1、Book 1 Eat Pray LoveAuthor: Elizabeth Gilbert Born on July 18, 1969 in Waterbury, Connecticut, U.S.Other works: A Skeptic Makes Peace with MarriagePilgrims Stern MenMain content:At 32 years old, Elizabeth Gilbert was educated, had a home, a husband, and a successful career as a writer. However, she
2、was unhappy in her marriage and often spent the night sleeping on her bathroom floor. After separating from her husband and initiating a divorce, which he contested, she embarked on a rebound relationship which continued for some time but did not work out, leaving her devastated and alone.Afterwards
3、, while writing an article on yoga vacations in Bali, Gilbert met a ninth-generation medicine man who told her she would one day come back and study with him. After finalizing her difficult divorce, Gilbert spent the next year traveling around the world. The trip was paid for in advance with a book
4、deal from the publisher. She spent four months in Italy, eating and enjoying life (“Eat“). She spent three months in India, finding her spirituality (“Pray“). She ended the year in Bali, Indonesia, looking for “balance“ of the two and found love (“Love“) in the form of a dashing Brazilian factory ow
5、ner. Book 2 “Twilight” 暮色Writer:Stephenie Meyer 斯蒂芬妮 梅尔(1973 ), Writer, She was born in Hartford, Connecticut, America. She graduated from Brigham Young University and got the Bachelor of Arts Degree in English Literature. Her representative works include: “New Moon”新月(2006) “Eclipse” 月食(2007) ,“Bre
6、aking Dawn” 破晓(2008) etc.Introduction:A young-adult vampire-romance novel by author Stephenie Meyer. It is the first book of the Twilight series, and introduces seventeen-year-old Isabella “Bella“ Swan, who moves from Phoenix, Arizona to Forks, Washington and finds her life in danger when she falls
7、in love with a vampire, Edward Cullen. Book 3 “Harry Potter” 哈利波特Author：Joanne Kathleen Rowling 乔安妮凯瑟林 罗琳(1965 ), children literature writer, she was born in Chipping Sodbury, Britain and graduated from University Of Exeter. She learned French and classical literature and got the bachelor of art deg
8、ree. Her representative works include: “Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone” 哈 利 波 特 与 魔 法 石 , “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets” 哈 利 波 特 与 密 室 , “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban”哈利波特与阿兹卡班囚徒,“Quidditch Through The Ages” 神 奇 的 魁 地 奇 球 ,etc.Introduction:“Harry Potter” series have a
9、 total of 7 books. The first 6 books background is Hogworts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and show Harry Potter 6 years studying, living, and adventuring stories in this school. The last one describes a story about Harry Potter searched for Horcruxes in wild areas and eliminated Voldmort eventua
10、lly. Book 4Harry Potter and the Deathly HallowsAuthor: J. K. RowlingMain content:Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the last book in the series, begins directly after the events of the sixth book. Voldemort has completed his ascension to power and gains control of the Ministry of Magic. Harry, Ro
11、n, and Hermione drop out of school so that they can find and destroy Voldemorts remaining horcruxes. To ensure their own safety as well as that of their family and friends, they are forced to isolate themselves. As they search for the horcruxes, the trio learn details about Dumbledores past, as well
12、 as Snapes true motiveshe had worked on Dumbledores behalf since the murder of Harrys mother.The book culminates in the Battle of Hogwarts. Harry, Ron, and Hermione, in conjunction with members of the Order of the Phoenix and many of the teachers and students, defend Hogwarts from Voldemort, his Dea
13、th Eaters, and various magical creatures. Several major characters are killed in the first wave of the battle. After learning that he himself is a horcrux, Harry surrenders himself to Voldemort, who casts a killing curse at him. However, the defenders of Hogwarts do not surrender after learning this
14、, but continue to fight on. Having managed to return from the dead, Harry finally faces Voldemort, whose horcruxes have all been destroyed. In the subsequent battle, Voldemorts curse rebounds off of Harrys spell and kills Voldemort. An epilogue describes the lives of the surviving characters and the
15、 effects on the wizarding world.Book 5 The LAST SONGAuthor: Nicholas Charles Sparks (born December 31, 1965)Other works: Message in a BottleA Walk to RememberThe NotebookNights in RodantheBrief introduction:Bestselling author Nicholas Sparkss new novel is at once a compelling family drama and a hear
16、trending tale of young love. Seventeen year old Veronica “Ronnie“ Millers life was turned upside-down when her parents divorced and her father moved from New York City to Wilmington, North Carolina. Three years later, she remains angry and alienated from her parents, especially her father.until her
17、mother decides it would be in everyones best interest if she spent the summer in Wilmington with him. Ronnies father, a former concert pianist and teacher, is living a quiet life in the beach town, immersed in creating a work of art that will become the centerpiece of a local church. The tale that u
18、nfolds is an unforgettable story of love on many levels-first love, love between parents and children - that demonstrates, as only a Nicholas Sparks novel can, the many ways that love can break our hearts.and heal them.Book 6 the Note BookAuthor: Nicholas SparksPlot summaryAt thirty-one, Noah Calhou
19、n, back in costal North Carolina after World War , is haunted by images of the girl he lost more than a decade earlier. At twenty-nine, socialite Allie Nelson is about to marry a wealthy lawyer, but she cannot stop thinking about the boy who long ago stole her heart. Thus begins the story of a love
20、so enduring and deep it can turn tragedy into triumph, and may even have the power to create a miracle No matter how hard, no matter how many people against them, no matter how poor they are, they must be together!Love can turn tragedy into triumph, even create a miracle.Noah said: “ I am succeed th
21、an anybody else. I love another woman with all my heart. It is enough for me.”They joined hands to leave the world.Book 7 The Complete Works of Dale CarnegieIntroductionDuring the first thirty-five years of the twentieth century, the publishing houses of America printed more than a fifth of a millio
22、n different books. Most of them were deadly dull, and many were financial failures. Many,“ did I say? The president of one of the largest publishing houses in the world confessed to me that his company, after seventy-five years of publishing experience, still lost money on seven out of every eight b
23、ooks it published.Why then did I have the temerity to write another book? And, after I had written it, why should you bother to read it?Fair questions, both; and I will try to answer them.I have, since1912, been conducting educational courses for business and professional men and women in New York.
24、At first, I conducted courses in public speaking only-courses designed to train adults, by actual experience, to think on their feet and express their ideas with more clarity, more effectiveness and more poise, both in business interviews and before groups.But gradually, as the seasons passed, I rea
25、lized that as sorely as these adults needed training in effective speaking, they needed still more training in the fine art of getting along with people in everyday business and social contacts.I also gradually realized that I was sorely in need of such training myself. As I look back across the yea
26、rs, I am appalled at my own frequent lack of fitness and understanding. How I wish a book such as this had been placed in my hands twenty years ago ! What a priceless boon it would have been.Dealing with people is probably the biggest problem you face, especially if you are in business. Yes, and tha
27、t is also true if you are a housewife, architect or engineer. Reach done a few years ago under the auspices of the CARNEGIE Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching uncovered a most important and significant fact-a fact later confirmed by additional studies made at the Carnegie Institute of Techno
28、logy. These investigations revealed that even in such technically lines as engineering, about 15 percent is due to skill in human engineering-to personality and the ability to lead people.For many years, I conducted courses each season at the Engineers Club of Philadelphia, and also courses for the
29、New York Chapter of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers. A total of probably more than fifteen hundred engineers have passed through my classes. They came to me because they had finally realized, after years of observation and experience, that the highest-paid personnel in engineering are
30、 frequently not those who know the most about engineering. One can for example, hire mere technical ability in engineering, accountancy, architecture or any other profession at nominal salaries. But the person who has technical knowledge plus the ability to express ideas ,to assume leadership ,and t
31、o arouse enthusiasm among people -that person is headed for higher earning power.In the heyday of his activity, john D Rockefeller said that “ability to deal with people is as purchasable a commodity as sugar or coffee. And I will pay more for that ability,“ said john D, “than for any other under th
32、e sun.“Wouldnt you suppose that every college in the land would conduct courses to develop the highest-priced ability under the sun? But if there is just one practical ,common-sense course of that kind given for adults in even one college in the land ,it has escaped my attention up to the present wr
33、iting.Those powers which you habitually fail to use! The sole purpose of this book-if you arent then a little better equipped to meet lifes situations, then I shall consider this book to be a total failure so far as you are concerned. For “the great aim of education,“ said Herbert Spencer, “is not k
34、nowledge but action.And this is an action book.Book 8 How to Win Friends he wakes sometimes in grief, sometimes in joy and release; the pillow sometimes wet, and sometimes the sheets. There is a gap between what he knows and what he tries to believe, but “if you cant fix it youve got to stand it.“Bo
35、ok 1867fv888 “森” “Norwegian Wood” 挪威的森林Author: Haruki Murakami， ，村上春树 (1949 ), Translator of American literature, Novelist. He was born in Kyoto, Japan. He was called the 1980s standard-bearer of Japanese literature. His works of fiction include “Dance ，Dance， Dance”舞！舞！舞！ , “A Wild sheep Chase”寻羊冒险
36、记, “Hear the Wind Sing” 且听风吟 ， “The Wind-up Bird Chronicle”发 条 鸟 年 代 记 , “South of the Border ,West of the Sun”国境以南，太阳以西, and “ Kafka on the Shore”海边的卡夫卡 ，etc. Introduction:The hero Toru narrates his complicate love between him and two girls, Naoko and Midori . Toru support himself by doing part-tim
37、e job and often travel when he has leisure time .On Sunday , he will stay with the lover of his dead friend. He lives in a simple life, and it seems that we have a lot of similarities since both of us are college students and have the same age. I admire Toru ego, natural and unrestrained, elegant and unconventional .The most important is that we should learn to enjoy loneliness, just like the hero.
