Discipline Is Destiny

★全球暢銷現代哲學作家萊恩．霍利得首度推出斯多葛美德系列新作★★售出中、韓、泰、俄、波、德、荷、西、義、英等20國版權★★《紐約時報》、《華爾街日報》、《今日美國》暢銷書★ 選擇只是表象，節制才是唯一的自由，想不被外在束縛，那就先管理好自己吧！能掌握自己的人，才是最有力量的人！ 本書提供了如何掌控自我、重獲平靜喜悅的54種方法！ 此系列作品透過豐富的歷史名人事蹟，結合斯多葛哲學的核心思想，深入探討「勇氣」、「自律」、「正義」和「智慧」四大美德，探索了古希臘哲學在現代社會中的實踐方式。無論是追求個人成長，還是在複雜的現代生活中尋找方向，這些古老的美德猶如指南針，帶領我們走向更加美好的人生。 此系列的第二部作品，探索對於個人來說最重要的美德──「自律」。它代表了節制、克己、從容、平衡，幫助我們實現理想和長遠目標，也讓我們獲得真正、持久的自由和內在的平靜。 自律──一種在任何情況下對自己行為和選擇的掌控，既保持理性和冷靜，避免過度放縱，又明白何時需要節制的能力。 許多人覺得自律艱難，常被放縱的誘惑所困。這使得我們需要反思：我們追求什麼樣的生活？我們渴望什麼樣的成就？我們是否願意付出必要的努力來實現目標？我們能否在誘惑面前保持堅定？ 當今社會充滿誘惑，人們常感焦慮和不快樂，主因是我們失去了自律的能力。自律在這樣的時代變得尤為重要，它不是犧牲享樂和自由，而是理性地控制自己的行為和選擇，以實現長遠的幸福和目標。 每個人都會面對內心欲望的挑戰，同時需要不斷提升自我以應對快速變遷的環境。在日常生活中，我們每天都要做出許多選擇，如何平衡滿足當下的需求和追求更長遠的目標，成為了生活中不斷出現的挑戰。 自律在表面上看來可能剝奪了自由，實際上卻是為了達到更深層次的解放。它是在沒有外在強制的情況下，自主地遵循自身的規範和標準。這種自我約束幫助我們找到內在的平衡和方向，更好地掌控生活。 與此同時，缺乏自律容易使人受外界干擾，失去自我控制和方向感，進而減少真正的自由感。 因此，自律不僅是為了達成個人目標，更是為了在充滿誘惑和干擾的現代社會中，保持內在的自由和自我管理的能力。 &nbs

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«每個人的故事都有它的意義——透過挖掘劉宰的生命故事，探索南宋士人的崇高使命感 «不再侷限皇帝達官顯要的歷史——重新建構南宋基層社會樣貌 ◎「與士大夫共治天下」不是說說而已——致仕歸鄉仍有志於社會 劉宰是何許人也？劉宰並非南宋重臣名宦，身分僅為地方士人官僚，他在官途順遂且尚處壯年之時，毅然辭官返鄉。由於他過往擔任地方基層官的種種經驗，加之家鄉鎮江府金壇縣位處南宋與金的邊境，是當時南宋政局動盪的首衝之地，於是他選擇「退而不休」，不只積極號召、凝聚鄉親人力，更多次推動大型社會公益活動。 ◎小人物立大功——誰說只有權有勢的官宦才能影響政局及社會 縱然劉宰不似同時代的史彌遠、韓侂冑等人威名赫赫，劉宰雖已脫離官場，他仍時常與當權者通信，並且依據自己在地方地所聞所見，提供政策解決方案，同時對時局提出建言。他作為政府官方與地方士人的中介，促使南宋地方政府與基層社會緊密連結，展現南宋時代的獨特士人社會力。 作者結合地理環境和時代政局的變動，描繪劉宰一生所關注、推動以及與時代環境緊密連結的家國事業，藉由認識劉宰他的人格特質以及他所代表的南宋時代的士人社會力微觀研究出發，剖析環境與資源對區域的發展影響，建構出更完整的南宋社會樣貌，試圖從與過往不同的視角理解南宋在中國歷史轉型期的關鍵地位。 Huang Kuanchung is a social historian, political historian, cultural historian, and intellectual historian all at once. All his talents are in apparent in this fascinating and important study of Liu Zai 劉宰in Southern Song local society and national politics. 黃寬重同時是社會、政治、文化和思想史學家。他所有的才能，在這部精彩且重要的關於南宋地方社會和國家政治的劉宰研究中，顯露無遺。——Peter Bol（

«每個人的故事都有它的意義——透過挖掘劉宰的生命故事，探索南宋士人的崇高使命感 «不再侷限皇帝達官顯要的歷史——重新建構南宋基層社會樣貌 ◎「與士大夫共治天下」不是說說而已——致仕歸鄉仍有志於社會 劉宰是何許人也？劉宰並非南宋重臣名宦，身分僅為地方士人官僚，他在官途順遂且尚處壯年之時，毅然辭官返鄉。由於他過往擔任地方基層官的種種經驗，加之家鄉鎮江府金壇縣位處南宋與金的邊境，是當時南宋政局動盪的首衝之地，於是他選擇「退而不休」，不只積極號召、凝聚鄉親人力，更多次推動大型社會公益活動。 ◎小人物立大功——誰說只有權有勢的官宦才能影響政局及社會 縱然劉宰不似同時代的史彌遠、韓侂冑等人威名赫赫，劉宰雖已脫離官場，他仍時常與當權者通信，並且依據自己在地方地所聞所見，提供政策解決方案，同時對時局提出建言。他作為政府官方與地方士人的中介，促使南宋地方政府與基層社會緊密連結，展現南宋時代的獨特士人社會力。 作者結合地理環境和時代政局的變動，描繪劉宰一生所關注、推動以及與時代環境緊密連結的家國事業，藉由認識劉宰他的人格特質以及他所代表的南宋時代的士人社會力微觀研究出發，剖析環境與資源對區域的發展影響，建構出更完整的南宋社會樣貌，試圖從與過往不同的視角理解南宋在中國歷史轉型期的關鍵地位。 Huang Kuanchung is a social historian, political historian, cultural historian, and intellectual historian all at once. All his talents are in apparent in this fascinating and important study of Liu Zai 劉宰in Southern Song local society and national politics. 黃寬重同時是社會、政治、文化和思想史學家。他所有的才能，在這部精彩且重要的關於南宋地方社會和國家政治的劉宰研究中，顯露無遺。——Peter Bol（包弼德）&n

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A chance meeting on a train to Tokyo sends two girls named Nana on a collision course with destiny! After a string of epic romantic failures, Nana Komatsu is ready to take control of her life and get a clean start in the big city. After prioritizing her musical ambitions over love, Nana Osaki is ready to stomp her way to the top of Tokyo's punk scene. With determination in their hearts and dreams in their eyes, these two women are ready to take the world by storm! But first, they need a place to live. Roommates, anyone? Hachi was happy to be Blast's biggest cheerleader, but now that the band is taking off, she's discovering that there are hordes of fans eager to take her place. To make matters worse, Hachi's happiness with Nobu is slipping through her fingers as an unexpected complication with Takumi threatens to upend her entire life. And unlike with her past romantic woes, the choice she makes now will change the lives of everyone around her.

A chance meeting on a train to Tokyo sends two girls named Nana on a collision course with destiny! After a string of epic romantic failures, Nana Komatsu is ready to take control of her life and get a clean start in the big city. After prioritizing her musical ambitions over love, Nana Osaki is ready to stomp her way to the top of Tokyo's punk scene. With determination in their hearts and dreams in their eyes, these two women are ready to take the world by storm! But first, they need a place to live. Roommates, anyone? Nana's band Blast is taking off in a big way--from sold-out club dates to potential record deals. But despite all their amazing successes, Nana still feels the threat of Trapnest looming over her. So when Hachi wants to drag Nana to a Trapnest concert in the not-so-secret hope that it will lead to a reconciliation with Ren, she isn't sure if she's ready to see him, let alone if she wants him back. What she does know is that when the Trapnest bassist starts to put the mo

A chance meeting on a train to Tokyo sends two girls named Nana on a collision course with destiny! After a string of epic romantic failures, Nana Komatsu is ready to take control of her life and get a clean start in the big city. After prioritizing her musical ambitions over love, Nana Osaki is ready to stomp her way to the top of Tokyo's punk scene. With determination in their hearts and dreams in their eyes, the two Nanas are ready to take the world by storm! This is the story of two 20-year-old women who share the same name. Even though they come from completely different backgrounds, they somehow meet and become best friends. The world of Nana is a world exploding with sex, music, fashion, gossip, and all-night parties. Living in Tokyo is proving harder than either Nana expected. Nana K. can't seem to outrun her bad luck in love, and Nana O. can't seem to avoid the constant reminder of her ex-boyfriend's success. Can the brand-new besties help pick each other up, or will doom and

THREE MILLION SERIES COPIES SOLD!The pulse-pounding third novel in the #1New York Timesbestselling series The Lightlark Saga, by acclaimed author and #BookTok sensation Alex AsterLove kills kingdoms…Back in Grim’s castle on Nightshade, Isla is reeling in the wake of a brutal battle and the devastating truths it exposed. Her future—and the fate of the world—now hinge on a heart split in two.Past Isla, who fell in love with the ruler of Nightshade, fights to resist feelings she considers treasonous. The Isla of the present, who has seen the ruin her powers can cause, will do anything to save Lightlark and its king.As the line between enemy and friend is tested, Isla is more desperate than ever to understand the oracle’s final prophecy and change her heartrending fate. But a storm is coming. And with it, a long-buried evil greater than anything the realms have faced before.With the clock ticking on her destiny and the survival of two warring kingdoms hinging on her own shattered heart, Is

A special edition of the second book in the #1 New York Times and USA Today bestselling Wings of Fire series that includes new, exclusive content!The lost heir to the SeaWing throne is going home at last.She can't believe it's finally happening. Tsunami and her fellow dragonets of destiny are journeying under the water to the great SeaWing Kingdom. Stolen as an egg from the royal hatchery, Tsunami is eager to meet her future subjects and reunite with her mother, Queen Coral.But Tsunami's triumphant return doesn't go quite the way she imagined. Queen Coral welcomes her with open wings, but a mysterious assassin has been killing off the queen's heirs for years, and Tsunami may be the next target. The dragonets came to the SeaWings for protection, but this ocean hides secrets, betrayal--and perhaps even death.

A special edition of the third book in the #1 New York Times and USA Today bestselling Wings of Fire series that includes new, exclusive content!Deep in the rain forest, danger awaits . . .Glory knows that the dragon world is wrong about her being "a lazy RainWing." Maybe she wasn't meant to be one of the dragonets of destiny, but Glory is sharp and her venom is deadly . . . even if it's also still a secret.So when the dragonets seek shelter in the rain forest, Glory is devastated to find that the treetops are full of RainWings who nap all day and know nothing of the rest of Pyrrhia. Worst of all, they don't realize -- or care -- that RainWings are going missing from their beautiful forest.But Glory and the dragonets are determined to find the missing dragons, even if it drags the peaceful RainWing kingdom where they never wanted to be -- into the middle of the war.

A special edition of the fourth book in the #1 New York Times and USA Today bestselling Wings of Fire series that includes new, exclusive content!In the shadows, trouble is brewing. . .The mysterious NightWings keep everything hidden, from their home and their queen to their allegiance in the war. Now they've kidnapped their own dragonet of destiny, and Starflight is finally meeting the rest of his tribe -- whether he wants to or not.The NightWings have also kidnapped several innocent RainWings, now trapped in the dark, barren, miserable place that is the NightWing kingdom. Starflight wants to help the RainWings, but he's busy saving his own scales and trying to find a way back to his friends. The fate of two kingdoms rests in his talons, and with no one to save him, Starflight will have to find a way to be brave . . . before it's too late.

From the bestselling author of The Spellshop comes the award-winning first book in an adult epic fantasy series of malevolent nature spirits, a young woman’s uncertain destiny, a deadly competition, and family found along the way—available in trade paperback for the first time.Everything has a spirit: the willow tree with leaves that kiss the pond, the stream that feeds the river, the wind that exhales fresh snow . . .Only those spirits want to kill you.It’s the first lesson that every Renthian learns.What is a queen?In Renthia, the queen is the one human with enough magical power to prevent the spirits from destroying every man, woman, and child. For the very spirits the humans rely on to live—wood, earth, water, air, fire, and ice—at the same time possess an instinctual drive to exterminate them. The queen is chosen for her ability to control the spirits, but she is also mortal, so to ensure the humans’ survival, potential heirs to the queen’s role are rigorously trained to take her

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • In the fourth novel of the sizzling Bridge Kingdom series, one man must decide just how much he is willing to sacrifice to save the life of the woman he loves—from theNew York Timesbestselling author ofA Fate Inked in Blood.Newly crowned as king, Keris is powerless as his forbidden relationship with Zarrah is revealed. But when Zarrah is imprisoned by the Empress, Keris knows there is only one way to save her: to ally with the kingdom he nearly destroyed.Imprisoned on the dreaded Devil’s Island, Zarrah faces two choices: prove her loyalty to the Empress who condemned her or die as a traitor. Yet as she struggles to survive among violent prisoners, Zarrah uncovers a third path: a rebellion to overthrow tyranny entwined with the destiny she must fight to claim.While the Empress plots a war with devastating consequences, Keris and Zarrah must find their way back to each other. Yet their greatest adversary is the fiery passion between them. Unless they overcome the bi