The Testaments: The Sequel to The Handmaid's Tale

Margaret Atwood
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Number one New York Times best seller

Winner of the Booker Prize

The Testaments is a modern masterpiece, a powerful novel that can be enjoyed on its own or as a companion to Margaret Atwood’s classic, The Handmaid’s Tale.

More than 15 years after the events of The Handmaid's Tale, the theocratic regime of the Republic of Gilead maintains its grip on power, but there are signs it is beginning to rot from within. At this crucial moment, the lives of three radically different women converge, with potentially explosive results.

Two have grown up as part of the first generation to come of age in the new order. The testimonies of these two young women are joined by a third: Aunt Lydia. Her complex past and uncertain future unfold in surprising and pivotal ways.

With The Testaments, Margaret Atwood opens up the innermost workings of Gilead, as each woman is forced to come to terms with who she is, and how far she will go for what she believes.

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情繫調景嶺：二十個嶺上人的故事

丁新豹, 汐爾, 劉義章
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對很多香港人來說，調景嶺只是近百個地鐵站的其中一個名字，但對於那些在這片土地上出生和成長的人們來說，這個地方盛載著他們人生中不少珍貴的回憶，他們的回憶又牽連著近代中國歷史的發展軌跡。

一九四五年抗日戰爭結束不久，國共內戰就打響了。為了逃避戰火，不少同胞南下香港，其中包括不少國民政府官員和軍人。他們或許沒有想到，調景嶺最終會成為他們安身立命的家園。隨著一九九○年代香港回歸在即，調景嶺面臨被清拆的命運，嶺上人從此分散於不同社區。

今天的調景嶺已經是高樓大廈林立的住宅區。殊不知，這個社區有其獨特的歷史背景及生活模式，特別是當年嶺上人在這片荒地上建立起自己的家園。如果說他們是「獅子山精神」的先導，一點也不誇張。

透過本書中二十個故事，我們可以細味充滿感情的文字，以領略嶺上人昔日的生活；細看已經發黃的照片，以重現調景嶺昔日的風貌。

(摘錄自cp1897.com.hk)

What Color Is Your Parachute? 2020: A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers

Richard N. Bolles
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With more than 10 million copies sold in 28 countries, the world's most popular job-search book is updated for 2020, tailoring Richard Bolles's long-trusted guidance with up-to-the-minute information and advice for today's job-hunters and career-changers.

NAMED ONE OF THE ALL-TIME 100 BEST NONFICTION BOOKS BY TIME

What Color Is Your Parachute? is the world’s most popular job-hunting guide, revised and updated annually with more than ten million copies sold. This newly streamlined edition features the latest resources, case studies, and perspectives on today’s job market, revealing surprising advice on what works—and what doesn’t—so you can focus your efforts on tactics that yield results.

At its core is Richard N. Bolles’s famed Flower Exercise, a unique self-inventory that helps you design your career—and your life—around your key passions, transferable skills, traits, and more.

This practical manual also provides essential tips for writing impressive resumes and cover letters, networking effectively, interviewing with confidence, and negotiating the best salary possible.

Whether you’re searching for your first job, were recently laid off, or are dreaming of a career change, What Color Is Your Parachute? will guide you toward a fulfilling and prosperous life’s work.

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書店現場: 香港個性書店訪談札記

周家盈
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「讀這本書可以看到香港的獨立書店的光景，也可以看到出版這本書背後的獨立出版的精神，能對他們熱情的來源有所體會。」
－－台灣大塊文化董事長／ 郝明義

「期許人們關注香港書店的生態而非疲態。」
－－《書店現場──香港個性書店訪談札記》／周家盈

看看逛逛，買書細讀，
這應該是讓書店延續及對書店支持的最好方式吧。

●12家香港個性書店訪談錄
●46家書店慢慢遊地圖
●資深書店職人講談記

當看到《書店日常──香港獨立書店在地行旅》的延續篇推出，
你或許會訝異，問：「怎麼香港還有那麼多書店？」

或在舊區街道上、或在二三樓甚至更高層之中、
或在屋邨街市裡、或在偏僻菜田上……
各家書店各有個性，
都是主理人對書店的理念與熱情的反映。

我們不知道在《書店日常》、《書店現場》之後，
還會不會再有延續篇的推出。
惟望這兩冊小書，能喚起大家對香港書店的重視，
關注書店日常的經營生態，也多前往書店現場，
看看逛逛，買書細讀，
這應該便是讓書店延續及對書店支持的最好方式吧。

(摘錄自誠品網路書店)

We Are the Weather: Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast

Jonathan Safran Foer
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Financial Times, Best Books of 2019
The Guardian, Best Food Books of 2019

"Beautiful, powerful writing that's made me rethink the way I eat." ―Samin Nosrat, author of Salt Fat Acid Heat

“In a style rarely found in books about global catastrophe, [Foer] interweaves personal stories, bulleted factoids and a delicious serving of metaphor. The effect is dazzling.” ―Bruce Watson, The Washington Post

In We Are the Weather, Jonathan Safran Foer explores the central global dilemma of our time in a surprising, deeply personal, and urgent new way.

Some people reject the fact, overwhelmingly supported by scientists, that our planet is warming because of human activity. But do those of us who accept the reality of human-caused climate change truly believe it? If we did, surely we would be roused to act on what we know. Will future generations distinguish between those who didn’t believe in the science of global warming and those who said they accepted the science but failed to change their lives in response?

The task of saving the planet will involve a great reckoning with ourselves―with our all-too-human reluctance to sacrifice immediate comfort for the sake of the future. We have, he reveals, turned our planet into a farm for growing animal products, and the consequences are catastrophic. Only collective action will save our home and way of life. And it all starts with what we eat―and don’t eat―for breakfast

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

香港當代作家作品選集．饒宗頤卷

鄭煒明 編
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獲得「第十一屆香港書獎」

饒教授是國學泰斗，他的文學造詣也很高，代表了當代香港的古典文學寫作的最高成就。本書收入饒宗頤教授創作的古典詩詞、駢文、散文（學術隨筆）等各種文體作品，是目下最全面，校對最準確的饒教授的文學創作大觀。

(摘錄自 cp1897.com.hk)


「饒宗頤的故事」展覽在香港文化博物館舉行，展期至 2020 年 6 月 22 日。