"Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
托妮•莫里森《所罗门之歌》

“Song of Solomon” ends up on many to-read book lists because of the author's 1993 Nobel Prize for literature, and because the book itself won the prestigious National Book Critics Fiction award in 1977. 
《所罗门之歌》出现在很多阅读清单上，因为它的作者获得了1993年的诺贝尔文学奖，并且该书本身也获得了1977年的著名的美国国家书评奖。

易词解词（BY 摩西）

Solomon n. 所罗门（男子名）；所罗门（古以色列国王大卫之子，以智慧著称）；大智者，聪明人。闪族语言构词法中有大量的3-consonant consonantal roots，即三个辅音字母作为有关系的名词动词形容词的词根，通过添加元音或双写辅音等功能实现语法功能。比如s-l-m这个组合表示顺从、和平，于是Islam伊斯兰是“顺从上帝的旨意”，Solomon所罗门是“顺从的”，shalom是“您好”，而Jerusalem耶路撒冷是“和平之基石”。

Somewhat like the James Joyce classic “Ulysses”, this book combines historical elements, free association, and unanswerable questions in the life of its main character. Beginning with a suicide and a black child's birth into a Michigan hospital, Morrison explores the complicated role of black family life, its heritage and its possible future.
有点像詹姆斯·乔伊斯的经典《尤利西斯》，这本书融合了历史元素、自由联想以及无法回答的问题，展现了主角的生活。莫里森以自杀和在密歇根大学医院出生的黑人小孩开始，探讨了复杂角色的黑人家庭生活、遗产以及可能的未来。

"Self-Reliance" by Ralph Waldo Emerson
拉尔夫·瓦尔多·爱默生《自立》

Although essays aren't as popular as when Emerson was alive in the mid-1800's, this essay has become one of the author's most notable achievements.Emerson's philosophy as expressed in “Self-Reliance” embraced a combination of non-conformity to social trends. Also a great believer in the 'light within', Emerson gives continual nods to a divine Providence while holding fast to man's inherent goodness, and the necessity of holding to one's own convictions despite the inclinations and pressures of the crowd.
尽管这些散文不像19世纪中叶爱默生活着时那么流行，但是这部散文是作者最辉煌的成就之一。如《自立》中表达的那样，爱默生的哲学将非整合融入到了社会趋势中。他也是‘灵性之光’的虔诚信徒，尽管面临压力，他仍坚信神圣天意掌管了人性固有的闪亮，以及坚定自己的信念。

"For Whom the Bell Tolls" by Ernest Hemingway
厄内斯特海明威《丧钟为谁鸣》

One of Hemingway's most celebrated novels, “For Whom the Bell Tolls” is an adventure story of almost mythic proportions. The protagonist, a teacher named Robert Jordan, finds love and battle in the Spanish Civil War. Pilar, one of the most influential and passionate characters (though not the love interest), displayed the 'Everyman' fierce peasant spirit and embodied the name of the author's fishing vessel. 
《丧钟为谁鸣》是海明威最著名的小说之一，讲述的是一个带有神话色彩的冒险故事。主人公是一个叫罗伯特·乔丹的老师，在西班牙内战中经历斗争找到了真爱。皮拉尔是其中最有影响力和充满激情的人物（虽然不是爱慕对象），他展示了“普通人”强烈的农民精神，呈现了作者的渔船的名字。

易词解词（BY 摩西）

novel adj. 新奇的；异常的，n. 小说。拉丁词根nov-表示新的，与new同源，后缀-el指小，因此novel的字面意思就是“new short stories”，最初指作家薄伽丘等的短篇故事小说集，是与之前的称谓Romance相对。

"The Federalist" by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay
亚历山大·汉密尔顿,詹姆斯·麦迪逊和约翰·杰伊《联邦党人文集》

This book is made of a series of essays on the validity and necessity of the United States Constitution, though it is more commonly referred to as the Federalist Papers. The reasoning behind political phrases in common use today, such as “checks and balances” and “bill of rights”, are worked out in 85 numbered works
这本书由一系列关于美国宪法的有效性和重要性的文章构成，尽管它通常被称为《联邦党人文集》。现在普遍使用的政治短语的背后，例如“相互制衡”和“人权法案”，来收录于这85篇作品里。