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A young undertaker goes behind the scenes to delve into all the terrifying (yet fascinating) aspects of this strange profession. Most people don't want to think about death, but Caitlin Doughty, a twenty-something medieval history major, chooses to work in a crematorium, turning her morbid hobby into a lifelong career. She works with all kinds of living and dead people, trying to find a place in the secret culture of undertakers. This book tells an unusual coming-of-age story, full of quirky adventures and unforgettable scenes. Caitlin handles corpses of all races, shapes, and encounters, and in the process quickly becomes an explorer of the world of the dead.

"Red Star Shines on China" is a record of a Western reporter's interview with the Red Army. It is also a landmark work in the history of journalism and reportage. The book not only records a large amount of first-hand information about the Chinese Red Army, the Soviet area, and revolutionary leaders such as Mao Zedong, but also deeply analyzes and explores the reasons for the emergence and development of "Red China" and makes an objective evaluation of the Chinese revolution. Due to its authoritative record of history and accurate prediction of historical trends, this book has become a popular classic around the world and has been translated into nearly twenty languages. In 2016, this book was selected into the designated reading list of junior high school Chinese textbooks.

In October 2001, less than a month after the "9/11" incident, the United States suffered its first major bioterrorism incident: anthrax attack. In "The Devil in the Freezer," Richard Preston takes us inside the U. S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases at Fort Detrick, once the headquarters for U. S. Bioweapons development and now the center of the nation's biodefense. For Peter Yellin, a top virologist at the U. S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, his most urgent task was developing a drug to fight smallpox. The smallpox virus claimed more than 1 billion lives and changed the course of world history. In 1980, the World Health Organization announced that smallpox had been eradicated from the earth, which was one of the greatest achievements of modern medicine. Currently, smallpox strains are contained in high-security freezers at two locations: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta and a virology institute in Siberia. But the demon in the freezer has been unleashed. Biologists in clandestine laboratories are almost certainly using genetic engineering to create a new supervirus, a smallpox virus that is resistant to all vaccines.

Among the countless fictional and non-fictional works about Paris in history, "A Moveable Feast" is one of the most famous works. The dedication on its title page - "If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then she will be with you wherever you go in your life, because Paris is a moveable feast." It has become the "cultural calling card" of Paris and is widely recited. This book can be said to be the last work written by Hemingway during his lifetime and revised by him personally. In the first half of the 1920s, Hemingway lived in Paris as a correspondent in Europe. The book "A Moveable Feast" records this period of the author's life at that time.

"Adventures in the Slums" by George Orwell, the author of "1984", a little-known story of Orwell's early life. What kind of person was a prophet before he became a prophet? George Orwell, the author of "1984" and "Animal Farm" and the prophet of dystopia, was always a staunch socialist throughout his life. This may confuse today's readers who do not understand the changes in the political spectrum, but for Orwell, this was a natural choice. "Down and Out in Paris and London" is Orwell's first officially published documentary work. It tells the story of Orwell's true experience of voluntarily entering the slums in Paris and London to experience life at the bottom of society. After feeling completely disgusted and despaired of the British colonial system, Orwell's literary dream finally came to fruition for the first time after several setbacks. The experiences in Paris and London can be seen as Orwell's journey of repentance and redemption for his service to the colonial system. As a loyal believer in the socialist system, perhaps Orwell's deliberate choice of wandering and poverty was a test of his ability to persist in implementing socialist ideals. Paris and London are the most prosperous places in the capitalist world, but the poverty and hardship at the bottom of society is shocking. Orwell's sincere attitude of "resigning himself to suicide" and treating the working people as equals is truly unusual among British left-wing literary writers. It is this spirit that makes "Down and Out in Paris and London" a classic documentary work that exposes social injustice, and it still resonates with readers today.

"Ian Hamilton's March" was published immediately after "From London, via Pretoria to Ladysmith". The book records the battles fought by General Ian Hamilton from Bloemfontein to Bull, a total of 10 major battles and 14 minor battles. The original book was published in 1900, and some of the contents were manuscripts written by the author for the "Morning Post".

In the early stage, it was enlightenment education and a cry for national salvation. In the later stage, it was first a praise of construction, and then a new image of China was reshaped through obscure revelations. He pointed out that the national image of a literary work should be a comprehensive factor of the high level of the literary work itself that enhances the aesthetic value and social significance of the work itself, so that the quality and influence of the work itself can be used to establish and enhance the national reputation of the place where the work was born. Wang Guoying (Zhejiang University) took Lu Xun's "Sorrow" and Xia Yan's "The End of the Grass" as examples and pointed out that although they were twenty years apart in terms of creation time and story time, the escape consciousness and behavioral logic hidden in the bones are surprisingly similar, and have historical inheritance, thus gaining universal value. Li Hangchun (Zhejiang University) took "Yu Dafu's 'A Tale of Two Cities'" as the title and pointed out that the presentation of Shanghai and Hangzhou in Yu Dafu's works reflects two different moods and also shows two different styles and realms of modern Chinese city images from one aspect.

In this book, the author Mr. Mao Dun provides an in-depth introduction and analysis of Western literary classics from ancient Greece to the 19th century, including the creative background, author introduction, content summary, and work evaluation. He also sorts out and analyzes the three schools of realism, naturalism, and modernism in European and American literature. It is a vivid introductory book to world literature, and a rare good book for literature lovers and young students.

In this book, renowned American writing coach James Scott Bell reveals the secrets to making novels and screenplays more powerful and irresistible. A basic principle of writing is that the appeal of a story is directly proportional to the reader's reading experience, and the reader's reading experience is directly proportional to the rationality of the structure. A story without structure is like a skin without a skeleton. Only through a reasonable structure can the power of the story be released. Superstructure works for any kind of writer-whether it's someone who likes to outline before they start writing, or someone who just lets their imagination run wild based on intuition. According to the author, writing a novel is like driving in the dark with headlights on. The furthest you can see is only the light on the highway. However, as long as you always know what the next sign is, you will not get lost or drive towards a cliff. "Superstructure" provides us with 14 very effective story signposts, which are: Haunting, Care Package, Argument Against Switching, Making Trouble, Door of No Return No. 1, Kick in the Shoe, Mirror Moment, Pet the Puppy, Door of No Return No. 2, Growing Power, Lights Out, Q Element, Final Battle, and Switching. For each signpost, this book explains it in an independent chapter, and also attaches a short section "Useful suggestions for plot writers and intuitive writers" to show you how to put what you have just learned into practice and make corresponding adjustments according to your own writing style to write a story that is unique to you.

Private English literature lessons from literary master Borges. This book, co-authored by Jorge Luis Borges and María Esther Vázquez, provides a chronological overview of British literature. British literature is one of the most colorful national literatures in the world. It is not composed of numerous schools but of independent individuals. Considering this characteristic of British literature, the author starts from the Anglo-Saxon period and focuses on introducing the most representative writers of each period. He also devotes a special space to discussing British drama, romantic movement, etc. The purpose is to arouse readers' interest in British literature and encourage readers to conduct more in-depth research on it. It can be said to be an introductory book for understanding British literature.

Book Three: The Family Book - Nowadays, oppression and resistance seem futile and comical. The world of book witches is facing an unprecedented crisis: something called "idea" is spreading, swallowing up one sanctuary after another, and the entire world of book witches is about to be eaten away. Freya was swallowed by "thoughts", but she did not disappear completely. Instead, she was thrown to the Evernight Sanctuary - the bloody battlefield more than thirty years ago, the current place of ruin, and the exile of the Seven-Pointed Star. There, she met the ragged Heptagram, the "Mother of Book Witches" Phaedra, and the powerful book demon Mentana. Everyone asked Fulia to rewrite the "Book of Creation" according to their ideas, so that reality would become what they wanted. After all, according to the records in the Book of Creation...

"The First Law: Direct contact with other worlds is prohibited..." This is an era when magic is disappearing, a world where heroes no longer exist and corruption breeds. Adua, the center of the world and the heart of the United Kingdom, looks beautiful and rich, but there are seeds of uneasiness buried inside. The court officials headed by Chamberlain Hof and Inquisitor Soult were domineering and ruled the entire United Kingdom with absolute high pressure and power. Informers are everywhere, violence is commonplace, and innocent people sleep in fear in the cold night, not knowing whether they will become the next victim when they wake up. Justice is as dusty as dust, honor is reduced to mud; a shadow hangs over Adua, and hope is so slim... But now, everything is about to change. The "First Mage" who exists between history and legend appeared in the United Kingdom, opened the Forger's Building that had been dusty for centuries in full view of the public, and announced a great adventure to the edge of the world! The strongest barbarian hero in the past, a weak and narcissistic young knight, a crippled torturer, a female warrior full of hatred... A non-mainstream salvation team, an impossible mission, and an unknown journey that seems to be in harmony with the spirit!

This set of books is Younesbo's classic police detective suspense novel, including "Snowman", "Cheetah", "Ghost", "Police", "Mockingbird" and "Redeemer", a total of 6 volumes.

When writing "Quanguaitan", the author was not satisfied with collecting the classic legends of strange monsters that are well known to women and children in his country. He was also particularly good at digging out and recording the ghost stories that circulated in a small area. In addition, he also turned his attention abroad, and ghost stories from China and North Korea became his favorite material. Some of these stories are short and exquisite, some are thought-provoking and terrifying, some are twists and turns, with rich themes and different styles. Every story makes people think deeply and have a long aftertaste when reading it. Just like picking up pearls in the sea, they are extremely precious.

In 1903, various forces were fighting overtly and covertly, the Russo-Japanese War was about to break out, and the entire China was in turmoil. In order to seize profits, Japan sent spies to bribe important officials of the Qing government. Doi, who is in the antique business, is also among them, and his target is Wen Baotai, a rubbing expert who has close relations with important officials in the court. However, the day after Wen Baotai was successfully bribed, Wen's body was found in the Youyou Pavilion with the windows and doors locked, and the 250,000 yen used as bribes disappeared. Soon, the Wen family's housekeeper was mysteriously killed, the maid Fang Lan disappeared for no reason, and finally even the spy Doi was kidnapped... Japan, Russia, the Qing government, and various underground forces were all involved, and the entire Youyou Pavilion and even the city of Beijing were shrouded in fog.

The story of this book slowly unfolds from a manuscript left behind by a woman: the heroine is hired as a tutor to go to Bly Manor in the countryside to take care of the little boy Miles and the little girl Flora who have lost their parents. During her tenure, the female teacher often saw the ghosts of the deceased former female teacher and the manor servant. At the same time, she discovered that the two young children seemed to have a secret connection with the two ghosts. The female teacher tried to fight against the evil ghost to save the children, but she herself fell into doubts and suspicions about the children and was unable to extricate herself... Can courage fight against evil? Suspense and tension are stacked step by step, just like screws that are getting tighter and tighter.

You may have read the novel "The Master" by the famous Irish writer Colm Tóibín (this novel won him the 2006 Dublin International Literary Award), and you may have also read "The Author, the Author" by David Lodge, known as the British money writer, but you have probably not really appreciated the true style of the works of Henry James, the subject of these two novels, a master of novels. You can start with this book "Daisy Miller" - the beginning of a perfect journey.

"The Wings of the Dove" is one of Henry James's controversial novels. It is listed as the "final trilogy" along with "The Envoy" and "The Golden Bowl". It is also the pinnacle of James's novel art. In 1998, "The Wings of the Dove" was ranked 26th among the "Top 100 English Novels of the 20th Century" by Modern Library. A pair of desperate mandarin ducks who do anything to seize wealth, an innocent girl with a lot of wealth and a serious illness, a deformed love triangle, when the innocent, rich, and democratic United States meets the ancient, decadent, and degenerate Europe, what kind of contradiction will arise between the two cultures. Kate Croy, who comes from an ordinary family, and journalist Morton Dash, are a pair of financially strapped British lovers. They fall in love with each other, but cannot get married due to lack of money. Once Kate met the wealthy American heiress Milly Till by chance, and they formed a deep friendship. After Milly came to England, her huge wealth attracted all kinds of people to come to her. Some were sincere and some had evil intentions. Young Milly saw the complex hearts of ancient Europe. Soon, Milly became terminally ill and learned of Kate's plan before she died: She tried to get Morton close to Milly to defraud her of her property. In the end, Millie left Morton a huge sum of money and passed away. Can Kate and Morton get the wealth and live the life they longed for?

After the "Hunter Special Forces" received the combat mission, the Meng Army led the team to attack quickly, but got into trouble in the jungle. They accidentally discovered a little boy (Lin Sheng), and with the help of his magical sense of smell, they successfully captured the international spy "Blood Bat". Taking this as an opportunity, Lin Sheng grew up step by step from an illiterate child in the mountains to a special operations elite with numerous meritorious deeds and the best sniper in the army. He once worked as an undercover gangster, destroying the "Black Box" drug trafficking organization in Southeast Asia in one fell swoop, and personally captured the leader of the organization, the world's largest drug lord "Montenegro"; Countless battles and countless brushes with death, Lin Sheng was fearless...

According to data, there were no prisoner-of-war camps for Chinese prisoners of war during the Sino-Japanese War. Chinese prisoners of war were all directly killed or sent to do coolies. The only prisoner of war camp was in Shenyang, which only held European and American prisoners of war. The story took place in early 1940, three years after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, during the tug-of-war period between China and Japan. Eight prisoners of war, led by Lei Zi, successfully escaped from the Japanese prisoner-of-war camp and entered the huge virgin forest mountains next to the prisoner-of-war camp. With joy and anxiety about the unknown future, the prisoners of war continued to go deeper into the forest, but what greeted them was a series of strange encounters: an environment without living creatures; unusually long days and nights; pools full of carrion; vampire monsters lurking around; and a creature that should not appear in the primitive world. The mysterious organization that does exist in the forest... Shao De, a puppet army officer in the prisoner of war camp, led several Japanese non-commissioned officers and a platoon of puppet troops into the forest. Various strange phenomena they encountered also followed: there was a mysterious loss of contact with the outside world; soldiers died and disappeared one after another. Following the escape route of the prisoners of war, more and more unexplainable mysteries emerged. During the pursuit, Shao De discovered that the entire prisoner of war escape incident was surprisingly similar to another incident that also occurred in the prisoner of war camp three years ago! And almost despairingly realized that he was inextricably linked to all of this. Even he, Lei Zi, a prisoner of war who is being hunted, and Cao Zheng, a prisoner of war who also escaped from the prisoner of war camp three years ago, are slowly reuniting...

During my junior year, a student from Hunan moved into the dormitory. His belly is full of weird stories. Every story is horrifying, but the ending has a touching human touch, reflecting the love and affection of ordinary people and making people think deeply. This classmate has a strange habit. He only starts telling those stories at 0:00...

No one writes better than Dan Simmons! --"St. Louis Post-Dispatch". Dan Simmons won the World Fantasy Award, the highest honor for fantasy literature, for his debut novel "The Song of Kali"! Dan Simmons has won 27 major world literary awards in 24 years: World Fantasy Award (the highest honor for fantasy novels), Hugo Award (the highest honor for science fiction novels), Bram Stoker Award (the highest honor for horror novels), Locus Award, Japanese Nebula Award, British Fantasy Novel Award, French Universe Award... The goddess Kali has awakened, and eternal terror is about to come. Bobby, the editor of an American magazine, received a special task to go to Calcutta, India, to interview the famous poet Das. Friends advised him not to go because there were rumors that Das had died six or seven years ago. Bobby actually met Das and read the poem he wrote for the goddess Kali. From then on, everything around Bobby began to become terrifying, bizarre, and increasingly irreversible...

"Men and Ghosts" is a wonderful collection of short stories by Edith Wharton, including ten chapters and ten stories. Most of the scenes are set in the 19th century to the early 20th century. From a narrative perspective, stories are unfolded layer by layer, which may be scary, weird, profound, or dark. Through exquisite and transcendent depictions of people, ghosts, or ghosts in the heart, people are led into another world of light or darkness. With the eyes as the ears and the heart as the scale, people can observe and understand the various human rights and wrongs in this world. A barred door, which door is bolted; father and son, what is father and son; debt, debt or love; cause and effect, what is cause and what is effect; legend, what is passed down is wonder; those eyes, God, those eyes; long time later, why, so long; letters, trust and betrayal. The scenes are unfolded under Mrs. Washington's wonderful writing, which is charming and wonderfully ironic. It is so beautiful that it makes people gasp in admiration.

"Aditya Unleashed" is a refreshing and beyond-imagining work. The author takes the Hollywood-style, modern urban supernatural legend cliché story and develops it into unexpected twists and turns. New and old fans alike will be wowed by the book's exciting action descriptions, adventure stories, and bloody events. From Ed Wood's world's largest coven of vampires to Adya's diverse evolutions, Damian Darby delivers a whole new experience for vampire fans. You will also find that the love story in this book is unique, the plot is complicated and confusing, and the characters are extraordinary, which are not what you often see in similar works.

It can be called the contemporary "Three Words and Two Shots"! Reveal the taboos of collecting in the antique world and write a collection guide for the elderly! This series of stories has received widespread attention after being published on the Tianya Forum. Currently, it has tens of millions of clicks, tens of thousands of comments, and continues to be recommended on the homepage of Tianya. Com. Feedback from readers was positive and the work was well received. The author uses the tone of storytelling to tell the story, which is full of reality and freshness. At the same time, the themes of the story are all about the righteousness of the world through strange emotions and anecdotes. It has the style of traditional culture and the spread of positive energy. "Antique Notes: Suspense" uses antiques as clues to tell a series of stories passed down from old age. Among them are the taboos of antique collection and the struggle of human nature. It is full of legend. The whole story is full of Beijing flavor and has profound meaning. In the process of telling the legendary story of antique jade, the author uses a realistic approach to show readers various characters and various market conditions, as well as the orderly inheritance of traditional Chinese culture and thoughts on the times and life. It has the style of the pre-Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China. The novel has been reprinted on many website forums, with tens of millions of reads and tens of thousands of comments on the entire Internet. It is deeply loved by readers and has a strong audience base.

When the protagonist was in his junior year, a student from Hunan moved into the dormitory, and his stomach was filled with weird stories with Hunan characteristics. Every story is creepy, but the ending has a touching human touch, reflecting the love and affection of ordinary people. Every story is creepy, but thought-provoking. This classmate has a strange habit. He only starts telling those stories at 0:00...

Liu Yukun! The Chinese-American writer who conquered the European and American science fiction circles! A science fiction epic that the entire Chinese-speaking world has been waiting for! Hugo Award, Nebula Award, Locus Award winner Liu Yukun's magnificent debut novel! The leader who promoted Chinese science fiction to the world. Liu Cixin's "The Three-Body Problem" and Hao Jingfang's "Beijing Folding" both won Hugo Awards under his translation and recommendation. Liu Yukun combined Eastern classical aesthetics with Western scientific spirit and created a new science fiction concept of "silk punk". Once the work was published, it was translated into many languages. In "Dandelion Dynasty", Liu Yukun constructed a mysterious country composed of many islands: the Dara Islands. Here, gods and humans coexist. Tunnels are built under the sea to connect the islands. Hot air balloons, spaceships, and submarines are used to transport battles. Soldiers fight on kites. Here, countless heroes are performing legends. Between the stars and the earth, everyone is creating legends. Dandelions grow in the soil, but they have the sky in mind. It is tenacious and adaptable. As long as there is wind, it can float anywhere and build its own empire.

"The Magic of Gold" contains three works by Wang Jinkang: "The Magic of Gold", "A World Without Thieves" and "Sky Fire". Professor Ren, who developed the "time machine" in "The Magic of Gold", helped the King of Thieves and the Black Panther return to any moment when "the vault was built and the gold was deposited". Through the conversion of time, they avoided the heavily guarded vault and finally changed their identity and became a gold thief. This is an early work by Wang Jinkang. It gives a technical thought to time travel, proposes how to transform the movement of time into the movement of space, and points out that the movement of space may cause travelers to "merge" with other objects. "A World Without Thieves" Chenimus, an American employee of Beijing Goldman Sachs Securities Company, participated in the betting on the Go tournament between China, Japan and South Korea. "Sky Fire" is about the frail and fair middle school student Lin Tiansheng. He has "a very big head but a very weak body, like a tiny bean sprout struggling out from under a rock." This article won the special prize of the Galaxy Award that year.

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. This collection of short stories and short stories consists of five volumes, collecting all of Philip Dick's short stories and short stories, basically arranged according to the year of creation. Through these works, we can see how this great thinker embarked on a long journey, sang fantasy songs one after another, and finally became a master of science fiction.

You can never go back. In the year 2026 of the Earth Era, a hundred-member expedition team composed of elites from various industries left the earth and landed on Mars. The disputes between people and the great changes in heaven and earth are intricately integrated on this distant and unfamiliar planet. Now, a generation has passed, and the red planet in people's impressions from ancient times has been ignited with green vitality. The failed rebellion in 2062 completely changed the appearance of the planet. However, the huge project of terraforming Mars has just begun. The next generation born on Mars and the survivors of the 100-man expedition adhere to the ideal of maintaining the original beauty of Mars. They regard Mars as their home, actively connect with resistance forces, and launch a desperate struggle against the earth's government and multinational companies committed to transforming Mars. High-spirited enthusiasm, fierce competition and loyal friendship burst into flames in this cosmic background, just to achieve their ultimate goal-free Mars...

"The Killing of the Fire God" is a collection of short mystery novels by Japanese mystery writer Matsumoto Seicho. The story is clever and concise, showing the shocking moments in human nature. The book is composed of five short stories. The title "The Killing of the God of Fire" skillfully weaves historical attainments into and out of the story; in "Grape Tang Grass Pattern Embroidery", a Brussels specialty tablecloth becomes the key to the love-hate drama, vividly describing the subtle scheming of men and women; "The Strange Accused" explores the boundary between sincerity and lies, the source of creative ideas and the study of acquittal cases; "The Bond of Grace" relies on the author's childhood memories.

The novel tells the story of Galip, a lawyer born and raised in Istanbul, who searches for his missing wife. A detective story-like beginning - his wife Rumeng disappeared, leaving only a note. Galip began to search and roam the streets of Istanbul. He gradually believes that Rumeng's running away is related to the disappearance of her half-brother Yela, a well-known newspaper columnist. He began to explore the deep meaning behind Jela's words, visited the places Jela had visited, and even thought in Jela's way. Finally, he sneaked into Jela's apartment, wore his clothes, answered his phone calls, and finally even pretended to be him to write a column. This is the surface plot of the novel. And as Pamuk says in the book, there is a deeper meaning behind the story. Galip's pursuit of Rumeng and Yela seems to symbolize the exploration and revelation of an ultimate ideal. This has the same cultural logic as the mystery of words and meanings, the mystery of faces and meanings, and the theory of "the savior will come" declared in Yela's column once discussed in the book, thus forming a multi-line parallel network of meanings. At the same time, the questioning of the nature of the self and the thinking about the relationship between self and others are constantly strengthened through the plot of the novel itself and the text of Jela's column in the novel, permeating the entire novel. This in turn triggers and is connected with the narration of the history and destiny of Istanbul, and thus expands to thinking about the relationship and essence between the East and the West.

The work has been shortlisted for the Naoki Award for five times. It is as popular as Haruki Murakami and Keigo Higashino in Japan and has touched millions of readers. Spring. Let's cry once and for all for family love, justice, and the feelings between gay friends! What's really important needs to be expressed easily and clearly, like a clown swinging in the air, everyone forgets the existence of gravity.

Zhou Yiwei and Wang Likun star in the original novel of the same name in "The Case of Di Gong of the Tang Dynasty". Di Renjie was transferred to Puyang County as the county magistrate. With the help of several capable assistants, he fought wits and courage, defeated the powerful enemy, and solved the case in one fell swoop... This volume contains three cases that Di Renjie encountered in Puyang County: "The Bronze Bell Case", "The True and False Beggar", "The True and False Sword" and "The Red Pavilion Case". Gaulopet is a Dutch sinologist, diplomat, translator and novelist. His representative works include "The Case of Di Gong of the Tang Dynasty", "The Way of the Piano", "Calligraphy and Painting on Bells", etc.

He was a little confused. The breath of life made him feel awkward, almost suffocating. This breath was blood red, carrying the beating of his heart and vibrating his pulse, which made him very uncomfortable. The curtains all around were closed. He was sitting on the sofa, a fire was burning in the fireplace, and international news was playing on the TV. In his opinion, the news today on August 7th seems to be no different from countless previous August 7ths. After the international news, the anchor reported a local news: a woman was killed in an apartment, and the murderer imitated "Jack the Ripper" while committing the crime.

She looks like an ordinary wife, but her true identity is a spy of the special forces. She considers herself a communication expert, but she always loses control when faced with her mother-in-law's difficulties. An accidental incident triggered her suspicion about her mother-in-law - why did her mother-in-law's relatives die unexpectedly? Her professional sensitivity led her to launch an investigation into her mother-in-law... In the future world, AI systems control everything. The content of confidential conversations must be conveyed through written letters. Mito, a confidential messenger, was sitting in the train when a man suddenly sat down next to him and entrusted him with delivering a letter to an old friend. Unexpectedly, it turned out to be a suicide note - the man immediately jumped out of the car and committed suicide. He worked hard to achieve his mission, but he didn't expect that this letter would make him a key criminal in the national security system...

The night is darker than ink. The headlights emitted two sword-like rays of light, cutting through the winding mountain road. Female reporter Liu Qi sat in the passenger seat, fastened her seat belt tightly, and supported the front of the police car with both hands to keep it steady. Gao Yi, the chief of the Criminal Investigation Department, held the steering wheel tightly, his eyes were red and protruding, and he was almost in a state of madness. Yes, they were racing, but not for the sake of being cool, but chasing a red Ferrari. Location: Xishan on the outskirts of the city. The mountain road has many twists and turns and is steep. It's exciting to hike through the mountains in the dark. However, such stimulation is too much to bear. I saw the Ferrari running towards the top of the mountain. It was a dead end and there was no way to escape. The foot of the mountain looks dark and empty, hiding the vast Dianchi Lake, which is five hundred miles away. A sea of ​​lights loomed far to the northeast.

In the suburbs of Tokyo in the Meiji 20s, there was a bookstore called Diaodo. The inside of the store was so dark that you couldn't tell how deep it was, and there was an illusion that it extended to infinity. The left and right walls are filled with bookshelves, stacked with an astonishing number of ancient and modern Chinese and foreign books. The owner of the hanging hall, dressed in white, is a bookworm of unknown origin and unconventional ethics. The book explorers may be confused or hide past events that they cannot let go of, so they visit the hanging hall. The owner of the hanging hall has insight into everything, leading guests to talk about the past and unlocking sealed memories. It turns out that the guest is actually the famous...

"Angel Ears" is a rare collection of mystery stories by Keigo Higashino with the theme of traffic accidents. The six stories are all related to traffic accidents, but there is a mystery behind each seemingly simple accident. "Angel Ears" tells the story of a sister who was sitting in the back seat of a car accident and used her extraordinary hearing to prove her brother's innocence. "The Barrier" tells the story of a widow who lost her driver in a traffic accident and caused an accident when she went to pick up high heels. "Dangerous Rookie" tells the story of a novice female driver who gets the fleeing driver into a lot of trouble for revenge. "Get Over It" tells the story of the murderer being brought to justice because of his previous mistakes. "In the Mirror" tells the story of a coach and a policeman who, for the sake of collective honor, tacitly understand each other and handle traffic accidents correctly... Although the six stories are all based on traffic accidents, each of them has its own unique approach to reading. It is a wonderful read. The whole book not only retains Keigo Higashino's good storytelling and human exploration, but also provides a critical analysis and interpretation of the current Japanese social life.

Awakening childhood memories also awakens the authenticity and purity of my past. Neil Gaiman, master of fantasy literature: "Sea of ​​Oblivion" is a book that is extremely close to my heart. Open "Sea of ​​Oblivion" and find the truth and purity of childhood in Neil Gaiman's childhood world. Childhood memories are often obscured by later events and become hazy, but these memories do not disappear. Years later, I returned to the Sea of ​​Oblivion and my childhood memories came flooding back to me. In that memory, the nanny was a monster from another world, and the neighbor was a mysterious witch. In that memory, the ocean can be put into a bucket, and a person can know everything if he sinks in the ocean. During that memory, I met a witch friend, Letty. She looked three or four years older than me, but I guessed she might be three or four thousand years older than me. That memory was so wonderful, but so real. Standing on the shore of the Sea of ​​Oblivion, I vaguely saw Letty sleeping in it...

"University Translation Series: Main Trends of Thought in Sociology" is a masterpiece by the master of thought Raymond Aron. It is a collection of Raymond Aron's lecture notes at the Sorbonne University from 1955 to 1958. It is the result of his many years of painstaking research and writing. This book is a philosophy, sociology and general liberal arts textbook commonly used in Western universities. It is also generally listed as a must-read reference book for sociology majors in domestic universities. The author discusses the thoughts and major works of seven sociologists: Montesquieu, Comte, Marx, Tocqueville, Durkheim, Pareto, and Weber in chronological order, covering the era with the most fruitful sociological theoretical achievements. At the same time, he conducts a highly innovative comparative study of these seven sociologists and their thoughts. The narrative of the whole book is clear, easy to understand, and fascinating. In addition, the criticism of the ideological systems of various sociological theorists is very insightful.

The "Suspense of the Tang Dynasty" series of novels is a historical suspense novel about the secret culture of the Tang Dynasty. The author leads readers to gradually decipher the conspiracy mysteries in the history of the Tang Dynasty through thrilling conspiracy plots and meticulous reasoning. This book can be called the first choice for understanding the secret culture of the Tang Dynasty and experiencing brain-burning Chinese-style novels. It is also a full-length masterpiece that panoramically displays all aspects of the society of the Tang Dynasty!

Hotch Raphael got into big trouble again this time. It was bad enough that he had to kill someone in self-defense, but now the father of the deceased came to seek revenge and kidnapped Hotch's lover? Our tattooed angel is once again forced to embark on a quest for justice.

How can we prove that our life is not a dream? The opening work of the Tokyo International Film Festival and the shortlisted film for the 63rd Venice Film Festival - the original work of Satoshi Kon's animation "Paprika" (also known as "The Detective"). The source of inspiration for Nolan, the director of "Inception"; the work of Tsutsui Yasutaka, one of Japan's three major science fiction novelists, whose strange writing style creates a dream-telling classic. A young girl dressed in a red T-shirt and jeans suddenly appears in people's dreams. Is this a dream or reality? The beautiful psychotherapist Chiba Atsuko and the genius scientist Tokida Kosaku jointly developed the "PT device". In this way, dreams can be displayed on the computer screen and even medical intervention can be performed. Using this new invention, the mature and steady Professor Atsuko Chiba transformed into a beautiful girl codenamed Publica and entered the patient's dream to treat mental illness. But she is surrounded by extremely bloodthirsty enemies, who have been secretly plotting to attack her. Soon their new invention was stolen by unknown persons. Since then, a series of creepy and strange things have happened in the institute, starting a big melee including science, cults, dreams, movies, mythology, religion, homosexuality and Freudian psychology! As a detective of dreams, after curing many psychiatric patients, she is about to be swallowed up by dreams. Can she still escape from the nightmare...

At 9 o'clock that night, the down-and-out poet Qiu Tian stumbled forward and came across a telephone pole covered with colorful advertisements. He raised his hand to hug it and touched it, muttering to himself: "Why has the bulletin board become thinner?" Two boys He was riding a skateboard, wearing a cultural shirt and wide denim shorts. He laughed loudly and said loudly: "Hey, look! He's almost drunk." After saying that, he jumped past Qiu Tian like two happy flying fish in the sea. The poor poet Qiu Tian didn't know that he was being pointed at, so he looked up to find out who was drunk. It didn't matter if he raised his head, the only blood in his body could no longer flow to his brain, causing his eyes to darken and he sat down on the ground. After adapting for a while, Qiu Tian finally opened his eyes. It didn't matter that he opened it, he saw the sky. The sky was dark, dotted with some twinkling stars, like a drunken man smashing the sky.

The National Book Award-winning work, the masterpiece of the memoirs of legendary artist Patti Smith, is newly hardcover and revised in 2017. "Just Kids" begins as a love story and ends as an elegy. It is a tribute to New York in the 1960s and 1970s, when the city was emerging as the cultural capital of the Western world. This book chronicles its wealth and poverty, as well as its gangsters and villains. It tells a true myth and paints a portrait of a young artist on his way up, prelude to the arrival of fame.

"The Waking Forest" is a famous work by the famous essayist John Burroughs, the father of American nature literature. When you take a dip in the book, you can listen to the musical concert of forest birds, and appreciate the birds building nests, which can be said to be an encyclopedia of birds. In addition to enjoying the singing of birds, the fragrance of flowers, and the freshness of nature, you can also increase your interest and knowledge about wilderness and jungles, clarify an attitude toward nature, and awaken the soft, delicate, and sleeping poetry deep in our hearts.

"From the Depths" records Wilde's path to love: in 1895, the Marquess of Queensberry, the father of Wilde's same-sex lover Douglas Posey, angrily sued Wilde because of his son's inappropriate relationship with Wilde. Wilde, encouraged by Posey, countersued and was eventually jailed. From the heartbreaking pain of almost suffocation when he was imprisoned, to the peace and tranquility when he was released from prison. It was not until the last journey of life (Wilde died of illness three years after being released from prison) that a generation of talented people fully realized that life is based on misery rather than joy. The literary value of this book also lies in the fact that the artist honestly faces the suffering of his own destiny and realizes the greatness of love in the suffering. This article has excellent translation skills, smooth translation, gorgeous words, and sincere feelings, which better restores Wilde's gorgeous and beautiful writing style.

Look for the personally recommended version by Camus' daughter! Original 10,000-word introduction for Doctor of Literature from the Sorbonne University in Paris; original mind map; officially authorized collection of Camus's preface; collection of famous paintings; in-depth expansion of literature handbook; hardcover collector's edition, including small page-turning animations, interactive reading! I used to feel that life was meaningless, until Sisyphus told me the true meaning of life! Why is life so tiring? What is the purpose of living day after day? What is the meaning of life? Camus said: Life is meaningless, so it is more worth living! This is a book of life written for young "workers", specializing in treating "the meaninglessness of life"! "The Myth of Sisyphus" was first published in 1942. It is a comprehensive reflection on the meaning of life by Nobel Prize winner Camus. This book directly faces the dilemma of human existence and has become an influential philosophical essay in Western literature in the 20th century.