How to Be Miserable in Your Twenties: 40 Strategies to Fail at Adulting

Randy J. Paterson
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“Randy Paterson has done it again! In his latest book, How to Be Miserable in Your Twenties, Paterson provides insight into how young adults can avoid common traps that can contribute to unhappiness. It includes a range of well-tested, commonsense strategies that are especially relevant for those transitioning into adulthood and independence. This engaging and humorous book is a must-read for young adults (even those who are not in their twenties) who want to prevent the thoughts, behaviors, and habits that can lead to feeling overwhelmed, depressed, or anxious. I highly recommend it!”
—Martin M. Antony, PhD, ABPP, professor in the department of psychology at Ryerson University in Toronto, ON, Canada; and coauthor of The Shyness and Social Anxiety Workbook and The Anti-Anxiety Workbook

“Pathological social withdrawal (called ‘hikikomori’ in Japan) is now increasingly considered a global mental health and socioeconomic concern. Withdrawal behaviors tend to be regarded as negative and maladaptive. Is this perception always correct? Randy Paterson’s book challenges such preconceptions and prejudices regarding hikikomori-related behaviors while also suggesting multidirectional solutions to this phenomenon.”
—Takahiro A. Kato, MD, PhD, associate professor in the department of neuropsychiatry, and chair of the hikikomori research clinic at Kyushu University Hospital in Fukuoka, Japan

“Innovative and inspiring.... The provocative mood makes the reading easy; the structure in lessons makes the book an on-demand pool of instructions the reader can refer to whenever needed. Randy Paterson has made great work to collect life situations and convert them into such practical actions.”
—Ivan Ferrero, PsyD, cyberpsychologist, speaker, trainer, educator, edge innovator, and futurologist

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永無坦途 : 吳冠中自述

吳冠中著
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在《永無坦途》一書中，吳冠中回憶自己的成長歷程與繪畫之路。年輕任性，棄工程而投身藝海，一度沉湎故國傳統，一度拜倒西方現代藝術，兩家門下轉輪來，卻不願當地上地下之走狗，一味竭力探尋屬於自己的所愛所思，自己的腳印連成了自己的生命之軌跡。本書還講述了吳冠中自己的生活、文藝觀，其中不少文章都是當年針對現實而發，並引起過強烈反響和爭議，亦體現出吳冠中作為知識分子的責任與良知。

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香港藝術館「從糞筐到餐車——吳冠中誕辰一百周年展」第二期展覽，於2020年5月22日起開放至7月5日。

Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster

Adam Higginbotham
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A New York Times Best Book of the Year
A Time Best Book of the Year
A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Year
2020 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence Winner
One of NPR’s Best Books of 2019

Journalist Adam Higginbotham’s definitive, years-in-the-making account of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster—and a powerful investigation into how propaganda, secrecy, and myth have obscured the true story of one of the twentieth century’s greatest disasters.

Early in the morning of April 26, 1986, Reactor Number Four of the Chernobyl Atomic Energy Station exploded, triggering history’s worst nuclear disaster. In the thirty years since then, Chernobyl has become lodged in the collective nightmares of the world: shorthand for the spectral horrors of radiation poisoning, for a dangerous technology slipping its leash, for ecological fragility, and for what can happen when a dishonest and careless state endangers its citizens and the entire world. But the real story of the accident, clouded from the beginning by secrecy, propaganda, and misinformation, has long remained in dispute.

Drawing on hundreds of hours of interviews conducted over the course of more than ten years, as well as letters, unpublished memoirs, and documents from recently-declassified archives, Adam Higginbotham has written a harrowing and compelling narrative which brings the disaster to life through the eyes of the men and women who witnessed it firsthand. The result is a masterful nonfiction thriller, and the definitive account of an event that changed history: a story that is more complex, more human, and more terrifying than the Soviet myth.

Midnight in Chernobyl is an indelible portrait of one of the great disasters of the twentieth century, of human resilience and ingenuity, and the lessons learned when mankind seeks to bend the natural world to his will—lessons which, in the face of climate change and other threats, remain not just vital but necessary.

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你看港街招牌

李健明
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在電腦字體盛行的今天，
我們要如何欣賞手寫字招牌的美？

說起香港街道特色，怎能不想起頭頂上五花八門的招牌？
然而你有留意到招牌已漸漸被拆卸嗎？
本地招牌製作者李健明為了保育手寫招牌字的文化，
開展了「李伯伯街頭書法復修計劃」。
經常帶領招牌導賞團的他，今次將透過「招牌佬」的視覺，
用文字記下屬於香港的招牌故事！

細說「李漢港楷」的創作歷程！
簡述招牌製作的工藝知識！
帶你散散步，隨處發掘本地招牌的故事！
揭露招牌上的視覺巧思和秘密！

讓我們抬頭欣賞招牌美學！

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The Culture Map: Breaking Through the Invisible Boundaries of Global Business

Erin Meyer
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An international business expert helps you understand and navigate cultural differences in this insightful and practical guide, perfect for both your work and personal life.
Americans precede anything negative with three nice comments; French, Dutch, Israelis, and Germans get straight to the point; Latin Americans and Asians are steeped in hierarchy; Scandinavians think the best boss is just one of the crowd. It's no surprise that when they try and talk to each other, chaos breaks out.

In The Culture Map, INSEAD professor Erin Meyer is your guide through this subtle, sometimes treacherous terrain in which people from starkly different backgrounds are expected to work harmoniously together. She provides a field-tested model for decoding how cultural differences impact international business, and combines a smart analytical framework with practical, actionable advice.

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The World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development, held on May 21, is a United Nations–sanctioned international holiday for the promotion of diversity issues.

文具物語——寫於時空書桌的歷史

鍾燕齊
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榮獲2019年第二屆「香港出版雙年獎」生活及科普類別的「最佳出版獎」

人類透過文具記載了數千年歷史，

是時候說說文具本身的故事了……

文具歷史，源遠流長。

本書由上世紀香港淪陷時期說起，時日軍佔港，東洋色彩文具湧至；六十年代太空人登陸月球，文具開始沾上太空風；塑膠工業於戰後蓬勃發展，深深影響新一代文具製造及設計。

一直緊守崗位的文具店，也隨著時代節拍而漸起變化……

香港的文具業發展，將何去何從？

此書精選四十至九十年代各家廠商的經典文具近1000件，包括毛筆、鉛筆、顏色筆、橡皮擦、駁筆桿、卷筆刀、筆盒、考試盒、書包等等，以及珍貴的文具廣告資料，全面呈現文具發展的歷代沿革，並展示工業發展及社會進步帶來的設計及製造技術！

以文具的演變看時代的變遷，探討老文具的存在及傳承價值，及香港文具設計的未來。

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