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Cobalt is an important component of all lithium-ion rechargeable batteries produced today, the ones that power our smartphones, tablets, laptops and electric cars. Through the testimony of the Congolese people themselves, this book reveals for the first time the huge losses that cobalt mining has caused to the people and the environment of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The author records testimonies from people who lived, worked and died for cobalt. Determined to uncover the truth behind brutal mining practices, Kara investigates militia-controlled mining areas, traces the supply chain of mined cobalt from toxic mine pits to consumer-facing tech giants, and collects shocking testimonies from those who endured excruciating pain and even died in cobalt mining. In this frank and critical book, Kara argues that we all must care about what is happening in the Congo-because we are all implicated. This book is the 2023 Financial Times Best Business Book of the Year.

"Only Visible to You" is an epistolary work that interweaves fiction and reality, and is a collection of love letters. The author Wu Ang wrote 86 love letters in the first person in three years from the beginning of 2018 to the end of 2020, and the recipients were all "Mr. These 86 letters hide a deeply affectionate past. The immersive reading allows readers to re-identify our long-lost true love. However, these are not ordinary love letters in which a woman expresses her emotions and longing for her lover, but a contemporary woman who is independent from the world and tells the story of her emotional and spiritual growth to her spiritual lover whose "innocent and unrepentant youth" has left her. In this history of spiritual growth, there is strong and pure love, the Beijing style of the late 1990s, the exploration of love, humanity, and ultimate meaning, the observation of literature and art, the deep thinking about reading and writing, and the deep addiction to survival and life. More importantly, there is a powerful spiritual system that grows out of this and independently carries the secrets of self, love and survival. It can be said that this is the moment when feminism is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. It is a story about people who get rid of the shackles, transcend gender, and exist independently.

This book is a collection of literary criticism by Taiwanese scholar and writer Yang Zhao interpreting Endo Shusaku and his works. In this book, Yang Zhao starts from Endo Shusaku's special identity as a Catholic and explains his life experiences such as being forced to be baptized under the influence of his mother and breaking with his father when he was a teenager. He also uses several of his representative works "Silence", "Mother", "Sea and Poison", "Shadow", "Deep River" and "Samurai" as examples to analyze Endo Shusaku's reflections on "guilt" and "shame" in post-war Japanese society and his doubts about the values ​​of the Catholic Church. The manuscript is of good quality, highly knowledgeable, and backed by a large amount of literary materials. The language is fluent and easy to understand. Through Yang Zhao's explanation, readers can learn about Shusaku Endo, a heavyweight writer who is not well-known in China but who definitely occupies an important position in the Japanese literary world.

It contains 17 creative talks, artistic reflections and essays by Shi Tiesheng on literature, film, music, etc., Such as "Returning to Yan'an in Dreams", "Random Thoughts and Reflections", "Illness Without Disease", etc.: Especially the postscript of "My Distant Qingping Bay" and "Several Times in Dreams". In "Back to Yan'an", the memory of the trumpeter from outside playing the suona in front of the cave dwellings with flying snow during the queue-jumping period: "That is the praise of life, that is life." It can express the author's own literary view: literature is the hymn of life and the cry of life.

It includes 19 essays by Shi Tiesheng that have had the greatest influence on readers, such as "Me and the Temple of Earth", "Missing the Temple of Earth", "When I Was Twenty-one", etc.: About childhood, about youth, about memories, about the Temple of Earth, and about the joy and pain in life. "The living must die, and the dead must be reborn." "The beginning of life is the most mysterious, completely coming out of nothing. Suddenly you enter a situation, and one situation leads to another. It is logical and seamless, and a real world is connected with each other." Life is a process from birth to death. All laws have no place to go, and life starts over and over again, endlessly. This is the philosophical thinking that Shi Tiesheng brought to the world.

"A Long Ode" is the latest collection of reviews by the famous literary critic Wang Chunlin. This book selects Jia Pingwa's "Ji Hua", Chi Zijian's "The Top of the Mountains", Zhang Wei's "The Alone Medicine Master", Ge Fei's "Looking at the Spring Breeze", Dongxi's "Tampering with Fate", Lu Xin's "Last Quarter Moon", Xu Zechen's "The Royal City is Like the Sea", Yi Zhou "Our Hesitation", Li Fengqun's "Strong Wind", Ai Wei's "The South", Zhou Daxin's "The Man Is Here", Sun Huifen's "Looking for Zhang Zhan", Fu Xiuying's "Moshang", Zhang Ji's "Monk", Xu Yigua's "Others", Li Shi Jiang's "Extraordinary", He Yuru's "Front Street and Back Street", Zhang Haohao's "Hemu", Qin Bazi's "Following Notes", Ye Wei's "Blessed Land", Lin Sen's "Guan Guan Jujiu", Pu Ge's "A Mouth of Mud", Li Yonggang's "The Widower" Excellent novels in recent years such as "My Laila" are taken as the objects of analysis, and their uniqueness is analyzed in a simple and profound way, showing the author's staged thinking on the creation of novels since the new century.

It contains Shi Tiesheng's sixteen questions about the soul and life, including "Rotary Asking the Way", "Questions of Love", "Body and Mind", "Believing in Christ by Day and Believing in Buddhism by Night", etc.: About love, about faith, about the body, about the heart and soul, about the origin, and about the destination of life. The author said in "Believing in Christ by Day and Believing in Buddhism by Night": "The infinity of the road means the infinity of the distance, the infinity of the differences, the infinity of the hardships, which also means the infinity of the road to salvation. Fortunately, the indomitable and beautiful spirit of man can also be infinite - only in this way can the existence without beginning and end not fall into absurdity." The author's philosophy of life is completed.

"Shi Pin" is the first Chinese poetry theory work, written by Zhong Rong during the Qi and Liang Dynasties. "Shipin" evaluates more than 120 poets from the Han Dynasty to the Qi and Liang Dynasties, divided into upper, middle and lower grades. The poets, their origins and systems are traced back to the six arts, so they are profound and far-reaching. Among them, the historical view of poetry, the theory of poetry's origin, the theory of poetry's essence, the theory of poetic style, the theory of creation, the aesthetics of poetry, as well as the historical criticism, comparative criticism, judgment criticism, excerpt criticism, and material criticism of "Shi Pin" have been passed down to generations and have influenced future generations. They have had a significant impact on the development of Chinese literary theory, poetry theory, and Japanese waka theory, and have the significance of laying the foundation for poetics. "Shi Pin Notes" is based on the earliest extant Yuan Dynasty journal "Shi Pin" written by Song Zhang Ruyu's "Research on Mr. Shantang's Qun Shu". It consults more than 50 editions at home and abroad after the Ming Dynasty and Zhengde, corrects errors in words, annotates allusions and quotes, and provides precise and detailed explanations. This book is both a book of commentary and a book of research.

It contains thirteen pieces of miscellaneous thoughts and thoughts by Shi Tiesheng, such as "Good Luck Design", "Letting Go and Perseverance", "Bases for Optimism", etc.: About illness, about life and death, about the afterlife, about money, about letting go, and about persistence. The author wrote in the book: "Silence is often necessary. Silence can lead to places that sound and tangible language cannot reach, just like waves. When you slow down, you can realize the depth and breadth of water, the tolerance of water to waves, and the eternal dream meaning of water to waves." "Every note is infused with the meaning of dreams." It has the rhythm of all the music, every rise and fall of the water carries the eternal desire of water, and every human soul is tied to the message of infinite existence." Although the body is limited to a wheelchair, his thoughts can wander around. The author has his own thoughts and ideas about everything in the world.

Mr. Feng Zikai has made great achievements in literature and artistic creation, especially his paintings, which contain rich meanings and are also thought-provoking. This book is different from the pure picture display of his paintings. While appreciating Feng Zikai's paintings, readers can see Feng Zikai's literary or artistic interpretation of them and use Feng Zikai's words to explain his own works. According to Feng Zikai's picture classification method, this book is divided into six phases, that is, six parts: ancient poetry, children, students, folk, city, and wartime. While appreciating the paintings, readers can see the author's mental process during creation and feel the author's unique interest in life and art.

Li Bai left more than a thousand poems and essays in his lifetime, and the most authoritative is the Song Dynasty master version (not a word has been deleted, and even the typos in the original manuscript have been marked). This book reproduces the original appearance of the "Collected Works of Li Taibai" compiled by Song Minqiu and Zeng Gong (except that the traditional vertical layout is changed to simplified horizontal layout), phonetic notation, annotations, allusions (after all, it is a Tang Dynasty poem, there is a reading threshold), and 67 unpublished poems and essays in the Song and Shu editions are completed (still too comprehensive). Zeng Gong, one of the Eight Great Masters of the Tang and Song Dynasties, compiled the order and marked Li Bai's life journey (who doesn't want to see the location of Li Bai's circle of friends). We have also compiled many comments on Li Bai's poems from past dynasties (comparable to the ancient version of barrages). I hope to help readers appreciate Li Bai's works more comprehensively and deeply.

Su Shi's poems are broad in content, majestic in spirit, and simple in language. They go against the limitations of Qiluo Xiangze and parting emotions in the past. They are an unprecedented and epoch-making innovation in Song poems and a further development of Song poems. This book collects all works of Su Shi's poems and comments from later generations, and also adds simple annotations and dates, which provides readers with more convenience in appreciating Su Shi's poems.

28 emotional and beautiful articles full of story-telling will allow you to express your inner secrets in the silence of another world. Maybe you are in loss and pain without saying a word at this moment. Fortunately, time is still flowing. Please don't stop moving forward and walk through this swamp!

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

Duanmu Hongliang said: "If there is a so-called 'Encyclopedia School' in China, then Mr. Xidi (Zheng Zhenduo) is the most outstanding one." Indeed, Mr. Zheng Zhenduo made pioneering contributions to the collection, compilation and academic research of historical materials such as Chinese classical literature, folk literature, and opera. The content of this book starts from the mid-Shang Dynasty in the 4th century BC and ends with the New Literature Movement in the early 20th century. It not only involves literature, but also history, ancient books, texts, paintings, etc. It provides a systematic review of Chinese literature in the past dynasties. It is a classic work that has been circulated for nearly a hundred years and has an enduring influence. The book not only contains Mr. Zheng Zhenduo's vivid oral expressions, but also contains many magical touches. It is an ideal reading to enrich the reserve of literary knowledge and improve literary accomplishment.

"Cai Lam's Transparent Essay Collection Set 2 Volumes": "Mountains and rivers are not important, the important thing is to meet a confidant" "There is always joy in everything in the world" "Mountains and rivers are not important, the important thing is to meet a confidant" Cai Lam personally taught the way of making friends, and narrated interesting stories about his interactions with Jin Yong, Ni Kuang, Jackie Chan, Stephen Chow and other friends! "There is always joy in everything in the world" includes Cai Lam's highly praised Q&A on Weibo and the latest interviews in 2024. This is a selection of essays about the wisdom of life by the 80-year-old "naughty boy" Cai Lam. There is no fatherly preaching, and he can easily resolve all anxiety and confusion. He is humorous and open-minded yet sharp, and has a beautiful mental state.

A failed empiricist never writes poetry in the late autumn season.

This book selects classic works from classical poetry and analyzes and explores their literary aesthetic value and ideological and cultural value. The book is divided into three parts, with special topics set up from three levels: personal cultivation, social virtue, and man and nature. Classical poetry works are selected to highlight the corresponding themes. The first part mainly explores the personal virtues and personality cultivation in classical poetry, starting from the five themes of self-improvement, benevolence and love, clear intention, perseverance, and innocence. The second part mainly explores the relationship between people and society in classical poetry, as well as the virtues that people should have in society, starting from five themes: patriotism, glorious dreams, concern for the country, dedication to the community, and homesickness. The third part explores the relationship between man and nature, starting from the three themes of harmony between nature and man, Tao following nature, and the unity of things and myself. On the one hand, this book explains the aesthetic meaning of poetry through the analysis and appreciation of classical poetry; on the other hand, it combines the core values ​​of socialism to explore the contemporary value of classical poetry. This book can be used as a general humanities textbook for ordinary colleges and universities, and can also be used by readers who are interested in classical poetry.

At the end of 1963, the Takeda family built a mountain hut at the foot of Mount Fuji. From the late spring of the next year, 1964, the family began to travel between Tokyo and the mountains, buying furniture and supplies, improving the interior of the mountain hut, and also going to villages, lakes and Mount Fuji at the foot of the mountain. During the thirteen years from July 1964 to September 1976, they spent several months here every year. Writing a diary was originally suggested by her husband Takeda Taijun. Whenever he came to the mountains, he would "take turns taking notes". He and his daughter Takeda Hana also wrote a few entries, but most of them were Takeda Yuriko's records. In October 1976, her husband Takeda Taijun died of illness. This thirteen-year life diary was officially published as a book in 1977 after being serialized in a magazine. Every day, sunshine, rain and snow, three meals a day, daily routines in the neighborhood, and natural scenery, Yuriko Takeda recorded them one by one in straightforward, simple and energetic words. She had never thought of writing, but she started writing for the first time after becoming a housewife. Her words were natural and unpretentious. The distant Showa years are like a long scroll of human fireworks, slowly unfolding under her pen.

This book is a cultural reading that interprets the chivalrous poems of the Tang Dynasty and is suitable for readers who are interested in Tang poetry and chivalrous culture. Chivalrous poems in the Tang Dynasty take the chivalrous spirit as the theme and are important texts for understanding the social style and aesthetic taste of the Tang Dynasty. In the poems, knights travel around the world and guard frontier fortresses. They are either graceful or suave, or powerful and tragic. They are the embodiment of the martial arts culture of the Tang Dynasty and the literati's ideals of meritorious service. They also had a profound impact on the creation of martial arts literature in later generations. This book starts from the origin of the chivalrous spirit, from the chivalrous biographies of the pre-Qin and Han Dynasties to the chivalrous poems of the Wei, Jin and Six Dynasties, and then reaches its peak in the Tang Dynasty. The styles of chivalrous poems also vary in different periods, from the heroic and unrestrained in the early Tang Dynasty to The sadness and desolation of the late Tang Dynasty, these changes echoed the rise and fall of social politics; in addition, the rich types of knights - ancient knights, dandies, unruly prodigals, heroines and barbarians, etc., Further demonstrated the diverse vitality of the Tang Dynasty society. Open this book to appreciate the charm of chivalrous poems in the Tang Dynasty and explore the inheritance of chivalrous spirit.

This book covers a variety of knowledge fields, including some causal discussions, humanistic stories, scientific worldviews and other fields, aiming to stimulate readers' curiosity and desire to explore. At the same time, the text incorporates inspirational story elements, explores philosophical thoughts, scientific evaluations, etc., Guides readers to think about the meaning of life, and provides readers with new thinking angles. Having your own philosophy is actually a long-term lesson. Do your homework well so that we can have a basis for judgment when faced with choices and decisions. Philosophically, we are taught to "know thyself," so here you can see the stars, you can see the moon, and maybe you can see yourself.

"Poetry in Chinese Years" combines the three major genres of metrical poetry, calligraphy, and traditional Chinese painting, and integrates classical metrical poetry, calligraphy art, and traditional Chinese painting creation. The poems are rigorously created with plain water rhyme, inheriting the beauty of classical poetry. Calligraphy and poetry are skillfully integrated to form a unique literati calligraphy style. It is full of the traditional charm of literati painting and has a far-reaching artistic conception. Travel Notes on Mountains and Rivers: Covers themes such as ancient Chinese capitals, famous mountains and rivers, the charm of Jiangnan, northern countries singing songs, snow-covered plateaus, exotic customs, etc. You can encounter mountains and rivers in poems and understand the years in pen and ink. Light mist and flying rain enter the painting, chatting about the soft spring scenery, you bring beauty to the world, remembering the scenery, the quiet and beautiful time of autumn, greetings from winter, listening to the falling snow, writing the romantic feelings of the four seasons. Spring shines on every inch of grass, and true love lasts forever: family affection, friendship, nostalgia, love and the innocent heart for the motherland touch the heartstrings, and there are hundreds of masterpieces in them.

"Collection of Zhuge" is the fifth prose book officially published by poet and essayist Li Cheng. It mainly writes about his personal life experience and growth story, starting from looking back at his hometown and relatives, and describing his interactions with classmates, campus life, travel and exploration of the outside world, interactions with literary friends and poets, as well as his hobbies of buying and collecting books, and his feelings about reading. It reflects his life, personality and characteristics in a relatively comprehensive way, and expresses the author's tendency to study and make progress. The writing is beautiful and has basically been published in newspapers and periodicals. The title of the book is that the author is self-effacing that he has not made any progress in life. In fact, his understanding and love of life and life have reached a very high level.

"Hamlet" is known as the first of Shakespeare's four tragedies. In the midst of power, love, and all the expectations of yesterday, the noble prince has never been free. He stares into the mirror and tries to talk to himself; he longs for recognition, but is alienated from everyone. Bound to a given destiny, life is like a script written by others. In order to achieve your goal, do you have to pretend to be crazy, pretend to be crazy, and disguise yourself as someone else? Complex emotions, psychological conflicts and tragic tension make "Hamlet" an eternal examination of the human spiritual world. If there are millions of Hamlets in the world, may you be loyal to yourself as day and night.

From Marquez's magic to Dylan's folk poetics, from Stephen King's best-selling mythology to Wittgenstein's philosophy of language, this book spans novels, poetry, philosophy and music to show how literature shapes our spiritual world. This is an epic about genius, madness, loneliness and creativity, dedicated to all souls who love literature.

Lao She's prose is the antidote to anxious times. He allows us to taste life in detail and get the true flavor from it. There are no grand slogans here, just hot dumplings and the fragrance of flowers in the small courtyard. He writes about sacrifices to the stove in the twelfth lunar month, editors urging manuscripts, cats on tiled roofs, and children playing. Reading his prose is like simmering orange tea by the fire and listening to neighbors chatting about home affairs. "In troubled times, even chickens will die." He also talked about the ups and downs of people in the great era, but he always focused on ordinary daily life, precisely because it contains human dignity that is indispensable in any era.

"I hope you will be interested in this course, and I mean real fun, serious fun. Fun and seriousness are not inconsistent. My name is Elizabeth Finch, thank you." Almost everyone fell in love with her, including Neil, who was about thirty-five years old. The first time he came to her class, he vaguely knew that for the first time in his life, he was in the right place. Twenty years later, Yiffin died, and Neil inherited Yiffin's documents and book collection. He hoped to write a biography of Ifine, and the result was this portrait-cum-memoir and the final essay he failed to deliver: on Julian, the last pagan emperor of Rome, whom Ifine calls "a hero who persevered to the end." In the retrieval of memories again and again, Yifen transformed into everything that writer Barnes cherished. What kind of finished product will people, their memory and being remembered, imagination and being imagined be spliced ​​into in the end?

The British Mystery Writers Club is one of the oldest and most well-known detective novel writing organizations in the world. Each author of this book was or is a member of the club, including G. K. Chesterton, Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, John Dixon Carr, John le Carré, Mick Herron, etc. They gave pertinent and practical suggestions on how to write successful crime novels, discussing the writing of detective novels from aspects such as "motivation", "perspective", "character", "location", "technique" and "plot", and also shared interesting anecdotes about their creation. Whether readers who are new to the detective novel circle or experienced detective novel fans, they can find direction and inspiration from this manual, which is similar to the "Bible" of mystery novels, and at the same time gain the pleasure of reading and experience intellectual stimulation.

In the process of these women sinking into female prisoners, we feel more that they have an unshirkable responsibility for their fallen society. Those ugly men, those obscene faces, those lingering discriminations, those endless injuries... Make them lose themselves in irresistible temptations and go to extremes in despair. Is it material lust or lust, the loss of human nature or the loss of morality, which makes them fall into the abyss of life's desires. Put aside the complicated social phenomena, enter the inner world of an individual criminal, and explore the social motivations of female crimes from the psychological factors of criminals from multiple aspects and angles. From the study of traditional surface phenomena such as insatiable greed and distorted lust, it extends to a new and deeper field.

A companion volume to "She Wants to Buy Her Own Flowers" and "A Room of One's Own", this book is a sharper and more thorough female self-revolution. This book selects Woolf's representative essays on core issues such as women, writing, freedom, and rights. It is a collection of newly edited essays on Woolf's thoughts. In this book, Woolf moves feminism from the external demands of "having money and having a room of one's own" to the internal revolution of "killing the 'angel in the house'". "She Wants to Die and Paris" is a collection of love letters written by Flaubert to Louise, the prototype of Madame Bovary. "She both wanted to die and wanted to go to Paris" are Flaubert's original words inspired by Louise when he created Madame Bovary's Emma. They are also the most touching footnote of this book - dedicated to everyone who longs to escape but is trapped by life. This is not a fictional novel, but an archive of real emotions; it is not only love literature, but also a documentary of how a writer refines love into language.

"She Wants to Buy Her Own Flowers" is a companion piece to "A Room of One's Own" by Virginia Woolf, a master of the British stream of consciousness and a standard bearer of feminism. It is intertwined with her representative essays and parts of her diaries. It contains both sharp social insights and delicate self-examination, presenting readers with the dual aspects of a thinker and a living person. In this book, Woolf pushes feminism from the external demands of "be rich and have your own room" to the inner revolution of "killing the 'angel in the house'". She not only reminds us to seize the freedom of material and space, but also guides us to face the shackles hidden in our hearts and break away from the shackles of virtue imposed on women by traditional society. She calls on women to gain true freedom and creativity only after cutting off these internalized shackles. The inner spiritual bloody breakthrough of "killing the angel in the house" is a more fundamental and more arduous liberation for women than winning the outer room and money--

This book selects the private letters written by Flaubert to his lover Louise Collet. These letters record their eight-year affectionate correspondence. They are not only the most touching love letters in the 19th century, but also present Flaubert's struggle and confession in love, loneliness, art and self-doubt. "She both wanted to die and wanted to go to Paris" was Flaubert's creation of Madame Bovary, inspired by Louise Collet. Emma's original words are also the most touching footnote of this book - dedicated to everyone who longs to escape but is trapped by life. This is not a fictional novel, but an archive of real emotions; it is not only love literature, but also a documentary of how a writer refines love into language.

The diverse and free academic and teaching environment of Southwest Associated University provides teachers and students with huge space for growth and performance; the Chinese general education system pioneered by Southwest Associated University has created an educational myth and laid the foundation for the modernization of Chinese education. "General Course on Writing at Southwest Associated University" consists of four parts and an appendix. In the first part, Mr. Zhu Ziqing explains literary knowledge and language arts aesthetics; in the second part, Mr. Shen Congwen explains specific writing methods and skills; in the third part, Mr. Zhu Ziqing and Shen Congwen give reading appreciation classes to students; in the fourth part, a monologue by Mr. Shen Congwen as the creator is selected. The appendix is ​​a selection of texts from the "Selected Chinese Literature of Southwest Associated University", a compulsory course for students in all departments of the General Assembly, including works by masters such as Zhu Guangqian, Lu Xun, and Wang Guowei.

In an era when carriages and horses were slow and letters were far away, a letter was a crease in the heart, a concrete representation of longing, and a silent conversation across mountains and rivers. This book selects the unfinished concerns of wandering children, the youthful whispers in classmates' letters, and the sincere teachings from teachers and students. These words travel through time, the paper is short but the love is long, and they describe the warm human friendship - written to the yellowing past, but also to the brand-new future.

When she just graduated from Princeton, the 22-year-old Suleika was full of expectations for life. Like ordinary young people, she was worried about how to face the problems after entering society: the new environment, her own future, her love life... What she didn't expect was that her destiny changed from a small itch - she fell ill, and after a series of diagnoses, she finally accepted the fact that she had cancer. She began a devastating five-year battle with cancer. At the same time, she began to contribute to the New York Times and started a column about her experience, "Life, Interrupted." The column had a huge impact across the United States, and she received countless letters from readers of all types. Five years later, Suleka's disease improved amazingly. However, after she unexpectedly regained her life, the young woman felt another kind of confusion and pain. Returning to a normal life was not as easy and simple as she imagined. In order to regain a true new life, she took her pet dog on a 100-day journey around the United States to visit the readers who had opened their hearts to her.

Abai Kunanbayev (1845-1904), a great Kazakh thinker, writer, composer, philosopher, and educator. He is a representative figure in Kazakh literature. Because Abai's political ideals and thoughts on promoting human spiritual civilization and social development are mainly expressed by his artistically charming poems, Abai is respected as a poet by the Kazakh people. It was based on this that UNESCO listed Abai among the world's celebrities in 1995 and called him a great poet. This book combs through early Abay studies and briefly introduces the works of Mukhtar Auezov, the founder of Abay studies, and the author's own exploration results. This book helps readers gain a more comprehensive understanding of Abai and his poetry of various genres, the role his creative activities played in promoting the development of Kazakh literature in our country, and his influence around the world.

The final work of Zhang Yinan's Chinese language course series, the character and excitement of the golden age of literature! The Tang Dynasty was the golden age of Chinese classical literature, especially poetry. Tang poetry rose to an insurmountable peak, and a large number of outstanding great poets emerged, which has become a familiar literary memory of the Chinese people. This book is the final work of teacher Zhang Yinan's "Peking University Chinese Language Course Series". After the literature of the Six Dynasties, it enters the literature of the Tang Dynasty. From the founding of the Tang Dynasty to the fall of the Southern Tang Dynasty, spanning more than 300 years, the author uses the development of poetry as the main line to sort out the literary history of the Tang Dynasty in detail. The four heroes of the early Tang Dynasty, Meng Haoran, Wang Wei, Li Bai, Du Fu, Gao Shi, Cen Shen, Han Yu, Bai Juyi, Poets such as Li He and Li Shangyin are all presented one by one in the literary galaxy of the Tang Dynasty. Interpreting their life circumstances, famous poems, and creative styles in the real historical situation allows us to discover that many poems that have long been well-recited actually have different meanings. In addition to poetry, the author also introduces articles, lyrics, and legends of the Tang Dynasty, leading readers to fully appreciate the unique scenery of Tang Dynasty literature.

[Parenting + Daily Life + Warmth] I don't have any arrogant intentions to encourage or fear births, I just offer them purely and flatteringly, and if I can make everyone laugh, I count them all. This is a collection of interesting and embarrassing stories about a girl from a small town in Sichuan who lives in the imperial capital of Beijing. Is online dating unreliable? My roommate and I are considered to be the earliest online dating partners. We have known each other for 16 years, and we can temporarily eliminate the suspicion of pig killing. Being a mother means being strong? No, is it illegal to seek pleasure for your mother? Does being a mother require perfect marks? You go ahead, you go ahead, I'll give in and I'll mess it up. Do you want to listen to your parents? It depends on strength, whoever is more cunning will win. Every word is true to life.

This book contains 100 fine poems by Guangdong poet Wang Xiaobo published in China, the United States, the Philippines and other countries in recent years, as well as 80 latest poems that have not been published publicly. These poems show the grass and wild flowers under the blue sky, the cool early spring, the summer when frogs and cicadas sing, and the fragrance of rice ears. Wang Xiaobo sows the seeds of beauty in the hot soil of life and makes them grow into flowers of poetic beauty, thus making ordinary lives shine with a different kind of brilliance. Love is the driving force behind Wang Xiaobo's poetic beauty. It is precisely because his heart is filled with great love for his relatives, his hometown, nature, and human beings that he can burst into endless poetry and create poetic beauty in different shapes, patterns, and styles.

"Selected Poems of New Spiritualism" is the second poetry collection of Seven Swords Poetry Society after "Selected Poems of Seven Swords". It is edited by Professors Gong Gang and Li Lei. This book contains more than 140 new works by Gong Gang on swords, Yang Weidong on swords, Li Lei on foil, Zhang Manjun on harmonious swords, Zhang Xiaoping on soft swords, Xue Wu on spiritual swords, and Zhu Kunling on frost swords, excellent works by 23 Friends of the Seven Swords, including famous poets Yang Ke, Cao Yuxiang, and Wang Jianzhao, as well as 22 poems shortlisted for the first New Poetry Award of the New Spiritualism Poetry City. The poems selected in this book not only "express one's own spirit, but do not stick to any stereotypes" and do not stick to rhythm or rhyme, they inject the subjective consciousness of modern people and have distinctive personalities and broad imagination space. The new spiritualist poetics advocates the poetic belief that each person follows his or her own nature and illuminates life with instantaneous insights. It advocates a poetic style that combines emotional expression and philosophical insights. It pursues lofty ideals and the social significance of creation. It agrees that poetry should illuminate and demonstrate the spirit of personality like lightning, and directly attack the aesthetic core of poetry and the soul of the poet. The famous scholar and calligrapher Professor Wang Yuechuan of Peking University inscribed the title of the book, Professor Liang Lifang of the University of British Columbia, Professor Gao Yuandong of the Department of Chinese Language and Literature of Peking University, and Professor Chen Xi of the Department of Chinese Language and Literature of Sun Yat-sen University wrote the preface. Professor Chen Xiaoming, Director of the Chinese Department of Peking University, Researcher Li Xiangping of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Colonel Cao Yuxiang, winner of the Lu Xun Literature Award, and Professor Wan Junren, Dean of the School of Humanities of Tsinghua University, jointly recommended it.

In his spare time, the author often writes and writes. Some are drawing, some are traveling, some are wishing, some are thinking, some are praying; some are blessings for students, some are encouragement for colleagues, some are inspirations for parenting, some are grateful for relatives, some are praising the alma mater, some are odes to justice, and most of them are used to refine thoughts, describe feelings and promote concepts for educators, especially to annotate the "refined education" that has been comprehensively practiced and promoted in recent years. Reading papers in hand, reading people in heart. As a principal, you must set an example by inheriting traditional culture, especially by promoting poetry into campus. Now we have selected 100 (parallel) poems and couplets in recent years to form a volume, in order to inspire others. Hope it can play a "leading" role. The first is to introduce the treasured ancient poetry culture into the classroom, so that children can understand the essence of traditional culture through the beauty of poetry. The second is to guide teachers and students to join in the creation of poetry and couplets and work together to promote excellent culture.

This book is the first collection of poems by Zhongshan poet Lu Wenwei. It is divided into three volumes: "Looking at Time", "Above the Sky" and "Time Remembers Myself". It selects nearly a hundred poems created by the poet from 2016 to 2020. The poem is full of imagination, cold language, and has unusual sharpness and power. The poet adheres to a pure poetic heart, starts from his own rich life experience, uses sensitive and delicate brushwork to express his inner emotions, observes everything in the world, and seeks the philosophy of life.

This book is a collection of essays showing the scenery of the Yellow River. The book focuses on the historical and humanistic knowledge related to the Yellow River Basin, the changes in the ecological environment of the Yellow River Basin, the dangerous water conditions of the Yellow River, the customs and customs along the coast, the natural scenery along the coast, and the author's travel notes in the Yellow River Basin. It includes historical hooks, geographical exploration, anecdotes of ancient and modern figures, local folk customs, and the leisurely leisurely stroll along the banks of the Yellow River, which reflects the author's deep feelings for the Yellow River. This book overall has certain literary value and aesthetic taste. The author's sincere feelings and simple writing style show readers a full picture of the Yellow River Basin over the past half century.

"The Way of the Lotus" collects more than one hundred poems written by Zheng Yubin in recent years. The poet starts from the female spiritual mirror and specific perspective, looks at, feels and experiences the world, and conducts in-depth examination and rational observation of the meaning of life itself. The poet did not stand still in the face of female experience and female consciousness, but further expanded the horizons of his thinking, incorporating pastoral scenery, hometown feelings and real life into his writings, capturing and presenting his own understanding and insight into life perceptions, using seemingly romantic poetry to explore the realist proposition of human contradictions and social complexity, and writing on-site that directly touched the soul, ultimately achieving the goal of reconciling himself with the world, allowing dreams to shine into reality, and poetry to warm people's hearts.

This book is the poet's first collection of poems. It is divided into six sections: "Unstoppable Missing", "Singing for You Forever", "Meeting Your Smile", "Life is a Long Poem", "Feeling the Flow of Time" and "Thoughts on Life", which contains the author's poems. These poems record the author's daily life. The language is natural, simple, and warm. It seems to be picked up casually, but it is natural and smooth. It is full of the poet's deep love for his motherland and relatives, as well as his sincere thinking about nature and life. The poet is a person full of love in her heart. She expresses the love in her heart in writing, which makes people feel like spring breeze when reading.

This book is a revolutionary historical documentary literature that takes the Beijiang Workers and Peasants Army's campaign in the Nanchang Uprising as the main line, and also describes the Beijiang Workers' and Peasants Army's participation in the Guangzhou Uprising and the Shonan Uprising and other revolutionary historical facts. The manuscript uses time as the warp and characters as the latitude, narrates using literary techniques, and focuses on characterizing the characters. It not only portrays Zhou Qijian and other heroic figures in the history of the founding of the Republic, but also reproduces the arduous course and original appearance of the battles of the Beijiang Workers, Peasants and Army during the National Revolution, and provides an authentic and credible red history book for the majority of literature and history lovers.

The first collection of inspirational sketches by Li Aixuan, a post-2000s author, tells the story of the subtle and sparkling people and objects experienced in the fresh life of the 20-year-old. It expresses a light and romantic teenage sentiment, giving people living in the heavy present a light release.

The content of this book covers many aspects such as family relationships, food, solar terms and customs, etc. It is like a colorful scroll of life, leading readers into a world full of poetry, philosophy and warmth. This collection contains many excellent works created by the author in different life stages and life scenes. The themes are rich and diverse, with detailed observations and affectionate praises of all natural phenomena, allowing people to appreciate the beauty of nature and the close connection between man and nature; there are vivid outlines of fireworks in the world, showing the simple charm of life and the warmth of human nature.

Reading people, reading things, reading books, using reading as the warp and time as the weft, weaving the colorful bits and pieces of the mortal world, recording my momentary voice among all living beings, capturing the temperature of time and the gentle ripples of life in the words of spring breeze and rain, ups and downs, and passing by with a smile.

"Lost Zhouzhuang" is set in Zhoucun, a small village in Jingnan area (Jianli), and narrates the rural life that is about to or has passed away. With the process of modernization and industrialization of Chinese society, the agricultural era has gradually faded away. Traditional rural China is facing unprecedented erosion and annexation. Some industries with the most representative local cultural symbols are rapidly disappearing. Therefore, looking back at hometowns, caressing the countryside, reminiscing about childhood innocence, outlining the deepest and widest desolate land in China, interpreting the most original and traditional characters in the desolate land, and showing the most ignorant and simple mental journeys among the characters have become the goals pursued by "Lost Zhouzhuang".