HBR Guide to Critical Thinking

Harvard Business Review
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Tackle complex situations with critical thinking.

You're facing a problem at work. There are many ways you can approach the situation, but each comes with its own pros and cons. How do you sort through all the information so that you know you're taking the right path?

The answer is in how you think. The HBR Guide to Critical Thinking will help you navigate your most challenging issues, from difficult problems to tough decisions to complex scenarios. By carefully observing the situation, gathering information, inviting other perspectives, and analyzing what's in front of you, you can move forward with confidence while building this crucial leadership skill.

You'll learn how to:

- Question your assumptions
- Keep an open mind to opposing viewpoints
- Sidestep cognitive biases
- Use data—when appropriate
- Grow comfortable with ambiguity
- Find innovative and creative solutions

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

城市的精神 : 何以城市認同在全球化時代如此重要 (The Spirit of Cities)

貝淡寧 (Daniel A. Bell) , 艾維納・德夏里特 (Avner de-Shalit)
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城市漫遊者的著地觀察，拋開政治理論模型，以實地生活、調查、訪談，消化大量資料後為十座熟悉的城市，各自找出城市的特色、城市的氣質、讓市民感到驕傲的核心價值，定調出「城市的精神」。
十座城市，十種精神。全球化文化同質性的最佳解藥。
經由認識陌生的城市，更加瞭解在地，認同我們居住的城市。
全球文化同質化的年代，「市民精神」可能取代國族或民族的認同。

什麼是城市的精神？

二十世紀八〇年代世界開啟了全球化，國與國之間的緊密聯繫，澈底改變了生活形態，附帶的文化同質化現象，使得國家的特徵逐漸消失，面貌模糊，民族性的差異也逐漸在彼此接納後下降。對於國家和民族的認同感逐漸下降之際，甚至有「世界公民」概念產生。人們有追求獨特性的渴望，依然擁有追尋理想價值的需求，城市，將成為理想的解答。

城市既能凝聚共識，也能彰顯價值，從雅典的城邦政治到當代的城市論壇，我們總是熱切地討論著：我們需要什麼樣的城市？我們的城市該如何發展？城市彷彿擁有生命，有著確切的人格和清晰可辨的特色，並且具有不可撼動的核心價值，維繫著它的發展，令人引以為傲，貝淡寧和德夏里特稱此為「城市的精神」。

各界好評

對於喜愛城市的人來說，他們的書是一段充滿激情、深刻並且鼓舞人心的探索當代城市體驗核心之旅。（城市之光咖啡館）

政治理論中少有新想法，貝淡寧和艾維納・德夏里特肯定有所創新，而且十分出色：培養「城市的精神」是全球文化同質化下的最佳解藥。在九座城市中，以個人軼事、歷史和理論反思的創新和引人入勝的組合作為例子，他們寫出了一本閃閃發光的書，也是政治理論中的新事物。（麥克・瓦爾澤，普林斯頓高等研究院榮譽教授）

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Material World : The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization

Ed Conway
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THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE • AN ECONOMIST BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • Sand, salt, iron, copper, oil, and lithium. These fundamental materials have created empires, razed civilizations, and fed our ingenuity and greed for thousands of years. Without them, our modern world would not exist, and the battle to control them will determine our future. • Finalist for the Financial Times and Schroders Business Book of the Year Award

The fiber-optic cables that weave the World Wide Web, the copper veins of our electric grids, the silicon chips and lithium batteries that power our phones and cars: though it can feel like we now live in a weightless world of information—what Ed Conway calls “the ethereal world”—our twenty-first-century lives are still very much rooted in the material.

In fact, we dug more stuff out of the earth in 2017 than in all of human history before 1950. For every ton of fossil fuels, we extract six tons of other materials, from sand to stone to wood to metal. And in Material World, Conway embarks on an epic journey across continents, cultures, and epochs to reveal the underpinnings of modern life on Earth—traveling from the sweltering depths of the deepest mine in Europe to spotless silicon chip factories in Taiwan to the eerie green pools where lithium originates.

Material World is a celebration of the humans and the human networks, the miraculous processes and the little-known companies, that combine to turn raw materials into things of wonder. This is the story of human civilization from an entirely new perspective: the ground up.

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名作要從最後一句開始讀 : 解讀古今東西文豪132部經典名著的結尾品味

齋藤美奈子 （Saito Minako)
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文豪在最後一句拚上老命？ 文豪也會蓋爛尾樓？
經典名作爆雷更有趣？

名作如人生，不讀最後一句，永遠不知道它有多精采
從《少爺》《雪國》到《傲慢與偏見》
帶你讀透古今東西文豪132部名作的經典結尾

你知道人生最美的○○，就在《少爺》的最後一句話？
為何那位唯美派名家的戀愛小說要以女人拉肚子收場？
哪位大師遺作結尾預言了全世界社畜跪下來的工作日常？

川端康成的結尾竟飄出了BL的味道；三島由紀夫結尾的草食系男子變肉食系，說的正是他自己？！谷崎潤一郎的結尾證明他果然是個變態；海明威的結尾則透露作家其實想當一隻貓……拿最後一句鞭文豪品味的樂趣，全都在本書裡！

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Career on Course: 10 Strategies to Take Your Career from Accidental to Intentional

Scott Jeffrey Miller
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Most careers unfold accidentally, haphazardly, and with too much serendipity. That means lost traction, lost years, and lost opportunities. But your career doesn't have to be that way! Career on Course unpacks the 10 steps that will take your career from accidental to intentional.

Drawing upon insights and best practices from three decades in professional and leadership development, Scott Jeffrey Miller shares his proven process for creating a plan that empowers you to take control of your career. Based on his own successes and failures, and those that he's watched from both high-performing and frustrated professionals, Scott shows you how to

· know your professional values
· develop your long-term plan
· define and build your brand
· and more

The most successful professionals are those who have clarity, have a plan, live in accordance with their values, and know how to pivot in the face of disruption. Whether you're just starting your career or you've found yourself stuck somewhere in the middle, this book will help you get your career on course.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

旅行的意義：帶回一個和出發時不一樣的自己 (Why Travel Matters: A Guide to the Life-Changing Effects of Travel)

克雷格．史托迪 (Craig Storti)
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「《旅行的意義》針對人為何旅行、如何旅行以及旅行對人的影響等課題作了迷人、睿智而有趣的探索。我從未讀過類似的書。就如旅行活動本身，本書改變了我對世界的觀點，幫助我用新奇的角度去看熟悉的地景。」──2017《金融時報》（Financial Times）、《旁觀者》（Spectator）雜誌年度好書《狂風所在》（Where the Wild Winds Are）作者尼克．杭特（Nick Hunt）

「也許你去過泰姬瑪哈陵和萬里長城，但倘若你尚未讀過本書，你或許就不算真的旅行過。憑著深刻的經歷和洞見，克雷格．史托迪以清澄明晰、幽默感和宏大的歷史感指出旅行是何等重要。他以實例證明人可以超越單純的觀光，在任何新地域成為開明參與者的各種方法。對所有旅人，更別說跨文化主義者言，本書都是必讀之作。──美國國務院海外簡報中心（Overseas Briefing Center）前主任凡遜．席柏斯坦（Fanchon Silberstein）

「克雷格．史托迪令人折服地回答了『旅行為何重要』這個問題。他區分了旅行和觀光的不同，接著證明旅行能擔保人在出發和回來時不會是同一個人。數量豐富的引言生動闡明了他的觀點，讓這本引人著作的內容更顯充實。他的觀點是：旅行既是內在也是外在的旅程。」──跨文化教育訓練及研究協會（SIETAR）會長姍卓．M．富勒（Sandra M. Fowler）

你可以選擇當個觀光客，盡情享樂；
或者做一名旅人，讓旅行改變一生。

◤旅遊是為了觀光，旅行是為了理解
「旅行不在於去過多少地方，而是對造訪之處了解多少。」
「旅人不知道該往哪裡去（因為不重要），而遊客不知道自己去過哪裡。」──保羅．索魯
「旅人們會對於某些事心懷敬畏，或對某些事心生警覺；……他們時而覺得驚奇有趣，時而挫折、懊惱和著迷，但他們絕不會無感。」

本書是寫給那些想要深入了解旅行提供的各種機會，以及如何善加運用的人；那些想要充實自身人格，開拓心靈，帶回一個和出發時不一樣的自己的人；還有那些想要從旅行中學習的人。在本書中這樣的人被稱為嚴肅旅人。

(摘錄自博客來網路書店)