怎樣欣賞音樂 (What to Listen for in Music)

艾倫.科普蘭 (Aaron Copland) 著
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本書通過分析音樂的各種要素和結構，深入淺出地敘述了有關音樂欣賞的一切必要知識，某些篇章內容超過了單純音樂欣賞的范圍， 而具有學理性探討價值，不僅對音樂愛好者，就是對大多數專業音樂工作者也可能有一定的參考價值。

(摘錄自book.douban.com)

Playlist: Classical Harmonies for Contemplation—Orchestral Music

Cooler Smarter: Practical Steps for Low-Carbon Living: Expert Advice from the Union of Concerned Scientists

Seth Shulman ... [et al.]
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How can each of us live Cooler Smarter? While the routine decisions that shape our days—what to have for dinner, where to shop, how to get to work—may seem small, collectively they have a big effect on global warming. But which changes in our lifestyles might make the biggest difference to the climate? This science-based guide shows you the most effective ways to cut your own global warming emissions by twenty percent or more, and explains why your individual contribution is so vital to addressing this global problem.

Cooler Smarter is based on an in-depth, two-year study by the experts at The Union of Concerned Scientists. While other green guides suggest an array of tips, Cooler Smarter offers proven strategies to cut carbon, with chapters on transportation, home energy use, diet, personal consumption, as well as how best to influence your workplace, your community, and elected officials. The book explains how to make the biggest impact and when not to sweat the small stuff. It also turns many eco-myths on their head, like the importance of locally produced food or the superiority of all hybrid cars.

The advice in Cooler Smarter can help save you money and live healthier. But its central purpose is to empower you, through low carbon-living, to confront one of society’s greatest threats.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

明淸土地契約文書硏究

楊國楨 著
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本書利用國內外收藏的明清土地契約，對明清時代的經濟結構、土地制度和土地契約關係的特點，地權分化的歷史運動，貴族地主經濟、庶民地主經濟和山區經濟的變化等問題，作了新的探索，進行了綜合性的研究，在法學、比較史學的觀照下，以民間文書證史，揭示出中國古代土地所有權的豐富內涵。圍繞山東、安徽、浙江、江蘇、福建、台灣、廣東、廣西的土地契約關係的特點，進行區域性的專題考察。兩方面互為補充，彼此參照連貫，深入闡述了明清時代乃至秦漢以降中國古代農村社會經濟的結構及其演變趨勢，為研究中國契約學、明清社會經濟史拓展了新途徑。

(摘錄自dangdang.com)

What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy

James Paul Gee
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James Paul Gee writes, 'I want to talk about video games-yes, even violent video games-and say some positive things about them.' With this simple but explosive salvo, one of America's most well-respected professors of education looks seriously at the unexpected good that can come from playing video games. Gee is interested in the cognitive development that can occur when someone is trying to escape a maze, find a hidden treasure, or even blast away an enemy with a high-powered rifle. Talking about his own experience learning and using games as diverse as Tomb Raider and Arcanum, Gee looks at major specific cognitive activities including: -How individuals develop a sense of identity -How one grasps meaning -How one evaluates and follows a command -How one picks a role model -How one perceives the world. This is a groundbreaking book that illuminates and develops a new electronic method of education and shows the positive upside it has for learning.

(Excerpt from books.google.com.hk)

視覺文化導論 (An Introduction to Visual Culture)

尼古拉斯・米爾佐夫著 (Nicholas Mirzoeff) 著
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本書全面介紹了視覺文化這個令人興奮的跨學科研究領域。通過追溯從繪畫到萬維網的視覺文化的歷史和理論，本書追問：為何視覺媒介會在當代日常生活中佔據如此重要的位置。米爾佐夫提出，是視覺而非文本正在日益成為我們了解當代世界的主要方式。這是一本富有原創性的著作，研究透徹，文筆迷人，對於分析和理解視覺文化做出了獨特的貢獻。米爾佐夫對材料的精湛運用使本書成為一本非常及時的著作，將能立即吸引住許多讀者。

《視覺文化導論》全面介紹了視覺文化這個令人興奮的跨學科研究領域。通過追溯從繪畫到萬維網的視覺文化的歷史和理論，本書追問：為何視覺媒介會在當代日常生活中佔據如此重要的位置。米爾佐夫提出，是視覺而非文本正在日益成為我們了解當代世界的主要方式。在這本令人耳目一新的導論性著作中，米爾佐夫探討了： 甚麼是視覺文化？視覺的基本要素，包括透視、色彩、線條和視力。

視覺媒體的廣泛領域，包括繪畫、雕塑、攝影、電視、電影、虛擬現實和互聯網等。“種族”和族群、性別和性以及身體在視覺文化中的重要性 ......

(摘錄自dangdang.com)

Global Culture/Individual Identity: Searching for Home in the Cultural Supermarket

Gordon Mathews
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Most people still think of themselves as belonging to a particular culture. Yet today, many of us who live in affluent societies choose aspects of our lives from a global cultural supermarket, whether in terms of food, the arts or spiritual beliefs. So if roots are becoming simply one more consumer choice, can we still claim to possess a fundamental cultural identity? Global Culture/Individual Identity focuses on three groups for whom the tension between a particular national culture and the global cultural supermarket is especially acute: Japanese artists, American religious seekers and Hong Kong intellectuals after the handover to China. These ethnographic case studies form the basis for a theory of culture which we can all see reflected in our own lives.

Gordon Mathews opens up the complex and debated topics of globalization, culture and identity in a clear and lively style.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

巴黎文學地圖 (Paris)

邁克．杰拉德 (Mike Gerrard) 著
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巴黎是浪漫的代名詞，是“光明之城”最好的詮釋。在這裡，你可以欣賞巴爾扎克的《人間喜劇》、感受雨果的《悲慘世界》、品味波德萊爾的《惡之花》、觀察左拉的《小酒店》。同時，這裡還有莫里哀、拉辛、伏爾泰、狄德羅、司湯達、福樓拜、普魯斯特……面對如此眾多文學巨匠，《巴黎文學地圖》娓娓道來，融歷史、地理、人文為一體，帶領讀者鑒賞巴黎悠久的文學歷史，感受巴黎獨有的文學氣息，領略巴黎燦爛的文學世界。

(摘錄自dangdang.com)

Paintings―France
Graphic Design and Illustration―France
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The Go-getter: A Story that Tells You How to Be One

By Peter Bernard Kyne
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"The Go Getter" is the story of William Peck, a war veteran and amputee, who will not be refused what he wants. Peck not only fights to find employment, but continually proves himself more than competent at the many difficult tests that are thrown his way in the course of his early days with the Ricks Lumber Company. This volume also features Cappy Ricks, the protagonist of many Kyne stories.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

不可征服：納爾遜．曼德拉治國傳奇 (Invictus)

約翰．卡林 (John Carlin)
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1994年，納爾遜‧曼德拉贏得南非首次全民選舉，當選總統。然而，他面臨著社會動蕩不安、國家即將分崩離析的危局。緊要關頭，他利用1995年在南非舉辦的世界杯橄欖球賽，喚起了全體國民對國家的認同，在民眾心理層面真正地統一了南非，締造了“南非奇跡”。本書即是對這段歷史的鮮活記述。

一個國家，在短短十餘年間，就從種族對立情緒根深蒂固的典型，轉變為民主穩定、法制健全的範本。這便是全球輿論津津樂道的“南非奇跡”。這段傳奇歷程，也正是納爾遜‧曼德拉這位當世最為德高望重的領袖平生最偉大的成就。

故事始自1985年，此時的曼德拉已入獄逾23年。漫長的囚牢生涯並未讓他心頭燃起復仇的烈焰，相反，他以寬容的姿態向敵人張開了懷抱，開啟了與白人當局的談判和解之路。從監獄看守到高層政要，與他接觸過的白人，無不被他的人格魅力感化。經過數年的談判博弈，曼德拉的計劃一步步得以落實︰出獄、推動當局舉行全國首次多種族大選、就任總統。

於1994年主政南非之後，曼德拉面臨著複雜的國內局勢——黑人與白人之間對立情緒嚴重，國家分崩離析的危局正在迫近……曼德拉必須盡快找到團結全國各種族民眾的辦法。他決定利用1995年南非世界杯橄欖球賽的契機，力求實現全民一心的空前盛景……

約翰‧卡林（John Carlin），從業近30年的資深記者，出生於倫敦，畢業自牛津大學，職業生涯足跡遍及美國、阿根廷、墨西哥、南非諸國，曾擔任英國《獨立報》駐南非、駐美國記者站負責人，為《紐約時報》、《星期日泰晤士報》、《每日電訊報》等多家權威媒體撰稿，現為西班牙著名大報《國家報》的資深國際撰稿人。

(摘錄自博客來網路書店)

Subject: Nelson Mandela

Cut to the Chase: and 99 Other Rules to Liberate Yourself and Gain Back the Gift of Time

Stuart R. Levine
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In Cut to the Chase, bestselling author Stuart R. Levine reveals 100 no-nonsense rules on how to be more effective at work and make the best use of your most precious resource: your time.

Just before CEO and consultant Stuart Levine appeared on the Today show to discuss his book The Six Fundamentals of Success, co-host Matt Lauer said to him, "You know what really drives me nuts? When people come into my office for a five-minute conversation and an hour later, they're still there! Why can't they cut to the chase?"

Lauer's question echoed the concerns Levine has heard from business people and top executives at every level: How can I get more done? How can I stay focused? How can I condense my workday so that I can become more successful and still spend more time with the people I love?

Levine's answer? By cutting to the chase. Successful individuals are the ones who make the best use of their time and energy. They approach each task with clarity, focus, and purpose. They prioritize. They don't allow others to waste their time. They understand the importance of refueling their batteries outside of work. In Cut to the Chase, Levine distills the expertise of hundreds of CEOs, leaders, and professionals into 100 concise, invaluable lessons about how to get to the point, stay on track, and be more successful in everything you do.

In an age where we spend more hours at work than ever before, Cut to the Chase is the indispensable guide for taking control over your time so that you can lead a happier, more balanced life.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

奇特的一生

格拉寧 (D. Granin) 著
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《奇特的一生》講述一個將自己的一生用時間來計劃的人——柳比歇夫。柳比歇夫通過他的時間統計法對自己進行了研究和試驗：試驗在寫、讀、聽、工作、思索各方面，他到底能幹多少？幹多少？怎麼幹？他不讓自己負擔過重，力不勝任；他總是循著他能力的邊緣前進，他對自己能力的掂量精確無疑。

《奇特的一生》中的人物原型柳比歇夫，按作者的話來說卻是“相貌不揚，性格平庸，普普通通”，和普通人沒有什麼特別不同的。他也有自己的缺點，也愛熱鬧，甚至有時話還比較多。柳比歇夫說：“我的一切成就來自於自己獨特的工作方法。”當作者將柳比歇夫真實的一生和他那嚴謹“日記”相互比照的時候，浮現在人們眼前的是一個“鋼鐵一般的人”。

人最寶貴的是生命。但是生命是由時間構成的，是每小時每分鐘累積起來的。沒人能預計他在下一分鐘裡能發生什麼，但至少我們可以記得前一分鐘我們做過什麼。

如果每個人都能知道自己能幹些什麼，那生活會變得多麼美好！因為每個人的能力都比他自己感覺到的大得多，也就不會有那麼多的人感嘆自己因能力有限而導致一事無成。

(摘錄自dangdang.com)

Art and Artists of Twentieth-Century China

Michael Sullivan
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This visually stunning book focuses on the rebirth of Chinese art in the twentieth century under the influence of Western art and culture. Michael Sullivan, recognized throughout the world as a leading scholar of Chinese art, vividly documents the conflicting pulls of traditional and Western values on Chinese art and provides 364 illustrations, in color and black-and-white, to show the great range of artistic expression and the historical processes that occurred within various movements. A substantial biographical index of twentieth-century Chinese artists is a valuable addition to the text.

Sullivan discusses artists and their work against China's background of oppression and relaxation, despair and hope. He expertly conveys the diverse and at times bizarre intertwining of Chinese cultural history and art during this century. Included are the intense debates between traditionalists and reformers, the creation of the first art schools, and the birth of the idea--shocking in ethnocentric China--that art is a world language that obliterates all frontiers. The scholarly traditions of classical Chinese painting, the belated discovery of Western modernism, the artistic upheaval under Communism, and China's rethinking of the very nature of art all have a place in Sullivan's fascinating history. Michael Sullivan has known many of the major figures in China's modern art movement of the 1930s and 1940s and has also gained the confidence of younger artists who rose to prominence following the 1979 "Peking Spring." This long-awaited book--richly documented and abundantly illustrated--is a capstone to Sullivan's work and will be enthusiastically welcomed by art lovers everywhere.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

Chinese Paintings of 20th Century
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藝術與錯覺 : 圖畫再現的心理學硏究 (Art and Illusion)

E.H.貢布里希 (E.H. Gombrich)
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被肯尼思‧克拉克描述為“我所讀過的最才華橫溢的藝術批評著作之一 ”的《藝術與錯覺》，是一部有關製像的經典研究。它試圖回答一個簡單的問題︰何以會有被稱作風格的東西？這個問題也許簡單，卻很難回答。貢布里希教授對圖畫再現的心理學及歷史的探索，充滿睿智而包羅萬象，從而引領他進入許多重要領域。在說明肖像製作遠比它看起來要困難這一問題的過程中，貢布里希對許多新老看法作出了考證、質疑與再評價，那些新老觀點包括模仿自然、傳統的功能、抽象問題、透視的有效性，以及對表現的解釋。

E.H.貢布里希編著的《藝術與錯覺︰圖畫再現的心理學研究》雖然出版於40多年前，至今仍不失其活力與重要性。貢布里希為理解藝術和處理複雜的觀點與理論問題提供了縝密的科學發現。他對人類大腦無窮無盡的能力，對人類觀看世界與製作和觀看藝術時的微妙關係始終抱有探究之心。當驗證各種假說時，他以他深厚的學識和與生俱來的清晰的表達能力，提出了符合科學精神的論辯。再現是藝術史最基本的問題，而《藝術與錯覺》是任何對理解藝術有興趣的人的必讀書。

(摘錄自博客來網路書店)

Abstract Expressionism
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Media, Social Mobilization and Mass Protests in Post-colonial Hong Kong: The Power of a Critical Event

Francis L. F. Lee and Joseph M. Chan
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Since 2003, Hong Kong has witnessed a series of large-scale protests which have constituted the core of a reinvigorated pro-democracy movement. What drove tens of thousands of citizens to the street on a yearly basis to protest? What were the social and organizational bases of the protest movement? How did media and public discourses affect the protests’ formation and mobilization? How did the protesters understand their own actions and the political environment? This book tackles such questions by using a wide range of methods, including population and protest onsite surveys, media content analysis, and in-depth interviews with activists, politicians, and protest participants. It provides an account of the "self-mobilization processes" behind the historic July 1, 2003 protest, and how the protest kick-started new political dynamics and discursive contestations in the public arena which not only turned a single protest into a series of collective actions constituting a movement, but also continually shaped the movement’s characteristics and influence. The book is highly pertinent to readers interested in political development in Hong Kong, and as a case study on "the power of critical events," the book also has broad implications on the study of both media politics and social movements in general.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

貨幣戰爭

宋鴻兵 編著
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2007年以來最具話題性的財經書。中外媒體、學者專家、網路論壇爭論不休的超熱門話題。

揭露國際強權較勁的金融內幕；追索蛛絲馬跡的歷史潛面貌
文筆流暢，故事精彩，讓你輕鬆瞭解神秘的貨幣本質與影響

為什麼華爾街風險資本會選中希特勒作為「投資」對象？

為什麼美國總統遇刺的比例，高於美軍諾曼地登陸一線部隊的傷亡率？

美國獨立戰爭、南北戰爭、第一及第二次世界大戰、全球經濟大蕭條、石油危機，全都是國際銀行家在幕後操控？

自一六九四年英格蘭銀行成立以來的三百年間，幾乎每一場世界重大變故背後，都能看到國際金融資本勢力的身影。他們透過左右一國的經濟命脈掌握國家的政治命運，透過煽動政治事件、誘發經濟危機，控制著世界財富的流向與分配。一部世界金融史，就是一部謀求主宰人類財富的陰謀史。

透過描摹國際金融集團及其代言人在世界金融史上翻雲覆雨的過程，本書揭示了對金錢的角逐，如何主導西方歷史的發展與國家財富的分配。透過再現統治世界的精英俱樂部，在政治與經濟領域不斷掀起金融戰役的手段及結果，本書旨在告誡人們警惕潛在的金融打擊，為迎接一場「不流血」的戰爭做好準備。

(摘錄自博客來網路書店)

 《魔棒家族與金融權利》主講: 宋鴻兵

Enough Is Enough: Building a Sustainable Economy in a World of Finite Resources

Rob Dietz, Dan O'Neill
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It's time for a new kind of economy
We’re overusing the earth’s finite resources, and yet excessive consumption is failing to improve our lives. In Enough Is Enough, Rob Dietz and Dan O’Neill lay out a visionary but realistic alternative to the perpetual pursuit of economic growth—an economy where the goal is not more but enough. They explore specific strategies to conserve natural resources, stabilize population, reduce inequality, fix the financial system, create jobs, and more—all with the aim of maximizing long-term well-being instead of short-term profits. Filled with fresh ideas and surprising optimism, Enough Is Enough is the primer for achieving genuine prosperity and a hopeful future for all.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

認識電影 (Understanding Movies)

路易斯. 賈內梯 (Louis Giannetti) 著
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現代社會是影像的社會。然而，我們多半是被動、不經審視地看，讓影像沖刷我們，不去分析它如何影響我們，也不知道它怎樣塑造我們的價值觀。《認識電影》這本歷久不衰的電影入門書，用深入淺出的筆觸，告訴我們如何瞭解影視溝通的手法，並逐項解析其複雜的語言系統與元素。問世十多年以來，此書不僅是中外影視從業人員必備的經典，更是電影愛好者不可或缺的入門書......

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Topic: Film

Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth and Happiness

Richard H. Thaler, Cass R. Sunstein
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Every day we make decisions: about the things that we buy or the meals we eat; about the investments we make or our children's health and education; even the causes that we champion or the planet itself. Unfortunately, we often choose poorly.

We are all susceptible to biases that can lead us to make bad decisions that make us poorer, less healthy and less happy. And, as Thaler and Sunstein show, no choice is ever presented to us in a neutral way. By knowing how people think, we can make it easier for them to choose what is best for them, their families and society. Using dozens of eye-opening examples the authors demonstrate how to nudge us in the right directions, without restricting our freedom of choice. Nudge offers a unique new way of looking at the world for individuals and governments alike.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

換掉你的鱷魚腦袋: 擺脫慣性思考, 讓創意源源湧出 (Think Better)

提姆・赫森 (Tim Hurson) 著
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「豐富思考模式」是幫你發揮創見巧思、讓你更有效思考的架構。許多公司以這套模式來為事業難題尋找新奇解答，許多人依賴這套模式解決迫切的個人問題。

在這兩種情況下，創見巧思都能改變人生。本書的目的是要教你豐富思考的程序，原則很簡單：把思維分成創意思考與審慎思考；鎖定問題；想出許多點子，努力達到「三分之三」；尋找意外的關聯。

這套模式包含六個環環相扣的步驟：
第一步：發生什麼事？
探索及真正了解挑戰。
第二步：何謂成果？
想像理想的結果及設定成功的標準。
第三步：問題是什麼？
找出真正的問題或契機。
第四步：提出解答。
列出許多可能的解決方案。
第五步：研擬解決方案。
決定哪個方案最好，再加以改善。
第六步：配置資源。
規劃行動方案。

提姆．赫森一開始先說明我們的內心如何產生妨礙有效思考的障礙，他指出嚴重限制我們行為的思考習慣，從「心猿意馬」到「鱷魚腦袋」等等，然後再說明如何克服這些障礙。

豐富思考是讓你正視問題並把問題化為契機的態度，經過這個規律的腦力激盪過程，你就能得出具體的行動方案，還有時間表與截止時間。

書中有許多赫森原創的腦力激盪工具，可以幫你想出點子，加以組織與處理。例如，你可以使用五C找出最棒的點子：Cull（挑撿）、Cluster（匯集）、Combine（結合）、Clarify（釐清）、Choose（選擇）；也可以用POWER（肯定（Positives）、否定（Objections）、另解（What else?）、強化（Enhancements）、補救（Remedies））把初步概念轉變成扎實的解決方案。

要開創未來，必須先發揮想像，豐富思考正是幫你做到的方法。

(摘錄自博客來網路書店)

貝聿銘傳

廖小東
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他在美國設計肯尼迪圖書館，他的作品被公認是美國建築史上最佳傑作之一；他在香港修建中銀大廈，成為香港的標誌性建築；他在法國改建羅浮宮，成為法國人的驕傲。 他的建築精緻、美麗，充滿人性的光芒。 他，就是美籍華人建築設計大師貝聿銘。 本書揭示了這位舉世知名的傑出華人貝聿銘的生活道路和事業成功的奧秘。

在他身後，聳拔著激動人心的卓越建築︰美國國家藝術館東樓，整修一新的巴黎羅浮宮，香港中銀大廈。

深湛、獨到的現代主義建築藝術與非凡的個人魅力、社交藝術︰其客戶和朋友包括法國總統密特朗、美國肯尼迪總統夫人。

本書以引人入勝的文筆深入揭示了20世紀最重要的建築師之一、舉世知名的傑出華人貝聿銘的生活道路和事業成功的奧秘，有很強的可讀性與啟發性，是一本令人贊嘆的佳作。

(摘錄自博客來網路書店)

《華裔建築師第一人貝聿銘》

Dancing from Past to Present: Nation, Culture, Identities

Edited by Theresa Jill Buckland
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This is groundbreaking collection combines ethnographic and historic strategies to reveal how dance plays crucial cultural roles in various regions of the world, including Tonga, Java, Bosnia-Herzegovina, New Mexico, India, Korea, Macedonia, and England. The essays find a balance between past and present and examine how dance and bodily practices are core identity and cultural creators. Reaching beyond the typically Eurocentric view of dance, Dancing from Past to Present opens a world of debate over the role dance plays in forming and expressing cultural identities around the world.
(Excerpt from amazon.com)

Genre
Modern
Postmodern
Contemporary
Documentary
Folk
Ballet

白先勇說崑曲

白先勇 著
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以白先勇撰寫的崑曲介紹、訪談、對談紀錄、專家寫的變格與淵源，搭配劇照、紀念照，用精緻的整體設計來呈現崑曲的多元與華美，吸引更多人來認識崑曲。

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101 Great Answers to the Toughest Interview Questions

Ron Fry
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Tough interview questions are inevitable in today's competitive job market. Ron Fry's "101 Great Answers to the Toughest Interview Questions" has helped more than 500,000 job seekers pinpoint what employers are really asking with every question, and more importantly: what they want to hear in response. This no-nonsense guide will prepare you to leverage the trickiest questions to your advantage. Learn how to deal gracefully with complicated case interviews, various personality types, and even potentially illegal questions - all while avoiding common mistakes. Get the expert answers employers are looking for!

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

你的降落傘是什麼顏色? (What Color is Your Parachute?)

理查德. 尼爾森. 鲍利斯 (Richard Nelson Bolles) 著
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職場導師鮑利斯用近40年的研究心得，告訴我們在學校永遠也學不到的求職秘訣︰求職者不是行乞者，而是挑選僱主的人；找到理想的工作，依靠的不是運氣和學歷，而是技巧和努力；利用關係網求職成功率更高；面試不是一門科學，而是一門非常感性的藝術；不要相信人力資源專家的經驗之談，那往往是一派胡言……

本書提供了實用有效的職業規劃方法和求職技巧，而且推出了降落傘行動手冊——花朵圖，傳授將職業規劃融入人生規劃的做法——發現最擅長的可轉換技能，找到職業目標和理想工作，用激情和努力點亮人生夢想，追逐幸福和美好的生活。

(摘錄自博客來網路書店)

The Rise of the Creative Class, Revisited

Richard Florida
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Initially published in 2002, The Rise of the Creative Class quickly achieved classic status for its identification of forces then only beginning to reshape our economy, geography, and workplace. Weaving story-telling with original research, Richard Florida identified a fundamental shift linking a host of seemingly unrelated changes in American society: the growing importance of creativity in people’s work lives and the emergence of a class of people unified by their engagement in creative work. Millions of us were beginning to work and live much as creative types like artists and scientists always had, Florida observed, and this Creative Class was determining how the workplace was organized, what companies would prosper or go bankrupt, and even which cities would thrive.

In The Rise of the Creative Class Revisited, Florida further refines his occupational, demographic, psychological, and economic profile of the Creative Class, incorporates a decade of research, and adds five new chapters covering the global effects of the Creative Class and exploring the factors that shape “quality of place” in our changing cities and suburbs.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

中國啓蒙運動 : 知識份子與五四遺產 (The Chinese Enlightenment)

舒衡哲 (Vera Schwarcz) 著;劉京建 譯
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舒衡哲女士1979－1980年曾作為首批美國留學生在北京大學中文系學習，她訪問了當時仍在世的“新青年一代的知識分子”：許德珩、俞平伯、葉聖陶、朱光潛、馮友蘭、金岳霖、張申府和梁漱溟，也訪問了諸多“五四”那一輩所教導出來的學生們、當時六十多歲的知識分子。在序言中，她最後說：“我領悟到了我十年來始終未曾真正掌握的‘五四運動’的意義——隻要專制、官僚和教條主義的思想仍然盤踞在政治領導人和民眾的腦袋中，啟蒙運動必將在中國繼續發展下去，無論路途是多麼的曲折，代價是多麼的高昂。”

(摘錄自dangdang.com)

Lead with a Story: A Guide to Crafting Business Narratives That Captivate, Convince, and Inspire

Paul Smith
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Storytelling has come of age in the business world. Today, many of the most successful companies use storytelling as a leadership tool. At Nike, all senior executives are designated "corporate storytellers." 3M banned bullet points years ago and replaced them with a process of writing "strategic narratives." Procter & Gamble hired Hollywood directors to teach its executives storytelling techniques. Some forward-thinking business schools have even added storytelling courses to their management curriculum. The reason for this is simple: stories have the ability to engage an audience the way logic and bullet points alone never could. Whether you are trying to communicate a vision, sell an idea, or inspire commitment, storytelling is a powerful business tool that can mean the difference between mediocre results and phenomenal success. "Lead with a Story" contains both ready-to-use stories and how-to guidance for readers looking to craft their own. Designed for a wide variety of business challenges, the book shows how narrative can help: define culture and values; engender creativity and innovation; foster collaboration and build relationships; provide coaching and feedback; lead change; and more. Whether in a speech or a memo, communicated to one person or a thousand, storytelling is an essential skill for success. Complete with examples from companies like Kellogg's, Merrill-Lynch, Procter & Gamble, National Car Rental, Wal-Mart, Pizza Hut, and more, this practical resource gives readers the guidance they need to deliver stories to stunning effect.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

如果你是天使:名家筆下的親情世界

劉虹 選編
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人倫五情中，父母子女之情無疑要列在首位。這種源於血脈相通的親情，最熾熱，最深摯，最持久，最無私。從呱呱墜地到咿呀學語再到長大成人，我們誰不是一直沐浴在父母溫靄如滿月般愛的光輝中？愛給了我們生命，愛又使這生命之芽蓬勃成一棵大樹。而當進入生命的晚境，夕陽將逝，又是兒女的愛撫慰了我們那顆寂寞的心。正是這種一代代延續不已的愛，支撐起了整個人類。《如果你是天使—名家筆下的親情世界》，便蒐集了數十篇這樣的佳構。不論是父母的愛心的傾吐，還是兒女的愛意的表白，無不情真意切，讀來令人動容。朱自清的《背影》，擷取送行途中的一個場面，反覆描寫年邁的父親“蹣跚”、“肥胖”的背影，仿佛電影中的特寫鏡頭，父親的一腔愛意凝注其間，幾十年來曾逗惹出讀者多少滾燙的眼淚。汪曾祺的《多年父子成兄弟》相比之下則寫得從容、平靜、不溫不火，然而那是腴後之枯，濃後之淡，語淺而情深，作者對父親的愛並不因文字的朴質而稍減半分。同是抒寫親子之情，豐子愷《給我的孩子們》直抒胸臆，將對無邪童心的讚美表達得淋漓盡致，也透露出對他們長大後將失卻天真、“不復值得憧憬”的憂慮，拳拳愛心可謂一覽無遺；余光中《我的四個假想敵》則蹊徑獨辟，通過四個正值妙齡的愛女芳心有屬這樣一種假定的情境，展開議論抒情，將為父者既高興又擔心父愛將無所依傍的亦喜亦憂的矛盾心境，寫得躍然紙上，出語風趣幽默，令人忍俊不禁。其他諸作，也莫不姚黃魏紫，各臻其妙，父母辛苦鞠育之恩，兒女湧泉相報之情，字字情真，句句意切，篇篇感人。

(摘錄自書中〈此情綿綿無絕期〉── 《不死鳥》散文系列序)

Family

Installations By Architects: Experiments in Building and Design

Sarah Bonnemaison and Ronit Eisenbach
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Over the last few decades, a rich and increasingly diverse practice has emerged in the art world that invites the public to touch, enter, and experience the work, whether it is in a gallery, on city streets, or in the landscape. Like architecture, many of these temporary artworks aspire to alter viewers' experience of the environment. An installation is usually the end product for an artist, but for architects it can also be a preliminary step in an ongoing design process. Like paper projects designed in the absence of "real" architecture, installations offer architects another way to engage in issues critical to their practice. Direct experimentation with architecture's material and social dimensions engages the public around issues in the built environment that concern them and expands the ways that architecture can participate in and impact people's everyday lives.

The first survey of its kind, Installations by Architects features fifty of the most significant projects from the last twenty-five years by today's most exciting architects, including Anderson Anderson, Philip Beesley, Diller + Scofidio, John Hejduk, Dan Hoffman, and Kuth/Ranieri Architects. Projects are grouped in critical areas of discussion under the themes of tectonics, body, nature, memory, and public space. Each project is supplemented by interviews with the project architects and the discussions of critics and theorists situated within a larger intellectual context. There is no doubt that installations will continue to play a critical role in the practice of architecture. Installations by Architects aims to contribute to the role of installations in sharpening our understanding of the built environment.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

安藤忠雄都市彷徨

安藤忠雄 著
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「旅行，造就了人。我仍舊探訪著世界上的城市，穿梭漫遊在大大小小的通路與街道，一再地行走、逗留在綿延不絕的巷弄裡而留下我的足跡。緊張與不安當中一個人迷失在不知名的地方，因著孤獨而感到嚴苛、迷惘，甚至不知所措。但總是能在那當中找出一條活路，順利地全身而退，並繼續邁向下一個旅程。……我的人生也可算是一段旅程吧。在沒有接受專門教育的狀況下而志向建築這件事情，就如同獨自在緊張與不安下迷失在一個陌生地方一樣。……然而像現在這樣回過頭來看，我寧可將那視為是因著在那苦難當中以所得的體驗作為食糧，自己才得以一直生存到現在。往往在孤獨與不安、一個人在都市裡彷徨的時候，那樣的感覺便更明顯而具體地流露出來。……旅行，也造就了建築家。」－－安藤忠雄

安藤忠雄從1965年以來直到1992年於世界各地遊歷途中，所留下的思考軌跡與心路歷程記錄的這本《安藤忠雄的都市彷徨》，那種搭著甚至連航班都未能確定的船隻航向各個我們所無法想像的世界角落，探索著什麼、尋找著自己心之所向所具有的勇氣與強韌意志，令人為之由衷嚮往。同時，那似乎可以說是個充滿了生機、經歷了戰後復甦，對於現況的不滿而帶有濃厚批判性色彩、不斷反省並持續追尋著新歷史走向的年代。或許在跨越了2000年之後的21世紀，我們早已慣習於IT(Information Technology)產業發達對於通訊網路器具的依賴，而陷入一種未能自知的懶散狀態。在持續信仰著科技會提供人類更美好未來的這個技術主義至上教條的同時，許多身為一個人所應具備的靈敏度與嗅覺，似乎也在逐漸消失中。會不會我們現在已經逐漸淡忘了怎麼動起來，而忽視了透過五體直觀所能賦予我們的真實觸感？這個cyber world與real world之間的辨證關係似乎已悄悄取代international style與regionalism之間的關係而逐漸熱烈地展開。

在安藤忠雄這本書的字裡行間，透過異文化之間的訊息傳遞反而更能深刻地體會到這份難以言喻的熱情、一種對於真實世界的體驗與實踐的感動。透過旅行，這些和真實世界的接觸，以及同時與內心深刻的自我交往這件事因而得以實現。

因著旅行，而得以脫離容易陷入惰性循環的日常生活，並且在一個新鮮而未知的境界裡得到嶄新的試驗與刺激；也就更因置身在一個前所未見的困頓境遇中，反而更具有「創造性」之產生的可能。這或許也就是安藤忠雄長久以來，把「旅行」這件事情當作人生中最大的導師、並且不斷地在自己的真實生活與內心世界持續著自己的旅程、並且持續著和自己之間之戰鬥狀態的緣故吧。因著旅行得以發掘自己在日常生活中未能察覺的生命與潛力。再怎麼說這都是對於一個人非常重要而難得的價值吧。

(摘錄自博客來網路書店)

You Are What You Hear: How Music and Territory Make Us Who We Are

Harry Witchel
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Have you ever wondered why music makes you feel so good? Why did we evolve to have music, and what does music do to us? You Are What You Hear is a bit of a romp compared to the usual science book. Dr. Witchel, a specialist in music, pleasure and the brain, explains how the body and the brain are influenced by different kinds of music, why some music makes us joyous, while other music makes us sad, or angry, or anxious, and how the brain interprets this music. He also shows how music plays with your mind what you think, how you decide what to buy, and even how smart you are.

Pondering the musicality of everything from bird songs to the language he calls "motherese," Dr. Witchel illustrates the power of music and addresses the questions:
- Why do we listen to music?
- Why does music make sex better?
- Why do some people love Beethoven and others rap music?
- Is musical taste 100% nurture, or is there a role for nature?
- Why do aggressive young men blare out booming music from their cars?
- Why do we listen to sad music?
- Does violent music lead to violent behavior?
- Does listening to Mozart make you smarter or just happier?
- Does music make the brain grow larger?
- Can music surreptitiously influence what we decide to buy in shops?
- Can music cure?

Dr. Witchel's interests run the gamut from music, dating and laughter to the body language of the British Prime Minister, which he has analyzed on the BBC. he shows that, like birds, we use music to establish and reinforce territory, for ourselves and for our social groups. In this way, music defines who we are.

You Are What You Hear is an erudite and entertaining study that is unique in many ways. No other book has thoroughly elaborated the connection between music and social territory in humans, although in other music-making species scientists have shown this connection to be clear-cut. Given the wealth of scientific evidence and historical narratives presented in You Are What You Hear, an intellectual investigation of this avenue is long overdue. Written by a psychobiologist, the work straddles hard science and psychology, approaching music from a unique interdisciplinary perspective. Successfully bridging these strands of evidence, You Are What You Hear elucidates the significance of territory not only in music but in daily life. This lively and engaging book will have a broad appeal not only to the general public, but to students interested in the relationship between music and culture. Anyone from seventeen to seventy will have the potential to gain something from this book.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

人類的音樂 (Music of Man)

耶胡迪・梅紐因 (Yehudi Menuhin) , 柯蒂斯・W・戴維斯 (Curtis W. Davis) 著
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在這本十分優美的書中，表達了作者許多精心選擇的個人觀點。本書將帶給讀者廣泛的閱讀樂趣，引領他們踏上一次激動人心的漫游音樂世界之旅，到世界的許多地方去對人聲、歌曲、和聲及器樂的發展探幽覽勝，把它們的種種動人形態盡收眼底。

《人類的音樂》是一本知識豐富、闡述詳盡、充滿深刻感悟和獨到見解的佳作。它探討了音樂在其漫長歷史中形成的各種形態，描述了各個時期創作及演奏音樂的歷史名人，闡釋了音樂在世界不同地區所扮演的社會角色。它追溯了因人類不斷變化的需要而應運而生的各種音樂流派、風格的演化過程，而那些促使音樂演化的因素，既有宗教和歷史的，也有社會和個人的。

(摘錄自dangdang.com)

Contemporary Instrumental
Chinese Music
Relaxation Music

Moral Ground: Ethical Action for a Planet in Peril

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Moral Ground brings together the testimony of over 80 visionaries — theologians and religious leaders, scientists, elected officials, business leaders, naturists, activists, and writers — to present a diverse and compelling call to honor our individual and collective moral responsibilities to our planet. In the face of environmental degradation and global climate change, scientific knowledge alone does not tell us what we ought to do. The missing premise of the argument and much-needed centerpiece in the debate to date has been the need for ethical values, moral guidance, and principled reasons for doing the right thing for our planet, its animals, its plants, and its people. This book encourages a newly discovered, or rediscovered, commitment to consensus about our ethical obligation to the future and why it’s wrong to wreck the world.

 

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失控的世界 : 全球化如何重塑我們的生活 (Runaway World)

安東尼‧吉登斯 (Antony Giddens) 著
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本書從政治、文化和生活的角度對全球化問題作了深刻的分析，生動地論述了不斷增長的全球依賴性是如何影響我們的日常生活，如何影響我們當中的每一個人的。全書共五章。

安東尼‧吉登斯，英國著名學者，現任倫敦政治經濟學院院長，曾任英國布萊爾首相和美國前總統克林頓顧問，至今出版著作30餘部。吉登斯近年來發表的《現代性的後果》、《現代性與自我認同》、《親密關係的轉型》、《超越左與右》、《為社會學辯護》和《第三條道路︰社會民主主義的復興》等著作引起國際學術界和政治界的廣泛關注，他的著作已被譯成22種語言，其主要著作大都已譯成中文在我國出版。此外，專門對吉登斯的著作進行研究的書籍就達十種之多，其中還有一部四卷本的研究專著。1996年，他成為BBC萊思講座主講人。

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Orientalist Aesthetics: Art, Colonialism, and French North Africa, 1880-1930

Roger Benjamin
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Lavishly illustrated with exotic images ranging from Renoir's forgotten Algerian oeuvre to the abstract vision of Matisse's Morocco and beyond, this book is the first history of Orientalist art during the period of high modernism. Roger Benjamin, drawing on a decade of research in untapped archives, introduces many unfamiliar paintings, posters, miniatures, and panoramas and discovers an art movement closely bound to French colonial expansion. Orientalist Aesthetics approaches the visual culture of exoticism by ranging across the decorative arts, colonial museums, traveling scholarships, and art criticism in the Salons of Paris and Algiers.

Benjamin's rediscovery of the important Society of French Orientalist Painters provides a critical context for understanding a lush body of work, including that of indigenous Algerian artists never before discussed in English.

The painter-critic Eugène Fromentin tackled the unfamiliar atmospheric conditions of the desert, Etienne Dinet sought a more truthful mode of ethnographic painting by converting to Islam, and Mohammed Racim melded the Persian miniature with Western perspective. Benjamin considers armchair Orientalists concocting dreams from studio bric-à-brac, naturalists who spent years living in the oases of the Sahara, and Fauve and Cubist travelers who transposed the discoveries of the Parisian Salons to create decors of indigenous figures and tropical plants. The network that linked these artists with writers and museum curators was influenced by a complex web of tourism, rapid travel across the Mediterranean, and the march of modernity into a colonized culture. Orientalist Aesthetics shows how colonial policy affected aesthetics, how Europeans visualized cultural difference, and how indigenous artists in turn manipulated Western visual languages.

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Pierre-Auguste Renoir
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趙無極中國講學筆錄 = The Lecture Notes of Zao Wou-ki in China

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本書是作者一九八五年五月在其母校浙江美術學院講學時的筆錄，其中包括作者與美術學院師生的交流以及作者對美院師生作品的美術批評。

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中國藝術研究院研究員、著名藝術評論家劉曉純認為，趙無極留下的東西不僅是他價值連城的藝術作品，更是他創造性的精神遺產：國際化視野，現代性的藝術觀念，以及兼具東西方的文化情懷。

在西方藝術家的眼中，趙無極的畫既有西方神秘學說的啟示，又有中國人對自然的思考，這無疑是趙無極藝術的最高境界。藝評人達尼埃爾.馬歇索認為，趙無極的畫面上透明而抽象的淡彩，精到地綜合了中國意味和西方抒情主義。

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Risk to Succeed: Essential Lessons for Discovering Your Unique Talents and Finding Success

Ricky Cohen
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NEW BUSINESS PARABLE FOR OUR TIMES

According to the laws of the jungle, a baby elephant can survive only if it stands on its own in the first few hours after being born.

These laws also apply to your own survival--and ultimate success--in the business world today.

From Ricky Cohen, educator, entrepreneur, and renowned CEO of The Conway Organization, comes an inspiring new business parable for our unprecedented times. It is the story of a young elephant named Bella who is not content to move with the herd. She longs to venture out on her own. Searching. Exploring. Making her way in the world. Soon she forms an unlikely friendship with a colorful butterfly named Cee, who teaches Bella the importance of taking risks and other essential lessons--timeless "laws of the jungle" that you can apply to every aspect of your life:

"Life begins with courage."
"Smart is the new rich."
"Stumbling is a gift."
"What you seek lies within you."
"Believe in life: Always."

and much more…

Whether you're an entrepreneur with a dream, a manager on the rise, or a leader with a vision, this charming and insightful parable will guide you on your way through life’s greatest journey. This is the way to Risk to Succeed.

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為什麼成功的人總成功 (The 7 Rules of Success)

費奧納．哈羅德 (Fiona Harrold) 著
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本書是英國當代著名的成功學教育學家費奧納•哈羅德的經典勵志作品。費奧納•哈羅德在其人生經歷中，曾接觸過大量的成功人士，與他們進行了面對面的交談，了解了他們的成功故事和成功法則。在本書中，費奧納•哈羅德通過親身經歷和切身體會，揭開了成功的神秘面紗，展示了成功背後的理念，提示了那些成功人士的成功策略和秘密，發現了現代成功人士所普遍遵從的7大法則：富有激情、相信自己、做得比別人多、冒更多的險、激勵他人、堅持不懈、慷慨，同時也探討了成功與快樂、成功與個人責任、成功與社會地位、成功與事業之間的關係。

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