Writing regularly is the best way to boost your skills and stay inspired—and this book of creative writing prompts is here to help you out! Spark your creativity with 501 short, simple prompts that encourage you to imagine, create, and improve. Just 5 minutes—The exercises in this daily writing prompt journal are quick and easy to do so you can always carve out a bit of writing...(展开全部)

An imaginative, thought-provoking gift book to awaken your senses and attune them to the things that matter in your life. Welcome to the era of white noise. Our lives are in constant tether to phones, to email, and to social media. In this age of distraction, the ability to experience and be present is often lost: to think and to see and to listen. Enter Rob Walker's The Art of...(展开全部)

Franz Kafka, frustrated with his living quarters and day job, wrote in a letter to Felice Bauer in 1912, “time is short, my strength is limited, the office is a horror, the apartment is noisy, and if a pleasant, straightforward life is not possible then one must try to wriggle through by subtle maneuvers.” Kafka is one of 161 inspired—and inspiring—minds, among them, novelists,...(展开全部)

Kids walk into schools full of wonder and questions. How you, as an educator, respond to students' natural curiosity can help further their own exploration and shape the way they learn today and in the future. The traditional system of education requires students to hold their questions and compliantly stick to the scheduled curriculum. But our job as educators is to provide n...(展开全部)

汤川秀树（1907年1月23日～1981年9月8日），日本著名物理学家，毕业于京都帝国大学（现京都大学）和大阪帝国大学（现大阪大学）。历任京都帝国大学、东京帝国大学（现东京大学）教授。1948年，赴美国任哥伦比亚大学教授。1949年，因在核力的理论基础上预言了介子的存在，时任京都大学教授的汤川秀树获得当年的诺贝尔物理学奖。1955年返回日本。他从电磁理论得到启发，于1935年提出了关于核子力的“介子理论”。他也是第一个获得诺贝尔奖的日本人。

在线阅读本书 The author of the acclaimed blog GapingVoid and the e-book "How to Be Creative" has expanded his thoughts about unleashing creativity in a world that often thwarts it. Original cartoons throughout.

本书繁体中文版介绍： 躁鬱症是一種很奇特的疾病，使一個人的情緒擺盪在狂躁與憂鬱的兩極之間。《躁鬱奇才：不凡創造力的背後》一書，作者藉由研究貝多芬、狄更斯、牛頓與梵谷這四位天才的一生，來了解躁鬱症在他們生命中所扮演的角色，精彩的呈現精神病理如何深深地影響他們的創造發明與生命歷程。 誠如本書作者所言，人類的心智與精神狀態是由大腦細胞的狀況與大腦的化學狀態所決定，在精神疾病治療的第三波革命的此世代，精神疾病患者並非相對於正常人的另一類族群，而是能夠經由精神藥物治療獲得改善的一般人。過去許多研究創造力的專家學者對於精神病態與創造力之間是否具有關聯這個議題相當感興趣。目前已有研究顯示，患有躁鬱症或是有其前兆的孩童在創造力的得分比一般孩童的得分顯著的高。此外，許多著名的藝術家、音樂家、作家、科學家等具有創造力的人也都被診斷出患有躁鬱症，除了本書所提的四位天才之外...(展开全部)

This book explores the relationship between the management of creativity and creative approaches to management. Challenges the stereotypical opposition between ‘creatives’ and ‘suits’. Draws on the work of management theorists such as Mintzberg and Porter and creativity theorists such as Amabile and Boden. Draws on the practical experience of individuals workin...(展开全部)

Can You Learn to Be Happy? YES . . . according to the teacher of Harvard University’s most popular and life-changing course. One out of every five Harvard students has lined up to hear Tal Ben-Shahar’s insightful and inspiring lectures on that ever-elusive state: HAPPINESS. HOW? Grounded in the revolutionary “positive psychology” movement, Ben-Shahar ingeniously combines scient...(展开全部)

"The Oxford Guide to Effective Writing and Speaking" is the essential guide for everyone who needs to communicate in clear and effective English, both written and spoken. In the first section on communicating in everyday life, chapters cover everything from writing email to giving presentations and preparing reports. John Seely also offers guidance on understanding the demands ...(展开全部)