Worksong: written by Gary Paulsen (PZ8.3.P28P28 1997)

Synopsis

This talented pair celebrates the work ethic with sensitivity and grace—and reminds us of the quiet dignity that exists in everyday lives. People at work, doing things that are so essential to us all, are lyrically depicted in Gary Paulsen's spare and elegant verse and in Ruth Wright Paulsen's richly textured oil paintings.

Annotation

Illustrations and rhyming text depict people doing all kinds of work.

Publishers Weekly

From truck driver to cafeteria cook, from nurse to deep-sea diver-"All the things there are to be" gather together in this gentle rhyming hymn to the dignity of work. Here, work is the common tie that binds, rather than the distinction that sets individuals apart. In both words and pictures, the efforts of people who spend themselves in everyday work muster a communal force-whether it is a group of office workers at their "glowing screens," the truck-farming duo of father and daughter arranging their produce, or the solitary roofer. Gary Paulsen's couplets sometimes strike a whimsical note ("ice cream cones to lick and wear"), but more often touch the heart ("gentle arms that lift and hold,/ and all the soldiers brave and bold"). Ruth Wright Paulsen's textured, slightly muted oil paintings enrich the text and set off an emotional reverberation. Throughout, the subtlety of gestures (rather than facial expressions) and of concrete words (rather than feelings) keeps sentimentality at bay

Sea change: alone across the Atlantic in a wooden boat (G470.N51 1997)

Synopsis

Peter Nichols and his wife bought and restored an old wooden sailboat, Toad, and lived aboard it for five years, sailing through the Caribbean and across the Atlantic to Europe, where their marriage broke up. Sea Change is the story of Nichols's return to the sea alone. In the middle of the ocean, the twenty-seven-foot engineless Toad springs a leak, and Nichols struggles to keep his boat afloat. As he tests the limits of his courage and the depths of his fear, he discovers more than he knew about his marriage, his boat, and himself. Nichols shares his love of the sea, the literature of the small-boat sailors who have gone before him, and his own unsuspected strength and grace when faced with catastrophe.

Publishers Weekly

"The leak and I are in a race to dry land," Nichols writes one month into his single-handed voyage from England to Maine in a 27-foot, wooden sailboat. Lovingly restored over five years with his wife, J., Toad represents to him both a home created and a love that failed. As the leak increases mid-ocean and the reality of the miles left to travel in an increasingly unsafe craft grows clearer, Nichols recalls his years with J. and who he was before them. The two had lived aboard Toad in the Virgin Islands, chartering to tourists when they needed money, and Nichols recalls the sighs of envy at what to others appeared an idyllic existence. But their companionship was far from idyllic, something that hits him full-force when in the middle of the Atlantic, Nichols finds J.'s diaries. Despite rising waters belowdecks, Nichols, buoyed by faith in his little ship and in his ability to navigate, refuses to believe that he will not make shore. Until knee-deep in water, he hesitates to radio a Mayday. With the massive container ship that will rescue him approaching, "the size and appearance of a mall nearing the end of construction," the reader wants to scoop Toad out of the vast, impersonal sea, so clearly has Nichols portrayed his home as a living thing. The ultimate reward of a challenge, Nichols learns, need not be what one originally aimed for. Must we cast ourselves offshore to discover ourselves? The metaphorical message here is, yes. BOMC alternate; author tour. (June)

Real time strategic change: how to involve an entire organization in fast and far-reaching change (HD58.8.J15 1997)

Synopsis

 

A top business consultant presents an eye-opening guide to fast, effective corporate change, based on successful experiences of organizations such as Marriott Hotel and Seattle Metro. "This approach made a real difference when we needed to move fast".--Donald Petersen, retired CEO, Ford Motor Company.

Annotation

A top business consultant presents an eye-opening guide to fast, effective corporate change, based on successful experiences of organizations such as Marriott Hotel and Seattle Metro. "This approach made a real difference when we needed to move fast."--Donald Petersen, retired CEO, Ford Motor Company.

Publishers Weekly

Business consultant Jacobs promotes here a strategy that involves both managers and employees in planning and incorporating change throughout companies on a regular basis. He stresses that ``real time strategic change,'' which ``involves an entire organization in fundamental, far-reaching and fast-paced change,'' unleashes ``extraordinary energy and optimism'' among employees by focusing their attention on mastering change and achieving business goals, a process Jacobs contends rarely happens in American companies. He argues that democratic procedures allow employees to develop loyalty to organizations ``they want to call their own.'' Jacobs's organizational theories make good sense. Illustrated. Executive Program Book Club selection. (Sept.)

 

You're retired, now what?: money skills for a comfortable retirement (HG179.Y7Y7 1998)

Synopsis

Plenty of books tell you how to plan for retirement. This book tells you how to manage it once you are there.

Retirement: A time in your life when you should be kicking back and relaxing on a sandy beach or a golf course, without a care in the world. Right? Well, these days it's a bit more complicated than that. With Social Security and Medicare hanging in the balance, questions and uncertainties abound: Will you have enough money? Will you need a part-time job? Do you have adequate health insurance? Here is the road map you need for a comfortable, stress-free retirement—complete with sandy beaches, if that's your preference. Ron and Murray Yolles, a father-and-son team who have advised retirees on money matters for fifty years, provide a solid, down-to-earth plan for a successful retirement, covering everything from the best investment strategies to maximizing retirement plans and IRAs.

"Will your money last? This book helps make sure it does for the millions of Americans entering retirement, answering this key question and many more in an easy-to-read, friendly way." —Jean-Marie Eveillard, President, SoGen Funds.

"You're Retired, Now What? is a great read to help clear one's mind of all the conflicting financial advice that exists today." —David Herro, CFA, Partner, Director of International Equities The Oakmark International Funds.

Biography

Ronald M. Yolles, JD, CFA is an attorney and certified financial analyst. He is the President and Senior Portfolio Manager of Yolles Investment Management, Inc. He has been quoted widely in the national and local media and was a speaker at the 1995 Schwab National Financial Advisors Conference. Murray Yolles, JD, MBA, Ron's father, has extensive experience and expertise in estate planning and tax issues.

 

 

 

The international business book: all the tools, tactics, and tips you need for doing business across cultures (HD62.4.G99M43 1995)

Synopsis

 

Global business is more than a vision of the future; it is a present reality for hundreds of thousands of managers from enterprises great and small. If you are one of them, and travel on business, you know that cross-cultural dealings make great demands on our interpersonal skills. The territory is strange and local habits perplexing. You know that forming good relationships is essential to doing good business, but how are you doing in those relationships? Your messages were strong and clear back at home, but how do they sound in new environments?

The International Business Book invites you to assess your own attitudes and performances, as a business partner and as a communicator. Packed with case studies, checklists, games and quizzes, the book challenges your assumptions about other cultures and offers practical advice on building positive and productive business relationships. Whether you are heading for a major conference, an international presentation, meetings with new customers, or a hard negotiation, The International Business Book will help you perform at your best.

"This book is not to be saved up for the plane—read it well beforehand and take time to digest it." — John Clark, Gillette International

"Full of excellent suggestions on how to be more sensitive to the values and cultures of others and how to communicate better in the global marketplace." — Dr. Martin Posth, Volkswagen AG

"This book is both informative and instructive for creative global managers in international communications." — Toshio Baba Tokyo Consulting Boutique Inc.

 

Writing the research paper: a handbook (LB2369.W72M13 2003)

Synopsis

This guide will be useful for high school students and undergraduates who are embarking for the first time on writing a research paper. Printed in a handy spiral bound format that lies flat, the text describes library organization, research strategies, how to use Internet search engines, paper format, writing techniques, and methods of citing sources. Sample papers and a list of reference works in major disciplines are included. Annotation c. Book News, Inc.,Portland, OR

We've got to start meeting like this (HF5734.5.M85N33 1996)

Synopsis

A tremendous amount of time is lost in business every day because of ineffective meetings. This dynamic book demonstrates how to have fewer meetings and get better results. It explains how meeting management practices and attitudes have changed, and the most appropriate and effective meeting formats to obtain timely, high-quality, group decisions.

 

In the cities and jungles of Brazil (F2517.R14 1995)

Synopsis

Drawing on stays made over a half-dozen years, Paul Rambali - a natural storyteller with a sharp eye for contradiction - dissolves the sugarcoating common to travel writing on Brazil. Carnaval and Copacabana take a backseat as Rambali propels us on a wild-side walk through this enigmatic nation on the brink. Tracing back the abundant miseries of the Brazilians, Rambali goes from Third World megalopolis to virgin rain forest, where he is confronted with hard and perhaps irreconcilable truths about our drive to build cities, and our romance with the jungle. Here is a country where gunmen are hired to get rid of the orphans who live homeless at the feet of luxury high-rises; where an illiterate population gets its news from TV soaps; where animist religion - Macumba - pervades everything, but an evangelical church, waging "holy war" against it, collects millions from destitute true believers, where gangsters provide shantytowns with everything from electricity to law and order. Here is the last frontier of the New World, where greed, ambition, and folly are the circumstances of daily life. In prose that is vivid, impressionistic, and occasionally novelistic, Paul Rambali captures Brazil's vitality even as he reveals its manifold paradoxes and absurdities. The result is an unsettling account of paradise lost, by a writer whose genuine affection for his subject never clouds the sharp truth of his vision.

Publishers Weekly

In Rio, we're told here, a hired gun will kill a child for $70; the price for an adult is $250. Between 1984 and 1989, nearly 1400 minors met violent deaths, most of them 14 to 18 years old, but 59 of them were under 10. Crime, poverty and corruption are integral parts of the appallingly poor, fabulously rich, gay, sad, innocent, decadent, magical and sensuous Brazil scene which Rambali ( French Blues: A Journey in Modern France ) depicts with affection, horror, intimacy and keen perception. As both a teller of tales and an incisive reporter, he covers the society across its many tiers, from the Indians of the denuded rain forests to the towers and slums of Rio, its sexual scene, intellectual and artistic life, festivals, history, politicians, media moguls, criminals and party-goers. Into this glittering fabric, Rambali weaves his love affair with a Sao Paulo university student and his perceptions of various friends and acquaintances. No conventional travelogue, this is a vivid profile of a vast, complex country. (Apr.)

Angels & demons (PS3552.B81b 2000)

Synopsis

An ancient secret brotherhood.
A devastating new weapon of destruction.
An unthinkable target.

San Francisco Chronicle

A breathless, real-time adventure....Exciting, fast-paced, with an unusually high IQ.

Ten houses: Gwathmey Siegel (NA7239.R44 1995)

Synopsis

Firm Profile: Gwathmey Siegel & Associates is one of the country's most acclaimed and honored architectural firms. Since its inception in 1967, its work has ranged in scale from distinguished arts and educational facilities and major corporate buildings to furniture systems and decorative arts objects. In 1994 the office won an international competition to design the Nanyang Polytechnic in Singapore, a 75-acre, 2.3 million-square-foot comprehensive university campus. Among its many notable recent achievements are the Contemporary Resort Convention Center at Walt Disney World; the Solomon Equities office building in New York: the School of Agriculture, the Fieldhouse and Basketball Arena, and the Theory Center at the College of Engineering at Cornell University; Werner Otto Hall, The Busch Reisinger Museum, and Fine Arts Library addition to the Fogg Museum at Harvard University; and the restoration and addition to Frank Lloyd Wright's Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York. Projects under construction include the Henry Art Museum, University of Washington, Seattle; the Social Sciences Building at the University of California at San Diego; and the Science, Industry and Business Library of the New York Public Library.

Residential work continues to be a foundation of Gwathmey Siegel's investigations. Since the design of the Gwathmey Residence and Studio in Amagansett in 1964, the building of houses has been seen as an important laboratory for the exploration of architectural strategies. This volume examines developments in the firm's work over the past sixteen years, and features the deMenil, Spielberg, and Bechtler residences, as well as designs for houses in California, New England, Texas, and Taiwan.

About The Author
Originally from Buenos Aires, Oscar Riera Ojeda is an editor and designer who practices in the United States, South America and Europe from his office in Boston. He is vice-director of the Spanish-Argentinian magazine Casas Internacional, and is the creator of several series of architectural publications for Rockport Publishers in addition to the Single Building series, including Ten Houses, Contemporary World Architects, Architecture in Detail and Art and Architecture. Other architectural publications include the New American series for the Whitney Library of Design, as well as several monographs on the work of renowned architects.

Ten houses: Enrique Browne (NA869.R44 1997)

Synopsis

Firm Profile: The firm Enrique Browne & Associates, Architects, was founded in 1990 after its principal parted from his previous associates, Eduardo San Martin and Patricio Wenborne. He was also partners with Ricardo Judson for two years. The current firm has fluctuated between ten and twenty people, depending on the project load.

Enrique Browne received his Architecture degree in 1965 and a Masters in Urbanism in 1968. Both degrees were conferred by Universidad Catolica de Chila with "Highest Honors." From 1969 to 1971 he was granted a fellowship by the Ford Foundation to complete advanced studies at the Joint Center for Urban Studies (MIT and Harvard University), the Joint Unit for Planning Research (London University), and the Japan Center for Area Development Research.

Upon his return to Chile, he became professor at the Center for Urban Studies and was later unanimously named Secretary General of the Universidad Catolica. In 1974 he began to devote himself entirely to architecture. His first work, Houses on Charles Hamilton Street, received "First Prize" in the II Architectural Biennial of Santiago, Chile. He was subsequently awarded fifteen prizes and honorable mentions in other Biennials of different countries, including "Steele Cube" at the II Buenos Aires International Biennial, "Silver Medal" at the World Biennial of Architecture in Sofia (Bulgaria), and another "First Prize at the X Architectural Biennial of Santiago, Chile.

Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (BF76.7.P96 1994)

Synopsis

This new, fourth edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, the first revision since the 1983 edition, offers updated information in four key areas: reporting statistics; writing without bias; preparing manuscripts with a word processor for electronic production; and publishing research in accordance with ethical principles of scientific publishing.

Two goals shape the changes throughout the fourth edition: (a) to encourage authors to write about their research with specificity and (b) to write about their participants with sensitivity and accuracy.

Regular users of the Publication Manual will find the chapters on editorial style and manuscript preparation to be comfortably familiar and a bit easier to use than in previous editions. Manuscript format requirements are more flexible and enable authors to take advantage of default settings available on most word processors.

The Publication Manual gives you all the information you need about the process of publication---from organizing, writing, keying, and submitting your manuscript, to seeing the accepted manuscript through production and publication. Plus, this fourth edition raises awareness of ethics issues in publishing and of choosing accurate, sensitive words in describing people.

Annotation

Guidelines to reduce bias/ electronic media, legal materials/use of word processing/etc

 

 

 

Around the world in eighty days (PZ7.V59Ar6 1992)

Synopsis

On a wager, the eccentric English gentleman Phileas Fogg accepts a challenge to circle the globe in 80 days. Follow Phileas and his faithful valet, Passepartout, in this fantastic adventure. 1 MP3 CD.

Annotation

In 1872 Phileas Fogg wins a bet by traveling around the world in seventy-nine days, twenty-three hours, and fifty-seven minutes.

Publishers Weekly

The sounds of a chugging steam engine and the orchestral movie-score strains that open this program set the stage for Dale's top-drawer performance of this much-loved adventure story. As one could set a clock by eccentric Phileas Fogg's daily routine, Fogg shocks everyone when he bets his personal fortune that he can complete the trip proposed in the book's title and then sets off on the wild trip. Listeners can almost envision a twinkle in Dale's eye as he delivers the lines of Fogg's traveling companion and man-servant Passepartout in an entertaining, though not over-the-top, French accent. Dale's vibrant, never-hurried reading is pleasantly punctuated by background music of the era at chapter breaks. A bonus afterword notes that this new edition pays homage to Listening Library's very first recording in 1955, of this same book. The added material also mentions the historical and social context of Verne's writings about other cultures, the tone of which would be considered insensitive or offensive by many people today. Ages 8-up. (Jan.)

The mayor of Casterbridge (PZ7.H22M45 1992)

Synopsis

Michael Henchard is an out-of-work hay-trusser who gets drunk at a local fair and impulsively sells his wife Susan and baby daughter. Eighteen years later Susan and her daughter seek him out, only to discover that he has become the most prominent man in Casterbridge. Henchard attempts to make amends for his youthful misdeeds but his unchanged impulsiveness clouds his relationships in love as well as his fortunes in business. Although Henchard is fated to be a modern-day tragic hero, unable to survive in the new commercial world, his story is also a journey towards love. This edition is the only critically established text of the novel, based on a comprehensive study of the manuscript and Hardy's extensive revisions.

 

A Christmas carol (PZ7.D55C46 1992)

Synopsis

Dickens Christmas Books, in Large Print, Volume 1: A Christmas Carol is the first and most popular in a series of five novels that Charles Dickens wrote for the Christmas season. This LARGE PRINT edition is designed in 14-point Century Schoolbook for easy reading and includes an original introduction as well as a bonus essay (A Christmas Tree). The familiar story of A Christmas Carol, about Ebenezer Scrooge and the three spirits who haunt him, has brought a healing touch to generations of readers. Despite many film and TV adaptations, the Dickens original remains the most powerful telling of this memorable tale.

 

SPSS與統計應用分析 (HA32.W95T79 2007)

本版新增一章介紹Amos&SEM
不僅是統計應用的參考書，更是從事量化研究的工具書！
隨書附贈光碟:
＊ SPSS套裝軟體初體驗的操作手冊。
＊ 統計方法初學者的應用指南。
＊ 方便統整報表結果、詮釋報表內容，是論文寫作的最佳參考工具書。

　　 本書以學習者應用取向的觀點，探究如何以統計套裝軟體來分析與解釋量化的資料。內容涵括行為科學量化研究中，統計方法的理論與實務方法應用，包括基本統計與高等統計的應用分析、單變量與多變量統計的分析研究、母數統計與無母數統計的分析研究、問卷的信效度考驗與試題分析外，更新增一章介紹 Amos與結構方程模式。
　　 書籍內容兼顧SPSS視窗版中、英文操作介面解說與操作、基本量化研究概念的釐清與方法選用、輔以例題及實際範例說明，使讀者對統計分析的前後脈絡有完整的概念。詳盡的報表說明，讓讀者對呈現的數據有深入而清晰的了解；結果的呈現與統整說明可作為論文或研究撰寫的參考。

Namo FreeMotion 2006 網頁動畫e點通 (TR897.7.Tz99 2007)

特色

1.全面破解Namo FreeMotion的基本概念與使用方法。
2.掌握製作Flash動畫的操作技巧，完成時尚流行的動畫作品。
3.熟練Flash影片的匯入、匯出、編輯、發佈等應用技巧，快速上網分享作品。
4.學會內建動畫特效的應用技巧，輕鬆一點，酷炫特效動起來。
5.簡易ActionScript，程式設計不求人。

藝術史的原則(N5300.W83Ts78 1993)

古典藝術與巴洛克藝術間之基本差異何在？不同文化、不同時代背景下，看來似乎混亂的藝術發展，是否有一基本模式可依循？本書針對這些問題，由沃夫林教授以五組對立的概念，客觀地檢視畫像的型態、性質與模式，例如：從線性到繪畫性的發展；從平面性到後退性的發展；從閉鎖形式到開放形式的發展……等五組比較類型之轉變。無論您從事的是藝術教學、藝術研究，還是純為興趣想一窺藝術殿堂，此本劃時代的鉅著將增加您對藝術資產的瞭解與樂趣。

Linux設定、使用、故障排除的工具箱(QA76.76.Ch43 2008)

本書的內容包含Linux的使用技巧和故障排除。從安裝Linux系統開始，引領您進行各種系統設定工作，並安裝多種好用的軟體，讓Linux提供更多的工作、娛樂、生活功能。對於防火牆以及各種伺服器的設定方法，也有極為充分的說明，並提供Webmin這款GUI管理工具的使用方法。如果您在使用的過程中遇到困難，還可參照故障排除的部份來尋求解決之道。

西方政治傳統：近代自由主義之發展 (JC571.W32L61 1999)

西方底政治傳統已深深地和現代自由主義嵌合在一起。現代自由主義篤信有法律才有自由，政府官員必須接受公眾輿論的監督。即便是在中世紀時期，這樣的信念也以一種形式或其它種種形式形塑出西方政治學底預設特性。極權主義和這種信念極端對反。因此，只要每次極權主義變成立憲民主政治底唯一替代，接受或否斥自由主義也就同時成為對西方政治傳統的接受或否斥。這個問題很重要，它指出我們有必要對自由主義底歷史地位重新加以評估。為了讓自由主義和西方政治傳統有最大的長遠流傳機會，立憲民主政治的支持者們就必須認真確實地返察他們自己，明白他們所承襲之思想體系底各種優點和缺點。本書的目的就是要從歷史的觀點角度來分析現代自由主義的各種問題，華特金斯教授以一種統稱為自由主義之知識史（an intellectual history of liberalism）的角度完成了這樣目標：他以歷史上各個主要的理論家作為討論底著眼點，檢視自由主義式思想成長過程中發生的成功、失敗與敵人…等種種經驗。最後，華特金斯全面檢測這項當前必須面對的問題，給那些鑽研這一兩難困境的現代自由主義論者提出了非常有效的定義和建議。

 

中國地理大發現(DS706.7.H86P37 2004 )

張騫涉險西域，絲綢有路；玄奘千里跋涉，佛祖西來；鄭和千帆揚海，七下西洋…

黃河之水哪裡來？沙漠如何從死寂走出希望？滄海幾度變桑田？
????
「地理大發現」原指十五至十七世紀以歐洲人為主角、以新航路的開闢及新大陸的發現為主要內容的通稱，對世界歷史的發展影響深遠。

而中國的地理大發現，則全面探討古往今來的中國人因軍事行動、宗教追求、陸路開闢、航海活動、地理探險等種種原因所取得的自然與人文地理的相關成果，題材新穎、發前人所未發。

世界地理怒海征服 (G200.Ch43K14a 2004)

◆傳奇的腓尼基人、神祕的北歐海盜維京人、馬可波羅的東方行旅、哥倫布「發現」新大陸，
所有地理大發現上波濤洶湧的故事，都在這本書裡。
◆全書近100張插圖。
◆22篇詳細生動的探險與征服故事，開拓讀者的眼界、增加我們對重要歷史轉折點的認識。

麥哲倫是第一個完成環球航行的人，他是怎麼辦到的？

地理大發現時代，歐洲人一次又一次突破茫茫大海的限制，前仆後繼，探索通往東方的新航道。他們為什麼要這樣做？是誰帶領無畏的船隊向未知的遠方進發？航程中又有什麼樣的艱險困難？書中所談的內容，無疑是歷史上最迷人的部份。

《世界地理怒海征服》及《世界地理發現奇航》選取歷史上較有影響力的幾十次地理探險與發現，以圖文結合的方式，詳細介紹這些地理探索活動的背景、起因、過程和結局，闡述它們的歷史意義及啟示。

本書從傳奇性的腓尼基人、神祕的北歐海盜維京人開始…

世界地理發現奇航(G200.Ch43K14 2004)

◆美洲「新大陸」為什麼叫做「亞美利加」？歐洲人是怎麼發現澳大利亞這塊「未知的南方大陸」？亞馬遜河流域真的有去無回嗎？更多你還沒聽過的世界地理大發現上的傳奇故事，都在這本書裡。
◆全書近50張插圖。
◆25篇詳細生動的探險與征服故事，開拓讀者的眼界、增加我們對重要歷史轉折點的認識。

哥倫布「發現」的新大陸，為什麼取了別的名字？
俄羅斯這種歐洲內陸國家，是如何突破自然與人為的限制，與海上霸權國家爭奪海外利益呢？自古以來傳說中的「南方大陸」，究竟存不存在？對於未知而嚴酷的南北極地區，探險家懷抱著無比熱情，他們有過什麼令人感動的經歷？本書所談的內容，絕對是歷史上最迷人的部份。

《世界地理發現奇航》及《世界地理怒海征服》選取歷史上較有影響力的幾十次地理探險與發現，以圖文結合的方式，詳細介紹這些地理探索活動的背景、起因、過程和結局，闡述它們的歷史意義及啟示。

本書從新大陸的命名、亞馬遜河的漂流之旅開始，一直到探險家對南北極的無悔追尋…

國族主義(JC311.G28L61 2001)

國族主義，乃是當代社會最顯而易見的特徵，向來就是推動世界史的重要原動力。國族主義促成許多國家的肇造，而無論是出於直接或間接，由國族主義所引發的衝突，也為世人帶來極大的苦難。到今天為止，國族主義在國際政壇上仍然佔有舉足輕重的角色，在前南斯拉夫以及蘇聯解體後的諸國之中，已然引發大規模的衝突對立與殘酷暴行。在厄尼斯特．蓋爾納(Ernest Gellner)這本嚴謹且極具啟發的遺中，深入探討國族主義的現象、追溯國族主義的崛起及其在當代工業化的民族國家中扎根的經過、尋出國族主義與浪漫主義的關聯，並分析國族主義如何創造出民族神話。

?蓋爾納致力研究國族主義的各種類型，並闡明國族主義如何創立國家的長程經過，比方說在法國，過程就相當溫和；而特別在東歐，民族情緒在當代國家建立之前，就已經高漲過頭，因此，國族主義的影響力就顯得格外具爭議性，而且常常導致災難叢生的苦果。 最後，這本遺作探究如何去減輕民族情緒影響力的可行性，並以樂觀審慎的心情，期待有朝一日，在當今持續擴大的民族衝突及「種族清算」(ethnic cleansing)的年代裡，國族主義將日趨沒落。 蓋爾納的遺作充滿智慧之光，融會政治、歷史、哲學、人類學等學科的大成，而他本人也在這些學術領域中極富盛名。隨著國族主義不斷對當代政治造成極大的影響，導致極端的惡果與悲劇，因此，蓋爾納對國族主義的最後遺言是相當值得用心拜讀的。

論民主(JC423.D13L61 2003 )

有關民主的論述可說是汗牛充棟、浩瀚無邊。光是「民主」的定義就有兩三百個；對於這一課題的研究，也有專門的百科全書可供查詢；結果是，政治學系的學生越讀越亂，教授們則疲累不堪；政客誇談民主卻不知民主為何物，而一般民眾想瞭解民主卻不知入門何處。
　　 羅伯特．道爾一輩子研究民主，年輕時即為政治界泰斗。他的研究橫跨思辨與經驗，縱貫古今，著作等身，自成一家之言，以其理論為研究主題的學人，多不勝數。更令人驚佩的是，道爾在85歲高齡仍出版了這本《論民主》的小書（作者自謂）。道爾直指核心，揮灑自如，論道「民主」時，兼顧理論、制度與現實，完全沒有煩人的定義、沒有讓人發昏的爭辯、沒有叫人摸不著頭腦的專有名詞、更沒有冗長沈悶的註釋，只要高中程度的人都可以讀懂。
　　 要進民主學術之殿堂，本書就是入門之鑰。有了此中文本，中文世界的教授們也就有了現成的條理清晰的絕佳教材，學生們不用抄那麼多的筆記；政客們則不敢再誇談「民主」，因為，人人都將知道：「何謂民主」！

 

如何經歷共同禱告的能力 (BV287.Ob1H33 2003)

神應許我們，當我們與其他信徒共同禱告時，祂將大大彰顯祂的同在。現在，你可以與史多美‧奧瑪森和擔任她牧者多年的傑克‧海福德一同探索共同禱告所帶來之改變生命的福分，以及改變世界的影響力。
你將學習到如何：
**使你個人的禱告更有能力
**經歷尋得禱告同伴的喜樂
**藉著加入禱告小組而得到生命的改變
**使教會釋放共同禱告深遠的影響力
**為周遭的世界帶來改變
不要懼怕！！大膽地與其他信徒建立親密相交的關係，使你為周邀的環境和世界帶來改變。要知道，當你的心在神的施恩寶座前與別人的心相連結時，你將以天父的大能觸動人的生命、滿足人的需要。

親子讀經樂 (BV4655.B39P37 2001 )

本書不僅提供教導孩子學習聖經的訣竅，更分享了神在幼兒成長過程中所安排的奇妙計畫，以及為人師表或為人父母者，如何引導幼兒，把聖經當成終生的指南，使孩子在愉悅中領受神的話，到老都不偏離正路。