HKU Libraries : Book Talks. Vodcast

One Couple Two Cultures highlights information provided by eighty-one Western-Chinese couples whose views on codes of conduct and lifestyles vary considerably. Whilst some believe that a successful marriage can depend as much on smelly gorgonzola cheese or fermented Shanghainese bean curd as on the actual compatibility of the spouses themselves, others believe a Western-Chinese marriage is no different, say, to a blond marrying a redhead. Still others hold that two sometimes antagonistic cultures and spice and an added dimension to marriage.

In Uneasy Partners, Leo Goodstadt draws on his vast experience of government and business in Hong Kong to put forward a provocative and challenging account, part praise, part indictment, of how government and business in Hong Kong transformed a poor refugee community into one of the worlds great cities and created a hugely successful economy.

In this book, the Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman demystifies the brave new world for readers, allowing them to make sense of the often bewildering global scene unfolding before their eyes. With his inimitable ability to translate complex foreign policy and economic issues, Friedman explains how the flattening of the world happened at the dawn of the twenty-first century; what it means to countries, companies, communities, and individuals; and how governments and societies can, and must, adapt. The World Is Flat is the timely and essential update on globalization, its successes and discontents, powerfully illuminated by one of our most respected journalists.

織繡珍品 = Treasures in silk; 中國絲綢藝術史 = A History of Chinese silkart; 中國歷代織染繡圖錄

New passages: mapping your life across time; Repacking your bags: lighten your load for the rest of your life; Are you ready to succeed? Unconventional Strategies to Achieving Personal Mastery in Business and Life; Creating the good life: Applying Aristotle's Wisdom to Find Meaning and Happiness

For the record, and other poems of Hong Kong; Moving house and other poems from Hong Kong: with an essay on new Hong Kong English language poetry; The development of education in Hong Kong 1841-1897: as revealed by the early education reports of the Hong Kong government 1848-1896; A magistrate's court in 19th century Hong Kong: court in time

龍應台所有著作都有臺、港、大陸、新馬不同地區不同版本，但是「香港筆記」在香港首發，而且是全球唯一版本，創下龍應台個人出版史的第一次，「這是一本為香港而寫，為香港而出版，為香港而存在的一本書」，龍應台說，「也紀念一個外來作家與香港的緣分，對香港的感情。」來港三年，龍應台不以外人自居，卻以熱烈的關懷，直接涉入香港語境。