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Julien was born in a country carpenter family. He dreamed of becoming as prosperous as Napoleon. With his intelligence, he became the tutor of the mayor's family and had an affair with the mayor's wife. Finally, he had to leave the small town because the affair was exposed. At the Marquis Palace in Paris, Julien became the Marquis's secretary, and the Marquis' daughter Mathilte also became interested in him. She pursues Julien, and Julien is also intoxicated with the pleasure of being pursued by a "superior man." However, Mathilte pursues the unattainable passion of love, which also makes him fall into the game of love. With the help of the Marquis, Julien is about to get a military position and marry Mathilde. At this time, the mayor's wife wrote a letter of denunciation under the instigation of the priest, which made Julien's dream come to nothing. Julien, who lost his mind, returned to the small town, shot the mayor's wife, and was subsequently arrested. Facing the trial, Julien rejected the appeal and accepted the death penalty. A few days later, Julien was sent to the guillotine. Mathilte buried his lover's head with her own hands. The mayor's wife also passed away three days later holding her children...

Alice has an enviable life: she is a famous linguistics professor at Harvard University, has a happy family, and has three children with her husband. All is well, but some small but surprising changes are creeping in. She found that she began to have some symptoms: she couldn't find her keys, got lost near her home, and forgot to catch a flight... She had to go to a doctor for help. Finally, she received a desperate diagnosis: she had early-onset Alzheimer's disease. The condition deteriorated rapidly, and the former linguistics professor began to lose the ability to read and express; the once perfect wife and mother began to forget the people she loved. Everything was falling apart, and in the quagmire of Alzheimer's disease, she struggled to find the forgotten self.

The novel tells the life of Xiao'e, a female prisoner on death row, her three sons and three men, three marriages and three life and death experiences. The story uses segmented flashbacks to tell the story of Xiao'e who escaped from domestic violence in her first marriage and entered her second marriage, but accidentally killed her second husband with her own hands. She was sentenced to death, and again a few years later. She spent twenty years in prison but never saw her three sons. As a mother, Xiao'e owed her children too much, and this was what she couldn't let go of. After she was released from prison, not long after she married a third man, the man died unexpectedly at work, and Xiao'e's life was once again in trouble. All of this had been predicted by the inmates who were able to figure things out. Looking back on everything in her life, Xiao'e knew that everything in her life was doomed.

A blockbuster mystery novel that has swept across 25 countries! The final chapter of the "Alex Must Find" series by French mystery master Pierre Lemaitre. Pierre Lemaître is well-known in the international literary world for his mystery novels. He has won the International Dagger Award three times from the British Mystery Writers Association for "Camille Must Be Sacrificed", "Alex Must Be Found" and "Goodbye in Heaven". Pierre Lemaître is one of the rare writers in history who has won the highest honor in both the field of mystery novels and pure literature. Even if I have to sacrifice myself, I will protect you at all costs. Anne, the lover of police chief Camille, was brutally beaten by a robber on the streets of Paris until she was disfigured. As a survivor who saw the face of the robbers, she was constantly threatened by death. Camille vowed to protect Anne at all costs, no matter what the cost. However, what he will face is not only a brutal robber, but also a complete stranger and intimate lover.

"If you understand Yasujiro Ozu, you will understand life." Yasujiro Ozu is a well-known Japanese film director and playwright. He directed a total of 54 films in his lifetime, creating a unique film aesthetics that profoundly influenced the development of Japanese and even world film history, as well as Japan's modern life aesthetics and people's attitudes towards daily life. Opening the collection of Ozu Yasujiro's classic works, you will be pleasantly surprised to find that Ozu Yasujiro often speaks a few words, which can enlighten people and instantly awaken our love for daily life. This book includes "Late Spring", "Wheat Autumn" and "The Taste of Tea and Rice" by Yasujirō Ozu.

Hitler, who was already confused by the war situation, quickly issued the order "the armored troops and infantry heading from Calais to Normandy to stop immediately." In this way, the German 15th Army, equipped with heavy equipment and battle-tested, still stayed in Calais. Hitler's decision saved the Allies at a critical moment. If the 15th Army entered the Normandy battlefield, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Have you ever been in a trance, for a moment, and suddenly asked yourself: How have I been doing for so long? Walking alone on the street, you suddenly stop and don't know where to go. You ask yourself: Is your current choice the right one? Alone in a strange city, on an autumn morning, you open your sleepy eyes and sit up. Suddenly you feel like crying. You ask yourself: Is it worth it to work hard outside alone? Riding in a car alone, traveling alone, getting drunk alone in a bar, attending a wedding banquet alone, you wonder: How long will it take for the right person to show up? Struggling alone, going to and from get out of class alone, fighting alone under the desk lamp, you ask yourself: Will your current efforts really pay off in the future? Year after year, year after year, maybe you are still struggling for your ideal life. But it doesn't matter, you always have to learn to grow up alone and learn to be brave and strong in lonely time.

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[Cong You Chapter]My name is Cong You. My love affair with Li Hua has been full of misunderstandings from the beginning to the present. When I was twenty years old, I met him in my best years. I stared at his back again and again, in exchange for the opportunity for him to turn around for me. But I got his heart, but I couldn't keep his affection. [Zhou Wenxue] My name is Zhou Wenxue. The love between Li Baitian and I has always been that I love him, but he loves others. When he picks up girls, I write love letters for him, when he fights, I hand him bottles of wine, when he takes photos, I clean his lens, and when he makes money, I count the money for him. [Yan Xiaochang] My name is Yan Xiaochang. My love with Wang Zhaoyang, before it even began, was already destined to be an unblessed love. What stands between us is not only identity and age, but also my and his self-esteem. I don't care about other people's opinions, I just want to love you quietly, can't I? You said I was naive and ignorant. Well, when I grow up, I will continue to love you.

Renowned British historian Jeremy Blake will take you on a whirlwind tour, quickly reviewing important moments in human history, and telling you a fascinating story without reservation: How did humans shape who we are today? The author draws inspiration from the latest advances in historical research and focuses on environment, cities, science, politics and daily life, giving us a new perspective on the evolution of human history. From the most outstanding figures in history to brutal wars and genocide, this book tells the incredible evolution of humankind from 100,000 prehistoric times with rich text and hundreds of illustrations.

This book is composed of four stories. Three best friends with different styles, personalities and interests - Liangpin, Shanghai and Guoer - stand at the crossroads of emotions. In an unhurried year, the three people experienced suffering, pain, and hysterical friendship tempering, and finally transformed, each turning into a cocoon and becoming a butterfly. Whether it's "The Years Are Like a Flow" for a mature woman, or "The Plum Blossoms Fall" for the first time in the city, whether it's "The Golden Years" where love and sorrow are equally annoying, or "The Long Days" where love is no longer possible, all of them are filled with the delicate and full heart of extravagant love of every woman. However, it is always because we love too hard that we lose each other forever, so those years become a fleeting time that can never be returned...

"Winesburg, Ohio" The small town of Winesburg, Ohio, still retains its old-world style, and New York and Chicago are at the far end of the railroad. The farmer who longs for God's grace, the whimsical oil company agent, the female clerk who wasted her youth, the hotel proprietress who was depressed to death, the passionate and depressed female teacher, the lonely and thoughtful teenager... The twenty-four stories are interconnected with each other, like concise and profound spiritual sketches, vividly depicting a group of abnormal people who are obsessed with their own truths in an ordinary and noisy world.

Nana was noticed by the entertainment theater manager, and her starring role in "Blonde Venus" was a success. Men from Paris's upper class fell under her skirt. She was successively supported by the banker Steine ​​and the Queen's attendant Count Mifa. She became a popular socialite in Paris, eating up the money of the men who pursued her, making them bankrupt one by one. Some even died in hell. She eventually died of smallpox, just as the Second Empire was about to collapse in the Franco-Prussian War. The rise and fall of Nana's life became a portrayal of the corrupt and degenerate society of the Second Empire.

Each novel in "Roman Stories" is actually a miniature version of "Alive". The reading experience is like a micro-movie, and you can feel the vivid and vivid interactions of ordinary people in Rome. 61 Short stories form a picture of post-war (World War II) Rome. "Along the River During the Qingming Festival" is a film of the same name starring "Bicycle Thieves" director De Sica and comedy master Toto. It is a masterpiece of short stories by Moravia, the most important Italian "neo-realism" novel master in the 20th century, who was at the peak of his creation. The source of Italian "Neorealism" cinema. "Rome Stories" is the most important short story masterpiece of Moravia, the most important "neo-realist" novel master in Italy in the 20th century, who was at the peak of his creation. Sixty-one short stories describe the sweetness, sourness, bitterness and joy of life in the world. Workers, barbers, taxi drivers, maids... These little people in big cities, forced by life, do everything possible or even use any means to find a way to survive. "Rome Story" more or less provides literary material for Italian neorealist films and is one of the sources of film creation. The book has also been adapted into a movie, starring comedy master Toto and important neorealist director De Sica.

Kim, a white boy who lives in the Indian market, is good at making friends with people from all walks of life and knows all kinds of secular routines. He is convinced that a red bull in a green field will change his destiny. A monk who came from afar appeared on the streets of India in search of the legendary Arrow River that purifies sins. As if by chance, Kim volunteered to become a disciple of the monk. The devout and simple monk, the cunning and worldly boy, embarked on a fateful adventure - "If we are destined to find those things - whether it is a river or a cow - we will definitely find it..." Prophecy, astrology, fate, war, exploration, fighting... How will they reach the end? Set in India, Kipling tells the story of an orphan named Kim and a Buddhist monk in search of the Arrow River. Through the eyes of Westerners, the customs, customs, life customs, etc. Of the Eastern world are described in detail, radiantly, and with a rich oriental tone.

"Burmese Days" was published in 1934 and is George Orwell's first novel. The British India described in the novel is such a picture: the white master spends his time drinking and having fun, and is corrupt; the white lady is uneducated and greedy for vanity; the natives are intrigues and flattery; but there is such a white master, Sabu (master) - Flory, who hates imperialism and can't stand his people being kings and dominators in other people's land; but the cowardice in his bones makes him cower and dare not stand up to resist. Because he was afraid of "losing the whole world in order to redeem his soul," he could only "watch his life wasted and corrupted in this shameful and terrible futility."

"The Big Grouse" collects 14 of Tournier's short stories, which include reinterpretations of classic literature or myths and legends, humorous and satirical descriptions of real life, and bizarre explorations of human nature or society. He hides profound philosophical implications in ordinary daily life scenes to create a wonderful and extraordinary reading experience: a child's first adventure, an eccentric girl's exploration of death, the secret desires of marginalized characters, a love story on the side of the highway... In Tournier's literary world, life seems ordinary, but it is full of surprises.

"The Voyage" is Woolf's first novel. Woolf began writing this novel, originally titled Melymbrosia, in 1910. During the creation period, she suffered from mental illness. After a long period of deliberation and several changes, "The Voyage" was finally officially published in 1915. Many characters in the novel are derived from people around Woolf in real life, including herself. It is worth mentioning that the heroine Rachel Wenleith was twenty-four years old when she appeared, which was exactly the same age as Woolf when she started writing. The Euphrossini, called "her" in the story, seems to be the incarnation of Rachel Wenleith. The voyage from London to Santa Marina Island in South America is not only a journey in space, but also a journey of her own exploration. This inexperienced young woman was educated but grew up in a very traditional and conservative environment. During a journey to a foreign country, she experienced freedom and self, learned about the relationship between men and women, and tasted the taste of love. However, her life came to an abrupt end when it was about to be completed.

A romantic writer's unscrupulous exposure of his soul, a documentary of human nature that is both black and absurd and directly touching the soul. For many years Capote had dreamed of creating an American version of "In Search of Lost Time," and he named his planned masterpiece "Answered Prayer." Although this ambition was not realized with his premature death, the three remaining chapters present us with a portrait of the upper class and lower class society of his time. In this novel, which unscrupulously mentions the real names of many celebrities, Capote becomes P. B. Jones, a young writer with unknown biological parents and diverse erotic tastes. Following the bohemian life of this beautiful young man, "Answered Prayer" travels all the way from the infamous bars of Tangier to the long ottomans of restaurants on the Basque coast, from literary salons to high-end brothels. The works capture both scheming beauties and sadistic husbands, as well as real celebrities, such as Princess Margaret and the Duchess of Windsor. And most importantly, this viciously hilarious work showcases Capote's ruthless insight and unbridled humor.

Xiaoai Zhenlou, although I am a blue fan, this story is about mourning Childhood sweethearts, who says light must be white? In fact, even if it is extremely dark, there will still be light. When love comes to them, their dark world suddenly becomes as dazzling as day. "I came from darkness, and I will eventually die with it." "It's the same for you and me. From the moment we were born, our destiny has been written. Now that your chance has come, should I let you go?" "If you are an evil ghost, then I am willing to go to hell." 11 Karasuma Zhixiang "We have known each other since we were six years old and have been together for more than ten years. We have encountered misunderstandings and mysteries time and time again. Do you and I have a future?" 11Miyano Shiho

Book 2: The Kingdom of Eternal Night - Freya's body begins to exude the fragrance of books: she is successfully growing into a top book wizard. At the same time, the resistance forces are facing internal and external troubles: on the one hand, Adam College's all-out high-pressure methods, and on the other hand, the divisions and vacillations within the resistance forces. Freya already knew that the world of book wizards was created by her childhood pen pal Severin and her ancestor from two hundred years ago, the bandit novelist "September". But what she didn't expect was that even the seven-pointed star was just a character in a higher book - "I created Phaedra and the world of Book Witch by writing the Book of Creation. If I am just a character in a book, imagined by someone, it wouldn't be surprising, right? Maybe the entire universe is just a library within a library, and each book is part of another book...

Weird stories are the essence of Japanese culture. It is a conscientious masterpiece handed down from generation to generation by Kontaro Tanaka, who has devoted more than 20 years of hard work. Collection of classic Japanese ghost legends. "Creative Inspiration Book" carried by Kyogoku Natsuhiko. As the leading literary figure of Japanese ghost stories, Kontaro Tanaka was deeply influenced by China's Pu Songling and devoted his life to collecting, compiling and re-creating Japanese ghost stories. The high output, strong representativeness and wide range of content of his ghost stories have not been achieved by any subsequent ghost story writer. This set of "All Ghost Stories" basically covers most of Japan's classic ghost stories, and is still quoted, adapted and re-created in various forms by latecomers.

The representative work of Fernando Pessoa, a Portuguese national treasure writer and master of European modernism, was lonely during his lifetime but made a sensation after his death. He shocked the European literary world with his posthumous manuscript "The Book of Disquiet". The author's lonely ravings during his lifetime are disturbing and thought-provoking, reaching deep into his heart. Loneliness written with life, a pillow book dedicated to every lonely person. Pessoa lived a lonely life with a monotonous life and a sensitive heart. He created a spiritual universe with elegant and philosophical words, leading himself to transcend the ordinary life and embrace a transparent and clear world. Penguin Random House authorizes Richard Zenith's authoritative manuscript for the first time in China. The Guardian: Richard Zenith's English translation is excellent and is the best version we have seen in a long time. The 2015 edition of Richard Zenith's translation corrects errors in the early Portuguese original version based on the latest research results on the Pessoa manuscript. Pessoa's high-scoring translator and young translator Liu Yongjun devoted his heart to the translation. It was well received by Douban with a score of 8.7. It took a year to revise more than 2,000 points and carefully present the original appearance of Pessoa's legacy.

As far as I know, no one has ever seen bees searching for a home in the woods. However, they undoubtedly start looking for a new home before or on the day of grouping. All bees are wild bees and cannot be domesticated, which means that the instinct to return to nature and once again occupy their wild home in the woods never fades. Year after year of life on the apiary seems to have had no appreciable effect on their permanent final acclimation. The intention of each new swarm to migrate to the woods seems to be established by the fact that they will only come out on good days favorable to a colony like themselves, and that, after the bees have taken flight, a passing cloud or a sudden gust of wind will usually drive them back to the parent nest.

Her parents forced her to get married and she was escorted on a blind date. What she thought was a farce at first turned out to be uncontrollable later on. He is her mentor in the workplace, teaching her how to rise from a rookie to a minor celebrity. He is the male god in her life. He also warms the bed when he enters the hall and kitchen. He obviously hated him so much that he gnashed his teeth, but his joy, anger, and sorrow gradually arose because of him. Tao Duanduan later learned that not every first love has an ending. Before meeting the right person, some persistence is just one person's stubbornness. If I hadn't met Lu Zhiyu, how would I have known that love could be healed in this way?

"Loop Car" is a collection of novellas by Tian Er, including "Cicada Wings", "Loop Car" and "Are You Itchy". "Cicada Wings" revolves around the ambiguous relationship between Xiao Ding and Dora, and the novel is also covered with a poetic temperament that is as sparse and cold as repressed passion; "Loop Bus" begins with a circular bus that keeps circling the city. The unemployed young man Wang Jian acts as a private detective to steal a car. Taking evidence of his employer's husband's affair, he ended up taking nude photos of his employer. In the end, Wang Jian accidentally fell into the whirlpool of blackmailing his employer; "Are You Itchy" reflects the alienation of people from sexual repression caused by years of prison life through an extremely exaggerated description of the character Lao Tan, a released prisoner. The language of Tian Er's novels is both muddy and muddy, sharp and vivid, and has a very strong flavor of life. Through Tian Er's multi-dimensional descriptions of people in the market, his novels also point to the questioning of human nature to varying degrees. Different angles and different techniques can always give people a fresh desire to read.

The set contains 10 volumes in total, including "Philip Dick's Complete Short Stories I-V", "Solar System Lottery", "Philip Dick's Electronic Dreams", "Waiting for Last Year to Come", "Sacred Secret" and "Dark Scanner". In the early 1950s, Philip Dick entered the world of science fiction through a large number of short and medium-length works, which made him a sensation. Especially in just two years from 1953 to 1954, Dick published a total of fifty-six short stories and short stories, and his popularity was unprecedented. Since then, Dick has always maintained strong creative energy and became one of the most prolific science fiction writers. His works are internationally famous for their reflections on human nature, bizarre fantasies about the future, and talented and smooth narratives.

"On Romanticism" is Heine's masterpiece of literary theory. It is a polemical work against Mrs. De Steyr's "Deutsche Deutschland" and is intended to correct Mrs. Steyr's excessive praise of German romantic literature. Heine laughed and scolded, and discussed the origin and development of German Romantic literature vividly, talking about the works of writers such as the Schlegel brothers, Tieck, Hoffmann, Arnim, Novalis, Fouquet, Brentano, Jean Paul, Goethe, and the thoughts of philosophers such as Hegel and Schelling. Heine criticized the shortcomings of German Romanticism and affirmed the brilliance of its excellent works. Mr. Zhang Yushu's translation style is free and vigorous, sonorous and powerful, which deeply captures the three flavors of the original work.

Shakespeare lived in an absolutist world in which the Bible, kingship, and God had absolute authority. Similarly, fathers had absolute authority over their wives and children, old men over young people, and nobles over common people. But Shakespeare strongly opposed this absolutism and constantly explored the possibility of getting rid of it. Stephen Greenblatt shows us how Shakespeare exposes the machinations and pretentiousness of kings, generals, and churches; how he explores the eulogies and seemingly limitless passions between lovers; and more importantly, how Shakespeare, as a free humanist, engages in discussions about beauty, hatred, authority, and autonomy with audiences and readers.

"Oriental History Review (Volume 6)" has a strong lineup of authors, including Ge Zhaoguang (Professor of History at Fudan University), Kogo Tsuji (Professor of Independence University of Japan), John Doyle (Professor of History at MIT), Ranamit (Professor of Oxford University), Donald King (Professor of Columbia University), Aki Irie (Professor of Harvard University), Shin Yabuki (Emeritus Professor of Yokohama University), Ryoko Iechika (Professor of Keei University, Japan), Liu Ning (Japanese studies expert) and other well-known scholars and writers review Chinese studies in modern Japan and even Oriental studies, Japanese studies in the United States and other Western countries, or introduce scholars and works in related fields. The interview column includes an interview with the writer Zhang Dachun about his new work "Li Bai of the Tang Dynasty"; the image column includes the landscape conceptual photography of photographer Ken Kitano; the book review column includes Louis Menan's review of "To Finland Station", Jun Naha's introductory postscript for the reissue of Naito's old book on Hunan, etc.

"Oriental Historical Review (Volume 2)" focuses on the history of Chinese immigrants overseas, showing the joys and sorrows of Chinese people's migration to foreign lands since the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. This is a long journey full of thorns and dreams, from the simple pursuit of making a living, to the pursuit of wealth, to the pursuit of safety, and the pursuit of glory. This ever-changing purpose of immigration also reflects the pain, twists, brilliance and disease of China's modernization. Similarly, foreign civilizations are also experiencing self-confidence and crisis in their own culture, alternately belittling or elevating the "image of China" in their eyes. The "Image" theme of "Oriental History Review 02" is "Youth on the Assembly Line". I selected a group of photos of girls in the workshop. Look at those girls. Even work clothes cannot hide their youth and beauty. Along with their beautiful dreams, they are slowly disappearing on the assembly line. The most desperate of these 150 million young people have jumped from the roof of the Foxconn factory as a silent protest against this cruel era.

This book is compiled by Professor Huang Jianhua, a famous educator and translator, based on Montaigne's "perceived self", Montaigne's "people's lifestyles and thoughts and feelings as he experienced it" and Montaigne's "real world at that time as he understood it". This book selects Montaigne's typical passages from far and near, and compiles them into a volume to outline the portrait and main ideas of this French prose master in the second half of the 16th century. Readers can see both the green "trees" and the lush "forest".

Just after experiencing the ecstasy of love, her father suddenly passed away due to illness. The author Schulz felt disoriented and anxious. She avoided work, books, time, happiness, and reality. Like most people, she was obsessed with sadness and could not extricate herself, so she began to seek solace in poetry, which then extended to the exploration of gains and losses in life. In the end, she calmly accepted the reality: life is always counterproductive - sometimes you collapse, sometimes you recover; sometimes you are busy, sometimes boring; sometimes scary, sometimes absurd; sometimes funny, sometimes uplifting. It is impossible to escape this feeling of constant fusion. Schulz is known in the industry as "one of the greatest writers of our time." She once published an article in The New Yorker about an imminent major earthquake in the Pacific Northwest, for which she won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for feature writing, marking the first time that the Pulitzer Prize has been awarded to magazine media. In this book, Schulz uses her extensive knowledge and curiosity to wander between philosophy and intimacy, transforming a story about love and death into an exploration of chance and fate, sadness and happiness. Her elegant writing touches the most subtle truth deep in the human heart, which makes people suddenly enlightened after reading it. This is a warm, healing and rational philosophy of life. It is not a simple emotional catharsis, but a rational approach to the gains and losses of life with curiosity and insight from the perspective of different disciplines such as history, poetry, literature, psychology, etc. This is the best gift for people who are sad and worried.

"Essences of Literature that Will Benefit a Lifetime: Essences of Literature that Will Benefit a Lifetime" tells about movies, poetry, Chinese studies, Western studies, fine arts, literature, music, and life. From the vast sea of ​​humanities and art works, the author uses refined and classic standards to select beautiful articles, famous paintings, masterpieces, and famous songs from the perspective of teenagers. Integrated into five single volumes that will benefit people throughout their lives, it is also compiled into "The Essence of Garden Studies" and "The Essence of Western Studies" with famous quotes from hundreds of schools of thought representing Chinese wisdom and Western sages full of philosophy. This is not only an excellent work for understanding and learning humanities and arts, but also an indispensable book for family collections.

"Flowers of Evil" is a masterpiece of French poet Baudelaire, which established his position in the history of French and even world poetry. This classic poem shows evil and the relationship between good and evil surrounding evil through poetry. Baudelaire broke away from the view of good and evil for thousands of years and looked at evil from a dialectical point of view. He believed that evil has a dual nature. It has an evil side and exudes a special kind of beauty. On the one hand, it corrodes and infringes on human beings, and on the other hand, it is full of challenge and resistance spirit, inspiring people to fight against their own laziness and social injustice. Therefore, Baudelaire both hates and praises evil, fears and yearns for it. He lives in evil; but he strives not to be swallowed up by evil. Instead, he faces evil with a critical eye, dissects evil, and refines the flowers of evil.

This is a collection of poems for children written by the famous poet Eliot. The world-famous musical "Cats" was adapted from this book. The poet wrote about cats with various personalities and styles in humorous writing, including theater cats, mysterious cats, railway cats, city cats... It can be called a complete collection of cats. At the same time, it also shows another side of Eliot's literary creation: humorous, cute, tricky, and full of warmth. The famous poet and translator Sanke has lovingly translated the work, comparing it with the original English version; exquisite illustrations and humorous poems complement each other.

Living alone since the age of 62. One person, one dog, and many potted plants travel back and forth between Tokyo and Kumamoto once a week, their aging bodies screaming. After sending away her parents and husband, the 62-year-old Ito left the United States with her puppy Kramer, returned to Japan, and started living alone as a "young old girl." What new stories will happen in a familiar yet unfamiliar homeland? Ito writes with sensitivity and candor about the physical and mental changes of a woman as she ages, as well as the freedom and loneliness of a person's life. In the constant separation, we face the desolation of life. "Now that I don't have a single family member around me, I'm really free."

They are recognized as the elite of the times, with unusual life experiences and magnificent ups and downs of destiny. This is all closely related to their scholarly enthusiasm and even personality. They are also ordinary people, with ordinary people's emotions, mentality, and behaviors. It is only because of their unusual life experiences that they are recorded in history. Exploring their thoughts will lead us to re-examine - how to master thick black? How to get involved in official circles? How to have wisdom and talent? How to build personality charm? Still......

"You and Me Are All Parties" aims to narrate the joys and sorrows of life. During his twenty-five-year career, the author has seen an old man who left loopholes in his will to express his dissatisfaction; he has seen a wife who was eager to protect her husband and risked perjury, but turned her back after discovering that she was betrayed; and she has also seen a sister who dedicated half her life to her family, apparently to take back the house, but in fact she just wanted her family to support her emotional choices... "You and Me Are All Parties 2" is a sequel to this book, focusing on gains and losses in the workplace. A lecturer has been ignored many times when asking for salary, so Party B can only be Party B? A representative of a company is faced with a "overlord clause". Will he be criticized within the company whether he signs it or not? Key employees demand a substantial salary increase. How should we negotiate for this salary? ...

Women do not have a country, but they are always fighting. The fall of the Berlin Wall, the end of the Cold War, the economic collapse of Ukraine... History repeats itself again and again, who can stay completely aloof? One day in 1993, Natasha played a Russian record at home, and the cleaning lady Nastya next to her suddenly burst into tears. Only then did she realize that Nastya was the first Ukrainian to interact with her after her mother died. She was not only highly educated in Kiev, but also a civil engineer... How did she transform from a senior engineer in Ukraine to a cleaning lady in Berlin? Why go to Germany without a passport? How did he break up with his college sweetheart and marry a building manager in Germany? "Nastya's Tears" continues the vein of the first two parts of the "Mariupol Trilogy", focusing on a Ukrainian woman who came to Germany, connecting the experiences of countless Eastern Europeans before and after the 1990s, telling the story of the gap between two completely different worlds and the turning of the times, the fragmentation of a person and the dispersion of a generation. It is a rare work that focuses on individual experiences after the collapse of the Soviet Union. From a civil engineer to a cleaner, it writes about the fall of high-level intellectuals under the drastic changes of the times, and is a shocking portrayal of the plight of contemporary Ukraine. A contemporary Eastern European version of The Odyssey. The final chapter of the Mariupol Trilogy, the last piece of the Eastern European private history puzzle is finally complete!

Luo Ran, who had just graduated, ate, slept and played Doudou at home every day. After two months of living a comfortable salted fish life, he gradually felt that such a life was boring and he couldn't get enough in games. So he went to the job market on a Wednesday morning and after two rounds, he found a job as a real estate agent, selling houses to an agency. From then on, he became lazy. Luo Xianyu started swimming and started a small agency near the vegetable market. In that small shop, she met her enthusiastic master Wei Yang, and her best friend, Wang Binghuan, who missed her so much when she was working and busy. They formed a simple and unforgettable memory, like a fragrant and creamy time. I want to tell you about it.

They are recognized as the elite of the times, with unusual life experiences and magnificent ups and downs of destiny. This is all closely related to their scholarly enthusiasm and even personality. They are also ordinary people, with ordinary people's emotions, mentality, and behaviors. It is only because of their unusual life experiences that they are recorded in history. Exploring their thoughts will lead us to re-examine - how to master thick black? How to get involved in official circles? How to have wisdom and talent? How to build personality charm?

Following "The Wangtianshu Murder Incident", Zhuang Qin once again takes you to trace the source of fear! When you look back and see it, please don't scream! It will pluck out your tongue and tell you to shut up! Death puppets from the abyss of hell, nightmares and horrors, created by Zhuang Qin. She took out a black puppet from behind and suddenly opened her mouth, revealing a row of white teeth and a blood-red tongue. A hoarse voice came out from between her teeth: \

In the modern era, different countries have adopted written laws as political tools to promote change. There are profound historical connections behind this trend. From a unique perspective, this book traces transcontinental wars such as the Seven Years' War in the modern era, reviews the legislative activities of Haiti, the United States, France, Russia, Japan and other countries, analyzes the interaction between military pressure and rights-related legislation during this period, and shows the popularity of the printing and publishing industries and the development of long-distance transportation. How development can promote the spread of written laws in different countries and continents, promote the development of rights and political changes; the author also points out that under the trend of development, written laws will also become a tool to exclude the rights of women and colonial residents, and some non-Western countries draw on written laws to consolidate national identity and resist Western colonial expansion. It can be said that the formation of the modern world is a historical process in which countries create written laws and promote the development of rights and national transformation.

"The Age of Napoleon" is the final work of the "Utopia Classics Hall" series "The Story of Civilization". Of course, Napoleon was an unprecedented dictator, and he was also the most magical dreamer and practitioner in human history. Let us preserve our freedom! Let's preserve equality! Europe moved forward for half a century under his 15-year rule. However, Napoleon always worked hard to convince the people to accept his definition of political freedom: regular referendums whose results must be in favor of enlightened despotism. He said: "Power is my mistress. I have worked hard to conquer her, and I will never allow others to take her away from me, not even to woo her..."

"We may not come back, but life will come back." - The most shocking grievances, the most extreme warmth, the most heart-wrenching miss, and the most touching confusion. It tells the story of the Wenchuan Earthquake that shocked the world. After an inconspicuous hotel in Yingxiu Town became an isolated island, the self-rescue and rescue operations of the people in the hotel during the seven-day "blockade" showed the elimination of grudges and evil desires in the disaster, as well as the extreme warmth between strangers with different identities on the isolated island, and eulogized the truest, best and most beautiful of human nature. Earthquakes can destroy mankind's living home, but they can reshape mankind's spiritual home.

This book is the first collection of short stories and short stories by the writer Deng Anqing. It is the first time that the author faces the wandering life of urban youth after "Candy in the Mountains" and "Soft Distance". The book includes 8 short stories and short stories: "I Met a Somali Pirate", "Bishop's Night", "Disappearance", "You Said the Moonlight Is So Beautiful Tonight", "Bright Road", "Feng Zhao", "Bizhu" and "Rescue". The 8 novels truly carve out 8 emotional adventures, 8 adventures with an uncertain future. We spend all our time meeting different people, but all encounters are in vain until we find the most important person. But once discovered, all encounters become the most precious experiences. "I always feel like I've turned into a little girl eating candy again. His voice is swallowed up by my ears, and I can't get enough." (Deng Anqing)

The author of this book is a scholar-type official who never stops writing. After retirement, he still insists on farming his family. This book is a selection of his prose essays in the past three years, a total of 60 articles. Among them are reflections on work, and more are insights into observing society and tasting life, which include the wisdom of historians, the embrace of scholars, and grassroots sentiments.

It's the space version of Game of Thrones! There is smoke, there is femme fatale, there is conspiracy, there is also childish innocence. A hearty and refreshing piece of heavy-flavored writing, full of conspiracy, intrigue, sensuality, and spicy humor! Open this book and experience a space adventure where gunfire and plasma fly together! Important American media angrily praised "Collapse of the Empire": If you like "Game of Thrones", you will definitely enjoy this cruel and glorious interstellar adventure. "Collapse of the Empire" was awarded the highest honor in science fiction, the Locus Award, and was also nominated for the Hugo Award and the Good Reads Choice Award for Science Fiction. "Collapsing Empire" is the opening chapter of Scalzi's new series "Reciprocal Empire" trilogy. Across the galaxy, a magnificent new empire - "Reciprocal Empire" was born, waiting to once again stir up the territory of science fiction. The author John Scalzi is a leading figure in contemporary science fiction and the former president of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. He has won 3 Hugo Awards, 2 Locus Awards, 2 Japan Nebula Awards, and 1 John Campbell Newcomer Award. If there is only one contemporary writer who represents the essence of American science fiction, that person must be John Scalzi. --"Encyclopedia of Science Fiction" third edition.