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Animals and people live in harmony, and the world will be a better place. This issue of "Nandu Book List" focuses on introducing a light-hearted and easy-to-read art history book: "Animals and People". The author, Kenneth Clarke, is highly known in the European art world, and his BBC documentary Civilization is far-reaching. In Animals and People, Clark focuses on animal issues that have rarely been discussed in Western art research in the past, and makes a profound analysis of the image and symbolism of animals.

"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.

Literary

Animals and People

(English) Kenneth Clark, Hunan Fine Arts Publishing House, April 2022 edition, 148.00 yuan.

The book is an important work by Sir Kenneth Clarke, one of the most famous art historians of the 20th century. In Animals and People, Clark interprets the relationship between animals and people in Western works of art, revealing the artistic traditions and social factors behind them. From the mud engravings of the Epic of Gilgamesh to the 18th century, the time span is large and the scope is wide. Among them, there is not only harmony in symbiosis, but also human worship and fear of animals, as well as human observation and aesthetic gaze of animals, the whole book is rich and interesting.

Kafka's Biography: The Critical Years

(de) Reiner Stach, Guangxi Normal University Press, April 2022, 158.00 yuan.

Germany's Kafka expert Reiner Stach traveled back and forth between the United States and Europe, spending more than 10 years processing more than 4,000 pages of newspapers, letters and literary works, reproducing the panorama of Kafka's life, writing and work from 1910 to 1915, which was also an important stage in Kafka's life: he wrote a series of important works in those critical years - "Judgment", "Metamorphosis", "Missing Person", "Litigation" and so on. The author reads works and historical materials with care and compassion, and he has a deep and keen understanding of the times in which Kafka lived.

social science

The Texture of Poverty

Wang Yi, Shanghai Literature and Art Publishing House, April 2022 edition, 52.00 yuan.

Wang's non-fiction documentary work brings together a series of articles published by her many years in the UK with "British Observation" as the starting point. She discussed a range of practical issues in britain, such as poverty and institutions, family and pension, rural and urban, Brexit and Remain. Living in low-cost housing, visiting second-hand shops, growing vegetables in the backyard, working in the fields, walking into country social clubs, breaking into the Labor Party, interviewing ordinary people in foreign lands... The author observes and thinks from the real situation and experience of living in the UK for 12 years, and his works have a strong appeal.

Don Quixote's Century

(Japanese) Ken Shimizu, Zhejiang University Press, April 2022 edition, 79.00 yuan.

Don Quixote is a well-known masterpiece of Spanish literature for Chinese readers, but most readers may not know much about the era in which Don Quixote lived. The book, with Don Quixote as the introduction, moves from literature to history, from fiction to historical facts, vividly introducing all aspects of Spanish society in the 16th century. Divided into people, occupations, diets, diseases, animals, skills, and books, the book describes the various classes, occupations, and diets of the time, and comprehensively reproduces the society of the Spanish Golden Age.

utility

Vegetarian Kitchen

Ruth Glover and Laura Nick, China Light Industry Press, May 2022, 68.00 YUAN.

Vegetarian diets can be healthy or unhealthy. "Vegetarian Kitchen" is intended to help readers enjoy vegetarian food healthily, eat healthy and energetic. This book first introduces the basic knowledge of protein, vitamins, minerals, fats and other nutrients needed by the human body, explains how to obtain the nutrition needed by the body from various plant-based ingredients, and then introduces the nutritional value and cooking and processing suggestions of hundreds of common plant-based ingredients, helping readers to ensure nutrition, health and deliciousness when choosing plant-based ingredients.

"Your Body Loves Yourself More Than You"

(US) by Michelle Harper, CITIC Press, April 2022 edition, $48.00.

This is an emergency department transcript written by an emergency department doctor. Michelle Harper is a female emergency department doctor who has worked for more than 10 years, and she has to face emergency treatment in high-risk situations every day, which makes her see how powerful the human body is to repair and protect itself. The book introduces more than a dozen kinds of acute and severe common sense, full of thrilling life and death reversals. It is also an inspiring two-way healing book. The whole book is the author's concern and reflection on life itself, she respects every life and encourages readers to face the difficulties of life.

Children's books

"Here Comes Confucius! 》

Da Liang Ru Ji, Xu Yiming, Dolphin Press, April 2022 edition, 128.00 yuan.

Confucius and the Analects are Symbols of Chinese Culture, and Confucius's thought has become the DNA of every Chinese. Every child should learn Confucius and the Analects. This excellent picture book tells 30 stories of Confucius, clearly sorts out the life deeds and ideological context of Confucius, and helps young readers to understand the Analects in historical scenes. The 30 vivid Zixia classroom notes can allow young readers to more thoroughly understand the meaning of the golden sentences of the Analects. Popular, humorous language and cartoons allow primary and secondary school students to read Confucius and gain wisdom while laughing.

The Sun

(B) Peter Huss, China Translation Publishing House, April 2022 edition, 128.00 yuan.

This book tells almost all about the sun from multiple dimensions, and can be said to be a sun encyclopedia. It explores the significance of the sun in ancient Egypt, China, maya, ancient Greece, indus Valley and other regional civilizations for thousands of years, covering myths and legends about the sun, astronomical calendars, art and culture, historical sites, life courses, physics, science and technology and many other aspects. It uses high-definition hand-drawn large pictures to connect knowledge, which is easy to remember and interesting, and it also comes with a vocabulary list to explain related terms, which is perfect for children to read.