对诺贝尔物理学奖获得者Richard Feynman的采访的纪录片。

光说有些植物会吃虫就已经够吸引人了，何况为了捕虫吃虫，它们还特化出各种奇特有趣的器官！
除了一般人非常熟知的捕蝇草的捕虫夹、猪笼草的“水桶陷阱”，茅膏菜和捕虫堇也是分泌黏液的捕虫高手，瓶子草由叶子卷成的“甜筒”让昆虫无法抵挡，螺旋狸藻的根部更能特化成螺旋状迷宫，在土壤里大快朵颐！
这些食虫植物制造陷阱，打造迷宫，造网捕虫，由叶子特化而成的捕虫利器成了园艺爱好者培植观赏的臻品挚爱，至今已培育出许多奇艳无比的种类。就栽培而言，食虫植物各有特殊的生育环境，许多种类更是对气候条件非常挑剔。本书作者以长年的多国游访与培植经验，介绍了各种食虫植物的习性与栽培要领，为广大爱好者提供了认识食虫植物、栽培食虫植物的全面指南。

《德国精选科学图画书:肚子里有个火车站》内容简介：茱莉娅吃得太多、太快，所以她的肚子里出事了！饭菜一大块一大块地掉进肚子火车站里，堆得像小山一样高。这可害惨了肚子里的小精灵们，他们冒着被砸晕的危险拼命干活，想把这些食物统统装上火车，送到弯弯曲曲的隧道里去。可是没想到，还有更大的暴风雪在等着他们。小精灵们被激怒了，他们游行示威、罢工抗议……肚子火车站里一片混乱。小精灵们能渡过这个难关吗？肚子火车站究竟是怎样一个地方？神秘的隧道会通向哪里呢？这本独具创意的图画书会带领读者参观肚子火车站，以一种极其有趣的方式使我们了解自己的消化系统，从而帮助我们养成健康的饮食习惯。

The first sleep book by a leading scientific expert—Professor Matthew Walker, Director of UC Berkeley’s Sleep and Neuroimaging Lab—reveals his groundbreaking exploration of sleep, explaining how we can harness its transformative power to change our lives for the better.
Sleep is one of the most important but least understood aspects of our life, wellness, and longevity. Until very recently, science had no answer to the question of why we sleep, or what good it served, or why we suffer such devastating health consequences when we don't sleep. Compared to the other basic drives in life—eating, drinking, and reproducing—the purpose of sleep remained elusive.
An explosion of scientific discoveries in the last twenty years has shed new light on this fundamental aspect of our lives. Now, preeminent neuroscientist and sleep expert Matthew Walker gives us a new understanding of the vital importance of sleep and dreaming. Within the brain, sleep enriches our ability to learn, memorize, and make logical decisions. It recalibrates our emotions, restocks our immune system, fine-tunes our metabolism, and regulates our appetite. Dreaming mollifies painful memories and creates a virtual reality space in which the brain melds past and present knowledge to inspire creativity.
Walker answers important questions about sleep: how do caffeine and alcohol affect sleep? What really happens during REM sleep? Why do our sleep patterns change across a lifetime? How do common sleep aids affect us and can they do long-term damage? Charting cutting-edge scientific breakthroughs, and synthesizing decades of research and clinical practice, Walker explains how we can harness sleep to improve learning, mood, and energy levels; regulate hormones; prevent cancer, Alzheimer’s, and diabetes; slow the effects of aging; increase longevity; enhance the education and lifespan of our children, and boost the efficiency, success, and productivity of our businesses. Clear-eyed, fascinating, and accessible, Why We Sleep is a crucial and illuminating book

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A brain scientist's journey from a debilitating stroke to full recovery becomes an inspiring exploration of human consciousness and its possibilities
On the morning of December 10, 1996, Jill Bolte Taylor, a thirty-seven-year-old Harvard-trained brain scientist, experienced a massive stroke when a blood vessel exploded in the left side of her brain. A neuroanatomist by profession, she observed her own mind completely deteriorate to the point that she could not walk, talk, read, write, or recall any of her life, all within the space of four brief hours. As the damaged left side of her brain--the rational, grounded, detail- and time-oriented side--swung in and out of function, Taylor alternated between two distinct and opposite realties: the euphoric nirvana of the intuitive and kinesthetic right brain, in which she felt a sense of complete well-being and peace; and the logical, sequential left brain, which recognized Jill was having a stroke, and enabled her to seek help before she was lost completely.
In My Stroke of Insight , Taylor shares her unique perspective on the brain and its capacity for recovery, and the sense of omniscient understanding she gained from this unusual and inspiring voyage out of the abyss of a wounded brain. It would take eight years for Taylor to heal completely. Because of her knowledge of how the brain works, her respect for the cells composing her human form, and most of all an amazing mother, Taylor completely repaired her mind and recalibrated her understanding of the world according to the insights gained from her right brain that morning of December 10th.
Today Taylor is convinced that the stroke was the best thing that could have happened to her. It has taught her that the feeling of nirvana is never more than a mere thought away. By stepping to the right of our left brains , we can all uncover the feelings of well-being and peace that are so often sidelined by our own brain chatter. A fascinating journey into the mechanics of the human mind, My Stroke of Insight is both a valuable recovery guide for anyone touched by a brain injury, and an emotionally stirring testimony that deep internal peace truly is accessible to anyone, at any time. Questions for Jill Bolte Taylor Amazon.com: Your first reaction when you realized what was happening to your body was one you would expect: "Oh my gosh, I'm having a stroke!" Your second, though, was a little more surprising: "Wow, this is so cool!" What could be cool about a stroke? Taylor: I grew up to study the brain because I have a brother who is only 18 months older than I am. He was very different in the way he perceived experiences and then chose to behave. As a result, I became fascinated with the human brain and how it creates our perception of reality. He was eventually diagnosed with the brain disorder schizophrenia, and I dedicated my career to the postmortem investigation of the human brain in an attempt to understand, at a biological level, what are the differences between my brain and my brothers brain. On the morning of the stroke, I realized that my brain was no longer functioning like a "normal" brain and this insight into my brother's reality excited me. I was fascinated to intimately understand what it might be like on the inside for someone who would not be diagnosed as normal. Through the eyes of a curious scientist, this was an absolutely rare and fascinating experience for me to witness the breakdown of my own mind. Amazon.com: What did you learn about the brain from your stroke and your recovery that your scientific training hadn't prepared you for? Taylor: My scientific training did not teach me anything about the human spirit and the value of compassion. I had been trained as a scientist, not as a clinician. I can only hope that we are teaching our future physicians about compassion in medicine, and I know that some medical schools, including the Indiana University School of Medicine, have created a curriculum with this intention. My training as a scientist, however, did provide me with a roadmap to how the body and brain work. And although I lost my left cognitive mind that thinks in language, I retained my right hemisphere that thinks in pictures. As a result, although I could not communicate with the external world, I had an intuitive understanding about what I needed to do in order to create an environment in which the cells in my brain could be happy and healthy enough that they could regain their function. In addition, because of my training, I had an innate trust in the ability of my brain to be able to recover itself and my mother and I respected the organ by listening to it. For example, when I was tired, I allowed my brain to sleep, and when I was fresh and capable of focusing my attention, we gave me age-appropriate toys and tools with which to work. Amazon.com: Your stroke affected functions in your left brain, leaving you to what you call the "la-la land" of your right hemisphere. What was it like to live in your right brain, and then to rebuild your left? Taylor: When the cells in my left brain became nonfunctional because they were swimming in a pool of blood, they lost their ability to inhibit the cells in my right hemisphere. In my right brain, I shifted into the consciousness of the present moment. I was in the right here, right now awareness, with no memories of my past and no perception of the future. The beauty of La-la land (my right hemisphere experience of the present moment) was that everything was an explosion of magnificent stimulation and I dwelled in a space of euphoria. This is great way to exist if you don't have to communicate with the external world or care whether or not you have the capacity to learn. I found that in order for me to be able to learn anything, however, I had to take information from the last moment and apply it to the present moment. When my left hemisphere was completely nonfunctional early on, it was impossible for me to learn, which was okay with me, but I am sure it was frustrating for those around me. A simple example of this was trying to put on my shoes and socks. I eventually became physically capable of putting my shoes and socks on, but I had no ability to understand why I would have to put my socks on before my shoes. To me they were simply independent actions that were not related and I did not have the cognitive ability to figure out the appropriate sequencing of the events. Over time, I regained the ability to weave moments back together to create an expanse of time, and with this ability came the ability to learn methodically again. Life in La-la land will always be just a thought away, but I am truly grateful for the ability to think with linearity once again. Amazon.com: What can we learn about our brains and ourselves from your experience, even if we haven't lived through the kind of brain trauma you have? Taylor: I learned that I have much more say about what goes on between my ears than I was ever taught and I believe that this is true for all of us. I used to understand that I had the ability to stop thinking about one thing by consciously choosing to preoccupy my mind with thinking about something else. But I had no idea that it only took 90 seconds for me to have an emotional circuit triggered, flush a physiological response through my body and then flush completely out of me. We can all learn that we can take full responsibility for what thoughts we are thinking and what emotional circuitry we are feeling. Knowing this and acting on this can lead us into feeling a wonderful sense of well-being and peacefulness. Amazon.com: You are the "Singin' Scientist" for Harvard's Brain Bank (just as you were before your stroke). Could you tell us about the Brain Bank (in song or not)? Taylor: There is a long-term shortage of brain tissue donated for research into the severe mental illnesses. Most people dont realize that when you sign the back of your license as an organ donor, the brain is not included. If you would like to donate your brain for research, you must contact a brain bank directly. There is also a shortage of "normal control" tissue for research. The bottom line reality is that if there were more tissue available for research, then more scientists would be dedicating their careers to the study of the severe mental illnesses and we would have more answers about what is going on with these disorders. The numbers of mentally ill individuals in our society are staggering. The most serious and disabling conditions affect about 6 percent--or one in 17--adults and 9-13 percent of children in the United States. Half of all lifetime conditions of mental illness start by age 14 years, and three-fourths by age 24 years. For more information about brain donation to the Harvard brain bank, please call 1-800-BRAINBANK or visit them at: www.brainbank.mclean.org If you would like to hear me sing the brain bank jingle, please visit www.drjilltaylor.com!

Engage young readers in real science with these informative, fun, fact-filled books. This series is aligned with the standards, "The Earth" and "Forces of Nature" as required by Benchmarks for Science Literacy: Project 2061.

Have you ever wondered why the human body looks the way it does? Why our hands have five fingers instead of six? Why we walk on two legs instead of four?
It took more than 350 million years for the human body to take shape. How did it become the complicated, quirky, amazing machine it is today?
Your Inner Fish delves deep into the past to answer these questions. Premiering Wednesday, April 9, 2014, the three-part series reveals a startling truth: Hidden within the human body is a story of life on Earth.
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 一本和鳗鱼一样难以被定义的奇书，关于鳗鱼，更关于生命本身：从鳗鱼笨拙又浪漫的生命之旅，抵达深刻又感动的生命之谜
 瑞典现象级畅销书，出版3个月印量高达70000册，现已超过130000册！以处女作一举拿下瑞典极富盛名的文学大奖——奥古斯特奖，被评为最佳非虚构图书
 讲述鳗鱼在科学史中留下的谜团，展开文学、艺术和宗教中的鳗鱼考察之旅，在回忆与父亲珍贵的捕鳗时光中，探讨生命、死亡以及其间的一切。语言优美动人，情感真挚动人：克制的文字中，流淌着父子之间甚少表露的深情
 被翻译为30种语言畅销多国，媒体好评如潮：《纽约时报》“编辑选书”，《洛杉矶时报》畅销书，《福布斯》最佳夏季读物，《洛杉矶时报》“与自然保持联系的21部经典”，美国自然历史博物馆馆长盛赞
 独特设计，精美装帧，优雅精装，多幅量身定制的艺术插画
鳗鱼是自然界最奇怪的生物之一。时至今日，我们仍对它知之甚少。
欧洲鳗出生在马尾藻海——一片难以确定边界的海洋，随后会去往欧洲海岸，再游入江河溪流栖居。平静地生活几十年后，当生物钟敲响，它会完成最后一次蜕变，踏上返回出生地的漫漫归途，在那里繁殖并死去。如果无法启程，它仿佛会等待到永恒，绝不变身。
两千多年来，鳗鱼一直是一个谜。亚里士多德坚信它没有性别，弗洛伊德试图寻找它的生殖器却屡屡受挫。从没有人见过鳗鱼交配。
神秘的鳗鱼令帕特里克着迷，与鳗鱼同样难解的还有他与父亲之间复杂微妙的关系。他在文学、艺术、宗教与科学史领域探寻，同时追忆与父亲一起捕鳗的童年时光。鳗鱼的不可知、它笨拙又浪漫的生命之旅，宛如隐喻，触发我们对生存与死亡、目标与意义的思考和领悟。

這是10段蘭花與昆蟲間充滿愛恨交織的故事，
也是10種讓人驚歎的植物演化奇蹟……
蘭花，在美麗的外表下，暗藏許多心機。
被鎖定的昆蟲往往無法抗拒它們的魅力或性誘惑，
一步步走入那精心設計的陷阱中……
一只包裹，開啟了長達40年的謎團……
情路坎坷，誰才是我真正的另一半？
親愛的，這是我想念你的味道……
蘭花與昆蟲間，充滿這樣阿諛我詐、迂迴攻防的故事，
讓演化學家達爾文忍不住說出：「在我一生的研究中，沒有任何材料能比蘭花來得有趣！」
蘭花，開花植物中最多種類的一科，也是號稱有著最高級演化技巧的神奇植物。它與授粉昆蟲經過長期互動與演化，發展出許多有趣的動植物攻防生態。本書藉由細膩的水彩插畫、步驟圖解與生動的筆法，娓娓述說世界上知名蘭花的生態故事，以及與昆蟲之間的互動關連，更在在顯露出植物演化的神奇與多樣風貌。
讚歎推薦
王震哲（臺灣師範大學生命科學系教授）
林讚標（臺灣大學植物科學研究所教授）
張東君（青蛙巫婆‧科普作家）
黃一峯（生態藝術家‧環境教育工作者）
雷雅淇（泛科學PanSci主編）
我跟蘭花的接觸，始自小時候去對面鄰居家看他種的許許多多、各種各樣、奇怪獨特的蘭花。後來我經常去看他的蘭花，那是因為我要找花瓣顏色獨一無二的，好餵我的毛毛蟲吃，好收集不同顏色的毛蟲便便，豐富我的收藏。長大以後，我才知道自己有多麼暴殄天物。因為那個蘭花叔叔，是首位在台灣研究蘭花組織培養的王博仁博士。
長年以來，一直都以為我是為了毛毛蟲才這樣一再的回去看他的蘭花。不過在看完這本書之後，我才恍然大悟，我其實是被蘭花蠱惑、受到蘭花的深深誘惑。書中寫了十個精采的蘭花故事，但是那其實還低估了蘭花的本事，它們的實力絕對不只如此。你看了就知道。──青蛙巫婆‧科普作家 張東君
幾年前，我曾擔任過幾本蘭花書籍的美術編輯，也讓我對蘭花產生極大興趣；設計書籍時常想，如果作者描述關於蘭花的授粉以及與其他生物間的關係能有照片輔助說明，那會更加詳盡易懂。但與作者討論之後，才發現有相當的難度。的確，同為生態攝影師的我也意識到，要在野外拍攝這些特殊的畫面，不只靠經年累月的長時間守候，還要有相當的運氣才能達成。
如今，這本《蘭的10個誘惑》運用了插畫搭配文字的方式，將蘭花的生命故事一一呈現在讀者面前，是一本兼具藝術性與閱讀樂趣的科普作品。透過本書，讓我們可以一窺奧妙而神祕的蘭花世界。──生態藝術家‧環境教育工作者 黃一峯
人的真愛或許容不下第三者，但蘭花在找尋真愛時卻常常需要第三者介入；為了要沒有早一步也沒有晚一步、剛巧趕上遇見對的伊，蘭花煞費苦心誘惑的不是情人，反而是第三者──扛起傳粉重任的昆蟲。為了傳宗接代，它們也會精心裝扮、花言巧語、備齊厚禮、用盡心計，授粉的過程就像是精巧設計過的機關。這些讓人忍不住驚呼、帶著清雅幽香的情事，是專屬於蘭花的愛情故事。 ──泛科學PanSci主編 雷雅淇
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眾所皆知的演化學家達爾文（Charles Robert Darwin），曾經在寫給虎克（Joseph Dalton Hooker）的信中說到一句話：「在我一生的研究中，沒有任何材料能比蘭花來得有趣。」究竟蘭花具有什麼樣的魅力，能夠讓演化學之父對它如此著迷？
綜觀所有開花植物，蘭花是其中最大、多樣性最高的一科，有將近740屬和超過280,000種，到現在為止，每年都還不斷有新的種類被發現，更別提那超過100,000種以上的園藝栽培種及變種。在不同地區，蘭花為了吸引不同授粉昆蟲前來傳播花粉，長期共同演化的結果，造成了高度歧異的花部變化，以及令人歎為觀止的授粉機制。除了利用蜜腺或其他食物資源回饋來吸引授粉者的方式之外，更有像是性欺騙、陷阱、機關、生育地模擬……等各種匪夷所思的方式，每次的發現總是讓演化學家讚歎於這些精巧的機制。
隨著越來越多授粉學家投入研究，這些精采的授粉故事就像一片片拼圖般，逐漸拼湊出蘭花與昆蟲共同演化的歷史。然而，這些授粉的研究幾乎都只呈現在一篇篇艱深的外語論文中，或是某些探討授粉生物學的專業書籍裡，大多數讀者根本無法領略蘭花授粉的精彩與細膩。在臺灣，甚至難以找到任何一本述說授粉故事的科普書籍，也因此更加深了本書的催生。
於是在2014年的某個夜晚，一通電話突然響起，電話的那頭傳來了一句話：「我們來寫一本書好嗎？寫一本蘭花授粉的書籍。」就是這句話，將我們三個串連起來，決定共同完成這件事。
在這三年的努力中，從達爾文成功預測大彗星風蘭傳粉者的傳奇故事，到世界各地經典的蘭花授粉案例，我們逐一將眾多研究論文及觀察資料轉化為簡易好讀的文字，以便讓更多人能一窺授粉生物學的祕密，再加上精細的電腦繪圖的插圖，清楚傳遞出每個傳粉步驟的細節；更重要的是，為了讓更多人領略到蘭花的美麗與藝術性，本書更有別於一般科普書籍以照片為元素來傳達與講述，反而採用水彩手繪圖創造情境與美感。這也呼應了在達爾文那個年代總是利用石版畫做為蘭花觀察記錄的時代背景。
我們希望能夠透過這本藝術性及科學性兼具的作品，讓大眾讀者更能了解蘭花授粉機制的精巧，以及其背後所述說的演化故事，更希望讓每位讀者體會到自然之美。
臺灣身為蘭花王國，在僅有35,980平方公里的蕞爾小島上，卻擁有高達101屬、超過400種以上的蘭花。不管是我們身邊的草地，或是郊山的樹林中，可能就隱含著這些精采的故事。希望本書得以激起更多人的共鳴及對自然的關注。
本書之所能夠問世，要感謝遠流出版公司，讓這本書的出版成為可能；同時也要謝謝林業試驗所的蘭花專家林哲緯先生對內容的專業校訂與建議；臺大實驗林研究人員楊智凱先生情義相挺的提供赤箭屬資料照片；還有臺大植物科學研究所林讚標教授、生態藝術家黃一峯先生、科普作家張東君小姐、泛科學主編雷雅淇小姐為本書撰文推薦。此外，要特別感謝師大生命科學系的王震哲教授與師大進修推廣部的黃文權老師。王教授是帶領我們進入植物分類與植物生殖生物學上的啟蒙恩師，開啟我們對蘭花授粉研究的興趣，而黃老師則在我們撰寫這本書期間提供許多技術上與精神上的支持。最後，要感謝家人的支持，讓我們能全心完成本書。
推薦序1
植物之美，不只在寂靜而已
植物，或許是因為欠缺行動的能力，在大部分人眼中不過是樹、雜草，或至多是花季時令人讚歎的繽紛色彩。但植物真的是如此無趣嗎？當你深入了解植物世界之後，就會發現那是極為誤謬的觀念。
正因為植物欠缺行動的能力，它必須利用各種更複雜、更巧妙的構造及手段才能彌補這方面的不足，特別是在授粉時，需仰賴各種媒介的幫助，因而和傳粉者之間形成了極為巧妙而有趣的交互作用。
蘭花是植物界中種類最多的類群，和傳粉者共同演化出極為多樣的花部形態。本書選取蘭花授粉生態中十個有趣的主題，以生動的筆法，佐以精緻的科學性插圖，再加上極具藝術性的水彩插畫，深入淺出的介紹蘭花如何利用美色、氣味、詐術、陷阱以及各種巧妙的機關來吸引、欺騙或強迫昆蟲幫它傳粉。各種匪夷所思的構造及方式，令人拍案叫絕。
寂靜的植物所展現的氣象萬千，竟是如此奇妙，一花一世界！
臺灣師範大學生命科學系教授 王震哲
推薦序2
一本極具藝術感的科普佳作
植物與授粉媒介的交互作用長久以來都是一個十分吸引人的主題。從西元1862年達爾文出版了他的第一本關於蘭花與昆蟲授粉的書籍開始，科學家便陸陸續續藉由他們在野外的觀察與實驗，逐一拼湊出植物授粉的奧祕，尤其是在蘭科植物這一個類群中，更是演化出多樣且高度特化的機制。
本書的三位作者莊貴竣、鄭杏倩、呂長澤均是師大生物系的前後期同學，專研植物的授粉生物學或生物岐異度。雖然已離開學校，但對於植物的熱情依舊存在。他們三人共同合作，結合了個別的專長及對生命現象的深刻了解，以生動的筆觸編寫了一本極具藝術感的科普書籍。
有別於艱深的學術文章，本書透過饒富戲劇化的故事情節，帶領我們從昆蟲或是蘭花的視角來看待每一個授粉過程，而且利用精細的電腦繪圖技術，剖析每一個關鍵的動作及步驟。最引人入勝的，便是那一幅幅手繪的水彩插畫，從每個蘭花的生育環境、植株外型，到近緣物種的整理與對應，都讓人十分讚歎。這不僅是科學性的報導，更有著藝術性的展現，深入淺出的介紹了蘭花最具代表性的10種授粉模式，是值得推薦的一本好書。
臺大植物科學研究所教授 林讚標

When we think of fungi, we likely think of mushrooms. But mushrooms are only fruiting bodies, analogous to apples on a tree. Most fungi live out of sight, yet make up a massively diverse kingdom of organisms that supports and sustains nearly all living systems. Fungi provide a key to understanding the planet on which we live, and the ways we think, feel, and behave.
In Entangled Life, the brilliant young biologist Merlin Sheldrake shows us the world from a fungal point of view, providing an exhilarating change of perspective. Sheldrake’s vivid exploration takes us from yeast to psychedelics, to the fungi that range for miles underground and are the largest organisms on the planet, to those that link plants together in complex networks known as the “Wood Wide Web,” to those that infiltrate and manipulate insect bodies with devastating precision.
Fungi throw our concepts of individuality and even intelligence into question. They are metabolic masters, earth makers, and key players in most of life’s processes. They can change our minds, heal our bodies, and even help us remediate environmental disaster. By examining fungi on their own terms, Sheldrake reveals how these extraordinary organisms—and our relationships with them—are changing our understanding of how life works.

一本正經又幽默地揭開死亡謎底，
讓你笑著嚥下最後一口氣！
剝去詩意，一探耐人尋味的死後世界。
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人在外太空出意外的話遺體去哪裡了？你有聽過死後屍體還會動嗎？
過胖的人骨灰會不會比較重？連體嬰其中一位死掉的話怎麼辦？
這裡是殯儀館，會盡可能友善地對待所有人，包括死人。
但不保證你可以和心愛的倉鼠葬在一起，或不會因昏迷而遭到活埋。
本書收錄了關於死亡的各種冷知識，從屍體的保存方法、驗屍官的工作內容，到木乃伊的製作過程……以文化、風俗、法律、科學等角度，揭開我們對死亡的困惑，像是應該把遺體埋得多深，或臨終前是否看得見一道白光。
來自34個小朋友們提出的問題，正面迎擊，例如──
搬家的時候可不可以挖出心愛的寵物貓？
能不能把自己做成標本，供後世瞻仰？
如果在飛機上心臟病發，屍體會藏在哪裡？
死亡或許讓人感到絕望或恐懼，作者卻透過生動犀利的筆觸，表達對生命的熱愛與尊敬。在她眼裡，死後的世界充滿了想像，但也記住，不是所有可怕的事情都有可能發生。
最後，聽我的忠告，死前千萬不要做這些事：
‧吃一包爆米花，試圖惡整火化人員。
‧囑咐家人留下你的頭蓋骨。
‧用最後的力氣扮鬼臉，好讓你用古怪的表情下葬。
本書特色
‧揉合科學研究與實戰經驗，兼具知識性與娛樂性。
‧以詼諧風趣的口吻，化解我們對死亡的恐懼。
‧書末附上五題快問快答，滿足無限的好奇心。
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作者六层楼先生着眼于女性在怀孕前后会遇到的问题，以轻松幽默、专业靠谱的“六”式科普，提供孕期健康指导，解答高频孕产问题，帮助怀孕女性以及每一位关心怀孕女性的人看到孕期及产后女性的生理、心理变化，并在知识和情感层面尽可能地给予支持，让每一位面对生育课题的女性，少一点焦虑、困惑，多一份笃定与理性。

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帶你仰視天空，聆聽候鳥的歸鄉心情。

　　一到春天和冬天，從南方飛來了好多好多的候鳥，
　　有綠頭鴨、黃雀、八色鳥、蜂鷹、夜鶯……
　　113種來自世界各地的鳥兒飛越又廣又大的天空，
　　走過數千、甚至數萬公里，就是為了到彼岸築巢、孵蛋和育雛。
　　為什麼牠們會堅持如此遙遠的飛行呢？
　　跟著候鳥們，一起來趟遷徙之旅！

本書特色

　　◆生命教育的引導：
　　帶領孩子從動物的故事來認識環境生態。候鳥為了生存不辭千里的奔波南北，途中也會遇到各種天敵，牠們依然不畏艱難地長途飛行。這些面對未知與困難的生存勇氣值得小讀者們學習。

　　◆環境保護的重要：
　　候鳥在飛行的過程中可能會遭遇獵殺，或是繁殖地或生存地的破壞，讓牠們無處可去。這些人類或有心或無意的行為，都更加嚴重的影響了動物的生活與生存。

　　◆動物知識的補充：
　　你知道候鳥斑頭雁的旅途中，會飛越世界最高的山嗎？透過牠們的故事，除了更加認識這些長途旅行的動物，也更加讚歎牠們生存的能力與勇氣。

　　◆無以比擬的壯闊圖畫：
　　鈴木守透過多幅仰角且充滿藝術價值的壯闊繪圖，讓讀者看見動物與自然的美；同時以美妙的文字，引導讀者充滿情意的來閱讀動物的故事。

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　　丁宗蘇（國立臺灣大學森林環境暨資源學系副教授）：
　　這本書更像是一本候鳥的百科全書……是一本大人與小孩都適合的繪本，透過逼真的繪圖與扼要的資訊，讓我們很快且深刻的了解鳥類長程遷移的艱辛與努力，以及這世界不同地區及鳥種的多元特色。我們的心，也跟著鳥兒飛揚起來了。

　　李貞慧（繪本教學推廣教師）：
　　各式各樣的候鳥既不用看地圖、也不用GPS導航系統，就能遠渡重洋飛回自己的出生地築巢、產卵、養育雛鳥，這是多麼令人驚異的能力啊。……推薦這本不只是候鳥知識圖鑑、而是傳達更深層生命價值與生命關懷的繪本給大家。

The Earth teems with sights and textures, sounds and vibrations, smells and tastes, electric and magnetic fields. But every animal is enclosed within its own unique sensory bubble, perceiving but a tiny sliver of an immense world. This book welcomes us into a previously unfathomable dimension—the world as it is truly perceived by other animals.
We encounter beetles that are drawn to fires, turtles that can track the Earth’s magnetic fields, fish that fill rivers with electrical messages, and humans that wield sonar like bats. We discover that a crocodile’s scaly face is as sensitive as a lover’s fingertips, that the eyes of a giant squid evolved to see sparkling whales, that plants thrum with the inaudible songs of courting bugs, and that even simple scallops have complex vision. We learn what bees see in flowers, what songbirds hear in their tunes, and what dogs smell on the street. We listen to stories of pivotal discoveries in the field, while looking ahead at the many mysteries which lie unsolved.
In An Immense World, author and acclaimed science journalist Ed Yong coaxes us beyond the confines of our own senses, allowing us to perceive the skeins of scent, waves of electromagnetism, and pulses of pressure that surround us. Because in order to understand our world we don’t need to travel to other places; we need to see through other eyes.

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What do obesity, insulin resistance, diabetes, fatty liver disease, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, stroke, neurological disorders, and premature death have in common? All can be stoked by high uric acid levels.
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《野鸟会躲藏》是广西师大出版社魔法象图画书王国推出的作品之一。
哪些野鸟会躲藏？ 躲在哪儿？怎么藏？野鸟为什么要藏？
从事野外鸟类观察，作者何华仁常会因为一群擅长躲藏的鸟，发现意想不到的惊喜。这些野鸟在自然环境中神出鬼没，施展各种躲藏本事，宛如戏法精湛、本事高超的魔法师。然而事实上，这些绚烂的躲藏技巧是它们与生俱来的基本生存之道。
本书作者为知名版画家，长期从事鸟类观察以及野鸟图画书创作。本书收录了14种拥有独特躲藏技巧的台湾野鸟。通过简洁、诗意的文字以及活泼可爱的图画，清楚地呈现出了野鸟与周遭环境的关系，让孩子可以在快乐的阅读中了解野鸟用什么方式躲藏，又会藏身在怎么样的环境。

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