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It's Not How Good You Are, It's How Good You Want to Be is a handbook of how to succeed in the world - a pocket 'bible' for the talented and timid to make the unthinkable thinkable and the impossible possible. The world's top advertising guru, Paul Arden, offers up his wisdom on issues as diverse as problem solving, responding to a brief, communicating, playing your cards right, making mistakes and creativity, all notions that can be applied to aspects of modern life. This book provides a unique insight into the world of advertising and is a quirky compilation of quotes, facts, pictures, wit and wisdom, packed into easy-to-digest, bite-sized spreads. If you want to succeed in life or business, this is a must! Paul Arden began his career in advertising at the age of 16. For 14 years he was Executive Creative Director at Saatchi and Saatchi, where he was responsible for some of Britain's best known campaigns including British Airways, Silk Cut, Anchor Butter, InterCity and Fuji. His famous slogans include 'The Car in front is a Toyota' and 'The Independent - It is - Are You?'. In 1993 he set up the London-based production company Arden Sutherland-Dodd where he is now a commercials director for clients such as BT, BMW, Ford, Nestle and Levis.

Meet the front runners in 21st century design in this must have new book appropriately titled Nice to Meet You Too. Artists and studios featured range in their specialist fields from direction and design of moving image projects to product packaging, typography, event promotion, interior design, fashion, music photography, illustration, graphics, film, exhibitions and interior and product design. These talented individuals and agencies represent many different countries and cultures including Japan, Australia, Canada, UK, USA, Sweden, Ireland, and Hong Kong. In realizing these projects a wide range of media has have been employed such as helium balloons, cardboard, unique fabrics, custom packaging and iconography. Nice To Meet You Too is a vibrant mix of exciting new concepts and ideas by Sagmeister Inc, Antrepo Design Industry, CoDesign Ltd, There, StudioAad, Airside, Klein, 21_19 and more.

With his smooth, warm, red face which radiated light in all directions, Chairman Mao Zedong was a fixture in Chinese propaganda posters produced between the birth of the People's Republic in 1949 and the early 1980s. These infamous posters were, in turn, central fixtures in Chinese homes, railway stations, schools, journals, magazines, and just about anywhere else where people were likely to see them. Chairman Mao, portrayed as a stoic superhero (a.k.a. the Great Teacher, the Great Leader, the Great Helmsman, the Supreme Commander), appeared in all kinds of situations (inspecting factories, smoking a cigarette with peasant workers, standing by the Yangzi River in a bathrobe, presiding over the bow of a ship, or floating over a sea of red flags), flanked by strong, healthy, ageless men and "masculinized" women and children wearing baggy, sexless, drab clothing.

"The best thing about dreaming is that you don't really need to wait for it to come true, just go through life imaging it, hoping it, wanting it.
Quite free.
Quite happy.
Isn't that good enough?"

The New Age of Feminine Drawing demonstrates clearly how and why illustration in fashion has made an amazing comeback. Having virtually reached saturation point, photography is no longer the all-powerful medium of creativity, and has once again given way to the age old art of drawing. The drawings featured in this exciting new title represent many different styles and a broad cross section of artists. All works featured have one thing in common: they possess a uniquely feminine power of seduction. Categories covered include magazine covers, posters, cosmetic advertisements, lifestyle advertisements and entertainment products. Artists featured include Akari Inogouchi, Annika Wester, Carine Brancowitz, Cecilia Carlstedt, Cedric Rivrain, Christina K. Coco, Elisa Johns, Laura Laine, Lotie, Maren Esdar, Jarno Kettunen and more.

This book teaches interior designers essential skills for putting together quick and comprehensive interior sketches, which are crucial for clinching projects with clients. Among the techniques discussed is the ability to visualise in sketching the potential client's needs and requests on the spot. Quick sketches of living spaces not only reduce the incidence of mutual misunderstanding between interior designers and clients, it helps to clarify the presentation process. Sketching interiors serves as a valuable guide on effective ways to achieve high-quality presentations of living spaces within a limited time frame.

This book focuses on the relationship between "feeling" and colour combination by introducing the diverse ways colour combination is affected by the five senses of sight, smell, hearing, taste and touch. Consisting of 14 chapters of "feeling", the text contains over 46 detailed 'emotions' with 455 tasteful colour combinations to match.A further 1,833 differing design tones also provide a better appreciation of the emotions, delicacy and harmony of colour combination. Ideal not only for designing, but also activities requiring creative senses, planning and development and coordination. This book is a useful resource of ideas for colour tastes, colour combinations, colour planning and naming for all those involved in any aspect of design or plan development, as well as many other fields.

This book presents concise lessons in design, drawing, the creative process, and presentation, from the basics of "How to Draw a Line" to the complexities of color theory.This is a book that students of architecture will want to keep in the studio and in their backpacks. It is also a book they may want to keep out of view of their professors, for it expresses in clear and simple language things that tend to be murky and abstruse in the classroom. These 101 concise lessons in design, drawing, the creative process, and presentation - from the basics of "How to Draw a Line" to the complexities of color theory - provide a much-needed primer in architectural literacy, making concrete what too often is left nebulous or open-ended in the architecture curriculum. Each lesson utilizes a two-page format, with a brief explanation and an illustration that can range from diagrammatic to whimsical.The lesson on "How to Draw a Line" is illustrated by examples of good and bad lines; a lesson on the dangers of awkward floor level changes shows the television actor Dick Van Dyke in the midst of a pratfall; a discussion of the proportional differences between traditional and modern buildings features a drawing of a building split neatly in half between the two. Written by an architect and instructor who remembers well the fog of his own student days, "101 Things I Learned in Architecture School" provides valuable guideposts for navigating the design studio and other classes in the architecture curriculum. Architecture graduates - from young designers to experienced practitioners - will turn to the book as well, for inspiration and a guide back to basics when solving a complex design problem.

Advertising. It's been called the greatest art form of the 20th century, as well as the biggest evil man has ever produced. Whether or not you believe in a thing called ARTvertising or are of the opinion that advertising, along with branding and marketing, is downright diabolical, you're bound to find this book a source of inspiration. We've collected and researched a total of 51 rules, including 'The Medium is the Message', 'Make the Logo Bigger' and that old favorite 'Sex Sells'. All the great ad men and women make an appearance, sharing their thoughts and insights. The aim in making this book was not to list all the rules that a budding copywriter or marketer needs to adhere to. Nor did we want to decide which rules are indeed ridiculous and which are valuable words of wisdom. Instead consider this book a source of comfort, joy or good old fun.

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Seventeen year old Veronica "Ronnie" Miller's life was turned upside-down when her parents divorced and her father moved from New York City to Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina. Three years later, she remains angry and alientated from her parents, especially her father...until her mother decides it would be in everyone's best interest if she spent the summer in Wilmington with him. Ronnie's father, a former concert pianist and teacher, is living a quiet life in the beach town, immersed in creating a work of art that will become the centerpiece of a local church. The tale that unfolds is an unforgettable story of love on many levels--first love, love between parents and children -- that demonstrates, as only a Nicholas Sparks novel can, the many ways that love can break our hearts...and heal them.

On her way home from school on a snowy December day in 1973, 14-year-old Susie Salmon (like the fish) is lured into a makeshift underground den in a cornfield and brutally raped and murdered, the latest victim of a serial killer--the man she knew as her neighbor, Mr. Harvey. Alice Sebold's haunting and heartbreaking debut novel, The Lovely Bones, unfolds from heaven, where life is a perpetual yesterday and where Susie narrates and keeps watch over her grieving family and friends, as well as her brazen killer and the sad detective working on her case. As Sebold fashions it, everyone has his or her own version of heaven. Susie's resembles the athletic fields and landscape of a suburban high school: a heaven of her simplest dreams, where there were no teachers.... We never had to go inside except for art class.... The boys did not pinch our backsides or tell us we smelled; our textbooks were Seventeen and Glamour and Vogue. The Lovely Bones works as an odd yet affecting coming-of-age story. Susie struggles to accept her death while still clinging to the lost world of the living, following her family's dramas over the years like an episode of My So-Called Afterlife. Her family disintegrates in their grief: her father becomes determined to find her killer, her mother withdraws, her little brother Buckley attempts to make sense of the new hole in his family, and her younger sister Lindsey moves through the milestone events of her teenage and young adult years with Susie riding spiritual shotgun. Random acts and missed opportunities run throughout the book--Susie recalls her sole kiss with a boy on Earth as like an accident--a beautiful gasoline rainbow. Though sentimental at times, The Lovely Bones is a moving exploration of loss and mourning that ultimately puts its faith in the living and that is made even more powerful by a cast of convincing characters. Sebold orchestrates a big finish, and though things tend to wrap up a little too well for everyone in the end, one can only imagine (or hope) that heaven is indeed a place filled with such happy endings. --Brad Thomas Parsons

Forty years ago, Harriet Vanger disappeared from a family gathering on the island owned and inhabited by the powerful Vanger clan. Her body was never found, yet her uncle is convinced it was murder - and that the killer is a member of his own tightly knit but dysfunctional family. He employs disgraced financial journalist Mikael Blomkvist and the tattooed, truculent computer hacker Lisbeth Salander to investigate. When the pair link Harriet's disappearance to a number of grotesque murders from forty years ago, they begin to unravel a dark and appalling family history. But the Vangers are a secretive clan, and Blomkvist and Salander are about to find out just how far they are prepared to go to protect themselves.

What if you found your soulmate...and then discovered you couldn't lose him? When Lucy meets Nate aged 18, it is love at first sight. As far as she's concerned, ... What if you found your soulmate...and then discovered you couldn't lose him? When Lucy meets Nate aged 18, it is love at first sight. As far as she's concerned, he's The One. Caught up in the whirlwind of first love, they kiss under the Bridge of Sighs in Venice at sunset and -- according to the legend -- are tied together indefinitely. But ten years later, they've almost forgotten about each other. That is, until fate starts to bring them together. Again. And again. And again. It doesn't seem as wonderful as it had before, but if Nate's not The One -- then why on earth is it proving so hard to break up with him? A funny and magical romantic comedy about what happens when every girl's dream of finding her dream man comes very true indeed... Hide synopsis

Lisbeth Salander is a wanted woman. Two Millennium journalists about to expose the truth about sex trafficking in Sweden are murdered, and Salander's prints are on the weapon. Her history of unpredictable and vengeful behaviour makes her an official danger to society - but no-one can find her. Mikael Blomkvist, editor-in-chief of Millennium, does not believe the police. Using all his magazine staff and resources to prove Salander's innocence, Blomkvist also uncovers her terrible past, spent in criminally corrupt institutions. Yet Salander is more avenging angel than helpless victim. She may be an expert at staying out of sight - but she has ways of tracking down her most elusive enemies.

Detective Alex Cross is pulled out of a family celebration and given the awful news that his niece, Caroline, has been found brutally murdered. Cross vows to hunt down the killer, and soon learns that Caroline was mixed up in one of Washington's wildest scenes. And she was not this killer's only victim. The hunt for her murderer leads Alex and his girlfriend, Detective Brianna Stone, to a place where every fantasy is possible, if you have the credentials to get in. Alex and Bree are soon facing down some very important, very protected, very dangerous people in levels of society where only one thing is certain - they will do anything to keep their secrets safe. As Cross closes in on the killer, he discovers evidence that points to the unimaginable - a revelation that could rock the entire world

Lara has always had an overactive imagination. Now she wonders if she is losing her mind. Normal twenty-something girls just don't get visited by ghosts! But inexplicably, the spirit of Lara's great aunt Sadie - in the form of a bold, demanding Charleston-dancing girl - has appeared to make one last request: Lara must track down a missing necklace Sadie simply can't rest without. Lara's got enough problems of her own. Her start-up company is floundering, her best friend and business partner has run off to Goa, and she's just been dumped by the love of her life. But as Lara spends time with ...

This is the story of Henry and Claire, who have known each other since Claire was six and Henry was 36, and were married when Claire was 20 and Henry 28. This is possible only because Henry is one of the first people diagnosed with chrono-displacement-disorder - allowing him to travel in time.

What is the difference between choking and panicking? Why are there dozens of varieties of mustard-but only one variety of ketchup? What do football players teach us about how to hire teachers? What does hair dye tell us about the history of the 20th century? In the past decade, Malcolm Gladwell has written three books that have radically changed how we understand our world and ourselves: " The Tipping Point"; "Blink"; and "Outliers." Now, in "What the Dog Saw," he brings together, for the first time, the best of his writing from "The""New Yorker" over the same period. Here is the bittersweet tale of the inventor of the birth control pill, and the dazzling inventions of the pasta sauce pioneer Howard Moscowitz. Gladwell sits with Ron Popeil, the king of the American kitchen, as he sells rotisserie ovens, and divines the secrets of Cesar Millan, the "dog whisperer" who can calm savage animals with the touch of his hand. He explores intelligence tests and ethnic profiling and "hindsight bias" and why it was that everyone in Silicon Valley once tripped over themselves to hire the same college graduate. "Good writing," Gladwell says in his preface, "does not succeed or fail on the strength of its ability to persuade. It succeeds or fails on the strength of its ability to engage you, to make you think, to give you a glimpse into someone else's head.""What the Dog Saw "is yet another example of the buoyant spirit and unflagging curiosity that have made Malcolm Gladwell our most brilliant investigator of the hidden extraordinary.

In this stunning new book, Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an intellectual journey through the world of ''outliers'' the best and the brightest, the most famous and the most successful. He asks the question: what makes high-achievers different? His answer is that we pay too much attention to what successful people are like, and too little attention to where they are from: that is, their culture, their family, their generation, and the idiosyncratic experiences of their upbringing.

This book helps you discover the secrets behind hundreds of everyday enigmas. Why is there a light in your fridge but not in your freezer? Why do 24-hour shops bother having locks on their doors? Why did Kamikaze pilots wear helmets? The answer is simple: economics. Economics doesn't just happen in classrooms or international banks. It is everywhere and influences everything we do and see, from the cinema screen to the streets. It can even explain some of life's most intriguing enigmas.

Elizabeth Gilbert is in her thirties, she has a husband, a house, and they're trying for a baby - she doesn't want any of it. A bitter divorce and a turbulent love affair later, she emerges battered and bewildered and realises it is time to pursue her own journey in search of three things she has been missing: pleasure, devotion and balance.

"The Big Short" tells a story of spectacular, epic folly. It has taken the world's greatest financial meltdown to bring Michael Lewis back to the subject that made him famous. His international bestseller "Liar's Poker" exposed the greed and carnage of the City and Wall Street in the 1980s; he wrote it as a cautionary tale, but people seem to have read it as a how-to guide. Now, he wants to settle accounts. In this visceral tour to the heart of the financial system, Michael Lewis takes us around the globe and back decades to trace the origins of the current crisis. He meets the people who saw it coming, the people who were asleep at the wheel and the people who were actively driving us all of cliff. How could we have all been so deluded for quite so long? Where did it all start? Was it systemic? Was it avoidable? And who the hell can we blame? Michael Lewis has the answers.

Will you do my eulogy? With those words, Mitch Albom begins his long-awaited return to non-fiction. His journey to honour the last request of a beloved clergyman ultimately leads him to rekindle his own long-ignored faith. Albom spends years exploring churches and synagogues, the suburbs and the city, the 'us' versus 'them' of religion. Slowly, he gravitates to an inner-city pastor of a crumbling church that houses the homeless, and is stunned at how similar belief can be. As his own beloved cleric slowly lets go, Albom writes his final farewell, having learned that a faithful heart comes in many forms and places.

Everything you want to know about all of your favorite Pokemon!Now that you've journeyed to Johto why not find out what awaits you in Kanto?And while you're at it, check out the complete Pokedex of all 493 Pokemon! This is your guide to...• Where to catch every Pokemon! • A More...full list of each Pokemon's Learned Attacks, Battle Moves, and Egg Moves! • Everything you need to know to explore the entire post-story Kanto region!

He's the swashbuckling world traveler and legendary investor who made his fortune before he was forty. Now the bestselling author of A Bull in China, Hot Commodities, and Adventure Capitalist shares a heartfelt, indispensable guide for his daughters (and all young investors) to find success and happiness. In A Gift to My Children, Jim Rogers offers advice with his trademark candor and confidence, but this time he adds paternal compassion, protectiveness, and love. Rogers reveals how to learn from his triumphs and mistakes in order to achieve a prosperous, well-lived life. For example:
• Trust your own judgment: Rogers sensed China's true potential way back in the 1980s, at a time when most analysts were highly skeptical of its prospects for growth.
• Focus on what you like: Rogers was five when he started collecting empty bottles at baseball games instead of playing.
• Be persistent: Coming to Yale from rural Alabama, and in over his head, Rogers never stopped studying and wound up with a scholarship to Oxford.
• See the world: In 1990, Rogers traveled through six continents by motorcycle, gaining a global perspective and learning how to evaluate prospects in rapidly developing countries such as Brazil, Russia, India, and China.
• Nothing is really new: anything deemed "innovative" or "unprecedented" is usually just overhyped, as in the case of the Internet or TV, airplanes, and railroads before it
• And not a bit off the subject, and very important: Boys will need you more than you'll need them!
Wise and warm, accessible and inspiring, A Gift to My Children is a great gift for all those just starting to invest in their futures.

Head and shoulders above almost all other new books about China, this unflinching and yearningly compassionate portrait of the lives and loves of ordinary Chinese workers is quite unforgettable' - Simon Winchester. Every year in China millions of migrant workers leave their rural towns to find jobs in the cities. These people are the driving forces behind China's economic boom: they work very hard and for little money to make the trainers, ornaments, designer handbags and toys which we buy. Through the lives of two young women, Chang vividly portrays a world where you can lose your boyfriend and your friends with the loss of a cell phone; where lying about your age, your education, and your work experience is often a requisite for getting ahead; and, where a few computer or English lessons can catapult you into a completely different social class. This is a powerful and humane portrait of the forces which are shaping China. 'Astonishing ...Heartbreaking ...As one tool in trying to understand today's China, this is a most valuable, if troubling read' - "Irish Times". 'Engrossing ...An exceptionally vivid and compassionate depiction of the day-to-day dramas, and the fears and aspirations, of the real people who are powering China's economic boom' - "Scotsman". 'Chang's elegant book is evidence that the best trips home often require a circuitous approach' - Nell Freudenberger, "Financial Times".

Dare to explore! The National Geographic Kids Almanac 2011 brings young readers the very latest updates on living on, and caring for, planet Earth. The Almanac's cool photos, lively illustrations and easy-to-read format encourages readers to absorb countless incredible facts and spend hours browsing hot topics, such as fun ways to convince your family to go green. In true National Geographic Kids magazine style, this is a book to excite kids about their planet: its fun-filled pages are packed with everything from how to decode your dreams to the excitement of underwater pumpkin carving to the fascinating powers of the human brain. Geography, history, science, and adventure—it's all here to explore in one single volume. This is the reference book that gives young minds MORE... More than 15 homework-helper sections More than 50 puzzles, projects, and really cool experiments More than 500 pictures of our planet and all that's on it More than 5,000 fun and amazing facts The opening section introduces timely information for 2011 and unique National Geographic content. The rest of the Almanac is filled with fun facts and helpful references on subjects from countries worldwide to Presidents stateside, from the wisdom of convention to cool new inventions.

In this amazing adventure, Thea's friends, the Thea Sisters, head to Peru, where a good friend of Paulina's is in danger. There, the five mice climb the Andes mountains in search of a mysterious treasure that's hidden in the Secret City of the Incas.

There are two sides to every story…Fans of Stephenie Meyer's The Twilight Saga will be enthralled by the riveting story of Bree Tanner, a character introduced in Eclipse, and the darker side of the newborn vampire world she inhabits. In another irresistible combination of danger, mystery, and romance, Stephenie Meyer tells the devastating story of Bree and the newborn army as they prepare to close in on Bella Swan and the Cullens, following their encounter to its unforgettable conclusion.

During a marine biology lesson at Mouseford Academy, the Thea Sisters learn about a mysterious shipwreck off Whale Island. According to legend, a very rare diamond called Jasmine's Heart was on the ship when it sank. When biology teacher Professor Van Kraken disappears, the Thea Sisters have to dive into the deep ocean to find him and the jewel. And just when they think their adventures are over, the Thea Sisters receive an invitation to travel to China to find another missing treasure. It's an adventure these five world-traveling mice will never forget!

Even homework is a breeze. This high-energy book is filled with news stories from around the world and the nation and includes information on topics ranging from A to Z. This resource has what every kid needs to write a report, entertain friends, and impress teachers, from awesome animal facts to Internet resources to information about the world's nations, space exploration, inventions, and much, much more. The richly designed "Time for Kids Almanac 2011" features more than 800 photos, flags, and maps. It is sure to keep young readers engaged, entertained, and learning. Family game nights will never be the same. This book pairs notable news and indispensable information from the award-winning magazine with trivia, wacky facts, puzzles, quizzes, and other interactive sidebars. Highlighting the year's top events with photographs of teen sensations, sports greats, and amazing animals, curious kids - and their families - will find exactly what they need (and more!) within the colorful pages.

Go behind the scenes with Jeff Kinney and the making of the "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" movie, a live-action film by 20th Century Fox. Includes photographs, script pages, storyboard sketches, costume designs, and original art by Kinney. Go behind the scenes with Jeff Kinney and the making of the "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" movie, a live-action film by 20th Century Fox. Includes photographs, script pages, storyboard sketches, costume designs, and original art by Kinney.

Make some noise with Ladybird's interactive, piano playbook! Children listen to their favourite songs and play along too, building language, counting and confidence skills along the way!

Most people get presents on their sixteenth birthday. I get a prophecy that could save or destroy the world. That's how it is when you're the son of Poseidon, God of the Sea. According to an ancient prophecy, bad things will happen when I turn sixteen - because I'm the one who gets to decide the fate of the entire world. But no pressure. This is the one where Kronos, Lord of the Titans, is beginning his attack on New York City, where Mount Olympus stands virtually unguarded. Oh, and the dreaded (and not to mention enormous) monster Typhon is also heading our way. So it's me and forty of my demigod friends versus untold evil...

Greg's dad, Frank, is on a mission - a mission to make this wimpy kid, well, less wimpy. All manner of 'manly' physical activities are planned, but Greg just about manages to find a way out of them. That is until military academy is mentioned and Greg realizes that he's going to have to come up with something very special to get out of this one . . .

人生中，難免會遇上挫折，在你感到氣餒的時候，你最想得到甚麼安慰？有時候，只要簡單一句話，便能讓大家恍然大悟，從煩惱的死胡同中清醒過來，一生受用。本書精選了有關人生不同方面的十句話，再配合一些故事和個案分享，期望能夠給大家一些人生啟發外，更希望大家能夠給自己打打氣﹗別人的故事，是對自己的提醒。放過別人，其實同時也是放過自己。本書特設「做自己的人際關係導師」一章，希望大家從中了解人與人之間的磨擦，其實是基於彼此有不同的價值觀和出發點。我們需要學習的，是對人有要求，但是不苛求﹗這樣人生自然輕鬆許多，快樂也加倍﹗期望書中各個小故事的集體智慧，加上作者在心理學及輔導的經驗，能夠成為大家人生旅途上一份充滿祝福的禮物。今天，我們極需要更多正能量，祝願這本書能為你帶來更快樂的明天！

家常小菜看似平常，但為甚麼同一道菜，有些人煮來色香味俱全，有些人卻一敗塗地？其實烹調家常小菜同樣有難度，也有很多不為人知的秘訣。本書針對廚房新丁的奇難雜症，由兩位具有30多年入廚和烹飪培訓經驗的國家級大廚廖教賢和黎耀成一一解答，並示範50多道美味又易學的家常菜餚，包括肉類、海鮮、蔬菜、蛋、湯水、粥粉麵飯和糖水，用詞簡潔有趣，讓讀者即時掌握煮食秘訣，享受入廚樂。世界御廚楊貫一全力推薦：《大廚小貼士》內的示範菜式暗藏原汁原味的概念，是家常小菜的基本功。

柴、米、油、鹽、醬、醋、茶，合稱為「開門七件事」，意即不論貧賤富貴，它們都是我們的生活必需品。生活如是，那我們的人生呢？蔣慧瑜以開門七件事為人生作比喻，分為工作、學習、家庭、財富與成功、愛情、人際，和夢想，從日常的生活小故事和個人分享，啟發讀者體會最適合自己的人生意義。書中最後一個章節——「做自己的心靈治療師的十堂課」，作者以深入淺出的專業手法，分享如何保持積極樂觀的生活態度，讓大家做自己的心靈治療師，選擇最合自己心意、最豐富愜意的人生。

這本小書，不是為要造就一個已經可以「毫無代價唱最幸福的歌」的自己，而是告訴你，這個願景，你我他也可以邊走邊唱。假如《原來你非不快樂》讓你從另一個角度去看快樂，《毫無代價唱最幸福的歌》說到的幸福，不是角度，也不是「非」「不」之負負得正，而是開宗明義的告訴你：幸福的代價。唱著唱著，直至有那麼一天，你會發現，大家一直以為幸福是虛，代價是實時，惟有還在唱下去的你才知道：原來幸福可以是實，代價才是虛的。於是，在虛虛實實中，你不再介意唱的，是幸福的歌，還是最幸福的歌了。

陳冠中繼《香港三部曲》後的中長篇小說。一部奇特的寓言小說，開創出一幅2013年的大中國盛世圖像。那會是千年一遇的大國景象？或只一劑純粹想像的迷幻劑？小說情節奇構，生鬼荒謬，既讓人驚嚇同時也讓人哭笑不得。

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「我不在乎說話之術，而在意說話之道。我的說話之道，就是把你放在心上。」把說話練好，是最划算的事。因為怎麼說，決定你是誰；說對了話，人生節目就由你主持！蔡康永的第一本實用書。但不是沉悶的條列式技術文章，而是蔡康永親傳的說話之道。書中的40篇短文，都是讓談話變美味的醍醐味。

又刷又抹外加過渡清洗，你以為自己的臉是鐵鍋嗎？臉上脆弱的肌膚正在哀號，STOP！請饒了它一命吧！ 持續錯誤的保養方式，反而讓妳的美麗大打折扣，想要晶瑩剔透的肌膚，就得學習何謂正確的肌膚保養。原本被視為「正確」的肌膚保養觀念，其實是大錯特錯。乾燥肌膚、臉色暗沉、成人青春痘…肌膚問題的真正原因就在於錯誤的肌膚保養；日常的洗臉方式與常用的化妝品，很可能會造成皮膚過敏與發炎。皮膚科醫院院長憑著豐富的行醫經驗，為妳解說正確的肌膚保養要訣，本書將揭穿許多驚人的內幕消息，讓妳知道「保養品的有效成分」、「天然與無添加」、「醫師推薦」這些廣告詞的真相。透過本書的講解，妳將會了解，根本不用花太多金錢與功夫，就可以擁有健康美麗的肌膚！

心靈暢銷書《你的態度，決定你的高度》、《十句話，一輩子受用》作者蔣慧瑜最新作品。愛，一直存在，只是我們被其他事情蒙蔽了，讓它們就此擦身而過。而愛，需要分享。不計較的付出，往往不會讓你缺少，而是造就了多贏的局面，令多方也能得益。本書跟大家分享愛的故事：情愛、親愛、友愛、仁愛和自愛。這些生活例子和個案分享，提醒並祝福每一位讀者，讓你們捉緊每一刻的幸福。本書還特設了「做自己幸福與快樂的工程師」一章，讓你們從中領悟到幸福的秘訣。上天給予每一個人幸福和快樂的機會，視乎你們是否懂得把握和珍惜。每本書也有它的使命，這本書的使命，就是提醒大家無論怎樣也好，一定要好好愛自己，好好享受生命中最美好的愛！懂得愛人和被愛，自然就能享受愛﹗

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