The End of Eden: Wild Nature in the Age of Climate Breakdown

Adam Welz
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New Yorker Best Book of the Year

“Exquisite.”-DAVID WALLACE-WELLS | “At once an elegy and an exhortation.”-ELIZABETH KOLBERT | “A book that goes deeper than any before into the meaning of the climate breakdown for all the rest of creation.”-BILL McKIBBEN | “Celebratory and heartbreaking.”-DAVID GEORGE HASKELL

A revelatory exploration of climate change from the perspective of wild species and natural ecosystems--an homage to the miraculous, vibrant entity that is life on Earth.

The stories we usually tell ourselves about climate change tend to focus on the damage inflicted on human societies by big storms, severe droughts, and rising sea levels. But the most powerful impacts are being and will be felt by the natural world and its myriad species, which are already in the midst of the sixth great extinction. Rising temperatures are fracturing ecosystems that took millions of years to evolve, disrupting the life forms they sustain--and in many cases driving them towards extinction. The natural Eden that humanity inherited is quickly slipping away.

Although we can never really know what a creature thinks or feels, The End of Eden invites the reader to meet wild species on their own terms in a range of ecosystems that span the globe. Combining classic natural history, firsthand reportage, and insights from cutting-edge research, Adam Welz brings us close to creatures like moose in northern Maine, parrots in Puerto Rico, cheetahs in Namibia, and rare fish in Australia as they struggle to survive. The stories are intimate yet expansive and always dramatic.

An exquisitely written and deeply researched exploration of wild species reacting to climate breakdown, The End of Eden offers a radical new kind of environmental journalism that connects humans to nature in a more empathetic way than ever before and galvanizes us to act in defense of the natural world before it's too late.

A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year

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冰室情味 : 形塑香港的飲食文化遺產

阮志
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提到香港飲食，人們首先想到的往往是“茶餐廳”，殊不知，歷史更早的“冰室”也是不可忽略的香港特色。

● 菠蘿油、蛋撻、多士、絲襪奶茶、紅豆冰……
● 安樂園、蘭香閣、九龍冰室、檀島咖啡、鴻運冰廳……

這些耳熟能詳的名字串聯成冰室的香港記憶，這裡有美味，更有人情……
● 溯源冰室百年歷史——由冰的發明到冰室的興起，透過豐富的歷史資料研究，講述港式飲食的變遷史
● 珍藏冰室懷舊時光——上百張老照片、數十家傳統冰室發展介紹，廣泛記錄香港、澳門、台灣、廣州等地的冰室發展
● 捕捉冰室裏的溫情故事——在飲食與人群之間的交往互動中，透過冰室的飲食設計、語言、影視、信仰等文化故事，展現冰室的人文關懷與冰室文化的精神遺產

名人推薦
● 內容相當豐富，對香港的冰室文化做了不少的資料搜羅，深入敘述了冰室文化的演變，是一本不可多得的著作。——香港咖啡紅茶協會主席 黃家和
● 全面、踏實、深入地闡述了香港冰室和茶餐廳的發展，是一本難得一見的好書，我誠意向讀者及飲食同業們推薦。——飲食文化作家 方曉嵐

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A History of Art in Africa

Monica Blackmun Visona, Robin Poynor, Herbert M. Cole, Michael D. Harris, Rowland Abiodun
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More than seven hundred illustrations mark a comprehensive discussion of the arts of the African continent, including Egypt, exploring the continent's artistic, as opposed to purely cultural, traditions and discussing a wide variety of art forms, including textiles, ceramics, and personal adornment.

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“Central African Art - Invocation of an Unseen World” is being staged at the City University of Hong Kong until 28 Sep 2025. The exhibition offers insights into the artistic legacy of Central Africa, revealing the intricate connections between art, spirituality, and society. READ MORE

“Central African Art - Invocation of an Unseen World” Exhibition 「召喚無形—中部非洲藝術展」
Date: 29 May – 28 September 2025 (Open daily, except Mondays)
Time: 10am to 7pm
Venue: Indra and Harry Banga Gallery at City University of Hong Kong , 18/F, Lau Ming Wai Academic Building
Admission: Free of charge. To ensure a smooth and enjoyable visit, please plan ahead and register in advance. On-site registration is also available at any entrance of CityUHK with the presentation of an ID document. BOOK A VISIT

城景變幻：後九七香港作家小說論（1996-2018）

鄒文律
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「後九七香港青年作家」概念是指在一九九七年後出版第一部個人小說的作家，也是作者鄒文律圈選的研究範圍。當中包含香港不少重要的中生代小說家如潘國靈、謝曉虹、韓麗珠等。鄒文律將這群「後九七香港青年作家」的部分小說進行並置閱讀，尤其聚焦於以香港城市空間為書寫對象的小說，嘗試探問他們之間共同的文學關懷，並著力探究小說作品對香港都市空間的再現及批判。面對資本主義狂瀉的我城，小說家如何試圖以作品回應？

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延伸閱讀: 城景變幻｜拆舊建新，我城何去何從？

Nuclear War: A Scenario

Annie Jacobsen
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The INSTANT New York Times bestseller
Instant Los Angeles Times bestseller
One of NPR's Books We Love
One of Newsweek Staffers' Favorite Books of the Year
Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize

“In Nuclear War: A Scenario, Annie Jacobsen gives us a vivid picture of what could happen if our nuclear guardians fail…Terrifying.”—Wall Street Journal

There is only one scenario other than an asteroid strike that could end the world as we know it in a matter of hours: nuclear war. And one of the triggers for that war would be a nuclear missile inbound toward the United States.

Every generation, a journalist has looked deep into the heart of the nuclear military establishment: the technologies, the safeguards, the plans, and the risks. These investigations are vital to how we understand the world we really live in—where one nuclear missile will beget one in return, and where the choreography of the world’s end requires massive decisions made on seconds’ notice with information that is only as good as the intelligence we have.

Pulitzer Prize finalist Annie Jacobsen’s Nuclear War: A Scenario explores this ticking-clock scenario, based on dozens of exclusive new interviews with military and civilian experts who have built the weapons, have been privy to the response plans, and have been responsible for those decisions should they have needed to be made. Nuclear War: A Scenario examines the handful of minutes after a nuclear missile launch. It is essential reading, and unlike any other book in its depth and urgency.

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頂尖大學的條件 : 從現代大學的演變洞見教育卓越的關鍵 (Empires of Ideas)

柯偉林 (William C. Kirby)
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「據我所知，在高等教育方面沒有任何其他著作能在廣度、視野和純粹的比較分析上與這本書相媲美。」
──魯登斯坦（Neill L. Rudenstine）哈佛大學名譽校長

19 世紀，德國的大學為現代大學奠定了基礎；
20 世紀末，美國的大學對各國產生巨大的影響力；
而21世紀，全球高等教育將由誰領導？

當今美國的大學機構幾乎在每一個重要的全球大學排名都獨占鰲頭，然而從歷史的角度來看，美國的卓越地位是從二十世紀才開始。在十九世紀的多半時間，人們是以德國的大學模式為尚。而我們也沒有理由認定，美國的學校必然在一個世紀以後能繼續引領世界。事實上，美國在高等教育的霸主地位正面臨巨大的壓力，它的公立大學更是如此。與此同時，中國的大學正在崛起。三十年前，中國的大學機構在文化大革命的浩劫之後重新開放，今天它們有些已經是世界上最創新的教育中心之一。在美中對峙的新冷戰格局中，除了政治與經濟的競逐外，中國會在高等教育環境中，也威脅到美國的領先地位嗎？

一流的大學是如何出現的？卓越的高等教育又需要哪些條件？《頂尖大學的條件》回顧了過去兩百年的歷史尋找答案，敘述了高等教育的兩次革命：研究型大學的誕生，以及它與博雅教育模式的整合。

曾任哈佛大學文理學院院長的歷史學者柯偉林，利用著名的「個案分析」方法，結合大量的訪談與資料分析，檢視幾所領先大學的成功經驗──德國的柏林大學、自由大學；美國的哈佛、杜克和加州大學柏克萊分校，分析它們如何崛起，以及各自所面臨的挑戰。柯偉林也對三個中國競爭者的發展軌跡做了發人深省的比較：清華大學、南京大學、香港大學，它們的目標都是要成為世界一流的機構，能夠和歐美最好的大學競爭，但也面對了不同的阻礙，如對於教學的投資、經費來源，以及一個可能會損自由探究和學術卓越的政治體系。

透過分析上述個案，柯偉林提出了晉升一流大學的種種條件，包括保有治理的自由及學術自由、對人文和科學研究的重視、積極參與國際化進程，並與世界各地的大學建立合作關係。

曾在台灣求學的柯偉林教授，亦特別為台灣版撰寫序言。他指出，過去數十年，台灣的大學一直致力於追求邁向世界一流，政府亦制定了相應的目標和政策，以提升大學國際地位。台灣擁有自由的學術和社會環境，也有實力雄厚的研究型大學和大專院校，未來必須保持「外向」，深入參與 21 世紀國際化的大學世界，讓教職員和學生沉浸在廣闊的交流中。

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