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This book is an important work in "The Myths", the representative work of the great Irish poet Yeats, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. "Mythology" is the crystallization of Yeats's admiration for Irish tradition and folk literature, and is as important as his poetry creation. Celtic Twilight is Yeats's popular collection of folk tales, which vividly showcases Irish folk mythology, supernatural and magical tales, and the lovely Irish people who fully embrace the existence of immortals.

This book is a reprint of "Hillier's World Geography (Revised Edition)". This book is a children's book. Mr. Hillier, a famous American education expert, has devoted his life to explaining the wonderful and colorful world geography to young readers in simple and easy-to-understand terms with children's easy-to-understand writing, humorous expressions, and accurate and reliable facts.

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This book is a collection of essays on the theme of tea and beauty by the famous Japanese aesthetic master Soetsu Yanagi. Collects Liu Zongetsu's articles on tea ceremony, tea utensils, aesthetics, etc. In the book, Yanagi Zongetsu conducted a unique and profound discussion on the theme of what is beauty and what is the tea ceremony, and discussed beauty from multiple perspectives. Liu Zongyue believes that to deeply understand the heart and essence of beauty of tea, one must touch and observe it at close range, and observe the beauty through famous tea ceremony utensils. He believes that only by looking at tea ceremony and tea utensils with a free vision that is not bound by fixed ideas can tea enter a freer world. In the article, he also advocated the common principles of Japanese beauty, commented on tea drinkers of the past and present, and put forward pertinent and serious requirements for modern tea drinkers. A true tea person should encourage himself as a creator. As far as vision is concerned, boundless freedom is the most important thing. What most tea drinkers lack today is this kind of freedom, tea state, and a deep connection with the virtue of simplicity, but not with arrogance. The tea ceremony is also a lesson in poverty. --Liu Zongyue.

"Notes from the Underground" was a turning point in Dostoevsky's creation. He penetrated and sublimated from his early immersion in the human compassion and psychological care of small people, and became a philosophical thinker who foresees human tragedy. Through this novella, he "seems" to tell us the most lacking thing at the time but the most precious thing in the world - personal character, and raised a long list of questions surrounding this central theme. The novel talks about the "individual" versus the group, and the process from the group's blind obedience to the laws of nature to the rebirth of belief in the awakening of individual self-awareness. It is expressed through the literary image created by Dostoevsky, the "basement man," who symbolizes a man on the margins of civilization who has retreated to the corner of his heart. He "consciously" buried himself in the basement of his heart, and his relationship with the group was one of ideological dialectics and the other of social quarrels. The novel is divided into two contrasting parts. The author is proud to say that this is similar to musical variations, and the two complement each other. The author tries to put the entire era, especially the negative characteristics, into this character image, and compare and synthesize a unique character of the era. If we repeatedly chew on these lies that are sometimes funny and sometimes shocking, we may have a new understanding of the source of power that stirs up human souls and renovates social life. For example, the basement man's last question: Which one is better? Is it cheap happiness or noble pain?

"Under the Acacia Tree": After signing the peace treaty with the Hittite Empire, Ramesses has always followed the inspiration of Mayat's code, especially cherishing the hard-won peace... At the age of fifty, he still tirelessly led Egypt to prosperity. However, the Hittites, Syrians, and Phoenicians were still disrupting Egypt's peace and stability in various forms. One murder case after another, the methods were cruel and vicious; pieces of false information were flying all over the sky. As a creator of miracles, Ramesses could control the wind and rain, and turn enemies into friends. However, in the last ten years of his rule, he could not prevent fate from taking away his loved ones and friends one after another, making him feel lonely when he contended with Egypt's enemies again and again.

"New Moon Collection and Bird Collection" is Rabindranath Tagore's world-renowned classic. "New Moon Collection" has a total of 40 poems, which vividly describe children's games, express children's psychology and their rich imagination, and are full of simple maternal love and innocent fantasies. "The Collection of Flying Birds" has a total of 325 beautiful poems. Day and night, streams and oceans, freedom and betrayal, all merge into one in Tagore's writings. These short sentences convey a profound philosophy of life.

Film, poetry, Chinese studies, Western studies, fine arts, literature, music, and life. From these vast collections of humanistic and artistic works, the author uses refined and classic standards to select "beautiful articles, famous paintings, masterpieces, and famous songs from a young person's perspective." Integrated into five single volumes that will benefit people throughout their lives, it also compiles the famous sayings of Western sages and masters who represent Chinese wisdom and are full of philosophy into "The Essence of Chinese Studies" and "The Essence of Western Studies". This is not only an excellent work for understanding humanities and arts, but also an indispensable book for family collections.

This book collects the results of Professor Xia Chuancai's twenty years of work in the Chinese Book of Songs Society to promote the study of Book of Songs. In the 1990s, some scholars pessimistically believed that the research topics of the Book of Songs, a world cultural heritage, had been exhausted. However, Professor Xia Chuancai spent his whole life in the field of research on The Book of Songs, writing articles with a stylus and getting stronger with time, using the dialectical materialism theory he adhered to. Field, absorbing new scientific research methods, fully exploring the multi-faceted and all-round academic value of The Book of Songs in literature, history, linguistics, comparative literature, philology, archeology, and anthropology, promoting my country's traditional excellent culture, and pushing The Book of Songs onto the stage of world culture.

Humanity's understanding of itself is as small and poorly understood as its understanding of the universe. Female agent Guan Qing has been sleeping very poorly during this period, and it is difficult to fall asleep. Even when she does fall asleep, she will have strange nightmares and wake up immediately. She knew that this was related to the last case she handled. It was a case about memory. An ambitious man tries to use nanorobots to control people's memories. She solved the case, but part of her memory was deleted by the murderer. Before that, she had always believed that memory should be like a liquid, and that various memories would be mixed together after being poured into the brain, like water of different colors. However, when she lost part of her memory, she discovered that there were clear boundaries between different memories.

This is a collection of short stories about "lust". It is a fairy tale written for adults by the famous children's literature writer Roald Dahl. Here, you will read: the priest who fantasizes about being eaten, the potion that makes people crazy, the husband who tricks his wife, the playboy's trip to the desert, the ugly scene of meeting his first love many years later, the man who severely punishes his girlfriend for listening to rumors, the tricks of the rat catcher, the secret of controlling the gender of cows... Ten fairy tales, revealing the "lust" impulse in human hearts at once: the more people want to control lust, the easier it is to be manipulated by lust.

"Zhou Keqin's Collection of Short Stories and Novels" includes "Xiu Yun and the Branch Secretary", "On the Well Platform", "Early Traveler", "Li Xiuman", "Brothers and Sisters of the Shi Family", "Hope", "Youth No. 1", "After the Disaster", "Two Sisters-in-law", "Forget-Me-Nots", etc.

Use catchy language to tell children the stories they most want to hear. It is very different from many Greek mythological works with chaotic arrangement and unclear system. This book selects 38 representative chapters from Greek mythology, cutting out the complex and simplifying them to explain the profound things in simple terms. It not only retains the context of Greek mythology, but also deletes some content that is obscure or uncomfortable for children, and tells the truth in simple and straightforward words. This book is based on the classic collection of the University of California, Los Angeles, and comes with 29 exquisite illustrations, making it more suitable for children to read. A comparison table of important translations is also attached; the Chinese translations include English words in parentheses, so remembering foreign names won't be a headache!

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In the Dynasty Story series, Nakano Kyoko takes "royal family" as the main line and famous paintings as the carrier to tell the story of the rise and fall of the four great dynasties in European history and the ups and downs of the characters' fates. The author Kyoko Nakano is a German cultural scholar who graduated from Waseda University. She is also a popular best-selling author of art history in Japan. In the form of interpretation of famous paintings, Dynasty Story reproduces the conspiracies, revolutions and power struggles in European history. It is a brand-new way of appreciating art history. In the Dynasty Story series, history is no longer monotonous and famous paintings are no longer ancient. You will feel the beauty and profound meaning of art history as if you were personally there.

Junichiro Tanizaki, a master of Japanese aesthetic literature and one of the representative writers of modern Japanese literature, takes you to explore the ten thousand possibilities of marriage life; Yukio Mishima recommends Junichiro Tanizaki to be a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature with this book, and the famous writer Yu Dafu fully recommends it; the intimate relationship that gradually grows apart but cannot be separated, ponders the meaning of marriage and husband and wife. This book is a novel by the Japanese writer Junichiro Tanizaki. It tells the story of the couple Kaname Shiba and Misako, who seem to be inseparable but are inseparable from each other, from the conception to the confirmation of divorce. In the seemingly harmonious relationship between husband and wife, separation is a foregone conclusion, but the bond continues. Both of them have other partners, but neither of them wants to take the initiative to end their marriage. Shiba has to go to the Eurasian mixed-race girl Louise from time to time, and has an affair with his father-in-law's young female companion Aku; Misako and her lover A once meet regularly, making preparations to stay together for a long time - the couple is drifting apart but they still have expectations for each other. They waited, speculated and tested each other, were worried about the impact of divorce on their young son, and were worried about their life after divorce. The two actually reached a contract and "adopted a gradual method that was difficult for even themselves to detect to achieve the purpose of separation."

"Spaniards of the Three Worlds" (Españoles De Tres Mundos) is a collection of essays by the famous Spanish poet and writer Jimenez. Jimenez called it a "lyrical comic". The book outlines more than a hundred poets, politicians, and scholars, including the great essayist Assoline, the great painter Picasso, and the great Latin American poets Ruben Dario and Neruda. This book is translated and published in China for the first time. José Manuel Caballero, winner of the 2012 Cervantes Prize for Literature, called the book "the glorious pinnacle of Spanish prose of that era." The translator of this book, Zhao Deming, said that "The Spaniards of the Three Worlds" is a magnificent treasure house.

This is a master's book of gossip and Maugham's insight into human nature. Balzac was a softie; Jane Austen was rustic and didn't know how to match clothes; Emily Bronte had homosexual tendencies. Maugham did this not intentionally to play devil's advocate or to sensationalize, but to remove all pretense, leaving only the real torso. Using his profound insight into human nature and his rich experience as a professional writer, he filtered out the possible kinship between the writer's experience and his works, and showed readers a different literary history that is gossipy and fun!

Chekhov is a world-class master of short stories in Russia and the last critical realist art master in Russia in the late 19th century. Together with the French writer Maupassant and the American writer O. Henry, he is known as one of the "three major short story writers in the world". This collection collects 9 short stories. "Light" profoundly rebukes the spiritual depravity of misanthropes. The famous "Death of a Civil Service Official", which is full of laughter but contains tears, describes a poor little man who died in depression because of a sneeze.

"My soul has been destroyed by this flashy world." A monologue of the soul in a depressed era, a classic novel that will impress young people of every era. The protagonist Bi Qiaolin has incomparable willpower and tries his best to fight against the hypocritical society and his contradictory self. He is cynical, roughly stripping away the false worldly values, squandering his complex soul, deceiving women's feelings, mocking men's friendship, and mocking the tyranny of the government. He plays with the society of the entire era, and also fights with his inner self, sincerely exposing his own emptiness and patheticness. The author uses the image of a "contemporary hero" to reflect many bad habits of society throughout the era, and synthesizes a sharp but touching spiritual outlook. This image is extremely modern and even transcends time and space, making us living today realize that the unknown side of our hearts is responding stupidly when reading. "Contemporary Heroes" is a novel that explores the soul. It is a collection of travel notes, diaries and confessions. It contains five interrelated novels - "Bella", "Maxim Maximich", "Taman", "Princess Merry" and "The Fatalist", as well as two prefaces. The stories are intertwined and narrated by three narrators, integrating into a unique story feast. It created a new situation in the genre of Russian novels, enriched the depth of psychological analysis, influenced and created subsequent writers such as Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy, and Chekhov.

Don't think about the vast world, just live for yourself. Being able to be yourself is really a rare and happy thing! Every moment of life is ordinary but also special, because we are new ourselves every moment, and it becomes interesting to experience the progress of life over and over again. The main character, Mimoto Mibu, is a twenty-year-old girl who works in the university library. I like to stay in bed in the morning, like cheese cakes, Polumeng snacks, and books. Others around her described her as "always in a daze", "always eating like crazy", "a little fool", etc. However, Sanbu is very good at connecting the things he likes in his normal daily life, making his life dazzling and enjoyable. This kind of three-step makes people feel very friendly. From the world of three-step, we can see the purity and touch that we don't notice in daily life. Perhaps, those lives that seem boring at first glance are shining brightly every moment if we look at them with a microscope.

Exploring our relationship with news and shaping our state of mind, the New York Times and Amazon. Com special articles recommend the works of British talent, lifestyle leader, and speaker Alain de Botton. A new preface written by de Botton especially for Chinese readers has been added. Nearly 50 photography works are beautifully presented. Starting from this, the world-famous talented writer de Botton analyzes six types of news reports - political news, international news, economic news, celebrity news, disaster news, and consumer news. With his vivid writing and thorough observation, he guides us to form appropriate opinions and makes us realize that--contrary to the implications of news reports--nothing is truly novel, surprising, or terrifying.

"Wang Huo's Collected Works Volume 1 War and People" contains Wang Huo's masterpiece "War and People" trilogy, which are "The Moon Sets, Crows Crying and the Sky Full of Frost", "The Mountain in the Void" and "Maple Leaves and Flowers Autumn", which are reflections of the world. A masterpiece novel in the fascist book series, it takes the family misfortunes and life experiences of Tong Shuangwei, a high-ranking official of the Kuomintang and an authority in legal science, and his son Tong Jiating as the main line, showing a panoramic picture of the southern half of China during the Anti-Japanese War. The core character Tong Shuangwei went from passively taking refuge and maintaining his reputation to despising the Kuomintang's dictatorship and joining the ranks of the democratic movement. At the same time, Tong Jiating, who grew up as a young man, also devoted himself to the light without hesitation under the influence of the times.

The story begins one night in March, when a farmer discovered a horrific male body in a car at a Derwent garage near a remote road in the Northern Lakes District. Crime scene evidence showed that the deceased Jack Clayton committed suicide. But fans of detective novels can tell from the title alone that the truth is far from simple. Clayton had no reason to commit suicide: he was in good spirits, was engaged to a beautiful young girl named Lily Reed, was planning to emigrate abroad, and had a huge amount of money in his bank account. The profit from the garage was only a drop in the bucket for him. But if Clayton was murdered, what was the motive?

Kotaro Isaka's new collection of short stories, classic Isaka-style fantasy stories. Making mistakes can turn bad things into good things; do friends really exist? It doesn't matter if you achieve nothing in life; there is really a medicine for regret in the world... 7 Short stories are wonderfully connected and end with a warm ending. It is an addictive and heart-warming healing fantasy. "Isaka Kotaro's novels have integrity, simplicity, kindness, and positive rhymes." No matter how the world spins, you are your own axis and have the possibility to change everything.

Five classic mystery novels by "Master of Impossible Crime" Paul Holt have been introduced into the country and will take you through the mystery! When you eliminate the impossible, what remains, no matter how unbelievable, is the truth.

A collection of short stories by Nanae Aoyama. The title work "Fragments" won the 35th Kawabata Yasunari Prize for Literature (2009), making Nanae Aoyama the youngest winner in the history of this prize. It describes a female college student "I" who, by chance, participated in a cherry-picking trip with her father. During the trip, her father, who was so thin and insecure, gradually gained an "incredible sense of presence" during the trip. The protagonist of "Keyaki's Room" keeps thinking about his ex-girlfriend who lives in the same apartment building when he is about to move because of marriage, but he does not dare to say goodbye formally. The novel delicately depicts the inner uneasiness and swing of men who are about to say goodbye to their single life. "Lynx" tells the story of a newlywed couple who, due to the sudden intrusion of an outsider, reveal each other's true colors in a few days, including a good side, a trustworthy side, and a less considerate side. The subtle psychological description is extremely skillful.

They looked at each other in despair, puzzled by the strange and unpredictable changes in their lives that had brought such sudden discord between them. One minute they were so close, seemingly sharing each other's every thought, but the next moment they were at opposite ends, feeling angry and hurt because the other couldn't understand them... Although Vernon was a musical genius with unlimited potential, in real life, he was not rich enough, but wanted to keep the old family mansion; he had to work to make money, but he wanted to devote himself to it. Music creation; he fell in love with his first love, but the war broke them up; another woman loved him deeply, and he didn't know it was true love until after her death. When his first love turned back and hoped to get back together, he decided to devote himself to music... The author Christie is the queen of detective novels and "the best-selling author in mankind" in the Guinness World Records. The works have been sold in more than 100 countries and translated into hundreds of languages, with cumulative sales exceeding 2 billion.

This novel comes from a true story: an old fisherman who fished alone at sea caught a big fish after catching nothing for a long time, but he encountered a shark. The old man fought with the shark with all his strength, and finally saved most of the fruits of victory... "A person is not born to be defeated. You can destroy him, but you can't defeat him."

Selected as one of the "100 Greatest Nonfiction Works" by the British "Guardian", Wilde's heartfelt work; Brand new translation: Completely translated based on the original English version, proofread from other editions, more consistent with the original work; Up to 200 detailed translation annotations, making it easier to understand the text; Exclusively included two reviews of "The Human Soul", "The Decline of Lies" and Nobel Prize winner Gide's "Wilde in My Eyes", providing an in-depth interpretation of the original text.

From the bright and gorgeous Meiji era to the splendid and romantic Taisho era, Moro Meye uses profound and simple writing to outline one after another Japanese strange women as beautiful as cherry blossoms! During the Taisho era, Japan became increasingly wealthy and culturally flourished. Not only did a "new middle class" of industrialists and office workers appear, but a group of insightful people and a "new female class" were also cultivated. Women began to get rid of the unequal treatment given by society and family in the past, and began to explore ways to be independent, engage in emerging industries, and step by step onto the social stage. Following the Japanese historical story, Miya uses her novel style to tell you the wonderful stories of the era when urban life began to be embraced, female consciousness began to awaken, and female charm began to show!

Inspired by the Nordensköld expedition, Swedish explorer Sven Hedin embarked on his first trip to Asia in the summer of 1885, from Russian Central Asia to Persia, and gradually towards the heart of Asia. Five years later, he followed a camel team from a small town in eastern Russia to Kashgar, an important border town in China. This trip made him have an indissoluble bond with China's Xinjiang and Tibet regions. Three years later, Hedin once again visited Central Asia for an expedition, focusing on the Tarim region, with a total distance of 10,498 kilometers. After that, he went deep into the western regions of China many times to fight against the barren mountains and rivers, trying to climb the "Father of Icebergs" Muztagh Peak, and challenge the "Place of Death" Taklimakan Desert. Among them, the most eye-catching achievements were the discovery of the ancient city of Loulan and the redefinition of the location of Lop Nur.

In September 1915, the 91-year-old Fabre, with the support of his family, sat in a wheelchair and inspected the "Barren Stone Garden" he loved all his life for the last time. In this beloved land of "cornflowers and insects", Fabre spent 30 years completing ten volumes of "Insects", a great classic spanning the fields of science and literature.

"Pillow" is a collection of essays by Japanese female writer Seishonagon during the Heian period. The content is mainly her observations and random thoughts about daily life. The material range is very wide, including the four seasons, natural scenes, vegetation and some trivial things around her. It also describes the festivals she saw in the palace, the love between men and women she saw, as well as her feelings about life, personal taste, etc. "Pillow" is composed of a few fragmentary words, the writing style is simple and sharp, and the text is light and interesting. Sentences such as "which is better" are often used to explain one's preferences. Sometimes the author will explain this, and sometimes it will simply list a list of things. The Japanese literary circle praises this book as a model of Japanese classical essay literature, and often compares this book with Murasaki Shikibu's "The Tale of Genji". The two books are considered as the two greatest literary works of the Heian period, and the two authors are regarded as two great talents in the history of literature. The translator of this book, Chen Dewen, has been engaged in Japanese literary translation for more than 40 years. For this publication in our company, the translator specifically searched for the version that represents the latest results of Japanese research on "Pillow Grass" as a base, made a new translation, and reflected the latest research results through annotations. To this end, the translator has carefully crafted the translation, which is the latest version among the current Chinese versions, both in terms of text and annotations.

"Eugénie Grandet" is the most important work in Balzac's "Comedy Humane" and one of the most outstanding drawings in "Comédie Humane". The novel describes the family conflicts between the Grandet couple, father and daughter, uncles and nephews, profoundly reveals the money relationship in bourgeois families, extensively unfolds the customs of the French provinces in the first half of the 19th century, and creates a typical artistic image of Grandet, one of the four misers in the gallery of world literary figures. It is known as an ordinary tragedy without poison, no sharp knives, and no bloodshed. The novel integrates psychological analysis, custom description, detailed characterization, and philosophical discussion, and has achieved high artistic achievements.

Loved, separated, life goes on. This life is inherently a drama, and anyone can find a place as long as they are willing to put down their body. No one's departure disappears forever. Every experience will leave traces on life, leaving a deep or shallow imprint on our body and mind, making us the ultimate self. 15 Stories, 15 encounters and partings, silence or joy. Maybe this is what the so-called heaven is like, with traumas, flaws, regrets, but no perfection. What we can't get and what we have lost are all we have. How can we understand if we have never loved? After understanding, we are glad that we still have the rest of our lives to remember.

A literary masterpiece comparable to "White Night Walk" and "The Secret", one million copies were printed within 8 days of its release in Japan. In "The Devotion of Suspect X", "Detective Galileo" Manabu Yukawa only pursues the truth, and this time, he did not stop at simple right and wrong, good and evil. How can the murderer get the punishment he deserves, the innocent be harmed as little as possible, and the deceased rest in peace without letting the police discover the truth? For him, this is an extremely difficult equation to solve. In a quiet seaside town, on a midsummer day, the hotel welcomed three guests. That night, the retired detective disappeared after dinner and was found dead at the beach the next day. The police could not find out why the deceased came to this town and chose this hotel; the hotel owner felt strange that the deceased seemed to have known him for a long time, but the two were clearly strangers; the boy vaguely felt that he had seen strange things, but could not explain them clearly; Yukawa Manabu found that there were many illogical things around him...

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I concoct a semi-imaginary life from the real plot of life. This is my life. "Facts: The Autobiography of a Novelist" is the first book in Philip Roth's "Roth Series". The novel begins and ends with two letters between "I" Roth and Zuckerman (the second self created by the author). It is divided into five parts: Prologue, Safe Home, Joe College, The Girl of My Dreams, and now we may begin to trace the life trajectory of "I" from a boy in a Jewish town to a successful novelist. Under the strict non-fiction narrative, the novel presents an "unmodified" "Ross" - a budding artist, student, son, lover, husband, American, Jew, and openly explores the relationship between novels and autobiography: how close it is, how far away it is. "

The 200,000-word full translation of The Jungle Book. The masterpiece of Nobel Prize winner Kipling is comparable to the reading experience of "Harry Potter", a master work of children's literature, and the original story of the movie "The Jungle Book". Tell stories about courage, responsibility, rules, wisdom and love.

Born in the early 20th century and died in the 1990s, Gray belongs to a bygone era: as a person who has experienced the air raids on London in World War II, the post-war independence wave of former colonies, the Middle East war, and regional conflicts, the most indispensable thing in life should be danger. But contrary to ordinary people's thinking, Green's escape is precisely to the most dangerous, turbulent, and war-torn places, and many times he is on the line of fire. He once spent a whole day in the precarious French military camp on the eve of the Battle of Dien Bien Phu (Shortly thereafter, Dien Bien Phu was engulfed by artillery fire and the French army was wiped out). He was once accidentally shelled along the Suez Canal during the Middle East War. He listened to dense shells passing overhead and exploding behind him for four hours. During World War II, he served as an agent for British intelligence and spent two full years doing counterintelligence work in Sierra Leone, West Africa. These legendary experiences certainly provided him with a lot of important novel material. What is he running from on this journey that may lead to no return? Gray didn't say it clearly, but judging from his personality, he was most afraid of repeating life, writing, and himself. And in our time, how many people can confidently say that they are not prisoners of a predetermined fate?

There is a child who was diagnosed with Down syndrome with damaged internal organs when she was just born. There is little hope of sustaining life. If you were her parents, a doctor, a nurse, or an outsider who has nothing to do with her, would you choose to save her or let her die? Focusing on the life and death of this child with Down syndrome, Japanese society has launched a heated discussion, questioning the meaning of life, and reflecting on mankind's continuous pursuit of evolution... This is a life rescue race against death. But was the child finally saved?

Generations of Japanese women in the past gave birth to many children, took care of their elderly and demented parents, worked hard to overcome poverty, and quickly ended their short lives... But who said that women are born to be attached to their husbands and contribute to their families? As time goes by, housewives are becoming more and more determined to develop themselves. They are burdened with heavy caregiving pressure, they are bursting with vitality, they have no place to express their depression and have to end their lives... Together, they depict the portrait of modern Japanese women in their old age. How to age with more dignity? Has the "revolution" of wives, mothers, and daughters-in-law succeeded?

This book narrates the history of the British bourgeois revolution that began in 1640, and reviews the reactionary rule after Charles I came to the throne, the rise of the emerging bourgeoisie, and the process of the alliance between the bourgeoisie and the new aristocracy. It mainly describes the causes of the revolution, the struggle within Parliament, the first civil war, the rise of Cromwell, conflicts within the army, and the guillotine of Charles I and other major events. 1640~1649, Why did such drastic changes occur in just nine years? This book will give you an answer.

The British Empire reigned supreme in the 19th century, with its territories and colonies spread all over the world. It was known as the Empire on which the sun never sets. The newly born United States dominated the 20th century, and its politics, economy, culture, and military influenced the historical process of the 20th century in all aspects. Since the Industrial Revolution, the two English-speaking countries have dominated the world for more than 200 years. This is by no means an accident. Winston Churchill revealed the secrets to us profoundly and vividly with his broad strokes. This is his historical masterpiece "History of the English People", coupled with his monumental memoirs "Memoirs of the First World War" and "Memoirs of the Second World War", which almost completely describe the historical trajectory of the English-speaking people from the wilderness to the world's super power.

This is a completely strange era, without clocks, police or communication tools, people believe in magic and witchcraft, and kill those who do not believe in them or who offend their beliefs. This was a dark age, filled with endless superstition, corruption, violence, anti-intellectualism and ignorance. The upper class indulged in burning, nepotism, murder, hedonism and selling indulgences.

This book tells the story of how Britain re-emerged through step-by-step reform, development and expansion from 1784 to 1939 after the defeat in the North American War of Independence and the disintegration of the First Empire. Domestically, in the face of population growth and the polarization between rich and poor brought about by the Industrial Revolution, Britain was not bewitched by abstract ideas. Instead, it used parliament as a reform mechanism and in a spirit of mutual accommodation, which prevented clusters of social conflicts from intensifying into large-scale violence. As far as the overseas empire is concerned, the failure of North America made British imperialism enter a new stage. It no longer carried out rigid control, but emphasized the value of freedom and the symbol of royal power as a bond, giving more autonomy to the colonies, which was also tested by the world war.

"Who speaks on behalf of Europe?" "Is the German problem coming again?" "What will Brexit bring?" "Will the EU collapse?" "Where will the United States go?" Under the guidance of such questions, historian Winkler takes readers back to the beginning of the European Union or the founding of the United States to find the source of each current problem buried in historical clues. The West is still a force that cannot be ignored on the world economic and political stage, and understanding Europe requires a deep understanding of its history and thought. Continuing his previous work "A General History of the West", in this book, Winkler profoundly describes the challenges and dilemmas that the West has encountered in recent years, focusing on various major events that have occurred in the West in the past decade. However, his vision is not limited to this. Instead, he combines the trends in Western history that he has studied throughout his life with the ongoing history, finds answers to each question, and makes his own analysis and predictions.

"Rousseau and the Revolution" ushered in a new era. Rousseau had an incredible influence in literature, education, philosophy, religion, moral law, social behavior, art and politics. Rousseau is the father of the Romantic movement. Mrs. De Stael once said of Rousseau: "He created nothing, but burned everything." Like most key events in history, 100 different factors converged into the French Revolution, and Rousseau was the direct ideological promoter of the French Revolution. The ideas of the modern world, the ideological systems of the modern world, and the way of thinking of the modern world... Still originate from that era and that region.