The Second World War : A Short History

R.A.C. Parker 
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From the rise of the Nazi party, through the bombing of Pearl Harbor, to the ultimate defeat of the Axis nations and the first chills of the Cold War, The Second World War: A Short History offers a completely comprehensive overview of the Second World War in one readable, compact volume. Alastair Parker deftly explores the causes of the war and why it lasted so long, how it was won and lost, and its consequences for humanity.

The author traces the key events in both the European and Far Eastern theaters, outlining the strategies of the participants and the strengths and weaknesses of their fighting forces. Parker conveys a vivid picture of the features that distinguished the Second World War from any war that preceded it, including mobile warfare, widespread forced migration, the Holocaust, and strategic and nuclear bombing. Unlike many other histories of the war, this short history places the British and European involvement squarely in an international perspective, never shying away from raising difficult and fundamental questions about this monumental conflict.

The Second World War presents an unprecedented short history, offering a sweeping survey of events that omits none of the drama that filled the years between 1939 and 1945. With intriguing photographs and a number of helpful maps, it is a fascinating and objective look at the central struggle of our times.

 (Excerpt from amazon.com)

香港淪陷史

葉德偉等 編著
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《香港淪陷史》內容包括:
• 淪陷前夕港軍的防衛工作
• 戰前的香港社會
• 日進攻香港情況
• 香港的黑色聖誕日
• 日治時期的香港
• 香港重光
• 香港淪陷記
• 我們怎樣帶領文化界人士逃離香港
• 香港淪陷抗日文化人脫險記
• 香港脫險記
• 重抵國門
• 梅蘭芳戰時在香港
• 香港淪陷大事記
• 日治期間日軍的行政體制表

The Secrets of College Success

Lynn F. Jacobs and Jeremy S. Hyman
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Heading off to college? Or perhaps already there? This book's just for you. Winner of the 2010 USA Book News Award for best book in the college category, The Secrets of College Success combines easy-to-follow tips that really work with insider information that few professors are willing to reveal.

The over 800 tips in this book will show you how to:
• Pick courses and choose a major
• Manage your time and develop college-level study skills
• Get on top of the core requirements
• Get good grades and avoid stress
• Interact effectively with the professor
• Match college and career, and more.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

Time Management

大學學習生涯指導：教你成為卓越大學生

馬龍海 主編
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本教材以大學新生為閱讀主體，重點指導學生如何從高中教育過渡到高等教育，全面講述了大學精神的內涵、大學機構的特點、學科專業的設置、角色轉變的重要性。以做計劃、學習管理、學術規範、考試技巧、人際交往、健康生活、學生領導力開發等幾個關鍵主題為寫作核心，內容緊貼當代大學生活實際。全書既是一個整體，每個小節又可以獨立成文。

(摘錄自博客來網路書店)

Everything I Know About Success I Learned from Napoleon Hill: Essential Lessons for Using the Power of Positive Thinking

By Don M. Green
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In 1937, Napoleon Hill changed the world with THINK AND GROW RICH. . . Now his legacy can be yours.

In 1937, one man changed the face of entrepreneurship forever with a single book.

Napoleon Hill's landmark Think and Grow Rich remains one of the biggest bestsellers of all time, with over 20 million copies in print and translated into more than 30 languages. Hill's philosophy of personal achievement, wealth, and empowerment created millionaires the world over. At the present time, the principles behind Think and Grow Rich are more vital--and relevant--than ever before.

Are you ready to put the power of Napoleon Hill to work for you?

In this new book, the Napoleon Hill Foundation's own executive director puts Hill's essential principles right at your fingertips.

Filled with fascinating stories from Dolly Parton, Jeffrey Gitomer, Chief Poly Emenike, and Joe Dudley, Jr.--iconic figures who each applied Hill's principles to their own lives, Everything I Know About Success I Learned from Napoleon Hill lays out the tools needed to uncover the secrets of growth, creativity, power, and achievement inside all of us. It's an essential playbook for any business professional seeking the knowledge and inspiration necessary to discard fear and attain the goals of personal and professional triumph.

The author also details Napoleon Hill's influence on his own success, growing up in rural Virginia and moving on to become a bank CEO at just 41 years old.

Everything I Know About Success I Learned from Napoleon Hill teaches you how to:
• Utilize creative visualizations
• Formulate actionable plans
• Lift yourself out of the "rut of mediocrity"
• Incorporate discipline and practice into your game plan for success

If you're ready to apply Hill’s time-tested tools for success and make your dreams a reality using the original principles of personal achievement, this is the book for you.

 (Excerpt from amazon.com)

記憶像鐵軌一樣長

余光中
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“集裡的〈沙田七友記〉寫於我香港時期的盛時。那時我在沙田已經住了四年，生活大定，心情安穩，不但俯仰山水，而且涵濡人文，北望故國，東眷故島，生命的棋子落在一個最靜觀的位置。……〈牛蛙記〉、〈吐露港上〉、〈春來半島〉幾篇所表達的，仍不失這種正盛方酣的沙田心情。同樣是寫香港的天地，〈山緣〉和〈飛鵝山頂〉在九七的陰影和臨別的壓力下，感情的張力就比前三篇要飽滿得多。〈山緣〉是我對香港山水的心香巡禮，〈飛鵝山頂〉則是我對香港山水的告別式了。十年的沙田山居，承蒙山精海靈的眷顧，這幾篇作品就算是我的報答吧。如果說徐霞客是華山夏水的第一知音，我至少願做能賞香港山水的慧眼。”

(摘錄自《記憶像鐵軌一樣長》自序)


此書收錄詩人所撰散文作品二十篇，品類豐富，兼擅感性與理趣，風格華美，晶瑩，明快，幽默，冶各種現代散文的特性於一爐，包括膾炙人口的〈我的四個假想敵〉、〈春來半島〉、〈記憶像鐵軌一樣長〉，思索深入時代的感慨，技巧結合了詩、畫、和音樂的優點。

雙管在握的作家要表現一種經驗時，怎能決定該用詩還是散文呢？詩的篇幅小，密度大，轉折快，不能太過旁鶩細節，散文則較多迴旋的空間。所以同一經驗，欲詳其事，可以用散文，欲傳其情，則宜寫詩。去年初夏，和沙田諸友爬山，從新娘潭一直攀上八仙嶺，終於登上純陽峰，北望沙田而同聲歡呼者共為六人：梁錫華伉儷、劉述先、朱立、黃國彬和我。當時登高望遠臨風長嘯的得意之情，加上回顧山下的來路，辛苦，曲折，一端已沒入人間，那一份得來不易的成就感，用詩來歌詠最能傳神。用散文也能，若是那作者筆下富於感性，在敘事、抒情之外尚能狀物寫景。可惜純散文家?有一半不擅此道。另一方面，若要記述事情的始末，例如還有那些遊伴留在山下，為什麼不曾一起仰攀，有誰半途而回，是誰捷足先登，是誰掌管水壺，是誰在峰頂為眾人的狂態拍下照片，甚至誰說了一句什麼妙語，若要詳記這些旁枝細節，用散文，就方便得多了。詩一上了節奏的虎背，就不能隨便轉彎，隨便下來。詩要敘事，只有一個機會，散文就從容多了。

(摘錄自hkbookcity.com)