少有人走的路 (The Road Less Traveled)

M・斯科特・派克(M. Scott Peck) 著
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或許在我們這一代，沒有任何一本書能像《少有人走的路》這樣，給我們的心靈和精神帶來如此巨大的沖擊。僅在北美，其銷售量就超過了700萬冊，被翻譯成23種以上的語言；在《紐約時報》暢銷書榜單上，它停駐了近20年的時間。這是出版史上的一大奇跡。毫無疑問，本書創造了空前的銷售紀錄，而且，至今長盛不衰。

本書處處透露出溝通與理解的意味，它跨越時代限制，幫助我們探索愛的本質，引導我們過上嶄新、寧靜而豐富的生活；它幫助我們學習愛，也學習獨立；它教誨我們成為更稱職的、更有理解心的父母。歸根到底，它告訴我們怎樣找到真正的自我。正如本書開篇所言：人生苦難重重。M・斯科特・派克讓我們更加清楚：人生是一場艱辛之旅，心智成熟的旅程相當漫長。但是，它沒有讓我們感到恐懼，相反，它帶領我們去經歷一系列艱難乃至痛苦的轉變，最終達到自我認知的更高境界。

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The Resiliency Advantage: Master Change, Thrive Under Pressure, and Bounce Back from Setbacks

Al Siebert 
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Resiliency - the ability to adapt to life's changes and crises - is the key to a healthy, productive life. Unfortunately, it's all too easy to get bogged down by feelings of anger and helplessness. The Resiliency Advantage helps readers banish negative, self-defeating thoughts and break free from the roles of ""victim"" and ""good child"" while improving problem-solving skills, maintaining humor and optimism during rough times, and becoming both self-reliant and socially responsible. By mastering the five stages of development - sustaining health, energy, and positive feelings; handling challenges; achieving positive self-esteem, self-confidence, and self-concept; honing the skills and attributes of highly resilient people; and developing a talent for serendipity - readers learn to stand up to adversity, overcome obstacles, and meet life head on.

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蘇菲的世界 (Sophie's World)

喬斯坦・賈德 (Jostein Gaarder) 著
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我是誰？世界從何而來？
每個曾對生命懷抱好奇的心靈，都應該翻開《蘇菲的世界》
全球銷售超過三千萬本，發行超過五十餘國

有一天，十四歲的蘇菲放學回家，發現信箱裡有一封給她的信，沒有郵戳，沒有寄件人姓名。信中的字條寫著兩個問題：「你是誰？」、「世界從何而來？」。

一天天過去，蘇菲不斷收到匿名信，在某個神祕導師的指引下，她透過信中文字，開始修習「哲學課」，認識了從希臘哲人到康德、從馬克思到佛洛伊德等西方哲學家所思考的大問題。

同時，蘇菲還接到另一些不尋常的來信，是「亞伯特上校」寫給「席妲」的生日卡片和信件。蘇菲不認識席妲，但兩個女孩的人生卻不斷交錯；另一方面，匿名哲學課仍繼續透過信件進行，蘇菲越來越著迷於人類千百年來反覆爭辯的哲學和人生問題，不過此時，她所生活的世界卻出現不合常理的驚人變化，彷彿魔術師的戲法，好戲才正要上演……

面對一連串的奇異事件，以及神秘的「亞伯特上校」，蘇菲開始運用學習到的哲學知識來應對，但事情的真相卻遠遠超出她的想像。當蘇菲漸漸釐清了所有謎團後，終於再次能以「彷彿乍見」的眼光，審視自己所生活的世界。

一場揉合了推理、幻想和宇宙觀的哲學之旅，一段探索智慧的解謎過程

《蘇菲的世界》是二十世紀最暢銷的哲學小說。引人入勝的故事情節，徹底打破「哲學＝枯燥」的刻板印象，作者還巧妙地揉合了三種經典的敘事模式：推理、書信和師生問答。

整本書就是一段解謎的過程，作者利用書信創造出第二層的虛構世界，席妲與上校是喬斯坦．賈德塑造的人物，而蘇菲與亞柏特又是上校塑造的人物，最後卻以這兩層虛擬人物的交疊作結尾。

對蘇菲來說，她以為自己所生活的世界便是真實的，作者也賦予她思考的能力，當她發現自己是別人筆下所創造出的人物，也有自由意志去爭取自己的真實存在，這正是哲學思考的奧妙。故事發展至此，讀者也不禁開始思索自己「存在」的事實。

(摘錄自博客來網路書店)

Success Under Stress: Powerful Tools for Staying Calm, Confident, and Productive When the Pressure's On

Sharon Melnick 
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From overflowing priority lists to power-hungry colleagues to nagging parental guilt, stress is the defining characteristic of most of our lives. Real help is here-an all-encompassing, stress-busting tool kit that goes far beyond breathing exercises and visualization techniques. Such one-size-fits-all methods are no match for the stressors we experience daily in our overcomplicated lives. Whether you have too many projects, your confidence is flagging, or you are clashing with a coworker, Success Under Stress provides a flexible array of strategies. You will learn how to: adjust your perspective to see opportunity instead of obstacles; alter your physiology to get focused when overwhelmed, energized when exhausted, and calm when wired; and change the problem to prevent the stress from returning. All in all, Success Under Stress offers a veritable arsenal of "magic bullet" solutions-hundreds of situation-specific, quick-acting tips for defusing stress and boosting productivity. Complete with quizzes, examples, exercises, and more, this practical book helps you gain control, exude calmness and confidence amidst everyday chaos, and achieve the success you richly deserve.

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Stress Management

非暴力溝通 (Nonviolent Communication)

馬歇爾・盧森堡 (Marshall B. Rosenberg) 著
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生活在充斥著比較與論斷的社會文化中，我們習於判斷他人的是非對錯，話語中也往往充滿指責、嘲諷、批判的意味，這些思考和溝通模式帶來了情感和精神上的創傷，導致人與人之間的關係愈加疏離、冷漠，人際衝突也就在所難免。

馬歇爾．盧森堡博士早年深受言語和肢體暴力之苦，使他不禁開始思索：「究竟是什麼，使人們難以體會到心中的愛，以致互相傷害？又是什麼，讓有些人即使在充滿敵意的環境中，也能心存愛意？」最後，他發現了一種愛的語言，依此來談話和傾聽，能使人們心意相通、和諧共處，這就是「非暴力溝通」。

作者深信在一切衝突的表面下，反映出人心深處尚未得到滿足的種種需要。透過非暴力溝通，我們不但能誠實地表達自己，又能深入地傾聽他人，建立心與心之間的聯繫，使雙方毋須委曲求全就能滿足彼此的需要，和平地化解衝突。

非暴力溝通的功能：
→突破那些引發爭論、憤怒和焦慮等負面情緒的思維方式。
→和平地化解人際衝突，諸如發生在家庭、學校、職場或種族間的衝突。
→培養彼此尊重、互愛互助的人際關係。
→療癒人際關係中的傷痛，建立和諧的生命體驗。

(摘錄自博客來網路書店)

Communication

Ukiyo-e

Dora Amsden and Woldermar von Seidlitz 
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Ukiyo-e (‘pictures of the floating world’) is a branch of Japanese art which originated during the period of prosperity in Edo (1615-1868). Characteristic of this period, the prints are the collective work of an artist, an engraver, and a printer. Created on account of their low cost thanks to the progression of the technique, they represent daily life, women, actors of kabuki theatre, or even sumo wrestlers. Landscape would also later establish itself as a favourite subject. Moronobu, the founder, Shunsho, Utamaro, Hokusai, and even Hiroshige are the most widely-celebrated artists of the movement. In 1868, Japan opened up to the West. The masterful technique, the delicacy of the works, and their graphic precision immediately seduced the West and influenced greats such as the Impressionists, Van Gogh, and Klimt. This is known as the period of ‘Japonisme’. Through a thematic analysis, Woldemar von Seidlitz and Dora Amsden implicitly underline the immense influence which this movement had on the entire artistic scene of the West. These magnificent prints represent the evolution of the feminine ideal, the place of the Gods, and the importance accorded to landscape, and are also an invaluable witness to a society now long gone.

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浮世繪的故事

宮竹正 著
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華美令人心折的浮世繪，是西方人在廢紙堆中掘出的寶藏。那些古老優雅的流暢線條和抽象迷濛的二維空間，觸發了印象派大師記錄視覺瞬間的衝動。人們難以想像如此醉人的藝術在日本僅僅意味著市井和歡場文化，也無從知曉浮世繪竟能漸漸蠶食幕府的勢力，推動一場驚天動地的社會變革。

本書緊扣日本德川幕府時期錯綜複雜的社會背景和日本民族特有的性格與文化，深入並全方位地闡釋浮世繪這一傳奇生動的東方藝術，同時結合歷史上各個時期、不同流派的大師名作及故事性的敘述手法，使您在最短的時間內輕鬆、直觀地把握浮世繪藝術魅力的精髓。

(摘錄自博客來網路書店)

Ukiyo-e
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Patrick Modiano

Alan Morris 
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Patrick Modiano is the recipient of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Literature and winner of some of France's most prestigious literary prizes. Patrick Modiano is considered one of the most fascinating French novelists alive today. This is the first English literary critique of this best-selling French author, whose works are found increasingly in translation throughout the world and who is attracting considerable critical attention outside France.

In this lucid study, Alan Morris explores Modiano's fifteen major novels. He also traces Modiano's development as a writer and the tragedies which have influenced his works: the death of his younger brother, the neglect of his father and the horrors of the German occupation. Morris delves into Modiano's themes of time, memory, identity and the past, clearly demonstrating this intriguing writer's key place in French writing today.

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暗店街 (Missing Person)

帕特里克・莫迪亞諾 (Patrick Modiano) 著
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為尋找自己真實的身份，患失憶症的私家偵探開展一段尋找前半生經歷的過程。四十七個片段，跨越二十年時間，回溯至佔領時代，再現這黑暗時期法國社會生活的某些側面。簡易的鋪陳中，蘊含濃郁的生命憂傷。

本書榮獲國龔古爾文學大獎，並經《今日法國》推薦為一百部必讀的。  

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Diversity and Occasional Anarchy: On Deep Economic and Social Contradictions in Hong Kong

Yue Chim Richard Wong
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The world economic landscape has experienced seismic changes in the fifteen years after restoration of sovereignty over Hong Kong from Britain to China. Fortunately the Hong Kong economy has remained steadfast and is still making progress, but public confidence in the governance of the SAR government has declined, and economic and social dissatisfaction have flared. Where should Hong Kong go from here in the face of all kinds of contradictions? Economist Yue Chim Richard Wong provides an analysis of the origins of these contradictions and shares his insights on these issues. All those concerned about Hong Kong’s future should not miss this collection of essays how indigenous artists in turn manipulated Western visual languages.

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民主的模式 (Models of Democracy)

戴維・赫爾德 (David Held) 著
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我們正生活於民主的時代，而甚麼是民主？民主生活的含義是甚麼？今天民主對我們來說意味著甚麼？本書將針對這些問題探究具有可行性之不同的民主模式，思索懸而未決的議題，以及當代民主進行思考的若干替換方式。本書更針對原著中擱置的問題，收錄兩篇作者重要的新論文，完整地呈現民主在民族間與國家間的意涵和互動關係。本書更針對原著中擱置的問題，收錄兩篇作者重要的新論文，完整地呈現民主在民族間與國家間的意涵和互動關係。

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Student Activism in Asia: Between Protest and Powerlessness

Meredith L. Weiss and Edward Aspinall, editors
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Since World War II, students in East and Southeast Asia have led protest movements that toppled authoritarian regimes in countries such as Indonesia, South Korea, and Thailand. Elsewhere in the region, student protests have shaken regimes until they were brutally suppressed—most famously in China’s Tiananmen Square and in Burma. But despite their significance, these movements have received only a fraction of the notice that has been given to American and European student protests of the 1960s and 1970s. The first book in decades to redress this neglect, Student Activism in Asia tells the story of student protest movements across Asia.

Taking an interdisciplinary, comparative approach, the contributors examine ten countries, focusing on those where student protests have been particularly fierce and consequential: China, Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, Indonesia, Burma, Malaysia, Thailand, and the Philippines. They explore similarities and differences among student movements in these countries, paying special attention to the influence of four factors: higher education systems, students’ collective identities, students’ relationships with ruling regimes, and transnational flows of activist ideas and inspirations.

The authors include leading specialists on student activism in each of the countries investigated. Together, these experts provide a rich picture of an important tradition of political protest that has ebbed and flowed but has left indelible marks on Asia’s sociopolitical landscape.

Contributors: Patricio N. Abinales, U of Hawaii, Manoa; Prajak Kongkirati, Thammasat U, Thailand; Win Min, Vahu Development Institute; Stephan Ortmann, City U of Hong Kong; Mi Park, Dalhousie U, Canada; Patricia G. Steinhoff, U of Hawaii, Manoa; Mark R. Thompson, City U of Hong Kong; Teresa Wright, California State U, Long Beach

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香港學生運動回顧

香港專上學生聯會 編
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本書內容包括從學潮到大學問題的總檢討、全港專上學生罷休組織法的商榷、專上學生組織的經濟背景、評介專上學生組織的活動、左派在專上學院的活動等內容。

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Iconoclast : A Neuroscientist Reveals How to Think Differently

Gregory Berns
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No organization can survive without iconoclasts -- innovators who single-handedly upturn conventional wisdom and manage to achieve what so many others deem impossible.

Though indispensable, true iconoclasts are few and far between. In Iconoclast, neuroscientist Gregory Berns explains why. He explores the constraints the human brain places on innovative thinking, including fear of failure, the urge to conform, and the tendency to interpret sensory information in familiar ways.

Through vivid accounts of successful innovators ranging from glass artist Dale Chihuly to physicist Richard Feynman to country/rock trio the Dixie Chicks, Berns reveals the inner workings of the iconoclast's mind with remarkable clarity. Each engaging chapter goes on to describe practical actions we can each take to understand and unleash our own potential to think differently -- such as seeking out new environments, novel experiences, and first-time acquaintances.

Packed with engaging stories, science-based insights, potent practices, and examples from a startling array of disciplines, this engaging book will help you understand how iconoclasts think and equip you to begin thinking more like an iconoclast yourself.

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呼蘭河傳

蕭紅 著
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蕭紅，30年代中國文壇最負盛名、最活躍、最有才氣的女作家，深受魯迅、茅盾等名作家賞識，讚譽她的作品寫出了窒息年代中人民對生的堅強與對死的掙扎。

《呼蘭河傳》以夢幻般的筆法勾畫了一個平靜而飽含幽怨的寂寞世界，宛如掠過無聲黑夜的璀璨極光，堪稱是中國現代文學中永垂不朽的經典之作……

武俠文學大師金庸說：

「蕭紅在香港寫的《呼蘭河傳》感人至深，我閱此書後，逕去淺水灣她墓前憑弔一番，深恨未能得見此才女……」

曾經對生活寄以美麗希望，但又屢次幻滅的人是寂寞的。呼蘭小城是蕭紅生命的起點，充滿著各式各樣的美好想像和色彩，可是逝水一般的年華卻又那麼刻板單調﹔在漂泊的歲月和戰爭的煙硝中，即將走道生命終點的蕭紅仍懷著最美好的憧憬，忍住寂寞的心情，以含淚的微笑追憶這寂寞的小城。

《呼蘭河傳》是一串淒婉的歌謠組成的夢幻詩篇。蕭紅把自己對生命的體驗與感悟，孤獨與憂傷、寂寞與悵惘，真誠地融入一篇篇追憶，透過渾樸簡婉的筆調與洗盡鉛華的輕淡詞句，愈發烘襯出那個幽暗、冰冷的、令人窒息的時代……

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Stylish Academic Writing

Helen Sword
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Elegant data and ideas deserve elegant expression, argues Helen Sword in this lively guide to academic writing. For scholars frustrated with disciplinary conventions, and for specialists who want to write for a larger audience but are unsure where to begin, here are imaginative, practical, witty pointers that show how to make articles and books a pleasure to read—and to write.

Dispelling the myth that you cannot get published without writing wordy, impersonal prose, Sword shows how much journal editors and readers welcome work that avoids excessive jargon and abstraction. Sword’s analysis of more than a thousand peer-reviewed articles across a wide range of fields documents a startling gap between how academics typically describe good writing and the turgid prose they regularly produce.

Stylish Academic Writing showcases a range of scholars from the sciences, humanities, and social sciences who write with vividness and panache. Individual chapters take up specific elements of style, such as titles and headings, chapter openings, and structure, and close with examples of transferable techniques that any writer can master.

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學術寫作手冊 : 一種新方法 (The Handbook of Academic Writing)

羅伊娜・默里 (Rowena Murray), 薩拉・穆爾 (Sarah Moore) 著
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這本書，不論什麼時候讀，都不能不嘆服作者對閱讀用心之深，視野之廣。不懂閱讀的人，初探閱讀的人，讀這本書可以節省冤枉路。對閱讀有所體會的人，讀這本書可以有更深的印證與領悟。這是一部有關閱讀、永不褪色的經典。

羅伊娜‧默里、薩拉‧穆爾所著的《學術寫作手冊》為忙碌的學術人員提供了實用的建議，幫助他們將寫作融入工作生活。它重新定義了學術寫作，以及從開始到結束的整個過程。它所包含的主題有︰ ‧如何獲得動力； ‧審讀和修改 ‧自我管理 ‧堅持寫作不輟 ‧寫作小組和“寫作者之家” 學術寫作對所有的學術人員和研究者而言都是一項必須面對的使命。

在有些學科，會有如何成為一個高產的成功寫作者的相關指導；但是在有的學科卻缺乏此類訓練、指引。這本《學術寫作手冊》幫助上述兩類學術寫作者改進他們的寫作技巧和寫作策略，同時也幫助他們從經常並且高效的寫作中獲得滿足。

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Think Smarter: Critical Thinking to Improve Problem-Solving and Decision-Making Skills

Mike Kallet 
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Learn Critical Thinking techniques for better decisions, problem solving, and innovation

Think Smarter: Critical Thinking to Improve Problem-Solving and Decision-Making Skills is the comprehensive guide to training your brain to do more for you. Written by a critical thinking trainer and coach, the book presents a pragmatic framework and set of tools to apply critical thinking techniques to everyday business issues. Think Smarter is filled with real world examples that demonstrate how the tools work in action, in addition to dozens of practice exercises applicable across industries and functions, Think Smarter is a versatile resource for individuals, managers, students, and corporate training programs.

Thinking is the foundation of everything you do, but we rely largely on automatic thinking to process information, often resulting in misunderstandings and errors. Shifting over to critical thinking means thinking purposefully using a framework and toolset, enabling thought processes that lead to better decisions, faster problem solving, and creative innovation. Think Smarter provides clear, actionable steps toward improving your critical thinking skills, plus exercises that clarify complex concepts by putting theory into practice. Features include:

• A comprehensive critical thinking framework
• Over twenty-five "tools" to help you think more critically
• Critical thinking implementation for functions and activities
• Examples of the real-world use of each tool

Learn what questions to ask, how to uncover the real problem to solve, and mistakes to avoid. Recognize assumptions your can rely on versus those without merit, and train your brain to tick through your mental toolbox to arrive at more innovative solutions. Critical thinking is the top skill on the wish list in the business world, and sharpening your ability can have profound affects throughout all facets of life. Think Smarter: Critical Thinking to Improve Problem-Solving and Decision-Making Skills provides a roadmap to more effective and productive thought.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

批判性思維 : 思維、溝通、寫作、應變、解決問題的根本技巧 (Critical Thinking)

理查德・保羅 (Richard Paul), 琳達・埃爾德 (Linda Elder)
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成功取決於你的思維：

批判性思維能力在美國受到特別的推崇，是美國公認的優秀人才的標準之一。無論在美國的著名學府還是在全美頂級企業，選才用才的重要標準便是是否具有批判性思維能力。擁有該能力的人，在創造力、鑒別力、商務溝通能力和解決問題的能力上往往勝人一籌，而且會給企業帶來持續發展的動力。

培養這種批判性思維能力是美國包括哈佛、耶魯在內的大學共同的核心教育目標、也是歷任美國總統的首要教育目標。對批判性思維的推崇提升了美國高等學府的含金量，也使得接受過該項訓練的人，成為炙手可熱的人才。

本書作者均為國際批判性思維領域的著名專家。本書作為批判性思維的權威著作，被美國各著名學府普遍使用，同時也被採用為頂級企業的員工培訓教材。

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The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction

Alan Jacobs 
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...Jacobs's interactions with his students and the readers of his own books, however, suggest that many readers lack confidence; they wonder whether they are reading well, with proper focus and attentiveness, with due discretion and discernment. Many have absorbed the puritanical message that reading is, first and foremost, good for you--the intellectual equivalent of eating your Brussels sprouts. For such people, indeed for all readers, Jacobs offers some simple, powerful, and much needed advice: read at whim, read what gives you delight, and do so without shame, whether it be Stephen King or the King James Version of the Bible. In contrast to the more methodical approach of Mortimer Adler's classic How to Read a Book (1940), Jacobs offers an insightful, accessible, and playfully irreverent guide for aspiring readers. Each chapter focuses on one aspect of approaching literary fiction, poetry, or nonfiction, and the book explores everything from the invention of silent reading, reading responsively, rereading, and reading on electronic devices.

Invitingly written, with equal measures of wit and erudition, The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction will appeal to all readers, whether they be novices looking for direction or old hands seeking to recapture the pleasures of reading they first experienced as children.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

如何閱讀一本書 (How to Read a Book)

莫提默・艾德勒 (Mortimer J. Adler) , 查理・范多倫(Charles Van Doren) 原著
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這本書，不論什麼時候讀，都不能不嘆服作者對閱讀用心之深，視野之廣。不懂閱讀的人，初探閱讀的人，讀這本書可以節省冤枉路。對閱讀有所體會的人，讀這本書可以有更深的印證與領悟。這是一部有關閱讀、永不褪色的經典。

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College Success Guaranteed: 5 Rules to Make It Happen

Malcolm Gauld 
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As a lifelong teacher, Malcolm Gauld has watched thousands of kids go off to college. Some return to visit after their first year exuding the vibe of conquering heroes. Others look, well, pretty bummed out. This book offers a plan to help the new college student complete Year #1 as a member of the first group. With anecdotes from current college students and recent graduates, the book presents five simple rules:

Rule #1: Go to Class - I've never known a kid who flunked out of college who attended all his or her classes.
Rule #2: Study 3 Hours X 5 days per week - How to transition from homework to study.
Rule #3: Commit to Something - Don't drown in free time. Here's how to stay afloat.
Rule #4: Get a Mentor - How to set up a support system.
Rule #5: Procrastination Kills - How to rise above.

The book is a short, non-preachy, fun, and tad irreverent primer that can help you get off to a strong start toward the 'best four years of your life.'

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哈佛情商課：哈佛精英是如何練成的

鄧東文 著
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如果你不懂EQ，從現在起，我們宣布——你落伍了！

—美國《時代週刊》

你知道富蘭克林．羅斯福、約翰．甘迺迪等8位美國總統、喬治．明諾特、愛德華．珀西爾等34位諾貝爾獎得主、比爾．蓋茲、路易士．郭士納等幾十位商業領袖有什麼共同特徵嗎？

他們都是哈佛大學的莘莘學子，都非常注重哈佛的情商課。

在哈佛，成績絕對不是唯一重要的條件。哈佛選人的要求是學生的綜合素質。哈佛大學教授、著名心理學家丹尼爾．戈爾曼有句至理名言：「成功＝20％的智商＋80％的情商。」

如果說成績由智商決定，那麼綜合素質主要取決於一個人的情商。只有提高情商，才能有效地發揮組織的協調能力，才能培養領導能力和團隊精神，也才能成為政治和經濟方面的領袖。

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I Am Because We Are: African Wisdom in Image and Proverb

Betty Press ; proverbs compiled by Annetta Miller… 
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I Am Because We Are features 125 black and white photographs by Betty Press taken all over East and West Africa since 1987, combined with related African proverbs compiled by Annetta Miller, an American born in Tanzania. The book highlights the importance of proverbs in educating members of African societies on how to think, how to behave, and how to have a better life. Press took these photographs with the goal of making a significant educational and artistic contribution to the appreciation and understanding of African culture and society as well as our own.

The photographs of daily life deal with knowledge, cooperation, love, beauty, friendship, hope, humor, sorrow, happiness, gratitude, dance, tradition, faith, peace, war, death, and human relationships. These are the same themes found in African proverbial language. Thus came the natural idea of coupling images with proverbs. Together they offer a powerful expression of African life and the universality of human emotions, ideas, and knowledge.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

改變自己影響世界的一句話

楊雲鵬 編著
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改變世界，從改變自己開始
改變自己，從這句話開始

愛因斯坦、富蘭克林、林肯、羅斯福、巴頓、愛森豪、麥克阿瑟、松下幸之助、卡耐基、洛克菲勒、張榮發、王永慶、李嘉誠……

這是一連串閃亮的名字——代表著成就、地位、富豪、影響力。
他們以他們的成就，影響了整個世界

可是你知道嗎？他們也曾和你我一樣尋常，是什麼影響改變了他們？
是關鍵的這一句話。

這句話改變了他們一生，也改變了世界。
你是否也願意讓這句話走進你的生活、你的人生。

一
你是否總想著：「只要……我就能……」
遇到難關，你會告訴自己：「是很困難，但沒問題！」嗎？
面對討厭的人，你該如何自處？……解決生活中的難題，其實很簡單，只要養成好習慣，就能化不可能為可能，苦差事也不苦了！

二
如何創造自己人生的價值？
如何選擇幸福與成功的捷徑？讓他們告訴你——
香港景泰藍商人陳玉書：「致富的秘訣在於『大膽創新，眼光獨到』。」
阿爾弗雷德．諾貝爾：「當失敗一次次接踵而至的時候，我從來沒有氣餒過，依然按照自己既定的目標前進。」
法國哲學家羅西法古：「如果你要得到仇人，就表現得比你的朋友聰明與優越；如果你想得到朋友，就讓你的朋友表現得比你自己更聰明與優越。」
心理學家蘭奇：「只要是自己的成功，不分大小都能為自己帶來快樂與動力。」

三
每個人在人生的道路上，努力追求著幸福與成功。但是「不如意之事，十有八九」。
本書告訴你怎樣才能打破不如意的情況，讓自己的行為創造成功！
本書不是講解高深的理論，或玄妙的人生哲學，而是透過對各個領域、各個人生環節的觀察總結，如為人處世、自身心態調整，以及創新意識和對生命的激情等等，總結出一些對人生有幫助的行為，幫助追求幸福與成功的人，以更有效的方式走上成功的大道。

四
為什麼你諸事不順，什麼都做不好？因為你還沒有養成好習慣。每個人天生的才能，其實差距不大成功與否，通常是由日常生活的小習慣決定的。
從現在開始改變吧！

(摘錄自博客來網路書店)

HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself

Contributors, Richard Boyatzis ... 
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The path to your professional success starts with a critical look in the mirror.

If you read nothing else on managing yourself, read these 10 articles. We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles to select the most important ones to help you maximize yourself.

HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself will inspire you to:
Stay engaged throughout your 50+-year work life
Tap into your deepest values
Solicit candid feedback
Replenish physical and mental energy
Balance work, home, community, and self
Spread positive energy throughout your organization
Rebound from tough times
Decrease distractibility and frenzy
Delegate and develop employees' initiative

This collection of best-selling articles includes: "Managing Oneself," "Management Time: Who's Got the Monkey?" "How Resilience Works," "Manage Your Energy, Not Your Time," "Overloaded Circuits: Why Smart People Underperform," "Be a Better Leader, Have a Richer Life," "Reclaim Your Job," "Moments of Greatness: Entering the Fundamental State of Leadership," "What to Ask the Person in the Mirror," and "Primal Leadership: The Hidden Driver of Great Performance."

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論語中的名言

南懷瑾 著
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《論語》是中華文化最偉大不朽的經典之一，記錄了孔子的重要思想言行，內容博大精深。其中許多警句名言裡所包含的思想，體現人類普世價值，兩千多年來歷經無數考驗卻始終萬古常新，顛簸不破，被古今中外奉為為人處世、安身立命的金科玉律。南懷瑾先生青年時期即遍研儒家經典，對《論語》的精髓有著深刻的體悟。 

《論語中的名言》是從南懷瑾先生的《論語別裁》中精選而來。讀者可以通過南先生對《論語》名言深入淺出充滿睿智的解釋，輕鬆喜悅地進入《論語》的境界，深入領會《論語》的真義，對增長處世智慧，提高自身的人生價值大有裨益。

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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.

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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。

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《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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Amazing Things Will Happen: A Real World Guide on Achieving Success and Happiness

C.C. Chapman 
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Work hard, be kind, and amazing things will happen

Amazing Things Will Happen offers straightforward advice that can be put into action to improve your life. Through personal anecdotes from the author's life, and interviews of successful individuals across several industries, this book demonstrates how to achieve success, in all aspects of life, through hard work and acts of kindness. Split into five sections, this book details how to begin the self-improvement journey.

• Explains how to cope with the situation you are currently in, and how to make the most of it until you can break free
• Shares exercises and practices that can help define your goals and how to set realistic tasks to reach them
• Helps you to navigate the seas of doubters and obstacles to get to where you want to be
• Ensures that you help others, once you have reached your goals

Each of us has different goals in life, but everyone wants to succeed, and have as much fun as possible along the way. Amazing Things Will Happen shows how to get on this path to success.

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當下的幸福 (Start Where You Are)

克里斯.加德納 (Chris Gardner)，米娒.艾齊勒.里華斯 (Mim E. Rivas) 著
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本書從心理學的角度出發，探討了人何時最快樂；如何掌控自己的內在意識與體驗，品嘗生活的快樂以及如何將日常生活中的事件轉換為樂趣的泉源。《當下的幸福》還提到，快樂並非瞬間發生，也不受外在世界的操縱，而是取決於我們對外在事物的闡釋。同時快樂須靠個人修持，事先準備，刻意培養。只有學會控制心靈的人，才能決定自己的生活品質，而如果具備了這種能力，也就相當於接近幸福的境界了。

(摘錄自amazon.cn)

The Photographer's Eye: Composition and Design for Better Digital Photos

Michael Freeman 
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Design is the single most important factor in creating a successful photograph. The ability to see the potential for a strong picture and then organize the graphic elements into an effective, compelling composition has always been one of the key skills in making photographs.

Digital photography has brought a new, exciting aspect to design - first because the instant feedback from a digital camera allows immediate appraisal and improvement; and second because image-editing tools make it possible to alter and enhance the design after the shutter has been pressed. This has had a profound effect on the way digital photographers take pictures.

Now published in sixteen languages, The Photographer's Eye continues to speak to photographers everywhere. Reaching 100,000 copies in print in the US alone, and 300,000+ worldwide, it shows how anyone can develop the ability to see and shoot great digital photographs. The book explores all the traditional approaches to composition and design, but crucially, it also addresses the new digital technique of shooting in the knowledge that a picture will later be edited, manipulated, or montaged to result in a final image that may be very different from the one seen in the viewfinder.

Features
*Covers both traditional in-camera composition and the new opportunities for picture-making made possible by digital imaging editing
*Shows how to explore situations and locations in order to find the best possible photographic possibilities
*Uses clear examples from real photographic assignments, with schematic illustrations of how and why the pictures work

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動機與人格 (Motivation and Personality)

馬斯洛 (Abraham H. Maslow) 著
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初版於1954年的《動機與人格》一書，包含了馬斯洛對人類心理學的重要發問和早期探索。這本書在創建一個積極和全面的關於人性的觀點方面，有著巨大的影響，迄今，它仍然是一個獨特的、有感染力以及影響力的源泉，這一點可以從當代的心理學、教育、商業和文化趨勢中看出來...

本書分以下四個主要部分︰動機理論；心理病態與正常狀態；自我實現；人類科學的方法論。

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拿破崙・希爾成功學全書 (Napoleon Hill’s Great Book of Success)

拿破崙・希爾 (Napoleon Hill)
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《拿破崙・希爾成功學全書》將拿破崙・希爾的著作提煉成強化積極心態、規劃成功目標、勇於成功實踐、掌握思考方法、控制自我情緒、堅定成功信心、培養個性品質、挖掘創新潛能、充滿人生熱情、訓練專注毅力、強化成功意識、超越失敗困境、提高領導素質、科學利用時間、養成良好習慣等方面的內容，同時輔以大量的成功學、創造學、人際學等相關精彩案例進行深入解說，全面、系統地闡述了拿破崙・希爾的成功學，幫助讀者從理論到實踐探索出一條適合自己的成功道路。拿破崙・希爾是美國也是世界上最偉大的成功勵志大師，他以《成功規律》、《思考致富》、《人人都能成功》等一系列暢銷全球的光輝著作系統地建立了全新的成功哲學，鼓舞了無數人獲得成功，被譽為“百萬富翁的創造者”。

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State of the World 2013: Is Sustainability Still Possible?

John J. Crocitti, editor ; Monique Vallance, contributing editor
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Every day, we are presented with a range of “sustainable” products and activities—from “green” cleaning supplies to carbon offsets—but with so much labeled as “sustainable,” the term has become essentially sustainababble, at best indicating a practice or product slightly less damaging than the conventional alternative. Is it time to abandon the concept altogether, or can we find an accurate way to measure sustainability? If so, how can we achieve it? And if not, how can we best prepare for the coming ecological decline?

In the latest edition of Worldwatch Institute’s State of the World series, scientists, policy experts, and thought leaders tackle these questions, attempting to restore meaning to sustainability as more than just a marketing tool. In State of the World 2013: Is Sustainability Still Possible?, experts define clear sustainability metrics and examine various policies and perspectives, including geoengineering, corporate transformation, and changes in agricultural policy, that could put us on the path to prosperity without diminishing the well-being of future generations. If these approaches fall short, the final chapters explore ways to prepare for drastic environmental change and resource depletion, such as strengthening democracy and societal resilience, protecting cultural heritage, and dealing with increased conflict and migration flows.

State of the World 2013 cuts through the rhetoric surrounding sustainability, offering a broad and realistic look at how close we are to fulfilling it today and which practices and policies will steer us in the right direction. This book will be especially useful for policymakers, environmental nonprofits, and students of environmental studies, sustainability, or economics.

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不按牌理出牌的思考力 (Be Unreasonable)

保羅・藍伯格 (Paul Lemberg)
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有理？無理？還是富有邏輯？
不按牌理出牌，才是真道理！

若是你太講道理，凡事中規中矩，你就會採取與他人相同的策略，做出下列這些事：把今年的目標訂得比去年高一點；以大家的意見為意見，沒有自己的主張；放寬最後期限，以便工作可以及時完成。若是你凡事都按牌理出牌，只會愈來愈沒有特色，一切都隨波逐流。但是，如果你真心想要脫穎而出，你非得跳脫傳統的思維模式不可。

本書作者保羅・藍伯格，是全世界首屈一指的企管顧問之一，他教導許多創業者和企業的高層主管擺脫主流管理思維的束縛，創造出與眾不同的經營策略，讓他們自己、公司及客戶，都展現出更多潛能。本書告訴我們，不按牌理出牌的策略可以幫我們創造出空前的成功。許多成功的企業家，都是這種敢於突破傳統、不按牌理出牌的人物，本書透過這些實際案例，讓你看到成功的要件。

本書的宗旨在於：只要對當前情勢做過恰當的評估，你就應該勇敢躍入未知。唯有逆勢操作，甚至驚世駭俗，你才能出奇制勝、開創新局。

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The New Brazil

Riordan Roett 
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The New Brazil tells the story of South America's largest country as it evolved from a remote Portuguese colony into a regional leader; a respected representative for the developing world; and, increasingly, an important partner for the United States and the European Union.

In this engaging book, Riordan Roett traces the long road Brazil has traveled to reach its present status, examining the many challenges it has overcome and those that lie ahead. He discusses the country's development as a colony, empire, and republic; the making of modern Brazil, beginning with the rise to power of Getúlio Vargas; the advent of the military government in 1964; the return to civilian rule two decades later; and the pivotal presidencies of Fernando Henrique Cardoso and Luiz Inácio (Lula) da Silva, leading to the nation's current world status as one of the BRIC countries.

Under newly elected President Dilma Rousseff, much remains to be done to consolidate and expand its global role. Nonetheless, as a player on the world stage, Brazil is here to stay.

"In part the [country's] success is due to external factors such as the high demand for Brazilian exports, particularly in China and the rest of Asia. But it also reflects sophisticated policy choices, including inflation targeting and maintenance of an autonomous central bank."—from the Introduction

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去他的巴西

胡續東
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是北大青年學者，著名詩人胡續冬客居巴西一年半的旅游和生活札記。以娛樂人民群眾為己任的“胡子”在這本圖文並茂的集子裡，以他機智諧謔、精準高密的超一流文筆，擷取各種歡樂情境、趣聞軼事、新鮮風物，為讀者描繪出一幅格外生動細緻而全面的巴西社會文化生活大畫卷。簡單說來，《去他的巴西》相當於一本巴西旅遊孤星指南+巴西社會文化風土人情志+巴西生活百科辭典，並隨時散發出相當於一部星爺電影劑量的胡氏搞笑因子。

巴西，遙遠的南美大陸上的第三世界大國，2014足球世界杯與2016奧運會舉辦地，對這個被稱為“熱帶中國”的國度，您了解有多少？

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The 3 Secrets to Effective Time Investment: How to Achieve More Success with Less Stress

Elizabeth Grace Saunders
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Time management skills that work! Reboot your entire life in three simple steps
Quick Reference Guide included with over 30 online tools and 40 done-for-you routines

Is it possible to keep up on life, let alone enjoy it, when you’re overloaded and overwhelmed--with work, with errands, with emails and texts, and with relationship responsibilities? You get things done, but do you get them done well? Do you have enough time for other people--and for yourself?

The 3 Secrets to Effective Time Investment takes you beyond simple time management to provide you with the skills and outlook you need to completely revamp the quality of your life. You'll learn how to reorient your mindset and use simple routines to accomplish more than you ever dreamed possible.

Packed with tips and advice about how to overcome crippling emotions like guilt, let go of the compulsion to be perfect, and overcome the most common obstacles to a life well managed, this powerful, holistic, total-life guide is founded on three powerful principles:

Secret #1: Clarify Action-Based Priorities
Determine what's most important to you and define exactly what you will do to invest in those priorities

Secret #2: Set Realistic Expectations
Shift expectations of yourself and others from the realm of the ideal to the realm of the possible

Secret #3: Strengthen Simple Routines
Develop healthy habits so the flow of your life moves effortlessly toward your highest goals

A renowned authority in her field, Elizabeth Grace Saunders illustrates exactly how her methods work through case studies of time-coaching clients, and she provides a quick-reference guide of real-life example routines on everything from exercising regularly to moving forward on a dreaded project.

The 3 Secrets to Effective Time Investment does more than help you make the best of the time you have. It gives you the tools, insight, and guidance you need to overhaul your entire life.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

季羨林談人生

季羨林
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人生的意義與價值、緣分與命運、做人與處事、容忍、成功、知足、朋友、毀譽、壓力、長壽之道、倫理道德……學術大家季羨林先生結合多年來的生活體驗，暢談對人生的感悟。 ……此書充滿了季羨林的智慧之言。

(摘錄自香港書城)

The Best Women's Travel Writing 2011: True Stories from Around the World

Edited by Lavinia Spalding 
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Since publishing A Woman's World in 1995, Traveler’s Tales has been the recognized leader in women's travel literature, and with the launch of the annual series The Best Travel Writing in 2004, the obvious next step was an annual collection of the best women's travel writing of the year. This title is the seventh in an annual series The Best Women's Travel Writing that presents inspiring and uplifting adventures from women who have traveled to the ends of the earth to discover new places, peoples, and facets of themselves. The common threads are a woman's perspective and compelling storytelling to make the reader laugh, weep, wish she were there, or be glad she wasn't. The Best Women's Travel Writing 2011, readers have lunch with a mobster in Japan and drinks with an IRA member in Ireland. Learn the secrets of flamenco in Spain and the magic of samba in Brazil. Deliver a trophy for best testicles in a small town in rural Serbia. Fall in love while riding a camel through the Syrian Desert. Ski a first descent of over 5,000 feet in Northern India. Discover the joy of getting naked in South Korea. Leave it all behind to slop pigs on a farm in Ecuador. . .and much more.

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