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Smoke and Mirrors

Smoke and Mirrors

General Fiction

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156K7.912

While it makes my scalp numb, the original human nature is clearly visible. Smoke and Mirrors is a Geffen Award, Stoker Award, Locus Award nominee, and World Fantasy Award nominee! This book contains 29 Neil Gaiman's classic short stories, which describe the love, jealousy, greed, selfishness, fear and sadness in human nature. When a murder occurs in heaven; when "Snow White is a good person" is a lie told by the princess; when there are no animals to eat in the world, only babies to choose from; when the devil eats the boy and enters the world in the name of a boy; when gender can be transformed at will with the help of drugs; when murderers can be purchased at wholesale prices... When you open "Smoke and Mirrors", you will feel your scalp numb while watching it, and at the same time, you can see the original human nature at a glance.

Hidden Page Bookstore 2: the Kingdom of Eternal Night

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245K0

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

The Wizard of London Trilogy (3 Volumes in Total)

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683K0

This set of books is the "London Wizards Trilogy" series of books, including: "Dark Magic", "Shadows" and "Call of Light", a total of three volumes. Red London - the balanced world protected by magic; Gray London - the cruel ordinary world; White London - the representative of power and absolute control; Black London - the source of magic destroyed by the plague and isolated from the world. Hundreds of years ago, the door to and from the world in London was opened, and the world was balanced and stable. But the good times didn't last long. Humanity's thirst for power, endless demand for magic, and expansion of desires led to the fall of Black London, and the magic disappeared. People closed the door to travel and stayed away, assigning the few remaining "travelers" selected by magic to travel through it and exchange information through letters.

Historical Romance Novels of the Early Qing Dynasty·romance of the Three Kingdoms Mao Commentary 3

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Luo Guanzhong's "The Popular Romance of the Three Kingdoms" was written in the early Ming Dynasty. In the early Qing Dynasty, Mao Lun and Mao Zonggang's father and son's annotations on the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, including foreshadowing and plots, made it the most popular final version of the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" to date. "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is one of my country's four classic classics. It is China's first chapter-length historical romance novel. Its full name is "The Popular Romance of the Three Kingdoms", also known as "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms". It is a classic of historical romance novels. The whole book describes the historical events of nearly 105 years from the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty to the early years of the Western Jin Dynasty. It mainly describes wars. It reflects the melee war between the heroes in the late Eastern Han Dynasty and the political and military struggles among the three kingdoms of Wei, Shu and Wu. It has created a number of all-powerful heroes of the Three Kingdoms.

Fancy Quick Wear: Boss, Please Pay Attention

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On the eve of the wedding, he was killed by his fiancé and his sister. Xu was unwilling to accept it. When he died, he signed a contract with a cute system. Since then, he has started the mode of punishing scumbag men and torturing bitches, traveling through various worlds. The shady uncle\u002F Cold school grass\u002F Gentle bamboo horse\u002F cute apprentice... All come to the bowl, but who is this evil handsome man who lingers? "Good boy, I am your husband." Zhu Ling said, "Get lost." A certain evildoer said aggrievedly, "Xiao Lingling, without you, my husband can't get out alone." [This is my first time writing an article, so please forgive me if it's not good~, Xiaoyou has created a QQ group, everyone is welcome to join! Group number: 623869619]

Kuai Chuan Mu, Her Husband is Super Obedient

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15K01

Mu Qi is a domineering female CEO. Because she was too domineering, she was punished by Heaven to work as a coolie in a small world to collect the fragments of Heaven's son. As the president, Mu Qi is of course unwilling! Mu Yi: "I can't bear this grievance." But... "Sister, can... Can you kiss me~" Mu Yi is disdainful, I am a domineering president, why do you want me to kiss you? Then wouldn't I be... Before she finished speaking, the man looked at her pitifully... Mu, dear, dear, as long as you behave, I will buy you a gai! -- "Madam, can you give me a baby like yours?" Mu Qi's anger instantly ignited, I am the boss... Not finished yet... With one look from the man, Mu Qi surrendered. Life comes, life comes, as long as you behave, the football team will give you life. -- Mu Yi felt that her happiness in this life was given by him, so as long as he was good, she could give him anything. "In my heart, what love looks like is what you look like. Because of you, there is love."

L. A. Confidential

L. A. Confidential

General Fiction

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254K04

Welcome to Los Angeles, the city of fallen angels. This is a notorious criminal paradise and the festering center of the American police force. Three Los Angeles police detectives were involved in a series of heinous cases: "Bloody Christmas". The police were more cunning than the criminals. Shooting night in a cafe, a life is worth fifty bucks. A serial killer with a vampire complex extends his demonic hand to the Hollywood fantasy paradise. The deeper the three detectives investigate, the deeper they get into the heart of the evil conspiracy. They gradually lose their way in desire and fear until they have no way out.

Girl in Mist

Girl in Mist

General Fiction

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146K0

How perfect does a victim need to be to elicit public sympathy? Will a suspect die socially due to public opinion? Donato Carisi, the first author of Italian suspense novels, has a crime-solving story that goes against the traditional formula. The work of Donato Carisi, a writer who won the SNCF European Detective Fiction Award, the Pocket Reader Award, and the Baccarella Award, Italy's highest award, has sold more than 200,000 copies in Italy. The film of the same name starred Jean Reno. On a foggy night, Detective Vogel appeared in the psychological clinic in a state of despair. What is the connection between the blood on his body and the girl who disappeared two months ago? The girl's name is Anna, and she mysteriously disappears on her way out. Vogel was ordered to investigate the case. He knew nothing about fingerprints and DNA, but this did not prevent him from becoming a star in the police circle because he had a unique secret and used the power of the media and public opinion. He made the public believe that the girl was abducted, and the culprit was the Chinese teacher Madini. Overnight, the teacher lost his family, job and dignity. The case was about to be solved, but Vogel received another clue. More than thirty years ago, six girls disappeared. Could it be that the real murderer is someone else? Vogel began to hesitate. Should he clear his teacher's name, or conceal the truth to protect himself? Vogel recounted his two-month experience in the psychological clinic, and the fog surrounding the girl's disappearance gradually dissipated...

Taoyuan Pavilion Incident

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123K0

Xi Youren, a wealthy businessman from Nanyang, went to Japan to meet his benefactor. Unexpectedly, as soon as he arrived in Japan, murders occurred one after another around him - first an old man living alone was strangled, then the nephew of a local politician was poisoned and died, and then his benefactor also died of gas poisoning! A series of confusing murder cases, but the murderer left no clues. What is the key to uncovering the truth? How should Tao Zhanwen, the owner of Taoyuanting, solve this problem? The truth will always surface, but when the layers of fog are lifted, the emotions that have gone through the years are still as meaningful and sweet as before...

Di Gongan of the Tang Dynasty·wu

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250K0

"The Strange Case of the Labyrinth": Lanfang, located on the border, is in a state of depression. The county government hall is dusty and dilapidated, but the magistrate's residence behind the county government office is neat and clean. Why is it so strange? Why did a high-ranking official in Beijing with a reputation for integrity suddenly resolutely resign and spend his remaining years in seclusion in Lanfang? Everything is troubled, and suddenly it is heard that the barbarians are about to attack, but Duke Di's trustworthy soldiers are less than fifty, and Lanfang City is in danger... "The Strange Case of Ziyun Temple": A birthday greeting rosewood box bought from an antique shop, but there is a piece of paper asking for help. In one night, the fifty ingots of royal gold in the treasury were turned into a pile of lead bars. They were left hanging for a year without finding anything. The murderer was approaching step by step, and Judge Dee's assistant was almost killed twice. Why are temples that were so popular in the past now abandoned and desolate and become a stage for evil?

The Spirit of Dying (2)

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26K0

It's time to tell the story of forensic doctor Lu Hong. At this time she was rushing to a crime scene. The city had fallen asleep, and the noise gradually stopped. As he walked, Lu Hong discerned a sound from the increasingly thick silence. She had not heard of this voice for a long time. That's the sound of crickets. It's not that it's hard to hear crickets chirping in the city, but that this chirping has left a deep mark on Lu Hong's psychology. The cry was far away, hiding in a certain place, very weak, but never stopping. The police car that Lu Hong was riding in was like a night walker on the road, moving quickly and quietly.

Adventurer (wanderer Quartet·volume 4)

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226K0

The glorious Rekotas family fell into decline, and the great magician and later Retanar Rekotas was reduced to cheating to survive. In this regard, Judge Death issued his sentence: Your hands are stained with blood, and your road leads to the mire. Robbers cut throats and kill people, but you make up lies and take the lives of innocent people. Let you be free for a year. You will be executed when the time is up! In desperation, the magician Giorno Dasco came to his aid and promised to help Retanar overturn the verdict. As long as he becomes the son-in-law of the Sol family in Cavallen City and uses his family's secret book "The Legend of the Magician" as a reward...

Research on Letters in Scarlet

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77K0

Conan Doyle's A Study in Scarlet was written in 1887. It was his first work to feature Sherlock Holmes as the protagonist. This story consists of two parts. The first part briefly introduces how Watson and Holmes met and the reason why they came into contact with the case; the latter part is Holmes' explanation of the ins and outs of the case - "another story". Holmes has a wide range of interests, is knowledgeable, and has strong logical analysis skills. "A Study in Scarlet" tells the story: One day, two detectives came to ask for help. A murder occurred in a suburban villa. The victim fell in a pool of blood, but there were no wounds on his body. The word "Revenge" was left on the wall. What was even more surprising was that there was a women's ring beside the deceased. Based on the information at the scene, Holmes deduced the general appearance of the murderer, and started with the women's ring to find the murderer. Another person was killed soon after, and the circumstances at the scene showed that the case was carefully designed by the murderer in order to enjoy the pleasure of revenge. With the help of the Bailey Street detective, the murderer Hope surfaced. The reason for all murders comes from one word: love. It turns out that Hope is from the western United States. Because his girlfriend was persecuted to death by the local Mormons, he went through all kinds of hardships and dangers to track the murderer and come to England to take revenge.

Tokyo Tales Collection

Tokyo Tales Collection

General Fiction

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68K0

"Tokyo Tales" consists of five short stories: "The Accidental Traveler", "Hanalei Bay", "Wherever You May Be Found", "The Kidney-Shaped Stone Moving Every Day" and "Shinagawa Monkey". The famous Japanese director Daiji Matsunaga's new film "Hanalei Bay" is based on the original novel. Haruki Murakami personally serves as the screenwriter, as well as the producer of "Norwegian Wood", the photographer of "Shoplifters", and the soundtrack of "Mountains and Rivers", creating a beautiful and moving image poem. The full text was published in The New Yorker and won the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award. As always, Haruki Murakami is still quietly tearing down the fences between reality and unreality, or the world here and the world beyond. He is still hovering over the realm of the subconscious like an eagle, looking for a deeper and darker bottom. He is still trying to strip soul information and human subtleties from the ordinary worldly life.

Boat to China

Boat to China

General Fiction

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77K0

Haruki Murakami's first short story collection includes all the creative elements of "Murakami Universe" and depicts urban life intertwined with anxiety, loneliness and frustration in absurd and bizarre strokes. Seven stories filled with loss are also requiems for countless lost people. "The Boat to China" is not only the first short story written by Haruki Murakami, but also the forerunner of the "Chinese origin" in his future works. "The Tragedy of the New York Coal Mine": a story about people who died beforehand, a sentimental journey across reality, and a confused song that chews on the nihility of life. "The Last Lawn in the Afternoon": As I read it, I actually wanted to mow the lawn. (Lin Shaohua). "Sydney's Green Street": The classic character "Sheep Man" appears for the first time, an absurd and wonderful fairy tale for adults. This is Haruki Murakami's first short story collection, which includes seven works including the short story "The Boat to China". These works contain almost all elements of Murakami's next series of creations, from surreal creative techniques to writing themes such as "loneliness". This collection of short stories can be regarded as the mother of the author's creations.

Attack the Bakery Again

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67K0

"The Bakery Again" is the fifth collection of short stories written by Haruki Murakami in 1985 and published in 1986. It includes six short stories: "The Bakery Again", "The Disappearance of the Elephant", "Family Affair", "Twin Girls and the Sunken Continent", "The Collapse of the Roman Empire, the 1881 Indian Revolt, Hitler's Invasion of Poland and the Windy World", "The Wind-up Bird and the Tuesday Girls". The work describes several people on the fringes of mainstream society. The romance of youth and the impulse of youth are getting farther and farther away. After entering middle age, they have to face the trivial daily life and the burden of the world. The works in the book are closely related to long-form masterpieces such as "Pinball 1973", "The Journey of Strange Birds", and "The End of the World and Grim Wonderland". Among them, "The Attack on the Bakery Again" and "The Disappearance of the Elephant" are regarded as classics among Murakami's short stories.

Elephant Factory Comedy

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This is one of Murakami's best short stories that is worth reading over and over again. The protagonists of Murakami's novel, the twin sisters and the goat boy, appear like Easter eggs. The little feelings of life are composed with a few strokes by Murakami, making you involuntarily transported into the mysterious "Fire Cloud in the Mirror". The first collaboration between writer Haruki Murakami and Xi'an Suimaru, Suimaru's imagination and Murakami's sense of humor "make people feel that things that have been static are about to move again." At the end of the volume, there is a playful conversation between the two masters, recalling the unknown interesting stories in Murakami's creation - it turns out that Murakami also asks for help, urges manuscripts, and even releases cats to monitor Anzai... In the heart-catching gossip, get a glimpse of Murakami's private corner of life and writing - he writes with a dream-like pen made of human spine, his way of drinking coffee and the best place to read Updike. This book is composed of 13 stories, all of which are the author's whimsical ideas, and the writing style is humorous and interesting. At the end of the book, there is a conversation between the two writers and the painter, telling anecdotes about their collaboration. This book is the first collaboration between writer Haruki Murakami and painter Xi'an Suimaru.

Tanaka Kontaro: Complete Tales of Monsters (complete Collection)

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518K0

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

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General Fiction

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The story of "Wicked" takes place in the land of Oz before Dorothy arrives. Here, animals speak and the Great Wizard exercises a repressive dictatorship. The protagonist of the story is named Elphaba. She was born with green skin. She was discriminated against and excluded, but she was smart, determined and compassionate. In order to help the persecuted animals, she joined the movement to resist totalitarianism without hesitation. No matter what misfortune she encountered, she would stand up again and face the dangerous world of Oz. Misunderstood by the world, she never defended herself, and eventually became the well-known Wicked Witch of the West in "The Wizard of Oz".

Book of Disquiet

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306K02

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

Oshu Alley

Oshu Alley

Literature

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62K0

In the second year of Genroku (1689), Basho left Edo, accompanied by his disciple Kawai Soryo, and traveled around Ou and Hokuriku on foot for 5 months, covering a distance of about 2,350 kilometers, and finally arrived in Ogaki. He recorded what he saw, heard, felt, and realized in exquisite writing, and compiled it into a book - "Oshu Trail" in the form of prose and haiku. It pushes the theory of "not easy to become popular" advocated by Matsuo Basho to the extreme, and is also the pinnacle of ancient Japanese travel literature.

Crazy Orlando

Crazy Orlando

Literature

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126K0

The narrative poem "Mad Orlando", also known as "Mad Roland", is a work imitating the medieval legend, a legend with an epic pattern. It follows Boyardo's long poem "Roland in Love". The story is based on the war between Charlemagne and the Saracens. It describes the love of Charlemagne's knight Roland for Princess Angelica of Cathay and the love between Ruggiero and Bradamanti. It cleverly weaves the love and adventure experiences of other knights and the stories of hundreds of characters (kings, monks, demons, fairies, etc.), Integrating narrative and lyrical, tragic and comic elements. This book is Calvino's unique interpretation of "Crazy Orlando". It is a concise and passionate novel that is interspersed with highlights of the original poem.

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Literature

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"Walden" is a famous collection of essays written by American writer Henry David Thoreau. In the book, Thoreau describes in detail the life he spent for more than two years in a regenerated forest on the shores of Walden Pond and many of his thoughts during that period. Everything from the scenery changes caused by the alternation of the four seasons to the fight between two ants are vividly reproduced in Thoreau's wonderful pen.

Marco Polo's Travels

Marco Polo's Travels

General Fiction

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112K0

Since the publication of the book "The Travels of Marco Polo", the controversy about him has not stopped for 700 years. There have been constant doubts: Did he ever visit China? Is "Travel Notes" a forgery? There may be an answer here.

Strangling the World: Top-secret Military Plans Unimplemented by Countries in World War Ii

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Usually, we all think of World War II as a major and dramatic event in modern history-an unprecedented duel between justice and evil. But as the forces of war attempt to steer the course of the drama, a silent struggle plays out behind the scenes. This book is intended to explore the impact of rear combat plans and plans on actual frontline combat situations in a series of specific operations in World War II. By re-examining this period of history from this perspective, we may be able to get a clearer answer.

Winter in Mallorca: Snowball Orange (four Seasons in Mallorca)

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"Look! This snow is coming from Scotland, as if to welcome you to Mallorca." The new neighbor was happy, but "I" was depressed. The heavy snow, like a cold white cloak, quickly transformed the original sunny paradise into a weird winter scene composed of citrus Christmas trees, wool palms and snowball-shaped tangerines. It is not an easy task to settle on the island as a "crazy foreigner". The trees in the orchard seem to be dying, the water and electrical equipment at home frequently break down, and the cats and dogs left by the original owner to take care of are disobedient and have to solve physical problems at home... The initial stage of the new life is not easy, but as time goes by, the neighborhood relationship established with sincerity and sincerity seems to make it possible to solve all problems.

First Day in New York

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This book is a collection of essays by American writer Sinclair Lewis. Sinclair Lewis was the first American winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. He created a truly American style. The first half of the twentieth century was the so-called "golden age" of the United States. Like adolescence, people are hopeful and restless at the same time. Sinclair Lewis used his steady pen to provide rich descriptions of all strata of this healthy and progressive New World society.

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Literature

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"Gulliver's Travels" created the tradition of satire in British literature. The book is divided into four volumes. Through the adventures of the protagonist, the British surgeon Gulliver, as he travels around the "Lilliputian Country", "Big People Country", "Flying Island Country" and "Houyi Country", the novel comprehensively satirizes and criticizes Britain in the first half of the 18th century. It has distinctive democratic ideological characteristics. After the book came out in 1726, it immediately shocked the world's literary world. Within a week of publication, all copies in stock were sold out. Voltaire, Byron, Gorky, and Lu Xun all highly praised this work. "Gulliver's Travels" has its footprints all over the world. Blooming eternal glory in the ranks of world progressive literature.

Minerva Matchbox

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This book is a collection of Eco's essays. The author selected 140 essays from his "Minerva Matchbox" column in Express Weekly. It is divided into eight parts. The writing style is wild and the content is all-encompassing, from current affairs and politics to literature and art, from environmental protection to emerging technologies. The writing style is light and humorous, and it is full of ridicule and satire. The title of the book comes from a small paper box containing "Minerva" brand matches. The author is used to recording short essays or flashes of inspiration on the back of the cover of the box. Each article is about 2,000 words in length, short and concise, with eye-catching titles such as "Attention: This article is pure nonsense", "The first task of intellectuals: shut up when you are powerless", "Gossip was serious" and other eye-catching titles. The author shows keen insight and unique insights. With calm and sharp writing, he interprets this world full of contradictions and uneasiness from a new perspective, which makes people laugh and make people think.

Chaos Abounds

Chaos Abounds

Literature

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67K0

This book is Woody Allen's latest collection of short essays, including a total of eighteen articles, ten of which were originally published in The New Yorker and eight of which are new works. In the book, Woody Allen cuts into various cultural events from a unique perspective, such as popular movies being adapted into best-selling novels, a stuntman kidnapped by a mistaken star, Nietzsche's recipes and linear theory, and explores social news, such as the sale of prayers and conductive materials that can charge mobile phones. Fuhe Sotheby's auctions sky-high truffles, telling about trivial matters in life, such as nannies writing books to expose their employers, various ways to enter high-end kindergartens, gifted teenagers and false advertisements. In whimsical scenes, he uses extreme irony and banter to show the pitiful and ridiculous world in his eyes.

Bee Notes

Bee Notes

Literature

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25K0

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

Journey to the East

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99K0

"Voyage to the East" written by Hermann Hesse tells the story that Hermann Hesse had a temple of Eastern culture in his heart. It not only displays his unique insights into oriental literature, painting, and religion, mainly represented by China and India, but also engraved with the oriental scenes he painted with satirical stories, fairy tales, and fables. But whether he is trying to clarify the intricate relationship between Buddhism, Brahmanism and Hinduism, or telling the story of a king with an "Indian life trajectory" in a very folklore-like way, he without exception expresses the theme that runs through his life of creation: individuals strive to achieve the harmonious unity of divided selves in the process of actively seeking their true self.

Warning Words·3

Warning Words·3

General Fiction

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54K0

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The System Brings Me Joy and Spreads the Book

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Young Master Pianpian - Lan Mo: Little General, you look so good in women's clothing... Sinister CEO - Shen Yi: Be good, take the medicine, and I will let you go today... The clingy boss - Maplewood: I'll give you all the magic crystals, and you let me kiss you... The aloof emperor - Jun Nan: As soon as he is born, I will take you to travel around the mountains and rivers... Evil hacker - You Shui: I'll give you this order, can you let me hold it to sleep... Star chasing movie king - Yubai: Please, I really want to make it official... They are six people, but they are also one person. What kind of sparks will come from the collision of the iron tree that has not bloomed for ten thousand years and the blooming tree of the all-powerful and talented woman?

Tears of Weeds on the Hills

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This is an orthodox tragedy, in other words the protagonist dies in some way at the end of the story. For example, the protagonist Xiaodao in the book dies with a smile after realizing his last wish, and just like the axe in the book, his spirit is dead at the end of the story, and his family is ruined. The protagonists in the book are mainly male, and the story tells about their respective loves, which is the hill in the title of the book, and they all come from the bottom of society - weeds. The story line is an orthodox tragedy - tears, life is a sad river with ripples, and the reflected colorful world covers up the triviality, pain and injustice. Life is a stage play in which you cannot choose your role. You think you are the protagonist in the play, but in fact you are just a passerby.

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General Fiction

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63K0

"Chao Sao" is based on the ancient Greek pastoral romance novel "Daphnis and Heroa": 18-year-old fisherman Shinji meets the beautiful and lively girl Hatsue, the daughter of the ship owner who has just returned from overseas. They fell in love unconsciously. Unexpectedly, rumors spread around this time, and the girl's father became furious when he heard about it and objected to their meeting again. Later, while fishing in a boat, the young man risked his life and saved a boat belonging to Chujiang's father from the stormy waves, and was praised by the boat owner. In the end, he won the beauty with his bravery and tenacity. "Chao Sao" brings the purity of youth and love to the extreme. The love story of Shinji and Hatsue, apart from noble emotion and pure love, does not involve any distracting thoughts. After the balance between soul and body is broken, it embodies another kind of beauty: removing the ugly obscenity from love and carnal desire, returning to nature, and absolutely purifying love. The novel runs through the beauty of nature and humanity, placing the characters' lives, work, thoughts, and feelings in the infinite sea and infinite nature, creating a Japanese-style natural beauty - the unity of life, vitality, and body.

Onmyoji·tiangu Scroll

Onmyoji·tiangu Scroll

General Fiction

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114K0

The legendary masterpiece "Onmyoji" by the phenomenal writer Meng Zhentapir, and the new series "Onmyoji: Tiangu Scroll" are grandly launched. This book includes two volumes: "Yeguang Cup Scroll" and "Tiangu Scroll". The daughter of the minister, Nachi, was possessed by a black snake and specialized in feeding on frogs. Sometimes she would even jump directly into the pool to catch frogs and eat them alive. Thirty snakes were wrapped around his body, but he was sleeping soundly in the bed. The family members were shocked and asked her who she was. But the young lady spoke in a man's voice... In Ping'an Jing at night, the sky was moving and strange things happened frequently. The peerless onmyoji Abe Seimei travels between the realms of yin and yang, solving bizarre incidents while talking and laughing, and relieving the worries of humans and ghosts.

Mystery Marriage

Mystery Marriage

Youth Fiction

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150K01

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

The Complete Translation of Detective Di Gong of the Tang Dynasty·the Strange Case of Chaoyun Temple

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84K0

This book is one of the "Comprehensive Translation of Detective Di Gong of the Tang Dynasty: Gao Luopei's Embroidered Portrait Edition". A storm came suddenly and the axle of the axle was broken. Di Gong and his party, who were preparing to return to Hanyuan, were trapped in the vast mountains and could not advance or retreat. They had to rush to the nearest Chaoyun Temple to take shelter from the wind and rain. Chaoyun Temple is an ancient temple with a long history. It has complex architecture, various strange legends, and a noble Celestial Master who controls the affairs of the temple. While walking around, Judge Dee, who was suffering from rain, cold, fever and dizziness, suddenly saw a warrior in armor abusing a woman with a broken arm. Considering that three women died in the temple the previous year, Judge Dee decided to find out. In the writing of Gao Luopui, Judge Dee's investigation unfolds in detail in the mysterious ancient temple at night. Readers follow the dizzy Judge Dee through the mysterious and complex ancient temple, nervously searching for clues, and experiencing thrills one after another. As if like the feverish Judge Dee, the readers are successfully led into the case, and the real murderer is finally found.

Meteor Tie

Meteor Tie

General Fiction

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172K8.7

Japanese contemporary novel, Keigo Higashino's emotional suspense masterpiece, sold an average of one copy every 15 seconds in Japan for 56 consecutive days, breaking the sales record of Keigo Higashino's novels, and won the first best-selling novel of the year in Japan, the first place in Japan's Kinokuniya Bookstore, and the 43rd New Style Award. Kazuya Ninomiya, Ryo Nishikido, Erika Toda, and Tomokazu Miura starred in the Japanese drama of the same name, which won 8 awards. Keigo Higashino said: "The novel "Meteor Link" was not written by me, but by the characters in the story themselves." Yokosuka, summer night. Three brothers and sisters in elementary school secretly watched the meteor shower. When they returned home in the middle of the night, they found their parents lying in a pool of blood, and a strange man ran out of the back door and disappeared. The life trajectories of the three brothers and sisters completely changed from this moment on. The case remained unsolved and was gradually forgotten. When they were young, they were homeless and came to an orphanage. They depended on each other and lived a difficult but warm life. They grew up day by day, and they could never forget the night they watched the shooting stars. Fourteen years have passed, and the expiration date of the case is getting closer and closer. The three brothers and sisters accidentally discovered the person they saw on the night of the murder.

Yoshihara Elegy

Yoshihara Elegy

General Fiction

I

69K0

Everything in the world, whether it is in ruins or full of vitality, becomes a landscape in the eyes of Higuchi Kazuyo. A collection of short stories by the talented writer Higuchi Kazuyo, who has a reputation as "the last woman in ancient Japan", "Meiji Murasaki Shikibu" and "The Rebirth of Seishonagon", a short-lived flash in the modern Japanese literary world, includes "Childhood Sweethearts", which Yu Hua praised highly. A subtle love develops between Meidenli, the prostitute's sister who has just begun to fall in love, and Xinru, the monk's son. The story ends abruptly when both parties have a tacit understanding, but the cruel fate has been revealed.

Collection of Alice Murdoch's Works (set of 3 Volumes)

J

825K0

In one fell swoop, Iris Murdoch, the most nominated and most speculative winner in the history of the Booker Prize, has three masterpieces of her early, middle and late novels: "The Collected Works of Iris Murdoch" contains the three novels "The Single Horn" published by Iris Murdoch, the most important female novelist in Britain in the 20th century, from 1963 to 1978. "The Beast", "The Black Prince" and "The Sea, The Sea" condense the author's different styles in the early, middle and late periods. From Sartrean-style confinement philosophical novels to Shakespeare-style social satirical comedies, Murdoch comprehensively surpassed the novel mode of the first half of the 20th century, enough to rank her among Dostoyevsky and Proust. "The West" Harold Bloom, the author of "Canon" once commented: "Murdoch's novels announced the end of the post-Joyceian era represented by Samuel Beckett and the post-Faulkner era represented by Thomas Pynchon." Murdoch was selected into the "Western Canon" and was rated as "the greatest since 1945" by The Times The 12th British writer, the first person to introduce Sartrean philosophical novels into the British literary world, known as the "smartest woman in Britain"; the first British writer senior whom Kazuo Ishiguro paid tribute in his Nobel Prize speech, Sontag's mentor at Oxford University, Canetti's jealous lover, and the source of inspiration for A. S. Byatt. Highly recommended by Taiwanese novelist Luo Yijun, it is a perfect combination of intellectual games and story art, witnessing another version of "Confinement", "Lolita" and "The Tempest".

Zi Buyu (classical Library)

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363K01

This book, also known as "New Harmony", is a collection of notes and novels, as well as a collection of strange things that the author deliberately created. There are many editions of this book, including the Suiyuan self-engraved edition in the 53rd year of Qianlong's reign, the engraved edition of Meidetang in the 20th year of Jiaqing, and the lithographed edition of Shanghai Jinjiang Bookstore in the third year of the Republic of China. This time, Suiyuan's own edition was used as the basis, and other editions were used for proofreading, and several errors were corrected. In order to popularize this book, the school notes will not be published. Considering the readership of this book, some chapters have been deleted and only the titles have been retained.

Blooming Cherry Blossom Forest

I

119K0

Sakaguchi Ango's Weidan: A collection of masterpieces of strange novels, a literary master as famous as Dazai Osamu. The prototype character of the popular Japanese anime "Bungou Stray Dogs", the original work of the Japanese anime "Ao no Literary" series, reproduces the eccentric and coquettish and feminine classical aesthetic extremes in Japanese Kaidan writing, the standard bearer of Japan's post-war "rogue school" literature, a Japanese literary giant highly praised by Kawabata Yasunari and Mishima Yukio. A collection of masterpieces of weird novels by Sakaguchi Ango, the standard bearer of Japan's postwar "rogue faction". This book contains a total of 10 famous novels by Sakaguchi Ango, namely "Under the Blooming Cherry Blossoms", "Zen Monk", "Nagahime and the Ear Man", "Idle Mountain", "Shidai Nagon", 5 strange novels, "Dr. Wind", "Eye of Arrogance", "About Incomprehensible Broken Love", "Idiot" and "The Woman Who Washed the Green Ghost's Loincloth". These 10 novels cover various stages of Ango's creative career and basically show the overall style of his novel creation. In particular, "Under the Blooming Cherry Blossoms" is the representative novel, which revolves around the lives of bandits and stolen brides. The story is interesting and strange, with a cold and strange atmosphere. It has the characteristics of a storybook novel and can be called the masterpiece of Japanese ghost story-style storytellers. Among the weird novels, "The Idiot" is the most famous. After being published in 1946, it was praised as "a model of Japanese post-war literature". The novel centers on a man fleeing with a mad woman during the war, reflecting Japan's wartime suffering and the madness of the people. Sakaguchi Ango's masterpiece of Kaidan and Weibo novels profoundly expresses Japanese classical cruelty and aesthetics, as well as reflections on the relationship between men and women during the war. The weird plot setting reflects his unique view of human nature, and has become one of the most popular Japanese classic novels among readers.

Collection of Works by Philip K. Dick (set of 10 Volumes in Total)

J

2.3M0

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

Kilimanjaro Snow

Kilimanjaro Snow

General Fiction

H

79K0

"The Snows of Kilimanjaro" by Ernest Hemingway. Summary of "The Snows of Kilimanjaro": The Snows of Kilimanjaro - this is one of the most famous and beautiful novel titles in the world. This is also one of the most famous and best short stories in the world. This is Hemingway at his best: precise, restrained, mysterious, melancholy-perfect. This is the pinnacle of his literary empire-his Mount Kilimanjaro.

The Gift of the Magi: Selected Short Stories by O. Henry

I

169K01

This book selects 35 representative works written by O. Henry in different backgrounds, including classic works such as "The Gift of the Magi", "The Last Leaf", "Love's Sacrifice", "Furnished Room for Rent", etc. O. Henry's writing is sharp and witty, and his works are all-encompassing and full of warmth. In these works, O. Henry uses his unique language to deconstruct the various embarrassments of existence, and uses the twists and turns of the ending to expand countless possibilities for life.

King, Queen, Jack (nabokov Collection Iii)

H

170K0

"King, Queen, Jack" is an early masterpiece by the novel master Nabokov, first published in 1928. Starting from this work, Nabokov began to frequently use multiple languages ​​​​in his works, play word games, and create many surrealist characters and images. This unique "Nabokov style" has also become one of the important reasons for his long-term foothold in the literary world. As the title of the novel suggests, the image of playing cards appears throughout the work. Franz, an inexperienced and ambitious young man, came to Berlin to seek refuge with his wealthy businessman uncle Dreher, and then was seduced into becoming the lover of Dreher's wife Martha, and the two conspired to kill Dreher. But when Martha learns that Dreyer is about to make a fortune, she suddenly changes her mind, and the conspiracy ends abruptly in an unexpected way... Elements such as derailment, deception, and murder are cleverly integrated into this triangular card game, making people appreciate the absurdity and darkness of human nature, but they are also unable to extricate themselves from the wonderful details created by the wordsmith.

An Overview of Ancient and Modern Stories (5)

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58K0

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Hometown Museum

Hometown Museum

General Fiction

M

426K0

"Hometown Museum" is a masterpiece of the novel by German national treasure writer Siegfried Lenz. A hometown museum that collected Masurian cultural relics was destroyed in a sudden fire. The arsonist was Zygmunt Rogara, the museum's builder, collector, and guardian. As the old man Zygmunt began his long defense, the story of Masuria and his hometown museum was slowly revealed. Since childhood, Zygmunt has followed Uncle Adam in collecting historical witnesses in his hometown, tracing back the lost time in Mazury, using memory to resist forgetfulness, and using evidence to understand the past and himself. However, as the artillery fire of war and the iron hooves of the Nazis get closer and closer, the people of Masuria are forced to go into exile and travel far away... When the homeland becomes a distant place, when the memory loses its witness, how should we return to our hometown, and how should we defend our memory?

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