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This set includes: "Time Ferryman", "Hello, World", "Abandoned Cat" When I Talk About My Father", "A Man Called Ove Decides to Die", "Heart-stealing Bookstore", "Lonely in Tokyo", "Killing the Mary Sues", "A Man's Pilgrimage", "A Man's Pilgrimage 2", "When Breath Becomes Air (Bilingual Edition) ", "Xiang Talan", "Xiang Talan.2", "Xiang Talan.3", "Bear Town", "Bear Town 2", "The Long Road Home", "Goodbye", "On the Road", "Pumping Heartbeat (Reprint)", "Wait for Me on the Last Page".

This set includes: "The Time Ferryman", "The Seven Deaths of Evelyn", "The Great Solitude", "The Stolen Heart Bookstore", "House of Lies", "I Know Where the Light Is", "The Silent Hotel", "August Seventh", "His Secret" ", "The Weight of the Piano", "Wait for Me on the Last Page", "Chaos Walking I: The Hunting Knife That Never Puts Down", "Chaos Walking II: Return to the New World", "Chaos Walking III: The Burning Land", "The Letter Writer at the End of the World"

When I no longer restrain myself, I finally have a free and broad life! Nobel laureate Gide's masterpiece, new introduction and collector's edition! Original 10,000-word introduction. Are you constantly restraining yourself from the present for the future you are looking forward to? The person you love deeply is by your side, but you can only stay away; the happiness of the moment is within reach, but you choose to push it away; there are obviously many joys in life, but you can't enjoy them... The same is true for Alyssa in "The Narrow Gate", when the faith on which her heart depends for survival forces herself to be restrained time and time again. Regarding her true desires, Alyssa finally struggled and called out in despair: "Am I really willing to make sacrifices?" After reading "The Narrow Gate", you will truly feel relieved from the bottom of your heart - when I no longer restrain myself, I finally have a free and broad life.

These three works, including "The Diary of Guichou", "The Biography of Queen Inhyun" and "The Record of Hate", are the three masterpieces of Korean court women's literature and are called the Trilogy of Joseon Court Novels. "Guichou Diary" records the claustrophobic events in the West Palace of Gwanghaejun and Queen Inmok, Seonjo's step-concubine. The book "The Biography of Queen Inhyun" is based on the life of Queen Inhyun, the princess of King Sukjong of Joseon. It mainly tells and praises the life and virtues of Queen Inhyun. It also uses the story of Queen Inhyun and Jang Heibin to reveal the cruelty of the struggle inside and outside the Joseon court and the tragic experience of women. "The Biography of Queen Inhyun" is a very characteristic palace novel of the ancient Joseon Dynasty. It has delicate and vivid writing style, compact and orderly plot and fascinating story. It is a classic work of Korean classical novels. "Records of Hate" consists of four articles, which use a large number of court terms and the writing style is exquisite and smooth. These three works are all masterpieces of ancient Korean court literature and are of great value to the study of ancient Korean literature.

"The Diary of Izayoi" includes "Between a Dream", "The Diary of Izayoi" and "The Diary of Zhu Xiang", which are classics of medieval palace women's diary literature. The four works selected in this book were created during the one hundred years from the middle of the thirteenth century to the middle of the fourteenth century, which is equivalent to the middle and late Kamakura period to the early Northern and Southern Dynasties. The samurai family's encroachment on political power and the division of the country caused by the division of the royal family (the two successive regimes in Japan's Southern and Northern Dynasties era) have all turned the elegant and aloof aristocratic life of the Heian period into a dream. The authors of the diary lived in the setting sun era of aristocratic society. Therefore, on the one hand, the works maintain the tradition of aristocratic literature, and on the other hand, they inevitably bear the mark of the new era. Although the romance between men and women, the love between parents and children and court life are still important themes in medieval diaries, they also present a completely different spiritual outlook from the works of the previous era. They are always unwilling to accept their fate, bravely use their own actions to break difficulties, and actively look for ways to solve life's problems. This is very different from the protagonists of Heian Diary who are trapped in the concept of fate, passively accept the unsatisfactory life, and are unable to take steps to change. Medieval diarists expressed their unique understanding of the meaning of life by describing their lives in action.

"The Diary of Murasaki Shikibu" includes the classic diary literary works of court women in the Heian period, "The Diary of the Dragonfly", "The Diary of Izumi Shikibu", "The Diary of Murasaki Shikibu", "The Diary of the Gensho" and "The Diary of Sanuki Noshima". The Heian Period in Japan was a period in which Japan gradually formed its own culture and aesthetic taste after inheriting the Asuka and Nara Period, which absorbed Chinese culture. It was also the last period in Japanese history that was ruled by court nobles. Most of the aristocratic women in this period had good literary accomplishments. The heart is rich and the brushwork is delicate. From their pens, the palace diary literature written in female characters (kana script) was born, which can be regarded as the origin of Japanese women's literature. Most of these literary works take palace life as the main theme. Some depict elegant court life, while others describe elegant or bitter love experiences with officials from the emperor down to the imperial court. A common feature of these works is the author's strong self-awareness, which is not bound by traditional norms. The author's thinking about his own situation and destiny can be seen everywhere in the words. The focus on individual life experience in the work, especially the profound thinking on the meaning of life and the delicate psychological description, is not inferior even when compared with contemporary novels. Its strong introspection, full reflection of the author's inner spirit, and literary descriptive description directly inspired the tradition of "private novels" in modern Japanese literature.

This set of books is a series of Japanese and Korean court women's diary literature, including three volumes: "Record of Hate", "Murasaki Shikibu Diary" and "Izayoi Diary". "The Record of Hate" includes three major classics of women's literature in the Joseon Dynasty: "The Diary of Guichou", "The Biography of Queen Inhyun" and "The Record of Hate". The three heroines in the book are all concubines in the ancient Korean court. The three works all describe their arduous lives from the perspective of the protagonists themselves. As a work of a court person, this book comes from the protagonist's personal experience and is of great value to the study of the ancient Korean court system and court life. "The Diary of Murasaki Shikibu" includes the classic diary literary works of court women in the Heian period, "The Diary of the Dragonfly", "The Diary of Izumi Shikibu", "The Diary of Murasaki Shikibu", "The Diary of the Gensho" and "The Diary of Sanuki Noshima". Most of these literary works take palace life as the main theme. Some depict elegant court life, while others describe elegant or bitter love experiences with officials from the emperor down to the imperial court. "The Diary of Izayoi" includes "Between a Dream", "The Diary of Izayoi" and "The Diary of Zhu Xiang", which are classics of medieval palace women's diary literature. The four works selected in this book were created during the one hundred years from the middle of the thirteenth century to the middle of the fourteenth century, which is equivalent to the middle and late Kamakura period to the early Northern and Southern Dynasties. The samurai family's encroachment on political power and the division of the country caused by the division of the royal family (the two successive regimes in Japan's Southern and Northern Dynasties era) have all turned the elegant and aloof aristocratic life of the Heian period into a dream. The authors of the diary lived in the setting sun era of aristocratic society. Therefore, on the one hand, the works maintain the tradition of aristocratic literature, and on the other hand, they inevitably bear the mark of the new era. Although the romance between men and women, the love between parents and children and court life are still important themes in medieval diaries, they also present a completely different spiritual outlook from the works of the previous era.

Lily was a happy little girl until she was 11 when an "uncle" began to abuse her. She became shy and introverted and lived a solitary life until she went to Bangkok to attend college. However, her mind and past wouldn't let her go, so, after class, she set out to find men she suspected of being pedophiles and exact her own version of revenge on them. She has become Bangkok's revenge tiger Lily, and the whole society is panicking. How long can she evade the police? Does she secretly want to be caught so that her story can be made public?

A collection of fantasy novels by Latin American literary master Jorge Luis Borges, which are unexpected and whimsical works that break the rules. The Chinese version is launched for the first time in China. The translation is faithful and smooth, capturing the essence of the original text. This book is a fantasy novel co-written by Argentinian writers Jorge Luis Borges and Adolfo Bioy Casares under the pseudonym Honorio Bustos Domec. "Two Memorable Visions" contains two stories: "Witness" and "Omen", which respectively tell the story of the strange sight a girl saw in the basement and the beautiful imagination of a "foodie" who saw the sky full of delicious food before he died. These two stories break through the boundaries of reality and enter the realm of imagination, making people feel like they have entered a fantasy world like "Alice in Wonderland".

A tear-jerking work comparable to "Coco", it is written for all of you and me who were once children, to understand the life that our mother has never told; the famous writer Bi Shumin wrote a loving preface, and was recommended by the queen of talk show Oprah in her special episode. "Almost everyone, no matter how happy they may appear on the outside, has a small place deep inside them where they hold a loved one who has passed away and longs to be reunited one day." - Mitch Albom. Let a long-dead relative spend another day with you. Only one day. If you can do it, do you need such an opportunity? The opportunity, at an awkward moment, fell to Charles Bennett. The retired baseball player could no longer find any reason to live amidst the frustration and alcohol consumption - his career was on the wall, his marriage was broken, he was addicted to alcohol, and his family was betrayed and separated. Even his daughter's wedding was unwilling to let him show up... Charles had the idea of ​​​​suicide. He thought that as long as a high-speed car and a selfless run, he could wave goodbye without taking away a single cloud. However, in the flash of lightning, his physical body wandered between this place and the other side; when he suddenly woke up, he actually saw his mother who died unexpectedly many years ago. Mitch Albom's perception of life is like an ever-growing seed. It sprouted in "Tuesday", drew a long arc in "Five People You Meet in Heaven", and firmly took root in "Reborn in a Day". The soil is the state of the world and the human heart, and the root is love.

"Literary Conference" is a novella by Argentinian writer Cesar Ella. It is also the work with the tightest story rhythm and the best reading experience in the "Cesar Ella Series". The style of "Literary Conference" is varied. It starts with an adventure and treasure hunt novel, then transitions into a science fiction novel. After transforming into a romantic literary and artistic work mixed with a thrilling and bizarre "drama within a drama", it finally reaches its climax in the form of a horror movie. Behind the seemingly bizarre story lies the author's thinking about life. He felt frustrated by the declining publishing industry and was full of ridicule for the arty "cultural people". The subtle and extremely poignant metaphors are hidden in the fantasy story, and there is a sense of appropriateness.

Gustafsson said frankly: "This is a book about pain. It depicts the journey to the end ruled by pain-under the pain, there is nothing else." When the snow and ice began to melt in winter, Lars Lennart Westin, a primary school teacher turned beekeeper, suspected that he had cancer and that he would not have much time left. He threw the unopened diagnosis notice into the fireplace and refused to spend the rest of his time in the hospital. Instead, he chose to live in seclusion in the countryside and start his "self-rescue journey" alone. He recalls a past that was both real and illusory, and illness makes his feelings more acute... The main body of the novel consists of three notebooks left by the protagonist. Opening them, Westin's final life trajectory and mental journey slowly unfold. Through keen yet humorous philosophical thinking, the stubbornness and courage of ordinary people facing the pain of life are presented.

The Oscar Awards, as the oldest media award in world history, have become the most influential film awards in the world, bringing countless classics to the world. This set contains 23 Oscar-winning historical works such as "Life of Pi", "All Out on the Western Front" and "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn", making it a reading feast for movies and literature. The book collects various aspects of the world and tells legendary stories, allowing you to collide with the world from a perspective beyond intuition. In this spiritual journey, you will be touched by the deepest emotions in your heart and the thorns that cross the boundaries of your cognition. This set of books may be the tiger next to Pi in "Life of Pi", leading you to examine your inner desires; perhaps it is the old fisherman fighting with the shark in "The Old Man and the Sea", leading you to face the storms of life; or it may be the German Western Front battlefield in "All Quiet on the Western Front" The smoke of gunfire, or the dance party in the southern American plantation in "Gone with the Wind", those classic fragments comfort and enrich our souls, open up and deepen our exploration of perception, each book is worth reading and thinking over and over, and each book is a masterpiece that has accumulated over time.

Evelyn Hardcastle will be killed again at her parents' dance. She had been murdered over and over again, and each time, Aiden Bishop had failed to save her. The only way to break this cycle is to find the killer. But when each day starts over, Aiden wakes up in the body of a different guest. And someone is working hard to keep him trapped at Blackheath Hall forever. Just like opening the mystery version of "Groundhog Day", this book will give you an unprecedented reading experience. You won't find out the truth until the end.

This book is part of the audiobook series "Everyone Reads Every Day". In addition to the wonderful interpretations and guidance from front-line teachers, this series of audio guides for teenagers to read world classics also comes with audio QR codes that readers can scan and listen to. The work tells that during the American Civil War, five northerners trapped in the Confederate Army used a hot air balloon to escape from the Confederate Army's base camp, but unfortunately they were blown down by a storm on a desert island in the Pacific Ocean. However, they did not despair. Instead, they united and helped each other. With everyone's wisdom and hard work, they overcame many difficulties and built a happy home. During nearly four years of living on a desert island, they were in danger many times, but they were saved with the help of a mysterious man. Finally, during a volcanic eruption, they survived a desperate situation and were rescued by the "Duncan" cruise ship commanded by Captain Grant's son Robert, and finally returned to the United States.

This book is part of the audiobook series "Everyone Reads Every Day". In addition to the wonderful interpretations and guidance from front-line teachers, this series of audio guides for teenagers to read world classics also comes with audio QR codes that readers can scan and listen to. "Selected Short Stories of O. Henry" collects thirty of O. Henry's outstanding short stories, including "The Gift of the Magi", "The Policeman and the Hymn", "The Last Leaf", "Twenty Years Later", etc. These works are novel in concept and humorous in language. They deeply depict the joys, sorrows and joys of ordinary Americans. They are full of life style and can be called "humorous encyclopedia of American life".

This book is part of the audiobook series "Everyone Reads Every Day". In addition to the wonderful interpretations and guidance from front-line teachers, this series of audio guides for teenagers to read world classics also comes with audio QR codes that readers can scan and listen to. "My University" is the last part of Gorky's autobiographical novel trilogy. It tells the story of Alyosha coming to Kazan with a dream of going to university, but the harsh reality made his good wishes come to nothing. In order to survive, he walked into universities without walls such as docks, warehouses, and bakeries. He experienced countless hardships, but his pursuit of knowledge and truth remained unchanged. He read voraciously and accepted revolutionary theories. In the struggle side by side with the masses, he was also tempered and his thinking became increasingly mature. In this way, he grew up.

This book is part of the audiobook series "Everyone Reads Every Day". In addition to the wonderful interpretations and guidance from front-line teachers, this series of audio guides for teenagers to read world classics also comes with audio QR codes that readers can scan and listen to. "Selected Short Stories of Maupassant" is a collection of works by the famous French writer Maupassant, including his classic works "Ball of Suet", "The Necklace", "My Uncle Jules", etc. In these works, Maupassant described the living conditions of people from all walks of life in France in the late nineteenth century and created many typical images. These works not only expose the hypocrisy and ugliness of the ruling class, but also sharply satirize the vanity, greed and selfishness of the small citizens, and express deep sympathy for the insulted and harmed little people.

This book is part of the audiobook series "Everyone Reads Every Day". In addition to the wonderful interpretations and guidance from front-line teachers, this series of audio guides for teenagers to read world classics also comes with audio QR codes that readers can scan and listen to. "Eugénie Grandet" is known as "one of the most outstanding drawings" in "Human Comedy". The work uses the life of the Grandet family and Eugenie's love tragedy as clues to create an image of Old Grandet, a cruel, cruel, greedy and stingy capitalist, and reveals the endless greed and ruthlessness of capitalists who sacrifice all the beautiful feelings in the world for the pursuit of money. In this dark world where everything is about money, Eugenie's tolerance, kindness, and purity are like a ray of light, bringing people some warmth and hope.

Chiho and I went to the zoo, where we bumped into Togashi who was dating. He was my sister's last boyfriend. Three years ago, after his sister broke up with him, she said she wanted to see polar bears, so she left for Canada alone and never came back. "We came to see the polar bears." Tomiaki's girlfriend said. Maybe she doesn't know that polar bears have special meaning to Togashi and me. We each had our own concerns, and unknowingly we started dating as four people... Missing and moved, entangled and tired, regretful and nostalgic. Six popular writers work together to compose love stories and tell everything about love.

The "Holy Grail War" is a ritual in which seven magicians make a contract with seven heroic spirits, and fight with the Holy Grail, a wish that is said to make all wishes come true, as a bet. On the one hand, the master and the servant in the archer camp are mutual confidants. The cheerful male archer and the straightforward female magician Elsa Saijo originally planned to face the Holy Grail War head-on, but Elsa's dark past cast a shadow on the ceremony. On the other hand, the magician Nigel Seward of the Lancer camp used elixirs to forcibly control the Lancers who used huge spears. Nigel is convinced that tapping into the emotions in the hearts of the Lancers is the way to win. The tragedy has already fallen into a dilemma. Next...

The "Holy Grail War" is a ritual in which seven magicians and seven heroic spirits make a contract and fight with the Holy Grail, a wishing machine that is said to grant all wishes, as a bet. In the Holy Grail War held in 1991, Sajō Aige made a contract with the swordsman and used his talent in magic to sweep other camps. Under the influence of the Holy Grail, servants such as stalkers, berserkers and cavalry were summoned to Tokyo. They had entanglements with their respective magician masters, and at the same time participated in the Holy Grail War in their own ways. The Diver faced the difficulties he faced, the Cavalry was the former ruler of the world, and the Berserker and his master Tatsumi Arino fought to prevent the Holy Grail War. However, a mysterious woman appeared next to Tatsumi...

Seven magicians made a contract with seven heroic spirits, and started a battle with the Holy Grail, a wishing machine said to be able to grant all wishes, as a bet. This ritual was called the "Holy Grail War." In the Holy Grail War in 1991, Sajo Aige made a contract with the swordsman and defeated other hostile camps. On the other hand, the Reilongkan family, the top magician family in the Far East, was joined by the father of Reilongkan Misaya. Its purpose is to realize the magician's thousand-year-old wish - to reach the "root". The Linglongkan Family is a rare and famous magic sect, and its reputation has even been heard by the magicians in the Clock Tower. Misaya was deeply proud that her father was the best among all the family heads in the past. He worked hard and made a contract with his followers, but--

This book is the prequel novel of "Fate\u002FPrototype", the story prototype of the world-popular Japanese classic IP "Fate\u002Fstay night". The content of this work tells the story of seven magicians who each signed contracts with seven heroic spirits, fought to obtain the Holy Grail that can grant any wish, and performed a ritual called the "Holy Grail War." During this Holy Grail War, the magician Sajo Ayaka formed a contract with the Heroic Spirit Swordsman. Then Ayaka encountered a major crisis, but she was not affected by it. Together with the swordsman, she overcame many difficulties and resolved the crisis.

This book describes the rural scene of Bengal before India's independence and is known as "the epic of India's new awakening era". The many characters depicted in the book are lifelike and the plot is fascinating. Focusing on the rise and fall of the temple, it depicts the profound changes in all levels of society: how the emerging landlord class plunders and how the people at the bottom struggle to survive. In the context of the disintegration of the colonial socio-economic system and the establishment of new production systems, the book depicts idealistic young characters who re-establish the value of life based on the rise and fall of the country, and tells touching stories of their struggle and sacrifice for national independence and the people's right to survive. They dare to challenge and fight against evil. They are all solemn and sacred gods in the hearts of the people!

"Mr Gant" is an autobiographical novel written by the Indian literary giant Sarath. The protagonist Srigant is both an upright, knowledgeable and progressive gentleman, and also an elusive vagabond. Once, he met the singer Raj Lakshmi at a prince's party and recognized her as his childhood classmate. Raj Lakshmi's kind and beautiful qualities moved his heart, and his unfortunate widow's plight made him sympathize. However, bound by traditional concepts, the two had to part ways. Srigant resumes his wandering journey. During his wandering life, he met many women with different experiences: Anoda, a loyal woman who silently suffered the torture of her husband, Opaya, who dared to break through the feudal cage to marry her beloved, Sunanda, who resolutely gave up a prosperous life to safeguard morality and justice, Komor Loda, a devout believer who had the courage to atone for his sins... The experiences of these characters and their journeys deeply affected the protagonist, prompting Sri Ganth and Raj Lakshmi to boldly break away from the shackles of feudal etiquette and finally get married.

Neil Gaiman is synonymous with contemporary fantasy literature! "Smoke and Mirrors: A Collection of Neil Gaiman's Scalp-Tisting Short Stories" contains 29 Neil Gaiman's classic short stories, which cover the love, jealousy, greed, selfishness, fear and sadness of human nature. "American Gods" Odin, Rocky, Annecy... The ancient gods have actually always lived in the United States, living among us as humans, but they lost human faith and became weak. "Norse Gods" "Good Omens" According to the "Exquisite and Accurate Prophecy" written by the witch Agnes Fuko, the world will end on Saturday. To be precise, it should be next Saturday, before dinner. "The Graveyard Book" Raising a child requires the efforts of the entire cemetery. The appearance of a baby broke the thousand-year peace of the cemetery. Under the guidance of Death, the ghosts adopted the baby and named it Nobody.

After World War I, Larry returned to the United States after fighting bravely. What greeted him was a seemingly magnanimous life. But the cruelty of the war and the death of his comrades made him doubt the meaning and value of life. He gave up his regular work and life and moved from Paris to Germany and India. During the journey, he met all kinds of people: the miner who hid his identity as a political prisoner, who seemed vulgar and hypocritical, but was proficient in philosophical knowledge; the mistress who was obsessed with painting, and after absorbing the artistic styles of all painter lovers, he became a painter herself; the mysterious Indian master, who used incredible methods to practice hard and treat diseases... The strange life gradually extended his thinking about the meaning of life. What will Larry get from it, and what choice will he make?

Young Arthur is pure and sincere, looking forward to a better life. However, an unexpected news leak forced him to face the doubts of his girlfriend Gemma, the misunderstandings of his partners, and the secrets that Father Montanelli had hidden for many years. Successive deceptions and betrayals destroyed Arthur's hopes. Devastated, he disappeared into the night and never appeared again. Thirteen years later, Gemma met "Gadfly", a warrior who believed in revolution and was sharp-tongued, but repeatedly mistaken him for Arthur, who had long been presumed dead. In a dangerous operation, Gadfly was unfortunately arrested, and the priest who was ordered to persuade him to surrender turned out to be Montanelli. Gadfly rarely showed his true emotions when facing the priest, and his true identity gradually surfaced. When love and faith are opposed to each other, what choice will the Gadfly make?

On the occasion of the 170th anniversary of the publication of the novel "Moby-Dick" that was highly praised by Hemingway, Camus and Bob Dylan, the translated version of "Moby-Dick" returns with shock. This book is an ocean novel and an ocean epic, and a brilliant expression of American imagination. Includes all classic Rockwell Kent illustrations. _X000b_Ahab, the captain of the whaling ship "Pelund", was bitten off a leg by the ferocious and clever white whale Moby-Dick during a whaling process. Therefore, he was full of revenge and wanted to hunt down the white whale. He even lost his rationality and became a dictatorial fanatic. His ship traveled almost all over the world and finally encountered Moby Dick. After three days of tracking, he hit the white whale with a harpoon, but the ship was hit by the white whale. Ahab was entangled in the rope on the harpoon and was taken into the sea. All the people on the ship fell into the sea, and only the sailor Ishmael (a name in the Bible, meaning an abandoned person) was saved and came to tell the story to people. The author gave Moby-Dick the color white to symbolize innocence and terror, and the white whale to symbolize the mixture of good and evil, which is also the basic condition of the human world. This novel has become a masterpiece handed down from generation to generation due to its rich ideological content, the scale of an epic ship, and its mature and thoughtful writing style. Rockwell Kent (1882-1971) was a famous American illustrator who illustrated many literary works, such as "The Decameron" and "The Canterbury Tales". "Moby-Dick" is a very classic among them, with more than 100 illustrations. It was first published in 1930 and has been sought after by generations of book lovers.

"The Call of the Wild" is a novella written by American writer Jack London, which tells the story of a dog named Buck. Buck has lived in the Chancery's mansion since he was a child, leading a leisurely, wealthy and noble life. However, during the gold rush, the carefree Buck was abducted and sold by his family's gardener to the snowy North Country to work as a sled dog. He fell from the center of civilization into an extremely dangerous wilderness. The cruel reality did not give Buck time to adapt. He encountered the ruthless sticks of his new owner, the crazy rejection of his dog companions, and even experienced the test of death again and again. In a series of blows and cruel competition for survival, Buck finally put aside the politeness of the civilized world and learned the most primitive law of club teeth. The wolf's nature buried in his genes gradually resurrected in his body...

"Siddhartha" is not the story of Buddha. It tells the life of one person and the life that thousands of people will experience. What Siddhartha pursued throughout his life was the harmony and unity of life. It may seem grand, but it is an issue that no one can avoid. The language in this book is full of poetry and wisdom. If you read it carefully, you will have profound insights, allowing you to discover and experience your own life.

These stories all take place in a crowded neighborhood. Homeless people live in a cellar at the end of the block. Above the cellar stands an ancient castle, a place where ghosts and ghosts haunt. The protagonists of the story include astrologers and desperadoes, as well as dignitaries and businessmen, as well as elders who monitor and interfere in neighborhood affairs and residents' lives... Many people fled the neighborhood, either to avoid enemies, to break away from tradition, or to pursue love and wealth. There are also some people who return to their hometowns in good condition, and they often become the protagonists of neighborhood rumors, and are eventually labeled as madmen and vandals, becoming people who disrupt the peaceful life of the neighborhood. People in the neighborhood are afraid of change but eager for it. Life is not easy, so they whisper to each other in the darkness and move forward hand in hand, looking for light and miracles.

The set includes: "The Great Solitude", "The Red and the Black", "Metamorphosis" and "How Steel Was Tempered".

Bear Town is a small town, which is remote and lonely, with long winters and a lot of snow. The people in the town know how to be silent and patient. Bear Town is a small town, an ice hockey stadium, several families, a bar, a forest, a boy and a girl, a group of boys and several girls, a group of men and a group of women. Kawajiri Sheng was enjoying college life in Tokyo. One day his father suddenly visited and informed him that his aunt Matsuko, who disappeared more than 30 years ago, had recently been murdered in Tokyo. Sheng, who was responsible for sorting out his aunt's belongings, began to investigate Songzi's life. Cheryl Strayed, an ordinary American woman. When she was 6 years old, her alcoholic and violent father disappeared from her life. At the age of 22, her close mother died suddenly due to illness. Since then, the family has not been able to start a family, her siblings have become increasingly estranged, and her marriage is on the verge of collapse. For 4 years, 7 months and 3 days, she was immersed in great grief and lost herself.

The set includes: "One Hundred Billion Lives", "Miracle Records", "One Person's Pilgrimage", "One Person's Pilgrimage 2: Queenie's Love Song" and "The Day Time Stopped".

To be disqualified in the human world is to lose the qualifications to be a human being. This article consists of five parts: a preface, a first-hand notebook, a second-hand notebook, a third-hand notebook, and a postscript. The preface and postscript are narrated in the author's voice, while the three notebooks are narrated in the voice of the protagonist Ye Zang. The protagonist Ye Zang is timid and cowardly, afraid of worldly emotions and does not understand the complex thoughts of human beings, so he disguises himself through comedy. Later, I discovered that drinking and having fun seemed to be a better way to escape the world, so I lived a wild life all day long, numbing myself through alcohol, drugs, and women, and eventually led to destruction. He was tortured by the most real pain of being a human being. He spent his whole life seeking love and avoiding love under self-weariness, and in the end he could only destroy himself. In addition, this book also includes 7 representative works of Osamu Dazai, including "Viyong's Wife", "The Story of a Snowy Night" and "Goodbye".

"Four Gentlemen" is four articles in the "Neighborhood Series" created by Gonzalo Manuel Tavares. It tells the daily interesting stories of four neighborhood characters, and the characters are named as poets and writers: Mr. Valery, Mr. Henry, Mr. Brecht, and Mr. Calvino; each article is divided into many short chapters, sometimes even one sentence. It is this peculiar fragmented narrative form that makes it difficult for his creations to be classified as existing literary forms. However, it is interesting to read and has some philosophical meaning. The book is illustrated by Tavares' wife, Rachel Caiano. Rachel Caiano is an artist and illustrator who has illustrated many works and won the Young Designer Award.

"Silent Spring" is recognized as the foundational work that started the world environmental movement. The work tells the story of the huge and irreparable harm caused to the human living environment by the widespread use of pesticides represented by DDT. The book has both a rigorous and realistic scientific and rational spirit and a humanistic sentiment of reverence for life. It is recognized as the most influential book in the past 50 years.

"Silent Spring" is the first book that humans paid attention to environmental issues. After World War II, chemical pesticides represented by DDT were promoted and used on a large scale. In 1958, marine biologist Rachel Carson decided to write a book about the misuse of chemical pesticides. Chemical pesticides are presented as safe and harmless by business giants and power groups, while the public is ignorant of the truth. "Silent Spring" begins with a fable and comprehensively analyzes the impact of chemical pesticides on humans and the earth's ecology. It not only cites cases of human illness and even death caused by exposure to toxic chemical pesticides, but also connects environmental issues in a narrow sense with the broader earth's ecology. Its shocking prediction about the harm of pesticides to the human environment triggered the cause of environmental protection around the world. This book is still very influential today.

Vandover, a young man from San Francisco, loved art and was very talented in painting. His father was worried that sending his son to Paris for further study would affect his studies, so he postponed his plan to go to Paris and instead sent his son to Harvard. But by chance again and again, Vandover, who had the halo of Harvard and a bright future after graduation, became a janitor at the bottom of society, crawling in the dirt in embarrassment. The young Vandover went through a lot of struggles in his heart, fighting between human nature and animal nature. Sometimes the animal nature defeated the human nature, and sometimes the human nature defeated the animal nature. However, Vandover's own weak and submissive character eventually made him completely degraded in the blows one after another. Vandover and the Beast is a naturalistic novel written by Norris in his early years at Harvard University. It describes how the beast in human nature leads to personal depravity. It was completed in 1895, but was not published immediately. This uncopied manuscript was placed in a crate and survived the San Francisco earthquake and city fire. It was finally published in 1914, twelve years after the author's death. Original link: http:\u002F\u002Fwww. Gutenberg. Org\u002Febooks\u002F14712

Randolph Carter dreamed of that magnificent city three times, and each time he woke up suddenly while standing on a high terrace outside the city. The city shone gracefully with golden light in the sun; its walls, temples, colonnades, and arch bridges were all made of marble with bright textures; its broad squares and fragrant gardens were filled with fountains that used silver as pools and spewed out colorful water columns; The wide streets are lined with elegant trees, flowered urns, and shiny ivory statues; the steep slopes in the north of the city are lined with layers of red roofs and old-fashioned pointed gables, intertwined with cobblestone paths dotted with grass. That city was the revelry of the gods: here the otherworldly trumpets played ostentatiously, and the immortal cymbals clashed noisily.

"The Invisible Man" is a science fiction novel published by the British novelist Herbert George Wells in 1897. It is regarded as a masterpiece depicting the opposition between mad scientists and society. The work tells the story of a genius scientist who lost himself and eventually self-destructed after inventing an invisibility potion. The novel "The Invisible Man" uses science fiction as the main basis for unfolding the plot and is full of scientific interest. However, what makes readers feel the most is the author's concern for the contradictions and development of human society, especially his thoughts on the negative impact that the development and progress of science and technology may have on human society in the future.

This book is the original work of the German film "Metropolis" (1927). The movie "Metropolis" (1927) is a classic among classics, a masterpiece of the silent film era that is still imitated today; it is also the first monument in the history of science fiction movies, and its influence can be seen everywhere in later science fiction, whether it is Mad Frankenstein in the 1930s or "Blade Runner" The imagination of future urban landscapes in "Hand", "Brazil", "The Fifth Element" and "Star Wars", as well as the image design of C-3PO, the prosthetic hand of Luke Skywalker and the female general's prosthetic hand in "Nausicaa", the underground city of Lucas' "TH1138" and the 1138 number itself, There is a hint of "Metropolis" in all of them. Even the rock music videos of Madonna and "Queen" quoted excerpts from "Metropolis." In 2002, Japan released Tezuka\u002F Otomo\u002F Lintaro's version of "Metropolis", which was a distant tribute from several generations of animation masters to the original director Fritz Lang.

The masterpiece of the easy chair detective, the sequel to "The Old Man in the Corner", an old man whose name, occupation, experience, etc. Are unknown, is sitting in the corner of the Norfolk Street branch of Yeast-free Bread Trading Company, abbreviated as ABC store. Then the old man and a female news reporter who met in the store talked about some general circumstances of the unsolved case and his own reasoning.

Innsmouth was a small settlement founded on the port in 1643. Shipbuilding was originally its main export industry, and fishing was also developed. After the War of 1812, the town declined. However, due to the trading between the merchant ship captains who had great power in the area and the deep divers, a half-human and half-frog underwater race, by offering human sacrifices in exchange for gold and fish catches, the locals eventually began to mix with the deep divers who regularly climbed ashore. So in the end, most of the local people have the characteristics of monsters. Even if they look like ordinary people, these characteristics will begin to appear at a certain age. In the end, all mixed-race locals will be transformed into deep divers and live in the sea as long as they do not die before the transformation is completed. That's why we don't see old people in Innsmouth. The residents of Innsmouth are deeply involved in the weird atmosphere such as Dagon belief. Due to these phenomena, Innsmouth has become a place that people from neighboring areas avoid. The only means of transportation are buses run by locals. Finally, on July 16, 1927, a curious tourist who went to Innsmouth was attacked by the Innsmouth people because he was investigating the past of Innsmouth there. After he fled the local area in panic, the local anomalies attracted the attention of the government. After extensive investigations, the people of Innsmouth were arrested collectively, and the local area became a dead city.

"The Poisonous Sun" is one of Jack London's masterpieces. This book is divided into two parts. The first part tells the story of the protagonist "Poisonous Sun" who pans for gold in the Arctic and fights against the ice and snow. The description of the Arctic scenery is considered a classic in literature. In the second part, the "Poisonous Sun" returns to the city, and civilized society seems to be even more cruel... In the end, the "Poisonous Sun" finds the true meaning of life. Once published, this book became an extremely popular seller. It was Jack London's most popular book during his lifetime and has been adapted into movies many times.

Published in 1922, "The Beautiful and the Damned" is Fitzgerald's second novel, which depicts the First World War and the early 1920s, the New York coffee communes of the Jazz Age and the elites of the eastern United States. As in his other novels, the characters in this work are complex, especially those involving marriage and intimacy, while the book's intellectual and literary quality reaches a high level. The Beautiful and the Damned tells the story of Anthony Page, a high-society celebrity in the 1910s and potential heir to a tycoon's estate, and his courtship and relationship with Gloria Gilbert. This book describes Anthony's brief military camp life during World War I, the couple's postwar life having fun in New York, and Anthony's later alcoholism.

Osamu Dazai's helpless swan song of life deep in the soul is written to the self in our hearts that was once cowardly but eager to realize. "Disqualified" is the last work of Dazai Osamu's life, and it is also an eternal classic of Japanese literature. The whole book describes Ye Zang's continuous sinking in order to escape reality from childhood, adolescence to middle age. He experienced self-exile, alcoholism, suicide, numbing himself with drugs, and finally walked towards the tragedy of destruction step by step. Through Ye Zang's life experiences and the process of constant self-denial, Dazai Osamu also expressed the depressed emotions buried deep in his heart and the desire to be loved. Therefore, this work is regarded as Dazai's semi-autobiographical work. Through this work, he attempted to raise the most sincere and sharp questions about being a human being to the world. The contradictions and struggles accumulated throughout his life can be seen between the lines. The wonderful thing is that even though Ye Zang mocks himself for "a life full of shame," he is still fascinating, as if he is the only one who truly sees the essence of human beings in the world, shouts out the ugliness of human nature on behalf of the world, and steps towards the road of gradually losing his qualifications as a human being like atonement. After completing this work, Osamu Dazai committed suicide by drowning at the age of 38, marking the final end of his disqualified life.

"Doctor Zhivago" describes a series of major historical events before and after the October Revolution: the 1905 Revolution, World War I, February Revolution, October Revolution, Civil War, New Economic Policy, and socialist construction. The protagonist of the novel, Yuli Zhivago, experienced almost all these complex and turbulent stages in his short life of less than forty years, and he responded to all these historical events.