2007-02-20新到書目


日文書
繁體版已售

類別: 文學類 (agent : Nicole)

愛是恆久的神智不清



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作者: 江國香織



此書和作者江國香織往常作品截然不同 . 她將和先生的新婚生活 . 化為生動有趣的文字 .
一位是文字工作者 . 一位是按朝九晚五規矩的上班族 . 透過婚姻關係 , 結合出不同的生活情趣 .
如同作者所說 . ( 結婚之後 . 生活變得色彩繽紛 . 這樣的生活讓我覺得很幸福 )
讓人不由自主也分享作者的喜樂及甜蜜溫柔的一面 .


Summary

每個週末就好像要去南方島嶼度假似的 . 然而 . 幾乎每個週末都吵架 . 從小小鬥嘴到猶如暴風雨般的爭吵.
在只有我們倆的南方島嶼上 . 如果永遠是週末的話 . 我們一定會粉身碎骨 .

 


作者 About the Author

一九六四年生於東京,出身文學世家,畢業於目白短期大學國語國文科,以輕盈卻直逼人心的愛情故事見長。

曾以「草之丞的故事」獲每日新聞社小小童話大賞(收錄於《與幸福的約定》)
《芳香日日》則獲得第七屆坪田讓治文學賞與第三十八屆產經兒童出版
《那年,我們愛得閃閃發亮》獲得第二屆紫式部獎
《我的小鳥》獲第二十一屆路傍之石文學賞
《游泳既不安全也不適切》獲得第十五屆山本周五郎賞
《準備好大哭一場》獲得第一百三十屆直木賞

暢銷作品:
《去愛吧!間宮兄弟》《甜蜜小謊言》《寂寞東京鐵塔》《準備好大哭一場》《冷靜與熱情之間》 《游泳既不安全也不適切》《與幸福的約定》《芳香日日》《神之船》《我的小鳥》及多種英語繪本譯作。





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日文書

類別: 心理測驗 (agent : Sherry)


USAUSA ∼∼ SANOU UNOU URANAI ∼∼
USAUSA
∼∼左腦右腦占卜∼∼

作者: 二枚貝( NIMAIGAI


單行本: 128
出版社: Softbank Creative ( 2005/10/7 )
ISBN-13:
978-4797332544
ASIN: 4797332549



令業界譁然!以腦的形式來診斷個性的一本書。

你知道嗎?人,是有分成左腦型及右腦型等的類型。如果可以理解這部分,無論是戀愛或是工作上的人際關係模式,都可以由此透析。

 


Summary

這個「 USAUSA 占卜」的性格診斷的主角,就是左腦右腦。最近才在醫學上被證明。 1981 諾貝爾獎得主 Roger Sperry ,首先發現左腦右腦各有其特性。

有關腦的基礎知識:

「右腦」 … 擅長印象和想像,掌管藝術性和創造性,無意識地接受所有東西。直觀和突然冒出點子也被認為是右腦的作用。

「左腦」 … 掌管口語·書面語等的語言認識,邏輯的·科學的思考和推論,計算等。意識的·階段性地接受每樣東西,理智性地處理。



作者 About the Author

二枚貝( NIMAIGAI ) 由 Yamada (山田)以及 Suzuki (鈴木)兩位名古屋出身的美女所組成。 Yamada (山田):是典型的「 UU 」個性,自稱有重度的美人病。
Suzuki
(鈴木):只要注入酒精類,「 U 」的個性就會大亂的「 USA 」個性。出沒地在新宿三丁目。

 

作者網頁: http://www.nimaigai.com/

 

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類別: 14 歲以上青少年小說 (agent : Cynthia)

 
AN ABUNDANCE OF KATHERINES

數不盡的凱瑟玲



-by
John Green



凱瑟玲五號認為男生都很粗俗下流
凱瑟玲十號只想作普通朋友
凱瑟玲十八號以一封伊媚兒甩了他
第十九號讓他心碎

科林喜歡凡是名叫凱瑟玲的女孩,但卻總是被凱瑟玲拋棄,確實數字是十九次。科林是個擅長把英文字反過來拼的奇才,中學畢業後,他和第十八號凱瑟玲分手,他的好朋友海森認為只有讓他出去旅行,才能治癒情傷。於是兩人漫無目標的開車上路,來到田納西州的小鎮,遇見一個不叫凱瑟玲的女孩,她讓他變成真正的天才,不再憑藉數學理論推斷自己的感情下場。本書處處可見數學、歷史問題,作者以註腳解釋所有的問題,是一本富有挑戰性而複雜的小說。


Summary
Colin's parents never considered him to be anything but normal until one June morning. Twenty-five-month-old Colin sat in a high chair, eating a breakfast of indeterminate vegetative origin while his father read the Chicago Tribune across their small kitchen table. Colin was skinny for his age, but tall, with tight brown curls that erupted from his head with an Einsteinian unpredictability.

Colin's dad flipped the paper around and stared at the large headline above the fold on the front page. This was Colin's first memory: his dad slowly lowering the paper and smiling at him. His dad's eyes were wide with surprise and pleasure, and his smile was uncontainable.

 


作者 About the Author
John Green is the Pr int z Award-Winning author of Looking for Alaska . John has also written for National Public Radio's All Things Considered and for The New York Times. He lives in New York City with his wife. Before he got married, he was dumped fifty-three times. But never by Katherine.



得獎 / 版授出記錄:
本書再次獲得 Michael Pr int z Honor for excellence in literature written for young adults
德語、荷蘭語版權已授出

書評: 2006/11/12 紐約時報書評,評論者 Regina Marler
作者網站: www.sparksflyup.com

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類別: 青少年小說 (agent : Jochilee)

 

  WAYSIDE SCHOOL Series
《路邊學校》故事集系列三本


- by Louis Sachar

「路邊學校」不該長成這副奇形怪狀的樣子 ! 原本的設計圖是要將 30 間教室一字排開循序建下去 , 可是糊塗的建築工人卻以一層樓、一間教室的方式疊上 , 讓學校成了 30 層樓高的怪物 , 而建築工人竟只表示「抱歉」後便一走了之 ! 不過學生們卻很喜歡這樣的安排 , 因為他們就有好大好大的校園可以奔跑玩耍 !

奇形怪狀的學校裡隱藏了形形色色的人物 , 系列第一集中描繪了 30 名校園特色人物 . 序曲 便由有著尖耳朵、長舌頭 , 還 會把討厭學生變成紅蘋果的果夫老師開展 . 《路邊學校》荒誕、發噱的故事情節 , 呈現了小孩天真、憨傻卻時而機伶的特質 , 吸引了美國六百萬的孩童來閱讀 ; 而字裡行間 , 不乏作者對人性的關懷與溫暖 ; 時而穿插富含哲理的對話 , 似又發人深省 .

以《洞》 ( HOLES ) 獲得鈕伯瑞大獎的 Louis Sachar, 大學時期曾在北加州的一間小學工作 , 《路邊學校》便是以當初遇見的小學生為發想 , 創作了第一本 SIDEWAYS STORIES FROM WAYSIDE SCHOOL , 而書中 30 層樓高的怪異建築 , 正是作者父親當年工作的帝國大廈翻版 . 後來由於第一集熱賣 , 便延續每本書 30 個小章節的架構 , 陸續發展了續集 WAYSIDE SCHOOL IS FALLING DOWN WAYSIDE SCHOOL GETS A LITTLE STRANGER , 同樣獲獎無數、深受大人小孩的喜愛 .

 


Summary


There'd been a terrible mistake. Wayside School was supposed to be built with thirty classrooms one on top of the other...thirty stories tall! (The builder said he was very sorry.)

That may be why all kinds of funny things happen at Wayside SChool ...especially on the thirteenth floor. You'll meet Mrs. Gorf, the meanest teacher of all, terrible Todd, who always gets sent home early, and John who can read only upside down--along with all the other kids in the crazy mix-up school that came out sideways. But you'll never guess the truth about Sammy, the new kid...or what's in store for Wayside School on Halloween!

There was a terrible mistake-Wayside School was built with one classroom on top of another, thirty stories high! (The builder said he was sorry.) Maybe that's why all kinds of funny things happened at Wayside-especially on the thirteenth floor.

"Watch closely," said Mrs. Jewls. "You can learn much faster using a computer instead of paper and pencil." Then she pushed the new computer out the window The children all watched it fall thirty floors and smash against the sidewalk. "See?" said Mrs. Jewls. "That's gravity! I've been trying to teach you about gravity, but the computer showed you a lot quicker!"


作者 About the Illustrator
LOUIS SACHAR was born in East Meadow , New York . When he was in high school he wrote his first children's story. It was about a mean teacher named Mrs. Gorf who turned her students into apples. In college, Louis Sachar worked as a playground supervisor at Hillside Elementary School in northern California the kids called him Louis the yard teacher. The characters in this book are named after the students Louis met at Hillside . Louis Sachar graduated from law school in 1980, but he writes books instead of practicing law because it's what he really likes to do.

獲獎紀錄

  Colorado Children's Book Award
  Buckeye Children's Book Award ( Ohio )
  Garden State Children's Book Award ( New Jersey )
  Young Hoosier Book Award ( Indiana )
  Golden Archer Award ( Wisconsin )
  Parents' Choice Gold Award
  Massachusetts Children's Book Award

 


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類別: 小說 / 懸疑偵探小說 (agent : Mingming)

BAD BLOOD: A Novel (Alexandra Cooper Mysteries)


- by Linda Fairstein



Format: 精裝 , 416 , 2007 1 月出版





Summary


身為暢銷小說家的作者 Linda Fairstein, 亦是美國頂尖的性犯罪與家庭暴力法律專家 . 曾擔任曼哈頓地區性犯罪檢察官 25 , 現任 CNN 及另兩家媒體的法律犯罪顧問 .

本書 BAD BLOOD Alexandra Cooper 疑案系列第 9 , 甫出版即登上美國 New York Times, Barnes & Nobel, 加拿大 Booknet 及英國 London Times 暢銷小說榜 . Booksense.com 懸疑偵探小說推薦首選 . 作者曾以 The DEADHOUSE (Alex Cooper 系列 ) 獲得 Nero Award 頒發的 2002 年度傑出推理小說 . 此系列小說詳盡介紹請見作者網站 http://www.lindafairstein.com/

Patricia Cornwll 對驗屍間瞭若指掌 , John Grisham 熟悉法庭運作 ; 但沒有人比作者 Linda Faristein 對檢查官的工作情形知之甚詳 . 曼哈頓檢查官 Alexandra Cooper 正面對一棘手案件 . 紐約上東城的富有商人 Brenda Quillian 被控訴雇用刺客暗殺妻子 , 但證據力十分薄弱且報告有一位最優秀的辯護律師 . 此時一宗發生在紐約自來水下水道的爆炸案造成 Quillian 兄弟的死亡 , 但卻無人查覺兩案的關聯性 .



作者 About the Illustrator
Linda Fairstein is one of America 's foremost legal experts on crimes of sexual assault and domestic violence. For twenty-five years, she was the chief prosecutor in the Manhattan District Attorney's Office Sex Crimes Unit, and is currently a media consultant on criminal justice issues for the three major networks, CNN, and other cable news programs. Her bestselling thrillers include The Kills and Entombed . She lives in New York City and on Martha's Vineyard . http://www.lindafairstein.com/

 


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類別: 好笑。減肥。健康 (agent :Flora)


SKINNY BITCH: A no- nonsense, tough- love guide for savvy girls who want to stop eating crap and start looking fabulous!
去他的胖 !! 一本讓妳狂笑的減肥書,送給每個渴望變瘦的。女。孩。



- by
Rory Freedman & Kim Barnouin

 

想變瘦嗎? 想變瘦嗎? 再問一次,妳想變瘦嗎?

噢,那看看妳吃的巧克力餅乾、大理石起士蛋糕、滷味、鹹酥雞 ( 還要加辣 )… 親愛的,我可以叫妳別再作夢了 ! 告訴妳一個超級簡單的道理,沒有人可以塞進一堆垃圾後,還一邊希望自己有 24 吋小蠻腰。如果妳還執迷不悟,建議妳把小短裙、小熱褲與比基尼扔了,明年夏天別出來傷害路人的眼睛啦。

想加入滿街橫行的瘦女人行列?想買屁屁鑲鑽,長腿又翹臀的緊身牛仔褲?最不爽的,妳的男人和妳一起逛街時,竟在偷瞄旁邊的正妹 !! OKOK ,《去他的胖 !! 》百分之百就是為妳寫的書啦。這本全美銷量 45, 000 本, Amazon 111 個讀者留言的 SKINNY BITCH ,作者辛辣毒蛇的寫作方式,是本書最大的特色,保證絕對不同於妳那些乏味的典型減肥書。一針見血的把妳苟且偷吃的心態,罵的體無完膚。

還有,這可不是寫給妳笑笑就丟一旁,等著回收的無用減肥書,它除了一般減肥書該有的元素之外,作者還強調減肥與建康的重要,內含作者的經驗與心理建設,實用的艱難食譜,還有一些雜七雜八的相關網站、書籍與餐廳指南 …

享受完本書後,相信在妳成功瘦身之前,哪個該死的朋友找妳去吃吃到飽,妳會叫他去吃屎 …

 


Summary
This novel (which, according to publicity material, inaugurates a trilogy based on the central character) bears the unmistakable signs of copious research but is rendered in a prose style that is clumsy at best ("His eyes had been bleached by the sun to the colour of stone." Say what ?) This is a quest novel, which by definition needs to be long; the hero is swashbuckling, as is requisite for the genre.



作者 About the Author
兩位作者都是苗條的瘦女人,目前居住在洛杉磯。

Kim Barnouin is a former model who has a Master of Science degree in holistic nutrition.

Rory Freedman , a former agent for Ford Models, is a self-taught "know-it-all" who has studied diet, health, traditional, and holistic nutrition for more than ten years.

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類別: 非小說/ 經濟史/經濟發展/管理理論 (agent :Jianmei)

THE ORIGIN OF WEALTH: Evolution, Complexity, and the Radical Remaking of Economics
財富的起源  



- by
Eric D. Beinhocker 



Format :   精裝   544   ,   美國 HBSP, 哈佛商學院出版  





Summary


能想像一個六十四億人參與 , 產值幾近三十七兆的全球經濟體 , 沒有經過任何人特別設計 , 也沒有人管理如此神奇的複雜系統是如何發展出來的何謂財富財富是如何被創造出來我們又如何能為社會 , 企業以及個人創造更多財富經管學家 Eric D. Beinhocker 認為財富的創造是經由一個簡單但有效的演化公式 , 包括三個步驟 : 差異化 , 選擇 , 擴展由這個觀點來看 , 經濟體即是一個複雜但會調整的系統應用科學 , 人文科學與商業上的一些設計在此互動創造出新產品 , 激盪出新點子 , 從而創造出更多的財富 .  Beinhocker 帶領我們審視了從石器時代至現代的經濟學歷史 , 也對時務性的話題如政府政策 , 股票市場的運作等提出精闢的看法 .  Amazon 網站評論推薦此書給投資人 , 政經領袖 , 和對經濟學發展有興趣的人 . 本書提供了有別於傳統經濟學的新視野 .



作者 About the Illustrator
Eric D. Beinhocker

作者為   McKinsey & Company  的資深顧問 ,  Fortune 雜誌譽為 " 下一世紀的商業領袖 ". 其商業與經濟方面的文章散見英美各大重要出版物 .




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類別: 親子教養 (agent : Yu-Shiuan)

Parenting with Character: Equipping Your Child for Life
人格教養 :給你的小孩一生受用的資源



-by Andrew Mullins

擁有二十五年小學人文學科教學經驗的作者強調所謂人格教養基本上是好習慣的培養,把諸如同理心、樂觀、慷慨及忠誠當作習慣來培養。本書另外一個重點是作者認為沒有父母擁有完美的人格,所以教養小孩先從檢視父母自己的性格開始。作者將所謂的好習慣 (健全的人格)分成四大類: 1. 健全的判斷力 (例如同理心,靈活,膽識及謙卑)、 2. 責任感 (包括真誠,服從,組織性)、 3. 自我控制 (包括適度,對他人尊重,友善等), 4. 堅忍(恆心,耐心,公平正義)。父母根據上述四類按表檢視自我後,再取法從古代到現代的教養理念,佐以實際案例,探討如何培養小孩獨立思考的能力,並且最終做出利人利己的抉擇。人格教養四大類型的基礎確立後,對學齡階段和青春期的孩子,教養方法和重點不同,作者也分階段說明。本書提供人格教養的實用手冊完整版,強調有品質的教養不是知識成績的累積,而是父母跟隨子女成長的腳步一生的修行。


Summary

In this book, Andrew Mullins, Headmaster of Redfield College, Sydney, argues that parents need to help build character: it does not just evolve. He explores how to encourage young people to think independently and make choices that are good for themselves and others. In his experience, young people are damaged by too readily accepting their peer group's values or messages from the media. They are able to take control of their lives once they acquire well-developed habits of thinking, decision-making and acting. The advice for parents in Parenting for Character is clear and simple: lead by example, ensure that good habits are encouraged repeatedly, nurture the spiritual dimension in your life, and show love and affection to your partner and children.

The book draws on parenting principles from classical times to the present and offers advice from many sources including Plato, Aristotle, Plutarch, Confucius, Cicero, Goethe, Winston Churchill and John Paul II.




作者 About the Author

Andrew Mullins' career has included over 25 years' teaching the humanities in Australian secondary schools, leading to his interest in presenting the wisdom of classic thinkers and philosophers. In his position as headmaster of Redfield College , Sydney , he has developed a strong policy of involving parents in the process of reflecting desirable values to young people. He writes: "My experience is that parents who keep their focus on these priorities, patiently and lovingly, give their children something of incalculable worth. The Talmud, a type of ancient Jewish guidebook for life, sums it all up: 'The one great requisite is character'. Plutarch, the famous Greek historian writing in Roman times, knew how to cut to essentials: 'Character', he wrote, 'is simply strongly established habit'." This book had its origins in a series of successful talks presented to parents.


本書於 2005 年澳洲政府 教育部「價值教育」專案選為參考書目。


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類別: 醫學歷史 , 科普 (agent :Annie)


Vaccine: The Controversial Story of Medicine ' s Greatest Lifesaver
疫苗 ( 暫譯 )



- by
Arthur Allen

 

疫苗的發明為十八世紀傳染病蔓延時期的人類帶來希望,但也 引起公共衛生史上的強烈爭議,雖然 疫苗的歷史起源天花已於 1980 年宣佈根除了,過去三世紀以來由政治或文化因素而起的疫苗戰未斷。 2002 年美國總統布希接種天花疫苗並非出於個人健康的考量,而是為了防衛伊拉克可能發動的生化戰, 審視疫苗的發展史會發現這不是頭一遭,一直以來人類以疫苗對抗各種致命的傳染性疾病。

本書上溯 1714 年美國波士頓的牧師 Cotton Mather 積極的在波士頓呼籲推行人痘接種,到近日的 9,000 起父母認定接種疫苗造成兒童自閉症的訴訟,並對 醫藥界對必須研發安全、有效又具獲利能力的疫苗的掙扎,引進疫苗的軍事與醫藥當局扮演的角色,以及何種因素造成父母對孩子疫苗接種的抗拒皆有深入報導。

疫苗改變了人類的歷史及觀念,我們需觀看過去來展望接納疫苗未來的發展 。



Summary


A fascinating account of vaccination's miraculous, inflammatory past and its uncertain future.

In 1796, as smallpox ravaged Europe , Edward Jenner injected a child with a benign version of the disease, then exposed the child to the deadly virus itself. The boy proved resistant to smallpox, and Jenner's risky experiment produced the earliest vaccination. In this deftly written account, journalist Arthur Allen reveals a history of vaccination that is both illuminated with hope and shrouded by controversy
from Jenner's discovery to Pasteur's vaccines for rabies and cholera, to those that safeguarded the children of the twentieth century, and finally to the tumult currently surrounding vaccination.

Faced with threats from anthrax to AIDS, we are a vulnerable population and can no longer depend on vaccines; numerous studies have linked childhood vaccination with various neurological disorders, and our pharmaceutical companies are more attracted to the profits of treatment than to the prevention of disease. With narrative grace and investigative journalism, Allen explores our shifting understanding of vaccination since its creation. 16 pages of illustrations.



作者 About the Author
Arthur Allen is a Washington-based journalist who has written on aspects of this subject in the New York Times Magazine, The New Republic , the Washington Post, The Atlantic , and Salon .

 

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類別: 經濟學、理財 (agent : Joanne )


GITTINOMICS: LIVING THE GOOD LIFE WITHOUT MONEY STRESS, OVERWORK AND JOYLESS CONSUMPTION
學會經濟學讓你輕鬆過好日子


- by Ross Gittins

Format: 平裝 , 264 , 2007 2 月出版


大家都知道經濟學的重要,但是真正懂得經濟學在說什麼的人可就沒那麼多了。本書由資深財經記者 Ross Gittins 用最淺顯、直接、有趣、實用的方式來教你如何輕輕鬆鬆從日常生活中搞懂經濟學是怎麼一回事兒。

作者在澳洲擔任財經記者超過 30 年,可說是澳洲經濟學達人,他擅長於將深奧、令人望之卻步的經濟學變得簡單、易懂。他的使命是:他要幫助讀者了解我們生活、工作中碰到的經濟學的原理,揭發政令宣傳的真相、破除傳統的觀念與迷思、以及其實不存在的限制,更重要的是,他希望讀者們能夠因此能更加改善我們的生活,花更少的力氣就能得到更好的生活!聽來很不賴,您說是吧?

雖然 ” 經濟學 ” 這個名詞總是令我們敬而遠之,但是就如同英國經濟學家 Alfred Marshall 所下的定義 — 經濟學乃研究人類日常生活的一門學問,所以我們應該可以放下心中的恐懼與排斥,重新了解經濟學。作者綜合他 30 餘年的專業知識與經驗,從我們每天面對的忙碌工作、沒空從事休閒活動、家事、購物、儲蓄、父母與孩子、教育、甚至是危害我們生活幸福的犯罪、稅務、健康問題、老化等等,分門別類地說明經濟學的道理,以及為什麼藉由了解經濟學,知道這些原理原則如何運作,能幫助我們輕輕鬆鬆地過優質的生活。



Summary

HOME ECONOMICS: AN INTRODUCTION

PART ONE: FAMILY FINANCES

1. the changing workforce
2. women at work
3. the cost of kids
4. the value of higher education
5. the great Australian home
6. saving, debt and guilt

PART TWO: THE OUTSIDE WORLD

7. paying for health care
8. taxes
love'em or hate em
9. crime and drugs
10. our ageing populations

PART THREE: EVERYDAY LIFE

11. housework has value
12. the pleasures of consumerism
13. the shortage of time
14. the attack of leisure
15. happiness

LAST WORD: MY TAKE-HOME MESSAGE

 

作者 About the Author
Ross Gittins Sydney Morning Herald 的財經主編與 The Age 的經濟專欄作家,加入 Sydney Morning Herald 之前曾在澳洲知名特許會計事務所 Touche Ross & Co 任職, 1993 年獲得 Citibank Pan Asia 傑出財經記者獎,他也是英國劍橋大學 Wolfson College 、澳洲墨爾本大學經濟系的研究員,並經常受邀在媒體上針對財經議題發表評論。他的作品包括 GITTINS' GUIDE TO ECONOMICS HOW AUSTRALIA COMPARES

* 本書 2007 2   出版,有樣書可提供審閱。


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