太古之道 : 太古在華一百五十年

鍾寶賢
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香港出版雙年獎 商業及管理類最佳出版獎

在中國內地和香港，到處可以聽到「太古」這個名字：三里屯太古里、太古匯、太古城、太古糖等，但較鮮為人知的是，這個集團由施懷雅（Swire）家族擁有，創辦人約翰．施懷雅（John Swire）於1816年成立約翰．施懷雅父子公司（John Swire & Sons），其子約翰．森姆爾．施懷雅（John Samuel Swire）於1866年遠赴中國成立太古洋行。

現時領導太古的已是約翰．施懷雅的第六代曾孫，多年來太古業務不斷繁衍，從最初單單經營航運業務，到後來興辦船塢、建立全球知名的國泰航空、取得可口可樂的專營權等，這一切不但見證太古在落戶中國一百五十年間的變化和發展，也見證著幾代家族成員的默默耕耘。本書記載的就是太古由小型進出口公司演變為環球企業的發跡故事。

(摘錄自cp1897.com.hk)

The 5 Elements of Effective Thinking

Edward B. Burger, Michael P Starbird
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The 5 Elements of Effective Thinking presents practical, lively, and inspiring ways for you to become more successful through better thinking. The idea is simple: You can learn how to think far better by adopting specific strategies. Brilliant people aren't a special breed--they just use their minds differently. By using the straightforward and thought-provoking techniques in The 5 Elements of Effective Thinking, you will regularly find imaginative solutions to difficult challenges, and you will discover new ways of looking at your world and yourself--revealing previously hidden opportunities.

The book offers real-life stories, explicit action items, and concrete methods that allow you to attain a deeper understanding of any issue, exploit the power of failure as a step toward success, develop a habit of creating probing questions, see the world of ideas as an ever-flowing stream of thought, and embrace the uplifting reality that we are all capable of change. No matter who you are, the practical mind-sets introduced in the book will empower you to realize any goal in a more creative, intelligent, and effective manner. Filled with engaging examples that unlock truths about thinking in every walk of life, The 5 Elements of Effective Thinking is written for all who want to reach their fullest potential--including students, parents, teachers, businesspeople, professionals, athletes, artists, leaders, and lifelong learners.

Whenever you are stuck, need a new idea, or want to learn and grow, The 5 Elements of Effective Thinking will inspire and guide you on your way.

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我是街道觀察員 : 花園街的文化地景

郭斯恆
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香港出版雙年獎 生活及科普最佳出版獎

花園街是一條社區匯聚和生命舞台的街道

從排檔（攤販）的空間規劃看社區網絡的運作

花園街是一條充滿著生氣和活力的街道，因為她讓不同階層的人找到生存空間，他們能日復日地參與地方意義建築和編織花園街社區關係網。

內容先從城市和街道空間理論出發，然後再微觀花園街各樣元素和關係。之後，會剖析排檔三尺乘四尺的神奇空間，如何變身、如何運用細微配件擴展展示空間；此外，也會介紹排檔的十大武器等。另外，也會透過花園街排檔檔主的口述歷史細說花園街的變遷，以及觀察檔主以外，其他街道寄生者所扮演的角色。綜合各項分析，可全面了解街道作為社會區網絡是如何運作。

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Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future

Ashlee Vance
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In the spirit of Steve Jobs and Moneyball, Elon Musk is both an illuminating and authorized look at the extraordinary life of one of Silicon Valley's most exciting, unpredictable, and ambitious entrepreneurs - a real-life Tony Stark - and a fascinating exploration of the renewal of American invention and its new makers.

Elon Musk spotlights the technology and vision of Elon Musk, the renowned entrepreneur and innovator behind SpaceX, Tesla, and SolarCity, who sold one of his Internet companies, PayPal, for $1.5 billion. Ashlee Vance captures the full spectacle and arc of the genius' life and work, from his tumultuous upbringing in South Africa and flight to the United States to his dramatic technical innovations and entrepreneurial pursuits.

Vance uses Musk's story to explore one of the pressing questions of our age: Can the nation of inventors and creators who led the modern world for a century still compete in an age of fierce global competition? He argues that Musk - one of the most unusual and striking figures in American business history - is a contemporary, visionary amalgam of legendary inventors and industrialists, including Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Howard Hughes, and Steve Jobs. More than any other entrepreneur today, Musk has dedicated his energies and his own vast fortune to inventing a future that is as rich and far reaching as the visionaries of the golden age of science-fiction fantasy.

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香港好走系列

陳曉蕾
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香港出版雙年獎 心理勵志類最佳出版獎

《香港好走》系列包括《香港好走 怎照顧？》、《香港好走 有選擇？》、《平安紙》。

《怎照顧？》檢視香港現時的醫療和護理服務，老病死沒法避免，可是得到的治療和護理，是和所處的社會有關的。香港的醫院、院舍、寧養院、社區究竟提供了怎樣的支援？香港病人可否待在家中，甚至在家離世？而社區的基層醫療、社福機構正在編織一張怎樣的安全網？是否可讓香港人放心老去，平安好走？

《有選擇？》報導人生最後一程在香港的不同選擇：預設醫療指示、預設照顧計劃、不作心肺復甦法文件、持久授權書等等，深入探討病人、家人、醫護人員在各種醫護決定背後的想法和分歧。報導亦從病人自主權，梳理「安樂死」、「醫助死亡」、「終止無效治療」、「拒絕治療」等在香港的討論和實踐。

《平安紙》是一本教人寫遺書的著作，不過，它不是硬生生的那種，而是充滿溫度，因為它會細說自己一生如何度過，葬禮想怎樣安排，想哪些人出席，給他們什麼遺言，要不要用入侵性醫療等等，都一一考慮周全，並為使用者提供人生的指引，淡淡的。

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The Sellout: A Novel

Paul Beatty
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Winners of the Man Booker Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award in Fiction, and the John Dos Passos Prize for Literature

A biting satire about a young man's isolated upbringing and the race trial that sends him to the Supreme Court, Paul Beatty's The Sellout showcases a comic genius at the top of his game. It challenges the sacred tenets of the United States Constitution, urban life, the civil rights movement, the father-son relationship, and the holy grail of racial equality―the black Chinese restaurant.

Born in the "agrarian ghetto" of Dickens―on the southern outskirts of Los Angeles―the narrator of The Sellout resigns himself to the fate of lower-middle-class Californians: "I'd die in the same bedroom I'd grown up in, looking up at the cracks in the stucco ceiling that've been there since '68 quake." Raised by a single father, a controversial sociologist, he spent his childhood as the subject in racially charged psychological studies. He is led to believe that his father's pioneering work will result in a memoir that will solve his family's financial woes. But when his father is killed in a police shoot-out, he realizes there never was a memoir. All that's left is the bill for a drive-thru funeral.

Fueled by this deceit and the general disrepair of his hometown, the narrator sets out to right another wrong: Dickens has literally been removed from the map to save California from further embarrassment. Enlisting the help of the town's most famous resident―the last surviving Little Rascal, Hominy Jenkins―he initiates the most outrageous action conceivable: reinstating slavery and segregating the local high school, which lands him in the Supreme Court.

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