Alternative Movie Posters II: More Film Art from the Underground

Matthew Chojnacki
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This second volume of cinematic eye candy further documents the quickly burgeoning underground film poster movement, a group of artists who challenge Hollywood's marketing machine by bringing clever artwork and design back to movie posters. 

Nearly 100 emerging artists, with a dozen returning favorites, present their newly produced images.  Cinematic visual masters Jason Edmiston, Gary Pullin, Akiko Stehrenberger, Randy Ortiz, Brandon Schaefer, Gabz, Dave Perillo, Chris Garofalo, Anthony Petrie, Godmachine, Tracie Ching, Clark Orr, Orlando Arocena, Steve Dressler, Paul Shipper, Tom Hodge, Luke Insect, and more additionally provide commentary and behind-the-scenes information. 

Movies illustrated include classics like Vertigo, Rosemary's Baby, and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, more recent hits such as Her and Drive, cult favorites Dazed and Confused and Donnie Darko, and childhood staples Ghostbusters, Back to the Future, and Labyrinth.

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“Chinese Cultural Artifacts Exhibition – Curated Items from the Library Special Collection” is being staged at Run Run Shaw Library of City University of Hong Kong until 30 July 2017. The exhibition showcases a selection of rare items from three categories: Chinese Shadow Puppets, Nuo Masks, and Movie Posters 1950s-1980s.

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中國文化傳統的六個面向 (Six Facets of Chinese Cultural Tradition)

李歐梵 著
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對於專業或非專業的讀者來說，李歐梵教授的這本新書都是了解中國文化不可錯過的精彩讀本。他選擇了心目中最能代表中國文化傳統的六個面向─英雄本色、政教道統、江河歲月、飲食男女、魑魅魍魎、魂兮歸來，並在每一面向中選取一二篇代表性的古今經典文本，從文學、音樂、電影、藝術等角度暢談他對中國文化理解與感受。

李教授在中外古今的廣闊視野之下講解中國經典，融匯數十年眼見學識，旁徵博引、不落窠臼，加上他性情中人的風趣痛快，使講稿豐富多元，趣味盎然。他還邀請香港中文大學的專家學者一同講授與對話，並在數講之後增寫「續論」，進一步闡發講稿中的精彩之處。

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香港城市大學邵逸夫圖書館現正舉行「中國傳統文化藝術品-圖書館精選館藏展覽」，展品共分三個專題，包括中國皮影戲戲偶、儺面具、及50至80年代電影海報，展期至7月30日。

101 Secrets For Your Twenties

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Every twenty-something needs a little black book of secrets. Our twenties are filled with confusion, terrible jobs, anticipation, disappointment, cubicles, break-ups, transition, quarter-life crisis, loneliness, post-college what the heck, moderate success sandwiched between complete failure. We need a worn and weathered guide stashed somewhere close by to help shed some light on this defining decade.

That guide is this book.

Expanded from the blog post "21 Secrets for Your 20s" that spread like Internet wildfire with nearly a million readers in 190 countries, 101 Secrets for Your Twenties will encourage, inspire, prompt a plethora of LOLs, and kick-start your life forward with its witty, honest, and hilarious wisdom-stuffed pearls to help you rock life in your twenties.


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小王子的領悟

周保松 著
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小王子為什麼要離開玫瑰？狐狸的教導，為什麼能令小王子走出危機，明白馴服的道理？小王子最後選擇將命運交託給毒蛇，真的是明智之舉嗎？

這是許多《小王子》的讀者都會有的困惑。在《小王子的領悟》中，周保松教授用他的哲思和童心，對這些問題作出深刻解讀 ，並帶領讀者進入小王子的世界，尋找那美麗的思想綠洲。

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「《小王子的領悟》助我們記起成人都曾是獨一無二的孩童，任其成長、成熟，毋庸離棄本真。」——陳冠中

「哲學家追問人生的意義，竟然有著偵探小說般的嚴謹、綿密，也有著詩人的溫柔嘆息和深切祝福。」——崔衛平

「......雖說是哲學，其實是娓娓而談一些人生道理，講夢想，講童真，講生命，講愛，講孤獨，講選擇，從《小王子》的文本，去思考書中的哲學問題。 」——李怡

Japan Journeys: Famous Woodblock Prints of Cultural Sights in Japan

Andreas Marks
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Presenting classic Japanese woodblock prints, Japan Journeys offers a unique perspective on the country's most famous travel destinations.

This stunning art book gathers together approximately two hundred Japanese woodblock prints depicting scenic spots and cultural icons that still delight visitors today. Many of the prints are by masters such as Utagawa Hiroshige, Kitagawa Utamaro, and Utagawa Kunisada, and currently hang in prestigious galleries and museums worldwide. Katsuhika Hokusai, the artform's most celebrated artist, is also well represented, with many prints from his "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road" series and "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji" series, including his world-renowned "Great Wave" print.

In addition to prints showcasing Japan's natural beauty, this carefully curated selection depicts roads and railways; favorite pastimes, such as blossom viewing and attending festivals; beloved entertainment, such as kabuki theater; the fashions they wore, and the food they ate. Author Andreas Marks is a leading expert on Japanese woodblock prints, and his Illuminating captions provide background context to the scenes depicted.

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尋找天堂：北極圈裡的難民營

陳琬淋 著
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琬淋是個即將離開校園、步入職場的台大準畢業生，面對夢想與現實的拉扯，她決定藉著在丹麥當交換學生的地利之便，造訪傳說中最像天堂的挪威羅浮敦群島。

她要去尋找她心目中無比安靜、平和的天堂……

然而，她沒料到的是，她竟在她的天堂裡遇上來自許多國家、尋求庇護的難民......

琬淋以尋找天堂為起始，卻在人間仙境結識了來自伊索比亞的難民，當地甚至還有一所難民營。於是，這衝突的組合，便在羅浮敦群島想當然耳的美景之外，賦予旅者出乎意料的感受。－李濠仲／挪威文化觀察作家

《尋找天堂》是旅人與難民相遇的故事，是透過旅人敏銳的心靈和社會學式抽離的觀察，對現實世界的多重矛盾所提出的隱喻。這是來自不同世界的人如何相處，學著相互了解的故事。－林國明／台大社會系教授

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Writers In Paris: Literary Lives in the City of Light

David Burke
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No City has attracted so much literary talent, launched so many illustrious careers, or produced such a wealth of enduring literature as Paris. From the fifteenth century through the twentieth, poets, novelists, and playwrights, famed for both their work and their lives, were shaped by this enchanting place. From the natives such as Moliere, Genet, and Anais Nin to expats like Henry Miller, Samuel Beckett, and Gertrude Stein, author David Burke follows hundreds of writers through Paris's labyrinthine streets, inviting readers on his grand tour.

Unique in scope and approach, Writers in Paris crosses from the Right bank to the Left and on to the Ille de la Cité as it explores the alleyways and haunts frequented by the world's most storied writers. Burke focuses not only on their writing, but on their passions, ecstasies, obsessions, and betrayals. Equally appealing to Francophiles and serious readers, this engaging book includes maps and more than one hundred evocative photographs.

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“The Roofs of Paris” Exhibition at City University of Hong Kong
- An unforgettable visual journey through views of Paris from high above
Date: 26 May to 23 July 2017
Time: 10am to 7pm daily. Closed on Mondays
Venue: CityU Exhibition Gallery, City University of Hong Kong
Admission: Free admission

樓上風光 : 香港天台窩 = Portraits from Above : Hong Kong's Informal Rooftop Communities

鄔南薰 (Rufina Wu) , 斯特凡・坎漢 (Stefan Canham)
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大半個世紀以來，在高樓大廈天台自建的住房，已成為香港歷史不可或缺的一部分。天台屋的規模，可以簡單如貧窮戶的簡陋居室，又或複雜如多層建築組成，並備有現代化設計和設施的房子。鄔南薰和斯特凡‧坎漢透過文字故事、建築繪圖和高解像照片，記錄五個座落於九龍舊區（現亦成為香港市區重建局選定進行重建的地方）大廈的天台戶，敘述二十多個天台屋居民的故事，展現一個嶄新的香港天台屋視野。

這個書冊為讀者展示基層市民根據生活需要而自建的建築及其生活點滴。

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香港城市大學舉行「在巴黎屋頂的邊緣」展覽，透過展示巴黎美輪美奐的屋頂，刻劃巴黎如何從中世紀的幽暗城鎮，蛻變成今天​的「花都」，從而為觀眾帶來一次難忘的藝術之旅！展覽由城大與法國五月合辦，5月26日至7月23日在香港城市大學展覽館舉行。

The Rooftops of Paris

All the Birds in the Sky

Charlie Jane Anders 
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The novel was generally well received by critics. It won the 2017 Nebula Award for Best Novel and the 2017 IAFA William L. Crawford Fantasy Award; it was also a 2017 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel finalist and was nominated for the 2017 Hugo Award for Best Novel.

An ancient society of witches and a hipster technological startup go war as the world from tearing itself. To further complicate things, each of the groups’ most promising followers (Patricia, a brilliant witch and Laurence, an engineering “wunderkind”) may just be in love with each other.

As the battle between magic and science wages in San Francisco against the backdrop of international chaos, Laurence and Patricia are forced to choose sides. But their choices will determine the fate of the planet and all mankind.

In a fashion unique to Charlie Jane Anders, All the Birds in the Sky offers a humorous and, at times, heart-breaking exploration of growing up extraordinary in world filled with cruelty, scientific ingenuity, and magic.

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旅行與讀書

詹宏志
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讀不一樣的書、走不一樣的路 　　

這本書裡有：被一本托斯卡尼食譜指南引路的攤牌考驗；有盡信書而驚險萬分的瑞士登山行；有念誦著魯拜集的哲思高明的印度商人；有被旅行社誆騙卻皆大歡喜的廚房體驗；有南非草叢中充滿生命體驗的薩伐旅；有爆炸後讓旅人一路矛盾的峇里島行；有阿拉斯加天地獨行般的行跡；有土耳其街攤羊頭的滋味；也有京都東京夢幻美食的紀行……30年來台灣最勇於作夢文化人詹宏志，與你分享他私密的旅行與思考。

《旅行與讀書》並不是充滿智慧形象的詹宏志作讀者的旅行提案，而是他用作家朱天文推崇的明朗文字 (「詹宏志是當代極少數能寫明朗文章的人之一。明朗的魅力。絕不抽象，將複雜的來龍去脈說得有趣、帥勁，令人神往。 」)，將他在旅行中的挫折或驚喜、決定與徬徨一一紀錄下來。

全書中，詹宏志除了展現他那百科全書般的知識配備與無線電望遠鏡似的敏銳觸角，更多時候，他像是熱情洋溢的說書人，急切地把異鄉的不同說給身邊的人聽，每個光景和人物都沾染他對未知世界少年般的好奇，聽眾們除了身歷其境感受那新鮮的景象，也得以窺見這位穿梭文化與商界的「台灣第一才子」勇敢闖蕩各界、源源不絕的熱情來源。

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Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City

Matthew Desmond
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WINNER OF THE 2017 PULITZER PRIZE FOR GENERAL NONFICTION

In Evicted, Harvard sociologist and MacArthur “Genius” Matthew Desmond follows eight families in Milwaukee as they struggle to keep a roof over their heads. Hailed as “wrenching and revelatory” (The Nation), “vivid and unsettling” (New York Review of Books), Evicted transforms our understanding of poverty and economic exploitation while providing fresh ideas for solving one of 21st-century America’s most devastating problems. Its unforgettable scenes of hope and loss remind us of the centrality of home, without which nothing else is possible.

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為了活下去 : 脫北女孩朴研美 (In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom)

朴研美 (Yeonmi Park) 著
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一個長於北韓黑市世代的女孩，歷經苦難終於逃離家鄉， 卻在人口販子的掌控下，度過兩年生不如死的歲月。
這是一則為了活下去的故事。

在黑暗的隧道裡看到微光/阿潑
在見到真正的脫北者之前，我讀了不少北韓相關的書，幾乎如出一轍地，會談論金氏領導人的權威，談到洗腦教育，談到飢餓，談到各種不堪，還有逃亡。或許因為如此，當那個清瘦束著頭髮的女孩說著自己的故事時，我有些心不在焉，因為我知道她簡短的談話裡會出現的詞彙、句子，也約莫猜得到逃亡路線：進中國，往中南半島逃，再到南韓。在這種南北韓交界區旅行，脫北者的故事分享與北韓罪惡的介紹影片，絕對是套裝行程之一，短短十分鐘，滿足大家獵奇的眼光 ......《為了活下去》作者朴研美或許是極少數願意以真名，且站在大眾面前訴說經歷的人。逃到南韓後，為了尋找姐姐，她上了電視，而後，到國外演講分享，被北韓當局視為眼中釘，公開抨擊她，並對付她在北韓的親人。但朴研美無所畏懼......

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Lean In for Graduates

Sheryl Sandberg
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The #1 best seller, expanded and updated exclusively for graduates entering the workforce

This extraordinary edition of Lean In, by Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer of Facebook and coauthor of Option B, with Adam Grant, includes a letter to graduates from Sandberg and six additional chapters from experts offering advice on finding and getting the most out of a first job; résumé writing; best interviewing practices; negotiating your salary; listening to your inner voice; owning who you are; and leaning in for millennial men.

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做自己的生命設計師 : 史丹佛最夯的生涯規畫課, 用「設計思考」重擬問題, 打造全新生命藍圖 (Designing Your Life)

比爾・柏內特 (Bill Burnett) , 戴夫・埃文斯 (Dave Evans) 著
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本書作者比爾‧柏內特（Bill Burnett）與戴夫‧埃文斯（Dave Evans）讓我們瞭解，如何透過設計思考，創造出有意義又快樂的人生。不管是誰，身處何方，現在或先前的工作是什麼，目前多老或多年輕，都可以藉著那些帶來世上美妙科技、產品、空間的設計思考，打造專屬於自己的事業與生活，活出圓滿、有趣、創意無限、生產力十足、永遠有驚喜等在前方的人生。

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My Name Is Lucy Barton: A Novel

Elizabeth Strout 
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE

The relationship between mother and daughter, in all its thorniness and intricacy, is at the heart of Elizabeth Strout’s new novel.

In the 1980s, Lucy, an aspiring writer, ends up spending nine weeks in hospital when she develops complications following what was supposed to be a routine operation. During this time, she is visited by the mother she hasn’t seen for many years and this short visit – five days out of both their lives – becomes the episode around which the rest of the story hangs.

My Name Is Lucy Barton encompasses Lucy’s marriage and her path to becoming a writer, but it is in the intimacy of these five days, with Lucy’s mother taking catnaps in the chair beside her bed, that we come to understand the nature of the bond between them ...

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 “A short novel about love, particularly the complicated love between mothers and daughters, but also simpler, more sudden bonds . . . It evokes these connections in a style so spare, so pure and so profound the book almost seems to be a kind of scripture or sutra, if a very down-to-earth and unpretentious one.”—Marion Winik, Newsday

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給母親的短柬

李碧華 主編
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這是李碧華小姐在博客上的一個徵文比賽作品結集。意念源於她一次在日本看到一些掌中書的內容，短柬書寫對母親的愛或懷念，言簡意賅但情意濃厚。

把不敢、不忍、不好竟思、從沒想過、難以開口向母親說的話，寫出來。一切要“及時”。用字純樸，發自真心。

小思、王安憶、陸川、陳果、小克、陳顧方、田沁鑫、侯小強、李碧華等擔任評審、分別在香港及中國大陸出版，版稅捐助中國的孤兒院，讓失去母愛的小孩受惠。

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Thank You for Being Late: An Optimist's Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations

Thomas L. Friedman
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A New York Times Bestseller

A field guide to the twenty-first century, written by one of its most celebrated observers

We all sense it―something big is going on. You feel it in your workplace. You feel it when you talk to your kids. You can’t miss it when you read the newspapers or watch the news. Our lives are being transformed in so many realms all at once―and it is dizzying.

In Thank You for Being Late, a work unlike anything he has attempted before, Thomas L. Friedman exposes the tectonic movements that are reshaping the world today and explains how to get the most out of them and cushion their worst impacts. You will never look at the world the same way again after you read this book: how you understand the news, the work you do, the education your kids need, the investments your employer has to make, and the moral and geopolitical choices our country has to navigate will all be refashioned by Friedman’s original analysis...

Thank You for Being Late is a work of contemporary history that serves as a field manual for how to write and think about this era of accelerations. It’s also an argument for “being late”―for pausing to appreciate this amazing historical epoch we’re passing through and to reflect on its possibilities and dangers. To amplify this point, Friedman revisits his Minnesota hometown in his moving concluding chapters; there, he explores how communities can create a “topsoil of trust” to anchor their increasingly diverse and digital populations.

With his trademark vitality, wit, and optimism, Friedman shows that we can overcome the multiple stresses of an age of accelerations―if we slow down, if we dare to be late and use the time to reimagine work, politics, and community. Thank You for Being Late is Friedman’s most ambitious book―and an essential guide to the present and the future.

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責任與判斷 (Responsibility and Judgment)

漢娜.鄂蘭 (Hannah Arendt)
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本書集結鄂蘭生前最後十年未出版的文章與演講稿，她在其中針對道德哲學提出幾個問題，尤其是關於「惡的本質」與「道德抉擇」。

沒有人比鄂蘭更了解二十世紀的政治危機可以從道德崩潰的角度視之。勢如瓦解，顯而易見。鄂蘭看到那具爭議性、挑戰性以及困難的核心，不是由於人的無知或邪惡，未能辨識道德的「真相」，而是由於道德的「真相」竟不足以作為標準，去對人已經可能做到的事情下判斷。鄂蘭允許自己提出的唯一的概括結論，反諷地指向一種大幅變革的無所不括，即西方思想傳統原本引以為神聖之事全盤改變了。道德思想的傳統斷了，不只由於政治觀念，也由於二十世紀的政治事實，傳統斷裂，再也無法復原。

鄂蘭既非虛無主義者，也非道學家；而是思想家，追隨其思考的指引。然而要跟上她，卻是讀者的艱鉅任務——主要並不是對於讀者的智力或知識的挑戰，而是對思考能力的挑戰。她提出的並非理論的解決，而是豐富的刺激，刺激你自己去思考。她覺得托克維爾（Alexis de Tocqueville）的洞見無比深刻，亦即，危機時刻或在真正的轉戾點，「過往無法給未來帶來啟示，人心徘徊在晦暗之中。」她認為在這種時刻（此時對她正是），心靈的晦暗就是最清明的指示，指示我們需要重新思考人類責任的意義，以及人類判斷的力量。

(摘錄自博客來網路書店)

Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance

Angela Duckworth
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In this instant New York Times bestseller, pioneering psychologist Angela Duckworth shows anyone striving to succeed—be it parents, students, educators, athletes, or business people—that the secret to outstanding achievement is not talent but a special blend of passion and persistence she calls “grit.”

Drawing on her own powerful story as the daughter of a scientist who frequently noted her lack of “genius,” Duckworth, now a celebrated researcher and professor, describes her early eye-opening stints in teaching, business consulting, and neuroscience, which led to the hypothesis that what really drives success is not “genius” but a unique combination of passion and long-term perseverance.

In Grit, she takes readers into the field to visit cadets struggling through their first days at West Point, teachers working in some of the toughest schools, and young finalists in the National Spelling Bee. She also mines fascinating insights from history and shows what can be gleaned from modern experiments in peak performance. Finally, she shares what she’s learned from interviewing dozens of high achievers—from JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon to New Yorker cartoon editor Bob Mankoff to Seattle Seahawks Coach Pete Carroll.

Among Grit’s most valuable insights:
*Why any effort you make ultimately counts twice toward your goal
*How grit can be learned, regardless of I.Q. or circumstances
*How lifelong interest is triggered
*How much of optimal practice is suffering and how much ecstasy
*Which is better for your child—a warm embrace or high standards
*The magic of the Hard Thing Rule

Winningly personal, insightful, and even life-changing, Grit is a book about what goes through your head when you fall down, and how that—not talent or luck—makes all the difference.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

當呼吸化為空氣 : 一位天才神經外科醫師最後的生命洞察 (When Breath Becomes Air)

保羅.卡拉尼提 (Paul Kalanithi) 著
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這本書會像一個紙鎮，令我們想起生命的重量。 ~~蔡康永

2016年全球最受矚目的書
＊Amazon暢銷總榜第1名(超過3000名讀者5顆星評價)
＊《紐約時報》非文學類暢銷書排行榜第1名
＊ Goodreads Choice Award for Memoir & Autobiography

2014年，36歲的保羅醫師即將完成十年之久的神經外科醫師訓練，科學研究並獲得美國神經外科學會最高研究獎，即將獲得史丹福醫學院外科教授職位並主持自己的研究室。他的人生正邁向生命的高峰，卻被診斷出患有第四期肺癌。頭一天他是醫生，還在治療瀕死的病人，第二天他是病人，掙扎求生。他跟妻子原先設想的未來，就此完全蒸發。

保羅醫生原本醉心文學，取得史丹福文學碩士，因想探索生命本質，轉而學醫，念完耶魯醫學院後，他選擇成為神經外科醫生，在人類身分、意義認同的最關鍵部位－－大腦從事手術。

在確診自己罹患末期疾病後，這位才華洋溢的年輕神經外科醫師從醫師、病人、兒子、伴侶、父親等不同身分，審視自己37年的生命歷程，思索生命與死亡的意義。面對未知與隨時可能降臨的人生終點，保羅醫師寫著：

＊我逐漸了解，面對我終將死亡的事實，就某種意義上來說，什麼也沒有改變，也改變了一切。作家貝克特所寫的七個字，開始不斷縈繞於我的腦中：｢我沒有辦法繼續下去。我會繼續下去。｣（I can’t go on, I’ll go on.）

＊死亡永遠是贏家。不過你仍然可以繼續奮鬥，你永遠無法觸及完美，但是你可以相信那條漸近線，永不止息地朝它努力。

＊如果我不知道自己想要什麼，我起碼已經學到一件事，一件希波克拉底、奧斯勒都沒提到的事情：醫師的職責不是峻拒死亡，也不是使病人回復舊有生命，而是敞開雙臂擁抱生命已經分崩離析的病人及家屬，而且努力使他們重新站起去面對、去弄清楚他們本身存在的意義。

即便最後身體極度不適，保羅醫師仍奮力寫作，最後他於2015年3月過世，留下這本深刻且令人感動的書。《當呼吸化為空氣》飽含文學、醫學、哲學的省思，將引領我們思考自己的價值與有限的生命。

(摘錄自博客來網路書店) 

All the Light We Cannot See : A Novel

Anthony Doerr
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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, a New York Times Book Review Top Ten Book, National Book Award finalist, more than two and a half years on the New York Times bestseller list

From the highly acclaimed, multiple award-winning Anthony Doerr, the stunningly beautiful instant New York Times bestseller about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War II.

Marie-Laure lives in Paris near the Museum of Natural History, where her father works. When she is twelve, the Nazis occupy Paris and father and daughter flee to the walled citadel of Saint-Malo, where Marie-Laure’s reclusive great uncle lives in a tall house by the sea. With them they carry what might be the museum’s most valuable and dangerous jewel.

In a mining town in Germany, Werner Pfennig, an orphan, grows up with his younger sister, enchanted by a crude radio they find that brings them news and stories from places they have never seen or imagined. Werner becomes an expert at building and fixing these crucial new instruments and is enlisted to use his talent to track down the resistance. Deftly interweaving the lives of Marie-Laure and Werner, Doerr illuminates the ways, against all odds, people try to be good to one another.

Doerr’s “stunning sense of physical detail and gorgeous metaphors” (San Francisco Chronicle) are dazzling. Ten years in the writing, a National Book Award finalist, All the Light We Cannot See is a magnificent, deeply moving novel from a writer “whose sentences never fail to thrill” (Los Angeles Times).

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

少, 但是更好 (Essentialism)

葛瑞格・麥基昂 (Greg McKeown) 著
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★《紐約時報》、《華爾街日報》暢銷書！

獻給被工作與生活壓得喘不過氣的你。

你是否曾發現自己忙到分身乏術？你是否曾覺得工作過度又未能充分發揮實力？你是否曾發現自己專做不重要的事？你是否覺得忙碌不堪卻缺乏生產力？就像你總是在移動，卻從未到達任何地方一樣？

作者以「少，但是更好」做為本書的核心概念，闡述為什麼讓生活化繁為簡如此重要。一旦有「事事都重要」、「有沒有辦法做好所有事」的想法，不管什麼請託、要求都攬在身上，結果就是自己愈繃愈緊，焦頭爛額，反而工作生活兩頭落空。

為了達到「專準主義」（Essentialism）的狀態，作者在書中以三步驟來解釋：第一，精挑：要判斷出目前什麼事情才是首要，先問問自己，「現在所做的事情，是否值得投入？」如果不是，應該要勇敢拒絕。要成為「I choose to」，而不是「I have to」的人。第二，簡化：如何刪除瑣碎無謂的枝節。第三，準確執行：如何移除障礙，讓執行過程減少阻力與痛苦。

本書不是教你如何在最短的時間內完成最多事情，而是教你如何只做正確的事。本書談論的並非時間管理或提升生產力的策略，而是提供一個系統性的方法，教你如何在個人和專業領域中變得更有效率、更有生產力和更有影響力。

最終，你會過忠於自己的生活，而不是別人期待你過的生活。

(摘錄自博客來網路書店)

Writing Your Journal Article in Twelve Weeks: A Guide to Academic Publishing Success

Wendy Laura Belcher
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"This book is a wonderful addition to a graduate course on professional writing, to a writers' group in need of some structure, or even to the lone writer who needs assistance becoming an academic writer."
―Chronicle of Higher Education

Wendy Laura Belcher's Writing Your Journal Article in Twelve Weeks: A Guide to Academic Publishing Success is a revolutionary approach to enabling academic authors to overcome their anxieties and produce the publications that are essential to succeeding in their fields. Each week, readers learn a particular feature of strong articles and work on revising theirs accordingly. At the end of twelve weeks, they send their article to a journal. This invaluable resource is the only guide that focuses specifically on publishing humanities and social science journal articles.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

從段落到篇章 : 學術寫作析論技巧

蔡柏盈 著
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目前市面可見的論文寫作書籍，均以研究為主軸，寫作為輔，從選擇研究方向、資料蒐集的方法、圖書館與工具書的使用，乃至論文格式等，無所不包。然而，大部分人即使參考了這些論文寫作書，甚或上過研究方法課，依然有「不知如何下筆」，或是「不知這樣寫好不好」的困擾。

其實，寫作是用來表達自我思想感受的方式，是用語言文字去闡述自我與世界的關連，表現對世界的理解。因此，在進入寫作的世界時，我們應先認識四種寫作上最常用的表達類型：描寫、敘述、說明、議論。雖然這四種類型是最基本的寫作方法，但在意念組織、行文佈局、陳述修辭上，卻各有不同的重點與寫作技巧，值得玩味再三。

除了基本的描寫、敘 述外，本書還特別針對說明、議論兩種類型，再細分 為分析、比較對照、定義、分類、舉例、評論等幾 種析論方式，說明寫作概念、寫作策略，輔 以討論練習。讀者在書寫學術報告及論文時，可端視自己所要論述的中心意念及文章架構，選擇適合的析論方式，或是單以一個段落、數個段落乃至一個篇章，加以交互運用這些析論技巧組織成文，相信更能寫出條理分明、絲絲入扣的絕佳文章。

(摘錄自博客來網路書店)


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Developing Effective Research Proposals

Keith F. Punch
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This is your step-by-step guide to success with your research proposal. This new edition covers every section of the proposal, telling you all you need to know on how to structure it, bring rigour to your methods section, impress your readers and get your proposal accepted.

With practical tips and advice throughout, new features include:

• Comprehensive explanation of method and methodology, and how to maximize this crucial section of your proposal
• A new section on mixed methods: an increasingly common approach in research
• A new chapter on how to get it right with ethics
• Fresh exercises and activities, now for each key chapter

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

質性訪談方法︰聆聽與提問的藝術 (Qualitative Interviewing)

赫伯特‧J.魯賓（Herbert J. Rubin） , 艾琳‧S.魯賓（Irene S. Rubin） 著
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本書主要討論了研究設計、訪談實施和數據分析三大部分，每一部分都提出了相應的工作目標和實施路徑，並在討論的過程中結合了大量的研究實例，詳細明確地提供了不同種類的研究展開操作的可行辦法。為了最大限度地利用本書，建議讀者在閱讀的過程中，帶著自己的研究興趣，根據書中提供的指導，具體思索並回答有關這一主題在各個階段應解決的問題。 本書是一部可讀性很強的研究指南，既適合質性研究的初學者作為入門的指導，也適合正在做研究的學者作為研究參考。

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