真希望我 20 歲就懂的事 : 史丹佛大學的創新 x 創意 x 創業震撼課程 (What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20)

婷娜．希莉格 (Tina Seelig)
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作者希莉格主持「史丹佛科技創業計畫」（STVP）多年，是非常成功的創意與創業導師，專門教導大學生（特別是以當工程師為志向）如何規畫未來及創業。幾年前當她的兒子快要上大學時，她回想起自己讀大學和初入社會的挫折與經驗，不禁希望當年20歲時有人能提點她，於是與兒子分享這些寶貴心情。後來她對一群史丹佛學生分享這些觀察和領悟，把演講題目訂為「真希望我20歲就懂的事」，引發熱烈迴響與共鳴，並應邀到全球發表演講，最後決定將她的豐富經驗和創意課程寫成這本激勵人心的精采著作。

希莉格說，每個人20歲時都會有茫然面對未來、不知何去何從的強烈焦慮感，其實你應該欣然接受這種不確定，不確定才是激發創新的火種，也是向前邁進的重要力量。最有趣的經驗往往發生在偏離既定道路、挑戰傳統假設、從失敗錯誤中看出全新契機的時候！

誰說南極不能賣比基尼？誰說餐廳不能賣蟑螂壽司？蘋果電腦的賈伯斯就會告訴你，被開除是他這輩子最棒的一件事，讓他展開人生最富創造力的一段時光！其實不管你是20歲、30歲、40歲甚至50歲，只要願意跳脫人生框架、勇敢嘗試失敗、以健康的心態挑戰所有「不可能」、把握每個大放異彩的機會，就會帶來無窮的可能性！

(摘錄自博客來網路書店)

Mini Habits: Smaller Habits, Bigger Results

Stephen Guise
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What's A Mini Habit?

A mini habit is a very small positive behavior that you force yourself to do every day; its "too small to fail" nature makes it weightless, deceptively powerful, and a superior habit-building strategy. You will have no choice but to believe in yourself when you're always moving forward. The barrier to the first step is so low that even depressed or "stuck" people can find early success and begin to reverse their lives right away. And if you think one push-up a day is too small to matter, I've got one heck of a story for you!

Mini Habits is a strategy to create permanent healthy habits. Some categories include: exercise, writing, reading, thinking positively, meditating, drinking water, eating healthy foods, etc.

Mini Habits combines Stephen's life-changing experience above with science, logic, and humor. It rejects common self-help and habit formation advice in favor of smarter strategies that work with a modern, hectic lifestyle. Having mini habits enables you to move forward consistently, even on your worst days.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

坐看雲起時 : 一本香港人的教協史 = A People's History of the Hong Kong Professional Teachers' Union

陸鴻基
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香港電台第十屆 「香港書獎」獲獎書籍 

本書作者，前香港教育學院（二○一六年正名為「香港教育大學」）副校長陸鴻基教授花了五年時間搜集資料、閱讀文獻、訪談及編撰，奉獻了不少時間和心力，最後完成了三卷有關香港教育史的重要著作，以深度和廣度而言，仍屬首次。

全書共分三卷：

• 卷一戰後的香港與教協崛興的背景：從二戰說起，探討戰後香港的政治、社會、教育發展與變遷，闡述促使教協成立的因由；

• 卷二爭取教師權益與教育改進：詳述教協成立後，對香港教育界， 包括學校、教師、學生等所作出的貢獻；

• 卷三教協與公民社會的形成和互動：闡釋在社會、政治及教育的巨變下，教協多年來參與的社會活動，並推動公民社會的發展。

本書為香港的教育史填補空白及留下了客觀紀錄，特別適合對香港的歷史及政治轉變、社會運動與教育發展有認識和感興趣的讀者。

(摘錄自香港城市大學出版社網站)

Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do? (正義 : 一場思辨之旅)

Sandel, Michael J.
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International Youth Day 2017 (12 August) is dedicated to celebrating young people’s contributions to conflict prevention and transformation as well as inclusion, social justice, and sustainable peace.

 "For Michael Sandel, justice is not a spectator sport," The Nation's reviewer of Justice remarked. In his acclaimed book―based on his legendary Harvard course―Sandel offers a rare education in thinking through the complicated issues and controversies we face in public life today. It has emerged as a most lucid and engaging guide for those who yearn for a more robust and thoughtful public discourse. "In terms we can all understand," wrote Jonathan Rauch in The New York Times, Justice "confronts us with the concepts that lurk . . . beneath our conflicts."

Affirmative action, same-sex marriage, physician-assisted suicide, abortion, national service, the moral limits of markets―Sandel relates the big questions of political philosophy to the most vexing issues of the day, and shows how a surer grasp of philosophy can help us make sense of politics, morality, and our own convictions as well.

Justice is lively, thought-provoking, and wise―an essential new addition to the small shelf of books that speak convincingly to the hard questions of our civic life.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

第3選擇 : 解決人生所有難題的關鍵思維 (The 3rd Alternative: Solving Life's Most Difficult Problems)

史蒂芬．柯維 (Stephen R. Covey)
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2017年國際青年日(8月12日)旨在慶祝青年人在阻止衝突、實現變革以及包容、社會正義、可持續發展中的貢獻。

「第3選擇」，解決人生所有難題的關鍵思維。即使在衝突不斷的年代，我們仍能瞥見美好的未來！

人生充滿難解、看似無解的問題。於是我們失望、決定放棄，或勉強接受一些最終還是會讓自己覺得很糟的妥協。

面對任何問題，大家慣用的第1選擇就是照「我」的方式，第2選擇就是照「你」的方式來進行。衝突點往往就在於，到底是你的選項比較好，還是我的。因此，不論選擇哪一方，都會有人覺得受傷或犧牲。柯維指出，這時不妨考慮第3選擇：超越你的或我的方式，設法找到更高明、更好的方法，讓雙方都能從衝突中找到一條出路，稱之為「第3選擇」（The 3rd Alternative），而這正是解決人類所有問題的鑰匙。

(摘錄自博客來網路書店)

SuperBetter: A Revolutionary Approach to Getting Stronger, Happier, Braver and More Resilient

Jane McGoniga
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A remarkable life plan based on the game the author herself and hundreds of thousands of others have used to leap from trauma and setbacks to recovery and personal growth

You are stronger than you know. You are surrounded by potential allies. You are a hero to others. These three qualities are all it takes to become more resilient in the face of any challenge. SuperBetter will show you that accessing this power is as easy as playing a game.

In 2009, game designer and author Jane McGonigal got a bad concussion that wouldn't heal. She became anxious and depressed, even suicidal--a common symptom for concussion sufferers. But rather than let herself sink further, she decided to get better by doing what she does best: she turned her recovery process into a game. The game became a blog. The blog became a digital game, then an online portal and a major research study, then a TED talk with 4.5 million views. Today more than 250,000 people have played SuperBetter.

But the ideas behind SuperBetter are much bigger than the game: we can cultivate the same powers of recovery and resilience simply by applying its core concepts in everyday life, by being "gameful" in the face of stress. Being gameful means bringing the psychological strengths you naturally display when you play games--such as optimism, creativity, courage, and determination--to real world situations.

SuperBetter the book integrates seven basic rules into challenges the reader can undertake while reading, and explains the science behind the benefits. Playing by the seven rules begins to yield life-changing benefits in a matter of days, and eventually they become an ingrained skillset.

As inspiring as it is down-to-earth, SuperBetter is self-help for the rest of us. Grounded in rigorous research and powered by game design, it is nothing less than an accessible, real-time guide to living a better life.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)