Functional Analysis Methods for Reliability Models

你真的相信眼睛所看到的一切嗎？ 事實是最不容易產生爭議的客觀存在嗎？ 或許，我們對事實的瞭解，還不夠全面。 或許，我們是被表象或經驗欺騙、迷惑，導致看不透事情的本質。 唯有透過「底層邏輯+環境變數」， 才能讓你在千變萬化的世界中，認清所有真相！ 當一個人持有的不是觀點而是立場時，你應該做的事情，是對他說「It’s good for you」（這對你有益）。 反過來，我們也要時刻反省自己：我說的話、我的表述，是事實，是觀點，是立場，還是信仰？ 請運用以下幾點： 1.拋棄經驗，不要輕易下結論，懷著空杯心態去看問題。 2.運用「假設—驗證—結論—調整」，大膽假設，小心求證，得出結論，做出調整。 3.不要被利益、立場左右，就事論事。 能做到以上三點，再複雜、繁瑣的事，你也能抽絲剝繭、洞察本質。 為什麼我們要懂「底層邏輯」？ 如果你是學生，透過底層邏輯能學會：思考問題的邏輯 ．懂得辯證真理 ．獲取解決問題的方法 ．洞察事情的本質 如果你是職場新鮮人，透過底層邏輯能學會：個人進化的方法 ．做好時間管理 ．讓事情產生最大效益，創造十倍價值 ．培養良好人脈 如果你是創業者或企業管理者，透過底層邏輯能學會：公司營運的順暢 ．獲取正確的戰略 ．掌控利潤 ．留住優秀員工 本書可以幫忙你思考： ．找工作時，正確思考想學習與得到什麼？ ．和朋友交往時，如何拉長時間觀察，不因小事而漸行漸遠？ ．獲取人脈時，要如何互相幫忙達到雙贏的局面？ 商業思維學院院長 游舒帆 專文審定 「這不是我第一次閱讀劉潤的書，他的每本書的思路都很獨特，觀點也很有趣，同時充滿洞見。如果你想知道他是怎麼思考，怎麼理解問題，怎麼產生洞見的，我相信這本《底層邏輯》應該可以讓你一窺一二。」──游舒帆

More Than 1001 Days and Nights of Hong Kong Internment is the wartime journal of Sir Chaloner Grenville Alabaster, former attorney-general of Hong Kong and one of the three highest-ranking British officials during the Japanese occupation. He was imprisoned by the Japanese at the Stanley Internment Camp from 1941 to 1945. During his internment, he managed to keep a diary of his life in the camp in small notebooks and hid them until his release in 1945. He then wrote his wartime journal on the basis of these notes. The journal records his day-to-day experiences of the fall of Hong Kong, his time at Stanley, and his eventual release. Some of the most fascinating extracts cover the three months immediately after the fall of Hong Kong and when Alabaster and his colleagues were imprisoned in Prince’s Building in Central and before they were sent to the camp, a period little covered in previous publications. Hence, the book is an important primary source for understanding the daily operation

沒有在拍照的時候，我身處在人群之中， 看見了他們眼中#不是老街 #也不是景點的台北 朱宥勳│作家 何經泰│攝影家 林君燁│傻瓜書日 Fotobook DUMMIES Day 共同主持人 林運鴻│文字工作者 阿潑│文字工作者 紀金慶│國立臺灣師範大學助理教授 張亦絢│作家 黃亞紀│亞紀畫廊創辦人 黃哲斌│新聞工作者 黃崇凱││小說家 黃麗群│《新活水》總編輯 溫若涵│《BIOS monthly》總編輯 廖偉棠│詩人、攝影師、評論家 鄧九雲│演員/作家 鄭弘敬│攝影師 鍾宜杰│國立政治大學廣播電視學系 助理教授 顧玉玲│國立臺北藝術大學人文學院 助理教授 ──一致推薦 做為一名攝影師貌似浪漫，彷彿時時都與生活中美好的那一面為伍，能捕捉到一般人所不能見的世界。 然而在這影像環繞、美照充斥的時代，做為一名攝影師也代表要交出客戶滿意的照片，就必須永遠在主流所謂的「好照片」及自身主觀的感性間奮力一搏，在銳利畫素、修圖app、橡膠玩偶似的皮膚中，要不趨於麻木，要不就獻身努力去迎合各種攝影類型對一張好照片的要求。 本書為台灣攝影師汪正翔，繼《My Scenery Only for You：那些不美的台灣風景》後，又一本以攝影師之眼觀察台灣攝影文化熱熱鬧鬧又奇異的各種現象，思考影像如何改變現代人的行為與思維，也分析台灣社會如何定義什麼是「美」── │自拍的盛行，如何深刻影響著人們的旅遊模式？ │從明星小卡、無名小站到IG， 我們對「美照」的想像有什麼改變？ │如果小學生也能拍攝出百萬畫素的昆蟲照片， 攝影師跟一根只會按快門的手指又有什麼不同？ │一場在網路上看似歡樂的典禮，會不會只是攝影師很會主持活動？ 作者同時也以肉身搏鬥，穿梭於公關活動、記者會、婚禮攝影各式需要「攝影大哥」的活動現場。一邊思考構圖、卡位、光線與視角，一邊還要負責控制活動現場的秩序、擺位，一切行禮如儀，只為用影像印證一場活動的美好。 看一名攝影師／藝術創作者如何在傳統攝影與數位影像的交界，在社會大眾對「美」的既定印象與創作自主之間，保有思考的可能及感性的靈光，以文字及影像記錄下那些繽紛多元、眾聲喧嘩的台灣風景。 本書特色── ●草根版《東京漂流》 ●台灣數位時代攝影文化點評 國內讚譽── ◎《旁觀的方式》不只是一本自由攝影師的當代浮生錄，此書是一頂霍格華茲的分類帽，以略顯怪誕的歌聲吟唱、

▎James C. Ma Mr. Chungliamg Ma or James C. Ma received his B.A. in English at the National Cheng Kung University in 1964. After his graduation, he was an English teacher at Nantou Senior High and later, teaching assistant at NCKU. He earned his Master’ degree from the University of Oregon in 1971 and taught English at the Taipei College of Business for two years. In 1978, he was conferred Doctor of Education from Southern Illiois University. Having returned to NCKU in 1979, he taught as associate professor and later as professor. Afterwards, he was appointed Head of the Department of Foreign Languages and Literature, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts, Dean of Discipline, Dean of Students, and Head of Graduate Institute of Education. After his retirement from NCKU in 1999, he was invited to start his second career at the Leader College of Management, a privately-funded institution of higher learning in Tainan. He set up the Department of Applied English and the Office of the Studen

封面故事 混合辦公底定　ZTA護資安 零信任架構控管準則規範　政策引擎強制保障措施 文◎洪羿漣 現代數位化應用模式的興起，使得企業傳統網路邊界變得模糊，擴大了駭客的攻擊面。自從美國國家標準暨技術研究院（NIST）於2020年正式發布SP 800-207標準文件說明零信任架構（Zero Trust Architecture，ZTA）準則，逐漸為各國產業、公部門所理解與認同，並據以將用戶帳戶與裝置皆預設列為非信任，須通過多因素驗證機制，才依控管政策配置資源存取權限。 現階段實作ZTA的技術，大多透過設備端支援遙測技術（Telemetry）、端點安裝代理程式等機制，進行資料的蒐集與彙總運行分析，藉此掌握安全態勢，以保護終端裝置、用戶身分、網路傳輸、工作負載、數位資產等五大主軸。相關方案橫跨次世代防火牆（NGFW）、應用交付控制器（ADC）、特權存取控管（PAM）、端點安全防護（XDR）、資料外洩防護（DLP）等範疇，甚至在新興的安全存取服務邊緣（Secure Access Service Edge，SASE）框架中，ZTA亦屬於其中一環。隨著COVID-19疫情大流行後改變全球企業工作模式，混合辦公型態興起，更將促使零信任架構逐步落實成為主流控管原則，以有效地降低資安事件風險。 專題報導 類雲化購置資源　IT訂閱商模夯 資訊架構轉向以服務形態供應　從思維到財務編列都要升級 文◎余采霏 數位潮流以及新冠肺炎（COVID-19）促使企業加速數位轉型，愈來愈多的企業運用公有雲或打造混合雲架構。然而，對於企業而言，雲端運算不僅意味著想要打造更彈性的架構或作為遠距協同合作、高效運算、雲端儲存、人工智慧、大數據應用的選項，事實上，隨著企業愈來愈熟悉雲端服務隨需即用、用多少付多少（Pay As You Go）的採購模式，靈活消費（Consumption）／即服務（as a Service）或稱為訂閱制（Subscription Models）的概念也慢慢地從雲端擴展到本地的IT基礎架構中，首當其衝的便是採購模式。 有別於傳統採購思維，新型態採購模式意在協助企業更彈性地因應需求與市場變化，同時也協助企業把資本支出（CAPEX）轉向營運費用（OPEX），從而降低成本資金壓力。調研機構IDC在近期發布的市場研究調查中便提到，以服務為基礎（Se

"The fact that Snow did not sneak into “red China” to gather information constituting the basis of his Red Start over China all alone is in many instances misunderstood even by scholars. Mao Zedong’s biography has been the subject of an international mountain of commentary in China and elsewhere. Biographies praising Mao and those slandering him are all based on the American journalist Edgar Snow’s (1905–1972) account in Red Star over China for the route Mao traveled from early childhood through his youth. How the “Red Star” Rose introduces the image of Mao and the biographical information made known to the world through the publication of Red Star, and with its publication the circumstances which they fundamentally undermined. Ishikawa Yoshihiro uses Mao Zedong as raw material to examine from whence and how ordinary historical information and images which we habitually use unconsciously come into being. He desires to help readers to reconsider the historicity of the generation of no

人氣繪師X服裝史學者 攜手合作！ 最考究的江戶服飾插畫資料集 現代插畫呈現浮世繪作品，解碼江戶人日常穿搭 #江戶人的OOTD ☞江戶時期就十分流行中性風，當時的女性最憧憬若眾(美少年)的風格 ☞極簡風不是現代的專利，江戶人也是條紋、格紋控～ ☞江戶人也追星，藝人穿搭引領潮流，細數當時最蝦趴的花色！ ☞下雪也不穿襪子？光腳顯示藝者的骨氣！ #What's in my bag 江戶人ver. ☞對江戶人來說，守護人身安全的護身符可是必需品啊！ ☞貼身的鎖鏈繩在和服中若隱若現，是當時非常時尚的裝扮！ ☞煙管、菸草袋、印籠，不可或缺的男人時尚～ ☞可放置香料的腕守，是在藝伎這類女性之間流行的小心機配件！ #Hairstlye for 江戶時代 ☞最受女性歡迎的髮型──島田髷，扁島田、島田崩、高島田造型好多變～ ☞野郎帽子！就算沒有瀏海也要追求美麗的美學，迷倒當時的江戶百姓！ ☞頂上造型無奇不有，男性的小馬尾竟然有這麼多變化！ 原來江戶時尚與我們這麼親近！ ▍本書簡介 ▍ 「怎麼分辨藝伎和遊女？」 「江戶時代的髮型那麼多，有什麼差別嗎？」 「江戶時代都流行什麼花樣？」 「想畫江戶時代的服裝，覺得好難不好上手，不知怎麼開始……」 本書涵蓋市井小民、武士階級、皇室貴族，以及演藝之人、花街的人們等江戶時代的各行各業，同時提供腰帶綁法、和服紋樣、日本髮型、隨身小物等江戶時尚美學的相關物品詳細資料，輕鬆掌握江戶時代的流行與變遷，享受一場豐富、絢麗的江戶服飾文化饗宴。關於江戶服飾的種種疑難雜症，都能在此找到答案！ ▍誰適合看？▍ ✿日本歷史劇愛好者，原來劇中服裝、髮型有這層涵義，增添觀影趣味！ ✿繪畫愛好者、插畫家，你最好的日本傳統服飾參考資料集！ ✿COSPLAY玩家、服裝設計系學生，製作日本傳統服裝的得力參考工具！ ✿日本文化愛好者，絕美圖鑑一窺和服全盛時期樣貌！ ▍本書特色 ▍ ☺最好懂！在忠於浮世繪原畫的基本原則下，特地以現代插畫手法重新繪製。 ☺最考究！服裝史學者監修，如實呈現江戶時代的時尚流行樣貌。 ☺最多元！涵蓋市井小民、武士階級、皇室貴族、演藝之人、花街的人們。 ☺最詳細！腰帶綁法、和服紋樣、髮型、隨身小物等所需資料通通包辦。 ☺最貼心！列出了原版的浮世繪藝人和作品名，方便讀者查找。

English novelist E.M. Forster wrote his last and best-loved work, A Passage to India, both as a paean to his love for India and as a tribute to the relationships he formed with Indians. Forster became entranced by the India of the Raj at a young age, and his love affair with the sub-continent, its princes, and peoples, was to last all his life. At his most socially transgressive, it was with Indians that Forster chose to connect and with whom he put into effect his belief in man’s duty to value friendship over state or ideology. His time in India was undoubtedly when he was at his most human and most vulnerable. At once a contemporary reflection on India’s rich history and a biographical retelling of Forster’s travels through the country in the early 1900s, Developing the Heart delves into the past to better understand the profound impact certain events and people had on his writing. In doing so, it allows readers to look on as Forster matures and softens over time in his behaviour

語言限制了你的想像？ 運用交際英語，你可以更加認識這個世界！ ▶讓英語參與這些柴米油鹽的日常生活 ［食］轉角那經營了25年的老字號餐廳，是以什麼樣的魅力留住顧客？他們又有著什麼樣的好菜，讓顧客絡繹不絕？ 例句：顧客們進門、點餐、安靜等待。人們都是友善的，且似乎都熟悉彼此。 The customers came in, ordered their food, waited quietly, ate quickly, paid, and left. The people were friendly and most of them seemed to know each other. ［樂］想逃離繁忙的生活，寧靜的書店是一個絕佳選擇！ 例句：在書店度過的時光總是令人愉快，無論你是個愛書人或者只是為了挑本書當禮物。 Time spent in a bookshop can be most enjoyable, whether you are a book-lover or merely there to buy a book as a present. ［行］公車、火車、捷運……串聯城市的公共交通運輸，也串聯起你我的生活。 例句：世界上的每個主要城市幾乎都有著某種形式的公共交通。不僅對遊客來說是必要的，也為市民們提供低成本的運輸工具，並幫助了街道和高速公路的交通。 Nearly every major city in the world provides some form of public transport. This is necessary not only for visitors to the city, but also to provide citizens with low-cost transport and to help the traffic on the streets and highways. ▶與我們息息相關的社會議題，你該學好學滿 ［工作］賺錢真是現代人最感興趣的大事了！ 例句：我們生活在一個唯物主義的社會，且被訓練得貪得無厭。 We live in a materialistic society and are trained from our earliest years to be acquisitive. ［教育］沒有一個孩子

English abstract Panic disorder is one of the neuroses. Neurosis is the most popular mental disease and the representative of mild mental illness. Foreign research reports reveal that the lifetime prevalence rate of neurosis is about between 20%-50%, but few people accepted clinical treatment. Neuroses (panic, depression, and so on) and cardiac disorder will be the nightmare of causing serious diseases of human life in 2020. Panic disorder (attack) is a quickly and suddenly strong anxiety symptom and like a psychologic disease surrounded by dark and terrible emotion and hard to eliminate it. But by appropriate treatment, panic attack will be eased. Medicine treatment is the most efficient and simplest way for a definite diagnosis panic patient in practice. But due to political issues between China and Taiwan, Taiwan’s poor economy seems getting worse and worse and the health insurance medicine price of Central Health Insurance Bureau is also getting lower and lower. It is increasingly

2020 溫萊特自然寫作獎（Wainwright Prize for UK #ture Writing） 2021英國國家圖書獎（British Book Award）年度非虛構寫作獎 蒲公英令我想起我如何封閉自己，將大部分世界隔絕在外，要不是因為觀看與感受太痛苦，就是因為我對人們敞開時，卻招來嘲弄。霸凌。針對我感受到的強烈喜悅、我的激動和熱情惡言侮辱。多年來我一直把想法藏在心底，而今這些話正滲漏到世界上。 我仰起臉迎向雨，讓雲的粒子落在舌上。 許多人指責我「看起來並不自閉」。我根本不懂那是什麼意思。我認識許多「自閉者」，各個看起來都不同。我們並不是什麼可辨認的品種。我們是人類。如果我們看起來與常人無異，那是因為我們拚命掩飾真實的自我。 ──達拉．麥克阿納蒂 十四歲的達拉在這本書以一年的時間記錄了世界的流轉。從春天開始，達拉在日記中寫下家裡的花園、北愛爾蘭的鄉間、各種公園與海島的自然世界，一株不起眼的野花、一聲鳥鳴，甚至雲影雨滴的流動，都震撼著他敏感細緻的心靈。這些語言獨特的文字有著文學家的詩意，卻也有著博物學家的視野與關懷。但同時，這本書也呈現一個自閉症者求學之路的困頓。達拉在五歲時被診斷為自閉症者，經常遭遇霸凌以及與人群格格不入的痛苦，使他逃向自然與野生動植物尋求庇護，且起身為捍衛自然而努力。 在達拉的觀察紀錄中，涵蓋超過九十種鳥類、逾六十種植物，以及四十多種昆蟲，這些豐富的北愛爾蘭生態交織著愛爾蘭的歷史、傳說與當地語言，是達拉為自己的人生抹上的奇幻色彩，但也讓我們領會自然的珍貴與療癒的力量。春天他出海到拉斯林島看刀嘴海雀、三趾鷗與海鸚，並關心灰海豹的生存，夏天到蘇格蘭為蒼鷹繫上衛星發報器，秋天到倫敦海德公園為野生動植物發聲，冬天到莫恩山脈數復育的赤鳶，在寒風中於學校獨自舉著標語「為自然罷課」、「為氣候罷課」。達拉曾質問，人為什麼如此殘酷？這一切的恨意究竟從何而來？他的世代是否將見正義揚升？或許這正是已知世界之美的他，帶給他自己與世人最深沉的提問。 審訂．推薦 林大利（特有生物研究保育中心助理研究員） 顏聖紘（中山大學生物科學系副教授） 各方推薦 達拉有非凡的聲音與視野：勇敢、詩意、具倫理關懷與抒情，他的強大讓他被聽見，且如此稚齡的年紀實在讓人欽佩。──麥克法倫（Robert Macfarlane》，《心向群山》作者 這本書切中要害。是日記但

This book explains the key aspects of executing an international IPO. Packed with useful tips, it reviews rules and market practices from the US to Europe, the Middle East, and the Asia-Pacific region. Real-life case studies are used to illustrate all aspects of conducting an IPO, including documentation, valuation, as well as marketing issues. This new edition has been the subject of a complete and detailed revision, including new information pertaining to market developments. Some topics, such as spin-off offerings, SPACs, listing requirements, and due diligence have also been further expanded while some 15 additional IPOs have been included as examples to illustrate various aspects of new offerings. It is most suitable for entrepreneurs, chief executives, and CFOs of companies about to be floated, investor relations professionals, family offices, private equity, hedge fund and institutional investors, and finance students. It will also be of interest to market practitioners such a

Eros of International Relations: Self-Feminizing and the Claiming of Postcolonial Chineseness is a distinctive work that explores the much-neglected Chinese perspective in broader international relations theory. Using the concept of “self-feminizing”—adoption of a feminine identity to oblige and achieve mutual caring as a relational strategy—this book argues that postcolonial actors have employed gendered identities in order to survive the squeezing pressure of globalization and nationalism in their own ways. Sovereign actors who have historically claimed to act on behalf of Chineseness have taken advantage of the images of femininity thrust upon them by transnational capitalism, the media, or intellectual thought. Shih illustrates the feminist potential for emancipation through a range of empirical examples, showing that women of various Chinese characteristics, acting on behalf of their nation, city, and corporations, reject the masculinization of their groups of belonging as remedy

Hong Kong under British rule was a prime example of exceptionalism in many aspects — economic, political, and even social. It was governed under a colonial structure and yet had enjoyed a large degree of social and economic freedom, as well as fiscal self-sufficiency and autonomy from London. After returning to Chinese rule in 1997, Hong Kong has continued to thrive as a relatively resilient city-state still known for efficiency and effectiveness despite tensions and scepticism about its political future. This book carries decades of academic observations and the author’s personal political experience. It reviews and reflects on the past trajectory of governance and administration, identifying strengths and capabilities as well as constraints and vulnerabilities of Hong Kong as a polity and society, while charting its course of ‘exceptionalism’ within a new context and under changing conditions. As this book concludes, the exceptionalism of Hong Kong not only hinges on institutional a

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『你今天，想來點什麼呢？』 當別人問你的時候，你腦上閃過的食物，如果換成用英文說，你回答得出來嗎？ 像是滷肉飯、煙燻牛肉三明治、漂浮冰淇淋、長島冰茶…等等的常見美食。 每天都會看到、吃到的食物，一整天都用得上的美食英語大集合！ 從小地方開始把英文學好，從早餐到宵夜，從正餐到點心，最貼近生活的內容，讓你無痛學習，出國點餐、介紹美食都能輕鬆上手！ 一網打盡各種美食，懂吃更要會說，英語食在有意思！ 食物是人類文明與日常生活中相當重要的一部分，不同的文化也發展出不同的美食特色。在本書中，除了有超實用的美食圖解字彙與情境對話外，還有許多跟食物有關的故事，希望透過本書，不但能幫助你提升單字、口語會話與閱讀的能力，同時也能帶領讀者認識各種食物和飲品的說法、學會英語點餐和溝通的用語、了解經典料理誕生的歷史背景並探討特色飲食背後的文化意涵。 食物圖解+實用會話+短文閱讀，學會美食英語超有感！ 本書依食物種類、用餐類型以及特殊餐飲分成三個部分，收錄了34 個單元。 〔Section 1〕食物種類 Types of Foods 介紹各種常見甜鹹點心和飲品的相關英語，包括蛋糕、派、麵包、三明治、油酥糕點、餅乾、冰淇淋、糖果、甜點、起司、巧克力、咖啡、和沙拉等。 圖解各式點心和飲品 → Madeleine瑪德蓮蛋糕 → Cupcake杯子蛋糕 → rum baba藍姆巴巴 ⭐必學對話 → Can this cake be sold by the slice? 這蛋糕可以單片販售嗎？ → What kind of bread is that? 那是哪一種麵包？ → Would you like me to slice that for you? 你要我替你切片嗎？ 〔Section 2〕用餐類型Types of Dining → 介紹各地特色料理和各種類型餐廳的相關英語，包括法國、英國、印度、日本、義大利、西班牙、墨西哥、中東、臺灣等地的料理，以及速食店、牛排館、快餐店、行動餐車、披薩店及熟食店的餐飲選擇。 圖解異國料理餐點 → Ladoo萊杜 → beef bourguignon紅酒燉牛肉 → grilled fish with asparagus烤魚佐蘆筍 ⭐ 必學對話 → May I get you an appetizer? 我能為您點

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In Hong Kong’s Last English Bishop, Philip L. Wickeri explores the life and times of John Gilbert Hindley Baker, who served as Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Hong Kong and Macao from 1966 to 1981. Baker lived through exciting times, as a missionary in wartime and revolutionary China, as a priest in America during the early years of the Cold War, and as a mission leader in the Church of England when churches in many parts of the world were becoming independent, before returning to Hong Kong where he was elected bishop. He was a faithful correspondent and a prolific writer throughout his life, offering a personal commentary on the churches and the societies in which he lived. Wickeri has made extensive use of Baker’s writings and other archival materials to provide a vivid picture of his life and work. Bishop Baker was instrumental in working for reconciliation after the 1967 riots, expanding the work of the diocese, and engaging Hong Kong with the wider world. In 1971, he opened a ne

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Death and Life of Nature in Asian Cities explores the encounter between two processes that are unfolding in diverse patterns across Asia—the rapid urbanization of Asia across big cities, smaller towns, and the newest urban concentrations; and the contentious debates and novel schemes by which nature is figured and emplaced in cities and their conurbations. Contemporary Asian cities displace nature by causing its death and withering, but also embrace it through acts of renewal and the pursuit of sustainability. Contributors to this volume gather case studies from across Asia to address projects of urban greening and reimagining nature in urban life. The book illustrates how the intersection of urban growth and urban nature is a place rich with fresh ideas about urban planning, governance, and social life. This book illuminates a continuing process of discovery and regeneration through which urban natures may well be moving from taken-for-granted infrastructures to more consciously exper

In War and Revolution in South China, Edward Rhoads recounts his childhood and early teenage years during the Sino-Japanese War and the early postwar years. Rhoads came from a biracial family. His father was an American professor while his Chinese mother was a typist and stenographer. In the late 1930s and the 1940s, the Rhoads family lived through the turbulent years in southern China and Hong Kong. The book follows Rhoads’ childhood in Guangzhou, his family’s evacuation to Hong Kong, his father’s internment and repatriation to the United States, and his and his mother’s flight to Free China. He recalls his reunion with family members in northern Guangdong Province in 1943, their retreat to China’s wartime capital of Chongqing, where his father worked for the American government, and how they returned to Guangzhou after the war. The Rhoads family then witnessed the socioeconomic recovery in the city and the regime change in 1949. The book ends with their departure from China to the Un

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“For this brief moment, the two sisters could be ‘together in heart and affection’, and through such letters bridge the distance of empire.” We often learn about the commerce, diplomacy, and military campaigns of the British empire without reference to the intimate side of life in these times—the development of self, the position of women, and the importance of family. In this book, the story of empire, so often told from a man’s perspective, is given a unique vantage point through Eliza Hillier’s letters to her younger sister, Martha. Written largely from Hong Kong, Shanghai, England, and Siam, the letters allow us to become a member of her family and follow the daily tribulations associated with the life of a young British woman in the port cities of Asia. We are thus able to share Eliza’s experiences as she leaves home to embark on married life, starts and raises a family, grieves at the abrupt and tragic loss of her husband, Charles Batten Hillier, and then sets about re-building

美國企業律師親身實證的習慣養成計畫， 一天操練一個小習慣，習慣改變了，美好日子就來了！ ★榮獲美國《今日基督教》金書獎 ★入圍「基督教出版協會」最佳新人作品 ★獲選《福傳雜誌》年度最佳靈修資源 4個每日習慣＋4個每週習慣＋任意組合＝生命徹底改變！ 【每日習慣】 【每週習慣】 早、中、晚屈膝禱告 與朋友談心一小時 與其他人共進一餐 規畫瀏覽的媒體信息 關閉手機一小時 禁食(或禁其他東西)24小時 滑手機前先讀經 安息日好好休息 賈斯汀身為最忙碌工作之一的企業律師，因為過度壓力而引發失眠與焦慮症，生活和工作都陷入一片混亂。某天晚上，他寫下一套習慣計畫，並試著在生活中實行，沒想到人生就此改變。 我們的生活經常繞著忙碌與壓力打轉，這是因為我們常在不知不覺間，被錯誤的日常習慣所影響，而解套的唯一方法，就是培養新的習慣取而代之。 本書提供了具體可行的做法，讓你釋放壓力、克服拖延、不在忙碌中打轉，工作、關係、靈性，都活出你原本該有的豐盛。 【操練五大要點】 ✧從任何一個習慣開始都可以，沒有壓力最重要 ✧與家人、朋友、教會小組一起實行，效果更佳 ✧每個習慣都有實際操練指南，步驟、技巧一次掌握 ✧學生、家長、上班族…配合不同需求，提供適合的入門方式 ✧附有一天、一星期與一個月的操練計畫，時間自由組合 【重量級推薦】 施以諾／輔大醫學院副教授 晏信中／Asia for JESUS副執行長 雷小盈／《The One》作者 鄭博仁／武昌教會顧問牧師 JR Lee／正能量YouTuber

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Adaptive reuse refers to reusing an old building for a purpose other than which it was originally built or designed. This conservation approach has become increasingly popular around the world. However, there are few publications that focus on its application in Asia. This book fills this gap by looking at both unique and shared aspects of adaptive reuse in three Asian urban centers: Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Singapore. Building on government policy documents and extensive field work, this book contextualizes adaptive reuse in each city and reveals the impetus behind a wide range of projects from revitalization in Hong Kong, commercial development in Shanghai, to community building in Singapore. The introductory chapter sets adaptive reuse within an international perspective, noting salient differences and similarities between Asia and other parts of the world. It also anchors the discussion within a regional perspective, focusing on the similarities and differences between Hong Kong,

Sino-French Trade at Canton, 1698–1842 presents a rare and lively view of the French experience at Canton, and calls for a reappraisal of France’s role in that trade. France was one of the two most important Western powers in the eighteenth century, and was home to one of the three major European East India companies. Yet the nation is woefully underrepresented in Canton trade scholarship. Susan E. Schopp rescues the French from the sidelines, showing that they exerted a presence that, though closely watched by their rivals, is today largely unrecognized. Their contributions were diverse, ranging from finding new sea routes to inspiring the renovation of hong façades. Consequently, to ignore the French, or to dismiss them as simply “also-rans,” results in a skewed perception of the Canton system. Schopp also demonstrates that while the most distinctive aspect of the French model of company trade was the dominant role of the state—indeed, the French East India Company has been memorabl

凱波爾作為牧者、神學家、新聞工作者和政治家的一生呈現出一個卓越的榜樣，就是充分相信基督教世界觀的真理能同時借理論和實踐予以表達。自亞伯拉罕•凱波爾公共神學中心建立以來，其經驗顯明，新一代的思想家不僅對凱波爾，也對凱波爾式主題有廣泛濃厚的興趣。這一卷論文集是普林斯頓神學院亞伯拉罕• 凱波爾公共神學中心（Abraham Kuyper Center for Public Theology）所提的倡議之一。這些倡議旨在激發改革宗神學和公共生活領域中的新著作。此中心因敬仰並效仿亞伯拉罕•凱波爾的著作成果而建立。此論文集中的文章各有其特色，既有處理當代問題的文章，亦有具歷史性的陳述，幫助讀者思考基督教世界觀與政治理論的之間的聯繫。

「我們與他人的互動，其實只是我們在玩的各種遊戲」 推動精神醫學前進的巨輪 艾瑞克．伯恩從人際交往中， 洞察自我與他人的性格與心理狀態，提出一種有系統且相當有效的心理治療方法── 溝通分析（Transactional Analysis，簡稱TA） 「你渴望做出什麼樣的改變？」 本書將提供你一些線索，幫助你理解現在的處境， 跳脫遊戲，寫自己未來的人生腳本。 ◆◇ ──────────── ◇◆ 精神科醫師艾瑞克．伯恩發展了現代心理治療最創新的途徑，其暢銷著作《人間遊戲》自一九六四年問世以來，暢銷不墜，累計銷售超過五百萬冊，是心理諮商的經典著作。數十年前，這本書徹底改變了人們對基本社交互動過程的理解，即使到了今天，它同樣令人驚異且深具啟發性。 除了有意從事諸如諮商、教育與組織發展等專業領域的讀者，作者深入淺出的敘述方式，讓一般人也能由藉由本書，對社交場合的程序與儀式、消遣、遊戲有更客觀的認識，知道周圍有多少人在玩遊戲，由此對他人與自己的行為產生一種新的認識，同時對人格結構有初步了解。 Psydetective-貓心（龔佑霖）｜兩性安全感心理作家 紀可恩｜社工師、每天簡單學社工＆樹光Treelight主編 黃珮瑛｜諮商心理師 施如珍｜頭陀心理諮商所所長暨國際TA協會合格心理治療師（CTA）及國際TA協會溝通分析預備講師（PTSTA） 魏渭堂｜中臺科技大學兒童教育及事業經營學系退休副教授、諮商心理師 專業推薦！（依姓氏筆畫排序） ※內容構成 書中第一部分扼要說明分析並清楚理解心理遊戲的必要理論。第二部分涵蓋各個遊戲的介紹。第三部分則是臨床和理論資料，若加上原有理論，讀者可在某種程度上理解何謂「不受遊戲影響」。 ►►「PAC人格結構理論」 伯恩指出，在任何時刻，處於社會群眾中的任何人，都會展現出「父母」（Parents）、「成人」（Adults）或「兒童」（Children）其中一種自我狀態，並且按照不同程度的意願，從一種自我狀態轉換至另一種。這種自我狀態並非一種「角色」，而是真實存在且可觀察的，引導出特定的心理診斷。 ● 父母自我狀態：我們用自己的經驗將養育者內化，在特定的環境條件中啟動時，回應的方式就會像父母其中一人（或具備父母地位的人），包括相同的

美國人平常說話大約只會使用到1000～1500個名詞， 要將這些用語拼湊成美語人所說的句子，才是學習英語的訣竅! English for life 500組情境對話 簡單情境、實用學習！ 用最生活化的方式學英文， 隨時都有開口說英文的能力！ 本書彙整了最完整的英文，從一般日常生活常用語句、 正式場合的禮貌性用語、寒暄、非正式場合使用的語句， 到一些課本不會教的句子都收錄在本書中， 讓你真正作到「不必出國也能學好英文」！

The Authorship of Place is the first monograph dedicated to the study of the politics, history, aesthetics, and practices of location shooting for Taiwanese, Mainland Chinese, and coproduced art cinemas shot in rural communities since the late 1970s. Dennis Lo argues that rural location shooting, beyond serving aesthetic and technical needs, constitutes practices of cultural survival in a region beset with disruptive and disorienting social changes, including rapid urbanization, geopolitical shifts, and ecological crises. In response to these social changes, auteurs like Hou Xiaoxian, Jia Zhangke, Chen Kaige, and Li Xing engaged in location shooting to transform sites of film production into symbolically meaningful places of collective memories and aspirations. These production practices ultimately enabled auteurs to experiment with imagining Taiwanese, Mainland Chinese, and cross-strait communities in novel and contentious ways. Deftly guiding readers on a cross-strait tour of promin

「你在外面那麼會講，怎麼不花點時間讓學校變好。」 因為學生一句話，請纓擔任學務主任。 秉持「問題是用來解決的！」信念，啟動幾近沸騰的熱血模式， 翻轉每一個校園、每一位老師都可能遇到的矛盾與困境。 學輔人員的任務不在重塑故事的完整性， 而是把孩子從扭曲的故事中拯救出來... 如果熱血是一種病毒，我希望能在每個校園蔓延！ 孩子的中學生活像是一部電影， 在荒誕的青春劇裡，至少會出現一個老師。 這個老師的某句話或某個決定， 往往影響他一輩子，甚至會 翻 轉 結 局！ 除了教課以外，更重要的是「教人」。 青少年往往被視為破壞的力量， 與其防堵不如引導，與其對立不如轉化。 （面對行為問題，我們可以這樣做） 掙扎中的孩子需要搖旗吶喊的鼓勵 ‧是愛還是礙？別把大人的願望當成孩子的渴望。 ‧局限學科能力，恐怕讓很多孩子的亮點被抹去。 ‧用不合理信念打破合理現況，支撐孩子攀越困境。 （把無聊活動變有趣，我們可以這樣做） 孩子只要被引燃，行動力就會驚人爆發 ‧不放棄任何一個影響孩子的機會。 ‧被賦予責任才會長大，好行為在生活中發酵。 ‧孩子做了什麼，比大人教了什麼更重要。 （當懲罰已經無效，我們可以這樣做） 讓孩子知道出錯是行為，不是他這個人 ‧對待生命不能只用SOP，別讓懲處耽誤彌補。 ‧讓孩子練習承擔，否則將來需要整個社會來擔。 ‧要當指引方向的燈，還是羈絆未來的綁架？ －專文推薦－ 蔡淇華　暢銷作家、臺中惠文高中圖書館主任 魏德聖　知名導演 倪重華　MTI音樂科技學院基金會董事長 蔡清華　教育部政務次長 簡財源　新北市佳林國中校長 張旭政　全國教師工會總聯合會前理事長 張志成　中華毛克利青少年協會理事長 米君儒　誠品文化藝術基金會執行長 －各個領域‧沸騰推薦－ ※體制內教育※ 李健維　國立科學工業園區實驗高級中學校長 侯俊良　全國教師工會總聯合會理事長 夏惠汶　開平餐飲學校創辦人 蔡美瑤　臺東高中校長 賴奕銘　國中教師、北區輔導桌遊共學社群主持人 薛春光　中華民國中小學校長協會榮譽理事長 蘇坤芳　南投縣瑞竹國中前校長 ※體制外教學※ 劉安婷　Teach for Taiwan為臺灣而教基金會創辦人 李柏賢　競爭Lead教育中心執行長 吳忠泰　政陽文教基金會執行長 邱建智　中華康輔教育推廣協會副理事長 卓致遠　使用者體驗設計

Prized by Chinese and foreign merchants as an essential commodity along a vast trade network, silk served multiple roles throughout the ancient world: as fabric for garments, as a form of currency and method of tax payment, and as a medium and subject matter for professional artists and the literati class. Over the centuries, silk fabrics have remained synonymous with beauty and are entwined throughout Chinese art and literature. Extending from the Qing dynasty to the mid-20th century, UMAG’s silk textile collection encompasses a diverse range of subjects and formats that include hanging scrolls, framed panels, banners and robes. Each artwork exemplifies the sophisticated craftsmanship of the artisans and the collective stories of the Qing dynasty’s textile industry. 絲綢在龐大的貿易網絡中，一直是備受中外商旅追捧的商品。它在古代世界所扮演的角色極為豐富──絲綢既是一種紡織原料，亦是一種貨幣和用以賦稅之物，更是藝術家和文人的創作媒介和題材。多個世紀以來，絲綢是美的象徵，它與中國藝術和文學緊密交織。香港大學美術博物館所藏清代至二十世紀中葉的中國絲織物，題材豐富，形式多樣，包括立軸、掛屏、幡及龍袍等。每件織物既展現出工匠的鬼斧神工，亦訴說着清代紡織業的種種故事。

Comfort Women Activism follows the movement championed by pioneer activists in Japan to demonstrate how their activism has kept a critical interpretation of the atrocities against women committed before and during World War II alive. The book shows how the challenges faced by the activists have evolved from the beginning of their uphill battles all the way to contemporary times. They were able to change social attitudes and get their message across. Yet the ambiguous position of post–World War II Japan’s government—which has consistently rejected any sign of guilt over its imperialist past—has kept the activists on their toes. Pivotal and serendipitous turning points have also played a crucial role. In particular, in the early 1990s, the post-Soviet world order assisted in creating the appropriate conditions for the movement to gather transnational support. These conditions have eroded over time; yet due to the activists’ fidelity to survivors, the movement has persisted to this day.

讀歷史書、欣賞老照片，不如親身走進歷史現場，從真實感受、點點痕跡，去搜尋各種歷史細節。 本地歷史掌故專家鄭寶鴻，自行開發出多條九龍區歷史考察路線，每一條路線作者都多次帶隊導覽，行程豐富，包含大量有趣香港歷史資料，參加人士無不滿載而歸。 書中刊載了二百多幅歷史圖片，讀者按圖索驥，走遍尖沙咀、油麻地、旺角、九龍塘、九龍城、深水埗、九龍灣、觀塘以至將軍澳等區域，沿途比對地區新顏舊貌，來一趟趣味盎然的香港歷史散步。 Still reading historical titles or seeing old photos? Why not visit the historical sites by yourself, and trace every bit of Hong Kong history in the real environment? Hong Kong history expert, Mr. Cheng Po Hung, has himself designed a number of historical guided tours for the Kowloon Peninsula. He has led tours to walk through every route. With rich itinerary that contains numerous interesting historical details of Kowloon Peninsula, the guided tours were highly praised. This book includes more than 200 historical pictures of the Kowloon Peninsula. Readers can travel through Tsim Sha Tsui, Yau Ma Tei, Mong Kok, Kowloon Tong, Kowloon City, Sham Shui Po, Kowloon Bay, Kwun Tong, as far as Tseung Kwan O districts, comparing the old and the new appearances of these areas.

“Knickerbocker's History of New York” is the book by Washington Irving, an American writer who was born in New York City on April 3, 1783. It is published in December, 1809, with which Washington living, at the age of twenty-six, first won wide credit and influence. Knickerbocker's History of New York is a satire on self-important local history and contemporary politics. Prior to its publication, Irving started a hoax akin to today's viral marketing campaigns; he placed a series of missing person adverts in New York newspapers seeking information on Diedrich Knickerbocker, a crusty Dutch historian who had allegedly gone missing from his hotel in New York City. Today, author Washington Irving is best remembered for the iconic tales "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle." However, Irving also produced a number of well-regarded works of history and biography. This brilliant volume combines fact and fiction, offering a satirica

The History of Pendennis: His Fortunes and Misfortunes, His Friends and His Greatest Enemy (1848—1850) is a novel by the English author William Makepeace Thackeray. The novel took two years for him to write. Set in 19th century London, England, this novel features a young English gentleman Arthur Pendennis born in the country who sets out to seek his place in life and society. The novel portrays his love affairs with the callous Blanche Amory and poor Fanny. Both of them marry other people, and Pendennis finally weds Laura Bell, his adopted sister, who had always loved him. The characters include the snobbish social hanger-on Major Pendennis and the tipsy Captain Costigan. Miss Amory and Sir Francis Clavering are somewhat reminiscent of Becky Sharp and Sir Pitt from Vanity Fair. In line with other Thackeray's works, Pendennis offers an insightful and satiric picture of human character and aristocratic society. The masterful characterizations include the snobbish Major Pendennis and the