TED觀眾推薦的180本書單

180本書單，匆匆掃過一次看他們的書介，不過有些我看過的沒貼，可能想看的如下(如果圖書館借得到的話)。其他的請見網址有180本書單。

*As Consciousness Is Harnessed to Flesh: Journals and Notebooks, 1964-1980 by Susan Sontag. “An intimate glimpse of the inner life of a woman celebrated as one of the twentieth century’s most remarkable intellectuals. Oscillating between conviction and insecurity in the most beautifully imperfect and human way possible, Sontag details everything.”  有英文

*Ratio: The Simple Codes Behind the Craft of Everyday Cooking by Michael Ruhlman. “I have hundreds of cookbooks. This one is essential. Ruhlman wants to free the home cook from the ‘shackles of the recipe.’” 有中文

Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud. “While on the surface it’s about comics, it’s really about visual storytelling and visual thinking. Enlightening and entertaining.” (For a taste, watch Scott McCloud’s TED Talk.) 有英文

*The Painted Word by Tom Wolfe. “A hilarious and quick read on the self-important world of art and art criticism. A book on art for all.” 有中文

Why Are Artists Poor?: The Exceptional Economy of the Arts by Hans Abbing. “An unconventional multidisciplinary analysis.”有中文

The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail — but Some Don’t by Nate Silver. “A lot of my work involves separating signal from noise and I think it’s amazing how that can apply to every walk of life, from politics to aesthetics to neuroscience.”有中文與英文

Wall and Piece by Banksy. “Do I really need to say anything about Bansky?”  有中文

Good Omens by Terry Prachett and Neil Gaiman. “Hilarious, irreverent, witty, and also a powerful statement on choosing to be who you want to be.” 有英文

*Necessary Dreams: Ambition in Women’s Changing Lives by Anna Fels. “It includes my favorite definition of ambition: the desire to achieve mastery and to be rewarded for it. Fels brilliantly articulates the complexity of ambition for half the population and addresses an important internal barrier to women’s advancement.” 有中文與英文

Practical Genius: A 5-Step Plan to Turn Your Talent and Passion into Success by Gina Rudan. “After training 15,000 women to advance their leadership, we’ve learned that those who are the most successful have several assets including being effective storytellers. Gina’s strategy is the best I’ve seen.”

https://blog.ted.com/your-mega-summer-reading-list-180-books-recommended-by-tedsters/