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The space cruiser "Invincible" was sent to the planet Regis 3 to investigate why the sister spacecraft "Vulture" suddenly lost contact... "Invincible" is one of the masterpieces of Polish science fiction master Stanislaw Lem, which depicts an alien world beyond the scope of human cognition.

Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars. Now, he will also become the first person to be buried on Mars. A sudden sandstorm forced the Ares 3 crew to abandon their mission. During the evacuation, Watney encountered an accident and was left alone in this barren red desert. The remaining supplies were far from enough to last until the day when rescue might arrive. However, he may not have the chance to starve to death on this planet. Machine failure, environmental disaster, human error, all these could kill him before he starves to death. Of course, Watney was not ready to sit still and wait for death. With his background as a botanist and mechanical engineer, he decided to play a game of house with Mars, where you either die or I live.

"Story of Your Life" collects eight of Ted Chiang's early works: "The Story of Your Life", the original novel of the movie "Arrival", his debut novel "Tower of Babel", and "Enlightenment", "Division by Zero", "Seventy-two Letters", "The Evolution of Human Science", "Hell is the Absence of God", "A Pleasure of the Eye" - A linguist learned an alien language, which completely changed her world view. In order to get closer to God, humans cut down wood and burned bricks, pulled carts and built towers. After countless generations of hard work, they finally built a majestic Tower of Babel that stands between heaven and earth. With just a small bottle of potion, you can have superhuman intelligence. This temptation is irresistible. It's a pity that there is more than one Superman. After the soul-stirring Superman showdown, he realized the ultimate wisdom. Dividing any number by zero will never give a meaningful result. What is the result if the relationship between two people is divided by zero? In a world where "names drive everything", nomenclators play with the seventy-two letters to find the code for the reproduction of the human race. When all human scientific research is limited to interpreting post-human scientific research results, is this kind of research still necessary? The wife dies while an angel descends to earth, but the husband must learn how to love God in order to be reunited with his wife after death.

A new collection of Ted Chiang's works, including "The Merchant and the Alchemist's Door", "Breath", "The Long Road Ahead", "The Life Cycle of Software Objects", "Darcy's New Automatic Machine Nanny", "Double Truth", "The Great Silence", "Navel" and "Anxiety is the Dizziness Caused by Freedom" - The Alchemist's Door, free travel through time and space, how does the science fiction version of One Thousand and One Nights unfold? Every breath I take brings this universe one step closer to death. Free will does not exist, but until you believe it, it is not lethal. Science fiction is littered with artificial creatures, like Athena that jumped out of the head of Zeus, fully formed as soon as they appeared. But consciousness doesn't work like this. What is the real life cycle of a software body? My nanny is a machine. What does that mean for a newborn? Memory is always deceiving us, but we don't realize it. How would civilization change if everyone started keeping a continuous life log? We are not the center of the universe, but at the beginning, humans did not know this. If parallel spaces do exist and conversations can take place, how would you exhaust the possibilities of life?

[Cat-loving Otaku + Intergalactic Knight + Vicious Funny Funny] Haviland Tuff is an interstellar businessman and a fat, white, otaku with a lonely personality but loves cats like his life. By chance, he got an ancient spacecraft named "Ark". In fact, it is not accurate to describe the "Ark" only as a "ship" - it has millions of biological cells from thousands of planets, so it has terrifying power, which can both create life and destroy planets. What will the cat-loving otaku do after he masters the "big killer" "Ark"... "The Voyage of Tuf" is a very creative attempt. It is Martin's thinking on absolute power and the relationship between man and nature. It is also Martin's science fiction masterpiece. This book is a winner of Locus Award and Similar Body Award.

Software tester Wang Yao woke up quietly and found himself in a strange environment. Half a day later, he was brutally murdered... At first he just wanted to get through the current predicament, but troubles followed one after another. ... Wang Yao: I just want to survive, can't I? ! !

Why did the phenomenon of "Two Emperors in Two Hundred Miles" appear only in Nanming? Is the Ming general Shi Lang's surrender to the Qing Dynasty just a choice based on interests? Why did the Zheng family's army, which was so overwhelming in the early days of the Northern Expedition, end in failure? Why did the Dutch, who had strong ships and cannons, fall into a defensive battle? Did the Tokugawa shogunate lend troops to the Zheng family? This book uses Zheng Chenggong's life and official career as a clue to give a panoramic view of the turbulent times and dramatic changes in the eighteen years from 1644 to 1662. It vividly depicts many historical figures. Through in-depth restoration of major historical events, this book explores the complex factional relationships, overt and covert struggles in the Southern Ming Dynasty, as well as human choices under the balance of interests.

The Han Dynasty was a peak in the development of Chinese culture, with comprehensive socio-economic, political and cultural development, and increasingly frequent foreign exchanges. It was one of the most powerful countries in the world at that time, and was called the two great empires together with Rome. Zhang Qian's mission to the Western Regions opened up the famous "Silk Road" for the first time, opening a trade channel between the East and the West. China has since become the center of the world trade system. It was precisely because the prestige of the Han Dynasty spread far and wide that foreigners began to call the Chinese at that time "Han people", and the Han Dynasty people were happy for foreigners to call themselves this way. This "Han" character Chaoyue a dynasty and gained lasting influence. The nation is called "Han", the people are called "Han people", the language is called "Hanyu", and the characters are called "Hanzi". The significance of the Han Dynasty to China is not only a political dynasty, but also a cultural identity.

Alexander the Great was only 32 years old when he died. At that time, his empire stretched from the Adriatic Sea in the west to today's India in the east. In an unusual compromise, his two heirs, his mentally retarded half-brother Philip III and his posthumous son Alexander IV, shared regency. But Alexander's six Macedonian generals, driven by their own inner lust for power and spurred by the legend that Alexander gave the kingdom "to the strongest," began to compete for supremacy. Perhaps their most visible yet overlooked rival was Eumenes, Alexander's former Greek secretary turned general, who became the deciding factor in the fate of the precarious royal family. James Rohm, professor of classics at Bard College, will use archaeological findings and textual research to reveal the brutal struggle for control of Greece's greatest empire.

"Five Thousand Years Up and Down" is a history textbook written by the author for senior middle school students. "Up and Down Five Thousand Years" is written in vernacular, and the narrative is as specific as possible, with few generalizations. It was a high school history textbook that was widely used and had the largest circulation at that time. "Up and Down Five Thousand Years" involves specialized knowledge in history, geography and other aspects that are not easily found in general reference books. The whole book uses simple and smooth words to describe China's historical trends, institutional evolution, and cultural development from ancient times to the 1930s. The final chapter is based on the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. It is a comprehensive encyclopedia of Chinese history that runs through all eras and looks at all fields. It covers the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, Xia, Shang and Zhou, Spring and Autumn and Warring States, Qin and Han Dynasties to the Republic of China, covering various fields such as politics, economy, system, culture, society, ethnicity, religion and so on.

Wu Zetian lived for 82 years. In the first 31 years, she was involved in a power struggle and fought for her life from a palace maid to the queen's throne. In the second 51 years, she caused a bloody storm and used the queen's dragon robe to ensure her own safety. At the age of 3, she was the daughter of a businessman, and was shocked to be the "Lord of the World" after being met by the warlock Yuan Tiangang; at the age of 25, she entered the palace for ten years, and went from Taizong's bed to the prince's bed; at the age of 27, she was trapped in a nun temple, but she successfully broke away from the new emperor; at the age of 31, she gave it a try and won the life-and-death battle for the queen; at the age of 36, she took charge of the government on behalf of Emperor Gaozong, without knowing it. At the age of 59, she took over the affairs of state, eradicating the royal family group and cultivating the new noble forces; at the age of 67, she ascended the throne and proclaimed herself emperor at the invitation of hundreds of officials, beginning an unprecedented 14-year era of empress; at the age of 82, she abdicated the throne and was revered as the "Great Sage Emperor Zetian" by her political opponents. The rule of the country ushered in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, leaving behind a wordless monument.

Read "Three Thousand Years of Jerusalem" to understand the real Jerusalem, and you will understand why the world has evolved into what it is today. Jerusalem was once regarded as the center of the world, a holy place for the three major religions of Christianity, Judaism and Islam, a strategic hub for the clash of civilizations, a place that haunts the world, a place where bewildering conspiracies, fictional online legends and 24-hour news take place. In chronological order, Simon Montefiore uses the competition between the three major religions around the "Holy City" and the rise and fall of several major families as the main line to vividly tell the past and present life of Jerusalem. Through extensive field surveys and documentary research, the author uses an objective and neutral perspective to present the city's three thousand years of magnificent history through the lives of soldiers and prophets, poets and kings, farmers and musicians, as well as the families who created Jerusalem, and restore the real Jerusalem...

From military, political, economic, diplomatic and cultural perspectives, the author comprehensively outlines the historical changes during the Sino-Japanese War of 1888 and the Reform Movement of 1898, and analyzes the deep historical reasons why the national destiny of the late Qing Dynasty fell into crisis. At the same time, the author uncovers the old faces of many historical figures, depicts their true faces, and puts forward his own unique insights into the absurdity hidden deep in history.

The United States entered the war, and the situation of World War II began to reverse. The European battlefields were victorious, and the Allied forces regained France. In the Pacific battlefield, Japan had begun to collapse and shrink. Roosevelt died, Truman took over, and World War II was ultimately won. The United States became the world leader, and the reconstruction of Europe and the hot war in Asia began to overwhelm the United States. At this time, American culture began to prosper and followed the economy and military towards the world. Marilyn Monroe became an American icon.

After World War I, the United States quickly went from prosperity to an unprecedented "Great Depression." President Roosevelt, who advocated innovation, promoted the Blue Eagle Plan to balance the "left" and right forces and stabilize the domestic situation. In the face of the expansion of Germany, Italy and Japan, the domestic isolation sentiment made Roosevelt powerless. France fell and the United States began to intervene in the war. The "Pearl Harbor" incident broke out and the United States entered the war. Roosevelt made a speech: "I believe the only thing we have to fear is fear itself."

"Historical Research" is edited by Arnold Toynbee, the author and master of history, and produced by the Royal Institute of International Affairs. It can be called an encyclopedia of World War II. The electronic version of all 11 volumes is online for the first time. This book is the wartime edition (1939-1946) of the large-scale modern international relations history series "International Affairs Overview". It is edited by the famous British historian Toynbee and is compiled by topic. It has 11 volumes in total: "The World in March 1939", "The Eve of the War, 1939", "The Initial Victory of the Axis Powers", "Hitler's Europe", " The United States, Britain and Russia: Their Cooperation and Conflict, 1941-1946", "The Wartime Middle East", "The Great War and the Neutral Powers", "The Far East 1942-1946", "The Reorganization of Europe", "The Four-Power Regulation of Germany and Austria, 1945-1946" and "The Middle East 1945-1950". The book not only introduces the military situation, the growth and decline of strength, and the progress of the war between the two major military camps during the Second World War, but also explains in detail the intricate relationships between the major countries during the war, before the war, and after the war. Involving the political, economic, diplomatic, military, social, cultural and other aspects of the world at that time, it can be called an encyclopedia of World War II. The book cites a large number of government documents, meeting minutes, archival materials, personal notes, personal memoirs and other first-hand information about heads of state and important figures, as well as many representative monographs. It is an essential reference book for understanding and studying the history of World War II.

Famous throughout the world for more than 200 years, it is a must-read classic to understand the Roman Empire. A must-read classic of Roman history that has been best-selling for more than 200 years and covers politics, economy, religion, military, and culture. It is a historical masterpiece highly praised by philosopher Hume, the "father of economics" Adam Smith, the famous British Prime Minister Churchill during World War II, Asimov, the author of the science fiction classic "Galactic Empire", etc. This is a grand epic that spans 1,300 years and covers politics, economy, military, and culture, telling the story of the rise and fall of the Roman Empire. Politicians have seen the logic of power, military strategists have seen the essence of war, entrepreneurs have seen the change of systems, philosophers have seen the evolution of ideas, and cultural scholars have seen the rise and fall of civilization... Gibbon, the leading British historian in the 18th century, has worked hard for 20 years.

"From Bismarck to Hitler" reviews the history from how Bismarck, the "Iron-Blooded Chancellor" of the Kingdom of Prussia, created the German Empire until Hitler's Third Reich led the Germanic nations to the road of destruction. From Bismarck to Hitler, this book provides readers with a line of German historical development, and thereby inspires readers to reflect on the differences between Germany's current situation and its original development. Through the spiritual dialogue with Hafner, readers will have a deeper understanding of European and German history.

100,000 years ago, there were at least 6 different human species on the earth, but today only 1 remains, Homo sapiens. What happened to cause the rest of the human species to disappear? What will happen to us Homo sapiens? The famous Israeli historian Yuval Harari pioneered the combination of history and science to tell the complete story of the history of Homo sapiens from the Big Bang to the present. Professor Yuval Harari believes that in the long evolutionary history of Homo sapiens from an inconspicuous animal to the ruler of the earth, three key revolutions took place: the cognitive revolution, the agricultural revolution and the scientific revolution. The cognitive revolution gave Homo sapiens the ability to create imaginary orders and fictional stories, completely surpassing other species; the agricultural revolution allowed Homo sapiens to move from a hunter-gatherer life to a settled life, with revolutionary changes in lifestyle and social organization; the scientific revolution allowed Homo sapiens to become a god-like "creator" and gain dominance over the entire earth. Professor Yuval Harari also reminded us to look forward, because in the past few decades, we have begun to violate the law of natural selection, which has been the law of life for the past 4 billion years. Today, we have not only gained the ability to design the world around us, but also gained the ability to design ourselves. Where will this lead us, and what kind of human beings do we want to be? It's time to redefine "human". "A Brief History of Mankind" is a global bestseller that abandons the old interpretive framework and proposes subversive ideas, giving us a new understanding of our own existence.

War, crisis, disaster - for many people living in this era, the period from 1914 to 1945 is like the second Thirty Years' War. It was the "German Chapter" of Western history and the most terrifying chapter in human history. In his work, Heinrich August Winkler for the first time took into account perspectives from both sides of the Atlantic, stood at the center of historical observation, and wrote the history of the West systematically and coherently.

"The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany" is rooted in a massive amount of historical documents. From an all-encompassing perspective, it presents the entire history of Adolf Hitler's personal life, the historical origins of the rise of the Nazi Party and the process of taking power, the competition among various political forces in Germany, the evolution of foreign policies of Western powers, and the turning points of major battles in World War II. The book describes the formulation process and behavioral details of every major decision-making and every important action in Nazi Germany, and vividly portrays a large number of positive and negative characters with different statuses and personalities, including Goering, Goebbels, Himmler, Stauffenberg, the opposition representative in the German army, and former British Prime Minister Chamberlain. It not only faithfully restores historical events, but also displays and explores all aspects of human nature. The author William Shirer uses his unique perspective of personal experience, excellent writing style trained in news writing, and in-depth reading of the materials to inject vivid and real vitality into this historical work.

"Chinese Historical Research Method" was taught at Nankai University in 1921, and "Chinese Historical Research Method Supplement" was taught at Tsinghua Research Institute from 1926 to 1927. Although the two works are both called "Chinese Historical Research Methods," their contents are not coherent. "Chinese History Research Method" consists of six chapters. The first chapter discusses the definition, significance and scope of history; the second chapter reviews and evaluates China's old historiography; the third chapter talks about how to transform the old historiography and establish a new historiography; the fourth and fifth chapters focus on historical materials; the sixth chapter elaborates on the connection between historical facts. The "Supplement to Chinese Historical Research Methods" discusses the purpose of compiling history, the four strengths of historians, and an overview of five kinds of special histories in the "General Introduction" part; in the "Parts" part, it discusses in detail the style, characteristics, and compilation methods of various special histories.

"The New Old World" is a masterpiece that directly addresses the core issues of European integration. It is also an essential reference book for researchers of the EU and European history. This book summarizes the origin, process and outcome of the European integration process in several core countries on the European continent since World War II; it also provides a detailed analysis of the political and cultural background of the formation of the common market in the three core countries of the European Union (Germany, France, and Italy). It also discusses many "Eastern issues" related to the interconnected issues between Turkey and Cyprus, traces the theoretical research and practical summary of European integration from the Enlightenment to the present, and looks forward to the future prospects of the European Union.

This book is part of the 007 Collection Series (Second Series). The mining and sales of diamonds in Africa brought great wealth to Europeans, but wealth and sin always go hand in hand. Under rules and order, thieves are everywhere, and the global underground diamond supply is almost as much as the public market. The International Diamond Security Organization (IDSO) came into being, entrusted by the international diamond industry giant De Beers, to engage in exciting battles with smugglers in South Africa, Liberia, Sierra Leone and other places that are hardest hit by underground diamond smuggling.

007 was ordered to go to the Caribbean to investigate the mysterious death of intelligence agent Shi Jincheng. At the same time, the United States suspected that the missile it launched was interfered with by local radio waves, preventing it from being successfully launched. After 007 arrived, he cooperated with local fisherman Cullo and CIA intelligence agent Wright to investigate and learned that the ore on Kaji Island owned by a Chinese contained radiation. The island owner Dr. No turned out to be an ambitious scientist who wanted to rule the world. 007 Went deep into the tiger's den, destroyed the base, and successfully escaped from Kaji Island with the girl he met on the island.

In the hearts of people in the UK and around the world, Bond has died heroically. He died gloriously while performing his mission in Japan. Although many people don't want to believe it, Bond has indeed been missing for more than a year. However, a year after Bond lost contact, he returned from the dead. However, he became an enemy of the British Intelligence Agency and was sent to kill Director M. After the assassination attempt, Bond was sent to the hospital for treatment, and was once again entrusted with the important task of getting rid of the Soviet Union's number one killer, Skola, known as the Golden Gunner, to make up for his previous mistakes. Bond must have experienced many twists and turns when facing such a powerful opponent. If two strong generals fight, one of them will die. Who can survive...

"The Mysterious Youth" collects 42 of Hoshi Shinichi's works, including "The Guest in Hot Summer", "The Golden Pin", "Frozen Time", "The Mysterious Youth", etc. The themes of these short stories are novel, the imagination is novel, and the endings are unexpected. At the same time, the ideas are profound and make people reflect after reading them. At noon in the hot summer, there was a knock on the door at a psychiatric clinic in Tokyo. A pale woman told the doctor that she had killed a pig... In the hotel, an old woman knocked on the door next door. She claimed that she was short of money and wanted to sell a magic golden pin... Monte became a cyborg due to an accident and has been hiding in the dark basement to watch TV and kill time. One day, the TV broke down, and he was forced to come to the outside world... In a corner of the city, there were only houses and roads, and there was no place for children to play. A mysterious young man appeared and bought land to build a beautiful park for the children...

"Friendly Devil" collects 40 of Hoshi Shinichi's works, including "Friendly Devil", "Seven Criminals", "The Troubles of the Robber", "Snowy Night", etc. The themes of these short stories are novel, the imagination is novel, and the endings are unexpected. At the same time, the ideas are profound and make people reflect after reading them. The young people are not only plain-looking and frail, but also have no talents and are in financial distress. On his way home from the hospital, an old man stopped him and said that his wish could come true... Mr. N was framed and sentenced to ten years in prison. But the judge made a condition: if he catches seven criminals during the two-year probation period, he will be exempted from serving prison time... A criminal gang wanted to commit a major case that would shock the society and be foolproof. They formulated a "perfect" plan to rob a bank... Universal Life Insurance Company provides a special kind of insurance, and as long as customers have any unpleasantness, they will receive compensation...

After more than 20 years in prison, Yolk was pardoned by the president and released. To celebrate his freedom, his sister Christiane organized a weekend party at her house in the suburbs of Berlin, inviting Jörke's friends to attend. Christiana hopes this is a good opportunity to help her brother start a new life, but for those who attended the party, there are mixed emotions and the past is hard to look back on. Jörke was once a member of the German Red Army. This group was deeply influenced by ultra-leftist trends and originated from the 1968 student movement in West Germany. It developed into a violent terrorist organization in the 1970s and caused many kidnappings and murders that shocked the world in the 1970s and 1980s. Jörke was a participant in these terrorist incidents. The gathering with Yorke brought all kinds of choices and judgments that seemed to have gone away before everyone again. How should York face the people around him and how should he understand today's world? During the three-day gathering, York, his lawyer, his "revolutionary comrade", his former lover, his son who had lost contact for many years, everyone's performance, words, demeanor, mood... Things have changed, not only York, everyone is looking for their own position again, everyone is once again faced with the confusion of dreams, responsibilities, sins, forgiveness, friendship, moral judgment, and today's world facing new terrorist threats makes these more than just retrospectives.

"The Old Man and the Sea" is Hemingway's most famous novella, which won the Pulitzer Prize and the Nobel Prize for Literature. The novel creates the image of a civilian hero in the history of human literature: Santiago, an old Cuban fisherman, went to sea for eighty-four days and caught nothing, but he did not despair and finally caught a big fish. He fought with the big fish at sea for three days before killing the fish and tying it to the side of the boat. On the way back, the big fish was repeatedly attacked by sharks. Santiago fought fiercely with the sharks with the only tools he had, and finally defeated the sharks. However, when he returned to port, only the spine and tail of the fish he caught were left.

This book is a warm and healing novel full of whimsical ideas. For as long as Julia can remember, her father has been absent from important stages of her life. As she grew up, her longing for her father's love turned into resentment against her father, and the relationship between father and daughter dropped to a freezing point. The two rarely met or talked, and their opinions had almost no overlap. Just three days before the wedding, Julia, who was busy preparing for the wedding, received a call from her father's secretary. As she expected, her father would not come to the wedding. But this time, Julia had to admit that her father's excuse for absence was justifiable. He passed away. Julia buried her father on the day of the wedding. However, the day after the funeral, her father returned in a different way. Julia received a large wooden box, which contained a wax figure exactly like her father. There was a remote control and user manual in her coat pocket. When she pressed the button, her father immediately came back to life. This is the last gift in life prepared for Julia by her seriously ill father, who she always thought did not love her. This gift will take her on a strange journey and unravel all the knots in her heart.

"How many people have dreamed of starting over, returning their lives to zero when they were about to lose everything. And this is exactly what I experienced." In the early morning of July 9, 2012, New York Times investigative reporter Andrew Stillman was assassinated during his morning jog and fell in a pool of blood. After waking up, he found that he had returned to two months ago, and God had given him a second chance. He has two months to uncover the truth about a scandal during the Argentine dictatorship, atone for the sins committed against the people he loves most, and to find his killer. From New York to Buenos Aires, Andrew begins a race against time. "If It Happened Again" is a suspense novel written by Mark Levy. The entire plot is full of ups and downs, perfectly integrating time and space travel, love, and suspense. The suspense advances layer by layer and the plot is thrilling.

It tells the origin of the three major forces of Dune and has been selling well in European and American markets for more than ten years. Brian Herbert, the son of the original writer of "Dune", joins forces with Kevin J. Anderson, a veteran in fantasy literature, to continue the legend of the classic science fiction literature "Dune" and recreate the original Dune universe! When the thinking machines were defeated, humans thought they would usher in eternal peace and prosperity. But in fact, without external enemies, internal fighting begins... The Butler Movement intensifies, running rampant across the universe, "cleaning up" technology, and arousing hatred from all parties. The emperor was weak and foolish, and he allowed the religious leaders to do as they pleased, and he eventually burned himself to death in a sand dune. The corrupt empire has been divided. Will it fall into the abyss of ignorance, or will it be subject to extreme technology? Mentaite School suffered a disaster. Principal Mentaite, who advocated rationality, could not escape the disaster and became an innocent victim of religious fanaticism...

This book is the memoir of Daniel Keyes, the master of psychoanalytic novels. It revolves around the origin, conception, writing and publication of his classic work "Flowers for Algernon" and the tortuous process. It reviews his life story from a rough childhood to the success of his work. It also talks about his novel writing skills and ethical thinking about writing motivations. Specially included is the Hugo Award-winning novella "Flowers for Algernon", which was later expanded into a full-length version that is best-selling worldwide.

This book contains 24 Neil Gaiman's classic short stories, describing the love, fear, jealousy, greed, suspicion and vanity of primitive human nature. When the sleeping Sleeping Beauty becomes a youth-sucking witch; when all the past tenants are sunk into the sea by your landlord; when the statue of a werewolf is found among the father's belongings; when a cannibal man accidentally eats his own child... I opened "High Energy Warning" and felt chills on my back this time, but at the same time, the original human nature was once again exposed.

The era of marine civilization is rising, and the prelude to globalization is slowly beginning. Christopher Columbus's voyage across the Atlantic to the Americas and his safe return in 1492 in search of a trade route to the East was a watershed event in world history. It directly promoted world integration. The European trade center moved from the Mediterranean coast to the Atlantic coast, and the world market gradually formed. Columbus made three more voyages between 1493 and 1504, each time to prove that he could sail to China in a matter of weeks. These later voyages were more adventurous and violent. Ocean voyages and conquests brought wealth and glory, but also concealed terror and murderous intent. Columbus's voyage to discover the American continent established a connection between the New World and the Old World, which greatly promoted the development of capitalism. With the rise of Western maritime civilization, globalization began to slowly unfold, and the politics, economy, and culture of the entire world began to undergo earth-shaking changes.

Panoramicly reproduce the magnificent Age of Discovery and observe how business changes the global pattern and the direction of civilization. "Silk, Porcelain and Heaven on Earth" trade breaks all geographical, linguistic, religious and political boundaries, allowing Eastern and Western civilizations to meet and integrate, realizing the common ideal of mankind. Marco Polo is the undisputed pioneer of globalization. The author of this book, Lawrence Berglin, carefully studied the hundreds of existing versions of Marco Polo's biography, consulted first-hand historical materials in 6 languages, and personally traced and vividly reproduced Marco Polo's great adventure on the Silk Road, trying to answer people's long-standing questions about Marco Polo and his legendary journey. "Ocean Conquerors and New Sea Routes: Columbus's Four Voyages" The era of maritime civilization has emerged, and the prelude to globalization has slowly begun. Christopher Columbus's voyage across the Atlantic to the Americas and his safe return in 1492 in search of a trade route to the East was a watershed event in world history. It directly promoted world integration. The European trade center moved from the Mediterranean coast to the Atlantic coast, and the world market gradually formed. Ocean voyages and conquests brought wealth and glory, but also concealed terror and murderous intent. Columbus's voyage to discover the American continent established a connection between the New World and the Old World, which greatly promoted the development of capitalism. With the rise of Western maritime civilization, globalization began to slowly unfold, and the politics, economy, and culture of the entire world began to undergo earth-shaking changes. The exploration spirit of "Magellan and the Age of Discovery" leads globalization and completely changes the historical trajectory of mankind. It truly reproduces the complete journey of mankind's first voyage around the world. This is a story about the exploration of the entire earth. It refreshed the Western world's understanding of cosmology and geography, subversively changed the way explorers sailed in the ocean, promoted global economic, trade, and cultural exchanges, and expanded the Maritime Silk Road. The Age of Discovery did not have the beauty and romance imagined by later generations. There was indeed wealth and dreams there, but it was also accompanied by rough seas and endless killing. Compared with that era, human exploration of the world has now extended from land and ocean to space. Aerospace engineering, undersea exploration, and geocentric exploration, the next "Great Age of Navigation" is coming.

Trade breaks down all geographical, linguistic, religious and political boundaries, allowing Eastern and Western civilizations to meet and integrate, realizing the common ideal of mankind. Marco Polo is the undisputed pioneer of globalization. As the first traveler and merchant in human history to come to China via the land Silk Road and return to Europe via the Maritime Silk Road, Marco Polo opened the door to the mysterious East to the entire Europe. His knowledge aroused Europeans' desire for wealth and curiosity about exotic civilizations, which directly promoted the advent of the Age of Discovery. Columbus carefully carried "Marco Polo's Travels" with him during his four trips to the New World. The author of this book, Lawrence Berglin, carefully studied the hundreds of existing versions of Marco Polo's biography, consulted first-hand historical materials in 6 languages, and personally traced and vividly reproduced Marco Polo's great adventure on the Silk Road, trying to answer people's long-standing questions about Marco Polo and his legendary journey. Within the framework of history, Marco Polo is the only pathfinder in the world who has fully realized the all-round grand tour of the ancient "One Belt, One Road". In his view, what can break through the barriers of cultural differences and conflicts and connect people is a broad and profound driving force, that is, humans' innate impulse and nature to trade.

"The Fall of Mathematics": If 1+1 no longer equals 2, mathematics can destroy a world. "Steve Fever": The boy sleepwalked and escaped every night, but he was actually ordered by tens of billions of nanorobots... "Single Life": I closed the entrance to the parallel world, hoping that my daughter would become the only version of myself in the universe. "The Prophet": If Alan Turing did not die in prison, but was rescued by a time traveler... "The Crocodile": A couple who are tired of eternal life decide to die, and their wish before death is to let a civilization that has been silent for millions of years speak. Mathematics first, poetry second. Making mathematics poetic is Greg Egan's weapon to conquer readers.

"Civilization" is an interstellar utopia where humans and machines coexist. Intelligent machines are equal residents of the civilized world, with distinct personalities, positions, and quirks, and even have a higher status than humans. Here, advanced technology can provide people with extremely rich material wealth, and any needs can be easily met. Life is so leisurely and free that games have rightfully become the grand pastime of "civilization." --Introduction--He is tired of life. He is an invincible game king and an insightful game theorist. However, masters are inevitably lonely. It hasn't given up hope yet. It is an intelligent machine with a surly personality, and it is also a defective product that is seriously inconsistent with the initial settings. It can only run away in grief and anger. A person travels thousands of miles for a game, and an intelligent machine goes astray for dignity. In that star field where the laws of physics completely fail, turbulent human stories are unfolding. Reality is a game!

--"Civilization" Utopia--"Civilization" is an interstellar utopia where humans and machines coexist. Intelligent machines are equal residents of the civilized world, with distinct personalities, positions, and quirks, and even have a higher status than humans. Here, advanced technology can provide people with extremely rich material wealth, and any needs can be easily met. Life is so leisurely and free that games have rightfully become the grand pastime of "civilization." How do you face life if your memories become fragmented? Zarqawi quietly left "civilization" - that interstellar utopia where hedonism is paramount and man and machine coexist. He was once a killer, but now he lives an ordinary life, without extreme happiness or deep despair, but his memory has long been shattered. Life is a huge, irreversible script, and your life is just about flipping through it. When intelligent machines found his traces, Zarqawi could only embark on the journey again, step by step towards the destined trial. Gardens reduced to ruins, stranded ships, empty chairs... Beneath all appearances, there are more things worth exploring.

2,500 years ago, a huge and unknown object that could not be detected suddenly disappeared. Now, it has reappeared with ominousness and mystery. A leap in technology, or the destruction of life - how can humans and intelligent machines break the silence of the universe? A masterpiece of science fiction praised by William Gibson and Elon Musk. Chilling, horrifying, and deeply fascinating. If you also like "Meet Rama", "Dune" and "Arrival", please don't miss this book!

It turns out that Lem has long predicted that we will be completely tamed by short videos! Iyan Tikh went to attend the 8th Futurology Conference, but traveled to the future of 2039. This is an ideal world of peace and prosperity: there is endless delicacies to enjoy, there is an endless flow of fragrant cars, and everyone is humble and polite. This is also a terrifying world controlled by hallucinations: after taking "Disguise Kang", you can revenge your enemies, vent your desires, satisfy your perverted hobbies in hallucinations... You are omnipotent and can do whatever you want. Iyan Tikh wants to escape, but falls deeper into the truth.

Why haven't we discovered aliens yet? Because we were discovered long ago. Revealing a more profound cosmic game 40 years earlier than "The Three-Body Problem"! Humanity has been looking up at the stars alone. Among the 250 billion stars, we have never found an alien. Because they have been watching us from the dark. The universe is a huge chessboard, and the earth is just a chess piece. As players, advanced civilizations took their seats early to monitor the silent universe. Why must the universe be silent? Why are we weak still alive? Lem is known as the "Borges of science fiction". He wrote 16 book reviews of non-existent books, using absurd and ironic jokes to solve the real problem of human beings - existence at the boundary of science fiction and philosophy. Open "Perfect Vacuum", become an idiot, a philosopher, a madman, and a God, and play a brain-burning thinking game!

At its peak, the Roman Empire ruled from Britain and Spain in the west to the Euphrates River in the east. For thousands of years, the Roman Empire has been regarded as an institutional model for human rule, with a strict defense system, a well-trained professional army, a complex administrative system, and a prosperous transportation and trade network. It was believed at the time that Rome, the "Eternal City," would never fall. "The Fall of the Roman Empire: A New History" will use wonderful stories and detailed details to reconstruct the last hundred years of the Roman Empire.

Liu Cixin, Margaret Atwood, Neil Gaiman and other world-class science fiction masters highly praise it, and authoritative international media such as The Guardian, Daily Mail, and The New York Times Book Review have praised it! "Death" and "loneliness" have been hot topics in human history and literature for a long time. However, Lao Lei used humorous language and suspenseful and slightly absurd plot design to eliminate the heaviness of this topic. In the late 1940s, in the forgotten town of Venice, California, a poor mystery writer sat in an empty tram car late at night when a storm hit. Along with the whine of the tram, a drunk man sat behind him, mumbling some words about death, but the writer never dared to turn his head and look at this man's appearance. After getting out of the car, he found a body in the dark canal. Over the next few days, a series of mysterious accidents begin to occur to those around him. The bedridden canary old woman, the lousy hairdresser, the shrewd police detective, the female singer who never opens her door, the little old man with a face like Edgar Allan Poe, the outdated Hollywood actress... In this foggy town, who will be next on the death list? Who is the murderer hiding in the dark?

Those who are good at epiphyllum, this saying is so auspicious, it appears once every three thousand years. It is smallpox, which is not found in the world. She is the golden polo flower that bloomed on the tree when Kunagami Buddha attained enlightenment. It was extremely fragrant and wilted the next morning. For thousands of years after King Brahma took her off and presented it to the Buddha, she remained asleep among the flowers, unaware of human affairs. In the fifteenth year of Jianwu's reign, on the seventh day of the ninth lunar month, she transformed from a ghost living among the Polo flowers into the unrivaled and powerful Princess Meng Guang of the Southern Kingdom. Fragment 1: Past life The woman leaned against the bed and looked down at the man who took her pulse. "Look at me, what's so good about those Buddha statues? Look at me, I'm your wife!" The man smiled gently and remained unmoved. "If you love me well, I will let them build Buddhist temples, and I will let the people of the South love your Buddha. But do you love me, okay?" The man took back the hand on the woman's wrist, shook his head lightly, and said: "Your Highness, I have already said that I only have Buddha in my heart." "Well, just love me as a Buddha. Otherwise, I will... I will make you unable to devote yourself to Buddha in all your lifetimes. I will burn down all the Buddhist temples in the South, kill all the monks in the South, and exterminate the people who seek Buddha. I will make you regret your mistake." The woman smiled, which seemed to be a joke, but also seemed to be an oath. Fragment 2: This Life Xiao Yuan frowned and looked at Jing Xingzhi, and after a while he said, "Teacher, why do you ask this? However, I think I can choose the prince's son-in-law over the teacher." "Really?" "Of course, the knowledge can only be a little worse than the teacher, and the appearance must be a lot worse than the teacher, so as not to attract bees and butterflies. The martial arts can be on par with the teacher, but in marching and fighting, you must be better than the teacher. By the way, it is best that no one in his family believes in Buddhism. In my life, whenever I hear someone chanting sutras, I have a headache." "This is a bit difficult, I'll try my best." Fragment three: "Did you kill him? Jing Xingzhi, did you kill someone?" Xiao Yuan looked at the head that Jing Xingzhi was holding in his hand with his eyes wide open, as if he was dreaming. "You don't have to kill him, you are a monk! Have you forgotten that monks are compassionate?" "Yuan'er, I'm not a monk." "What's that?" "Those who turn their backs on the Buddha both physically and mentally."

On the cold operating table, his ruthless words drove her into hell. It turned out that two years of waiting for her could not bring him any nostalgia. There is no greater sorrow than the death of one's heart. So, when her late grandfather asked her if she wanted to leave here, she agreed. Her last bond with this city was that child. When everyone thought she had died in childbirth, she took a new identity and ascended to Europe's upper-class stage. Money and power are nothing at her feet, and everyone is fawning over her. She is no longer the woman who loved humblely before, but now she is the queen of this world! Returning to this city again, she was already a phoenix rising from the flames, unparalleled in dignity, soaring through the nine heavens. Gu Mo-- Some things, the past is the past, no one will wait for you where you are. Even if you regret it, I'm sorry, but I'm not the one who turns around. There is no one in this world worthy of my tears, I want to be a well-deserved queen! Su Ri'an-- Some things can only be cherished if they are lost. He once regarded her as nothing, but little did he know that she had already penetrated every corner like air. It wasn't until she had a difficult delivery that he realized that he had already fallen in love with her. Can we do it again? ◆Statement◆ 1. Some related terms appearing in this article are purely fictitious, and any similarity is purely coincidental. 2. This article is one-on-one, but it is not a retrospective article. The male protagonist will never be a heartless man, dear~ 3. There are many male partners and beautiful men in this article. Welcome to collect them~ 4. Recommend my completed V article "Rebirth - The Black-bellied Daughter" http:\u002F\u002Fread. Xxsy. Net\u002Finfo\u002F336140. Html

Among Edgar Allan Poe's novels that explore love and hate, The Tell-Tale Heart (see the table of contents of this volume) is the most outstanding and famous. Edgar Allan Poe described these two completely different and even opposing emotions in a psychological sense that penetrated the back of the paper. It is based on this that Freud, the world-famous master of psychological analysis, developed his psychological theory that affects the world: Psychoanalysis. He explained that the so-called love and hate seem to be two different psychological emotions, but in fact they are just emotions intertwined in people's inner world. The two are sometimes inseparable, but the means of expression take different forms. This collection also includes another famous novel by Edgar Allan Poe: The Black Cat. The novel describes a gentle animal lover who eventually turned into an evil cat killer. The transformation process is full of amazing things. Edgar Allan Poe not only used love as the theme of his novels, but also wrote his works with death as an overriding theme. At the same time, with the major theme of death, he often uses some kind of mask as a tool to further develop the plot of his novels. For example, The Cask of Amontillado and The Masque of the Red Death in this series. Edgar Allan Poe's novels are full of ups and downs. Once you read them, you often feel inextricable. You can't concentrate on doing other things until you finish reading the entire novel. Some people say that when reading Edgar Allan Poe, one must be prepared for a serious illness. This is not unreasonable, because Edgar Allan Poe is profound and because of Edgar Allan Poe's grasp of human nature. Poe liked to use symbolic objects to show the world that they might have some meaning. He used Whirlpool to symbolize madness in MS. Foundina Bottle (see the book list of this series); in The Tell-Tale Heart, he used "eyes" to symbolize human nature, and so on. It can be said that Edgar Allan Poe's novels contain a huge amount of information. And all of this requires us to read and feel bit by bit.

After traveling to the world of immortality, Yang Rongrong worked tirelessly as a licking dog for more than a hundred years. She finally managed to get the favorability of the Sword Lord, Demon King, Demon Lord, and Ghost Emperor to 100. I thought I could finally go home, but unexpectedly the system suddenly failed! All her previous efforts were in vain and she was forced to stay in the world of immortality. Yang Rongrong: Okay, okay, you have to trick me like this, right? Then don't blame me for going crazy. ... Sword Master: Didn't all those oaths you said to me count? Yang Rongrong: Love doesn't have to last forever, just listen to the vows. Demon King: You said you would love me forever! Yang Rongrong: I said I love you, but I never said I only love you. Demon Lord: How many exes do you have? Yang Rongrong: How can I have any ex? They are all my love mentors. Ghost Emperor: What is the relationship between you and them? Yang Rongrong: Based on the principle of being responsible for love, I never confirm relationships easily. (The writing style is relaxed and sandy, 1v1 mutual favor, stable and updated daily, welcome to collect~)