When We Cease to Understand the World

Benjamin Labatut
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2021 INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE
A GUARDIAN FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR

When We Cease to Understand the World shows us great minds striking out into dangerous, uncharted terrain.

Fritz Haber, Alexander Grothendieck, Werner Heisenberg, Erwin Schrödinger: these are among the luminaries into whose troubled minds we are thrust as they grapple with the most profound questions of existence. They have strokes of unparalleled genius, they alienate friends and lovers, they descend into isolated states of madness. Some of their discoveries revolutionise our world for the better; others pave the way to chaos and unimaginable suffering. The lines are never clear.

With breakneck pace and wondrous detail, Benjamín Labatut uses the imaginative resources of fiction to break open the stories of scientists and mathematicians who expanded our notions of the possible.

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親愛的圖書館 (The Library Book)

蘇珊‧歐琳 (Susan Orlean)
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1986年洛杉磯中央圖書館，疑似遭到縱火，100萬本藏書付之一炬，是史上最嚴重的圖書館火災之一，且懸案至今未破。三十多年後，《紐約客》知名記者和《紐約時報》暢銷書作家蘇珊‧歐琳，費時四年，鎖定一名嫌疑者。然而在採訪過一個又一個圖書館員後，她意外收穫更大的發現……我們知道的太少了，真正的靈魂與奧祕就藏在這裡，這是一本前所未見以「圖書館」為主題的圖書館之書。

★《紐約時報》《華盛頓郵報》年度選書
★好萊塢巨星瑞絲‧薇絲朋選書
★國際知名作家伊莉莎白‧吉兒伯特、何偉、戴夫‧艾格斯、艾瑞克‧拉森、大衛‧格雷恩──鄭重推薦

圖書館收藏了無盡的圖書，也收藏了許多不可思議的人和故事。
收藏的舉動等於是向世界宣示，每一則故事統統都重要。

「『大火吞噬不了愛書人的熱情』──這是本書的精髓所在。蘇珊‧歐琳以報導文學的手法，從一場文明浩劫為起點，刻劃愛書人與圖書館交織的情感，新穎而動人，從書中一起讀過去、看現在、想未來，發掘圖書館的祕辛，看愛書人的精神，如何撑起圖書館從立根到茁壯的靭性，令人動容。」──劉仲成，國立公共資訊圖書館館長

「蘇珊‧歐琳寫的東西，我當然是有出必讀──我也鼓勵大家照我的方式讀她，不計主題都讀讀看，因為她每一部作品都文筆精湛出色。話說回來，甚至以蘇珊‧歐琳作品的標準來看，《親愛的圖書館》意境特別優美，更能擴展心靈。本書將聚光燈打在圖書館上，照亮主事者的豪情壯志，各位將不斷聽見書裡的故事多麽重要。這些話全是肺腑之言，但是，讀這本書有更大的一個理由：因為它能讓你從第一頁沉迷到最後一頁。大家千萬不能錯過這一本喔！」──伊莉莎白‧吉兒伯特，《享受吧！一個人的旅行》

(摘錄自博客來網路書店)

Sea of Tranquility: A novel

Emily St. John Mandel
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NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • The award-winning, best-selling author of Station Eleven and The Glass Hotel returns with a novel of art, time travel, love, and plague that takes the reader from Vancouver Island in 1912 to a dark colony on the moon five hundred years later, unfurling a story of humanity across centuries and space.

“One of [Mandel’s] finest novels and one of her most satisfying forays into the arena of speculative fiction yet.” —The New York Times

Edwin St. Andrew is eighteen years old when he crosses the Atlantic by steamship, exiled from polite society following an ill-conceived diatribe at a dinner party. He enters the forest, spellbound by the beauty of the Canadian wilderness, and suddenly hears the notes of a violin echoing in an airship terminal—an experience that shocks him to his core.

Two centuries later a famous writer named Olive Llewellyn is on a book tour. She’s traveling all over Earth, but her home is the second moon colony, a place of white stone, spired towers, and artificial beauty. Within the text of Olive’s best-selling pandemic novel lies a strange passage: a man plays his violin for change in the echoing corridor of an airship terminal as the trees of a forest rise around him.

When Gaspery-Jacques Roberts, a detective in the black-skied Night City, is hired to investigate an anomaly in the North American wilderness, he uncovers a series of lives upended: The exiled son of an earl driven to madness, a writer trapped far from home as a pandemic ravages Earth, and a childhood friend from the Night City who, like Gaspery himself, has glimpsed the chance to do something extraordinary that will disrupt the timeline of the universe.

A virtuoso performance that is as human and tender as it is intellectually playful, Sea of Tranquility is a novel of time travel and metaphysics that precisely captures the reality of our current moment.

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換了語言，就換了腦袋：從荷馬史詩到達爾文，語言如何影響我們的思想、行為與認知 (Through the Language Glass)

蓋伊．多徹 (Guy Deutscher)
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◎ BBC山謬強森獎、英國皇家學會溫頓科學獎入圍作品
◎《紐約時報》、《經濟學人》、《金融時報》年度最佳讀物

語言是種本能嗎？
文法規則早已寫在我們的ＤＮＡ裡了嗎？
語言是否會影響我們的思考方式呢？

常有人說，一個國家的語言，反映了該國的文化、心靈和思維模式。比如：
＊古希臘人覺得羊是紫色，蜂蜜是綠色，是否他們無法分辨顏色?
＊澳洲某部落不說前後左右，只講東西南北，是否他們缺乏方向感？
＊德語的秩序感讓德國人的思想如此井然有序？
＊聲調優美曼妙的法語，是讓法國人如此浪漫的原因？
＊只要比較葡萄牙溫潤的聲音與西班牙語的艱澀音調，就能理解這兩個民族的性格差異？

那麼，換個語言，我們就會擁有不一樣的世界觀嗎？

本書將會帶領你穿越時空，從古希臘的荷馬到十九世紀的達爾文，從蠻荒野人到白袍科學家，多徹在書中綜觀語言學兩世紀的發展歷程，以極其豐富的有趣實例，向我們展示不同語言的特殊性，深入探討許多有關語言、文化和大腦的勁爆問題，並藉此告訴我們：語言對我們的影響，也許比你想像中的要來得更多、更令人驚奇！

◎各界好評

本書閱讀起來猶如偵探小說尋找答案般精彩，也樹立了語言學科普書寫逸趣橫生的典範。──江文瑜／國立臺灣大學語言學研究所教授

作者以博古知今的知識背景，以及機智中帶著辛辣的筆觸，帶領讀者走進語言學研究裡迷人而深刻的歷史公案，抽絲剝繭地探討語言、思想、大腦和文化間錯綜複雜的關係。──鄭凱元／國立陽明交通大學心智研究所教授

就算你完全不懂語言學，也可以享受這本書！──《新科學人》雜誌

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Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology

Chris Miller
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An epic account of the decades-long battle to control what has emerged as the world's most critical resource—microchip technology—with the United States and China increasingly in conflict.

You may be surprised to learn that microchips are the new oil—the scarce resource on which the modern world depends. Today, military, economic, and geopolitical power are built on a foundation of computer chips. Virtually everything—from missiles to microwaves, smartphones to the stock market—runs on chips. Until recently, America designed and built the fastest chips and maintained its lead as the #1 superpower. Now, America's edge is slipping, undermined by competitors in Taiwan, Korea, Europe, and, above all, China. Today, as Chip War reveals, China, which spends more money each year importing chips than it spends importing oil, is pouring billions into a chip-building initiative to catch up to the US. At stake is America's military superiority and economic prosperity.

Economic historian Chris Miller explains how the semiconductor came to play a critical role in modern life and how the U.S. become dominant in chip design and manufacturing and applied this technology to military systems. America's victory in the Cold War and its global military dominance stems from its ability to harness computing power more effectively than any other power. But here, too, China is catching up, with its chip-building ambitions and military modernization going hand in hand. America has let key components of the chip-building process slip out of its grasp, contributing not only to a worldwide chip shortage but also a new Cold War with a superpower adversary that is desperate to bridge the gap.

Illuminating, timely, and fascinating, Chip War shows that, to make sense of the current state of politics, economics, and technology, we must first understand the vital role played by chips.

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為什麼100隻貓無法吃掉1隻老鼠?：從個人、團體到社會，6.5個日常故事帶你建構生活中的賽局思維

鎌田雄一郎
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《日本經濟新聞》、《朝日新聞》、《週刊東洋經濟》好評報導
哈佛博士帶你發掘日常中最容易入門的賽局理論

日本經濟學家、哈佛大學博士鎌田雄一郎是「賽局理論」研究領域的佼佼者。他認為賽局理論是經濟學當中最重要的一項理論，也是「幫助社會上有各種煩惱的人，針對讓他們苦惱的各種事件做決策」的學問。他在本書拋開令人卻步的生硬詞彙，用6.5個平易近人的故事包裝，傳達賽局相關理論的核心概念，希望幫助讀者拉近與賽局理論的距離，並進一步將背後的決策思維學以致用。

賽局理論不只能應用於「團體」、「家庭」等小型社會發生的事件，也會拿來分析股票買賣、政黨競爭、納稅或國家政策等更複雜的問題。面對經濟、商業、人際關係等疑難雜症，如果不懂賽局理論，就像沒有羅盤就貿然出海航行。

這本書將幫助你從日常生活開始，輕鬆學習並建構賽局思維邏輯，讓你面臨不論是小社會還是大社會的各種問題時，都能往正確的方向思考，做出正確的決定！

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Introduction to Quantum Optics: From the Semi-classical Approach to Quantized Light

Gilbert Grynberg, Alain Aspect, Claude Fabre
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Prof. Alain Aspect was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 2022, jointly with John Clauser and Anton Zeilinger. Prof. Aspect is a Senior Fellow at the City University of Hong Kong (CityU). In 2018, he was conferred an Honorary Doctor of Science by CityU in recognition of his significant contributions to education and society.

Covering a number of important subjects in quantum optics, this textbook is an excellent introduction for advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students, familiarizing readers with the basic concepts and formalism as well as the most recent advances.

The first part of the textbook covers the semi-classical approach where matter is quantized, but light is not. It describes significant phenomena in quantum optics, including the principles of lasers. The second part is devoted to the full quantum description of light and its interaction with matter, covering topics such as spontaneous emission, and classical and non-classical states of light. An overview of photon entanglement and applications to quantum information is also given. In the third part, non-linear optics and laser cooling of atoms are presented, where using both approaches allows for a comprehensive description. Each chapter describes basic concepts in detail, and more specific concepts and phenomena are presented in ‘complements'.

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我偏愛讀詩的荒謬：現代詩的三十堂課

廖偉棠
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資深詩人的現代詩入門課，深入淺出地解讀當代詩意，以詩的荒謬戰勝日常的荒謬

資深詩人廖偉棠，出版過十多部個人詩集，斬獲數個文學大獎，活躍在中國現代詩的第一線。同時，他也是專業的詩歌研究者，既熟悉古典詩，又有大量的現代詩閱讀和寫作經驗。

在本書中，他以詩人的和研究者的雙重視角，兼具古典詩和現代詩的兩種維度，帶領讀者重新理解現代詩與當代生活、母語美學之間的關係，重塑詩意的力量。

廖偉棠兄是我非常喜愛的一位詩人跟評論家，左手寫詩，右手寫評論，是一樣的精彩。最重要的就是，他對詩的認識絕不只是限於現代詩的範圍。他能夠讓大家知道，整個中國各種詩的現況，以及世界詩壇裡的一些詩又能夠給我們什麼樣的教益。另一方面，他對於中國的古詩也有研究，所以他可以給大家一個對於詩的全面認識。——梁文道

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The Metaverse: And How It Will Revolutionize Everything

Matthew Ball
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WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BESTSELLER
Amazon: Editors' Choice in Nonfiction

Tim Sweeney (CEO of Fortnite-maker Epic Games): “Matthew Ball’s essays have defined, analyzed, and inspired the Metaverse for years. His book is an approachable and essential guide to the strategic, technical, and philosophical foundations of this new medium.”

From the leading theorist of the Metaverse comes the definitive account of the next internet: what the Metaverse is, what it will take to build it, and what it means for all of us.

The term “Metaverse” is suddenly everywhere, from the front pages of national newspapers and the latest fashion trends to the plans of the most powerful companies in history. It is already shaping the policy platforms of the US government, the European Union, and the Chinese Communist Party.

But what, exactly, is the Metaverse? As pioneering theorist and venture capitalist Matthew Ball explains, it is a persistent and interconnected network of 3D virtual worlds that will eventually serve as the gateway to most online experiences, and also underpin much of the physical world. For decades, these ideas have been limited to science fiction and video games, but they are now poised to revolutionize every industry and function, from finance and healthcare to education, consumer products, city planning, dating, and well beyond.

Taking us on an expansive tour of the “next internet,” Ball demonstrates that many proto-Metaverses are already here, such as Fortnite, Minecraft, and Roblox. Yet these offer only a glimpse of what is to come. Ball presents a comprehensive definition of the Metaverse before explaining the technologies that will power it―and the breakthroughs that will be necessary to fully realize it. He addresses the governance challenges the Metaverse entails; investigates the role of Web3, blockchains, and NFTs; and predicts Metaverse winners and losers. Most importantly, he examines many of the Metaverse’s almost unlimited applications ...

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領導者的數位轉型 : 哈佛大學教授給組織領導者的AI時代競爭策略 (Competing in the Age of AI)

馬可．顏西提 (Marco Iansiti), 卡林．拉哈尼 (Karin R. Lakhani)
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「破壞式創新正持續扭轉我們所熟悉的產業競爭樣貌。
對於渴望在嶄新商業環境中永續發展的企業領導者，
本書絕對是一本令人信服的必讀之作！」
―克雷頓．克里斯汀生（Clayton Christensen）

經歷新冠肺炎疫情的衝擊，我們已經沒有拖延的藉口
為求企業永續，數位轉型勢在必行！

● 領導者該如何帶領企業成功「數位轉型」？
● 行政首長該如何讓施政邁向「數位治理」？
● 組織成員該如何理解大規模「組織變革」？

本書兩位作者為哈佛商學院教授，他們將長年專研「數位轉型」與「創新管理」領域的研究與觀察寫成本書，向新時代企業領導者傳達一項重要的觀念：所謂「數位轉型」並非硬要將公司轉變為完全截然不同的營運型態，而是當傳統型組織導入數位營運的同時，仍保有過去所積累的文化及競爭優勢，在新與舊的交織之間啟動全新一波的成長動能。

本書透析「數位轉型」的企業實戰案例，例如仰賴「AI工廠」迅速從研發到製造的莫德納（Moderna）疫苗、宜家家居（IKEA）的數位化零售轉型、英國線上購物平台奧凱多（Ocado）、健康科技公司派樂騰（Peloton）等，詳盡說明當傳統型組織面對層出不窮、無法預測的指數型危機威脅時，如何布局未來動能、深化敏捷與彈性、有效提升數位時代中的組織競爭力。

作者向所有組織領導者大聲疾呼：「還有什麼是比新冠肺炎疫情更好的證據？」不論你的組織型態是新或舊，即使「病毒」沒有找上你，競爭者終究也會找上你。我們已經沒有拖延的藉口，每個組織都必須致力於組織流程、營運系統與競爭能力的變革！

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The Bright Book of Life: Novels to Read and Reread

Harold Bloom
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America's most original and controversial literary critic writes trenchantly about forty-eight masterworks spanning the Western tradition—from Don Quixote to Wuthering Heights to Invisible Man—in his first book devoted exclusively to narrative fiction.

In this valedictory volume, Yale professor Harold Bloom—who for more than half a century was regarded as America's most daringly original and controversial literary critic—gives us his only book devoted entirely to the art of the novel. With his hallmark percipience, remarkable scholarship, and extraordinary devotion to sublimity, Bloom offers meditations on forty-eight essential works spanning the Western canon, from Don Quixote to Book of Numbers; from Wuthering Heights to Absalom, Absalom!; from Les Misérables to Blood Meridian; from Vanity Fair to Invisible Man. Here are trenchant appreciations of fiction by, among many others, Austen, Balzac, Dickens, Tolstoy, James, Conrad, Lawrence, Le Guin, and Sebald.

Whether you have already read these books, plan to, or simply care about the importance and power of fiction, Harold Bloom is your unparalleled guide to understanding literature with new intimacy.

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NLP來自潛意識的語言力量:掌握主導權的14種說話模式 (Words That Change Minds)

雪兒‧羅斯‧夏爾凡 (Shelle Rose Charvet)
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當你理解人們如何做出決定時，就可以對他們的行為產生關鍵性的影響
NLP語言行為量表（LAB Profile®）應用聖經，自學NLP必讀
NLP LAB Profile®權威大師著作在台唯一出版！

如果你能在三句話中了解對方，世界上還有什麼事難得倒你？
想要知道客戶的下一步是積極回應，還是不理不睬？
想要激發工作夥伴的熱情，你該怎麼說？

神經語言程式學（NLP）讓你從對話中洞悉別人，進而改變、引導他們
任何人的態度、特質，或行為，幾乎都可以被拿來拆解和分析，並從中找出影響這個人的方法，如果你懂得使用語言的奧祕，你就可以從內到外徹底改變一個人！

藉由語言行為量表的分析，你可以比對方更了解他自己
語言行為量表（LAB Profile®）是從NLP發展出來的一套分析方法，是以NLP的全套型態為根據，透過這套方法，可以察覺激發人們的動力如何產生，如何處理資訊，如何決策，讓你學會如何為特定人士和團體客製化你的語言，引發對方的動力，進而改變他們的想法和行為。

重點不是說話的內容，而是說話的方式
藉由語言行為量表，你可以提升自己的洞察力，預測別人的想法，以最適合的方式與他人進行交流，並透過不同的說話方式改變別人的行為，並且在他們做決定前發揮關鍵性的影響。

當你可以輕易辨識出激發別人的動力來源以及他們的思考和決策方式時，你將能夠：
‧跟任何人建立非常融洽的關係，進行有效溝通
‧降低衝突和誤解的可能
‧縮短你的銷售週期，並且讓顧客滿意
‧設計出強而有力的行銷和廣告活動
‧招募到適任的人才，並為他們提供表現的舞台
‧大幅改善你的協商成果和談話效果
‧打造出可以滿足各種需求的學習計畫，提升對自我的認識和競爭力
‧學習一套全新的方法，讓你的輔導技巧和你的培訓事業更上一層樓
‧帶領高績效的團隊，讓團隊成員充分發揮長處，不被他們的缺點拖累 ......

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Infinite Powers: How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe

Steven Strogatz
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Without calculus, we wouldn't have cell phones, TV, GPS, or ultrasound. We wouldn't have unraveled DNA or discovered Neptune or figured out how to put 5,000 songs in your pocket.

Though many of us were scared away from this essential, engrossing subject in high school and college, Steven Strogatz's brilliantly creative, down-to-earth history shows that calculus is not about complexity; it's about simplicity. It harnesses an unreal number - infinity - to tackle real world problems, breaking them down into easier ones and then reassembling the answers into solutions that feel miraculous.

Infinite Powers recounts how calculus tantalized and thrilled its inventors, starting with its first glimmers in ancient Greece and bringing us right up to the discovery of gravitational waves. Strogatz reveals how this form of math rose to the challenges of each age: how to determine the area of a circle with only sand and a stick; how to explain why Mars goes "backwards" sometimes; how to turn the tide in the fight against AIDS.

As Strogatz proves, calculus is truly the language of the universe. By unveiling the principles of that language, Infinite Powers makes us marvel at the world anew.

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重讀20世紀中國小說

許子東
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讀100年的小說，看100年的中國。

巴爾扎克說：“小說被認為是一個民族的秘史。”這一次，我們用小說打開中國！

百年來，1902—1916，總被忽略的“晚清時期”；1917—1941，總被說起的“五四時期”；1942—1976，總被留白的“革命時期”；1977孕育新聲，總被爭論的“80年代至今”……

許子東的“20世紀小說課”，以編年體為順序，以文本閱讀為中心，“士農工商仕”中國社會各階層分析，重新梳理20世紀中國小說的關鍵線索，聚焦近代、現代、當代文學史上近百部（篇）中短長篇小說。從1902年梁啟超《新中國未來記》“神預言”開始，一直到2006年劉慈欣的科幻小說《三體》為止，奇遇中國100年。

特別收入“生態篇”，高度還原“作家的一天”——1926年郁達夫的“戀愛”日記，1936年魯迅晚年的“誤診”疑雲，1952年巴金“同志”在朝鮮戰場，1984年“尋根”韓少功在杭州會議，1994年“拜訪”王安憶的上海作家生活……

百年來，中國怎麼會走到今天？會走向怎樣的明天？《老殘遊記》有句話：“眼前路都是從過去的路生出來的，你走兩步回頭看看，一定不會錯了。”

(摘錄自博客來網路書店)

Creative Acts for Curious People: How to Think, Create, and Lead in Unconventional Ways

Sarah Stein Greenberg
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WINNER OF THE PORCHLIGHT BUSINESS BOOK AWARD

In an era of ambiguous, messy problems—as well as extraordinary opportunities for positive change—it’s vital to have both an inquisitive mind and the ability to act with intention. Creative Acts for Curious People is filled with ways to build those skills with resilience, care, and confidence.

At Stanford University’s world-renowned Hasso Plattner Institute of Design, aka “the d.school,” students and faculty, experts and seekers bring together diverse perspectives to tackle ambitious projects; this book contains the experiences designed to help them do it. A provocative and highly visual companion, it’s a definitive resource for people who aim to draw on their curiosity and creativity in the face of uncertainty. Teeming with ideas about discovery, learning, and leading the way through unknown creative territory, Creative Acts for Curious People includes memorable stories and more than eighty innovative exercises.

Curated by executive director Sarah Stein Greenberg, after being honed in the classrooms of the d.school, these exercises originated in some of the world’s most inventive and unconventional minds, including those of d.school and IDEO founder David M. Kelley, ReadyMade magazine founder Grace Hawthorne, innovative choreographer Aleta Hayes, Google chief innovation evangelist Frederik G. Pferdt, and many more.

To bring fresh approaches to any challenge–world changing or close to home–you can draw on exercises such as Expert Eyes to hone observation skills, How to Talk to Strangers to foster understanding, and Designing Tools for Teams to build creative leadership. The activities are at once lighthearted, surprising, tough, and impactful–and reveal how the hidden dynamics of design can drive more vibrant ways of making, feeling, exploring, experimenting, and collaborating at work and in life. This book will help you develop the behaviors and deepen the mindsets that can turn your curiosity into ideas, and your ideas into action.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

如何閱讀一本書 (三版) (How to Read a Book)

莫提默‧艾德勒, 查理‧范多倫 (Mortimer J. Adler, Charles Van Doren)
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這本書在1940年出版，1972年大幅增訂改寫為新版。
不論什麼時候讀，都不能不嘆服作者對閱讀用心之深、視野之廣。
不懂閱讀的人，初探閱讀的人，讀這本書可以節省冤枉路。
對閱讀有所體會的人，讀這本書可以有更深的印證與領悟。

讀一本好書，會讓你的努力有所回報。而一本最好的書對你的回饋也最多。當然，這樣的回饋分成兩種：第一，當你成功地閱讀了一本難讀的好書之後，你的閱讀技巧必然增進了。第二，一本好書能教你了解這個世界以及你自己，你不只更懂得如何讀得更好，還更懂得生命；你變得更有智慧，而不只是更有知識。

本書提到閱讀主要有四個階段：一是基礎閱讀，只要懂得看書、識字，就算是達到這層閱讀；二是檢視閱讀，此階段有時間限制，要在很短的時間內抓住書籍想要表達的主題與部分內容，也可以稱作略讀；三是分析閱讀，是本書中最重要的一部分，在談如何做到最完整的閱讀，同時也是討論如何提升理解力與閱讀能力；四是主題閱讀，也是最高層次的閱讀，這是所有閱讀中最複雜也最系統化的閱讀。

書中特別提出如何閱讀七種類型的書籍方法：1.實用型，2.想像文學，3.故事、戲劇與詩，4.歷史書，5.科學與數學，6.哲學書，7.社會科學；以供讀者參考。

(摘錄自博客來網路書店)

Know Thyself: The Science of Self-Awareness

Stephen M. Fleming
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Unlock the secrets to understanding yourself and others with the surprising science of the human mind's greatest power: introspection.

“Are you sure?”

Whether in a court room, a doctor’s office, a gameshow’s hot seat, or a student’s desk, we are always trying to answer that question. Should we accept eyewitness testimony or a physician’s diagnosis? Do we really want to risk it all on a final question? And what should we be studying in order to do as well as possible on a test? In short, how do we know what we and others know - or as importantly, don’t know?

As cognitive neuroscientist Stephen Fleming shows in Know Thyself, we do this with metacognition. Metacognition, or thinking about thinking, is the most important tool we have for understanding our own mind. Metacognition is an awesome power: It is what enables self-awareness as well as what lets us think about the minds of others. It is the ultimate human trait, and in its most rarefied forms is a power that neither other animals, nor our current artificial intelligences, have. Metacognition teaches us the limits of our own knowledge. Once we understand what it is and how it works, we can improve our performance and make better decisions. For example, on the SAT, it helps us gauge when we should skip a question rather than lose points getting an answer wrong.

Know Thyself, like the metacognition itself, is equal parts scientific, philosophical, and practical. And that means, like Thinking, Fast and Slow and Predictably Irrational, it’s that rarest of books: one that can both expand our minds and change our lives.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

玫瑰是沒有理由的開放 : 走近現代詩的40條小徑

廖偉棠
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40堂詩意講座X 63首現代詩經典。
廖偉棠帶路，說新詩也說詩人的故事，
開啟人們對情感節奏的感知，走近文字蘊藏的詩意。

詩是什麼？是文字美感。

美感是肉體感受，不是理性判斷結果，當波赫士要說明詩歌時，他引用了德語詩人西萊修斯(Angelus Silesius)的一句話做總結：玫瑰是沒有理由的開放。(The Rose is without an explanation; She blooms, because She blooms.)

「新詩」誕生超過一百年，人們熟悉胡適、徐志摩、余光中這些著名詩人，<人間四月天>、<再別康橋>、<鄉愁>也是許多人朗朗上口的名篇，為什麼人們還是對現代詩陌生，或是認定現代詩難懂呢？

這本書是熟悉古典詩文，又熱愛現代詩創作的廖偉棠，透過四十個角度與主題，深入淺出地帶領讀者重新認識「詩意」，認識現代詩與文字的美。全書含括近百年來的經典詩人和詩作：周夢蝶、瘂弦、洛夫、夏宇、北島、顧城、西西、梁秉鈞、黃燦然、張棗、余秀華、洛爾迦、宮澤賢治、保羅·策蘭、奧登、布考斯基、辛波絲卡、胡適、卞之琳、廢名、穆旦……廖偉棠文情並茂地引詩論藝，除了是一本了解詩歌的完整論述，也是展現廖偉棠豐厚詩歌教養的創作，是現代詩的入門書。

梁文道｜評論家
「到底什麼叫作詩？什麼叫作好詩？尤其，什麼樣的詩才算是一首好的現代詩呢？這個問題至今都還有很大的爭論。香港著名詩人廖偉棠，左手寫詩，右手寫評論，一樣的精彩。他來談詩，會給大家較全面的認識，尤其是現代詩。」

駱以軍｜作家
「我們說電影電影，其實現代詩感覺才更像那個一瞬之電、一瞬光影。許多現代詩，它在那電流通過的詩人體腔發出陌生如在人造衛星上看地球的光，那是廖偉棠可以把中文現代詩講得那麼迷人，讓人心醉之處。」

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How to Write a Sentence: And How to Read One

Stanley Fish
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New York Times Bestseller

“Both deeper and more democratic than The Elements of Style” – Adam Haslett, Financial Times

“A guided tour through some of the most beautiful, arresting sentences in the English language.” – Slate

“Like a long periodic sentence, this book rumbles along, gathers steam, shifts gears, and packs a wallop.” —Roy Blount Jr.

In this entertaining and erudite New York Times bestseller, beloved professor Stanley Fish offers both sentence craft and sentence pleasure. Drawing on a wide range of great writers, from Philip Roth to Antonin Scalia to Jane Austen, How to Write a Sentence is much more than a writing manual—it is a spirited love letter to the written word, and a key to understanding how great writing works.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

任何人都適用的完美學習法

高榮成, 申榮俊
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★融合《快思慢想》《刻意練習》等多本著作精華的完美學習法
★韓國暢銷書、讀者高口碑評價

好的學習法，是人生堅實的支柱
跟著博士菁英與超強自學者，擁抱最高效的13堂學習課
兩位作者有著非常不同的經驗，他們網羅全球與學習相關的重要研究，
找出經科學驗證、真正有效的方法，
配合學習上會面臨的煩惱與實際輔導案例，
帶你不斷突破學習的天花板，成長、成功！

學習如果用對了方法，效果相當驚人！！

一位美國自由記者到國際記憶大賽現場採訪，驚訝的發現，得獎者的記憶力真的非常人所能及──15分鐘內能默記背出隨機選出的300個詞彙、5分鐘內能默記背出千位數的亂數數字、能記得10副亂序撲克牌的排序、能背出圓周率小數點後萬位數……簡直是記憶天才。但連著幾屆的記憶大賽冠軍告訴他，「記憶是可以靠學習的，只要你用對方法」。因此他決定報名隔年的大賽，給自己一年時間學習，結果真的贏得了冠軍獎牌！！

有鑑於此，本書的兩位作者，一位是博士菁英，一位是超強的自學者，決定研究找出最完美有效的學習法，完成一本可以幫助眾人的著作。全書除了以教育學、認知心理學、腦科學、行為經濟學等多方面理論為基礎，也輔導了數千名學生、職場工作者，有些文組的人就業失敗後，靠著持續學習，以工程師的身分重返職場；有些人從舊領域跨向新領域，得到理想的工作；有些人透過充實的系統化學習，突破自身限制，最終找到自己的夢想。

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Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals

Oliver Burkeman
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AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

"Provocative and appealing . . . well worth your extremely limited time." ―Barbara Spindel, The Wall Street Journal

The average human lifespan is absurdly, insultingly brief. Assuming you live to be eighty, you have just over four thousand weeks.

Nobody needs telling there isn’t enough time. We’re obsessed with our lengthening to-do lists, our overfilled inboxes, work-life balance, and the ceaseless battle against distraction; and we’re deluged with advice on becoming more productive and efficient, and “life hacks” to optimize our days. But such techniques often end up making things worse. The sense of anxious hurry grows more intense, and still the most meaningful parts of life seem to lie just beyond the horizon. Still, we rarely make the connection between our daily struggles with time and the ultimate time management problem: the challenge of how best to use our four thousand weeks.

Drawing on the insights of both ancient and contemporary philosophers, psychologists, and spiritual teachers, Oliver Burkeman delivers an entertaining, humorous, practical, and ultimately profound guide to time and time management. Rejecting the futile modern fixation on “getting everything done,” Four Thousand Weeks introduces readers to tools for constructing a meaningful life by embracing finitude, showing how many of the unhelpful ways we’ve come to think about time aren’t inescapable, unchanging truths, but choices we’ve made as individuals and as a society―and that we could do things differently.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

人生思考題 : 哈佛教育學院院長提出的5+1個人生重要問題 (Wait, What?: And Life’s Other Essential Questions)

詹姆斯．萊恩 (James E. Ryan)
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《紐約時報》暢銷書 Amazon.com空降排行榜
哈佛大學給畢業生最棒的禮物‧感動全球900萬人精彩演說
你看過後，也會重新思考自己的日常溝通

5個平凡問題 串出非凡人生
如果你希望自己被愛、被珍惜、被尊重
就應該試著問，也試著答

網路上瘋傳的畢業典禮演講
哈佛大學教育學院院長剖析人生最重要的5+1個問題

不管在會議室或在教室，我們花了太多時間和精力在尋找正確答案。事實上，問題和答案一樣重要，甚至可能更重要。好問題能讓我們超越有限的認知，勇敢面對困難、未知、令人尷尬，甚至不愉快的處境，讓我們對人際關係和世界有更深入的了解。

哈佛大學教育學院院長詹姆斯．萊恩在本書指出問與答的奧妙，帶我們領略美國首席大法官的思辨過程，提醒我們經常詢問人生最重要的五個基本問題，包括：

• 「等等，你說什麼？」，是所有了解的根源。
• 「我想知道……？」，是所有好奇心的核心。
• 「至少，我們是不是能夠……？」，是所有進展的開始。
• 「我能夠幫什麼忙？」，是所有良好關係的基礎。
• 「真正重要的是什麼？」，能夠幫助我們找到生命的核心。

本書充滿許多幽默、動人的小故事，從美國最高法院、哈佛大學、殘障兒童之家到急診室，還有作者的身世。只要我們經常詢問這五個問題，就能夠回答人生加分題：「即便如此，今生今世，你是否已經了無遺憾？」本書妙趣橫生，說理深刻又感人，將永遠改變你對問題的看法。

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2030: How Today's Biggest Trends Will Collide and Reshape the Future of Everything

Mauro F. Guillen
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The world is changing drastically before our eyes - will you be prepared for what comes next? A groundbreaking analysis from one of the world's foremost experts on global trends, including analysis on how COVID-19 will amplify and accelerate each of these changes.

Once upon a time, the world was neatly divided into prosperous and backward economies. Babies were plentiful, workers outnumbered retirees, and people aspiring towards the middle class yearned to own homes and cars. Companies didn't need to see any further than Europe and the United States to do well. Printed money was legal tender for all debts, public and private. We grew up learning how to "play the game", and we expected the rules to remain the same as we took our first job, started a family, saw our children grow up, and went into retirement with our finances secure.

That world - and those rules - are over.

By 2030, a new reality will take hold, and before you know it:
There will be more grandparents than grandchildren
The middle class in Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa will outnumber the US and Europe combined
The global economy will be driven by the non-Western consumer for the first time in modern history
There will be more global wealth owned by women than men
There will be more robots than workers
There will be more computers than human brains
There will be more currencies than countries

According to Mauro F. Guillen, the only way to truly understand the global transformations underway - and their impacts - is to think laterally. That is, using "peripheral vision", or approaching problems creatively and from unorthodox points of view. Rather than focusing on a single trend - climate change or the rise of illiberal regimes, for example - Guillen encourages us to consider the dynamic inter-play between a range of forces that will converge on a single tipping point - 2030 - that will be, for better or worse, the point of no return.

2030 is both a remarkable guide to the coming changes and an exercise in the power of "lateral thinking", thereby revolutionizing the way you think about cataclysmic change and its consequences.

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樹木教我的人生課 : 遇到困難時, 我總是在不知不覺間, 向樹木尋找答案

禹鐘榮
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「只要閱讀一次，就會愛上樹木，
閱讀兩次，就會熱愛自身的生命。」
★療癒韓國人民的年度之書
★15萬冊作者的最新力作，入選韓國最大連鎖書店「上班族必讀書籍」

樹木，是信仰，更是人類的心靈慰藉......

「努力、厚實實力，才能成功」——杉樹
你知道嗎？小杉樹要長得跟其他大樹一般，需要經歷百年的漫長歲月。但它們並未放棄，仍然在漆黑的土地中生根發芽，因為它們知道唯有等待並厚實根部的力量，才能有長高的事實。 ——如果是人類，也許有人早已放棄，但也有人如同小杉樹般，為了獲得成就，在別人不知道的幾千個日夜中努力。

「想獲得什麽，就得付出什麽」——樺樹
因為強風而無法向上長高的樺樹，取而代之的是往下深深扎根。而比起其他樹木，樺樹需要更多陽光才能生存，為此，它們放棄一起成長的朋友，選擇獨自在高聳的岩石上成長，這樣才能盡情獨享陽光。
——人也是如此，許多人都貪心得想要擁有全部，但兩全其美並非易事，需要取捨，才能獲得，如果糾結於失去，最終只會兩頭空。

「與樹木學習如何漂亮地退場。」——紅豆杉
樹木的空隙是老病樹木的傷口。古老的紅豆杉，隨著歲月的流逝，體內的空隙越大。而空隙就成為了被寒冬折磨得疲憊不堪的動物們之藏身處。如今已邁入人生下半場的作者，在一次與年輕後輩前往救治樹木時，學會了老樹戰勝傷痛，擁抱微小生命的人生智慧。
——無論是誰，到了某一瞬間，都要在該退後時退後一步，漂亮地讓出自己的空位。

作者照顧樹木已超過三十年，與樹木的相處遠比與人的相處還多，身為治癒樹木的樹木醫生，作者卻總說「是樹木治癒了我。」他相信樹木給予的力量，爲了和更多人分享樹木的智慧，於是寫下這本書。而人類身處於世界中，為了生存總是竭盡全力，正如同生長在條件惡劣中的樹木，不畏風寒，仍然在每一瞬間向下扎根，開拓它的生命。

樹木，世界上最古老且最有智慧的人生哲學家，它們用生存智慧教會人類生命的真諦。

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Barbarians at the Wall: The First Nomadic Empire and the Making of China

John Man
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The people of the first nomadic empire left no written records, but from 200 BC they dominated the heart of Asia for 400 years. They changed the world. The Mongols, today’s descendants of Genghis Khan, see them as ancestors. Their rise cemented Chinese unity and inspired the first Great Wall. Their heirs under Attila the Hun helped destroy the Roman Empire.

We don’t know what language they spoke, but they became known as Xiongnu, or Hunnu, a term passed down the centuries and across Eurasia, enduring today in shortened form as ‘Hun’. Outside Asia precious little is known of their rich history, but new evidence reframes our understanding of the indelible mark they left on a vast region stretching from Europe and sweeping right across Central Asia deep into China.

Based on meticulous research and new archaeological evidence, Barbarians at the Wall traces their epic story, and shows how the nomadic cultures of the steppes gave birth to a ‘barbarian empire’ with the wealth and power to threaten the civilised order of the ancient world.

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The “Hunters, Warriors, Spirits: Nomadic Art of North China” exhibition presented by the City University of Hong Kong tells the story of the nomads through the diverse lenses of archaeology, art history, and anthropology. It features over 250 artworks from the early 1st millennium B.C.E. to the “golden age” between the 10th and 13th centuries C.E. These include everyday objects and weapons from the early nomads of northern China, such as the Orochen, Xiongnu, Xianbei, and Rouran, presenting not only the ideal relationship between humans and nature but also the nomads’ superb arts and artisanship. READ MORE

“Hunters, Warriors, Spirits: Nomadic Art of North China” Exhibition:
Date: 23 July – 23 October 2022 (Open daily, except Mondays)
Time: 10am to 7pm
Venue: Indra and Harry Banga Gallery at City University of Hong Kong , 18/F, Lau Ming Wai Academic Building
Admission: Free of charge, prior booking is required

草原王權的誕生： 斯基泰與匈奴，早期遊牧國家的文明

林俊雄
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匈人是匈奴人嗎？匈奴人和斯基泰人又有什麼關係？
漢王朝如何被迫和親匈奴？它的復仇戰爭成功了嗎？
探尋中央歐亞草原的騎馬遊牧民──「斯基泰」與「匈奴」在世界史被忽略的意義！

騎馬遊牧民是野蠻和破壞的化身、而與文明無緣嗎？
這不過是留下文字記錄的定居農耕社會單方面的看法！

鼎盛期的波斯帝國也無法征服的部族集團──「斯基泰」；與漢皇帝具有對等軍事戰鬥力的遊牧民族──「匈奴」。他們跨越了「東方」與「西方」地理分界，串聯起整個歐亞大陸。

「斯基泰」是目前所知最古老的遊牧民族，約在西元前八至前七世紀的時候登上歷史舞台。而「匈奴」確切在歷史上出現，則是西元前三世紀的時候。雖然兩者的存在時間有落差，且看似一個存在於西洋史、一個存在於中國史，然而從考古挖掘的資料可以發現，兩者文化上非常的相似，屬於同一系統。同樣身為馳騁在草原之上的霸主，「斯基泰」與「匈奴」是同一群人嗎？他們又各自如何影響東西方的歷史呢？

本書首次把橫亙東西方的騎馬遊牧民合併而寫，探尋古代草原世界的王權形成和它們的文化，藉此思考遊牧民在世界史中的積極角色。

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正於香港城市大學舉行的《獵人‧戰士‧神靈：中國北方游牧藝術》展覽，結合考古學、藝術史及人類學等多元角度，呈現中國北方古代游牧民族世界。是次展覽展出250多件藝術品，由公元前千年追溯至公元10至13世紀的「黃金時代」，包括中國北方古代游牧民族如鄂倫春族、匈奴、鮮卑、柔然的日常用品及武器等，不單呈現古人與大自然的理想結合，同時反映游牧民族的卓越工藝。閱讀更多

展覽詳情：
日期: 2022年7月23日至10月23日 （逢星期一休館）
時間: 上午10時 – 下午7時
地點: 香港城市大學劉鳴偉學術大樓十八樓般哥展覽館
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Personality Isn't Permanent: Break Free from Self-Limiting Beliefs and Rewrite Your Story

Benjamin Hardy
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Psychologist and best-selling author Benjamin Hardy, PhD, debunks the pervasive myths about personality that prevent us from learning - and provides bold strategies for personal transformation.

In Personality Isn’t Permanent, Dr. Benjamin Hardy draws on psychological research to demolish the popular misconception that personality - a person’s consistent attitudes and behaviors - is innate and unchanging. Hardy liberates us from the limiting belief that our “true selves” are to be discovered and shows how we can intentionally create our desired selves and achieve amazing goals instead. He offers practical, science-based advice to for personal-reinvention, including:

-Why personality tests such as Myers-Briggs and Enneagram are not only psychologically destructive, but are no more scientific than horoscopes
-Why you should never be the “former” anything - because defining yourself by your past successes is just as damaging to growth as being haunted by past failures
-How to design your current identity based on your desired future self and make decisions here and now through your new identity
-How to reframe traumatic and painful experiences into a fresh narrative supporting your future success
-How to become confident enough to define your own life’s purpose
-How to create a network of “empathetic witnesses” who actively encourage you through the highs and lows of extreme growth
-How to enhance your subconscious to overcome addictions and limiting patterns
-How redesign your environment to pull you toward your future, rather than keep you stuck in the past
-How to tap into what psychologists call “pull motivation” by narrowing your focus on a single, definable, and compelling outcome

Filled with strategies for reframing your past and designing your future, Personality Isn’t Permanent is a guide to breaking free from the past and becoming the person you want to be.

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從書影看香港文學

許定銘
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一部個人的香港文學全紀錄
從書影看我城的文藝生活誌

香港新文學發展至今已近百年歷史，筆者忽發奇想另闢蹊徑，以書話形式寫部別開生面的香港新文學史。

《從書影看香港文學》集文三百篇文學精粹，內容以個人收藏的各年代舊版新文學書為主。「書影」是個總稱，包括了書影、版權頁和前代書主的留言等。「書影」本身已是件裝幀藝術品，不同的設計家自有其獨特的藝術風格可供欣賞；版權頁是書的出世紙，不同的版本往往可以有不同的內容，也可能有作者不同的前言後語，可供研究者探究；前代書主的留言是書話中最具趣味的部分，您不妨讀讀侶倫與鷗外鷗之間的〈看一段題辭〉；寫彭成慧與方寬烈師生關係的〈靜遠的《做人藝術》〉等，即可領略舊書的風味。

作者一九五Ｏ年代起讀文學書，一九六Ｏ年代一頭栽進文學的書堆裡：買書、賣書、開書店、寫書、出版……，與所有和書有關的都結了不解緣，六十年不變，對一九五Ｏ、六Ｏ年代的香港文學有深入的認識，執筆時自然以這二十年為重點。一九五Ｏ年以前的文學書，多為大時代淘汰，或因世亂而甚難搜尋得手；一九七Ｏ年以後至今的日子很長，出版的文學書似恆河沙數，亦難以選擇，只好作為本書的副選，讓有心人日後去補充了。

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Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High

Joseph Grenny, Kerry Patterson, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler, Emily Gregory
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This New York Times bestseller and business classic has been fully updated for a world where skilled communication is more important than ever.

The book that revolutionized business communications has been updated for today’s workplace. Crucial Conversations provides powerful skills to ensure every conversation―especially difficult ones―leads to the results you want. Written in an engaging and witty style, it teaches readers how to be persuasive rather than abrasive, how to get back to productive dialogue when others blow up or clam up, and it offers powerful skills for mastering high-stakes conversations, regardless of the topic or person.

This new edition addresses issues that have arisen in recent years. You’ll learn how to:
Respond when someone initiates a Crucial Conversation with you
Identify and address the lag time between identifying a problem and discussing it
Communicate more effectively across digital mediums

When stakes are high, opinions vary, and emotions run strong, you have three choices: Avoid a crucial conversation and suffer the consequences; handle the conversation poorly and suffer the consequences; or apply the lessons and strategies of Crucial Conversations and improve relationships and results.

Whether they take place at work or at home, with your coworkers or your spouse, Crucial Conversations have a profound impact on your career, your happiness, and your future. With the skills you learn in this book, you'll never have to worry about the outcome of a Crucial Conversation again.

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世界最強的思考武器 : 心智圖 (Mind Map Mastery)

東尼‧博贊 (Tony Buzan)
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撰寫報告、完成專案管理、寫最強履歷自薦信、工作求表現快速升遷、
辦一場結婚周年派對、完成馬拉松訓練、改善一段不友善的關係、
新事業計畫、難解的人生抉擇、探索未知學識，乃至於
幫寶貝選名字、學生提高學習成果、避免老年失智……

從創意發想到邏輯思考，從工作、家庭、教育與如何更幸福的思考，
只要幾枝（或一盒）彩色筆、一張紙，開始用世界最強的思考武器──心智圖，
通通都可以找到答案。因為大腦最愛這樣想事情。

目前，全球有超過100萬人正在使用。
最大私營石油公司BP、國際巴克萊、迪吉多（DEC）、惠普科技、IBM與
奧林匹克委員會，更將心智圖的思考納入員工的教育訓練。

何謂心智圖？心智圖是一種結合文字、圖像與顏色的筆記方法，
透過各種關鍵字的連結，幫助大腦有邏輯又充滿想像力的專注於某一項主題。

本書作者是英國腦力開發專家東尼‧博贊（Tony Buzan）
是心智圖的唯一發明者，也是發行數百萬本的暢銷書《心智圖聖經》系列作者，

(摘錄自博客來網路書店)

The Age of Wood: Our Most Useful Material and the Construction of Civilization

Roland Ennos
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A “smart and surprising” (Booklist) “expansive history” (Publishers Weekly) detailing the role that wood and trees have played in our global ecosystem—including human evolution and the rise and fall of empires—in the bestselling tradition of Yuval Harari’s Sapiens and Mark Kurlansky’s Salt.

As the dominant species on Earth, humans have made astonishing progress since our ancestors came down from the trees. But how did the descendants of small primates manage to walk upright, become top predators, and populate the world? How were humans able to develop civilizations and produce a globalized economy? Now, in The Age of Wood, Roland Ennos shows for the first time that the key to our success has been our relationship with wood.

“A lively history of biology, mechanics, and culture that stretches back 60 million years” (Nature) The Age of Wood reinterprets human history and shows how our ability to exploit wood’s unique properties has profoundly shaped our bodies and minds, societies, and lives. Ennos takes us on a sweeping journey from Southeast Asia and West Africa where great apes swing among the trees, build nests, and fashion tools; to East Africa where hunter gatherers collected their food; to the structural design of wooden temples in China and Japan; and to Northern England, where archaeologists trace how coal enabled humans to build an industrial world. Addressing the effects of industrialization—including the use of fossil fuels and other energy-intensive materials to replace timber—The Age of Wood not only shows the essential role that trees play in the history and evolution of human existence, but also argues that for the benefit of our planet we must return to more traditional ways of growing, using, and understanding trees.

A brilliant blend of recent research and existing scientific knowledge, this is an “excellent, thorough history in an age of our increasingly fraught relationships with natural resources” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review).

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偽歧視 : 拆穿政治正確、破解直覺偏見，用數字與邏輯重新認識歧視的真相！ (Discrimination and Disparities)

湯瑪斯‧索威爾 (Thomas Sowell)
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女性永遠拿不到跟男性相同的薪水，有色人種的犯罪率就是高……
社會中許多看似不平等的現象，都只能歸咎於歧視與偏見嗎？

─── 你所想的歧視，抱歉，都不是真的 ───

★顛覆傳統觀點，打破刻板印象
★史丹佛大學經濟學家教你如何分辨歧視的真偽，重新釐清思考邏輯

◆（　）請判斷以下何者屬於出於「歧視」目的而造成的結果？
（A）頭胎出生的小孩，其平均的智力測驗成績高於弟妹
（B）居住於海岸的民族，其生活與文化比居住於內陸的民族更富裕、先進
（C）在低收入、高犯罪率的社區中，連鎖商店為同樣商品訂定較高的價格
（D）底層20%級距的所得多年來沒有變動，窮人的所得停滯不前
◆【答案：以上皆非。請見以下介紹說明】

【你的差異不是我的歧視】
《偽歧視》根據完全不同的出發點來分析社會的「歧視」現象，經濟學家湯馬斯‧索威爾想要說明的是，許多現象並不是真的來自於加諸於特定族群的歧視或剝削，而是由天生的差異、經濟成本，以及有意或無意的統計與文字誤導所造成。透過現實世界的日常案例與數字，一一拆解歧視的真相。

▍天生的差異 ▍
排行老大的小孩受到父母較多的關注，因此其智力與生涯發展都高於其他手足。因為運輸成本的差異，居住於海邊的人，發展機會比居住於山區的人要多得多。

▍歧視的成本 ▍
在高犯罪率的社區經營商店，必須付出更高的成本，包括應付更高比率的順手牽羊、破壞等行為。若不藉由商品價格反映成本，將面臨倒閉的風險。

▍統計的誤導 ▍
實際上，有95%的人在一段時間後即脫離底層20%的所得級距；最高所得級距亦同，原本屬於頂層1%的人，10年後只剩不到一半。

【我的想法不是你的判斷】
本書探究的不只是社會問題，也與經濟學和公共政策息息相關，重點不在於建議特定的政策「補救方法」，而是釐清為什麼有這麼多政策結果不如預期或甚至產生反效果。揭露這些政策背後隱藏的邏輯謬誤，培養獨立思考與判斷的能力，讓社會往更好的方向前進。

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The Power of Geography: Ten Maps that Reveal the Future of Our World – the sequel to Prisoners of Geography

Tim Marshall
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*THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*

'I can't imagine reading a better book this year’ Daily Mirror

Tim Marshall's global bestseller Prisoners of Geography showed how every nation’s choices are limited by mountains, rivers, seas and concrete. Since then, the geography hasn’t changed. But the world has.

In this revelatory new book, Marshall explores ten regions that are set to shape global politics in a new age of great-power rivalry: Australia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, the UK, Greece, Turkey, the Sahel, Ethiopia, Spain and Space. Find out why Europe’s next refugee crisis is closer than it thinks as trouble brews in the Sahel; why the Middle East must look beyond oil and sand to secure its future; why the eastern Mediterranean is one of the most volatile flashpoints of the twenty-first century; and why the Earth’s atmosphere is set to become the world’s next battleground.

Delivered with Marshall’s trademark wit and insight, this is a lucid and gripping exploration of the power of geography to shape humanity’s past, present – and future.

‘Another outstanding guide to the modern world. Marshall is a master at explaining what you need to know and why.’ Peter Frankopan

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山鳴谷應：中國山水畫和觀眾的歷史

石守謙
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藝術史學者石守謙長期關注中國畫史的發展，《山鳴穀應：中國山水畫和觀眾的歷史/藝術史界》即為其聚焦於“山水畫”一門，嘗試透過“畫家與觀眾互動”此一角度，對“山水之史”何以產生變革的根本問題予以反思和解答。

山水畫擁有豐富的內涵，不僅與社會、政治等外在因素息息相關，亦涉及人們內在心理、價值觀念、宗教信仰等文化層面，故而成為中國畫史上受尊崇的科目，引發眾多討論。唯論者大多較注意其中形式風格本身的變化發展、或畫家之間的相互影響，由此雖累積出相當之成果，卻也讓人逐漸意識到所謂“風格內在規律”已無法充分解釋山水畫此一藝術形式的歷史發展。

有鑑於此，作者在一面回顧始於十世紀、止於二十世紀第二次世界大戰前各種山水畫變化的歷史之餘，更著重於在此過程中繞過傳統畫史獨尊“畫家”的迷思，轉而揭示“畫家”與“觀眾”間互動關係的不同面貌，尤其聚焦於各個時代、甚或中日韓不同地域的山水畫家們如何與其特定的社群觀眾建立起互動關係，促成各種值得注意的新主題誕生，于山水畫史上帶引出新的畫意、新的境界。

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香港故宮文化博物館現正展出九百多件來自故宮博物院的珍貴文物，其中有166件是一級文物，屬「國寶」級別。特別展覽包括「國之瑰寶 — 故宮博物院藏晉唐宋元書畫」及 「馳騁天下 ― 馬文化藝術」。專題展覽包括「紫禁萬象 ― 建築、典藏與文化傳承」、「紫禁一日 ― 清代宮廷生活」、「凝土為器 ― 故宮珍藏陶瓷」、「龍顏鳳姿 ― 清代帝后肖像」 、「器惟求新 ― 古代工藝對話當代設計」、 「同賞共樂 ― 穿越香港收藏史」 及「古今無界 ― 故宮文化再詮釋」。

The Political Economy of the Abe Government and Abenomics Reforms

Takeo Hoshi (Editor), Phillip Y. Lipscy (Editor)
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This volume seeks to explain the political economy of the Abe government and the so-called 'Abenomics' economic policies. The Abe government represents a major turning point in postwar Japanese political economy. In 2019, Abe became the longest serving Prime Minister in Japanese history. Abe's government stood out not only for its longevity, but also for its policies. Abe came to power promising to reinvigorate Japan's economy under the banner of Abenomics. He pursed a host of structural reforms and industrial promotions to increase Japan's potential growth rate. Abe also achieved important legislative victories in security policy. However, the government also faced significant controversies. The book will hold appeal to scholars and students specializing in the study of Japanese politics, comparative political economy, the politics of contemporary advanced democracies, macroeconomic policy, labor market reforms, corporate governance, gender equality, agricultural reforms, energy and climate change, and East Asian security.

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也斯的香港故事 : 文學史論述研究

王家琪
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也斯（梁秉鈞，1949–2013）雖然沒有寫出一部「香港文學史」，但是他的文學評論展現出鮮明的文學史意識，就着他關注的若干課題，提出了基本的歷時敘述框架，並致力探尋香港文學的價值、本質、特點等等。他既建立了許多香港文學課題的研究框架和基本認識，同時又是具代表性的重要作家，兩方面都深深影響了香港文學史。

也斯是香港文學史上少有創作及評論都極其重要的作家，目前的研究大多集中在其創作方面。本書從「後殖民」、「現代主義」、「都市文化」、「生活化新詩」及「抒情」五個關鍵詞切入，研究也斯對香港文學史的貢獻，全面梳理和分析他由六七十年代開始的專欄短評到八九十年代以後的學術評論與研究，結合其文學創作，呈現他敘述的「香港故事」。本書有助於讀者認識也斯對香港文學的評論，並引領我們重探香港文學史的關鍵面向。

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