the past decade, this guide has been the go-to source for those creating articles for peer-reviewed journals. It has enabled thousands to overcome their anxieties and produce the publications that are essential to succeeding in their fields.

With this new edition, Belcher expands her advice to reach beginning scholars in even more disciplines. She builds on feedback from professors and graduate students who have successfully used the workbook to complete their articles. A new chapter addresses scholars who are writing from scratch. This edition also includes more targeted exercises and checklists, as well as the latest research on productivity and scholarly writing. Writing Your Journal Article in Twelve Weeks is the only reference to combine expert guidance with a step-by-step workbook. Each week, readers learn a feature of strong articles and work on revising theirs accordingly. Every day is mapped out, taking the guesswork and worry out of writing. There are tasks, templates, and reminders. At the end of twelve weeks, graduate students, recent PhDs, postdoctoral fellows, adjunct instructors, junior faculty, and international faculty will feel confident they know that the rules of academic publishing and have the tools they need to succeed.

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失治之城 : 掙扎求存的香港 (A City Mismanaged: Hong Kong's Struggle for Survival)

顧汝德 (Leo F. Goodstadt)
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作者顧汝德為前中央政策組首席顧問，曾為港英政府出謀獻策，本書聚焦房屋供應、醫療和教育等普羅讀者最關心的民生福祉，提供相關的數據及文獻，全面分析香港管治制度崩壞的主要因由。

從土地大缺失、「劏房」貧民窟湧現、公營醫療「爆煲」、到中港融合的錯誤定位，點出歷任行政長官及其治港班子的一連串災難性的失策及弊政，如何危害香港人的財產、生活素質以至人命安全。

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On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century

Timothy Snyder
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#1 New York Times Bestseller •

The Founding Fathers tried to protect us from the threat they knew, the tyranny that overcame ancient democracy. Today, our political order faces new threats, not unlike the totalitarianism of the twentieth century. We are no wiser than the Europeans who saw democracy yield to fascism, Nazism, or communism. Our one advantage is that we might learn from their experience.

On Tyranny is a call to arms and a guide to resistance, with invaluable ideas for how we can preserve our freedoms in the uncertain years to come.

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深度學習力：學歷貶值時代，MIT博士教你從大學就脫穎而出的75個成功法則 (How to Win at College)

卡爾‧紐波特 (Cal Newport)
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超級暢銷書《Deep Work深度工作力》作者 ╳ MIT博士
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寫給年輕世代的深度學習指南
讓大學成為你前途的跳板

學歷貶值時代，上大學絕對不只是為了那張畢業證書！
如何利用大學4年培養真正的實力？
如何在踏出校園之前就替未來做好準備？

更重要的是……如何在培養競爭力的同時，又能享受充實而美好的校園生活？

除了自身擁有極具效率的時間管理方法與極富成效的學習成果，
卡爾．紐波特也採訪了哈佛大學、史丹佛大學等名校裡最優秀的學生們，
追問他們有關時間管理、讀書，以及平衡社交與用功的方法。

．該怎麼準備考試和報告？
．該參加哪些課外活動？
．該怎麼和教授互動？
．什麼才是刺激思維又維持樂觀的好方法？
．該如何平衡愉快的社交生活與雄心勃勃的日程表？
．怎麼樣才能量身訂製完美的活動，符合你的能力、興趣與喜好？

這些是每個學生都該提出的重要問題，而答案就在本書裡。
本書列舉了優秀大學生必備的75個成功法則，
你不必是天才，也不需要超強記憶力，
就能給自己更好的未來，同時還能享有健康的睡眠與愉快的社交生活。

在擁有足夠智慧與滿腔熱血的年紀，不該浪費你的才華與熱情。
善用校園的軟硬體資源，結識能給自己啟發與靈感的教授、同學，以豐沛的資源與支援為後盾，
你可以更有野心、更有計畫地，讓大學4年不光是苦讀或玩樂，更是前途的跳板！

大學時期培養的態度與習慣，將是一生受用無窮的寶藏—— 《深度學習力》就是引領你脫穎而出的一把鑰匙。

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Think Like Da Vinci: 7 Easy Steps to Boosting Your Everyday Genius

by Michael Gelb
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...... this book shows you how to imitate Leonardo Da Vinci's thought processes and so enhance your aptitude in every area of your life. Learn how to fulfill your true potential by developing the thought processes used by Renaissance master Leonardo Da Vinci. Simply by imitating his insatiable quest for information and experience, we can all enhance our own aptitude in all facets of our lives. Michael Gelb discusses the seven fundamental elements of Da Vinci's thought process and offers practical ways to incorporate them into our own lives.

The techniques outlined in the book help readers to develop the same traits of whole-brain thinking, creative problem solving and continuous learning, all of which are vital in today's world. Numerous exercises, anecdotes and illustrations help readers to master these techniques and create a personal and professional renaissance of their very own.

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Leonardo da Vinci









“Leonardo da Vinci: Art & Science. Then & Now” Exhibition
Date: From 20 September to 15 December 2019 (closed on Monday)
Time: 10:00 am to 7:00 pm (Free entrance)
Venue: 18/F, Lau Ming Wai Academic Building, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon
Admission: Free of charge
Website: https://www.cityu.edu.hk/ceg/exhibitions/daVinci

On the 500th anniversary of the death of the Renaissance master Leonardo da Vinci, City University of Hong Kong (CityU) Exhibition Gallery is pleased to present “Leonardo da Vinci: Art & Science. Then & Now” from 20 September to 15 December 2019 in collaboration with the Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan. READ MORE

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董橋
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這本書裏三十一篇英美藝文漫寫，寫的作家幾乎都是董橋喜歡的作家。董橋說他喜歡的英美作家遠遠不止這些，手頭材料還可以多寫一兩本這樣的書。是職業也是興趣，這輩子他喜歡過的作家真不少，但是他又說，值不值得寫是一回事，想不想寫又是一回事。有些作家他先前喜歡後來不喜歡。有些作家原先不喜歡後來喜歡。

(摘錄自cosmosbooks.com.hk)

Without Saying a Word: Master the Science of Body Language and Maximize Your Success

by Kasia Wezowski, Patryk Wezowski
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One wrong move can undercut your message. Believe it or not, our bodies speak louder than our words. Postures, gestures, and expressions convey reams of information—and often not what you’d expect. A smile, for example, is usually considered welcoming. But crook one corner of your mouth higher and you project superiority, subconsciously chasing other people away. Without Saying a Word explains how even the subtlest motions have meaning. Distilling decades of research, the book deciphers these unspoken signals: from facial expressions and fleeting micro expressions to positive and negative body language. Discover which postures and gestures indicate confidence and build rapport—and which reveal disinterest, arrogance, or even aggression. Learn to end off-putting habits, accentuate good ones, and become an authentic and effective communicator. Exhibiting body language that is open, honest, and self-assured increases your social influence and enhances your skill as a negotiator . . . while the ability to read the emotions and intentions of others is equally indispensable. Whether you’re making a presentation, pitching a project, or closing a deal, the right body language can be your best ally.

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根著我城: 戰後至2000年代的香港文學

陳智德
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了解香港文學，必須從這本開始！

香港文學的發展不是建立在對於「非本土」的否定之上，也不是簡單地由無到有的過程，實際上存在更多的矛盾、游離。本土與非本土共同構成香港文學本土意識的複雜性，結合流動與根著的辯證，作為本書《根著我城：戰後至2000年代的香港文學》回顧、論述戰後至2000年代香港文學的核心。

陳智德的《根著我城》以文學史架構為綱的系統論述，主要論及的作家包括望雲（張吻冰）、趙滋蕃、張一帆、阮朗、曹聚仁、徐訏、力匡、舒巷城、楊際光、馬朗、蔡炎培、劉以鬯、西西、梁秉鈞（也斯）、鄧阿藍、洛楓、董啟章、潘國靈、謝曉虹；也旁及符公望、黃雨、沙鷗、葉靈鳳、陳君葆、何達、唐君毅、林以亮、夏侯無忌（齊桓）、司馬長風、吳煦斌、松木（蔡振興）、戴天、馬覺、崑南、盧因、陳冠中、葉輝、游靜、馬國明、李碧華、辛其氏、郭麗容、鍾玲玲等。

書中論及的作品始自戰後初期黃雨、符公望的左翼詩歌、1950年代趙滋蕃、阮朗、徐訏等人的小說，下迄2007年董啟章《時間繁史‧啞瓷之光》和陳冠中《事後：本土文化誌》等；亦從報刊研究角度分析《華僑日報‧學生週刊》、《七○年代雙週刊》、《越界》、《香港文學（雙月刊）》、《今天‧香港文化專輯》等刊物的時代意義和文學史位置，探討議題含括左翼詩歌、反共小說、寫實主義文學、現代主義文學以及有關方言詩歌、自我改造、新民主主義文藝等概念，是陳智德無間斷地從事香港文學研究二十年成果的階段性總匯。

陳智德在《根著我城》一書討論香港文學的不同之處是本土意識的不同面向。1930年代至2000年代多種不同時代、不同風格的作品，香港文學的本土意識，在不同年代具有不同的方向，而本土意識並不等於對地方人事的肯定，也可以包括對地方的否定和批評。因應近現代中國歷史發展的特殊狀況，認識香港文學以至台灣文學的個別性發展，才能認識中國現當代文學的全局，因此本土並不狹窄，反而是通往普遍之途，正如抗戰時期的民族形式論爭所提出，地方認同並不與民族認同相矛盾。

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The Power of Human: How Our Shared Humanity Can Help Us Create a Better World

Adam Waytz
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An urgent yet hopeful analysis of the surge in dehumanization, and how we can reverse it.

The unprecedented access to other humans that technology provides has ironically freed us from engaging with them. Thanks to social media, we can know a campaigning politician's platform; an avid traveler's restaurant recommendations; and the daily emotional fluctuations of our friends without ever even picking up the phone. According to social psychologist Adam Waytz, our increasingly human-free lives come with a serious cost that we've already begun to pay: the loss of our humanity.

Humans have superpowers. More than any other psychological stimulus, our presence can make experiences feel significant, inspire moral behavior, and encourage action. Recent studies suggest that we even have power over mortality - the survival rate of individuals with stronger social relationships has been found to be twice as high as those with weak relationships.

The Power of Human shows us how to rehumanize and harness these unique abilities to improve our lives, beginning with our jobs. The remedy for the dehumanized worker is twofold. Employers, Waytz argues, must instill humanity into work by capitalizing on distinctly human skills, especially sociability and variability. Meanwhile, workers need to put to rest the idea that you are what you do and instead detach their personal identities from their occupations. Waytz offers a similarly science-based method to counter the rising threat that technology poses to our humanity, outlining how we can design human-machine partnerships that optimize the strengths of both parties. Finally, he reveals how, by humanizing intimacy and conflict in unexpected ways, we can strengthen relationships with both our friends and enemies. Essential listening for individuals and institutions alike, The Power of Human explains how we can solve one of our time's biggest problems by better utilizing the influence we have on one another.

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疏離的人心:香港社會思潮評析

黃海
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香港回歸中國已20年有餘，但香港人心卻愈發疏離。到底有甚麼原因驅使香港人漸行漸遠？中央政府和香港特區政府又應如何回應社會訴求？《疏離的人心：香港社會思潮評析》正是對這種疏離心態的全面描述。

要了解疏離問題的癥結所在，必須從剖析香港近年的社會思潮入手。本書共八個章節，從不同角度探討香港現存的社會問題，研究範圍觸及香港傳統核心價值、政治及民主發展爭議、社會貧富懸殊問題、特區政府管治能力、日漸激烈的中港矛盾、近年冒起的本土主義以至分離主義思潮，以及「一國兩制」前景，藉此發掘人心歸向的主題。

近年有關人心背向的討論廣受注目，卻甚少有針對此重大議題的專著。香港面臨2047年後「二次前途」安排，本書正好讓關心香港社會和前景的社會人士及年輕一代，對香港思潮有更深入的了解。

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The New Science of Learning: How to Learn in Harmony With Your Brain

Terry Doyle, Todd D. Zakrajsek, Kathleen F. Gabriel (Foreword)
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Learning to learn is the key skill for tomorrow. This breakthrough book builds the foundation every student needs, from freshman orientation to graduate school.

The second edition of this bestselling student text has been considerably updated with the latest findings from cognitive science that further illuminate learning for students, and help them understand what’s involved in retaining new information.

Beyond updating every chapter with insights from new research, this edition introduces a range of additional topics – such as cognitive load, learned helplessness, and persistence – all of which provide students with immediately usable information on how to regulate their lives to maximize learning and fulfillment in college.

The premise of this book remains that brain science shows that most students' learning strategies are highly inefficient, ineffective or just plain wrong; and that while all learning requires effort, better learning does not require more effort, but rather effectively aligning how the brain naturally learns with the demands of intellectual work. This book explicates for students what is involved in learning new material, how the human brain processes new information, and what it takes for that information to stick, even after the test.

This succinct book explains straightforward strategies for changing how to prepare to learn, engage with course material, and set about improving recall of newly learned material at will. This is not another book about study skills and time management strategies, but instead an easy-to-read description of the research about how the human brain learns in a way that students can put into practice right away.

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大學不迷茫 : 願你的青春無所畏懼, 亦不留遺憾

李尚龍
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寫給年輕的你，最重要人生成長手冊
願你的青春歲月無所畏懼，亦不留遺憾！

無論你是將要進入大學，正在大學就讀，或是剛剛離開大學，
這十年都是你最重要的成長攀升期，
這世界從來不在乎你多麼努力，只在乎你努力的成效，
不要落入「你以為你在努力，其實你只是在浪費青春」陷阱中，
唯有獲得爆發式成長，才有機會邁向更精彩、更自由、更有意義的人生。

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Eyes in the Sky: The Secret Rise of Gorgon Stare and How It Will Watch Us All

Holland Michel Arthur
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The fascinating history and unnerving future of high-tech aerial surveillance, from its secret military origins to its growing use on American citizens

Eyes in the Sky is the authoritative account of how the Pentagon secretly developed a godlike surveillance system for monitoring America's enemies overseas, and how it is now being used to watch us in our own backyards. Whereas a regular aerial camera can only capture a small patch of ground at any given time, this system—and its most powerful iteration, Gorgon Stare—allow operators to track thousands of moving targets at once, both forwards and backwards in time, across whole city-sized areas. When fused with big-data analysis techniques, this network can be used to watch everything simultaneously, and perhaps even predict attacks before they happen.

In battle, Gorgon Stare and other systems like it have saved countless lives, but when this technology is deployed over American cities—as it already has been, extensively and largely in secret—it has the potential to become the most nightmarishly powerful visual surveillance system ever built. While it may well solve serious crimes and even help ease the traffic along your morning commute, it could also enable far more sinister and dangerous intrusions into our lives. This is closed-circuit television on steroids. Facebook in the heavens.

Drawing on extensive access within the Pentagon and in the companies and government labs that developed these devices, Eyes in the Sky reveals how a top-secret team of mad scientists brought Gorgon Stare into existence, how it has come to pose an unprecedented threat to our privacy and freedom, and how we might still capitalize on its great promise while avoiding its many perils.

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讚爭: 按讚已成為武器, 中國、俄羅斯、川普、恐怖組織、帶風向者、內容農場，如何操縱社群媒體, 甚至……不知不覺統治了你 (LikeWar)

P.W. 辛格 (P. W. Singer), 艾默生．T．布魯金 (Emerson T. Brooking)
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這就是21世紀最新的戰爭型態：讚爭。
不需要任何武器，只要你曾在網路上按了讚＋分享，你就參戰了。
不管你對這個「讚」是真有興趣或出自好玩，
有心人就是會一直對你「感興趣」。

本書作者P．W．辛格（P. W. Singer）和艾默生．T．布魯金（Emerson T. Brooking），是智庫機構「新美國」的戰略專家，以及美國外交關係協會研究員，他們親自走訪社群媒體公司、美國國防部與情報系統，了解「網路戰」到底怎麼進行？酸民如何養成？為什麼一開始的單純小摩擦，最後卻演變成「砲轟」、「找碴」，甚至是槍殺？有人該為此負責嗎？ 中國、俄羅斯、川普、恐怖組織、帶風向者、內容農場，又是如何操縱社群媒體？

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

Claire L. Evans
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Amazon.com Review
An Amazon Best Book of March 2018: Fascinating and often moving, Broad Band sheds light on the true stories of women who pioneered crucial technological and social leaps throughout the history of computing. Much like the dedicated female mathematicians in Hidden Figures, the women in Broad Band solved new and complex technical problems while also dealing with stifling social mores that kept them marginalized in the writing of the “official” history. Author and VICE reporter Claire L. Evans relates these stories with a candor and humor that matches the relentless spirit of the subjects. Broad Band is an inspiring and timely read for anyone interested in the digital world. --Matt Fyffe

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最高休息法 : 經耶魯大學精神醫療研究實證 (The Neuroscience of Mindfulness)

久賀谷亮
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★一出版即蟬聯Amazon.jp「商業類」暢銷榜TOP1

擁有不受困於「疲勞感」的人生！
腦部的疲勞一旦慢性化，
不論在工作或生活上的表現只會越來越差。
與肉體的疲勞不同，即使有讓身體好好休息，
大腦的疲勞依舊會在不知不覺中不斷累積，
嚴重時，甚至會導致心理疾病。

累的不是身體，是大腦。
大腦休息法=冥想正念！
既不必花錢，也不需要特殊工具，
只要有「累積了疲勞的腦袋」+「短短10分鐘的時間」
任何人都能立刻做到的簡單又具威力的方法。
實行過的人都一定會異口同聲地說：「腦袋超清爽！」

每天只要10分鐘，腦袋就能馬上重新活過來！
本書收錄了「消除腦部疲勞的七個休息法」，
還有腦科學研究最前線之醫師監製的特別音檔。
此外，針對「飲食」、「美容與健康」、「運動」、「育兒」、「年老」等生活情境，收錄與正念相關的知識專欄。

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The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life

Mark Manson
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In this generation-defining self-help guide, a superstar blogger cuts through the crap to show us how to stop trying to be positive all the time so that we can truly become better, happier people.

For decades we've been told that positive thinking is the key to a happy, rich life. "F*ck positivity," Mark Manson says. "Let's be honest, shit is f*cked, and we have to live with it." In his wildly popular Internet blog, Manson doesn't sugarcoat or equivocate. He tells it like it is - a dose of raw, refreshing, honest truth that is sorely lacking today. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck is his antidote to the coddling, let's-all-feel-good mind-set that has infected modern society and spoiled a generation, rewarding them with gold medals just for showing up.

Manson makes the argument, backed by both academic research and well-timed poop jokes, that improving our lives hinges not on our ability to turn lemons into lemonade but on learning to stomach lemons better. Human beings are flawed and limited - "not everybody can be extraordinary; there are winners and losers in society, and some of it is not fair or your fault". Manson advises us to get to know our limitations and accept them. Once we embrace our fears, faults, and uncertainties, once we stop running and avoiding and start confronting painful truths, we can begin to find the courage, perseverance, honesty, responsibility, curiosity, and forgiveness we seek.

There are only so many things we can give a f*ck about, so we need to figure out which ones really matter, Manson makes clear. While money is nice, caring about what you do with your life is better, because true wealth is about experience. A much-needed grab-you-by-the-shoulders-and-look-you-in-the-eye moment of real talk, filled with entertaining stories and profane, ruthless humor, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck is a refreshing slap for a generation to help them lead contented, grounded lives.

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心靈地圖 : 追求愛和成長之路 (The Road Less Traveled)

史考特．派克 (M. Scott Peck, M.D.)
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我們對現實的種種看法，交織成一張心靈地圖。要能安然走完人生中美好卻又艱辛的長路，最大的挑戰在於它需要不斷的修訂；然而修訂的工作往往艱苦，令人卻步。

派克博士 (M. Scott Peck, M.D.)是哈佛大學及凱斯西方保留大學醫學博士。曾服務於陸軍醫療部隊、擔任精神科開業醫師，協助無數的組織建立真誠共識團體。他在本書中娓娓道來生命的本質，唯有靠「愛」與「紀律」，藉由真愛的動力、擴充滋養自我與他人的視野，達至心靈的成長。

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The 5 AM Club: Own Your Morning. Elevate Your Life

Robin Sharma
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Legendary leadership and elite performance expert Robin Sharma introduced The 5am Club concept over twenty years ago, based on a revolutionary morning routine that has helped his clients maximize their productivity, activate their best health and bulletproof their serenity in this age of overwhelming complexity.

Now, in this life-changing book, handcrafted by the author over a rigorous four-year period, you will discover the early-rising habit that has helped so many accomplish epic results while upgrading their happiness, helpfulness and feelings of aliveness.

Through an enchanting—and often amusing—story about two struggling strangers who meet an eccentric tycoon who becomes their secret mentor, The 5am Club will walk you through:

．How great geniuses, business titans and the world’s wisest people start their mornings to produce astonishing achievements
．A little-known formula you can use instantly to wake up early feeling inspired, focused and flooded with a fiery drive to get the most out of each day
．A step-by-step method to protect the quietest hours of daybreak so you have time for exercise, self-renewal and personal growth
．A neuroscience-based practice proven to help make it easy to rise while most people are sleeping, giving you precious time for yourself to think, express your creativity and begin the day peacefully instead of being rushed
．“Insider-only” tactics to defend your gifts, talents and dreams against digital distraction and trivial diversions so you enjoy fortune, influence and a magnificent impact on the world

Part manifesto for mastery, part playbook for genius-grade productivity and part companion for a life lived beautifully, The 5am Club is a work that will transform your life. Forever.

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在加多利山尋找張愛玲

馮睎乾
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──因為懂得，所以慈悲。
──我們回不去了。
──見了他，她變得很低很低，低到塵埃裏。
──長的是磨難，短的是人生。
──生命是一襲華美的袍，爬滿了蚤子。

這些句子，可能你都熟悉，更因此愛上張愛玲其他文字。但，你真的了解張愛玲嗎？你可知道張愛玲最怕死？最喜歡吃叉燒炒飯？最喜歡用什麼方式占卜？還曾經寫信給王家衛？會用佛洛伊德的角度看李商隱的詩？會寫出「盡我最大力量，別的就管他娘」（I do my best and damn the rest / Do my damnedest and the rest be damned）這種句子？翻開張愛玲寫給友人的書信、散文稿、筆記簿，發現她的內心世界如此豐富又複雜。一起跟作者走進張愛玲的內心世界，重新認識《小團圓》、《少帥》等作品，以及她從上海到香港、到美國的生活點滴。

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Civil Unrest and Governance in Hong Kong: Law and Order from Historical and Cultural Perspectives

by Michael H. K. Ng (Editor), John D Wong (Editor)
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This book examines important social movements in Hong Kong from the perspectives of historical and cultural studies. Conventionally regarded as one of the most politically stable cities in Asia, Hong Kong has yet witnessed many demonstrations and struggles against the colonial and post-colonial governments during the past one hundred years. Many of these movements were brought about in the name of justice and unfolded against the context of global unrest. Focusing on the local developments yet mindful of the international backdrop, this volume explores the imaginaries of law and order that these movements engendered, revealing a complex interplay among evolving notions of justice, governance, law and order and cultural creations throughout the under-explored history of instability in Hong Kong. Underscoring the apparently contrasting discourses on the relationship among the rule of law, law and order and social movements in Hong Kong, the contributors emphasise the need to re-examine the conventional juxtaposition of the law and civil unrest. Readers who have an interest in Asian studies, socio-political studies, legal studies, cultural studies and history would welcome this volume of unique interdisciplinarity.

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余英時回憶錄

余英時
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榮獲第十二屆香港書獎

從一九三七年抗日開始到今天，是中國現代史上變亂最劇烈的一段時期。我深切感到：如何將這一特殊歷史階段的重大變動在訪談稿中呈現出來，其意義遠大於追溯我個人生命史的發展。回憶錄因個人的處境互異而各有不同，這是不可避免的。我一生都在研究和教學中渡過，因此回憶也只能騁馳在學術、思想和文化的領域之內。不用說，我所經歷的世變也是通過這一特殊領域得來的。我希望我的回憶對於這一段歷史流變的認識稍有所助。同時我也相信，一定會有和我同代的其他學人，以不同方式留下他們的回憶。這樣的回憶越多越好，可以互證所同、互校所異。出版這部「回憶錄」的另一動機：拋磚引玉，激起更多學人追憶往事的興趣。如果允許我再有一個奢望，我想說：我在《回憶錄》中所記述的個人學思歷程，無論得失如何，也許可以獻給新一代求學的朋友們，作為一種參考。——余英時

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Bruce Lee: A Life

by Matthew Polly
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“The first noteworthy treatment of its subject—and a definitive one at that...Fascinating narrative threads proliferate.” —The New York Times Book Review

The most authoritative biography—featuring dozens of rarely seen photographs—of film legend Bruce Lee, who made martial arts a global phenomenon, bridged the divide between Eastern and Western cultures, and smashed long-held stereotypes of Asians and Asian-Americans.

Forty-five years after Bruce Lee’s sudden death at age thirty-two, journalist and bestselling author Matthew Polly has written the definitive account of Lee’s life. It’s also one of the only accounts; incredibly, there has never been an authoritative biography of Lee. Following a decade of research that included conducting more than one hundred interviews with Lee’s family, friends, business associates, and even the actress in whose bed Lee died, Polly has constructed a complex, humane portrait of the icon.

Polly explores Lee’s early years as a child star in Hong Kong cinema; his actor father’s struggles with opium addiction and how that turned Bruce into a troublemaking teenager who was kicked out of high school and eventually sent to America to shape up...

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逆境商數AQ: 如何在逆境中打造成功人生

譚春虹
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這是一本關於成功的書，一本關於走出逆境、贏得成功的書。如果你曾經因為陷入逆境而失落、迷茫和痛苦，因為失敗而沮喪、頹廢、無法振作，那麼，你就讀讀這本書吧。

逆商也就是逆境智商，它是指人們在面對逆境或失敗時的反應能力，是一種不敗於任何逆境的生活態度和思考方式。

20世紀90年代中期，美國著名學者、白宮知名商業顧問保羅．史托茲教授首次提出「逆商」概念，並迅速在歐美普及開來。越來越多的人開始參加逆商測試，上百家著名公司新增了固定的逆商培訓專案。如今，逆商已經成為職場競爭的重要法寶。

本書以保羅．史托茲教授的逆商理論為基礎，總結了逆商的最新研究成果，詳細闡述了當人們遇到各種變動、失敗和挫折時，容易掉進哪些導致失敗的陷阱，並提供了實際有效的應付逆境的方法和提升逆商的技巧，教您學會運用逆商這一行之有效的工具去增強自己處理逆境的能力，使自己在急劇變動的社會環境中變得更有生產力、創造力和競爭力。

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Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy

by Cathy O'Neil
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Longlisted for the National Book Award
New York Times Bestseller

A former Wall Street quant sounds an alarm on the mathematical models that pervade modern life — and threaten to rip apart our social fabric

We live in the age of the algorithm. Increasingly, the decisions that affect our lives—where we go to school, whether we get a car loan, how much we pay for health insurance—are being made not by humans, but by mathematical models. In theory, this should lead to greater fairness: Everyone is judged according to the same rules, and bias is eliminated.

But as Cathy O’Neil reveals in this urgent and necessary book, the opposite is true. The models being used today are opaque, unregulated, and uncontestable, even when they’re wrong. Most troubling, they reinforce discrimination: If a poor student can’t get a loan because a lending model deems him too risky (by virtue of his zip code), he’s then cut off from the kind of education that could pull him out of poverty, and a vicious spiral ensues. Models are propping up the lucky and punishing the downtrodden, creating a “toxic cocktail for democracy.” Welcome to the dark side of Big Data.

Tracing the arc of a person’s life, O’Neil exposes the black box models that shape our future, both as individuals and as a society. These “weapons of math destruction” score teachers and students, sort résumés, grant (or deny) loans, evaluate workers, target voters, set parole, and monitor our health.

O’Neil calls on modelers to take more responsibility for their algorithms and on policy makers to regulate their use. But in the end, it’s up to us to become more savvy about the models that govern our lives. This important book empowers us to ask the tough questions, uncover the truth, and demand change.

— Longlist for National Book Award (Non-Fiction)
— Goodreads, semi-finalist for the 2016 Goodreads Choice Awards (Science and Technology)
— Kirkus, Best Books of 2016
— New York Times, 100 Notable Books of 2016 (Non-Fiction)
— The Guardian, Best Books of 2016
— WBUR's "On Point," Best Books of 2016: Staff Picks
— Boston Globe, Best Books of 2016, Non-Fiction

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香港地區報 : 18區文藝地圖

鄧家宙; 繪者： Carmen Ng
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平日不以為意的城市風景，在極富想像力和細膩的插畫演繹下，也可變得大異其趣。本書以漫遊香港18區為主題，讀者可從插畫重新細味區內不同的古蹟、地標建築、文青據點及郊遊玩樂點，輕鬆地來個深度的風俗歷史文化遊。

　　十八份關於「香港地」的文藝號外！
　　從紙上重新發現
　　我城歷史和文藝風景的可愛！

本地年輕插畫家Carmen Ng，今次以0.03mm代針筆極細膩地重新勾勒香港十八區景點，網羅四百多個歷史文化古蹟、地標建築、文青藝術潮流據點及郊遊玩樂點，其水彩畫作充滿天馬行空點子，自成一格，更有香港史學會的鄧家宙博士之精練闡釋，如數家珍地把香港地景點背後的掌故和趣聞與畫作有機地結合，讓平日我們不以為意的城市風景，都變得大異其趣。

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Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire: A 500-Year History

by Kurt Andersen
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “The single most important explanation, and the fullest explanation, of how Donald Trump became president of the United States . . . nothing less than the most important book that I have read this year.”—Lawrence O’Donnell

How did we get here?

In this sweeping, eloquent history of America, Kurt Andersen shows that what’s happening in our country today—this post-factual, “fake news” moment we’re all living through—is not something new, but rather the ultimate expression of our national character. America was founded by wishful dreamers, magical thinkers, and true believers, by hucksters and their suckers. Fantasy is deeply embedded in our DNA.

Over the course of five centuries—from the Salem witch trials to Scientology to the Satanic Panic of the 1980s, from P. T. Barnum to Hollywood and the anything-goes, wild-and-crazy sixties, from conspiracy theories to our fetish for guns and obsession with extraterrestrials—our love of the fantastic has made America exceptional in a way that we've never fully acknowledged. From the start, our ultra-individualism was attached to epic dreams and epic fantasies—every citizen was free to believe absolutely anything, or to pretend to be absolutely anybody. With the gleeful erudition and tell-it-like-it-is ferocity of a Christopher Hitchens, Andersen explores whether the great American experiment in liberty has gone off the rails.

Fantasyland could not appear at a more perfect moment. If you want to understand Donald Trump and the culture of twenty-first-century America, if you want to know how the lines between reality and illusion have become dangerously blurred, you must read this book.

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關於跑步，我說的其實是

村上春樹
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寫作滿三十年前夕
村上春樹透過談跑步，道出自己不為人所知的寫作觀。

25年前村上春樹開始他的第一次跑步。那是1982年的秋天，三十三歲那一年，寫完《尋羊冒險記》，村上先生因為戒煙而體重增加，為了減肥，開始了他的第一步。從那以後村上接連不斷地跑，他曾經跑完雅典的全程馬拉松，也參加波士頓馬拉松比賽，平日每天幾乎都跑上十公里，可以說除了寫作，跑步已經是他最在行的事。

村上在這本書《關於跑步，我說的其實是……》中藉著記錄整理自己的經驗與思緒，分享他在跑步中所理解的人生以及寫作觀。至於書名是什麼意思？其實這本書的日文原名就是以外來語思維所寫的（What I Talk About When I Talk About Running），這個名稱明顯是向他喜愛的美國小說家瑞蒙‧卡佛名作之一《當我們討論愛情》（What We Talk About When We Talk About Love）致敬。

村上說如果他可以選擇自己的墓誌銘，猜猜看他想寫上什麼？答案就在書裡。

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Stick with It: The Science of Lasting Behaviour

Sean Young
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Learn how to make real, lasting changes in your life

We all have bad habits - whether it's a weakness for junk food, a smartphone addiction or a lack of exercise. But change is hard. Forty percent of dieters quit within a week. Eighty percent of New Year's resolutions don't last beyond January. How can we kick bad habits - and stick with it?

According to psychologist and behaviour researcher Dr Sean Young, the answer is to stop trying to change the person, and instead change the process. In Stick With It, Dr Young draws on his own research and that of other leading experts to explain how the mind often interferes with breaking bad habits, and how we can outsmart it, increasing the likelihood of lasting change by 200%.

Packed with practical exercises and real-life case studies, Stick With It shows that it is possible to control spending, stick to a diet, exercise regularly and overcome problem behaviours - forever.

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當日出日落同步上演 : 致香港流行文化, 2012-2017

阿果
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對香港人來說，2012至2017年，是無法忘記，甚至影響深遠的五年。

我們送走了曾蔭權，迎來了梁振英，又過渡至林鄭月娥；經歷了幾場龐大的社會運動，一起反國教，要求看電視，喊著特首下台，也曾撐起雨傘──這些記憶我們歷歷在目。

那麼，這段時間的流行文化，你記得幾多？與政局大事相比，流行文化被看為次要──聽一首歌，看一套劇集，究竟有幾重要？這些明星八卦新聞，這些不合情理的節目，為什麼值得一提再提？

「我已經無睇TVB好耐啦！」
「我唔聽廣東歌架啦！」
「我當然要XXX，而唔要XXX！」

這些說話，我們不陌生。然而，打開Facebook研究數據，在茶餐廳做田野考察的時候，你會發現現實的世界不是這樣。

「我已經無睇TVB好耐啦！」（但談論某劇集的時候，個個都能發表幾句，最多聽到的一句是「同其他TVB的劇集好唔同」。）
「我唔聽廣東歌架啦！」（但某歌手登上頒獎禮的台上時，整個Facebook都在share/ comment。）

這是流行文化的厲害之處。

更重要的是，以為流行文化是獨立於整個社會氣候環境而風花雪月嗎？恐怕不是如此。

我們有什麼電視台，看怎樣的電視節目，其實都是（我們很討厭的）政治。是以，被人詬病的大台繼續一台獨大，有著改革野心大量投資的電視台不獲發牌。

看回這幾年的流行文化大事，我們看見的是香港故事。在我們以為最困難的時候，有些人、有些事就悄悄冒起──這幾年，是日出與日落同時上演的時刻，也是我們的轉折點。

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How to Have a Great Career: Find Your Passion, Achieve Your Goals, Love What You Do

Larry Smith
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Whether you are just starting out or are reinventing yourself, Larry Smith will show you how to turn what you love into what you do

For the past three decades, Professor Larry Smith has become something of a “career whisperer” for his students at the University of Waterloo. His guidance has helped steer more than twenty-five thousand students to careers they love at companies like Facebook, Amazon, Tesla and Google, to name just a few. But most of us are left to figure out one of the biggest decisions of our lives on our own. Each year, millions of talented college and university students graduate with little or no real sense of what their next step will be. And shifting economies and life circumstances often send us down the wrong career path, or down one that isn’t a perfect fit for our skills and personalities—even if we are often unaware of it. But it is possible—even if you already have a foothold in a career—to make changes that will result in renewed passion and success that is greater than anything you’ve ever imagined.

With his straightforward, no-nonsense approach, Smith itemizes and dismisses all the usual excuses, fears and worries that people hide behind when trying to find their true direction. He shows how it is possible to change course and get on the right path. It won’t necessarily be easy, but if you follow Smith’s guidance, your career dreams can come true.

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