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Many tragedies have occurred in the Fukiyaki family in the past few decades. Two pairs of lovers murder each other in the gorgeous bedroom of the "Black Death Hall", and finally kill themselves. This castle, built by Dr. Fukiyaki Sotetsu and named after the "Black Death", casts a veil of terror. In fact, the Fukiyaki family itself has the bloodline of witches and poisonous women who are well-known in history; among them, the four musicians who followed Dr. Sangtze from Europe to Japan and never set foot outside the castle from childhood to adulthood are a topic that everyone talks about. As for the owner, Dr. Suan Zhe, he committed suicide in the library just a few days ago. Under such gloomy and unclear circumstances, death once again came to the Black Death Pavilion. But this time, drawings of plans to kill six people appeared in the Black Death Hall, as well as corpses with unusual and bizarre deaths! What are the murderer's plans and motives? Why do murders keep happening in this eerie and gorgeous castle? The true face of the deadly horror hidden in this mansion will be...

Lingering for Several Generations

.. Slightly Cool..

8K0

Lord God, I am willing to exchange the immortal bone god for the chance of reincarnation in the light boat... -Wan Yuan Huangfu Jue, I know you used immortal bones to return my memories of ten reincarnations and nine lives, but I am the biggest loophole in this world. If I don't die, there will be endless troubles. If I don't die, the world will be devastated. I don't want the world to suffer this disaster because of me, and I also want you to be safe, happy, and safe forever... - Gu Qingzhou "The ninth reincarnation of Qingzhou means death..." - Astrology "Gu Qingzhou, I want you to see with your own eyes how the person you protect pushes you into the abyss step by step!" - Shenyan "Gu Qingzhou, I will take away everything that belongs to you" - Zi Ming "Zhouzhou, wherever you want to go, I will follow you" - Demon Lord (Zhan Shen) "I should be the master of this world, but now I want a young boy to take charge of it. Isn't it ridiculous?" -Tianshi

Golden Pavilion Temple

Golden Pavilion Temple

General Fiction

(japan) Mishima Yukio

128K0

In the early morning hours of July 2, 1950, a figure approached the relic hall of Kinkakuji Temple, a national treasure of Japan, in the dark. Soon, flames shot into the sky and many precious cultural relics were reduced to ashes. Soon, the police suddenly announced that they had caught the arsonist: a 21-year-old college student, who confessed that he ignited the crime because he was envious of the beauty of Kinkakuji... The news spread, shocking the whole of Japan. Popular writer Mishima Yukio decided to go to the crime scene in person to find the truth. He was vaguely aware that there were unknown secrets hidden here.

Nandu Monster Tea Shop

Nandu Monster Tea Shop

Fantasy Romance

Mandarin Orange And Hyacinth

23K0

Nandu, also known as the fairy capital, has a monster tea shop here. A cup of tea, the fragrance of tea, the willows clinging to it, hides a series of endless stories.

I Am the Founding Emperor of Chu State

Hongjun Hotline 123

59K0

The protagonist has gone through three troubled times and finally established his own country. For the first time, I watched my loved ones die in front of me one by one and was helpless. He joined the army for the second time and personally ended the troubled times and became a founding hero, but was feared and eliminated by the emperor who had just boarded the plane. For the third time, the protagonist united several villages to raise troops in a small village in the Central Plains. The most cutting-edge army he established, the "Guanhong Army", laid the foundation for ending the troubled times. After several more years of recuperation and national strength reaching its peak, he sent out troops again, sweeping north to sweep the Turks and south to capture Goryeo. After occupying these two areas, a few years later, he launched his army westward, crossed the Himalayas, and fought against Egypt. In the west, he fought against the French Empire and eventually established the "Chu State", a unified country in the world. He stood at the pinnacle of the era and was known as the "Great Emperor Wu of Chu". The army he led, the "Guanhong Army", was known as the strongest army on the face of the earth. Now that the great emperor has arrived in the modern technological society of his future generations, what kind of journey will he embark on? This book is also called "The Originator of Immortal Cultivation Suffered Everyone to Death"

Card Shapeshifter

Card Shapeshifter

Fantasy Romance

Small Sour Plum

72K05

21st Ancient Law Century A world where modern cities and monsters coexist and fight. The attack by the monsters turned the originally beautiful city into ruins. The heroine Jiang Ran was once a genius shadow fighter at Imperial College. She suddenly dropped out of Imperial College five years ago, becoming the first student in history to drop out of Imperial College. Today, 5 years later, where should she go? When a monster attacks, should she protect herself and her family?

My Host in Quick Time Travel is Very Dramatic

Ruan Bubai

45K0182

Accidentally bound to the system, Yu Shen said that life was really comfortable Yandere boy: "Baby, you can't escape" Evil Killer: "Yanyan, I surrender to everything about you." The cute and well-behaved young lady: "Sister, I want to be with you forever." The sinister actor: "Kissing scenes can only be filmed with me." ... Later, cute Yu Shen rubbed her waist, but why was she the one who got crushed in the end?!

Miss Benson's Beetle

Miss Benson's Beetle

General Fiction

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195K0

Miss Benson, 46 years old, single. She doesn't get along well with humans, but she loves studying small, inconspicuous, and even screaming beetles. In her mind, the gods existed in the insectarium of the Natural History Museum. Her lifelong dream is to find the golden beetle her father once told her about. Enid, 25, has everything a blonde beauty has to offer. She is happy, caring, and chatty, as if silence and depression never come. She has no grand dreams, she just wants to be a mother. We are looking for an expedition assistant to go to the other side of the earth. All fees are included. Miss Benson and Enid, two seemingly unrelated women, came together and were linked by fate. They let us see that the friendship between women is so bright and powerful. Without each other, it is impossible for them to realize their dreams, nor to break through the difficulties in life, and finally become themselves.

Firefly Alley (set of Two Volumes)

(us) Christine Hannah

475K0

From the age of 14 to 40, the friendship between two women is like the glimmer of fireflies, but it is enough to warm each other's life. When they were 14 years old, two girls with completely different personalities and family backgrounds met warmly in Firefly Alley. From then on, they were no longer alone in life. From the age of 14 to 40, they relied on each other and walked into the short and long road of life. They also experienced jealousy, anger, hurt, hatred, getting back together, parting and making peace with life. You are not me, but you are like another me.

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General Fiction

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280K0

In 1866 a strange thing happened. Many sailing ships discovered a "sea monster" on the sea, and some ships were attacked by the "sea monster". The United States dispatched a warship to chase the "sea monster". French biologist Professor Aronas was invited to participate in the chase. As a result, the battleship chasing the monster was chased by the monster and was ferociously attacked by the "sea monster". Professor Aronas and his two companions fell into the water and were rescued by the "sea monster". Since then, they have followed the "sea monster" around the sea, exploring the secrets of the seabed, and experiencing hardships and risks. Finally, because they couldn't bear the boring life in the underwater world, they managed to escape back to the land. This book is considered to be Verne's most wonderful work. It not only writes about the struggle between man and nature, but also about man's struggle against fate and the protagonist Captain Nemo's unremitting efforts for the independence of his nation. Many plots also involve the development of future science and technology. This book is the second part of Verne's "Ocean Trilogy". An important character in it, Captain Nemo, will reappear in the third part "The Mysterious Island".

Mysterious Island

Mysterious Island

General Fiction

(france) Jules Verne

349K0

During the American Civil War, five Union prisoners escaped from the Confederate base camp in a balloon. They encountered a storm on the way and were thrown onto an uninhabited island in the South Pacific. These castaways relied on their wisdom and extraordinary perseverance to overcome many difficulties. They not only made bows and arrows for hunting, but also made pottery, glass, windmills, telegraphs, and mapped the geographical location of the island. They lived on the island for four years and built it into a prosperous paradise. They have also encountered many difficulties, such as lack of food, lack of medicine, and even attacks by pirates, but there is always a mysterious figure helping them secretly. This person is Captain Nemo, the protagonist in "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea". They also discovered a "savage" who had lived on the island for twelve years. He was the pirate who betrayed Captain Grant in "Captain Grant's Sons"... Finally, in a volcanic eruption, several people almost died until the "Duncan" commanded by Captain Grant's son Robert rescued them back home. This book is the last in the "Jules Verne Ocean Trilogy". The plot of the novel is ups and downs and thrilling. Although it has been published for more than a hundred years, it has always been highly praised and loved by readers all over the world.

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G

General Fiction

G

316K0

During the trial voyage of Sir Glenarvan's new ship, he found a drifting bottle in the belly of a shark he accidentally captured. Inside, there were three pieces of text written in English, French and German that had been eroded by the sea water. The voyagers translated the words that could be seen clearly on the three pieces of paper, and then filled in the words in one language without guessing. It turned out to be a letter for help! It was a distress letter sent by the Scottish navigator Captain Grant two years ago. So Sir Glenarvan and his beautiful and gentle wife Helena took Captain Grant's two strong children, Miss Grant and her brother Robert, and embarked on an adventure to find and rescue Captain Grant... This book is the first part of Verne's "Ocean Trilogy". An important character in it, the pirate Ayrton, appears in the third part, "The Mysterious Island", and is an important role.

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General Fiction

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327K0

"The Scholars" is a famous classic satirical novel in my country. It mainly describes the spiritual outlook of intellectuals and officials in feudal society. It successfully portrays the portraits of feudal literati who lived in the late feudal society and under the eight-part imperial examination system, such as those who were successful or frustrated in the examination room, the official veterans who were honest or corrupt, and the scholars who cheated on food and drink... It reflects the decadent and dark social reality of feudal society, criticizes the eight-part imperial examination system, and exposes the evils of feudal rule. "The Scholars" not only provides people with a vision, but also forms a technique and creates a novel structure. It has become a groundbreaking masterpiece in the history of Chinese novels and has an unsurpassed position in the history of the development of Chinese novels.

Rebirth of the Poisonous Queen

Ah

1.4M06,952

The legitimate daughter of a general, she is chaste, quiet and gentle, she is madly in love with King Ding, and she becomes her husband. After six years of assistance, she finally became the mother of the world. Accompanying him to conquer the country, revitalize the country, get into danger and become a hostage of another country. After five years of returning, there is no place for him in the harem. The beauty in his arms smiled brightly: "Sister, the situation is decided, it's time for you to retreat." The daughter died tragically and the prince was deposed. The Shen family is full of loyal people, and no one is spared. Once the dynasty is overturned, the son will be bereaved and the family will be destroyed! Shen Miao never thought that supporting each other as a couple in need was just a joke! He said: "Since you have been with me for twenty years, I will give you the whole body. Thank you." Under three feet of white silk, Shen Miao made a poisonous oath: When will I die on this day, I and you will both die! When she was reborn at the age of fourteen, the tragedy had not happened, her relatives were still there, and she was still the gentle, elegant and legitimate daughter of the general. The best relatives harbor evil intentions, the cousins ​​are vicious and ruthless, the new aunt is eyeing her, and the scumbag wants to repeat his old tricks? The family must be protected, a great revenge must be avenged, and the throne must be shared. In this life, let's see who can fight who! But the young Marquis of the Xie family, an unruly young man who had once wielded a gun to fight horses, stood proudly on her wall: "It's just a matter of trying to gain imperial power. Remember, the world belongs to you, and you - belong to me!" ------------------------------------------------------------------ --The Thirteen Capitals of Youzhou. --It belongs to you. --Dingyuan City, Mobei. --It belongs to you. --Yuzhou in the south of the Yangtze River, East China Sea in Dingxi, Qinghu Lake in Lin'an, and the ancient city of Luoyang. --It's all yours. --All belongs to me, Xie Jingxing, what do you want? --Well, you. ------------------------------------------------------------------ At first, he said indifferently: "The Shen and Xie families are clearly divided, but the Shen family girl suddenly showed her kindness and has bad intentions!" Later he said calmly: "They are all grasshoppers on the same rope. Shen Miao, please be calm and have someone to take care of you. Who dares to force you to marry?" Later he said arrogantly: "It's nothing more than this. Shen Jiaojiao has thousands of miles of land, how about we divide it between you and me?" Finally, he waved his hand domineeringly: "Daughter-in-law, it's troublesome to divide it up, so we won't divide it! It all belongs to you, and you belong to me!" Shen Miao: "Get out of here!" The domineering queen Liang Liang and the delinquent boy Xie Xiaohou Ye, the domineering and reborn queen, the male and female protagonists are clean in body and mind, they join forces and dote on each other one on one. Please give me your support, little angels~

Welcome to the Desire Store

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20K0

People always have all kinds of desires... "Welcome to the Desire Store"! A collection of warm essays by the popular Japanese picture book writer Shinsuke Yoshitake! People always have desires of one kind or another. They are happy with desires, but also troubled by desires. Desires can be related to important issues such as money and status, but they also exist in daily life, and even manifest themselves in small thoughts that are often ignored - can I have another snack? It doesn't matter if you sleep a little longer, right? What kind of life do I yearn for? What should I do if I don't want to go to work? Everyone has all kinds of strange little desires and thoughts, and it is precisely because of this that human beings become rich and interesting. In this book, Shinsuke Yoshitake records every detail of his life and shares many unique moments and ingenious philosophical thoughts, which will make you smile knowingly and be truly moved at the same time.

Chinese Weird Tales: Full Translation of Ukiyo-e

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188K0

"Japanese Pu Songling"'s "Chinese Weird Tales" is a brain-burning reversal! A new interpretation of gods, demons and monsters! The proud work of Japanese genius Kontaro Tanaka! Manuscript found again after being lost for 80 years! This book is a collection of Chinese ghost stories written by Kontaro Tanaka, who wrote "All Ghost Stories" and other books. He collected and studied a large amount of Chinese ghost story materials, such as "Zi Buyu" and "Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio". Most of the manuscripts of the book were unfortunately lost before its first publication, and some manuscripts are treasured in the collection of the Imperial Household Agency and the chaebol. When introducing Tanaka's works this time, I accidentally came across some scattered chapters. After many researches, it turned out to be the original first volume of "Chinese Weird Tales"! Reprinted and published.

If There Were Grapefruit

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65K0

There must be many things hidden in this world that I can find if I keep looking. Ogawa Ito's words are just right and restrained, implying deep feelings, making people want to seriously cherish every moment of light in life. "If I can harvest grapefruit in my garden in the future, that will be enough to make people cheer. There should be a long, long way to go before that day." Ogawa Ito wrote an essay about his life spanning a year with his usual delicate words. Ogawa Ito's ability to create atmosphere is extremely strong, making people feel that everything is a beautiful fragment of life. Ogawa Ito deconstructs simple daily life, every word and sentence is concise and gentle, full of just the right amount of elegance and affection. No matter which page you turn and which paragraph you read, you will feel beautiful but not excessive. In monotonous days, Ogawa Ito chooses to decorate his life with different rewards. Living every day well is the greatest reward for yourself.

Pillow Seeds

Pillow Seeds

Literature

(japanese) Qingshaonagon

210K0

"Pillow" is a landmark masterpiece in the history of Japanese literature, a literary miracle book that has been passed down for thousands of years. Written around 1000 AD, it was the first of Japanese essay literature, and together with The Tale of Genji, it is the "twin gems of Heian period literature". "Pillow" can clearly and directly lead readers to understand the delicacy and beauty of Japanese literature, as well as the aesthetic taste in Japanese culture. The book has a total of 305 paragraphs, divided into three major contents: clustering, diary and reflections.

Mr. Yan, She Always Wants to Cause Trouble

An Mu Qianxia

253K02

Young Master Xiao: "I heard that Xiao Yuxian is cunning, cunning and changeable, with a knife hidden in his smile. I heard that this is the evaluation of the Yan family." "Ahem!" Director Yan: "I heard that Yan Wanjun is fickle, suspicious, scheming, and ruthless." Young Master Xiao felt guilty: "Who did you listen to? The person who said this is definitely jealous of your talent and beauty and deliberately discredits you!" Director Yan smiled: "Miss Cheng said that this is the opinion of the prince of the Xiao family." "..." Mr. Xiao: "Nonsense! What I said is clearly that Wanjun of the Yan family is gentle, kind, virtuous, considerate, a fish and a goose, and the moon is shy of the flower!" Everyone: "Bah! You just told others that she is sinister and vicious and likes to scheme against people!" Director Yan raised his eyebrows, "Oh? Really?" "Don't listen to their nonsense, I'm obviously asking a question." "What's the problem?" "The mountains have trees and the trees have branches," "My heart pleases you, but you don't know it." "I know. I know you like me, and I also like Wanjun." Everyone said, "Kou area! I'm offended!"

Became a Great Director by Accident

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1.5M010

(New book "My Girlfriend Turns Out to be a Big Star") The director is already in place, where are the heroines? Men are afraid of getting into the wrong profession, and women are afraid of marrying the wrong man. Lin Runze originally just wanted to help the "second" sister make one or two films that would be successful, so as to prevent her from being laughed at, but who would have thought... "The 38th Hong Kong Film Awards for Best Director..." Lin Runze came on stage. "The 72nd Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or Award for Best Director..." Lin Runze came on stage. "The 92nd Academy Awards for Best Picture..." Lin Runze came on stage. "The 53rd Qinglong Film Festival Best Director Award..." Lin Runze came on stage. Lin Runze's acceptance speech: "Ahem, awards are not important, but there is a word of advice for later great directors, 'a knife is used to cut the word sex, and it will see blood, and it will scrape bones'." (Pass:564272361)

Viewing the Sun at White Night

Viewing the Sun at White Night

Suspense and Supernatural

Y

10K0

I have been having recurring dreams on the 30th of every month for the past year. Is that a dream? It seems like it is not, everything is too real. But what makes me even more horrified is the prophetic scene in the dream.

Greco-persian War

N

265K0

The Greco-Persian Wars were a collective name for a series of wars that broke out between the Persian Empire and Greek city-states from 499 BC to 449 BC, which lasted for half a century. Although the Greeks were far weaker than the Persian army in terms of military strength, the final victory of the Greeks opened the way for the Greek city-states to develop a unique creativity, independent spirit, and democratic atmosphere, which also affected the future development of Western history. During the long and fierce struggle, famous battles in the history of world wars such as the Battle of Marathon, the Battle of Thermopylae, and the Naval Battle of Salamis occurred successively. The legendary figures who participated in them, including the legendary Persian King Xerxes, the Athenian general Pericles, and the Spartan King Leonidas, left behind popular stories. Due to the long history of the war, whether it is the bias of historical documents, the lack of archaeological materials, or the complex geographical environment of Greece, it has brought considerable difficulties to future generations in studying these wars. The author's descriptions of Persian and Greek strategy are clear and convincing, as are his descriptions of the day-to-day details of the lives of soldiers, politicians, and ordinary citizens. He had first-hand knowledge of Greek geography and a complete command of original documents and modern scholarship. In short, through this book, readers can experience this collision between Eastern and Western civilizations immersively.

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S

General Fiction

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153K0

"All Things That Rise Must Converge" is the pinnacle short story collection of Flannery O'Connor, a heavyweight American literary writer, before she bid farewell to the literary world and passed away. The eleven works included in the volume, including "All Things Rising Must Converge" and "Festival in Partridge Town," explore issues such as faith, morality, and race that are familiar to O'Connor's readers. These stories are both sad and happy, beautiful and grotesque, and bear a strong O'Connor mark. Most of the protagonists in O'Connor's works are incompatible with their surroundings, and the contrasting effect produced reflects his writing style. In order to make the concept obvious, the writer has to use drastic methods. "When he encounters the hearing-impaired, he shouts; when he encounters the visually impaired, he draws the characters large and shocking." O'Connor, who died of lupus at the age of thirty-nine, left behind this masterpiece that is an immortal classic in the American literary world and even the world's literary world.

Inner Activities

H

181K0

"Inner Activity" selects 20 literary reviews written between 2000 and 2005 by J. M. Coetzee, the winner of the 2003 Nobel Prize for Literature. Here, Coetzee discusses in depth many 20th century literary masters such as Samuel Beckett, Günter Grass, García Márquez, and Philip Roth. Every article and every word he writes is full of profound insights and keen insight. This book may seem challenging, but in fact the writing style is friendly. The plain and precise writing opens a literary window for readers to appreciate those immortal works. The writers who commented in the book have played a great role in guiding readers and publishers in the Chinese-speaking world, and I believe this is still the case today.

Selected Short Stories by Chekhov

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154K0

Chekhov's novels, the master of short stories, are compact and concise, concise and concise. A touch of humor is often intertwined with bitter irony, giving readers room for independent thinking. He is good at exploring beyond the surface of life and revealing the hidden motives of characters, leaving behind such classic works as "The Chameleon", "Death of a Civilian" and "The Man in the Trap". "Selected Short Stories of Chekhov" collects Chekhov's most representative short stories, focusing on the artistic characteristics of the author's creation. This "Classic Curriculum" series version of "Selected Chekhov's Short Stories" will also include a special curriculum design to make it more suitable for young people to understand and read.

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General Fiction

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442K0

"Moby-Dick" is a representative novel by the American novelist, essayist and poet Herman Melville. It tells the story of Captain Ehab of the whaling ship - he is determined to hunt down the ferocious and intelligent white whale Moby Dick who bit off one of his legs. After sailing almost all over the world, he finally encounters Moby Dick. After three days of hard tracking, he hit the beluga with a harpoon, but his ship was hit by the whale and was tangled in the whale rope and taken into the sea. In the end, he and the whole crew died together with the white whale, and only sailor Ishmael was saved. "Moby-Dick" has become a classic of world marine literature with its substantial ideological content, epic scale, and mature and thoughtful writing style.

Country of Strangers

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240K0

"The Country of Strangers" selects 26 literary reviews written by J. M. Coetzee, the winner of the 2003 Nobel Prize for Literature, between 1986 and 1999. It is the author's first collection of literary reviews. In the first chapter, Coetzee asks the question "What is a classic?" And looks for the answer in the works and views of Eliot, Bach and Herbert. He then conducted in-depth discussions on literary masters of the 18th and 19th centuries such as Defoe, Turgenev, and Dostoevsky, as well as modernist German writers such as Rilke, Kafka, and Musil. At the same time, it also analyzes 20th century literary giants such as Borges, Brodsky, Gordimer, Oz, Rushdie, and Lessing. Coetzee's literary criticism has a more historical feel than other criticisms.

Yin Yang Yao

Yin Yang Yao

Xuanhuan

Drinking Maple Into The Night

98K0

Joys and sorrows gather and disperse in infinite numbers, and the blood turns into a river as soon as it falls into the world. The sixth form of Broken Leaf Sword Technique: Killing.

Anthill

Anthill

General Fiction

G

200K0

This is the story of three parallel worlds that exist in the same time and space. They rise together, alternate with each other, share weal and woe, and depend on each other for life and death. The first world belongs to ants. They build civilization in the soil and compose a magnificent epic at our picnic place. The second is human society. If an anthill is like a miniature human society, then human society is also equivalent to a magnificent anthill. The third world is the biosphere, which is the sum of all life, a habitat full of infinite knowledge and mysteries, and the common home of thousands of species. In "Anthill," Wilson tells the coming-of-age story of an American boy named Rafe Cody. In order to escape the conflicts between his parents, little Cody often fled to the Nokobe Lake area near his home, where he observed and studied various animals and plants, and gradually grew into a little naturalist. When he graduated from college, Cody completed his graduation thesis using anthills as a research object. When he learned that the Nokobe Lake area might be destroyed by real estate development companies, Cody chose to enter Harvard Law School for further study, became an excellent lawyer, and successfully defended the ecological environment of the lake area using legal weapons. The entire novel can be divided into three main lines, namely anthill, human society and the entire ecosystem. Wilson's description of the rise and fall of ant colonies and tribal wars is comparable to "Homer's Epic", and his portrayal of human families and society by analyzing anthills has paved a unique, almost spectacle-like path for us to understand human society.

Daisy Life

Daisy Life

General Fiction

H

32K0

When sadness is as unstoppable as the torrential rain that day, Banana wants to tell us a story about understanding life from dreams. "Daisy Life" is a novella written by Japanese writer Banana Yoshimoto. The book tells the story of a pair of unrelated sisters who support each other. The protagonist Daisy was born without a father. Her mother died in a car accident when she was young. From then on, she could only rely on others. The reason why she can continue to live is because she has her best friend Daria. Later, Daria immigrated away from Japan with her mother, and the two girls, both named after flowers, protected each other when they were young. When they grew up and were far apart, they still felt each other and supported each other on the long road of life.

What is Eternity: World Labyrinth Iii (world Labyrinth Trilogy)

J

175K0

The memoirs of the Yourcenar family, which have been out of print for ten years, are a magnificent triptych that explores history and eternity. The third of a trilogy of autobiographical novels "The Labyrinth of the World", the first female "immortal" of the French Academy, completely subverts the biography genre and continues to be written from the beginning. It slipped from the hand, and like Kafka's "The Castle", it belongs to the great unfinished classics of the 20th century, admired by literary masters such as Pamuk, Wang Xiaobo, Yu Hua, Alai, Chen Ran, Qiu Miaojin, etc., And a model of intellectual writing of the French "New Allegorical School". "What is Eternity" is the last part of Margaret Yourcenar's autobiographical novel trilogy "The Labyrinth of the World". The author tells about his father's life after his mother's death, focusing especially on the intricate emotional entanglement between his mother's close friend Jeanne and his father. He also reviews his childhood and teenage years, and the book ends abruptly with the outbreak of World War I. This book is the one in the trilogy that is most closely integrated with the author's personal experience. Yourcenar also follows her consistent principle of detachment and calmness when describing the close and dearest relatives around her, allowing the people and events in her writing to transcend the limitations of time and geography, reflecting the author's profound thinking about history and time, and a complete subversion of the biography genre. The lingering cloud of war at the end of the work also expresses Yourcenar's deepest worries and most appropriate metaphor for the fate of mankind.

Devoted Memories: Labyrinth of the World I (labyrinth of the World Trilogy)

(france) Margaret Yourcenard

177K0

"Even though he knew that human beings are a mixture of flaws and virtues, he still believed in the future happiness of mankind." The memoirs of the Yourcenar family, which have been out of print for ten years, are a magnificent triptych that explores history and eternity. It is one of the trilogy of autobiographical novels "The Labyrinth of the World", the first female "immortal" of the Academy of France. Literary masters such as Pamuk, Wang Xiaobo, Yu Hua, Alai, Chen Ran, Qiu Miaojin, etc. Are the models of intellectual writing of the French "New Fable School". "Reverent Memories" is the first part of Margaret Yourcenar's autobiographical novel trilogy "The Labyrinth of the World". The author starts from his own birth and traces the history of his mother's family with a panoramic description, focusing on his two uncles Octave and Fernand, whom he has never met, and his mother Fernand, who died of puerperal fever. Yourcenar used a large number of oral materials, letters, photos, aristocratic family yearbooks and leftover items to construct a complete picture of his mother's family. He traced the roots as far back as possible to the longest past, and used a calm and objective writing style to make the images of each ancestor vivid on the page. She is not content to depict various characters in the family, but tries to clarify the theme of "eternity" through this, condensing the family that has been inherited from generation to generation into a symbol in the macroscopic time and space of the world. Standing outside of time and space, she observes with a cold eye, describes the destiny of mankind, and reveals the eternal laws of history.

Germanic Medieval Literature

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86K0

Why hang mistletoe at Christmas? Loki, with his heart like a snake, turned into a woman and killed Baldur, the God of Summer? Which is more valuable, Beowulf or The Iliad? How did "Nibelungenlied" influence Wagner's creation? Saga, epic poem, elegy, Edda... English Saxon literature, German literature and Scandinavian literature all come from the same root system - Germania. Jorge Luis Borges is a famous Argentinian poet, novelist, and essayist. He collaborated with Argentinian writer María Esther Vazquez to introduce Germanic medieval literature to readers, and compiled three types of literature from the same root system into a precious work. Borges believes that Germany can be regarded as a collection of multiple tribes with relatively close customs, languages, traditions, and myths and legends, and its geographical significance is far less than its national significance. Borges had a unique love for ancient Germanic literature. He recounted the epics, poems, and legendary stories that were almost hidden in the pile of old papers in vivid and interesting language. It was like a precious literary lesson taught by a literary giant, leading us closer to this mysterious territory in the history of literature.

Northern Files: Labyrinth of the World Ii (labyrinth of the World Trilogy)

(france) Margaret Yourcenard

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The memoirs of the Yourcenar family, which have been out of print for ten years, are a magnificent triptych that explores history and eternity. It is the second part of the trilogy of the autobiographical novel "The Labyrinth of the World", the first female "immortal" of the French Academy. Literary masters such as Pamuk, Wang Xiaobo, Yu Hua, Alai, Chen Ran, Qiu Miaojin, etc. Are the models of intellectual writing of the French "New Fable School". "Northern Archives: The Labyrinth of the World II" is the second part of the autobiographical novel trilogy "The Labyrinth of the World" by Margaret Yourcenard, the famous French writer and the first female "immortal" of the French Academy. It is a memory mainly based on the paternal family history, telling the life of his grandfather, father and half-brother. "Northern Archives", "Reverent Memories" and "What is Eternity" together form the "Labyrinth of the World" trilogy. Yourcenar traces the mother's family and the father's family as far back as possible, detailing the decline of the two families. In the end, there was only one woman left in the two families. This woman had no heirs, changed her surname, and chose the path of breaking away from the family. The fate of a family symbolizes the fate of mankind. Even though history has the power to serve as evidence and reference, human beings always repeat mistakes, and tragedy seems unstoppable.

Mistaking a Streetlight for the Moon

(japan) Sayaka Murata

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Sayaka Murata's new essay collection collects 72 works published in various newspapers and magazines since her debut. The book contains the author's memories of her childhood, introduces music and books that had a profound impact on her, and various interesting things she encountered in her travels, etc. It records Sayaka Murata's various imaginations of life, and spreads her embarrassed and funny appearance before our eyes.

The Life of a Cambridge Professor 1

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This book is a selection of articles written by the famous British classical scholar Mary Beard on her blog "The Life of a Cambridge Professor" from 2006 to 2008. In these articles, Professor Beard talks about ancient and modern times, elucidates the subtleties, and shows readers a Cambridge professor's thoughts and suggestions on teaching and education, Greece and Rome, and current affairs and politics. Where did the lip prints on the sculpture come from? What did the Romans wear under their togas? Do physicists need French? How to do a good interview at Oxford and Cambridge? In Professor Beard's sharp and interesting writing style, a colorful picture scroll is unfolding.

The Life of a Cambridge Professor 2

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Continuing the style of the previous volume, Professor Mary Beard continues to express her many views on education, classical history, and current affairs in her blog, which is both interesting and educational. Somali pirates are rampant, why not try what Pompeo did? What jokes did the Romans tell? How bad are UK election party manifestos? In chronological order, this book provides readers with many shining points to think about and explore, showing the profound and slightly weird inner world of classical scholars!

Beyond the Rift (complete Collection) (original Novel of "love, Death and Robots")

(uk) Alastair Reynolds

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The original novel of the phenomenal drama "Love, Death and Robots". If possible, would you choose to indulge in a virtual dream, or face the weird reality outside the rift soberly? Based on the original novel of the seventh episode of the first season of "Love, Death and Robots", which is popular on the Internet, British science fiction writer Alastair Reynolds' 25-year career review classic science fiction anthology "Beyond the Rift" is released. A former European Space Agency expert kicks off the galaxy for you with 15 science fiction stories, each of which is breathtakingly beautiful! The imagination is so big! In these science fiction stories, Reynolds focuses on exploring alien civilizations, interstellar civilizations, and artificial intelligence as the protagonists, stories about love, hatred, human nature and other themes. Through special methods, he creates interstellar civilizations that are completely different from the barbaric aliens in previous science fiction works who prey on the weak and follow the laws of the Black Forest. The philosophical thinking contained in it is thought-provoking, the strange world view, subversive suspense plot, and dreamlike scene construction are both brain-burning and profound, fantastic and confusing, and it can be called a masterpiece.

Heartbreak House: a Rhapsody with a Russian Style and an English Theme (chinese Translation of World Literature Masterpieces Series)

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"Heartbreak House" is one of the series of "Masterpieces of World Literature in Chinese Translation". It is a three-act comedy created by Irish dramatist Bernard Shaw in 1919. The plot takes place in the English countryside on the eve of the outbreak of World War I. "Heartbreak House" is deliberately written in the atmosphere-creating style of Chekhov's "The Cherry Orchard". The script has a subtitle:\

Lazarus of the River Tormes (chinese Translation of World Literature Masterpieces Series)

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The novel tells the story in the first person of Lazarus, a poor child who was born in the Tormes River. He left his mother at the age of 10 and made a living by working as a slave for one master after another. He suffered from the pain of the world at a young age. Lazarus led a blind man and worked as a slave for priests and squires. He suffered from hunger, cold, deception, and beatings, and had to endure painful and humiliating days in order to survive. Life gave Lazarus a lot of hardships, but it also taught him to deal with one master after another with tact. He took ruthless revenge on the old blind man who abused him, ate his master's bread, exposed his master's pretentiousness in a humorous and ridiculing tone, etc. These details in the novel made readers laugh. The language of the novel is humorous, interesting, vivid, concise and fluent, showing the style of various characters from all walks of life in Spanish society in the sixteenth century. As the pioneer work of European picaresque novels, it had a huge influence on the subsequent literature of various European countries. The genre of picaresque novels is also called by critics as "the most representative and popular among the people" in the history of Spanish literature.

Red and Black (chinese Translation of World Literature Masterpieces Series)

(french) Stendhal

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"The Red and the Black" is a monument of French and even European literature in the nineteenth century. The confrontation between the individual and society is the central theme of The Red and the Black. Julien, a carpenter's son from a humble background, likes reading and does not like doing hard work. In his social class, he is an outlier. He is ambitious and high-spirited. He regards Napoleon as his idol in life and hopes to join the upper class one day. Faced with the shackles of reality, he chose to enter the church and pursue his ambitions by clinging to wealthy women, which he once despised. He worked hard, will the outcome be what he wants? The confrontation between red ideals and black reality, extreme inferiority and self-esteem, integrity and hypocrisy, how to choose, how to persist, torture every "Julian" in the world.

Selected Poems of Pushkin (chinese Translation of World Literature Masterpieces Series)

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Pushkin, the world-renowned great Russian poet, was born in a noble family and was well-read since he was a child. At that time, the autocratic rule of the Russian Tsar made the country backward and the people were in dire straits. Years of war and chaos made things worse. Pushkin used his pen as a weapon to write many satirical poems criticizing the Tsar and his minions. He inspired people to fight against this unreasonable system. He also wrote many heart-touching and beautiful lyric poems describing Russian people's feelings and his own emotions. This book is a selection of Pushkin's poems. Nearly 200 classic poems are selected that are most loved and praised by future generations, including personal emotions and social life, love and friendship, city and countryside, literature and politics, the history of the motherland and the customs of foreign lands, folklore and natural scenery, etc. Although these poems were written in the early 19th century, they still have high reading value and aesthetic significance today. The deep feelings contained in the poems are conveyed to the readers' hearts through flowing language. The poems are like music, but higher than music.

La Traviata (chinese Translation of World Literature Masterpieces Series)

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Margaret, a courtesan in Paris, is a very beautiful country girl who is conquered by the sincere love of Armand, who is not rich, and falls in love. Just when the lovers in love were looking forward to a better life in the future, Armand's father secretly forced Margaret to leave Armand. Armand does not know the truth and thinks that Margaret intends to abandon him. Margaret endured the humiliation and died of hatred due to the double torment of illness and grief. This innocent love ended in tragedy. Published in 1847, this book pioneered the "Lady in Distress" series in French literature and had a profound influence on European realist issue novels in the second half of the 19th century.

Aesop's Fables (chinese Translation of World Literature Masterpieces Series)

(ancient Greece) Aesop

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"Selected Aesop's Fables" contains more than two hundred of the most famous fables in "Aesop's Fables". "Aesop's Fables" is said to be a collection of fables written by Aesop, an ancient Greek slave who was freed in the sixth century BC. Most of the contents are related to animals. The stories told in the book are short and concise, and the images depicted are vivid and vivid. Each story contains philosophy, either exposing and criticizing social contradictions, expressing understanding of life, or summarizing daily life experience. This collection of fables expresses the social relations at that time by describing the relationship between animals, mainly the unequal relationship between the oppressor and the oppressed. The author of the fable condemned the oppression of people in society at that time and called on the bullied people to unite and fight against the evildoers. "Aesop's Fables" had a significant impact on the creation of European fables in later generations. It is not only a model work of Western fable literature, but also one of the most widely circulated classic works in the world.

Tess of the D'urbervilles: a Pure Woman (chinese Translation World Literature Masterpiece Series)

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"Tess of the d'Urbervilles" (Tess of the d'Urbervilles) is one of the series of "Masterpieces of World Literature in Chinese Translation" and is Hardy's representative work. Story: The heroine Tess was born into a poor peddler's family. Her father, John Derby, accidentally heard that his family was the descendant of the ancient nobleman Deb, and he became so proud that he decided to let his daughter go to a rich old woman's house to seek relatives in order to get financial help. After Tess went there, she was seduced by the old woman's son, Alley, and she left after becoming pregnant. The child died after birth. A few years later, while working on a dairy farm, Tess met Angel Clare, the pastor's son, and the two fell in love and got engaged. Tess wanted to tell him several times that she had been raped by Alec. A few days before her wedding, she wrote a long letter telling Claire about the past. She stuffed the letter under the door into Clay's room but stuffed it under the carpet, so Claire didn't see it. Claire only learned about Tess's experience on their wedding night, and he failed to forgive her. The two separated, Clay went to Brazil to develop his career, and Tess was still working on some farms to make ends meet. But fate allowed her to meet again, Alec Deb, who had already put on the black robe of a priest. For the sake of her mother and younger siblings, Tess was forced to live with Alec. Soon, Claire returned from Brazil, found her wife and expressed regret for her past ruthlessness. Tess believed that it was Alec d'Urberville who made her lose Claire for the second time and ruined her happiness. She killed Alec. After five happy, content days with Claire, Tess is arrested and hanged.

War and Peace (chinese Translation of World Literature Masterpieces Series)

Q

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"War and Peace" is a novel written by Russian writer Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy and his representative work. It was written between 1863 and 1869. The work centers on the Patriotic War of 1812 and reflects major historical events from 1805 to 1820. Taking the experiences of the four nobles Balkans, Bezukhov, Rostov and Kuragin as the main line, it connects many events and characters in the alternate description of war and peace. The author cross-describes two lives and two clues of "war" and "peace" to form a magnificent encyclopedia-style epic. The basic theme of "War and Peace" is to affirm the just resistance of the Russian people in this war and to praise the patriotic enthusiasm and heroism of the Russian people in the war. But the keynote of the work is religious benevolence and humanitarianism. The writer opposed the war and gave deep sympathy to the suffering of all parties in the war.

Pride and Prejudice (chinese Translation of World Literature Masterpieces Series)

(uk) Jane Austen

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"Pride and Prejudice" is a novel written by the British female novelist Jane Austen. This work describes the love and marriage of middle-class men and women. It uses daily life as the material. It goes against the content of sentimental novels and artificial writing methods that were popular in the society at that time. It vividly reflects the conservative and closed-off British rural life and world conditions from the end of the 18th century to the beginning of the 19th century. This book is translated by Zhang Ling and Zhang Yang.

The Outsider (chinese Translation of World Literature Masterpieces Series)

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"The Outsider" uses an objective record-type "zero style" to describe the protagonist Meursault's various absurd plots and experiences from attending his mother's funeral to accidentally becoming a murderer, and then to being sentenced to death. Meursault seems to be indifferent to everything, existing rationally and irrationally indifferently, maintaining an excessive honesty and unvarnished and flattering frankness. Even if this kind of catering is to avoid unnecessary trouble, or even to obtain favorable conditions related to life and death, he categorically refuses to regard false scams as the eternal hope. He fully acknowledges the limitations of life and lives a sober, unflinching life based only on honesty and courage. Living in truth to preserve the dignity of life, this "outsider" style that is incompatible with society eventually led to his death, or in other words, made him freely move towards his own destiny. Meursault's experience promotes the absurdity and meaninglessness of life, and also shows the free and passionate spirit of resistance. "The Outsider" is one of Camus' famous and representative novels. It can be called one of the famous novels with epoch-making significance in the entire Western literary world in the 20th century. "The Outsider" has thus become the most classic character image and keyword in Western literature and philosophy.

Complete Collection of Bacon's Essays (chinese Translation of World Literature Masterpieces Series)

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"The Complete Essays of Bacon" is a collection of essays created by the British philosopher and writer Francis Bacon. It contains some short essays of an argumentative nature, covering politics, economics, religion, love, marriage, friendship, art, education, ethics and other aspects. It contains the essence of Bacon's thoughts. It is Bacon's representative work in literature and the pioneer of British essay literature. It has been translated into and published in many languages. This book is translated by Li Jiazhen.

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