How to Be a Stoic: Using Ancient Philosophy to Live a Modern Life

Massimo Pigliucci
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An engaging guide to how Stoicism - the ancient philosophy of Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius - can provide lessons for living in the modern world

Whenever we worry about what to eat, how to love, or simply how to be happy, we are worrying about how to lead a good life. No goal is more elusive. In How to Be a Stoic, philosopher Massimo Pigliucci offers Stoicism, the ancient philosophy that inspired the great emperor Marcus Aurelius, as the best way to attain it. Stoicism is a pragmatic philosophy that teaches us to act depending on what is within our control and separate things worth getting upset about from those that are not. By understanding Stoicism, we can learn to answer crucial questions. Should we get married or divorced? How should we bank in a world nearly destroyed by a financial crisis? How can we survive great personal tragedy? Whoever you are, Stoicism has something for you - and How to Be a Stoic is your essential guide.

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拒絕生病:無病生活從65件日常小事開始 (A Short Guide to a Long Life)

大衛.阿格斯 (David B. Agus)
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【紐約時報暢銷書《無病時代》實踐版】
「世界級頂尖癌症醫師」精心整理出
每天都能做得到的養命指南
教您不花錢！卻活得久、活得好！

轟動全美，未上市即空降美國AMAZON網路書店排行榜第一名！
出版後，席捲美國各大書籍排行榜，蟬連榜上長達半年！
在台灣也成為暢銷書的《無病時代》作者，良心醫生阿格斯博士，
以值得信賴的最新醫療科技為依據，介紹人人都能輕鬆實踐的65條健康法則，是一本給所有想健康活到老的人的最佳指南。

在這個每十人就有七人是死於慢性疾病的時代，你有把握三十年後的自己依然健康嗎？
健康資訊哪些是真的? 哪些是錯的? 你都知道嗎？這本書將改變你的錯誤認知，讓健康變成自然而然的結果。例如: 每天運動多久才是適量有益健康? 原來，只要讓心跳速率高出平常時候的50%，15分鐘的運動就足夠維持身體的健康狀態。

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The Dissertation Journey: A Practical and Comprehensive Guide to Planning, Writing, and Defending Your Dissertation

Carol Roberts, Laura Hyatt
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How to reach the pinnacle of academic achievement

The dissertation is a tough mountain to climb; half of all doctoral students never make it to the top. To overcome the practical, social, and psychological obstacles along the way, you need a knowledgeable guide and the right tools. This comprehensive how-to guide to developing and writing a quality dissertation provides:

•Expanded and updated coverage of crucial topics such as conducting a literature review, dissertation support groups, and harnessing technology to conduct research
•Progress tracking tools, sample forms, resource lists, and other user-friendly elements
•Thoroughly updated and revised chapters with the most current need-to-know information

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高行健 : 徘徊靈山的人生 = Gao Xingjian : In Quest of His Soul Mountain

沈衛威
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「只有在逃亡時，才感到我活着，才得到言而無忌的自由。逃亡也就是我們寫作的目的。」

高行健，法籍華人作家。為追求創作自由離開了國土，定居法國；在他那可以自由表述的世界裏，完成了一部部銳利而具啟發性的作品。他的小說《靈山》，有着強烈的流亡意識，是他寫照內心的一場修行，也是他追尋的心靈國度。

本書並非傳統的傳記體裁，作者以「我」的視角出發，以「你」稱呼高行健，於書中與高行健之間形成一種 「對話」；並記錄了與高行健親友及高行健本人的訪談，及大量運用其詩作、小說、散文和劇作內容，探討高行健作品中對語言、繪畫、兩性、家庭等諸多主題的思想，同時着墨於描繪高行健對「自由」的嚮往和對「逃亡」的執着，帶領讀者探進高行健的文學世界，也藉以向讀者呈現作者眼中的高行健。

書中同時引用西方哲學家與中國文學家的作品與高行健的思想作比較，豐富讀者的思考。游走在字裏行間，讀者將徘徊於理性批判的論述與敏感細膩的思緒，隨作者前赴高行健心中的「靈山」。

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Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead: A Novel

Olga Tokarczuk
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WINNER OF THE 2018 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE

"A brilliant literary murder mystery." —Chicago Tribune

"Extraordinary. Tokarczuk's novel is funny, vivid, dangerous, and disturbing, and it raises some fierce questions about human behavior. My sincere admiration for her brilliant work." —Annie Proulx

In a remote Polish village, Janina devotes the dark winter days to studying astrology, translating the poetry of William Blake, and taking care of the summer homes of wealthy Warsaw residents. Her reputation as a crank and a recluse is amplified by her not-so-secret preference for the company of animals over humans. Then a neighbor, Big Foot, turns up dead. Soon other bodies are discovered, in increasingly strange circumstances. As suspicions mount, Janina inserts herself into the investigation, certain that she knows whodunit. If only anyone would pay her mind . . .

A deeply satisfying thriller cum fairy tale, Drive Your Plow over the Bones of the Dead is a provocative exploration of the murky borderland between sanity and madness, justice and tradition, autonomy and fate. Whom do we deem sane? it asks. Who is worthy of a voice?

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尖沙咀海濱：歷史、城市發展及大眾集體記憶

蔡思行
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尖沙咀海濱曾經是香港海陸空交通的樞紐，1960年代起逐步成為九龍半島以至整個香港的旅遊、消費、商業、文化及康樂活動中心的龍頭。1970年代，香港政府更發展尖沙咀為文化中心，尖沙咀海濱的文化設施包括香港文化中心、太空館、博物館等，較中環更多元化。

時至今日，尖沙咀海濱仍然是市民及遊客常到之處，其承載了豐富的歷史和大眾記憶，也是代表着香港的文化符號。本書引用了不同的檔案資料及珍貴的圖片，詳細記述尖沙咀海濱的歷史變遷，闡述從公用九龍倉碼頭到今日海港城的發展，並討論尖沙咀海濱和尖沙咀東部為什麼滿載了如此大量的集體記憶。過去尖沙咀海濱曾有多座具歷史價值的建築物，如尖沙咀火車站、舊水警總部等，本書深入探討了當年社會對保留、拆卸、重建和保育的爭議；同時又分析市民與遊客、康樂與商業對尖沙咀海濱公共空間的競逐和爭議。

香港寸金尺土，城市發展政策、大眾記憶、歷史建築保育等都是社會十分關心的議題，期望本書可為香港的歷史留下一筆紀錄，亦為將來的發展提供一些參考。

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