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This issue of "Nandu Book List" focuses on introducing a new book that vividly shows the picture of digital life in contemporary China, "There Are Numbers: Documentary on the Digital Life of Ordinary People". This book takes readers into the familiar and unfamiliar world of digital life, and will surely produce a new understanding of digital society after reading.
"Nandu Book List" is a recent good book selected by the editors and reporters of Nanfang Metropolis Daily for readers, which is divided into four categories: "Literature and Art", "Social Science", "Practical" and "Children's Books", which are launched every Sunday.
social science
"Numbers"
Digital Wilderness Studio, Southern Daily Press, March 2022 edition, 68.00 yuan.
"Counting: Documentary on the Digital Life of Ordinary People" records that under the background of the era when digital technology has accelerated its penetration into various fields of production and life, and the industrial society has accelerated its transformation into a digital society, a picture of the vivid digital reality of China's various colors during the take-off period of digital development has also highlighted the multi-dimensional, multi-scene, multi-time snapshot of digital life in recent years. Everyone may be able to find their own image in the snapshot, or the digital social phenomenon they have witnessed and are witnessing. From these phenomena, insights into the digital society can also be obtained.
"The Feast That Never Disperses"
(English) by Gillian Riley, The Commercial Press February 2022 edition, $98.00.
"The Unbroken Feast" uses the art of painting as an entry point to tell the evolution of the "eating" in human history and the story and culture behind it. Examining the presentation of food in a variety of paintings since the Stone Age, the author notes that the artworks complement a wealth of information that cannot be provided by written history, such as how meat, fish, cheese, and vegetables dried, or how vegetables were preserved with honey. In addition, painting art can also show the scenes of people farming, grazing, hunting, harvesting and trading in the past.
Literary
Literature Class
(Argentina) by Julio Cortázar, March 2022 edition of South Sea Publishing Company, $69.00.
Julio Cortázar, a giant of Latin American literature, was invited to the University of California, Berkeley in 1980 to teach a two-month literature class. The book is a transcription of eight lectures from the time. Cortázar makes literature interesting and closely related to the reality of life. The content of the symposium revealed cortázar's writing secrets: the interpretation of fantasy stories, the musicality, humor, gameplay in literature, fantasy and realism, the analysis of his own work and the path of creation... He turned literature into an interesting game.
Children of the Stars
(Sun) Written by Natsuko Imamura, Sichuan Bunko Shuppansha March 2022 edition, 49.80 yuan.
Natsuko Imamura is a highly regarded Japanese female writer today and has won several pure literary awards. The novel "Children of the Stars" tells the story of Chihiro who is tormented by unexplained eczema after birth, and her parents are at a loss. Later, his father brought back the water given to him by his colleagues, the "Grace of Venus", and cleaned Chihiro's body. Miraculously, Chihiro's illness soon healed. Chihiro's parents are fascinated by the "grace of Venus" and fall into obsession, every time they move, the house becomes small, and Chihiro's sister runs away from home... The novel is full of the sorrows and joys of an ordinary family.
utility
The Brain Communicator
Zhao Sijia, Hunan Science and Technology Publishing House, February 2022 edition, 58.00 yuan.
This is a fun popular science book about brain nerves. Is love really controlled by dopamine? Why is your memory getting worse and worse? Why is it so hard to quit smoking? To answer these questions, we need to know more about the brain, and it is the communicator in the brain who is responsible for regulating important things such as "happiness", "memory", "addiction" and "love"- neurotransmitters. In this book, the author will explain to the reader in concise and vivid language what neurotransmitters are and how they work in the brain.
"Breaking into the Discomfort Zone"
(English) By Farah Stuhl, Heaven and Earth Press, March 2022 edition, $49.80.
Everyone faces different difficulties and challenges at different times, and it is human nature to escape things outside the "comfort zone". This book teaches you how to break into the "discomfort zone", tap your potential, and achieve a "open and hanging" life. Author Farah Storr describes brief moments of discomfort as "high-intensity interval training in life", creating a "miracle of stress" by acknowledging fear, reconstructing difficulties, mastering psychological dilemmas, and accepting and analyzing failure. The book contains many examples, suggestions, and hands-on exercises.
Children's books
"Roaming the Universe"
(Italian) by Umberto Guydoni, illustrated by Andrea Valente, Beijing Times Chinese Literature Bureau, March 2022 edition, 58.00 yuan.
The author, Umberto Guydoni, is an Italian astrophysicist, and his "Roaming the Universe" for young readers shows the development of aerospace technology and the rapid progress brought about by the application of aerospace technology to the civilian field from the perspective of the protagonist Martin Jr. From telescopes to rocket thrusters, from water filters to infrared detectors, from weather forecasts to robots... The seemingly infinitely mysterious field of space has penetrated into every aspect of our lives. This book will take children on a journey through the universe and how space technology is relevant to our lives.
"Little Elephant Ent"
(English) by Anthony Brown, Beijing United Publishing Co., Ltd., February 2022 edition, 53.80 yuan.
Ent is a happy baby elephant. One day, he ventured into the mysterious and dangerous jungle and accidentally got lost. The little elephant asked all kinds of animals if they knew how he was going home, but these animals did not have time to take care of him. Just when the baby elephant was alone and helpless, a good mouse appeared... This picture book, the story is warm and beautiful, with the iconic style of picture book master Anthony Brown. In the book, children who dare to explore will experience hardships, but will eventually get out of danger safely, and they will also increase their knowledge and meet new friends.