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A rural police station, several police officers with very different personalities. The trivial life of pots and pans can better test a person's happiness. No matter what happens to the common people, you will see the true feelings in the ordinary stories. An old couple went to the city to see a doctor, but unexpectedly encountered the difficulties of their three children's families. Who can ask our parents sincerely when they need it? They are a group of young girls, and this is a cruel youth game. There is always a way home in the wind and snow, leading to the direction of the heart.

During the Republic of China, China was poor and weak; but the universities during the Republic of China were famous far and wide and enjoyed a high reputation in both the East and the West. Why is this? Some historians believe that this was because all the university presidents at that time were very "arrogant". As the saying goes, "One soldier is like a raging general, and a general is like a den of raging ones." "How the president is, the university will be like; if you want to create a great university, it is not enough to have a capable president, you must also have an excellent president."

(Type: sweet article, e-sports, youth) Although he has been gone for three years, I still like him very much! Because of him, I entered the e-sports circle! Would love to see him on the field! When I meet him, I must show off my skills in front of him! But I didn't expect that he is already an e-sports master. Ahhhh, why are you so good... Snippet: "Haha, fool!" "What, you didn't make a mistake?" "Of course not, but there will be soon!" "What's wrong?" "First, I shouldn't have promised to marry you..." Qu Chuhan was a little angry: "What about second place?" "Take away your first kiss!"

The author doesn't know what he wants to write, but for now, I think I want to write a few bland stories about big bad wolves deceiving simple little humans. The author once thought that he was a primary school student writing, but after writing, he published Now it turns out that he is not as good as a primary school student. The author believes that the readers' intelligence, opinions, suggestions or ideas should be put forward as much as possible, and the author will try hard to listen and make changes.

Relying on the results of Egyptian archaeological excavations and referring to the research results of modern Egyptology giants such as Brugsch, Mariette, Champollion, Mabel, and Lepsius, this book tells the history of Egypt from the 19th to 30th dynasties (13th century BC to 4th century BC). It deeply analyzes the different forms of ancient Egyptian civilization, ancient Persian civilization, and ancient Greek civilization, as well as the conflicts and integration between them, and explains the reasons for the decline of ancient Egyptian civilization. The book also features 161 illustrations including mummies, frescoes, statues, scarabs, obelisks, altars, temples, stelae and ornaments.

Relying on the excavation results of Egyptian archaeology, quoting the documents of ancient historians such as Manetho and Josephus, and referring to the research results of modern Egyptology giants such as Mariette, Mabel, and Lepsius, this book tells the history of prehistoric Egypt from the First Dynasty to the Hyksos Dynasty (the Fifteenth Dynasty and the Sixteenth Dynasty), sorting out the main line of the ordering of the pharaohs of ancient Egypt, and initially solving the span problem of the early political power of ancient Egypt. The book also features 155 illustrations including scarabs, altars, statues, frescoes, coffins, pyramids and obelisks.

For hundreds of years, Venice created a maritime commercial empire in the eastern Mediterranean, while the Turks gradually encroached on the territory of this maritime giant through their powerful land and sea power. "City of Fortune" presents a brief history of the Republic of Venice, focusing on its diplomacy and wars in the Mediterranean world. Especially its unique role in the "Fourth Crusade" and as a shield of Christendom against the Ottoman Empire. Drawing on first-hand accounts of crusaders, captains and merchants, as well as extensive national archives, this work is a saga of commerce and empire, navigation and piracy.

The British Empire reigned supreme in the 19th century, with its territories and colonies spread all over the world. It was known as the Empire on which the sun never sets. The newly born United States dominated the 20th century, and its politics, economy, culture, and military influenced the historical process of the 20th century in all aspects. Since the Industrial Revolution, the two English-speaking countries have dominated the world for more than 200 years. This is by no means an accident. Winston Churchill revealed the secrets to us profoundly and vividly with his broad strokes. This is his historical masterpiece "History of the English People", coupled with his monumental memoirs "Memoirs of the First World War" and "Memoirs of the Second World War", which almost completely describe the historical trajectory of the English-speaking people from the wilderness to the world's super power. A great empire composed of English-speaking people on the earth - including Western powers such as Britain, the United States, Canada and Australia - gradually formed after a long and tortuous process; their existence has profoundly changed the world's civilized landscape and powerfully influenced the world's civilization. The destiny of mankind and the direction of history... In this great work that took 30 years to create, Churchill, the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature and a famous figure in British history, paints a panoramic "picture of empire" for readers with profound insights and epic strokes.

"A Brief History of the British Empire" vividly and rigorously tells the history of the establishment, development, strength, and decline of the British Empire from the reign of Elizabeth I to the end of the Ottawa Conference in 1932. This book is divided into three parts, corresponding to the three stages of the British Empire - the British Empire, the Second British Empire and the Third British Empire. The first part mainly tells the history of the British Empire's colonization of the Americas. The second part tells the history of the Second British Empire's colonization of Australia, New Zealand, Canada, South Africa and India. The third part tells the history of the Third British Empire's heavy losses in World War I and the rebirth of the colonies and autonomous dominions after the war.

Chekhov was the last master of critical realism in Russia in the late 19th century and a master of short stories. He is known as the "King of Short Stories in the World". He was good at digging out people and events of typical significance from daily life, making high-level artistic summaries through humorous and ridiculous plots, and shaping small characters with typical personalities. He used this to reflect the Russian society at that time, laugh at ugly social phenomena, and express his deep sympathy for the hardworking people. His novels are compact and concise, concise and concise, full of humor, and allow readers to figure out the meaning of the work from the image system. Every plant and tree in his writing is lifelike, and his depictions of psychology are often penetrating, and he has become synonymous with short stories. This book is a collection of Chekhov's classic short stories, which selects dozens of works that are considered classics and widely circulated.

This book collects 16 ghost stories written by Kontaro Tanaka, a master of Japanese ghost fiction literature. Kontaro Tanaka is Japan's most prolific, representative, and wide-ranging author of ghost story novels. He was deeply influenced by the creation of Chinese classical novels and determined to write works like Pu Songling's "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio". In his works, ghosts and ghosts are all lifelike, wandering around in strange and bizarre stories to reflect the world. Although it is something "made out of nothing", it is interesting and reasonable. The stories selected in this book are all masterpieces created with great painstaking efforts by Kontaro Tanaka. The plots are twists and turns, gripping, and rarely preachy. The stories demonstrate the aesthetic style of Japanese monster literature, making them thrilling and addictive to read.

"The Scholars" is a mirror looking into the demons of feudal society. Through true and vivid descriptions of the shameless behavior of feudal literati, bureaucrats, tycoons, market scoundrels, etc., It profoundly exposes the decadence of the feudal system that is about to collapse, strongly criticizes the evil imperial examination system, and touches on the political system, ethics, social atmosphere, etc.

This is a popular historical book that writes the history of the Warring States Period. From the beginning of the Warring States Period when three families were divided into the Jin Dynasty, and the seven heroes rose up together to compete in the world, to the remnants of the sixth generation of Qin King Ying Zheng Fen, who annexed the six eastern kingdoms, the author uses time as a clue to write classic stories and classic characters throughout the troubled times. These stories come from classic history books such as "Warring States Policy", "Historical Records", and "Zi Zhi Tong Jian". They are full of ups and downs and are popular among the people. Nie Zheng's assassination of Han, Jing Ke's assassination of Qin, Su Qin and Zhang Yi's inspiration, Sun Bin and Fan Ju's revenge, Mengchang Jun surrounded Wei to save Zhao, Shang Yang's reform, hundreds of schools of thought blossomed, and the national spirit, thought and culture of later generations Culture and political systems can all be traced back to the story of the Warring States Period; how the monarch governed the country, the military strategists' tactics, the strategic wisdom of the politicians, and the profound thoughts of the philosophers have deeply inspired future generations.

In the nine articles in the main body of "The Sense of Reality: A Study of Ideas and Their History," Isaiah Berlin explores some of the core concepts that have dominated the development of European history in the past three centuries, traces the rise and evolution of important ideological trends, and teases out an evolutionary path from Kantianism through Romanticism to nationalism. The book touches on many topics, such as realism in history, political judgment, and the responsibility of art. Berlin pointed out that good historians, politicians and novelists have a similar talent for discerning the characteristics and subtle relationships of specific moments, which is the "sense of reality." These articles demonstrate Berlin's extremely profound knowledge, insight, and fluent writing. This book has been updated to the second edition of Princeton, with a preface written by Timothy Snyder, and two articles written by Berlin himself: "The Great Russian Critic: V. G. Belinsky" and "The End of Perfect Social Theory", which are of great reading value.

This book is the culmination of Miyazaki City's research on imperial examinations. The author combs through the talent selection system in ancient China, from the Xiaolian Ke in the Eastern Han Dynasty to the Nine-Rank Officials' Law in the Wei and Jin Dynasties, and finally developed into the imperial examination system. Taking the imperial examination in the Qing Dynasty as an example, the author introduces in detail the procedures and details of the imperial examination, as well as the use of other official appointments other than the imperial examination. It elaborates on the profound impact of the imperial examination system on Chinese society since the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

The book "Secret History of the Taiping Rebellion" deeply explores the little-known historical details and underlying motivations of the Taiping Rebellion in the late Qing Dynasty. The book not only details the glorious journey of Hong Xiuquan and others from the Jintian Uprising to the capital Tianjing, but also reveals the intricate power struggles, diplomatic strategies, and collisions and integrations with traditional social culture within this peasant uprising regime. Through the reinterpretation of a large number of historical materials, the book shows the ideals and practical dilemmas of the leaders of the Taiping Rebellion, as well as the profound impact of this movement on the course of Chinese history, presenting readers with a magnificent and mysterious historical picture.

The author details the fall of Poland, the battle conditions on the French front, and the ravages of the Nordic countries. In addition, as the British Lord of the Admiralty at the time, the author keenly observed the importance of naval warfare in the upcoming war. Therefore, relevant equipment and personnel were carefully prepared in advance, and he also specifically mentioned the importance of magnetic mines in naval warfare. The author gives a thorough description of the haze that permeated Europe due to Nazi Germany's "tyranny" in the early days of the war, allowing readers to immerse themselves in the real scene of the "dark and unclear war".

This book mainly tells the story of how after the Battle of Blenheim, through the Battle of Gibraltar and the Battle of Lamie, the tide of the War of Spanish Succession was reversed, the French army suffered heavy losses, and England gained a new status in Europe. Internally, Queen Anne mediated between the two parties and pushed against all opinions to implement her own policies. Externally, England and Scotland reached a union, signed the Treaty of Union, and Great Britain was formally formed. This book includes a total of nineteen chapters including the defense of Gibraltar, the Earl of Peterborough's conquest of Barcelona, ​​the Battle of Lamy, the situation in Scotland during Anne's period, the signing of the Treaty of Union, the frustration of the anti-French alliance, and the Battle of Oudenaarde.

This book contains interviews with more than a hundred witnesses of World War II, many of whom were members of the Nazi Party who were directly involved in Nazi rule. With his unique perspective, the author faithfully reproduces the inner workings of the Nazi regime and the cruelty of the Soviet-German battlefield in World War II, thereby vividly presenting the Nazis' anti-human and brutal nature to readers. This book is an in-depth insight into the chilling Nazi psychology, breaking people's basic understanding of the Nazi system in the past. The incredible narratives that come to life on paper demonstrate that that evil history serves as a warning to mankind at all times.

In January 1417, book hunter Poggio Bracciolini took down an extremely old manuscript from a dusty bookshelf in a remote monastery, and inadvertently awakened a work that had been hidden for thousands of years - Lucretius's On the Nature of Things. This long Latin poem with extremely beautiful writing sparked huge discussions and deeply influenced artists, thinkers, writers, and scientists such as Botticelli, Bruno, Galileo, Freud, Darwin, Montaigne, Shakespeare, and Einstein. It also left its traces in the Declaration of Independence by Jefferson. Stephen Greenblatt tells this fascinating but little-known Renaissance adventure in The Big Turn. He believed that it was the reappearance of "On the Nature of Things" that opened the door for Western civilization to move toward modernity, and thus changed the history of all mankind.

This book contains historical articles by the famous scholar Mr. Zhang Yuanji. He draws from classics and history, quotes from other sources, and is smooth and profound, casual and ingenious, and writes essays with generous handwriting.

In the mountains and rivers of the Republic of China, heroes compete. The characters and objects are diverse and charming. This is a turbulent and troubled time, with complex political affairs and turbulent situations. During this extraordinary period, many prominent figures appeared. During the Republic of China's internal and external troubles, they played their own special roles and influenced the history of the Republic of China in their own different ways. Those familiar or little-known stories interpret another "reality" of history for us, giving us a new perspective on the influential figures active in that era. Let us capture the historical truth of that time from the words and deeds of these influential figures and gain insight into the ups and downs of modern China.

A "modern" country can be integrated and inclusive, have a clear self-identity, and compete on an equal footing for new markets, new technologies, and new ideas. Taking the end of the 16th century as the starting point of the narrative, this book shows the changes in China's society, politics, economy, ideology and culture. It reviews with sympathy the opportunities and setbacks China has encountered in its journey to modernity, and identifies the causes of China's problems and what kind of knowledge, economy, and emotions the Chinese should rely on to solve these problems.

The volume "Americans: The Journey of Democracy" narrates the history of the United States from before and after the Civil War to the 1960s. The all-round rise of modern America in terms of economy, political system, and ideology and culture is detailed and vividly described in this book.

Every step we take while wandering is on the way home. When World War II was coming to an end, the Japanese government announced the death of diplomat Kenichiro Nogami who had died of illness in a foreign country. Seventeen years later, handwriting suspected to have been left by Nogami recently was discovered in an ancient Nara temple. At the same time, strange events continue to happen around Nogami's daughter Kumiko: the famous painter who painted her portrait commits suicide; a sudden shooting at the International Hotel where she stayed; an anonymous letter from a mysterious woman... Everything seems to be inextricably linked to the mystery of Nogami's handwriting. But Kumiko doesn't know that she is already standing on the edge of the unknown historical truth, and is approaching the center of the dangerous whirlpool step by step.

A masterpiece by master spy novelist John le Carré, the most British and autobiographical novel! A new century spy novel that goes beyond the Cold War mentality, a joint British and American anti-terrorism operation codenamed "Operation Wild"! The real enemies have become corrupt institutions, rigid systems, public education, profit and "delicate truths." Under the cold system, individual lives are ruthlessly crushed. Who is responsible for this? Le Carré won numerous awards throughout his life. The famous novelist Graham Greene once praised his famous work: "This is the best spy novel I have ever read!" The famous writer Xiaobai wrote a passionate preface to interpret "The Subtle Truth". An anti-terrorism operation code-named "Wildlife" was launched in Gibraltar, the famous British colony, with the purpose of capturing an internationally wanted arms dealer. The initiative was initiated by an ambitious foreign minister and a private arms contractor who was also the minister's personal friend. However, the protagonist Toby Bell, the minister's private secretary, does not know this. Toby had a premonition that a terrible conspiracy was about to be implemented, and tried to stop it. Unexpectedly, he was transferred to work overseas at this time. Three years later, a retired British diplomat, Christopher Probyn, found Toby and revealed the disastrous consequences of the counter-terrorism operation three years ago. Toby is forced to choose between his conscience and his duty...

Dominique, a 20-year-old female college student, came to Paris alone from the provinces. Her studies and boyfriend were both good, but she couldn't stop the boredom deep inside her heart, until she met her boyfriend's traveler uncle Luc, a depressed smart man, a 40-year-old mature man, a similar person. So little girls like Dominic were inevitably attracted. She fell into the only passion in twenty years and spent two real weeks with Luc in Cannes, but in the end everything was over. The time they spent together only turned into a record, turned into some kind of smile, and the girl's heart grew old in one summer.

The father and mother, who have been separated for many years, travel across Europe at the same time to go to their daughter's wedding. The beautiful and lively Ninon falls in love with the young Italian Gino. She was twenty-three and dying of AIDS. As the wedding day approaches, the story of Ninon and Gino unfolds. On her wedding day, Ninon would take off her shoes and dance with Gino: they would dance forever, as if they would never tire, as if their happiness was eternal, as if death could never touch them. "To the Wedding" is a novel about immense heartbreak, rising hope, and above all, the triumph of love over death.

Meah has a crush on the quirky Shabui, but she never reveals her feelings to her. During the summer vacation, Shabui went to her grandfather's house in the countryside for a "nonsensical" idea. --"Would you like to go with me?" --"Okay." What does it feel like to travel with the person you like? What kind of story will two seemingly unrelated souls deduce? With a feeling of trepidation, Mie and Shabui boarded the night bus and embarked on a different kind of journey of youth... There is an emotion called "love" that really exists and is dedicated to every one of you born in this world.

Mauroya, a famous French Jewish writer, emerged on the literary scene between the two world wars. He was born into a family of factory owners and took charge of factory affairs in the factory in his early years. This work permeates the translator's thoughts and feelings. He allows us to "breathe the breath of heroes" and challenge the tragic fate. We know that life is suffering and tragedy, but we must also struggle and perform vividly.

Dick, a young and promising psychoanalyst, falls in love with Nicole, who suffers from mental illness. In order to cure Nicole, Dick gave her the most meticulous observation and treatment a doctor could give and the most considerate care a husband could give, even sacrificing his own important professional research. But after Nicole recovered from the illness, she fell in love with someone else. Dick lost his wife and job. He returned to the United States alone and lived in a small town practicing medicine. He cut off all ties with his past marriage and disappeared into obscurity.

Evangeline's life changed drastically a few months ago. After her father cheated on her, she had a big fight with her mother and moved out of the house. On the one hand, Evangeline has to begin to adapt to life with only her mother at home. On the other hand, she hates her father and no longer believes in everything, including family ties and the seemingly stable relationship between her parents for many years. Until one day she found a book called "Heartbeat Kiss" in the attic, and she became convinced that she was going to find a kiss. A spectacular, thrilling, life-changing kiss. A real kiss, a heart-thumping kiss, a true love kiss that may conquer everything and solve all problems. And in the process of searching for this kiss, everything got out of hand.

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"Summer fell on the city of Paris, as dull as a stone. Everyone followed their own emotions or habits as always. The dazzling sunshine in June made these nocturnal animals raise their lost heads. It was time to set off to find a continuation or some meaning for the past winter." Four couples of men and women living in Paris, they are novelists, editors, rich girls, actors, medical students... They love, they sigh, they drink, they cheat. They are also us. The book is almost full of men who are unable to fall in love and women who think they are sober. Their lives seem to be a "long dizzy without a soundtrack", and they can only hit themselves with violent emotions. They pursue desire and joy, or pain or happiness, but in the end they turn into a string of nothings.

"The Complete Collection of Mao Dun Literature Award-winning Works: Xu Mao and His Daughters" describes the fate of Xu Mao's family, a farmer in Huluba, a remote mountain village in Sichuan, reviews the twists and turns of rural life since cooperatization, and reflects the contest between the masses and the "Gang of Four" in the late "Cultural Revolution".

"The Solitude of Prime Numbers" is the debut novel of Paolo Giordano, an Italian post-1980s writer with a doctorate in particle physics. After it was published in 2008, it won the Strega Prize, Italy's highest literary award, and quickly became a super bestseller in Europe and the United States. So far, it has sold more than 5 million copies in Europe. The film of the same name premiered at the Venice Film Festival in September 2010. Mattia is a young mathematical genius who believes that he is one of the prime numbers, and that his middle school classmate Alice is his twin prime number. They all have painful pasts, are equally lonely, and are equally unable to close the distance with other people. From adolescence to adulthood, their lives continue to intersect, trying to eliminate the obstacles that exist between them, influencing each other and being separated from each other, like twin prime numbers, close to each other but never able to get close.

"The Girl Who Turned Back Time" is a famous work by the author of "phenomenal global bestseller" "Island Bookstore"! As soon as it was published, it shocked the major book review media in the United States. It has been warmly recommended by more than 90% of readers on Goodreads book review website in the United States! Everything you lose will come back to you in another way. This is a story about death and starting over that is enjoyable, endearing, and thought-provoking. Liz dies, and her story begins. When she woke up, she was already lying on a large ship heading to the Time Rewind Island. Before you know it, a new life has arrived. The author Gar Zevin described the original intention of writing this way: "While writing this book, I have been thinking about a question-how will you live when you continue to lose? I want to find the answer through this book."

On Christmas Eve before Christmas, at a certain moment, the elevator of the office building was running downwards, and people came up one after another: a designer whose dream was derailed in a siege, a humble and lonely courier, a female white-collar worker worried about her wedding room, an uncle reporter who was alone after divorce, a department manager whose marriage was ruined, people in five living conditions were gathered in a small space. After the elevator door opened, what would happen to them that night? An elevator, five characters, all kinds of chaos, excitement, boredom, ecstasy, sadness, both independent and related to each other. In the novel, although the situations of the protagonists of different classes, ages, and genders are different, their hearts point to the anxiety and uneasiness of the current era. The accidental changes in the fate of the characters and the direction of the story make the whole work full of black style.

In the 1860s, Liu Xiaohe, a seventeen-year-old girl from the Jianghan Plain in China, was sold to a human trafficker by her father for the price of two bags of potatoes. The traffickers resold Xiaohe to a Chinese man in the Canadian town of Barkerville as his wife. White people and Chinese people live at opposite ends of the town of Barkerville. The two ethnic groups are estranged because they do not understand each other and have been in a state of hostility for a long time. The Chinese woman named Flo changed the atmosphere in the town, and the two ethnic groups began to communicate carefully. Flo, a hard-working woman, is the earliest woman in town to get up every day. When she died, the whole town set up a tombstone for her: "Sleep, Flo, sleep" - because she could finally rest peacefully.

"The Master and Margarita" is a magical work that Bulgakov contributed to the world, blending reality, history, fantasy, and myth into one. The devil Woland disguised himself as a magician and visited Moscow in the 1920s to examine the inner world of Moscow residents, which shocked and shocked atheists; the unknown master wrote a historical novel about Pilate's trial of Jesus more than a thousand years ago, and was not allowed to live in the world and was forced to live in a mental hospital; the secret love of worshiping the master's talent The human Margaret not only became the queen at the devil's grand ball, but with the help of the devil, she finally entered the eternal world with the master... In the open narrative maze, under the framework of religious mythological stories, and in the bizarre magical scenes, the essence of human nature and the reality of history are gradually revealed.

Originally she was just a woman, desperately resisting reality and morality. But the story takes place in the small town of Tianhui in the 1910s, and the environment of the specific era expanded the atmosphere of the entire work. By describing the "fluctuations" in the lives of these secular people in the town, it shows the pain, limitations, and sadness that always linger around all living beings. It explores whether external sustenance, such as other people or love, can bring comfort to life itself. All this happened in a remote town. There was a fierce collision, but it seemed like nothing happened... That's why it was like a stagnant water. The author writes about numerous ordinary people in the city and the remote town of Tianhui, but he gets a glimpse of the secrets of the times and human emotions. The essential living conditions of these ordinary people make "Dead Water Waves" a realistic novel that does not create heroes.

"Animal Farm" won the Hugo Review Award in 1996, was selected into Time magazine's 100 Best Novels from 1923 to 1925, was listed as the best novel of the 20th century by Random House, and was listed as "The Greatest Book in the Western World" by Encyclopedia Britannica. "Animal Farm" is one of Orwell's best works. It is a profound anti-Utopia political allegory. A group of animals on the farm successfully carried out a "revolution", driving their exploitative human masters out of the farm and establishing an equal animal society. However, the animal leaders, those smart pigs, eventually usurped the fruits of the revolution and became more authoritarian and totalitarian rulers than their human counterparts.

This book is an autobiographical novel published by Danish writer Karen Blixen in 1937. This version is a fully translated version without abridgements. The author was nominated for the Nobel Prize for Literature twice for "Out of Africa" ​​and is known as Denmark's "Literary National Treasure" as famous as Andersen. The film adaptation of the same name won seven Oscars. This autobiographical novel depicts the author's story of running a coffee farm in Africa from 1914 to 1931. With her unique ingenuity, she integrates many people, events, scenery and objects into one, and her sincere emotions for Africa and African people are revealed between the lines. The novel records the interactions between white people and indigenous people, every detail of their lives, the author's hardships in running the farm and her love. It is sentimental and touching. The novel's description of the natural scenery of Africa is very popular. After the book was published, it continued to sell well in East Africa and English-speaking countries. It was reprinted many times and translated into dozens of languages ​​and became popular around the world.

"Christopher and His Kind" is the autobiographical masterpiece of the famous British-American novelist Christopher Isherwood. It was adapted into a film of the same name by the BBC, starring "Doctor Who" Matt Smith. The novel records Isherwood's experiences traveling in Europe in the 1930s. From the calm and marginal perspective of a "foreigner" and "minority", it records the chaos from the inception to the outbreak of World War II. It includes the apocalyptic scene of Berlin, which was seething with all kinds of evil, chaos, and violence under the shadow of the Nazis; a sweet but hopeless relationship with the worker boy Heinz; the battlefield experience of walking with Auden, life and death in China hanging by a thread; and interesting anecdotes in the literary and film circles during his travels in Europe, and his interactions with celebrities such as Maugham, Forster, Woolf, Thomas Mann's family, and Brecht. Isherwood is extremely good at capturing personality traits accurately, all of which form a unique character map unique to him. His works are richly autobiographical and constitute wonderful social satirical fables. Isherwood and the famous poet Auden were lifelong friends, and this book also records the unique bond between the two.

"The Waves" is a novel written by British female writer Virginia Woolf in 1931. After a long period of literary exploration, the author achieved an accurate portrayal and expression of the images in his mind, and used highly symbolic brushstrokes to depict the inner monologues of six characters: Bernard, Neville, Louis, Susan, Jenny and Rhoda from childhood to old age. The author used six parallel streams of consciousness to express the six types of consciousness and the growth experience of the "six eras of man" respectively, expressing different perceptions of time, life and death.

[Volume 1] Wolf Girl: The Growth Process of Straight Ball Wolf and Tsundere Tiger [Volume 2] Send to the Moon Window: The love and hatred between the prime minister's daughter and the censor. [Volume 3] The Witch Chapter: The Adventures of the Perverted Witch and the Innocent Hero

President Kennedy and the United States were drawn into the jungles of Vietnam. The success of the moon landing had just diluted the gloom over the nation, and the assassination of John F. Kennedy shocked the country again. The hippie trend and the proliferation of drugs changed the thinking of a generation. The assassination of Martin Luther King completely aroused racial conflicts. The establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the United States made Nixon a transcendent figure, and the "Watergate Incident" made him infamous. The system is still progressing and life is still improving, but the former glory and dreams eventually become memories in a peaceful life.

The "Beat Generation" entered the stage of history, and "McCarthyism" raged in the political arena. Rosa Parks became the "last straw" that suppressed racial discrimination in the United States. The spirit of entertainment first, the anti-communist wave and the anti-racist conflict all combined to form the United States during this period. The United States, which is noisy and advancing, does not realize that promoting its own prosperity may be regarded as an intolerable arrogance.

Eagleton is a leading figure in international literary theory and is extremely creative and critical. This book is a monograph in which the author systematically introduces and comments on Western literary theories of the 20th century to general readers. The author sorts out the complicated 20th-century Western literary theory revolution that originated from Russian formalism and sorted out three main development lines from formalism, structuralism to post-structuralism, from phenomenology, hermeneutics to reception aesthetics and psychoanalytic theory, and conducted an in-depth analysis of its origin and evolution, problems and limitations. In this new edition, the author has added a new "Preface to the Twenty-fifth Anniversary Edition", giving new reflections on the development of literary theory.

This book is a continuation of "Ma Ruifang's Quotes on the Dream of Red Mansions". In this work, Professor Ma uses humorous, vivid and interesting narration to analyze all the hidden aspects of Wang Xifeng, the most important character in "A Dream of Red Mansions" besides Bao Dai. It fully demonstrates Professor Ma's profound foundation in classical literature and superb knowledge of red studies. Through a new interpretation of Wang Xifeng, the work, on the one hand, explores and understands the character's personality traits and true thoughts from the clues surrounding Sister Feng's story and character activities; on the other hand, it explores and speculates on Cao Xueqin's artistic conception and creative intentions inside and outside the text. This book is not only a beautiful article that comprehensively decrypts, interprets and analyzes Wang Xifeng, but also an open-ended text with a sense of exploration and suspense. It is not only a rigorous academic work on red studies, but also an easy-to-understand, relaxed and interesting academic essay. It has both academic value and readability.