Lunch with the FT: 52 Classic Interviews

Lionel Barber
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A selection of Financial Times interviews with high-profile figures in business, politics, the arts, science and more.

From film stars to politicians, tycoons to writers, dissidents to lifestyle gurus, Lunch with the FT gathers fifty-two fascinating interviews conducted at the unforgiving proximity of a restaurant table.

... This book brings you right to the table to decide what you think of Angela Merkel or Martin Amis, George Soros or Sean “P. Diddy” Combs, Angelina Jolie or Jimmy Carter. Meet not just oligarchs and royals, but the co-founder of Apple, the codiscoverer of DNA, the tycoon who will pay African presidents to quit, and one of the Arab world’s most notorious sons.

Every interview is illustrated with a drawing of its subject, making this collection as visually impressive as it is enlightening and fun to read.

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This Way看電影：提煉電影裡的歷史味

蔣竹山
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電影是一扇窗，打開它，就看見更多故事，更多歷史。

《神鬼獵人》讓人想到北美印第安人與白人的毛皮貿易。《香料共和國》記錄了希臘與土耳其的食物與鄉愁。《吸特樂回來了》把戰後德國的二戰記憶拉回來。《跳舞時代》呈現日治台灣文青的感官世界。《霸王別姬》用咚咚鏘鏘的戲曲看穿近代中國。《日落真相》點出日本天皇從神到人的退位危機。

歷史不單只是讓讀者看到「過去」，歷史不是只有歷史敘事與歷史事實而已，我們還希望以電影為窗口，引導讀者進行一些有關爭議歷史問題的思辨，培養分析與理解事物的技巧。此外，還希望能讓讀者學習到，看事情不用現代的觀點，而是回到當時的脈絡，站在當時經驗與看法的「神入」（同理心）方式來看歷史。

為此，《This Way看電影》這本書， 提出二十五部電影、六大主題、四大能力， 讓我們來提煉電影裡的歷史味。

(摘錄自博客來網路書店)

Psych 101: Psychology Facts, Basics, Statistics, Tests, and More!

Paul Kleinman
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A hands-on approach to exploring the human mind

Too often, textbooks turn the noteworthy theories, principles, and experiments of psychology into tedious discourse that even Freud would want to repress. Psych 101 cuts out the boring details and statistics, and instead, gives you a lesson in psychology that keeps you engaged - and your synapses firing.

From personality quizzes and the Rorschach Blot Test to B.F. Skinner and the stages of development, this primer for human behavior is packed with hundreds of entertaining psychology basics and quizzes you can't get anywhere else.

So whether you're looking to unravel the intricacies of the mind, or just want to find out what makes your friends tick, Psych 101 has all the answers - even the ones you didn't know you were looking for.

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細味名言100句

李怡
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德國作家赫塞說，名言猶如一段文字甚而是一篇著作的精髓，它因短小而有價值，不能粗略閱讀，而須細細咀嚼才能領悟其真義，並能成為指導生活言行的指針。

本書是李怡從長年閱讀中摘下的100句名言，簡略介紹原作者的生平和成就，對摘錄的句子稍作釋義，但不作詳細發揮。因為李怡相信，每一位讀友都會和他一樣，自己對名言反覆深思，聯繫自己的生活、工作、處事，細察其意，或從迷惘中得到醒悟。

(摘錄自cosmosbooks.com.hk)

Soulware: The American Way in China's Higher Education

Way Kuo
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This book is a critical account of the history, evolution and challenges of higher education in mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong, with important reflections on other systems, notably those in the US, UK, Korea and Japan. In addition to hardware and software, it introduces the concept of "software" in global higher education and analyses its importance for internationalization and the pursuit of excellence. In an age where robots and artificial intelligence are impacting our jobs and our daily lives, its critical analysis and insightful reflections provide considerable value for a range of global stakeholders interested in higher education reform to nurture talent and promote innovation to prepare students for an unpredictable future.

"Professor Kuo’s perspective provides considerable value for a range of global stakeholders both in the east and the west. As American universities awake to the realization that the demand for higher education is an increasingly global phenomena, his contribution could not be more timely."
--Mike Crow, PhD President, Arizona State University

"Way Kuo advances a powerful historical argument for the means to achieve excellence in Asian universities. His recipe is bold leadership, combining excellence in teaching and research, and embracing the lessons of western university successes and failures. A superb combination of history and forward thinking."
--Michael Kotlikoff, VMD, PhD Provost, Cornell University

"Way’s book is not just about the past or the present. Rather, it offers useful insights into the future. In an age where robots and artificial intelligence are impacting our jobs and our daily lives, he introduces the concept of “soulware” and analyzes its importance for higher education."
--G. P. “Bud” Peterson, PhD President, Georgia Institute of Technology

"Differing from their Western counterparts, Chinese universities will demonstrate their own cultural characteristics. In this regard, Professor Kuo’s book offers us many valuable insights."
--Yong Qiu, PhD President, Tsinghua University, Beijing

"Wisdom is the ultimate goal of higher education. It is the illumination of that wisdom among audiences, English-speaking or Chinese-speaking, to which Way Kuo’s book hopes to kindle a spark."
--Frank H. Shu, PhD President, 2002-06, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, and University Professor Emeritus, University of California, Berkeley and San Diego

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在故宮, 尋找蘇東坡

祝勇
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在故宮藏品中， 尋找蘇東坡的生命印跡。
展閱宋元明書畫，試圖理解蘇東坡與他的時代。
故宮授權高清詳圖，呈現蘇東坡書法與繪畫之美

◎本書從十個側面——入仕、求生、書法、繪畫、文學、交友、文人集團、家庭、為政、嶺南， 書寫了蘇東坡一生的生命經歷。在作者筆下，蘇東坡是屬於人間的。他是石，是竹，也是塵，是土，是他《寒食帖》所寫的“泥汙燕支雪”。他的文學藝術，牽動著人世間最凡俗的欲念，同時又代表著中國文化最堅定的價值。蘇東坡既是草根的，又是精英的。

◎在呈現蘇東坡人生脈絡和生命際遇的同時，作者選取故宮收藏的宋元明三個主要朝代的藝術藏品，由書、畫及人，把蘇東坡的精神世界和藝術史聯繫起來，由蘇東坡個體的人生去反觀他所處的時代。不單是蘇東坡的個人傳記，更書寫了整個宋代的精神文化風貌。

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