Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures

Merlin Sheldrake
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A mind-bending journey into the hidden universe of fungi, “one of those rare books that can truly change the way you see the world around you” (Helen Macdonald, author of H Is for Hawk).

“Dazzling, vibrant, vision-changing . . . a remarkable work by a remarkable writer, which succeeds in springing life into strangeness again.”—Robert Macfarlane, author of Underland

When we think of fungi, we likely think of mushrooms. But mushrooms are only fruiting bodies, analogous to apples on a tree. Most fungi live out of sight, yet make up a massively diverse kingdom of organisms that supports and sustains nearly all living systems. Fungi provide a key to understanding the planet on which we live, and the ways we think, feel, and behave.

In Entangled Life, the brilliant young biologist Merlin Sheldrake shows us the world from a fungal point of view, providing an exhilarating change of perspective. Sheldrake’s vivid exploration takes us from yeast to psychedelics, to the fungi that range for miles underground and are the largest organisms on the planet, to those that link plants together in complex networks known as the “Wood Wide Web,” to those that infiltrate and manipulate insect bodies with devastating precision.

Fungi throw our concepts of individuality and even intelligence into question. They are metabolic masters, earth makers, and key players in most of life’s processes. They can change our minds, heal our bodies, and even help us remediate environmental disaster. By examining fungi on their own terms, Sheldrake reveals how these extraordinary organisms—and our relationships with them—are changing our understanding of how life works.

Praise for Entangled Life

“Entangled Life is a gorgeous book of literary nature writing in the tradition of [Robert] Macfarlane and John Fowles, ripe with insight and erudition. . . . food for the soul.”—Eugenia Bone, Wall Street Journal

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阿德勒教你面對人生困境：如何面對無法躲避的人生課題，減少多餘的痛苦，堅強活下去的心理學

岸見一郎
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對於活得很痛苦的人來說，阿德勒的話語代表希望。
因為阿德勒不要你追溯過去尋找原因，
而是告訴你接下來應該怎麼做！

引起廣泛共鳴的阿德勒「個體心理學」精髓，
透過岸見一郎清晰扎實的理論與實踐的調和，
交織他自身的人生體驗與哲學，
成為岸見一郎至今寫得最好的一本書。

這本書告訴你：
即使過去無法改變，「現在」以及「未來」也可以改變。
掙脫心理創傷，帶著強烈的意志、勇氣與希望，
堅強努力，好好過完自己的人生吧。

阿德勒說：
其實我們是在這個地球上放鬆休息。
活著很辛苦沒錯，但我們其實可以不用過得那麼嚴肅，
並感受活著的喜悅。

敢與人生的課題一決勝負的人，內心反而不會感到焦躁。
而不管現實狀況如何，只要面向未來，同時活在此時此刻，
就越來越沒有必要擔心未來的事。

樹木不會移動，若隔壁的大樹擋到它，
它便難以獲得足夠的日照，無法長得高大。
但人可以移動，只要我們願意，
我們可以離開陰影，移動到有日照的場所。

(摘錄自誠品網路書店)

Thank You for Arguing : What Aristotle, Lincoln, and Homer Simpson Can Teach Us About the Art of Persuasion

Jay Heinrichs
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A master class in the art of persuasion, as taught by professors ranging from Bart Simpson to Winston Churchill, newly revised and updated.

The time-tested secrets taught in this book include Cicero's three-step strategy for moving an audience to action, and Honest Abe's Shameless Trick for lowering an audience's expectations. And it's also replete with contemporary techniques such as politicians' use of code language to appeal to specfic groups and an eye-opening assortment of persuasive tricks, including the Eddie Haskell Ploy, the Belushi Paradigm, Stalin's Timing Secret, and the Yoda Technique.

Whether you're an inveterate lover of language books or just want to win a lot more anger-free arguments on the page, at the podium, or over a beer, Thank You for Arguing is for you. Warm, witty, erudite, and truly enlightening, it not only teaches you how to recognize a paralipsis when you hear it, but also how to wield the weapons of persuasion the next time you really, really, want to get your own way.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

香港史 : 從遠古到九七

劉智鵬、劉蜀永
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《第十三屆香港書獎》決選書目之一

「香港是一本難以讀懂的書。」這彈丸之地如何從一個不起眼的傳統漁農社會，一躍成為享負盛名的國際大都會？要讀懂她，必須從遠古時代的歷史開始。

《香港史—從遠古到九七》是香港史專家劉智鵬及劉蜀永兩位教授最新的學術著作。全書共九章，有系統及深入地探討了香港史的不同專題，其中包括：屯門在中國古代海上絲綢之路的重要地位、戰前香港的新界土地問題、戰後影響本地社會發展的一些重大事件和現象，例如20世紀50、60年代香港的三次社會動亂，以及麥理浩時代的社會政策等。香港史是中國史的組成部分，本書特別關注歷史上香港與國家關係的互動，重點研究香港在中國社會發展中的獨特地位和作用，中國因素與香港發展的重要關聯，以及中英兩國在香港問題上的交涉和角力情況。要全面認識香港，就要閱讀香港史。本書展示香港從遠古到九七年間的歷史面貌，帶領讀者參與一場歷史之旅。對香港歷史感興趣的市民、學生、老師及學者絕不能錯過。

(摘錄自cityu.edu.hk/upress)

The Testaments: The Sequel to The Handmaid's Tale

Margaret Atwood
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Number one New York Times best seller

Winner of the Booker Prize

The Testaments is a modern masterpiece, a powerful novel that can be enjoyed on its own or as a companion to Margaret Atwood’s classic, The Handmaid’s Tale.

More than 15 years after the events of The Handmaid's Tale, the theocratic regime of the Republic of Gilead maintains its grip on power, but there are signs it is beginning to rot from within. At this crucial moment, the lives of three radically different women converge, with potentially explosive results.

Two have grown up as part of the first generation to come of age in the new order. The testimonies of these two young women are joined by a third: Aunt Lydia. Her complex past and uncertain future unfold in surprising and pivotal ways.

With The Testaments, Margaret Atwood opens up the innermost workings of Gilead, as each woman is forced to come to terms with who she is, and how far she will go for what she believes.

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情繫調景嶺：二十個嶺上人的故事

丁新豹, 汐爾, 劉義章
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對很多香港人來說，調景嶺只是近百個地鐵站的其中一個名字，但對於那些在這片土地上出生和成長的人們來說，這個地方盛載著他們人生中不少珍貴的回憶，他們的回憶又牽連著近代中國歷史的發展軌跡。

一九四五年抗日戰爭結束不久，國共內戰就打響了。為了逃避戰火，不少同胞南下香港，其中包括不少國民政府官員和軍人。他們或許沒有想到，調景嶺最終會成為他們安身立命的家園。隨著一九九○年代香港回歸在即，調景嶺面臨被清拆的命運，嶺上人從此分散於不同社區。

今天的調景嶺已經是高樓大廈林立的住宅區。殊不知，這個社區有其獨特的歷史背景及生活模式，特別是當年嶺上人在這片荒地上建立起自己的家園。如果說他們是「獅子山精神」的先導，一點也不誇張。

透過本書中二十個故事，我們可以細味充滿感情的文字，以領略嶺上人昔日的生活；細看已經發黃的照片，以重現調景嶺昔日的風貌。

(摘錄自cp1897.com.hk)