How We Grieve : Relearning the World

Thomas Attig
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If we wish to understand loss experiences we must learn details of survivors' stories. The new version (2011 ed.) of How We Grieve: Relearning the World tells in-depth tales of survival to illustrate the poignant disruption of life and suffering that loss entails. It shows how through grieving we overcome challenges, make choices, and reshape our lives. These intimate treatments of coping with loss address the needs of grieving people and those who hope to support and comfort them. The accounts promote understanding of grieving itself, encourage respect for individuality and the uniqueness of loss experiences, show how to deal with helplessness in the face of "choiceless" events, and offer guidance for caregivers.

The stories make it clear that grieving is not about living passively through stages or phases. We are not so alike when we grieve; our experiences are complex and richly textured. Nor is grieving about coming down with "grief symptoms". No one can treat us to make things better. No one can grieve for us.
Grieving is instead an active process of coping and relearning how to be and how to act in a world where loss transforms our lives. Loss forces us to relearn things and places; relationships with others, including fellow survivors, the deceased, even God; and our selves, our daily life patterns, and the meanings of our life stories.
This revision adds an introductory essay about developments in the author's thinking about grieving as "relearning the world." It highlights and clarifies its most distinctive and still salient themes. It elaborates on how his thinking about these themes has expanded and deepened since the first edition. And it places his treatment of those themes in the broader context of current writings on grief and loss.
(Excerpt from amazon.com)

學習樂觀•樂觀學習 (Learned Optimism)

馬汀.塞利格曼 (Martin E.P. Seligman) 著
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你習慣用什麼方式、以什麼角度來解釋發生在你身邊的事？特別是每個人在生活中難免遇到的不愉快。有的人會因為小小的挫折而全盤否定自己，有的人卻能在失敗中找到改進的方法繼續努力。這些截然不同的發展結果，源自不同的解釋形態。
解釋形態是一種習慣性的思考方式，但這並不是先天的特質，而是後天學習得來的；我們在不知不覺中養成了這些慣性思維，但是既然是學習得來，就有改造的可能性。本書特別針對經常有負面思想習慣（或悲觀解釋形態）的人，提供一套改變的技巧：從分析遭遇到不愉快事件時產生的信念及後果，檢視自己是以什麼樣的方式跟角度解釋周遭發生的事情，找出其中不合理的地方，然後提出證據反駁悲觀信念、轉移注意力，練習自我激勵，就能漸漸改變思考的習慣，走出無助感。


掌握樂觀思考的技巧讓人在困境中不至於流於冷漠、憂鬱或沮喪，幫助情緒管理，還能帶來良好的健康狀態，同時有助於開創事業上的佳績。無論你從事什麼行業、在人際關係中扮演什麼角色，根據書中方法勤於練習，你也可以學習樂觀，樂觀學習。


(摘錄自博客來網路書店)

Lifelines for Money Misfortunes : How to Overcome Life's Greatest Challenges

Stephen M. Pollan, Mark Levine
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…with Lifelines for Money Misfortunes, Pollan looks to share more of his cutting-edge ideas with a wide range of readers, regardless of their income level or comfort with handling money. Lifelines for Money Misfortunes takes a holistic approach to dealing with the unpredictable accidents, disasters, and crises that disrupt our carefully planned lives. Drawing on Pollan's expert legal and financial experience as well as the experiences of numerous savvy professionals—including mediators, career counselors, social workers, insurance adjustors, and more—this book reveals both the secrets of personal crisis management and the tactics for overcoming the most common and worrying disasters readers might face. It also outlines coping plans that can be used to handle financial and other matters during any crisis, and illustrates the most effective ways to implement them. Filled with real-world stories of individuals who have gone through the disasters discussed—including illness, job loss, and the death of a spouse—Lifelines for Money Misfortunes offers a plan for personal crisis management that can be used by anyone, no matter what type of catastrophic events they may be facing.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

平凡的世界

路遥
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v.3 online access from Apabi
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《平凡的世界》是一部現實主義小說，也是小說化的家族史。作家高度濃縮了中國西北農村的歷史變遷過程，作品達到了思想性與藝術性的高度統一，特別是主人公面對困境艱苦奮鬥的精神，對今天的大學生朋友仍有啟迪。
這是一部全景式地表現中國當代城鄉社會生活的長篇小說。全書共三部。作者在近十年間廣闊背景上，通過複雜的矛盾糾葛，刻劃了社會各階層眾多普通人的形象。勞動與愛情，挫折與追求，痛苦與歡樂，日常生活與巨大社會沖突，紛繁地交織在一起，深刻地展示了普通人在大時代歷史進程中所走過的艱難曲折的道路。
(摘錄自博客來網路書店)

勞動著是幸福的，無論在哪個時代。《平凡的世界》正白紙黑字的告訴我們這樣的人生真諦。它響亮的提出，人，無論在什麼位置，無論多麼貧寒，只要一顆火熱的心在，只要能熱愛生活，上帝對他就是平等的。只有作一名勞動者，不把不幸當作負擔，才能去做生活的主人，用自己真誠的心去體驗，畢竟生命屬於我們只有一次。 這是一部用生命來寫成的書。在亙古的大地與蒼涼的宇宙間，有一種平凡的聲音，盪氣迴腸。
(摘錄自中國圖書網.台灣)

Nuclear or Not? : Does Nuclear Power Have a Place in a Sustainable Energy Future?

Edited by David Elliott
Online access from SpringerLink
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The issue of nuclear energy excites strong emotions and there are widely differing views as to whether nuclear power can or should make a major contribution to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. With the nuclear issue back on the agenda worldwide, this highly topical collection steers a path through these controversies, presenting the views of proponents of nuclear expansion, examining the challenges that face them and exploring the arguments of those who support alternative approaches. Providing an overview of both sides of the debate this book addresses questions such as can nuclear energy ever be green? Can nuclear result in an effective sustainable energy policy? How should we deal with nuclear waste? What is the impact of nuclear on security? Ultimately these essays focus on which mix of technologies would offer the best response to climate change.
(Excerpt from amazon.co.uk)

危機管理 (Crisis Management : Planning for the Inevitable)

菲克 (Steven Fink) 著
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「危機管理」的重要，誠如本書的作者所強調的―在我們所身處的社會裏，無論個人、企業、甚至整個國家，都可以說是危機四伏，問題是我們能否面對這個不可避免的事實，事前有適當的計劃，遇事則可以轉危為安。所以有人說，「危機」等於是「轉機與惡化」的分水嶺，情況如何轉變，端在我們能否有足夠的警覺，周全的資訊、以及完整的準備，來為可能發生的問題付出代價。
菲克這本書並非一本太理論的著作，它的可貴是由於作者本身實際參與了許多危機，像美國三哩島核能事件的處理，從他親身的體驗裏，來說明危機管理的重要以及許多處理的原則。所謂「前事不忘，後事之師」，我從本書許多實例的分析中，像美國俄亥俄州儲貸銀行的危機、聯合碳化公司處理印度波帕爾毒氣外洩事件、以及嬌生公司應付泰利諾膠囊的問題等等，都得到非常多的啟示。……
(摘錄自書中 “代序―推介「危機管理」”，徐立德)