It begins with a father who tells the best of stories, on the brink of a journey. Before leaving, his two young children clamour for stories, and he tells them, just one more. This would be the last story he ever tells. Hosseini himself is a master storyteller who needs no introduction, and while his latest may prove different from his earlier novels, it definitely stands on its own. Fragmented into smaller tales of varying viewpoints from different times and places, the narratives expertly woven into a single whole, its tone set by that first story – heartbreaking, haunting, with no clear answers in sight whether a decision made is right or wrong.

The title of this debut  is already fascinating – what could a golem and a djinni have to do with each other? How many of us have even considered them as beings of the same world? After all, a golem is a creature of Jewish mythology, while a djinni is decidedly Arabic. However, in this novel, at the turn of the 19th century, a golem and a djinni happened to meet. In New York. Both displaced from their respective worlds, feeling lost due to their ties to mortals. Both found something in the other that they didn’t know they needed. While this fantasy may seem to be about a clash of cultures on the surface – and does touch on that somewhat – it is really about the immigrant experience, unlikely friendships, and the intricacies of human nature.

Charlotte Street centers on Jason Priestly (no, not the former cast member of Beverly Hills 90210) who is stuck in a rut. After losing his girlfriend and quitting his teaching job to pursue his passion for journalism, things are still not looking up. One day, he decides to help a woman struggling with her packages to get into a cab, and they share a brief smile before the cab pulls away. Moments later, he finds that he is holding her disposable camera which would undoubtedly provide clues to her whereabouts. So begins Jason's quest to reunite with this girl with the blue coat and a beautiful smile. More than your typical boy-meets-girl affair, Charlotte Street is a hilarious story about continuing to get up after life kicks you down and taking charge of our own fate, written by the same author of the delightfully enchanting memoir, Yes Man.

What if being a superhero is almost like being a celebrity, where you are constantly broadcasted in your own TV programme? In Stern Bild, a futuristic metropolis, HERO TV is a hugely popular programme that broadcasts activities of various heroes and heroines in their efforts to fight crime. Wild Tiger is a veteran hero whose ratings are low, and may be in danger of losing sponsors if he doesn’t step up in his game. In hopes to improve his ratings, he was paired with Barnaby – whom he nicknames “Bunny” – a rookie with an attitude problem. As if foiling super-powered villains’ plans isn’t hard enough, now he has to deal with a mismatched partner who will make or break his career!

In the modern business world, getting heard and accepted in this noisy, crowded, ever-changing marketplace has never been harder. How do you break out of this situation? The Power of Why might be the answer. Drawing from years of research and experience as a consultant, C. Richard Weylman argues that being customer-centric would be the cure for you to stand out and succeed in today’s world. This book is designed with step-by-step details on how to get to the real reason why people buy from you. It will also guide you on how to use this information effectively in your marketing efforts. Use the Power of Why wisely; turn your loyal, neutral customers into delighted advocates.

Acclaimed historian, Michael Burleigh, begins this book with the story of Imperial Japan’s occupation in Asia from the early 1942, taking us through the struggles for independence in some of the 'faraway places' after the end of Western colonial empires. He underpins these accounts with deep analysis, journeying historical routes in places like Africa, Palestine, Cuba, Korea, Indochina and Malaya, reframing the mid 20th century conflicts that are still looming today. None of these stories are new but with Burleigh's rich observations, we are taken into parts of history that we have never looked into before.

Two young fish are swimming down the river and bump into an older fish that says, “Good morning boys. How’s the water?” The younger one replies with a question, “What’s water?” If you have found your element, something that feels so completely natural to you - congratulations! You live your life in your element and feel you’re doing exactly what you were born to do. But many people do not. With the success of The Element, Ken Robinson offers the tools, techniques and advice in his latest book to guide you to finding your element so as you may also live as Confucius said, “Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.”

How to create a pleasantly soothing/striking visual combination that captures people’s attention and make them linger a little longer? Visual contrast is the key answer: from shapes, sizes, forms, colours to objects’ placement and personality. By following Rundle’s formulaic concepts and techniques, one could playfully materialize wonderful mixture of visual display that works. Meant to inspire, so be inspired.

Sakyong Mipham, son of the revered Tibetan meditation teacher Chogyam Rinpoche, writes with insight and clarity on the relationship between meditation (the training of the mind) and running (the training of the body). Whether you are running for the sake of putting another marathon title under your belt or to find the integration of mind and body, this book will inspire you to look inwards and practice mindfulness as you run. Just like in meditation, mindfulness brings contentment and stability. A stable mind creates the foundation for a happier and more contented person. This inspiring read is a healthy approach to running and life in general. Read the book, slip into your running shoes and run with a different mindset today!

The title of the book already reveals much of its contents – You’re All Just Jealous of My Jetpack is the Tom Gauld’s tongue-in-cheek comment that literary fiction (or the readers of) tend to look down on science fiction. A slim volume that collects some of the comic strips that were originally published in the Guardian, you’ll see Gauld at his best – dark, droll and irreverent. Sometimes commentaries on popular culture (from literature to art, philosophy); oft digs on the society and everything in between, his distinctive style is an amalgamation of deceptively simple art and devilishly funny punchlines.

It’s junior year in high school, and Butter has just announced that he is going to eat himself to death on New Year’s Eve – while broadcasting it live. It’s no idle threat; Butter is morbidly obese and has been bullied as long as he could remember. He expected indifference, but what happened instead is instant popularity. Suddenly classmates are falling over themselves to befriend him, in hopes of winning bets of what his “last meal” would be. For the first time in his life, people were treating him with something other than pity or disgust. Butter is funny, but it isn’t an easy read. It articulates not just the desire to be seen and known beyond what’s on the surface, but also the complicity of standing by and not saying anything when we see something bad happening before us.

What do you do, if you wanted to see a whale? Well, aside from sitting and waiting by a window, near the ocean … what else can you do? Here begins a quest of not-to-dos, as a little boy and his dog go in search of the elusive whale. Reminiscent of yet another whale tale, Simon James’ Dear Greenpeace, it’s a wonderfully imaginative adventure albeit told differently, with much winsome humour and in a more lyrical way.

罪全書

蜘蛛

史上唯一現實版「無間道」在此登場！

一名犯罪天才，一名天賦異稟的刑警；兩人完全不同的生命際遇，卻逐漸交錯纏繞。。。

不寂寞，也不愛情

許常德

一個新的族群正在竄起，你是否也深陷其中？

他們不寂寞。只是，也不愛情。愛情在生活的流轉中消逝了。

星期八 我會自己讀．故事小書包 第三輯

施佩歧、星期八編輯部等

適合學齡前孩子閱讀的小小故事書，長度剛剛好、內容剛剛好、趣味剛剛好，

可以讓孩子隨身攜帶，輕鬆的打開書、愛上書。

一色真人短篇集---小時候---(全)

一色真人

小時候，我們一定都喜歡過某個男孩或女孩，甚至，在你的生命裡留下不可抹滅的印象。

本書同時收錄一色真人早期連載短篇「傻瓜。」，總計厚達350頁的動人故事，一次完美呈現！