The Four Loves

C.S. Lewis
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"We need others physically, emotionally, intellectually; we need them if we are to know anything, even ourselves."

We hear often that love is patient and kind, not envious or prideful. We hear that human love is a reflection of divine love. We hear that God is love. But how do we understand its work in our lives, its perils and rewards? Here, the incomparable C. S. Lewis examines human love in four forms: affection, the most basic, general, and emotive; friendship, the most rare, least jealous, and, in being freely chosen, perhaps the most profound; Eros, passionate love that can run counter to happiness and poses real danger; charity, the greatest, most spiritual, and least selfish. Proper love is a risk, but to bar oneself from it--to deny love--is a damning choice. Love is a need and a gift; love brings joy and laughter. We must seek to be awakened and so to find an Appreciative love through which "all things are possible."

"The Four Loves deserves to become a minor classic as a modern mirror of our souls, a mirror of the virtues and failings of human loving." —New York Times Book Review

"Lewis has a keen eye, a large measure of human sympathy, wit, and a command of simple words." —Times Literary Supplement 

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霍亂時期的愛情 (Love in the Time of Cholera)

加.馬爾克斯 (Gabriel García Márquez) 著
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講述了一段跨越半個多世紀的愛情史詩，窮盡了所有愛情的可能性︰忠貞的、隱秘的、粗暴的、羞怯的、柏拉圖式的、放蕩的、轉瞬即逝的、生死相依的……再現了時光的無情流逝，被譽為“ 人類有史以來最偉大的愛情小說”，是20世紀最重要的經典文學巨著之一。 馬爾克斯曾說︰“這一部是我最好的作品，是我發自內心的創作。”

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149 Paintings You Really Need to See in Europe: (So You Can Ignore the Others)

Julian Porter 
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Visit some of Europe’s greatest museums and galleries in the company of a knowledgeable tour guide.

"Who can resist an art critic with attitude?"
– Former Supreme Court of Canada Justice, Ian Binnie

"It was wonderful! Julian shared his enormous knowledge of the world’s best art with a panache that is irresistible."
– Justice Stephen Goudge, Ontario Court of Appeal

This essential companion to all the major European museums and galleries discusses some of the world’s greatest paintings from Giotto through to Picasso. Julian Porter’s passion for art began with the seven years he spent as a student tour guide in Europe. Since then, he has conducted countless tours of Europe’s famous galleries – The Louvre, The Prado, The Hermitage, The Rijksmuseum, the Sistine Chapel, and many others.

In the usually pretentious arena of art connoisseurs, Porter’s voice stands out as fresh and original. He finds the best of the best, which he describes with entertaining irreverence, and spares you hours of sore feet and superfluous information.

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世界名畫家全集達文西

吳澤義，吳龍
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文藝復興極盛時期藝術的確立者——達文西，不只是畫家中最傑出的天才，也是雕刻家、詩人、音樂家、建築師，亦具有機械技師、數學家、科學家的身分，可說是文藝復興時期有著最完全表現的全能型畫家。

達文西的感觸極為敏銳，往往能夠凝住事物即將飛逝的表情；不只是找到事物表象的迷人美感，同時又不會喪失物理學者與解剖學者的觀點，能成功地融合科學家的理性與藝術家的感性兩種相互矛盾的特質，成就出一幅幅構圖精確卻又情感自然流露的傑作。

本書收錄達文西畢生精彩畫作如〈東方三博士的禮拜〉、〈最後的晚餐〉、〈蒙娜麗莎〉等等，刊登多幅素描手稿，給讀者更全面的角度來認識這位文藝復興時期一代繪畫巨匠。

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Net Smart: How to Thrive Online

Howard Rheingold 
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Like it or not, knowing how to make use of online tools without being overloaded with too much information is an essential ingredient to personal success in the twenty-first century. But how can we use digital media so that they make us empowered participants rather than passive receivers, grounded, well-rounded people rather than multitasking basket cases? In Net Smart, cyberculture expert Howard Rheingold shows us how to use social media intelligently, humanely, and, above all, mindfully.

Mindful use of digital media means thinking about what we are doing, cultivating an ongoing inner inquiry into how we want to spend our time. Rheingold outlines five fundamental digital literacies, online skills that will help us do this: attention, participation, collaboration, critical consumption of information (or "crap detection"), and network smarts. He explains how attention works, and how we can use our attention to focus on the tiny relevant portion of the incoming tsunami of information. He describes the quality of participation that empowers the best of the bloggers, netizens, tweeters, and other online community participants; he examines how successful online collaborative enterprises contribute new knowledge to the world in new ways; and he teaches us a lesson on networks and network building.

Rheingold points out that there is a bigger social issue at work in digital literacy, one that goes beyond personal empowerment. If we combine our individual efforts wisely, it could produce a more thoughtful society: countless small acts like publishing a Web page or sharing a link could add up to a public good that enriches everybody.

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馬雲的網路商經：阿里巴巴網站的成功傳奇

李問渠 著
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有人說，對於馬雲，最好的解讀就是不解讀，他原生態的聲音就是最大的逆勢經營精髓。從一個平凡窮小子到世界電子商務巨頭，馬雲無疑是這個時代的草根英雄和創業偶像。而馬雲艱苦創業所積聚的睿智思維和商道經驗，無疑是一筆巨大而珍貴的財富。

成功的背後往往會隱藏著許多不為人知的動人故事，那麼，在馬雲的傳奇背後，是怎樣的人生呢？到底是什麼，讓如此平凡的馬雲閃耀出了不平凡的逼人光彩？

本書從馬雲對人生的認識、以及他超出常人的「狂妄」、創業精神、團隊合作、經營理念、企業管理、競爭策略、成功之道等多個角度出發，收集了馬雲從創業以來的眾多精彩語錄，完整的呈現給大家。有馬雲一路同行，成功離我們還會遠嗎？

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