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The Bishop Murders 主教杀人事件
A string of chilling, bizarre murders takes place in New York, and every crime matches a Mother Goose nursery rhyme perfectly! In an instant, the shadow of death falls over all of New York! The “Bishop” behind the strange murders has an intellect far beyond ordinary people and an uncanny talent for meticulous planning. Why does this ghostly figure commit murders while leaving clues, appearing and disappearing like a phantom? What earth-shattering conspiracy lies behind it all?
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Dream of the Red Chamber: A Modern, Plain-Language Edition 【红楼梦】现代日常白话版
This version follows the People's Literature Publishing House edition and stays highly faithful to the original. [Nothing will be cut just because the plot is boring.] It is basically translated sentence by sentence. I’ve also written personal comments and deductions. They are impartial and make no distinction between main and supporting characters. So whether you’re a Dai fan, a Chai fan, or anything else... [If you like taking sides based on personal bias, read with caution.] [Comments and de
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Matters of the Soul 灵魂的事
If this life has left you with too many regrets, then when your luck is at its worst, especially once the feelings that follow a run of bad luck have gradually settled or gone numb, spend some time alone and smoke a cigarette. You might as well think about your next life. Feel free to imagine it as you please, or even design it for yourself. At times of misfortune, I at least think it's a good remedy: first it calms your mind, then it lifts your spirits. If, as an adult, you can't look back fond
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The School of Mind in the Ming Dynasty 大明心学
This is a sweeping historical novel starring Wang Yangming. The story begins with Wang Yangming’s birth in 1471, the seventh year of the Chenghua era, and ends with his death aboard a boat in Nanan, Jiangxi, in 1529, the seventh year of the Jiajing era. Spanning fifty-eight years, the novel paints a vivid, panoramic portrait of the extraordinary life of one of the Ming dynasty’s greatest figures: the omens surrounding his birth, his youthful ambitions, his enlightenment at Longchang, his campai
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China Through the Classics (4-Book Set) 典籍里的中国（共4册）
Our people have endured and flourished among the nations of the world because generation after generation of our sages distilled their culture, spirit, and character into bamboo slips, onto paper, and between the lines. Generation after generation of Chinese descendants have turned to classic texts for strength to move forward, passing the torch from one generation to the next. Classics should not be left to gather dust on high shelves. That is why China Through the Classics selects works from t
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Clear-Eyed in the World: Wisdom from Zizhi Tongjian 人间清醒：资治通鉴智慧
Synopsis of "Clear-Eyed in a Confusing World: The Wisdom of Zizhi Tongjian" In the long river of history, the "Zizhi Tongjian" stands like a brilliant lighthouse, illuminating a thousand years of civilization. Based on this monumental work, "Clear-Eyed in a Confusing World: The Wisdom of Zizhi Tongjian" breaks through the barriers of obscure and difficult history, turning 1,362 years of upheaval into gripping stories that reveal the mysteries of political intrigue and the wisdom of life. The boo
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Journey to the West: Travelogue 西游旅记
An ordinary young man wakes up one day to find himself in another world, where everyone calls him the Tang Monk... “I'm doing the Journey to the West? Seriously?” “I'll see all eighty-one thousand miles and laugh my way through eighty-one tribulations?” “I'm just a gentle monk with little fighting ability, but my three disciples are another story.” “Amitabha. I kill to protect life; I destroy karma, not people.” “Wukong, once we've retrieved the scriptures, do you think your master could return
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My Girlfriend Got a Marriage License with Her Childhood Sweetheart 女友与小竹马领证
My Girlfriend Got a Marriage License with Her Childhood Sweetheart
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My Childhood Friend Hates Me, Yet a Daring Game Made Her Kiss Me 青梅讨厌我，大冒险却抓我接吻
My Childhood Friend Hates Me, Yet a Dare Made Her Kiss Me
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I Caught the Campus Beauty's Fox Tail 校花的狐狸尾巴，被我摸到了
I Got My Hands on the School Beauty’s Fox Tail
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My Wife Returned, and She Turned Out to Be a Princess of Beijing's Elite Circle 归来妻子，身份竟是京圈公主
My Wife Returns, and She Turns Out to Be a Princess of the Capital’s Elite Circle
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The Female Ghost Was So Beautiful, I Couldn't Restrain Myself 女鬼太美，我按捺不住
The Female Ghost Was So Beautiful, I Couldn’t Restrain Myself
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My Wife Chases True Love but Still Refuses to Let Me Go 妻子追真爱，却还要霸占我
My Wife Pursues Her True Love, Yet Still Wants to Keep Me to Herself
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The Journey to Win Your Heart 撷君行
Time’s wheels roll ever onward into the mid-Tang era. On this land shrouded by evil spirits, the people suffer while no one comes to their aid. Only Sun A Shi, the Medicine King, leads his disciples in searching for the secret to driving the evil spirits away. Three couples among the Medicine King’s disciples, Jiang Ze and Jiegeng, Gancao and Guizhi, and Doukou and Didi, hold fast to their faith in battle and never give up in the face of hardship. Like dancers, they weave love and hate into a ma
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Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties: Shan Tianfang's Storytelling Edition 隋唐演义之单田芳评书版
I’m a big fan of the storytelling performances by Master Shan Tianfang. Sometimes I wish I could read the words while listening, so I could mull over them more carefully. Today, thanks to this platform, my wish has come true.
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A Brief History of the Xiongnu 匈奴简史
The strength of a great nation is not measured by the size of its population, but by the force of its national character. Only a people with a strong character can be called great. Such a people can change not only themselves, but the world. The Xiongnu were an ancient people, already present as early as the Shang and Zhou dynasties, and they repeatedly went to war with the Huaxia peoples of the Central Plains. The Qin and Han periods marked the height of Xiongnu power. They built a mighty empir
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European History You Can't Put Down (2-Book Set) 拿得起放不下的欧洲史（套装共2册）
Drawing on the perspective of a traditional Chinese reader and his own years of living in various European countries, the author recounts the history of Europe. Using a geopolitical framework, he brings together the economic, technological, military, and intellectual histories of European nations. Stepping beyond the Eurocentrism of Western scholars, he tells Europe’s story from the broader perspective of world history. In objective, unsparing prose, he also uncovers the true forces behind Europ
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The Great Qin Empire: Abridged Edition (Five-Volume Set) 大秦帝国：精华版（全五册）
During the Warring States period, when rival kingdoms battled for supremacy, Qin was a weak state on the northwestern frontier. Hemmed in by aristocrats at home and watched by powerful enemies abroad, it stood on the brink of extinction. At this critical moment, Qin produced a succession of wise rulers and able ministers. In just over a century, it went from a weak state that could only take a beating to an invincible power that swept all before it. After Duke Xiao of Qin took the throne, he rec
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On Writing: What Makes a Good Article Good? 文章例话：好文章究竟好在哪里
This book, written by Ye Shengtao, offers guidance to young people on how to appreciate literature. It features twenty-seven works by renowned writers. Each entry first presents an excerpt from the original work, followed by Ye Shengtao's commentary, explaining in detail what makes it good and what readers can learn from it. The selections are all classics by celebrated authors, including Zhu Ziqing's “The Sight of Father's Back,” Ba Jin's “Friends,” Lu Xun's “Watching a Play,” and Zhou Zuoren's
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Songs of the Listening Wind Tower 听风楼歌
Why does Xiangju run a business that only loses money and never makes a profit? She treats relationships just as carelessly, elbowing her way to the top of the airport’s Twelve Most Beautiful Women. She has Hong Zhi and Brother Gen fighting over her in a jealous brawl, and instead of being ashamed, she’s proud of it. After her eldest daughter gets into a prestigious university, she works hard and becomes independent. She tutors and models cars in her spare time, and accompanies her professor to
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I Want to Love! 想爱！
Society can be complicated, but it can also be simple. In the end, it all comes down to stories between men and women. The three things men think about when they get up in the morning are: Where can I get some money to spend today? Who can I have a drink with? And wow, whose woman is that? The three things women think about are: looking beautiful, looking beautiful, and looking beautiful. A gentleman will die for someone who understands him, and a woman will beautify herself for someone who appr
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The Prequel to the Chinese Empire: The Hegemony of the Spring and Autumn Period 中华帝国前传之春秋争霸
[History + Chinese orthodoxy + the transformation from Zhou to Qin + institutional reform] After two hundred years of rival powers rising, see how a hegemon rewrites history. Based on historical works such as the Zuo Zhuan, the Records of the Grand Historian, and the Discourses of the States, this book tells the stories and introduces the figures of more than two centuries of Spring and Autumn history in vivid detail. Centered on the struggle for supremacy, it weaves together the major events an
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A New Life on Egret Island 鹭岛新生
This is a new work of realism, covering birth, aging, illness, and death, as well as exams, employment, civil service tests, job hunting, and work. The protagonist’s past is marked by pain, humiliation, joy, and glory. The author depicts the pressures, lives, ideals, loves, and resentments of ordinary people. Rebellious and reckless, unwilling to settle for mediocrity yet powerless to change things, they keep striving and gradually make progress through twists and turns. This is both the protago
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The Beauty of Traditional Culture 传统文化之美
This collection of essays by Ji Xianlin explores traditional Chinese culture. The author shares his thoughts on five subjects: China's cultural treasures, famous sites and historic monuments, cultural exchange between China and other countries, the character of scholars, and traditional Chinese ethics. Sometimes he reflects on a social phenomenon of his time; other times he writes from personal experience and insight into Chinese culture. His language is plain and his feelings sincere. Every ess
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Daisies for Algernon 献给阿尔吉侬的雏菊
Daisies for Algernon
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The Climb of a Bank Executive 银行高管爬升记
The rules of politics, the cutthroat workplace, the ups and downs of love... Finance, real estate, technology... From human weakness to rising desire, from career growth to family conflict, from glory to ruin, from caution to madness, from the summit to the abyss... He started out as a low-level employee, determined to climb the ladder. At last, he seized an opportunity and received help from a powerful patron, gradually entering the inner circle, only to become a pawn at the same time... Was it
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A Complete History of the Warring States Period: The Warring States Were Full of Surprises (Three-Volume Set) 一口气读完战国史：战国很有料（全三册）
This book brings the stirring history of the Warring States period to life in clear, accessible prose. Here you’ll find the famous Four Lords of the Warring States, horrific wars on an epic scale, the flourishing ideas of the Hundred Schools of Thought, and the changing balance of power among the feudal lords. This is an accessible history of the Warring States period, full of fascinating stories.
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Jiang Yuqingyun’s Second Book 江雨清韵的第2本书
The story takes place beside the Qinhuai River in Jinling City. A poem serves as proof: The Epang Palace was famed for its beauties, but who remembers the Qinhuai's splendor through six dynasties? A breeze stirs the green willows, brushing painted boats; beneath the bright moon, rosy-cheeked beauties cross the Rainbow Bridge. Night after night, drums sound across the Canglang River; year after year, flutes ring through the terraces and pavilions. Most poignant of all, the letter remains unfinish
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Wu Zetian's Four Great Mystery Cases 武则天四大奇案
[Historical Mystery + Four Great Cases + Ancient-Era Deduction] From strange cases in the countryside to courtly intrigue, Di Renjie carefully unravels the truth at every turn. Newly appointed magistrate of Changping County, Di Renjie is immediately faced with a bizarre murder: a merchant from Huzhou is found mysteriously dead at an inn in Liulidun. The local headman, Hu De, abuses his power, but the identity of the real culprit raises even more questions. Disguised as an ordinary traveler, Di R
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The Book of Nighttime Tales 夜谈万象书
Sand and Stars At the far end of Baghdad's busiest market lived a young woman named Layla. Her father was a poor carpet weaver, and her mother had died of an illness when Layla was ten, leaving behind only an old loom and a chest full of unfinished, colorful silk threads. Layla rose before dawn each day to help her father with the household chores. Once he had left for the day, she would sit at the loom and use the threads her mother had left behind to weave one vibrant dream after another. As
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The Murder at the Orchid Pavilion Series (Complete in Three Volumes) 兰亭序杀局系列（全三册）
The “Lanting” series reaches a triumphant conclusion, completing a groundbreaking historical mystery epic! The Lanting Preface Murder Plot, Volume 1: On the fourth day of the sixth month of the ninth year of the Wude era, the Xuanwu Gate Incident erupted. As he lay dying, Lu Shiheng, a middle commander of the Imperial Guard, left behind four cryptic words written in blood, leaving Li Shimin utterly baffled. Sixteen years later, Xiao Junmo, a Langjiang officer of the Black Armor Guard, is ordere
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William: The Rise of an Empire 威廉：帝国的崛起
When the Stukas' shrill cries tear through the sky, when the shadow of the wolf packs swallows the ocean, when torrents of steel roll across frozen earth... the balance of war has already tipped. But this is not the end. They have yet to witness the true emperor. “Let's do it.” When Caesar softly utters those three words, I would cast aside every faith and prostrate myself at his feet, following him into hell. The imperial war machine rolls ever onward. Other than God, I can think of no one who
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The Illustrated Tale of the Swordsman Yongzheng, Volumes 1 and 2 雍正剑侠图（上下册）
Tong Lin takes up his midnight-and-noon chicken-claw mandarin-duck axes and roams the martial world, rising from a farmer's son to become Yongzheng's personal bodyguard. The Blood-Dropper secret service is recruiting online, while a band of sword heroes prepares for a final showdown on Penglai Island.
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Duke Zhou's Dream Interpretation 周公解梦
Everyone dreams, but few people know what their dreams truly mean. Even fewer understand that dreams are actually omens, warning us whether the things about to happen in our lives will bring good fortune or disaster! Just as cats and dogs behave strangely before an earthquake, and ants tirelessly move house in the days before a flood, our dreams guide us whenever a major change is about to take place in our lives…
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Tales of Love and Hate in the Qing Dynasty 清朝恩仇录
As China’s last imperial dynasty, the Qing weathered 296 turbulent years, rising to glory before falling into decline. The rulers of the dynasty: At the height of its power, Emperor Kangxi had 35 sons and 20 daughters; by its final years, Tongzhi, Guangxu, and Xuantong had no children at all, leaving no heirs. The women of the imperial harem: Nurhaci’s principal wife, Abahai, was forced to die as a sacrificial offering at just 37; while Cixi, a consort of the Xianfeng Emperor, dominated the Qing
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First Love: A Beauty from the North 初恋：北国有佳人
[Childhood Sweethearts] [One and Only, Beautiful Love] [Unforgettable for a Lifetime] You are a thorn in my heart, Buried too deep. If I pull it out, My heart will die with it. I wish you a lifetime of splendor, And forgive me for standing guard as the curtain falls.
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Snowflake Town 雪粒镇
[Ji Handeng, a fragile, sickly, dark-minded younger brother x Xu Qiongqiong, a kind, resilient older sister who loves money] [Modern romance + mutual salvation + healing + older woman/younger man romance + revenge + cover-up + high-stakes twists] Xu Qiongqiong and Ji Handeng are siblings with no blood ties. In a small, poor town full of secrets, they rely on each other and keep one another warm. Their days hold happiness and pain, darkness and budding affection. Their shared goal is to leave Xue
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My Elders 我的长辈
In the 1980s, as people flock to the cities, all kinds of stories unfold! Mu Fang suffers from asthma, so many people keep their distance. After several unsuccessful matchmaking attempts, she meets someone on a day when sleet begins to fall. It feels like fate has brought them together, and they fall in love at first sight. Defying her family’s objections, Mu Fang marries her second uncle, who is more than ten years her senior. She never looks down on him for being poor and from the countryside,
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The Maltese Falcon 马耳他之鹰
One job, two murders, three groups on his trail, four factions. On a foggy night in San Francisco, private detective Sam Spade is drawn into a deadly con revolving around a priceless black falcon statuette. A beautiful woman, swindlers, hitmen, wealthy businessmen: everyone has an agenda, and danger lurks at every turn. When the truth strips away the disguises, and love collides with principle, he must make the most ruthless choice. No warmth, no redemption, just the truth, hard-boiled to the en
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