This Is Your Brain on Music : The Science of a Human Obsession

Daniel J. Levitin
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Music, Science, and the Brain are more closely related than you think. Daniel J. Levitin, James McGill Professor of Psychology and Music at McGill University, shows you why this is.

In this groundbreaking union of art and science, rocker-turned-neuroscientist Daniel J. Levitin (The World in Six Songs) explores the connection between music, its performance, its composition, how we listen to it, why we enjoy it, and the human brain. Drawing on the latest research and on musical examples ranging from Mozart to Duke Ellington to Van Halen, Levitin reveals:

• How composers produce some of the most pleasurable effects of listening to music by exploiting the way our brains make sense of the world

• Why we are so emotionally attached to the music we listened to as teenagers, whether it was Fleetwood Mac, U2, or Dr. Dre

• That practice, rather than talent, is the driving force behind musical expertise

• How those insidious little jingles (called earworms) get stuck in our head

Taking on prominent thinkers who argue that music is nothing more than an evolutionary accident, Levitin poses that music is fundamental to our species, perhaps even more so than language. A Los Angeles Times Book Award finalist, This Is Your Brain on Music will attract readers of Oliver Sacks, as it is an unprecedented, eye-opening investigation into an obsession at the heart of human nature.

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天體的音樂 : 音樂, 科學和宇宙自然秩序 (The Music of the Spheres )

詹姆斯 (Jamie James) 著
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《天體的音樂》是一部華美的哲學著作。它具有哲學性，給我們展示了一個我們從未想到的那麼美好的世界--音樂構成的世界。

宇宙是一個龐大的交響樂隊，天體構成音樂的音符。如果可能，你可以為自己畫一個世界，在這個世界中，每一個事物都有意義。一個寧靜的秩序主宰著你周圍的世界，而你頭上的天穹在崇高的和諧中迴旋。你可以看到、聽到和知道的一切都是終極真理的一個方面：一個幾何法則的高貴的簡捷、天體運動的預言的可能、一個結構極其均衡的賦格曲的和諧的美麗--所有這一切都是宇宙最為盡善盡美的表現。

《天體的音樂》又是一部追根探源的歷史著作。從古希臘畢達哥拉斯談起，經中世紀而到文藝復興，直到近現代。使用的是音樂的素材，敘述的是人間的音樂，闡釋的卻是天上的道理--音樂構成的世界。在這部書中將古今勾連在一塊兒的一個關鍵概念是“和諧”，它是音樂的生命，也是世界的生命。

(摘錄自www.amazon.cn)

LANGGAARD: Music of the Spheres / 4 Tone Pictures  

Nobel Prize Women in Science: Their Lives, Struggles, and Momentous Discoveries

Sharon Bertsch McGrayne
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Examines the lives of 15 women who have won Nobel prizes or contributed to a Nobel prize-winning project, exploring the reasons for the disparity in the number of women being awarded the coveted and honored award. Takes a fresh perspective on the history of science through the lives of gifted female scientists.

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透明的紅蘿蔔

莫言 著
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作者莫言，獲得二○一二年諾貝爾文學獎，是首位獲此殊榮的中國籍作家。

《透明的紅蘿蔔》主要內容：他看到了一幅奇特美麗的圖畫：光滑的鐵砧子。泛著青幽幽藍幽幽的光。泛著青藍幽幽光的鐵砧子上，有一個金色的紅蘿蔔。紅蘿蔔的形狀和大小都像一個大個陽梨，還拖著一條長尾巴，尾巴上的根根鬚鬚像金色的羊毛。紅蘿蔔晶瑩透明，玲瓏剔透。透明的、金色的外殼裡苞孕着活潑的銀色液體。紅蘿蔔的線條流暢優美，從美麗的弧線上泛出一圈金色的光芒。光芒有長有短，長的如麥芒，短的如睫毛，全是金色，……

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The Death and Life of Great American Cities

Jane Jacobs
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Published to coincide with the 50th anniversary of its initial publication, this special edition of Jane Jacobs’s masterpiece, The Death and Life of Great American Cities, features a new Introduction by Jason Epstein, the book’s original editor, who provides an intimate perspective on Jacobs herself and unique insights into the creation and lasting influence of this classic.

The Death and Life of Great American Cities was described by The New York Times as “perhaps the most influential single work in the history of town planning . . . [It] can also be seen in a much larger context. It is first of all a work of literature; the descriptions of street life as a kind of ballet and the bitingly satiric account of traditional planning theory can still be read for pleasure even by those who long ago absorbed and appropriated the book’s arguments.” Jane Jacobs, an editor and writer on architecture in New York City in the early sixties, argued that urban diversity and vitality were being destroyed by powerful architects and city planners. Rigorous, sane, and delightfully epigrammatic, Jane Jacobs’s tour de force is a blueprint for the humanistic management of cities. It remains sensible, knowledgeable, readable, and indispensable.

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從歷史與國際法看釣魚台主權歸屬

鄭海麟 著
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目前雖然釣魚台列嶼已隨琉球經由美國交給日本管轄，但美國所交還者，僅為琉球之行政權，而非其地之主權；關於此點，美國政府已曾一再聲明。至於釣魚台主權問題，美國則無權置啄，而由中日外交談判或經由聯合國及國際法庭加以解決。而鄭海麟博士的此一皇皇巨著《從歷史與國際法看釣魚台主權歸屬》，正可提供我國外交當局未來對日交涉時一個堅強有力的法理依據……

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From Galileo to Gell-Mann: The Wonder that Inspired the Greatest Scientists of All Time in Their Own Words

Marco Bersanelli & Mario Gargantini; translated by John Bowden
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From time to time, the diligent science student huddled over dense volumes of research findings and highly technical data will stumble upon a truly rare treasure: the author’s answer to the question of, “Why?” Why did the authors of these volumes commit themselves so ardently to life in the laboratory? What was it that motivated them to keep their eye to microscope for years on end? Why did the world’s greatest scientists devote their lives to research—an endeavor where failure is the exponentially more likely outcome than success?

In their new anthology, From Galileo to Gell-Mann, Marco Bersanelli and Mario Gargantini have gathered the answers to these fascinating questions from over one hundred of the brightest scientific minds from our past and our present. It is a goldmine of insight that previously could only to be found hidden deep within thousands of scattershot pages of footnotes from out-of-print journals, rare books, and unpublished papers. Throughout the work, Bersanelli and Gargantini also offer insightful commentary and discussion on the readings.

Among the most remarkable similarities that emerge when one considers together these writings from the likes of Albert Einstein, Gregor Mendel, Marie Curie, and others, is the sense of wonder and outright awe at what the study of the natural world can reveal. From Galileo to Gell-Mann makes it clear that science and all parallel attempts to understand our human existence—including fields like philosophy to theology—are viewed as nothing less than grand adventures to those that are probing the limits of what we know.

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兩種文化 (The Two Cultures)

C.P.斯諾 (Charles Percy Snow) 原著
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我們的社會，包括其教育系統和知識生活，的一個特徵就是兩種文化的分裂——一邊是藝術或人文學，另一方面是科學。這一現象有很長的歷史，但直到斯諾在1959年在里德演講時才把它鮮明地提了出來，並由此開始了現今在媒體上仍熱烈進行的公眾討論。

《兩種文化》及其續篇《再看兩種文化》（斯諾四年後對一些爭論的反應）在重新出版之際，由斯蒂芬•科裡尼為此寫了導言，為我們勾畫了這場爭論的歷史和來龍去脈，以及其意義與後續影響。

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On Creativity

By David Bohm; edited by Lee Nichol
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Creativity is fundamental to human experience. In On Creativity David Bohm, the world-renowned scientist, investigates the phenomenon from all sides: not only the creativity of invention and of imagination but also that of perception and of discovery. This is a remarkable and life-affirming book by one of the most far-sighted thinkers of modern times.

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敎育七章

潘雲鶴 著
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《教育七章》是潘雲鶴院士教育理念的集中體現，記錄了他多年來對學校改革發展的深刻思考，也凝聚著他對浙大的拳拳之心。他在書中以科學發展觀為指導，從國際視野和我國高等教育創新發展的角度出發，以浙江大學為案例，對大學人才培養、科技創新、社會服務等進行了深入的研究和闡述。他分析了國家發展與世界一流大學建設的關系，強調了抓機遇、重創新對學校發展的作用，提出了“明目擴胸”，積極參與國家和地方創新體系建設的主張。他在以人為本的教育理念、教學與科研的關係、多維學習模式、知識能力素質俱佳的拔尖創新人才培養等方面有一系列影響廣泛的觀點。在建立新型學術組織、優化學科生態圈；擴大學術輻射力、拓展大學社會職能；強化競爭激勵機制、探索新的管理結構；樹立全球視野、參與國際競爭；引入園林理念、建設一流校園；繼承求是傳統、弘揚大學精神等等方面，著力在實踐中探索和思考，並提出了獨到的見解，值得我們這些繼任者認真學習和借鑒。

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Presentation Zen Design: Simple Design Principles and Techniques to Enhance Your Presentations

Garr Reynolds
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In his internationally acclaimed, best-selling book Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery, presentation master Garr Reynolds gave readers the framework for planning, putting together, and delivering successful presentations. Now, he takes us further into the design realm and shows how we can apply time-honored design principles to presentation layouts.

Throughout Presentation Zen Design, Garr shares his lessons on designing effective presentations that contain text, graphs, color, images, and video. After establishing guidelines for each of the various elements, he explains how to achieve an overall harmony and balance using the tenets of Zen simplicity. Not only will you discover how to design your slides for more professional-looking presentations, you’ll learn to communicate more clearly and will accomplish the goal of making a stronger, more lasting connection with your audience.

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用演示說話 : 如何籌劃和表達成功的商業演示 (Say It with Presentations)

基恩・澤拉茲尼 (Gene Zelazny) 原著
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你已被要求——更可能被告知——將作一場商業演示。《用演示說話》將使你克服恐懼心理，給你洞察力和技巧，使你的演示生動有趣，振奮人心，並產生轟動效應。作者基恩•澤拉茲尼以其數十年經驗，將助你把表達焦點信息與令人難忘的演示結合起來，從而達到預期的結果。書中首次披露了作者成千上萬次成功演示的秘密。

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Get a Life: Integrate Your Career with Your Life Priorities

Paula Caligiuri
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This Element is an excerpt from Get a Life, Not a Job: Do What You Love and Let Your Talents Work For You (9780137058495) by Paula Caligiuri, Ph.D.

Build a great career on your terms, consistent with your career-related values and your priorities in life.

Like high-dollar lottery winners who kept working, you want to focus on the stimulation gained from doing what you enjoy most. You want a career on your terms, consistent with your career-related values, leaving enough time and emotional resources for those you love. The big news: You don't need to win the lottery to make this happen.

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堆高你的個人資本: 投資自我, 領先群倫 (Customize Your Career)

若慈・烏舍夫 (Roz Usheroff) 原著
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職業生涯怎樣走才值得，由你自己決定！

工作佔據你我生活中大半的時間。有人視之為生活的全部，戰戰兢兢、如履薄冰，期望甚多，因而得失心也越重；也有人抱持輕鬆的態度，把工作視為一份糊口的工具，一派得之我命的泰然自若。無論你是哪一種人，你的生活哲學多少會反映在你的職業生涯中，而對於自身的職涯規劃，總要握有幾分掌控權才會令人心安。

也許你正打算中年轉業；又或許你可能正在想辦法保住目前的位子；你可能是一個持續不斷追求進步、經驗豐富的專業人士；也可能，你誕生於嬰兒潮世代，被最近股市的下挫粉碎了原先提早退休的計畫。相信你一定會有這樣的感嘆：為何我不能操縱自己的職業生涯？《堆高你的個人資本》正是一本突破性的書，告訴你如何：擺脫你對個人和機會自我設限的念頭、掌控你的生活與職涯發展，最後著手做你必須做的，以達成你既渴望又值得擁有的生活與生涯。

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Speak with Confidence: Powerful Presentations That Inform, Inspire, and Persuade

Dianna Booher
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How virtually anyone can be an effective public speaker and give powerful presentations

From nationally respected communications guru Dianna Booher, here is a complete program for business professionals who want to take their public speaking skills to a bold new level. Writing for sweaty-palmed beginners and seasoned execs alike, Booher delivers powerful, battle-tested strategies and tips guaranteed to transform even the most fainthearted presenter into a masterful communicator.

In addition to a clear, systematic presentation of the basics that every public speaker must learn, she offers invaluable guidelines for experienced speakers who'd like to fine-tune their skills, as well as guidance on how to seamlessly integrate multimedia into a presentation. In Speak with Confidence!, readers will learn how to:
• Analyze audiences on the fly and adjust speeches accordingly
• Develop a high-impact style of delivery
• Avoid most speech-planning pitfalls
• Involve audiences and deflect distractions
• Create an executive presence

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

人人都要學的 CEO 說話技巧: 贏得注意並達成目標的表達訣竅 (Speak Like a CEO)

蘇珊・貝慈 (Suzanne Bates) 原著
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根據本書作者經驗及相關調查，領導人非常需要提升表達、獲得談話魅力的相關方法。一般的書籍和課程，傾向於把重點放在溝通與報告的基本原則，而本書則全方位地為領導人構建置身不同場合、面對不同對象、出於不同目的的表達方法和策略：
‧如何做好事前準備，克服壓力，呈現令人如沐春風的一面，從而吸引聽者的注意。
‧如何發掘個人的有效溝通方法，充滿自信地掌握談話、訪問和提問的主動。
‧如何戰勝各種具有挑戰性的局面，包括演講、報告、主持會議、接受採訪、公開辯論等。
‧如何建立一套簡單有效、循序漸進的自我評估和訓練計劃，掌握每一種說話技巧。

精讀本書，將讓你在面對任何一種溝通挑戰時，都能像行家裡手，通過充滿藝術性和說服力的言談來傳達你的信息，贏得認可和支持，實現表達的目的。

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Eliminate Stress from Your Life Forever: A Simple Program for Better Living

William Atkinson
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Eliminate Stress from Your Life Forever combines physical, spiritual, and psychological approaches to help readers combat the causes of tension, preventing stress before it occurs. Introducing the concept of the "stress personality", it provides a number of basic strategies for preventing stress, including recommendations for using diet, sleep, Chinese endurance exercises, relaxation, and reframing potentially stressful experiences. The book shows how readers can alter their beliefs and attitudes in order to achieve a lifetime of well-being, health, and happiness.

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如何消除緊張 (Learn to Relax)

華克 (C. Eugene Walker) 著
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所謂的焦慮可以說是－一個人意識他完美的狀況正處於危險或受到威脅時所作的反應。而緊張是程度較輕的慢性焦慮；過度焦慮是精神病的主要癥狀之一。

其實焦慮和疼痛一樣，也有好的、必要的一面，它可以時時警惕我們，使我們隨機應變。也就是說，焦慮只有過度時才會發生問題。微量的焦慮，反而可以使我們淋漓盡致的發揮潛力。

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Subject: Relaxation Strategies

Subject: Stress

Jolt! : Get the Jump on a World That's Constantly Changing

By Phil Cooke
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In Jolt! television producer, social media guru, and cultural commentator Phil Cooke helps you discover how you can navigate today's culture of disruption and actually use it to your advantage. You'll learn that changing a company and changing your life are based on virtually the same key principles. The world is changing at light speed, but mastering the power of change can revolutionize your business and your life. Stop feeling overwhelmed with changing technology, culture, business, trends, and values and regain the confidence that can give you a real advantage. The book reveals twenty-five "jolts" that anyone can leverage to establish a new direction, maximize potential, overcome insecurity, and create an amazing future and legacy. Jolt! will revolutionize your thinking and shake up your life!

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一生的資本 (Lifelong Capital)

奧里森．馬登 (Orison Swett Marden) 著
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本書中馬登的一生都是積極向上的，他不但獲得了財富和成功，而且將其傳播出去，本書點亮了數以億計年輕人的生命。當代成功學家諾曼‧文森特‧皮爾說︰“我讀過馬登的所有著作，是他促使我發展了‘積極思考’的人生哲學。”

奧里森‧馬登（1848—1924），美國成功學的奠基人，全世界影響最大的勵志導師之一。

20世紀30年代，林語堂親自將馬登的部分作品譯成中文，結集為《成功之路》在國內出版。林語堂在前言中寫道︰“對於時代青年所經驗到的煩悶、消極等等滋味，譯者未曾錯過。自讀馬氏的原書後，精神為之大振，人生觀念為之一變，煩悶、消極、悲觀、頹唐的妖霧陰霾，已經驅除盡淨。……謹將此書介紹給同病的青年，希望他們從中獲得（與我）同樣的興奮與影響。”

馬登的一生，是追求財富、成功和自我完善的歷程，也是將所思所得凝聚成文字、造福他人的歷程。馬登去世後，上千個家庭給子女起名為“馬登”，以表達對這位奮鬥者的崇敬和對子女的期望。

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I Am John Galt: Today's Heroic Innovators Building the World and the Villainous Parasites Destroying It

Donald L. Luskin, Andrew Greta
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Inspired by Ayn Rand's characters in Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead, penetrating profiles of both the innovators who move our world forward and those who seek to destroy the achievement of others

John Galt, the fictional character from Ayn Rand's bestselling novel, Atlas Shrugged, has come to embody the individualist capitalist who acts in his own enlightened self-interest, and in doing so lifts the world around him. Some of today's most successful CEOs, journalists, sports figures, actors, and thinkers have led their lives according to Galt's (i.e., Rand's) philosophy.

Now, in I Am John Galt, these inspiring stories are gathered with the keen insight and analysis of well-known market commentator Donald Luskin and business writer Andrew Greta. Filled with exclusive interviews, profiles, and analyses of leading financial, business, and artistic stars who have based their lives, and careers, on the philosophy of the perennially popular Ayn Rand, this book both inspires and enlightens. On the other side are Rand's arch villains the power-seekers, parasites, and lunatics who would destroy that which the creators and builders make. Who are today's anti-heroes, fighting the creativity of the innovators?

• Contains insightful interviews, profiles, and analyses of the individuals who have lived by a Randian code to achieve greatness for themselves and others

• Offers a probing analysis of those who seek to destroy or undo the achievements of others from academics, pundits, and government bureaucrats to fraudsters who have wreaked havoc on our world

Engaging and entertaining, I Am John Galt examines how the inspiration that is Galt thrives more than 50 years after publication of Atlas Shrugged. It will spark the interest of Ayn Rand fans everywhere, as well as those seeking a way to succeed in today's turbulent and confusing times.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

習慣的力量 (The Power of Habit)

杰克．霍吉 (Jack Hodge)
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也許我們過於在意那些優秀的人表現出來的天賦、智商、魅力和工作熱情，而實際上，當我們把那些表現歸納的話，會發現實際上存在一個簡單的要點：那就是習慣。我們每天高達90%的行為是出自習慣的支配。在我們的身上，好習慣與壞習慣並存，那麼惟一能夠有效改變我們生活的手段便是去有效地改變我們的習慣。幸運的是，我們每個人都有這個能力。書中提出的若干技巧也將有效地幫助你改進工作和生活的方式，獲得更大的成功。

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What Painting Is: How to Think about Oil painting, Using the Language of Alchemy

James Elkins
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Unlike many books on painting that usually talk about art or painters, James Elkins’ compelling and original work focuses on alchemy, for like the alchemist, the painter seeks to transform and be transformed by the medium.

In What Painting Is, James Elkins communicates the experience of painting beyond the traditional vocabulary of art history. Alchemy provides a magical language to explore what it is a painter really does in her or his studio - the smells, the mess, the struggle to control the uncontrollable, the special knowledge only painters hold of how colours will mix, and how they will look.

Written from the perspective of a painter-turned-art historian, What Painting Is is like nothing you have ever read about art.

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Oil Painting

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莫奈: 印象派 (Monet)

戴維.史彭斯 (David Spence) 著

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莫奈所處時代，世界有何不同？當時的社會與藝術如何影響他的創作？莫奈的親人和相知對他的藝術有何影響？從他的作品中追尋愛情、生活和死亡的線索。展示繪畫的真正內涵，理解畫作講述的莫奈的情況，了解他的繪畫方法。了解莫奈在世時人們對其作品的評價，以及作品對後世的影響。

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Creator: Claude Monet

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Monet - Music of His Time

In Pursuit of Excellence: How to Win in Sport and Life Through Mental Training

Terry Orlick
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Written in an easy-to-understand, instructive style, this second edition of In Pursuit of Excellence is the supplemental text for courses that cover basic sport psychology techniques. It covers the psychological concepts of concentration, winning, losing, and competing successfully. This sport performance book by internationally recognised sport psychologist Terry Orlick has undergone a complete revitalization. Better organized for easier reading, the second edition includes dozens of new examples taken from Orlick's real-life experiences with champion athletes and their coaches.

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倫敦的叫賣聲: 英國隨筆選譯

約瑟夫。阿狄生 (Joseph Addison) 等著;劉炳善譯
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《倫敦的叫賣聲》是約瑟夫．艾迪生著名的一篇散文，作為本書書名，文中描述18世紀當時倫敦街頭平凡無奇的景象，栩栩如生就在眼前，賣報紙、賣點心、賣牛奶…等吆喝聲，彷彿也吆喝著讀者來一場新舊世紀英國文學饗宴！

十六篇英國散文作品 ，橫跨新古典時期至現代主義時期的14位名家，喜愛英美文學的讀者一定不感陌生。透過劉炳善的譯注與介紹，帶領讀者一起潛入文人內心世界。

像是《格列佛遊記》的斯威夫特，親眼見到愛爾蘭人民遭受殖民者迫害，促成此篇震撼人心的政論名作《育嬰芻議》。蘭姆在《讀書漫談》一文中，從一位熱愛文學者的角度漫談各類書籍與閱讀之樂。夏綠蒂．勃朗特記錄了勃朗特三姊妹於文學創作艱辛的過程，文情並茂。伍爾夫作品用筆調輕鬆的散文，描繪其他作家與作品的文章等，發人深省。還有其他膾炙人口的作品，各具特色，歡迎跟著吆喝聲一起進來觀賞。

本書特色 1.本書精選英國散文16篇，多是出自18-20世紀文學大師的佳作，從斯威夫特到吳爾夫的二百年間14位英國作家。 2.按英國文學分期來看，本書囊括了新古典、維多利亞與現代主義時期作品。 3.由專研英國文學劉炳善教授翻譯並專文介紹作者與其作品特色。 4.作品皆能反映出文人們豐富的情懷，或幽默略帶譏諷的語調，值得細細品味。

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United Kingdom
London, England

Surviving Your Serengeti: 7 Skills to Master Business and Life: A Fable of Self-discovery

Stefan Swanepoel
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As a brutal business environment meets a soft economy, business leaders and managers are looking for sources of both inspiration and survival. This compelling new fable offers a riveting tale of life in Africa's Serengeti and what lessons it holds for today's beleaguered business people and struggling society.

The 1.5 million wildebeest rely on stubborn endurance and support from the herd to survive; the crocodile is opportunistic; the cheetah ruthlessly effective; the giraffe embodies grace, the lion a master strategist, the mongoose is a risk-taker, the elephant is an excellent communicator.

7 Questions This Book Tackles
1. Experiencing a challenge you wish to overcome?
2. Want to discover your hidden survival skills?
3. Still have a goal not yet achieved?
4. Interested to discover your instinctive strengths?
5. Can benefit from problem-solving thinking?
6. Know someone that has potential to excel?
7. Looking for a positive message to share?

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笑忘錄 (The Book of Laughter and Forgetting)

米蘭・昆德拉 (Milan Kundera) 著
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  《笑忘錄》一九七九年在法國出版，曾榮獲法國文壇最高榮譽之一的『梅第奇大獎』，是一部關於笑與忘、關於遺忘也關於布拉格、關於布拉格也關於天使們的小說。作品以1968年蘇聯軍隊入侵捷克斯洛伐克為時代背景，描寫了捷克不同階層知識分子的多舛命運。書中不同的章節一個接著一個，如同旅行的幾個不同階段，朝向某個主旋律的內在，朝向某種獨一無二情境的內在，而旅行的意涵已迷失在廣袤無垠的內在世界，我欲辯卻已忘言。作者在故事敘述當中，探討了人生中間記憶和遺忘的哲學關系；記憶，人們希望保持或者忘卻的內容，如同附帶歡娛和諷刺的笑一樣，是交相輝映的永恆主題。是米蘭•昆德拉奠定大師地位的關鍵代表作。

在這部批評界奉為具有超現實主義風格的現代派小說傑作中，昆德拉試圖打通小說、哲學和政治議論以及自傳之間的隔膜關系，籍以用罕見的政治正確的角度，探討人生、音樂、性、哲學、文學和政治等重大話題，用筆詼諧獨到，常常使閱讀者在沉重的閱讀中邂逅絕妙的幽默趣事，以致忍俊不禁。

小說在法國出版後引起西方輿論界高度關注，獲得當年法國最佳外國文學獎大獎。但是，它也給作者帶來了意想不到的災難——當時的捷克政府以此書在法國的非法出版為由，剝奪了昆德拉的捷克國籍。不過，這也從另一方面成就了昆德拉，使其成為國際馳名的小說家。

(摘錄自dangdang.com)

Czech Republic―Architecture and City Planning
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Place: Czechoslovakia [Historical Place]

The Trouble with Poetry and Other Poems

Billy Collins
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Playfulness, spare elegance, and wit epitomize the poetry of Billy Collins. With his distinct voice and accessible language, America’s two-term Poet Laureate has opened the door to poetry for countless people for whom it might otherwise remain closed.

Like the present book’s title, Collins’s poems are filled with mischief, humor, and irony, “Poetry speaks to all people, it is said, but here I would like to address / only those in my own time zone”–but also with quiet observation, intense wonder, and a reverence for the everyday: “The birds are in their trees, / the toast is in the toaster, / and the poets are at their windows. / They are at their windows in every section of the tangerine of earth–the Chinese poets looking up at the moon, / the American poets gazing out / at the pink and blue ribbons of sunrise.”

Through simple language, Collins shows that good poetry doesn’t have to be obscure or incomprehensible, qualities that are perhaps the real trouble with most “serious” poetry: “By now, it should go without saying / that what the oven is to the baker / and the berry-stained blouse to the drycleaner / so the window is to the poet.”

In this dazzling new collection, his first in three years, Collins explores boyhood, jazz, love, the passage of time, and, of course, writing–themes familiar to Collins’s fans but made new here. Gorgeous, funny, and deeply empathetic, Billy Collins’s poetry is a window through which we see our lives as if for the first time.

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一首詩的故事: 100篇中國詩詞的動人故事

王盈雅 編著
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隱藏一段段真實故事的絕妙語言
訴說一縷縷鄉愁與相思的最佳獻禮
在詩．詞．歌．賦的轉角
覓得友情、親情、愛情、忠誠的蹤跡

你知道嗎？

所有被創造的偉大文學作品背後，都有一段鮮為人知、隱沒於荏苒韶光的真實故事。

從先秦時代到晚近清朝，傳頌下來那精采動人的詩詞故事，讓你低詠讚嘆詩詞意境的優美時 還能一探詩人的親身經歷，與隱含在其中那時間流沙輕瀉下仍清晰可聞的真摯情誼。

大時代的變動與悲嘆，不論是詩人的情感糾葛，或是對外物的執著衝突，都可以在本書嚴選的這100篇故事與詩詞中，淺酌低吟、回味再三。

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Bach, Beethoven and the Boys: Music History As It Ought to Be Taught

David W. Barber
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David W. Barber has delighted readers around the world with Accidentals on Purpose, When the Fat Lady Sings and other internationally bestselling books of musical humor. His bestselling Bach, Beethoven and the Boys chronicles the lives of the great (and not-so-great) composers as you’ve never read them before — exploring their sex lives, exposing their foibles and expanding on our understanding of these all-too-human creatures. Filled with information, interesting facts and trivia, this hilarious history covers music from Gregorian chant to the mess we’re in now. From Bach’s laundry lists to Beethoven’s bowel problems, from Gesualdo’s kinky fetishes to Cage’s mushroom madness, Barber tells tales out of school that ought to be put back there. (Think how much more fun it would be if they taught this stuff.)

As always, Dave Donald had provided witty and clever cartoon illustrations to accompany the text.

(Excerpt from amazon.co.uk)

Composers
Bach, Johann Sebastian
Beethoven, Ludwig van

我的音樂往事

李歐梵 著
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作為一個音樂世家之子，李歐梵選擇了文學作終生職業；而作為一位享有國際聲譽的文學教授，他又偏偏將自己的靈魂安頓在古典音樂的海洋裡。在這本書中，我們看到的不是作為哈佛名教授的李歐梵，而是一個充滿真情摯意，醉臥音樂之鄉的“樂迷”。靜聆內心深處的旋律，追憶音符飄揚的人生歲月，與最偉大的音樂家們進行靈魂對話，將所熱愛的音樂與對音樂的熱愛鐫刻在人生邊上。在這本書中，你不僅可以欣賞到美妙的音樂和音樂故事，還可以感受到一種天籟般動人的靈魂的回音。

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Playlist: Classical Harmonies for Contemplation—Orchestral Music

Hong Kong Culture: Word and Image

Edited by Kam Louie
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This book contains thirteen essays on post-1997 Hong Kong culture by some of the world's best authorities on this topic today. The majority of the essays are on literature and film. As well as these two genres, some essays also explore new types of texts such as protest art.

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香江法政縱橫: 香港基本法學緒論

朱國斌
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香港作為中國獨特架構的一個行政區劃，是廣義中國法律之下的一個獨特法域，也是中西文化交匯後自成體系的文化場域。作者就香港回歸以來，其撰寫的公開發表的法律和政論性文章集結成冊，文章多發表在《法學研究》、《法學家》、《中外法學》、《明報》、《信報》、《大公報》、《東方日報》、《蘋果日報》、《香港經濟日報》、《信報財經月刊》、《紫荊月刊》等。儘管若干內容因時過境遷只有記錄歷史的意義，但大部分還是有現實意義並提出了一定的學術觀點。

(摘錄自dangdang.com)


本書內容針對香港基本法圍繞以下時政性論題展開：“一國兩法”、“人大釋法”制度及其論爭、“二十三條”立法論爭、“二五之爭”及其法理、京港關系與政治。

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God of Comics: Osamu Tezuka and the Creation of Post-World War II Manga

Natsu Onoda Power
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Cartoonist Osamu Tezuka [手塚治虫] (1928-1989) is the single most important figure in Japanese post-World War II comics. During his four-decade career, Tezuka published more than 150,000 pages of comics, produced animation films, wrote essays and short fiction, and earned a Ph.D. in medicine. Along with creating the character Astro Boy (Mighty Atom in Japan), he is best known for establishing story comics as the mainstream genre in the Japanese comic book industry, creating narratives with cinematic flow and complex characters. This style influenced all subsequent Japanese output. God of Comics chronicles Tezuka's life and works, placing his creations both in the cultural climate and in the history of Japanese comics.

The book emphasizes Tezuka's use of intertextuality. His works are filled with quotations from other texts and cultural products, such as film, theater, opera, and literature. Often, these quoted texts and images bring with them a world of meanings, enriching the narrative. Tezuka also used stock characters and recurrent visual jokes as a way of creating a coherent world that encompasses all of his works.

God of Comics includes close analysis of Tezuka's lesser-known works, many of which have never been translated into English. It offers one of the first in-depth studies of Tezuka's oeuvre to be published in English.

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豐子愷漫畫選

畢克官 編
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在舊中國，豐子愷先生是最為群眾所熟悉的一位漫畫家。他的《子愷漫畫》深受讀者歡迎。他一生的作品，數量很多，僅出版的畫集就達四十餘部……

《子愷漫畫》在二十年代所以受到社會的重視，主要在於它的獨特性。這些漫畫取材新穎，表現手法別致，在當時美術園地裡別開生面，獨樹一幟，開拓了新的天地。我們知道，一九二五年前後，新文學陣營與復古派和鴛鴦蝴蝶派之間進行着激烈的論戰。以上海為例，當時除了少數報刊發表時事畫和政治畫外，美術市場主要是美人畫和形形色色低級庸俗的東西。中國人物畫多畫是古人，西洋畫則是靜物、風景和模特兒寫生，都遠離社會生活。在這樣的狀況下，突然有那麼一位畫家向人們展示出像 《花生米不滿足》、《阿寶兩只腳》、《瞻瞻的車》這樣率真而生動的兒童漫畫；像《都市之春》、《買粽子》、《紅了櫻桃綠了芭蕉》、《人散後，一鈎新月天如水》等充滿生活情趣又耐人尋味的作品，確實是令人耳目一新，感到親切……

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Practically Green: Your Guide to Ecofriendly Decision-Making

Micaela Preston
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Creating a green and healthy home might seem like an overwhelming task at times. Practically Green takes the practical approach to mindful living: Start small and go from there. Author Micaela Preston takes the guesswork out of green living by helping you make smart.

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共悟人間: 父女兩地書

劉再復, 劉劍梅
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本書榮列香港「2002年十本好書」（香港電台與香港康樂文化事務署合辦），金庸先生大力推薦。

我推薦的十本好書之一，是《共悟人間》。這是劉再復先生和他女兒劉劍梅小姐的通信集。兩人都是文字優美、見解獨到的當代作家。以溫馨可愛的情緒，表達深刻的思想，在我讀的時候，我像是在他美國科羅拉多家中的花園樹蔭下，跟他父女倆談論文學與人生。他們可愛的小妹妹小蓮沒有在書中出現，但我感到她仰起了頭在用心的聽。

即使你不認識兩位作者，看這本書也會樂在其中，因其中談及的是文學與人生，可以乾脆不把它當書信，而作為一般文章來看。 ——金庸

靈動澄澈的思緒，跳躍在父女往返的書信中。從《紅樓夢》與《桃花扇》的世界，談到現實人生的頓悟與徬徨，再從女性和母親的自處之道，談及文學藝術的認知與培養天下襟懷。父女倆的深沉思考、哲思湧現、靈犀相通，發揮了相濡以沫的溫馨情感，並將感情與理性熔於一爐。只要翻開本書，將會感受到心靈的巨大震撼，一種心領神悟的莫名感動。

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