Architecture: From Prehistory to Climate Emergency

Barnabas Calder
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A groundbreaking history of architecture told through the relationship between buildings and energy

The story of architecture is the story of humanity. The buildings we live in, from the humblest pre-historic huts to today's skyscrapers, reveal our priorities and ambitions, our family structures and power structures. And to an extent never explored until now, architecture has been shaped in every era by our access to energy, from fire to farming to fossil fuels.

In this ground-breaking history of world architecture, Barnabas Calder takes us on a dazzling tour of some of the most astonishing buildings of the past fifteen thousand years, from Uruk, via Ancient Rome and Victorian Liverpool, to China's booming megacities. He reveals how every building - from the Parthenon to the Great Mosque of Damascus to a typical Georgian house - was influenced by the energy available to its architects, and why this matters.

Today architecture consumes so much energy that 40% of the world's greenhouse gas emissions come from the construction and running of buildings. If we are to avoid catastrophic climate change then now, more than ever, we need beautiful but also intelligent architecture, and to retrofit - not demolish - the buildings we already have.

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典藏世界圖書館 : 從古文明至21世紀的絕美知識殿堂巡禮 (The Library: A World History)

詹姆斯．坎貝爾 (James W.P. Campbell)
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＃全世界最完整的圖書館建築史!!!＃

有些圖書館旨在收藏世界上的每一本書，
有些圖書館的存在就是被世人欣賞、讚嘆！

本書涵括了人文×歷史×建築
是獻給每個愛書人的圖書館百科

從書寫文字的出現到當下的科技世代
從廢墟挖出的古代圖書館到鋼筋森林的現代圖書館

總計21個國家×82座圖書館
跟著建築師，一起深入探索千年歷史藏書聖殿的變遷

圖書館不僅僅是儲藏書籍的「建築」，
從古至今，知名圖書館的建築設計，都在頌揚閱讀和學習的重要性。
作者與攝影師踏遍21個國家，造訪了82座圖書館，
在諸多圖書館中研究它們的歷史，更有幸探訪許多鮮少開放給大眾的圖書館。
經由圖書館建築的變化，一窺人類與書寫文字多變的關係，
體認不管在何處，圖書館都絕非滿是灰塵的文件儲藏室，
而是文化與文明的象徵。
希望這本書不只能為對圖書館和建築史有興趣的人解惑，
也能滿足熱愛書籍、想要進一步了解儲藏它們的美麗建築的讀者。

「圖書館是由想像構成的空間，而想像就是創造的一種。」
在腦中創造激盪出無限可能，讓我們得以重回童年或穿越到幻想中的世界。
人類建造出形形色色的建築，用來閱讀、冥思、作夢和讚頌新知，
只要這些活動有其價值，相應的建築就會不斷誕生。

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The Anatomy of Anxiety: Understanding and Overcoming the Body's Fear Response

Ellen Vora
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From acclaimed psychiatrist Dr. Ellen Vora comes a groundbreaking understanding of how anxiety manifests in the body and mind—and what we can do to overcome it.

Anxiety affects more than forty million Americans—a number that continues to climb in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. While conventional medicine tends to view anxiety as a “neck-up” problem—that is, one of brain chemistry and psychology—the truth is that the origins of anxiety are rooted in the body.

In The Anatomy of Anxiety, holistic psychiatrist Dr. Ellen Vora offers nothing less than a paradigm shift in our understanding of anxiety and mental health, suggesting that anxiety is not simply a brain disorder but a whole-body condition. In her clinical work, Dr. Vora has found time and again that the symptoms of anxiety can often be traced to imbalances in the body. The emotional and physical discomfort we experience—sleeplessness, brain fog, stomach pain, jitters—is a result of the body’s stress response. This physiological state can be triggered by challenging experiences as well as seemingly innocuous factors, such as diet and use of technology.

The good news is that this body-based anxiety, or, as Dr. Vora terms it, “false anxiety,” is easily treated. Once the body’s needs are addressed, Dr. Vora reframes any remaining symptoms not as a disorder but rather as an urgent plea from within. This “true anxiety” is a signal that something else is out of balance—in our lives, in our relationships, in the world. True anxiety serves as our inner compass, helping us recalibrate when we’re feeling lost.

Practical, informative, and deeply hopeful, The Anatomy of Anxiety is the first book to fully explain the origins of anxiety and offer a detailed road map for healing and growth.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

日本世代標籤 : 團地族、橫出世、低溫世代、乙男蟻女、蛇顏男、刀劍女、絆婚......昭和、平成令和START!124個看穿日本一世紀社會變化的世代標籤事典

茂呂美耶
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經典解讀日本文化標籤創意——《乙男蟻女》十年大翻修進化版！

真的好想去日本玩耍！
先來看看日本文化觀察專家茂呂美耶
梳理二十代到八十代的看穿日本當代社會文化，世代關鍵標籤小百科

Miya流的釋義、最在地的直擊觀察、條理分明的解讀法
最實地考察、深刻到位的人文趨勢、流行文化

★ 經典的日本鹽男、醬油男，演進到今日是蛇顏男！你是哪一派？你是小栗旬還是松田龍平派？
★ 如同寶可夢一樣有進化型，草食男超進化之後是認為自己一點都不寬鬆的「達觀世代」！
★ 新派日系女子登板——是要當個新型的大人女子、大叔女子？或是擁有女子力的魅力女？
★ 90年代前很流行的全職媽媽「公園登台」和「鑰匙兒童」，在職業婦女增加，以及小孩課後活動甚至比大人還多，已成為時代遺跡的死語。

從世代標籤，窺看日本男女的生活個性、文化學習零時差——

愛上男不是愛上哪個男人，是很會談戀愛的男人；大人女子不是指成年女生，而是代表你已經不是年輕女孩，但也還不是歐巴桑的三四十代女子；夫源病是指讓日本高齡女性患上不明頭痛、頭暈、耳鳴，甚至是自律神經失調的隱忍婚姻疾病；乙男不是家中第二個男孩，而是手巧又專業的粉紅系男孩；蟻女不是工作認真的女孩兒，而是小巧又可愛的袖珍女。還有高麗菜捲男、蘆筍培根男、保留君、歐巴桑軍團、導航姬、歷女……五花八門的時代標籤，不斷增生！

這些，都是代表日本近代至當代社會發展的重要語彙，你也許聽過，說不定還常常使用，認真搞清楚它們的來由與涵義之後，只能大喊「太妙啦～好厲害！」，日本人真的很有趣，非常會下標籤！

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Building a Second Brain: A Proven Method to Organize Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential

Tiago Forte
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“One of my favorite books of the year. It completely reshaped how I think about information and how and why I take notes.” —Daniel Pink, bestselling author of Drive

A revolutionary approach to enhancing productivity, creating flow, and vastly increasing your ability to capture, remember, and benefit from the unprecedented amount of information all around us.

For the first time in history, we have instantaneous access to the world’s knowledge. There has never been a better time to learn, to contribute, and to improve ourselves. Yet, rather than feeling empowered, we are often left feeling overwhelmed by this constant influx of information. The very knowledge that was supposed to set us free has instead led to the paralyzing stress of believing we’ll never know or remember enough.

Now, this eye-opening and accessible guide shows how you can easily create your own personal system for knowledge management, otherwise known as a Second Brain. As a trusted and organized digital repository of your most valued ideas, notes, and creative work synced across all your devices and platforms, a Second Brain gives you the confidence to tackle your most important projects and ambitious goals.

Discover the full potential of your ideas and translate what you know into more powerful, more meaningful improvements in your work and life by Building a Second Brain.

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道從此入 : 清代翰林與香港

梁基永
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清代翰林是通過重重科舉考試而成的社會頂尖精英群體，除了學術地位，在社會上有超然的光環。香港本是海濱小地方，也沒出過本土翰林，然而清代翰林與香港，卻有着千絲萬縷的聯繫。從乾隆朝開始，這裏就留下翰林名士足跡。辛亥民國建立之後，一眾清遺民南渡香港，以翰林為首的這班遺民，為香港帶來了最早的正統文脈，也翻開香港文化史精彩的第一章。更罕為人知的是，影響中國一千多年的翰林歷史，原來是在香港終結的。

本書講述乾隆以來，一班狀元探花宰相為什麼先後作客香港，翰林們又是怎樣創立香港的正統儒學與傳統文化教育。許多人物與珍貴史料屬於首次發表。

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