The Secret: What Great Leaders Know and Do

Ken Blanchard, Mark Miller 
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In The Secret, Debbie, a struggling leader finds herself about to lose her job due to poor performance. In a desperate attempt to save her career, she enrolls in a new mentoring program offered by her company. Much to her surprise, Debbie finds her mentor is the president of the company (Jeff Brown).

Debbie decides that all she needs is the answer to one question, "What is the secret of great leaders?" She is convinced that if Jeff will tell her, she can apply the secret in her leadership.

Over the next 18 months Jeff explains to Debbie that the secret is rooted in an attitude. He tells her that she must be willing to become a serving leader rather than a self-serving leader. The secret is that all great leaders serve.

After Debbie learns the secret she still doesn’t know what to do next. Jeff explains that great leaders serve in at least five ways. They…

• See and shape the future
• Engage and develop others
• Reinvent continuously
• Value results and relationships
• Embody the values

The story unfolds as Debbie learns and applies each of these imperatives with her team. As a result, Debbie’s team goes from worst to first. They become the highest performing team within the company.

In the end, Debbie understood that all the changes and improvements were the result of the choices she made as a leader. She realized that to SERVE is a choice. Debbie decided once and for all, she would no longer be a self-serving leader, she would be a serving leader! --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

迎向開闊的人生

劉墉 著
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本書取名為「迎向開闊的人生」，強調超越人性弱點的藩籬、空間的藩籬、時間的藩籬和傳統的藩籬。裡面可能有不同於別人的看法，像是贊成適當的發怒，認為人要承受孤獨，主張以壓力對抗壓力，讚美「勤儉」而反對「節儉」，主張聰明人應該下笨工夫，並建議每個人為自己下一個「價碼」。

凡此，表面輕鬆的文字，都是由劉墉由多年埋藏的文化憤慨中產生。那種憤慨以兩種方式呈現，一為已經出版的「不是我教你詐」系列，一為現在推出的這本書。劉墉誠心希望讀者能兩本一起看，使自己不致過度「社會性」，而顯得江湖；也不致只知修身，而無法適應多變的社會。

(摘錄自kingstone.com.tw)

Holidays on Display

William L. Bird
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For millions of people the world over, the annual visit to a department store to view the festive window displays and visit Santa in his winter wonderland is a treasured holiday tradition. In America, the Thanksgiving holiday is almost inconceivable without Macy's annual parade. But how did holiday traditions like this begin? Who are the behind-the-scenes magicians that conjure up this unique blend of imagination, showmanship, and salesmanship?

Holidays on Display is a comprehensive overview of the art and industry of the holiday display. Author William L. Bird, Jr., traces its evolution as holiday decorations moved from shop windows to building exteriors and out into the street in the form of parade floats. In this fascinating and colorful history we are introduced to turn-of-the-century "trimmers" hired by merchants to maintain product displays, and we marvel as advances in lighting, animation, and miniaturization lead to the incredible feats of creative self-expression practiced by today's window artists. Packed with rarely seen photographs and ephemera, Holidays on Display makes it easy to see why we have such lasting emotional attachments to animated Christmas windows, passing parades, and the ambient glow of holiday lights.

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那些年， 我們一起讀的書

郭鳳嶺 編
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書緣如情緣。所有的記憶，終將上升為美好。

在無書可讀的年代裡，我們曾如飢似渴。如今有書可讀，而且書越來越多，我們反倒不怎麼讀了。正如在禁慾的年代，愛情青澀但美好，到了這個開放的年代，我們卻怎麼都愛不起來了。於是，不如懷念。就像懷念初戀一樣，懷念那些年，我們與一本書的相遇，和相戀。

這是一本關於閱讀記憶的書。四十多位作者集體回憶與一本書相遇和相戀的故事，用他們真誠的文字，傳達那些年讀書的記憶和情緒：有書可讀的年代，終究是幸福的。他們用自己的閱讀體驗，最大程度地呈現了一個時代的印記；在這個不怎麼讀書的年代，對那些曾經廣泛影響了一個時代、承載了讀書人青春與夢想的書，進行了一次盛大的回憶。

(摘錄自book.douban.com)

Disciplinary Discourses: Social Interactions in Academic Writing

Ken Hyland
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Why do engineers "report" while philosophers "argue" and biologists "describe"? In the Michigan Classics Edition of Disciplinary Discourses: Social Interactions in Academic Writing, Ken Hyland examines the relationships between the cultures of academic communities and their unique discourses. Drawing on discourse analysis, corpus linguistics, and the voices of professional insiders, Ken Hyland explores how academics use language to organize their professional lives, carry out intellectual tasks, and reach agreement on what will count as knowledge. In addition, Disciplinary Discourses presents a useful framework for understanding the interactions between writers and their readers in published academic writing. From this framework, Hyland provides practical teaching suggestions and points out opportunities for further research within the subject area.

As issues of linguistic and rhetorical expression of disciplinary conventions are becoming more central to teachers, students, and researchers, the careful analysis and straightforward style of Disciplinary Discourses make it a remarkable asset.

The Michigan Classics Edition features a new preface by the author and a new foreword by John M. Swales.

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閱讀的危險 : 大師的讀書經驗

安悱 编
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馮友蘭曾說：“會讀書的人能把死書讀活，不會讀書的人能把活書讀死。”安悱編寫的《閱讀的危險：大師的讀書經驗》精選現當代人文領域的35位大師——會讀書的人——談讀書經驗的文章。

他們的觀點不盡相同，有時甚至針鋒相對，也就是說把書讀活的方法不止一種。

讀書人與書的故事就像愛情故事一樣，沒有完全相同的，但又大同小異，只有經歷過的人才會懂得。

明代魏學伊在一封信（《答康宜之》）中說“弟子好書，如世人好色，暫時割絕，到時又被纏綿。今古文字，無一不足以貪者”，講的就是這個道理。

《閱讀的危險：大師的讀書經驗》討論的雖然是讀書的方法，講述的卻是大師們的苦樂哀愁，表達的是編者對他們的敬意。

(摘錄自m.sanmin.com.tw)