Monday, July 26, 2021

Exhalation

Ted Chiang
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ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR
A NATIONAL BESTSELLER


Nine stunningly original, provocative, and poignant stories—two being published for the very first time—all from the mind of the incomparable Ted Chiang.

Tackling some of humanity’s oldest questions along with new quandaries only he could imagine, these stories will change the way you think, feel, and see the world. They are Ted Chiang at his best: profound, sympathetic, revelatory.

Exhalation by Ted Chiang is a collection of short stories that will make you think, grapple with big questions, and feel more human. The best kind of science fiction.” —Barack Obama, via Facebook

“Chiang produces deeply moving drama from fascinating first premises. . . . These stories are brilliant experiments, and his commitment to exploring deep human questions elevates them to among the very best science fiction.” Publishers Weekly (starred review)

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

第七感 : 啟動認知自我與感知他人的幸福連結 (Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation)

丹尼爾.席格 (Daniel J. Siegel)
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自我蛻變新科學
一場腦內革命與新探索

「人際神經生物學」權威丹尼爾.席格博士的「第七感」
獲Google、Blue Man等國際各大企業團體競相邀約,席捲全球


第七感是每個人都有的內在潛能,
是培養EQ(智商)與SQ(社商)的真正基礎,
也是開啟認知自我與感知他人的神祕鑰匙。

即刻開啟你的第七感,獲得連結幸福人生的關鍵力量!

「鍛鍊第七感,對我們的人際關係、家庭生活、婚姻、職場以及領導統御方面,都有很大的幫助。」──《EQ》、《SQ》作者,丹尼爾.高曼 高度推薦

• 有時你會變得不合理地生氣或不安,並且難以平靜下來嗎?
• 有沒有想過為什麼你不能停止你的行為,無論你怎麼努力?
• 你和你的孩子(或父母、伴侶或老闆)是否陷入了看似不可避免的衝突模式?

我們要如何發展出一種能力,而能認知到自己的某個想法──而不只是擁有一個想法──並認知到這是自己的內在心智活動,而不至於被它掌控?
我們要如何能獲取所有關於心智的豐富寶藏,而不是只能受制於反射反應?我們要如何引導自己的思考與感受,而不是被它們驅使?
我們又如何能瞭解他人的內心,真正理解他們「到底在想什麼」,並且更有效地給予同情的回應?

對大腦運作方式有基本的瞭解,將有助於瞭解自己有多大的改變潛能!

人類的五種感官知覺,讓我們得以探索外在世界;而第六感,讓我們得以察覺自己內在的生理狀態。第七感,是一種向內觀看的能力。統合外在與內在的世界,進一步認知內心、反思自我。開啟第七感的力量,邁向自我蛻變、打開與他人的幸福連結......

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Monday, July 19, 2021

The Silk Road: A New History

Valerie Hansen
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Amazon Books Editors' Pick

The Silk Road is as iconic in world history as the Colossus of Rhodes or the Suez Canal. But what was it, exactly? It conjures up a hazy image of a caravan of camels laden with silk on a dusty desert track, reaching from China to Rome. The reality was different--and far more interesting--as revealed in this new history.

In The Silk Road, Valerie Hansen describes the remarkable archeological finds that revolutionize our understanding of these trade routes. For centuries, key records remained hidden--sometimes deliberately buried by bureaucrats for safe keeping. But the sands of the Taklamakan Desert have revealed fascinating material, sometimes preserved by illiterate locals who recycled official documents to make insoles for shoes or garments for the dead. Hansen explores seven oases along the road, from Xi'an to Samarkand, where merchants, envoys, pilgrims, and travelers mixed in cosmopolitan communities, tolerant of religions from Buddhism to Zoroastrianism. There was no single, continuous road, but a chain of markets that traded between east and west. China and the Roman Empire had very little direct trade. China's main partners were the peoples of modern-day Iran, whose tombs in China reveal much about their Zoroastrian beliefs. Silk was not the most important good on the road; paper, invented in China before Julius Caesar was born, had a bigger impact in Europe, while metals, spices, and glass were just as important as silk. Perhaps most significant of all was the road's transmission of ideas, technologies, and artistic motifs.

The Silk Road
is a fascinating story of archeological discovery, cultural transmission, and the intricate chains across Central Asia and China.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

The “Atlas of Maritime Buddhism” exhibition turns the spotlight on how the Maritime Silk Road enabled cultural exchanges through the diffusion of Buddhism. It uniquely integrates transnational academic study, archaeology, digital imaging, digital media, and location shooting, among others, through a variety of advanced technologies that vividly and pan-dimensionally reveal magnificent historical sites related to Buddhism. READ MORE

“Atlas of Maritime Buddhism” Exhibition
Date: 7 July to 3 October 2021 (Closed on Mondays)
Time: 10am to 7pm
Venue: Indra and Harry Banga Gallery, 18/F, Lau Ming Wai Academic Building, City University of Hong Kong
Admission: Free of charge, prior registration required for visitors BOOK A VISIT

建構中國生命倫理學:大疫當前

范瑞平, 張穎
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2020年,新冠肺炎病毒在全球爆發,威脅公眾健康、打亂生活節奏、衝擊社會經濟。病毒沒有種族,也沒有國界,人們在共同面對這一瘟疫大挑戰時,健康價值固然重要,與此同時,倫理道德和人類價值如平等、自由、公正等同樣不能忽略。

本書收錄二十多篇,由兩岸三地的學者撰寫的重大議題文章,從基礎倫理、防控倫理、法律倫理、醫療倫理、責任倫理、關懷倫理六個角度,探討如何在大疫當前的困境下,建構中國生命倫理學。書中提出多個引人反思道德傳統、倫理精神和價值取向的問題,如防控措施與個人權利應如何平衡?健康碼的追蹤程序能否保障個人隱私權?醫療資源稀缺情況下限制老人的醫療供給是否合理?如何保障一線醫護人員的基本安全?

作者期望通過本書補充生命倫理學的「缺如」,並為健全社會防疫意識、完善醫療衛生體系、增強道德研究,以及建構具有中國特色的生命倫理學盡一分力。在此疫情仍然嚴峻的今日,絕對值得一讀。

(摘錄自博客來網路書店)


Monday, July 12, 2021

Mission Economy: A Moonshot Guide to Changing Capitalism

Mariana Mazzucato
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"She offers something both broad and scarce: a compelling new story about how to create a desirable future." (New York Times)

An award-winning author and leading international economist delivers a hard-hitting and much needed critique of modern capitalism in which she argues that, to solve the massive crises facing us, we must be innovative - we must use collaborative, mission-oriented thinking while also bringing a stakeholder view of public private partnerships which means not only taking risks together but also sharing the rewards.


Capitalism is in crisis. The rich have gotten richer - the one percent, those with more than one million dollars, own 44 percent of the world's wealth - while climate change is transforming - and in some cases wiping out - life on the planet. We are plagued by crises threatening our lives, and this situation is unsustainable. But how do we fix these problems decades in the making?

Mission Economy looks at the grand challenges facing us in a radically new way. Global warming, pollution, dementia, obesity, gun violence, mobility - these environmental, health, and social dilemmas are huge, complex, and have no simple solutions. Mariana Mazzucato argues we need to think bigger and mobilize our resources in a way that is as bold as inspirational as the moon landing - this time to the most "wicked" social problems of our time.

We can only begin to find answers if we fundamentally restructure capitalism to make it inclusive, sustainable, and driven by innovation that tackles concrete problems from the digital divide, to health pandemics, to our polluted cities. That means changing government tools and culture, creating new markers of corporate governance, and ensuring that corporations, society, and the government coalesce to share a common goal.

We did it to go to the moon. We can do it again to fix our problems and improve the lives of every one of us. We simply can no longer afford not to.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

莫斯科紳士 (A Gentleman in Moscow)

亞莫爾.托歐斯 (Amor Towles)
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暢銷小說《上流法則》(Rules of Civility)作者最新作品,
一個終身遭軟禁在飯店的紳士,怎麼活出精彩的一生?


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有趣、聰明,出奇的樂觀……這本小說是部迷人故事,內容包羅萬象、細節豐富。有很棒的愛情故事、政治局勢、間諜、親情和詩歌。就手法而言,既是歷史小說,同時也是本懸疑故事和愛情故事。──比爾.蓋茲

三百六十度無死角的偉大小說,以其獨特的魅力、智慧與極富洞察力的哲思,帶給你無窮的閱讀快感。即便殘酷的時代也無法消彌人類的尊嚴、榮耀與記憶。──《科克斯書評》

這是一本關於擺脫世俗的書。《莫斯科紳士》有著絕妙的結構和精緻的文風……這一切都讓人聯想到魏斯.安德森的《布達佩斯大飯店》。──《泰晤士報》

《莫斯科紳士》是亞莫爾.托歐斯繼一鳴驚人的暢銷處女作《上流法則》後,時隔五年再度席捲書市的力作。書中慧黠的對話、令人印象深刻的諸多角色,以及輪番上演的精緻劇碼,描繪出莫斯科那段最紛亂、動盪卻也最迷人的光景。作者以20世紀初的蘇聯為背景,描繪一個失去奢華生活的貴族紳士,如何在拮据中獲得心靈的豐盛與自由。筆觸幽默,激發哲學思考,深入探索身為人的意義。

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Monday, July 5, 2021

The Silent Patient

Alex Michaelides
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** #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER**

"Superb... This edgy, intricately plotted psychological thriller establishes Michaelides as a major player in the field." --Publisher's Weekly, starred review

"Impressive debut...The Silent Patient is intelligent, imaginative and a terrific read." --The Times (London), Book of the Month

"An unforgettable—and Hollywood-bound—new thriller... A mix of Hitchcockian suspense, Agatha Christie plotting, and Greek tragedy." —Entertainment Weekly

The Silent Patient is a shocking psychological thriller of a woman’s act of violence against her husband—and of the therapist obsessed with uncovering her motive.

Alicia Berenson’s life is seemingly perfect. A famous painter married to an in-demand fashion photographer, she lives in a grand house with big windows overlooking a park in one of London’s most desirable areas. One evening her husband Gabriel returns home late from a fashion shoot, and Alicia shoots him five times in the face, and then never speaks another word.

Alicia’s refusal to talk, or give any kind of explanation, turns a domestic tragedy into something far grander, a mystery that captures the public imagination and casts Alicia into notoriety. The price of her art skyrockets, and she, the silent patient, is hidden away from the tabloids and spotlight at the Grove, a secure forensic unit in North London.

Theo Faber is a criminal psychotherapist who has waited a long time for the opportunity to work with Alicia. His determination to get her to talk and unravel the mystery of why she shot her husband takes him down a twisting path into his own motivations—a search for the truth that threatens to consume him...

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

香港村落 : 江啟明畫筆下的鄉郊歲月

江啟明
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躍然紙上的香港村落,
一筆一畫回到純樸的鄉郊歲月……

香港土生土長的自學畫家江啟明,年過八十依然孜孜作畫,以寫實風格繪盡香港風光。《香港村落》為前作《香港元氣》的續篇別冊,作品集中描繪香港村落,有些風景今天仍存,尚待我們發掘和珍惜,有些全憑畫家把美留住,供我們在紙上細細念想。

畫作以外,《香港村落》盼以紙筆把大自然及人文歷史交融,好讓讀者不僅從中領略鄉野之美,亦能深入認識香港歷史,記下先民走過的路,貫徹畫家「放下小我,融入大我」的藝術理念。

江啟明先生的畫,既描寫區域發展,也不忘鄉郊歲月,在遠景與近貌之間,印上了畫家自己的足跡,也留住了這個城市千變萬化的樣貌。──香港浸會大學歷史系客席教授 周佳榮

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