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At the beginning of the 17th century, the nutmeg produced on an unknown island in the Pacific became the focus of competition among European countries in the spice competition. This triggered a fierce and bloody struggle between the Dutch East India Company and a small group of British spice merchants led by Nathaniel Courtop. This struggle eventually ended with the Netherlands and Britain reaching a deal with a far-reaching impact in history. The British ceded control of Lanyu Island to the Dutch, and in return received Manhattan. This book tells a wonderful adventure story. The author selects several representative spice merchants and vividly reproduces a legendary history for readers through their stories.

Mengmeng laughed and said: "Back then, your parents disliked me graduating from high school and insisted on breaking up us. Now your target only has a high school diploma, and the conditions in all aspects are no better than mine." Kaikai said ashamedly: "Mengmeng, I'm sorry, I was too cowardly back then. If I have to choose again, I will hold your hand firmly." Mengmeng said sarcastically to herself: "Your promises back then have now become my stepping stones. Thank you for abandoning me back then. Otherwise, how would I know the scenery of my other life path..."

This book is a record of Thoreau's time living alone by Walden Pond, describing what he saw, heard and thought during more than two years. He advocated returning to nature and advocating simple life. Everything from the changes in scenery caused by the changing of the seasons to the fight between two ants are vividly reproduced in Thoreau's wonderful pen. The descriptions are not superficial, but have the precision of a naturalist. While describing pastoral life and the charming scenery of nature, he also infiltrated wise and refined philosophical thinking.

In 2001, the talented science fiction writer Douglas Adams left us forever at the age of 49. His friends and editors rescued files from Adams' personal computer, carefully selected and edited them, and the collection was born. This book reveals the creation story of series such as "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" and "The Almighty Detective Agency" for readers who love Adams; while a series of short articles, interviews and letters show us countless details of the writer's life - his embarrassing big nose, the psychological damage caused to him by being forced to wear shorts when he was a student, saving rhinos, making movies, being obsessed with music, studying technology, thinking about philosophical issues, etc. Of course, detective Dirk Gentry also continues to pursue his new case in this book, although it is a case he is extremely reluctant to take on: the search for half a cat... Open this book and learn everything about Douglas Adams.

There are no essays in Britain, and "Bacon's Essays" is the pioneer work of British essay literature. In the history of world literature, "Bacon's Essays" occupies a very important position with its concise language, beautiful writing style, thorough reasoning, and repeated aphorisms. The content of the book covers philosophical thoughts, ethics, ways of doing things, principles of governance, etc. It also includes suggestions on some specific issues, and of course also includes appreciation of art and nature. His works have been translated into many languages ​​and are still selling well today.

A candid and heartfelt life monologue, a masterpiece of prose that pursues beauty and freedom - this is a book that thinks about life, but the author's thinking is very special and different from many people's. And this also forms an important feature of this book. Like many of us, the author has worked hard, struggled, and struggled in his life. He has suffered countless hardships, encountered too many setbacks, and experienced many worldly experiences. After reaching middle age, his economic conditions suddenly improved, allowing him to live a leisurely life without having to worry about making a living. At this time, he escaped from the society and lived alone, thinking about all aspects of life in the spring, summer, autumn and winter of the year. He seemed to be in a paradise, observing society and the life he had walked through the eyes of a bystander.

A fantastic collection of weird stories from Israel's most popular and acclaimed young author. In this collection of witty satirical short stories, best-selling Israeli author Keret describes the absurdities that plague his characters. These stories are brave, tense, sad, and sparkling. These stories, capable of both pain and pleasure, are brief but cover a wide range of emotions and narratives, establishing his status as the national conscience of Israel. These soul-stirring and humorous stories show that a passionate and intelligent person can also shine in a war-torn environment... We hope that Keret can trigger a craze for reading and a craze for the pursuit of reason. A man's beautiful girlfriend turns by night into a football-loving hunk with whom the man finds himself getting along; a pair of shrinking parents; a world where thoughts turn into shapes; a pessimistic talking Middle Eastern fish. "The Last Story, That's It" is an extraordinary collection of short stories, an Israeli bestseller, written by Etgar Keret, the most outstanding Israeli writer of his generation. "The Last Story, That's It" is about important things: friendship, grief, fear... But it's written in a way that's different from any other writer's.

The debut novel by Japanese literary genius Ryu Murakami won the Akutagawa Prize, Japan's highest literary award, and the Newcomer Award for Group Portrait. The origin of Japan's "transparent" literary genre touches the pain of youthful confusion. In the late 1970s, Japan experienced a stage of rapid economic development and began to enter a mature stage of capitalism. However, the unprecedented improvement in material living standards has not brought happiness to a group of young men and women living near the US military base in Fussa District, Tokyo. On the contrary, in their eyes, society is like a huge black bird, casting a shadow over the city that makes people unable to escape, making them breathless. This group of people have nothing to do all day long and indulge in a dissolute life. But after the fanaticism passed, I found that I was still confused about life.

When I am lonely, I can only recite one song, Ishikawa Takuboku. Ishikawa Takuboku is a talented poet. His poems have clear sadness and bright cuteness. Reading a poem by Ishikawa Takuboku, one can read the gentle loneliness and feel the faint loveliness. "I Was Cute Too" contains three short collections by Ishikawa Takuboku, including "A Handful of Sand", "Sad Toys", "Mails and Whistles", and an article about his own journey of poetry creation, "Edible Poems". Ishikawa Takuboku said: "In short, songs will never perish. Because of this, we can satisfy the heart of cherishing life for a moment." Ishikawa Takuboku's short songs are all about daily feelings and personal experiences, so they are the most empathetic. "To satisfy the heart of cherishing life for a moment", this is Ishikawa Takuboku's feeling about poetry, and it is also our feeling towards Ishikawa Takuboku's poetry.

"Sand Country Almanac" records Leopold's experience in ecological restoration work on a farm in Wisconsin, USA, in the order of four seasons, as well as his thoughts while working and traveling in various states. It profoundly explains the relationship between man and nature from the perspectives of philosophy, ethics, aesthetics and cultural traditions. The "land ethic" represents the essence of Leopold's ecological thought and is still used today. This reflects the forward-looking thinking of Leopold, and he is therefore called the "prophet" of ecologicalism.

Zweig is a world-renowned master of psychological novels. "Letter from a Strange Woman" includes Zweig's "Letter from a Strange Woman", "Twenty-Four Hours in a Woman's Life", "Women and the Earth", "The Governess" and other masterpieces of short and medium-length novels with the theme of female emotions. The translators of "Letter from a Strange Woman" are German literary translators such as Zhang Yushu, Zhang Penggao, Pan Zili, and Zhang Rongchang. Their translation is faithful and smooth, and conveys the charm of the original work very well. Zweig is a German-language writer loved by Chinese readers. 2022 Marks the 80th anniversary of his death. This book is released as a commemoration of him.

From Copenhagen to Stockholm, from Oslo to Helsinki. It started with bullying and fiction, and ended with deep love and forgiveness. At the age of four, he was his mother's little actor; at the age of fourteen, he was the "mail-order bride" on the school stage; as an adult, he was the radiant Hollywood star Jack Burns. However, just when he was gaining both fame and fortune, he was told that there was a completely different version of his childhood life story. His memories had been fabricated and his experiences had been deceived... In order to find his father, find himself, and retrieve the truth about his childhood and life, he once again set foot on the Nordic continent and embarked on a journey of pursuit that had been delayed for many years. Live with your past, don't forget, just forgive.

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"La Traviata" is the first Western novel to be translated into Chinese. In 1898, the classical Chinese version of "La Traviata in Paris" translated by Lin Shu and others was published. In the following decades, "La Traviata" continued to sell well in China. The plot of the novel is actually not complicated. Young Armand falls in love with Margaret, a high-end prostitute in Paris society. Margaret was born poor in the countryside and came to Paris at a young age. She suffered from consumption and got to know an old Duke. The Duke paid a large part of Margaret's expenses because she looked exactly like his dead daughter. Armand finally got together with Margaret after all the troubles, and the two had a pleasant life together in the countryside. But Armand's income was not enough to support the two of them, so Margaret had to turn to the old Duke for help. However, in the end, for the sake of love, Margaret gave up the Duke's funding and pawned her family property to support herself.

"In the World" is a long autobiographical novel written by Soviet writer Maxim Gorky. It is the second part of his autobiographical trilogy. The novel describes the life of the protagonist Alyosha from 1871 to 1884. During this period, he made a living by picking wild fruits with his grandmother and selling them. He worked as a draftsman's apprentice, as a dishwasher on a ship, and as an apprentice in an icon workshop. On the road of life, he went through many ups and downs and dealt with all kinds of people at the bottom of society, but he read a lot of books whenever he had the opportunity. Life experience and a lot of reading expanded Alyosha's horizons. He was determined to "be a strong person and not give in to the environment." "In the World" is Gorky's mellow writing style about his life as a boy. He used his personal life experiences to reflect some typical characteristics of Russian social life and the customs and sentiments of the society at that time.

"The Revenge of Colomba" is a famous novel by Mérimée, which describes the ancient custom of "family revenge" unique to Corsica. After the Battle of Waterloo, Lieutenant Reso retired and returned to his home island of Corsica. His father was murdered and killed by the village chief Barricini and his son. His sister Colomba encouraged her brother to avenge her father. However, his brother believed that "family revenge" was a remnant of barbaric customs and was unwilling to engage in it rashly. However, Colomba's careful planning and clever arrangements still aroused her brother's desire for revenge. The brother and sister finally killed their enemy and avenged their father's murder. Mérimée wrote a thrilling revenge story with careful conception, concise language and bright rhythm.

"Madame Bovary (Illustrated Collector's Edition)", formerly known as "Madame Bovary: Provincial Customs", is the representative work that established Flaubert's literary status and the pioneering work of realist literature. The novel was deleted when it was first serialized in the Paris Review in October 1856, and the Paris prosecutor criticized it on the grounds that the content "violated public order, good morals and religious ethics." The court trial in January 1857 made the novel famous. After Flaubert was acquitted in February 1857, "Madame Bovary" was officially published in April 1857. The protagonist of the story, Emma, ​​received an aristocratic education since she was a child and longed for romance and passion. She looked down on her husband Bovary, a country doctor, and felt that he had mediocre ideas and dull personality, so she used an affair to fill the emptiness in her heart. However, she desperately found that the romantic love she pursued was just a bubble. Yearning for a luxurious life, Emma gradually accumulated debts. Both lovers abandoned her, and there was no one else to support her. Emma is heading towards destruction step by step...

"Silent Spring" is a book that inspired the cause of environmental protection around the world. The author is American marine biologist Rachel Carson. This book describes "invisible" pollution and visible problems. The book begins with a fable, describing a small town with pleasant scenery all year round that is suddenly shrouded in strange silence, which leads to the serious harm of chemical pesticides represented by DDT to water sources, soil, animals and plants, and even humans themselves. The book takes specific events that happened in the United States as examples, from land to sea, and from sea to sky, to reveal the harm of chemical pesticides in an all-round way. It uses a literary and artistic form to show the author's heart to care for nature, reflect on human behavior, and pay attention to the sustainable development of the ecosystem.

On the occasion of Mr. Xu Yuanchong's 100th birthday, a new commemorative collector's edition of "Three French Literary Classics" is launched. Among them, "Madame Bovary" is a masterpiece of the novel by the famous French writer Flaubert, and also a representative translation of the famous translator Xu Yuanchong. "Madame Bovary" uses concise and delicate writing to reproduce the social life of France in the mid-19th century through the experience of Emma, ​​a passionate woman. This book incorporates female desire into a literary theme for the first time and is regarded as "the code of new art" and a "perfect novel". It is a writing model for many literary masters. It was selected into the British BBC's "100 Stories that Changed the World" and the British "Guardian" Top 100 Novels. The film of the same name was shortlisted for the 64th Academy Awards.

The "Game of Wisdom" series "Guiguzi's Bureau" has ten volumes and is a full-length historical novel. It tells the glorious legend of Gui Guzi, the founder of the strategist, yin-yang family, fortune teller, military strategist, and Taoist family, who organized the world! During the Warring States Period, in a mountain called Qingxi Guigu (today's Hebi City, Henan), there lived an old man (whose real name was Wang Xu) who was respectfully called Guiguzi. He read, meditated, and meditated on the mountain every day. He did not interact with the world and lived an isolated life. This book is the second volume of the long historical novel "Guiguzi's Bureau". In this volume, the soldiers of the Wei Dynasty guarded the three cities, and Song Jian and Sui Chaozi visited Guiguzi; the king of Wei fell into a treacherous plot, and disasters in Pingyang City never happened alone; Zhang Yi was the prime minister of Qin, teasing the princes of the world with his unshakable tongue, causing Su Qin to fail; Wei Xian defeated Hulu Valley, and finally Qin and Wei had no intention of fighting again and signed a peace treaty.

This book contains 70 prose essays by Liang Shiqiu, divided into six albums. These works include the place where he wrote, his concerns about education, music, chess, calligraphy and painting, as well as people's eating habits and comments, as well as delicacies such as Buddha jumping over the wall, lion's head, and roast duck. Paul's life may seem ordinary, but it is extremely interesting. This casual indifference of "writing as you think, regardless of the text" allows us to appreciate life better. The articles in this book are suitable for young people to savor. They help to create a perfect mind, cultivate noble sentiments, and appreciate different lives. They also have a good guiding and inspiring effect on young people's writing. ?

"Night on the Galaxy Railway" is a classic collection of works by "Japan's Hans Christian Andersen" Miyazawa Kenji. It selects one of Japan's well-known "poems that are not poems" "Braving the Wind and Rain", as well as "Night on the Galaxy Railway", "Takashu the Cellist", "Yellow Tomatoes" and "The Origin of the Deer Dance" "The Cat's Office", "Nighthawk Star", "The Fourth of Narcissus", "Yamanashi", "Twin Stars", "The Restaurant with Many Requests", "Crossing the Snowfield", "Fazemata Saburo", "Otsbell and the Elephant", "The Wild Goose", "The Biography of Gusco Budoli" and other 15 popular fairy tales. "Night on the Galaxy Railway" is one of the representative works. The author revised the draft four times in eight years and was still processing and polishing it until the end of his life. It is called "the never-ending fairy tale". It tells the story of a poor young man named Giovanni who fell asleep on a hill on the night of the Galaxy Festival. In his dream, he and his friends boarded the Galaxy Railway train bound for heaven, embarking on a magnificent and romantic journey to the Milky Way. Kenji Miyazawa constructed a wonderful and colorful fairy tale world, using simple language to show his reflection on the harmonious coexistence between human beings and all things in nature, his concern for life and the universe, and his pursuit of happiness and ideals, etc. Miyazawa Kenji's will to be on the earth and toward the Milky Way, as well as his lifelong spirit of persistent and down-to-earth struggle for the happiness of all mankind, are conveyed through his words. Everyone who reads it sighs: When you are born as a human being, you must become such a person. Miyazawa Kenji's fairy tales are not just fairy tales, they are not only children's stories, but also fairy tales that "never end" and "always grow". No matter children or adults, they can read the profound meaning every time they read.

The work tells the history of Japan's Warring States Period from 1467 to 1616 from the first-person perspective of dozens of celebrities during the Warring States Period. It is based on historical materials, takes the era and specific characters as the main line, and adds novel writing techniques to give a panoramic display of the characters and stories in the Warring States Period. The author gave up the main line of "Nobunaga, Hideyoshi, and Ieyasu" that was generally used in the original history of the Warring States Period. The common characteristic of the more than ten protagonists described in the work is that "they have never unified the world, but they are still the trend-setters in the river of history." History is everyone's own history, and the Warring States Period is also everyone's own Warring States Period, so it is named "Our Warring States Period."

"Anne's Diary" was written by Anne in the form of a letter to her friend Kitty when she and her family were hiding in the "back room" to escape the brutal persecution of Nazi Germany. The diary was written from June 12, 1942 to August 1, 1944, truly describing Anne's worries, joy, love and desire for freedom. Since World War II, many works with anti-fascist themes have appeared in the European and American literary circles, including many well-known masterpieces. However, in terms of printed editions, number of readers, and far-reaching influence, none of it can compare to "The Diary of Anne Frank", the work of an unknown Jewish girl.

Liu Yunruo (1903-1950) was a famous social romance novelist in Tianjin in the 1930s. His original name was Zhao Xiong, also known as Liu Cunyou and given the courtesy name Weixian. The portrayal of many cultural images in the novel vividly embodies Liu Yunruo's great sorrow and resentment that the modern life is too numb, smooth, depressed and lazy, which constantly destroys people's vitality and fighting spirit, as well as his eager yearning for the true, gentle and vital "human beings". He wrote serialized novels for four or five newspapers at the same time. He wrote them into chapters without any drafts. The plots are different and not mixed with each other. It is like a work that has been practiced repeatedly and is ready to be read immediately. Writing is never limited by time and place, and manuscripts can be written on a variety of papers.

The latest work of Tobin, the author of "Brooklyn" and "The Master", rewrites the family tragedy of Agamemnon from a modern perspective, an ancient Greek version of "House of Cards". "I have become familiar with the smell of death." A few years after King Agamemnon of Mycenae led the Greek coalition to attack Troy, his wife Clytemnestra began to tell her story. At this time, Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus ruled Mycenae, and the two planned to assassinate Agamemnon on the occasion of his triumph. Clytemnestra, who was hated and cursed by the gods, revealed the family tragedy that led to this bloody assassination: Three years ago, in order to please the gods and bless her victory in the Trojan expedition, Agamemnon tricked her eldest daughter Iphigenia into the military camp and killed her on the pretext of organizing a wedding. Clytemnestra turned Aegisthus, the hostage in the dungeon, into his bedfellow and accomplice; when Agamemnon returned, the captive Trojan princess Cassandra had also become his lover; in the end, Clytemnestra killed Agamemnon to avenge her daughter. In his latest novel "The Famous Family", Colm Tóibín retells the ancient Greek classic story of the death of Agamemnon in modern language, giving new life to Clytemnestra, the famous evil woman in Greek mythology, making us not only understand her desire for revenge, but even sympathize with her. Tobin brilliantly reveals her love, desire and pain. This is the story of Clytemnestra, the story of her son Orestes who later killed her, and the story of her second daughter Electra who witnessed it all.

"The Lost Love List" is a love confession book for a man who is about to enter middle age, a black box of love that has been destroyed and buried in the deep sea, and a mental portrait of a man completing the transformation process from childishness to maturity. In an alley in North London, thirty-six-year-old Lou Fleming owns a small second-hand record shop. After living together for three years, his girlfriend Laura abandoned him and moved out of his home filled with records, tapes, and CDs. Luo began to list the most sad dumped people in his life in chronological order. In his smart and ironic self-mockery, Luo's life was flowing in it, just like writing a life biography in the order of album titles, song titles and tracks...

Spring has really come, and my brother's hand and mine are tightly held together. My brother and I are forever fixed as two children fighting for freedom. Compared to the 60 million people who died, we are so lucky. In France in 1943, under the clouds of World War II, the government became a puppet of the Nazis and the police turned into thugs. Raymond, a Jewish boy, became Jeannault. He lost his family and relatives, and joined the resistance movement with his younger brother, becoming one of many children fighting for freedom. His belief and desire for freedom gave him incomparable courage and enthusiasm. He and his friends bombed railways and carried out assassinations, thinking that this was the unbridled youth. But what he doesn't know is that the game will eventually end, and he and his partners will become innocent victims of power and war.

While it makes my scalp numb, the original human nature is clearly visible. Smoke and Mirrors is a Geffen Award, Stoker Award, Locus Award nominee, and World Fantasy Award nominee! This book contains 29 Neil Gaiman's classic short stories, which describe the love, jealousy, greed, selfishness, fear and sadness in human nature. When a murder occurs in heaven; when "Snow White is a good person" is a lie told by the princess; when there are no animals to eat in the world, only babies to choose from; when the devil eats the boy and enters the world in the name of a boy; when gender can be transformed at will with the help of drugs; when murderers can be purchased at wholesale prices... When you open "Smoke and Mirrors", you will feel your scalp numb while watching it, and at the same time, you can see the original human nature at a glance.

How perfect does a victim need to be to elicit public sympathy? Will a suspect die socially due to public opinion? Donato Carisi, the first author of Italian suspense novels, has a crime-solving story that goes against the traditional formula. The work of Donato Carisi, a writer who won the SNCF European Detective Fiction Award, the Pocket Reader Award, and the Baccarella Award, Italy's highest award, has sold more than 200,000 copies in Italy. The film of the same name starred Jean Reno. On a foggy night, Detective Vogel appeared in the psychological clinic in a state of despair. What is the connection between the blood on his body and the girl who disappeared two months ago? The girl's name is Anna, and she mysteriously disappears on her way out. Vogel was ordered to investigate the case. He knew nothing about fingerprints and DNA, but this did not prevent him from becoming a star in the police circle because he had a unique secret and used the power of the media and public opinion. He made the public believe that the girl was abducted, and the culprit was the Chinese teacher Madini. Overnight, the teacher lost his family, job and dignity. The case was about to be solved, but Vogel received another clue. More than thirty years ago, six girls disappeared. Could it be that the real murderer is someone else? Vogel began to hesitate. Should he clear his teacher's name, or conceal the truth to protect himself? Vogel recounted his two-month experience in the psychological clinic, and the fog surrounding the girl's disappearance gradually dissipated...

Xi Youren, a wealthy businessman from Nanyang, went to Japan to meet his benefactor. Unexpectedly, as soon as he arrived in Japan, murders occurred one after another around him - first an old man living alone was strangled, then the nephew of a local politician was poisoned and died, and then his benefactor also died of gas poisoning! A series of confusing murder cases, but the murderer left no clues. What is the key to uncovering the truth? How should Tao Zhanwen, the owner of Taoyuanting, solve this problem? The truth will always surface, but when the layers of fog are lifted, the emotions that have gone through the years are still as meaningful and sweet as before...

"Look! This snow is coming from Scotland, as if to welcome you to Mallorca." The new neighbor was happy, but "I" was depressed. The heavy snow, like a cold white cloak, quickly transformed the original sunny paradise into a weird winter scene composed of citrus Christmas trees, wool palms and snowball-shaped tangerines. It is not an easy task to settle on the island as a "crazy foreigner". The trees in the orchard seem to be dying, the water and electrical equipment at home frequently break down, and the cats and dogs left by the original owner to take care of are disobedient and have to solve physical problems at home... The initial stage of the new life is not easy, but as time goes by, the neighborhood relationship established with sincerity and sincerity seems to make it possible to solve all problems.

This book is a collection of Eco's essays. The author selected 140 essays from his "Minerva Matchbox" column in Express Weekly. It is divided into eight parts. The writing style is wild and the content is all-encompassing, from current affairs and politics to literature and art, from environmental protection to emerging technologies. The writing style is light and humorous, and it is full of ridicule and satire. The title of the book comes from a small paper box containing "Minerva" brand matches. The author is used to recording short essays or flashes of inspiration on the back of the cover of the box. Each article is about 2,000 words in length, short and concise, with eye-catching titles such as "Attention: This article is pure nonsense", "The first task of intellectuals: shut up when you are powerless", "Gossip was serious" and other eye-catching titles. The author shows keen insight and unique insights. With calm and sharp writing, he interprets this world full of contradictions and uneasiness from a new perspective, which makes people laugh and make people think.

This is an orthodox tragedy, in other words the protagonist dies in some way at the end of the story. For example, the protagonist Xiaodao in the book dies with a smile after realizing his last wish, and just like the axe in the book, his spirit is dead at the end of the story, and his family is ruined. The protagonists in the book are mainly male, and the story tells about their respective loves, which is the hill in the title of the book, and they all come from the bottom of society - weeds. The story line is an orthodox tragedy - tears, life is a sad river with ripples, and the reflected colorful world covers up the triviality, pain and injustice. Life is a stage play in which you cannot choose your role. You think you are the protagonist in the play, but in fact you are just a passerby.

This book is one of the "Comprehensive Translation of Detective Di Gong of the Tang Dynasty: Gao Luopei's Embroidered Portrait Edition". A storm came suddenly and the axle of the axle was broken. Di Gong and his party, who were preparing to return to Hanyuan, were trapped in the vast mountains and could not advance or retreat. They had to rush to the nearest Chaoyun Temple to take shelter from the wind and rain. Chaoyun Temple is an ancient temple with a long history. It has complex architecture, various strange legends, and a noble Celestial Master who controls the affairs of the temple. While walking around, Judge Dee, who was suffering from rain, cold, fever and dizziness, suddenly saw a warrior in armor abusing a woman with a broken arm. Considering that three women died in the temple the previous year, Judge Dee decided to find out. In the writing of Gao Luopui, Judge Dee's investigation unfolds in detail in the mysterious ancient temple at night. Readers follow the dizzy Judge Dee through the mysterious and complex ancient temple, nervously searching for clues, and experiencing thrills one after another. As if like the feverish Judge Dee, the readers are successfully led into the case, and the real murderer is finally found.

Everything in the world, whether it is in ruins or full of vitality, becomes a landscape in the eyes of Higuchi Kazuyo. A collection of short stories by the talented writer Higuchi Kazuyo, who has a reputation as "the last woman in ancient Japan", "Meiji Murasaki Shikibu" and "The Rebirth of Seishonagon", a short-lived flash in the modern Japanese literary world, includes "Childhood Sweethearts", which Yu Hua praised highly. A subtle love develops between Meidenli, the prostitute's sister who has just begun to fall in love, and Xinru, the monk's son. The story ends abruptly when both parties have a tacit understanding, but the cruel fate has been revealed.

Sakaguchi Ango's Weidan: A collection of masterpieces of strange novels, a literary master as famous as Dazai Osamu. The prototype character of the popular Japanese anime "Bungou Stray Dogs", the original work of the Japanese anime "Ao no Literary" series, reproduces the eccentric and coquettish and feminine classical aesthetic extremes in Japanese Kaidan writing, the standard bearer of Japan's post-war "rogue school" literature, a Japanese literary giant highly praised by Kawabata Yasunari and Mishima Yukio. A collection of masterpieces of weird novels by Sakaguchi Ango, the standard bearer of Japan's postwar "rogue faction". This book contains a total of 10 famous novels by Sakaguchi Ango, namely "Under the Blooming Cherry Blossoms", "Zen Monk", "Nagahime and the Ear Man", "Idle Mountain", "Shidai Nagon", 5 strange novels, "Dr. Wind", "Eye of Arrogance", "About Incomprehensible Broken Love", "Idiot" and "The Woman Who Washed the Green Ghost's Loincloth". These 10 novels cover various stages of Ango's creative career and basically show the overall style of his novel creation. In particular, "Under the Blooming Cherry Blossoms" is the representative novel, which revolves around the lives of bandits and stolen brides. The story is interesting and strange, with a cold and strange atmosphere. It has the characteristics of a storybook novel and can be called the masterpiece of Japanese ghost story-style storytellers. Among the weird novels, "The Idiot" is the most famous. After being published in 1946, it was praised as "a model of Japanese post-war literature". The novel centers on a man fleeing with a mad woman during the war, reflecting Japan's wartime suffering and the madness of the people. Sakaguchi Ango's masterpiece of Kaidan and Weibo novels profoundly expresses Japanese classical cruelty and aesthetics, as well as reflections on the relationship between men and women during the war. The weird plot setting reflects his unique view of human nature, and has become one of the most popular Japanese classic novels among readers.

This book selects 35 representative works written by O. Henry in different backgrounds, including classic works such as "The Gift of the Magi", "The Last Leaf", "Love's Sacrifice", "Furnished Room for Rent", etc. O. Henry's writing is sharp and witty, and his works are all-encompassing and full of warmth. In these works, O. Henry uses his unique language to deconstruct the various embarrassments of existence, and uses the twists and turns of the ending to expand countless possibilities for life.

Just because she was born in that year, she was destined to continue to encounter strange things in her life. Emma, ​​with her baby in her arms, was taken to the wild frontier of Argentina, moving like a duckweed between soldiers and Indians one after another. Along the way, she met all kinds of absurd and interesting characters: an officer who wanted to print his own banknotes to establish a monetary kingdom, an Indian prince who was addicted to pleasure, and a mysterious Princess Catril... Year after year, Emma wandered around a strange land with her children. How will she eventually find the hope of life?

This book is Benjamin's doctoral thesis. In view of the misunderstanding of Romantic theory that was popular at the time, Benjamin tried to trace the changes in the concept of art criticism of the German Romantic School using the idea of ​​​​problem history, with the intention of revealing the philosophical foundation of its art criticism and accurately defining the positive achievements of the German Romantic youth movement. Different from the general research on the history of art criticism, the author prefers to bring it into a broader perspective and conducts an in-depth review of the concept of reflection, epistemology, artworks, and art theory understood by the Romantics. The elucidation of inner criticism and salvationism is extremely insightful.

"The Dead Branch" is a collection of classic short stories by Matsumoto Seicho, an insurmountable master in the world of mystery literature! Keigo Higashino, Miyuki Miyabe, Shoji Shimada, and Natsuhiko Kyogoku are all his loyal readers! Seicho Matsumoto pioneered social reasoning and wrote about the weaknesses of human nature and the roots of evil. Matsumoto Seicho's works have been adapted into movies and TV series no less than 500 times, and have had a profound impact on the entire Japanese literary and art world! The truth is hidden behind time and will not sleep for long. Eleven motives, eleven murder cases, the murderous intentions behind them all come from the evil and desires of ordinary people. Traffic accidents, schizophrenia, slipping on cliffs... These seemingly accidental accidents have no clues or evidence, and some have even become unsolved cases that have been dusted for decades. However, any watertight crime also has flaws and flaws that are overlooked. The truth about these so-called perfect crimes is being unearthed bit by bit...

Robert Jordan, a young American, teaches Spanish in college and has deep feelings for Spain. He volunteered to join the Spanish government army and engage in demolition activities behind enemy lines. In order to cooperate with the counterattack, he was ordered to contact local guerrillas to complete the task of blowing up the bridge. He won the support of Pilar, the wife of Pablo, the guerrilla captain, and other team members, isolated Pablo, who had lost his fighting spirit, and arranged everyone's specific tasks step by step. In the midst of the raging war, he fell in love with Maria, a little girl taken in by Pilar who had been raped by the enemy, thus smoothing out the trauma in Maria's soul. During these three days, Robert experienced the conflict between love and duty and the test of life and death, and his humanity continued to sublimate. When he was retreating after blowing up the bridge, he was injured in the thigh by the enemy. He stayed alone to stop the enemy, and finally gave his young life for the Spanish people.

Miyazaki, a leading historian and winner of the "Nobel Prize in Sinology" and the Rulian Prize, has decided to write a core work, a general classic written for ordinary readers! The perspective of a bystander and the standpoint of world history show a different context of Chinese history. Ichisada Miyazaki has devoted his life to the research and teaching of Chinese history. He has made original ideas in many fields and is considered to represent the highest level of Chinese history research in Japan. This book is the culmination of his forty years of research and teaching experience and is intended for general readers. It features a world history perspective and a socioeconomic history perspective. It has a plain writing style and bright thinking. It can closely combine exquisite empirical research with a magnificent general historical narrative, which embodies his research results and characteristics. The exquisite and profound Kyoto style of Eastern history, the ideas and perspectives that are in sharp contrast with domestic academic circles; almost all aspects involved in the book have been specially researched; the book places China in the process of world history, and uses the "boom history view" to explain It describes the ups and downs and rises and falls; almost never cites scriptures, and the discussion relies entirely on memory and insight; more than 300 subtitles and an average length of 800 words form an independent and coherent easy-to-read structure; the pleasant and hearty narrative is only to arouse the interest of ordinary readers. All this makes this general history of China have a profound academic background, a strong personal style, new inspiration and good readability.

This book is a collection of poems and other works written by the world-class writer Pushkin. Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin used his outstanding talent to master many literary genres, created Russian national literature and literary language, and left many classics for Russia and the world in literary fields such as poetry, novels, dramas and even fairy tales. Pushkin's literary creation ended the backwardness of Russian literature and created conditions for the prosperity of Russian literature in the 19th century. This book selects Pushkin's poetry masterpieces from various periods, including "If Life Deceived You", "To the Sea", "The Bronze Horseman", "To Chadayev", etc., Which reflects Pushkin's life trajectory and the changing trajectory of his thoughts, thus allowing readers to have a deeper understanding of Pushkin's inner world.

This book is one of the representative works of Mr. Etsu Yanagi, the father of Japanese folk arts. Mr. Yanagi Soetsu wrote these famous essays with a love for objects and rich collection experience. He recorded the stories of these objects together with his own perception of "creation", and thought about the nature of creation from the perspective of a folk artist. He believes that beautiful things are those things that are integrated into daily life and exist for granted. Objects will only come alive in life. He cherishes every encounter with beautiful things, and in these encounters, he has completed questioning and thinking about what "beauty" is. The book not only contains stories about the objects, but also wonderful stories between people about the objects. If you want to improve your appreciation, you must first learn to abandon all constraints. This learning process is like religious practice. If you do this, beauty will be invisible to you. --Liu Zongyue.

"Shame" is a very readable work with rich levels of content and meaning. The protagonist Lurie is ups and downs in various whirlpools of race, sex, middle age, and family relationships. The novel is named "Shame", which is "moral shame" (the moral degradation referred to in Lurie's several affairs), "personal shame" (his daughter was raped and robbed), and "historical shame" (whites who are colonizers or their descendants are eventually "reduced" to the point where they have to survive under the protection of local blacks at the expense of reputation and body). The novel reflects South Africa's social contradictions and past racial conflicts, and touches on contemporary attitudes towards romantic passion and ethics.

Shoji Shimada, the master of Japanese reasoning, is a masterpiece that challenges medical ethics! Reasoning is the sharp knife that cuts through the truth and the elixir that soothes the wounds. When danger comes, weakness can turn into strength. When love and hate are intertwined, anger often gives way to forgiveness. No matter what happens, you should be full of vigor and chopping waves in the sea of ​​life. A mistake in brain surgery turned the talented swimmer into a walking zombie. She was in unbearable pain and finally committed suicide by drinking a bullet one night thirty years after winning the Olympic gold medal. A few miles away, her attending doctor was also killed at almost the same moment, and the bullets that claimed two lives were actually fired from the same pistol. The past glory and twisted love made the truth of the mystery disappear in the hustle and bustle of Lisbon Carnival...

This is the story of two professional women in their 30s who finally break through the cocoons that symbolize emotional constraints and move towards a new life. The strong Mai who commits violence against her husband appears to have the upper hand, but in fact she blames herself for not being able to treat her husband as an equal due to the guilt of the abuse, and is deeply controlled by her husband who gains self-esteem by mentally dominating others without realizing it. However, Kiko's feelings for her boyfriend are also obsessed with a reciprocal relationship. She is trapped in the beautiful fantasy she spun and cannot extricate herself. In the game of mutual control with her boyfriend, all she gets in the end is disillusionment. At the end of the novel, after several struggles, the two women, Mai and Kiko, finally emerged from their cocoons together. The scene of them looking up at the falling snowflakes side by side is thought-provoking. What kind of relationship will the two women who can't stand their male partners form in the future? This open ending gives readers more room for imagination. The author raises unanswered questions such as "What is an equal relationship?" "What is legitimate equality?" "Is there equality between men and women?" "Can obsession with equality maintain the relationship between men and women?" And other unanswered questions, leaving it to the readers to find the answers themselves.

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There is a great liar in the world, and he is a god. To be precise, he is the African god of lies, the spider god Anansi. The web of lies spun by the Spider God is so interesting that people get caught in it and believe his lies to be the truth. For example, people always believe that problems can be solved by using their brains, that stories are originally told by humans, and that liars will have no good end... These all stem from the lies made up by the Spider God. The Spider God's lies are certainly abominable, but without the humor behind his lies and the wisdom behind his tricks, the world would be so boring, dark, and ordinary. The truth is also false when it is false. Only by tearing apart the Spider God's web of lies can we see the true meaning of life...