Work without Stress: Building a Resilient Mindset for Lasting Success

Derek Roger, Nick Petrie
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FORGET EVERYTHING YOU KNOW ABOUT STRESS.

If you’re like most people, you probably think that stress is an inevitable part of life. The truth is: it’s not. In a groundbreaking 30-year study, Dr. Derek Roger has discovered that everything we think we know about stress—and how we should “manage” it—is just plain wrong.

STRESS IS A CHOICE.

It is not a natural response to the pressures of work. It’s a choice that you make, consciously or not, to worry and fret and agonize over the work you need to do—instead of just doing it.

WORK DOESN’T HAVE TO BE STRESSFUL FOR YOU TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

This book offers a radically different approach to stress. It’s about being resilient. Flexible. Mentally awake and in the moment. It’s about changing your mindset to keep things in perspective instead of adding fuel to the fire with negative thoughts. The techniques you’ll find in this book are powerful, practical, and proven to work—without stress.

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家國之間——五四在香港百年回望

陳學然
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1919年，中國內地爆發五四運動。運動在內地如火如荼之際，香港卻因港英政府嚴管，只有零星市民聲援反日救國，未有在香港引起波瀾。「五四運動」雖然在1919年乃至1920年代對香港沒有造成巨大衝擊，但由於「五四」有學生運動、愛國、反強權、反外敵的多種特質，故在往後的不同年代，「五四運動」的旗幟不斷為人所高舉，或用以爭取國家、文化認同，或用以批判社會病痛；無論是抗日、反共、反國民黨、專上學生的「認中關社」運動甚至是保衛釣魚台運動，「五四」都沒有缺席，一直出現於香港歷史發展的進程中。

本書是一部五四在香港的發生史、紀念史及詮釋史。作者充分利用報章、文集、雜誌等史料，解說「香港的五四」如何同異於「國家的五四」，了解不同政治陣營或思想立場的人在不同年代如何利用及反思五四運動，折射出時人的心態，從而洞察在時代變局下，香港華人對國家認同的心態變遷之跡。

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Mama's Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves

Frans De Waal
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A New York Times Bestseller 
Winner of the PEN / E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award 

Mama’s Last Hug is a fascinating exploration of the rich emotional lives of animals, beginning with Mama, a chimpanzee matriarch who formed a deep bond with biologist Jan van Hooff. Her story and others like it—from dogs “adopting” the injuries of their companions, to rats helping fellow rats in distress, to elephants revisiting the bones of their loved ones—show that humans are not the only species with the capacity for love, hate, fear, shame, guilt, joy, disgust, and empathy. Frans de Waal opens our hearts and minds to the many ways in which humans and other animals are connected.

“A captivating and big-hearted book, full of compassion and brimming with insights about the lives of animals, including human ones.” - Yuval Noah Harari, New York Times best-selling author of Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

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多給自己5% (5% More: Making Small Changes to Achieve Extraordinary Results)

邁克．亞登 (Michael Alden)
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小小5％堅持如同滾雪球，可以帶來超過百倍的成功。這是一本實用的指南，不要求你顛覆一切，來個大轉彎。事實上，採取簡單的行動，反而能帶來驚人成效。不同於一般自勵書籍只停留在「想」的階段，本書直接提供辦得到的具體方法。不論你處於人生什麼階段，絕對都能替自己、替家人、替同事和主管、替自己的事業，多帶來5％的進步。

不用卯足全力，只需多盡一點力
你可能聽過，把大目標拆成數個小目標，更容易達成。不過，小目標依舊得夠大，才不會淪於瑣碎，還得夠簡單，才不會讓人容易放棄。本書把目標拆得剛剛好：多努力5%就好。不需耗費太多力氣，但立刻就能看到成效。

不限領域、不限階層，你可以不一樣
本書各章針對一項特定的人生關鍵領域，解釋多5％將如何帶來巨大差異。你不必一次全盤接受，只要依據自己的情況，從最迫切需要改變的領域開始。書中每一個數據、每一則故事，都各自解釋一項重點......

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No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference

Greta Thunberg
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The groundbreaking speeches of Greta Thunberg, the young climate activist who has become the voice of a generation, including her historic address to the United Nations

In August 2018 a fifteen-year-old Swedish girl, Greta Thunberg, decided not to go to school one day in order to protest the climate crisis. Her actions sparked a global movement, inspiring millions of students to go on strike for our planet, forcing governments to listen, and earning her a Nobel Peace Prize nomination.

No One Is Too Small to Make A Difference brings you Greta in her own words, for the first time. Collecting her speeches that have made history across the globe, from the United Nations to Capitol Hill and mass street protests, her book is a rallying cry for why we must all wake up and fight to protect the living planet, no matter how powerless we feel. Our future depends upon it.

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Earth Day (April 22)
Every April 22, Earth Day marks the anniversary of the 1970 birth of the modern environmental movement. Earth Day's mission is to build the world’s largest environmental movement to drive transformative change for people and planet. READ MORE

讀書的價值

森博嗣
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閱讀，支撐著非凡的想像力和產出
閱讀，不僅可能改變你的思維方式，甚至改變你的工作、生活與人生

為什麼在今天這個時代，書依舊無法被取代？
《全部成為F》人氣推理小說家森博嗣
帶你窺探閱讀的本質

本書集結他對閱讀價值的體驗和思考，
他認為，讀書最大的價值，就在於「自己」選書的過程，
不是閱讀別人推薦的書、也不特意去看暢銷書，
享受自由閱讀、深度思考的愉悅。

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聯合國教科文組織(UNESCO)自1995年起，把4月23日定為「世界閱讀日」(World Book & Copyright Day)，希望藉著這個重要的日子，推廣閱讀和寫作，以及宣揚版權意識。