On March 4, the 12th review meeting of the "Xinhua Recommendation" was held in Beijing. After on-site review and voting by the publishing houses in the early stage, the vivid practice of Xi Jinping's economic thought, the Great Equilibrium: Historical Judgment and Institutional Thinking on Entering the City and Returning home, the Story of the Absent Island: Speaking of Taiwan from the Beginning, Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fate of Human Society, Plants That Changed Human History, The Hidden Imperial City: The Architectural and Life Picture of the Imperial City of Beijing Yuanming, The Chasing wind, The Notes of Xihaigu, the Classic of Mountains and Seas, and The Song of Ma Lan (In no particular order) 10 kinds of books were selected as recommended books in the twelfth issue of "Xinhua Recommended Books".
Reading books can keep people's thoughts alive, let people get wisdom inspiration, and let people nourish the aura. "Xinhua Recommended Book" aims to introduce to the public a good book with "Xinhua" vision that has the depth of thought, cultural quality, market value, social influence, records the times, sings the main theme, and spreads positive energy. I hope that readers will draw Chinese wisdom, carry forward the Chinese spirit, spread Chinese values from these good books, boost the construction of a bookish society, and stimulate the majestic power of building a cultural power.
The 12th Edition of the "Xinhua Recommendation" Review Expert Committee consists of Wu Shulin (former deputy director of the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television and chairman of the Publishers Association of China), Ma Shengrong (former vice president and executive deputy editor-in-chief of Xinhua News Agency), Nie Zhenning (former president of China Publishing Group and chairman of the Taofen Foundation), Guo Xiaoyong (vice president of the China International Public Relations Association and former executive deputy director of the China Foreign Languages Bureau), Guo Guangsheng (deputy secretary of the party committee, president, professor, doctoral supervisor of the Central University for Nationalities, chief expert of the 863 Program), Ding Yixiu (director of the editorial board of China Press, Publication and Media Group, editor-in-chief of China Press, Publication, Radio and Telegraph), Kuang Lecheng (president of Xinhua Publishing House), Xu Xin (editor-in-chief of Xinhua Publishing House) and so on.
Recommended Books of the Twelfth Issue of "Xinhua Recommended Books"
I. A Review of the Vivid Practice of Xi Jinping Economic Thought
Edited by the Domestic News Editorial Department of Xinhua News Agency
Xinhua Publishing House
Recommendation: The book is based on a series of commentaries by Xinhua News Agency, and is accompanied by dozens of charts publicly broadcast by Xinhua News Agency, focusing on the five words of "beauty", "real", "effective", "cooperative" and "common", profoundly explaining the vivid practice of Xi Jinping's economic thought, and conveying a clear point of view: the long-term improvement of China's economy is irreversible, and the historical process of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is irreversible.
II. The Great Equilibrium: Historical Judgment and Institutional Thinking on Entering the City and Returning Home
By He Xuefeng
Guangxi Normal University Press
Recommendation: The balance between urban and rural areas in China is a great equilibrium, and the policy of rural revitalization should be subordinated to the overall situation of China's modernization. The book carries out all-round historical judgment and institutional thinking around the urgent social issue of whether contemporary farmers are willing to return to their hometowns, whether they can return to their hometowns, extends the historical proposition of "going to the city and returning to their hometowns", and conducts three-dimensional and in-depth field observation and academic interpretation of social hot issues such as the land system, urbanization path, and the gap between rich and poor in China's current society, providing certain enlightenment for the current rural revitalization policy.
III. "The Story of the Absent Island: Talking about Taiwan from scratch"
By Yang Du
Life, Reading, and New Knowledge Triptych Bookstore
Recommendation: Through 80 stories, nearly 100 photos, the original book has sorted out a chain that runs through Taiwan's ancient and modern times, connecting personal fate and life stories to the historical context and rewriting the history of people's social life. It presents Taiwan's history, products, social life, economic development, the appearance of the times in different periods, living customs, cultural and artistic activities, etc. in various ways.
Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fate of Human Society
By Jared Diamond
CITIC Publishing Group
The book attempts to provide "a brief history of all people over the last 13,000 years," but does not merely describe the history of the past; it attempts to explain why Eurasian civilizations could ultimately survive and triumph over other civilizations, while refuting that Eurasian hegemony was derived from Eurasian intellectuals or moral superiority. Diamond argues that the abundance of environment and resources has nourished Western civilization to take root and bear fruit quickly in fertile soil, rather than the biological superiority of the race itself.
V. "Plants That Changed Human History"
by José Eduardo Mendes Ferrand
The Commercial Press
Recommendation: This is a green discovery journey strung together by 58 species of plants, and it is also an epic poem in which plants changed human history. Taking the Age of Discovery as the guide, combined with a number of sailing stories and travel notes, the author tells the reader in a simple and in-depth way about the past and present lives of these plants and the intersection with human history, and summarizes the origin, spread, geographical distribution and economic interests of plants through the perspective of cultural research.
VI. The Hidden Imperial City: The Architectural and Living Picture of the Imperial City of the Yuanming Dynasty in Beijing
By Li Weiwen
Culture and Art Publishing House
Recommendation: This is a work of architectural history and archaeology that unveils the secrets of the imperial city for hundreds of years, a picture of the royal life of the Yuan and Ming Dynasties based on the rise and fall of architecture. More than 100 hand-drawn drawings, ancient maps, old photographs, status quo photos, and ancient paintings recreate the historical changes of the Yuanming Imperial City in Beijing. In the book, the architectural features and life pictures of the various historical stages of the Yuanming Imperial City are displayed one by one, and vivid stories are told between the lines, allowing readers to immerse themselves in those anecdotes and trivia that are either witty or touching.
VII. "Chasing the Wind"
Flood let go
Anhui Literature and Art Publishing House
Recommendation: The book is a realistic theme novel that comprehensively shows the scientific and technological innovation of the provincial capital city, showing the decision-making and game made by a city in the form of a long novel in its own development, scientific and technological innovation and project investment introduction, shaping the secretary of the municipal party committee, the deputy mayor of the suspended post, the director of the development zone, the scientist, the private entrepreneur and other scientific and technological innovation groups that love the country and work hard, and embodies the spirit of the Party Central Committee to include scientific and technological innovation in the governing strategy and grasp it as a national strategy.
VIII. Notes on Xihaigu
Ji Dongliang
Beijing October Literature and Art Publishing House
Recommendation: The book adopts a primitive approach, the original story of Ningxia Xihai Guda in the new era of poverty alleviation of the great cause, the words are full of earthy breath and vitality, poetic thickness and improvement, showing the social change and spiritual baptism of the vast countryside, especially the change and growth of people, recording a large number of new people emerging in the cause of poverty alleviation, as well as the shining light of the spirit of the times on them.
IX. The Classic of Mountains and Seas
Chen Siyu painted, Sun Jiankun notes
Tsinghua University Press
Recommendation: The book uses exquisite and shocking illustrations to depict the natural scenes of ancient times and the spirits and ghosts in the scenes, restore the ancient sea topography, and let the most authentic ancient nature appear in front of you. Each illustration has a commentary on the Classic of Mountains and Seas, which provides an easy-to-understand explanation of traditional culture.
10. "The Singing of Malan"
Xu Luwen, Ge Huanhuan Figure
Anhui Children's Publishing House
Recommended: On the stage of the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics, a group of children who sang the Olympic song loudly in Greek touched many people. This choir comes from the Fuping Mountains of Baoding City, Hebei Province, and the name of the choir is "Ma Lanhua Children's Choir". In a poetic expression, the book depicts the touching story of Deng Xiaolan, the daughter of Deng Tuo, the former director of the Jin-Cha-Ji Daily, who taught for 15 years and brought this group of children to a connection with music.
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