Book1EatPrayLoveAuthor:ElizabethGilbertBornonJuly18,1969inWaterbury,Connecticut,U.S.Otherworks:ASkepticMakesPeacewithMarriagePilgrimsSternMenMaincontent:At32yearsold,ElizabethGilbertwaseducated,hadahome,ahusband,andasuccessfulcareerasawriter.However,shewasunhappyinhermarriageandoftenspentthenightsleepingonherbathroomfloor.Afterseparatingfromherhusbandandinitiatingadivorce,whichhecontested,sheembarkedonareboundrelationshipwhichcontinuedforsometimebutdidnotworkout,leavingherdevastatedandalone.Afterwards,whilewritinganarticleonyogavacationsinBali,Gilbertmetaninth-generationmedicinemanwhotoldhershewouldonedaycomebackandstudywithhim.Afterfinalizingherdifficultdivorce,Gilbertspentthenextyeartravelingaroundtheworld.Thetripwaspaidforinadvancewithabookdealfromthepublisher.ShespentfourmonthsinItaly,eatingandenjoyinglife("Eat").ShespentthreemonthsinIndia,findingherspirituality("Pray").SheendedtheyearinBali,Indonesia,lookingfor"balance"ofthetwoandfoundlove("Love")intheformofadashingBrazilianfactoryowner.Book2“Twilight”《暮色》Writer:StephenieMeyer斯蒂芬妮·梅尔(1973—),Writer,ShewasborninHartford,Connecticut,America.ShegraduatedfromBrighamYoungUniversityandgottheBachelorofArtsDegreeinEnglishLiterature.Herrepresentativeworksinclude:“NewMoon”《新月》(2006)“Eclipse”《月食》(2007),“BreakingDawn”《破晓》(2008)etc.Introduction:Ayoung-adultvampire-romancenovelbyauthorStephenieMeyer.ItisthefirstbookoftheTwilightseries,andintroducesseventeen-year-oldIsabella"Bella"Swan,whomovesfromPhoenix,ArizonatoForks,Washingtonandfindsherlifeindangerwhenshefallsinlovewithavampire,EdwardCullen.Book3“HarryPotter”《哈利波特》Author：JoanneKathleenRowling乔安妮·凯瑟林·罗琳(1965—),childrenliteraturewriter,shewasborninChippingSodbury,BritainandgraduatedfromUniversityOfExeter.ShelearnedFrenchandclassicalliteratureandgotthebachelorofartdegree.Herrepresentativeworksinclude:“HarryPotterandthePhilosopher'sStone”《哈利·波特与魔法石》,“HarryPotterandtheChamberofSecrets”《哈利·波特与密室》,“HarryPotterandthePrisonerofAzkaban”《哈利·波特与阿兹卡班囚徒》,“QuidditchThroughTheAges”《神奇的魁地奇球》,etc.Introduction:“HarryPotter”serieshaveatotalof7books.Thefirst6books’backgroundisHogwortsSchoolofWitchcraftandWizardryandshowHarryPotter6years’studying,living,andadventuringstoriesinthisschool.ThelastonedescribesastoryaboutHarryPottersearchedforHorcruxesinwildareasandeliminatedVoldmorteventually.Book4HarryPotterandtheDeathlyHallowsAuthor:J.K.RowlingMaincontent:HarryPotterandtheDeathlyHallows,thelastbookintheseries,beginsdirectlyaftertheeventsofthesixthbook.VoldemorthascompletedhisascensiontopowerandgainscontroloftheMinistryofMagic.Harry,Ron,andHermionedropoutofschoolsothattheycanfindanddestroyVoldemort'sremaininghorcruxes.Toensuretheirownsafetyaswellasthatoftheirfamilyandfriends,theyareforcedtoisolatethemselves.Astheysearchforthehorcruxes,thetriolearndetailsaboutDumbledore'spast,aswellasSnape'struemotives—hehadworkedonDumbledore'sbehalfsincethemurderofHarry'smother.ThebookculminatesintheBattleofHogwarts.Harry,Ron,andHermione,inconjunctionwithmembersoftheOrderofthePhoenixandmanyoftheteachersandstudents,defendHogwartsfromVoldemort,hisDeathEaters,andvariousmagicalcreatures.Severalmajorcharactersarekilledinthefirstwaveofthebattle.Afterlearningthathehimselfisahorcrux,HarrysurrendershimselftoVoldemort,w...
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