Enhancing Evolution

This witty, quirky, colourfully illustrated and fact-filled book features some of the most absurd and flamboyant animals on the planet! The second title in the series from the hilarious Philip Bunting is filled with facts about some of the weirdest creatures in the natural world. The antagonist voice (speaking though cheeky annotations) points out the apparent ridiculousness of each creature's features, while the narrator's voice describe the evolutionary reasons or advantages for each animal's extraordinary characteristics. With hilarious text throughout and bright, contemporary illustrations, this guide to ridiculous animals contains funny labelled diagrams and will help teach kids about evolution by studying some of its most wild products!Quirky Creatures is a series dedicated to seeking out the weird and wonderful denizens of the natural world and explaining why they are so strange, from the ridiculous to the truly terrifying.Also available in this series is The World's Most

多數孩子與青少年高度依賴社群媒體，網路資訊的正確性與網路活動的安全性是現今社會的重要問題。本書談及隱私權設定、網路霸凌及使用濾鏡影響對外表的認知。透過此讀本加強媒體識讀，提升使用社群的安全性。Empower your kids to stay safe online with this fun, comprehensive guide for kids aged 10+. Packed with entertaining illustrations alongside practical information, the Social Media Survival Guide answers questions about all aspects of social media - the good AND the bad - making it a must-have tool for young people (and parents) to help navigate the online world safely and confidently and learn the best approaches to taking care of themselves. Content includes:- In-depth coverage of a range of important a difficult issues young people face including: body image, appearance-enhancing filters, influencers, sexual content and mental health- Uses recognisable themes rather than platform specifics, making the content relevant long-term- Tips on how to set up accounts safely and best manage privacy and messaging settings- Addressing your persona, online reputation, and relationships- Understanding

The crisis of masculinity surfaced and converged with the crisis of the nation in the late Qing, after the doors of China were forced open by Opium Wars. The power of physical aggression increasingly overshadowed literary attainments and became a new imperative of male honor in the late Qing and early Republican China. Afflicted with anxiety and indignation about their increasingly effeminate image as perceived by Western colonial powers, Chinese intellectuals strategically distanced themselves from the old literati and reassessed their positions vis-à-vis violence. In Mastery of Words and Swords: Negotiating Intellectual Masculinities in Modern China, 1890s–1930s, Jun Lei explores the formation and evolution of modern Chinese intellectual masculinities as constituted in racial, gender, and class discourses mediated by the West and Japan. This book brings to light a new area of interest in the “Man Question” within gender studies in which women have typically been the focus. To fully r

讓我們一起認識陳氏家族，他們在新加坡創造了手作的土生華人傳統美食！跟著陳氏家族第四代成員 Ethan ，一起回顧他們的家族世界——新加坡本土品牌 HarriAnns Nonya Table——從簡陋的手推車，到今日的土生華人咖啡館連鎖品牌的發展歷程。就像土生華人的食物一樣，這個故事充滿豐富的生活風味。快來一起參加這場盛宴吧！Meet the Tan family, who have created a homemade Peranakan food legacy in Singapore!Join the fourth generation member of the family, Ethan, as he travels back in time tracing the evolution of his family business — home-grown brand HarriAnns Nonya Table — from a humble push-cart to the chain of Peranakan cafes it is today. Just like Peranakan food, this story is spiced generously with the different flavours of life.Come join the feast!

讓我們一起認識陳氏家族，他們在新加坡創造了手作的土生華人傳統美食！跟著陳氏家族第四代成員 Ethan ，一起回顧他們的家族世界——新加坡本土品牌 HarriAnns Nonya Table——從簡陋的手推車，到今日的土生華人咖啡館連鎖品牌的發展歷程。就像土生華人的食物一樣，這個故事充滿豐富的生活風味。快來一起參加這場盛宴吧！Meet the Tan family, who have created a homemade Peranakan food legacy in Singapore!Join the fourth generation member of the family, Ethan, as he travels back in time tracing the evolution of his family business — home-grown brand HarriAnns Nonya Table — from a humble push-cart to the chain of Peranakan cafes it is today. Just like Peranakan food, this story is spiced generously with the different flavours of life.Come join the feast!

改編自紐約時報暢銷作家V.E. Schwab短篇作品，吸血鬼與獵人的禁忌愛戀《First Kill》電視劇即將開播。本書帶來11個讓人神魂顛倒的吸血鬼短篇故事，給喜愛暮光之城的讀者的另類選擇。Eleven diverse vampire stories from YA's leading voices, including V.E. Schwab's First Kill, soon to be a major Netflix adaptation!SINK YOUR TEETH INTO THIS... In this delicious new collection, you'll find eleven fresh vampire stories from young adult fiction's leading voices. Enter 'The House of Black Sapphires' by Dhonielle Clayton, and discover the secret world of vampires and magic behind the doors of New Orleans.Meet 'The Boys From Blood River' by Rebecca Roanhorse and their enticing power and terrible sacrifices. And in V.E. Schwab's 'First Kill', witness the centuries-old struggle between vampire and slayer - and the thrill of forbidden love.Vampires lurking on social media, vampires hungry for more than just blood, vampires coming out - and going out for their first kill - this collection puts a new spin on the age-old classic. WELCOME TO THE EVOLUTION OF THE VAMPIRE - AND A REVOLUTI

Longlisted for Blue Peter Book Awards 2022Dive into the weird and wonderful world of sleep, from the science behind dreams to a peek into animal sleeping habits, in this incredible book for children aged 7 to 9. We spend about 26 years of our lives sleeping, but how much do you really know about what happens when your head hits the pillow? Flick through the charming illustrated pages and discover:- What is sleep, and why do we need it?- Who's still awake across the globe when you are tucked up in bed?- The history of sleep, including the evolution of the bed and the significance of dreams in myths and legends- How does sleep differ in the animal kingdom? From polyphasic sleeping lions and nocturnal raccoons to birds high in the sky and whales in the ocean- What happens to plants when the sun sets?- Practical tips and tricks to help you improve your bedtime routineThe Magic of Sleep answers all your questions about what goes on in your head when you snooze, including the difference betw

City Hall is the first book to feature striking contemporary images of the most architecturally significant city halls in the United States. This diverse collection includes New York, the oldest; Philadelphia, once the tallest building in the world; and Boston, the first major brutalist building in the United States. Organized chronologically, the book traces the evolution of American civic architecture from the early 19th century to the present day and represents diverse styles such as Federalist, art deco, and modern.Architects, current and former mayors, historians, and preservationists tell the story of how each city hall came to be, what it says about its city, and why it's important architecturally. With a foreword by noted historian Douglas Brinkley and an essay by architectural writer Thomas Mellins, City Hall spotlights these often underappreciated civic buildings and affirms architecture's unique power to express democratic ideals and inspire civic engagement.

Celebrating science and the poetry of existence, this is a true story about time and chance, genetics and gender, love and death—all made more accessible to the young imagination in the concrete, finite life of one tiny snail named Jeremy.★ A Kirkus Best Book of 2021: A Best Informational Picture Book★ A Marginalian (formerly Brain Pickings) Best Children’s Book of 2021★ A Spirituality & Practice Best Spiritual Book of 2021Based on a real scientific event and inspired by a beloved real human in the author’s life, this is a story about science and the poetry of existence...The Snail with the Right Heart is a story about time and chance, genetics and gender, love and death, evolution and infinity—concepts often too abstract for the human mind to fathom, often more accessible to the young imagination; concepts made fathomable in the concrete, finite life of one tiny, unusual creature dwelling in a pile of compost amid an English garden. Emerging from this singular life is a lyrical un

論證「生命衝動」理論與直覺主義方法論的代表作科學與哲學相互共融的世界觀柏格森於1907年完成了他的最重要的著作《創造的進化論》(Creative Evolution)，柏格森亦因為這部哲學著作而於1927年獲得諾貝爾文學獎，是柏格森的代表作，書中論證了「生命衝動」的理論和直覺主義方法論，並對之前的進化論哲學體系作了批判。《創造的進化論》的出版標誌著柏格森生命哲學的成熟。波蘭哲學家(L. Kolak

作為劇場史研究的重要教材，本書以「溝通文化的演變」為主軸，重新思考劇場在歷史中的角色與功能。書中從早期口述與書寫文化談起，逐步推進至印刷、電子媒介與網路時代，探討表演如何形塑公共空間、民族認同與文化想像。第三版內容全面更新，新增史學專章、案例研究與時間軸設計，協助讀者建立清楚的歷史定位。本書文字條理分明，結構經重新調整後更利於教學使用，並搭配線上資源與發音輔助。學界普遍認為，本書不僅傳授劇場史的宏觀敘事，也引導讀者反思歷史書寫本身，是一部兼具深度與啟發性的研究導論。This new edition of the innovative and widely acclaimed Theatre Histories: An Introduction offers a critical overview of global theatre and drama, spanning a broad wealth of world cultures and periods. Illustrating historiographical theory with case studies demonstrating the methods and interpretive approaches used by today's theatre historians, the authors offer a detailed and thorough examination of global theatre.Fully revised and renewed, features of this third edition include:A full color text design, heavily illustrated with a wealth of colour photographs and illustrationsDetailed historical, cultural and political timelines, enhancing students’ understanding of the context of each sectionBoxed case studies from a broad range of world cultures, buil

What makes us human?How did we develop language, thought and culture?Why do we need them? The past 12,000 years represent the only time in the sweep of human history when there has been only one human

A spirited volume on the great adventures of science throughout history, for curious readers of all agesScience is fantastic. It tells us about the infinite reaches of space, the tiniest living organism, the human body, the history of Earth. People have always been doing science because they have always wanted to make sense of the world and harness its power. From ancient Greek philosophers through Einstein and Watson and Crick to the computer-assisted scientists of today, men and women have wondered, examined, experimented, calculated, and sometimes made discoveries so earthshaking that people understood the world-or themselves-in an entirely new way.This inviting book tells a great adventure story: the history of science. It takes readers to the stars through the telescope, as the sun replaces the earth at the center of our universe. It delves beneath the surface of the planet, charts the evolution of chemistry's periodic table, introduces the physics that explain electricity, gravit

《The Island of the Colour-blind》記錄了薩克斯前往太平洋島嶼的旅程，他探訪平加拉普島上遺傳性色盲的族群，並走訪關島，研究當地流傳百年的奇異癱瘓症。從島嶼植物到人類疾病，他以溫和又富觀察力的文字，引領讀者思考演化、環境與人類身體間微妙的聯繫。'Sacks is rightly renowned for his empathy . . . anyone with a taste for the exotic will find this beautifully written book highly engaging' – Sunday TimesAlways fascinated by islands, Oliver Sacks is drawn to the Pacific by reports of the tiny atoll of Pingelap, with its isolated community of islanders born totally colour-blind; and to Guam, where he investigates a puzzling paralysis endemic there for a century. Along the way, he re-encounters the beautiful, primitive island cycad trees – and these become the starting point for a meditation on time and evolution, disease and adaptation, and islands both real and metaphorical in The Island of the Colour-Blind.

An empowering guide to understanding the strategies behind successful social movements.Citizen activism has achieved many positive results. But the road to success for social movements is often complex, usually lasting many years, with few guides for evaluating the precise stage of a movement's evolution to determine the best way forward.Doing Democracy provides both a theory and working model for understanding and analyzing social movements, ensuring that they are successful in the long term. Beginning with an overview of social movement theory and the MAP (Movement Action Plan) model, Doing Democracy outlines the eight stages of social movements, the four roles of activists, and case studies from the civil rights, anti-nuclear energy, Central America, gay/lesbian, women's health, and globalization movements.Bill Moyer is the originator of the MAP Model; he and his coauthors combine several decades of movement experience.

本書再次邀請十二位當代重要的圖畫書創作者，分享他們如何構思、推敲與完成一本圖畫書。從最初的靈感萌芽，到反覆修正、懷疑與確認方向的過程，本書細緻呈現圖畫書創作中不為人知的漫長歷程。正如 Shaun Tan 在系列前作中所言，想法在成形之前的變化，本身就充滿觀看價值。透過一場場貼近內心的對談，讀者得以看見每位創作者截然不同的工作方式與思考路徑，也理解圖畫書並非單純的形式，而是一門結合時間、經驗與判斷的藝術。The Wall Street Journal 書評指出，創作過程充滿謎團，而成果則可能帶來魔法般的瞬間。本書正是這樣一本，讓人重新認識圖畫書深度與可能性的作品。・收錄十二位國際重量級創作者的第一手創作分享・大量插圖與手稿，呈現構想演變的真實樣貌・適合創作者、研究者與所有熱愛圖畫書的讀者Following the success of part one, twelve more world-class picturebook makers share their processes, inspire us with stunning illustrations, and demonstrate the immense creative potential of this unique and dynamic art form.Far from being simple, picturebook creation can be a complex, lengthy and enigmatic process.Part two of the Picturebook Makers series once again gives voice to twelve much-loved contemporary picturebook artists. With great generosity, the international creators share their processes, inspirations, challenges, doubts, insights, and show us that "the unseen evolution of an idea is as interesting as the final result", as observe

在數位轉型與永續發展浪潮交織的今日，本期《產業與管理論壇》收錄兩篇科技新知與管理專欄、兩篇研究論文及兩篇教學個案，內容涵蓋ESG管理、價值創新與科技應用等，探討企業與產業在當前複雜環境中的回應與轉型。以下為本期各篇內容摘要： 第一篇〈從數字美化到管理實踐〉新知中，作者探討ESG報告書過度指標化的現象，主張ESG不應淪為數字堆砌，而應回歸實務管理與策略邏輯，因此提出將 ESG 策略嵌入核心價值鏈與治理流程的整合分析架構，提供企業用於檢視自身及競爭者的ESG實踐及規劃。此篇新知文章可提供台灣實務界推動ESG的策略思考新方向。 第二篇〈離岸風電產業中政府－企業－市場的滾動式調整機制探析〉新知中，作者指出離岸風電產業在總體經濟不確定下，政策與市場正在動態調整彼此的互動模式。文章以歐洲經驗為例，說明不同開發商的行為反應如何影響制度設計與投資策略，可提供台灣離岸風電產業政策發展的新視角。 第三篇〈The Role of Internet Marketing in Enhancing International Tourist Hotel Performance〉論文中，作者以資源基礎觀點分析國際觀光飯店如何透過資訊科技與網路行銷能力提升關係績效與市場占有率。研究結果發現，資訊科技能力與國際市場導向對國際績效的影響受到網路行銷能力的中介效果，且這兩者之間的互動對 IM 能力有正面影響。 第四篇〈重塑顧客價值主張〉中，作者結合藍海策略價值曲線與商業模式兩種觀點，以IC設計公司作為個案，探討企業如何提升顧客價值。價值曲線與商業模式雖然被廣泛用來探討顧客價值，但過去兩者缺乏深度的整合。研究結果發現，顧客價值主張會動態演化，並且帶動商業模式的創新轉型。此文章對於兩種理論觀點的整合具有重要意涵。 第五篇〈普祺樂的數位化挑戰〉個案中，作者聚焦零售中介商「普祺樂」因快速擴張面對的資訊不對稱挑戰，以交易成本與核心能力理論，探討企業應如何運用價值鏈分析，辨識企業的競爭優勢與核心價值創造活動，藉此帶領讀者探討普祺樂在APP自行開發和外包的策略選擇上，應該如何思考？ 第六篇〈富采推動ESG轉型〉個案以富采集團為案例，分析企業在ESG轉型策略上採取外包或內製的抉擇。除了顯性財務成本外，此個案從利害關係人視角帶領讀者探討跨部門協調、資訊安全與風險等隱性非財務因素對企業ESG轉型的影響。此個案對於瞭解ESG

《科學小史》以輕鬆易懂的方式，帶領讀者走過人類探索世界的足跡，從古巴比倫的天文觀察到現代的基因研究與粒子物理。書中介紹牛頓、霍金等重要人物，也揭開電力、重力、原子與化學元素表背後的故事。這是一本適合大人與青少年共讀的科學入門書，幫助我們理解身邊的世界，也欣賞科學帶來的無限可能。A lively and engaging introduction to the progress of science over the agesScience is key to understanding the infinite distances of space, the tiniest living organisms body and the history of our planet. From Hippocrates and Aristotle to Isaac Newton and Stephen Hawking, men and women have asked how things work, and through experiments have made earth-shattering discoveries.This inviting Litte History takes readers to the stars. We delve beneath the surface of the planet, chart the evolution of chemistry’s periodic table, and explore the physics that explain electricity, gravity, and the atoms that make up our bodies and everything around us.Little Histories – Inspiring Guides for Curious Minds----------------------"One advantage of a brief history is that this impressive roll of modern achievements unfolds while the leaps of prior centuries are st

本書收錄了代表一段插畫家人生的珍貴作品共160幅以上，其中包含新繪製作品在內的原創插畫與工作案件圖等畫作。附有珍藏的插畫設定稿的專欄也不容錯過。中村エイト╳加賀美隼人書中刊載兩位以不同觀點對TCG插畫的長篇訪談！人氣插畫家中村エイト先生以及VTuber界數一數二喜歡TCG（集換式卡牌遊戲）而廣為人知的加賀美隼人先生。從以前就因為「翻唱」影片的插畫委託而產生關聯的兩位，都有著永無止盡的“TCG愛”。我們邀請了這兩位業界代表，分別從插畫家和玩家的立場來談論他們關於TCG插畫的看法。

我們對於某些先進機械或裝置的複雜度與其功能往往讚嘆不已。其實，在我們周遭還有更為精緻、複雜的東西，那就是生命體。生物學就是在描述生命體的現象。由於生命體的結構複雜，種類與功能繁多，一般有關生物學的書往往相當煩瑣。我想，簡易而有條理的生物學或許有助於讀者的閱讀。如何有條理？或許從生命史的觀點來敘述生物學是相當好的切入點。 地球生命史可說是生命演化的歷史。演化（evolution）是達爾文觀察生物的物種變化所歸納的概念。急劇的變化通常稱為革命（revolution）。物種的變化通常不是一蹴可幾的，也許經過很長的時間累積了許多小變異，我們才發現物種的明顯變化。譬如說無細胞核的單細胞生命（原核生物）約於38億年前出現，而有細胞核的生命（真核生物）約於18億年前出現。也就是說演化往往是緩慢漸進的。本書主要以演化的觀點來敘說生物學。

★ 看懂設計史，從工藝美術到數位時代全收錄★ 經典設計×大師×風格，一次完整掌握150年演變★ 大量精美圖像，從家具到建築全面呈現★ 設計迷必收的視覺百科與靈感寶庫我們每天都生活在設計之中——椅子的曲線、餐具的形狀、城市的建築輪廓，背後都藏著一段段關於美學與時代的故事。《Design》帶領讀者穿越設計發展的長河，從工藝美術運動、包浩斯到當代數位設計，探索不同時代如何以設計回應生活與技術的變化。本書以豐富圖像為核心，呈現家具、海報、字體、建築與產品設計的經典之作，並透過時間軸與設計師介紹，串聯出清晰脈絡。從威廉．莫里斯到法蘭克．洛伊．萊特，每一位設計師都在重新定義「美」與「功能」。這不只是一本設計史，更是一場關於創意如何改變世界的視覺旅程。Celebrate the history of design with this stunning visual guide What makes a truly good design? This comprehensive reference guide explores the evolution of design through the key designers, manufacturers, objects, and the movements they inspired - from the Arts and Craft movement to the digital age.Design is all around us, from the chairs we use at work, to the crockery we eat on and the cars we drive. The pages of this book are packed with fabulous images of objects, technology, prints, buildings, and interiors that will help you explore the fascinating history of design movements, illustrating how and why different styles emerged and became popular. This glorious an

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