Chinese Opera : Images and Stories

Siu Wang-Ngai with Peter Lovrick
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…This book is meant for many people. Devotees of the theatre, east or west, will find Siu Wang-Ngai's photographs a delight. They make the Chinese approach to drama concrete and vivid. The accompanying text gives these readers further access to this performance tradition by explaining the dramatic conventions and the stories. Those with a passion for China can use the photographs and text as an entry into traditional Chinese society, which still lives on the opera stage. The plays and commentary give them an intimate look at the lives of emperors, scholars, generals, common folk, and outlaws. Finally, this book is meant for all those who enjoy a good story. Chinese opera has a rich repertoire drawn from history, legends, myths, folk tales, and classic novels. These stories are full of colourful characters and surprising turns. It is not necessary to be interested in the Chinese dramatic tradition to sit back, like the Chinese audience of a regional opera, and enjoy a good yarn. Siu Wang-Ngai's record of regional opera performance makes these yarns come alive.
(Excerpt from the Preface)

尋回香港文化

李歐梵 著
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最近幾年，我發現自己的中文文章有點精神分裂。我對於當代文化的關注，似乎已經超過學術研究的範圍，而想親身介入，用一種較主觀的文體作文化批評，所以學術的深度不足。但另一方面我似乎又不願意放棄學院中的文化理論，甚至在雜文中也引經據典，生怕學界同行以為我已淪落江湖，做不了學者。然而我對近十年來美國學院中的 “文化研究”(culture studies) 的理論導向，也頗有不滿之處，它非但不注視文化本身的意涵—特別是在一個世界性的多元語境—而且往往把文化作為學院政治的符碼，多以性別和種族的“弱勢”立場來反對資本主義的主流文化。把這種理論用以分析美國以外的其他地區的文化，免不了就有偏差，往往主題先行，表態至上，而對於細節的掌握和分析失之淺漏，而且語言過度抽象，長篇大論之餘，反而不知所云。
我的這一種矛盾反應，形之於文，就表現在這兩本集子(另一本《都市漫遊者：文化觀察》)的各篇雜文之中 ……
(摘錄自書中“小序”)

100 Ways to Boost Your Self-confidence : Believe in Yourself and Others Will Too

By Barton Goldsmith
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100 Ways to Boost Your Self-Confidence is packed with practical wisdom that is easy to apply. Dr. Barton Goldsmith shows you how to believe in yourself and how to become the kind of person whom others are drawn to believe in. When you don’t believe in yourself, everything is more difficult …
100 Ways to Boost Your Self-Confidence will show you how to:
• Discover the essence of your personal power and belief in yourself.
• Create the life you want with practical feel good behaviors.
• Reduce your doubts, increase your self-worth and make your world a better place.
• Improve the quality of your relationships by changing the way you think about yourself and how others think about you.
• Become your best self by employing these easy-to-use techniques.
(Excerpt from amazon.com)

有效發揮大腦潛能 : 達致學業及事業上的成功

謝家安 著
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任何知識，都包括三方面：認知者、認知過程，及認知的對象。比如我們看書，我們就是認知者，書本就是認知的對象，看書的過程就是認知的過程。忽略了任何一方面，都不能構成真正的知識。
……本書的目的，就是針對「認知者」及「認知過程」兩方面，為大家提供一些有用的資料。
本書共分甲、乙、丙三部。甲部是「開發大腦潛能」，旨在為讀者提供一些有關「認知者」(即人類大腦潛能)的最新發現，及一些開啟大腦潛能的方法。乙部是「有效的讀書方法」，旨在提供一些有關「認知過程」(即各種有效的學習技巧)的介紹。丙部是「智力測驗」，旨在助你找出你的智商(I.Q.)，從而助你獲得更多有關「認知者」(即你本身的智力)的自我認識。
(摘錄自前言)

Discover True North : A 4-Week Approach to Ignite Your Passion and Activate Your Potential

By Anne Bruce
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Created by leading motivational speaker and corporate trainer Anne Bruce, this highly effective plan helps participants discover their own "true north" in order to find a focus for success. Throughout Discover True North are invaluable exercises, worksheets, and insights for personal growth developed from Bruce's work with thousands of workshop members and clients throughout the world--from Sprint and Ben & Jerry's to The American Red Cross and the London Institute of Management.
Unlike other goal-oriented processes that call for long-range three-to-five-year life plans, working through this unique four-week formula helps unlock potential immediately--today. Readers will learn how to:
• Activate and learn to rely on the inner compass to define life direction
• Create a Life Board of Directors
• Make the critical choices that move life forward
• Pinpoint their emotional and intellectual competencies
• Discover the "Einstein Approach" to bringing forth your own genius
(Excerpt from amazon.com)

自卑與超越 (What Life Should Mean to You)

A.阿德勒 (Alfred Adler) 著
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自從心理分析大師佛洛伊德以泛性論為基礎，主張人類的一切行為均可溯源於「性」以來，便有許多繼起的精神分析學家紛紛提出不同的意見，對佛洛伊德的泛性論作革命性的修正。這些新的觀念統稱為「新心理分析學派」，其創始人A．阿德勒，以「自卑情緒」為其中心思想，創立了「個體心理學」，認為人類的行為都是出於自卑感及對自卑感的克服和超越。阿德勒以平易輕鬆的筆調，對自卑感的形成，它對個人行為的影響，以及個人如何超越自卑感，將其轉變成對優越地位的追求，以獲取光輝燦爛的成就等，有非常詳盡的分析。凡是想克服自卑感，培養自己優雅氣質和高尚風度的現代人，這是一本不可不讀的名著。
(摘錄自博客來網路書店)