THE NEW GOOD LIFE: LIVING BETTER THAN EVER IN AN AGE OF LESS
Book ID/图书代码： 01240009B32381
English Summary/英文概要： If the "old good life" was a debt-based consumer orgy (from the folks who collected cars, furs, and diamond-incrusted everything to welfare families who spent their last dollars on the latest fashions and products, and all the coupon-cutters seeking more things in between), the "new good life" will be guided by recalibrated measures for the concepts of success, status, and luxury. Living the "new good life" won’t be about deprivation but instead about financial restraint that can actually lead to more--not less--satisfaction and fun. We’ll move from a shop-till-the-planet-drops mentality, to an earth-friendly and thoughtful consumerism that can last, that can be joyful, and that can bring us true financial freedom again.
Through stories of real people who have created financial identities that are prudent without being prudish, Robbins offers counterintuitive high-joy, low-cost ways to save money at every turn: around the house, in our diets and habits, and through our good health. Living "the new good life" isn’t about deprivation. It’s about financial restraint that can actually lead to more satisfaction and fun, and that can bring true financial freedom again.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 如何在這個缺乏的時代，過的更好~
31冰淇淋王國創辦人唯一的兒子John Robbins放棄繼承龐大事業，追求自己夢想，成為改變美國飲食習慣的重要暢銷作家。去年辛苦賺來的財富損失在金融風暴中，曾大起大落的他在面對失去之時找到生命更深層的意義，提供「好生活」的新定義，並實際提供高樂趣、低花費、愛護地球的新生活方式 在歷經去年金融危機之後，John Robbins開始著手這本和他之前作品截然不同的書籍。在金融風暴之後，他重新發現金錢之外的價值，在精簡中愉快生活的實用建言。
過去認為「好生活」多半建立在消費主義上，開好車、住大房子、擁有鑽石珠寶、追逐時尚流行等。作者提出「新好生活」，將成功、地位與享受重新定義，真正的滿足與樂趣不受金錢條件限制。
我們必須改變剝奪地球的心態，消費時多想到地球，如此才能帶來永續、快樂與真正的金錢自由。透過那些睿智卻不過分拘謹的人的真實故事，這些人創造自己的金錢價值觀。作者提出非僅以本能出發的高樂趣、低花費的方式，幫助我們在各方面節省花費。身為龐大事業帝國的繼承人，曾經放棄財產轉而追求自己的路，他的終身積蓄也在馬多夫騙局中損失大半，人生充滿變化的他提供人們在一個簡約的新世代中低花費、愛護地球、高樂趣的生活的新方式。(VC)
Awards/获奖情况：眾多名人搶先推薦
紐約時報暢銷作者，著有《男人都該知道的女人祕密》---芭芭拉．安吉麗思(Barbara De Angelis)
《深夜加油站遇見蘇格拉底》暢銷作者---丹‧米爾曼Dan Millman
美國紐約時報譽為消費減量先知提倡者---薇琪‧魯賓(Vicki．Robin)
（美國預防醫學研究中心創辦人暨總裁），《愛與生存：愛與親密關係的治療力量》(天下文化)作者---Dean Ornish醫師
知名演員 伍迪．哈里遜(Woody Harrelson)… Advance Praise
“There is today a profound hunger for precisely the information, the advice and the perspectives in John Robbins’ book The New Good Life. I can think of few people with the authority he has to speak about the benefits of a leaner, wiser, healthier way of living. John has a global following that for more than two decades has found him to be a trustworthy guide and inspiration. His life journey has been amazing, and totally unique. He has lived the gamut --- from riches to chosen “rags,” to riches, to unchosen “rags” --- a journey that makes him an authority on every choice, every blessing and every curse of the money journey we all are taking. Further, he is a consummate researcher and all his books have great intellectual integrity. He is a muckraker in the best sense of the word who ferrets out the insanities, absurdities and lies that have driven us to collective ruin. He is a powerful writer who gets to the core of our issues. The literature on frugal, simple, conscious living is extensive --now and throughout the American story-- but John brings so many unique talents and perspectives to this conversation that his book is sure to be a best seller and a best loved resource. ---美國紐約時報譽為消費減量先知提倡者--薇琪‧魯賓(Vicki．
"If there is anyone who can provide a new vision for money and happiness, it is John Robbins. His ability to take a complex and emotional subject and draw out from the reader insight and resolve are unparalleled. People see John as a leader with integrity, a voice of honesty, exactly the qualities needed in a world where the very subject of money raises fear and anxiety. John’s truthfulness has included being forthcoming about his own life, an openness that will bring him close to the reader and into bookstores and book groups everywhere. The subject is obviously timely. For millions of people, having John as an author of such a book is compelling and comforting."---保羅‧霍肯(Paul Hawken)，《實現創業的夢想》(天下文化)作者Paul Hawken, author of Natural Capitalism, Blessed Unrest, and The Ecology of Commerce
About the Author/作者介绍： 31冰淇淋王國創辦人唯一的兒子John Robbins，拋棄與生俱來的榮華富貴，選擇自己的興趣，研究關於飲食與生活型態，並成為《新世紀飲食》(Diet for a New America)百萬暢銷作者，此書公開美國肉食和乳製品生產的實情和美國人肉食習慣所造成對健康的危害和環境的災難，喚醒許多美國人改變飲食習慣。還著有《還我健康》(Reclaiming Our Health)、《Healthy at 100》等多本暢銷書籍，《Healthy at 100》版權售出全球超過15國。John Robbins是一個出色的研究者，其著作皆經過大量資料收集與分析。
身為全球頂尖環境與健康飲食專家John Robbins的著作屢屢成為眾多知名媒體的特別報導與封面故事，如《人物雜誌》、《紐約時報》、《洛杉磯時報》、《舊金山紀事報》、《華盛頓時報》等。
他是聯合國兒童基金會(UNICEF，United Nations Children’s Fund)、Sierra Club等眾多會議的特別演講者。獲得許多獎項，如瑞秋卡森獎（Rachel Carson Award）、史懷哲人道主義獎（Albert Schweitzer Humanitarian Award）等。成立致力於推廣健康食物與環保的非營利組織EarthSave International。
目前與家人住在加州。
John Robbins was heir to a vast fortune and walked away from it in favor of making his own way in the world. Recently, he woke to the news that most of his hard-earned life savings had been lost to the Madoff scam. But with a new humility and deeper compassion for others, Robbins quickly saw an upside to our collective financial downturn: a world in which our necessarily curtailed consumerism could lead to a healthier planet, and legions of more deeply satisfied people living on it. The New Good Life outlines that vision both philosophically and prescriptively. Drawing on his own colorful financial story, bestselling author John Robbins offers both a manifesto for finding meaning beyond money, and a practical blueprint for lower-cost and planet-friendly yet high-joy living in this new era of frugality.
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