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In this work, Tuchman focuses his attention on Western society 25 years before the outbreak of the "World War I", using an artist's approach to reproduce the ideological trends and ideals, sudden changes and disputes at that time: before the "August Cannons" exploded, the British aristocratic world began to collapse, and power shifted to a new class, passionate anarchy. The righteous dreamed of a harmonious world, imperialist sentiments climbed to the New World, the U. S. Navy quietly rose, the Dreyfus incident set off a fierce confrontation within the French, Strauss's music and Nietzsche's thoughts influenced Germany... Under the appearance of prosperity, the old world was already full of troubles. That era did not die of old age or accidents, but exploded in a terminal crisis and became an important page in history. ... (It is) more than confidence, innocence, comfort, stability, security and peace. People who lived in that era also misled us. When they looked back across the chasm of war, the first half of their lives were shrouded in the mist of a beautiful sunset, full of peace and tranquility. And we mistakenly believe that doubt, fear, turmoil, protest, violence and hatred do not exist. --Barbara W. Tuchman

Carl Sandburg (1878-1967) was a landmark modern American poet, writer, and editor. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Literature three times in his life: twice for his poetry collections and once for his biography of Lincoln. During his lifetime, Sandburg was recognized as a monument to contemporary American literature, and his poetry-including "The Chicago Poems," "The Cornshuckers," and "Smoke and Steel"-were particularly well received. This poetry collection selects 206 poems from all the works created by Sandburg throughout his life, including most of the poet's representative works, and fills the gap in the translation and introduction of Sandburg's works in the domestic publishing industry for more than thirty years.

This is a novel writing book. In order to write "stories that captivate readers," this book teaches you 9 ways to write stories. For writing novels, on the basis of keeping the characters and story frame unchanged, through various adaptations, even the atmosphere and the feeling after reading will change. Just like the same curry with different ingredients, it can be made into curry chicken or beef curry. When used as seasoning, it can be made into curry-flavored salad dressing. Please start writing now.

King Henry VIII of England, King Francois I of France, Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent of the Ottoman Empire, these four great monarchs were born in the same decade (1491-1500). They were all important in the history of their respective countries, and in this book, John Julius Norwich zooms in to show how the feud between these four monarchs laid the foundation for modern Europe, against the backdrop of the Renaissance and Reformation. Individually they were different, Henry had six wives and Charles was ascetic; together they dominated the world stage. This book describes the meeting of the Golden Sea that nearly bankrupted France and Britain, tells the story of Suleiman's pile of two thousand enemy heads after the Battle of Mohács, mentions that Anne Boleyn's left hand has six fingers that pious people are afraid of, and mentions the true story of the Maltese Falcon. These stories make "The Four Monarchs" an extremely vivid and interesting historical work.

The world has become old and disabled in lies, just waiting for the last mercy. This book is the sequel to "The Boatman's Diary", written from 1991 to 1995. It is the second volume of Kertesz's diary-style philosophical essays. Kertesz continues The Boatman's Diary's broad readings and conversations with Nietzsche, Kafka, Wittgenstein, Camus, Beckett, Bernhard and others. However, compared to "The Boatman's Diary", this book is more closely related to the author's life experience at that time. In the five-year record, the author can be seen traveling to various European countries. In the records of these travels, he combined the auspicious moments in daily life with his continuous thoughts on life, humanity, nation, freedom, pain, etc., With his own literary creation concepts. What appear to be scattered fragments are given artistic expression. Although there are clear traces of national and national consciousness in it, the author's reflections on people's difficult choices in the great historical destiny are still inspiring to this day.

An alternative Marvel-style hero's revenge story, the first choice novel in major book lists, and has received tens of thousands of five-star reviews on Goodbook. Com! A young and frivolous experiment with super powers and an unexpected and bizarre death brought an end to the friendship between Victor and Eli, top students at Rockland University. In Eli's eyes, superpowers are a group of cold-blooded monsters who have returned from the underworld and wear human skin. Fear and anger drove him to personally push his former classmates into a dark prison. Ten years have passed, and the flames of revenge have not been extinguished along with life in prison, but have become even more intense. Victor, who escaped from prison, followed the footsteps of his enemy, vowing to make him suffer as much as himself. On the way to escape, he accidentally rescued Sydney, a girl with super powers who had narrowly escaped death from Eli. She tells Victor that Eli's actions are not as righteous as he claims. The appearance of the girl completely disrupted the man's original revenge plan...

2094 Galaxy Exploration Journey, a new masterpiece by German science fiction genius Brandon Morris! The end of the universe, the origin of creation, or the answer that humans hide from themselves? If your whole life was a lie, what would you choose to believe? Save the world or save yourself? This is a problem. In 2094, four astronauts traveled in space for twenty years aboard the Shepherd 1 spacecraft. Their goal was to witness the birth of the universe. With the help of the sun's gravitational lens, the moment of the big bang will be clearly presented to them. However, during the journey, astronomer Christina died unexpectedly. The remaining three astronauts tried to solve the mystery of the murder of their companions, but found themselves trapped in a whirlpool of huge secrets...

In 2143, a clone died on a bridge in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Apart from the fact that the man is a scion of the wealthy North family, the police have no knowledge of this man's identity. What is strange is that the North family, which uses cloning technology to reproduce their descendants, has not discovered that the person is missing, and the murderer has no trace. The only entry point is that the scar on the heart of the corpse, which looks like it was cut by a knife blade, is exactly the same as the brutal murder method used in the massacre that broke the peaceful life of Saint Libra twenty years ago. However, the murderer at that time, the mysterious girl Angela, never left the prison even half a step during these years... Are there really aliens on the Holy Libra planet that does not even have insects? If intelligent creatures exist, will they pose a threat to the organic oil resources that sustain human survival on the planet? The Northumberland Police Department, the Alien Intelligence Bureau and the security departments of the interstellar enterprises sent their respective elites to form an exploration team together with Angela, who was released from prison through amnesty, and went deep into the rainforest hinterland of the Holy Libra. Little did they know that a bigger killing was waiting for them...

This is a gray world, and the gravity of reality is extremely heavy. Here, hope is illegal, creation is prohibited, and even the name of the planet has become a meaningless number - because fantasy is dangerous and can make people crazy. When the doctor and his team came here, a crack finally appeared in this cold and stubborn world. The doctor thought it was another farce of mankind, another mutation in the process of human colonization in the interstellar world. Unexpectedly, Rose seemed to be infected by this world and developed bizarre symptoms; Colonel Jack was also captured into the "Big White Room" and underwent irreparable surgery. Facing danger and abyss, the doctor is falling into an increasingly strange fog.

When I think about our story and how our never-to-be-separated family was separated from that morning, I really wish-even twenty years later-that he had never left and never received that transfer notice. Until that announcement, everything was in order: my father left for work every morning, and my mother, who sold fresh food at an open-air market stall, took care of me and my five siblings. Like most children in Akure, we have to go to school. Everything goes as it should. We rarely think about the past... I will be a pilot, or the President of Nigeria, or a millionaire who can afford a helicopter - because the future is in our hands. The future is a blank canvas and anything is possible. However, my father's transfer to Iola changed everything: time, seasons, and the past became important, and we longed for the past even more than the present and the future.

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"The Wandering Child" tells the story of a boy named Remy who was rented to a busker Vitaly by his adoptive father. From then on, he began a wandering life. On the way to wandering, he learned musical instruments, traveled and performed, escaped from the mouth of a forest wolf, found himself in a den of thieves, and was unjustly imprisoned. Even in a snowstorm, his master gave his life in exchange for his dying... But he always had firm faith, maintained the kindness in his heart, and finally found relatives and friends, reunited with his biological mother, punished the mastermind behind his wandering, and lived a good life with his whole family together. "The Wandering Child" is the most well-known of Hector Marlowe's works. After the novel came out, it has been translated into English, German, Russian, Japanese and other languages. Today, more than a hundred years later, it has been reprinted and published in France and has been adapted for the screen many times.

The legendary Japanese female writer Hayashi Fumiko was a model of female literature in the Showa era. She was highly praised by famous writers such as Kawabata Yasunari and Mishima Yukio. Film master Naruse Mikio was even more in love with her and adapted her works for the screen six times. After going through the difficult years of survival and the ups and downs of love, Hayashi Fumiko has always loved passionately, lived brilliantly, and written passionately. She has strived forward in the face of adversity and thrived under the nourishment of love and desire. She injects this wildness and vitality into her works and characters, and with her unique "bohemian" style, she leaves a bright figure in the field of private novels. "Late Chrysanthemum" is a complete collection of Hayashi Fumiko's short masterpieces, including the classic work "Late Chrysanthemum" adapted into a movie of the same name by Naruse Mikio, as well as other representative works such as "The Accordion and the Fishing Town", "The Story of Poverty", and "The Oyster". Also included are the essays "Literary Autobiography" and "The Tip of Love", which are Fumiko Hayashi's sincere confessions about her literary life and emotional experience. The whole book covers every stage of Hayashi Fumiko's creation and completely presents the trajectory of her literary life. Translated by professional translator Liu Xiaojun, it is a reprinted work that has been carefully revised by the translator and comes with a new preface. Writers, travel traders, dancers, geishas... The female characters are vivid, three-dimensional, strong and independent. Their stories demonstrate women's will to survive in the turbulence of the times, and record the lingering love in trivial daily life. The delicate portrayal of female psychology, the precise capture of people's mental state before and after the war, and the detailed outline of complex human nature, through Fumiko Hayashi's simple and clear words, directly hit people's hearts and aroused resonance.

This book is Paul Heizer's most representative collection of short stories and short stories, which not only describes pure love, but also praises beautiful human nature. The plot has ups and downs, and almost every work is rich in rare classical drama and romantic legend.

Jane Eyre, who was born into a poor family, fell in love with Rochester when she was working as a tutor. At their wedding, Jane Eyre discovered a mad woman hiding in the attic of Rochester's house, and she turned out to be Rochester's first wife. Jane Eyre left angrily. Soon, the mad woman burned the manor, and Rochester became blind and fell into poverty. Just when he was desperate for life, Jane Eyre came back to him.

"The Gambler" is a work written by the Russian writer Dostoevsky under the impression of his trip to Western Europe. Regarding Alexei, the protagonist of this novel, the author himself wrote: "I want to describe a straightforward character, and a person who is highly educated, but not yet stereotyped in all aspects... But the main point is that he devoted all his life, energy, enthusiasm and bravery to the roulette wheel.

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.

"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.

The heroes of Greece and Rome created an extremely prosperous period in history, but they did not leave even a tombstone. Plutarch stood on the stage of history and vividly restored these shining heroes. "Heroes of Greece and Rome" shines with the glorious civilization of Greece and Rome, and is full of literature and rich life wisdom. It is also the source of many historical figures from ancient Greece and Rome. Plutarch is regarded as the originator of Western biographical literature for his "Lives of the Heroes of Greece and Rome", which profoundly influenced later European and American prose, biography and historical literature. Montaigne admired him highly, and Shakespeare drew inspiration directly from his works.

American writer Rebecca Skruit spent ten years excavating this wonderful history spanning nearly a century, describing how the Lacks family spent a lifetime accepting the existence of HeLa cells and the scientific principles of immortality of these cells, uncovering the dark past of human experimentation, exploring medical ethics and legal issues of body tissue ownership, as well as issues of race and belief. This book delicately captures the moving stories of scientific discoveries and their profound impact on individuals. After the publication of this book, with donations from outside parties, the family finally erected a tombstone for Henrietta. On the tombstone was engraved "Eternal HeLa cells will benefit mankind forever", which is a perfect annotation of the contribution of HeLa cells to mankind. The book has been translated into more than 20 languages, and was adapted into a movie by HBO in the United States. It starred Oprah Winfrey and won many nominations such as the Emmy Award and the American Critics Choice Award.

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The so-called girl is a kind of creature that is both gentle and sensitive, cute and heartless. At the entrance ceremony of a girls' high school, Hiyoko, who was promoted internally, remembered Juri Okazawa who had just entered the campus. The eccentric Juri Okazawa has lived overseas for many years. Her father is a famous photographer. She is cheerful and generous, and uses self-confidence as a weapon against the world in adolescence - all of which struck into the heart of Hiyoko, who is as ordinary as dust. After a "siege"-like attraction, the two became friends, but also planted the seeds of harm... A new generation of female writers praised by Keigo Higashino and Miyuki Miyabe - Asako Yuzuki's slender yet powerful work includes four stories including her award-winning debut "Forget-Me-Not Blue". It is a collection of short stories like a women's illustrated book, describing the sweetness and sourness of growing up. However, no snowflake is innocent during an avalanche.

This set includes "The Red and the Black" and "Crime and Punishment". Among them, "The Red and the Black" is Stendhal's masterpiece. The protagonist Julien was born in a family of small proprietors. He likes reading and does not like to do strenuous work. He is obsessed with Napoleon's great achievements and hopes to join the upper class society. "Crime and Punishment" describes the protagonist Raskolnikov who believes that he is an "extraordinary person" like Napoleon. In order to protect his family, he killed an old lady who was a loan shark and her sister. But after committing the crime, he discovered that he was not an "extraordinary person", and he began a long and painful psychological struggle. Later, with the help of Sonia, he surrendered and started a new life.

There may be several obvious paradoxes in the current common views or basic judgments about novel writing. For example, on the one hand, we believe that there is an irreversible crisis in novels. Both critics and general readers are generally dissatisfied with the creation of novels. However, at different conferences, almost everyone unanimously affirmed the specific works. So, which statement is our honest experience, and which judgment is more in line with the truth of current novel creation. We believe that the writing skills of novels are becoming more and more mature, because the creation of modern Chinese novels has a history of nearly a hundred years and has accumulated considerable experience. Even if it is a little-known writer, his novels are also quite mature in technique. However, the maturity of technique has not brought about a change in the reputation or destiny of the novel. There are endless criticisms about the lack of spirit or thought in the novel.

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.

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...

"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.

This book, in the form of a diary, outlines an unknown and mysterious past event. A deal brings the handsome and noble Count Dracula to London. His appearance attracted the attention of Jonathan Harker, who realized that there was an astonishing secret hidden behind Count Dracula's strange behavior - he turned out to be an immortal vampire... At this time, London was plunged into darkness, filled with confusion, nightmares and blood. Destruction or rebirth, resurrection or sleep, are you willing to trade your beating heart for eternal life?

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...

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...

In a cell in a prison in Buenos Aires, Argentina, there are two prisoners, one is a political prisoner Valentin, and the other is a gay Molina, an undercover agent sent by the secret service to Valentin. A wonderful dialogue unfolded between the two, presenting scenes where movies and reality intersect. After the book "Kiss of the Spider Woman" was published in 1976, it was translated into many languages. The charm of the novel quickly spread and was transformed into various forms of expression: the musical has been performed for many years and has become a Broadway classic; the film adaptation has had a huge impact.

"Dragonfly on the Shore" includes five short stories: "Give Me a Mouth Bowl", "Singing and Crying", "A Red Belt on May 8th" and "Weekend".

"Historical Records" is a general history written by Sima Qian of the Western Han Dynasty. The whole book consists of twelve chronicles, thirty families, seventy biographies, ten tables, and eight books, with a total of 130 chapters and more than 500,000 words. It is the first biographical general history in Chinese history. Its pioneering biographical style was followed by the "official histories" of subsequent dynasties and has far-reaching influence. The book is also an excellent literary work, and Lu Xun praised it as "the historian's swan song, the rhymeless "Li Sao"". Wang Boxiang's "Selected Historical Records" mainly selects famous chapters from the chronicles and biographies, and annotates the difficult words and regulations in them, which is very helpful for reading and understanding the book.

Mr. Lu Xun's closest Japanese friend, Mr. Uchiyama Zenzo, who has lived in China for decades, described in detail his life experiences in Shanghai in humorous and vivid language. Through the vertical comparison of the past and present and the horizontal comparison of China and Japan, we express our admiration for the Chinese people's long-standing wisdom in life and their infinite confidence in the Chinese people to build a good New China.

Because Lan Xiaoxiao was dissatisfied with the continuous oppression by the department leaders, she angrily slapped her resignation report on the leader's desk. A small employee dared to provoke her as a leader and fired her with a wave of her hand. Lan Xiaoxiao was so angry that she didn't even want triple compensation. She raised her face and her hair She shook her head and walked away. According to her former colleagues, she walked away with a high spirits (surviving the disaster)... Ding, it was detected that the host had no money in his pocket, with a balance of 250 yuan, no car, no house, and a credit card debt of 25,000 yuan. The system identified him as a special poor person, so he was bound to the system...

There are two caravans in a strawberry field in Kent, England, one for men and one for women. Guests come from all over the world: Andrei, the son of a miner, from the old Ukraine, young and sexy Alina from the new Ukraine, as well as Poles Tomas, Marta and Yola, two Chinese girls, and Emmanuel from Malawi. They all go strawberry picking in Britain's delightful green lands. Today's Britain is not so pleasant for immigrants. There are people here who want to join the gang, such as Walker, who takes a liking to Alina at a glance and believes that kidnapping is the best way to court her. The same goes for Andre. He actually doesn't like Alina, but he must set out to find the girl he doesn't love...

"Heidi: The Hundred-Year Adventures of a Puppet" won the Newbery Gold Medal for Children's Literature. It tells the story of a puppet who experienced a thrilling sea life with sailors and escaped from the clutches of the island's natives; it also served as a model for a painter and in exhibitions. The star at the meeting... In this "life" of Hidi, she not only felt the incomparable warmth and care from the world, but also experienced the impermanence and coldness of the world, but she was always full of longing for everything in the world, and full of love and blessings for the people she paid attention to.

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A masterpiece of magic and spirituality intertwined by the author of "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Marquez! About memories of a lost world; about personal loneliness in different situations. Everyone who is surprised by the magic of time and everyone who has ever felt lonely should not miss it! The collection of Marquez's early short stories includes "The Third Endurance", "The Pain of Three Sleepwalkers", "The Eyes of the Blue Dog", "The Woman Arriving at Six O'Clock", "Someone Messed Up These Roses", "Navo, the Black Man Who Let the Angels Wait", "Someone Came from the Rain", "Isabel's Monologue While Watching the Rain in Macondo" and other 14 classics. These stories tell about characters and realities that have stopped along with stopped time. It includes the author's recollection of his hometown and the reproduction of his childhood experiences, as well as his exploration of themes such as loneliness, death, absurdity, and eternity.

"Tolstoy's short stories" include: "Sevastopol in December", "Sevastopol in May", "Sevastopol in August 1855", "Morning of a Landowner", "Lucerne (Excerpts from the Diary of Prince Nekhlyudov)", "Cossacks", "Hostomir", "The Death of Ivan Ilyich", "Kreutzer Sonata", "After the Ball" and "Haji Murat".

This book is the last work of Primo Levi, the genius writer with the most intellectual conscience in Italy. Levi's life was a testament to Nazi atrocities, and his concise and accessible works are a celebration of the wonders of life, a testament to the invincibility of the human spirit and our ability to defeat death through meaningful work, morality, and art.

The content themes selected in this book can be divided into four parts: novels, prose, poetry, and drama. However, the specific content is mainly about ethics, self-cultivation, politics, diligence, making friends, love, family affection, etc. The purpose is to further improve the cultural accomplishment and administrative quality of readers (especially public employees). The specific content not only contains the best poems and prose from the past and present, but also selects the principles of governing the country and self-cultivation of ancient wise kings and virtuous ministers. In addition, this book also absorbs excellent foreign culture and can be said to be the most comprehensive classic book in terms of content. Read a little bit every day and actively respond to the calls and trends of society. Over time, you will definitely benefit a lot from this book.

This book is highly recommended by Keigo Higashino and Miyuki Miyabe, and is the winner of the 28th Yamamoto Ishirō Award and the 3rd High School Student Naoki Award. We are monsters that survive competition, we are piranhas swimming under the water, hated by the whole world, and in turn devouring everything that comes our way. The successful careerist Rongliko and the ordinary housewife Xiangzi, who fall in love and kill each other, are actually losers hurt by the cobweb-like unspoken rules of real society. Why? ! --"I risked everything for you and became unrecognizable; but in your eyes, am I just a wretched and perverted stalker?!" In that case... --"Dear, in order to seal the happy moment forever, we should die together when we are happy, right?" It turns out that people who pursue friendship are like those who pursue love. Sometimes they exhaust their energy and sincerity, but in the end they only move themselves.

This book is the representative work of Professor Kobuchi Ikeda. Professor Kobuchi Ikeda carefully researched the official history and connected the key nodes of historical turning points from a vast sea of ​​classics. He analyzed in depth the construction of Heiankyo, the conquest of Ezo, the Yakuko Rebellion, the Otenmon Rebellion, the Shomon Juntomo Rebellion, the Homoto Heiji Rebellion and other major historical events. He comprehensively presented Emperor Kanmu, Sugawara Michizane, Fujiwara Michinaga, Goshirakawain, Taira Kiyomori and other figures in the whirlpool of power.

"Watching the Lighthouse" is one of the representative works of contemporary British writer Janet Winterson. The heroine Yin'er in this book is an orphan with no fixed place and was adopted by the blind man Puyou. Puyo is the lighthouse keeper of Las Point, his whereabouts are mysterious, and he tells Yin'er many travel stories across time and space. The stories revolve around Bobby Duck, a nineteenth-century clergyman who lived a life half light and half dark. In Yin'er's view, Dak's story is a map for her to travel through darkness, intertwined with her own story, and ultimately leads to love, creating a touching love story. This book uses poetic language and storytelling techniques to create a modern fable. This book was named "The Best Foreign Novel of the Year in the 21st Century" in 2004.

"Runaway" is a coming-of-age trilogy consisting of "Country Girl" (1960), "Lonely Girl" (1962), and "Girl in a Happy Marriage" (1964). The novel records how two young girls walked into life in a society with systemic misogyny, what kind of history they carried with them, and what kind of future they created for themselves along the way.

"The Thief Lu Ping: The Bloody Paper Man" written by Sun Liaohong is one of the volumes of the Lu Ping Umbrella Collection. It selects three stories: "The Bloody Paper Man", "One Hundred and Two", and "The Thief of Teeth" to tell the legendary detective story of Lu Ping, who is both a knight and a thief, created by Sun Liaohong. The description of the story emphasizes suspense and often has an atmosphere of mystery and horror. For example, a prisoner is tied up in the field and searches around helplessly. A sharp knife is used to disembowel him, and a bloody paper figure soaked in blood appears with the smell of burning. In the morgue, two girls are applying make-up to the corpse, and suddenly there are bursts of hissing sounds outside the window... The reading is realistic and fascinating.

"Hunter's Notes" is Turgenev's famous work and his first realist masterpiece. It occupies a very important position in his entire literary creation. "Hunter's Notes" is a feature collection with a unique form. His first feature "Hory and Kalinich" was originally published in the first issue of the Russian magazine "Modern Man" in 1847. Most of the subsequent chapters were also published in the same magazine one after another. Until 1852, the author compiled twenty-one features that had been published successively, plus an unpublished new work "Two Landlords", and published it in a separate volume under the title "Hunter's Notes". By 1880, the author added three more chapters: "The End of Chertopkhanov" (1872), "The Sound of Wheels" (1874), and "The Withered Woman" (1874), totaling 25 chapters, which became the final version of the novel during his lifetime. It is this final version that we are basing our translation on today.