50 Self-Help Classics: 50 Inspirational Books to Transform Your Life from Timeless Sages to Contemporary Gurus

Tom Butler-Bowdon
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Thousands of books have been written offering the 'secrets' to personal fulfillment and happiness: how to walk The Road Less Traveled, Win Friends and Influence People, or Awaken the Giant Within. But which are the all-time classics? Which ones really can change your life? Bringing you the essential ideas, insights and techniques from 50 legendary works from Lao-Tzu to Benjamin Franklin to Paulo Coelho, 50 Self-Help Classics is a unique guide to the great works of life transformation.

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The Self-Help Classics include:

•	How to Win Friends and Influence People (人性的弱點) ~Dale Carnegie
•	The Alchemist (牧羊少年奇幻之旅; or 煉金術士) ~Paulo Coelho
•	Walden (湖濱散記; or 瓦爾登湖) ~Henry David Thoreau
•	Man’s Search for Meaning (追尋生命的意義; or 人生的眞諦) ~Viktor Frankl
•	Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More than IQ (情感智商) ~Daniel Goleman
•	The Road Less Traveled (少有人走的路; or 心靈地圖 : 追求愛和成長之路) ~M. Scott Peck
•	Atlas Shrugged (阿特拉斯聳聳肩) ~Ayn Rand
•	The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (高效能人士的七個習慣; or 與成功有約) ~Stephen Covey
•	You Can Heal Your Life (生命的重建 ) ~Louise Hay
•	The Bible (聖經)
•	The Power of Your Subconscious Mind (潛意識的力量) ~Joseph Murphy
•	Motivation and Personality (自我實現的人; or 動機與人格) ~Abraham Maslow
•	Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin(富蘭克林自傳) ~Benjamin Franklin
•	The Power of Positive Thinking (積極思考就是力量) ~Norman Vincent Peale
•	Meditations (沉思錄) ~Marcus Aurelius
•	Men Are from Mars,Women Are from Venus (男女大不同 : 火星男人與金星女人的戀愛講義 ) ~John Gray
•	As a Man Thinketh (人生的思考; or 做你想做的人) ~James Allen
•	Awaken the Giant Within (喚起心中的巨人) ~Anthony Robbins
•	The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success (福至心靈 : 成功致勝的七大精神法則 ) ~Deepak Chopra
•	Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff… And It’s All Small Stuff (別為小事抓狂) ~Richard Carlson
•	Learned Optimism (學習樂觀, 樂觀學習) ~Martin Seligman
•	Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience (快樂, 從心開始) ~Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
•	Life Strategies: Doing What Works, Doing What Matters (活得聰明活得好) ~Philip C. McGraw
•	Creative Visualization (創造性思維的全新路徑) ~Shakti Gawain
•	The 80/20 Principle: The Secret of Achieving More with Less (80/20 法則 : 成功, 快樂和進步的秘訣 ) ~Richard Koch
•	The Game of Life and How to Play It (失落的幸福經典; or 人生的遊戲規則) ~Florence Scovel Shinn
•	Psycho-Cybernetics (人性的控制) ~Maxwell Maltz
•	Women Who Run with the Wolves (與狼同奔的女人) ~Clarissa Pinkola Estés
•	A Return to Love : Reflections on the Principles of a Course in Miracles (發現眞愛) ~Marianne Williamson
•	Finding Your Own North Star: How to Claim the Life You Were Meant to Live  (尋找你的北極星) ~Martha Beck
•	Self-Reliance (依靠自我) ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
•	Tao Te Ching (道德經) ~Lao Tzu
•	The Art of Happiness: A Handbook for Living (快樂 : 達賴喇嘛的人生智慧) ~The Dalai Lama & Howard C. Cutler
•	The Power of Myth (神話 : 內在的旅程, 英雄的冒險, 愛情的故事) ~Joseph Campbell with Bill Moyers
•	The Consolation of Philosophy (哲學的慰藉) ~Boethius
•	Transitions: Making Sense of Life’s Changes (轉變, 需要一場儀式) ~William Bridges
•	Iron John (上帝之肋) ~Robert Bly
•	Care of the Soul: A Guide for Cultivating Depth and Sacredness in Everyday Life (少有人走的路,3. 心靈地圖) ~Thomas Moore
•	How Proust Can Change Your Life (擁抱似水年華) ~Alain de Botton
•	NLP: The New Technology of Achievement (NLP無限成就計劃) ~Steve Andreas & Charles Faulkner
•	Mindfulness: Choice and Control in Everyday Life (用心法則 : 改變你一生的關鍵) ~Ellen J. Langer
•	The Phenomenon of Man (人的現象) ~Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
•	Real Magic: Creating Miracles in Everyday Life (每日皆奇跡:走出你的誤區創造人生奇跡) ~Wayne Dyer
•	The Soul’s Code: In Search of Character and Calling (破譯心靈) ~James Hillman
•	The Hero Within: Six Archetypes We Live By (內在英雄) ~Carol S. Pearson
•	Self-Help (行動決定命運) ~Samuel Smiles
•	Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway (向生命下戰帖) ~Susan Jeffers
•	The Bhagavad-Gita (薄伽梵歌)
•	The Dhammapada (Buddha’s teachings) (法句經)

大腦超載時代的思考學 (The Organized Mind)

丹尼爾・列維廷(Daniel J. Levitin) 著
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在資訊氾濫、一心多用的時代,
如何有效組織你生活、工作的各個面向？
認知心理學大師提供你完美解藥。

......超載資訊加重我們大腦的負荷，讓我們找不到東西、忘記重要會議，並且不斷分心在收發電子郵件、回簡訊和臉書等事情上，讓人筋疲力竭。過量的資訊和感覺輸入，造成我們龐大的精神耗損和負擔，不斷搶奪我的注意力，讓我們產生認知功能障礙，做出錯誤的決策。
　　
該如何不讓自己每天不只是被所見所聞牽著走，把重要時間集中在創意構思、正確決策上？
該如何在這樣的資訊過載年代，在龐大訊息中做出正確直截的決定？

本書作者丹尼爾．列維廷，加拿大蒙特婁麥基爾大學心理學教授，同時也是行為神經科學、資訊科學學院和教育學院的特聘教授、暢銷作家，針對工作生活的各個領域，提出完美解藥。

　　• 如何不再弄丟東西？如何重新組織你的辦公和家居生活？
　　• 今日人們如何保持聯絡？如何組織你愈來愈龐大的社群？
　　• 如何解決關於時間的迷思？而保留你的創意時間？
　　• 當你的人生面臨存亡之際，如何最艱難的組織資訊，做出決定？
　　• 如果你是商業人士，該如何創造價值？組織你的商業世界？
　　
本書不是一般的整理術，它是從神經科學和認知心理學的最新研究出發，結合注意力、記憶分類等神經理論，提出解藥。

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The Secrets of College Success

Lynn F. Jacobs and Jeremy S. Hyman 
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Written by award-winning professors Lynn Jacobs and Jeremy Hyman, it’s loaded with insider information that only professors know--but few are willing to reveal.

The over 800 tips in this book will show you how to:
• Pick courses and choose a major
• Manage your time and develop college-level study skills
• Get on top of the core requirements
• Get good grades and avoid stress
• Interact effectively with the professor
• Match college and career, and more.

New to the second edition are tips for:
• Online courses and MOOCs
• Community Colleges, Engineering Schools, and Arts and Design Colleges
• E-readers, tablets, and laptops
• Taking out Student Loans and Paying them Off, and more.

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★ Top 10 Secrets of College Success (U.S. News & World Reports)


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大學學習生涯指導：教你成為卓越大學生 

哈佛校訓給大學生的24個啟示

郭亞維 著
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「與柏拉圖為友，與亞里斯多德為友，更要與真理為友。」這就是哈佛校訓！......

書中從八個方面分別闡述了由哈佛校訓生發出的哈佛理念、哈佛精神：追求真理、崇尚自由、獨立思考、創新精神、擁有夢想、菁英意識和社會責任感。其中每個主題又分別從不同的方面加以闡釋，為讀者引發出24種啟示。本書在編寫上注重以發生在哈佛人身上的真實、通俗的事例，闡述其對青少年人生成長的教義。

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Circus Maximus: The Economic Gamble Behind Hosting the Olympics and the World Cup

Andrew Zimbalist
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The numbers are staggering: China spent $40 billion to host the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing and Russia spent $50 billion for the 2014 Sochi Winter Games. Brazil's total expenditures are thought to have been as much as $20 billion for the World Cup this summer and Qatar, which will be the site of the 2022 World Cup, is estimating that it will spend $200 billion. How did we get here? And is it worth it? Those are among the questions noted sports economist Andrew Zimbalist answers in Circus Maximus: The Economic Gamble Behind Hosting the Olympics and the World Cup. Both the Olympics and the World Cup are touted as major economic boons for the countries that host them, and the competition is fierce to win hosting rights. Developing countries especially see the events as a chance to stand in the world’s spotlight. Circus Maximus traces the path of the Olympic Games and the World Cup from noble sporting events to exhibits of excess. It exposes the hollowness of the claims made by their private industry boosters and government supporters, all illustrated through a series of case studies ripping open the experiences of Barcelona, Sochi, Rio, and London. Zimbalist finds no net economic gains for the countries that have played host to the Olympics or the World Cup. While the wealthy may profit, those in the middle and lower income brackets do not, and Zimbalist predicts more outbursts of political anger like that seen in Brazil surrounding the 2014 World Cup.

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跋涉：西藏逆旅

馬霍拉斯
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行於西藏，會感受到許多種美，有時一股衝動讓人忍不住拚命喀嚓、喀嚓地按下快門，但每張照片都不足以表達所見所感；有時卻讓人忘了拿起相機，只專注地享受當下。然而為什麼這個雲端上的美麗國度要關起大門拒絕外來者？......

作者花了三個多月時間，從雲南昆明開始，一路騎單車到西藏與尼泊爾的邊界，全程跋涉超過三千公里。由於西藏不允許臺灣人單獨自由行，因此以偷渡加上旅途中朋友的協助，突破約十幾個關卡才得以到達拉薩，過程驚險不在話下。

這段路程也許別人已走過，但作者叛逆地不想隨眾前進 ，而以自己的步調，探索了許多旅人不曾到達過的祕境，並帶著獨特的觀點與視野經歷每一段路途發生的大小事，誠實地表達出西藏之行的感受，對旅行的意義做出了最深刻的思考。

對西藏、對單車旅行有興趣的人，相信都能透過本書獲得極大的鼓舞與啟發。

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The Ultra Mindset: An Endurance Champion's 8 Core Principles for Success in Business, Sports, and Life

Travis Macy with John Hanc
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Travis Macy summited glacial peaks in the French Alps, rappelled into vast limestone caves in China, and ran through parched deserts in Utah. Most famously, he won one of the country's marquee ultra-distance events: Leadman, a high-altitude series of super-long-distance races, culminating with a 100-mile mountain biking race and a 100-mile trail run. Macy accomplished it without exceptional strength, speed, or flexibility, and without high-tech performance labs or performance-enhancing drugs.

His secret? A precise and particular outlook he calls the "Ultra Mindset," principles for daily life that are neither mysterious nor the sole province of ascetics or elite athletes: embrace fear, rewrite stories we tell ourselves, and master the art of seeking help, among others. By applying the principles such as "It's All Good Mental Training," "When you have no choice, anything is possible," and "Never quit...except when you should quit" to other areas of life, anyone can find success that otherwise would have seemed impossible.

Coauthored with award-winning running writer and journalist John Hanc, The Ultra Mindset blends exciting personal memoir with actionable, research-based advice. Dramatic stories of Macy's far-flung experiences in the professional endurance-racing world lead into relevant mindset principles, reflective self-assessments, mind- and body-enhancing workouts and activities, and compelling case studies. Macy's stories keep the pages turning as you forge your own winning outlook for success in business, sports, and life.

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先別急著跑 : 奧運教練教你正確跑步

簡坤鐘 著
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大多數人認為跑步可以減重、訓練體能和促進身體健康，但如果沒有正確的運動觀念與適當的規劃，很可能會在過程中受傷而無法持續下去。跑步和你想的不一樣，不是只要準備一雙運動鞋就可以開始；跑步的同時，必須全面性提升身體機能，身體各部位才能夠負荷跑步的動作，近而創造更佳的體能狀態。本書不只是教導大家如何跑步，更重要的是希望讓讀者透過運動達到全身心健康的目標。

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Williams, J.: Summon the Heroes
Summon the Heroes is an orchestral composition written for the 1996 Summer Olympics by the American composer John Williams.  

Millennial Monsters: Japanese Toys and the Global Imagination

Anne Allison
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From sushi and karaoke to martial arts and technoware, the currency of made-in-Japan cultural goods has skyrocketed in the global marketplace during the past decade. The globalization of Japanese “cool” is led by youth products: video games, manga (comic books), anime (animation), and cute characters that have fostered kid crazes from Hong Kong to Canada. Examining the crossover traffic between Japan and the United States, Millennial Monsters explores the global popularity of Japanese youth goods today while it questions the make-up of the fantasies and the capitalistic conditions of the play involved. Arguing that part of the appeal of such dream worlds is the polymorphous perversity with which they scramble identity and character, the author traces the postindustrial milieux from which such fantasies have arisen in postwar Japan and been popularly received in the United States.

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The success of Pokémon and how the United States and the rest of the world went through Pokémonization is featured in Chapter 7: Pokémon: Getting Monsters and Communicating Capitalism, and Chapter 8: "Gotta Catch 'Em All": The Pokémonization of America (and the World).

解碼外國動漫 : 源流·創作·觀念·營銷

宋磊 著
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日本動漫為甚麼如此“卡哇伊”…... 《口袋妖怪》裡的每種小精靈都可以進化成威力更大的寵物，然而“皮卞丘”卻總是以它最初始、等級最低的姿態出現，這其中的緣由也難逃“卡哇伊”三個字…...

你一定知道在本世紀初迪士尼收購了皮克斯公司，但你不一定知道這樁收購案背後的動因；你一定知道日本動畫導演宮崎駿創作了眾多膾炙人口的動畫電影，但你不一定知道為甚麼他的作品從來不拍攝續集；你一定知道熱血動畫《灌籃高手》讓無數孩子迷戀上了籃球，但你不一定知道為甚麼它的動畫片輒止于全國大賽預選賽，而漫畫中頗為精彩的全國大賽卻遲遲沒有被改編成動畫……讓《解碼外國動漫(源流·創作·觀念·營銷)/動漫創意叢書》告訴你。

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寵物小精靈對戰圖鑒1(彩色特別版)
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Book Smart: Your Essential Reading List for Becoming a Literary Genius in 365 Days

Jane Mallison
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Like taking a private class with an engaging literature professor, Book Smart is your ticket for literary enlightenment all year long and for the rest of your life. Whether you're a passionate turner of pages or you aspire to be better-read, Book Smart expands your knowledge and enjoyment with a month-by-month plan that tackles 120 of the most compelling books of all time.

Throughout the year, each book comes alive with historical notes, highlights on key themes and characters, and advice on how to approach reading. 

Here is a sampling of what you can expect:

January: Make a fresh start with classics like Beowulf and Dante's Inferno

April: Welcome spring in the company of strong women like Jane Eyre, Anna Karenina, and Vanity Fair's Becky Sharpe

August: Bring a breath of fresh air to summer's heat with comedic works from Kingsley Amis and Oscar Wilde

October: Get back to school with young people struggling to grow up in classics like Little Women and recent bestsellers such as The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

December: Celebrate year's end with big prizewinners such as The Remains of the Day and Leaves of Grass

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享用一生一世的恩賜 : 影響我們人生信仰的49本書

楊薇編 著
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在迷茫時讀本好書，能領略人生的真義。
和好書生活在一起，你永遠都不會孤獨。

你是否還記得那老人與大海間的無聲對話所蘊含著的深刻哲理？是否還記得那千錘百鍊的鋼鐵迸發出的生命火花？是否還記得……

其實「沒有一艘船能像一本書，也沒有一匹駿馬能像跳躍著的詩句那樣，把我們帶往遠方」。在靜靜的夜，捧起一本好書，任思緒在字行間遨遊，將你帶入那種既恍惚空靈又旖旎美妙的境界中去，是一種難得的心靈享受。

本書收錄了49本可以與你相伴一生的好書，也許在一般人的眼，這只是49本有趣的書；然而在聰明人的眼，它們卻凝聚著對生活的感悟。這些作品早已超越了其本身的涵義，它代表著「智慧」與「經典」，是我們可以受用一生一世的恩賜。包括:

• 《老人與海》~海明威   在與極限的抗爭中成長
• 《懺悔錄》~(法)盧梭  人生從審視自己開始
• 《鋼鐵是怎樣練成的》~(蘇聯)奧斯特洛夫斯基   人生並非遂己所願，而是盡己所能
• 《貝多芬傳》~(法)羅曼‧羅蘭   苦難是人生的養分
• 《悲慘世界》~(法)雨果   不幸讓我們認知幸福
• 《簡愛》~(英)夏綠蒂‧勃朗特   人格的平等展現人的尊嚴
• 《人生的智慧》~(德)叔本華   真正的幸福之源就在我們自身
• 《約翰‧克利斯多夫》~(法)羅曼‧羅蘭   英雄就是竭盡所能的人
• 《活著》~(中)余華   為了活著本身而活著
• 《復活》~(俄)托爾斯泰   美好的生活來自於美好的靈魂
• 《小王子》~(法)聖‧艾修伯里   人的幸福在責任的承擔之中
• 《聖經》~不詳 人生的說明書
• 《圍城》~(中)錢鍾書   人的一生就是在突圍
• 《湖濱散季》~(美)梭羅   快樂源於簡單
• 《渴望生活》~(美)歐文‧史東   執著是追求卓越者的品格
• 《假如給我三天光明》(美)海倫‧凱勒   感恩是人生的美德
• 《哈姆雷特》~(英)莎士比亞    自省是人生的財富
• 《頌歌集》~(印)泰戈爾   寧靜的精神
• 《追憶似水年華》~(法)馬歇爾‧普魯斯特   珍惜是生命的延續
• 《三國演義》~(中)羅貫中   大志造就英雄
• 《最後的十四堂課》~(美)米奇‧艾爾邦   人生最重要的是要施愛於人
• 《平凡的世界》~(中)路遙   平凡就是幸福
• 《浮華世界》~(英)薩克雷   浮華不過是一場雲煙
• 《寬容》~(美)房龍   寬容代表著心智與精神上的成功
• 《流亡的牛虻》~(愛爾蘭)艾瑟爾‧伏尼契   生命是創造自己的過程
• 《歐葉妮‧葛德蘭》~(法)巴爾札克   貪婪是奴役靈魂的枷鎖
• 《送信給加西亞》~(美)阿爾伯特‧哈伯德   責任源於忠誠
• 《刺鳥》~(澳)考琳‧麥卡洛   有一種選擇叫不後悔
• 《麥田捕手》(美)傑羅姆‧大衛‧塞林格   每個人都是自己靈魂的守望者
• 《變形記》~(奧)卡夫卡   只有屈服於命運的人，沒有敗給命運的人
• 《富蘭克林自傳》~(美)班傑明‧富蘭克林   美德是成功必備的品質
• 《少年維特的煩惱》~(德)歌德  一味妥協就是墮落
• 《魯賓遜漂流記》~(英)丹尼爾‧笛福   活著的是軀體，生活著的是靈魂
• 《安妮的日記》~(荷)安妮‧弗朗克   在絕境中自己製造希望
• 《傅雷家書》~(中)傅雷   保有一顆赤子之心
• 《格列佛遊記》~(英)斯威夫特   人性的反光鏡
• 《伊索寓言》~不詳   生活就是一個寓言
• 《唐吉軻德》~(西)賽凡提斯   理想鑄就品格
• 《道德經》~(中)老子   萬經之王
• 《智慧書》~(西)葛拉西安   明慎是使人臻於完美的策略
• 《馬丁‧伊登》~(美)傑克‧倫敦   人生的醜陋是美好的鏡子
• 《昆蟲記》~(法)法布爾   對生命要心存敬畏
• 《尤里西斯》~(德)詹姆斯‧喬伊斯   尋找失落的自我
• 《一千零一夜》~不詳   童話裏的人生智慧
• 《湯姆叔叔的小屋》~斯托夫人  只有自己才能拯救自己
• 《草葉集》~(美)惠特曼   詩是生命的凱歌
• 《生命中不能承受之輕》~(捷克)米蘭‧昆德拉   以生活之輕抗衡生活之重
• 《飄》~(美)瑪格麗特‧密契爾   有真愛便有希望
• 《盔甲騎士》~(美)羅伯特‧費希爾   人生就是經營自我的過程

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Mr. and Mrs. Dog: Our Travels, Trials, Adventures, and Epiphanies

Donald McCaig
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Donald McCaig draws on twenty-five years of experience raising sheepdogs to vividly describe his―and his dogs June and Luke’s―unlikely progress toward and participation in the World Sheepdog Trials in Wales.

McCaig engagingly chronicles the often grueling experience ―through rain, snow, ice storms, and brain-numbing heat―of preparing and trialing Mrs. Dog, June, "a foxy lady in a slinky black-and-white peignoir," and Mr. Dog, Luke, "a plain worker―no flash to him." Along the way, he relays sage advice from his decades spent talking with America’s most renowned dog experts, from police-dog trainers to positive-training gurus. toward and participation in the World Sheepdog Trials in Wales.

... Mr. and Mrs. Dog delivers far more than straightforward dog-training tips. Revealing an abiding love and respect for his dogs, McCaig unveils the life experiences that set him on the long road to the Welsh trial fields ... In his narration of one man’s love for his dogs, McCaig offers a powerful portrayal of the connection between humans and their animal companions.

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猫啊，猫

陳子善 編
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這是一本“貓書”，一本諸多愛貓人寫的養貓、寵貓、飼貓、喂貓、享受與貓同樂的有趣之書。作者都是名家，如魯迅、鄭振鐸、冰心、豐子愷、老舍、季羨林、楊絳、柏楊、王蒙、蔡瀾，等等。學者作家寫的性靈小品文，往往于細微處見真性情，其中不乏趣聞，如錢鐘書幫愛貓打架，為愛貓賦詩；季羨林散步小山丘，貓咪虎子如影形，亦步亦趨；甚至聞名海峽兩岸的柏楊張香華伉儷共話愛貓“孟子”；席慕容劉海北同寫“劉家貓園”；等等。讀來令人忍俊不禁。遴選中外畫家如馬奈、史丹林、徐悲鴻、潘玉良等等有關貓的畫作多幅，中外圖書插圖多幅，中外作家如海明威、冰心等“人貓共處”的照片多幅，共饗讀者。

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The forbidden worlds of Haruki Murakami (村上春樹)

Matthew Carl Strecher
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In an “other world” composed of language—it could be a fathomless Martian well, a labyrinthine hotel or forest—a narrative unfolds, and with it the experiences, memories, and dreams that constitute reality for Haruki Murakami’s characters and readers alike. Memories and dreams in turn conjure their magical counterparts—people without names or pasts, fantastic animals, half-animals, and talking machines that traverse the dark psychic underworld of this writer’s extraordinary fiction.

Fervently acclaimed worldwide, Murakami’s wildly imaginative work in many ways remains a mystery, its worlds within worlds uncharted territory. Finally in this book readers will find a map to the strange realm that grounds virtually every aspect of Murakami’s writing. A journey through the enigmatic and baffling innermost mind, a metaphysical dimension where Murakami’s most bizarre scenes and characters lurk, The Forbidden Worlds of Haruki Murakami exposes the psychological and mythological underpinnings of this other world. Matthew Carl Strecher shows how these considerations color Murakami’s depictions of the individual and collective soul, which constantly shift between the tangible and intangible but in this literary landscape are undeniably real.

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我是猫

夏目漱石 著
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在我這隻貓看來，現代人不論醒著或睡著，都在不斷盤算著怎樣對自己最有利，因此當然要像密探和盜賊一樣加強自覺意識。整天東張西望，膽戰心驚，直到進入墳墓，片刻不得安寧，這便是現代人的心理，文明的詛咒！愚蠢至極！

日本國民作家——夏目漱石透過貓兒獨特的視野，對人類世界大肆品頭題足一番，詼諧的口吻中，也生動地刻畫出人性的真實與庸俗的醜態。財閥的勢利、政治黑暗的鬥爭、金權主義下的阿諛奉承、知識分子的無病呻吟，種種荒謬狂妄的言行舉止，在貓兒眼裡昭然若揭。

這是一部討論「自我定位」的書，也是夏目漱石三十年生活經驗的省思；藉由擬貓的陳述，經歷調適自我與社會規範，對資本主義社會進行了無情的攻擊與嘲笑。

本書特色
★日本國民作家夏目漱石一舉成名的不朽著作！
★日本《朝日新聞》票選為日本一千年來最受歡迎的文學家之首！
★夏目漱石最膾炙人口的處女作，更因此被譽為最有價值的新時代作家。

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