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Santiago de Compostela (Santiago de Compostela, meaning "Santiago of the Starry Fields") is the capital of the autonomous region of Galicia in Spain, with a population of less than 100,000. According to legend, James, one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus, is buried here and is one of the Catholic pilgrimage destinations. Since the Middle Ages, pilgrims have come here in an endless stream, and even formed a famous pilgrimage road, the Way of St. James. In 2011, after retiring from his position as ambassador, Lufen decided to embark on a journey to Santiago. "Immortal Journey" is a true record of Lu Fen's pilgrimage. The humorous, self-deprecating and emotional writing style shows not only the basic common sense of pilgrimage, but also the magnificent scenery, interesting things along the way, portraits of unexpected characters, and even the boundless thoughts of a lonely walker between heaven and earth. From the joy of freedom on the Basque coastline to the loneliness, exhaustion and self-doubt bred in the monotonous industrial landscape of Cantabria to Oviedo, where religious inspiration flashes near the end, Luffen finally achieves physical and spiritual transformation. This transformation, as he said, is not about religious piety, but about forgetting, forgetting the constraints of daily life, forgetting the fatigue and bad weather of long distances, forgetting industrialization and material scarcity, and then being spiritually sublimated. This applies to all people with different purposes but walking on their own "pilgrimage paths."

In 1965, in order to find the name "Jean-Louis Lebri de Kerouac", Kerouac went to Paris alone. During the 10 days in Paris (and Brittany), like a lonely traveler, he strolled along the straight boulevards of the Tuileries Gardens, crossed the swaying bridges on the lively Seine River, listened to the "Requiem" in the Saint-Germain des Prés church, and met all kinds of people at the same time: a Breton with blue-black hair and green eyes, who had a gap in his front teeth, just embedded in the lickable lips; the waiter in the gentle girl bar, who kept following "Paris is rotten," he said; a Napoleon-like guard wearing a bicorn hat and a bayonet stared intently at him as he lit a cigarette butt... Then at some point, he had a revelation, a revelation that changed him and allowed him to live in that pattern for the next seven years or more. To be precise, it was an "enlightenment": a "sudden enlightenment," a "sudden awakening," or, to put it simply, "a sudden opening of the eyes." It is with this epiphany that Kerouac tells us about this intoxicating trip to Paris.

This book collects Margaret Atwood's essays from 1970 to the beginning of the 21st century, including book reviews, literary reviews, creative talks, obituaries, etc. This collection of essays is more like an informal autobiography, showing readers a life full of curiosity. She is a witty critic who offers unique insights into the works of Updike, Angela Carter and others; she is also a cool skeptic who reserves her own views on "female bad behavior" in Canadian history and novels. Her life is as exciting as her narrative: a haunted farm, a misogynistic interview host, an arctic adventure with food poisoning, and literary festivals around the world, leaving readers dizzying. Naturally, there are also reviews of the creation of some classic works, such as "The Handmaid's Tale", "Alias ​​Grace", "Oryx and Crake" and so on. Atwood uses his rich and varied perspective to lead readers on a literary journey, and also goes deep into the reverse flow of time, looking back at some landmark events in the twentieth century and witnessing our journey to the twenty-first century.

"Stop Obsessed with Optimizing Life" If you are tired of still doing everything to your best and following a bunch of organizing magic and fasting methods in such an era, then don't miss this book that can inspire you to live a hedonistic life. "Rest is Not Shameful" Taking a break is like an insignificant gap, a gap in planned daily life, like a whim, sometimes unbearable. After all, it's what happens before and after that matters, isn't it? Rest itself is unworthy of our lack of attention and love. In fact, it is a real bag of surprises, a treasure trove full of meanings and connotations that give meaning to our existence. "What Happens When You Get Old" is a witty TO DO list, full of "good ideas" that make people laugh, for mature readers who are always optimistic or young readers who are full of curiosity. This book will tell you straightforwardly that life after the age of fifty is full of expectations. Andrea Gerk invites us to explore the many beautiful little things in life that can only be appreciated when we are mature enough: inviting all your exes over for dinner, discussing your illness endlessly, reciting a poem every day, letting young people explain the world to you, and even giving yourself an award for your life's work.

In a world dominated by humans and rapid climate change, species large and small are increasingly vulnerable to extinction. Journalist M. R. O'Connor explores the extreme measures scientists are taking to save these species, from captive breeding to genetic management to extermination. As the author tells stories about the excavation of galleons in the 16th century, the tracking of panthers in the Florida swamps, ancient African rainforests, Neanderthal tool making, and cryogenic DNA libraries, O'Connor explores the science of saving toads, desert fish, northern white rhinoceros, passenger pigeons, etc., While also focusing on the ethical issues of evolution, technology, and captivity. The book is beautifully written and vividly describes the characteristics and fate of unique species. At the same time, from the perspectives of natural history, evolutionary biology, and environmental ethics, the book reminds readers: When we use technology to control the future, how should we protect the wilderness?

Millions of people ascend the Metropolitan Museum of Art's grand marble staircase each year to glimpse its treasures. But only a few people have unrestricted access to every corner of the museum, and they are the security guards who shuttle through it. Patrick Brinley had a coveted job at The New Yorker magazine, but he never thought he would one day become one of them. After his brother died of cancer, he found he had lost the strength to continue living, so he quit his job at The New Yorker and sought solace in the most beautiful place he knew. The temporary refuge of the Metropolitan Museum of Art eventually became his second home, where he worked as a security guard for ten years. We follow him to protect various exquisite collections from ancient Egypt, ancient Rome, Africa and other parts of the world, and appreciate and admire the beauty of art. Brinley quickly found his voice and belonging in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Through the nourishment and comfort of art, he regained the courage and strength to face life, and finally returned to the wider world.

Who says we need organization in our lives? Who says we should constantly strive to become healthier, leaner, more productive, and more optimistic? There's nothing more boring than a success story about living a well-dressed, even-toned, and radiant life through self-optimization. You know the kind of life-optimization strategies you often read about in magazines-your closet needs to be tidy, your life needs to be as orderly as clockwork, and even your love life needs to be fast, precise, and efficient. On the other hand, we also yearn for eccentric people, the ones who bury themselves in a pile of messy books, forget about organization guides, are completely unfamiliar with exercise, like to enjoy good food (but never perform intermittent fasting), indulge in naps, love to wander around (but never put a pedometer on them), party all night without guilt, and so on. This nearly obsolete creature, now called a "hedonist," must be saved from extinction. If you're tired of trying to do your best in this day and age, following a bunch of organization magic and fasting, then don't miss this book that will inspire you to live a hedonistic life.

Rest is like a soft cloud in the sky, passing quietly inadvertently. This short period of time is like intermission at an opera, like halftime at a football game, or like the break between classes. A break seems like an insignificant gap, a gap in a planned daily life, like a whim, sometimes unbearable. After all, it's what happens before and after that matters, isn't it? Rest itself is unworthy of our lack of attention and love. In fact, it is a real bag of surprises, a treasure trove full of meanings and connotations that give meaning to our existence.

An interesting TO DO LIST, full of "good ideas" that make people laugh, for mature readers who are always optimistic or young readers who are full of curiosity. This book will tell you straightforwardly that life after the age of fifty is full of expectations. In middle age, when that magical age of 50 is approaching and you don't immediately recognize yourself in the mirror, life's fundamental question begins to weigh on you-what do you do for fun? Long nights of wild drinking, excessive flirting and partying - all the things that have been energizing and distracting for decades are suddenly a source of headaches instead of joy. So, how do you spend the rest of your life? Throw everything away and start over under a fake name? Retraining as a criminal investigator or psychoanalyst? Moving to Hawaii? No, none of this is necessary. Andrea Gerk invites us to explore the many beautiful little things in life that can only be appreciated when we are mature enough: inviting all your exes over for dinner, discussing your illness endlessly, reciting a poem every day, letting young people explain the world to you, and even giving yourself an award for your life's work.

Jimenez, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, once kept a little donkey named Silver as his companion during a low period in his life. Xiaoyin is innocent and spiritual, and is the author's close companion when he is lonely. They walked through mountains and rivers together, sensing all the subtle beauty: the morning sun, sunset, rose-colored clouds, and also sensing the death of every life: the canary, the old horse, the little girl, and the little silver. The whole book is intertwined with feelings of love and companionship, loneliness and life, and is accompanied by more than fifty healing color illustrations, which is warm and moving. "Little Silver and Me", "Charlotte's Web" and "The Little Prince" are tied for the top three spiritual books in the world. If you had a lovely little friend who accompanied you and healed you in your innocent years, then you will definitely fall in love with this book.

One day I felt a deep longing, an urgent need to be close to the earth. So, I decided to garden every day. After three seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter, I have been tending flowers and plants in the garden I call my secret garden for three years. Stopping in a garden with blooming flowers made me religious again. In the book in front of me, some words are prayers, confessions, and confessions of love for the earth and nature. The earth is not a dead, lifeless, silent being, but a living being, a living organism. Even stones are alive. Today we are exploiting it brutally, ravaging it, and thus destroying it completely. The earth asks us to take care of it and treat it well. "Care" has the same etymological origin as "beauty". If you love it, you must praise it. The texts in this volume are all hymns, praising the earth.

The private schools on Manhattan's Upper East Side are the arena for the top 1% of wealthy people. The elite parents here use their superb skills to work carefully to win the few precious seats in the Ivy League for their children, staged a glorious and cruel parenting war. As a graduate of Harvard University, Bryce Grossberg quickly became a gold medal tutor favored by New York's upper class. Her secret weapon is not only professional knowledge, but more importantly, she understands the anxieties of these "Gatsbys": in the new Gilded Age, instead of making them comfortable, wealth only fuels their fear of class decline. "Parents all over the world have one thing in common, that is, they want their children to have a better future, but they don't know how to do it." Grossberg shuttled between private schools and luxury apartments in Manhattan. She was prepared to deal with the urgent parenting demands of the elite, but unexpectedly peeked into the overwhelmed and depressed spiritual world of children.

Fat or thin, the heart of "eating" remains unchanged. BMI, weight, body fat percentage? Never mind him! I want Coke, fried chicken and barbecue! ! ! A confession to break body anxiety and reconcile with oneself. A memoir of a free, happy, light body. Can girls be fat? Can I be greedy? Is it possible to be fat and gluttonous at the same time? It doesn't matter if you're fat. This is a record of letting your body eat freely. This is a book that is full of oil and aroma, making your mouth water and your appetite whet your appetite. You never knew a meal could be so meaningful. Accept yourself, embrace yourself, and eat whatever you want! It is the tug between the "American stomach" and the "South Asian mouth", as well as the battle between traditional disciplines and modern concepts. Follow Rabia and enter a gastronomic journey about love and courage. For those of you who are suffering from weight loss and resist the temptation of delicious food, I want to be happy without being slim! Who says girls must be thin to look good? Fat girls also have their own spring.

Caitlin Doughty, who is nearly 1.80 Meters tall and graduated with a major in medieval history, is a cool and weird girl in the eyes of others. When her peers are crazy about love, skin care, beauty and chasing stars, she plunges into the funeral industry and becomes a funeral worker, dealing with the dead every day. From embarrassingly shaving the deceased for the first time, carefully coming to collect the body with his companions, becoming more and more proficient in operating the huge crematorium, grinding human bones into powder, enclosing and embalming the body, to trying every means to fulfill the wishes of the bereaved, and carefully and accurately dressing the edema old man. The gorgeous costumes... Caitlin recorded her six years of working in the crematorium in a candid, truthful and interesting way, telling each specific and subtle life story, as well as all the details that everyone has to face but are unwilling to talk about, and also has a profound understanding of death and life. What is rare is that Catherine is not curious, evasive, or afraid. Like a modern little witch, she leads us to look directly at death and life.

"'No' doesn't mean 'no' to him." "I know that everyone in Hollywood - and I mean everyone - knows what is going on... But everyone is too scared to say a word." "I hope they are brave enough. You know, this kind of thing will also happen to their daughters, mothers and sisters." In 2017, the New York Times and the New Yorker successively reported that dozens of women were sexually harassed and assaulted by the famous Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. Ronan Farrow, the author of this book, won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for his related reports published in The New Yorker. This book is based on the author's two-year news reporting on the Weinstein incident. In this book, the author comprehensively reviews the entire process of investigating and reporting Weinstein's sexual harassment and assault incidents as a reporter, as well as the obstruction, threats and surveillance he encountered in the process. The entire process was gripping and full of ups and downs, revealing the full extent of Weinstein's 20-year-long misconduct, showing how power and wealth were used to evade punishment, cover up crimes, and silence the entire media. More importantly, the women who were victims bravely stepped into the spotlight and reopened their wounds because they believed that in doing so they were protecting other women.

From autumn to spring, across a flat wetland in eastern England, J. A. Baker chases a peregrine falcon. He was obsessed with it, following the birds obsessively, observing them - in the sky, on the ground, chasing, hunting, eating, resting... In the pursuit day after day, his consciousness as a human gradually disappeared and was inevitably replaced by the consciousness of an eagle... This is not a book about bird watching, it is a book about how to become an eagle. About a person who longs to be something other than a human being.

This book is Mr. Wu Hong's first recollection of 76 years of personal history. He breaks through the general memoir-style writing and presents to readers neither the real past itself nor the complete fiction of a novel, but a creative reconstruction and imagination of experience, a more free and open "memory writing". He uses fantasy techniques to present the throbbing and nightmare of encountering the flying apsara statue in the Kizil Grottoes mural after surviving a desperate situation; and using a calm and restrained style, he reveals the intricate, pious and peaceful connection between individuals, national treasures, cultural relics, and traditional culture through the theft and recovery of the "Cicada Crown Bodhisattva" statue in the Northern Dynasties. He writes about his memories of life in the ancient city of Beijing when he was a teenager, and also reveals his peeping in books and personal stories with his nanny that were either private or frustrating and embarrassing. Under the clear blue sky, on the shores of Lake Michigan, which is green and purple, he reunited with himself who had regained his study time after the turbulent era, and realized the pursuit of his teachers, friends, and old friends for academic transcendence of politics and personal integrity and independence. Current experiences collide with past memories. "At that moment, we felt that we were all survivors of a madhouse, but many people were not as lucky as we were."

"Rome Diaries" is the latest collection of essays written in Italian by the famous American novelist and Pulitzer Prize winner Giupa Lahiri. There are twenty-three articles in total, recording her long process of learning to express herself in another language and finding a "new voice." This is not a boring language learning notebook, but a novelist's spiritual revelation that opens up new areas - language, culture, and self-awareness. At a certain moment, the creator feels the need to change his path: this is a crazy impulse, which may mean giving up his original characteristics and symbols as an expresser; this is also a bold leap, and what he gains is richer possibilities in creation and life.

In the short story "The Swimmer", the American writer John Cheever wrote about a man at a party who decided to swim through the backyard swimming pools of his neighbors and follow the 8-mile waterway home. Swimming enthusiast Roger Deakin was inspired by this and decided to swim along the waterways and oceans throughout Britain. Starting from the Huzhai River in his backyard, over the course of 18 months, he swam through rivers, streams, waterfalls, mud, deep pools and the sea, and of course there were bathhouses and swimming pools. Sometimes he wears a diving suit that looks like a banana peel, and sometimes he can liberate his nature and be close to the water skin-to-skin. In the water, he swam with frogs, otters, black waterfowl, and eels; on the surface, he looked at foxes from the height of hawthorn and ash treetops, watched damselflies and dragonflies fly before his eyes, eagles circled, and redstarts jumped among the branches; after emerging from the water, he lay down on the grass with small insects and Potentilla, sedum, sage, and thyme to dry himself. Roger Deakin went through these experiences in order to understand the mystery mentioned by D. H. Lawrence in "The Third Thing": "Water is H2O, two parts hydrogen, one part oxygen. However, there is a third thing, what it is that makes water water, no one knows."

I have had at least three mothers in my life. During my childhood, my mother was the glamorous party hostess, the ambitious "Blackberry Lady" and "Mushroom Lady." By my adolescence, she was schizophrenic and a prisoner of auditory hallucinations. She escaped the war and immigrated to the United States. How did she, who was once tough and bright, transform into this? I began to explore the origins of her mental anguish, hoping to understand the forces that "killed" her. Thus, my third mother was born. Not only did I discover what brought this woman down, I also discovered what she was born for. Deep in the pursuit is a secret family past and the wandering life of a generation of women. I collected the fragments about her and them and wrote this story about survivors. Some people want certain pieces of history erased. But I know that "survival is never a given" and I must speak up for those whom society deems not worthy of tears.

This book collects two hundred letters between Kerouac and Ginsberg, a representative figure of the "Beat Generation", spanning twenty years, from 1944 when Ginsberg attended Columbia University to 1969, shortly before Kerouac's death. Two-thirds of the contents are published for the first time. A vivid recreation of the cultural scene the two men helped create and filled with key insights into the heart of the Beat movement, it is a record of a deep personal friendship and a unique chronicle of the two men's mutual encouragement of spiritual exploration.

Herzlit's prose covers a wide range of topics, including political essays, literary essays, theater reviews, and philosophical works. But what is most praised by future generations is his essays, or "magazine prose". It can be said that this British literary style reached a new climax in his hands. This book selects and translates his representative works of essays. These nearly twenty masterpieces, especially "The Joy of Painting", "First Meeting with a Poet" and "On the Ordinary Body", embody the greatest characteristic of Herzlitt's style: he is good at combining flashing thoughts with a relaxed and natural style of writing, and can often come up with unexpected insights on ordinary topics. Mr. Pan Wenguo is a famous linguist and senior translator with extensive writings and profound knowledge. His translation is eclectic, expressive and expressive. With his skillful use of Chinese style, he expressively reproduces the flexibility and variety of Herzlitt's writing, giving this writer whose works are rarely translated in China a classic translation worthy of being spread in the Chinese world.

How does it feel to have a hard-core father who enjoys all the joys of life throughout his life, switching seamlessly between boxer, bullfighter, war correspondent, jungle hunter, sea fisherman, and Nobel Prize-winning writer? How does a great writer who knows his child's weight as well as the number of pages in his manuscript make his letters shine a light on the relationship between father and son? This book is a selection of nearly thirty years of correspondence between Hemingway and his second son, Patrick. These family letters began when Patrick was four years old when he received the first letter from his father who was about to go on a safari in East Africa, and ended in the summer of 1961 when everything ended with a shotgun. The two generations of father and son explored the beauty of life, smiled at the stupidity of the world, and solved the puzzles of life through short and affectionate exchanges about hunting, fishing, and other outdoor activities that are infinitely close to nature, and about school education, career planning, family ethics, and other required courses for growth. The responses are humorous, lively and thought-provoking, breaking the stereotype of Hemingway as a "tough guy" and restoring the chivalrous and tender-hearted side of a great writer. The image of a loving father full of confidence and contradictions, tolerance and entanglement in fatherhood emerges vividly on the page. As part of the research on Hemingway's life, this book is also an extremely precious first-hand historical material.

"Portrait of a Heretic" is a collection of essays by Tatsuhiko Shibusawa focusing on famous "abnormal" figures in the history of Western culture, including the "mad king" Ludwig II who built Neuschwanstein Castle, the "magician" Gurdjieff who embodies the mysticism of the 20th century, and the prototype of Baron Charles Mendel in "In Search of Lost Time" The Duke of Squiu-Fouissesac, the hermit Beckford, the author of the strange book "Watek", the former partner of Joan of Arc and the serial murderer Gilles de Rey, the fanatical revolutionary Saint-Just who advocated the execution of Louis XVI during the French Revolution, and the dissolute and young Roman Emperor Heliogabalus, etc. The author Shibusawa Tatsuhiko tried to clear up the fog of history, inquire into the cause and effect of the formation of these twisted personalities, and write about the loneliness and destruction of these heretics who were out of step with the times.

"Debt" has never just been a political and economic issue, nor is it just something that CEOs, heads of state, hedge fund managers, or mortgage lenders should be concerned about. It is also a cultural issue closely related to modern people's lives. Research on debt and wealth affects the way we think. In "Paying Off: The Dark Side of Debt and Wealth," Atwood uses a limited space to delve into the ancient and important topic of debt, analyzing it at the level of religion, literature, and social structure. This book is both a unique lecture on economic history and a literary work on morality, politics, and theology, including credit cards, computer programming, "Star Trek", Dickens novels, "The Divine Comedy", the history of taxation and other diverse knowledge - Atwood's encyclopedic citations make "Repay", like many of her works, a weird but wonderful mixture.

"By getting to know others, I've also learned about myself." In every conversation, tap into possibilities you may not even know you have. This is a collection of life conversations between Shuntaro Tanigawa and six wise men of the era. This is a precious record that only a conversation can capture. He talks about life, loneliness, family, ideals, life and death with his father, talks about rhythm and the evolution of language with linguists, talks about books and art with poets, talks about the use of language and education with social activists, talks about childhood and literature with neighbor aunts... These conversations are relaxed and comfortable, but the content of the conversations is profound and closely related to everyone. Reading every word, it is like being present at the conversation in person, feeling that they use the gentleness and silence of language to resolve your confusion and confusion.

This book is a collection of Stephen Wolfram's essays, which brings together his articles, speeches, etc. On different occasions in the past ten years. It focuses on the computational thinking paradigm and tells the story of Wolfram's ideological exploration and practice in science, technology, art, philosophy, business and other fields. From providing scientific consulting for the movie "Arrival," solving ethical issues in artificial intelligence, searching for the source of an unusual polyhedron, and communicating with aliens, to building Mathematica and Wolfram|Alpha, to finding the fundamental theory of physics and exploring π, this book captures the infectious energy and curiosity of one of the great pioneers of the computing world, showing readers the endless possibilities of computational thinking in the development of contemporary technology. This book is suitable for all readers who are interested in the history of science and technology and philosophy of science, and who need to broaden their horizons and improve their cognitive and thinking abilities.

"The Fantasy World of Music by Haruki Murakami" is a collection of essays with the theme of classical music written by Haruki Murakami as a senior music enthusiast. It provides a way of life that uses music to heal life. Murakami, who "would not even have become a novelist without being addicted to music," uses 100 essays in the book to share his collection of 486 classical music records. Through this book, readers can unlock Haruki Murakami's personal playlist, follow Murakami's footsteps, and gain a sense of relaxation and healing from the music.

Gavin Francis believes that recovery is not something that happens naturally, but an action that doctors, patients, and caregivers all need to be personally involved in. We must understand the rhythm of recovery and proactively invest time and energy to change lives in beneficial ways. Drawing on 30 years of medical experience and insights from psychology, literature, and more, Gavin Francis provides a profound, practical, and hopeful guide to recovery. Breaking the idea that treatment is passive, it shows in a smart way how we should take care of our bodies and improve the environment to get out of trouble. Driven by the belief that medicine is a combination of science and kindness, the author quotes from a wide range of sources and uses beautiful prose to vividly describe the recovery journey that most people may never experience but will surely experience. During this journey, stories about hope, transformation and miracles kept happening one after another.

In French biographical literature, Rousseau left three works that will be passed down to future generations: "Confessions", "Dialogues" and "Dream of a Lonely Walker"; three works, three genres, and three styles of writing; if "Confessions" is a chronicle and "Dialogues" is a psychological analysis novel, then the last "Dream" is a prose poem. When writing this work, Rousseau was already in his twilight years. He had completely given up the futile efforts of dealing with the enemy and fighting against fate, and resigned himself to everything. Therefore, he was in a comfortable and leisurely mood. Writing the article was like walking and chanting, and he wrote ten "Walks" into ten beautiful prose poems. In terms of nature, these ten articles are literary works, but in terms of content, they are indispensable books for studying Rousseau's life behavior and ideological development trajectory.

"The Complete Works of Rilke" is translated based on the 12-volume "The Complete Works of Rilke" (Rainer Maira Rilke. S? Mtliche Werke in zw? Lf B? Nden) published by Island Publishing House in 1975. The Chinese version has 11 volumes in total. This volume collects works created by Rilke from 1894 to 1902. There are works published by the poet at his own expense, as well as original manuscripts, which were not officially published during the poet's lifetime. Among them are "Life and Song", which he later completely denied, and the poem "Chicory" The compilation of songs also includes "The Eleven Visions of Christ" and "Celebration of You", which he cherishes. The former was hidden by him because of its religious attitude, while the latter was specially composed for his lover Salome. According to Salome's wishes, it was not known to outsiders during his lifetime. In addition, there are all his poetic dramas, which are short in length and basically only construct a scene with few characters, either monologues or dialogues. Some of the poet's important works at this stage, such as "Celebrate Me", "The Marquise in White", "Flagbearer" and "Prayer", all have first drafts and revised drafts respectively. The time span between the first draft and the revised draft varies. These first drafts are also included in this volume. The final drafts of these works are arranged in the first volume of the complete collection. Therefore, if readers want to understand the overall picture of Rilke's early poetry creation, they may wish to read the first volume together with this volume.

The flight of a bird is casual and spontaneous, like the curling of a stem or the lightening of a star. "Pilgrimage to Tinker Creek" can be called a model of contemporary nature literature. The world has taken on a new look because of its words, making readers "cannot bear to finish reading it." It has been widely selected as a textbook for American universities and middle schools. Critics believe that this book is better than Thoreau's "Walden Pond", while others say it is comparable to Fabre's "Insects". For Dillard, this is her twenty-seven-year-old young and unrestrained soul, freely and boldly confronting the world's greatest themes of life and death.

[Best-selling author Ogawa Ito returns with heart-warming following "Camellia Stationery" and "Sands Day at the Lion House"] In spring, feel the warmth from the heart, stand under the blooming cherry blossoms, and be a serious flower viewer. On a hot summer day, the sun shines on the lake, putting peaches into the cool lake water. Thousands of light and shadows soothe people's hearts. In the season of falling leaves, make your favorite pastries with your own hands, stay in the kitchen all day, and enjoy a pleasant cooking time. The breath of winter is coming, brew a pot of hot tea, and use chestnuts in the middle of the night to eliminate all mediocrity and fatigue. The bits and pieces that are repeated, repeated, repeated, repeated constitute life itself. It is in this daily life that I write one story after another and listen to them fall to the ground.

[The masterpiece of feminist pioneer Woolf. Kafka, Mu Xin and Yang Lan praised it highly. "A Room of One's Own" is one of Virginia Woolf's masterpieces. It was written based on the "Women and Novel" lecture she gave at two British universities in 1928 and published in 1929. The author's writing is delicate, funny and full of wisdom, and he puts forward a series of feminist viewpoints with his profound insight and unique literary style. She used "five hundred pounds and a room of her own" as a metaphor, pointing out that economic freedom is the prerequisite for women to be able to create freely, which has had a profound impact on feminist thought and literary creation.

The author, Claire Oppert, is a cellist who was born into a family of doctors in France. She graduated from the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory of Music in 1993. She also holds a degree in philosophy from the Sorbonne in Paris and received education in art therapy from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Tours in France. Claire Opel has been performing for special groups such as autistic children, elderly people with dementia, and terminally ill patients since the 1990s. She plays classical music, as well as jazz, tango, pop songs, and ethnic music from around the world. She often observed that the sound of the piano could reach the hearts of these patients who often cannot communicate through words and bring them happiness. One day in 2012, Opel encountered a tense scene while waiting for the elevator in a nursing home for the elderly with dementia. Two nurses were about to change the bandage of a patient with a suppurating wound. Out of fear and pain, the patient screamed and began to attack the nurse who approached her. Opel took out her piano and played Schubert's music without thinking. A miracle happened. The old man stopped shouting and the waving arms softened. The nurses were able to successfully change her dressing. They jokingly called the sound of Opel's piano "Schubert's bandage." Inspired by this story, in 2013, Opel, who had just obtained a diploma in art therapy, collaborated with the palliative care department of a public hospital to start the "Schubert Bandage" research project to study the analgesic effect of live music, which attracted the attention of the medical community. This book won the 2021 French Musician Literary Award and has been translated into English, German, Italian, and Japanese and published in many countries.

After his mother's death, Kennicott determined to start studying Bach's greatest and most complex work, the Goldberg Variations, hoping to explore the meaning of music and even the meaning of life. The mother was depressed all her life and was sharp, mean and even hysterical towards her children. However, after death comes, looking back on her life, was she ever truly understood by her family? The process of practicing the "Goldberg Variations" is full of hardships. It challenges the performer's self-confidence with extremely high difficulty, and at the same time emotionally forces people to face the deepest, most private and lonely self of consciousness. Kennicott wrote this book "Polyphony" about his experience of coping with grief and practicing music, constantly exploring and trying to answer two crucial questions: How does one know a piece of music? How do you know someone well?

What does it mean to grow old when your prime is gone? "Today, I celebrate my ninetieth birthday, but there is still so much to discover." On November 11, 2017, British writer James Ross-Evans celebrated his ninetieth birthday. He decided to write down his life for a year in the form of a diary, recording his daily life and insights at the beginning of the tenth decade of his life. From the inconveniences and ailments brought about by aging, to the daily joy of making chutney, from the pain and memories of the death of a loved one, to my own thoughts on life and death. Ross-Evans' writing is full of wisdom and insight into the details of life, describing daily trivial matters, but with a profound contemplative tone.

Andy is a philosophy teacher who is "inherently sinful". Whenever he steps into the security gate of the prison, the "executioner" in his mind will start to move. While giving lectures in a prison full of violence, he was obviously in disarray: he could not control the direction of the discussion, could not answer students' questions, and was always involuntarily evoked memories deep in his memory... In this struggle with the executioner, he used philosophy as a key to open up the ideological world of the imprisoned body, gain a deeper understanding of human nature, and finally achieve self-salvation.

When I saw the photos of my mother when she was young for the first time, I realized: she too had been free and had dreams. She wanted to be a chef, but interrupted her studies because she became pregnant, then got married, had a child, divorced and remarried. The mother in my memory was always around pots and pans, and I didn't want my classmates and teachers to know that this person was my mother. I hope to change my mother to a mother who is more smiling and sunny. I ran away from her and my original family and ran to Paris to study. Silence grew between us, and the gap grew wider. As she entered middle age, she finally divorced my father and wanted to live for herself again. I recalled every bit of my childhood. She was ordinary, but she persevered, supported a poor family, and loved me as much as she could.

What do we want? Money, wisdom, or hope? Why do we have the innate urge to tell stories? Is art in our nature? Am I an unscrupulous feminist? Has the situation for women improved? This century has seen a far-reaching financial crisis, a global pandemic, the growth of a new wave of women's movements, increasingly frequent extreme climate disasters and regional conflicts. What's next? Human society in the 21st century has witnessed too many great changes. Atwood's questions covered a wide range of topics, from technology, debt, climate crisis, environmentalism to how to provide timely advice to young people. She also spent considerable space reviewing her creative career, including the creation of best-selling works such as "The Handmaid's Tale" and "Testimony". Atwood uses his never-ending curiosity to break through all superficial boundaries, showing many cross-sections of human society, breaking through the many obstacles set up in this era of homogeneity, and leading readers to make their own reflections on this complex and ever-changing world.

How to explain all this? I hate her, I want to escape from her, I think I have been waiting for this day. But, I miss her too. This book is a memoir by American child star Janet McCurdy. It tells the story of a mother-daughter relationship where maternal love is actually exploitation. Janet's mother had longed to be an actress since she was a child, but it didn't come true, so she pinned her dream on her daughter. Janet was taken to auditions by her mother from the age of 6; she began to control her calories at the age of 11 under her mother's guidance; she also had to undergo examinations from her mother at the age of 17... On the surface, she was a starlet surrounded by flashing lights, cheers and suitors, but secretly, anxiety, shame, disease, and self-loathing were eating away at her body and mind. Adhering to the life philosophy of "My goal in life is to make my mother happy," Janet carefully maintained the close bond with her mother and told herself that all this was out of her mother's love. When her mother's death struck, Janet's meaning in life fell apart, and it also made her re-examine the mother-daughter relationship. Is this love or abuse? Is it a bond or a yoke? And how to cure the mental illness, bulimia, and anorexia caused by the child star experience and the death of his mother?

This book is Lattimore's travelogue from the northern part of the country to the Western Regions in 1926. He was like a Chinese businessman who spoke fluent Chinese and organized a caravan of nine camels. He started from Zhangjiakou and followed the trade routes formed during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, passing through famous coordinates such as Hohhot, Daqingshan, Bailing Temple, Alxa, Ejina River, and Black Gobi, and arrived at the ancient city of Xinjiang. He not only described the beauty of the scenery along the way and the dangers of the trade route, but also focused on those who would not have "left a voice" in history: camel drivers, traders, homeless people, residents along the way... It was this trip that became an opportunity for him to embark on the academic path.

This book is Lattimore's travelogue through Xinjiang from north to south in 1927. After meeting his newlywed wife in Tacheng, he passed through famous landmarks such as Urumqi, Manas, Turpan, Ili, Aksu, Kashgar, and Yarkand, and crossed famous mountain ranges such as the Tianshan Mountains and the Karakoram Mountains. Unlike other foreign travelers with political, commercial and other motives since the 19th century, Lattimore truly went deep into the people and recorded the customs and culture along the way. And his connection with the historical geography of the Asian hinterland also allows us to see the tests this land has endured in turbulent times.

An arduous journey of rebirth, a mutual enlightenment between man and bear. Sometimes we fall into darkness to better meet the light. Nastasia Martin, a young French anthropologist, has lived with the indigenous people in the Arctic Circle for a long time. In 2015, she encountered a bear on her way over the Kamchatka volcano and was bitten off half of her jaw. She miraculously survived, and the crisis in her life really began: she was transferred to many hospitals in Russia and France, tied to a bed, had a metal plate implanted in her face, underwent repeated surgeries, intubations, and infections, and was interrogated by the secret police and watched by curiosity hunters... All of which almost destroyed her. The broken Martin recalled that among the Even people of Kamchatka there was a word called "Miedka" (half human and half bear). Before this encounter, she had also been called "Maduka" ("female-bear") by the locals. In order to re-understand this incident, she traveled 800 kilometers through the forest in a climate of minus 40 degrees Celsius, returned to the Even tribe, and lived with them. During this time, she rebuilds herself and explores other ways of getting along with the world until she sets out again...

This book is the life battle hymn of Ito Hiromi, the author of "Amenorrhea", a person's fight against loneliness and aging. She said: "Everyone dies, and there is no choice. But I can't bear it. It would be very open-minded and neat to die without leaving anything behind." This book is a record of the major and minor events in the author's life after she turned 60. In an approachable style like a diary, she nonchalantly narrates the experiences of life, death, and aging. We will age, become lonely, and be isolated, but that is actually not such a terrible thing. You can still have an ordinary and happy life. Her parents are gone, her daughters have left, and her husband has passed away. The author faces aging, death, and farewell alone, and walks into loneliness step by step. However, she never forgets who she is. She is no longer afraid of loneliness and lives a brilliant life of her own. When life is sad, there will naturally be happy times. Facing aging, facing a series of farewells and loneliness such as her daughter growing up and leaving home, her husband leaving, pets passing away, etc., She also felt empty and melancholy. But she did not get depressed and began to welcome new changes in life. The book records the major events in her life after the age of 60 in an approachable style like a diary, and calmly narrates the experiences of life, death, and aging. The delicate and profound words vividly demonstrate the fragility and strength of life, as well as the loneliness and freedom within it. Every word in the book reveals the author's open-minded and calm outlook on life and life and death. The author teaches us to take care of the present, even if there is a flood later.

When Jonathan Slater was a novice birdwatcher, he came across one of Earth's mysterious birds, one that was larger than any owl he knew and looked like a small, feathered bear. He took a photo and shared it with experts. This is the largest owl in the world - the Hairy-legged Fishing Owl. Slat then embarked on a five-year research journey to search for this huge and mysterious creature in the dense and remote forests of eastern Russia. Although the hairy-legged fishing owl has a wingspan of 6 feet and a height of more than 2 feet, they are always elusive. Humans know very little about them, and the information available for reference is extremely limited. They are most easily spotted in winter because they leave large, distinctive tracks on snowy riverbanks as they forage. The hairy-legged fishing owl is also an endangered species. So Slater and his team set out to capture the owl for study and try to develop a conservation plan to help the species survive. In order to complete their mission, they had to face various challenges: monitoring all night in an icy tent, driving frantically across melting glaciers, and climbing unprotected into decaying trees to inspect precious fishing owl eggs in their nests. To catch and track fishing owls, they use sophisticated positioning equipment and improvise clever traps, and must always be wary of conflicts with bears or Siberian tigers. Under Slat's unusually vivid, precise, yet humorous narration, the true colors of the hairy-legged fishing owls are gradually revealed: they are cunning hunters, loyal parents, a strange "duet couple", raptors that are not good at holding grudges and relatively docile, and a rare species that survives tenaciously in harsh conditions and shrinking habitats. In addition, Slater also writes hilariously about the various characters living in the Russian border areas: the alcoholic villagers who seem to never be sober and live on vodka, the eccentric recluse who fled to the wilderness after a failed deal with the gang, and the people who live in order to sell money. The ignorant boy who hunted the hairy-legged fishing owl for meat bait for $10 of mink skin... Slater did not hesitate to write about the large and small cities and villages he passed or stopped along the way, paying attention to the history of these places, as well as their development during the Soviet collective economy period and their current decline. Slater uses a thrilling field note to comprehensively reveal to readers the creatures, humans, settlements, natural landscapes and cultural features on this Far Eastern ice sheet.

This book is a representative work by Dominican literary critic Enriques Ureña and a classic document on the history of modern and contemporary Spanish-American literature and culture. Since the 19th century, when Latin American countries got rid of colonial rule and gained independence, how to achieve "literary independence" has become a topic of great concern. Ureña reviewed the exploration process of Latin American literature, hoping not to cut off the connection with European cultural traditions, but on this basis to find Latin America's own expression and build Latin America's cultural identity. In the book, he reviews the works of Spanish-American playwrights and poets such as Alarcon, Martinez, and Reyes, and establishes standards for judging literary models.

"If the sidewalks of New York could talk, it would sound like Pete Hamill." Pete Hamill is considered by many to be the "incarnation" of the city. He is a son of the streets of Brooklyn, the last generation of legendary print journalists in New York, and a hallowed columnist. "Downtown New York" is a reminiscence full of personal emotions and an objective account unique to documentary literature. In the book, Hamill wanders Manhattan-from the winding, bohemian streets of Greenwich Village, to the seedy alleys of the Meatpacking District, to the weathered cobblestones of the South Street Seaport-as he unfolds layers of New York history before readers' eyes, revealing the city's past, present, and future. This is not only a history or a record, but also an elegy for the city written by a native New Yorker who lived through some of the most historic moments in New York's development and always calls this majestic and eventful city his favorite city in the world.

Karl Ove Knausgaard, a master of contemporary literature and a genius of observation and introspection, has created a collection of tetralogy based on the four seasons.