“我已经努力活着了，而且是做着我想做的事情。20岁的我见到现在的我，应该会哭出来。可以了，做到这样已经足够了。”
一个90年生的韩国女孩，生活没有什么大起大落，却总有着难以言喻的痛苦；会因为朋友的玩笑而放声大笑，在嬉笑过后却又涌上一股说不出的空虚；努力融入团队，外表强装正常，但内心早已千疮百孔，每天都生出离职的念头；一直被男友喜欢着，却又总是怀疑他为什么会爱上这样平庸的自己。
每次听到别人说“加油”都会更加厌倦，当然，肚子饿的时候，她还是会跑去吃辣炒年糕。
这种并非抑郁，却又无论如何也不幸福的感觉，时刻折磨着她，终于有一天，她鼓起勇气走进心理医生的诊室。
她把和医师的12周对话都录了音，每天回家听着录音重温治疗时的内容，于是就有了这本书。
她希望我们能看到她奋力高举着的，摇晃的双手，希望和她情况类似的朋友，能因为看到她的案例而感到安心，“原来并不只是我这样”。
请记得，感到辛苦时，觉得无论如何都是自己最惨，这并不是什么自私的念头。

Did you ever wonder why cheap wine tastes better in fancy glasses? Why sales of Macintosh computers soared when Apple introduced the colorful iMac? New research on emotion and cognition has shown that attractive things really do work better, as Donald Norman amply demonstrates in this fascinating book, which has garnered acclaim everywhere from Scientific American to The New Yorker . Emotional Design articulates the profound influence of the feelings that objects evoke, from our willingness to spend thousands of dollars on Gucci bags and Rolex watches, to the impact of emotion on the everyday objects of tomorrow. Norman draws on a wealth of examples and the latest scientific insights to present a bold exploration of the objects in our everyday world. Emotional Design will appeal not only to designers and manufacturers but also to managers, psychologists, and general readers who love to think about their stuff.

In his book, Just Listen, Mark Goulston shared his bestselling formula for getting through to the resistant people in your life. Now, in his breakthrough new book Talking to Crazy, he brings his communication magic to the most difficult group of all—the downright irrational.
As a psychiatrist, Goulston has seen his share of crazy and he knows from experience that you can’t simply argue it away. The key to handling irrational people is to learn to lean into the crazy—to empathize with it. That radically changes the dynamic and transforms you from a threat into an ally. Talking to Crazy explains this counterintuitive Sanity Cycle and reveals:
• Why people act the way they do
• How instinctive responses can exacerbate the situation—and what to do instead
• When to confront a problem and when to walk away
• How to use a range of proven techniques including Time Travel, the Fish-bowl, and the Belly Roll
• And much more

内附上百幅手绘动物插图
展开一场穿越时空的旅行
探索不被人类打扰的未来生物界
◎ 编辑推荐
☆ 推想进化学的开山之作
《人类灭绝之后——未来世界动物图鉴》，一本通向未来动物世界的时空穿越指南，带领读者游走于真实和想象之间，畅想动物进化的无限可能，展现一个令人拍案称奇的未 来动物世界。
☆ 融科学与幻想为一体
人类灭绝的5000万年后，地球生命的进化依旧生生不息，依然努力适应新环境，抓住种种机遇向前发展。这些令你瞠目结舌的生物虽然出自想象，却完全基于生物进化的原则。进入一个如此奇异美妙的世界，你会发现书中的动物是那么真实，希望有机会能够亲眼看到它们……
☆ 200页全彩手绘插图
基于杜格尔·狄克逊的草图和设计，多名插画家倾情打造，200页充满想象力的全彩内文。
◎ 内容简介
《人类灭绝之后——未来世界动物图鉴》描绘了人类灭绝5000万年之后的动物世界。
本书分为十一个章节，前两章回顾了从生命进化之初到人类出现之后的物种进化历程；中间八章则根据狄克逊天马行空又有理有据的想象，推演出在人类灭绝之后的5000万年地球上，从热带到寒带、从雨林到苔原的动物进化可能，带领读者穿越时空，共同欣赏这颗星球上生命进化的壮观景象；最终章则畅想了在更遥远的未来生命终将归往何处。
◎ 媒体推荐
一本超乎寻常的书！每一页都精彩绝伦。《人类灭绝之后》是一本推演未来的力作！
——《艾萨克·阿西莫夫科幻小说杂志》
行文流畅，想象瑰丽，这对于学习未来生物学的学生、爱好者、科幻迷乃至一般读者来说，都绝对是一场盛宴。
——·美国图书馆协会书评杂志《书单》
《人类灭绝之后》极其有趣，想象力令人叹为观止。
——《洛杉矶时报书评》
太真实了！狄克逊设想出的一些动物足以乱真，甚至会引发对现实中动物皮毛之下神秘造物力量的反思。
——《纽约时报书评》
（狄克逊）对于进化规则的说明是如此清晰易懂，文中关于未来动物的精细插图是如此迷人，《人类灭绝之后》必然会吸引各个年龄层的读者。
——《芝加哥太阳时报》

You have heard about how a musician loses herself in her music, how a painter becomes one with the process of painting. In work, sport, conversation or hobby, you have experienced, yourself, the suspension of time, the freedom of complete absorption in activity. This is "flow," an experience that is at once demanding and rewarding--an experience that Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi demonstrates is one of the most enjoyable and valuable experiences a person can have. The exhaustive case studies, controlled experiments and innumerable references to historical figures, philosophers and scientists through the ages prove Csikszentmihalyi's point that flow is a singularly productive and desirable state. But the implications for its application to society are what make the book revolutionary.

How can we use technology as tools instead of letting our technology use us? This practical book explores the concept of calm technology, a method for smoothly capturing the user’s attention only when necessary, while calmly remaining in the user’s periphery most of the time. You’ll learn how to design products that work well, launch well, are easy to support, easy to use, and don’t get in the way of a user’s life.
Old systems and bad interfaces will plague us if we don’t learn how to design for the long term. By writing code that’s small instead of large, and making simple systems rather than complex ones, we can begin to design technology that gets out of our way.
Discover principles that follow the human lifestyle and environment in mind, allowing technology to amplify humanness instead of taking it away
Delve into types of alerts, product launch, "calming" technology, and tech that smoothly enters people’s lives
Learn from a trained anthropologist and a technology hobbyist who sits on the edge between technology and how people use it
This book is ideal for anyone who actively builds or makes decisions about technology, including user experience designers, product designers, managers, creative directors, and developers.

《快乐的死》为加缪的小说处女作，完成于他二十四岁那年，但直至他去世后才出版。
在一桩精心设计的谋杀案之后，梅尔索获得了人人羡慕的财富，过着财富与时间都有充分余裕的生活。然而，梅尔索仍然不幸福。
一个人如何才能快乐？为什么有了金钱，孤独却并不离开？
梅尔索的抉择和省思，也预告了加缪日后的其他小说和论述。

★★★
2018年法国安古兰国际漫画节年度评委会特别奖作品
一个总在爱情危险边际来回游走的男人
四个或浪漫，或智慧，或脆弱，完全不同的女人
这是一出富有韵律、充满趣味与法式调侃的纸上爱情戏剧
★★★
【内容简介】
这是一篇描写爱情中男人，富有韵律，充满趣味与调侃的现法国现代图像小说。主人公是一个充满魅力的已婚男人，他难以抑制自己对女性的关注、讨好和欲求。然而每当韵事将成，他却总选择戛然止步，让感情终止在双方引力最难以抗拒的瞬间。他用这种方式避免自己在更亲密的关系中受到伤害，也保护着柏拉图式的爱情所拥有的美感不会因为彼此距离的拉近而减损。
他将所有未完成的关系冻结在最完美的时刻，小心收藏在内心的密室中，并时时重温这些发生在各色女人之间的悬停的爱情。直到某一天，他的婚姻轰然破碎，陷入悲伤和绝望的他决定将这些情感解冻，希望能再一次找回失落的幸福……
【编辑推荐】
1.爱情是否有重量呢？
我们能否将自己的情绪“凝结”，又在生活中我们需要这份感情的时刻，或者更恰当的时刻再度释放？。
作者在这书中以一种在此之前从未有过的表达形式——纸上戏剧——讨论了这样的爱情哲学。
2.2018法国安古兰国际漫画节年度评委会特别奖获奖作品。没有舞台上演员连贯的动作，也没有真实的旋律，作者马里翁·法约勒却给所有的读者带来了如同亲临现场一般的戏剧体验的实验性神作。
3.在这本书中，作者跳脱了女性的身份，以男性的视角用充满韵律、如“咏叹调”一般的戏剧画面讲述了一段比生活本身更加真实的爱情。书中的对话虽然处处充满调侃，但就是在这些略带讽刺的画面与言语之中，爱情中男人女人在彼此眼中的真实样貌被毫无保留地表现了出来。
4.作者最大程度地舍弃了叙述与对话，主要是用人物的肢体表达他们自己，就像是舞蹈演员，通过肢体的造型、轮廓和他们的行为来表现故事。其中许多反复的人物造型和细致的场景设计营造出了舞台音乐剧的氛围，人物的动作和位移都变成了超现实的舞步，故事的推进也如歌曲般回环往复，余韵不绝。作者就是利用充满现代感的“舞步”和带有古典韵律的押韵小调之间来回的穿插实现了叙事空间的转变，让读者体验到一种暂时从故事人物和事件之中隔离、抽身而出的感觉。
【媒体评论】
插入默剧中常出现的、包含隐喻、充满超现实主义感的旁白，并使用如同歌曲诗词一般简练，给人带来静默感的人物对话，这让马里翁·法约勒的作品拥有了一种细腻精致又简洁明朗的风格。让人物更多的用肢体舞动和歌唱来推动情节，如同被裹挟在浪漫感性的风暴之中，而写在黑板上的人物独白给予了读者更精准的说明，作者创造出了这样的表达方式还是有史以来第一次。
——国际安古兰漫画界评委会评语

关于现代音乐的是非从未消失。在毕加索和波洛克的画作售价过亿的时候，自斯特拉文斯基的《春祭》以降，震撼人心的音乐作品仍在向听众传递不安的涟漪。现代音乐无处不在。先锋之声在好莱坞的惊悚电影配乐中大行其道，从地下丝绒乐队开始，极简主义对摇滚、流行和舞蹈音乐产生了巨大的影响。《纽约客》的杰出音乐评论家亚历克斯·罗斯照亮了这个秘密的世界，并展示了它如何弥漫于20世纪生活的每个角落。
《余下只有噪音》讲述那些特立独行的人格，他们抵制对古典主义的过去的崇拜，与广大民众的冷漠作斗争，并违抗独裁者的意志。无论是用最纯净的美来吸引听众，还是用最纯粹的噪声来打击听众，作曲家们一直都洋溢着当下的热情，拒绝古典音乐作为一种式微艺术的刻板印象。
从第一次世界大战之前的维也纳到20世纪的巴黎，从希特勒的德国、斯大林的俄罗斯到六七十年代的纽约市中心，罗斯将20世纪的历史及音乐编织在一起，在最有影响力的作曲家与更广泛的文化之间建立了启示性的关联。通过他所讲述的音乐，《余下只有噪音》重述了20世纪的历史。

《疾病的隐喻》一书收录了桑塔格两篇重要论文“作为隐喻的疾病”及“爱滋病及其隐喻”，在文章中桑塔格反思并批判了诸如结核病、爱滋病、癌症等如何在社会的演绎中一步步隐喻化，从“仅仅是身体的一种病”转换成了一种道德批判，并进而转换成一种政治压迫的过程。文章最初连载于《纽约书评》(1978年)，由于反响巨大，此后数年中两篇文章被多次集结成册出版，成为了社会批判的经典之作。

A profound, startling, and beautifully crafted debut novel, The Sympathizer is the story of a man of two minds, someone whose political beliefs clash with his individual loyalties.
It is April 1975, and Saigon is in chaos. At his villa, a general of the South Vietnamese army is drinking whiskey and, with the help of his trusted captain, drawing up a list of those who will be given passage aboard the last flights out of the country. The general and his compatriots start a new life in Los Angeles, unaware that one among their number, the captain, is secretly observing and reporting on the group to a higher-up in the Viet Cong. The Sympathizer is the story of this captain: a man brought up by an absent French father and a poor Vietnamese mother, a man who went to university in America, but returned to Vietnam to fight for the Communist cause. A gripping spy novel, an astute exploration of extreme politics, and a moving love story, The Sympathizer explores a life between two worlds and examines the legacy of the Vietnam War in literature, film, and the wars we fight today.

《同情者》集历史、政治、间谍、惊悚等元素，讲述了一个潜伏于南越的北越间谍的故事。故事背景设于1975年，越共占领西贡，美军大撤退，真实身份是越共的主人公也随其南越“长官”逃难至美国，在美国继续进行间谍工作，向北越汇报敌情。在此期间，他作为难民和间谍，身心经历了非同寻常的折磨和挣扎。小说着重刻画了他的“同情者”的特质和身份，对越南的同胞、北越的同志、南越的士兵、美国白人社会中弱势的越南难民和其他少数族群，他都抱有深刻的同情。主人公背负双重身份，感受和跨越两种文化，由此发出困惑，在对自我和身份的探索中艰难行进，这也是文学的永恒的主题之一。作者以独特的眼光，通过巧妙的情节设置，让读者深入主人公的自白，追踪蛛丝马迹，临近尾声才恍然大悟。

普利策奖评审委员会将其归纳为“一个层次丰富的移民故事，一个双面人的辛辣独白，一个横跨越南、美国两个世界的声音。”结合阮清越最新短篇小说集《难民》，读者可以更直接地了解作者的成长经历，尤其对中国读者，读阮清越的作品会生出一种独特的历史纵深感，跳出作品本身思考战争与和平、家庭与个人的命运。

From the creator of the wildly popular webcomic xkcd, hilarious and informative answers to important questions you probably never thought to ask.
Millions of people visit xkcd.com each week to read Randall Munroe’s iconic webcomic. His stick-figure drawings about science, technology, language, and love have a large and passionate following.
Fans of xkcd ask Munroe a lot of strange questions. What if you tried to hit a baseball pitched at 90 percent the speed of light? How fast can you hit a speed bump while driving and live? If there was a robot apocalypse, how long would humanity last?
In pursuit of answers, Munroe runs computer simulations, pores over stacks of declassified military research memos, solves differential equations, and consults with nuclear reactor operators. His responses are masterpieces of clarity and hilarity, complemented by signature xkcd comics. They often predict the complete annihilation of humankind, or at least a really big explosion.
The book features new and never-before-answered questions, along with updated and expanded versions of the most popular answers from the xkcd website. What If? will be required reading for xkcd fans and anyone who loves to ponder the hypothetical.

Every day we make choices. Coke or Pepsi? Save or spend? Stay or go?
Whether mundane or life-altering, these choices define us and shape our lives. Sheena Iyengar asks the difficult questions about how and why we choose: Is the desire for choice innate or bound by culture? Why do we sometimes choose against our best interests? How much control do we really have over what we choose? Sheena Iyengar's award-winning research reveals that the answers are surprising and profound. In our world of shifting political and cultural forces, technological revolution, and interconnected commerce, our decisions have far-reaching consequences. Use THE ART OF CHOOSING as your companion and guide for the many challenges ahead.

在他人眼里，我是怎样一个人？我是个成功者还是失败者？每个人的内心，潜藏着对自身份的一种难言的“焦虑”。可有谁曾真正的审视过这种身份的焦虑呢？睿智的德波顿做到了，他首次引领我们直面这一人心深处的焦虑“情绪”。德波顿援引艺术家、思想家及作家的观点与作品，抽丝剥茧地剖析身份 焦点的根源，并从哲学、艺术、政治、宗教等各个角度探索舒缓和释放这种焦虑的途径。
这本书并非一本充满学术语言的“高深”著作。它用通俗、有趣的语言，为现代人解读了“身份”的前世今生，以及我们为什么会为“身份”而焦虑。“身份”这个词在这本书中更多的还是指一种社会地位，一种当代人追求的功名利禄。为什么我们渴望得到别人的认同？是什么让我们变得“势利”，对于金钱和时尚的欲望之壑为何总也填不满？我们到底怎样才能克服这种身份的焦虑呢？在阅读这些文本的时候，一方面，你会惊叹于德波顿广博的知识，那信手拈来的典故和风趣的点评，为你从多个视角展现了人类的“身份”观念；另一方面，你会渐渐审视自我，发现许多已经在你脑海里根深蒂固的东西，开始动摇和解体。

Whether you're dealing with an under performing employee, disagreeing with your spouse about money or child-rearing, negotiating with a difficult client, or simply saying "no," or "I'm sorry," or "I love you," we attempt or avoid difficult conversation every day. Based on fifteen years of research at the Harvard Negotiation Project, Difficult Conversations walks you through a step-by-step proven approach to having your toughest conversations with less stress and more success.
You will learn:
-- how to start the conversation without defensiveness
-- why what is not said is as important as what is
-- ways of keeping and regaining your balance in the face of attacks and accusations
-- how to decipher the underlying structure of every difficult conversation
Filled with examples from everyday life, Difficult Conversations will help you on your job, at home, or out of the world. It is a book you will turn to again and again for advice, practical skills, and reassurance.

《八百万种死法》里的八百万其实是指纽约市里八百万市民。作者在书中经常写出各种离奇古怪的死法———只是在家里看电视却会无辜被炸死、跟相邻几十年的邻居会因一只新宠物而争执动武死亡。“八百万种死法”的意思是每一个人都有他们死的方法———没有人可以逃避，尤其是在纽约这个光怪陆离的罪恶城市。
一个优雅的皮条客，昌斯，手下有六个姑娘，她们风采各异，有的能写诗，有的熟知报告文学。美丽而天真的金?达科嫩不过是其中之一。她想脱离应召女郎的生涯，找到马修寻求保护，让他跟昌斯说。马修收了金攒的私房钱但没有保住金的命。金被人捣得面目全非，死在公寓中。连金的一些朋友也一个接一个死掉。其中一个姑娘在遗书中写道：“无人愿意为我一掷千金。无人愿意与我共结连理。无人愿意救我一命。我已倦于微笑。我已疲于奔命。美好时光已成过去。”
尽管肯·德金警官说：“妓女自杀，见怪不怪。”马修还是决定为这些逃回公道。尽管受到警告，但他一心一意要追查到底。