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Japanese contemporary novel, Keigo Higashino's emotional suspense masterpiece, sold an average of one copy every 15 seconds in Japan for 56 consecutive days, breaking the sales record of Keigo Higashino's novels, and won the first best-selling novel of the year in Japan, the first place in Japan's Kinokuniya Bookstore, and the 43rd New Style Award. Kazuya Ninomiya, Ryo Nishikido, Erika Toda, and Tomokazu Miura starred in the Japanese drama of the same name, which won 8 awards. Keigo Higashino said: "The novel "Meteor Link" was not written by me, but by the characters in the story themselves." Yokosuka, summer night. Three brothers and sisters in elementary school secretly watched the meteor shower. When they returned home in the middle of the night, they found their parents lying in a pool of blood, and a strange man ran out of the back door and disappeared. The life trajectories of the three brothers and sisters completely changed from this moment on. The case remained unsolved and was gradually forgotten. When they were young, they were homeless and came to an orphanage. They depended on each other and lived a difficult but warm life. They grew up day by day, and they could never forget the night they watched the shooting stars. Fourteen years have passed, and the expiration date of the case is getting closer and closer. The three brothers and sisters accidentally discovered the person they saw on the night of the murder.

This book, also known as "New Harmony", is a collection of notes and novels, as well as a collection of strange things that the author deliberately created. There are many editions of this book, including the Suiyuan self-engraved edition in the 53rd year of Qianlong's reign, the engraved edition of Meidetang in the 20th year of Jiaqing, and the lithographed edition of Shanghai Jinjiang Bookstore in the third year of the Republic of China. This time, Suiyuan's own edition was used as the basis, and other editions were used for proofreading, and several errors were corrected. In order to popularize this book, the school notes will not be published. Considering the readership of this book, some chapters have been deleted and only the titles have been retained.

"The Snows of Kilimanjaro" by Ernest Hemingway. Summary of "The Snows of Kilimanjaro": The Snows of Kilimanjaro - this is one of the most famous and beautiful novel titles in the world. This is also one of the most famous and best short stories in the world. This is Hemingway at his best: precise, restrained, mysterious, melancholy-perfect. This is the pinnacle of his literary empire-his Mount Kilimanjaro.

"King, Queen, Jack" is an early masterpiece by the novel master Nabokov, first published in 1928. Starting from this work, Nabokov began to frequently use multiple languages ​​​​in his works, play word games, and create many surrealist characters and images. This unique "Nabokov style" has also become one of the important reasons for his long-term foothold in the literary world. As the title of the novel suggests, the image of playing cards appears throughout the work. Franz, an inexperienced and ambitious young man, came to Berlin to seek refuge with his wealthy businessman uncle Dreher, and then was seduced into becoming the lover of Dreher's wife Martha, and the two conspired to kill Dreher. But when Martha learns that Dreyer is about to make a fortune, she suddenly changes her mind, and the conspiracy ends abruptly in an unexpected way... Elements such as derailment, deception, and murder are cleverly integrated into this triangular card game, making people appreciate the absurdity and darkness of human nature, but they are also unable to extricate themselves from the wonderful details created by the wordsmith.

In 1945, Maugham responded to the request of "Red Book" magazine to list what he considered the world's top ten novels, and attached ten thoughtful reasons for the recommendations. Shortly after the book list was published, it aroused enthusiastic responses from readers, and "Ten Novels and Their Authors" was born. More than seventy years later, Maugham's recommendation of the top ten novels in the world has become an immortal classic in the literary palace, and this collection of reviews written by him has also maintained its enduring charm and has been regarded as an introductory guide to literary reading by generations of readers.

"The Name of the Rose" is Umberto Eco's masterpiece. The story takes place in a monastery in medieval Italy. The Franciscan friar William and his disciple Adso went there to prepare for the mediation between the Holy Roman Emperor and the Pope. As soon as the two arrived, a murder occurred in the monastery. William, who was good at reasoning, was entrusted by the abbot to investigate. The murders have not stopped, one person dies every day. The labyrinthine monastery holds many secrets. When the secret is revealed, the truth about the murder is also revealed. The monastery was destroyed in a fire.

"Eco on Literature" is one of the few literary criticism monographs among Eco's works. It collects speeches and essays on literature given by writers on various occasions, starting from Joyce and Borges, all the way to Dante and Rabelais in the Middle Ages, and even Aristotle in the distant past. With a cross-disciplinary perspective that is different from that of ordinary literary critics, it accurately analyzes many important literary concepts that echo the past and present, the enduring human pursuits reflected in literary masterpieces, and the historical process inherent in literature.

This book is the last novel written by Italian writer Umberto Eco before his death. It provides a profound analysis and criticism of modern journalism through a conspiracy-laden newspaper experiment. In Milan in 1992, several journalists joined a daily newspaper under preparation, "Tomorrow Daily", ambitious to show their talents in new positions. In the era of booming television and radio, it is self-evident that newspapers are lagging behind. Therefore, "Tomorrow Daily" is determined to tell "events that will happen tomorrow" and to have some "foresight" in the field of news through in-depth investigation. They carefully researched past news and tried to compile a simulated "first issue." However, during the investigation, various realities emerged unquestionably.

Junichiro Tanizaki, the master of Japanese aesthetic literature, writes about his creative experience for future writers, unlocking the key to writing "Praise to the Shadows", "Fine Snow" and "Haru Kotoso". "Article Reader" is a famous work by Japanese aesthetic master Junichiro Tanizaki that discusses article reading and writing skills. It is like three in-depth and simple writing lessons. After the book was published in Japan, it aroused great repercussions. Writers such as Yukio Mishima and Yasunari Kawabata wrote books under the title "Article Reader" to discuss their own views on literary creation. With the perspective of a literary master, the author starts from the characteristics of Japanese language, characters and culture, focusing on "what is an article", "how to improve writing" and "what are the six major elements that constitute an article". Taking examples from Eastern and Western classics as evidence, the author discusses how Japanese language and characters can give full play to their advantages in creation so that they can express their ideas smoothly and brilliantly. Among them, "The Great Learning" and Tang poetry are quoted many times to analyze the works of Chinese literati and emphasize the implicit beauty of literature. This book is translated by the famous Japanese translator Lai Mingzhu. Together with Tanizaki's masterpiece "Ode to Shadow", it forms a complete puzzle of Japanese aesthetics.

"Rashomon" is a collection of novels by the outstanding modern Japanese writer Akutagawa Ryunosuke. It includes 9 of his classic representative novels, including his famous work, the life-and-death choice between good and evil - "Rashomon"; Natsume Soseki's masterpiece "The Nose"; the original novel of Kurosawa Akira's classic film "Rashomon" - "In the Bamboo Grove", in addition to the critically acclaimed "Hell" and "Kappa". The work shows the glorious artistic achievements of the "Japanese short story genius" from multiple angles. The selected chapters in the book are novel in material, exquisite in conception, with twists and turns in the plots, and profound implications. The characters range from high-ranking officials in temples to ordinary people in the city. It can be said that the various characters of Japan's Taisho era are presented like a quick glance, which can be called a microcosm of the times. After a hundred years, it is still breathtaking and deeply touching to read.

While engaged in literary creation, Tagore wrote a large number of literary reviews, covering epics, poems, novels, dramas, essays and comparative literature. These essays not only elaborate on the aesthetic theories he followed in literary creation, express his wise insights on various works, but also summarize his deep understanding and aesthetic experience. Tagore's literary theory will help Chinese readers and foreign literature researchers understand and study his works in depth. "Literature under Rabindranath Tagore" was compiled by Bai Kaiyuan.

Tagore regarded the development of national education as an important way to save the country. He emphasized that schools should be a pure land and strived to establish a new teacher-student relationship that transcended money in the school he founded. In decades of educational practice, he attaches great importance to cultivating students' imagination and image thinking abilities, and has created unique educational methods. His incisive discussion of education still has practical significance. "Education in Rabindranath Tagore" edited by Bai Kaiyuan is helpful to our country's educational circles in studying Tagore's educational thoughts, and has some enlightenment for our country's educational reform.

This book includes Wilde's two famous fairy tale collections: "The Happy Prince" and "The House of Pomegranates", which is a representative work of aesthetic fairy tales. In addition to following the themes of punishing evil and promoting good, hoeing the strong and helping the weak, robbing the rich and helping the poor, and praising the beautiful and belittling the ugly, as expected in ordinary fairy tales, the writer also uses his aestheticism point of view to explore major propositions such as "happiness", "beauty of the heart", "soul, body and soul". He has also made breakthroughs in both the form and content of fairy tale writing, achieving practical results and creating "the most beautiful fairy tale in the world".

The biographies of famous people include three volumes: Beethoven's biography, Michelangelo's biography, and Tolstoy's biography. "The Biography of Beethoven" Beethoven was born in an era when "breaking" and "establishing" were in conflict. He is talented and has composed one song after another that has been handed down from generation to generation; despite his ill-fated fate, he has gone through hardships and still adheres to his original intention of "being devoted to good, loving freedom more than anything else; and never betraying the truth under any circumstances." In this biography, the author not only tells the legendary life of music master Beethoven in beautiful language from different perspectives, but also reveals a great soul to readers. At the same time, Romain Rolland also compiled Beethoven's will and letters into a collection. "The Biography of Michelangelo" Michelangelo has a powerful power that can influence an era. Before him, the artistic sky in Florence was dull and lacked vitality. His appearance blew away the dark clouds hanging over it like a sudden storm. After him, Michelangelo's style influenced artists for almost three centuries. This biography mainly consists of three parts: the first part "Battle", the second part "Abandonment" and the epilogue. The author highly praises Michelangelo's artistic achievements and analyzes his inner world, thus revealing to readers a Michelangelo who is both ordinary and extraordinary, with unparalleled artistic talent and creativity. "The Biography of Tolstoy" Romain Rolland regarded Tolstoy as his spiritual mentor, and Toon's humanitarian feelings deeply moved him. Therefore, studying Toon's artistic creations, letters, and even the reminiscences of his contemporaries became the medium for Romain Rolland to express his admiration for Toon. Thus, an immortal "The Biography of Tolstoy" was born. The author's detailed research on Tolstoy has become the solid foundation of this work. With his extraordinary insight, Romain Rolland shows readers all the important aspects of the creative personality of a generation of literary giants.

"Gulliver's Travels" is an outstanding satirical novel in the form of travel notes. The author used rich satirical techniques and bizarre plots of fictional fantasy to profoundly analyze the social reality of Britain at that time. This book is written in the form of Captain Gulliver's autobiography. It mainly describes Captain Gulliver's strange experiences in Lilliput, Adult, Flying Island and Houyhnhnm. Through the form of a novel, the author comprehensively satirizes and criticizes the British social life in the first half of the 18th century, with distinctive democratic ideological characteristics.

The collection of three biographies, "The Biography of Beethoven", "The Biography of Michelangelo" and "The Biography of Tolstoy", written by Nobel Prize winner Romain Rolland, is a model work in the world of biographical literature. In his works, Romain Rolland focused on depicting the mental journey of three art masters who endured hardships and setbacks without changing their original intentions in the troubled life journey, highlighting their noble personality, fraternal emotions and broad mind, and composed a magnificent and shocking "heroic symphony" for people.

"Johan Christophe" is Romain Rolland's landmark masterpiece in art and thought. It took more than twenty years from conception to complete publication. With this work, Romain Rolland won the 1915 Nobel Prize for Literature. The Swedish Academy's award citation praised the high ideals of his work, as well as his compassion and love of truth in depicting different types of characters. "John Christopher" is not a novel, it should be said: more than a novel, but a great epic of mankind. What it depicts and sings is not the hardships experienced by human beings in the material aspect but the spiritual aspect. It is not the victory of conquering the outside world but the conquering of the inner world. It is a mirror of millions of living beings, an adventure story of heroes and sages from ancient and modern times at home and abroad, and a grand symphony in the style of Beethoven. Warrior, when you know that you are not the only one suffering in the world, you will definitely feel less pain, and your hope will always be reborn in despair!

"The Biography of Famous People" is a collection of three biographies, "The Biography of Beethoven", "The Biography of Michelangelo" and "The Biography of Tolstoy" written by the French writer Romain Rolland, also known as "The Three Biography of the Giant". The author uses words to reproduce the life course of three art masters who endured hardships and setbacks but still firmly fought against their fate. Their noble personality, broad mind, and eternal pursuit of dreams, truth and justice have composed for us a "heroic symphony" of endless struggle.

"The Education of Love" is a work by Italian writer Amicis. It is a famous children's literature work. It is considered one of the ten must-read novels for Italians and an enduring masterpiece in the history of world literature. "The Education of Love" was first published on October 18, 1886, with a total of 100 articles, mainly composed of three parts: the ten-month diary of Italian fourth-grade primary school student Enrico; the admonishing and inspiring articles written by his parents in his diary; and ten short stories read by teachers in class. The content of the diary describes every bit of the little protagonist's life, as well as the trivial matters of his classmates' lives. It is a very loving work.

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"Three Kingdoms" is the pinnacle work of Eiji Yoshikawa, and it is also the ultimate work of the blend of Chinese culture and Japanese temperament. In Japan, there are countless historians, politicians, entrepreneurs, writers and artists influenced by "Three Kingdoms". They regard "Three Kingdoms" as a historical masterpiece, a comprehensive collection of political strategies, a business war manual and an inspirational book, and learn from it history and culture, ways of success, methods of doing things, leadership theories, etc. There are five volumes in the "Three Kingdoms" series, and this is the fourth volume, including the Wangshu Volume and the Tunan Volume among the ten volumes. The Scroll of Wangshu: Zhou Yu failed to seize Jingzhou three times and died in depression. Zhang Song was sent as an envoy to make friends with Cao Cao, but was not treated politely. Instead, he made friends with Liu Bei and presented the map of Xichuan. Based on this, Liu Bei led Pang Tong, Huang Zhong, Wei Yan and others into Sichuan. Tu Nan's Scroll: First, Zhang Fei outsmarted Wakou Pass, causing Cao's army to suffer heavy losses; later, Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun bravely seized the camp and food and grass, defeating the main force of Cao's army. After successfully forcing Cao Cao back in a last-ditch battle, Liu Bei proclaimed himself "King of Hanzhong" and the Shu Han regime reached its peak.

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This masterpiece by the master of historical novels Chen Shunchen rediscovers Yelu Chucai, the first prime minister of the Yuan Dynasty. Chucai refers to "talents appointed in foreign countries". This was the name given to him by his father who served in the Jin Kingdom after the fall of his country Liao. He was good at Confucianism and well versed in Buddhism. When an unstoppable force came from the northern grasslands, he was determined to protect life and civilization. Chu Cai was twenty-eight years old when he was summoned by Genghis Khan. He marched westward with the army until they reached Samarkand. He witnessed the destructive behavior of the Mongolian army - "burning, killing, looting, and then abandoning them." In the Mongol Empire, which was busy conquering the east and west all day long, Chucai was at the top of the political power. He worked alone on the separation of powers and cultural and educational policies. Transforming Mongolia's huge destructive power into a powerful force to protect the people-this is his biggest goal. However, after Genghis Khan, Taizong Wokuotai, who absolutely trusted Chu Cai, also passed away. Thus, a fierce battle began around the Khan position...

"Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" is the second part of the trilogy and was published in 1870. The story is not complicated. It mainly tells the story of the submarine Nautilus traveling around the world on the bottom of the sea. "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" depicts various adventures. Sometimes there are dangers and critical moments, and sometimes the scenery is beautiful and intoxicating. The whole book is full of exotic sentiments, as colorful as a myth, and embodies mankind's longing for heaven and earth, and the dream of flying freely since ancient times.

"Gitanjali: Song Offerings" (Gitanjali: Song Offerings) was published in 1912 and contains 103 poems, which were selected and translated into English by Tagore himself from many Bengali poetry collections. This collection of English poems is Tai Ong's masterpiece and the main reason why he was awarded the 1913 Nobel Prize for Literature. This collection has profound philosophical thoughts, elegant writing, and graceful bearing. According to the Nobel Prize citation, after the publication of this collection, "People everywhere now hail Tagore as a rising master in the art of English poetry who is worthy of admiration, regardless of whether they know his Bengali poetry or not, and regardless of their differences with the poet in terms of religious beliefs, literary genres, and political goals." The Gardener was published in 1913 and contains 85 poems. It is another important collection of Tagore's poems. This collection of English poems mainly talks about love and life. It is fresh, beautiful, profound and moving, and also contains profound philosophical thoughts. As the Nobel Prize citation said about this collection: "From it we see another side of his personality - sometimes surrendering to the intertwined joys and sorrows of youthful love, sometimes indulging in the anxiety and joy caused by the prosperity of life. At the same time, all these experiences are accompanied by thoughts about the extraordinary world."

Rabindranath Tagore, a famous Indian poet and winner of the 1913 Nobel Prize for Literature. He wrote a large number of poems throughout his life. After winning the Nobel Prize for Literature, he selected his favorite and most proud poems from his Bengali poems. After re-experiencing and re-creating them, he translated them into clean, fresh, natural and meaningful prose poems. This book selects the most popular passages from these poems and is a collection of Tagore's lyrical poems.

"A Midsummer Night's Dream", with a dreamlike name, is a relatively mature comedy work by the British playwright William Shakespeare in his youth. It is also one of William Shakespeare's most famous comedies. It tells a love story in which lovers finally get married. This play has had a huge influence on the history of world literature, especially the history of drama. Later generations adapted it into movies, stories, games, paintings, etc.

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Deaths from falling occurred one after another on bank rooftops. Among the dead were happy female employees who were in love, as well as young men who declared, "I will never commit suicide." An actress who hanged herself after leaving behind a large number of potted plants, a bank robber dressed as Santa Claus, a Buddhist altar shop owner and a ramen shop owner competing to buy a luxury car... Under the famous "Running Youth" billboard, seemingly unrelated people are connected by mysterious cases. Can detective Mitarai Aoi see through the truth and find the hidden murderer?

Forty years ago, a serial murder case based on astrology shocked the whole of Japan! First, the painter Umezawa Heikichi was beaten to death in a secret room, then his eldest daughter, who was already married, was raped and murdered at home. Finally, even the six daughters who lived with him disappeared. Bodies were found buried all over Japan one after another, and each one had a part cut off! Forty years later, Mitarashi, an astrologer and part-time detective, decided to crack this large-scale and incredible astrological murder magic within a week!

Prishvin, a Russian writer, is known as "the complete great artist", "Russian language herb" and "the pioneer of world ecological literature and nature literature". Some of his pioneering works that put forward environmental protection concepts appeared 10 years earlier than Silent Spring, a recognized classic of modern ecological literature. "Nature's Calendar" is a collection of essays in the natural and original genre. The author Prishvin is a distinctive writer in the history of Russian literature in the 20th century. He is known as a poet with a strong sense of the universe. He is good at listening to the voices of birds and animals, and the sounds of grass and insects. He expresses his praise of nature in his works and reflects the harmonious coexistence between man and nature. In Nature's Calendar, the author combines his own experience of living, hunting, and recuperation in the forest area on the outskirts of Moscow. It is divided into four chapters, spring, summer, and autumn. In an almost diary style, using a simple line drawing method, the author tells the cycle of the four seasons and explores the relationship between humans and animals and plants in nature.

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Zhongtian's Reading China series, a 20-year classic, has sold millions of copies, covering Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Xiamen, Chengdu, and Wuhan. If you understand the city, you will understand ourselves!

"Man and Mother Earth" was written in 1973. It is Toynbee's last work. It is a panoramic investigation of world history from a global perspective and a highly readable chronological historical work. In a lyrical and graceful style, Toynbee demonstrated the interrelationship between human beings and their living environment, described the entire process of the origin, development, interaction and integration of human civilization, and systematically introduced the types of civilizations in various periods and regions of the world from 500,000 years ago to the 1970s.

"The Age of Voltaire" is the ninth volume of the "The Story of Civilization" series of "Utopia Classics Hall". The widespread and ongoing conflicts between religion, science, and philosophy constituted a vivid historical drama in the 18th century. "The Age of Voltaire" is not a biography of Voltaire, but uses his colorful life as a link between countries and generations to show European civilization from the death of Louis XIV to the collapse of the Bastille. This book depicts a group of thinkers headed by Voltaire. Our relative freedom of thought, speech, and belief today is all thanks to the Enlightenment thinkers of the 18th century. The Enlightenment liberated the human heart and mind, and its results are still with us today.

Released to commemorate the centenary of the outbreak of World War I. Churchill - one of the Big Three, one of the greatest British men of all time, and a politician who won the Nobel Prize for Literature. Why is the Balkans called the barrel of Europe? Churchill talks about the "troubles of Central Europe", sums up the root causes of trauma in the twentieth century, discovers the inner context behind history, and presents the unknown truth behind history with rich and detailed first-hand information.

The sequel to "Love Notes" is the pinnacle work with the theme of love. It is full of references and originality. It provides guidance for people in love, analyzes love from the perspective of a philosopher, and embraces philosophy from the perspective of love. The heroine Alice is a romantic who is full of fantasy about love. One day, at a banquet, she met the polite and funny Eric. Alice immediately falls in love, abandoning her usual independent female style and embracing the passion and sweetness of love. Eric is a skilful lover, gentle, considerate, and imaginative, but he is also a self-centered, pleasure-seeking man who is afraid of commitment. As time passes, love is in trouble and romance is about to be exhausted. At this moment, Philip, who had a completely different personality from Eric, appeared in front of Alice again, which fascinated her...

Work protects people from the three great evils: boredom, sin, and want. How could I connect the act of making money with a sense of accomplishment in a work that was both painfully sad and ecstatic? What kind of success do I hope to achieve? How should I face my life? In this book, the British genius Alain de Botton examines the role of work, career, and personal hobbies in life with the perspective of a philosopher, and explores the little-known mysteries of various professions and the fun brought about by all kinds of incredible hobbies with the vivid writing style of a novelist and the sensitivity of a scholar. De Botton's new book may be seen as an "intertext" with the philosophical novel "Candide" (1759) by the 18th-century Enlightenment writer Voltaire. According to Voltaire, the world is far from perfect, and work can save people from three major evils: boredom, sin and lack. His protagonist Conrad said the truth recognized by many people: "It is more important to plant our garden." The years pass by in a hurry, like water, like shuttles, like floating clouds on the top of green mountains. 250 Years later, de Botton also has a deep affection for work, but his perspective has changed slightly, focusing more on the "joy and sorrow" brought by work. In his writing, although work and "sideline" hobbies are extremely challenging, have setbacks and hardships, they are the most enjoyable, lasting and beneficial fun in life. "Work can divert our attention, give us a beautiful bubble, let us be in it, and make life perfect." Work is life.

The creative source of the British hit TV series "Perfect Home" and the best model of life guide, with more than 200 pictures of buildings and artworks beautifully presented. This book is not a textbook-style history of Western architecture, nor is it an architectural appreciation manual or decoration guide. This latest work, written by de Botton over several years, examines from a very unique perspective a subject that seems familiar to us but is actually quite unfamiliar: the relationship between material architecture and our happiness. Why do people need buildings? Why does a certain kind of beautiful architecture please you? Why does this understanding of architectural beauty change? What is the connection between architecture and human happiness? De Botton's answers to these questions from the perspectives of philosophy, aesthetics and psychology are enough to subvert your daily clichés about architecture, and will prompt you to fundamentally change your established attitudes and pursuits towards architecture, and thus towards life and happiness.

The works of Alain de Botton, a British genius, lifestyle leader, and speaker, include a preface specially written by de Botton for Chinese readers. The essence of prose that blends sensibility and rationality, random thoughts and philosophical thoughts. Discover philosophy and beauty in ordinary life. Starting from the space that evokes secret consciousness, we can observe the beauty and dreams that fall around you and me. Alain de Botton, British best-selling author. He is good at using small metaphors to describe big things, exemplifying daily trivial matters and explaining life philosophy. Use simplicity to control complexity, add color at will, and lead people to draw inferences. His writing is euphemistic and elegant, concise and elegant, and captures the interest of classical British prose. "The Charm of Boredom" is a collection of essays with concise language and deep writing style. It tries to find the theme of happiness in the details and smiles. How sadness can become happiness; how airports can become scenery; how boredom can become happiness; harvesting happiness in all unexpected places is De Botton's consistent pursuit. With his rich imagery and overflowing talent, de Botton blends sensibility and rationality, random thoughts and philosophical thoughts. Readers may use the brilliant writings of British talents to adjust their mentality, change their horizons, relieve the pressure of life, and realize the true meaning of life.

At the end of World War II, the U. S. Military had achieved successive victories in the Pacific battlefield and was making great strides towards the Japanese mainland. As victory approaches, a series of questions are also placed in front of the U. S. Government: Will Japan surrender without attacking the Japanese mainland? Once the US military lands on the Japanese mainland, will the Japanese resist desperately and cause huge casualties to the US military? After occupying Japan, how to transform Japanese society and whether to retain the emperor... Therefore, understanding the Japanese thinking and behavioral patterns has become a top priority for the US government. In June of the same year, the author of this book was ordered to study Japan from a cultural perspective in order to find the answer. "The Chrysanthemum and the Sword" is this answer sheet. It is actually a research report submitted to the U. S. Government by the author after analyzing Japanese culture. Facts have proved that the views in the book had a great impact on future U. S. Relations and policies toward Japan, and achieved good results. Therefore, although this book has only a few hundred thousand words, "The Chrysanthemum and the Sword" is a veritable masterpiece, whether in terms of its impact on a country's destiny or in terms of its academic achievements. "Chrysanthemum" and "sword" respectively represent the two mentalities of Japanese people when facing ideals and reality, and are also portrayals of two different living conditions. The author analyzes different fields of Japanese society from the political structure, social class division, entertainment, human society, and even children's education. Not only is the theory clear, but the writing is also fluent and beautiful.

"Collection of Bacon's Essays" has a total of fifty-nine articles, covering all aspects of human life. The language is concise, the writing is beautiful, the reasoning is thorough, and the aphorisms are repeated. It has been deeply loved by readers from all over the world for hundreds of years. Bacon was knowledgeable and well-versed in the world, and had thought-provoking and unique insights into the issues he discussed. The version included in the Humanities Classics Library for the first time is the perfect version after three revisions by the translator, and it is the exclusive translation of our agency. The translator, Cao Minglun, is a famous translator from Zigong, Sichuan. He has a doctorate from Peking University and a professor at Sichuan University. His main translated works include "The Collection of Edgar Allan Poe", "The Collection of Frost", "The Collection of Willa Cather", "The Essays of Bacon" and "Selected Poems of Scott".

"Masters and Masterpieces: Maugham's Literary Afternoon Tea" is a collection of essays by the famous British writer Maugham about reading, famous writers, and famous works. In the article, Maugham talks about his views on reading and writing in his usual calm and humorous style, narrates the lives and writing experiences of famous writers, and also talks about Maugham's private views on reading, writing, and various literary genres. It is full of interesting quotes. This book can be used as a popular reading to understand the history of Western literature, famous writers and famous works, and it can also be used as a supplement when readers read famous works themselves. With the help of Maugham's critical yet warm vision, they can gain more gains and thoughts. Since its first publication, this book has been widely welcomed by readers around the world and has become the only choice for readers to understand literary classics, world literary giants and Maugham. The translation of this book is the exclusive copyright and is the latest Maugham translation by the young translator Liu Yongjun. The translator has devoted himself to translation and research on Maugham for many years and has become one of the representative Maugham translators in China and recognized by readers. It authentically presents the wisdom and humor of Maugham's works and is highly readable.

The novel focuses on the marriage and love story of the Dashwood sisters with very different personalities, and presents the intellectual and emotional struggle between women in the process of pursuing their own happiness. The rational and restrained Eleanor and the frank and emotional Marianne drank up the joy and sorrow of love, and their vision of the world became broader and more accessible from the original single perspective. In an era when female writers were still bound by prejudice, Austen anonymously published the book "By A Lady", "I will keep calm and I will be my own lover." She used humor and irony to break the shackles of sentimental literature and reshape modern women's outlook on marriage and life.

His father died in love with a strange woman. Being left alone in the world, I reshuffled my cards and started my life over again. I rented a house in Shimokitazawa and started working in a small bar nearby. However, just when I finally returned to normal life, my mother suddenly moved into my house and started a wonderful life together with me. Shimokitazawa warmly and gently embraces the mother and daughter who cannot bury the sense of loss and loneliness... This is a story of love that is ubiquitous but unique to one person and one city.

"Dark Fire" is an extremely strange novel by Nabokov, subverting people's inherent definition of novels. The novel consists of a preface, a four-chapter poem, commentary and index. Nabokov fictionalized a professor and poet Shade, and his colleague and neighbor Kim Porter. The poet left a long autobiographical poem after his death, and the neighbor wrote the preface, commentary, and index for the poem. The long poem only accounts for one-tenth of the book, but the commentary is very lengthy and cumbersome. The main body of the long poem talks about the poet's life, his dead daughter, his understanding of life, love, death, reality and illusion, etc. Through long comments, the neighbor interpreted the meaning of the poem as the story of the last king from the fictional country of Zambala. As an avant-garde exploratory writer, Nabokov was always looking for original novel forms. This intertextual structure with commentary as the main body reflects Nabokov's point of view: "Human life is nothing more than a series of notes added to an obscure and unfinished masterpiece."

David Kepsh is a university literature professor. As an intellectual, he longs for reason and moderation, but he is also energetic and often gets into trouble when faced with temptations. In the past two years, under the attack of reason and temptation, his desire has become stronger day by day. While the psychological balance was gradually broken, strange physiological changes also followed. One early morning in February, Kepusch discovered that she had turned into a female breast weighing 155 pounds... "Breast" uses a first-person perspective to record the protagonist's mental journey before and after the "deformation", as well as other people's reactions to this "deformation", leaving readers with infinite space to think about human alienation and loss of identity.

Bilbo Baggins is a wealthy hobbit. He is ordinary and content with his ordinary and comfortable life, leisurely and comfortable. Until one morning, the wizard Gandalf came to his door, and the adventure began. The chants of the 13 dwarves aroused Bilbo's desire and yearning for the distant world. They set out together on a thrilling and magnificent fantasy journey, and Bilbo also received a magical ring with the power of invisibility... Wizards, dwarves, elves; giant man-eaters, orcs, dragons; moon texts, Lord of the Rings, treasures; adventures that break through the self, torn with desire, the struggle between good and evil... We must be on the road before dawn to find our long-forgotten treasure...