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The story of the second era takes place in 1903. From 1900 to 1903, another world economic crisis occurred, which resulted in the unemployment of a large number of workers at the bottom of society, intensified the class contradiction between labor and capital, and thus triggered a social crisis. In 1903, August Ash was fired by his boss due to unfounded accounting errors. Later, after being introduced by his friend Martin Guerin, he went to work as an accountant at the Mannheim Mid-Rhine Shipping Company. By chance, he met the manager of the vaudeville theater Alfred Guernat. When he arrived in Ilona, in order to save Ilona, he gave up his job at the Mid-Rhine Shipping Company and returned to Cologne to start a theater business that symbolized his desire for order. However, it ended with the manager absconding with the money. Later, he invested all his property in the theater business and lost everything. He then returned home to Luxembourg and ended his messianic farce as a senior accountant in a large industrial company.

From November 1933 to February 1934, Hemingway, his second wife Pauline Pfeiffer, and his friend Carl went hunting in Kenya, East Africa. After returning, Hemingway expressed that he wanted to write a "most realistic book" that would be "comparable to fictional works", so he wrote "The Green Mountains of Africa". With astonishing memory and superb writing skills, Hemingway reproduces the hunting experience in the deep mountains and old forests of Africa, allowing readers to immerse themselves in the thrilling scenes of the author's battle of wits and courage with animals, and hear the unique African lion's roar. At the same time, Hemingway vividly describes his competitiveness and jealousy in the process of competing with Carl, "dissecting" himself mercilessly, and showing the candidness of a man. There is a passage in the book about the critics' praise and condemnation of writers, which makes me feel very warm when I read it today.

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This is a story about a boy. When Piero Fischer became an orphan, he had to leave his home in Paris and move to Germany to live with his aunt Beatrice, who worked as a servant in a wealthy family on a hilltop. But this is not what happened in an ordinary year. This is 1935, and World War II is about to break out. This is not an ordinary place either, this is the Berghof, the hometown of Adolf Hitler. Because he lived under Hitler's control and was taught by Hitler's words and deeds, this originally kind and simple boy fell into an increasingly dangerous world.

Iris Murdoch is "the smartest woman in Britain". As a female disciple of Wittgenstein, she has deep philosophical cultivation and is the author of "Existentialism and Mysticism" and so on. "Existentialism" is the theme of her first novel "Under the Internet". Her mature writing skills and profound thinking made this debut novel an astonishing success. Since then, Alice has dominated the British literary world with her unique style and mature thinking. She has been nominated for the Booker Prize 6 times, making her the most nominated writer in the history of the award. She won the first prize with "The Sea, the Sea" in 1978. Some people call the writing style of this book "open realism." Indeed, this book has a broad atmosphere and can withstand the tossing of critics from various schools such as mysticism, existentialism, psychoanalysis, etc.; At the same time, her work shocks readers with her skillful skills and thought-provoking stories. It can be said that her works are the most perfect literary interpretation of philosophy.

"Nineteen Eighty-Four" is an outstanding political allegory novel as well as a fantasy novel. The work depicts the living conditions of human beings in a totalitarian society. It is like a warning label that will never fade, warning the world against the expected darkness becoming a reality. After decades, its vitality has become increasingly powerful, and it is known as one of the "most far-reaching literary classics of the 20th century".

No one except the hero and heroine of the scene knew any details of this shameless lust. "The Calm Storm" is Sagan's later work. The novel takes the stage back to France on the eve of the Revolution in the 19th century, and the protagonist Nicholas records his bitter love in the form of notes. Nicholas is a well-connected civil servant who has a crush on Countess Flora, who falls in love with the peasant poet Gilda. Nicholas was worried about Flora, worried that she would be harmed by gossip. But the real danger comes from the mysterious maid Malte, who possesses a fatal charm that no one can resist. In the aristocratic ball, all the high and low came on stage. The atmosphere of love, desire and freedom dominated the show on the eve of the storm of the Great Revolution.

"Three Words to Warn the World", "Mingyan to Tell the World" and "Eternal Words to Awaken the World" are collectively called "Three Words". The book has forty volumes, and like "Ming Yan" and "Heng Yan", it either describes the marriage and destiny of young men and women, or reveals people's pursuit of fame and fortune and their understanding of life, or depicts strange things, injustices and weird worlds in the world. It shows the ideological outlook, hobbies, life scenes, etc. Of the citizenry at that time, and builds its own unique artistic world.

This book is an adventure novel that mainly tells a series of stories that happened to the American boy Tom Sawyer. The protagonist Tom is naughty and playful, often skipping school, fighting wits with Aunt Polly who raised him, playing with his friends around him, and causing trouble in school. Tom is smart and brave. When he fell into a completely unfamiliar cave area, he cleverly used the kite string to lead his companions out of the cave safely. At the critical moment of the trial of the cemetery tragedy, Tom bravely stood up to testify against the murderer. Tom is also keen on adventure. He joins forces with his friends to run away from home and become a "pirate", hunting for treasure everywhere... The plot of the book is cleverly set, the language is light and humorous, and it is full of childlike innocence.

"Old age is not a battle; old age is a massacre." Philip Roth's late masterpiece, which describes the grief, anger and helplessness of the ordinary world, has been highly recommended by many authoritative European and American book review media. The title "Mortal" comes from a medieval morality play that tells the story of a "mortal"'s deathbed experience when he is summoned by death. Roth's "Mortal" is a story about loss and regret, illness and death. The protagonist of the novel was once the creative director of an advertising company in New York. He had three failed marriages, two sons who hated him and a daughter who loved him. He also has a good brother who always takes care of him, and his healthy body even makes him jealous. From witnessing his first death at the beach in the summer of his childhood, to his vigorous career success as an adult, several marriages and family reunions, to his old age when he watched his contemporaries wither away and suffered from repeated illnesses, loneliness and powerlessness became the themes of his life. This is the life of the "mortal" described by Roth, which is frank, profound, and of universal significance.

Hatano Yasuhiko, a student at the Art University, was fascinated by a portrait painted by the famous painter Ogiyo Sentaro. He was fascinated by the girl's eyes in the painting, which seemed to be staring into the abyss of death. Banano did not expect that the painting would be sent to him soon after, and he only needed to accept a task - to participate in an auction under a false identity, and no matter how high the bid was, he had to get a painting. And that painting is an identical portrait of a girl. Hatano felt the conspiracy, but couldn't help but want to touch the secrets in the painting... Seven short stories reveal the calculations of modern people hidden behind social masks, and reveal the dark areas obscured by city lights.

Anything can come true, as long as you make it up bold enough! Harry was a liar who lived in London. After moving to Panama, he became a tailor based on what he had learned in the past. Because he understands the importance of listening and shutting up, he is quite trusted by customers in upper class society. I thought I could erase the unknown past in this way, but unexpectedly, on a most ordinary Friday, a guest from hell came to my door and asked him to inquire about the activities of all parties on the eve of the change of ownership of the Panama Canal. In order to protect himself, Harry began to make up stories... He was so powerful that he was in the presidential office and in the prison of the opposition. Trying on the president's clothes, he can listen to the true words of the head of state that even the government spokesman does not know. From his past inmates, he boldly judged that a big storm is brewing in Panama. What kind of thrilling future will this keen gossip collector, excellent gossip analyst and communication master direct?

Natsume Soseki's classic masterpiece was lovingly translated by the famous translator Lin Shaohua. "Brother" uses the various dramatic conflicts between an unsophisticated, frank and upright reckless brother and the vulgar people around him after he enters society. It denounces despicability, power and hypocrisy, and praises justice, straightforwardness and innocence. It combines the countryside with harmony, making it full of fun.

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"Pnin" is Nabokov's humorous and autobiographical classic. The first four chapters were published in The New Yorker magazine. It was Nabokov's first novel that attracted widespread attention and popularity among American readers. It describes the life of an exiled old Russian professor teaching in an American university. He has a kind-hearted but eccentric personality, and is out of tune with his surroundings. He is often ridiculed by his colleagues, and his wife also abandoned him. He was alone, so he had no choice but to indulge in old papers and study ancient Russian culture and classical literature to comfort himself; recalling the past all the time, he showed a strong sense of nostalgia. Nabokov skillfully blended Russian culture and modern American civilization, and humorously and intelligently portrayed a distressed man who had lost his homeland, cut off his connection with his motherland's culture, and lost his love.

"Yu Shi Ming Yan", formerly known as "Ancient and Modern Novels", also known as "Full Picture Ancient and Modern Novels", was compiled by Feng Menglong in the late Ming Dynasty. Together with "Tong Yan to Warn the World" and "Everlasting Words to Awaken the World" published later, it is also known as "Three Words". Most of the stories in this book are edited and processed from the Song and Yuan scripts and the Ming Dynasty scripts. The themes cover love, marriage, friendship, alien invasion, treacherous ministers harming the country, etc. It reflects the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty's commercial society and the spiritual outlook of small and medium-sized businessmen. Its appearance marks the climax of the collation and creation of ancient vernacular short stories. "Yu Shi Ming Yan" breaks through the speaker's script model and reshapes a vernacular short story style specifically for ordinary people to read at their desks. This book uses popular and appropriate language to balance the unique aesthetics of elegance and secularity, making popular literature gain social recognition, and also provides us with rich and detailed information for understanding and studying the social culture of that time.

"Thousand-Feathered Crane" includes Kawabata Yasunari's Nobel Prize-winning novel "Thousand-Feathered Crane" and its sequel "Hachidori". This novel, full of conflicts and ambiguities, reflects his longing for beauty. At the same time, he also hints that the longing for beauty cannot escape the illusion of a dream.

"Peach Blossom" tells the story of Xia Hui and her mother Ji Lianxin who have not been able to get along since childhood. After her father died, Xia Hui and her mother simply lived separately. Xia Hui's love affair ended without a problem due to her mother's interference. Unexpectedly, her second love relationship was also on the verge of collapse due to her mother's direct intervention. Facing the same man, the conflict between mother and daughter gradually intensified... Most of Jin In-soon's novels focus on the emotions between men and women in the city, writing stories that are "lurking under the surface of ordinary life, but with undercurrents". The language is clean, concise and unhurried, unintentionally tearing open the cracks in life and the dark river of emotion, revealing the secrets of the subtle depths of human nature incisively and vividly.

"The Mayor of Casterbridge" is one of Hardy's masterpieces. This is his only novel not set in a rural setting. Henchard, an unemployed haymaker, sold his wife and daughter after being drunk. He woke up regretful and became angry. He became a grain merchant and a mayor. His wife returned with her daughter, but he soon had a quarrel with his partner. His wife died. The scandal of selling his wife was exposed. His career failed. His daughter was taken away by her biological father. He died alone in a hut in the wilderness. The author uses the story's various mishaps and dramatic conflicts to express the sentiment that "character is destiny" and "happiness is just an accidental episode." Among Hardy's fourteen novels, "The Mayor of Casterbridge" not only embodies Hardy's consistent creative style, but also creates unique artistic features, which also shows the essential difference between a great artist and a mediocre prolific writer. As for the content of this novel, it still has vivid significance today, both in terms of history and current social cognition.

"All Quiet on the Western Front" is a masterpiece of war novels. The protagonist Paul Boymer and his classmates were incited by chauvinist education and joined the First World War with "patriotic enthusiasm". He witnessed the horrific casualties and the devastation of war on humanity. The initial enthusiasm was gone, leaving only physical and mental pain and doubts about militarism. "Idealism" cannot resist the brutal fighting. Disillusioned, their only motivation is to survive, and their spiritual support is the friendship formed during the war. This book was translated by Qiu Yuanwei, a teacher from the German Department of Beijing Foreign Studies University, based on the German classic version. The translation is faithful, smooth, vivid and vivid.

"Interlude" is Virginia Woolf's final work, which is unique in both language and form. The author is good at using the writing technique of stream of consciousness, and depicts a large number of people's inner illusions and subconsciousness in the novel; he is very skillful in the use of rhetorical techniques, including alliteration, end rhyme, homophony, etc.; And he quotes a large number of words and allusions from classic literature in the book, which shows his extraordinary language skills and superb artistic skills. The characters depicted in the book behave differently, and each has their own misfortunes flowing in their hearts. However, all misfortunes and pains ultimately originate from the common weakness of human nature-the inner desires cannot be satisfied, and there is not much difference between people after all. So when the director of the play, Ms. Latrube, introduced "reality" into the play, all the audiences were confused and unable to bear the weight of this "reality". I can calmly watch the lives of others being performed on the stage, but I cannot look directly at myself in public. Perhaps Woolf also lost faith in this reality, seeing through the cowardice of human nature but unable to change anything, so she chose to end her struggle with this contradictory world and chose "peace" among the three realms of life.

I am Emma, ​​born in an ordinary family. Under the care of my family, I received a good education. When I was in my first love years, I was full of beautiful, romantic, and sweet dreamy imaginations about love. Soon I met Bovary, a young doctor who had just been widowed. He often took the initiative to approach me, and I gradually developed a liking for him. With my father's help, we got married soon. Life after marriage was monotonous and boring, and Bovary's boredom made me feel depressed and broken. By chance, I met and fell in love with two men...

During a thrilling sea voyage, the ship Robinson was riding sank unexpectedly. He fought against strong winds and huge waves, and finally came to an uninhabited island. In order to survive, he overcame various difficulties that were difficult for ordinary people to overcome. He built residences and boats alone, hunted, fished, raised animals, and rescued captives who were being chased... Finally, he was rescued, bid farewell to the desert island where he had lived for more than 20 years, and returned to the UK on the ship. This book is the representative work of Daniel Defoe, the "father of British novels", and the pioneer of British realist novels. The positive attitude towards overcoming difficulties advocated in the book still has great reference significance today.

"Wuthering Heights" is known as "the Sphinx in literature" and "the most magnificent epic of human love" in the history of British literature. It is "an outstanding work whose brilliance has not been obscured by the dust of time." "Wuthering Heights" is Emily Bronte's masterpiece. The protagonist of the story, Heathcliff, is an abandoned child who was adopted by the old Mr. Earnshaw of Wuthering Heights. Here he was jealous of and enmity with the young master Hendry because of his favor, but he had a deep relationship with his sister Catherine and fell deeply in love with him. After the death of old Earnshaw, Hendry demoted Heathcliff to a slave and persecuted him. Catherine was influenced by the concept of family status and married Edgar of Thrushcross Grange. Heathcliff was hit by this and ran away from home. Three years later, he returned to Wuthering Heights as a wealthy gentleman and began his revenge plan...

More wrote "Utopia" in 1516. He took a very serious attitude and used Latin that was popular in the academic world at that time. However, the names of people, places and other proper names in the book were all made up. His era was a great era of geographical discovery. New shipping routes, new land, and new people all emerged, opening Europeans' horizons, breaking their prejudices, and liberating their minds. In such an atmosphere, More narrated a Utopia from a navigator. It is indeed difficult to distinguish the true from the false, just like a fairyland that can confuse people. The original book is divided into two parts. The first part talks about an irrational society. People familiar with this period of British history will know at a glance that this refers to the British society in which More was exposed. This part attacks the darkness of British politics and society. However, the author cleverly touches on the story, uses vague words, and uses the insinuation method that complements the false and the true, so that the stubborn and stubborn King of England has no way to accuse the author. The second part describes Utopia, an ideal country, which is in sharp contrast to the content of the first part. All the author's ideas about the perfect society in the future are included in this part.

"Anna Karenina" is Tolstoy's second landmark novel, written from 1873 to 1877. Anna is a high-society lady, young and beautiful, pursuing individual liberation and freedom of love, while her husband is a "bureaucratic machine" with an indifferent temperament. Once at the station, Anna met the young officer Vronsky. The latter was attracted by her beauty and pursued her desperately. In the end, Anna fell in love and decided to leave her husband and live with Vronsky. But the longing for her son and the pressure from the surrounding environment made her fall into pain and uneasiness, and she gradually discovered that Vronsky was not a dedicated and ideal figure. After losing her son and her last spiritual support, Vronsky, in despair, she chose to commit suicide by lying on the train. The novel exposes the ugliness and hypocrisy of the Russian upper class in the 1860s and 1970s. It also expresses the author's complex moral exploration and ideological exploration during a period of social transformation.

One hundred years ago, American writer Willa Cather (1873-1947) published My Antonia, a classic of American western literature. She described the natural landscape and historical vicissitudes of the American reclamation era at the end of the 19th century with affectionate pen and ink. She used unique artistic techniques to create an image of a heroic and tenacious pioneer, and she became a spokesperson for the reclamation era. The novel tells the story of the growth of the immigrant girl Antonia from the perspective of the narrator Jim Burden. The structure of the novel is well-proportioned, the plot is concise and lively, the writing is calm and elegant, the expression is delicate, the imagination is rich, and it has the character of a lyric poem. She breaks the traditional linear narrative model, abandons the third-person omniscient perspective, and creates a three-dimensional heroine image from multiple angles. The author hides behind Jim, the narrator, and integrates the values ​​he advocates into the life experiences of the characters. For example, Antonia embodies the writer's pursuit of kindness, hard work, optimism, and love for nature.

Stendhal, a famous French writer, "The Red and the Black" is his main work. The protagonist Julien was born in a family of small proprietors. He was fascinated by Napoleon's great achievements and wanted to get ahead. Unfortunately, France at that time was in the period of the restoration of the Bourbon dynasty. With no way to join the army, he chose the path of the church. Because he could recite the entire New Testament, Julien was favored by the local mayor and became his family's tutor. Later, he was recommended by the church to be the personal secretary of the Marquis de Larmore, a backbone of the royalist party. But in the end, a whistleblower letter ruined his career. "The Red and the Black" is not only a realistic novel, but also pioneered the "psychological novel". The author uses delicate brushstrokes to describe Julien's rich and contradictory inner world, his struggle between ambition and love.

"Pride and Prejudice" is Jane Austen's masterpiece. This work uses daily life as the material. It goes against the content and artificial writing methods of sentimental novels that were popular in the society at that time. It vividly reflects the conservative and closed-off British rural life and world conditions from the end of the 18th century to the beginning of the 19th century. Although "Sense and Sensibility" is Jane Austen's first novel, her writing skills are already quite proficient. The novel takes the tortuous and complicated marriage turmoil of the two heroines as the main line, and raises issues of moral and behavioral norms through the humorous comparison of "reason and emotion". Every plot in the story has been ingeniously conceived by the author. The superficial causal relationship and the underlying reasons hidden behind the scenes are all natural and reasonable. Emma, ​​the protagonist of "Emma", is a beautiful, intelligent and wealthy girl, and she is also an out-and-out dreamer. She enthusiastically pays attention to the romantic stories around her, but stubbornly believes that she will never fall into them. She took it upon herself to direct love affairs again and again for the orphan Harriet. When Harriet mistakenly thought she was in love with the magistrate Mr. Knightley, Emma was shocked to realize that she was also in love with Mr. Knightley. Although this was contrary to the vow she had announced from the beginning that she would never marry, she had to give up her innocent vow when she fell in love. "Sanditon" This book includes Austen's unfinished novel "Sanditon" and the novella "Lady Susan". "Sanditon" was Austen's final work, and she died after writing only twelve chapters. "Lady Susan" is one of Austen's early epistolary novels. It describes the widow Lady Susan's plan to find a new husband for herself and also decides to marry off her daughter, which fully demonstrates Austen's satirical characteristics. In addition, this book fully demonstrates her accurate grasp of the character's psychology and has an unexpected Austen-style ending.

"Tess of the d'Urbervilles" (Tess of the d'Urbervilles) is one of the series of "Masterpieces of World Literature in Chinese Translation" and is Hardy's representative work. Story: The heroine Tess was born into a poor peddler's family. Her father, John Derby, accidentally heard that his family was the descendant of the ancient nobleman Deb, and he became so proud that he decided to let his daughter go to a rich old woman's house to seek relatives in order to get financial help. After Tess went there, she was seduced by the old woman's son, Alley, and she left after becoming pregnant. The child died after birth. A few years later, while working on a dairy farm, Tess met Angel Clare, the pastor's son, and the two fell in love and got engaged. Tess wanted to tell him several times that she had been raped by Alec. A few days before her wedding, she wrote a long letter telling Claire about the past. She stuffed the letter under the door into Clay's room but stuffed it under the carpet, so Claire didn't see it. Claire only learned about Tess's experience on their wedding night, and he failed to forgive her. The two separated, Clay went to Brazil to develop his career, and Tess was still working on some farms to make ends meet. But fate allowed her to meet again, Alec Deb, who had already put on the black robe of a priest. For the sake of her mother and younger siblings, Tess was forced to live with Alec. Soon, Claire returned from Brazil, found her wife and expressed regret for her past ruthlessness. Tess believed that it was Alec d'Urberville who made her lose Claire for the second time and ruined her happiness. She killed Alec. After five happy, content days with Claire, Tess is arrested and hanged.

The Great Gatsby - a Fitzgerald classic highly recommended by Hemingway, Haruki Murakami, and Salinger; it ranked second among the top 100 English-language novels in the world in the 20th century and was a popular Hollywood movie of the same name.

"Heidi" (including "Heidi's Learning and Wandering Years" and "Heidi Applying What She Learned" published in 1880 and 1881 respectively) has been translated into more than fifty languages ​​and adapted into many film and television dramas and cartoons. The work tells the story of the growth of the young protagonist Heidi. Heidi is an innocent, lively, simple and kind-hearted little girl who loves nature and life. She was sent to the mountains by her aunt at a very young age to live with her grandfather, who was withdrawn and isolated from the world. On the mountain, Heidi gradually influenced her grandfather with her love and innocence, making him accept the people around him again. At the same time, Heidi also used her kindness and optimism to influence the people around her, including her blind mother-in-law, Peter who was tired of studying, and Clara who sat in a wheelchair all day. The whole story is full of warmth and inspirational elements, showing the kind and beautiful side of human nature, while also conveying profound themes about love, courage and hope.

"Rong Zhai Essays" is an ancient Chinese classical Chinese notebook novel. A total of "Wubi", 74 volumes, 1220 articles. Among them, "Rong Zhai's Essays" has 16 volumes and 329 items; "Rong Zhai's Continuing Writings" has 16 volumes and 249 items; "Rong Zhai's Three Strokes" has 16 volumes and 248 items; "Rong Zhai's Four Strokes" has 16 volumes and 259 items; "Rong Zhai's Five Strokes" has 10 volumes and 135 items. According to the autobiography of the author Hong Mai of the Song Dynasty, "Rong Zhai Essays" was written over nearly 40 years. It is the culmination of his many years of extensive reading and practical wisdom and sweat.

Solomon's "Song of Songs" can be said to be one of the oldest collections of love poems in the world. It was written by King Solomon of Israel who ascended the throne in 960 BC. Throughout the ages, literati from all over the world have made many beautiful interpretations of "Song of Songs" and left many popular chapters. But is the Song of Songs really just about the love between Solomon and the Shulammite?

Scholar-officials in the Northern Song Dynasty pursued beauty with unprecedented enthusiasm. Their activities in many fields went beyond the scope of the past and broke through the boundaries that were previously considered insurmountable. They were prominently displayed in the fields of art appreciation and collection, poetry, flower manuals, Song poetry and other fields that can represent the cultural characteristics of the Northern Song Dynasty. Scholar-officials in this period were accompanied by anxiety in their pursuit of beauty. They had to face various traditional Confucian prejudices about their pursuit of beauty. They had to open up new horizons, dare to get rid of the shackles of dogma, and struggle to come up with a self-defense. In fact, the results of their efforts are dazzling and far-reaching.

In the literary history of France and the world, Maupassant, a 19th-century French writer, is not only famous for his novels, but also for his short and medium-sized novels, with more than 300 pieces in total, and is known as the "King of Short Stories". "The Complete Collection of Maupassant's Novellas and Short Stories" consists of five volumes. These short and medium-sized novels reflect the breadth of materials, covering all aspects of French social life at that time, allowing readers to have a glimpse of the master's superb artistic skills. The fourth volume includes the following four short story collections: "Mrs. Yu Song's Chaste Boy", "The Left Hand", "Empty Beauty" and "Misty". Published from 1888 to 1890. This volume collects Maupassant's later works. As the "king of short stories", Maupassant analyzed the customs and customs of French society at that time with his capable writing style and keen eyesight.

"A Wanderings in France" is a travelogue written by Henry James. It is a record of the author's travels in France in 1882. At that time, James visited nearly forty places in France from north to south. He had mixed praise and criticism for France, and he freely commented on these places with his own likes and dislikes and the style of a novelist. The grapes in the south were harvested, and he couldn't help but admire the beautiful scenery of the vineyards dressed in October red; the Loire River was majestic and full of scenery, and its bends slowly reflected half of the skylight. At the same time, he also spent a lot of space recording filthy hotels, musty museums, substandard churches, boring cultural relics, etc.

Won the Pulitzer Prize in the United States and the Popular Science Book Award in the United Kingdom! Bill Gates specially recommends this work! An alternative interpretation of the history of human social development, a unique examination of the differences between Eastern and Western civilizations; a work specially recommended by the American Pulitzer Prize and Bill Gates. Why is the distribution of wealth and power in modern society the way it is today and not in other forms? Why are Europeans and Asians not the natives of the Americas and Africa but Europeans and Asians who cross the oceans to kill, conquer and exterminate? Why are the differences in life among various ethnic groups so great? Historians often ignore the various inequalities among modern humans and countries, but in this work, the author gives completely different meanings to many familiar and taken-for-granted answers. In this groundbreaking work, evolutionary biologist and anthropologist Jared Diamond shockingly destroys racist theories of human history by revealing the environmental factors that actually help shape history's broadest patterns. This book is a major advance in understanding the history of human social development. It records the modern world and the reasons for its many inequalities. It is also a true history of all peoples around the world. It is a complete and consistent narrative of human life and is highly readable. This book, together with Diamond's other two books "Collapse" and "The Third Chimpanzee", can be called "the great history of mankind". This book is revised and published based on the foreign original version in 2005, with a new chapter "Who Are the Japanese?"

In the post-Brexit era, how does the UK position itself, and how should we view the UK? When the Brexiteers won the referendum in 2016, they celebrated that Britain would "take back control" and resume its global role that was interrupted by its original membership of the EU. Britain seems to have a chance to regain its former glory and once again become the savior of Europe. However, as the years have passed, the negotiations have continued to stall. Not only has the future of Britain after Brexit become increasingly difficult to predict, but the narrative of Britain's past has also been shrouded in mystery. According to David Reynolds, professor at Cambridge University and historian of international relations, whether it is the disputes before Brexit or the confusion after Brexit, it has a lot to do with how people tell the story of Britain. He decided to re-examine four glorious and magnificent British stories. It is these seemingly beautiful stories that implanted misunderstandings about millennia of history into the hearts of British people, covered up the problems and darkness, and shaped the Brexit dispute. These four stories with the themes of "Decline", "Europe", "Britain" and "Empire" are also four clues to understanding Britain. When we look at a wider space and a longer time, we can see the acquisition and loss of British hegemony, the connection and estrangement with Europe, the merger and separation within the United Kingdom, and the glory and shadow of global empire, and we will gain some historical wisdom needed in the changing pattern.

"Hans Christian Andersen: A Biography" tells the fairy tale life of the famous Danish fairy tale writer Hans Christian Andersen in the 19th century. What was Hans Christian Andersen's childhood like? How did he embark on the path of studying with his dream in mind? What are his early works? How did he achieve the transformation from opera, poetry to fairy tales on the road of literary creation? Why is his life a journey? What kind of rich and mysterious emotional world does he have? He established deep friendships with many European literary giants and artists. What unknown stories did their meetings and letters reveal? How did Hans Christian Andersen reconcile patriotism and internationalism after war broke out between Denmark and Prussia? What kind of realistic logic exists in the turbulent 19th century and Hans Christian Andersen reaching the pinnacle of fairy tale creation? This book will answer them one by one.

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Exploring the meaning of life. When a person loses the meaning of life, he must read this book to explore the meaning of life and give you hope of rebirth.

I, Pei Mi, am the most idle woman in the interstellar era. In addition to going to the research institute to rob equipment every day, I also use the mecha to walk around. Until one day retribution comes-- I was inexplicably bound to the system, and it asked me to attack my mortal enemy. I was EXM at that time? Did I hear that right? Later, I discovered that what Mr. Jingze said was true - the law of true fragrance, no one can escape. The small world is so fun, and you don't understand the strongest happiness on earth. System: I'm sorry, dear bosses, cowardly boys, and paranoid yanderes, I didn't stop the host. Quickly travel through sweet stories 1V1, main mission guide for the male protagonist

[Soul Time Travel + Supernatural Suspense + Fantasy Love] When she woke up, an ordinary girl became the daughter of a wealthy family in July. But the original owner sneered: "This hypocritical life is for you!" Forced to be a substitute, she dealt with the cold ex-fiancé and the gentle doctor, and was even entangled by a little fox demon. At the same time, serial murders occurred frequently in Xincheng, and the dead smelled of strange jasmine. When Detective Sima Haotian came to the door, pointed at her and said: "The fragrance on your body is the same as the murderer..." Qi Qi was shocked to realize that this body contained secrets that could swallow everything.

The human world is about settling the karma of the past life; the demon world is about the journey of this life! The world of witchcraft, the world of witchcraft... "I am betrothed in this world, will you marry me?" -- The new book "Attack of the Immortal Cultivation Girl" has been released ^_^, please support me.

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"Creative Evolution" is the representative work of Nobel Prize winner Henri Bergson. In "Creative Evolution", Henri Bergson opposed not only idealism, but also realism and positivism that is closely related to modern science. The book demonstrated the theory of "life impulse" and intuitionist methodology, and criticized the previous evolutionary philosophical system. His ambition is to make philosophy an "extension" of empirical science, that is, to combine science and metaphysics to grasp the endless and indivisible "total reality" or the "absolute" creation of all things. The publication of this book marks the maturity of Bergson's philosophy of life.

"The Lucky One: The Story of a Country Doctor" is groundbreaking in both social observation and medical philosophy. The author and the photographer went into the countryside of England for three months, following the footsteps of rural doctor John Sasser, recording his step-by-step daily life of saving lives and healing the wounded. John Sasser graduated from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, but practiced medicine in the poor countryside of England. He is a lucky person. While saving lives and healing the wounded, he has witnessed birth, old age, illness and death here, and preserved the collective memory of this place. He appreciates the bright spots of humanity in patients, who are often trapped in the fear of illness and death. This thoughtful graphic record reproduces the responsibilities and roles of doctors in real society and shares their thoughts on life.

A proposition that is still indifferent to the vast majority of philosophers and writers, has actually puzzled mankind for a long time: how to save the earth. This kind of reporting literature on environmental protection deserves our serious reading and consideration.