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This book has 16 volumes in total. Volumes 1 to 10 are short stories and short stories. Volumes 11 and 12 are dramas. It contains all the plays created by the author, a total of 16 scripts. Volume 13 contains travel notes, essays, essays, notes, and diaries. Volumes 14, 15, and 16 are letters. Dating from 1877 to 1904, including 895 letters. This collection of essays is the most important translation work of Mr. Ru Long's life.

"Aesop's Fables" went through a complex and long writing process in ancient times. First, it was an oral creation, summarizing people's life experience and summarizing people's life wisdom. Later, oral literature gradually became written literature. Some of the stories in the book appeared long before Aesop lived. The collection was widely circulated in ancient times and influenced the creations of many subsequent generations. The purpose of fables is to vividly reflect the enlightenment and lessons from all aspects of people's lives.

Pray for the resurrection of dead things, and be fascinated by the vanished and insatiable glory! A book of paradoxes, about the fantasy of emptiness, the completeness of fragments, the presence of the dead, and the immortality of narrative. "Record of Lost Objects" records 12 things that have disappeared forever on the earth: Tuanaki, Caspian tiger, Villa Sacchietti, Sappho's love poems, Manichae, Kenau's lunarology... These lost objects span art, animals, architecture, religion, literature, and movies, running through ancient and modern times. Through the charming weaving of words and images, Yudit Sharansky uses delicate and in-depth exploration, vivid and wanton musings, and affectionate and graceful writing styles to construct a poetic feeling between reality and reality, allowing people to re-examine the gains and losses of human civilization and listen to the echoes left by "lost things".

This book is compiled by Professor Huang Jianhua, a famous educator and translator, based on Montaigne's "perceived self", Montaigne's "people's lifestyles and thoughts and feelings as he experienced it" and Montaigne's "real world at that time as he understood it". This book selects Montaigne's typical passages from far and near, and compiles them into a volume to outline the portrait and main ideas of this French prose master in the second half of the 16th century. Readers can see both the green "trees" and the lush "forest".

Improve your writing skills and read "Hunter's Notes"! Master the rich skills of writing about people, scenes and narratives! The Ministry of Education compiles the first volume of "Chinese Language" for seventh grade, designated reading! The representative work of Turgenev, a master of Russian literature and a 19th-century Russian critical realist writer. Turgenev, Leo Tolstoy, and Dostoyevsky are collectively known as the "Three Giants of Russian Literature" and occupy an important position in the history of Russian literature and even the world's literary world. "Hunter's Notes" is a collection of essays that records rural life in Russia in the 1840s and 1950s. The book uses a hunter's experiences during his hunting trip as a clue. Through twenty-five stories, it shows the images of people from all walks of life in the countryside, including landlords, serfs, and doctors. The book's depiction of the relationship between farmers and landlords strongly expresses opposition to serfdom, and is known as "a book that ignites a fire" in the history of Russian literature.

Once upon a time, there was a king who couldn't stand the children being naughty and noisy all day long, so he decided to let the children "get busy" - learn knowledge. The king convened knowledgeable ministers to discuss countermeasures: One minister said: "Children must be taught to read and write first," and another minister said: "Counting and calculation are also important." Sports, music, painting... Various subjects appeared one after another. Just like that, the school was invented! How did the children react on the first day of school? Why did the scene fall into chaos in math class? Why should children have summer vacation when they go to school every day? Use a relaxed and interesting way to lead children to explore the purpose of learning, so that children can find goals on the long road to school and actively seek knowledge.

"The Essays of Montaigne" concentrates on Montaigne's rich humanistic thoughts. It consists of three volumes. It is the world's first collection of essays and is known as one of the three major philosophical prose classics in modern Europe. In the following hundreds of years, it was translated into many languages ​​and became popular around the world. It has endured for a long time. "Montaigne's Essays" selects 50 world-renowned classic essays. It is rich in content and plentiful, and profoundly reveals various confusions and problems in life. It can be called a "philosophy book of life". Montaigne constantly self-analyzes and introspects in the article, answering our questions and solving difficulties. Every line of words projects a positive and intelligent attitude towards life, and also teaches us an art of life.

"Walden Pond" records the author's strange journey of living in seclusion on the shores of Walden Pond, blending in with nature, perceiving nature and reshaping himself in pastoral life. This is a quiet, tranquil and wise book. In analyzing life and criticizing customs, the language is astonishing, the words are sparkling, the insights are unique and thought-provoking. Many pages are vivid descriptions, beautiful and detailed, like the purity and transparency of lakes, and the dense greenness of mountains and forests; there are also some pages that are thorough, insightful and enlightening. This is a fresh, healthy, and uplifting book with extremely moving descriptions of spring and dawn. Here we have the clean air provided by nature without the environmental pollution caused by industrial society. Reading it, readers will naturally feel the purity of the soul and the sublimation of the spirit.

Eriko, who went to Tokyo to pursue her dream of becoming a star after graduating from high school, is now over 30 years old and has only one travel program called "Little Trip". "Little Trip" was suddenly stopped, and Eriko's agency also faced bankruptcy. Eriko, whose future was uncertain, accidentally started a career as an "agent traveler" by chance - traveling on behalf of people who wanted to travel. Although the journey was not satisfactory, Eriko, who loved traveling and knew how to grasp all the good things, bravely embarked on a journey to realize dreams for those who had expectations for her, and also found a way "home" for herself...

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A forest of mixed trees and a one-bedroom cabin on the outskirts of Nagoya are the dreamland of the Tsubata couple. In order to fulfill his wife's pastoral dream, Shuichi, who loves sailing and sailing, anchored in this rural land, built a wooden house with his own hands, and opened a vegetable garden. From then on, he and his wife Eiko stayed away from the city, and allowed the four seasons to change during spring planting and autumn harvest. Eiko took care of Shuichi's daily life meticulously, even preparing ten kinds of side dishes for breakfast, using "rainbow ingredients" to make nutritious and delicious dishes... At the same time, she never forgot Shuichi's dream of sailing in her heart. Finally, at the age of eighty-eight, Shuichi once again returned to Tahiti, which he had missed for a long time. As soon as he set off, he began to miss Yingzi who stayed at home, and missed the vegetable garden that was now full of fruits all year round under the careful care of the two of them for decades. Every day is Koharuhiwa. The clear sky and warm sun that are not dazzling are just like your long-lasting companionship day after day.

This book is a collection of personal letters of the famous Russian poet Lermontov. These dozens of letters were sent to the author's grandmother, lover, relatives, friends, etc. From them, one can intimately feel the appearance of Lermontov in life, a real and living literary giant. In his letters, he would talk about literature, drama and art, as well as the military activities in the Caucasus in which he was about to participate... This collection of letters completely and vividly presents Lermontov's life, a short but touching life; it is a very precious material for literature lovers and researchers.

In the age of information technology explosion, you shouldn't miss Verno Vinci! Liu Cixin has publicly recommended several times, and the well-deserved milestones in the history of science fiction literature have been included in the top ten classic space operas along with "Hyperion", "Galaxy Empire" and "Dune". Hugo Award + Locus Award + Science Fiction Chronicle Readers' Choice Award + Prometheus Award + John W. Campbell Award... Must-read complete works of science fiction master Verno Vinci's classic science fiction in life.

New books, old books, beautiful books, damaged books, correct books, found books, trial copies, first editions, public libraries, private collections, used bookstores, bookshelves... "I want to talk about in this book what I will lose if one day I leave paper books. In the description, I neither seek to be comprehensive, nor do I want to exhaust my efforts. Collect all kinds of fresh reasons to defend paper books, and would rather devote more words to the most beautiful and ordinary things related to books. Because they are so familiar, we can only realize them when they are lost. "A small book written by German writer Burkhardt Spien is a love song dedicated to books.

The author Rick Hansen is a native of Williams Lake, Canada. He has loved hiking since he was a child and is good at sports. When he was 15 years old, he suffered a high paraplegia due to a car accident. With his strong will, he actively participated in wheelchair sports for people with disabilities and won 19 international wheelchair championships, including three world championships. At the age of 28, he was inspired by Terry Fox, a famous Canadian disabled hero, and decided to travel around the world in a wheelchair for a week to raise funds for the International Cord Surgery Research Institute (ICORD). He set off from Vancouver on March 20, 1985, passing through 34 countries and covering 40,000 kilometers. He completed his global trip on May 22, 1987, raising 48 million Canadian dollars for charity. At the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, he won the honor of being the last leg of the torch relay as Canada's greatest athlete. This book records in detail the author's entire process of injury, treatment, hesitation, and rise in literary style, reflecting the valuable spirit and noble qualities of disabled people's self-esteem, self-improvement, courage to realize self-worth, and pursuit of contribution to society.

The best-selling collection of essays by Akutagawa Prize winners in history, it is an alternative personal biography of Naoki Matayoshi; with Tokyo as the background, it directly addresses the lives and hearts of young people working hard in big cities. This is a love letter written to Tokyo, but it will never be looked back upon: "I hope that the world will not deceive young people and eat them as food." "100 Scenes of Tokyo" is composed of 100 short essays. Matayoshi Naoki recorded his ten years of working for his dream of being an artist from Osaka to Tokyo at the age of eighteen. During the ten years, he walked through every corner of Tokyo, and related memories and emotions were dotted in it. "One Hundred Scenes of Tokyo" has a strong personal touch with Matayoshi. The writer Matayoshi admired was Osamu Dazai, who wrote "Eight Scenes of Tokyo", so it was named "One Hundred Scenes of Tokyo". Youji's writing style is simple, sincere and quite delicate. These short essays have initially demonstrated his extraordinary talents in comedy, reading and writing, but the days before becoming famous are always cruel struggles. The experience of leaving home alone is both real and imaginary in Youji's writing. His sensitive and delicate character is undoubtedly revealed in the book. It is touching, sad, funny, and quite resonant to read.

"Ancient Greek Myths and Legends" includes three parts: "The Legend of the Gods", "The Legend of the Heroes" and "The Legend of Odysseus". The author tells the fascinating and eloquent stories of Zeus, Apollo, Athena, Prometheus, Aphrodite, Agamemnon, Odysseus, Achilles' heel, Paris's apple, the Trojan horse trick and the song of the Sirens. These ancient Greek myths and legends are treasures in the world's cultural treasure house and have played an indelible role in the development of human civilization.

Celina's masterpiece, it became famous in the literary world as soon as it was released in 1932. Through the dark life journey of the protagonist for decades, it reveals that the whole world is full of darkness. It is considered to be "the most realistic and heartbreaking work written in the twentieth century." Celina's ruthless anatomy of people and themselves, his hallucinatory epic style of writing, and his language expressions that are both lyrical and vulgar, eloquent, vulgar and even cruel, form a unique and distinctive Celina style. Celina is Sarkozy's favorite writer. In 2012, the work entered the public edition. This book will be equipped with exquisite illustrations and will be made into a collector's edition.

This book starts with several foreign literary classics, analyzes the life trajectory of the protagonists in the works, and summarizes various life experiences and lessons that can be drawn from them. It explains the profound things in simple terms and is very vivid. It not only provides a good introduction to the plot outlines and artistic features of literary classics, but also helps readers learn practical ideas for thinking about life.

He is an international ambassador of Chinese culture, a member of the Royal Society of Arts, and an academician of the American Academy of Arts. He is an internationally renowned essayist, painter, poet, and calligrapher. He is highly praised by Western academic and art circles. Gombrich praised him as "talented and charming." He has a wide circle of friends, including Yang Liansheng, Xu Beihong, Liu Haisu, Mei Lanfang, Xiong Shiyi, Xiao Qian, Ye Junjian, Wu Shichang, Suzuki Dazhuo, Watson... During his travels, he likes to remain silent, putting aside politics, war and other factors to depict the scenery and humanity of foreign lands. However, a series of timeless painting notes have successfully bridged the gap between Chinese and Western cultures and become classics that will last forever. Today we reread his works published in the middle of the last century, not only to understand the cultural and historical background of a distant country, but also to enjoy the indifferent joy of walking and observing, to understand the mood of culture and life, to re-understand the world around us, and to feel the beauty of life. Since his first visit in 1953, Jiang Yi has visited San Francisco many times in the past ten years. In this avant-garde and traditional city, you can venture up the Golden Gate Bridge, visit the twin peaks surrounded by mist, which are both real and illusory, stroll through the alleys full of daffodils, and narrate the history and legends of San Francisco. What makes people linger is not only the picturesque natural scenery of San Francisco, but also the American power displayed by this city - the fusion of Puritan spirit and pioneer spirit.

"The Servant of Tempura" is a summary of Japan's "tempura god" Tetsuya Saotome's 60-year career as a tempura craftsman. It is called tempura, but it actually goes far beyond cooking. Starting from the original intention and foundation of cooking, Tetsuya Saotome pours out the life principles he has learned on the cooking table for decades. What exactly does top-notch cooking mean? What skills do you need to master to become a master? What can be called the pursuit of the ultimate craftsman spirit? It also includes a conversation between Tetsuya Saotome and the "God of Sushi" Jiro Ono. The two top "Gods of Cuisine" jointly demonstrate the shaping of the spirit of craftsmanship. "People always think that things that can be realized instantly are called dreams, but those things are actually nothing. Only accumulation every day and every night is the source of the realization of dreams." After taking off the halo of the "God of Cooking", Tetsuya Saotome talked about his insights on daily life, not only his career, but also his summary and thoughts on the way to survive.

This book was written by Kuang Kuang, the son of Huang Quanyu, an education expert in the United States, when he was 15 years old. Many people think it is the student version of "Quality Education in the United States". It uses first-hand information to vividly and vividly show real American classrooms to readers, and answers various questions about American middle school life that many Chinese readers are concerned about. This Chinese child who received an American education used his unique perspective and humorous and vivid language to describe the seven most impressive American teachers. They have their own special teaching attitudes and teaching methods, some are humorous, and some are childlike.

When Keigo Higashino reached middle age, he suddenly fell in love with snowboarding and was so obsessed that he couldn't help himself. Every day off, I would go back and forth to the snow-capped mountains like crazy and never tire of it. In the book, he calls himself "Uncle Skater" and records his days of learning snowboarding in an almost sarcastic and humorous way. Skiing, World Cup, curling... Keigo Higashino, who has returned to ordinary life, is so obsessed with various sports. In order to have the opportunity to participate in every skiing trip, I ignored the efforts of my family and friends to dissuade me and was willing to take on all kinds of adventures. Writing and sports are two parallel life states of Keigo Higashino. He challenges his own limits in writing and challenges the limits of life in skiing. "Snowboarding is fun, that's a fact, but fun is not everything. There are many more interesting things in the world than skiing. I think what fascinates me is 'progress'." - Keigo Higashino

Thanks to the urging of Saint-Exupery, the author of "The Little Prince", this masterpiece has been continuously reprinted. This is the memoir of author Beryl Markham's thirty years of life in Africa, showing this extraordinary woman's legendary life from childhood to 1936: raising horses, taming horses, hunting lions, catching elephants, flying airplanes, and becoming the first pilot to fly alone across the Atlantic Ocean. This book is a series of memories connected by fragments of thirty years in Africa, telling the life experience of the legendary woman Beryl Markham from childhood to 1936. She is passionate about training racehorses and flying airplanes. The book includes her childhood in Africa, her participation in hunting, her friendship with the local indigenous people, the process of training racehorses, and her past experiences of flying a single-wing, two-seater wooden propeller plane alone, engaging in professional flying in East Africa, and hunting for elephants with a hunting team. It also describes in detail the political and natural dangers she encountered while flying back to the UK from Africa. Finally, it records her solo flight across the Atlantic from the UK to North America in September 1936.

This journey started with a commuter subway, followed by a relay of various trains, including the "Lone Star" that spanned six states in the United States, the "Aztec Eagle" that revealed the decadence and sensuality of Mexico like a showcase, the mountain train that crossed the lofty mountains to Peru, and the "Pan Am" that crossed the national border and was more than a thousand miles long... Finally, the journey ended with the century-old Patagonia Express, which was as fast as an old cow. Paul Theroux traveled from Medford, Massachusetts, close to the big city of Boston, to the small town of Esquel in the Patagonian plateau of Argentina. On the steadily moving train, other people's terminal is his starting point, and the journey of dialogue with space begins.

"The Paris Review·Poet Interviews" includes long interviews with the following eighteen poets: Marianne Moore, Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Blaise Sandral, George Seferis, Anne Sexton, Philip Larkin, John Ashbery, Derek Walcott, W. S. Merwin, Octavio Paz, Yehuda Amichai, Yves Bonnefoy, Czeslaw Miłosz, Ted Hughes, Gary Snyder, Seamus Heaney, Robert Bly, Jack Gilbert.

This book is content-guided based on the Chinese version of "Ulysses" (translated by Xiao Qian and Wen Jieruo), and the obscure text content is analyzed and introduced chapter by chapter. Through the three parts of "Searching", "Wandering" and "Returning", the relationship between "Ulysses" and "Homer's Epic" is smoothed out and clearly analyzed, and the writing techniques in the article are also briefly analyzed.

Thoreau was a practitioner of simple life. He lived in nature all year round, roamed mountains, rivers and lakes, appreciated the agility of nature, and took it as his important mission in life. He is known as the founder of nature essays. His writing is concise, powerful, simple, natural, and thoughtful, and he is unique in American prose in the 19th century. This book was written at the same time as "Walden" and mainly describes Thoreau's trip with his brother on the Concord and Merrimac rivers in a self-made boat. In addition to the description of the scenery, there are also many Thoreau's associations with history, politics, and daily life to illustrate the role of the environment on the spirit and how the human soul can be purified in the natural environment.

Thoreau was an American writer and philosopher. He created more than 20 first-class collections of prose throughout his life. His prose was concise, powerful, simple, natural, and rich in thought, making him unique among American prose in the 19th century. To this day, it is still loved by everyone. This book records Thoreau's three visits to the Maine Forest. He once called out to "live here forever, live here forever, and sleep here forever." These pleasant trips to Maine have also been turned into sincere and simple words, recorded in the book "Maine Forest", so that every reader can learn to appreciate nature, respect nature, and integrate with nature. This book incorporates the author's sincere emotions and expresses the author's love for nature.

Thoreau stayed away from the hustle and bustle of the world. He wanted to find an authentic state of existence and a more poetic life in the tranquility of nature. The book "Walden" records in detail the writer's daily life and thoughts for two years. He cultivated land next to his cabin, planted in spring and harvested in autumn, and was self-sufficient. He is a son of nature. He admires nature, makes friends with nature, talks with lakes, forests and birds, observes animals and plants in the forest, plays the flute on the boat, fishes by the lake, and writes down his observations and thoughts in the cabin at night. He pursued spiritual life and paid attention to the growth of the soul. He proudly declared: "Everyone is the king of his own kingdom. Compared with this kingdom, the Tsarist Empire is just a humble country, like a small snowball in the ice and snow." Thoreau tells us with his practical actions: Most of the luxuries people pursue, most of the so-called comfort of life, are not only unnecessary, but also a great hindrance to human progress. "Walden" describes the author's deep thinking and self-reshaping process in a simple life. The writing style is quiet and tranquil, thought-provoking, and has a calming power.

Xuanzang traveled across the Western Regions to Tianzhu to obtain scriptures. European medieval scholars wanted to cross the English Channel and cross the Alps for a rare volume from an Italian monastery. Nowadays, the Internet provides a convenience that humans cannot resist, with nearly endless reading possibilities at the fingertips. In the digital age, where will human civilization with "books" as its carrier go? We asked two people on the planet who are perhaps the most qualified to talk about this topic: Umberto Eco and Jean-Claude Carriere. One is a dazzling encyclopedic scholar, a world-renowned Italian philosopher, semiotician, and novelist; the other is a film dean, a famous screenwriter, and the founder of the French National Film Institute. They are both bibliophiles and rare book trackers. They have a deep understanding of books and a keen insight into the changes in various cultural carriers in the technological revolution.

This book is the pioneer work of British essay literature. With its concise language, beautiful writing style, thorough reasoning, and repeated aphorisms, this book occupies an important position in the history of world literature. It has been translated into many languages ​​and published, and remains a best-seller to this day. In 1985, it was selected as one of the "20 Best Books in Human History" by the American "Life" magazine; in the same year, it was selected as a recommended book in the American "Good Reading Guide".

This book is known as the pioneer work of stream-of-consciousness novels. The book is divided into eighteen chapters. Its internal structure is closely related to Homer's "The Odyssey". Each chapter has its own unique writing skills and corresponds to a story theme of "The Odyssey". The characters and plots also correspond to the "Odyssey" at different levels. In 2000, some important British and American media unanimously listed "Ulysses" as one of the most influential masterpieces in the world in the 20th century.

This is a book about the life memories of a shepherd. Some people make their lives entirely of their own making. James Ribanks is not. He is the eldest son of a shepherd, and his father is also the eldest son of a shepherd. His family has lived and worked in the Lake District for generations, arranging it according to the seasons and work needs, and this has been the case for hundreds of years. If you were a Viking, you might understand their daily work: putting the sheep on the mountain in the summer, taking care of the hay, going to the market in the autumn to replenish the sheep, taking care of the sheep in the winter, and lambs being born in the spring. Everyone is so busy that the sheep return to the mountains. These modern messages from the ancient countryside tell a story of a connection to the land, depicting a way of life that is rarely noticed but has profoundly shaped history.

"Miłosz Dictionary" is such a substitute. It replaces a novel, an essay about the entire 20th century, a memoir. Everyone recorded in the book is active in a network, interprets each other, relies on each other, and is related to certain historical facts of the 20th century. "Dictionary" (Abecadlo) is a unique literary form in Poland. It is a loose style composed of short articles (entries). The articles are arranged in the order of the first letter of the entry name. "Miłosz Dictionary" is the 20th century that Milosz personally experienced and witnessed. Almost all those who have been to heaven or hell on earth with him have gone to the ghost kingdom.

This book is Lawrence Block's only memoir. It is also a travelogue, an autobiography, and a "sporting adventure" that perhaps only a novelist can write. In this book, he tells his experience as a runner and walker. The book is divided into three parts, with a total of 31 chapters. He tells walking stories one by one using exquisite montage techniques, integrating the author's growth experience, writing career, characters in the book, and walking experience into a humorous, ironic, and stripped-down book of life, sharing his successes, failures, and trials with the world. Many of Bullock's most popular masterpieces were written during competitions that challenged physical limits. He also discovered that walking and writing are exactly the same: all you have to do is take turns moving forward with two legs, and the secret is to stay on the field and keep moving forward.

Circles drawn with blue chalk appeared continuously on the streets of Paris late at night. Inside the circles were discarded sundries such as beer bottle caps, vegetable boxes, shoes, magazines, hats, etc. They were different every time, with the same sentence written on the sides. Is this a prank by a quirk, or is there another conspiracy? Sheriff Adamsberg thought the matter was strange and felt that something unusual would appear in the circle. He sent people to investigate and arranged for guards. Sure enough, corpses began to appear in the circle. At the same time, Adamsberg and his assistants also traced some clues, but the real murderer still had to go deep into the tiger's den and conduct rigorous reasoning to catch it.

"Collected Essays of Montaigne" is Montaigne's main work and one of the three major prose classics in modern Europe. In "Collected Essays of Montaigne", Montaigne observes and thinks about all living beings in the world from the perspective of a wise man, quotes from many sources, and puts forward his own unique insights into many common thoughts and feelings of human beings, giving people the opportunity to think deeply and reflect, and can improve people's understanding of life.

I prefer the absurdity of writing poetry to the absurdity of not writing poetry. --Szymborska, winner of the 1996 Nobel Prize for Literature, is one of the most charming contemporary poets and enjoys the reputation of "Mozart in poetry". Her poems are unique. They often draw joy from daily life, convey profound thoughts in simple language, open up a vast imagination space with small metaphors, and combine seriousness with humor and wit. She is a master of language and has many fans all over the world. Published in paperback in 2012, "Everything Is Silent as a Mystery" became a favorite among domestic readers that year. It was successively selected as one of the top ten best books of the year in "Sina China" and "Shenzhen Reading Month" and became a best-seller. Its publication indirectly promoted the upsurge in the publication of poetry collections in China. In this hardcover edition of "Everything Is Silent as a Mystery", the translator not only made new revisions to the text, but also added five new translations, including "Memorial" and "Train Station". The text is printed in full color and includes 10 exquisite illustrations.

In 2001, the talented science fiction writer Douglas Adams left us forever at the age of 49. His friends and editors rescued files from Adams' personal computer, carefully selected and edited them, and the collection was born. This book reveals the creation story of series such as "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" and "The Almighty Detective Agency" for readers who love Adams; while a series of short articles, interviews and letters show us countless details of the writer's life - his embarrassing big nose, the psychological damage caused to him by being forced to wear shorts when he was a student, saving rhinos, making movies, being obsessed with music, studying technology, thinking about philosophical issues, etc. Of course, detective Dirk Gentry also continues to pursue his new case in this book, although it is a case he is extremely reluctant to take on: the search for half a cat... Open this book and learn everything about Douglas Adams.

This book is a collection of life essays co-authored by Gong Jimin and Fang Rennian. The content is divided into four chapters. The first chapter is the author's recollection of the people and events he experienced when growing up as a child, and looks at the customs and customs of his hometown from a child's perspective; the second chapter is about recalling old classmates and teachers; the third chapter is the author's casual notes about poetry and history reading; the fourth chapter is about the author's recent visits to famous cities and resorts in various countries with his family. The text is transparent and perceptual, expressing a cultural scholar's deep feelings for his hometown and country, as well as his thoughts and compassion for the fate of the characters. Reminiscing about my childhood and lamenting about my elders, I draw lessons from the past and the present, unforgettable family and friendship, and my love for the mountains and rivers to enjoy the joys and sorrows of life.

Dear Alfonso, we are not here by chance... We are waiting for you. Alfonso, a young officer of the Walloon Guards, went to Madrid to join his army. But he soon discovers that he is trapped in a mysterious roadside inn, staying with all kinds of weirdos: thieves, robbers, nobles, prostitutes and gypsies. He recorded their stories over sixty-six days. Some forty years later, the manuscript was discovered in a locked box. This book about disguise, magic, fantasy, honor and cowardice, obsession and temptation, vividly depicts various characters. The novel uses various genres such as Gothic, picaresque, comedy, adventure, philosophy, and love. The stories are contained within stories, and it is hailed as a masterpiece comparable to "The Decameron" and "One Thousand and One Nights."

Hiroshi Arikawa, the most popular writer voted by Japanese readers: "I can only write one story like this in my life." Please bring your own tissues when reading, because you may be moved to tears at any time! Since childhood, Satoru has been accustomed to moving frequently across the country. By chance, he met the wild cat "Nana" and adopted it. But later, for some reason, he had to find a new owner for his cat. So, a man and a cat began a touching journey. Along the way, they depended on each other, and successively visited an elementary school classmate who inherited the photo studio in his hometown and his wife ran away from home; a junior high school classmate with a rough and bold personality who is now a farmer; and a high school friend who runs a pet hotel at the foot of Mount Fuji. As the journey progresses, the truth about Satoru's miserable and strong past life and the fact that he had to be separated from Nana slowly emerges...

I want to fall in love like this, even if it only happens once in my life. -- Kitano Takeshi. The "ultimate love" realized by Takeshi Kitano, who is over seventy years old. A classic novel that depicts the rare pure relationship between men and women today and explores what "loving someone" means. "Back to Basics" is a pure love novel created by Japanese film master Takeshi Kitano. Takeshi Kitano, who is over seventy years old, wrote the "ultimate love" he realized in this pure and somewhat "violent" fictional love novel. Mizushima Satoru, who is in his thirties, is an interior designer. He insists on making models with his own hands, is skeptical about the convenience brought by the digital age, and feels uncomfortable with an environment where communication can be made anytime and anywhere. One day, he met Miyuki in a cafe. They don't know each other's identities, but they are strongly attracted to each other. The two did not exchange contact information, but only made a naive agreement - if each other is free, they will meet at the same place every Thursday evening. "As long as we both want to see each other, we will definitely meet." A return-to-basics relationship begins...

This book uses a unique aesthetic vision to carefully observe the creative life of writers and artists, and uses smart prose language to integrate novel-like narrative and weave elegant and beautiful articles. This book is not just a creative theory that condenses the writer's lifelong creative experience and explores the mysteries of literary creation. It also starts from the origin of life and art, uses ingenious conception, meaningful language, and exquisite style to teach readers to understand what the beauty of humanities, art, and even nature is, and how to feel and appreciate this beauty. The author uses warm, accurate and beautiful words to show us the colorfulness, vastness and richness of this world, arousing people's love for life, curiosity about the world, and unremitting pursuit of beauty.

"Those Days When You Gradually Fall in Love with People" is a collection of classic video and text works by the Japanese portrait photographer Hiroo Onami. On a sunny day, he went to Asakusa with his camera and struck up conversations with strangers. He likes to take pictures of them under the red walls of Sensoji Temple. I have persisted in this way for more than 40 years and captured portraits of nearly a thousand people to record the changes of this era. On a rainy day, while working at home, he explored the stories about his hometown and journey in his memory. He feels the visible and invisible things with the eyes of a photographer, captures the tiny eternity hidden in daily life, and reflects on the scenery reflected in his heart. Whispered words and silent black-and-white photography make up this delicate and beautiful collection of pictures and texts.

I don't know whether it is heaven or hell, but there is our hope, and we must live... This is a touching legendary story. A sandstorm destroyed the Joad family's land and forced them to leave their home. They assembled a trailer out of scrap metal, piled all their belongings on it, and headed west along Route 66 to the legendary paradise of grape-filled mountains-California. During this long journey of three thousand kilometers, they experienced many incredible things. Some things are cruel and painful, but there are also some encounters that touch them so much that they regain their confidence in living.

There is a monster in Ethiopia with a human face, human ears and blue eyes. The body is like a lion and red like blood. The tail is like a scorpion and can sting the enemy. Its cry is like an ensemble of reed flutes and trumpets. There is a poisonous animal in the Indian sea called sea hare. When a pregnant woman sees a female sea hare, she will immediately feel nauseated just by looking at it, which may lead to miscarriage. In the area near the source of the Ganges River in eastern India, there lives a race called the Astomi. They have no mouths and live by inhaling air and fragrance through their nostrils... In "Natural History of Imaginations", Japanese dark aesthetic master Shibusawa Tatsuhiko uses "Natural History" written by Pliny, known as "the classic among classics", as the entrance, and selects a labyrinth and a sundial. , Ethiopian monsters, sex and the diaphragm, sea hares and sea animals, miracles in the world and other 22 themes. With its unique quotations and witty remarks, it not only vividly presents Pliny and his philosophy of life, but also brings us into a strange world where it is difficult to distinguish between true and false, and weird and imaginary.

A book I'm writing is about the five senses, to illustrate that modern people no longer know how to use them. This is the ultimate collection of short stories that Calvino was still writing when he died, the final song of his creative career. Because of his sudden death, he only finished writing about the three senses of smell, taste and hearing, leaving irreparable regrets. In "Puma Sunshine," a troubled couple travels to Mexico to deduce the nature of love through dishes made with exotic ingredients and spices. The enthroned tyrant in "The King Is Listening" is a prisoner of both his power and his ears, as the echoes of his vast palace bring conflicting messages of judgment, love, and intrigue. In "Name, Nose," a playboy, a prehistoric man, and a stoner rocker embark on a frantic search for a woman's scent.

Abbas was the founder of Iran's new wave of cinema and a master of poetic cinema. He made 22 films in his life and was unanimously praised by film giants such as Akira Kurosawa and Godard. In 1997, Abbas won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival for "Taste of Cherry". Later, his works such as "Where is My Friend's House", "Lover Under the Olive Tree" and "Gone with the Wind" won international awards. Abbas's movies use the lens to gaze at the ordinary world, and the pure and simple stories give people the simplest touch. The image style is concise and poetic, full of humanistic feelings and philosophical thinking. "The Taste of Cherry" is a precious summary of Abbas's life as a director. It presents Abbas's artistic and life views in detail and profoundly. It is a film meditation with both practical and aesthetic values.