Do Not Say We Have Nothing: A Novel

Madeleine Thien
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Winner of the Scotiabank Giller Prize and the Governor General's Literary Award and Finalist for the Man Booker Prize, and longlisted for the 2017 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction, this is an extraordinary novel set in China before, during and after the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989--the breakout book from a bestselling, Amazon.ca First Novel Award winner.

Madeleine Thien's new novel is breathtaking in scope and ambition even as it is hauntingly intimate. With the ease and skill of a master storyteller, Thien takes us inside an extended family in China, showing us the lives of two successive generations--those who lived through Mao's Cultural Revolution in the mid-twentieth century; and the children of the survivors, who became the students protesting in Tiananmen Square in 1989, in one of the most important political moments of the past century. With exquisite writing sharpened by a surprising vein of wit and sly humour, Thien has crafted unforgettable characters who are by turns flinty and headstrong, dreamy and tender, foolish and wise ...

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郵歷香江

何明新,吳貴龍 編著
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從方寸間看這座城逾百年的變遷
在郵品間窺看及感受那些年的人和事

1841年香港開埠，香港郵政服務亦於同年開展，見證香港一百七十多年的社會變遷。

本書以珍貴郵品為引，帶領讀者走進香港開埠至今值得細味的歷史場景，從四百多張紀念郵票、舊信件、郵戳、老相片、地圖等，感受相關的歷史事件、地貌與民間生活，更介紹香港郵政發展小史、郵局和郵筒的更替。

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Hong Kong Architecture 1945-2015: From Colonial to Global

Charlie Q.L. Xue
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This book focuses on the transformation from colonial to global – the formation, mechanism, events, works and people related to urban architecture. The book reveals hardships the city encountered in the 1950s and the glamour enjoyed in the 1980s. It depicts the public and private developments, and especially the public housing which has sheltered millions of residents. The author identifies the architects practising in the formative years and the representatives of a rising generation after the 1980s. Suffering from land shortage and a dense environment, the urban development of Hong Kong has in the past 70 years met the changing demands of fluctuating economic activities and a rising population. Architecture on the island has been shaped by social demands, the economy and technology. The buildings have been forged by the government, clients, planners, architects, many contractors and end-users. The built environment nurtures our life and is visual evidence of the way the city has developed. Hong Kong is a key to East Asia in the Pacific Era. The book is a must-read for a thorough understanding the contemporary history and architecture of this oriental pearl.

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誰把爛泥扶上壁: 你所不知的香港建築故事

馮永基 著
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《誰把爛泥扶上壁: 你所不知的香港建築故事》榮獲「香港金閱獎2016」圖文書組最佳書籍。

本書是香港著名建築師馮永基以自傳形式，對其豐富建築知識、官場經驗及人生閱歷作出的回顧。

由讀書時期做「汽水仔」，講到進入官場後首個處理的「雞毛淤塞渠道」任務，再如何成功地藉着香港濕地公園項目而獲獎無數，作者都一一細說當中的苦與樂。更以輕鬆的筆法，大談他在官場打滾20多年，接觸近百個香港公共建築項目的背後，鮮為人知的設計巧思、創作故事和無名英雄：

──政府總部為何要搬家？
──哪裡是機場禁區中的禁區？
──香港的最佳公共建築，竟然是「搵（找）鬼住」的火葬場及靈灰安置所？

一位建築師、一個藝術家，也為人師表，更曾是承載着沉重社會責任的公僕，也願意隨性地真情剖白，難能可貴。全因作者愛惜這個家園，希望讀者重新認識不一樣的香港。

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They Say, I Say: The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing

Gerald Graff, Cathy Birkenstein
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They Say / I Say demystifies academic writing by identifying its key rhetorical moves, the most important of which is to summarize what others have said ("they say") to set up one's own argument ("I say"). The book also provides templates to help students make these key moves in their own writing. This version includes readings that demonstrate those moves―and provide stimulating conversations for them to enter. The Second Edition includes an anthology of 44 readings that will provoke students to think―and write―about five important issues, including two new ones: Is Higher Education Worth the Price? and Why Does It Matter Who Wins the Big Game?

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從字句到結構 : 學術論文寫作指引

蔡柏盈 著
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本書分成三篇：「寫作籌劃篇」、「學術論文寫作結構篇」、「寫作文法篇」，共六章。各章均有正文、練習與討論及寫作練習三個部分，循序使用，可以幫助：一、了解學術文體寫作特性。二、理解並運用學術論文各章節的寫作結構與步驟。三、從字句、段落到篇章架構，加強寫作的連貫與可讀性。

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