Reading Japanese Mangas from Amazon Japan store

by | Jun 8, 2019 | Announcements

Ah, Japan, a land of known for sakura, sumo, novels, manga and cleanliness and excessive politeness! Here, we are pleased to announce that we crack the code to buy Japanese books, magazines, mangas and digital contents from Amazon Japan! Traditionally, if you want to...

Deep Work– a review

by | May 18, 2019 | Announcements, Book Review

How long can you concentrate? According to a research, an average human being can only hold the attention for up to 8 seconds in 2013, even shorter than a goldfish. With this kind of attention span, it’s very hard to get any creative work done. So that’s...

特别狠心特别爱–犹太虎妈的教育

by | Apr 20, 2019 | Announcements, Book Review

身为两个女儿的爸爸，读完了犹太裔女子沙拉的两本书，《特别狠心特别爱》和《特别狠心特别爱2：赢在家风》，心中的感动久久散之不去。 特别狠心特别爱 特别狠心特别爱2 对沙拉来说，要怎么教育孩子呢? 第一：延迟满足 身处在这个丰衣足食的时代，很多孩子都被宠坏惯了。相对于我们父辈的那一带，现代人的物质生活无疑丰富许多：只有额外超胖的孩子，没有挨饿的孩子；在城市里，几乎也不存在着没钱买不起新衣的家庭。做父母的更是省吃俭用，要给孩子最好的。君不见小学生也几乎每人智能手机一架。...

The demise of Microsoft eBook store

by | Apr 13, 2019 | Announcements

A sad news for book readers: Microsoft ebook store is closing down; you are no longer able to buy, rent or preorder any ebooks from Microsoft store starting from this month, April 2019. Microsoft ebook store Not only that, you will no longer be able to read the books...