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The central question this book answers is how group decisions fail, and what happens when group decisions fail. In extreme cases, not only the group will go crazy, but the entire country will go crazy. "The Madness of Crowds" tells us that now we should explore the roots of fanaticism. Why did the Islamic State rise? How do religious beliefs shape human behavior? What influences U. S. Policy in the Middle East? What does doomsdayism have to do with the political polarization of American society? Why would a group of people chase a ridiculously overpriced investment from time to time? Why do people prefer stories to data and facts? Why are new concepts such as Bitcoin and the Metaverse making people crazy again? We can all find answers to the above questions that are closely related to our era in this book. Renowned historian and financial theorist William J. Bernstein combines advances in information technology, finance, and neuroscience to shed new light on the mass illusion. Beginning with the conquest of the Jews and ending with the rise of the Islamic State in the Middle East. In between, the book details various financial and religious fanaticisms over 3,000 years of human history, as well as the development of related neuroscience. Bernstein's chronicle of mass madness is as revealing of human nature as it is of historical significance.

3,500 years ago, the Mycenaeans, the Greek ancestors who were good at sailing and commerce, entered the historical stage on the islands and peninsulas of the Aegean Sea. Although they experienced a "dark period" of decline, they prospered again after the 9th century BC and developed into Greek city-states led by Athens and Sparta. Alexander's conquests then created the first "globalization" era. In the 2nd century BC, Rome conquered Greece, but the history of Greece did not end with the decline of the ancient Greek city-states. Instead, the Greek civilization further expanded its influence due to the admiration of Rome, laying the foundation for the development of modern science, art, politics, and law. In the Greek-speaking, Christian Byzantine Empire, classical Greek and Roman culture was inherited and developed, and was the envy of the Western world for hundreds of years. Although the fall of Constantinople at the end of the Middle Ages was lamentable, from the Greek merchants of the Ottoman Empire to the Greek Revolution that led the wave of modern national independence, to modern Greece that dominates the merchant shipping industry, the Greeks are still thriving at the intersection of Asia and Europe.

Asian civilization is the oldest civilization, the background and cornerstone of Greek and Roman culture, and the source of modern civilization. "Heritage of the East" is the opening chapter of "History of World Civilization". It divides Eastern civilization into three parts: "Egypt and the Near East," "India and South Asia," and "China and the Far East." It is organized and evaluated from the eight major elements of civilization: "labor, government, morality, religion, science, philosophy, writing, and art." Farming, industry, transportation, trade, government, morality, religion, science, philosophy, literature, art, etc., Are several elements that constitute civilization. This is part of the legacy given by the Eastern world to the West. It also left many parts that Western Europe can add to, thus enabling world civilization to develop rapidly in terms of art, architecture, democratic systems, etc.

This is a collection of Churchill's speeches. Churchill was an excellent orator, especially his speeches on World War II, which were the most inspiring speeches during World War II. Each speech used the courage and vision of a statesman, starting from the fundamental interests of the British people, and under specific historical conditions, calling for a united front with anti-fascist forces of different ideologies, so as to achieve the final victory of the war. When the collection of Churchill's important speeches reached eight volumes, Churchill's grandson, Winston S. Churchill, compiled a volume of his favorite speeches from all of his grandfather's speeches. This collection covers Churchill's life - from the publication of his first novel to the last day of his life. It includes not only Churchill's best speeches, but also unknown speech fragments that have never been made public.

This work written by Australian national treasure historian Geoffrey Bryne is popular, concise and vivid. It mainly focuses on the history of Australia for more than two hundred years since Captain Cook discovered the Australian coast. In this book, Blaine uses clear words to "film" a documentary full of insights and details for readers. The exiles who traveled across the ocean, the free immigrants who left their homes, the indigenous people who threw boomerangs, the gold diggers who traveled long distances to the inland, the sheep shearers who treated their work as a competition, the national sports heroes who are sought after by everyone... They all played a unique role on the historical stage. Of course, politicians, entrepreneurs and scientists are also indispensable. Through long and short shots, the many events and themes that defined Australia's identity emerge: the changing natural landscape, the influx of foreign things, the enthusiasm for spectator sports, the rivalry between Catholics and Protestants, the wrestling between different regions and cities, overseas wars and domestic ethnic conflicts, technological changes, the recognition of the history and rights of Aboriginal people, old and new alliances, national successes and failures, but also distance and climate.

This book is one of the most important works of Arthur Henry Johnson, an expert on British medieval history and a history lecturer at Oxford University. It takes the major historical events of the second half of the 16th century Europe as the Reformation, the Dutch Revolution and the French Civil War as the main line, and provides a detailed interpretation of the entire process of differentiation and integration of European political and religious forces. The final result was that the Catholic unification of Western Europe was completely broken; Spain lost its status as the European hegemon; France collapsed and its vitality was severely damaged; the religious conflicts in the Holy Roman Empire intensified, and a larger-scale war was about to come; the Kingdom of England stayed out of the matter, reaped the benefits, and gradually realized its strategic rise. After reading this book, I am deeply moved.

After the real daughter came back, I lied to myself that I was a fake daughter. After the real daughter came back, she treated me as a thorn in my side and even tried to snatch a drink of water from me. I understand her, after all, I have occupied her daughter's status for more than 20 years and lived a comfortable life. So I avoided her whenever I could, and gave in whenever I could, until one day I heard her voice - 'I'm so bad! She is so pitiful and I still want to target her. I am really a bad guy! 'I:? ? ?

In this book, Jaspers made a famous point - there is an "Axial Age" in world history. The Axial Age refers to the period between 800 BC and 200 BC, when China, India, and the West independently completed civilizational revolutions with similar structures. During this period, Confucius, Mencius, Laozi, Sakyamuni, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle and other forerunners who influenced the development of human civilization appeared in the above regions, creating a new starting point for their respective development. The theories of these people still have an important and far-reaching influence on the cultural life of today's society. In addition, Jaspers also pointed out the value of modern science and technology and its existing problems, and thought about the possibility of world unification in the sense of world peace.

The protagonist of the novel was originally an ordinary working woman who was resigned to the situation. Under the influence of her son Baweier, who was engaged in the revolutionary cause, her thoughts matured rapidly and she gradually grew into a proletarian revolutionary warrior. This novel profoundly reflects for the first time the revolutionary struggle of the masses under the leadership of the proletarian party in the early 20th century, and the historical process of the workers' movement from spontaneous to conscious.

"The Idiot" is one of the important novels by the famous Russian writer Dostoevsky in the 19th century. It takes the epileptic Duke Myshkin's adventures after returning from Switzerland as the main line, depicts the various ugliness of the Russian upper class after the serfdom reform, and reveals moral and ethical issues. The tension between the tragic fate of the heroine Anastasia and her refusal to succumb to fate, and the difference between the hero Myshkin's attitude towards her and the attitude towards her by ordinary people add endless charm to the plot of the novel. After reading this novel, it will be difficult for you to tell who is the idiot. This novel vividly depicts the characters and left the classic images of Myshkin and Anastasia in the world literature gallery. At the same time, it caused generations of readers to think about the relationship between spiritual pursuit and material desire. It is highly ideological.

If you are experiencing setbacks, "The Old Man and the Sea" will give you the courage to face it! Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature and the Pulitzer Prize! Hemingway said: "I can never write a better work than this!" It contains an original Hemingway biography, a special collection of the 1954 Nobel Prize for Literature award speech, and a special collection of Hemingway's acceptance speech. It's been 84 days and the old man hasn't caught a single fish. On the 85th day, the old man decided to go to sea again. After two days and two nights of hard work, he finally caught a big fish, but on the way back he was eaten by a shark and came ashore with a set of fish bones. "The Old Man and the Sea" is a simple story with only 40,000 words, but it touches the limit of human willpower and makes us realize how much courage people can have when facing setbacks.

Although Andersen's fairy tales are based on a wide range of materials, their themes are relatively concentrated and simple, which is to express truth, goodness and beauty, to pursue the ideal state of mankind with romantic fantasies, such as kindness, sympathy, tolerance, fraternity, etc., And to preach that "truth, goodness and beauty will eventually win."

In the age of information technology explosion, you shouldn't miss Verno Vinci! Liu Cixin has publicly recommended several times, and the well-deserved milestones in the history of science fiction literature have been included in the top ten classic space operas along with "Hyperion", "Galaxy Empire" and "Dune". Hugo Award + Locus Award + Science Fiction Chronicle Readers' Choice Award + Prometheus Award + John W. Campbell Award... Must-read complete works of science fiction master Verno Vinci's classic science fiction in life.

Keigo Higashino's masterpiece of youthful suspense, includes an afterword describing his creative motivations. Ignorance, fearlessness, lack of scruples, all the unreasonable things of youth, we classify them as youth. Those who fight against the world with me are my classmates. I'm not dating Yukiko because I like her. What kind of emotion this is, I have never understood. One day after school, Yukiko died in a car accident, and I concluded that the teacher was the accomplice. I asked him openly in class, and everyone was in a commotion. Any time a student attacks a teacher, it's a great way to spice things up. I reveled in it until the teacher was found dead in school and I became a suspect.

The flower patch on Yang Yuhuan's forehead tells of the disaster of that year; Zhuo Wenjun's distant eyebrows are the lonely sigh of lovesickness; the fairy jade girl's powder erases Wu Ruyi's haggardness, but is filled with the powerlessness of unwillingness to see the end of her head; Zhao Feiyan's Xiji pill can make people dance in the palm of their hands, but it has caused irreparable damage to the body... The excellent makeup and body shape are shaped step by step, but it is difficult to grasp the lover's mind. When he loves you, he can give up everything to please you. When he doesn't love you, you are just a plastic flower. No matter how beautiful you are, you seem to have lost your life.

In the book "Tutankhamun's Horn", British Egypt archaeologist Toby Wilkinson uses a unique perspective and entry point to look at the tomb and unearthed objects. He did not focus on the familiar process of discovering the tomb, nor did he dwell too much on the short life of the young pharaoh and the political disintegration of Egypt during his reign. Instead, he introduced the dazzling ancient Egyptian culture and its far-reaching influence in detail through the pharaoh's funerary objects. From more than 5,000 funerary objects, he selected 100 artifacts and divided them into 10 groups. According to 10 themes, he comprehensively introduced all aspects of social life such as the natural environment, religious beliefs, royal politics, trade networks, science and technology, and daily life of ancient Egyptian civilization. A gold-decorated chariot shows the advanced technology of Egypt at that time. Bread, fruit baskets and wine jars reflect the fertility of the Nile Valley and the abundance of feasts enjoyed by the local people. Jewelry made from Nubian ebony and Libyan desert glass also illustrate Egypt's active trade and vast diplomatic network. Shaving utensils and chessboards reveal another aspect of people's daily life... Nowadays, the music of Tutankhamun's era, represented by the most touching object in the tomb - Tutankhamen's horn (silver horn), has been wiped out like the man himself, leaving only the echoes of the past, relics of the distant past. Fortunately, through these funerary objects, we can still awaken the world of Tutankhamun and the ancient Egyptian civilization that he represented as a symbol.

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

In order to find the lover of his dreams, he went down to earth and met a pitiful little guy. He mistakenly thought that he was the lover of his dreams, and went straight to the church to get married. He never thought that the person he hated the most would repeatedly kill the little guy! With a guilty heart, I accompanied the little guy through three lives, and finally found out that the person I truly loved was actually the villain! She has been married for a long time and has a baby! ! Emotions fed the dog, and he actually treated the second female lead as a treasure! ! With the help of a cute baby, they reunite!

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This translation is based on the version published by Keio University Press. This version was compiled by Marion Saucier and Shunsaku Nishikawa based on the final version of "The Complete Works of Fukuzawa" written by Yukichi Fukuzawa during his lifetime, and with reference to various versions such as the reprint of "State of the West (Part 1)", the first edition of "The State of the West Part 2", and the first edition of "The State of the West Part 2". The first chapter first introduces the customs, social structure and technology of Western countries, such as politics, taxation laws, national debts, banknotes, merchant associations, foreign diplomacy, military systems, literature and technology, schools, newsprint, libraries, hospitals, poor homes, dumb homes, blind homes, lunatic homes, orphan homes, museums, exhibitions, steam engines, steam ships, steam trains, telephones, and gas lamps. The outer chapter and the second chapter provide a detailed and easy-to-understand summary of the history, politics, technology, military, economy, education, social systems, etc. Of Western countries. This knowledge was refreshing to the Japanese at that time. What is even more worth mentioning is that in the process of translating and introducing foreign books, Fukuzawa Yukichi painstakingly created many "Japanese Chinese characters". For example, he translated the word "Freedom" in the American Declaration of Independence as "freedom" and annotated it as "autonomous and arbitrary", which was his first creation.

"Infantry Attack" is a classic military tactics book. Written by Rommel, the famous German general during World War II, based on his personal experience in World War I, he gave a detailed description of every battle he participated in. It can be called a classic of military theory. The "Great Depth Battle Theory: Streamlined Collector's Edition" is a streamlined version based on the "Great Depth Battle Theory". It aims to enable readers to absorb the essence of foreign classic military masterpieces in a short period of time in the era of fragmented reading.

Mackinder's "On Continental Power" became a popular theory of Western geopolitics half a century after its publication. To this day, most Western strategists still observe the world according to Mackinder's description. From the fact that Western countries have never relaxed their struggle for Eastern Europe after World War II, it is not difficult to find traces of the geopolitical thoughts of Mackinder, the author of "On Continental Power".

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

Yu Miaomiao has a neighbor brother who is 3 years younger than herself. The two grew up together and have a very good relationship. Scene 1: Yu Miaomiao is 6 years old and Lin Zijin is 3 years old. When Lin Zijin learned that he could not be in the same school as his sister, he sat on the ground and started throwing a tantrum. Yu Miaomiao, who was supposed to be in first grade, went to preschool for another year. Scene 2: Yu Miaomiao is 18 years old and Lin Zijin is 15 years old. On the day when Yu Miaomiao finished her college entrance examination, Lin Zijin saw a boy confessing his love to her. He rushed forward and said the next sentence:

The famous Japanese writer Tokutomi Ashika lived in seclusion in a mountain village and recorded his beautiful natural life of "working on his own food, farming in fair weather and reading in rainy weather". The book is divided into four parts: "Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter". The author uses beautiful writing to delicately describe the natural scenery of Japan throughout the year - the colorful Fuji dawn, the vast Sagami Beach sunset, the strange and changeable flying clouds over Fragrant Mountain, the misty and confusing Hanazuki Autumn Eve... These natural scenes, once touched by the author's wonderful writing, are all full of interest and fascinating.

"American Library" Top 100 of the 20th Century, "Time" Magazine's Top 100 from 1923 to 2005, and a phenomenon-level best-selling work that has surpassed "The Godfather" in sales. "Portnoy's Complaint" is Philip Roth's third novel and a topical work. When it was released in 1969, it caused a sensation and has been on the best-seller list for a long time. Its sales volume even exceeded that of "The Godfather" published in the same year. Later, he was selected into the "American Library" Top 100 of the 20th Century and "Time" magazine's Top 100 from 1923 to 2005. Some commentators said that the novel, together with Saul Bellow's "Herzog", defined American Jewish literature in the 1960s. The story takes place in the psychiatrist Spielvogel's recliner. The protagonist Portnoy is suffering from neurosis. He finds the psychiatrist Spielvogel and confides to him the difficulties he has faced since childhood: his father's expectation for his son to succeed, his mother's autocratic doting, and the troubles of Jewish identity... Behind the bold and almost absurd confession is the inner moral anxiety of his generation of American Jewish youth. It is the conflict and imbalance between the traditional Jewish moral consciousness and the sense of freedom in American society in the 1960s, as well as the survival anxiety of American Jews in contemporary American society.

Best-selling author Eric Weiner is not a genius, and it is impossible to become someone with Einstein's IQ, but his daughter may still have a chance. Therefore, he traveled to 7 famous cultural cities around the world to study the time and place where creative geniuses emerged in history, and then thought about how to create a cultural atmosphere conducive to innovation at home. Combining travel notes, biographies, historical and sociological reflections, there are many discoveries along the way: why a chaotic environment is conducive to the emergence of genius (Beethoven was a complete slacker), why walking is conducive to thinking (even on a treadmill), why oysters were crucial to the Enlightenment, and why the Renaissance might not have happened without the outbreak of plague. Genius is not just a matter of genes or hard work. The key to nurturing genius lies in culture. This is not a personal behavior, but a public responsibility, as stated in "The Geography of Genius" "Villages raise children, cities cultivate geniuses."

Dickens is a great British writer, and this book is one of his early moving social novels. Oliver, an orphan, was bullied in a poor workhouse since he was a child. After escaping to London, he fell into thieves again. When he appealed to no avail, a group of "virtuous" capitalists extended a helping hand. At the same time, the truth about Oliver's strange life experience was also revealed step by step...

"Hamlet" was written between 1601 and 1602 and is Shakespeare's masterpiece. "Hamlet" uses the history of Denmark in the 8th century to allude to the social reality of England in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. The protagonist Hamlet is a representative of Shakespeare's ideal humanists. Although he is young, he is very intelligent. When the enemy was strong and we were weak, and we were isolated and helpless, he thought of a way to paralyze the enemy by pretending to be crazy. He also smashed Claudius's conspiracy one after another, and finally avenged his father's murder, but he also paid a heavy price: he and his mother both died tragically in Claudius's trap. Shakespeare's "Hamlet" is a treasure in the treasure house of world literature. For hundreds of years, it still has vitality that will never fade on the stage and among readers.

"Go, Moses" was published in 1942. It is one of Faulkner's most famous works and an important part of the "Yoknapatawpha Lineage": McCaslin, the owner of the southern American manor, had a daughter with a slave girl, and later gave birth to a son Tyrell with this daughter. Tyrell later married Tanney, the slave girl of another manor owner, Bushchamp, and their children all bear the surname Bushchamp. McCaslin's granddaughter married Edmonds. The whole book is about the complex relationship between the descendants of these three surnames. The most colorful character is McCaslin's grandson Isaac. He participated in bear hunting activities since he was a child under the leadership of black hunters. When he grew up, he saw through the abnormal relationship between white people and black slaves. He voluntarily gave up his family property and went to the town to make a living as a carpenter. The whole book consists of two novellas and five short stories. Each part is relatively independent and integrated into a complete picture. The author examines the complex and changing relationship between whites and blacks, man and nature from multiple angles, and depicts the history of the development and change of the American South.

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

Among sixteenth-century writers, few are as revered and accepted by modern people as Montaigne. He was an intellectual authority and critic in France before the Enlightenment. He was a cold observer of human emotions and a scholar who conducted dispassionate studies of the cultures of various nations, especially Western culture. Judging from his thoughts and feelings, one can regard him as a modern man emerging from that era. This book is a collection of Montaigne's essays. It is the most charming work selected from Montaigne's three volumes of prose and essays. The book covers everything from daily life, traditional customs and philosophy of life. The language is plain and smooth, and full of life interest.

Hardy's works reflect the profound changes in social economy, politics, morality, customs and other aspects caused by the invasion of capitalism into rural towns and cities in England, as well as the tragic fate of the people (especially women), and expose the hypocrisy of bourgeois morality, law and religion. His works are a link between past and present, not only inheriting the excellent tradition of British critical realism, but also paving the way for British literature in the 20th century. "Waste of Effort" is his first published work.

To live is to dare to cry, dare to laugh, dare to be angry and be free. And living alone is an attitude towards life. A person's life is not to be completely alone, but to talk more freely with oneself, friends and the world. "Living Alone" is the work of Japanese soul poet Shuntaro Tanikawa when he was in his late seventies. During this period, he experienced the death of his father, the birth of his grandson, the separation of his friends, and began to live alone. Through Shuntaro Tanigawa, we can see the ideal of a person's life: passion, loneliness, elegance and freedom. He defends a person's life, using delicate and Zen-like writing to record those mood swings that are easily obscured by daily trivial matters and difficult to capture. Starting from the trivial and ordinary daily necessities such as food, clothing, housing and transportation, he writes letters, eats, listens to concerts, and writes poems, describing his understanding of family, friendship, and love, and talks about life, death, and aesthetics wisely and generously. Life is difficult to describe in one sentence, but the author tells everything frankly, creating this collection of essays full of light philosophy on life. Everyone needs a space of their own, where a free soul lives.

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

There are a group of "losers" living in the houseboat on the Thames - Nina who lives alone with her two daughters, Richard who has a successful career but can't keep his wife, Willis, a marine painter who can't keep up with the times, Morris who always has a suit ready but never wears it for an interview... Life itself has a destructive power, making them flow slowly and deeply lost. Temporarily, they form a small community on the river, but a storm soon approaches.

"Ben and Me" Newbery Children's Literature Award Silver Award! "Ben and Me" uses the form of a fairy tale, humorous writing style, and lifelike illustrations to uniquely reinterpret the story of Benjamin Franklin, an outstanding figure in American history. For more than half a century, this book has been accompanied by countless children, who have explored the history of the United States, perceived the descendants of the world, and realized the true taste of life through the pen. The manuscript of this book was sent to me by an architect friend of mine. Some time ago, when he was leading craftsmen to renovate an old house in Philadelphia, he discovered a small secret room.

In 1951, Mishima obtained the status of a reporter as a special correspondent of the Asahi Shimbun. On December 25, he took a boat from Yokohama to sea and began his journey around the world. He returned to Japan on May 10, 1952. This trip was the first time Mishima went abroad in his life. For him, the aesthetic experience of Western civilization he gained in Greece may be the key to a major turning point in his future works. This book describes his experiences in Europe and America and his views on beauty.

This book is known as the pioneer work of stream-of-consciousness novels. The book is divided into eighteen chapters. Its internal structure is closely related to Homer's "The Odyssey". Each chapter has its own unique writing skills and corresponds to a story theme of "The Odyssey". The characters and plots also correspond to the "Odyssey" at different levels. In 2000, some important British and American media unanimously listed "Ulysses" as one of the most influential masterpieces in the world in the 20th century.

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

"I was thirty-two when we met; I was sixty-two when she died. In these thirty years, she was my life and my heart." Every love story is a potential tragedy. Barnes dedicated all his works to his lover, but this time he could no longer get a response from her. In this deeply personal work, he tells with rare candor the only story in his life, a sad story of love and loss. The lines of the work flow with Barnes' deep sorrow for his lover, and also carry his profound reflection on memory and existence.

Celina's masterpiece, it became famous in the literary world as soon as it was released in 1932. Through the dark life journey of the protagonist for decades, it reveals that the whole world is full of darkness. It is considered to be "the most realistic and heartbreaking work written in the twentieth century." Celina's ruthless anatomy of people and themselves, his hallucinatory epic style of writing, and his language expressions that are both lyrical and vulgar, eloquent, vulgar and even cruel, form a unique and distinctive Celina style. Celina is Sarkozy's favorite writer. In 2012, the work entered the public edition. This book will be equipped with exquisite illustrations and will be made into a collector's edition.

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

In 1930, fate arranged for the young archaeologist Max Mallowan to meet the then-famous Agatha Christie, but Agatha's fame did not prevent her from sharing her husband's work. She participated in every excavation that Max made in Syria and Iraq, sharing the joys and sorrows with him, constantly sifting through the various disasters that the archaeologists encountered. She loves her husband and has a keen interest in archeology. When her friends ask about her life in a foreign land, she decides to tell them the answer with this relaxing travelogue. This book was first published in 1946. It depicts the hardships and joys of the archaeological journey. From it, you can experience Agatha's unique charm, and you can also find the shadow of "Mystery of the Tomb" and "Date with Death".

With an enviable high-paying job, three lovely children and a loving husband, and a house that is as good as a vacation home, Saira has everything a woman desires in life. But a sudden car accident completely reversed her life. Her brain was permanently damaged, and a disease called "unilateral neglect" caused her to completely lose the left half of the world: Not only was the left half of her body unconscious, she could neither see nor feel everything on the left side. The happiness she had taken for granted before was no longer what it was before. She began to examine her life, her husband, her children, and her mother who was gradually estranged from her. In the process, Saira rediscovered the meaning of life...

The latest classic version of FLTRP! "Richard III" tells the story of Richard III's short reign, mainly describing the whole process of Richard III from conspiracy to usurp the throne to his ruin.

Ann and Sarah were originally a very close mother and daughter, but due to their opposition to each other's dating partners, the purest family relationship also became undercurrents. Respect becomes an excuse for indifference; sacrifice gives reason for jealousy. Both have become twisted and unhappy... Is their love for each other still there? Where? What is it? Agatha Christie explores issues such as possession and the nature of love through her own life experience. When the story comes to a showdown between mother and daughter and forces each other into a dead end, light suddenly appears... The author Christie is the queen of detective novels and "the best-selling author in mankind" in the Guinness World Records. The works have been sold in more than 100 countries and translated into hundreds of languages, with cumulative sales exceeding 2 billion.

Divided into three parts: "Amber City", "Sleeping City" and "Promised City", it tells the story of Ye Zhenqing, a post-80s girl who is wandering between harm and redemption, in the third person. The "city" is the stage, and the people are the characters who appear on the stage. The conflict-ridden family, the emotional entanglement with Luo Jun and Lu Ming, and the people and things encountered in the city, these constitute the joys and sorrows of "Happy City". It is the first time after "Twilight" and "Mallow" that the author challenges new stories and new themes with a new attitude, trying to penetrate the narrative ambition into the core of people and the city, and interpret the story of the new city.

Four seemingly ordinary young people live an ordinary life. Sometimes they get together, put on sunglasses, woolen hats, and cheap suits, walk into the bank, jump on the counter, and shout: "Please don't move! We are bank robbers! We sincerely apologize for disturbing you during your busy schedule today!" The bank is the stage for their pursuit of romance. Their primary goal is to get the money while trying not to cause trouble to others. This time, those seemingly unrelated life episodes magically involved them in a kidnapping incident. Their companions were captured, and the hostage rescue operation failed several times. However, the four robbers, who always took care of their own business, were not discouraged and set out for a heavily guarded and dangerous casino. They are robbers, but they are whimsical and nosy, talkative and off-the-line, cute and heart-warming. "It's a fairy tale that allows me to escape from the daily grind that scares me and worries about the future."