This issue of "Nandu Book List" focuses on introducing the poetry collection "Night of Loyalty" by the 2020 Nobel Prize winner poet Glick. First translated into Chinese published, the collection contains 24 poems that write about affection, love, and trauma with bizarre imagination, sensitive observation, and simple language.
"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.
【Literature & Art】
Night of Loyalty
Louise Glick, Shanghai People's Publishing House, March 2022, 49.00 yuan.
The Night of Loyalty is a collection of poems that shows the writing style and achievements of Nobel Prize winner Glick after the two collections of poems "Until the World Reflects the Deep Needs of the Soul" and "The Alloy of Moonlight". Most of the themes in the poems are the absence and departure of relatives, and the regret of not paying enough attention to their loved ones. In addition to the poet himself, Glick also fictionalizes a male painter as a narrator, using the painter's tone to tell the connection between artistic creation and daily life. The tone of the entire collection of poems is cold, low, and intellectual.
City of Memories
Yuan Ling, Huacheng Publishing House, March 2022 edition, 56.80 yuan.
"City of Memory" is an autobiographical novel created by writer Yuan Ling, which tells the story of the protagonist after graduating from college and coming to "Fish City" for several years. As an author, he came into contact with many ordinary citizens living in the "Fish City". Outside of work, the relationship with friends, his lovers, newspaper peers and other people, as well as the scenes after the transformation of Yucheng, have given the protagonist a new understanding of his own living conditions, and after a sickness and exploration of his own spiritual world, he has also achieved physical and mental reconciliation.
【Social Science】
"Wang Liming's Lecture Notes on Evolution"
Wang Liming, Nova Press, March 2022 edition, 79.00 yuan.
Evolution may be one of the scientific theories that are misunderstood and misused. What is the correct understanding of evolution? What are its cutting-edge developments? As ordinary readers of non-biological majors, why should we also understand the theory of evolution? The answers to these questions are in this handout. Wang Liming, a professor at Zhejiang University and a well-known popular science writer, extracted a concise axiomatic system from complex life phenomena, which spanned 4 billion years and presented the complete process of the origin, growth, adaptation to the environment and the formation of complex organizations.
The Biography of Emerson
(American) Robert D. Richardson, Zhejiang Literature and Art Publishing House, March 2022 edition, 148.00 yuan.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) was a famous American thinker, writer, and philosopher, and a representative of the establishment of American spiritual culture. As one of the most important figures in the history of American literature and thought, he still influences us. The famous biographer Richardson used Emerson's personal diaries, letters and speeches to present his daily life, showing his habits and his personality, depicting Emerson's true portrait as a great writer and ordinary person, as well as his secret loneliness and love-hate.
【Practical】
The Complete Book of Emotional Healing
(german) Udo Bell, Gabrielle Frick-Bell, China Friendship Publishing Company, March 2022 edition, 60.00 yuan.
Every emotional problem has its own characteristics that we need to take seriously, guide and repair. Based on their more than 30 years of treatment experience, German emotional experts Bell and his wife have comprehensively taken stock and deeply analyzed 17 emotions that are familiar or unfamiliar to everyone. There are regular contents such as happiness, sadness, and anger, as well as "emotions that don't look like emotions" such as shame, curiosity, and self-strangeness. According to the characteristics of each emotion, the author introduced its basic connotation in poetic language, and answered questions based on real life.
The Invitation to the Tree
(French) by Victor Gutard, Beijing United Publishing Co., Ltd., April 2022 edition, 128.00 yuan.
This is a "knowledge illustration of the tree" suitable for readers of all ages, which presents the reader with a panoramic view of the tree with simple and easy-to-understand hand-drawn illustrations. The book not only details 75 common tree species distributed around the world, but also introduces the amazing cold knowledge behind trees, which can be used by adults and teenagers to re-understand nature from a new perspective. All the knowledge points in the book are analyzed layer by layer with fresh and delicate illustrations, so that readers can easily change from "little white" to tree recognition experts.
【Children's Book】
"Love to Ask All Things"
Yang Qibin, ed., New Century Publishing House, March 2022 edition, 50.00 yuan.
Children aged 3-6 are in a sensitive period of curiosity, and their innate curiosity drives them to explore the world around them, and often asks some whimsical questions. If you can guide children by answering these little questions, it is a great opportunity for children to open the door to science and appreciate the beauty of science. "Love to Ask All Things" answers children's strange and varied questions through interesting popular science fairy tales, fully releases children's nature and satisfies their curiosity.
"Island Economics for Kids"
(Spain) by Laura Mascarro, Hunan Children's Publishing House, March 2022 edition, 35.00 yuan.
Does money grow from trees? What is spending money? What is savings? Why is the shape of the piggy bank a pig? What is the difference between price and value? How is barter work? In the form of stories and cartoons, this book helps children understand the basic elements of money, and explains simply and intuitively where money comes from and how the monetary system works. Children can learn to negotiate, make decisions, understand the difference between price and value, understand what is investing, adding value, working, making money, and so on.
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