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In Kyoto during the Victorian era, the famous detective Sherlock Holmes suffered a tragedy in the "Red-Headed Society Incident". Since then, he has fallen into a trough and his detective agency is also facing closure. Watson, who became a detective novelist by writing "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes", also fell into a writing impasse. The two formed a "waste alliance" with Professor Moriarty, who was also in depression, and the Lestrade Police Department, which had been repeatedly frustrated. Unlike the depressed men, the women here are full of life. The young Irene Adler opened a detective agency opposite Sherlock Holmes's residence, became famous in the blink of an eye, and launched a reasoning showdown with Holmes who stayed behind closed doors. Her former classmate and recorder Mary also started writing "The Irene Adler Chronicle" and started a "couple showdown" with her husband Watson. Soon, Holmes came to live in seclusion in the bamboo forest at the home of his old friend Musgrave. Many years ago, there was a case of missing girl here, and in that case Holmes returned home in vain. Watson, who went to find and persuade Holmes, discovered that this case may be the source of Holmes's depression. Closed rooms, vast bamboo forests, bottomless black holes... All kinds of incredible interweaving, the story moves in an unexpected direction. With such a world as the stage, can Holmes escape his slump?

Shakespeare lived in an absolutist world in which the Bible, kingship, and God had absolute authority. Similarly, fathers had absolute authority over their wives and children, old men over young people, and nobles over common people. But Shakespeare strongly opposed this absolutism and constantly explored the possibility of getting rid of it. Stephen Greenblatt shows us how Shakespeare exposes the machinations and pretentiousness of kings, generals, and churches; how he explores the eulogies and seemingly limitless passions between lovers; and more importantly, how Shakespeare, as a free humanist, engages in discussions about beauty, hatred, authority, and autonomy with audiences and readers.

The English's long and violent attempt to dismember the continent's most powerful nation created one of the most far-reaching chapters in European history. The Hundred Years' War series by Jonathan Samshin, winner of the Wolfson History Prize, explains in detail this period of history related to the national destiny of Britain and France. "Trial of Fire" takes survival as its theme and spans from 1347 to 1369. It includes magnificent war scenes such as the Battle of Poitiers and the Battle of Nachla, and also focuses on the political, economic and diplomatic affairs of Britain and France. It shows the severe test of the protracted war and political and economic crisis on the state machinery and urban and rural society. This test permanently changed the relationship between the central and local governments under the monarchy system and the operation of government power, and also promoted a new round of political integration between Britain and France.

The English's long and violent attempt to dismember the continent's most powerful nation produced one of the most profound chapters in European history. The Hundred Years' War series by Jonathan Samshin, winner of the Wolfson History Prize, explains in detail this period of history related to the national destiny of Britain and France. "The Trial of War" tells only the beginning of this legend: it began with the funeral of King Charles IV of France in 1328 and ended with the surrender of the Calais garrison in 1347. Through the Battle of Sluys, the Battle of Crecy and the Siege of Calais, Edward III gained a reputation as a great military leader. However, the great test of the true meaning of Britain and France has only just begun.

Open this book and you will embark on a journey of debauchery that you have never imagined. The dark stories behind exquisite Renaissance works of art will definitely make your jaw drop. The book lifts the veil of excessive loftiness and divine glory, and examines the most naked aspect of the artist's daily life, and how the field he lives in mixes elegance and violence, culture and suffering; how the tension and resentment between rulers, bankers and the church became an indispensable part of the Renaissance; how irrational and prejudiced the people of the Renaissance were towards the world outside Italy.

In the 1880s, as European powers carved up Africa, King Leopold II of Belgium seized the vast land around the Congo River. He carried out genocidal plunder and oppression in the Congo. At the same time, he established himself as a great humanitarian. Hochschild used a large number of original sources when writing this book: memoirs of explorers, steamship captains and soldiers, missionary records, government investigation reports, etc. Although few African voices appear in the book, as the author puts it, "their activities and voices can still be seen and heard, although filtered by the records of their conquerors."

This book is the last volume of the "Byzantine Trilogy" and the climax of this grand epic. This volume continues the history of Alexius Comnenos' accession to the throne in 1081. Thereafter, the Fourth Crusade, led by the blind octogenarian and extremely cunning Doge of Venice, Enrique Dandolo, brought great disaster to Constantinople. The later years of the Byzantine era were filled with sorrow and they were embroiled in painful and long battles with the Ottoman Sultan. In 1453, this thousand-year empire that once spanned Europe, Asia, and Africa was wiped out with the fall of Constantinople and the death of the last emperor, Constantine XI.

For hundreds of years, Venice created a maritime commercial empire in the eastern Mediterranean, while the Turks gradually encroached on the territory of this maritime giant through their powerful land and sea power. "City of Fortune" presents a brief history of the Republic of Venice, focusing on its diplomacy and wars in the Mediterranean world. Especially its unique role in the "Fourth Crusade" and as a shield of Christendom against the Ottoman Empire. Drawing on first-hand accounts of crusaders, captains and merchants, as well as extensive national archives, this work is a saga of commerce and empire, navigation and piracy.

This book is the second volume of the "Byzantine Trilogy". Starting in 800 AD when Pope Leo III gave the crown and the title of Roman Emperor to Charlemagne, in less than 300 years, the Byzantine Empire continued to experience domestic political and religious turmoil, as well as harassment from foreign races such as the Goths, Bulgars, and Saracens. During the reign of Basil II, the "Butcher of Bulgaria", the empire reached its peak, but was defeated by the Turks at the Battle of Manzikert in 1071 and began to decline. However, at the end of this volume, a heroic savior is welcomed - Alexius Komnenos, who will once again save the empire in crisis.

Based on interviews with survivors and their families, as well as numerous memoirs, letters, manuscripts, and archives, this book recreates the heroic and courageous resistance of those brave French women against the German occupation during World War II, as well as their epic efforts to survive the Auschwitz concentration camp. The book is divided into two parts, with a total of fifteen chapters. The first part narrates the experiences of French women who took active actions in the resistance movement, were unfortunately arrested, and were imprisoned in French prisons. The second part begins when the arrested women were escorted from French prisons to the Auschwitz concentration camp on the "31,000 train". It details their struggle to survive in the concentration camp, where they were always threatened by death, and how they returned home and worked hard to live after the war.

The "Market Garden" operation from September 17 to 26, 1944 was another major operation launched by the Allied forces on the Western European battlefield after the Normandy landings in the late World War II. It was the largest airborne combat operation in human history. The Battle of Arnhem eventually became the key battle of this operation. The operation mobilized the Allied 1st Airborne Army, including the U. S. 101St Airborne Division and 82nd Airborne Division, as well as the British 1st Airborne Division and the Polish 1st Independent Parachute Brigade, to participate in the war. The 30th Army of the British 2nd Army conducted ground coordination with the intention of defeating the Germans in one fell swoop and ending the war as soon as possible. Military historian Anthony Beaver starts from the micro level and paints a grand picture of the operation. The optimism permeated by the upper echelons of the Allied forces at that time, the overt and covert struggles among commanders, and the balanced strategy of British and American joint operations made this "gambler-style" military adventure possible. Poor planning and tragic reality brought the operation to a disastrous end, but the courage and perseverance of the Allied soldiers participating in the war and the generosity and fearlessness of the Dutch civilians have been remembered by history.

The story of Adam and Eve is like the shadow of human beings as a whole, which continues to exist in religion, literature, art, and philosophy. It is not only a hymn to human responsibility, but also a dark allegory about the tragic situation of human beings. Stephen Greenblatt builds a bridge between human origins and modern civilization by tracing back the story's immense value, revealing its rich allegory, sexual and moral conflicts, virulent misogyny, and profound moral insights, all the while tracing the story's post-Darwinian persistence in contemporary times, triggering our thinking about issues such as freedom of marriage, women's rights, and the measure of freedom in today's society.

Lighthouses, which once stood in the foreground of American history as sentinels of the coastline, are now an integral part of the coastal landscape and have left a romantic mark on people's memories. Through the prism of lighthouses, Eric J. Dolin presents us with a fascinating piece of American history, starting with the Boston Lighthouse, America's first lighthouse. With the gradual growth of the United States as the background, he traced the days when the lighthouse system was first created, highlighting the political, economic, military and technological struggles people carried out to illuminate the country's barren coastline, and ultimately showed the game and final reconciliation between man and nature.

Few things capture the sheer danger and desperation of a man in the deep like whaling. Eric Dolin begins his vivid account of Captain John Smith's failed whaling adventure in the New World in 1614. Subsequently, we will witness the rapid rise of an industry: from the brutal struggles of the American Revolution to the golden age of the mid-19th century, when a fleet of more than 700 whaling ships crisscrossed the oceans, and American whale oil illuminated the world. Eventually, it declined rapidly when the 20th century came. Looking back at the successes and travails of this great industry, and rich with true stories of whales and whalers, Leviathan tells the most original and exciting history of American whaling in decades.

In this "new history", Norman Ohler shows us a Third Reich filled with drugs. On the eve of World War II, Germany transformed into a pharmaceutical giant, with companies like Merck and Bayer churning out cocaine, opiates and, of course, most importantly, methamphetamine. Almost everyone in Germany - from housewives, to millions of frontline soldiers, to the Nazi high command, and especially Hitler himself - were users. Drugs alone cannot explain the Nazis' toxic racial theories and the major events of World War II, but our understanding of the Third Reich is incomplete without considering them.

Linda de Lysire's nonfiction narrative tells the little-known lives of Jane Grey, Catherine Grey, and Mary Grey, three aristocratic young women who lost out in the Tudor power struggle who might have become Queens of England. This book reinterprets their place in history and casts a new light on Elizabeth I's reign. The elder Jane Gray was put on the throne by greedy politicians and uncompromising religious reformers, but was soon deposed and eventually executed in the Tower of London. In fact, she is not just a victim, but more like a leader, fighting for the crown and faith until death. Although Catherine and Mary acted cautiously, they had to face a tragic ending. There are various rumors surrounding the lives of the Gray sisters. Linda de Lisle takes readers through the fog of history, telling the experiences of little-known characters, and vividly showing the turbulent world in which the Gray sisters live: in their era, royal marriage can make people dominate the world, or they can have nothing.

Alexander the Great was only 32 years old when he died. At that time, his empire stretched from the Adriatic Sea in the west to today's India in the east. In an unusual compromise, his two heirs, his mentally retarded half-brother Philip III and his posthumous son Alexander IV, shared regency. But Alexander's six Macedonian generals, driven by their own inner lust for power and spurred by the legend that Alexander gave the kingdom "to the strongest," began to compete for supremacy. Perhaps their most visible yet overlooked rival was Eumenes, Alexander's former Greek secretary turned general, who became the deciding factor in the fate of the precarious royal family. James Rohm, professor of classics at Bard College, will use archaeological findings and textual research to reveal the brutal struggle for control of Greece's greatest empire.

In August 1961, hours before the Berlin Wall was to be built, a KGB spy named Stashinsky defected to the West. This triggered a sensational espionage case during the Cold War. Historian Shahili Ploki used Staszynski's trial testimony, the latest declassified documents from the CIA, relevant German and Polish files, interviews and memoirs of KGB officials, and information collected from his own visits to use an academic eye to peel back the details of the espionage case, vividly recreating the secret world of espionage during the Cold War and revealing the complex game between the Eastern and Western camps.

Summer 1935. On a lake near Berlin, a young man was sailing when a boat passed by him and he saw a woman leaning on the bow. Their eyes met-and one of the most audacious plans in history was born. Before he began his turbulent romance with Libertas Haas-Hayer, Haro Schulze-Boysen had already shed his blood in the fight against Nazism. Libertas joined the cause, and the two soon gathered a group of like-minded anti-fascist fighters, forming a network of resisters in Nazi-era Berlin to bravely resist the Nazis' reign of terror. Harrow himself also infiltrated the German military and intelligence services to deliver Nazi battle plans to the Allies, including details of Hitler's blitzkrieg campaign against the Soviet Union. But before young Harrow and Libertas are fully prepared, the omnipresent Gestapo is closing in - and in this secret war, it's hard to tell friend from foe. Harrow and Libertas were historically significant heroes who fought against the Nazi regime, but for a long time they did not receive the recognition they deserved, either in West or East Germany. Norman Oller used unpublished diaries, letters and Gestapo archives to reconstruct this heroic story of love and sacrifice in La Bohème.

How did the royal families of many empires in Eurasian history carry out hunting activities? What are the location selection, types, management operations, cultural traditions, political imagery, war simulations, and international models of hunting? What is the internal logic between great empires and military activities? This classic work by Thomas Elson will answer one by one questions about royal hunting in ancient dynasties within the space of the Eurasian continent. It is full of storytelling, interest and exploration. The perspective of observation is unique, and it provides an encyclopedic interpretation of the hunting history of the royal families of Eurasia.

The selection of Jin poems is based on the purpose of "tracing the origins of Tang style and identifying changes in styles", systematically combing the development of poetry from the Western Jin Dynasty to the Eastern Jin Dynasty. It not only presents the gorgeous carvings of "Taikang Style" and the philosophical speculation of "Xuanyan Poetry", but also conveys its literary concepts of style-based and poetic education through sharp comments. Shen Deqian's anthology is an edition that is difficult to surpass among all the anthologies of the past. The blending of philosophy and landscape, the contradiction between rational interest and temperament, and the poeticization of reclusive spirit have far-reaching sustenance. Shen Deqian himself commented that the expansion of themes "laid the foundation for the overall prosperity of Tang poetry." The importance of Jin poetry is self-evident.

"Han Poems" selected by Shen Deqian aims at "tracing the roots of Tang poetry" and systematically combs the development of poetry in the Han Dynasty. It not only presents the dual peaks of "Yuefu narrative" and "literati lyricism", but also conveys his literary concept of "poetry as the foundation and style as the sect" through comments. The political lyricism of emperors and heroes, the political and religious function of court poetry, the social picture of Yuefu poetry, the artistic breakthroughs of literati's five-character poetry and narrative poetry, and the true records of folk suffering are all presented in extremely rich ways.

Shen Deqian selected Northern Qi poetry in order to present the diversity and regional differences in the development of poetry during the Southern and Northern Dynasties. He believes that although the poetry of the Northern Dynasties is not as delicate and refined as the poetry of the Southern Dynasty, it has its own unique simple style, which is indispensable for tracing the origin of poetry and understanding the evolution of poetry style. At the same time, he may also intend to show how poets in the Northern Dynasties carried out literary creation in a relatively harsh environment. The poems of Wen Zisheng, Xu Ling, Lu Sidao and Yang Min are all collected in high quality. They were the most important poets at that time and you can focus on reading them. Northern Zhou poetry is actually an independent volume, and Shen Deqian's starting point for selecting and editing it is also to present the overall picture of poetry in the Southern and Northern Dynasties more completely. Wang Bao and Qu Zizhi are important representatives.

Lucile and Antoine were originally attached to their respective lovers-the 50-year-old elegant wealthy businessman Charles and the 45-year-old glamorous lady Diana. Lucile and Antoine, two young men and women on the margins of upper class society, met at a dinner party, and their tacit understanding quickly turned into a fiery passion. Under the struggle of various emotions, Lucile and Antoine both abandoned each other's lovers and stayed together, but all the uncontrollable passion went towards failure...

The author of this book, Washington Irving (1783-1859), was the founder of American literature and a famous essayist and short story writer. His masterpiece "Notes on What He Saw" caused a sensation when it was published in England in 1820 and spread widely, making him the first American writer to gain international reputation and known as the "Father of American Literature". Scott and Byron became his close friends, and Thackeray called him "the first envoy from the New World literary world to the Old World." He left the world with immortal chapters such as "Rip Van Winkle", "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Westminster Abbey". He is also a master of travel writing, and his selected works such as "Westminster Abbey", "Voyage" and "Alhambra" are all excellent and can be regarded as models in prose essays. They can be regarded as fine works of literary works, giving readers great artistic enjoyment.

Best-selling for half a century, this masterpiece by world-renowned military historian Liddell Hart has been carefully re-translated by scholars from the Academy of Military Science! From the perspective of strategy, battles, tactics and other military perspectives, the hard-core "World War II" history is presented three-dimensionally on land, sea and air! The book contains more than ten color maps, three-dimensionally reflecting the full picture of the battles of World War II; dozens of precious historical photos capture historical moments and allow readers to feel the historical details. The content covers the historical panorama of the "World War II", taking time as the main line, vertically sorting out the development and ups and downs of the world's anti-fascist war, and horizontally describing important battles on major battlefields. This book is a classic work on the history of World War II. It was written by British historian Liddell Hart after many years of hard work, based on his military career, extensive collection of various documents and in-depth interviews with those who witnessed the war. This book uses time as the main line, vertically sorting out the development and ups and downs of the world's anti-fascist war, horizontally describing important battles in Europe, North Africa, Soviet Germany, the Pacific and other major battlefields, and using rigorous pen and ink to depict the historical panorama of "World War II". At the same time, Liddell Hart, from the perspective of a military theorist, gave a thorough explanation and wonderful comments on the strategic decisions and campaign operations of the participating countries. Since its publication, this book has been translated into many languages ​​and has become an inescapable classic for World War II history lovers around the world.

Reasoning\u002F Sci-fi\u002F Fantasy\u002F Narrative and mystery\u002F Original style... A collection of "show off skills" stories by Keigo Higashino! Rashomon, the nine-fold inversion of human nature! It has received a huge reputation and can be called a short version of "The Worry-Free Grocery Store"! "New Year's Resolution" An old couple is inexplicably involved in a "murder case", and their experience is ridiculous. "Valentine's Day Finale" The lovers who reunited ten years later have their own agendas, and an old case reappears... "Celebrating Daughter's Day Tonight" The father was reluctant to let go of his daughter before she got married, and unexpectedly discovered the unspeakable secret that had been hidden among the family for many years... "Crystal Buddha Beads" The death of his father unexpectedly allowed his son to accidentally acquire the "superpower" that has been passed down by the family to this day? ... Nine heart-warming short stories with constant twists and turns. What may seem like a magnificent life to me may be ordinary and ordinary to others.

The literary witch Atwood's masterpiece is published for the first time in mainland China! Nobel Prize winners Kazuo Ishiguro, Alice Munro, and Liang Yongan are all loyal readers of Atwood. The mother said that she was born with the power of a witch and turned her long-absent father into a goblin; a black cat named "Taint" died of illness, and the hostess rewrote ancient poems, hoping to freeze her memories with the black cat every word; the female bank employee felt that she was a The snail was forced to endure crude human love one after another. She felt that the snail's soul was gradually separated and dying in the human body. The old lady knew that all the teeth would eventually collapse into a rotten wall, and some people would inevitably sail away first, leaving her alone in the cold moonlight. All death in the world separates us from each other, but memories bring us together again and again. Open this book and listen to the imagination and memories of Atwood, the literary witch.

The Normandy landing was the largest sea landing operation in the world so far, which fundamentally changed the strategic situation of World War II. It goes without saying that its scale was huge, but the intensity of the battle that followed was also shocking, with its cruelty comparable to that of the Eastern Front battlefield. As the number of casualties on both sides of the war surged, conflicts among the leadership of the Allies and the Axis powers also intensified, and even the assassination of Hitler by a German officer occurred. Meanwhile, French civilians were either trapped on the battlefield or subjected to heavy Allied bombing, casting a pall over the liberation of Paris. As a historian who "single-handedly changed the reputation of war history", Anthony Beaver visited more than 30 archives in 6 countries and unearthed the oral accounts and letters of those who personally participated in this battle. This is the first historical work to not only describe the wartime experiences of American, British, Canadian, and German soldiers, but also to show the suffering of French civilians caught in the fighting.

This is a groundbreaking work that examines the history of British expansion and colonization from a new perspective. At a time when Britain was emerging as a globally influential empire, large numbers of Britons were still being held captive outside Europe. The author makes these captives the subject of a historical narrative that re-evaluates the rise of the greatest empire in global history. Starting from a micro perspective, Colley spends a lot of space telling the personal experiences of different captives - the tragic stories of soldiers, sailors and their wives, businessmen and liars, white slaves and black slaves. He also quotes the captives' personal works, allowing readers to truly understand their mood at that time. At the same time, this book also has a macro aspect. Exploring these forgotten extraterritorial British captives elicits a history of the frustrations of the early British Empire, inviting people to rethink an old story that is often told in the same way.

"Empire of the Sea" mainly describes the famous island offensive and defensive battles and naval decisive battles in the Mediterranean between the Ottoman Empire in the mid-to-late 16th century and the Kingdom of Spain, the Papal State, and the Republic of Venice ruled by the Habsburg family, the Papal State, and the Republic of Venice, in order to compete for the Mediterranean, the center of the old world, including the battles of Rhodes, Malta, Cyprus, and the Battle of Lepanto. Empire of the Sea is a colorful and thrilling story that provides a critical backdrop to the contemporary clash of civilizations.

He is a genius, he is a madman, and he created architectural miracles that will go down in history. "Brunelleschi's Dome" is the story of how a Renaissance genius avoided limited manpower, material means and difficult natural conditions to build an architectural miracle that still amazes us today. In the book, the author describes how Brunelleschi, a genius, turned an impossible task into a pioneering achievement. He invented new machines and used new working methods to build them. In the story, the author organically weaves this historical event with plagues, wars, power struggles, and ideological turmoil. By narrating history, the author makes the life, traditions, various characters, and social conditions of the fifteenth century vivid on the page.

"In Praise of Idleness" is a collection of essays by Nobel Prize winner Russell. There are 14 articles in total, including work, education, society, civilization, how to obtain happiness, etc. It integrates perspectives from philosophy and psychology, economics, science and history. Russell accurately predicted the "involution" problem of modern society a hundred years ago: as technology develops, people fall into more intense competition and longer working hours. This book boldly challenges the "hardcore work theory": the belief that work is a virtue is causing a lot of harm in the modern world, and the path to happiness and prosperity lies in the organized reduction of work. The ethics of work are the ethics of slaves, and the modern world does not need slaves. Work only 4 hours a day and everything will be fine! True idleness is not about idleness, but about being freed from the pressure of work, shifting the direction of efforts from "making a living" to "life itself", and pursuing those things that truly define civilization and happiness - art, love, knowledge, leisure and exploration of the world.

"The Myth of Sisyphus" is the core work of Camus' "Philosophy of the Absurd". It uses the endless absurd fate of Sisyphus pushing the stone up the mountain in the Greek myth as a metaphor to explore "how people can fight against absurdity and live out their values ​​in a meaningless world."

"All Quiet on the Western Front" tells the story of Paul and other young men who were incited to join the army during World War I, and gradually awakened in the brutal war. In the end, Paul was killed in action. It has a strong anti-war flavor.

"Mom's Bank Account" tells the story of a Norwegian immigrant family making a living in the United States from a child's perspective. Mom uses the white lie of "bank account" to protect her family with wisdom and tenacity, conveying warmth and strength.

This book is a novel written by E. M. Forster in 1913. It tells the story of Maurice and his Cambridge lover Clive after they separated. In despair, he met the gamekeeper Alec, broke the taboo and stayed together.

Taking the bond between farmer Wang Long and the land as the main line, it depicts the survival picture of rural China and won the Pulitzer Prize, promoting the West to understand the real China.

"The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Writings" is a collection of Charlotte Perkins Gilman's works, including novels and non-fiction works that explore issues such as women's status and rights.

Anne, the daughter of a declining aristocrat, fell passionately in love with Lieutenant Commander Wentworth when she was 19 years old. However, she believed in the advice of her relatives and friends and felt that the other man was from a humble background, so they broke up with her. Eight years later, Anne's family fell into decline, but Wentworth returned to his hometown in glory. I have many social circles, so I have many opportunities to observe other people's love affairs and examine past loves... This book tells about a dilemma when facing love: listening to others and making rational and prudent choices, will it bring happiness or long-term regret? Sometimes, people should give themselves some confidence and not be afraid that love will ruin their lives. Love first and then talk about it.

Actor Lu has three taboos: avoid alcohol, avoid women, and avoid scandals. Shangguan Mo has three joys: wine, beautiful men, and gossip. An unexpected first encounter brings their worlds together. When aloofness meets tsundere, when mysophobia meets mysophobia, and when violence meets violence, what will happen? Mo Qi couldn't help laughing when she saw Shangguan Mo swearing: "It seems that someone has finally subdued Mo Tian, this annoying little goblin. But, why do I feel something is weird?" Shangguan Mo stood behind Mo Qi and said coldly: "My famous talented painter and talented designer have actually become the foil of an actor. It's no wonder that there are ghosts!" Actor Lu: "Oh? I'm an actor?"

The old woman took her granddaughter to the park and met a fugitive on the way. She tried to use religion to influence the other party, but it triggered conflicts, and ultimately revealed the complexity and absurdity of human nature in violence.

Mrs. Mallard, who learned of her husband's death, was shocked to realize that she would regain her freedom in the years to come...

"Three Coins" is Woolf's important work. The book is in the style of an epistolary novel and revolves around a letter from a lawyer. Faced with the question "How to stop the war", Woolf borrowed three gold coins to give the answer: used to rebuild women's colleges, promote female employment, and maintain peace and equality. She profoundly analyzes the oppression of women in patriarchal society and explores the relationship between women and war.

"The Road to Wigan Pier" is a work by Orwell. Orwell's on-the-spot investigation into the impoverished lives of miners in northern England revealed class suffering, combining documentary depth with reflection on social justice.

"The Burmese Years" is Orwell's first novel, set in British Burma. It tells the story of Flory, a businessman who hates colonial rule but is unable to integrate with all parties. He commits suicide in despair amid his broken love and humiliation, and deeply criticizes the evils of the colonial system.

"Successor of Keigo Higashino" Chinen Mikito's reversal of the new work with a subversive ending! Four years ago, the shadow of "Game Master" loomed over Tokyo. That deal with human life as a bargaining chip ended with the tragic death of a girl. Detective Uehara Shingo is burdened with the mental shackles of his failure to save her, and his life falls apart. Four years later, another girl was kidnapped, and the name of the "Game Master" reappeared like a curse. He made another blackmail call and named Uehara to participate in a new round of game showdown. Uehara was forced to step into the game carefully designed by the "game master": rush to 5 major crime scenes in 24 hours, solve 3 deadly puzzles in 15 minutes, and pay the ransom in a smoke-filled skyscraper... However, when the bad news of the murder of the hostage came, Uehara was shocked to realize that the goal of this game has never been the ransom, but himself! Ten years of grudges have been reversed layer by layer. When the identity of the real murderer emerges, it will subvert all your predictions!

Shortlisted for the Japan Mystery Writers Association Award, the book's tricks are comparable to magic, introduced for the first time in 34 years! 5 Cases, 8 conditions, using elimination method to identify the real culprit, 99% of readers will be misled from the first page. In midsummer, a suspicious falling case attracted the attention of the police. The deceased only left behind a mystery novel in place of a suicide note - "The Chronicles of the Years". This novel not only describes five bizarre serial murders, but also hides the real motive for her death. As long as you can see through the conspiracy hidden between the lines of "The Chronicles of the Year", you can find the key clues to the falling case. The young reasoning enthusiast Dogeni Ri accepted the commission from the police and was determined to solve this "suicide note mystery"...

"Steppe Empire" is a general history of the nomadic peoples of northern Eurasia in ancient times. The book takes the countries and dynasties established by the nomadic people as the outline, and systematically introduces the history of the rise and fall of ancient nomadic tribes or regimes in a chronicle style. This book describes the grand epic of the grassland peoples and their relations with surrounding peoples, as well as the history of thousands of years of collision and integration between nomadic peoples and farming peoples. They broke into developed historical and civilized areas, and while clashing with farming peoples, they also gradually formed their own rich and diverse culture, which had an impact on the entire world's civilization, pattern, order and historical process. These main activities have established a unique historical culture for the grassland peoples and played an important historical role in the process of human civilization.