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A series of self-analytic and self-reflective essays written by Fitzgerald. In 1936, it was divided into three articles and published in the February, March and April issues of Esquire. The opening line reads: Of course all life is a process of breaking down. Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (September 24, 1896 - December 21, 1940), American novelist and "Poet Laureate" of the Jazz Age, is known as one of the greatest writers of the 20th century, represented by "The Great Gatsby". He has written four novels and more than 160 short stories. His works mainly explore themes such as youth, despair and the times.

Novels are textualized life, and life is an original novel. This book is divided into two parts: the first part uses works such as "Norwegian Forest", "Little Reunion", "Love in the Time of Cholera", "New Young People from the Organization Department" and "The Little Prince" as carriers to talk about common issues in life, such as life and death, marriage and love, work, desire, residence, happiness, etc. The second part uses works such as "The Dancing Girl of Izu", "Plum Rain Eve", "The Old Man and the Sea", "The Plague", "The Unbearable Lightness of Life" and "Life Like a String" as carriers to explain several life themes. This book is not only a literary criticism, but also a philosophical reflection on life. It is also an exploration of a life pedagogy using novels as a carrier.

This is a precious memory of the times and a unique documentary travelogue. The author takes us into the daily life of Chinese people in the 1930s, and takes us around the teahouses, streets, shops, parks, temples of old Beijing... This is not a heavy travelogue, allowing us to understand the thoughts and feelings, historical background and reality of an ancient cultural nation. From the legends and customs rich in tradition, from the hazy dimness of the symbolic world that is still valid, and from a turbulent reality, readers can recognize a majestic and influential old Beijing and see a vibrant picture of this eternal city. This colorful painting shows us a fascinating world where luxury and poverty coexist, where unfamiliar forms of greatness and extraordinary temptations coexist. As a German, the author started from his unique vision and interpersonal communication to describe the Beijing people and scenery at that time. He not only included realistic descriptions of the customs, humanities, history, politics, and economy, but also pointed out the current ills and the author's independent and profound thinking.

This book studies the major novels of the British Romantic period and a group of Romantic novels that emerged in the subsequent Victorian period. The authors involved include Godwin, Austen, Mary Shelley, Scott, the Brontë sisters, Stevenson and Stoker. In addition to their romantic color or romantic cultural background, these works also have a common feature, that is, most of their protagonists have experienced intriguing status exchanges or fate reversals. Is there some connection between the two shared characteristics? This is one of the central questions that runs through the analysis of specific works in this book. Mutations in the status and role of characters in novels are not uncommon in literary works in periods of social change. This phenomenon often reflects the changes in the mainstream ideology of society, or the incompatible values ​​​​are so closely matched that it is difficult to distinguish between superior and superior. At the creative level, this plot arrangement opens up a rare space for the novel author, allowing him to express certain ideas and values ​​that are difficult to tolerate in the times under unfavorable political and cultural conditions.

This "Collected Essays of Orwell" contains fifty-one articles by George Orwell, spanning nearly twenty years and covering almost his entire writing career. In these articles, Orwell expressed his disgust for totalitarian politics and his pity for the people at the bottom with his vivid and powerful writing style. In addition, his discussions on literature, language, writing, etc. Are also profound and thought-provoking. George Orwell (1903-1950), formerly known as Eric Arthur Blair, was a British left-wing writer and journalist. He was born in British India and later entered Eton College through his own efforts. After graduating from Eton in 1921, he joined the British colonial police in Burma. In 1927, he left his job and returned to England, where he began a four-year wandering, reaching deep into the bottom of society. He began his writing career the following year, leaving behind many outstanding works for future generations, including famous anti-totalitarian and dystopian novels such as "1984" and "Animal Farm." In addition to these two novels, he is also quite successful in his prose writing.

"Edinburgh Notes", written in 1879, is one of Stevenson's most interesting and personal works. Stevenson was born in Edinburgh, where he studied and lived. He himself was to Edinburgh what Joyce was to Dublin, always concerned about it but always at a distance during his lifetime. He once said: "There is no star as lovely and moving as the street lights of Edinburgh. If I forget you, Edinburgh, then please let my writing right hand lose its flexibility!" This book is composed of a series of prose, from Edinburgh's Old Town, Parliament Square to the New Town, Calton Hill and the Pentland Hills, unfolding a unique landscape painting. The work is both a travelogue and interspersed with social commentary, and is overflowing with the author's feelings about his hometown. The Edinburgh in the book is a three-dimensional city with dramatic contrasts - a city spread out between the old and the new, between wealth and famine, between mansions and countryside. In some chapters, the author eulogizes the beauty of the city and its unique spiritual temperament with a sense of nostalgia, while in chapters such as "Legendary Stories", he focuses on the dark and gloomy side of Edinburgh, such as the alcoholic lower class, social scandals, and the evil on the fringes of the city. Only a knowledgeable person who truly loves Edinburgh can tell all this honestly without falling into the clichés of critical literature. In short, this is the work of an Edinburgh "insider". This book was introduced by the Gutenberg Project and translated into Chinese for the first time.

In 1880, at the same time as Degas' "Dance Lessons" and Manet's solo exhibition, Huysmans's "Croquis Parisiens" was first published. The author's series of descriptions recorded the vibrant Parisian society at that time. A series of exquisite, vivid and colorful realistic literary works outline the grand scenes of the goddess arcade and circus, as well as the women and chestnut vendors wandering the streets, reconstructing a dark and shining "City of Light" in corners and fragments. Like the work of the early Impressionists, "Paris Sketches" breaks the conventional visual experience and moves towards a more delicate sensory experience and capture of emotional colors. It occasionally reveals black humor in the sometimes gorgeous and sometimes obscene plot, and has a strong pessimism color. It established Huysmans' position in the history of French prose in the 19th century.

Back then, who didn't wander at the crossroads of youth? Later, who has not gone astray in the future? Later on, who hasn't had a complete enlightenment in the twists and turns of life? Because we have gone through it, we understand it better. What is life? Life is the road under our feet, a series of life experiences, and a journey of the soul. On the long journey, we have passed through confusion, disappointment, joy, indifference, and all the prosperous times that have faded away. It has wasted us and precipitated us; it has stripped off the clothes of our youth, and also taken off our youth, ignorance and frivolity. Regardless of the detours we have taken or the pain we have endured, they are all here to save us. In the end, those things that belong to us will still appear on the road we have to walk. So, dear, let's go. If you don't go down some roads, you won't know how beautiful they are.

This volume is "Invisibility Experiment", which selects more than ten short stories by Jack London and is named after one of them. Jack London occupies an important seat in the history of American literature. His adventure and animal-themed works, such as "White Teeth" and "The Call of the Wild," have a profound impact on young readers. In his later years, he even began to explore the creation of science fiction novels. The articles selected in this volume mainly cover the above aspects, and there are also two or three works that touch on the author's rich life experiences. No external royalties need to be paid.

The book still continues the previous research approach of "Sacred Homer" and expands the study of Homer from multiple angles. It is divided into several parts: "Daimoniisos: Interpretation of Homer's View of Destiny", "Identification of Gods and Men: Also on a Quietly Completed Paradigm Revolution in the History of Western Cognition", "Appearance and Substance: A Philosophical and Aesthetic Interpretation of the Cognition of Characters in Homer's Epic" and "Study on the Intellectual Character of Achilles".

This book includes three volumes: "The Magic Bake Shop", "A Little Bit of Magic" and "A Bite of Magic".

Alain de Botton analyzes the French writer Proust and his masterpiece. This is an easy-to-understand, funny and practical introduction to "In Search of Lost Time", revealing why Proust became a role model for life: seize the present, read for yourself, face pain, and enjoy love. "In Search of Lost Time" by the French writer Proust is a well-known work with world-class literary value, but it is daunting to readers due to its huge length. Alain de Botton's book, with its exquisite and humorous writing, successfully outlines a true and vivid spiritual portrait of Proust, and expresses the essence of this holy book from the perspective of life philosophy. This is not only an easy-to-understand literary introduction that reveals the true beauty of "In Search of Lost Time", it is also a humorous and insightful guide to life, telling us how to prioritize life, find a balance between freedom and compromise, experience the true meaning, and live a free and unrestrained life under the guidance of Proust.

The works of global best-selling author, lifestyle leader, and speaker Alain de Botton have long been on bestseller lists in Europe and the United States. 80 Paintings and photographs, and more than 30 excerpts of excellent works are beautifully presented; the novels on the left hand are full of talents; the prose on the right hand comforts people's hearts. The beautiful words of Wordsworth and Baudelaire take you to taste the world. A new preface written by de Botton especially for Chinese readers has been added. Pricking a needle into the dream at the end of "Love in Prague", the oozing light blue can color de Botton's journey; the true color of any journey is transformed by the blue of the heart and the blue of the mist, becoming an irresistible temptation; the space loses its geographical meaning In the direction of the location, time lazily turned into a wisp of fragrance; only Wordsworth, Baudelaire, Van Gogh and de Botton, a talented man, connected the itinerary and words, and the resonance throbbed in the depths of the soul; walking with de Botton, the road ahead was a journey to a distant place or a return to home in the sunset...

British writer Alain de Botton became famous at the age of 23. His work has been translated into many languages ​​and has sold 2 million copies worldwide. It explores "love" from a philosophical perspective and teaches us how to understand, grasp and enjoy love. A young man and woman met on a plane from Paris to London, and a romantic relationship began. From the first kiss to the first quarrel, from intimacy to affection, from sweet joy to heartbreak, all the details of the interactions are meticulously and vividly recorded in this book. The author explores every stage of love on a philosophical level. With his calm and wise mind, he realizes rational and clear anatomy, helping people in love get out of the fog and re-understand love.

In an idyllic hamlet, the community's only pond is polluted by garbage dumping. Lemuel Sears' paradise is facing the threat of modern civilization at the end of the 20th century. Cheever traces responses to the issue while describing the dilemmas of modern life: men struggling with their sexual orientation, housewives who have lost their children, women unable to cope with windfalls, dedicated donations only to be corrupted...

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

Facing a polyphonic world, how can we discern a certain dimension of "reality" from polyphony? Shen Shuang combines her many years of text reading, international travel and life experience, adopts a comparative method, and uses a speculative perspective to gaze and think about this culturally diverse world, trying to reach the "reality" of the world in her mind.

Greek mythology has been circulating for nearly three thousand years since its creation. Its rich storylines and plump characters have always provided inexhaustible nutrients for world literature; and the Greek spirit behind it is regarded by many thinkers and philosophers as the pinnacle of Western civilization. The first half of the book starts from the origin of Greek mythology to the current film and television adaptation of mythology, tracing back to the origin, evolution and modernization. When interpreting mythological themes, one might start with the city-state system to reveal the values ​​of the ancient Greeks; or one might compare it with Hebrew civilization to highlight the humanistic spirit of ancient Greece. With the revival of humanism in modern times, various disciplines (philosophy, psychology, literature) have also briefly summarized the interpretation and application of myths. Finally, combined with modern thoughts, there are also comments on movies adapted from Greek mythology. The second half of the book is a biography of mythical characters compiled by the author.

General Macbeth, cousin of King Duncan of Scotland, returned from serving the king in countering rebellion and resisting invasion. He met three witches on the way. The witch told him some prophecies and cryptic words, saying that he would be crowned king, but he had no heirs to inherit the throne. Instead, the descendants of his colleague General Banquo would be the king. He is quite moved, and his wife is a woman with a heart like a snake. She wanted nothing more than to sit on the queen's throne. Macbeth, who was originally kind-hearted, finally became insane under her instigation. He committed regicide when the king visited his home. After this he ascended to the throne. In order to cover up others' eyes and prevent others from seizing the throne, he killed Duncan's guards step by step, killed Banquo, killed the wife and children of the noble Macduff, and eradicated dissidents step by step, and Scotland fell into massacre.

The flight of a bird is casual and spontaneous, like the curling of a stem or the lightening of a star. "Pilgrimage to Tinker Creek" records a year of life in the Dillard Mountains. Each page is a beautiful mystery, as if watching a whole year of secrets about creation: the birds in the sky, the plants on the ground, the stars in the universe, all written casually, but full of exquisite beauty everywhere. She writes about what she sees in her eyes, but often makes more profound and profound associations in her mind, starting from the big-eyed silkworm moth, writing about a cell in its wet heart, there will be a forest swaying inside; about the vitality of trees: a big elm tree can produce six million leaves in one season alone, all of which are very complicated, but also effortless. And she laughed at herself: "I can't even make one piece." She watched the cruelty of creation, the parasite eating the host out of the stomach, and the inheritance of life based on this life-and-death struggle. Or wasteful, those ephemeral bugs lay thousands of eggs, and countless of them die, and a species survives just by relying on the few that survive. In the author's writing, nature is both terrifying and full of infinite mercy. If you can have a pair of observant eyes, you have saved yourself a "good life". "Pilgrimage to Tinker Creek" can be regarded as a model of contemporary nature literature and has been widely selected as textbooks for American universities and middle schools. Critics believe that this book is better than Thoreau's "Walden", while others say it is comparable to Fabre's "Insects". For Dillard, it was a free and bold confrontation with the world's greatest themes of life and death with her young and unrestrained mind of twenty-six years old.

On the occasion of the 200th anniversary of Hölderlin's birth, Bindel compiled this personal collection on Hölderlin, which includes 12 papers and brings together the author's important results of his research on Hölderlin. The whole book is divided into two parts: "Thematic Discussion" and "Work Analysis". The monograph section includes a study of the relationship between Hölderlin and idealism from the perspective of ideological origins, a theoretical discussion of language and reality in Hölderlin's works, an artistic explanation of the characteristics of Hölderlin's ode stanzas, a hermeneutic interpretation of the image and implication of hometown and interpretation of people in Hölderlin's poems, and a rhetorical interpretation of the symbolism of names in Hölderlin's works. The work analysis part not only provides a detailed analysis of Holderlin's representative works "Peace Celebration" and "Patmos", but also comprehensively explains the farewell motif of the heroine Diotima that frequently appears in a series of works. The author analyzes the draft of the hymn "You, "The Strongly Built Alps" reveals the poet's ideal hometown. It also analyzes the short poems "Halder's Corner", "The Years of Life" and "Half of Life" to present readers with examples of short poems written in the rhythmic form of long hymns. The author's research topics and contents are very broad, which helps to deepen our understanding of the poet Holderlin's works and provides research methods for reference.

A person's unique original thinking will become his true self-confidence. But thinking is not something that can be done casually. The maverick thinker Yataro Matsuura re-examined the importance of thinking in high-quality work, and proposed 34 reverse thinking that breaks the framework from six perspectives: how to enjoy work, enjoy life, treat others, use creativity, organize information, and design career. The problems that were inadvertently realized, the lessons that were regretted, the experiences that were experienced all over again, and the confirmed truths... Are compiled as "basic" points in the book, making Yataro Matsuura's LOHAS work philosophy more complete and mature than before.

Original illustrations, unabridged edition, collected by the Library of Sciences Po in Paris. A masterpiece in the field of social psychology, a psychological masterpiece that thoroughly discusses politics, economics, and management. Freud, Jung, Liang Qichao, etc. Were deeply influenced by it. It has been translated into more than 20 languages ​​and selected as the 20 books that changed the world.

Life is hard to distinguish between fiction and reality, and there are layers upon layers of secrets. Anyone who demands any certainty is either stupid or rude. Imagination builds life, writes the truth of desire, and expresses the cry deep in the soul. The key to life is to keep moving forward with more questions than answers. The five short stories included in "Dreamers of Ostend" are run through by "secrets", and everyone is struggling in the whirlpool of secrets: Emma's unspeakable passionate love, Gabe's collection that has been hidden in the hole in the wall and torturing Gabe for many years, the patient with many mistresses, the mysterious power brought by his sincere praise, the pedantic professor who confused reality and fiction, and the elegant woman who has been waiting on the Zurich platform for 15 years. They are all mirror images of us, our lives wrapped in secrets.

The representative work of the winner of the Canadian Governor General's Literary Award and the Canadian National Magazine Award. A unique and classic case of family education, a touching experience of two generations growing up together. David discovered that his son Jesse was no longer interested in everything about high school life. David was so distressed that he finally made a difficult decision to let Jesse drop out of school and go home. The only condition was that they watch three movies together every week. A special "movie club" was born. The 400 Blows was the first movie we showed. At the end, the young man slowly looked back at the camera. "He looked worried," Jesse said. By this time he was no longer going to school and was thinking about where his life would lead. I know that movies cannot give him a systematic education, but it allows us to spend hundreds of hours together, chatting about all kinds of topics. One day he will grow up and no longer need the movie club, and to some extent he will no longer need me...

"Emerson's Essays" is the crystallization of the important thoughts in the life of the famous American thinker, writer and poet Emerson, including "On Self-Help", "On Nature", "On History", "On Love", "On Friendship", "American Scholar" and other classics handed down from generation to generation. These works occupy a very important position in the intellectual and cultural history of the United States in the 19th century, and have a profound impact on American national literature. The works pay attention to ideological content and literary nature, and the writing is like aphorisms, which are philosophical and persuasive. The works are full of wise words and profound thoughts, which have won the resonance of more and more readers around the world.

The book is a collection of essays written by the author in the "Weekly Modern" column from 1993 to 1994. The content brings together the author's thoughts on Japanese politics, economy, society, education, medical care, marriage and love status, and other aspects. With sharp vision, novel perspective, popular language and fluent translation, it leads readers to experience the joys, sorrows and joys of life, and appreciate the colorful world. From it, they can gain a glimpse of the real state of Japanese society and ideological trends in the 1990s.

Myth and Heroes is a retelling of Greek mythology for adults by Stephen Fry, the British comedy master and national treasure in the field of audiobooks. In this set of books, Stephen Fry, in his dual capacity as an actor and a writer, reorganizes the context of Greek mythology and connects them with dramatic clues. He completely gets rid of the rigid and academic feel of Greek mythology, and gives Greek mythology a richer plot, a more distinctive personality and an attractive film quality.

"Human World" is a healing book given by the author to relatives, friends and colleagues. Everything written in the book is the author's experience and feelings, and he does not claim to be a teacher. Every reader of "Human World" can find themselves in the book. Every line reflects the author's love and awe for life and life.

Byron's narrative poetry occupies an absolutely dominant position in his works. His narrative poetry has its own unique and lofty status in the history of Western narrative poetry and even the history of world narrative poetry due to its flexible narrative perspective, distinctive intertextuality and diverse narrative methods. There is no systematic thematic research on Byron's narrative poetry in China, and it is not sufficient in the West either. Therefore, this book conducts a multi-perspective study of Byron's narrative poems, focusing on narrative theory and using text analysis methods to explore the intrinsic value of the work itself. At the same time, it intends to draw on theories such as cultural studies and intertextuality to analyze the author and his narrative poems as closely as possible, using facts as the criterion and making a more comprehensive and objective investigation of Byron's narrative poems.

A hippopotamus weaving a jumper out of barbed wire, a patient suffering from woodworm that infects the doctor's furniture, poetry that doesn't exist... Welcome to the world of improvisation! Here, you can liberate your nature and take risks as you like. The only thing that limits your play is your imagination. This famous book profoundly criticizes the "curse" of modern society and confronts the essence of creativity. It is not only related to performance, drama, art, and education, but also to human emotions and psychology. It can inspire creative workers in all fields, as well as those of us who hope to communicate and dialogue with each other with a more open mind.

One of Hemingway's most popular non-fiction works, a desk classic for the young literary bourgeoisie, was translated by famous translator Tang Yongkuan. The translation is well-known, supplemented by precious black and white images of Paris in the 1920s and 1930s. The people, things, and objects described by Hemingway are classically reproduced in different visual texts. "If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris when you were young, then it will be with you wherever you go for the rest of your life, because Paris is a moveable feast." There are countless fictional or non-fictional works about Paris, and the "movable feast" written by Hemingway is perhaps the most lingering and lamentable among them. In the 1920s, Hemingway and his newlywed wife lived in Paris as journalists stationed in Europe. This book records the memory of this sojourn. However, this book was written more than thirty years later. In other words, the "scene" of the feast has long since disappeared. The author and readers are only tracing those past years in their memories. Those people and objects have been out of focus and deformed through the lens of time. All personal memories about Paris are blended into a common historical memory of Paris. As the saying goes, "Paris will never end."

An excellent three-dimensional portrait of Haruki Murakami - What kind of person is the real Haruki Murakami? There are real answers here. A cold-faced comedian with a casual sense of humor, unrestrained and unconstrained, who loves life and has a wide range of interests, the secrets of Haruki Murakami's life are revealed. Murakami's best friend, Mizumaru Anzai, and Mrs. Murakami both appeared in the battle to give blessings, and the vivid Haruki Murakami came to life on the page. One of the "Murakami Asahido Series", 17 articles in total. There are 17 large-scale illustrations of Ansai Suiwan and 54 photos taken by Murakami's wife Yoko Murakami. 1. Murakami's experiences, joys and troubles during his stay in the United States, such as creation, exercise, shopping, weight loss, summer vacation and theft. 2. Murakami's interesting talks about cats, ducks, octopuses, albatross and other animals. 3. Murakami's experience of traveling around the world, including the little-known trip to Northeast China. This book focuses on describing Murakami's daily life. Murakami deliberately changed his writing style, making the writing casual and unrestrained, reflecting his unique sense of humor, observation and imagination.

"Walden" is a collection of essays written by American writer Thoreau. "Walden" is a record of the American writer Thoreau who lived alone by Walden Pond, describing what he saw, heard and thought during more than two years. The book advocates simple life and loves the natural scenery. It has rich content, far-reaching meaning and vivid language. This publication adopts an aesthetic and exquisite design style, targeting the petty bourgeoisie and white-collar crowd, with precise positioning, meeting the specific aesthetic needs of readers at a specific level, and filling the gap in this aspect of our publisher's foreign literary masterpieces.

"Portrait of a Lady" The American Civil War ended in 1865 with the goal of liberating the productivity of black slaves, and began a period of reconstruction with rapid economic development. Thirty years later, the total industrial output value of the United States ranked first in the world. During this period, capital was rapidly concentrated in the United States. The "kings" of various industries were amassing money and spending money like water. Bribery and corruption were common in official circles and business circles. The working people were unwilling to be humiliated and rose up to resist. Every inch of the barren land in the West seemed to be filled with gold... These all-encompassing pictures of life provided rich and colorful themes for the development of realist literature...

"Selected Works of Calvino" includes the following 23 works: "The Baron in the Trees", "The Viscount in Two", "The Non-Existent Knight", "The Invisible City", "Why Read Classics", "If on a Winter Night, a Traveler", "American Lectures", "The Complete Collection of Cosmic Curiosities", "Italian Fairy Tales (Set of 3 Volumes)", "The Hermits in Paris", "Short Stories", "Crazy Orlando", "The Castle of Crossed Destinies", "Palomar", "The Path to the Spider's Nest", "Smoke and Cloud" "Argentine Ants", "Before You Say Hello", "Under the Jaguar Sun", "The Way of Saint John", "The Traveler Who Collected Sand", "Literal and Non-literal Worlds", "The Literary Machine" and "On Fairy Tales".

If "Myth" is an "Avengers" composed of Greek gods, then "Heroes" is an independent hero movie shot separately for the heroes in Greek mythology. In this book, we can follow Frye's narration to see: Jason, who went through all the hardships to obtain the Golden Fleece, became a successful woman, and a failed woman; Medea, who was sentenced by Jason, personally killed her own children and Jason's new love; these dramatic, interesting, tragic and eternal stories can all be seen in this book.

In this book, Jeff Dyer writes about travel, the unconscious, and the questions we ask when we look at ourselves from the outside. He presents us with a series of fantastic adventures and pilgrimages. He has traveled all over the world, from French Polynesia to the far north of Norway. Throughout his adventures - with a "tour guide" in the Forbidden City in Beijing who is not actually a tour guide, with a friend in New Mexico, USA, with a stranger hitchhiking near White Sands Prison, and with the American jazz musician Don Cherry in Los Angeles (or just a photo of him), the author continues his unfinished exploration of the world - what is he looking for? Even he himself may not know. Jeff Dyer tries to figure out what a specific place and landscape represents, what they want to tell the world, and what do we get from it...

"Myth" can be said to be an "Avengers" composed of Greek gods. In these stories: Zeus and Prometheus are good friends; Hermes is a ghost with countless bad ideas; Athena is a good god with both beauty and wisdom; Phaethon is a A boy with low self-esteem who was ostracized; Hera is a jealous queen who is in a high position but has always made it her mission to defeat the "mistress"; it can be said that Greek mythology is a huge treasure house, and Stephen Fry is a humorous guide to the treasure house, leading us to see how charming and interesting it is.

A little bedtime book dedicated to children and lovers, it will arouse our desire to communicate with the world. 26 Popular science fairy tales about animals, plants, galaxies and celestial bodies. It is a book about the universe and daily life, starting with swimming salmon and ending with the bright starry sky. The theme of the book is not limited to a certain animal, plant or phenomenon. It ranges from the tiny inhabitants of the earth: jellyfish, fainting goats and calm caterpillars and other terrestrial creatures, to the far-reaching celestial bodies: stars and satellites. It explores the similarities between gods and donkeys, the ruthlessness of love and vines, as well as exploding stars and exploding sea cucumbers...

If the two major themes of Camus's creation and thinking throughout his life are "absurdity" and "resistance", then the philosophical essay "The Myth of Sisyphus" is Camus's most in-depth and concentrated investigation and most thorough and clear explanation of the philosophy of absurdity. Sisyphus, a Greek mythological figure who pushes rocks up mountains and performs never-ending hard labor, is undoubtedly the most vivid symbol of the absurdity of human existence; but at the same time, he is also a great example for human beings to not despair or be depressed, but to rise up against absurdity and not hesitate to fight against absurd fate to the end. Therefore, "The Myth of Sisyphus" is not so much a tragic self-portrait of the human condition as it is a victory song of liberal humanism. It constitutes a style that is both pathos and sublime. In the entire field of human culture and art, perhaps only Beethoven's "Symphony of Destiny" can rival it in taste.

The first of the three major essays in the world, the most undisputed Western canon in the aristocratic era, and the source of influence on the writing of Shakespeare, Bacon, Pascal, Flaubert, Emerson, and Maugham. In the social tide of madness and bestiality, how to maintain rationality and avoid becoming a mob? Any reader will find quotes and aphorisms that will last a lifetime. "Collected Essays of Montaigne" is the most precious spiritual wealth left to the world by Montaigne, the most important humanist writer after the Renaissance. It is also a prose work that he began to write in 1572 and is called "a collection of various knowledge in the sixteenth century". Among sixteenth-century writers, few are as revered and accepted by modern people as Montaigne. He was an intellectual authority and critic in France before the Enlightenment. He was also an encyclopedic scholar who conducted dispassionate studies of various national cultures, especially Western culture. He could be called a cold observer of human emotions. Judging from his thoughts and feelings, people seem to regard him as a modern man in his time. His prose, mainly philosophical essays, is world-famous for its rich ideological connotation and is known as the "treasure house of ideas." "The Complete Essays of Montaigne" independently translated by Mr. Ma Zhencheng won the first Fu Lei Translation and Publishing Award. This edition of "The Essays of Montaigne" was specially selected by the translator for our agency. It can be said that the best of the three volumes of "The Complete Works" are contained in it. It can truly be called a comprehensive and accurate selection of Montaigne's essays and the translation is excellent and elegant.

"No Confusion" is one of Suzuki's masterpieces. In this book, Suzuki Dazhuo focuses on the origin of Buddhism and Zen koans to help readers understand that Zen comes from life, and it is not mysticism or illusory. On the contrary, it is the most real and closest experience to life and people. Understanding Zen is to solve the problems that everyone encounters in life, to solve the pain caused by deviation from one's own heart, to resolve the deepest psychological dilemma, and to understand the meaning of being a human being.

In 1847, the American naturalist writer Thoreau moved to the secondary forest on the shores of the beautiful Walden Pond, not far from his hometown of Concord, and tried to live a simple reclusive life. He built his own wooden house, cultivated land, wrote and read books, and roamed and explored in the forest! He used this two-year experiment to prove to the world that beauty and satisfaction often come from simplicity. If people are not bound by desires, people are fully capable of living the life they want!

"If she is not the wife he imagined, he will hurt her. If she cannot create the family atmosphere he likes, he will continue to attack and distort her perception until she loses her own judgment." Vanessa's perfect marriage was forced to end. She had to move out of the palatial house on the Upper East Side with several boxes of clothes, leave her handsome and caring husband, and return to the small apartment she shared with her aunt on the Upper West Side. She had an unfortunate childhood, her mother suffered from mental illness, and with the trauma left by her family of origin, she tried to reverse her destiny through marriage. But now, her husband Richard has abandoned her for another woman, and now her only goal in life is to prevent her replacement from marrying Richard... However, her efforts seem to be in vain. For her, the word "failure" has been written in her life - no children, no money, no friends. Only one psychotherapist was willing to listen to her story, and she felt extremely calm every time she walked into her therapy room. Until one day, Vanessa accidentally saw the same scars on her psychotherapist, left by the same person.

A collection of classic essays by Junichi Watanabe. Relying on his unique perspective and personal life experience, the author selects bits and pieces of life, or eulogizes his mother's affection for her mother, or reveals her nostalgia for her hometown, or severely criticizes a certain social phenomenon, or expresses comfort or sympathy for certain life encounters, or expresses a thorough understanding of the true meaning of the world... It can be called a collection of encyclopedic essays involving family and friendship, worldly feelings, social phenomena, natural scenery, interests and hobbies.

Junichi Watanabe's classic prose travelogue. It mainly selects 20 lakes in Hokkaido and Northeastern Japan, showing the unique natural beauty of the lakes in the morning, afternoon and evening, and describing the unpredictable changes in the four seasons under the cover of the lake water. It is so beautiful that it makes people forget to leave. In early spring, Lake Biwa is gentle and calm, dreamlike in the morning glow; in midsummer, Lake Shikotsu is filled with mist and a deep green; in mid-autumn, Lake Toro is calm and elegant, retaining its original natural state; in early winter, Lake Furien, where the blue of the lake and the white of the swans complement each other...

The famous Japanese literary master Junichi Watanabe's most emotional and rational insights on love, life and self. After analyzing every detail of life, I discovered that life is such a wonderful polyhedron. Warm and humorous words and forward-looking thinking provide you with more "ideological outlets" for you when you are lost in life...

Junichi Watanabe has had an infinite longing for Kyoto since he was a boy. After becoming a writer, he hoped to use this land immersed in traditional Japanese culture as the stage for his novels. So he compared his hometown of Hokkaido with simple folk customs, Tokyo, which is quite modern, and Kyoto, showing Kyoto's unique cultural atmosphere and humanistic customs. This fresh and timeless essay about living in Kyoto not only shows readers the unique charm of Kyoto, but also expresses the author's deep feelings about Kyoto.

People long for beautiful love, but what exactly is "pure love"? How to define "pure love"? Taking human nature as the starting point, Junichi Watanabe launched a series of discussions on "pure love", deeply exploring people's inner value judgments from many aspects such as culture, economy, and social life, so as to answer those confusing questions in the relationship between the sexes. The witty and perceptual essays will make readers laugh and bring them infinite thoughts.