What's Your Pronoun?: Beyond He and She

Dennis Baron
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“If you want to know why more people are asking ‘what’s your pronoun?’ then you (singular or plural) should read this book.” ―Joe Moran, New York Times Book Review

Heralded as “required reading” (Geoff Nunberg) and “the book” (Anne Fadiman) for anyone interested in the conversation swirling around gender-neutral and nonbinary pronouns, What’s Your Pronoun? is a classic in the making. Providing much-needed historical context and analysis to the debate around what we call ourselves, Dennis Baron brings new insight to a centuries-old topic and illuminates how―and why―these pronouns are sparking confusion and prompting new policies in schools, workplaces, and even statehouses. Enlightening and affirming, What’s Your Pronoun? introduces a new way of thinking about language, gender, and how they intersect. 20 black-and-white illustrations

"An entertaining and thoroughly documented account of two centuries’ worth of attempts to solve the problem of the English language’s “missing word”.... [Baron] digs deeply into the legal and cultural implications of pronoun usage.... [His] ‘annotated historical lexicon’ of more than 250 gender-neutral pronouns [is] a gold mine for readers who delight in the strangeness of language, as well as a clear demonstration of the thorniness of the issue. This easygoing, comprehensive guide will appeal to progressive word geeks." ― Publishers Weekly

"A thorough history of pronoun debates.... Guggenheim fellow Baron examines what seems like a contemporary question with a historical lens. In this primer, he reveals a centuries-long search for a singular gender-neutral pronoun in English, dispelling persistent myths that such a quest is a recent effort or the product of politically correct motivations.... The author's playful tone imbues the text with friendly sensitivity, and readers will appreciate his decades of research and meticulous attention to documents and sources. The result is a book that reflects the transformational capacity of language. A lively book for language lovers, those confused about uses of they/them, and anyone curious about writing while gendered." ― Kirkus Reviews

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我在故宮修文物

綠妖
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重重的宮門 隔絕了浮世喧囂
他們在這裡修著過了時的文物
一筆一筆臨摹《清明上河圖》 一件一件組裝宮廷鐘錶零件 一片一片拼回青銅碎片
不求名利與聞達 只想解開時間留下的謎

12位文物修復師 靜默地將日子獻給修復工作
在從前慢的時光中 找到安身心的力量

北京故宮裡藏著一群身懷絕技卻又平凡無奇的工匠，他們在昔日的「冷宮」裡修復價值連城的的歷代文物，這些被歲月腐蝕的鐘錶、古書畫、青銅器、木器等，在他們的巧手下有了新生命，彷彿時光再現。

原先是一部首次以現代化眼光、生活化手法，揭露北京故宮文物修復師日常的大型紀錄片，2016年初一推出即風靡全中國，無數年輕人更被深深打動，重新思考該如何看待工作與人生，甚至將修復師視為職業選項之一。本書以紀錄片精神為本，再經深度採訪與寫作，收錄更多鏡頭外的故事：12位修復師親身講述其學藝的心路歷程，對工作、對人生的感悟，以及故宮生涯的回顧。

「一群深宮大院中的修復師，以數代傳承的手藝智慧，喚醒長年靜置破敗的藝術品及器物，如同推開一扇回溯記憶的窗，讓古老世界的魅力繼續傳唱。」──亞洲大學現代美術館副館長 蔡舜任

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香港城市大學、中國旅遊集團有限公司，及保利藝術博物館於7月4日至10月31日合辦「盛世聚首　天寶芳華：圓明園獸首暨文物展」，展出圓明園海晏堂其中四尊獸首銅像，並慶祝香港特別行政區成立26周年暨中旅集團成立百年華誕。閱讀更多

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日期: 2023年7月4日至10月31日 （逢星期一休館）
時間: 上午10時 – 下午7時
地點: 香港城市大學劉鳴偉學術大樓十八樓般哥展覽館
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The Long Game: How to Be a Long-Term Thinker in a Short-Term World

Dorie Clark
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Your personal goals need a long-term strategy.

It's no secret that we're pushed to the limit. Today's professionals feel rushed, overwhelmed, and perennially behind. How can we break out of the cycle and create the kind of interesting, meaningful lives that we all seek? Just as CEOs who optimize for quarterly profits often fail to make the strategic investments necessary for long-term growth, the same is true in our own personal and professional lives. As top business thinker and Duke University professor Dorie Clark explains, we all know intellectually that lasting success takes persistence and effort. And yet, so much of the relentless pressure in our culture pushes us toward doing what's easy, what's guaranteed, and what looks glamorous in the moment.

In The Long Game, she argues for a different path. It's about doing small things over time to achieve your goals - and being willing to keep at them, even when they seem pointless, boring, or hard. In The Long Game, Clark shares unique principles and frameworks, as well as her own instructive experiences, to show how you can tap the same 24 hours everyone has - but leverage them in more efficient and powerful ways to break out of the frenetic day-to-day routine and transform your life and career.

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後九七香港粤語流行歌詞研究

朱耀偉, 梁偉詩
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本書是《香港流行歌詞研究：七十年代中期至九十年代中期》續篇《後九七香港粵語流行歌詞研究》的新生版,新增朱耀偉教授的「再版後記」，簡單論述由2015年至今的粵語流行曲的傳承，特別是「這兩年香港流行樂壇重現活力似有迴響，Mirror及一眾新人冒起，看來否極終於泰來。粵語流行曲能否再攀亞洲頂峰還要拭目以待。」不過，朱教授亦指出：「若以詞論詞，過去十年的確新人輩出，但是否如流行樂壇般可以號稱『改朝換代』則似有商榷餘地。」然而，作者「一直相信回望粵語流行曲的光輝歲月並不是老餅懷舊，要用當天的尺度衡量今日的詞作，而是仍然憧憬不同的可能性。與其留戀往日奢求用既有模式複製舊光輝（其實這才真的是懷舊？），何不展望明天以無邊想像開啟新秩序。」

本書沿用《香港流行歌詞研究：七十年代中期至九十年代中期》所訂定的研究框架，進一步追蹤1997年前後「香港粵語流行歌詞」的變化軌跡。當中擬設了1997為講述香港流行歌詞嬗變的分水嶺──回顧了「資深詞人」（即出道於一九九七年以前的詞人）在歌詞創作上的後續發展、風格變化。同時亦整理出「後九七詞人」（即出道於一九九七年或以後的詞人）的崛起和風格走向，務求為1997年至今的香港流行詞壇，全面透析其地形風貌、氣候格局。

作者朱教授在2015版的序中曾說：「這一代香港流行詞人告訴我們，只要念念不忘，像他們般有一口氣點一盞燈，十年又十年之後，那天涯總會為你我移開……有一口氣點一盞燈的情懷與姿態，念念不忘必有迴響的信念，說的就是傳承。我們也懂了。」

(摘錄自cosmosbooks.com.hk)

The Intimate Bond: How Animals Shaped Human History

Brian Fagan
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Animals, and our ever-changing relationships with them, have left an indelible mark on human history. From the dawn of our existence, animals and humans have been constantly redefining their relationships with one another, and entire civilizations have risen and fallen upon this curious bond we share with our fellow fauna.

Brian Fagan unfolds this fascinating story from the first wolf who wandered into our prehistoric ancestors' camp and found companionship to empires built on the backs of horses, donkeys, and camels to the industrial age, when some animals became commodities, often brutally exploited, and others became pets, nurtured and pampered, sometimes to absurd extremes. Through an in-depth analysis of six truly transformative human-animal relationships, Fagan shows how our habits and our very way of life were considerably and irreversibly altered by our intimate bonds with animals. Among other stories, Fagan explores how herding changed human behavior; how the humble donkey helped launch the process of globalization; and how the horse carried a hearty band of nomads across the world and toppled the emperor of China.

With characteristic care and penetrating insight, Fagan reveals the profound influence that animals have exercised on human history and how, in fact, they often drove it.

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人生不是一夜干 : 獲得幸福與成就、解決困境與煩惱, 都不是一蹴可幾的事, 需要累積微小改變、耐心等候

齋藤茂太
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獻給想要前進卻停滯不前的人們

◆心靈醫生的66則處方籤——
跑不動就慢慢走，走不動就停下來；就算躺平也沒關係。
◆《孤獨力：一個人也可以好好過》作者另一撫慰人心力作

很少有人不為煩惱所苦。當人處於煩惱而茫然時，總會看不到前方的路；又因為看不到前方的路，往往會更加煩惱，不知如何是好。

「心靈名醫」齋藤茂太以他個人的經歷，以及超過半世紀心理臨床治療所見的千百種案例，淬鍊出這本深具撫慰力量的66則人生格言。

他認為，人總會遇到煩惱，陷於「人生的雨季」裡，但要相信雨水能為萬物帶來朝氣，也終有停止之時。而在雨停之前，我們雖然做出改變以解決煩擾，但也需要給予耐心，畢竟任何改變不像醃漬一夜干只需一晚就能看到成果，是必須等待。

茂太醫生的人生智慧，在日本不僅給予職場人心靈撫慰，更給予許多因為挫折或煩擾無法前進的人們溫柔的支持。許多讀者推崇他的作品是「一個溫柔的肩膀讓人依靠」，更提到「當不想盡力而為時，是這本書讓你知道自己仍然值得掌聲」。

茂太醫生的暖心話語，是這個躁動、紛擾的時代，我們都需要的一帖心靈良藥。

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