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"Never go to the Torosaki Lighthouse alone," the hotel proprietress warned again and again. But as the new lighthouse keeper, Hatao must arrive on time. Everything around him made him inexplicably afraid, and he had an ominous premonition that something terrible was waiting for him ahead. The sun was about to set, and he had no time to hesitate, so he could only speed up his pace... He encountered strange events on the way to the lighthouse, and because he got lost, he broke into a jungle hut that was warned to be "inaccessible". The secrets of the lighthouse are leaked bit by bit, and strange events occur again. How can he solve this mystery that spans twenty years?

Steinbeck, the Nobel Prize winner and author of "The Grapes of Wrath", once again writes about the tragic and joyful fate of small people under the torrent of the great era, and it is a touching book of the century. This is a modern fable that touches the soul, telling the dreams and losses of farm workers at the bottom of American society. They tried their best to find their place in this world, but in the end they could not resist the torrent of fate. Their dreams are nothing but a fragile joke in the face of reality. Steinbeck, the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, uses fourteen stories to show the sorrows, joys and plight of small people under the torrent of the great era. "Of Mice and Men", a touching story of two outsiders trying to find a place in a cruel world, "Murder", a chilling short story masterpiece that won the O. Henry Award, "Chrysanthemum", which may be the writer's most ambitious female story, and "Little Red Horse", a well-known American coming-of-age novel... Under Steinbeck's refined and sensitive writing, these stories present a moving appeal, which makes us not only moved by the tenacious vitality of the characters, but also deeply attracted by the hidden cruelty and sadness.

Retirement is the greatest contribution to the LPL. Most professional players' careers will receive such an evaluation. However, who is not a talented boy who can play in the LPL? Jiang Xia, one of the "most professional players", got lucky and resurrected his life. He still loves the game and chose to return as a coach after awakening to the [Huabing System]. Maybe it was because he had been caught in the rain, but he wanted to hold an umbrella for others and be worthy of every player he came into contact with. IMP: "Coach Xiba, please leave me alone!" Marin: "It turns out there are real coaches in China!" Tabe: "I learned a lot from him." "..." Many years later, everyone thought that Jiang Xia, who was full of honors, would retire and enjoy life. But he resolutely retreated to the second line and came to the youth training camp. It's still easy to get along with children.

This book is a novel by Japanese novelist Kawakami Mieiko. It tells the story of four women living at the bottom of society who came together to form a new "family" because of shared housing. They rely on each other and warm each other, but in order to survive, they use and dominate each other, sinking deeper and deeper into the quagmire of poverty, and finally complete the story of redemption through everyone's efforts and inspirational growth.

"Flowers in the Mirror" is a novel written by Li Ruzhen in the Qing Dynasty. It was written during the Jiaqing and Daoguang years. The book has a total of 100 chapters. It is set in the era of Wu Zetian and tells the story of the Baihua Fairy in the sky and the flowers under her control. Because they followed the orders of the Emperor Wu Zetian and bloomed against time, they were demoted to the mortal world to experience. The first half of the novel mainly describes the story of Baihua Fairy's father, the scholar Tang Ao, who failed in the imperial examination and traveled to sea with his wife's brother Lin Zhiyang and the helmsman Duo Jiugong. During his travels, Tang Ao found the descendants of Xu Jingye, King Luo Bin and other loyal ministers who were exiled overseas because of their participation in the crusade against Wu Zetian. He also recorded his experiences in dozens of strange countries overseas. These descriptions of the country of girls, the country of gentlemen, foot binding, female imperial examinations, etc., Use bizarre customs to satirize various institutional ills of real society, showing the author's conception of an ideal society and his in-depth thinking about the real world. The brilliance of his thoughts far surpassed the era in which he lived. It is a pity that the second half of the work switches to the description of the group of talented women descended from the Fairy of Hundreds of Flowers, which is completely reduced to the author's work showing off his skills. It is almost a long display of drinking orders, lantern riddles, Shuanglu, algorithms, rhymes, etc.

This book collects Edogawa Ranpo's most classic detective novels, including A Poisonous Weed, Two Copper Coins, The Moon and the Glove, The Masked Dancer, and The Yin Beast.

This book collects Edogawa Ranpo's most classic detective novels, including The Mystery of the Lakeside Hotel, Ashi's Appearance, The Human Chair, Kissing, A Receipt, The Man Who Traveled with Stickers, and One-Inch Master.

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This novel is purely written for fun by the author. It will be updated from time to time, with one chapter added every ten days to one month. It will be free for everyone to read forever. It is estimated that updates will stop after writing about 80,000 words, so please forgive me. This is a dual IP linkage fan novel between "Dark Zone Breakout" and "Genshin Impact". When an ordinary player, Xue Ling, was struggling with the casting of "Genshin Impact", he accidentally traveled into the dangerous battlefield of "Dark Zone Breakout". With fully modified equipment and tactical experience, he struggled to survive in the gap between the two worlds. In the future, I will also consider launching other second-game themed works, such as "Arknights: The End", "Arknights", "Zero Zero", etc. You can also recommend the second-game works you want to see in the comment area, and I may directly open a new pit based on the comments.

"Robinson Crusoe" is a novel by the British writer Daniel Defoe. The work mainly tells the story of the protagonist Robinson Crusoe, who was born in a middle-class family and aspired to travel around the world throughout his life. Once while sailing to Africa, he encountered a storm and drifted alone to an uninhabited desert island, where he began to live an isolated life. With his strong will and unremitting efforts, he survived on the desert island. After living on the island for 28 years, 2 months and 19 days, he was finally able to return to his hometown.

"One Million Pounds (Famous Teacher's Guide Edition)" tells the story of an adventure in London by Henry Adams, a poor American boy. Two wealthy brothers in London made a bet to see how Henry would end up within a month by lending him a million-dollar note that could not be cashed. When the one-month deadline came, Henry not only did not starve to death or be arrested, but instead became a rich man and won the heart of a beautiful lady. The article reproduces the irony and humor in the master's novels with a slightly exaggerated artistic technique, and exposes the money worship ideology of British society in the early 20th century.

The story of "The Song of the Sad Cafe" takes place in a small town in the southern United States in the 1940s, dominated by textile workers. There is a wealthy Miss Amelia in the town. She has slanted eyes, is strong and aggressive, and looks like a man. On her wedding night, she once kicked out of bed Marcy, a handsome man who had been pursuing her for several years, and then walked out. But after she met Xiao Luo Guo Li Meng, she fell in love at first sight. In order to please Li Meng, she opened a cafe at home, giving the residents of the town a cheerful entertainment place. Marcy, who became a criminal, came back on parole to seek revenge on Amelia, but Hunchback Lemon suddenly became obsessed with him. In order to "win back" Li Meng's love, Amelia and Marcy have a wrestling duel in the cafe. Just when Amelia was about to win, Li Meng jumped up to help Marcy knock Amelia to the ground. From then on, Amelia retreated to the small building to live in seclusion, while Li Meng and Marcy destroyed the cafe and fled to a foreign country with no idea of ​​where they ended up. The ruined cafe made the town even more dreary than before. "The Song of the Sad Cafe" tells the story of loneliness, hopeless love, and the weirdness and alienation of human nature. McCullers does not provide cheap comfort, but uses sharp eyes and cold writing to explore the imbalance between loving and being loved, and the fatality of loneliness, leading readers to face the complexity and absurdity of life. It is for this reason that her words can transcend the times and resonate with the lonely and sensitive hearts of generations.

"Gulliver's Travels" is an outstanding travel satirical novel by Jonathan Swift (translated as Jonathan Swift). The novel is written based on the experience of surgeon Gulliver's four voyage adventures. It expresses the author's thoughts in a relatively perfect artistic form. The author uses rich satirical techniques and bizarre plots of fictional fantasy to profoundly analyze the social reality of the time in Britain.

Qi Si, male, 3 years old, is a human freak born from a vampire. He has a rose scent, and his blood can lead to immortality and cure diseases. His birthday is April 4th. Qi Mo, male, vampire, Qi An's brother, 9 years old, birthday is June 1st Qi'an, male, vampire king, 1000, regards Qi Si as a stain in his life Bai Luo, female, vampire, 1000, regards Qi Si as a burden to be pregnant in October.

Note that this is not an exercise, this is a multi-scenario and multi-type exciting cashback game. Can I get cash back when I spend money on others? Can it still become stronger? From then on, Qin Nuo became the "exclusive financial sponsor" of various male idols. In the modern world, is she an ugly fat person who is unknown and deceived by a scumbag? It doesn't matter, she ranked the live broadcast room for the stupid people, and after becoming a top streamer, they personally sent her to the top of the hot search; In the world of cultivating immortals, she is the villainess that the sect despises? It doesn't matter, she gave swords and spiritual stones to the male partners who were down and out cultivating immortals, and they cut the heavenly path to protect her. In a world of intrigue, she became a maid with no money and no status? It doesn't matter, she spent money to recruit troops for the legitimate princes, and they fought hard to seize the throne just to turn around and give the country to her. The little white rabbit in the beast world who is allowed to be bullied, the widowed matron whose rights are evaded... No matter who she becomes, it will not affect the speed at which she spends money. When they all truly fell in love with Qin Nuo-- The system lights up a new prompt: [Host, there are more male gods waiting for you to save] Qin Nuo looked at the trillion balance in his account and showed a polite and distant smile to the former Bai Yueguangs in front of him: "I'm sorry, you... Were cashed out, and it's time for me to save the next poor little guy."

Duke Myshkin returns to Russia and is simply regarded as an "idiot" because of his kindness. He is involved in the emotional entanglements and tragic fates of Nastasya, Rogozhin, Hippolyte and others, revealing the good and evil of human nature and the absurdity of society.

The elites of Dachang returned to their hometown to build a B&B called "Heritage" "True luxury is not about splendor, but..." - Lin Zhou A slow-paced business story, the protagonist builds an upgraded B&B and at the same time promotes the development of the town...

The novel is based on the real incident in 1950 when the Kinkakuji monk Lin Yangxian set fire to the Kinkakuji. It tells the story of the young Mizoguchi who was obsessed with the Kinkaku. He firmly believed that "the beauty of the Kinkakuzu is unparalleled on earth", and at the same time believed that "immortal things can be destroyed forever". In the end, entangled with love and hate, a fire burned the Kinkakuji.

"Little Women" is the representative work of Louisa May Alcott. It was first published in 1868. It is a realistic novel describing family life and female growth. The story is set during the American Civil War in the 19th century and tells the story of the four March sisters - Jo, Meg, Beth and Amy - as they faced poverty, responsibility, love and ideals. The novel is partly based on Alcott's own life experiences, especially the character of Joe, which is often seen as a reflection of the author himself. Qiao longs to be a writer, has an independent personality, and is unwilling to be bound by traditional female roles. She represents the gradually awakening female consciousness of that era. Although the language of the novel is simple and the plot is mostly ordinary life, it delicately displays the emotions between family members, the personality differences between sisters and their support for each other. It also reveals the multiple roles of women in society and family. The work has been loved by readers since its publication and is considered one of the most important coming-of-age novels in American literature. It has also had a profound impact on female literary creation in later generations.

This book is a classic work by the French writer Alexandre Dumas, the most widely circulated work by Alexandre Dumas. It tells a wonderful story about justice and revenge, hope and life during the restoration of the Bourbon dynasty and the July Monarchy in France. In Marseille in 1815, the young sailor Edmond Dantès was about to be promoted to the captain of the "Pharaoh" and get married to his beautiful fiancée. However, he was suddenly framed by others and imprisoned in a lonely secret prison for trumped-up charges of treason. During this period, the learned prisoner Father Faria imparted various knowledge to him, and before his death, he told him the secret hidden on the Island of Monte Cristo. More than ten years later, Dantès miraculously escaped from prison, found the treasure and became a millionaire. He transformed into the mysterious Count of Monte Cristo, appeared in Paris's upper class disguised as different identities, and began to implement an earth-shattering plan of repayment and revenge. This novel caused a sensation when it was serialized in the 1840s, and was inspired by a real injustice. Alexandre Dumas used this as a blueprint and referred to a large amount of real history to compose an adventure epic full of intrigue, passion and suspense.

"Runaway" is a coming-of-age trilogy consisting of "Country Girl" (1960), "Lonely Girl" (1962), and "Girl in a Happy Marriage" (1964). The novel records how two young girls walked into life in a society with systemic misogyny, what kind of history they carried with them, and what kind of future they created for themselves along the way.

A thin little boy who is always bullied by his classmates becomes powerful because he has a special ability: he can "steal other people's shadows", so he can see other people's thoughts and hear the secrets in people's hearts that they don't want to say. He began to become a spiritual partner for those in need, finding the little light that lit up life for every stolen shadow. The cumulative sales of the Chinese version exceed 5 million copies. Mark Levy's best-selling novel in China was rated as one of the "50 Most Favorite Books" in 2013. It is recommended for extracurricular reading in Sichuan, Zhejiang and other places. The famous French translator Yuan Xiaoyi commented: Mark Levy's works may not be the best objects to study, but they are the best choice to read. In Mark Levy's writings, there is no hatred, only love, and all forms of love are the only reason for us to live in this not-so-good world.

This book is written in vernacular, and the language is concise and easy to understand. In the Southern Song Dynasty, there was a Beijing-based military envoy whose surname was Li Maochun. He was originally from Tiantai County, Taizhou Prefecture, Zhejiang Province. He married a wife of the Wang family, and the couple was very kind. Mr. Li was the most kind-hearted person, but he did not have strict military orders. Therefore, he resigned from office and returned to his hometown. He was very charitable at home, but he never had a son. Mr. Li did not want to take a concubine, so he and his wife went to Guoqing Temple on Tiantai Mountain in the north of Yongning Village to worship Buddha and ask for a son. The result turned out to be effective, and he gave birth to a son, named Li Xiuyuan. When Xiuyuan was young, he could read ten lines by sight and had a photographic memory, which made him outstanding in learning. He likes to read Taoist books on weekdays. When he turned eighteen, he saw through the world of mortals and decided to become a monk. Later, he became a disciple of Elder Yuankong and named him Daoji. Daoji sat upright and looked a little crazy. He was called Monk Dian alone in the temple, and monk outside was called Crazy Monk. There were rumors and rumors about Monk Ji Dian. No matter what monk he saw in the temple, he would steal money, pawn any clothes he stole, and eat wine, and his favorite food was meat. People often say that monks should eat fast. Why should they drink wine? Jidian said: "Buddha left a poem, "I cultivate my mind, he cultivates his speech, others cultivate their speech but not their heart, and for me they cultivate their mind but not their speech." In fact, he came here to save the world in accordance with the decree of the Buddha's Dharma. So there are stories about helping people in need, helping people in need, and persuading all sentient beings. This book is a widely circulated and well-received classic.

"Nedochka: A Woman's Experience" is a novel written by the Russian writer Fyodor Dostoevsky. From a female first-person perspective, the novel tells the story of the protagonist Niedochka's three different lives - "childhood", "new life" and "mystery". Through three different life experiences, Niedochka got rid of abnormal love and sadomasochism, realized self-awakening, and gradually became a person with profound thinking and independent personality. Wang Xiaobo will never forget it after reading it: "I read this book, and I will remember the first half for the rest of my life. I still think this is the best book, worthy of a big masterpiece. I think people should always commemorate Dostoevsky for it." This time, the new translation of translator Liu Bai is used to create a more suitable version of Dostoevsky's works for current reading.

Rebirth 08 Chen Xiang was not excited. Even if ordinary people understand the general trend, it is difficult to break through the barriers. Fortunately, the simulator has arrived, and Chen Xiang creates a perfect life by going back again and again. This time, Chen Xiang, who left his hometown to study with 76 eggs and 5,000 yuan collected by his fellow villagers, only wanted to do two things. Equality of science and technology, great power and heavy industry. Wealth equality, social and animal human rights. Many years later. Chen Xiangren was nicknamed the Cash King of East Asia. One-handed PPT forced major car companies to cut prices, and foreign car executives knelt down to steal their lessons. "Brother Xiang, can you go to college again? I will pay for the 76 eggs and 5,000 yuan by myself."

Yo Nesbo's evil and crazy independent work, When Quentin Meets the Coen Brothers, the film adaptation created a box office miracle in Norway! An intriguing scam × two hunters with their own scheming × a headhunting game with a different tone. The main line is clear, the reading is smooth, and it is full of black humor. Roger Brown is Norway's top headhunter, and 100% of the candidates he recommends will be hired by his clients. When interviewing candidates, he used the FBI's nine-step interrogation method to manipulate them and get them to confess everything on their own initiative. This skill also allowed Roger to engage in another unknown job-stealing and reselling famous paintings. This secret source of wealth helps him maintain a luxurious life, afford a historic mansion, and fund his beautiful wife's expensive gallery business. One night at a painting appreciation party held in the gallery, his wife introduced him to Claes Greve, who was not only a perfect candidate to be the CEO of a top technology company, but also happened to have a priceless Rubens painting that could help Roger solve serious financial problems. However, when Rogge broke into Greve's apartment, he found not only the painting, but also the mobile phone that his wife had dropped under the bed in the bedroom... Meeting Greve may be the most unlucky thing in Rogge's life. His interview tricks completely failed in front of Greve, and since he discovered that his wife had cheated on him, all kinds of bad things happened one after another...

Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., A historian at Harvard University, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, reveals the replacement pattern between passive and active government in American history. It highlights the light of historical rationality in reflection and criticism, and keenly and profoundly reflects the endless struggle between idealism and pragmatism in the American spirit. It provides a profound analysis of the cycle of American history in the past two centuries and serves as a model for future generations to study the author's ideal view of history. American history is a picture full of pain and dreams. After experiencing two world wars, the United States seems to be a confusing country - pragmatism and ideology, generosity and stinginess, moralism and Machiavellianism, anti-colonialism and imperialism, New Deal and laissez-faire coexist. In "Cycles of American History," Harvard historian Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., Who has won the Pulitzer Prize twice, synthesizes all of his thoughts on cyclical issues in American history and puts forward the insightful theoretical framework of "American Political Cycle Theory." With clear and engaging writing, the book delves into core themes of the American experience: the meaning of the United States as an experiment in self-government, political cycles and rhythms, diplomatic methods, the problem of imperialism, the origins and significance of the Cold War, the role of government and free markets in American economic growth, the decline of political parties, the consequences of imperial presidentialism, and the important role of leadership in democracy. Erudite, calm and fluently explains his unique "historical cycle theory", showing how the rise and fall of American history have shaped the present and foreshadowed the future.

Tolstoy's most important short story in his later years has been newly translated by Professor Zhao Guilian of Peking University; the famous writer Huan Yan has written a preface and recommended it to interpret and understand the classic "Living to Death"; it is the pinnacle of human beings facing death and the ultimate questioning of the meaning of life and death. "The Death of Ivan Ilyich" is Tolstoy's most important short story in his later years. Through a detailed description of the entire process of Ivan Ilyich's death, it raises the ultimate question on the meaning of life and death. Ivan Ilyich's life was "extremely simple, ordinary, and extremely terrifying." He lived an extremely self-consistent life until he contracted a serious illness due to a minor accident, which eventually developed into an incurable disease. As his life came to an end, he realized as if struck by lightning that something was "wrong" with his past life. He thought hard about the meaning of life and what death was, and finally had an epiphany at the moment before his death. Although this novel is not large in length, it contains huge spiritual energy and can be regarded as the pinnacle of facing death in human literature. People's clear understanding of their mortality is not only a source of anxiety, but also an opportunity to reconstruct the meaning of life. "The Death of Ivan Ilyich" may be a key to understanding "living toward death" and breaking away from the sinking state of daily life.

The masterpiece of Irish literary master Colm Tóibín; the epitome of Henry James's lonely life in a foreign land; winner of the Dublin International Literary Award, the Stonewall Book Award, the Lambda Literary Award, the Los Angeles Times Book Award for Fiction, and the French Foreign Literature Award. In 1895, the American writer Henry James, already known as the "Master" by later generations of writers, dreamed of conquering London with a play. However, his first play, Guy Domville, failed at its premiere. In the shadow of failure, Henry accepted the invitation of the Irish nobles, savored the difficulties of others in middle age in the banquet and singing banquet, and licked the wounds deep in his heart. "The Master" begins here and continues until 1899 when his brother William James went to visit him in the small town of Rye. During these four years, his life was relatively peaceful, but his heart was filled with ups and downs. He often misses the important passers-by in his life, who leave their mark on his works and soul in different ways; he is troubled by his sexual orientation; he reflects on the impact of his family and relatives on his life; he longs for warmth and comfort, but deliberately keeps a distance from others; he hopes to create masterpieces that will be handed down for generations, but always encounters despair... This is a crucial psychological turning point in Henry's life. In Tobin's sympathetic and gentle writing, Henry James, a master of psychological writing, shows a cross-section of his delicate and susceptible heart, which is the epitome of his lonely life in a foreign land.

The posthumous work of John Le Carré, the master of British spy novels, reveals the deepest betrayal in the intelligence world; individuals and bureaucrats, loyalty and betrayal... It is full of Le Carré's signature suspenseful tension; it explores the soul of modern secret intelligence agencies and restores a real world of espionage. Julian Lawnsley quit a high-paying job in the City of London and came to a seaside town to run a bookstore and start a new life. However, this tranquility was soon broken by a mysterious visitor named Edward Evan. Edward lives in a seaside villa called "Silverview Manor". He is not only very familiar with Julian's background, but also deeply interested in the operation of his bookstore. At the same time, Proctor, the spy chief in London, also traced a dangerous leak to this seaside town and pointed directly at "Silverview Manor". What secrets are hidden in "Yinjingzhuang"?

2094 Galaxy Exploration Journey; a new masterpiece by German science fiction genius Brandon Morris; a hard science fiction work with rigorous writing technology and theory. The ultimate answer to the universe is close at hand, are you ready to face it? Is it the end of all things, or a new beginning for civilization? The truth of everything blooms quietly beyond the stars... No one has gone deeper into space than the astronauts of Shepherd 1. Their mission goal is to witness the birth of the universe and see who is involved. The answer never reached Earth. Shepherd 1 appears to be functioning normally but has been abandoned. Former astronaut Benjamin sets off and sends his consciousness onto the ship. Despite all the obstacles, he found the culprit, but the only problem now is that there seems to be no remedy that can save the spacecraft from being destroyed. Facing despair, the spacecraft suddenly receives a radio signal from interstellar space... Benjamin has only one chance. He must join forces with his opponents to defend against the dangers facing his friends and the Earth, and hope to uncover the final truth in the process.

Eliot's 60th anniversary edition, the pioneering work of the New Criticism in British and American literature; a must-read document for English literary theory and writing courses; subverting "tradition" with tradition and defending individuality with impersonality. What is tradition? How should poets, or artists, view the relationship between their creations and tradition? Eliot gave a conclusive conclusion in his famous article "Tradition and Individual Talent": Tradition is not a blind or timid adherence to the successful methods of the previous generation, but something with a much broader significance. It contains historical consciousness and is not inherited. To obtain it requires a lot of labor. This work was the foundation of New Criticism and directly influenced the birth of later critical classics such as Bloom's "The Anxiety of Influence" and Leavis's "The Great Tradition". The "impersonality" theory mentioned in the article - poetry is not the release of emotion, but the escape from emotion; it is not the expression of personality, but the escape from personality. It has also become a crucial theory in modern literature, and has had a huge impact on Roland Barthes's "The Author is Dead" and Michel Foucault's "What is the Author". In addition to this article that provides a comprehensive and holistic reflection on literature, the collection of the same name "Tradition and Individual Talent" also includes Eliot's evaluation and appreciation of specific poets, focusing on the discussion and analysis of the literary creation of the Elizabethan era. As a poet who is highly conscious of the nature and process of poetry creation, Eliot's creation and his criticism are closely linked. This anthology allows us to better appreciate his creations through his criticism, and at the same time, it also helps us better understand the nature of literature.

2094 Galaxy Exploration Journey; a new masterpiece by German science fiction genius Brandon Morris; a hard science fiction work with rigorous writing technology and theory. Searching for answers in the vast sea of ​​stars, only to find that he is the question that needs to be answered. A journey with no return, a test of trust. When you stare into the abyss, who is the abyss staring at? The Shepherd 1 spacecraft is on its way to the nearest star to the sun. Halfway there, with the help of solar gravitational lensing technology, the crew managed to take clear photos of the origin of the universe, gaining answers that reveal how the universe was born and whether God was involved. But as soon as the astronauts told Earth the news, radio communications were interrupted, even though the spacecraft was apparently operating normally. Was it sabotage, or were these three astronauts carried away by the answers science and religion have been searching for for thousands of years? Only one person can find the answer. Benjamin, the spacecraft's former astronaut, is now living on Earth. In order to help his friends, his consciousness was transported to Shepherd 1. When he arrived, he found the ship empty. His friends appear to have fled. He is alone, so far away from the sun. There was no way out for him. But Benjamin suddenly realized that he was not the only living thing on the ship...

Eliot's 60th anniversary edition; "My life is an inadvertent bit of waste in an orderly universe." Reproduces the murder scene that shocked the Middle Ages and illuminates the spiritual wasteland of modern people. This book is based on the translation of the drama part of "The Complete Poems and Dramas of Thomas Eliot" published by Faber Publishing House in 1969. It includes Eliot's five major dramas: "The Cathedral Murders", the most famous British poetic drama since the seventeenth century, which combines elements of Greek drama and detective drama in the mid-twelfth century, and shows the main themes. "Family Reunion", a work about the hero's self-redemption process; Eliot's most popular play "The Cocktail Party", which explores the twisted outlook on life; "Secretary", the only drama on the New York Times bestseller list in the past thirty years; and the author's last work "The Elder Statesman". His realistic approach and storyline, as well as his pursuit of deep symbolic meaning in his works, had a huge influence on the playwrights of his generation.

British literary master D. H. Lawrence's shocking love classic, an immortal masterpiece of contemporary English literature; a passionate love across classes, a journey of rebirth in pursuit of authenticity; the secret key to the depths of human nature - love is both taboo and redemption; a brand new and unabridged translation, with a large number of annotations added to supplement and restore background information such as the era and society in which the novel is set. Connie married the nobleman Clifford Chatterley, who was soon wounded in World War I and paralyzed from the waist down for life. After the war, their lives were carefree but lifeless until Mellors, the manor's gamekeeper, rekindled Connie's love and desire for life. Clifford's selfishness and indifference gradually alienated Connie's heart. At the same time, Connie was attracted by Mellors' character and developed a love for him. The publication of "Lady Chatterley's Lover" once caused great controversy in the English-speaking world and was banned in many countries. However, now the novel has become a well-deserved classic of modern English literature.

"Privacy has been lost. Privacy is dead." The gold medal screenwriter of "Actor Harvester", "The Theory of Everything" and "Darkest Hour" has a new work; when the "eyes in the sky" are everywhere, how to be invisible in the era of big data? The ultimate showdown between librarians and technology giants, a cat-and-mouse game that will keep you breathless until the very last moment. In this big data era where "privacy is dead", this book is a survival guide for every "information prisoner" - how to avoid the eye of the sky, erase traces, and become an invisible person? The latest masterpiece of "Darkest Hour" and "The Theory of Everything" gold medal screenwriter and well-known novelist Anthony McCarten fictionalizes a cat-and-mouse game with the Sky Eye system as the technical background. The U. S. Government and technology giants cooperated to develop a high-tech project called "Fusion". Ten candidates were selected to participate in the test. Each person had to "reset" themselves to disappear within two hours, and the ubiquitous Sky Eye system took thirty days to track them. Whoever can survive for thirty days without being discovered will win a huge prize of US$3 million. Among the contestants are retired veterans, technical experts, escape experts, and the mediocre Boston librarian Caitlin Day-it is unanimous that she will be the first person to be kicked out, and her true purpose of participating is known only to herself. Who will be the ultimate winner in this cat-and-mouse game with great disparity in strength? Gold medal screenwriter McCarten keeps the suspense until the last second, making people realize the terrifying details behind daily life, and also provides a way to escape from it all.

The well-known social trend observer Kenichi Ohmae's predictions are completely accurate. It is a best-selling topic book that spreads from East Asia to the world; low birth rate, super aging, consumption reduction... The whole world is becoming a "low desire society", how to face the decline of beauty? When the "low desire society" finally becomes today's unchanging reality, how can the government and the people revive it? "Low Desire Society" is a best-selling social observation masterpiece published in 2018 by the famous Japanese management scientist and "Mr. Strategy" Kenichi Ohmae. The book focuses on Japan's current socio-economic status and characteristics, and summarizes social problems that other mature countries have not yet encountered into one word, "low desire society" - population decline, super aging, and loss of upper class. There are more and more young people with ambition and desire; citizens hold a large amount of financial assets, and companies have high internal reserves, but they fail to use funds effectively. Whether it is monetary easing policy or public investment, it cannot improve consumer confidence, and money-spreading policies cannot revitalize the economy... Faced with the problem of a "low desire society", even if stocks continue to rise, it is not a happy time. However, Ohmae Kenichi also pointed out that he is not trying to blame young people for having low desires, because this tendency to have no desires and desires is also a reasonable choice in the context of the times. What must be considered is how citizens and businesses should respond in a "low desire society". The "low desire" young group has a serious impact on enterprises, and subsequent generations may also have similar values. Companies must truly analyze their thoughts and behaviors, accurately grasp their values, and re-formulate various strategies and business models. In response to problems such as low desire, insufficient manpower, and a sluggish economy, "Low Desire Society" cites the practices of countries with similar precedents in Europe and the United States and puts forward a series of corresponding strategic suggestions, such as urban redevelopment, how to use idle land, improvement of immigration policies, optimization of supporting construction of tourist destinations, stimulating consumption of "mature adults", transformation of talent education, etc. The observations and countermeasures made in "Low Desire Society" are very helpful for readers to understand Japan's socio-economic status and development, and also serve as a warning. At the same time, based on the above observations and the understanding and sense of crisis that "in the 21st century, the key to achieving a career is to cultivate and possess top talents," Ohmae put forward the concept of "education with global aspirations" for parents and young people, which is also very enlightening for domestic readers.

Known as "the writer's writer's writer"; winner of the U. S. National Book Award and the Library of Congress American Literature Lifetime Achievement Award; the last novel before his death by the author of "The Son of Jesus", "Train Dreams" and "The Gift of the Sea Nymph"; Dennis Johnson's still poetic but suspenseful spy novel. Lorraine Nair claims to be Nordic, but holds an American passport. After ten years away, he returned to Freetown, Sierra Leone, Africa, and was reunited with his old friend Michael Adrick at the summons. The two had made a fortune during the country's civil war, and now Nair has returned to this "place of despair" with the hope of "second luck." Adrik, a Ugandan, is a combat mercenary trained by the United States. At thirty-six years old, he is still as enthusiastic about his uncertain plans as he was ten years ago. "The end of the plan is amazingly wonderful," he told Nair. Together with Adric's fiancée, a graduate student from Colorado named Davidia, the two embarked on a journey into the Congo mountains that 19th-century missionaries called "the laughing beast." Along the way, they experienced thousands of dangers together, but everyone concealed something from each other. This is a spy novel full of suspense and changing loyalties, mainly set in Sierra Leone, Congo and Uganda, in the period after the Rwanda genocide in the 1990s. The author Dennis Johnson personally witnessed and reported on these conflicts as a journalist.

A collection of Dostoevsky's early short stories and short stories, which describe the various aspects of the world of little people; it deeply explores the human nature of the human heart and the ultimate expression of various personalities; Wang Xiaobo wholeheartedly recommends "Nedochka", Mr. Rong Rude's classic translation, which includes exquisite illustrations. "Notes from the Underground" is a collection of short stories and short stories by the great Russian writer Fyodor Dostoevsky, including "Mr. Prohalchin", "The Landlady", "Nedo Chika", "Little Hero", "Trouble in the Manor" and "Notes from the Underground". "Mr. Prokharchin" and "The Landlady" are Doshi's earliest novellas. They respectively tell the life of a buffoon character, Mr. Prokharchin, and the story of a tenant who is obsessed with the landlady. They reflect Doshi's concern for the fate of little people. "Nedochka" is Doshi's first attempt at a full-length novel. Unfortunately, the story could not be completed. Even so, the tragic fate of the orphan girl Niedochka still moves countless readers. "Little Hero" tells the emotional twists and turns of a young man's first love affair, while "The Affair in the Manor" revolves around an anecdote about the reversal of master and servant identities at the farm inherited by Rostanev. In these two stories, the flattering, fickle, entangled and even self-destructive side of human nature is more clearly displayed to readers. "Notes from the Underground" is the most important novella in Doshi's middle period. Through the description of the "basement people" who want to do things that are not good for themselves, it vividly depicts people's complex, contradictory and even almost abnormal psychological states, which embodies all of Doshi's artistic features. Therefore, "Notes from the Underground" is also regarded as a sign that Doshi's thoughts and creations have entered a mature period, and it is the "general outline" of the five subsequent novels of Doshi.

I would like to write this book to record my daily writing practice, the essays and articles I wrote, and compile it into a volume. Therefore, it is named "Starlight Collection". A piece of advice for readers: don't stay bored in the house reading, take more time to walk in nature!

After a boy on a farm is fitted with a prosthetic limb, he feels like he is gradually becoming a highway; a woman comes to the beach to call for the baby in her dream, but cannot remember the child's name; the system of the generation spaceship has been hacked, and people can only rely on memory to build history; the AI ​​model "Murder House" allows you to return to the scene of the crime in one second and talk to the dead; on a stormy night, countless "Is" in parallel worlds gather together, but one of them mysteriously dies. This book collects 13 stories written by Sarah Pinsker between 2013 and 2019. Once the book was published, the following year it won the 2020 Philip K. Dick Award, second place in the 2020 Locus Award, was nominated for the 2020 World Fantasy Award, and was selected into the annual lists of many authoritative media such as the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and Book List.

The influence of the Surrealist movement, the spiritual shock brought by his trip to America in 1929, and the emotional and psychological crisis he experienced changed Lorca's understanding of drama. He began to experiment with surrealism in his theater practice to explore new breakthroughs in drama structure, characters, and themes. This led to the creation of "The Love of Dom Perrin and Belisa in the Garden," "The Audience," and "Five Years Like This". These three alternative works were particularly subversive in his entire drama creation, in sharp contrast to his "Country Trilogy" with realism as the main style. One of them, "The Spectator," was even called an "impossible drama" by Lorca himself. These three dramas embody the author's poetic and aesthetic concepts. Behind the plots of the dramas are the author's profound thoughts on "how drama shows reality" and "what is reality". And deep thinking about "what is reality".

A dark humor novel that has sold over one million copies worldwide and been translated into more than 30 languages! She dropped into our lives like a fluffy pink bomb... As tractor philosophy uncovers the scars of war, an absurd, humorous and heartbreaking family comedy begins. The 84-year-old father was "bewitched" by the 36-year-old Ukrainian woman and wanted to marry her. He loves poetry, philosophy and machinery, and plans to write a brief history of tractors. Facing a common "enemy", the two sisters, who had not spoken for decades, stood together again. A family dispute reveals the war and trauma that the entire family experienced in the 20th century, and the painful past in Ukraine also emerges. In the midst of all the excitement, the two sisters finally bridged the rifts in the past and the chasm of the times, and gradually got closer to each other...

A top-secret experiment builds a "shared dream", which turns out to be the perfect stage for crime! The murderer hidden in the dream, a vicious chain reaction. Which one is the destination, the dream of having one's desires or the reality of being helpless? Explore the confusion between reality and reality, solve the puzzles, and never dare to sleep again! The reasoning is rigorous and the reversal is astonishing. In the "unable to kill" island mode, corpses appear in dreams, and reality and dreams are solved simultaneously to explore new ways of playing "dream setting". Shinichiro Yuuki, a new force in Japanese reasoning, is a masterpiece of science fiction reasoning! Sales in Japan exceed 100,000! Chouno Kyohei, who is unemployed because of narcolepsy, joins the top-secret experiment "Insomnia Project". Seven subjects of different ages, genders and identities had microchips implanted in their brains and spent ninety days in a shared lucid dream. In "Dreamtopia", "Dreamers" can act as they wish and make their dreams come true. However, as the experiment progresses, Utopia turns into purgatory, and the perfect dream land gradually turns into a nightmare full of fear and suspicion. The corpses of "Dreamers" appear one after another in dreams, and experimental subjects in the real world also die mysteriously one after another. When the boundary between dreams and reality gradually blurs, looking up at the sky, are butterflies still flying freely?

"Queen Eugenie: A History of the Second French Empire" consists of two volumes and is the representative work of Albert Saint-Amand, the founder of academic research on the history of the Second French Empire. It takes the ups and downs and magnificent life of Eugenie, the most beautiful woman in Europe and a queen of the Second French Empire, as the main line. It shows the rise, decline and fall of the Second French Empire in a wide-angle, multi-level and all-round way. It uses detailed historical materials to objectively and in-depth interpret Empress Eugenie's influence on Napoleon III's domestic affairs, foreign affairs and economic decisions. The influence of economic, cultural and military decisions completely changed the "one-sided" trend in the field of historical research on the French Second Empire of attributing the demise of the Second French Empire to Queen Eugenie's involvement in politics. It opened up a new direction for the research on the history of the Second French Empire. It is an academic masterpiece highly recognized by the European historians, especially the French historians.

[Douban 9.0 High score classic, the masterpiece of 1949 Nobel Prize writer William Faulkner! Marquez said "Faulkner is my spiritual mentor", Yu Hua said "Faulkner is my master", Faulkner is eternal! A ten-day funeral adventure, with 59 character monologues, grasping the unfinished moment before death, and seeing one's own destiny in the suffering of others. "As I Lay Dying" is the representative work of the 1949 Nobel Prize-winning writer William Faulkner. The novel is composed of 59 inner monologues and tells from multiple perspectives the "hard journey" of Bundren, a farmer in the southern United States, who, in order to keep his promise to his wife Addie, led his family to transport Addie's body back to his hometown for burial: the flood almost washed away the coffin, the mule pulling the cart was drowned, the fire almost incinerated the body, some of the children lost a foot, some were in jail, and some lost their beloved horses... It can be called a ten-day funeral adventure. This family is suspicious of each other, does not understand each other, and lives in sorrow. However, it is this family that, facing their fate, resolutely chooses to travel a long distance to complete their mission. They are like this, and so are every one of us. In the wilderness of life, suffering and confrontation go hand in hand. This book presents our past, present and future difficulties and destiny. It is an epic of destiny that "human beings can endure hardships and hardships, and will eventually overcome them."

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