Amazing Things Will Happen: A Real World Guide on Achieving Success and Happiness

C.C. Chapman 
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Work hard, be kind, and amazing things will happen

Amazing Things Will Happen offers straightforward advice that can be put into action to improve your life. Through personal anecdotes from the author's life, and interviews of successful individuals across several industries, this book demonstrates how to achieve success, in all aspects of life, through hard work and acts of kindness. Split into five sections, this book details how to begin the self-improvement journey.

• Explains how to cope with the situation you are currently in, and how to make the most of it until you can break free
• Shares exercises and practices that can help define your goals and how to set realistic tasks to reach them
• Helps you to navigate the seas of doubters and obstacles to get to where you want to be
• Ensures that you help others, once you have reached your goals

Each of us has different goals in life, but everyone wants to succeed, and have as much fun as possible along the way. Amazing Things Will Happen shows how to get on this path to success.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

當下的幸福 (Start Where You Are)

克里斯.加德納 (Chris Gardner)，米娒.艾齊勒.里華斯 (Mim E. Rivas) 著
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本書從心理學的角度出發，探討了人何時最快樂；如何掌控自己的內在意識與體驗，品嘗生活的快樂以及如何將日常生活中的事件轉換為樂趣的泉源。《當下的幸福》還提到，快樂並非瞬間發生，也不受外在世界的操縱，而是取決於我們對外在事物的闡釋。同時快樂須靠個人修持，事先準備，刻意培養。只有學會控制心靈的人，才能決定自己的生活品質，而如果具備了這種能力，也就相當於接近幸福的境界了。

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The Photographer's Eye: Composition and Design for Better Digital Photos

Michael Freeman 
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Design is the single most important factor in creating a successful photograph. The ability to see the potential for a strong picture and then organize the graphic elements into an effective, compelling composition has always been one of the key skills in making photographs.

Digital photography has brought a new, exciting aspect to design - first because the instant feedback from a digital camera allows immediate appraisal and improvement; and second because image-editing tools make it possible to alter and enhance the design after the shutter has been pressed. This has had a profound effect on the way digital photographers take pictures.

Now published in sixteen languages, The Photographer's Eye continues to speak to photographers everywhere. Reaching 100,000 copies in print in the US alone, and 300,000+ worldwide, it shows how anyone can develop the ability to see and shoot great digital photographs. The book explores all the traditional approaches to composition and design, but crucially, it also addresses the new digital technique of shooting in the knowledge that a picture will later be edited, manipulated, or montaged to result in a final image that may be very different from the one seen in the viewfinder.

Features
*Covers both traditional in-camera composition and the new opportunities for picture-making made possible by digital imaging editing
*Shows how to explore situations and locations in order to find the best possible photographic possibilities
*Uses clear examples from real photographic assignments, with schematic illustrations of how and why the pictures work

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

動機與人格 (Motivation and Personality)

馬斯洛 (Abraham H. Maslow) 著
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初版於1954年的《動機與人格》一書，包含了馬斯洛對人類心理學的重要發問和早期探索。這本書在創建一個積極和全面的關於人性的觀點方面，有著巨大的影響，迄今，它仍然是一個獨特的、有感染力以及影響力的源泉，這一點可以從當代的心理學、教育、商業和文化趨勢中看出來...

本書分以下四個主要部分︰動機理論；心理病態與正常狀態；自我實現；人類科學的方法論。

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拿破崙・希爾成功學全書 (Napoleon Hill’s Great Book of Success)

拿破崙・希爾 (Napoleon Hill)
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《拿破崙・希爾成功學全書》將拿破崙・希爾的著作提煉成強化積極心態、規劃成功目標、勇於成功實踐、掌握思考方法、控制自我情緒、堅定成功信心、培養個性品質、挖掘創新潛能、充滿人生熱情、訓練專注毅力、強化成功意識、超越失敗困境、提高領導素質、科學利用時間、養成良好習慣等方面的內容，同時輔以大量的成功學、創造學、人際學等相關精彩案例進行深入解說，全面、系統地闡述了拿破崙・希爾的成功學，幫助讀者從理論到實踐探索出一條適合自己的成功道路。拿破崙・希爾是美國也是世界上最偉大的成功勵志大師，他以《成功規律》、《思考致富》、《人人都能成功》等一系列暢銷全球的光輝著作系統地建立了全新的成功哲學，鼓舞了無數人獲得成功，被譽為“百萬富翁的創造者”。

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State of the World 2013: Is Sustainability Still Possible?

John J. Crocitti, editor ; Monique Vallance, contributing editor
online access from SpringerLink
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Every day, we are presented with a range of “sustainable” products and activities—from “green” cleaning supplies to carbon offsets—but with so much labeled as “sustainable,” the term has become essentially sustainababble, at best indicating a practice or product slightly less damaging than the conventional alternative. Is it time to abandon the concept altogether, or can we find an accurate way to measure sustainability? If so, how can we achieve it? And if not, how can we best prepare for the coming ecological decline?

In the latest edition of Worldwatch Institute’s State of the World series, scientists, policy experts, and thought leaders tackle these questions, attempting to restore meaning to sustainability as more than just a marketing tool. In State of the World 2013: Is Sustainability Still Possible?, experts define clear sustainability metrics and examine various policies and perspectives, including geoengineering, corporate transformation, and changes in agricultural policy, that could put us on the path to prosperity without diminishing the well-being of future generations. If these approaches fall short, the final chapters explore ways to prepare for drastic environmental change and resource depletion, such as strengthening democracy and societal resilience, protecting cultural heritage, and dealing with increased conflict and migration flows.

State of the World 2013 cuts through the rhetoric surrounding sustainability, offering a broad and realistic look at how close we are to fulfilling it today and which practices and policies will steer us in the right direction. This book will be especially useful for policymakers, environmental nonprofits, and students of environmental studies, sustainability, or economics.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)