Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language

Gretchen McCulloch
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An Instant New York Times Best Seller!

Named a Best Book of 2019 by TIME, Amazon, and The Washington Post

A Wired Must-Read Book of Summer

“Gretchen McCulloch is the internet’s favorite linguist, and this book is essential reading. Reading her work is like suddenly being able to see the matrix.” (Jonny Sun, author of everyone's a aliebn when ur a aliebn too)

Because Internet is for anyone who's ever puzzled over how to punctuate a text message or wondered where memes come from. It's the perfect book for understanding how the internet is changing the English language, why that's a good thing, and what our online interactions reveal about who we are.

Language is humanity's most spectacular open-source project, and the internet is making our language change faster and in more interesting ways than ever before. Internet conversations are structured by the shape of our apps and platforms, from the grammar of status updates to the protocols of comments and @replies. Linguistically inventive online communities spread new slang and jargon with dizzying speed. What's more, social media is a vast laboratory of unedited, unfiltered words where we can watch language evolve in real time. Even the most absurd-looking slang has genuine patterns behind it.

Internet linguist Gretchen McCulloch explores the deep forces that shape human language and influence the way we communicate with one another. She explains how your first social internet experience influences whether you prefer "LOL" or "lol," why ~sparkly tildes~ succeeded where centuries of proposals for irony punctuation had failed, what emoji have in common with physical gestures, and how the artfully disarrayed language of animal memes like lolcats and doggo made them more likely to spread.

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大腦會說故事 : 看電影、讀小說, 就是大腦學習危機下的生存本能 (The Storytelling Animal)

哥德夏 (Jonathan Gottschall)
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★「紐約時報書評」選書
★「洛杉磯時報好書獎」決選書單

作者透過分析各種故事原型，以最新的腦神經醫學、心理學研究和實驗為基礎，說明故事之所以吸引我們，正是因為人類的大腦在接收這些暴力情節的同時，強化了自身對未知情境和棘面對大自然和社會複雜情境時需要的生存本能。

人為什麼會說故事、聽故事、沉浸在故事的世界中？作者從多種面向切入探討，並舉出了許多心理學與神經科學的發現來說明故事的功能與未來……──林君昱　國立成功大學心理學系助理教授

這本書小心翼翼地結合藝術與科學，手法相當高明，讀起來很有收穫，令人振奮且擴展思維。──Terry Castle　史丹佛大學哈斯人文講座教授

這本書緊緊抓住了讀者的心思，作者分享了許多生動的故事，以及說故事本身的故事，綜合起來說明為何說故事是人類的本能。──Edward Wilson　哈佛大學昆蟲學榮譽館長

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Humankind : A Hopeful History

Rutger Bregman
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INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. "The Sapiens of 2020."---The Guardian

From the author of the New York Times bestseller Utopia for Realists comes "the riveting pick-me-up we all need right now" (People), the #1 Dutch bestseller Humankind, which offers a "bold" (Daniel H. Pink), "extraordinary" (Susan Cain) argument that humans thrive in a crisis and that our innate kindness and cooperation have been the greatest factors in our long-term success on the planet.

"Humankind made me see humanity from a fresh perspective." ---Yuval Noah Harari, author of the #1 bestseller Sapiens

If there is one belief that has united the left and the right, psychologists and philosophers, ancient thinkers and modern ones, it is the tacit assumption that humans are bad. It's a notion that drives newspaper headlines and guides the laws that shape our lives. From Machiavelli to Hobbes, Freud to Pinker, the roots of this belief have sunk deep into Western thought. Human beings, we're taught, are by nature selfish and governed primarily by self-interest.

But what if it isn't true? International bestseller Rutger Bregman provides new perspective on the past 200,000 years of human history, setting out to prove that we are hardwired for kindness, geared toward cooperation rather than competition, and more inclined to trust rather than distrust one another. In fact this instinct has a firm evolutionary basis going back to the beginning of Homo sapiens.

From the real-life Lord of the Flies to the solidarity in the aftermath of the Blitz, the hidden flaws in the Stanford prison experiment to the true story of twin brothers on opposite sides who helped Mandela end apartheid, Bregman shows us that believing in human generosity and collaboration isn't merely optimistic---it's realistic. Moreover, it has huge implications for how society functions. When we think the worst of people, it brings out the worst in our politics and economics. But if we believe in the reality of humanity's kindness and altruism, it will form the foundation for achieving true change in society, a case that Bregman makes convincingly with his signature wit, refreshing frankness, and memorable storytelling.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

為什麼要睡覺？睡出健康與學習力、夢出創意的新科學 (Why We Sleep)

沃克 (Matthew Walker)
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缺乏睡眠成為全球流行病的今天，
我們需要超強睡眠顧問沃克傳授的睡眠全書。
這本書總結數十年來的睡眠研究成果以及最新科學突破，
告訴我們睡眠複雜又迷人的真相。

睡眠與做夢的功能，超乎想像：
．學習之前的睡眠，幫助腦準備形成新記憶；
．學習之後的睡眠，可以鞏固記憶、避免遺忘。
．夢提供虛擬實境，讓過去與現在的知識融合，激發創意。
．夢還能撫慰痛苦的記憶，幫助我們走出創傷。

睡眠不足的壞處，不容輕視：
．只要一晚睡四小時，對付癌症的自然殺手細胞數量剩下不到一半。
．腦中的清潔大隊運作不良，無法清除阿茲海默症的毒性蛋白。
．連續清醒十九小時後開車，你的精神狀態和酒駕沒兩樣。
．容易覺得肚子餓，吃飽了卻還想再吃，體重居高不下。

睡眠對專業領域和職場的驚人影響：
．NBA籃球運動員一晚睡眠超過八小時，每分鐘得分會提升近三成。
．NASA發現，短短二十六分鐘的小睡，就能使太空人的表現更好。
．企業中，睡眠不足的員工會缺乏生產力與創意；
．管理階層睡得不好，第二天員工的生產力也會降低。

我們的身體健康、心理健康、記憶力、學習力、創意、生產力、
領導力、決策力、智商與情商、吸引力、運動表現，甚至食慾，
這些讓日間生活更精采的能力，
原來都與夜間那場神祕的睡眠有關係。

沃克是傑出的神經科學家，他熱愛睡眠，研究睡眠，
為我們描繪出當前科學對於睡眠的全盤了解，
最後還告訴我們如何睡好覺的訣竅。

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To Repair the World : Paul Farmer Speaks to the Next Generation

Paul Farmer
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Doctor and social activist Paul Farmer shares a collection of charismatic short speeches that aims to inspire the next generation. One of the most passionate and influential voices for global health equity and social justice, Farmer encourages young people to tackle the greatest challenges of our times. Engaging, often humorous, and always inspiring, these speeches bring to light the brilliance and force of Farmer’s vision in a single, accessible volume.

A must-read for graduates, students, and everyone seeking to help bend the arc of history toward justice, To Repair the World:
● Challenges readers to counter failures of imagination that keep billions of people without access to health care, safe drinking water, decent schools, and other basic human rights
● Champions the power of partnership against global poverty, climate change, and other pressing problems today
● Overturns common assumptions about health disparities around the globe by considering the large-scale social forces that determine who gets sick and who has access to health care
● Discusses how hope, solidarity, faith, and hardbitten analysis have animated Farmer’s service to the poor in Haiti, Peru, Rwanda, Russia, and elsewhere
● Leaves the reader with an uplifting vision: that with creativity, passion, teamwork, and determination, the next generations can make the world a safer and more humane place.

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World Humanitarian Day (August 19)

On World Humanitarian Day August 19, the world commemorates humanitarian workers killed and injured in the course of their work, and honours all aid and health workers who continue, despite the odds, to provide life-saving support and protection to people most in need. READ MORE

你不必走得快, 但一定要走得遠

丁菱娟
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人生就像馬拉松，前面落後不算輸
快慢不是問題，到想去的地方最重要
很多人並不是失敗，而是差一點就成功
──資深職場人丁菱娟傾囊相授工作的現實與眉角──

麥當勞創辦人雷．克羅克（Ray Kroc）53歲創業；
肯德基爺爺65歲創業；
漫威教父史丹．李（Stan Lee）年過 40才打造自己的漫畫世界；
張忠謀56歲創立台積電；
齊白石66歲成為國畫大師......
古今中外有太多例子告訴我們：「你不必走得快，但一定要走得遠。」

想去前方，衝刺即可；
想去遠方，才是戰力大考驗。

要不要當最潮的「斜槓青年」？
「做事」重要還是「做人」重要？
「學非所用」好不好？
找不到有興趣的工作怎麼辦？
把興趣當成工作最完美？
如何培養對工作的熱情？
錢多、事少、離家近最幸福？
和主管同事走得愈近愈好？
小主管如何既親和又權威？

「工作」對你來說是什麼？是謀生溫飽的方式？是鍛鍊成長之路？還是實現夢想的階梯？

工作是這樣的弔詭：愈想逃離，你就愈軟弱；愈去面對，你就愈強大。
透過工作給我們的難題和挑戰，面對它、解決它，工作終將會回饋給我們專業、自信、成就，以及一生受用的心理素質。

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Understanding Coronavirus

Raul Rabadan
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Since the identification of the first cases of the coronavirus in December 2019 in Wuhan, China, there has been a significant amount of confusion regarding the origin and spread of the so-called 'coronavirus', officially named SARS-CoV-2, and the cause of the disease COVID-19. Conflicting messages from the media and officials across different countries and organizations, the abundance of disparate sources of information, unfounded conspiracy theories on the origins of the newly emerging virus and the inconsistent public health measures across different countries, have all served to increase the level of anxiety in the population. Where did the virus come from? How is it transmitted? How does it cause disease? Is it like flu? What is a pandemic? What can we do to stop its spread? Written by a leading expert, this concise and accessible introduction provides answers to the most common questions surrounding coronavirus for a general audience.

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歲月靜好 : 蔣勳日常功課

蔣勳
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美學大師蔣勳以二十四節氣為時序，書寫日常生活中面對人生、面對社會、面對大自然的省思。是他自己的功課，也是我們每一個人的功課。全書一百餘篇，每一篇都是一帖生活格言，每翻讀一帖，就能得到內在的喜悅與寧定安穩的力量。

蔣勳說：「我應該在節氣推移間，學習聆聽更多生命的對話。」

◆一年之始是立春，要學習「歡欣與溫暖」
蔣勳說：溫潤、柔軟、包容，好像不只是一種色彩，是漫長歲月積累的世世代代信仰的厚重溫暖。

◆盛夏花開是芒種，要學習「慎重與珍惜」
蔣勳說：在時間的劫難中，相遇或告別都有慎重珍惜，有感謝，有祝福，便是生命的修行。

◆深秋寒涼是霜降，要學習「自在喜悅」
蔣勳說：清晨如果早起，日出之前，沿日高川山壑溪澗走，樹叢葉子暗影裡藏著纍纍的柿子，每一顆都飽滿圓熟，每一顆都安靜喜悅，真正的成熟自信是可以這樣無喧譁的啊。

◆歲末隆冬是小寒，要學習「溫和與包容」
蔣勳說：在喧鬧、吵嚷、充斥咒罵攻擊的聲音的時候，也許可以靜靜凝視一朵花慢慢綻放的力量。慈悲的力量，溫和的力量，包容的力量，美的力量。

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How to Win Friends and Influence People in the Digital Age

Dale Carnegie & Associates
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An adaptation of Dale Carnegie’s timeless prescriptions for the digital age.

Dale Carnegie’s time-tested advice has carried millions upon millions of readers for more than seventy-five years up the ladder of success in their business and personal lives. Now the first and best book of its kind has been rebooted to tame the complexities of modern times and will teach you how to communicate with diplomacy and tact, capitalize on a solid network, make people like you, project your message widely and clearly, be a more effective leader, increase your ability to get things done, and optimize the power of digital tools.

Dale Carnegie’s commonsense approach to communicating has endured for a century, touching millions and millions of readers. The only diploma that hangs in Warren Buffett’s office is his certificate from Dale Carnegie Training. Lee Iacocca credits Carnegie for giving him the courage to speak in public. Dilbert creator Scott Adams called Carnegie’s teachings “life-changing.” To demonstrate the lasting relevancy of his tools, Dale Carnegie & Associates, Inc., has reimagined his prescriptions and his advice for our difficult digital age. We may communicate today with different tools and with greater speed, but Carnegie’s advice on how to communicate, lead, and work efficiently remains priceless across the ages.

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不只是憂鬱 : 心理治療師教你面對情緒根源, 告別憂鬱, 釋放壓力 (It’s Not Always Depression)

希拉莉．雅各．亨德爾 (Hilary Jacobs Hendel)
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你逃避的情緒，在說些什麼？
和引發你憂鬱和焦慮的往事晤談，
對於童年和成年曾受傷的自己給予同情，
才能從情緒傷痛中脫困。

生活真的很艱難，沒有人能躲掉痛苦。當負面情緒來襲時，大多數人都是選擇逃避、忽視或轉移。然而，忽略情緒一定會產生後果，我們會難以透過進入及接觸核心情緒，感受到真我，也會無法與人產生親密的連結，因此全世界焦慮和憂鬱的人數不斷持續上升。

此外，迴避情緒也會耗費大量成本，我們原本可以用於享受生活的精力，卻因此而消耗了，長期來看，逃避情緒是行不通的。

本書作者利用墊基於最新神經科學研究、且聚焦於情緒的心理療法――「情緒變化三角地帶」理論，來幫助我們管理自身情緒。這個理論認為我們的情緒運作方式會像一個倒三角形，在三角形左上角是防禦角落、右上角是抑制情緒，最下方則是核心情緒，而我們必須經歷核心情緒之後，才能來到「開放狀態」：

一、心理防禦：會讓人避免感受到核心情緒和抑制情緒，像是轉移話題、開玩笑、批評指責，或是傲慢自大等。
二、抑制情緒：遇到負面回應時，我們會壓抑真正的感覺，這樣的抑制情緒包括羞愧、內疚和焦慮等。
三、核心情緒：是發自內心的感受與衝動，必須發自肺腑地經歷後，才可以被處理。我們天生就有的七種核心情緒是：悲傷、憤怒、厭惡、恐懼、喜悅、興奮，和性興奮。

我們可以藉著「情緒變化三角地帶」這個好用的工具，理解自己現在是處在哪個情緒角落，擺脫心理防禦，不再以焦慮、羞愧、內疚等抑制情緒來掩飾，而且可以和我們與生俱來的核心情緒重新連結，最終來到「開放狀態」，進而發現真實的自我，改善你和自己以及他人的關係......

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Fat: The Secret Organ: The Surprising Science behind the Most Misunderstood Part of the Body

Mariette Boon, Liesbeth van Rossum
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The International Bestseller, as featured in The Times

Fat is a vital yet hugely under-rated organ.

Fat has become a dirty word, but we know so little about how it really works. In Fat, expert doctors and obesity researchers Dr Mariëtte Boon and Professor Liesbeth van Rossum present the ground-breaking research which explodes many of the myths and prejudices surrounding body fat and will make us completely rethink our relationship with it.

Making use of the cutting-edge research in this specialist field, this fascinating and entertaining book will explain how fat generates important hormones, communicates with our brains and is, indeed, essential for staying alive. Informative yet accessible, Fat: The Secret Organ is important reading, not only for people who have struggled with their weight, but for everybody who is serious about their health.

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香港北魏真書

陳濬人, 徐巧詩
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榮獲2019年第二屆「香港出版雙年獎」「出版大獎」及藝術及設計類「最佳出版獎」

「香港北魏真書」設計研究計劃，總結長達六年的北魏書法研究和字體設計創作歷程。本書收錄了南北朝魏碑、清代書法家趙之謙到四十至七十年代盛行香港的北魏招牌書法源流和藝術價值，訪尋香港北魏書法家區建公、蘇世傑墨寶故事，還有於不同年代遍佈香港城市街道和日常生活的北魏體應用實例，首次專訪獨步香江的貨車北魏體設計者楊佳。

字體設計師陳濬人，以設計思維分析北魏歷史文化和創作精神，利用電子向量曲線和字體設計原理演繹當代香港北魏真書，設計案例多達二十多項。還有與多位設計創作人包括麥震東、譚智恒、柯熾堅和許瀚文的對談系列，探究字體在城市和設計文化中的重要角色。

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Future Foods: How Modern Science Is Transforming the Way We Eat

David Julian McClements
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We are in the midst of an unprecedented era of rapid scientific and technological advances that are transforming the way our foods are produced and consumed. Food architecture is being used to construct healthier, tastier, and more sustainable foods. Functional foods are being created to combat chronic diseases such as obesity, cancer, diabetes, stroke, and heart disease. These foods are fortified with nutraceuticals or probiotics to improve our mood, performance, and health. The behavior of foods inside our guts is being controlled to increase their healthiness. Precision nutrition is being used to tailor diets to our unique genetic profiles, microbiomes, and metabolisms. Gene editing, nanotechnology, and artificial intelligence are being used to address modern food challenges such as feeding the growing global population, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, reducing waste, and improving sustainability. However, the application of these technologies is facing a backlash from consumers concerned about the potential risks posed to human and environmental health.

Some of the questions addressed in this book are: What is food architecture? How does sound and color impact taste? Will we all have 3D food printers in all our homes? Should nanotechnology and gene editing be used to enhance our foods? Are these new technologies safe? Would you eat bug-foods if it led to a more sustainable food supply? Should vegetarians eat themselves? Can nutraceuticals and probiotics stop cancer? What is the molecular basis of a tasty sustainable burger?

David Julian McClements is a Distinguished Professor in food science who has used physics, chemistry, and biology to improve the quality, safety, and healthiness of foods for over 30 years. He has published over 900 scientific articles and 10 books in this area and is currently the most highly cited food scientist in the world. He has won numerous scientific awards for his work. The aim of this book is to highlight the many exciting advances being made in the science of foods, and to show their application for solving important problems related to the modern food supply, such as tackling chronic diseases, feeding a global population, reducing food waste, and creating healthier and tastier foods.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

格差社會

橘木俊詔
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本書用科學而翔實的數據，向讀者展示了貧富差距擴大、階級固化嚴重的日本格差社會現狀。

青年失業、老年人無法領取養老金、單親家庭無以為繼、地方經濟低迷等正在成為威脅日本社會穩定的巨大隱患。

格差是如何形成，陷入其中的人們該怎樣掙扎存活，之後的政策之路要怎麼走？作為日本格差研究第一人的作者開放視野，對比世界其他發達國家，吸取經驗教訓，理性而誠懇地向政府建言獻策，希望通過稅制和社會保障制度的改革，實現經濟至上的同時兼顧人權平等。

(摘錄自cp1897.com.hk)

Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures

Merlin Sheldrake
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A mind-bending journey into the hidden universe of fungi, “one of those rare books that can truly change the way you see the world around you” (Helen Macdonald, author of H Is for Hawk).

“Dazzling, vibrant, vision-changing . . . a remarkable work by a remarkable writer, which succeeds in springing life into strangeness again.”—Robert Macfarlane, author of Underland

When we think of fungi, we likely think of mushrooms. But mushrooms are only fruiting bodies, analogous to apples on a tree. Most fungi live out of sight, yet make up a massively diverse kingdom of organisms that supports and sustains nearly all living systems. Fungi provide a key to understanding the planet on which we live, and the ways we think, feel, and behave.

In Entangled Life, the brilliant young biologist Merlin Sheldrake shows us the world from a fungal point of view, providing an exhilarating change of perspective. Sheldrake’s vivid exploration takes us from yeast to psychedelics, to the fungi that range for miles underground and are the largest organisms on the planet, to those that link plants together in complex networks known as the “Wood Wide Web,” to those that infiltrate and manipulate insect bodies with devastating precision.

Fungi throw our concepts of individuality and even intelligence into question. They are metabolic masters, earth makers, and key players in most of life’s processes. They can change our minds, heal our bodies, and even help us remediate environmental disaster. By examining fungi on their own terms, Sheldrake reveals how these extraordinary organisms—and our relationships with them—are changing our understanding of how life works.

Praise for Entangled Life

“Entangled Life is a gorgeous book of literary nature writing in the tradition of [Robert] Macfarlane and John Fowles, ripe with insight and erudition. . . . food for the soul.”—Eugenia Bone, Wall Street Journal

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

阿德勒教你面對人生困境：如何面對無法躲避的人生課題，減少多餘的痛苦，堅強活下去的心理學

岸見一郎
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對於活得很痛苦的人來說，阿德勒的話語代表希望。
因為阿德勒不要你追溯過去尋找原因，
而是告訴你接下來應該怎麼做！

引起廣泛共鳴的阿德勒「個體心理學」精髓，
透過岸見一郎清晰扎實的理論與實踐的調和，
交織他自身的人生體驗與哲學，
成為岸見一郎至今寫得最好的一本書。

這本書告訴你：
即使過去無法改變，「現在」以及「未來」也可以改變。
掙脫心理創傷，帶著強烈的意志、勇氣與希望，
堅強努力，好好過完自己的人生吧。

阿德勒說：
其實我們是在這個地球上放鬆休息。
活著很辛苦沒錯，但我們其實可以不用過得那麼嚴肅，
並感受活著的喜悅。

敢與人生的課題一決勝負的人，內心反而不會感到焦躁。
而不管現實狀況如何，只要面向未來，同時活在此時此刻，
就越來越沒有必要擔心未來的事。

樹木不會移動，若隔壁的大樹擋到它，
它便難以獲得足夠的日照，無法長得高大。
但人可以移動，只要我們願意，
我們可以離開陰影，移動到有日照的場所。

(摘錄自誠品網路書店)

Thank You for Arguing : What Aristotle, Lincoln, and Homer Simpson Can Teach Us About the Art of Persuasion

Jay Heinrichs
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A master class in the art of persuasion, as taught by professors ranging from Bart Simpson to Winston Churchill, newly revised and updated.

The time-tested secrets taught in this book include Cicero's three-step strategy for moving an audience to action, and Honest Abe's Shameless Trick for lowering an audience's expectations. And it's also replete with contemporary techniques such as politicians' use of code language to appeal to specfic groups and an eye-opening assortment of persuasive tricks, including the Eddie Haskell Ploy, the Belushi Paradigm, Stalin's Timing Secret, and the Yoda Technique.

Whether you're an inveterate lover of language books or just want to win a lot more anger-free arguments on the page, at the podium, or over a beer, Thank You for Arguing is for you. Warm, witty, erudite, and truly enlightening, it not only teaches you how to recognize a paralipsis when you hear it, but also how to wield the weapons of persuasion the next time you really, really, want to get your own way.

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香港史 : 從遠古到九七

劉智鵬、劉蜀永
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《第十三屆香港書獎》決選書目之一

「香港是一本難以讀懂的書。」這彈丸之地如何從一個不起眼的傳統漁農社會，一躍成為享負盛名的國際大都會？要讀懂她，必須從遠古時代的歷史開始。

《香港史—從遠古到九七》是香港史專家劉智鵬及劉蜀永兩位教授最新的學術著作。全書共九章，有系統及深入地探討了香港史的不同專題，其中包括：屯門在中國古代海上絲綢之路的重要地位、戰前香港的新界土地問題、戰後影響本地社會發展的一些重大事件和現象，例如20世紀50、60年代香港的三次社會動亂，以及麥理浩時代的社會政策等。香港史是中國史的組成部分，本書特別關注歷史上香港與國家關係的互動，重點研究香港在中國社會發展中的獨特地位和作用，中國因素與香港發展的重要關聯，以及中英兩國在香港問題上的交涉和角力情況。要全面認識香港，就要閱讀香港史。本書展示香港從遠古到九七年間的歷史面貌，帶領讀者參與一場歷史之旅。對香港歷史感興趣的市民、學生、老師及學者絕不能錯過。

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The Testaments: The Sequel to The Handmaid's Tale

Margaret Atwood
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Number one New York Times best seller

Winner of the Booker Prize

The Testaments is a modern masterpiece, a powerful novel that can be enjoyed on its own or as a companion to Margaret Atwood’s classic, The Handmaid’s Tale.

More than 15 years after the events of The Handmaid's Tale, the theocratic regime of the Republic of Gilead maintains its grip on power, but there are signs it is beginning to rot from within. At this crucial moment, the lives of three radically different women converge, with potentially explosive results.

Two have grown up as part of the first generation to come of age in the new order. The testimonies of these two young women are joined by a third: Aunt Lydia. Her complex past and uncertain future unfold in surprising and pivotal ways.

With The Testaments, Margaret Atwood opens up the innermost workings of Gilead, as each woman is forced to come to terms with who she is, and how far she will go for what she believes.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

情繫調景嶺：二十個嶺上人的故事

丁新豹, 汐爾, 劉義章
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對很多香港人來說，調景嶺只是近百個地鐵站的其中一個名字，但對於那些在這片土地上出生和成長的人們來說，這個地方盛載著他們人生中不少珍貴的回憶，他們的回憶又牽連著近代中國歷史的發展軌跡。

一九四五年抗日戰爭結束不久，國共內戰就打響了。為了逃避戰火，不少同胞南下香港，其中包括不少國民政府官員和軍人。他們或許沒有想到，調景嶺最終會成為他們安身立命的家園。隨著一九九○年代香港回歸在即，調景嶺面臨被清拆的命運，嶺上人從此分散於不同社區。

今天的調景嶺已經是高樓大廈林立的住宅區。殊不知，這個社區有其獨特的歷史背景及生活模式，特別是當年嶺上人在這片荒地上建立起自己的家園。如果說他們是「獅子山精神」的先導，一點也不誇張。

透過本書中二十個故事，我們可以細味充滿感情的文字，以領略嶺上人昔日的生活；細看已經發黃的照片，以重現調景嶺昔日的風貌。

(摘錄自cp1897.com.hk)

What Color Is Your Parachute? 2020: A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers

Richard N. Bolles
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With more than 10 million copies sold in 28 countries, the world's most popular job-search book is updated for 2020, tailoring Richard Bolles's long-trusted guidance with up-to-the-minute information and advice for today's job-hunters and career-changers.

NAMED ONE OF THE ALL-TIME 100 BEST NONFICTION BOOKS BY TIME

What Color Is Your Parachute? is the world’s most popular job-hunting guide, revised and updated annually with more than ten million copies sold. This newly streamlined edition features the latest resources, case studies, and perspectives on today’s job market, revealing surprising advice on what works—and what doesn’t—so you can focus your efforts on tactics that yield results.

At its core is Richard N. Bolles’s famed Flower Exercise, a unique self-inventory that helps you design your career—and your life—around your key passions, transferable skills, traits, and more.

This practical manual also provides essential tips for writing impressive resumes and cover letters, networking effectively, interviewing with confidence, and negotiating the best salary possible.

Whether you’re searching for your first job, were recently laid off, or are dreaming of a career change, What Color Is Your Parachute? will guide you toward a fulfilling and prosperous life’s work.

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書店現場: 香港個性書店訪談札記

周家盈
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「讀這本書可以看到香港的獨立書店的光景，也可以看到出版這本書背後的獨立出版的精神，能對他們熱情的來源有所體會。」
－－台灣大塊文化董事長／ 郝明義

「期許人們關注香港書店的生態而非疲態。」
－－《書店現場──香港個性書店訪談札記》／周家盈

看看逛逛，買書細讀，
這應該是讓書店延續及對書店支持的最好方式吧。

●12家香港個性書店訪談錄
●46家書店慢慢遊地圖
●資深書店職人講談記

當看到《書店日常──香港獨立書店在地行旅》的延續篇推出，
你或許會訝異，問：「怎麼香港還有那麼多書店？」

或在舊區街道上、或在二三樓甚至更高層之中、
或在屋邨街市裡、或在偏僻菜田上……
各家書店各有個性，
都是主理人對書店的理念與熱情的反映。

我們不知道在《書店日常》、《書店現場》之後，
還會不會再有延續篇的推出。
惟望這兩冊小書，能喚起大家對香港書店的重視，
關注書店日常的經營生態，也多前往書店現場，
看看逛逛，買書細讀，
這應該便是讓書店延續及對書店支持的最好方式吧。

(摘錄自誠品網路書店)

We Are the Weather: Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast

Jonathan Safran Foer
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Financial Times, Best Books of 2019
The Guardian, Best Food Books of 2019

"Beautiful, powerful writing that's made me rethink the way I eat." ―Samin Nosrat, author of Salt Fat Acid Heat

“In a style rarely found in books about global catastrophe, [Foer] interweaves personal stories, bulleted factoids and a delicious serving of metaphor. The effect is dazzling.” ―Bruce Watson, The Washington Post

In We Are the Weather, Jonathan Safran Foer explores the central global dilemma of our time in a surprising, deeply personal, and urgent new way.

Some people reject the fact, overwhelmingly supported by scientists, that our planet is warming because of human activity. But do those of us who accept the reality of human-caused climate change truly believe it? If we did, surely we would be roused to act on what we know. Will future generations distinguish between those who didn’t believe in the science of global warming and those who said they accepted the science but failed to change their lives in response?

The task of saving the planet will involve a great reckoning with ourselves―with our all-too-human reluctance to sacrifice immediate comfort for the sake of the future. We have, he reveals, turned our planet into a farm for growing animal products, and the consequences are catastrophic. Only collective action will save our home and way of life. And it all starts with what we eat―and don’t eat―for breakfast

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

香港當代作家作品選集．饒宗頤卷

鄭煒明 編
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獲得「第十一屆香港書獎」

饒教授是國學泰斗，他的文學造詣也很高，代表了當代香港的古典文學寫作的最高成就。本書收入饒宗頤教授創作的古典詩詞、駢文、散文（學術隨筆）等各種文體作品，是目下最全面，校對最準確的饒教授的文學創作大觀。

(摘錄自 cp1897.com.hk)


「饒宗頤的故事」展覽在香港文化博物館舉行，展期至 2020 年 6 月 22 日。

How to Be Miserable in Your Twenties: 40 Strategies to Fail at Adulting

Randy J. Paterson
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“Randy Paterson has done it again! In his latest book, How to Be Miserable in Your Twenties, Paterson provides insight into how young adults can avoid common traps that can contribute to unhappiness. It includes a range of well-tested, commonsense strategies that are especially relevant for those transitioning into adulthood and independence. This engaging and humorous book is a must-read for young adults (even those who are not in their twenties) who want to prevent the thoughts, behaviors, and habits that can lead to feeling overwhelmed, depressed, or anxious. I highly recommend it!”
—Martin M. Antony, PhD, ABPP, professor in the department of psychology at Ryerson University in Toronto, ON, Canada; and coauthor of The Shyness and Social Anxiety Workbook and The Anti-Anxiety Workbook

“Pathological social withdrawal (called ‘hikikomori’ in Japan) is now increasingly considered a global mental health and socioeconomic concern. Withdrawal behaviors tend to be regarded as negative and maladaptive. Is this perception always correct? Randy Paterson’s book challenges such preconceptions and prejudices regarding hikikomori-related behaviors while also suggesting multidirectional solutions to this phenomenon.”
—Takahiro A. Kato, MD, PhD, associate professor in the department of neuropsychiatry, and chair of the hikikomori research clinic at Kyushu University Hospital in Fukuoka, Japan

“Innovative and inspiring.... The provocative mood makes the reading easy; the structure in lessons makes the book an on-demand pool of instructions the reader can refer to whenever needed. Randy Paterson has made great work to collect life situations and convert them into such practical actions.”
—Ivan Ferrero, PsyD, cyberpsychologist, speaker, trainer, educator, edge innovator, and futurologist

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永無坦途 : 吳冠中自述

吳冠中著
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在《永無坦途》一書中，吳冠中回憶自己的成長歷程與繪畫之路。年輕任性，棄工程而投身藝海，一度沉湎故國傳統，一度拜倒西方現代藝術，兩家門下轉輪來，卻不願當地上地下之走狗，一味竭力探尋屬於自己的所愛所思，自己的腳印連成了自己的生命之軌跡。本書還講述了吳冠中自己的生活、文藝觀，其中不少文章都是當年針對現實而發，並引起過強烈反響和爭議，亦體現出吳冠中作為知識分子的責任與良知。

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香港藝術館「從糞筐到餐車——吳冠中誕辰一百周年展」第二期展覽，於2020年5月22日起開放至7月5日。

Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster

Adam Higginbotham
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A New York Times Best Book of the Year
A Time Best Book of the Year
A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Year
2020 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence Winner
One of NPR’s Best Books of 2019

Journalist Adam Higginbotham’s definitive, years-in-the-making account of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster—and a powerful investigation into how propaganda, secrecy, and myth have obscured the true story of one of the twentieth century’s greatest disasters.

Early in the morning of April 26, 1986, Reactor Number Four of the Chernobyl Atomic Energy Station exploded, triggering history’s worst nuclear disaster. In the thirty years since then, Chernobyl has become lodged in the collective nightmares of the world: shorthand for the spectral horrors of radiation poisoning, for a dangerous technology slipping its leash, for ecological fragility, and for what can happen when a dishonest and careless state endangers its citizens and the entire world. But the real story of the accident, clouded from the beginning by secrecy, propaganda, and misinformation, has long remained in dispute.

Drawing on hundreds of hours of interviews conducted over the course of more than ten years, as well as letters, unpublished memoirs, and documents from recently-declassified archives, Adam Higginbotham has written a harrowing and compelling narrative which brings the disaster to life through the eyes of the men and women who witnessed it firsthand. The result is a masterful nonfiction thriller, and the definitive account of an event that changed history: a story that is more complex, more human, and more terrifying than the Soviet myth.

Midnight in Chernobyl is an indelible portrait of one of the great disasters of the twentieth century, of human resilience and ingenuity, and the lessons learned when mankind seeks to bend the natural world to his will—lessons which, in the face of climate change and other threats, remain not just vital but necessary.

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你看港街招牌

李健明
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在電腦字體盛行的今天，
我們要如何欣賞手寫字招牌的美？

說起香港街道特色，怎能不想起頭頂上五花八門的招牌？
然而你有留意到招牌已漸漸被拆卸嗎？
本地招牌製作者李健明為了保育手寫招牌字的文化，
開展了「李伯伯街頭書法復修計劃」。
經常帶領招牌導賞團的他，今次將透過「招牌佬」的視覺，
用文字記下屬於香港的招牌故事！

細說「李漢港楷」的創作歷程！
簡述招牌製作的工藝知識！
帶你散散步，隨處發掘本地招牌的故事！
揭露招牌上的視覺巧思和秘密！

讓我們抬頭欣賞招牌美學！

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The Culture Map: Breaking Through the Invisible Boundaries of Global Business

Erin Meyer
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An international business expert helps you understand and navigate cultural differences in this insightful and practical guide, perfect for both your work and personal life.
Americans precede anything negative with three nice comments; French, Dutch, Israelis, and Germans get straight to the point; Latin Americans and Asians are steeped in hierarchy; Scandinavians think the best boss is just one of the crowd. It's no surprise that when they try and talk to each other, chaos breaks out.

In The Culture Map, INSEAD professor Erin Meyer is your guide through this subtle, sometimes treacherous terrain in which people from starkly different backgrounds are expected to work harmoniously together. She provides a field-tested model for decoding how cultural differences impact international business, and combines a smart analytical framework with practical, actionable advice.

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The World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development, held on May 21, is a United Nations–sanctioned international holiday for the promotion of diversity issues.

文具物語——寫於時空書桌的歷史

鍾燕齊
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榮獲2019年第二屆「香港出版雙年獎」生活及科普類別的「最佳出版獎」

人類透過文具記載了數千年歷史，

是時候說說文具本身的故事了……

文具歷史，源遠流長。

本書由上世紀香港淪陷時期說起，時日軍佔港，東洋色彩文具湧至；六十年代太空人登陸月球，文具開始沾上太空風；塑膠工業於戰後蓬勃發展，深深影響新一代文具製造及設計。

一直緊守崗位的文具店，也隨著時代節拍而漸起變化……

香港的文具業發展，將何去何從？

此書精選四十至九十年代各家廠商的經典文具近1000件，包括毛筆、鉛筆、顏色筆、橡皮擦、駁筆桿、卷筆刀、筆盒、考試盒、書包等等，以及珍貴的文具廣告資料，全面呈現文具發展的歷代沿革，並展示工業發展及社會進步帶來的設計及製造技術！

以文具的演變看時代的變遷，探討老文具的存在及傳承價值，及香港文具設計的未來。

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Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don't Know

Malcolm Gladwell
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A Best Book of the Year 2019: The Financial Times, Bloomberg, Chicago Tribune, and Detroit Free Pres

Malcolm Gladwell, host of the podcast Revisionist History and author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Outliers, offers a powerful examination of our interactions with strangers -- and why they often go wrong.

How did Fidel Castro fool the CIA for a generation? Why did Neville Chamberlain think he could trust Adolf Hitler? Why are campus sexual assaults on the rise? Do television sitcoms teach us something about the way we relate to each other that isn't true? ...

Something is very wrong, Gladwell argues, with the tools and strategies we use to make sense of people we don't know. And because we don't know how to talk to strangers, we are inviting conflict and misunderstanding in ways that have a profound effect on our lives and our world.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

更大的訊息 : 與大衛・霍克尼的跨世紀的藝術對話 (A Bigger Message: Conversations with David Hockney)

馬丁．蓋福特 (Martin Gayford)
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大衛．霍克尼（David Hockney）是英國史上繼盧西安．弗洛伊德（Lucian Freud, 1922~2011）之後，第二位被英國女王頒發功績勳章的藝術家。世人稱之為「最受歡迎的在世畫家」（The World’s Most popular living painter）。其作品風格綺麗，廣受愛戴。然而，不僅如此，他也是一位言語犀利、對藝術充滿獨到見解的思想家。

本書記錄了霍克尼與知名藝評家馬丁．蓋福特（Martin Gayford）長達十五年的對談，從這些生動的訪談之中，霍克尼以特有的熱情、智慧與幽默感，暢談他一生追尋的繪畫意義。世界如何透過藝術家之眼，呈現在平面的畫布上，不只是畫家的課題，而是個哲學議題。

霍克尼指出，繪畫的本意就是讓人更加、更加清楚地觀看世界。繪畫的媒材──從洞穴壁畫到iPad，是否讓人類的觀看改變？人類所製造出來的各種圖像，如何與真實世界連繫？科技和文明是否一再撼動藝術家的創作方式？我們能否再次學會如何單純享受「觀看」之樂，徹底欣賞一張臉龐、一次日出，或是一棵樹？

在這本妙趣橫生的書中，藝術大師們如梵谷、卡拉瓦喬、維梅爾、莫內、畢卡索，都是作者與霍克尼的絕佳話題，他們睿智風趣的談話也觸及霍克尼的私人生活，與對家鄉的濃烈情感。與霍克尼來往的同輩藝術家如攝影大師卡蒂爾．布列松，或大製片家比利．懷德，也是他熱愛提及的人物。

這本書無疑是霍克尼的一幅自畫像，更是本世紀最有影響力的、關於人類創造力與世界本質的探索之作。

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「觀景・景觀——從泰納到霍克尼」(A Sense of Place: from Turner to Hockney)展覽是香港藝術館首次與英國倫敦泰德現代美術館（Tate Modern）合辦，展期至2020年5月27日，共展出76件泰德現代美術館藏品。展品包括David Hockney的《華特附近的巨樹群》(Bigger trees near Warter)，這五米高的傑作成為藝術館閉館四年後重開最觸目展品之一。READ MORE

Work without Stress: Building a Resilient Mindset for Lasting Success

Derek Roger, Nick Petrie
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FORGET EVERYTHING YOU KNOW ABOUT STRESS.

If you’re like most people, you probably think that stress is an inevitable part of life. The truth is: it’s not. In a groundbreaking 30-year study, Dr. Derek Roger has discovered that everything we think we know about stress—and how we should “manage” it—is just plain wrong.

STRESS IS A CHOICE.

It is not a natural response to the pressures of work. It’s a choice that you make, consciously or not, to worry and fret and agonize over the work you need to do—instead of just doing it.

WORK DOESN’T HAVE TO BE STRESSFUL FOR YOU TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

This book offers a radically different approach to stress. It’s about being resilient. Flexible. Mentally awake and in the moment. It’s about changing your mindset to keep things in perspective instead of adding fuel to the fire with negative thoughts. The techniques you’ll find in this book are powerful, practical, and proven to work—without stress.

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家國之間——五四在香港百年回望

陳學然
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1919年，中國內地爆發五四運動。運動在內地如火如荼之際，香港卻因港英政府嚴管，只有零星市民聲援反日救國，未有在香港引起波瀾。「五四運動」雖然在1919年乃至1920年代對香港沒有造成巨大衝擊，但由於「五四」有學生運動、愛國、反強權、反外敵的多種特質，故在往後的不同年代，「五四運動」的旗幟不斷為人所高舉，或用以爭取國家、文化認同，或用以批判社會病痛；無論是抗日、反共、反國民黨、專上學生的「認中關社」運動甚至是保衛釣魚台運動，「五四」都沒有缺席，一直出現於香港歷史發展的進程中。

本書是一部五四在香港的發生史、紀念史及詮釋史。作者充分利用報章、文集、雜誌等史料，解說「香港的五四」如何同異於「國家的五四」，了解不同政治陣營或思想立場的人在不同年代如何利用及反思五四運動，折射出時人的心態，從而洞察在時代變局下，香港華人對國家認同的心態變遷之跡。

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Mama's Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves

Frans De Waal
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A New York Times Bestseller 
Winner of the PEN / E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award 

Mama’s Last Hug is a fascinating exploration of the rich emotional lives of animals, beginning with Mama, a chimpanzee matriarch who formed a deep bond with biologist Jan van Hooff. Her story and others like it—from dogs “adopting” the injuries of their companions, to rats helping fellow rats in distress, to elephants revisiting the bones of their loved ones—show that humans are not the only species with the capacity for love, hate, fear, shame, guilt, joy, disgust, and empathy. Frans de Waal opens our hearts and minds to the many ways in which humans and other animals are connected.

“A captivating and big-hearted book, full of compassion and brimming with insights about the lives of animals, including human ones.” - Yuval Noah Harari, New York Times best-selling author of Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

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多給自己5% (5% More: Making Small Changes to Achieve Extraordinary Results)

邁克．亞登 (Michael Alden)
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小小5％堅持如同滾雪球，可以帶來超過百倍的成功。這是一本實用的指南，不要求你顛覆一切，來個大轉彎。事實上，採取簡單的行動，反而能帶來驚人成效。不同於一般自勵書籍只停留在「想」的階段，本書直接提供辦得到的具體方法。不論你處於人生什麼階段，絕對都能替自己、替家人、替同事和主管、替自己的事業，多帶來5％的進步。

不用卯足全力，只需多盡一點力
你可能聽過，把大目標拆成數個小目標，更容易達成。不過，小目標依舊得夠大，才不會淪於瑣碎，還得夠簡單，才不會讓人容易放棄。本書把目標拆得剛剛好：多努力5%就好。不需耗費太多力氣，但立刻就能看到成效。

不限領域、不限階層，你可以不一樣
本書各章針對一項特定的人生關鍵領域，解釋多5％將如何帶來巨大差異。你不必一次全盤接受，只要依據自己的情況，從最迫切需要改變的領域開始。書中每一個數據、每一則故事，都各自解釋一項重點......

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No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference

Greta Thunberg
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The groundbreaking speeches of Greta Thunberg, the young climate activist who has become the voice of a generation, including her historic address to the United Nations

In August 2018 a fifteen-year-old Swedish girl, Greta Thunberg, decided not to go to school one day in order to protest the climate crisis. Her actions sparked a global movement, inspiring millions of students to go on strike for our planet, forcing governments to listen, and earning her a Nobel Peace Prize nomination.

No One Is Too Small to Make A Difference brings you Greta in her own words, for the first time. Collecting her speeches that have made history across the globe, from the United Nations to Capitol Hill and mass street protests, her book is a rallying cry for why we must all wake up and fight to protect the living planet, no matter how powerless we feel. Our future depends upon it.

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Earth Day (April 22)
Every April 22, Earth Day marks the anniversary of the 1970 birth of the modern environmental movement. Earth Day's mission is to build the world’s largest environmental movement to drive transformative change for people and planet. READ MORE

讀書的價值

森博嗣
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閱讀，支撐著非凡的想像力和產出
閱讀，不僅可能改變你的思維方式，甚至改變你的工作、生活與人生

為什麼在今天這個時代，書依舊無法被取代？
《全部成為F》人氣推理小說家森博嗣
帶你窺探閱讀的本質

本書集結他對閱讀價值的體驗和思考，
他認為，讀書最大的價值，就在於「自己」選書的過程，
不是閱讀別人推薦的書、也不特意去看暢銷書，
享受自由閱讀、深度思考的愉悅。

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聯合國教科文組織(UNESCO)自1995年起，把4月23日定為「世界閱讀日」(World Book & Copyright Day)，希望藉著這個重要的日子，推廣閱讀和寫作，以及宣揚版權意識。

User Friendly: How the Hidden Rules of Design Are Changing the Way We Live, Work, and Play

Cliff Kuang, Robert Fabricant
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2019 Amazon.com Best Books of the Year

Picked as a book of the year by Fortune magazine

'A tour de force, an engrossing fusion of scholarly research, professional experience and revelations from intrepid firsthand reporting' -- New York Times

USER FRIENDLY is a must-read for anyone who loves well-designed products—and for the innovators aspiring to make them.

It seems like magic when some new gadget seems to know what we want before we know ourselves. But why does some design feel intrinsically good, and why do some designs last forever, while others disappear? User Friendly guides readers through the hidden rules governing how design shapes our behaviour, told through fascinating stories such as what the nuclear accident at Three Mile Island reveals about the logic of the smartphone; how the pressures of the Great Depression and World War II created our faith in social progress through better product design; and how a failed vision for Disney World yielded a new paradigm for designed experience.

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第七感：啟動認知自我與感知他人的幸福連結 (Mindsight)

丹尼爾．席格 (Daniel J. Siegel)
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第七感是每個人都有的內在潛能，
是培養EQ（智商）與SQ（社商）的真正基礎，
也是開啟認知自我與感知他人的神祕鑰匙。

即刻開啟你的第七感，獲得連結幸福人生的關鍵力量！
「鍛鍊第七感，對我們的人際關係、家庭生活、婚姻、職場以及領導統御方面，都有很大的幫助。」──《EQ》、《SQ》作者，丹尼爾．高曼　高度推薦

• 有時你會變得不合理地生氣或不安，並且難以平靜下來嗎？
• 有沒有想過為什麼你不能停止你的行為，無論你怎麼努力？
• 你和你的孩子（或父母、伴侶或老闆）是否陷入了看似不可避免的衝突模式？

我們要如何發展出一種能力，而能認知到自己的某個想法──而不只是擁有一個想法──並認知到這是自己的內在心智活動，而不至於被它掌控？
我們要如何能獲取所有關於心智的豐富寶藏，而不是只能受制於反射反應？我們要如何引導自己的思考與感受，而不是被它們驅使？
我們又如何能瞭解他人的內心，真正理解他們「到底在想什麼」，並且更有效地給予同情的回應？

對大腦運作方式有基本的瞭解，將有助於瞭解自己有多大的改變潛能！
人類的五種感官知覺，讓我們得以探索外在世界；而第六感，讓我們得以察覺自己內在的生理狀態。第七感，是一種向內觀看的能力。統合外在與內在的世界，進一步認知內心、反思自我。開啟第七感的力量，邁向自我蛻變、打開與他人的幸福連結。

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Plagues and Peoples

William McNeill
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Upon its original publication, Plagues and Peoples was an immediate critical and popular success, offering a radically new interpretation of world history as seen through the extraordinary impact--political, demographic, ecological, and psychological--of disease on cultures. From the conquest of Mexico by smallpox as much as by the Spanish, to the bubonic plague in China, to the typhoid epidemic in Europe, the history of disease is the history of humankind. With the identification of AIDS in the early 1980s, another chapter has been added to this chronicle of events, which William McNeill explores in his new introduction to this updated editon.

Thought-provoking, well-researched, and compulsively readable, Plagues and Peoples is that rare book that is as fascinating as it is scholarly, as intriguing as it is enlightening. "A brilliantly conceptualized and challenging achievement" (Kirkus Reviews), it is essential reading, offering a new perspective on human history.

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