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British writer Adam Nicholson has reinterpreted Homer for a new generation, describing in detail Homer's life and the birth of his two epic poems, from the rough and majestic "Iliad" to the gentle and delicate "Odyssey". From Nicholson's poetic words, you can see the influence of "Homer's Epic" on poets - Shelley and Keats; on philosophers - Plato and Socrates, on cities and on grasslands. In short, Homer is on every beach in Europe. Nicholson said: In a way, Homer examines the worst aspects of life, especially the Iliad, which makes people serious. And he offers no comfort. Most of the warriors died miserably, and there was no heaven after their death. They all went to Hades.

Seabirds are masters of the sea and wind. They are the only animals that can survive on land, sea and sky, and they have always been fascinated by humans. They have grown up in extremely difficult environments on Earth and have survived for billions of years, but now they seem to be being destroyed by us. Their numbers are plummeting, falling by a third in the past six years. Many seabirds are crying in the bays and roosts, and many seabirds will become memories. "The Cry of Seabirds" will take us to the habitats of albatrosses, puffins, boobies and other seabirds, from the Hebridean Islands to the Orkney Islands, and then to the Shetland Islands, with lifelike seabird illustrations. Adam Nicholson combines history, legend, poetry, folklore and modern science to vividly reveal the details of seabird life and the surprising wisdom of life: the way their bodies work, their dizzying skills in direction recognition, and their ability to use their sense of smell. The ability to fish or find a way home, as well as understanding the laws of the wind that relies on it, etc., And describe the love, loss and cruelty of the seabird world with a storytelling tone and a scholarly style, make us feel that the world of seabirds is our world.