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  1. Don't Sell Me Out! Drought in Three Days! Ancient Romance355k Wordscompleted A severe drought slaughtered villages, wells dried up, and famine gnawed through Qingniu Village like wildfire. The whole village is waiting to die, relatives are grabbing water, the locals are greedy for profit, and the grain merchants are sucking blood. Everyone is frantically grabbing food to survive in the desperate situation. Only the six-year-old Su Mai, a six-year-old girl from the Su family, saw through the drought at a glance with the unique agricultural skills passed down by her grandf 41ReadsScoreShelves
  2. Does Buying a House Make Japanese People Happy? 72k Wordscompleted ★Home ownership, mortgages, property rights, bubble crisis... What did the Japanese housing revolution bring about in the 70 years after the war? ★Experts with thirty years of experience unlock the secrets of the real estate ecosystem ★Break the "land myth" and change your "common sense" about housing [About the author] Junji Sakaki, real estate columnist. Born in Kyoto in 1962, graduated from the Faculty of Law of Doshisha University and the Faculty of Letters of Keio University. He started to 41Reads9.2ScoreShelves
  3. The Method of Total Concentration 34k Wordscompleted At any time and in anything we do, we need to give our full attention. If we can devote ourselves wholeheartedly to the things in front of us and achieve a state of selflessness, we will not only greatly improve our work efficiency, but also enjoy the process very much. But in fact, it is difficult for most people to concentrate. We are always looking left and right, doing one thing with our hands, and thinking about another or even several other things. In this case, the work will become unattr 40Reads9.2ScoreShelves
  4. The Frequency of Loneliness (Hardcover Edition) 74k Wordscompleted A collection of stories about loneliness and affection. "Future Forecast" After the boy with the power of prophecy said those words to me, our lives changed forever... "Girl in the Film" "Sadako" who called my name in the film slowly turned her head in the video, Teacher... What's wrong with you? "The Hand Grabbed by the Thief" The hand that quietly reaches into the crack in the wall for the purpose of stealing, what it grabs is not banknotes or jewelry, but another hand? "The Lost World" After 39Reads8.5ScoreShelves
  5. The Genius of Contemporary Classic Literature: the Five Books of Barnes (All Five Volumes) 757k Wordscompleted Barnes, one of the three giants of British literature, wrote about his vast and rich life! "Lemon Table": When I get old and go through a life of traveling through mountains and rivers, my soul finally becomes broad and peaceful. A collection of short stories about aging and death, a classic that Barnes has been working on for eight years. The 11 short stories vividly show every possibility of aging: there is the sixty-year-old great writer Turgenev who burns his last love with his life, there a 39Reads9.0ScoreShelves
  6. 1904-1905: Late Qing Dynasty and Three Kingdoms Historical459k Wordscompleted The Japanese are preparing for war intensively, the Russians are confidently responding to the war, and the Qing people don't know how to choose sides... The Qing Empire, the Japanese Empire, the Russian Empire, the "Three Kingdoms of the Late Qing Dynasty" who gambled on their national destiny, and the Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905) between the Empress Dowager Cixi, Emperor Meiji, and the last Tsar, seemed to be gambling on the "Zero World War"! Only six years after the war, the Qing edifice th 39Reads9.3ScoreShelves
  7. Niels' Travels Riding a Goose 133k Wordscompleted "Niels' Travels as a Goose" is an outstanding coming-of-age novel. In the book, Niels, a naughty kid who doesn't like studying and likes to play tricks on an elf, is cast into a thumb-sized little man by a spell because he played tricks on an elf. Niels' white goose wants to fly north with the wild geese. In order to persuade the white goose to return home, Niels rode on the white goose and began a long journey across Sweden from north to south. Through this wonderful trip, Niels broadened his h 38Reads9.2ScoreShelves
  8. Peter Rabbit (Fruit Classic) 17k Wordscompleted "Peter Rabbit: The Collected Stories of Beatrix Potter" is a collection of works by the British painter and writer Beatrix Potter. She created a warm and loving animal world in her writing. Here are Peter the rabbit, Tom the kitten, Natkin the squirrel, Jemima the teal... They're kids and they make mistakes, but it's okay; They will also grow up, have troubles, but laugh and laugh all day long. 38Reads8.7ScoreShelves
  9. Manchurian Wilderness Records Historical133k Wordscompleted The original name of this book is "Ten Leaves of Wild Stories", which tells the anecdotes of the Qing Dynasty and has a complex content. The author uses a lot of pen and ink to expose all the shady secrets of the Qing Dynasty's rule. For example, the cynicism about Empress Dowager Cixi's dictatorship and extravagance, the eunuch Li Lianying's arrogance and greed, etc., Are vividly written on the page. 37Reads8.0ScoreShelves
  10. Uncle Tom's Cabin (English) 300k Wordscompleted "Uncle Tom's Cabin" is set against the backdrop of the Civil War in the 1860s. It describes a black slave named Uncle Tom who is loyal to his master. When the owner went bankrupt, he had to sell him and all other black slaves to slave traders, and eventually shipped them back to the South. After all the twists and turns, Uncle Tom still has not escaped the control of the slave traders. Once, Uncle Tom was hit and killed by a car while trying to rescue the slave girl Cassie. At the last moment of 36Reads8.6ScoreShelves
  11. Fortune: 7 Good Habits That Change Your Destiny 118k Wordscompleted Habit is a conditioned reflex. An action or behavior, repeated many times, can enter a person's subconscious mind and become a habitual action. People's knowledge accumulation, talent growth, and limit breakthroughs are all the result of repeated habitual actions and behaviors. 36Reads9.3ScoreShelves
  12. My Devil Young Master Modern Romance114k Wordscompleted That idiotic and nymphomaniac girl Momo Qianlu, who calls herself "Peach Blossom Blossoms", who is not easy to mess with, but she wants to mess with the devil prince? It's okay now, the "devil's contract" with 100 inhumane rules is enough for her! She also imagined that her dark horse prince Han Zexun would come to save her. Huh, stop dreaming, she already belongs to someone else! It would be more reliable for her to subdue her demon prince obediently! 36Reads8.2ScoreShelves
  13. Jane Eyre 356k Wordscompleted Charlotte Bronte is the eldest sister of the three famous Bronte sisters in British literature. "Jane Eyre" is her first novel and her masterpiece. Jane Eyre, who was born into a poor family, developed a sincere love with the hero Rochester when she was working as a tutor. At their wedding, Jane Eyre discovered a mad woman hiding in the attic of Rochester's house, and she turned out to be Rochester's first wife. Jane Eyre left angrily. Soon, the mad woman burned the manor, and Rochester became b 36Reads9.0ScoreShelves
  14. Twenty-Four Hours in a Woman's Life: Selections from Zweig's Novels 218k Wordscompleted "Twenty-Four Hours in a Woman's Life: Selected Novels by Zweig" is a collection of short stories and short stories by Austrian writer Zweig, including "Letter from an Unknown Woman" and "The Searing Secret". His writing style is clear and delicate, with passionate emotion in the silence and pathos in his writing. It writes a woman's passionate confession at the end of her life, telling the beauty, pathos and determination of secret love. It accurately presents the deep-rooted and beautiful secre 36Reads9.3ScoreShelves
  15. The Marriage Was Abolished? I Rely on the Miracle Medical System to Overthrow the Imperial Power Ancient Romance672k Wordscompleted [Counterattack at the beginning + a slap in the face] Once she traveled through time, she became a poisonous concubine. Her wedding night was abandoned, and Bailian's stepsister and hypocritical concubine were waiting to see her die tragically! But the one who opened his eyes was the 21st century ace agent miracle doctor! The miracle medical system is activated, detoxification is used to extend life, and the scalpel is used as a weapon! Abuse the scumbag daughter, fight against the stepmother, a 35ReadsScoreShelves
  16. 1993 (Foreign Literature Masterpiece Series) 238k Wordscompleted "Ninety-Three Years" (1874) is Hugo's last novel. The novel creates three central characters: the Marquis de Lanternac, the leader of the Vendée rebels, his grandnephew, Guo Wen, the commander of the Republican Army who suppressed the rebellion, and Simourden, Guo Wen's tutor and commissioner of the Public Security Commission. An intricate plot unfolded around them, vividly describing the historical scene of the life-and-death struggle between the bourgeoisie and feudal forces in 1793. At the en 35Reads9.2ScoreShelves
  17. 10 Ways of Thinking Used by Smart People Around the World 183k Wordscompleted The famous success master Napoleon Hill once said: Without a successful way of thinking, there will be no successful results. A person does not necessarily need to have high intelligence or natural ability to achieve great success and satisfaction. The correct way of thinking is the key to survival, competition and success. What powerful tools do successful politicians, entrepreneurs, managers, and scientists around the world use to analyze problems, innovate ideas, make decisions, and solve pro 35Reads9.0ScoreShelves
  18. Da Qin: I Rely on the Words of My Heart to Deceive Ancestor Dragon Historical200k Wordsongoing The soul of a modern young man has penetrated Yingyun, the Sixth Prince of the Qin Dynasty, awakened the salted fish system, and can increase his cultivation level while lying down. Ying Zheng heard all the voices in the main hall. He saw through Xu Fu's elixir conspiracy, and he was still complaining madly in the court during the exam. 35ReadsScoreShelves
  19. The Vicissitudes of Empire: the Historical Truth Behind the Financial Crisis of the Late Qing Dynasty Historical270k Wordscompleted "The Vicissitudes of Empire: The Historical Truth Behind the Late Qing Dynasty's Financial Crisis" tells the story of the Qing Dynasty in 1872, when the Qing Dynasty launched a magnificent reform and opening up. Cixi, Li Hongzhang, Sheng Xuanhuai, Tang Tingshu, Ito Hirobumi, Hoover... All the influential figures appeared in costumes one by one, and together they sang the last elegy of the Aisin Gioro Dynasty. Behind this tragic elegy a hundred years ago, who was promoting the reform and opening 35Reads8.0ScoreShelves
  20. The Great Gatsby 124k Wordscompleted F. S. Fitzgerald, one of the most outstanding American writers of the 20th century, sang a gorgeous elegy for the "Jazz Age" with the temperament of a poet and dreamer. In his short life of forty-four years, he experienced many ups and downs, and he saw all the hardships of the world in the Vanity Fair. At the end of the 20th century, American academic authorities selected one hundred of the best novels in the century-old English literature. The novel "The Great Gatsby", which embodies Fitzgeral 34Reads8.9ScoreShelves
  21. Hesitant 90k Wordscompleted "Wandering" is Lu Xun's second novel collection, which includes a total of eleven novels written from 1924 to 1925. "Wandering" was written during the ebb of the May Fourth Movement, and divisions emerged within the New Culture Movement camp. On the one hand, the author "felt lonely" and "desolate" because he "had become a wanderer and could no longer form a formation"; on the other hand, he "summed up past experience, looked for new comrades, and deployed new battles." "Wandering", which was pu 34Reads8.9ScoreShelves
  22. Who Doesn't Know Ning Gaoning? 190k Wordscompleted He is one of China's most influential business leaders and one of the business leaders who is influencing Chinese management. Strategic leadership and mission journey, managers and leadership, management models and evaluation systems, corporate culture and rebranding, headquarters issues and process construction... This book provides readers with a comprehensive and in-depth interpretation of how Ning Gaoning managed the transformation and re-engineering of two "dinosaur-level" companies, China 34Reads8.5ScoreShelves
  23. Gide's Collected Works: the Narrow Gate + the Immoral + the Food of the World 249k Wordscompleted "Collected Works of Gide" includes Gide's three masterpieces: "The Narrow Gate", "The Irregulars" and "The Food of the World". The Food of the World is a collection of essays by Gide. After Gide traveled to North Africa and Italy, he used his wanderings on the road as a clue and used a virtual goddess as the object of his confession to express his feelings about life. He wrote a series of poetic fragments that were combined with traditional short poems, odes, melody and other forms. Gide despise 34Reads8.7ScoreShelves
  24. Gathering Flowers in the Morning and Evening: Collected Works of Lu Xun's Classics 170k Wordscompleted "Morning Blossoms Plucked at Dusk: Lu Xun's Classical Collected Works" collects the most representative parts of Lu Xun's works in various genres: novels "Diary of a Madman" and "The True Story of Ah Q", essays "Mr. Fujino", "Twenty-four Filial Piety", etc., As well as prose poems and some typical essays and academic articles. The content covers a wide range of topics and can truly and comprehensively reflect Lu Xun's creative situation and ideological trends. In addition, because Lu Xun's calli 33Reads8.8ScoreShelves
  25. Illustrated Artificial Intelligence 121k Wordscompleted In recent years, the artificial intelligence craze has swept across the world. This book collects basic knowledge for artificial intelligence development in a graphical way, covering popular technologies such as machine learning, deep learning, reinforcement learning, image and speech pattern recognition, natural language processing, and distributed computing. The book is illustrated with pictures and text, explaining the profound things in simple terms. It is an introductory textbook on artific 32Reads7.6ScoreShelves
  26. Pony of Tarquinia 91k Wordscompleted In Duras's early works, the style began to change. She no longer focuses on telling stories, but expresses subtle moods and emotions in calm and plain conversations. The sea, the heat, the bitter taste of Compari, the game of boules, thoughts solidified in the heat, and the love of many years also stopped. Should you set out on a trip to seek another scenery for your life, or should you indulge your emotions in laziness? " 32Reads8.6ScoreShelves
  27. Waterloo: Four Days That Decided the Fate of Europe Historical487k Wordscompleted From June 15 to 18, 1815, the French army and the anti-French coalition fought three battles near Brussels that determined the fate of Europe. On the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo, Tim Clayton uses "hours" as a unit of measurement to meticulously re-evaluate the ancient legend of Waterloo by extensively citing newly discovered historical materials and trying to reveal the true sequence of major and minor events in the entire battle in order to correctly examine it. 32Reads8.7ScoreShelves
  28. The Little Prince: Illustrated Edition of Original Paintings and Classics (Chinese-English Bilingual) 100k Wordscompleted The little prince is an otherworldly fairy boy who lives on an asteroid that is only a little bigger than him. Accompanying him was a small rose that he loved very much. But Rose's vanity hurt the little prince's feelings for her. The little prince bid farewell to the asteroid and began his journey through space... In the fairy tale, the little prince was not conquered by the adult secular world, and he finally found his ideal. This ideal is the love that connects everything in the universe, and 32Reads8.3ScoreShelves
  29. Little Prince 32k Wordscompleted The little prince lives on an asteroid called B612. His daily life consists of cleaning three volcanoes, cleaning harmful baobab saplings, and watching the sunset. One day a rose grew on his planet. The little prince took great care of her, but he often had conflicts because of his emotional ignorance. The little prince ran away sadly and traveled around. He came to the earth, met the fox and the pilot, and also saw the garden of five thousand roses. After seeing and learning a lot, the little p 32Reads9.4ScoreShelves
  30. Endgame Magic 21k Wordscompleted Features of this book: ① It gives people a unique feeling, and the word strange is used throughout the book; ② The method is concise, alarming and unique, and the game is fascinating and endless aftertaste; ③ It is concise but not easy, and there are certain difficulties in solving it; ④ There is no pretentiousness or tedious feeling. This book is a good chess book. 32Reads8.3ScoreShelves
  31. Oblomov (Masterpieces of Foreign Literature Series) 356k Wordscompleted The creation of the novel "Oblomov" began in the 1840s. It is the representative work of the outstanding Russian realist writer Goncharov. It was not completed until 1859 and occupies an important position in the history of Russian literature. The novel creates an image of a character who is upright, kind, and gentle, but also lazy, obsessed with fantasy, inactive, and conservative. Oblomov, a landowner and intellectual, was pampered and regarded labor and public service as unbearable burdens. A 31Reads9.2ScoreShelves
  32. The Collected Works of Saint-Exupéry (Four Volumes) 297k Wordscompleted "Collection of Saint-Exupéry" (four volumes in total) includes five works including "Southern Mail", "Night Flight", "Earth of Man", "Combat Pilot" and "The Little Prince". Among them, "The Mail of the South" is Saint-Exupéry's pioneering work. The novel describes the ambivalence of the pilot Berni wandering between emotion and action. It also alludes to the author's failed romance with Vermoulin. In "The Little Prince", the author uses the child-like vision of the little prince to see through t 31Reads8.5ScoreShelves
  33. Chemistry Is so Fun (New Version) 50k Wordscompleted Why should I study mathematics? Why should I study physics? Why should I study chemistry? What are they used for? How does the science knowledge learned in the classroom relate to our lives? This series of books will tell us: in life, these scientific knowledge are everywhere, and it is very important to learn them well. The authors of this series are experts and teachers from related disciplines. Through the combination of pictures and texts, and easy-to-understand words, they introduce a serie 31Reads7.7ScoreShelves
  34. A Person's Experience (Foreign Literature Masterpiece Series) 255k Wordscompleted The novel collection "A Person's Experience" contains about twenty short stories by the famous Soviet writer Sholokhov, among which "A Person's Experience" is the most famous. Sholokhov showed the other side of war in these novels, the profound impact of war on the lives of ordinary people, which can be said to be a type of war literature. Unlike war novels that directly reflect the front line, in peacetime, such works are more thought-provoking. 30Reads9.0ScoreShelves
  35. The Corpse Burner of the Ming Dynasty Copied the Immortality Skill at the Beginning Eastern Fantasy792k Wordsongoing Su Jing traveled through the Zongwu Daming Dynasty and became a corpse-burning helper at the lowest level in the Soul-Suppressing Department. In this world, martial arts lead to the gods, and evil spirits abound. The master of Yihua Palace cut off the river with one palm, the Wudang Taoist sword opened the gate of heaven, and the Great Qin Sword Master flew his sword with a hundred steps. … As for Su Jing, all he had to do was burn the body in a dark furnace. "Ding! Successfully rescued the ston 29Reads5.7ScoreShelves
  36. Andersen's Fairy Tales 80k Wordscompleted "Andersen's Fairy Tales" is a classic handed down from generation to generation dedicated to mankind by Andersen, the world's best fairy tale master. This book contains a total of 15 popular masterpieces, including "The Ugly Duckling", with vivid and concise language, twists and turns and bizarre plots, and beautiful illustrations, creating a fairy tale world full of infinite fantasy for children. Fairy tales shine with the light of wisdom and emotion, leading children to understand simple kindn 29Reads9.3ScoreShelves
  37. Chinese Mohism 99k Wordscompleted As an academic and political group that is opposed to Confucianism, Mohism competes with the powerful Confucianism on an equal footing, and even comes from behind. Mencius, the "lesser sage", had to exclaim: "The words of Yang Zhu and Mo Zhai fill the world. If the words of the world do not belong to Yang, then they belong to Mohism." The reason why Mohism was able to do so in the early Warring States Period The fundamental reason for its sudden rise in the early period was that it was more adap 29Reads8.5ScoreShelves
  38. Holy Joy Heavenly Method 1k Wordscompleted Buddhist books. It guides people to be good, and the philosophical thoughts contained in it are worthy of people's study and reflection. 28Reads8.2ScoreShelves
  39. Self-Control 123k Wordscompleted Self-control has an important impact on people's physical health, mental level, interpersonal relationships and career development. This book discusses the importance of self-control from multiple aspects, and proposes simple, efficient, and practical methods for managing self-emotions. I hope it can provide readers with a reference and help them control themselves more effectively and become people who can resist interference, temptation, and pressure. 28Reads9.1ScoreShelves
  40. How to Write a Good Narrative (Master Writing Course Series) 124k Wordscompleted Sun Liggong was a rising star in the Chinese language teaching scene in the 1920s and 1930s, and he was quite accomplished in Chinese language teaching. As one of Sun Ligong's early representative works on Chinese language teaching, this book had a significant impact on the Chinese language education community at that time. The main content of this book consists of three parts: scene description, narrative, and travel notes. The author believes that scene description is easy to learn and the mos 27Reads8.6ScoreShelves
  41. After the Age of 18, You Need to Understand Some Economics (Platinum Collector's Edition) 160k Wordscompleted Economics may seem far away, but in fact it is closely related to our daily lives. In the current context of rapid economic development, it is very necessary for every young person to learn and master certain economic knowledge. "Understanding Economics After 18 Years Old (Platinum Collector's Edition)" (author Wang Wenzhu) takes various social and economic phenomena that are closely related to our daily life, work, and social interactions as an entry point. "Understanding Economics After 18 Yea 27Reads9.2ScoreShelves
  42. IQ Determines Doing Business 153k Wordscompleted If you want to reach a high level of business, you must read this book. This book uses stories to tell truths and explains many excellent business tips to you. Each business story extends to a higher level of business wisdom. The language of the book is popular, the content is rich, and the truth is profound. It is worthy of reading by readers. 27Reads9.1ScoreShelves
  43. Food and Chinese Culture Historical323k Wordscompleted "Eating" is a fundamental feature of Chinese secular culture. The author intervenes in the study of the development and evolution of diet as an archaeologist, thus entering the category of social history. The author details the evolution of all the eating utensils, cooking methods, and food anecdotes, and examines their origins one by one. It is a popular work with academic standards. This is a rich textual textual history of food. It is a friendly and knowledgeable food journey that makes you w 26Reads8.7ScoreShelves
  44. Collection of World Literature Classics·sea Wolf 153k Wordscompleted "Sea Wolf" describes a touching fight and an unforgettable love story on a sailing ship named "Ghost" that hunts seals for a living. It tells the story of the protagonist Van Weyden's experience of escaping from danger due to a shipwreck controlled by the seal hunting boat owner Sea Wolf Larson. The book contains a large number of the author's own views, and the discussion of his views is full of philosophical beauty. The "Sea Wolf" in the novel is not only the name of Captain Larson, but also s 25Reads9.1ScoreShelves
  45. How Steel Is Made (Famous Translation Series) 299k Wordscompleted Ostrovsky's novel "How the Steel Was Tempered" is one of the most brilliant masterpieces in Soviet socialist literature and has become a classic in world literature. It was translated and introduced to China and has been popular for more than half a century. It is regarded as a life textbook, a road sign of life and a spiritual tonic, and has been passed down by generations of readers. In a mass voting event held last year for "Fifty Books That Touched the Republic", the book "How Steel Was Temp 25Reads8.6ScoreShelves
  46. The Complete Works of Cai Gen Tan 148k Wordscompleted "The Complete Collection of Cai Gentan: The Ultimate Wisdom for Cultivation of Life and Life" is actually the ultimate wisdom for cultivation of life and life. This book is a fusion of ancient Chinese philosophical systems such as Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism. It is a collection of quotations on self-cultivation, life, conduct, and rebirth, collected and compiled by Hong Yingming, a Taoist at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty. It has the crystallization of the truths of the three religions 25Reads8.9ScoreShelves
  47. A Complete Book of Baby Complementary Food Nutrition 64k Wordscompleted "When should we start giving complementary foods to babies?" "What nutrients does babies need?" "Which ingredients are good for babies?" "Which foods may cause allergies to babies?" From the moment the baby takes the first bite of complementary foods, as parents, we have to seriously think about our children's diet. For example, babies who are more than 4 months old mainly eat pureed food; when babies start to grow teeth, it is necessary to design menus to cultivate chewing and digestion abiliti 25Reads8.7ScoreShelves
  48. Speak with Facts: 8 Principles of Transparent Communication 120k Wordscompleted I don't know when we began to slowly accept the concept of white lies. In interpersonal interactions, I cannot speak my mind, and always say things that make others unhappy. My work and life are often affected, my mood is bad, and my interpersonal relationships are poor. I increasingly feel that lies are sometimes a kind of kindness and an effective way of communication. But lies are lies and can never be true. To solve practical problems in work and life, we still need to speak with facts. This 25Reads8.6ScoreShelves
  49. Wind 59k Wordscompleted This book is a collection of short stories published by Japanese writer Nanae Aoyama in 2014. It includes four short stories, "Premonition", "Dancing", "Two People" and "Wind". Each story ranges in length from 1,000 to 30,000 words. It was originally published in magazines such as "New Wave" and "Literary Art" from 2012 to 2014, and was later collected into a volume. The four short stories included in this book focus on some isolated individuals in the crowd. Some of them live alone, and when th 25Reads8.6ScoreShelves
  50. Walking with Walser 84k Wordscompleted In 1929, the Swiss German writer Robert Walser hid in a mental hospital and stayed away from the world for the rest of his life. In 1933, Walser closed the book. He said that he was not here to write, but to go crazy. If he wanted to write, he would not come here. He turned to another favorite activity: hiking. Starting in 1936, Carl Zelich visited regularly, walked with Walser, and wrote a diary, which became the only true record of Walser's last twenty years of life. During the long walk, Zeli 25Reads8.7ScoreShelves