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"To five-year-old Jack, Room is the entire world. It is where he was born and grew up; it's where he lives with his Ma as they learn and read and eat and sleep and play. At night, his Ma shuts him safely in the wardrobe, where he is meant to be asleep when Old Nick visits.

Room is home to Jack, but to Ma, it is the prison where Old Nick has held her captive for seven years. Through determination, ingenuity, and fierce motherly love, Ma has created a life for Jack. But she knows it's not enough...not for her or for him. She devises a bold escape plan, one that relies on her young son's bravery and a lot of luck. What she does not realize is just how unprepared she is for the plan to actually work.

Told entirely in the language of the energetic, pragmatic five-year-old Jack, ROOM is a celebration of resilience and the limitless bond between parent and child, a brilliantly executed novel about what it means to journey from one world to another."

It's 1988 and Dexter Mayhew and Emma Morley have only just met. But after only one day together, they cannot stop thinking about one another. Over twenty years, snapshots of that relationship are revealed on the same day—July 15th—of each year. Dex and Em face squabbles and fights, hopes and missed opportunities, laughter and tears. And as the true meaning of this one crucial day is revealed, they must come to grips with the nature of love and life itself.

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George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series has become, in many ways, the gold standard for modern epic fantasy. Martin—dubbed the "American Tolkien" by Time magazine—has created a world that is as rich and vital as any piece of historical fiction, set in an age of knights and chivalry and filled with a plethora of fascinating, multidimensional characters that you love, hate to love, or love to hate as they struggle for control of a divided kingdom. It is this very vitality that has led it to be adapted as the HBO miniseries "Game of Thrones."

"In the aftermath of a colossal battle, the future of the Seven Kingdoms hangs in the balance once again--beset by newly emerging threats from every direction. In the east, Daenerys Targaryen, the last scion of House Targaryen, rules with her three dragons as queen of a city built on dust and death. But Daenerys has three times three thousand enemies, and many have set out to find her. Yet, as they gather, one young man embarks upon his own quest for the queen, with an entirely different goal in mind.

To the north lies the mammoth Wall of ice and stone--a structure only as strong as those guarding it. There, Jon Snow, 998th Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, will face his greatest challenge yet. For he has powerful foes not only within the Watch but also beyond, in the land of the creatures of ice.

And from all corners, bitter conflicts soon reignite, intimate betrayals are perpetrated, and a grand cast of outlaws and priests, soldiers and skinchangers, nobles and slaves, will face seemingly insurmountable obstacles. Some will fail, others will grow in the strength of darkness. But in a time of rising restlessness, the tides of destiny and politics will lead inevitably to the greatest dance of all. . . ."

"Mickey Haller has fallen on tough times. He expands his business into foreclosure defense, only to see one of his clients accused of killing the banker she blames for trying to take away her home.

Mickey puts his team into high gear to exonerate Lisa Trammel, even though the evidence and his own suspicions tell him his client is guilty. Soon after he learns that the victim had black market dealings of his own, Haller is assaulted, too--and he's certain he's on the right trail.

Despite the danger and uncertainty, Haller mounts the best defense of his career in a trial where the last surprise comes after the verdict is in. Connelly proves again why he ""may very well be the best novelist working in the United States today"" (San Francisco Chronicle)."

"After almost a decade, Tom Clancy returns to the world he knows better than anyone: a world caught in the crossfire of politics and power, placed on the edge of annihilation by evil men.

But there are those who are honor-bound to protect their homeland by any means necessary. Those men work in the covert force known as the Campus.

Led by Jack Ryan, Jr.-son of the legendary Jack Ryan-they are the best line of defense against a terrorist mastermind who has vowed to destroy the West..."

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"Travis Boyette is a murderer. In 1998, in the small East Texas city of Sloan, he abducted, raped, and strangled a popular high-school cheerleader. He buried her body so that it would never be found, then watched and waited as police and prosecutors arrested Donte Drumm, a local football star with no connection to the crime. Tried, convicted and sentenced, Drumm was sentto death row: his fate had been decided.

But how can a guilty man convince lawyers, judges and politicians that they're about to execute an innocent man?

"Every life has a soundtrack. All you have to do is listen.

Music has set the tone for most of Zoe Baxter's life. There's the melody that reminds her of the summer she spent rubbing baby oil on her stomach in pursuit of the perfect tan. A dance beat that makes her think of using a fake ID to slip into a nightclub. A dirge that marked the years she spent trying to get pregnant.

For better or for worse, music is the language of memory. It is also the language of love.

In the aftermath of a series of personal tragedies, Zoe throws herself into her career as a music therapist. When an unexpected friendship slowly blossoms into love, she makes plans for a new life, but to her shock and inevitable rage, some people—even those she loves and trusts most—don't want that to happen.

Sing You Home is about identity, love, marriage, and parenthood. It's about people wanting to do the right thing for the greater good, even as they work to fulfill their own personal desires and dreams. And it's about what happens when the outside world brutally calls into question the very thing closest to our hearts: family."

"Based on more than forty interviews with Jobs conducted over two years—as well as interviews with more than a hundred family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues—Walter Isaacson has written a riveting story of the roller-coaster life and searingly intense personality of a creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized six industries: personal computers, animated movies, music, phones, tablet computing, and digital publishing.

At a time when America is seeking ways to sustain its innovative edge, and when societies around the world are trying to build digital-age economies, Jobs stands as the ultimate icon of inventiveness and applied imagination. He knew that the best way to create value in the twenty-first century was to connect creativity with technology. He built a company where leaps of the imagination were combined with remarkable feats of engineering.

Although Jobs cooperated with this book, he asked for no control over what was written nor even the right to read it before it was published. He put nothing off-limits. He encouraged the people he knew to speak honestly. And Jobs speaks candidly, sometimes brutally so, about the people he worked with and competed against. His friends, foes, and colleagues provide an unvarnished view of the passions, perfectionism, obsessions, artistry, devilry, and compulsion for control that shaped his approach to business and the innovative products that resulted.

Driven by demons, Jobs could drive those around him to fury and despair. But his personality and products were interrelated, just as Apple's hardware and software tended to be, as if part of an integrated system. His tale is instructive and cautionary, filled with lessons about innovation, character, leadership, and values."

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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 TheNew 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.

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A lot of people wonder how Chinese parents raise such stereotypically successful kids. They wonder what Chinese parents do to produce so many math whizzes and music prodigies, what it's like inside the family, and whether they could do it too. Well, I can tell them, because I've done it...Amy Chua's daughters, Sophia and Louisa (Lulu) were polite, interesting and helpful, they were two years ahead of their classmates in maths and had exceptional musical abilities. But Sophia and Lulu were never allowed to attend a sleepover, be in a school play, choose their own extracurricular activities, get any grade less than an A, and not be the #1 student in every subject (except gym and drama). And they had to practice their instruments for hours every day, as well as in school breaks and on family holidays. The Chinese-parenting model certainly seemed to produce results. But what happens when you do not tolerate disobedience and are confronted by a screaming child who would sooner freeze outside in the cold than be forced to play the piano? In Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, Amy Chua relates her experiences raising her children the 'Chinese way', and how dutiful, patient Sophia flourished under the regime and how tenacious, hot-tempered Lulu rebelled. It is a story about a mother, two daughters, and two dogs. It's also about Mozart and Mendelssohn, the piano and the violin, and how they made it to Carnegie Hall. It was supposed to be a story of how Chinese parents are better at raising kids than Western ones. But instead, it's about a bitter clash of cultures, a fleeting taste of glory, and how you can be humbled by a thirteen-year-old. Witty, entertaining and provocative, this is a unique and important book that will transform your perspective of parenting forever.

"Blink is about the first two seconds of looking--the decisive glance that knows in an instant. The author campaigns for snap judgments and mind reading with a gift for translating research into splendid storytelling. Building his case with scenes from a marriage, heart attack triage, speed dating, choking on the golf course, selling cars, and military maneuvers, he persuades readers to think small and focus on the meaning of ""thin slices"" of behavior. "

"A fascinating, eye-opening and often shocking look at what lies ahead for the U.S. and the world from one of our most incisive futurists.

In his thought-provoking new book, George Friedman, founder of STRATFOR—the preeminent private intelligence and forecasting firm—focuses on what he knows best, the future. Positing that civilization is at the dawn of a new era, he offers a lucid, highly readable forecast of the changes we can expect around the world during the twenty-first century all based on his own thorough analysis and research. For example, The U.S.-Jihadist war will be replaced by a new cold war with Russia; China's role as a world power will diminish; Mexico will become an important force on the geopolitical stage; and new technologies and cultural trends will radically alter the way we live (and fight wars). Riveting reading from first to last, The Next 100 Years is a fascinating exploration of what the future holds for all of us. "

This is The New York Times best-selling book behind the major motion picture starring Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill, and Philip Seymour Hoffman. Opening this autumn, Moneyball is the story of the Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane (Brad Pitt). He has an epiphany: all conventional baseball wisdom is wrong. Reinventing his team on a budget, he needs to outsmart the richer teams. Joining with Ivy Leaguer Peter Brand (Jonah Hill), they recruit bargain players whom the scouts consider flawed but who have a knack for getting on base, scoring runs and winning games. They'll either be the laughing stock of baseball or its vindicated underdogs. Moneyball is a Columbia Pictures release directed by Bennett Miller (Capote), from the screenplay written by Steven Zaillian (Gangs of New York) and Aaron Sorkin (The Social Network), and produced by Michael De Luca The Social Network) Rachael Horovitz (Grey Gardens) and Scott Rudin (The Social Network).

Major life transitions such as leaving the protected environment of school or starting a new career can be daunting. It is scary to face a wall of choices, knowing that no one is going to tell us whether or not we are making the right decision. There is no clearly delineated path or recipe for success. Even figuring out how and where to start can be a challenge. That is, until now.

As executive director of the Stanford Technology Ventures Program, Tina Seelig guides her students as they make the difficult transition from the academic environment to the professional world, providing tangible skills and insights that will last a lifetime. Seelig is an entrepreneur, neuroscientist, and popular teacher, and in What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20 she shares with us what she offers her students—provocative stories, inspiring advice, and a big dose of humility and humor.

Defining that precise moment when a trend becomes a trend, Malcolm Gladwell probes the surface of everyday occurrences to reveal some surprising dynamics behind explosive social changes. He examines the power of word-of-mouth and explores how very small changes can directly affect popularity. Perceptive and imaginative, The Tipping Point is a groundbreaking book destined to overturn conventional thinking in business, sociological, and policy-making arenas.

Steve Jobs leaves behind an extraordinary legacy, putting him in a class with America's greatest industrialists. He was the most innovative business leader of our time, the man FORTUNE named CEO of the Decade in 2009. Now from FORTUNE comes the richly illustrated story of his life at the helm of Apple, based in part on three decades of FORTUNE stories about the cultural icon who revolutionized computing, telephones, movies, music, retailing, and product design. FORTUNE was with him every step of the way, describing in unparalleled detail the career of a man with relentless drive and a single underlying passion-to carry out his vision of how all of us would use technology. In the end he was proved right a billion times over, and his company became one of the most successful enterprises on the planet. All of these chapters are the product of deep reporting. In many cases FORTUNE's writers spent hours interviewing Jobs and delving into his mind. The result is a singular journalistic collection, which will leave you with a comprehensive picture of a man who changed the world, a picture that is complex in the making yet simple in its triumph.

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"It began with Eragon . . . It ends with Inheritance.

Not so very long ago, Eragon - Shadeslayer, Dragon Rider - was nothing more than a poor farm boy, and his dragon, Saphira, only a blue stone in the forest. Now, the fate of an entire civilization rests on their shoulders.

Long months of training and battle have brought victories and hope, but they have also brought heartbreaking loss. And still the real battle lies ahead: they must confront Galbatorix. When they do, they will have to be strong enough to defeat him. And if they cannot, no one can. There will be no second chances.

The Rider and his dragon have come farther than anyone dared to hope. But can they topple the evil king and restore justice to Alagaësia? And if so, at what cost?

Featuring spectacular artwork by cult artist John Jude Palencar, this stunning book brings the bestselling Inheritance cycle to a breathtaking conclusion."

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"With The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book, you're the author, illustrator, and main character. Filled with loads of interactive pages and plenty of space to write your own life's story, this book is all you need to create your masterpiece. Whatever you do, make sure you put it someplace safe after you finish. Because when you're rich and famous, this thing is going to be worth a fortune.

Includes more than 60 new pages! 32 pages of full-color comics (16 brand-new)!"

"因為賈伯斯，世界變的更美好。這本書描述這位創造力旺盛的企業家雲霄飛車般驚險刺激的一生。賈伯斯執著的個性、追求完美的熱情和狂猛的驅力推動個人電腦、動畫、音樂、電話、平板電腦和數位出版，六大產業革命。

這不僅是賈伯斯的故事，也是一本談創新的書。在這個數位時代，就獨創、想像和創新，賈伯斯無疑是標竿人物。他深知要在二十一世紀創造出有價值的東西，必然要讓創造力和科技結合，不但要有跳躍的想像力，更要呈現鬼斧神功般的科技工藝。

賈伯斯旺盛的企圖心就像一把火，不但鞭策自我，他的個性和熱情已和他的產品密不可分，就像蘋果的硬體和軟體已結合成一個整體。我們可從他的人生故事得到啟發、學到教訓，但就創新、個性、領導力和價值而言，他絕對是最好的學習教材。"

「歷時三年構思、一年籌備、十個月的拍攝與後製，電影奮力走出了小說，躍上了大銀幕。我也終於學會，不用傷口，就記住青春裡最重要的事。這場戰鬥獻給你們，一路支持我的讀者。獻給，我的女孩。」——九把刀

浪退時，渾身溼透的我們一起坐在沙灘上，看著我們最喜愛的女孩子用力揮舞雙手，幸福踏向人生的另一端。
下一次浪來，會帶走女孩留在沙灘上的美好足跡。
但我們還在。
刻在我們心中的女孩模樣，也還會在。
豪情不減，嘻笑當年。
座位前，座位後。
男孩衣服背上開始出現藍色墨點。
一回頭，女孩的笑顏，讓男孩魂縈夢繫了八年，羈絆了一生。
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"人生無處不是談判，每次你都能爭取更多！財星100大企業爭相給主管上的課！全球最優秀學生拚命競標才能上的課！

戴蒙教授的華頓談判法，12個教戰技巧，3萬學生親身實證！

每一年，只有最優秀的學生才能進入華頓商學院，當川普和巴菲特的校友。史都華．戴蒙教授的談判課，連續13年都是華頓商學院最搶手的課程。

戴蒙教授強調，無論是要求店家折價100元，還是要求廠商降價1萬元，所使用的談判工具都是一樣的。意思就是，當你學會了談判，在生活各面向你都能爭取更多！他所教過的3萬個學生都獲得了他的真傳，在各行各業如魚得水。如果你想在商場上取得更好的交易條件，如果你希望在人際關係中獲得更多的主導權，如果你想讓家庭關係、親子關係更融洽，戴蒙教授的談判技巧，能給你超乎想像的優勢！升遷加薪、購物、親子教養、商業交涉、議題談判必備致勝指南！"

""「那些傢伙」回來了！小心翼翼的、神經大條的、好勝心強的、說話尖銳的，不同血型的全新爆笑故事！轟動陸、台，全民瘋狂轉寄，狂銷熱賣的血型小將ABO第二彈來囉！

小小將在幼稚園玩扮家家酒……猜猜看誰最愛演？ 那些年，小將的學校沒有女孩……誰對把妹沒有興趣？小將去聯誼……誰最搶手？小將上班去了……誰的辦公桌亂的跟遭小偷一樣？了解他人並不容易，有沒有曾因為受對方無端冷落而失望的經驗？朋友太直接的忠告讓你覺得受傷？

韓國超紅網路漫畫家RealCrazyMan想告訴大家，每個血型小將的個性都不一樣～要多讚美膽小的A型給他信心；先尊重B型的個性才能讓他發揮才能；跟O型溝通要動之以情才有用；面對AB型則千萬不可打馬虎眼噢！希望這集可以幫助我們更了解彼此，至少保證能夠讓你開懷笑一笑！（這也很足夠了）"

"當你發現身邊最信任的人，為你虛構了另一個版本的人生……

每一天醒來，克莉絲汀都身處一個陌生的房間，身旁躺著一個不認識的男人。當她面對鏡子，只看見一張陌生的臉，比她所知的自己老了20歲。接著，男人會耐心說明：我是妳丈夫班恩，妳今年47歲，20年前遭遇嚴重車禍，從此記憶受損。

每一天醒來，克莉絲汀就像懵懂的孩子，關於她世界裡的一切，全仰賴班恩告知。不過每一天，她也會接到陌生的奈許醫師來電，要她到衣櫥後方找出日記。原來，克莉絲汀在睡前會寫下今天的事作為「備忘錄」，提醒明天失憶的自己。

就這樣，克莉絲汀藉著日記的累積，一天天重建了自己的歷史，但其中細節漸漸和班恩、奈許醫師的說法產生矛盾。究竟哪一個版本可以信任？

今天醒來，她翻開日記，第一頁只寫著：別相信班恩。"

"本書以訪談實錄的方式，記錄作者與ZARA創辦人阿曼西歐的第一手對話，聽他從童年背景談到創業、管理哲學、經營決策的種種思維和感受，從中讓讀者漸進式體會到阿曼西歐的人格與風範。阿曼西歐因為年輕時的背景，立志要做「一般人負擔得起」的商品，所以也一直以「一流設計，二流品質，三流價格」為ZARA的企業目標，並成為「速食時尚」（Fast Fashion）的代名詞，成為全球最大連鎖服飾品牌。阿曼西歐低調謙沖，熱愛工作，親力親為，同時非常關注於人，尊重且體貼員工的感受，正像一隻仁慈的獅子，具有獨特的領袖魅力。此人異常低調，自1975年創業以來，連名片都不印，也從不接受媒體訪問，直到2001年公司上市時，才拍了唯一一張正式發布的照片，以滿足公眾的好奇。直到現在，仍過著低調平凡樸實的生活。

"洋蔥炒蛋，是爸爸傳下來的幸福記憶，募款餐會上的「小英便當」，則集結了台灣各地的溫暖與期待，這些菜色簡單樸實卻層次豐富，就如蔡英文的人生滋味。

本書由蔡英文的家庭與求學故事說起。在父母親平實質樸的教養下，造就了內斂又細膩的性格。她從不急著表現，而是靜靜思索適合自己的方式。完整的專業學識背景，讓蔡英文在陸委會主委、立法委員、行政院副院長等職務上都受到高度肯定。而最嚴苛的考驗始於二○○八年。她在民進黨最艱困的時刻，接下黨主席一職，不僅成功消弭來自各方的疑慮，帶領民進黨東山再起，更為台灣社會注入一股新力量！

毋須過多的華麗詞藻，毋須誇張的政治演出，且看這位非典型政治人物說說自己，並聽聽她對人生的理解與思考。"

"窗裏窗外》收錄了林青霞數十篇散文作品，文字真誠流暢，可以直接感受到林青霞的誠懇和溫暖，體會到她的真情流露。在她的散文作品裡，她依然是我們認識的大明星林青霞，她樂意分享她與電影圈友人的交誼，讓熟悉她的電影作品的我們，可以從她的文字中看到她的工作場景，及她對於電影的熱情和曾為之付出的辛勞；但除此之外，我們還能從她的文字中看到，她是一位母親，一個女兒，一個好朋友，一個可愛美麗又認真的女性。屬於平凡人的煩惱與迷惘，期待與盼望，躍然紙上。

本書從林青霞的第一部電影作品《窗外》談起，一步步地帶領讀者走向她的窗裏，她將以最真情至性的一面和您分享她的生活，她的所見所聞所思所惑。不管您曾經看過多少部她的電影，不管您熟悉的是瓊瑤電影裡的她，還是香港武俠片裡的她，您都不該錯過以散文再出發的她，歡迎您一起來認識《窗裏窗外》的林青霞。"

"電影《星空》保留了幾米繪本中最真摯的情感，以電影的畫面和語言將繪本做了最美麗的詮釋，將上大量特效動畫的奇幻想像，是一部必將引爆話題的瑰麗作品。

為滿足觀影後對劇中情感和拍攝幕後的雙重好奇，《星空電影青春紀念冊》全書設計裝幀成上下兩冊，上冊為小美和小傑的交換日記，透過小美的劇照和小傑的素描，延伸電影中意在言外的雙人內心互動，下冊為幾米、導演，與主要演員和幕後主要創作者的訪談及現場實錄，帶領讀者一窺所有奇幻場景的創造過程。 "

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