The Christmas Guest: A Novella

Peter Swanson
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“Delicious…I defy you to stop reading The Christmas Guest once you begin.” — New York Times Book Review

New York Times bestselling author Peter Swanson pens a spectacularly spine-chilling novella in which an American art student in London is invited to join a classmate for the holidays at Starvewood Hall, her family’s Cotswold manor house. But behind the holly and pine boughs, secrets are about to unravel, revealing this seemingly charming English village’s grim history.

Ashley Smith, an American art student in London for her junior year, was planning on spending Christmas alone, but a last-minute invitation from fellow student Emma Chapman brings her to Starvewood Hall, country residence of the Chapman family. The Cotswold manor house, festooned in pine boughs and crammed with guests for Christmas week, is a dream come true for Ashley. She is mesmerized by the cozy, firelit house, the large family, and the charming village of Clevemoor, but also by Adam Chapman, Emma’s aloof and handsome brother.

But Adam is being investigated by the local police over the recent brutal slaying of a girl from the village, and there is a mysterious stranger who haunts the woodland path between Starvewood Hall and the local pub. Ashley begins to wonder what kind of story she is actually inhabiting. Is she in a grand romance? A gothic tale? Or has she wandered into something far more sinister and terrifying than she’d ever imagined?

Over thirty years later the events of that horrific week are revisited, along with a diary from that time. What began in a small English village in 1989 reaches its ghostly conclusion in modern-day New York, many Christmas seasons later.

• A cozy holiday read
• Perfect for fans of winter mysteries
• A delightful Christmas gift

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消逝的聲音：省港澳滬的過去式

程美寶
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十九世紀中開始，香港和上海等新開的埠頭，由於粵籍人群的流動，與歷史悠久的廣州和澳門共同構成一種有機的互動關係。其中一個頗能體現這種關係的課題，是粵語及其衍生的產品的生產與傳播。這四座城市曾共享一個聲音世界，但由於種種原因，支撐這種粵聲共享和流轉的機制，逐漸走向消逝。本書以粵聲為軸，從省城（廣州）說起，輔以其他相關敘述，展現十九世紀中至二十世紀中省港澳滬角色和關係的演變。

　　粵聲共享：省港澳滬曾共享一個聲音。
　　消逝聲音：四個城市關係的演變。
　　潮起潮落：香港粵語流行曲的興衰。

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A CEO for All Seasons: Mastering the Cycles of Leadership

Carolyn Dewar, Scott Keller, Vikram Malhotra, Kurt Strovink
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New York Times Bestseller

From leading global management consulting firm McKinsey & Company and the minds behind the New York Times bestseller CEO Excellence comes a compact, insight-packed guide to navigating the distinct phases of leadership that every CEO must pass through on their way to mastery.

In the high-stakes world of corporate leadership, becoming a Fortune 500 CEO is an Everest-like ascent—with only the savviest managing to avoid falling off the mountain. In A CEO for All Seasons, you’ll find an essential climbing route that will take you through every stage. Featured in this tip-dense guide is wisdom from some of the world’s most iconic leaders, including Dell Technologies’ Michael Dell, Merck’s Ken Frazier, Nasdaq’s Adena Friedman, Morgan Stanley’s James Gorman, Blackstone’s Steve Schwarzman, ASML’s Peter Wennink, and Chevron’s Mike Wirth.

Unique in applying a number of sophisticated metrics to isolate the world’s top 200 CEOs, reduce them to a representative sample, and then reap their wisdom, the McKinsey team, in A CEO for All Seasons, spotlights the specific stage-based hurdles that CEOs face. From preparing for the role to starting strong to sustaining momentum to ensuring a lasting legacy, the book leaves no segment of the journey unmapped. Along the way, it offers proven strategies for maintaining forward progress and, crucially, alerts readers to common blind spots that can sabotage success, as revealed by a detailed survey of thousands of executives.

Whether you’re an aspiring leader or a new-to-the-job CEO—or even a board member wanting to better steward your company’s performance—this is the compact, hands-on guide you’ve needed. Its compendium of pressure-tested tips is a must-have game changer for leaders at all levels.

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暗處襲來一道掌風：城市漫遊的譫妄狂想

馬家輝
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馬家輝漫遊我城的譫妄狂想結集，寫下散步途上偶遇的人情、對城市變遷的觀察，以至藏身轉角的掌故。全書分兩輯。第一輯「夜巷雨聲」既看新舊書店，也尋訪唐樓、老店，甚至在社會復常後的街頭回望一個消失的藍雪櫃，追憶前事。第二輯「街角掌風」，聚焦各路武家在香港留下的身影，由黃飛鴻、葉問到李小龍等，捕捉街角傳奇。

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Shocks, Crises, and False Alarms: How to Assess True Macroeconomic Risk

Philipp Carlsson-Szlezak, Paul Swartz
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Financial Times Best Books of 2024: Economics — Martin Wolf

"...an invaluable framework to better understanding growth, the financial sector, and the key trends shaping the global economy" — Financial Times, Tej Parikh

The shocks and crises of recent years—pandemic, recession, inflation, war—have forced executives and investors to recognize that the macroeconomy is now a risk to be actively managed. Yet unreliable forecasting, pervasive doomsaying, and whipsawing data severely hamper the task of decoding the landscape. Are disruptions transient and ephemeral—or permanent and structural? False alarms are costly traps, but so are true structural changes that go undetected.

How can leaders avoid these macro traps to make better tactical and strategic decisions?

In this perspective-shifting book, BCG Chief Economist Philipp Carlsson-Szlezak and Senior Economist Paul Swartz provide a fresh and accessible way to assess macroeconomic risk. Casting doubt on conventional model-based thinking, they demonstrate a more powerful approach to building sound macroeconomic judgment. Using incisive analysis built upon frameworks, historical context, and structural narratives—what they call "economic eclecticism"—the book empowers readers with the durable skills to assess continuously evolving risks in the real economy, the financial system, and the geopolitical arena.

Moreover, the authors' more nuanced approach reveals that the all-too-common narratives of economic collapse and decline are often false alarms themselves, while the fundamental strengths of our current "era of tightness" become visible.

With rational optimism rather than gloom, Shocks, Crises, and False Alarms speaks to the key financial and macroeconomic controversies that define our times—and provides a compass for navigating the global economy. Rather than relying on blinking dashboards or flashy headlines, leaders can and should judge macroeconomic risks for themselves.

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新九龍 : 獅子山下的記憶軌跡

阮志主編
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「新九龍」，這片九龍半島北部的土地，是自1860年《北京條約》劃定界限街以來而逐漸形成的區域概念。新九龍的歷史特殊性在於其「過渡性」本質，這裏是地理上的過渡帶，也是時間上的過渡帶，更是文化上的過渡帶，這使新九龍成為解讀香港近代化進程的絕佳樣本。

本書分為四大篇章：
•「歷史沿革篇」透過地理與行政區劃演變，揭示新九龍如何從邊緣地帶逐步轉化為二十世紀香港都市擴張的前沿陣地；
•「工商發展篇」聚焦兩個具標誌性的經濟活動——深水埗織造業與花墟花卉產業；
•「社會民生篇」以宗教組織為觀察窗口，追蹤基督教與天主教在新九龍的在地化實踐；
•「文化娛樂篇」則從空間生產與休間消費角度，解讀新九龍的都市文化形塑過程。

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