Plagues and Peoples

William McNeill
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Upon its original publication, Plagues and Peoples was an immediate critical and popular success, offering a radically new interpretation of world history as seen through the extraordinary impact--political, demographic, ecological, and psychological--of disease on cultures. From the conquest of Mexico by smallpox as much as by the Spanish, to the bubonic plague in China, to the typhoid epidemic in Europe, the history of disease is the history of humankind. With the identification of AIDS in the early 1980s, another chapter has been added to this chronicle of events, which William McNeill explores in his new introduction to this updated editon.

Thought-provoking, well-researched, and compulsively readable, Plagues and Peoples is that rare book that is as fascinating as it is scholarly, as intriguing as it is enlightening. "A brilliantly conceptualized and challenging achievement" (Kirkus Reviews), it is essential reading, offering a new perspective on human history.

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城市地標 : 殖民地時代的西式建築

陳天權
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文物建築是城市的標誌，亦是歷史的活見證。今天香港僥倖留存下來的文物建築已成為珍貴的文化遺產，但隨著城市發展，它們大多隱沒於高樓大廈之間，逐漸被人遺忘。回歸前後，社會上掀起本地史熱潮，市民對舊建築擁有一份情懷，特別是滿載集體回憶的地標；政府亦意識到要保育有集體回憶的歷史建築，推出活化閒置歷史建築的計劃，令它們得以重生。

本書以香港歷史發展為脈絡，串連殖民地時期各主要地區的主要西式建築，包括行政、軍事、法治、醫療、商廈和會所等不同類別，當中絕大部分是法定古蹟或評級建築，目的是希望引起大眾注意這些地標，從而了解香港如何走過這百多年的路。

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Fall Down 7 Times Get Up 8: A Young Man's Voice from the Silence of Autism

Naoki Higashida
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From the author of the bestselling The Reason I Jump, an extraordinary self-portrait of a young adult with autism

Naoki Higashida was only thirteen when he wrote The Reason I Jump, a revelatory account of autism from the inside by a nonverbal Japanese child, which became an international success. Now, in Fall Down 7 Times Get Up 8, he shares his thoughts and experiences as a young man living each day with severe autism. In short, powerful chapters, Higashida explores school memories, family relationships, the exhilaration of travel, and the difficulties of speech. He also allows readers to experience profound moments we take for granted, like the thought-steps necessary for him to register that it’s raining outside. Acutely aware of how strange his behavior can appear to others, he aims throughout to foster a better understanding of autism and to encourage society to see people with disabilities as people, not as problems.

... this book opens a window into the mind of an inspiring young man who meets every challenge with tenacity and good humor. However often he falls down, he always gets back up.

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The thirteenth annual World Autism Awareness Day is April 2, 2020. Autism Partnership Foundation organizes "Autism Awareness Actions" in April for generating public awareness of autism and fundraising to help more children with autism.

當綠葉緩緩落下 : 與生死學大師的最後對話 (On Grief and Grieving)

伊麗莎白．庫伯勒．羅斯 (Elisabeth Kubler-Ross) ，大衛．凱斯樂 (David Kessler) 
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臨終關懷之母伊麗莎白.庫伯勒.羅斯（Elisabeth Kubler-Ross）在其《論死亡與臨終》《On Death and Dying》一書中指出了臨終前的五階段：否認（denial）、憤怒（anger）、討價還價（bargaining）、沮喪（depression）、接受（acceptance）。多年來，事實證明這些階段不只適用於面對死亡，也同樣適用於面對生命歷程中的各種災難。

在本書中，庫伯勒.羅斯與《用心去活》的合著者大衛.凱斯勒，重新檢視這五個階段，希望給予深陷悲傷的人更深的同理與受用的指導。兩位作者的洞見與忠告幫助讀者體認生命本應如此，並找到繼續活下去的勇氣。

本書中分別探討悲傷、縈繞的記憶、夢境、孤立、孩子、治療乃至性生活，融合了務實的智慧與靈性的探索，形塑出一條通往圓滿的道路。除了豐富的內文，另有精闢的前言探討家人長期臥病時所產生的預期性悲傷，在後記「悲傷的恩典」裡作者告訴我們，失落的意義與治療的力量實蘊藏在悲傷的過程裡。

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The Shakespeare Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained

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The Shakespeare Book brings the work of William Shakespeare to life with full-color photography, images, idea webs, timelines, and quotes that help you understand the context of Shakespeare's plays and poems.

From Shakespeare's most-famous plays, such as Romeo and Juliet and Julius Caesar, to less-frequently performed works such as King John and Henry VIII, every play of the Shakespearean canon is collected in this comprehensive guide, along with his major poems and best-loved sonnets.

In The Shakespeare Book each play includes an at-a-glance guide to story chronology, so you can easily get back on track if you get lost in Shakespeare's language. Character guides provide a handy reference for casual readers and an invaluable resource for playgoers, and students writing reports on Shakespeare.

Packed with infographics and explanations of plots and including an introduction to Shakespeare's life and times, The Shakespeare Book is the ultimate guide to understanding the work of William Shakespeare.

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World Theatre Day is celebrated annually on 27 March. World Theatre Day was initiated in 1961 by the International Theatre Institute (ITI).

光影中的經典文化 : 中國文化與電影藝術

劉衛林
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電影與中國文化，兩者看似典不相干。然而如能結合運用，將可互相輝映。中國文化能提升電影的藝術深度及文化內涵，電影則能將抽象的文化觀念具象化呈現，除為大眾營構藝術境界之外，更成為推動與傳承文化的重要媒介。本書精選多部膾炙人口的華語及西方電影，包括《倩女幽魂》、《西遊．降魔篇》、《畫皮II》、《武俠》、《赤壁》、《潛行凶間》（Inception）及《華爾街》（Wall Street）等，以文化經典觀念為脈絡，用簡明而生動的文字，深入淺出地一一闡釋當中所蘊涵的中國哲學思想、道德倫理、歷史觀念、宗教文化、語言文學及藝術美學等課題，由此闡明藉著電影鮮明的聲音影像，有助弘揚中國文化；及藉著電影藝術，可將文化經典觀念以生活化、普及化方式重新呈現與演繹，在提升社會文化與藝術水平的同時，更令傳統人文精神得以密切傳承並廣泛傳播。

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