50 Spiritual Classics: Timeless Wisdom From 50 Great Books of Inner Discovery, Enlightenment and Purpose

Tom Butler-Bowdon 
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50 Spiritual Classics captures the diversity of life journeys that span centuries, continents, spiritual traditions and secular beliefs: from the historical The Book of Chuang Tzu to modern insight from the Kabbalah, from St. Augustine’s Confessions to Eckhart Tolle’s recent The Power of Now, from Don Miguel Ruiz’s The Four Agreements to Rick Warren’s phenomenon The Purpose-Driven Life. The first and only bite-sized guide to the very best in spiritual writing, this one-of-a-kind collection includes personal diaries and compelling biographies of such diverse figures as Gandhi, Malcolm X, and Black Elk; Eastern philosophers and gurus including Krishnamurti, Yogananda, Chögyam Trungpa and Suzuki; and Western saints and mystics such as St. Francis of Assisi, Herman Hesse and Simone Weil.

In its commentaries of both the conventional classics as well as new writings destined to endure, 50 Spiritual Classics makes universal the human spiritual experience beyond time and space and will inspire spiritual seekers everywhere to begin their own adventure.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

從卡夫卡到昆德拉︰20世紀的小說和小說家

吳曉東 著  

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回顧剛剛逝去的20世紀文學，冠以經典的蓋棺論定或許言之尚早。但吳曉東在經大講壇上推崇的從卡夫卡到昆德拉這九位小說家，卻無疑稱得上大師；他在課堂上選作闡釋分析對象的九篇作品也已經或終將被證明為不朽。因此，吳曉東對他心儀小說家的獨具慧眼的研究、對他欣賞小說的別有會心的解讀，不失為一種對20世紀現代派文學的回顧和盤點。

雖然作者無意經營小說史的契約，但其宏闊視野卻有助於我們對百年文學脈絡的整體關照和把握，進而領悟已經過去的這個“人類有史以來最複雜的一個世紀”對小說家及小說形式的深層影響，以及為甚麼20世紀的小說令人感到“閱讀不再是一種消遣和享受；閱讀已成為嚴肅的甚至痛苦的儀式”。

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Passion and Purpose: Stories from the Best and Brightest Young Business Leaders

John Coleman, Daniel Gulati, W. Oliver Segovia
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Globalization. Sustainability. Technology. Diversity. Learning. Convergence of the public and private sectors. These are the big issues on the minds of young leaders today—the challenges they most want to, and must, pursue.

In Passion and Purpose, dozens of recent Harvard Business School MBAs share personal stories on assuming the mantle of leadership in ways unlike any previous generation. In candid accounts of their successes and setbacks—from launching start-ups to taking on the family business to helping kids in the Arabian Gulf to harnessing new technology and developing clean energy—they reveal how the next generation of ideas, aspirations, and practices are shaping business and redefining leadership around the world.

Drawing on insights from a survey of 500 students from top U.S. business schools, Passion and Purpose provides an overview of big, hot-button issues, followed by firsthand accounts from young leaders who are tackling these issues head-on. Their personal stories are rounded out with broader perspectives from established luminaries in business, academia, and the public sector, including Dominic Barton (Managing Director of McKinsey & Company), Nitin Nohria (dean of Harvard Business School), David Gergen (CNN analyst, presidential advisor and director of Harvard’s Center for Public Leadership), Carter Roberts (CEO of World Wildlife Fund), and many others.

Passion and Purpose offers profound insight into the values and vision of tomorrow’s leaders, and inspiration and ideas for all aspiring leaders who hope to lead change in the world.

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麥田裡的守望者 (The Catcher in the Rye)

塞林格 (J. D. Salinger) 著
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《麥田裡的守望者》之所以受到重視，不僅是由於作者創造了一種新穎的藝術風格，通過第一人稱以青少年的說話口吻敘述全書，更重要的是因為作者用現實主義的筆觸，生動而細緻地描繪了一個中產階級子弟苦悶、彷徨的精神世界，真實地揭露了資本主義社會精神文明的實質。

(摘錄自baike.baidu.com)

《麥田捕手》(上)
《麥田捕手》(下)

Capital in the Twenty-First Century

Thomas Piketty ; translated by Arthur Goldhammer 
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The main driver of inequality--returns on capital that exceed the rate of economic growth--is again threatening to generate extreme discontent and undermine democratic values. Thomas Piketty's findings in this ambitious, original, rigorous work will transform debate and set the agenda for the next generation of thought about wealth and inequality.

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一個人‧九十九座山

章武 著
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章武說：「每座山都是一部百科全書，我滿懷敬畏之情親近它，閱讀它，與它進行心靈對話。」四十多年，爬了中外130餘座山，紀錄下超過百篇的爬山文字，有景有情，更有歷史鋪陳，這樣一筆巨大的精神財富，集中於全書與你分享。

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