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The American TV series "Game of Thrones" returns for its eighth season on April 15, sparking another global "Song of Ice and Fire" craze. The original "Song of Ice and Fire" series has 15 volumes in total. It is an American "national treasure" fantasy literary work and an epic of the power struggle of the nine major families in Westeros. A literary classic created by fantasy master George R. R. Martin after 16 years of hard work. The entire series does not create any heroes in the traditional sense. All the characters are human beings trying hard to control their own destiny. It allows us to see that under the chaos of ice and fire, there is still unchanging human nature struggling hard, allowing them to collide freely and truly.

The protagonist Philip was born in the upper class, but his parents died when he was young, and he was born with a disability. He spent his childhood in a sojourn life where he was ignored. After entering the society, he experienced the hardships of the world. In the rough road of life and the tumultuous torrent of life, he abandoned unrealistic dreams, worked hard to break free from the shackles of the spirit, and constantly pursued the true meaning of life. "The Shackles of Life" is Maugham's masterpiece, published in 1915. It is based on the author's real life experiences in his early years and has an obvious autobiographical flavor. After the novel was published, it was highly praised by the American writer Theodore Dreiser and became popular in Britain, the United States and even the world. Maugham himself regarded the book as "an immortal novel".

"Kafka on the Shore" is an important novel by Haruki Murakami, comparable to "Norwegian Wood" as a mature work. It has been translated into more than fifty languages ​​and has sold over one million copies. The book specially includes Haruki Murakami's first preface for Chinese readers. The book unfolds with two parallel lines in Murakami's unique style. One describes the young man "Kafka Tamura" who aspires to become the toughest person in the world and leaves his hometown to embark on a journey and encounters a series of strange events in an old library. The other describes an amnesiac old man who embarks on the road to escape after a bizarre murder incident and recovers his distant war memories with the help of car driver Hoshino. While constructing a magical real world and weaving exquisite and complex plots, the book also expresses concerns about the resurgence of Japanese militarism and reflects on Japan's cultural traditions. The translator, Professor Lin Shaohua, revised the translation and corrected some mistranslations and omissions. He also wrote a new translation preface and conducted an in-depth analysis of the meaning of the work.

What kind of helplessness and despair forced a middle-aged man to rob a cashless bank with a toy gun on the morning before the New Year. The robbers who failed in their operation fled in panic into an apartment for sale on the top floor of the building, which was full of potential buyers who were looking at the house. From there, the robbery turned into a hostage-taking case. However, things developed unexpectedly. There was no confrontation between police and robbers, and no fatal blow. After a long day, the eight hostages were released safe and sound, but the robbers were completely missing. The police interrogated the hostages one by one, only to find that each of them had a lot of complaints and questions, but no one could tell and didn't care where the robbers had gone.

Hand of the King Jon Arryn died mysteriously. King Robert Baratheon of the Seven Kingdoms personally visited Winterfell, hoping that Ned Stark, Lord of the North, could serve as the new Prime Minister and work together to govern the kingdom. Ned was hesitant and reluctantly agreed to help his friend. At the same time, the extinct creatures in ancient legends began to make plans to return to this ancient continent...

When Harry Potter was left on the doorstep as a baby, he had no idea that he was the Boy Who Lived or that he was a celebrity in the wizarding world. A few years later, he unexpectedly received an admission notice to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Soon after, he embarked on a magical adventure like no other. Come join Harry and his best friends Hermione and Ron in this story about the power of truth, love and hope. As a classic of this generation, the Harry Potter e-book collection will undoubtedly bring you spiritual comfort from another world. Bolstered by their message of hope, belonging, and a sense of truth and love throughout, this little boy's coming-of-age story will continue to inspire new generations of readers.

A Storm of Swords: The third volume in the seven-volume series of epic fantasy novels "A Song of Ice and Fire" written by American author George R. R. Martin. Jon froze the kiss under his bow and arrow in the extremely cold place, Arya wandered in the jungle in the rain to search, and Bran gradually opened his eyes of wisdom but it was still difficult to see the truth. Tyrion gave up the vanity of lies, James experienced the return of persistence, but Cersei was riddled with lies and persistence. The content follows the first two volumes and reaches the peak of the battle. Several major families are scarred and struggling in conspiracy and swords.

Yo Nesbo's evil and crazy independent work, When Quentin Meets the Coen Brothers, the film adaptation created a box office miracle in Norway! An intriguing scam × two hunters with their own scheming × a headhunting game with a different tone. The main line is clear, the reading is smooth, and it is full of black humor. Roger Brown is Norway's top headhunter, and 100% of the candidates he recommends will be hired by his clients. When interviewing candidates, he used the FBI's nine-step interrogation method to manipulate them and get them to confess everything on their own initiative. This skill also allowed Roger to engage in another unknown job-stealing and reselling famous paintings. This secret source of wealth helps him maintain a luxurious life, afford a historic mansion, and fund his beautiful wife's expensive gallery business. One night at a painting appreciation party held in the gallery, his wife introduced him to Claes Greve, who was not only a perfect candidate to be the CEO of a top technology company, but also happened to have a priceless Rubens painting that could help Roger solve serious financial problems. However, when Rogge broke into Greve's apartment, he found not only the painting, but also the mobile phone that his wife had dropped under the bed in the bedroom... Meeting Greve may be the most unlucky thing in Rogge's life. His interview tricks completely failed in front of Greve, and since he discovered that his wife had cheated on him, all kinds of bad things happened one after another...

"The Wind Rises" is Hayao Miyazaki's final original work. The male protagonist accompanies his fiancée Setsuko who is seriously ill, and goes to the mountains to recuperate and spend the last period of Setsuko's life together. In the isolated Yatsugatake foothills, abandoning the hustle and bustle of the world, only each other remained in their lives. Love becomes more profound in this beautiful scene. They experience the happiness of life together, and are dyed with this happiness... "Naoko" is the most representative work of the literary master Hori Tatsuo: the young girl Nahoko witnessed her mother's love tragedy and hastily chose a dull and loveless marriage. However, she could not bear the emotional barrenness, and finally escaped from the cold home in the name of recuperation and lived in a nursing home in the mountains. The desire and fear for happiness alternately tortured her body and mind. At this time, his childhood playmate Tu Zhuming and his repentant husband suddenly came to visit one after another. Two completely different people brought two completely different shocks. Can Naoko see her true desires and regain her life?

The original novel "When Spinach Met Water Spinach", the movie "Youth Can't Be Retained", is now on the shelves, starring Zhang Han of Water Spinach and Chen Qiaoen, a big girl, and will be released in the golden autumn. In this world, who is whose food is determined by fate, destiny, and fate. It has nothing to do with the chef, If You Are the One, or the constellation.