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One day in October 1980, I went to work and came to the office. Following years of habit, I sat on the chair behind the desk and immediately opened the newspaper that the mailman had already placed on the desk. This was the Harbin Daily of that day. The newspapers at that time did not have dozens of pages now, but only four pages on weekdays. When people read newspapers, they don't just skim the headlines like they do now, but read almost every text from beginning to end. That day, I quickly finished reading the four pages of the newspaper. Before work started, I started to read the advertisement in the middle. Suddenly, an announcement from the notary office caught my attention: This is the announcement. Bashka Ivanovna, a stateless Russian, died in a nursing home for foreigners due to illness at the age of 90. She left behind a property at 37 Sharman Street.

Posthumous work of Nobel Prize winner Günter Grass. Despite the hardships brought by aging and the imminence of death, everything seems possible again: love letters, soliloquies, jealousy, final lamentations, satire on society, and moments of happiness... All are presented in this book. Only an artist who has survived the baptism of time and cunningly avoided death can create such intelligent, playful and unyielding works. The rich and touching stories of life are condensed in this book, which is an exquisite microcosm of the author's last days in life. Poems, lyrical prose and paintings echoed and complemented each other, and Grass created the last great work of art in his life.

Chasing animal tracks in the melting snow, reading the history of oak tree rings, and listening to the long calls of migrating geese... This book records the author Leopold's experience of ecological restoration on a farm in Wisconsin, USA. The book is arranged in the order of the four seasons, and the writing style is lyrical, vivid, and highly contagious. The beautiful descriptions of rural life in the book have had a huge impact on the writing tradition of American nature literature. From another perspective, this book also profoundly explains the relationship between man and nature from the perspectives of philosophy, ethics, aesthetics and cultural tradition, trying to reawaken people's love and respect for nature.

"Walden" records Thoreau's simple life, in-depth thinking, and self-reinvention during his two years of seclusion on the shores of Walden Pond. The writing is quiet, tranquil, and thought-provoking. He cultivated land next to his cabin and was self-sufficient. He talked with the lake, forest and birds, went boating on the lake, fished on the shore, and wrote down his observations and thoughts in the cabin at night. 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." In Rousseau's view, most of the luxuries and most of the so-called comforts that people pursue are not only unnecessary, but also hinder human progress.

A complete translation of the classic by the literary master Zhou Zuoren, translated from the rare original version of "Pillows of Spring". "Pillows" is a supreme masterpiece of Japanese healing and a literary milestone classic that has been best-selling for thousands of years. The legendary female writer Qing Shao Nayan uses pure, delicate, exquisite and concise unique writing style to perfectly present the fleeting beauty in daily life, natural scenery and palace anecdotes. Ordinary things in the world bloom at the tip of her pen, and her untainted genius heart is reflected in every page of the book. Reading it is warm and healing, and you can't bear to put it down. It has won the reputation of "reading from the page where the wind blows".

This book is Tony Judt's oral memoir after he suffered from ALS. It is also the only work in which Judt talks about himself. In the silent nights where he could not move, Judt used space as a clue to search and organize past memories, and built a "memory house". He admitted that his writing during his illness basically came from his night visits to the memory cabin. He sometimes focuses on small things, describing his grandmother's Jewish cuisine, London's Green Line buses, and Swiss trains. Sometimes he looks at the wider world and talks about the farcical movements of the post-war generation in Western Europe, the ideological constraints of the era, and his own observations and participation in society. These words shuttle between the moving and the sharp, the private and the public, the specific history and the individual feelings of being involved in it. They trace not only the life course of a historian, but also the complex history of the 20th century. The "Works of Tony Judt" series also includes "Postwar European History", "Sickness Everywhere", "On Europe", "Thinking about the 20th Century: The Thoughtful Autobiography of Tony Judt", "The Burden of Responsibility: Bloom, Camus, Aron and France in the 20th Century", "The Unfinished Past: French Intellectuals, 1944-1956", "After Facts Changed", "Revaluing Values" (new edition to be released), etc.

The book has a total of 305 paragraphs, divided into three major contents: clustering, diary and random thoughts. The clustering is influenced by Li Yishan's "Za Tu" of the Tang Dynasty, which lists things of different natures and categories in life, such as "mountains", "sea", "disappointing things", "elegant things", involving geographical features, vegetation, flowers and birds, inner emotions, life interests, etc., Which very richly reflects the author's delicate observation and aesthetic taste of Qing Shao Nayan. The diary records the author's life in the palace, from which we can learn about the living conditions and tastes of the royal family and nobles in Japan's Heian period. Random thoughts are random thoughts about nature and life, especially the author's bright and free attitude towards life. This book contains color illustrations and inserts.

Before I became a cartoonist, I was an unnoticed director at an advertising agency. It was not going well at that time. I really wanted to resign, but I didn't know what to do. I can't do anything like opening a store, I don't speak English, and I haven't passed the driver's license test... The fun is drawing comics. I kept drawing whenever I had free time, and as I drew, I thought, maybe I could quit my job and become a professional cartoonist. In the fifteenth year of working in the company, I drew a hundred four-frame cartoons and submitted them for submission. I thought I could resign after winning the award, but unexpectedly I was not selected at all. Later, I drew another hundred three-frame cartoons, thinking that if this one could be sold, I could quit my job, but that didn't happen either. During these years of discouragement, I still did not give up my painting brush. It took three years to draw a thirty-two-page comic. Until one day, I received a call in a tavern: "Mr. Abe, congratulations on winning the Newcomer Comic Award!"... Ah, I can quit my job this way!

Japanese contemporary writer and photographer Fujiwara Shinya keenly observes and captures the common problems faced by society during the period of rapid economic development, bringing a warning or enlightenment to readers' minds. In Japanese society in the 1980s, there was a huge economic bubble, various social cases occurred frequently, and the hollowness in people's hearts grew day by day. At this time, Japanese photographer and essayist Shinya Fujiwara ended his thirteen-year journey to Asia and returned to his homeland to put what he saw and felt into writing. The mutual constraints between the rapidly developing economy and traditional culture have resulted in countless people losing their ancestral homes and drifting in prosperous but frivolous cities. The rapid pace of urbanization has widened the spiritual distance between people, making people's interactions with each other become indifferent. The connections between people and cities, people and nature, and people and people have become increasingly fragile. The author uses a writer's style to profoundly criticize various problems faced by big cities in the development process, which makes people think deeply and introspect.

This book is a collection of essays written by the British philosopher and writer Francis Bacon based on his life experience and philosophical thinking. A total of 58 articles are collected, covering all aspects of human life such as politics, economy, religion, love, marriage, friendship, art, education and ethics. The issues discussed are all thought-provoking and unique. The language is concise, the writing is beautiful, the reasoning is thorough, and the aphorisms are repeated. It has been welcomed by readers from all over the world for hundreds of years, and the character formation of countless teenagers has been influenced by this book.

I especially look forward to the wanderer who drinks a lot of wine and eats meat. He opens the sliding door of a strange restaurant with a clatter, strides forward without hesitation, pulls out the heavy sword from his waist and puts it beside him, roaring: "Boss, eat!" Eating should be a happy and stress-free thing, putting aside complex psychological struggles. , And put aside futile Internet searches, no matter whether it tastes good or not, and whatever you want to eat, you can bravely open the sliding door of a strange restaurant and shout: "Boss, eat!" The anxiety when entering a strange restaurant, the excitement when waiting for the food to be served, the supreme satisfaction when chewing, the myriad flavors slowly seep into the heart from the tip of the tongue. A person can be like a vagabond, eating what he likes freely and living happily every day. In fact, it is a small happiness to be able to eat what you like when you are hungry. Soft and smooth abalone slices, Chinese cold noodles full of summer flavor, rustic rice with mashed yam, grilled bamboo fish for bed and breakfast, fried noodles with beer amidst the chirping of cicadas, hot soup noodles covered with vegetables, sukiyaki dipped in raw eggs... Of course, when encountering unpalatable food, the author also comes with powerful barrage and complaints. "The Wanderer Gourmet" is a book about the small blessings brought by food. It is a collection of delicious and interesting essays. Masayuki Kusumi sincerely describes the touching story between him and food, and the descriptions are as vivid as comics. It is easy for people to have the urge to go out to eat alone, and to eat whatever they want to eat immediately. This idea is really great! From today on, be a happy person!

In fact, it is a comprehensive observation note of British culture! Bill Bryson is the author of the best-selling popular science book "A Brief History of Everything". What does the real Britain look like? Bill Bryson, the world-renowned cultural observer, uses humorous and sharp language to show us the comprehensive and true Britain. This book has been highly recognized by British readers - on World Book Day in 2003, in a national survey launched by the BBC, this book was rated as "a book that particularly represents the UK". Open this book and learn about the real Britain from all aspects of British daily life.

When James Bowen found an injured ginger cat curled up in the hallway of his humble abode, he had no idea their lives were about to intersect. In London, James was just a poor wandering entertainer. He never thought that he would have a pet. However, he still used the only money he had to save the male cat and named him Bob. In the days that followed, they quickly became a magical and inseparable partner, and together they experienced interesting and dangerous journeys. With each other's company and support, they gradually got out of their past difficulties and got back on the right track of life.

"Walden" consists of 18 essays in total. During the cycle of seasons, it records in detail Thoreau's inner desires, conflicts, disappointments and self-adjustments, as well as the complex mental journey of desire again after adjustment, which went through several cycles until it was finally realized. It shows that the author uses it to challenge his own personal boundaries and even the boundaries of humanity as a whole. But this challenge is not the infinite hope of realizing self-worth, but the infinite power of recovery after injury.

This book is a collection of essays by the famous writer Proust, including two parts: "A Refutation of Sainte-Beuve" and "The Time of Reading". "A Refutation of Sainte-Beuve" discusses the methods of literary criticism and believes that literary works should not be too closely related to the individual author. "The Time of Reading" discusses why we read and examines the pain and joy that books bring us, which is thought-provoking.

"I Want to Uproot Loneliness for You" is a collection of Natsume Soseki's classic essays. It includes Natsume Soseki's classic prose works "Nagahi Sketches" and "Memories" and other famous prose works. Natsume Soseki's prose profoundly describes all living beings in Japan's Meiji era society, reflects various vivid life scenes and figures of that era, and leaves a mirror of the times for future generations. The thoughts are profound and the language is vivid. It reads like flowing clouds and water, which is pleasing to the eye. Has strong readability.

This book is a collection of Emerson's classic essays, including Emerson's famous essays, such as "Nature", "Beauty", "Nature", "Power", "Culture", "Great Men", etc. Emerson is known as "the prophet and explorer of New England". What's even more valuable is that his thoughts and articles still make people feel fresh and refreshing. This book has strong readability and literary appreciation value.

"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the East and West" is a collection of essays by the famous British writer Lucas. Lucas was a British writer and critic in the 20th century. He was an accomplished successor of British prose after Lamb. This book selects Lucas' representative prose works from the aspects of miscellaneous thoughts, essays, travel notes, writer's biography and reminiscences. Lucas has a broad vision, profound knowledge, witty writing style and rich cultural heritage. He is especially good at discovering the cultural and social connotations of things in ordinary trivial matters. His wonderful points are shocking.

This book is a collection of prose works by the famous American writer Whitman. In the literary world of the United States and even the world, Whitman is a well-known name. The prose in this book includes beautiful essays expressing love for nature, flowers, plants, birds and animals, and meditation, as well as sketches remembering the streets and alleys of American cities, operas, dramas, and dances, as well as essays about patriotism, full of human pursuits, longing for peace, and warmth between people. It has strong literary appreciation value.

This book is a classic collection of prose by the famous writer Buning. It contains Buning's representative prose works from different periods, divided into three categories: natural lyricism, autobiography of life, and character essays. Whether it is a narration of a person or an expression of ambition or affection for nature, the author integrates rich emotions into the words. These works express Buning's rich feelings about nature, relatives, love and the surrounding world, and have strong readability and literary appreciation value.

This book collects 16 popular fairy tales represented by the Japanese fairy tale master Kenji Miyazawa, including "Kaze no Matasaburo". In "The Biography of Gusko Budori", Gusko Budori sacrificed himself to prevent people from being affected by the cold wave, and in "Kenju Forest Park" the simple, kind and unrewarded Kenju are all true portrayals of Miyazawa Kenji himself; and "Kaze no Matasaburo" The friendship between Nakazaburo and his classmates and the description of the natural scenery, the discussion of the law of the jungle in "Twenty-Six Nights", and the journey of the little rabbit Hermon from good to evil in "Shell of Fire" all demonstrate the rich charm and profound connotation of Miyazawa Kenji's works. Miyazawa Kenji integrates his compassion and kindness into his pure and highly creative writings, leading readers to experience the beauty of nature and regain the innocence in their hearts.

The first collection of essays by Japanese contemporary photographer and essayist Shinya Fujiwara contains a total of twenty essays, mainly describing his feelings while living in India. At the age of twenty-three, he gave up his studies. He traveled to cities, villages and markets in India, experienced sandstorms, witnessed local people's water burials and cremations by the Ganges River, climbed snow-capped mountains with ascetics, and observed the daily lives of ordinary villagers. The India he saw was a hot country. People here did not have excessively abundant material culture, and their lifestyle was simple and crude. However, everyone still had enthusiasm and freedom. No matter humble or noble, every soul lived in the way he wanted. Here, life presents itself as something authentic, with both beauty and ugliness in full bloom, dwarfing all forms of expression.

We are watching, we are listening, we are feeling; we are laughing, we are distressed; occasionally there are days that we want to keep in our hearts and are difficult to replace. Maybe these are days when nothing happens; however, we are still waiting. We are waiting for something to come, or recalling the interesting things about light and shadow when we were young, or interpreting popular films in a unique way, or recording behind-the-scenes shots on the set. "Garbage Basket Cinema" may be the film utopia in Shunji Iwai's mind.

As famous as Haruki Murakami and Baby Annie, Kaori Ekuni's beautiful essays can be found in "Home Alone on a Rainy Day". Although the passage of time is cruel, it also achieves beautiful things. A collection of essays by writer Egoku Kaori. In each of her short and beautiful words, she records the food that brings happiness, the time spent drinking and chatting with friends, the mood of wandering in the bookstore late at night, the joy of indulging in bathing, the journey that cannot be made, the sad past... The seasons keep rotating, but only memories are eternal. We forget about what we lost and stride forward. As we reflect on the past through Kaori Eguni's writing, we will love our current life even more.

The world is often too simple to support a story, and often too complex to describe in an encyclopedia. Nobel Prize winner V. S. Naipaul's way of observing and feeling the world, "I realized early on that there are different ways of seeing, because I came to the metropolis from a long way away. ... I could not find a past, a past that I could enter and consider, and this lack made me sad."

Since every day is the first day of the rest of your life, why not throw away your rigid life and live a life of joy? The warmest gift for parents and elders. Hendrik Gren, an old man in a nursing home in Amsterdam, wanted to change his boring and monotonous senior life, so he united with several other like-minded old guys to set up a club. From then on, their lives became ups and downs and exciting. "The occasional non-conformity made me feel young again. Before I knew it, I came up with a series of travel possibilities: cooking classes at a cooking studio, group psychological counseling sessions, bowling competitions, a day trip to a windmill village, and baking at a dessert bakery. Baking lessons, watching Ajax football matches, visiting the Keukenhof Tulip Park. It would also be a good idea to go to the racecourse in Duendegg, but it sounds really nostalgic... As long as it's planned, that's life."

"Say Goodbye Softly" is a collection of essays in which Mr. Yataro Matsuura, the author of "100 Basics" and a Japanese life esthetician, reveals his private emotions for the first time. With gentle writing style, he wrote about those people who left a beautiful mark on his life and gave him some life inspiration. As we grow older, our inner connotations become more and more beautiful. The one who teaches about the beauty of age, the one who treasures it in my heart, the one who whispers goodbye in my ear, the one who wants to hug her back, the one who falls asleep holding hands, and the one who sees each other every month... The love memories hidden deep in my heart become more pure and beautiful over time. Yataro Matsuura reveals his private emotions for the first time through essays that are like love letters, making people feel like they "wrote it to the heart and couldn't help crying" while reading it.

The article "April Fool's Day" collects many real or fictitious characters throughout the ages. Lamb clarifies his preferred attitude towards "fools" in the article. The essay "Child in Dreams: A Fantasy" tells the past events of my grandmother, brother and early lover through the form of dreams. The classic essay "A Single Man Describes the Words and Deeds of a Married Person" has vivid language, a solemn and humorous mood, and a narrative close to life. In "On Roast Pig", a friend of Lamb introduced him to a Chinese manuscript about the origin of roast suckling pig. The article uses elegant and beautiful language to describe the entire process of selecting materials, making and enjoying it, giving the vulgar thing of roast pig an aesthetic perspective.

"My Beautiful World" is a collection of essays by Mori Mori, the "Japanese Zhang Ailing". This is a love letter to life. Mori declares: "Even without love, life can still be rose-colored." After spending most of her legendary life, Mori still used her rich sensibility in her later years to collect small but certain glimmers of beauty from tired daily life. In a willful and naughty tone, she detailed the Japanese style life in her mind. Living in a humble house in Tokyo, she recalls the Meiji elegance and European romance half a lifetime ago; she talks about food, clothing and other things, as well as the "beautiful laws" of human behavior and behavior. When imagination and memories are intertwined, black tea is fragrant, roses bloom, and demons and beasts appear. The seventy-nine precious essays are highly condensed "Jasmine Aesthetics" and interspersed with "Sen's Civilization Criticism", which is spicy and enjoyable.

An autobiographical essay by Japanese life master Yataro Matsuura. Before he graduated from high school, he decided to go to the United States to explore the world. In the fall of his 18th year, Matsuura arrived in San Francisco. What was he pursuing during this journey? When his parents asked, "Why do we want to travel?" What was the answer that the young Matsuura couldn't answer? A work full of precious sentences dedicated to travelers on the road of life. After experiencing the years of youth and frivolity, in the loneliness of wandering, he wrote down the people he met, the places he arrived, and what happened--some may be a perfect ending, and sometimes it is a "this is life" situation. Matsuura's unique outlook on life began to sprout from his early wanderings, adventures, experiences and growth.

This book is a book of growth full of love and courage, and is recognized by various countries as a very loving and educational book. The story conveys our common emotions: love, courage, and responsibility through the ordinary stories of a little boy in life and school. There are 100 short stories in the book. Each story in the book is touching, and the words are filled with children's innocence and fun. This is a growth book that is extremely suitable for millions of parents and children to read together. It teaches children how to behave in the ordinary world and become a person who is courageous, energetic, dares to take responsibility, and faces difficulties head-on.

"Walden" is a collection of essays written by the American writer Henry David Thoreau. It records the author's strange journey of living in seclusion on the shores of Walden Pond, blending in with nature, perceiving nature and reinventing himself in pastoral life.

This book is a collection of essays written by the author while studying in Japan. The author uses pictures and texts to introduce Japanese culture and customs. The author traced Lu Xun's footsteps in Sendai and visited Arashiyama written by Premier Zhou Enlai; he studied the Japanese people's heart of "not causing trouble to others" and experienced the local awareness of disaster prevention; he introduced language schools in Tokyo and the multi-functional Shinjuku District Multicultural Exchange Center, and also experienced the art and wine culture, kimono culture and various festival cultures of "Hononwa Kenzen"; he also took everyone to visit the thousand-year-old ancient capitals of Kyoto, Nara and other famous places.

"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 book is a commemorative work written by the author when he was in his twenties, to commemorate the two-week trip he and his brother took on the Concord and Merrimack rivers. Later, when his brother passed away, he wrote this work as a memorial. However, the whole book is abbreviated as a week's travel, and starting from the perspective of travel, the text touches on the role of the environment on the spirit, and how the human soul can be purified in the natural environment. This book is a companion volume to "Walden". Its essence is more reflected in the journey through nature, the role of the environment on the spirit, and how people think and discern in the natural environment.

"A Man's Journey" contains ten essays written by Thoreau during his wanderings, about mountains, streams, and landlords; about winter snow, forests, and squirrels; and about autumn maples, wild apples, and the moon! Through these words, Thoreau's image emerges vividly on the page. His simple lifestyle is also the most avant-garde concept of the 21st century: pursuing the most basic material needs and the richest spiritual aspirations.

This book collects articles written by Thoreau during his lifetime, about mountains, rivers, winter snow, forests... In his writings, nature and people blend together and form a seamless whole. It can be said that the articles in "The Art of Walking" write about the most profound and broad natural world, and convey a natural and ecological way of life. This is a universal classic that everyone who wants to change their lifestyle must read. In the anxious modern life, instead of going to the gym to sweat profusely with mechanical exercises, it is better to go out of the house, stroll in the natural paradise, and inquire about the magic of nature.

"In our lives, there are often moments that sparkle like pure gold. If, if we can freeze time for a long time, this world will be like heaven." Sanmao translated the work "A Moment of Time" by his close friend American priest Ding Songqing in perceptual and light words. This book also contains 11 letters from Sanmao to Ding Songqing, a close friend for 20 years, and 44 precious photos! "A Moment of Time" chronicles Ding Songqing's return to the United States to study painting in 1982 and his trip to Mexico. Through a journey of reality, he tells his journey from confusion to determination. ""A Moment of Time" once belonged to me, because it does contain my contribution. It has flesh and blood and lively ups and downs of life. What is deeply touching is the sincerity written by a priest. I hope that through this book, I can reach a realm of transparency, freedom and love.

A collection of autobiographical essays by Nobel Prize winner V. S. Naipaul, telling the story of his past before he became a master. The past of an ordinary person reaching the pinnacle of life and becoming a master. At the age of eleven, he had the dream of being a writer; at the age of twenty-three, he started writing; at the age of twenty-five, he published his first work; at the age of sixty-nine, he won the Nobel Prize for Literature. Naipaul achieved what seemed to him an impossible dream - to become a writer. This book witnesses how a person overcomes many difficulties and begins to engage in the "noble thing" of writing; it also witnesses how a writer finds his own position and role in the world: this is Naipaul's journey of overcoming darkness. Everyone can draw the power of life from it!

In 1869, Muir was invited by a friend to go to the Sierra Nevada Mountains in Yosemite Valley to herd sheep and investigate. Along the way, he wrote "Walking Through the Mountains in a Summer." Three months of walking in the mountains made him realize that the damage caused by natural grazing to mountain grasslands is irreversible. In 1903, he took Theodore Roosevelt on a nature tour of the valley, confiding to the president his grief at the erosion of the beauty. Roosevelt was impressed by Muir and realized that only through federal power could the beauty of the Sierra Nevada be preserved for a long time. In 1906, Muir single-handedly promoted the establishment of national parks in the United States, and under his influence, Roosevelt approved the creation of 53 wildlife refuges, 16 national monuments, and six national parks during his term. Since then, Muir has been known as the "Father of American National Parks."

"I can still feel the warmth of the hands they handed over... All that's left are memories. And smiles!" This is a unique memoir. Through touching stories, the poet tells about childhood, love, friendship, art, adventures... And remembers the people and things he encountered in his life. In the story, the beautiful moments lost in time reappear one by one, and the departed people come back one by one, their figures swaying and their laughter appearing. Among them are ordinary people who moved and missed the poet, as well as respectable and lovely famous literary and artistic figures, such as Hasek, the author of "The Good Soldier", Vanchula, a writer praised by Kundera, and Sudek, the world's master of photography.

Thoreau's "Walden" uses clear thoughts and words to tell us the true meaning of life of "minimal material and abundant soul". Thoreau stayed away from the hustle and bustle and lived a minimalist life in Walden's poetic and beautiful scenery of the four seasons, constantly thinking about how to live closer to his own soul. He used words to set up a ruler of the real world, letting future generations know how deep the torrent of illusions and illusions is. The "Commemorative Edition" uses a well-received translation of the beautiful text. The beautiful text and beautiful scenery complement each other, making people fascinated. I hope everyone who enters the world can read "Walden" as soon as possible, which is a gift in life.

"Hunter's Notes" is Turgenev's famous work, which made him famous in the literary world and had a significant impact on Russian literature. This is a collection of essays describing rural life in Russia in the 1840s and 1850s. It uses a hunter's hunting as a clue to string together 25 concise and vivid stories. It depicts many characters such as landlords, doctors, aristocratic intellectuals, serfs, etc., And exposes the brutality of the landlord class and the misery of serf life. The description of the scenery in "Hunter's Notes" is particularly praised. Russia's beautiful natural scenery and simple folk customs are quite interesting and charming in Turgenev's writings. Mr. Feng Zikai's full translation, translated from Russian, is profound, elegant and picturesque. It was selected as the translation for Chinese textbooks.

White, the "rich and leisure gentleman" and naturalist in England in the 18th century, described the natural scenery of his hometown in letters. With his leisurely mood and rigorous scientific attitude, he observed and recorded the birds, animals, fish and insects of Selborne. White's simple and straightforward prose depicts Selborne like a picture scroll, and at the same time shows the life of the British squire in the 18th century, full of pastoral interest. Selborne has become a pilgrimage site for nature lovers.

"Praise to the Shadow" is a collection of prose essays by Junichiro Tanizaki, a master of Japanese aesthetic literature. It contains six beautiful essays: "Praise to the Shadow", "Speaking of Laziness", "Love and Pornography", "Weary of Visitors", "Variety of Travel" and "Odds of the Toilet", all of which are Tanizaki's representative works. Among them, the opening work "Praise to the Shadow" is the most famous and can be called a literary classic showing Eastern aesthetics.

Etgar Keret has had many worries over the past seven years: his son Lev was born in Tel Aviv, the epicenter of the terrorist attacks; his father is sick; he has recurring nightmares about the president of Iran; and a relentless telemarketer who will probably sell him products until the day he dies. But out of that dark, absurd life came many funny, tender and thoughtful essays. Keret moves freely between the personal and the political, the funny and the profound, allowing us to see how volatile the world is and how humans find good in the unlikeliest of places.

This book is a collection of private letters written by John D. Rockefeller to his son John D. Rockefeller Jr. These letters are valuable items that Rockefeller did not want to make public and collected in the form of his will. The letters "reveal too many of the Rockefeller family's business secrets and business wisdom, and are definitely an incomparable textbook for cultivating great entrepreneurs..." The value of these Rockefeller letters is as Alan Greenspan said: "More valuable than the entire wealth of the Rockefeller family, which is as rich as the country."

The author of this book, Christine, is a travel writer who travels around the world. During an interview, she met farmer Mark and was deeply attracted by Mark and his lifestyle. She decided to give up everything in the city and settled down with Mark on the Esther Farm. This book is a vivid account of Christine Kimball and Mark's first year at Ethel Farm. From winter to spring, from summer to autumn, they breathed life into the farm bit by bit, and finally ended with the hilarious wedding of the two in the barn loft during the harvest season in the following autumn. Kimball wrote the most authentic, touching and profound connections between people, people and food, and people and the land with meticulous poetic, humorous and vivid writing. At the same time, it is also a journey of growth and transformation for a woman. She was full of enthusiasm from the beginning, experienced anxiety, doubt and even panic, and gradually became determined. Today, she has deep roots in the land and has lived on the farm with Mark for 14 years.

Haruki Murakami's travel essays. If you really had a time machine and could use it once at will, what would you want to achieve? From the Charles River to the banks of the Mekong River, from Reykjavik to Tuscany, we followed Haruki Murakami through seven countries and eleven places, as if we were on a time machine traveling through reality, discovering a warm and interesting world. In the moss-covered Iceland, you encounter tailless sheep and cute lost birds; revisit the Greek island where "Norwegian Wood" started, and trace your distant memories on the increasingly complicated streets. Go to Kumamoto during the rainy season and visit the former residence of Natsume Soseki... No matter what kind of trip you take, it is full of surprises and surprises. In an era of anxiety, if you read more about Haruki Murakami and enjoy life like Haruki Murakami, you will discover a warm and interesting world.

This collection of essays, published in 1930, is Borges's introduction and evaluation of the life and works of Argentine poet Evaristo Callego, as well as his imagination of Argentine city life. Evaristo Callego is a poet rooted in the city. The suburbs he writes are completely different from the environment in which Borges grew up, full of laughter but tense at any time. Tango, six-stringed harp, dagger, hero, traitor and other keywords of suburban life merged into the world in Borges's eyes.