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Books by 向往大山的孩子
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Gold Prospector: Panning for Gold Across the Land 淘金客：山河淘金记
In the late nineteenth century, southern China was struck by severe flooding. Farmland was submerged, and people were driven from their homes. Yet news of a gold discovery emerged unexpectedly from a remote mountain region in the north, sparking a new gold rush. Countless people flocked to the mining area, desperate to survive or hoping to get rich overnight.
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Vermilion Gates and Embroidered Doors: Survival in the Northern Song Household Wars 朱门绣户：北宋宅斗生存录
During the reign of Emperor Renzong in the Northern Song, in Bianjing, modern-day Kaifeng, lived the Su family, a middle-ranking bureaucratic household headed by a seventh-rank Assistant Director of the Court of Sacrificial Worship. According to the regulations in the Treatise on Carriages and Robes in the History of Song, the Su family residence was called a “mansion.” It had four sections: the gatehouse, the outer reception rooms, the rear hall, and the back garden. Covered corridors connected
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Cold War Infiltration: The Nightingale Plan 冷战渗透：夜莺计划
At the height of the Cold War in 1978, the division between East and West Germany grew ever more entrenched, and the Berlin Wall became a frontline in the intelligence war between the United States and the Soviet Union. The KGB and CIA waged an all-out campaign of infiltration and counterintelligence across Europe, vying for the strategic initiative through disinformation, double agents, and technological surveillance. East Germany’s Stasi, or Ministry for State Security, helped the KGB build a
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Lament of the Tanguts: A Record of Western Xia's Rise and Fall 党项悲歌：西夏兴衰录
The story spans from the reign of Chongzong of Western Xia in the late 11th century to the fall of Western Xia in 1227, covering the pivotal period in which the kingdom rose to prominence, declined, and was ultimately destroyed by the Mongols. Centered on Xingqing Prefecture, present-day Yinchuan, the setting extends across the Hexi Corridor and the Helan Mountains, encompassing settlements of the Tangut tribes, the Song-Xia border, and the Mongolian steppe. It depicts the Tanguts’ way of life,
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Republic-Era Underworld: The Hundred-Herb Escort 民国江湖：百草镖
In 1932, the Battle of Shanghai came to an end, leaving the towns around Shanghai in ruins. Though the Japanese army had temporarily withdrawn, it was secretly conspiring with remnants of the Beiyang warlords to smuggle arms. The trade route from Beiping to Tianjin was controlled by the “Arms Gang,” which monopolized scarce medicinal herbs such as coptis root for treating gunshot wounds and notoginseng for stopping bleeding. Jianghu bodyguards had become the warlords’ lackeys, and only a few sti
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Edge of the Blade: From Veteran to Yamaguchi-gumi Boss 锋刃：从退伍兵到山口组龙头
In 2022, after Japan revised its Anti-Boryokudan Law and fully implemented a registration system for gang members, the Yamaguchi-gumi split into the “direct faction,” backing Tanaka Retsu, and the “collateral faction,” controlled by Yamamoto Hiroshi. Their core territories, Tokyo and Yokohama, were infiltrated by the up-and-coming gang known as the Wicked Society. Meanwhile, the collateral faction secretly partnered with the Southeast Asian drug cartel known as the Viper Scorpions, using Yamaguc
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Shattered Jade, Bloodstained: Ruan Yu's Golden Triangle 碎玉染血：阮玉的金三角
She was the daughter of an ethnic Chinese jade merchant in the Hpakant mining district of Myanmar. When she was nineteen, her father was tortured to death for refusing to hand over the “Imperial Jade” vein to Karen militants, and her mother was abducted. Fleeing with the map to the jade mine her father had left behind, she stumbled into the heart of the Golden Triangle.
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Full Throttle: The Ultimate Racing Journey 极速赛道之燃擎征途
Following the growth of a Chinese rider competing in the world’s top motorcycle racing events, this story blends technical rivalries, moral choices, and love of country, revealing the competitive spirit behind the speed and passion. Through life-or-death trials at events such as the Isle of Man TT and MotoGP, it portrays the rider’s fight back from mechanical failures, public pressure, and opponents’ schemes, culminating in a personal breakthrough at the FIM World Championship and a historic bre
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Dark Glory: Beneath the Boxing Ring 暗黑荣耀之拳坛之下
At the boundary between light and shadow in a modern city lie two parallel worlds of combat sports. Above ground is the glamorous “Glory Fighting League,” with televised matches, corporate sponsorships, and star fighters creating a glittering facade. Below ground are illegal arenas known as the “Black Fight Inferno.” There are no rules here, only life and death, in a blood-soaked playground controlled by capital. The two worlds may seem separate, but both are under the shadow of the same organiz
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Guardian of the Bedrock: The Safety Equation of a Bustling City 磐石之卫：繁华都市的安全方程式
In Xinghai City, a modern metropolis where technology and capital intertwine, power struggles among the business elite never cease. The Lin multinational conglomerate is a pillar of the city's economy, controlling key resources in both new energy and biotechnology. Old family grudges have also made it bitter enemies with the rising criminal underworld. Rock-Solid Security, one of the industry's top firms, boasts military-grade security technology and a team of bodyguards with former special forc
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Song Dynasty Coroner: My Forensics Shook the Streets 大宋判官：我靠解剖学炸街
Li Wei, a modern forensic pathologist, is a snarky office worker who understands anatomy, chemistry, and logical deduction. After transmigrating, he becomes Li Mo, a low-ranking ninth-grade coroner in Qinghe County during the Song Dynasty. He comes with a waterproof copy of Forensic Pathology and initially pretends his skills come from a family-inherited method of examining cases.
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Warrior Soul of the Flame Song: From Researcher to God of War Against the Jin 炎宋战魂：从研究员到抗金战神
During the Jianyan era of the Southern Song (early in Zhao Gou’s flight south), the Jin had occupied the Central Plains. Wanyan Wushu led the “Iron Pagoda” and “Winged Cavalry” south in pursuit, leaving the people of the Jianghuai region displaced and destitute. Yue Fei was then serving as deputy commander of the right army under the Jianghuai Pacification Office, with fewer than ten thousand troops. He had to fight the Jin forces while also contending with the peace faction at court, which cons
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The Song Dynasty's Merchant World: The Legend of the Shen Trading House 宋商风云：沈氏货栈传奇
During the reign of Emperor Renzong of the Northern Song, the market economy flourished. Cities such as Bianjing and Hangzhou were lined with shops, canal transport thrived, and overseas trade was on the rise. Yet problems persisted, including collusion between officials and merchants, vicious competition between businesses, and a crushing burden of taxes and levies. The Shen family of Suzhou in Jiangnan had once been an established official household, but after becoming embroiled in court infig
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Pact of Sourceforce: Chaos Awakens 源力之契：混沌觉醒
The world is divided into four major regions: the “Clear Sky Plains,” dominated by humans, with its capital, “Radiant City,” governed by the “Clear Sky Council,” whose mission is to maintain the balance of source power; the “Floating Star Isles,” home to star spirits and elves, suspended above the eastern continent and supported by magic arrays, where ancient tomes of source power are hidden; the “Flameforge Mountains,” guarded by Rockhammer dwarves, with the underground city-state “Ironforge Ke
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Republic-Era Floating City: A Labyrinth of Ashen Love 民国浮城：烬爱迷局
In 1926, during the warlord era, Jiangcheng was controlled by the Lu family, a Northern warlord clan, and stood in opposition to the revolutionary forces in the south. The second daughter of the wealthy Su family of Jiangcheng lost her family and adopted the name “Lin Ayu.” She looked fragile, but was in truth patient, ruthless, and resolute.
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Yan Jiu Wan Po Ye Alliance 砚救晚破夜盟
On the surface, the modern city of Linzhou is prosperous, but hidden beneath it is a secret arrangement in which humans coexist with the “Night Clan,” a group resembling vampires. The Night Clan survives by drinking human blood, while some of its higher-ranking members can form a symbiotic bond with humans through a “blood pact.” Humans gain some ability to heal themselves, while the Night Clan becomes less dependent on fresh blood.
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The Star Compass and the Seven Seas' Lost Treasure 星辰罗盘与七海遗宝
Modern sailor Lin Shen inherits a mysterious compass left behind by his grandfather and discovers that its needle can detect the locations of seven lost treasures from history. These treasures are linked to historical powers such as pirates from the Age of Exploration, Zheng He’s Ming Dynasty fleet, ancient Egyptian priests, and the Maya civilization. Each one conceals a key clue to solving a major mystery about human civilization. Lin Shen decides to set off on a round-the-world treasure hunt a
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The Bronze Lock and the Water Sacrifice Mystery on the Road to Find Grandpa 寻爷路上的青铜锁与水祭谜
Located in a mountain gorge, Suolong Village is surrounded by water on three sides and backed by a mountain on the fourth. Its only link to the outside world is an old suspension bridge at the village entrance. Every year on the sixth day of the sixth lunar month, the villagers hold a “Water Sacrifice” to appease the “Dragon Spirit” beneath the river and keep the village safe for the year. Most of the villagers are surnamed Chen, and few marry outsiders. They preserve many obscure folk customs,
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The Abyss of the South China Sea: The Secret Logbook of Zheng He's Treasure Ship 南海归墟：郑和宝船的秘藏日志
During Zheng He's seventh voyage to the Western Ocean in the Yongle era of the Ming dynasty, the treasure ship Cangming sank in a violent typhoon in the Guixu waters of the South China Sea, a perilous region said to be rife with chaotic currents and hidden reefs. Its chief treasure was the Yongle Secret Navigation Log, written on mulberry paper and preserved with special tung oil, hidden in a secret compartment in the ship's hold. There were also handwritten manuscripts recording foreign medicin
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The Silver Comb at Qingming Calls the Grandmother Home 清明银梳唤婆归
During the Qingming season in an ancient town in the south, unending drizzle wraps the town in damp, cold mist. The cemetery east of town is planted with half-withered cypress trees, and ash from joss paper often sticks in the seams of mourners' shoes. Locals say, "For the three days before Qingming, the gates of the underworld stand half open, and those burdened by deep regrets can return through the mist."
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Resentment in the Quiet Garden, Terror in the Old House 静园藏怨，旧宅惊魂
To save her restoration studio from closing, modern-day conservator Lin Wei buys Jingyuan at a low price, hoping to restore it and turn it into a heritage-building experience venue. But she gradually gets caught up in a murder case from the Republic of China era hidden within Jingyuan. Meanwhile, Shen Tingjun's descendants try to cover up the family's scandal, repeatedly obstructing Lin Wei's investigation and even putting her in danger.
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