THE MAP MAKER: AN ILLUSTRATED SHORT STORY ABOUT HOW EACH OF US SEES THE WORLD DIFFERENTLY AND WHY OBJECTIVITY IS JUST AN ILLUSION
Book ID/图书代码： 08729814B76708
English Summary/英文概要： Can We Really See the World in a Fair and Unbiased Way?
The Map Maker is the story of a young adventurer who travels to Paradise Island with the aid of a magical map. Here, he begins his own "knowledge quest" to better understand why people see the world just the way they do.
Arguably, one of the most important traits any person can possess is the ability to see things from another person’s point of view. This story shows how different people, with differing viewpoints, can each believe that his or her own viewpoint is reasonable and accurate. It offers an explanation as to why it is difficult, if not impossible, to judge events objectively.
Using simple prose, this work introduces and explores the meaning behind the phrase "the subjectivity of truth and the relativity of reality." A product of inspirational and literary fiction, The Map Maker will hold special appeal for readers interested in philosophy in fiction.
This short story will also introduce readers to the story line of the movie Rashomon. This Oscar-winning, Japanese foreign-language film was one of the first movies to present viewers with an account of multiple perspectives, in which each person who is called to testify at a trial gives conflicting testimony.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 一部关于我们如何以不同的方式来看待世界，以及为何客观性去评判问题只会带来一种错觉的，插图短篇故事。
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About the Author/作者介绍： Brandon Royal是系列获奖教育类图书的作者。在总部设在美国卡普兰教育中心 — — 华盛顿邮报附属公司，世界最大的备考类组织 — —香港的任职期间，Brandon一直在磨砺他的教学和教育理论，制定了一套关键的学习"原理"来帮助定义写作、语法、数学和推理的基础知识。
Brandon在加拿大出生，毕业于芝加哥大学布斯商学院，完成哈佛大学写作课程之后，他萌生了写作的兴趣。从那时起，他的十余本书籍和他的书评时时出现在时间亚洲杂志、 出版家周刊、美国图书馆杂志、美国中西部书评、亚洲书评、选择在线评论、亚洲时报在线和 About.com上。Brandon曾荣获五届国际图书大奖，获得五次总统图书奖金奖，同时，他还是全球电子书奖，美国新闻"最佳图书奖"，和2011年"教育图书"年度奖的获得者。
Brandon Royal is an award-winning author who honed his theories of teaching and education while working in Hong Kong for US-based Kaplan Educational Centers, a Washington Post subsidiary, and the oldest and largest test-preparation organization in the world. A graduate of the University of Chicago’s Graduate School of Business and a certified public accountant, his interest in writing began after completing fiction and scriptwriting courses at Harvard University. Since then he has authored several books and written across a diverse spectrum of genres, penning fiction, nonfiction, short stories, essays, news articles, speeches, poetry, and personal quotations. Reviews of his books have appeared in Time Asia magazine, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal of America, Midwest Book Review, The Asian Review of Books, Choice Reviews Online, Asia Times Online, and About.com. In 2010, he won the International Book Awards and two gold medals at the President’s Book Awards.
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