Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience

Brené Brown
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In her latest book, Brené Brown writes, “If we want to find the way back to ourselves and one another, we need language and the grounded confidence to both tell our stories and be stewards of the stories that we hear. This is the framework for meaningful connection.”

In Atlas of the Heart, Brown takes us on a journey through eighty-seven of the emotions and experiences that define what it means to be human. As she maps the necessary skills and an actionable framework for meaningful connection, she gives us the language and tools to access a universe of new choices and second chances—a universe where we can share and steward the stories of our bravest and most heartbreaking moments with one another in a way that builds connection.

Over the past two decades, Brown’s extensive research into the experiences that make us who we are has shaped the cultural conversation and helped define what it means to be courageous with our lives. Atlas of the Heart draws on this research, as well as on Brown’s singular skills as a storyteller, to show us how accurately naming an experience doesn’t give the experience more power—it gives us the power of understanding, meaning, and choice.

Brown shares, “I want this book to be an atlas for all of us, because I believe that, with an adventurous heart and the right maps, we can travel anywhere and never fear losing ourselves.”

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筆下 ── 文學經典的六個專題

葛亮
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獲得「第十四屆香港書獎」

《筆下》是葛亮博士長期研究、寫作與教學的專業經驗結晶。

在書中，作者深入而透徹地論析文學經典之作，涉獵J.D.塞林格、伊恩‧麥克尤恩、帕特里克‧莫迪亞諾、石黑一雄、太宰治、白先勇、黃碧雲等中外名家；全書以主題設章，同中釋異，捭闔古今，在文學評論著作中可謂匠心獨具。藉由作者解讀，可一窺方家創作軌跡，並對其作品文字風格、內容意蘊、審美意趣等有豐瞻而全面的認識；亦從文學創作導引之角度，令讀者在題材選取、遣詞用句、敘述手法等層面皆有所獲益，進而由好讀者邁向好作者之境。

(摘錄自博客來網路書店)

Klara and the Sun

Kazuo Ishiguro
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BOOKER PRIZE NOMINEE • NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • Once in a great while, a book comes along that changes our view of the world. This magnificent novel from the Nobel laureate and author of Never Let Me Go is “an intriguing take on how artificial intelligence might play a role in our futures ... a poignant meditation on love and loneliness” (The Associated Press).

A NEW YORK TIMES Notable Book of the Year • GOOD MORNING AMERICA Book Club Pick

“What stays with you in ‘Klara and the Sun’ is the haunting narrative voice—a genuinely innocent, egoless perspective on the strange behavior of humans obsessed and wounded by power, status and fear.” —Booker Prize committee

Here is the story of Klara, an Artificial Friend with outstanding observational qualities, who, from her place in the store, watches carefully the behavior of those who come in to browse, and of those who pass on the street outside. She remains hopeful that a customer will soon choose her. Klara and the Sun is a thrilling book that offers a look at our changing world through the eyes of an unforgettable narrator, and one that explores the fundamental question: what does it mean to love?

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不丟東西的整理術:放不掉的記憶與情感, 再也無須斷捨離!

米田瑪麗娜(Komeda Marina）
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從小抱到大的布偶、滿是破洞的牛仔褲、磨壞底的球鞋、
暗戀對象送的禮物、第一次約會的電影票……，
捨不得丟？我們都懂！

囤積症必學的佛系收納！
徹底顛覆斷捨離的新時代整理術！

本書作者米田瑪麗娜是日本新生代收納專家，
東京大學經濟系畢業的她，具有數據分析的專業背景，
現任職於日本居家收納服務Sumally股份有限公司。

她從「城鄉住房經驗差異」的田野調查中得到靈感，
自2018年起展開「不丟東西也能整理住家環境」系列活動，
協助無數難以向人生中重要物品告別者，重拾井井有條的美好生活
其中包括多位作家、設計師與企業家。她說：

「越是有創意的人，擁有的物品越多；看看大藝術家，根本沒多少人徹底奉行極簡主義。」
「那些讓自己又哭又笑、拿在手裡就覺得十分幸福的寶物，正是創造獨特人生的泉源。」
「越是渴望活出自我，就越會將物品視為妝點人生的夥伴，並享受、熱愛與物品的邂逅。」

淚流滿面了嗎？沒錯，如果你也是：
►棄置恐懼症、超級重感情，什麼都不想丟，卻又希望能舒適過活的人。
►獨自在外租房，居住空間超小、東西卻一年比一年多的人。
►無法在一天內就把房間打掃乾淨，想認真評估每件物品、慢慢整理的人。

這本超佛系的囤積症收納專書，你一定要讀！

不丟東西的整理術只有四個步驟：評估→整理→收納→維護。
1.評估：確實估算待整理物總量，依據礙眼度和使用率安排順序與日程。
2.整理：根據使用率和喜愛程度進行物品分類，然後先這樣放著沒關係。
3.收納：每月使用超過一次的物品定點收納；其餘則透過共享經濟送出，放手但不丟棄。
4.維護：每週花30分鐘確認空間與物品的平衡，避免再次爆棚。
除此之外，還有更多不丟東西的整理小撇步......

讀完這本書，
你會更懂得如何妥善保存所有捨不得丟的東西，
同時擁有井井有條的美好生活。

(摘錄自博客來網路書店)

Exercised：Why Something We Never Evolved to Do Is Healthy and Rewarding

Daniel Lieberman
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If exercise is healthy (so good for you!), why do many people dislike or avoid it? These engaging stories and explanations will revolutionize the way you think about exercising - not to mention sitting, sleeping, sprinting, weight lifting, playing, fighting, walking, jogging, and even dancing.

“Strikes a perfect balance of scholarship, wit, and enthusiasm.” (Bill Bryson, New York Times best-selling author of The Body)

● If we are born to walk and run, why do most of us take it easy whenever possible?
● Does running ruin your knees?
● Should we do weights, cardio, or high-intensity training?
● Is sitting really the new smoking?
● Can you lose weight by walking?
● And how do we make sense of the conflicting, anxiety-inducing information about rest, physical activity, and exercise with which we are bombarded?

In this myth-busting book, Daniel Lieberman, professor of human evolutionary biology at Harvard University and a pioneering researcher on the evolution of human physical activity, tells the story of how we never evolved to exercise - to do voluntary physical activity for the sake of health. Using his own research and experiences throughout the world, Lieberman recounts without jargon how and why humans evolved to walk, run, dig, and do other necessary and rewarding physical activities while avoiding needless exertion.

Exercised is entertaining and enlightening but also constructive. As our increasingly sedentary lifestyles have contributed to skyrocketing rates of obesity and diseases such as diabetes, Lieberman audaciously argues that to become more active we need to do more than medicalize and commodify exercise.

Drawing on insights from evolutionary biology and anthropology, Lieberman suggests how we can make exercise more enjoyable, rather than shaming and blaming people for avoiding it. He also tackles the question of whether you can exercise too much, even as he explains why exercise can reduce our vulnerability to the diseases mostly likely to make us sick and kill us.

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香港電影 2020 : 紀實遺城

主編：鄭超、致寧
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電影是暗室中的光景。2020年，病毒徹底污染了這裏人所共想的自由氣息。但作息者耕耘不絕，始終守護光影無限。創作和評論的堅持，毋懼歷史，讓擦出的火花吶喊。這便是香港。──陳清僑（嶺南大學文化研究系教授）

這書或許不只是年度香港電影回顧。在此困頓的時代，依然用文字鐫刻電影的熱情。見證一份華語片風華勁挺的關愛。──黃建業（電影系教授、前國家電影資料館館長）

本書從「逆疫市」的現象電影、到現已無法完整在香港放映的紀錄片，乃至短片都一一論及，在艱辛的一年為香港電影留下了完整的紀錄及分析。絕對是香港電影愛好者的珍貴收藏書。──黃綺琳（《金都》編導）

(摘錄自香港電影評論學會)