The Chinese Maritime Customs Service, which was led by British staff, is often seen as one of the key agents of Western imperialism in China, the customs revenue being one of the major sources of Chinese government income but a source much of which was pledged to Western banks as the collateral for, and interests payments on, massive loans. This book, however, based on extensive original research, considers the lower level staff of the Chinese Maritime Customs Service, and shows how the Chinese government, struggling to master Western expertise in many areas, pursued a deliberate policy of encouraging lower level staff to learn from their Western superiors with a view to eventually supplanting them, a policy which was successfully carried out. The book thereby demonstrates that Chinese engagement with Western imperialists was in fact an essential part of Chinese national state-building, and that what looked like a key branch of Chinese government delegated to foreigners was in fact very much under Chinese government control.

Superintelligence asks the questions: what happens when machines surpass humans in general intelligence? Will artificial agents save or destroy us? Nick Bostrom lays the foundation for understanding the future of humanity and intelligent life.

The human brain has some capabilities that the brains of other animals lack. It is to these distinctive capabilities that our species owes its dominant position. If machine brains surpassed human brains in general intelligence, then this new superintelligence could become extremely powerful--possibly beyond our control. As the fate of the gorillas now depends more on humans than on the species itself, so would the fate of humankind depend on the actions of the machine superintelligence.

But we have one advantage: we get to make the first move. Will it be possible to construct a seed Artificial Intelligence, to engineer initial conditions so as to make an intelligence explosion survivable? How could one achieve a controlled detonation?

作者一宮操子（原名河原操子）自述其於二十世紀初，先後在清代的上海務本女學堂及內蒙古喀喇沁旗的毓正女學堂擔任教師的經歷與見聞。
當時的內蒙鮮有外國人進駐，作者以一女子孤身進入內蒙古喀喇沁貢桑諾爾布王府，是在日俄戰爭的背景下，受日本駐華公使內田康哉及武官青木宣純之命，肩負為日本軍方傳遞情報的祕密任務。當時日俄兩國都極力拉攏蒙古王公，以求擴展在中國東北的利益，而喀喇沁王貢桑諾爾布便是其中的重要人物。
本書雖未揭露作者的情報工作，但卻鮮活記錄了她在中國的教育事業及其所見之風俗、民情與物產文化等，是研究清代女子教育以及內蒙古的珍貴史料。
書末另附保田與重郎的〈河原操子〉長文。
*本書日文初版於1909年，書名《蒙古土產》；1944年再版，書名《新版蒙古土產》；後於1969年另更名為《カラチン王妃と私——モンゴル民族の心に生きた女性教師》重新出版。
*本書中譯版定名為《內蒙風物——喀喇沁王府的日本女教習》，唯內文係譯自1944年的版本，故書中收錄之日文版序跋，提及本書時，仍沿用《蒙古土產》此一初版書名。

眷村自一九七○年代萌芽發聲起，至一九八○年代眷村二代作家於文壇上曾喧譁一時。再至九○年代逐漸銷聲匿跡，一路走來，在臺灣文學史上，已經留下不可磨滅的深刻痕跡。臺灣當代的文學發展史，實與戰爭的硝煙，息息相關，密不可分。一九四九年以來，台海戰雲密布的背景及動盪的局勢，交織成一個苦難和壓抑的特殊年代，隔海交鋒的國共雙方，除了兵戎對峙之外，更是一場意志的抗衡。彼時，枕戈待旦的國軍，建構起筆與槍的隊伍，不少有志之士，用紙與筆點燃了他們心底熊熊的文學烈火。
這支槍與筆的隊伍裡，從詩歌、散文到小說，誕生了許多耀眼的寫手。詩人的隊伍中，被譽為「詩壇鐵三角」的洛夫、張默、瘂弦，所創辦的《創世紀》詩刊，最教人刮目相看，影響臺灣詩壇的走向逾一甲子。此外，傑出的小說與散文大家，從司馬中原、朱西甯、管管，到袁瓊瓊、蘇偉貞、朱天心、張啟疆等，書寫眷村生活的各個面向，為眷村文學陸續立下了功不可沒的豐碑。《眷村》雜誌採訪了這些眷村文學作家，寫出其現身說法的生命故事，由聯合文學出版社集結成書，為這個風雲變幻的時代，記錄了文學家的心路歷程。

出生在世永遠是嚴重的傷害
使人免受折磨的唯一方法，是自始就不要把人生下來
「生命糟透了，沒被生下來還比較好。誰那麼幸運？萬中無一。」——猶太妙語
「一想到把某人帶到世上，就讓我不寒而慄……願我的肉體澈底壞朽！願我永不會將活在世上的無聊和恥辱傳給任何人！」——福樓拜
「假使人是單憑純粹理性的行使，決定要不要生小孩，人類還會繼續存在嗎？」——叔本華
本書為反生育主義的經典著作。大多數人認為，誕生於此世或繁衍後代是件好事，或至少並非傷害；然而南非哲學家大衛・貝納塔挑戰了這樣的預設，他透過「痛苦與愉悅的不對稱性」、「生命品質並非好事減壞事」等論點證明，出生在世永遠是嚴重的傷害。貝納塔也據此主張人類不應生育，以免製造無謂的痛苦。在他看來，透過自然滅絕達到「零」人口，才是道德正確的做法。
人存活於世，必然會經歷各種痛苦，如肉體上的飢餓、口渴、疲累、老化、病痛與死亡；精神上的焦慮、壓力、恐懼、悲痛、無聊、寂寞與絕望。貝納塔認為，雖然人們的生活品質有高有低，但客觀而言，所有人的人生其實都遠比自身所想像的更痛苦。生命的正面特質對在世的人固然好，仍舊沒辦法抵銷隨之而來的負面特質。快樂的事或許存在，然而痛苦與愉悅並不對稱。在道德上，避免痛苦的重要性遠大於獲得快樂，因此「自始不曾出生」（沒有痛苦也沒有快樂），無論如何都優於出生在世。貝納塔也提出相關的心理運作現象（如波麗安娜效應、適應及比較等）證明，人類對自己生命品質的主觀判斷並不可靠。人們傾向記住正面的經驗、抑制傷痛的記憶，並且美化過去，事實上，現實生活遠不如想像中美好，不論採取哪一種評估生命品質的觀點，生命都是壞事。
既然「出生即是受苦」，那麼預防痛苦最有效的方式，就是不再製造新的生命。貝納塔認為，生下有知覺的生命，會為新生命帶來龐大的苦難，而造成這種傷害是錯的，因此，讓人類及其他有知覺的生命自然滅絕，才是道德正確的做法。據此，人非但沒有生育的義務，更有不生小孩的道德義務。
在本書後半部，貝納塔解析了他的主張對生育、身障權利、受誤生命、人工和輔助生殖有何意涵，並就人工流產、人口及滅絕問題提出他的見解。最後，貝納塔回應了樂觀者及宗教人士提出的反駁，並考察了關於死亡與自殺的議題。
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郭柏年│香港中文大學哲學系高級講師
林映彤│國立陽明交通大學心智哲學研究所副教授
「〔貝納塔〕正是出於對人類的慈悲，不忍下一代蒙受生而為人的痛苦，才反對生育與希望人類消失，從而根絕一切人類的苦難。……總括來說，本書立論新穎大膽，提出的議題亦十分重要。縱然論證層面上偶有簡略與失當之處，但其對常識與定見的挑戰，無疑值得深思。哪怕各位閱後不盡同意，相信也不會覺得枉然。畢竟哲學的可貴，並非給予答案，而在於有意義的發問。是次中文譯本面世，能讓華文世界的朋友以熟悉的語言一同思考此等重要課題，絕對是廣大讀者的佳音。」——郭柏年（香港中文大學哲學系高級講師）
「在臺灣出版這本書，有其微妙和有趣之處。肯定會出現這樣的反應：『臺灣出生率夠低了！居然還出這種勸人不要生小孩的書。』不過，也許正是因為公眾都將注意力放在生育率上，反而更適合或需要反生論的觀點。……好的哲學作品具備的價值往往包含諸多面向。本書提出發人深省的反生論主張，不僅提供讀者反思自身生命價值的素材，也深化了生命重大抉擇的考量。書中的議題，直搗我們身為人、出世、活著的核心意義，值得你我被此書挑戰和刺激一番。」——林映彤（國立陽明交通大學心智哲學研究所副教授）

從1624年荷蘭人在台南建立貿易商館開始，一直到清治（1684-1895）末年，台灣是落後的傳統農業經濟。日本統治台灣之後，推動基礎建設，包括公共衛生，土地調查，與建立交通系統，啟動了現代經濟成長。二戰結束後，在國民政府的管制政策下，經濟發展又陷入停滯。美援期間（1950-1965），在美方的主導與壓力下，部分的管制鬆綁，台灣逐漸回到市場經濟體制，並在1960年代初期走上高成長之路。<br /><br />台灣人所得水準在高成長期間長期持續提升，在人類歷史上極為罕見，因此被經濟學者視為奇蹟。本書說明，台灣四百年來經濟發展的軌跡驗證經濟學的觀點：自由市場的經濟制度最有利於經濟成長；而促成台灣經濟制度轉型的，是日本的殖民統治與美援。<br /><br />本書作者吳聰敏是台大經濟系名譽教授，主要研究興趣是台灣長期經濟成長。

罗琳（J. K. Rowling）的“哈利·波特”系列自1997年问世以来，透过小说和电影，这部饶富魔法趣味的作品已经成功引了全球数百万读者，各地的粉丝与罗琳的作品也一起成长，无论是当代的优秀作家或学者，都从中汲取过灵感。
这本书的作者从英国的神话和传奇角度出发，全面解读了罗琳的“哈利·波特”系列。本书广涉英国历史与斯堪地纳维亚中古文学等领域，带领读者追踪哈利·波特中隐藏的历史谱系，诸如纯血统巫师是否为诺曼人的反映、伏地魔是否为寻求恢复的专制君主、邓布利多是否为前凯尔特人德鲁伊哲学家、霍格沃茨魔法学校的各种象征的涵义等问题。作者认为，神话和传奇在某种程度上启发了人们的想象力和文学创作的欲望，因此在研究和理解人类文明史中占有一席之地。古欧洲的传说、中世纪文学、古典文学和近现代文学都是藉由集体想象力的渗透作用，C.S.刘易斯、J.R.R.托尔金、J.K.罗琳等作为现当代英国幻想文学的代表，其作品中体现的文明精神内核不容忽视。

"If you're even thinking about a job search, start here."- Marty Cagan, Silicon Valley Product GroupBased on 25 years of experience working with thousands of leaders - from early-career product managers to CEOs - Never Search Alone gives readers a time-tested, multi-step process (with exercises, tools, and templates) to find the right job now.Three big ideas animate Never Search Alone: Never Search Alone. Because your emotional balance is the most important thing you need to manage in a job search, you need a support group of fellow job seekers that will help you turn insecurity and anxiety into hope, motivation, confidence, and accountability. Candidate-Market Fit. If product-market fit drives company success, candidate-market fit drives career success. So, before you begin interviewing and networking you need to identify precisely what you want and what the market wants. Phyl shows how this key step will help you figure out the intersection between your hopes and dreams and market realities. Four Legs to the Negotiations Stool. There are *four* legs to the negotiations stool: compensation, budget, resources, and support. The last three drive your success in the next job, which is why Phyl asks job seeker's to emphasize that as much or even more than compensation (though, of course, they will also show you how to ask for more money).

Preface
In the Preface to the First Edition, I wrote about the public’s general ignorance of the
field of public health and my own uncertainty about what public health was when, in
1986, I first went to work for the newly established School of Public Health, a collaboration between the University at Albany and the New York State Department of Health. After working with public health professionals from the Department of Health to design curricula for the programs at the school, and after teaching an introductory course in public health for more than ten years in collaboration with many of the same health department faculty, I feel much more confident about what the term means. After the bioterrorism scare of 2001 and the public health disasters of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and Hurricane Sandy in 2012. I believe that the public has a better sense of the field as well.
This book was written as a text for an introductory course that could be included in the general education curriculum for college undergraduates. As I wrote in the Preface to the First Edition, I believe that every citizen of the United States should know something about public health, just as they should know something about democracy, law, and other functions of government. Public health issues are inherently interesting and important to almost everyone. They are featured almost every day on the front pages of newspapers and in the headlines of television news programs, although often they are not labeled as public health issues. One of my goals is to help people put these news stories into context when they occur.
The Fifth Edition of this textbook follows the plan of the first four editions, bringing it
up to date and including new developments in infectious disease, injury control,
environmental health controversies, the reform of the American healthcare system, and many other issues. I have illustrated public health principles by presenting stories that have been in the news; some of these stories have been ongoing sagas that have been supplemented with each edition. The Second and Third Editions focused on political interference with science, but as discussed in the Fourth Edition, the Obama administration vowed to restore honest science as a basis of policy decisions. Issues new to the Fifth Edition include the arrival of Ebola in the United States, involving the death of an African visitor and the involuntary quarantine of an uninfected healthcare worker returning from work in an affected country; the introduction of electronic cigarettes and questions of how they should be regulated; the importance of eating disorders as a major mental health issue; and the lawsuit by retired professional athletes against the National Football League for not disclosing risks of traumatic brain injury. Other issues discussed more extensively here are population growth and climate change as contributors to wars and migrations in the Middle East and the implementation of President Obama’s healthcare reform law, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
I have tried to make this book easily comprehensible to the general reader. One of the things that makes public health fascinating to me is the fact that it is often controversial, depending on political decisions as well as scientific evidence. The politics are frustrating to many practitioners, but it is often the politics that put public health in the headlines. I hope that by describing both the science and the politics, I will contribute to making public health as fascinating to the readers as it is to me.

An inclusive and landmark history, emphasizing how essential Asian American experiences are to any understanding of US history


Original and expansive, Asian American Histories of the United States is a nearly 200-year history of Asian migration, labor, and community formation in the US. Reckoning with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and the surge in anti-Asian hate and violence, award-winning historian Catherine Ceniza Choy presents an urgent social history of the fastest growing group of Americans. The book features the lived experiences and diverse voices of immigrants, refugees, US-born Asian Americans, multiracial Americans, and workers from industries spanning agriculture to healthcare.

Despite significant Asian American breakthroughs in American politics, arts, and popular culture in the 21st century, a profound lack of understanding of Asian American history permeates American culture. Choy traces how anti-Asian violence and its intersection with misogyny and other forms of hatred, the erasure of Asian American experiences and contributions, and Asian American resistance to what has been omitted are prominent themes in Asian American history. This ambitious book is fundamental to understanding the American experience and its existential crises of the early 21st century.

★ 火爆10年的短视频栏目全面集成与拓展
作者创立并主理Kurzgesagt—In a Nutshell（简而言之）栏目，用电脑风格的动画和绘图介绍种种科普内容，2013年年至今发布视频逾160条，在YouTube积累了近2000万订阅者，总播放量超20亿次，单条视频最高播放量近9000万！本书正是其中的主体部块免疫、微生物学内容的全方位集成和拓展。
★ 在日常生活中讲解免疫系统的抗病原理
感冒高热，发炎红肿，误碰毒物，细胞恶变……是免疫系统带着它的数万亿细胞苦战和坚守，让这些日常的健康波折没有成为致命灾害，让我们不会分分钟死掉。如此重要的人体系统，我们怎能不去多做了解，助力它更好地发挥作用？本书就是实现这一目标的好途径之一。
★ 时髦、突出的视觉风格
凸显电脑图形风（CG）的设计，是“简而言之”节目也是本书的突出视觉特色。本书的五十幅左右配图足以令人爱不释手，信息呈现时髦又清晰。
★ 通俗俏皮，可爱的大实话
本书的文风特色则是“亲切易懂”，用大量恰切的比喻帮读者轻松理解复杂的免疫学：普通体细胞是平民，免疫细胞是各种专门士兵，肠道有益菌是可爱小兔子，抗体是小龙虾……脚注中的吐槽更是本书一大特色，让你领略正文里无处安放的文身失败奇遇、ACG内部梗和对免疫学家命名的不满……
★ 新时代终身学习楷模；他可以，你也可以
德国信息设计师，因学习项目的偶然机会和自身的身体剧变——当然最终是因为对世界的强烈好奇——结识并热爱上了免疫领域，十数年间不断学习，成为广受欢迎的英语科普传播者。所涉内容不仅包括免疫、微生物学，更有天文学、核物理、宏观经济与人口、哲学……不一而足。知识能武装自己，也能帮助别人。他可以，你也可以。
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既直观、轻松，又精准、实用，还不乏时尚、极客的气息，这就是本书呈现给你“免疫”知识的方式。它以故事性的讲解和风格鲜明的插图，描述人体的免疫机制、免疫系统的各组成部分、各类细胞及重要蛋白（抗体、MHC、细胞因子等），与人有关的各种微生物（包括益生菌和各种病原体），以及多方的相互作用，介绍自愈、发炎、流行病、抗菌、抗病毒、寄生虫、过敏、疫苗、癌症、自身免疫性疾病等种种健康议题，帮你过上更为轻松安泰、胸有成竹的现代人生。

New details about the founding of China's Navy reveals critical historical context and insight into future strategy
From 1949 to 1950, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) made crucial decisions to establish a navy and secure China's periphery. The civil war had been fought with a peasant army, yet in order to capture key offshore islands from the Nationalist rival, Mao Zedong needed to develop maritime capabilities. Mao's Army Goes to Sea is a ground-breaking history of the founding of the Chinese navy and Communist China's earliest island-seizing campaigns.
In this definitive account of a little-known yet critical moment in China's naval history, Toshi Yoshihara shows that Chinese leaders refashioned the stratagems and tactics honed over decades of revolutionary struggle on land for nautical purposes. Despite significant challenges, the PLA ultimately scored important victories over its Nationalist foes as it captured offshore islands to secure its position.
Drawing extensively from newly available Chinese-language sources, this book reveals how the navy-building process, sea battles, and contested offshore landings had a lasting influence on the PLA. Even today, the institution's identity, strategy, doctrine, and structure are conditioned by these early experiences and myths. Mao's Army Goes to Sea will help US policymakers and scholars place China's recent maritime achievements in proper historical context ― and provide insight into how its navy may act in the future.

在現今許多人的認知中，「吳越」文化是「 華夏 」文化的一部分，是非常順理成章、毋庸置疑的概念。臥薪嘗膽的越王勾踐，也已經成為中國歷史中最勵志的道德傳奇故事。然而另一方面，現今我們一聽到「越」（Viet），腦中會立刻閃過 #越南 人及其歷史與文化，並不會立刻與歷史上的「吳越」、「百越」產生聯想，彷彿兩者之間沒有關係。這又是何故？
何謂越？越人又是誰？越人和中國人之間又是何種關係？本書可謂是首次全面、深入地分析「越」這個漢字標籤背後所隱藏的歷史真相。透過作者錢德樑（Erica Fox Brindley）的精彩研究，解答了很多與越相關的歷史文化上的疑問。

•在越南，為什麼中國菜有很高的評價，能位居越南男性人生願望清單首要項目？（另外兩項是法式房子和日本妻子）
•備受喜愛的十四週大受精鴨蛋在許多國家被禁止，但是眾多無畏的越南人在自家農場祕密生產，避過官方檢測。凝固的鴨血在親朋好友的聚會上成了禁忌的祕密。
•越南食物的魅力，當倫敦第一家越南長棍三明治店在市中心開業時，排隊的人龍遠遠繞過街角；越南長棍三明治如今可以和傳統的西式三明治激烈競爭；越南河粉也再度受到西方世界級大都會裡最講究的人們讚不絕口。
越南美食曾經鮮為人知，如今在東西方各地卻已大受喜愛。數千年來的累積，讓越南飲食融合東西方不同的風貌，並保有獨特的性格，例如長達千年的中國統治與近代的法國殖民，都深深影響著越南飲食。
歷史學家武紅蓮利用考古證據、口述與書面歷史，以及全面且深入的研究，完成了這部複雜且令人驚奇的越南飲食歷史，從史前時代食用軟體動物開始，到必經的狩獵採集、農業畜牧的發展，在這片豐饒的土地上，越南人快適的生活，使其能製作出精美的物件與工具，且多方嘗試各種食材的運用。
然而安住大陸一角，卻難避其他大國覬覦，中國千年統治，在飲食上帶入了豆腐、燒烤、包子等，至今在越南人生活中重要場合仍必見蹤影的食物；還有十九世紀的法國殖民，更是讓聞名的法國麵包重新變身成越南長棍麵包，並反向輸出至原產地。本書揭示了越南美食經歷的漫長旅程，如何成為今天備受喜愛的美食

本書為秦漢史重量級學者邢義田利用Google地球遙觀秦漢所修築之長城的研究成果。作者藉Google地球，搭配前人的研究以及史書中的記載，考察出長城的經緯度，也找到許多以往研究及實地調查中未曾報導過的長城遺址，對今後的長城研究及考古發掘有所助益。書中使用了許多經緯度資料、空照圖、地形圖，以及數百張Google地球的截圖，以圖像及數據，帶領讀者一探秦漢長城的遺跡。

本書將年鑑學派史家布羅岱爾之「地中海模式」的歷史研究概念運用於東亞海域之中，嘗試以客觀角度、批判性地運用編年較為嚴格的貫時性漢語文獻，架構出福建-澎湖-臺灣這一海域與東亞南北數個海域交換區的關係。作者全面性地承繼了19世紀以來歐洲漢學界對此一區域的研究成果，並以現代歷史書寫的標準重新加以審視，期望能在不破壞文本脈絡的情況下，扎實地建構科學性的認識。本書乃是具備當代性、同時面對專業與一般讀者的早期臺灣史概論典範。

明治、大正、昭和における中国人留学生の活動についての論考15編を収録する。これほど多くの中国人留学生が一つの国、または地域で学業に従事したことは極めて特異な事例であると言える。「第Ⅰ部　明治期の留学開始の諸相」に収めた6編は、いずれも明治期の、中国人留学生と日本との関係が開始される時期を取り扱っている。「第Ⅱ部　大正・昭和期の受け入れ側の諸相」の4編では、大正から昭和期にかけて中国人留学生を受け入れた日本側の各学会と教育機関などの諸相を取り上げている。「第Ⅲ部　日中戦争期と戦後の留学生の諸相」は、日中戦争期と戦後に至る時期の中国人留学生の活躍と戦争を挟んだ時期の歪みの諸相を取り上げる論文5編を収めている。

【論「挽救面子」：西方挪用簡史】
奇邁可（Michael Keevak，臺灣大學外文系教授）在本書中追索近200年來西方對中國「面子」概念的接受情形，並主張它一直與19世紀的殖民主義有所關連。「Lost face」與「Save face」在歐洲語言中如此常見，以致絕大多數使用者甚至察覺不到它們其實源自中國。「面子」在所有東亞文化裡都極為複雜且有多種定義。包含舉止得宜與避免衝突，囊括個人在社會中的地位與人際關係。人們有「給面子」、「討面子」、「爭面子」、「撕破臉」與其他一系列的表達方式。但當它於19世紀中葉為西方貿易界所知時，被曲解到只剩「丟了面子」、「保住面子」這兩個明顯被用來暗示西方人屈辱、困窘、榮譽與名聲的短語。中國人被評價為一個極度害怕「丟了面子」的民族，在西方不斷的糾正之下持續徒勞地想「挽回」面子。「丟了面子」或許是一種真正的中國表達方式，但「保住面子」則不同。「Save face」實際上是西方人的發明。

The facts, not the fiction, of America’s immigration experience

Immigration is one of the most fraught, and possibly most misunderstood, topics in American social discourse—yet, in most cases, the things we believe about immigration are based largely on myth, not facts. Using the tools of modern data analysis and ten years of pioneering research, new evidence is provided about the past and present of the American Dream, debunking myths fostered by political opportunism and sentimentalized in family histories, and draw counterintuitive conclusions, including:



Upward Mobility: Children of immigrants from nearly every country, especially those of poor immigrants, do better economically than children of U.S.-born residents – a pattern that has held for more than a century.

Rapid Assimilation: Immigrants accused of lack of assimilation (such as Mexicans today and the Irish in the past) actually assimilate fastest.

Improved Economy: Immigration changes the economy in unexpected positive ways and staves off the economic decline that is the consequence of an aging population.

Helps U.S. Born: Closing the door to immigrants harms the economic prospects of the U.S.-born—the people politicians are trying to protect.
Using powerful story-telling and unprecedented research employing big data and algorithms, Abramitzky and Boustan are like dedicated family genealogists but millions of times over. They provide a new take on American history with surprising results, especially how comparable the “golden era” of immigration is to today, and why many current policy proposals are so misguided.