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The Handmaid Series (2 Volumes of the Handmaid's Tale and Testimony)

(add) Margaret Atwood

409K0

The global best-seller, the new version of "The Handmaid's Tale" and its sequel "The Testimony" are released simultaneously; the American TV series of the same name has won five Emmy Awards and has been a hit for three seasons. The sequel is about to be adapted into a TV series, continuing the "Handmaid's Tale" TV series' ratings success. How far away are we from a world where women are reduced to "reproductive machines"? The author has long predicted: There are many ways we can lead to self-destruction. Margaret Atwood, the "Queen of Canadian Literature", is a cautionary fable that has sparked heated discussions at home and abroad. "The Handmaid's Tale" has concise language and meaningful meaning, creating a mood of chaos, despair and gloom, while this sequel "Testimony" is like a slowly lit beacon. This set contains all 2 volumes of The Handmaid's Series "The Handmaid's Tale" and "Testimony".

Qi Qi is Not Angry

Qi Qi is Not Angry

Fantasy Romance

Qin Zhou Zhou Zhou

1K0

[Rebirth] [Refreshing Article] [Strong Woman] [1v1] In her last life, she was a lonely orphan who was picked up in the garbage dump and gradually climbed to the top agent's throne with her own efforts. In this life, she traveled to the body of the good-for-nothing legitimate daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion of the Suzaku Kingdom. The world bullied her, laughed at her, and scolded her. Little did she know that from the moment her fate changed, the good-for-nothing legitimate daughter's future was already bright.

My Wife is Really a Genius in Cultivation

Y

493K029

Travel to the earth star where spiritual energy is revived. On the first day, Liu Dong was confessed by the super domineering Han Xue: "Liu Dong, come with me to get the certificate tomorrow!" ... This is a story about trying to catch up with a genius wife. The golden finger is called the doting wife madman system.

Fu Hua Lu

Fu Hua Lu

Ancient Romance

Lady

14K01

Fu Hua Lu (the original meaning is that it is difficult to calm down and be sad) The lives of four women are narrated through songs of the twenty-four solar terms. Some choose the right camp, Mother Yi Tianxia, Some people had great wealth and splendor for a long time, but in the end they were left with no bones left. Some are bathed in the spring breeze and forget themselves, thinking that happiness is like this. Some people understand their destiny at the beginning, but they can't do anything about it. All are narrated in the first person, the stories in each volume are connected, and each volume will be updated simultaneously! If you like it, please support me! 1·Dongxuexuedongxiaodahan(Shunhua) 2. The spring rain shocks the spring and clears the valley (unknown) 3. Summer is full of awns and summer is hot (Fugui) 4. Autumn dew, autumn frost and frost (unknown)

The Story of World History (set of 6 Volumes in Total)

H

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"The Story of World History" consists of three volumes (including 6 volumes): "The Story of World History - From the Birth of Civilization to the Rise of the Roman Empire", "The Story of World History - From the Three Kingdoms to the Norman Conquest", and "The Story of World History - From the Fall of the Northern Song Dynasty to the Fall of Constantinople".

Miaomiao Cherishes Yuhuai

Candied Haws Fairy

14K0

The absolute king of routines, the strong woman and male tyrant in ancient times.

Chronicle of Bustos Domec

J

50K0

The four-hand collaboration between literary masters Borges and Casares - "One rainy morning Bioy said to me that we should write something based on this story. I reluctantly agreed. That morning we determined the signature of the novel, Honorio Bustos Domec. Domec is the name of one of Bioy's great-grandfathers, and Bustos is the name of one of my great-grandfathers. ""Chronicles of Bustos Domec" is a fictional sketch co-written by Borges and the Argentinian writer and his close friend Adolfo Bioy Casares, published in 1967. The two writers invented a fictional author named Bustos Domec, and used his mouth to describe the imaginary modern eccentric artists - architects, sculptors, poets, novelists, tailors... The novel is written in the style of a pious modern critic, with fiction and reality, reality and fantasy. The style itself is a kind of joke.

Suburbanites·believer's Paradise

(argentina) Jorge Luis Borges Adolfo Bioy Casares

63K0

Borges × Casares: Top Argentinian writers jointly create a collection of film scripts, published for the first time in China! "Suburbanites: Believer's Paradise" is the only script collection in "The Complete Works of Borges" and is released in China for the first time. Includes two film scripts co-written by Borges and his close friend, the famous Argentinian writer Adolfo Bioy Casares, in 1955. "Suburban" is a "heroic epic" from the late 19th century, describing the pleasures and grudges of the world; "Believer's Paradise" is a romantic comedy. These two film scripts are beyond the usual film patterns in terms of language and structure, and are Borges's attempt at a new art form.

Introduction to English Literature

(argentina) Jorge Luis Borges Maria Esther Vazquez

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Private English literature lessons from literary master Borges. This book, co-authored by Jorge Luis Borges and María Esther Vázquez, provides a chronological overview of British literature. British literature is one of the most colorful national literatures in the world. It is not composed of numerous schools but of independent individuals. Considering this characteristic of British literature, the author starts from the Anglo-Saxon period and focuses on introducing the most representative writers of each period. He also devotes a special space to discussing British drama, romantic movement, etc. The purpose is to arouse readers' interest in British literature and encourage readers to conduct more in-depth research on it. It can be said to be an introductory book for understanding British literature.

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Literature

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The first of the three major essays in the world, the most undisputed Western canon in the aristocratic era, and the source of influence on the writing of Shakespeare, Bacon, Pascal, Flaubert, Emerson, and Maugham. In the social tide of madness and bestiality, how to maintain rationality and avoid becoming a mob? Any reader will find quotes and aphorisms that will last a lifetime. "Collected Essays of Montaigne" is the most precious spiritual wealth left to the world by Montaigne, the most important humanist writer after the Renaissance. It is also a prose work that he began to write in 1572 and is called "a collection of various knowledge in the sixteenth century". Among sixteenth-century writers, few are as revered and accepted by modern people as Montaigne. He was an intellectual authority and critic in France before the Enlightenment. He was also an encyclopedic scholar who conducted dispassionate studies of various national cultures, especially Western culture. He could be called a cold observer of human emotions. Judging from his thoughts and feelings, people seem to regard him as a modern man in his time. His prose, mainly philosophical essays, is world-famous for its rich ideological connotation and is known as the "treasure house of ideas." "The Complete Essays of Montaigne" independently translated by Mr. Ma Zhencheng won the first Fu Lei Translation and Publishing Award. This edition of "The Essays of Montaigne" was specially selected by the translator for our agency. It can be said that the best of the three volumes of "The Complete Works" are contained in it. It can truly be called a comprehensive and accurate selection of Montaigne's essays and the translation is excellent and elegant.

Evil Nature

Evil Nature

General Fiction

(us) Thomas Pynchon

261K0

The masterpiece of "the most mysterious American writer" postmodernist master Thomas Pynchon is half black and half psychedelic joke. It is a masterpiece together with "Gravity's Rainbow" and "Auction Lot 49". The film adaptation of the same name was nominated for the 87th Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and the 86th National Board of Review Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. It seems like forever ago that Los Angeles private detective Doc last saw his ex-girlfriend Shasta. Suddenly, she appeared in front of him, bringing with her an unsupportable story, a bizarre kidnapping case, in which the victim-her current lover-was a real estate developer "with a fortune of hundreds of millions of dollars." Doc knew that "love" was a vague word that could cause a lot of trouble at any time, but he still accidentally bumped into Shasta's story, and the story became deeper and deeper. People of all kinds appeared in front of him, including surfers, pimps, drug dealers, rock musicians, loan sharks who committed murders, etc.

The Handmaid's Tale

The Handmaid's Tale

General Fiction

H

205K04

A global phenomenon-level bestseller, a cautionary fable that has sparked heated discussions at home and abroad. "Every word in this book has truly happened." The female version of "1984" has the highest demand for the Nobel Prize; the American drama of the same name defeated "Game of Thrones" and won 5 Emmy Awards. It has been announced that it has been renewed for a fourth season. The sequel to the novel "Testimony" won the 2019 Booker Prize. It is the most influential dystopian novel masterpiece by "Queen of Canadian Literature" Margaret Atwood. Offred is a handmaid in the Republic of Gilead. She was one of the few fertile women in the country and was assigned to the families of commanders who had no offspring to help them give birth to children. Like other women in this country, she had no freedom of movement and was deprived of property, the right to work, and the right to read. Except for some special days, the maids are only allowed to go shopping together once a day, and their every move is monitored by "eyes". What's worse is that in this crazy world, humans not only have to face problems such as ecological deterioration and economic crisis, but also fall into a chaotic situation of mutual hostility, class differentiation, and wanton killing. Women are not the only victims of oppression in this catastrophe. Everyone is a victim in this seemingly absurd world.

Beginner's Survival Manual

Genius Shadow

287K02

[There is a group of people who have received the "Survival Manual". They travel to the past, the future... Other worlds, and experience strange and terrifying experiences again and again, and have to survive with difficulty] [And under the leadership of the sixth room "Li Ming", a group of people successfully broke the restrictions of the manual, became ordinary people, and successfully escaped from the manual] Eventually, everything seemed to be back to normal. [But a year later, the weirdness revived one after another in reality] Finally, under the advice of someone secretly, Li Ming decided to use the power left over from the previous manual to create a weird curse] [Only those who are strangely contacted or targeted will have a chance to encounter the manual, and that will be their only way to survive] [After many former teammates and friends... Were targeted by strange things, Li Ming decided to take the initiative to join in this disaster and solve it completely] ps: Stories from the past and reality will be interspersed throughout the novel.

Tolstoy's Last Diary

(russia) Leo Tolstoy

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This is a diary written by Tolstoy in 1910, the last year of his life. It started on January 2 and ended on November 3, 1910, with a total of 266 entries. The 82-year-old Tolstoy described his daily life, his family, the inevitable happiness or unhappiness, and his plan to run away from home for 40 years, "so that the last few days of his life could pass in loneliness and silence and hide from the world." On October 28, 1910, Tolstoy left a letter to his wife and then left home. He fell ill on the road and died on November 7 at a small station on his way away from home.

Revisit Old Places

Revisit Old Places

General Fiction

(uk) Evelyn Waugh

221K03

When World War II broke out, Charles's army was stationed in a vast snowfield. When the snow melted, he discovered that this was the place where the story took place more than 20 years ago - Brideshead Manor. It was a day in June when Charles followed Sebastian, an aristocratic boy he met in Oxford, to Brideshead Manor for the first time and walked into this Catholic family. His mother, Lady Marchmain, was in charge of the manor, while his father, Lord Marchmain, left his family and his mistress behind to live in Venice after the First World War. The father's deviant behavior brought shame to the entire family, and the children grew up in a distorted environment. Sebastian became addicted to alcohol, broke up with his family, and even disappeared from home like his father. Sister Julia married a snobbish politician despite her mother's objections, and her marriage was unfortunate. When Mrs. Marchmain was critically ill, she begged Charles to find her runaway son. However, Charles, who was already married, met Julia and fell in love... When Charles stepped into Brideshead Manor again, the former magnificence no longer existed, and the pastoral life was gone, leaving only infinite memories.

Paradise of Desire

Paradise of Desire

General Fiction

H

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In order to make a living, the young man Saburo Aikawa worked as a laboratory technician in a small island clinic far away from Tokyo. Without a medical qualification certificate, he quickly became a doctor trusted by the islanders under the cultivation of his director. By chance, he accidentally saved the life of Akiko Qianjin, the director of a private hospital in Tokyo, fell deeply in love with her, married into the girl's family, became the deputy director, and rose to prominence. However, the fact that he practices medicine without a license makes him nervous every day, fearing that he will be exposed...

Moment

Moment

General Fiction

H

127K0

Jiuga and Zi were young lovers. They reunited after many years of separation and experienced marriage, and their love was rekindled. However, just as the two were immersed in their hard-won happiness, Zi fell seriously ill. Whether to follow the original desire, or succumb to the pressure of the world; whether to live incomplete and painful, or to bloom and die with the wind. Azusa's choice may be another perfect answer...

Foam

Foam

General Fiction

(japan) Watanabe Junichi

212K01

Asami Shoko, who has dual roles as a kimono designer and a good wife and mother, meets Takayuki Aki, a freelance writer who has long had a rift with her family. The encounter between the two comes from a moss-green kimono belt, and the distance between the two is infinitely narrowed. From light spring to cold summer, from Autumn to Winter Pavilion, their footprints are all over Atami, Kyoto, and Hokkaido... While enjoying the Japanese beauty, the two indulgently express their love for each other with their bodies. It's just that beautiful scenery is fleeting, passion is hard to sustain, life is illusory and impermanent, and love, no matter how beautiful it is, is as real and illusory as a bubble...

Where is the Return Journey

(japan) Watanabe Junichi

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Many years after becoming famous, Japanese literary master Junichi Watanabe used an autobiographical novel to truly reproduce his youthful past when he abandoned his family and career and went to Tokyo with his lover to pursue his dream of being a writer... While he was working hard for his dream of being a writer, he fell into emotional entanglements with three women, including uneasiness, anxiety, hesitation, and confusion... But what remained unchanged was the author's unwavering commitment to his dream of being a writer.

Ulterior Night

Ulterior Night

General Fiction

H

95K03

The extramarital affair between the successful middle-aged man Takizawa Hideki and the strong-willed female editor Mukai Toko has created an unprecedented crisis due to Mukai Toko's unexpected pregnancy. Faced with a sudden accident, Takizawa Hideki panicked, but Mukai Toko enjoyed it... All the helplessness and puzzlement turned into a sinister trap. When the truth was revealed, the ulterior secrets hidden behind them also surfaced... When they wake up from the dream, where should they go?

Red Lotus in the Sky

Red Lotus in the Sky

General Fiction

H

120K0

The story revolves around the age-old love between Emperor Shirakawa, the leader of Japan's imperial government in the late Heian period, and Princess Shoko, the daughter of the powerful Nagon Fujiwara Kimimi. It vividly reproduces the emotional entanglements of ancient princes and nobles, unfolds a beautiful and timeless picture of dynastic love for us, and passionately eulogizes the eternal love in human nature. This book has the charm of "The Tale of Genji" and won the 72nd Japan Literary Spring and Autumn Readers' Award. The Japanese media regarded the publication of this work as "a new starting point for Watanabe literature".

Ice Pattern

Ice Pattern

General Fiction

H

104K01

The daughter of a well-known medical professor has a son who was ordered by her parents to marry Jingzhi, a surgeon. However, she does not love Jingzhi and knows that Jingzhi only married her for the sake of her future. Seven years later, Yujizi had a tryst with his old lover Kusaka, who met by chance, and rekindled his second youth. Jingzhi, who pretended not to know, seemed to be calm as usual, but secretly launched a meticulous and cruel revenge. How will Yujizi, who has fallen into hell, face a broken marriage...

Safflower

Safflower

General Fiction

H

203K04

The young Dongzi had her uterus removed due to surgery, and since then she has been burdened with the ideological burden of no longer being a woman. Faced with the persistent and passionate pursuit of her admirer, she could not bear to be harmed and could only refuse; faced with the resurgence of old love, she could not let go and could only conceal it; faced with the entanglement of homosexuality, she was at a loss and allowed herself to be manipulated... What made her finally overcome the psychological barrier and find herself again?

Lilac Cold Street

Lilac Cold Street

General Fiction

H

129K01

Botanist Arizu participated in a voluntary sperm donation when he was young and remembered the name of the recipient Saeko Munemiya. Ten years later, Yujin, who has a happy family, reunites with Saiko, who has become a single mother. Faced with Saiko, who gave birth to his son ten years ago, Yujin can't help but fall deeply in love with her, and they have the fruit of love. However, the fetters of genes and the fate of ethics have plunged Yujin into a deep contradiction. Where will the streets of Hokkaido with lilac petals floating in the air lead him...

Twenty Lakes

Twenty Lakes

Literature

H

34K0

Junichi Watanabe's classic prose travelogue. It mainly selects 20 lakes in Hokkaido and Northeastern Japan, showing the unique natural beauty of the lakes in the morning, afternoon and evening, and describing the unpredictable changes in the four seasons under the cover of the lake water. It is so beautiful that it makes people forget to leave. In early spring, Lake Biwa is gentle and calm, dreamlike in the morning glow; in midsummer, Lake Shikotsu is filled with mist and a deep green; in mid-autumn, Lake Toro is calm and elegant, retaining its original natural state; in early winter, Lake Furien, where the blue of the lake and the white of the swans complement each other...

Drift Ice Tour

Drift Ice Tour

General Fiction

(japan) Watanabe Junichi

171K0

The lead-gray sky and silver-white ice fields depict the winter scenery of the northern coast. With curiosity about drifting ice and a desire to see it, Misa boarded the train to Monbetsu alone. After feasting her eyes, she unexpectedly found a wonderful love affair. The silent and cold Paper Valley and the lively and willful Misa met in a small border town in Hokkaido and sparked the spark of love. After several twists and turns in love, the two people who fell in love with each other finally embraced each other happily... The Drift Ice Journey also staged a touching winter love song against the backdrop of the magnificent northern scenery.

Wilderness at Noon

Wilderness at Noon

General Fiction

(japan) Watanabe Junichi

294K0

Taki, the heiress of a fan factory in Kyoto, fell in love with Yuzuki, a medical professor whose father was a college student who died in a fight with his younger brother. At this time, a rich man who had given her financial aid to the factory also pursued her fiercely. As her interactions with the two men deepened, Taki gradually discovered that the rich man's pursuit was actually her stepmother's ulterior motive, and Yuzuki's dead son was not her biological child...

Love is a Revolution

H

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The famous Japanese literary master Junichi Watanabe's most emotional and rational insights on love, life and self. After analyzing every detail of life, I discovered that life is such a wonderful polyhedron. Warm and humorous words and forward-looking thinking provide you with more "ideological outlets" for you when you are lost in life...

Reasons Not to Break Up

H

118K04

The doctor quickly sees that Shuhei's family life is the envy of others. His wife's house is beautiful and capable, and his daughter Hiromi is well-behaved and smart. However, he was never satisfied and maintained an underground affair with the married Ye Zi behind his wife's back. He originally felt guilty for his virtuous wife, but accidentally discovered that her wife did not seem to be as law-abiding as she seemed. Faced with the complicated emotional relationship, how should the couple make choices...

Light and Shadow

Light and Shadow

General Fiction

H

87K0

Two soldiers whose fates were completely changed due to different orders of surgeries... The ultimate choice of an artist suffering from cancer... "Typical" patients who want to defend their dignity or just live a life... The depravity and revenge caused by love and hatred... Junichi Watanabe's well-known short story collection is not to be missed, including Junichi Watanabe's early works "Light and Shadow", "Death Sentence", "Resistance of the Monkey" and "Association of the Rose".

Shadowless Lamp

Shadowless Lamp

General Fiction

H

211K0

A young lecturer at a famous medical school, Yusuke Naoe, is academically superb, but suddenly quits his job at the university to work in a little-known private hospital. Because of his cold face and unique personality, he attracted the attention of many women in the hospital. From colleagues to the dean's family and even patients, they all have ambiguous relationships with him... Is it his self-destruction, or is there something else hidden? As X-rays of bones are discovered one after another, the mystery gradually emerges...

Looking for Pure Love

H

73K0

People long for beautiful love, but what exactly is "pure love"? How to define "pure love"? Taking human nature as the starting point, Junichi Watanabe launched a series of discussions on "pure love", deeply exploring people's inner value judgments from many aspects such as culture, economy, and social life, so as to answer those confusing questions in the relationship between the sexes. The witty and perceptual essays will make readers laugh and bring them infinite thoughts.

Fourteen Lessons on Desire

H

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The ultimate goal of love is the mutual consent and union of body and mind. The essence of love is nothing more than the process of realizing the desire of a man and a woman to attract and pursue each other. However, in this process, one cannot just rely on bravery and enthusiasm to charge forward as one wishes, but there are indeed some rules that no one can avoid.

White Hunter

White Hunter

General Fiction

H

98K0

Dr. Nibancho, a surgeon with stunning beauty and a prominent family background, is a popular target in the hospital. However, she has always remained single in the face of many suitors. Nurse Marikata Murakata is full of curiosity about her mysterious charm. In the process of treating dancer Reiko Fukamachi's leg disease, Mariko gradually discovers the extreme emotions and cold heart of Dr. Nibanmachi's beautiful appearance...

My Sad Youth

My Sad Youth

Literature

H

75K02

Looking back on my youth, there was love and affection, but at the same time there were also a lot of worries, hesitation and confusion. I wrote this book because I wanted to summarize and reflect on everything in my past. The characters and places in the book are not limited to my youth around the age of 20. All the regrets, confusions, homesickness, and resentment I experienced in my teens, thirties, forties, and even today are all recorded in this book. --Junichi Watanabe

Under the Cherry Blossom Tree

H

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Yusa, the successful president of a publishing house in Tokyo, develops a relationship with Kikuno, the proprietress of a long-established restaurant in Kyoto whom he met on a business trip. Ryoko, who witnessed the love story between her mother and Yusa, was at the age when she first fell in love, and fell passionately in love. In the end, the ancient legend about cherry blossoms became a reality for those who were addicted to emotions...

Love at the End of the Wilderness

(japan) Watanabe Junichi

112K0

Dizi entered the workplace after graduating from university. Akutsu is Dizi's boss. He has a beautiful wife and a smart child. He lives a happy but dull life. Until one day, he fell in love with Di Zi. In the work interactions, Dizi was gradually impressed by Ajiujin's personality charm, fell in love with him deeply, and longed to possess Ajiujin alone forever. In order to achieve this goal, Di Zi planned a bold action...

Furnace

Furnace

General Fiction

(korean) Gong Jiyoung

122K011

After Jiang Renhao, a former businessman, failed in his business, he came to Wujin from Seoul alone with his wife's help, and applied for a teaching position in a school for the deaf and mute. His purpose is very simple, he just wants to make some money and live a better life so that he can go back to the big city to reunite with his wife and daughter. But slowly, he discovered that the entire school was enveloped in a tense and depressive atmosphere that was suffocating. A shocking secret was exposed, layers of darkness were slowly unveiled, and the truth shocked everyone... Faced with the unbearable reality and crazy life, as a husband who has to earn a living to maintain his family, a father who wants to set an example for his daughter, and an ordinary person who is kind and cowardly with his own disgraceful past, how should Renhao choose? It is adapted from a true incident at Inhwa School in Gwangju, South Korea.

It Turns Out You Were Reborn Too

Knit A Sweater For The Cat

67K04

[Cultivation novel, the heroine has no official partner] Lord Xia Mian "died", and everyone in the world was happy. But she was reborn. She was reborn into a little girl named Yu An, and even she didn't know it. Later, under Tiandao's intentional "reminding", she remembered all the memories about Lord Xia Mian, and began her road to revenge (play) and revenge (jing). But what she didn't expect was that she was...

Chongshi Tianzun

Pure Elm

1K0

He was forced to deprive himself of his Tianzun cultivation just to protect his lover! A chance encounter rekindled hope despite being devastated! Within a hundred years, can we break through the avenue and regain our lover?

High Energy Academy

High Energy Academy

Science Fiction

Wang She

7K0

Qidian Academy is a high-energy process. The protagonists gather here, sign a contract with Qidian, and compile their experiences into literary works. Looking at the library full of stories of the protagonists' seniors, I can't help but doubt life: Who am I? Where am I? What's the starting point? Could it be that my son of destiny is actually a fiction?

The Male God is the Girl's Fu Dian, I Love You

Tepid Fire

43K07

"Come here." "What do you want to do?" Fu Ling looked at the hands in front of him with disdain. "I'll take you to the haunted house!" "Are you serious?" "Of course, if you get scared later, just hold on tight." . . . . . . . . . . When the two came out of the haunted house, there was an extra person on Fu Ling's arm, and the originally neat sleeves became messy. Then a certain one lying on Fu Ling's body was messy in the wind

Memoirs of World War Ii 01: from War to War

H

273K0

Churchill, one of the eight most persuasive orators in the world over the past century, one of the greatest Britons in history, and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. This book is a panoramic historical masterpiece by the former British Prime Minister and the most authoritative and comprehensive historical review of World War II. It also commemorates the 81st anniversary of the victory of the World Anti-Fascist War. Decipher the little-known inside story of World War II and gain insight into the ever-changing international relations.

Memoirs of World War Ii 05: Germany's Eastward Advance

H

268K0

In this volume, the author describes the complex relationship between the United States and the Allies, from secretly providing assistance to the Allies, to gradually changing its attitude towards the war as the situation developed, until the "Pearl Harbor incident" that humiliated the United States. The United States, a military power that tried to stay out of the war in the early stages of the war, truly joined the camp of the Allies and participated in the struggle to resist and eliminate fascist Germany and Japan.

World War Ii Memoirs 06: War Comes to America

(english) Winston Churchill

318K0

It describes Japan's aggression against relevant countries in Asia and the Pacific Rim in the middle of World War II, as well as the different responses of the United States and Britain to this. After long preparations, Japan launched a comprehensive war of aggression in the Asia-Pacific region, causing the United States to pay a heavy price in the Pacific battlefield and causing Britain to suffer huge losses in Southeast Asia. At that time, the world situation was entering an extremely anxious period. From China to Myanmar, from Malta to Madagascar, everyone was involved in this unpredictable melee. In addition, the book also reflects the key role China played in resisting Japanese aggression.

World War Ii Memoirs 09: the Victory over Italy

(english) Winston Churchill

266K0

It leads readers into the stalemate stage in the middle of World War II and into the arduous and spectacular historical landscape on the African battlefield. At that time, after withstanding the initial fierce offensive of the fascist countries, the Allies gradually gained a foothold. Eisenhower led his troops into North Africa and reversed the situation in Africa in one fell swoop; Churchill successively visited Moscow and Washington, demonstrating magnificent great-power diplomacy. At the same time, the romantic Casablanca and the mysterious Katyn, Poland, these familiar place names are looming in the book.

Churchill's Second World War Memoirs 12: the Iron Curtain

H

269K0

"Churchill's Memoirs of World War II 12: The Iron Curtain" records the magnificent history before the Allied forces were about to achieve total victory in the late World War II: the successful convening of the Yalta Conference, the Soviet Red Army's march to Berlin, the defeat and surrender of German fascism, the friction between the United States, Britain and the Soviet Union, the United States dropping two atomic bombs on Japan and the impact of the Potsdam Proclamation. At the same time, it also shows the complex and subtle relationships within the Allies. Although a series of international conferences established a new order, the barriers and contradictions between the Western world and the Soviet Union have never been eliminated. The world was ruthlessly divided into two halves by the "Iron Curtain".

The Witness (canetti Collection)

J

36K0

As the author Canetti said, if you want to describe a person truthfully, you can write an entire book. Even so, the person is still not described in detail. But if people explore how they remember a person, they will find that what makes a person unique is a few characteristics. In this book, "Ear Witness", Canetti describes, or "invents" fifty kinds of personalities, which are extremely reflected in individual people and become their respective personality labels, such as "Celebrity Licker", "Tear Stoker", "Blatant Eyes", "Disaster Observer", "Intoxicated Man", "Nothing Virgin", etc. These seemingly exaggerated labels are actually extremely real in nature. They are all components of human nature. Perhaps every reader can identify themselves and see themselves in several or even more labels that may be cute, absurd, despicable, or ugly. This collection of character sketches was written in 1974. Its greatest feature is the combination of humorous writing and pungent satire.

A Complete Collection of Rong Zhai's Essays (collection Reading Edition)

H

177K01

"Rong Zhai Essays" is an ancient Chinese classical Chinese notebook novel. A total of "Wubi", 74 volumes, 1220 articles. Among them, "Rong Zhai's Essays" has 16 volumes and 329 items; "Rong Zhai's Continuing Writings" has 16 volumes and 249 items; "Rong Zhai's Three Strokes" has 16 volumes and 248 items; "Rong Zhai's Four Strokes" has 16 volumes and 259 items; "Rong Zhai's Five Strokes" has 10 volumes and 135 items. According to the autobiography of the author Hong Mai of the Song Dynasty, "Rong Zhai Essays" was written over nearly 40 years. It is the culmination of his many years of extensive reading and practical wisdom and sweat.

Lovesickness in Kuaishou is Not Like Meeting Again

Chun Xifeng

4K0

Gu Qingjue: I know that Your Highness is extremely powerful, but the affairs of this world will not always be under your control alone. There will always be that one person that you... Can't get; there will always be that one thing that no matter how much you turn your hands over, you can't... Turn things around.

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