Monday, August 4, 2014

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”。

(摘錄自博客來網路書店)



Monday, July 28, 2014

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.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

麥田裡的守望者 (The Catcher in the Rye)

塞林格 (J. D. Salinger)
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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。

(摘錄自baike.baidu.com)







Monday, July 21, 2014

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.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

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。

(摘錄自博客來網路書店)

Monday, July 14, 2014

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.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

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)
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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)



Monday, July 7, 2014

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

(Excerpt from amazon.com)


動機與人格 (Motivation and Personality)

馬斯洛 (Abraham H. Maslow)
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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。

(摘錄自博客來網路書店)

Monday, June 30, 2014

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”。

(摘錄自amazon.cn)


Monday, June 23, 2014

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.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)


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。

(摘錄自博客來網路書店)


Monday, June 16, 2014

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

(Excerpt from amazon.com)


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?

(摘錄自博客來網路書店)


Monday, June 9, 2014

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)


Monday, June 2, 2014

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.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)


世間的名字

唐諾
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這一次,不談書,不寫導讀,還原為散文家唐諾自身。
近取諸身:哥哥、同學與編輯;
遠取諸物:富翁、網球手與拉麵師傅。
深度就在表面,名字即是實相。
是最具企圖,也最深情的一次命名。

這一次,將以下身分打碎和泥重塑:編輯、球評、推理小說導讀、業餘古文字愛好者、專業讀書人、博學雜食者、小說家的教練、大導演的諍友……,還原為書寫者唐諾自身,專注如刺蝟,通達似狐狸,言志兼抒情,雄辯亦溫柔。在台灣,很久沒有看見這種「強悍而美麗」的大散文,旁徵博引卻不枯燥乏味,冷眼嘲諷底下有著一副熱心腸,時而深沉曲繞,不厭其煩再三辯證;時而直抒胸臆,用起大白話,字字句句鑿進你心坎底。

這一次,不談書,不特地談一本書;不評論作家,不為他人作嫁;不依傍一種主義,不主張一樣學說;主角不是班雅明、不是卡爾維諾、不是朱天文,也不是波赫士(雖則總如暗夜中忽明忽滅地螢火蟲縈繞不去),眾神退散,撥雲見日,走來的是這樣一個謙卑之人:「是為了看懂,多看懂一些,而不是成為。」──〈棋士〉。

這一次,是唐諾最無邊界、無框限的一次書寫。雕刻時光,近取諸身:如〈哥哥〉、〈同學與家人〉、〈少尉〉、〈編輯〉、〈小說家〉。

(摘錄自博客來網路書店)



Monday, May 26, 2014

A Journey into Matisse's South of France

Laura McPhee 
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For more than 50 years the passionate pursuit of color led Henri Matisse to visit some of the most enchanting villages in southern France. Travelers and art lovers will delight in this mix of art, history, biography, and travel guide that covers southern France and explores the teal skies, emerald hills, red soil, and indigo seas beloved by the artist. The journey begins in Paris and then moves to the fashionable port of St. Tropez, the fishing village of Collioure, chic and voluptuous Nice, and the rustic refuge of Vence, and ends in the luxurious resort of Cimiez. The author identifies the villas and studios where Matisse lived and worked in each location and discusses how his art responded to the palette and ambience of each local landscape.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)


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寫給大家的西洋美術史

蔣勳 著
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……「中國美術史」是對自身傳統文化的了解,「西洋美術史」則是打開一扇通向世界的窗口。借助這一扇窗口,眺望和瀏覽世界不同文化的美的觀念、材料、技法;借助這一扇窗口,省思人類共同的美的嚮往與創造。

「西洋」是一個頗籠統的名稱。「西洋」似乎已經專指歐洲,特別是西歐的範圍。

因此,這本書也以地中海區域的古代開始寫起。無論是北非的埃及、南歐的希臘、西部亞洲的波斯,乃至於義大利、西班牙、法國......,大多圍繞著地中海區域發展。

地中海四周的文化活動,雖然民族不同,政權不同,社會結構也不同,但自上古時代開始,不乏彼此的交互影響與傳承,形成一脈相成的歐美美術的來源……

(摘錄自書中序─打開世界的窗口)

Monday, May 19, 2014

East Asian Cinema and Cultural Heritage: From China, Hong Kong, Taiwan to Japan and South Korea

Edited by Yau Shuk-Ting Kinnia 
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How do East Asian cultural heritages shape film? How are these legacies being revived, or even re-created, by contemporary filmmakers? This collection examines the dynamic interactions between East Asian cultural heritages – “traditional” elements including martial arts, music, landscape, aesthetics, stage performances, and legends – and cinemas in mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)


怎樣看電影 (How to Read a Film)

詹姆斯.莫纳科 (James Monaco)
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本書充滿了對電影的全面描述,包括電影的定義,與電影相關的各種藝術,還有不可或缺的電影史。這本書使人懂得怎樣看電影:電影不僅僅是它本身,還包括許多其他因素,如音響、圖像之類。電影是一門藝術,具有和繪畫藝術同樣逼真、明確、形象化的潛在表現力,但更重要的是它強大的敘事能力。

(摘錄自hinabook.com)



Monday, May 12, 2014

The 50th Law

50 Cent and Robert Greene 
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In The 50th Law, hip hop and pop culture icon 50 Cent (aka Curtis Jackson) joins forces with Robert Greene, bestselling author of The 48 Laws of Power, to write a “bible” for success in life and work based on a single principle: fear nothing. With intimate stories from 50 Cent's life on the streets and in the boardroom as he rose to fame after the release of his album Get Rich or Die Tryin’, as well as examples of others who have overcome adversity through understanding and practicing the 50th Law, this deeply inspirational book is perfect for entrepreneurs as well as anyone interested in the extraordinary life of Curtis Jackson.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)


語理分析的思考方法

李天命 著
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全書要旨,在於對語理分析加以釐清,予以定位,並提出有關語言陷研的判別原則,確立方法區分的實效規準。內文力求條理分明,步步扣緊。每一段、每一句、乃至每一個字,都曾細心斟酌,一再推敲。

 (摘錄自誠品網路書店)


Monday, May 5, 2014

Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty

Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo 
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Why do the poor borrow to save? Why do they miss out on free life-saving immunizations, but pay for unnecessary drugs? In Poor Economics, Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo, two practical visionaries working toward ending world poverty, answer these questions from the ground. In a book the Wall Street Journal called “marvelous, rewarding,” the authors tell how the stress of living on less than 99 cents per day encourages the poor to make questionable decisions that feed—not fight—poverty. The result is a radical rethinking of the economics of poverty that offers a ringside view of the lives of the world’s poorest, and shows that creating a world without poverty begins with understanding the daily decisions facing the poor.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)


感悟母愛: 震撼億萬心靈的親情故事

陳南
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本書講述了一系列關於母愛的故事,包括《母親的鞋架》、《生命的支點》、《與愛同在》、《承載生命之路》、《送盒飯的母親》、《守候》等文。

《感悟母愛: 震撼億萬心靈的親情故事》記載了數十個不一樣的母愛故事,但一樣的是閱讀時的感動。讀完這一篇篇感人的文章,請你輕輕地拭去眼角的淚吧。生命是如此短暫,希望藉由這些故事帶給你的心靈震撼,能讓你領悟到如何珍重自己的人生,珍重那個深深愛著你的母親。震撼心靈的故事感動一生的親情!母愛是一部震撼心靈的巨著,讀懂了它,你也就讀懂了整個人生。總有一個人,默默將我們支撐;總有一種愛,讓我們淚流滿面。這個人就是母親,這種愛就是母愛。常常,我們感動於“春蠶到死絲方盡”的無私和“蠟炬成灰淚始乾”的奉獻。但人世間沒有任何一種無私和奉獻能與母愛相提並論。即使再冷酷無情和鐵石心腸的人,也能體會到母親的關愛給予我們的心靈慰藉與情感撫摩。

 (摘錄自amazon.cn)






Monday, April 28, 2014

Disciplined Dreaming: A Proven System to Drive Breakthrough Creativity

Josh Linkner
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A 5-part process that will transform your organization — or your career — into a non-stop creativity juggernaut

We live in an era when business cycles are measured in months, not years. The only way to sustain long term innovation and growth is through creativity  at all levels of an organization. Disciplined Dreaming shows you how to create profitable new ideas, empower all your employees to be creative, and sustain your competitive advantage over the long term. Linkner distills his years of experience in business and jazz — as well as hundreds of interviews with CEOs, entrepreneurs, and artists — into a 5-step process that will make creativity easy for you and your organization. The methodology is simple, backed by proven results.

• Empowers individuals, teams, and organizations to meet creative challenges posed by the marketplace
• Turns the mystery of creativity into a simple-to-use process
• Shows how creativity can be used for everything from innovative, game-shifting breakthroughs to incremental advances and daily improvements to business processes
• Offers dozens of practical exercises, thought-starters, workouts to grow "creative muscles", and case studies

Disciplined Dreaming shows even the stuffiest corporate bureaucracies how to cultivate creativity in order to become more competitive in today's shifting marketplace.

 (Excerpt from amazon.com)


中國意識的危機 : "五四"時期激烈的反傳統主義 (Crisis of Chinese Consciousness)

林毓生 著
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這本書《中國意識的危機》出版於上個世紀60年代、70年代,已經成為一個經典著作。它提出的一個關於“五四”還有新文化時期的詮釋,跟李澤厚所說的啟蒙與救亡的關係一樣,被認為是一個很經典的對於五四新文化運動的一個詮釋。

 (摘錄自book.douban.com)












Monday, April 21, 2014

García Márquez: The Man and His Work

Gene H. Bell-Villada
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Gabriel Garcia Marquez is one of the most influential Latin American writers of the twentieth century. His unique literary creativity is rooted in the history of the region, with all its social and political implications.

In this beautifully written examination of Garcia Marquez and his work, Gene Bell-Villada traces the major forces that have shaped the Colombian novelist and describes his life, his personality, and his political opinions. He considers Garcia Marquez's place in world literature and analyzes his short fiction and all of his novels from the great and complex One Hundred Years of Solitude—a cultural phenomenon the likes of which we have seldom seen—through Love in the Time of Cholera. He shows why Garcia Marquez has achieved a confluence of high art and popular success that is virtually unique in the twentieth century.

Bell-Villada examines the narrative works of Garcia Marquez for their historical and human content, for their literary technique and structure, and for their expert use of fantasy, ribaldry, humor, and satire. He describes Garcia Marquez as a global phenomenon and as a local boy, as a Nobel Laureate and as a Latin American Everyman, as a political writer and as a novelist of love.

The book will appeal to a broad spectrum of readers—generalists who enjoy his novels, teachers and students, and literary specialists and Latin Americanists investigating the culture and politics of the region.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

百年孤獨 (One Hundred Years of Solitude)

加西亞‧馬爾克斯 (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
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加西亞‧馬爾克斯(台譯︰馬奎斯)以小說作品創建了一個自己的世界,一個濃縮的宇宙,其中喧囂紛亂卻又生動可信的現實,映射了一片大陸及其人民的富足與貧困。——諾貝爾文學獎頒獎辭

《百年孤獨》是魔幻現實主義文學的代表作,描寫了布恩迪亞家族七代人的傳奇故事,以及加勒比海沿岸小鎮馬孔多的百年興衰,反映了拉丁美洲一個世紀以來風雲變幻的歷史。作品融入神話傳說、民間故事、宗教典故等神秘因素,巧妙地糅合了現實與虛幻,展現出一個瑰麗的想像世界,成為20世紀最重要的經典文學巨著之一。1982年加西亞‧馬爾克斯(台譯︰馬奎斯)獲得諾貝爾文學獎,奠定世界級文學大師的地位,很大程度上乃是憑借《百年孤獨》的巨大影響。

 加西亞‧馬爾克斯(Gabriel Garcia Marquez)1927年出生於哥倫比亞馬格達萊納海濱小鎮阿拉卡塔卡。童年與外祖父母一起生活。1936年隨父母遷居蘇克雷。1947年考入波哥大國立大學。1948年因內戰輟學,進入報界。1955年出版《枯枝敗葉》。六十年代初移居墨西哥。1967年《百年孤獨》問世。1982年獲諾貝爾文學獎。

(摘錄自博客來網路書店)



Monday, April 14, 2014

Business Model You: A One-Page Method for Reinventing Your Career

by Timothy Clark in collaboration with Alexander Osterwalder and Yves Pigneur ; designed by Alan Smith and Trish Papadakos ; edited by Megan Lacey ; co-created by 328 work-life wizards from 43 countries
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A one-page tool to reinvent yourself and your career 

The global bestseller Business Model Generation introduced a unique visual way to summarize and creatively brainstorm any business or product idea on a single sheet of paper. Business Model You uses the same powerful one-page tool to teach readers how to draw "personal business models," which reveal new ways their skills can be adapted to the changing needs of the marketplace to reveal new, more satisfying, career and life possibilities. Produced by the same team that created Business Model Generation, this book is based on the Business Model Canvas methodology, which has quickly emerged as the world's leading business model description and innovation technique.

This book shows readers how to:
• Understand business model thinking and diagram their current personal business model
• Understand the value of their skills in the marketplace and define their purpose
• Articulate a vision for change
• Create a new personal business model harmonized with that vision, and most important, test and implement the new model

When you implement the one-page tool from Business Model You, you create a game-changing business model for your life and career.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)


高情商領導(Primal Leadership)

丹尼爾・戈爾曼 (Daniel Goleman), 博雅兹(Richard Boyatzis), 麥基(Annie McKee)
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《高情商領導》根據幾十年來世界頂尖公司和組織之中的分析成果,作者們向我們說明,那些能夠引起人們共鳴的領導者——不論他們是首席執行官還是經理,是教練還是政客——在出人頭地的過程之中,憑借的不僅是技巧和聰明,而且要運用諸如心靈相通與自知之明這樣的手段和其他人溝通聯繫的情感智慧方面的能力。而且,根據實際情況的需要,他們運用了多達六種領導風格——從幻想到訓練到採取行動——並且根據情況需要靈活地在各種風格之間變換。現在,由著名的情商研究專家理查德・博亞茲和安妮・麥基與戈爾曼團隊合作,探究情感智慧在領導藝術中所扮演的角色,揭開在組織的成敗與“高情商領導”之間的神經科學方面的聯繫。作者們認為,領導的情感是富有感染力的,如果一位領導傳遞的是力量和熱情,那麼一個組織就能夠繁榮;如果一位領導傳遞的是消極的,不和諧的情感信息,那麼組織就會失去正確的方向。這種突破性的概念促使領導們按照正確的方向積極調動,推進人們的情緒,以便對公司的盈利或者公司戰略產生一種正面的影響。

(摘錄自博客來網路書店)



Monday, April 7, 2014

成為一個人 : 一個治療者對心理治療的觀點 (On Becoming a Person)

卡爾.羅哲 (Carl R. Rogers)
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這本深具哲學及啟發意味的著作,是當代心理學大師羅哲斯博士在心理治療與輔導方面的主要代表作,也可以說是關於成人之道的一本必要導論。在本書中,他舉出幾個根本的問題,向很多傳統心理學的概念和態度挑戰,譬如:個人成長的意義何在?成長需要在什麼條件下才有可能?一個人又怎麼能夠協助另一個人?人的創造性是什麼?我們有什麼辦法可以助長人的創造性,除了心理學、精神醫學及其他專業的助人工作者和教育工作者之外,凡是關切人格成長的人,都不可不讀。

 (摘錄自博客來網路書店)



Monday, March 31, 2014

The Art of Explanation: Making your Ideas, Products, and Services Easier to Understand

Lee LeFever 
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Your guide to becoming an explanation specialist 

You've done the hard work. Your product or service works beautifully - but something is missing. People just don't see the big idea - and it's keeping you from being successful. Your idea has an explanation problem.

The Art of Explanation is for business people, educators and influencers who want to improve their explanation skills and start solving explanation problems.

Author Lee LeFever is the founder of Common Craft, a company known around the world for making complex ideas easy to understand through short animated videos. He is your guide to helping audiences fall in love with your ideas, products or services through better explanations in any medium.

You will learn to:
• Plan: Learn explanation basics, what causes them to fail and how to diagnose explanation problems.
• Package: Using simple elements, create an explanation strategy that builds confidence and motivates your audience.
 • Present: Produce remarkable explanations with visuals and media.

 The Art of Explanation is your invitation to become an explanation specialist and see why explanation is now a fundamental skill for professionals.

 (Excerpt from amazon.com)


開口就讓你變心: 打動人心的 14 種說服技巧 (Presentations that Change Minds)

喬許・高登 (Josh Gordon)
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改變聽眾的想法──不論是針對一項產品、一套解決方案,或是一種服務。讓所有人變成你的銷售資源,讓所有人對你提出的東西充滿興趣。讓所有的聽眾自動與你站在同一陣線,最後,拿到訂單才算是完成你的目的。

要達成這樣的目的,你是否具備說動聽眾依你要求行動的說服力?你是否能改變聽眾的集體態度?不管你是要別人買你的產品、資助你的研究、採取你的方案、學習你的經驗、或者信任你的願景,<開口就讓你變心>將給你必需的技巧。

演說大師喬許・高登已經開發出十四種經驗證有效的策略,幫助你應付各種聽眾。你會學到如何創造興奮感、運用幽默感、建立信任感、說故事,並確使你充分把握機會將理念呈現給觀眾。

運用其獨特、百發百中的方法,高登能幫助創造一種最適合你的聽眾的演說。他深入介紹了十四種能開口就讓你變心的策略,以此讓人們接納你的新想法、改變他們的觀念、或者提供你資金,各行各業人士均適用。他在本書中提出的策略可以讓你學到:
 • 執行每種策略的真實個案。
 • 說明策略如何改變聽眾心意。
 • 避免的危險假設。
 • 預測和發掘機會的方法。
 • 準備戰略,這樣你在面對每一群聽眾時,都有必勝計畫。
 • 最具影響力的講演技巧。
 • 確認取得承諾、改變或生意的策略。

你要面對各式各樣不同的人,因此每次講演都必須仔細地設計,以贏得聽眾。有了正確的策略,你就能為這群聽眾裁製特殊需求的演說,贏取他們認同,獲得你要的結果。 

(摘錄自博客來網路書店)



Monday, March 24, 2014

One Word That Will Change Your Life

Dan Britton, Jimmy Page, Jon Gordon 
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One Word is a simple concept that delivers powerful life change! In 1999, the authors discovered a better way to become their best and live a life of impact. Instead of creating endless goals and resolutions, they found one word that would be their driving force for the year. No goals. No wish lists. Just one word. Best of all . . . anyone, anytime can discover their word for the year.

One Word that will Change Your Life will inspire you to simplify your life and work by focusing on just one word for this year. That’s right! One Word creates clarity, power, passion and life-change. The simple power of One Word is that it impacts all six dimensions of your life – mental, physical, emotional, relational, spiritual, and financial. Simply put, One Word sticks. There is a word meant for you and when you find it, live it, and share it, your life will become more rewarding and exciting than ever.

Join thousands of people and hundreds of schools, businesses, churches, and sports teams who have found their one word . . . and discover how to harness the transformational power of One Word.

The book includes a personal Action Plan and simple process to help you discover your word for the year.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)


勇於思考的魔力 (Magic of Thinking Big)

大衛‧施瓦茲 (David Joseph Schwartz)
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「為20世紀美國最傳奇的勵志經典,本書從1959年首印至今,一直非常暢銷,影響了美國幾代人,並被翻譯成數十種文字,風靡全球。很多企業的營銷人員幾乎更是人手一冊,作為每日必讀的自我激勵“聖經”。人們一直把本書與戴爾‧卡耐基、拿破侖‧希爾的勵志經典並列,很多評論家甚至認為本書的影響超過前兩者的作品,因為施瓦茲的著作值得細細讀幾年,而不僅僅是流行一時。

本書認為成功者和其他人的區別在於自信心、積極的思考和自我強化鍛煉。作者因此提供了許多具有實際指導意義的建議、技巧及原則,它們將使你具備勇於思考的神奇力量,從而帶給你夢寐以求的成功、快樂和滿足感。書中每個技巧都用活生生的趣聞逸事加以說明,讀起來輕鬆愉快。你所看到的,不僅僅是應該做什麼,更重要的,你將學會如何把每個原則應用於現實。

 (摘錄自博客來網路書店)



Monday, March 17, 2014

Impatient Optimist: Bill Gates in His Own Words

Edited by Lisa Rogak
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Bill Gates, the founder and former CEO of Microsoft, has been a revered, and occasionally controversial, worldwide business icon for more than three decades.

Recognized by most as an ingenious visionary, and painted by some as a tyrannical, less-than-scrupulous empire builder, Gates has had an unignorable impact on the growth of digital technology in daily life over the past 30 years. Even his sharpest critics have to acknowledge the obvious: Gates helped spearhead one of the greatest revolutions in modern history by seizing on the importance of software to the rise of the personal computer, along the way turning an arcane, specialized technology into a commonplace tool for the office and home.

Gates has long been ranked as one of the world’s wealthiest men--which gave him a name recognition far greater than that of most CEOs--and businesspeople of all stripes have looked to him as a role model, using his words and business strategies to help create, inspire, and grow their own companies. After he stopped running Microsoft's day-to-day operations in 2008 to devote himself full-time to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, a kinder, gentler Gates began to emerge. As a result, people actively involved in the philanthropic world, whether in professional, part-time, or personal capacities, began to develop a new appreciation for the man.

Bill Gates’s second act is no less compelling than his first. And whether you’re interested in his personal life or looking for inspiration to drive you forward in your own business endeavors, Impatient Optimist: Bill Gates in His Own Words has much to offer. As the tech giants who distinguished the turn of the 21st century shape public life in ways that outstrip the efforts of the previous century's titans of industry, we look to figures like Gates for inspiration as one of America's greatest business icons. This book will surely feed the world's curiosity about one of the most important leaders of the digital age.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)


上海的美麗時光

陳子善 著
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作者陳子善為上海人,對昔日的「遠東第一大都市」懷有深厚的感情,本書正是他梳理和解讀現代上海、文學上海文字的結集,分「上海羅生門」和「文化上海」兩輯。從徐志摩到邵洵美、從郭建英到木心、從張愛玲到東方蝃蝀,還有上海的咖啡館、上海的名人故居、上海的舊書店……,上個世紀三、四十年代的「春申舊事」奔流作者筆端,歷史的、摩登的、多元的上海透過本書重新走近我們。

 (摘錄自博客來網路書店)








Monday, March 10, 2014

China's Urban Billion: The Story Behind the Biggest Migration in Human History

Tom Miller 
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By 2030, China's cities will be home to 1 billion people one in every eight people on earth. What kind of lives will China's urban billion lead? And what will China's cities be like?

Over the past thirty years, China's urban population expanded by 500 million people, and is on track to swell by a further 300 million by 2030. Hundreds of millions of these new urban residents are rural migrants, who lead second-class lives without access to urban benefits. Even those lucky citizens who live in modern tower blocks must put up with clogged roads, polluted skies and cityscapes of unremitting ugliness. The rapid expansion of urban China is astonishing, but new policies are urgently needed to create healthier cities.

Combining on-the-ground reportage and up-to-date research, this pivotal book explains why China has failed to reap many of the economic and social benefits of urbanization, and suggests how these problems can be resolved. If its leaders get urbanization right, China will surpass the United States and cement its position as the world's largest economy. But if they get it wrong, China could spend the next twenty years languishing in middle-income torpor, its cities pockmarked by giant slums.

 (Excerpt from amazon.com)


中國古典文學之美

艾華
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「弱水三千,我獨取一瓢飲。」本書即取其韻文部仿,分詩經、楚辭、漢賦、詩歌、詞曲戲劇各篇。 

將其淵源、名稱、演變,作有系統之介紹說明。有難解之處,加以注音並解釋。 凡作品具有文學價值、可讀性甚高,不論真偽如何,一概予以保留,作為欣賞。 

對於一個初入門者,本書不啻是最好的敲門磚,因為所有的問題,均為你釐清,整理有序,一目了然,可以直接鑽研專書,節省不少摸索的工夫。尤其是喜歡中國文學,又不得其門而入者,譬如唐詩在中國文學佔一重要地位,而唐詩三百首又是大家耳熟能詳,但何謂古體?樂府?近體?律絕? 

在本書內,均有詳細的說明,一解心中疑惑,增加對詩歌的瞭解。

(摘錄自三民網路書店)



Monday, March 3, 2014

Media in Hong Kong : Press Freedom and Political Change, 1967-2005

Carol P. Lai
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This book examines the Hong Kong media over a forty year period, focusing in particular on how its newspapers and TV stations have struggled for press freedom under the colonial British administration, as well as Chinese rule.

Making full use of newly declassified material, extensive interviews and specific case-studies, it provides an illuminating analysis of the dynamics of political power and its relationship with media censorship.

Overall, this book is an impressive discussion of the evolving face of the Hong Kong media, and is an important contribution to theoretical debates on the relationship between political power, economics, identity and journalism.

 (Excerpt from amazon.com)


道德的人與不道德的社會 (Moral Man and Immoral Society)

萊茵霍爾德.尼布爾 (Reinhold Niebuhr)
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《道德的人與不道德的社會》名著譯叢作者R.尼布爾,美國當代最著名的基督教哲學家,一生著述甚豐,本書是他的代表作之一,系統闡述了他的倫理學和政治學觀點。作者認為,在不可避免的人類分裂及沖突面前,集團主義的殘酷,理性主義者和社會科學者的無能都加劇了人類經濟鬥爭和政治鬥爭帶來的悲劇,道德的人在這不道德的社會中能否生存下,成了我們當代面臨的最大問題。

 《道德的人與不道德的社會》集中地體現了作者應用基督教倫理思想對現實社會的分析和研究。

 在《道德的人與不道德的社會》中,作者首次提出了必須在個人的社會道德行為與社會群體(包括國家的、種族的、經濟的社會群體)的社會道德行為之間作出嚴格的區別,並根據這一區別說明那些總是讓純粹個人道德觀念感到困惑難堪的政治策略的必要性和存在的理由。

 (摘錄自博客來網路書店)



Monday, February 24, 2014

Academic Writing: A Guide for Management Students and Researchers

Mathukutty M. Monippally and Badrinarayan Shankar Pawar
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This book addresses key features of the methodology involved in business and management academic writing. Characterizing academic writing as part of research, science and the knowledge generation process, it focuses on its three main aspects: understanding existing research, documenting and sharing the results of the acquired knowledge, and acknowledging the use of other people's ideas and works in the documentation. Written in lucid language, the authors use various examples of good as well as defective writing to help students understand the concepts. They describe in detail the structure and contents of academic papers, especially conceptual and empirical research papers for journals. This book will be a rich reference resource for researchers working in the fields of management, behavioral sciences, and communications and also graduate students engaged in academic writing and research documentation.

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撫摸恐怖: 我的創作生涯 (On Writing)

斯蒂芬.金 (Stephen King)
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斯蒂芬.金--營造閱讀恐怖的奇才、恫嚇天下讀者的怪傑、製造暢銷圖書的聖書,獲取驚人利潤的贏家,他渾身上下充滿了一股神秘的力量。 斯蒂芬.金著有暢銷圖書30多部,而《撫摸恐怖--我的創作生涯》是作家於1999年發生車禍前後寫作的非小說類作品。它講述了自己的童年、青年、大學和情愛生活,以及艱難的經歷引發創作靈感並一發不可收的創作生涯,驚暴鮮為人知的家庭內幕,破解恐怖小說的創作奧秘……

(摘錄自ifindbook.net)