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This compact and well-structured novella tells the story of a has-been novelist and a college classmate who is now a successful screenwriter, risking the leakage of family privacy and bent on revenge against a female journalist with a harsh writing style. Through relaxed yet contemporary language and a gripping plot, the novel satirizes the greedy relationship between the media and celebrity culture, and also examines a writer's responsibility for his or her talent.

The original work of "The Taste of Sand", the opening film of the 68th Cannes Film Festival, won the top prize of the French "Bunkuben Reader Award" in 2017, and the winning work of the French Senon Literary Award in 2019. The healing novella by contemporary Japanese writer Dorian Sukegawa shows people's plight and hope, as well as the light of humanity. Using the Japanese confection Dorayaki as an image, it tells a touching story of getting out of the frustration and trough of life. The story takes place in a Dorayaki specialty store called "Dorayaki". The protagonist Sentaro is the manager of this store, and Wakana, a middle school girl who comes from a single-parent family and cannot feel the care, and Tokunaga, an old woman who has been isolated from the world for a long time. After experiencing a series of disturbances and difficulties in life, the three of them have deeply integrated into each other's lives, and at the same time changed each other's future lives.

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Fairy Ling Bing, who could shock the three worlds and six realms with just a tap of her toes, turned into the Miss General's Mansion that everyone could bully when she woke up - Baili Ling Bing! Bastard? Father doesn't care about life or death? Is everyone bullying her in the house? Her half-sister even beat her to death? It was fine before, but now you still dare to bully her? Then this debt must be settled carefully. She doesn't mind the trouble and if anyone dares to take advantage of her, then he will pay it back a thousand times! No superpowers? That's just because her powers are many times more powerful than theirs, but they can't tell! The world has really changed, how dare a little maid dare to scold her? It's simple, just cut her tongue and her ears will be clean! Isn't she easy to mess with! The princess of the human world is her friend, the prince of the fairy world is her apprentice, the ghost master of the ghost world listens to her orders, and the demon king of the demon world is her defeated general. And her identity as a five-series prodigy is enough to scare a group of people to death, not to mention that she also possesses rare spells in this world. What! ? The monster is coming? Xiao Huihui, hurry up, pack your things and run away. Ling Bing looked helplessly at the extremely evil man in front of her, and her memory returned to a long time ago-- The first time, she burned the Manzhu Shahua that he had cherished for thousands of years, but so what, he had already taken revenge. The second time, like a god, he walked step by step in front of her. She didn't do anything, right? It seems that I only said "monster", but do you still remember it now? A rare mythical beast? Well, there were more than a dozen of them squatting there doing housework. She didn't force them to stay, but they would bite her when they came. In the end, they all depended on her, and they called "master" one by one. It was okay to stay with her, but they couldn't eat free rice. Miss trash? Who knew that it would be this good-for-nothing lady who would cause turmoil in the world. She smiled charmingly, and it turned out that she was still...

She is a legendary concubine envied by women all over the world. She is favored by the kings of two countries and respected as the queen of both countries. The Emperor of the Great Xia dispersed all the harems for her and favored only one person; the Emperor of the Northern Han Dynasty collected all the treasures from the world for her and built a magnificent phoenix. However, of the two men who gave her the honor and favor throughout her life, one ruined her family and the other imprisoned her in the palace for many years. A promise of life and death, endless tenderness, but ultimately no match for the hatred of the family, the country, and the hegemony of the emperor.

From 770 BC to 221 BC, during this 550-year period known as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, unprecedented great figures and handed down classics emerged like a spurt: Confucius wrote "The Analects", Mencius wrote "Mencius", Laozi wrote "Tao Te Ching", Mozi wrote "Mozi", Sun Tzu wrote "Sun Tzu's Art of War", Guiguzi wrote "Guiguzi", Han Fei wrote "Han Feizi"... The contention of a hundred schools of thought laid the cornerstone of Chinese civilization, the Four Books and the Five Classics forged the values of later generations of Chinese people, the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period created a model of strategy, and the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period constructed the framework of today's Chinese territory.

Since the 18th century, Westerners have been observing China very carefully. They drew a lot of images, took a lot of photos, and brought them back to the West to let Westerners see what China was like. Alexander, the painter who accompanied the Cannes mission, created a large number of paintings reflecting the customs and customs of China at that time during his round trip from Macau to Beijing, which later caused a sensation in Europe. This was the first time that Western painters observed and depicted China in such detail, and it was also the last period in which China was depicted as so magically romantic and exotic. The manuscript collects Alexander's only two works, "Chinese Clothing", "Chinese Clothing and Customs Illustrated Book" and some rare single prints. The two books are published together, which is the first time both at home and abroad.

The Chu people had Zhu Rong as their ancestor, and the starting point of their history was originally found in myths and legends. After going through many troubled times, Chu State was able to rise in the south. The people of Chu had the ambition to "reach the sky" and "to be astonishing", and had the courage to "pacify the barbarians" and "belong to the Xia". They finally became one of the five hegemons in the middle of the Spring and Autumn Period. However, after achieving such achievements, coups and civil strife caused the Chu State to incur huge foreign troubles when Wu's army entered Ying, and its strength was greatly damaged. During the Warring States Period, the State of Chu used Wu Qi's reforms to break out of its predicament and bring improvement to the country. The State of Chu once reached the pinnacle of strength and prosperity. However, during the era of King Huai, he suffered successive setbacks and his power suddenly declined. After that, the capital of Ying fell, and half of the rivers and mountains were occupied by the Qin people. Although the people of Chu tried to make up for the situation, they could no longer change the trend of "six kings, one in the world". During the uprising at the end of the Qin Dynasty, "Although Chu has three households, Chu will definitely destroy Qin", which left a long coda to the more than 800 years of Chu history.

The best way to get revenge on a man is to marry him, eat him, play with him, abuse his daughter, climb the wall to pick a few red apricots, make a lot of noise, and then leave with a slap on the butt. However, An Xin did not expect that not only would she not be able to leave, but she would be captured by him in front of the whole country. At that time, his famous sayings as a wife were played in the streets and alleys: Tong An Anxin, your husband asked you to go home and kneel on the washboard!

In the form of a novel, this book reveals the development process of Western philosophy through the process of a philosophy tutor imparting philosophical knowledge to a girl named Sophie. From the Pre-Socratic era to Sartre, as well as the thoughts of Aristotle, Descartes, Hegel and others, the author's vivid writing style is vividly displayed on the page, and is explained with the historical background of the time, which is fascinating. Critics believe that this book is the most suitable introductory book for those who have never taken a philosophy course, and it can also serve as a refresher for those who have read some philosophy in the past but have forgotten all about it. Sophie, a 14-year-old girl, keeps receiving some extremely unusual letters, and the world unfolds before her eyes like a mystery. Under the guidance of a mysterious mentor, Sophie began to think. She used the girl's natural understanding and acquired knowledge to try to solve these mysteries. However, the truth is far weirder and more bizarre than she imagined...

Puppetry, which has been passed down since ancient times, is a mysterious and powerful thaumaturgy that can be used not only to manipulate living things, but even non-living things. Li Ran, the inheritor of this thaumaturgy, relied on this thaumaturgy to constantly solve puzzles in the campus where strange cases occurred constantly, and exposed the murderer behind the murder to the sun.

"Ring World": Louis Wu celebrated his 200th birthday. He walked into the transfer booth and was all over the world in the blink of an eye. He wanted to have a day of partying, but by accident, he bumped into the most mysterious alien - the Puppet Master. The puppet masters have superb skills, but they are all as timid as mice. Unexpectedly, the puppet master Wu bumped into even kindly invited him to join the most daring interstellar adventure in history. His traveling companions were the always lucky Earth girl Tila and the hot-tempered Kizi star. Two humans and two aliens boarded a super-light spacecraft together and flew towards the Puppet Master's terrifying new discovery - a ring-shaped artificial celestial body orbiting a star. The expedition team members looked closer, but were unexpectedly hit by an unknown weapon and fell into the huge ring. In the ring, which is equivalent to the total area of ​​three million earths, they must find the only way to survive... "Ring World Engineer": It has been 20 years since Louis Wu returned from the ring world. He remains anonymous, hiding in a corner of the universe, trying to get rid of the shadows brought to him by his last adventure. However, a puppet master found him and forced him onto the spacecraft. Their goal was still the ring world. When they arrived at their destination, Louis Wu discovered that the world was no longer stable and that the entire ring world was on the verge of self-destruction. In order to survive, Louis Wu must find the legendary engineer who built this world and the control center of the entire world. Their exploration gradually turns into a thrilling adventure, and the secrets of the Ring World will slowly be revealed.

In a light and humorous tone, the author presents the image of a father from an upper-class American family. He is strong yet tender; he is domineering yet fair; he is somewhat selfish yet lovely; at the same time, readers can also get a glimpse of New York in the United States at the end of the 19th century from the book. The film based on the memoir stars Irene Dunne, William Powell and Elizabeth Taylor. The film received multiple Academy Award nominations.

What this book reveals to you is a shocking criminal network in today's society. From pickpockets among the crowd, to gangsters hiding in deep mountains and old forests, from gangsters running rampant on the streets, to drug lords patrolling the edge of the coastline; they seem far away from us, yet very close, seemingly silent, but they follow us everywhere. It is this bizarre but real underground world that the author describes. Police academy student Yu Zui was thrown into a cell full of vicious criminals after passing an unexpected selection. He quickly discovered that to survive in this dangerous environment, he must be more cunning than drug dealers, more cunning than thieves, and more cruel than gangsters. He not only needs to use criminals' thinking to understand crime, but also uses criminals' methods to fight crime, and he also needs to break through various bottom lines like criminals.

The TV series will start filming in 2017! Fenghuo Opera Princes creates a new world of fantasy martial arts, continues to sell well, and reaches new heights! Xu Fengnian, the idiot prince of Beiliang in the Demon Cave, suddenly awakened, gradually matured, and embarked on the road of counterattack. He stabbed Jianghu completely with one knife! Yao Dao Feng Huo subverts tradition and creates a strange and mysterious world with ghostly words. There is Lao Huang, who leads a skinny horse but lacks front teeth. He sees the gangsters running faster than his master but is a legendary master. There is a young Taoist priest who staggers around all day without seeking the truth but can open the gate of heaven with a sword and rides a green bull upside down.