One such book could be 'The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human' by Jonathan Gottschall. It delves into why humans are so inclined to create and tell stories, exploring how stories have been a fundamental part of human existence throughout history.
Character development is crucial. Since humans are inventing these stories, the characters need to be believable and relatable. They should have motives, flaws, and growth throughout the story.
Tesla is another inventing company with a remarkable success story. Elon Musk had the vision to create sustainable electric vehicles. Tesla's inventions in battery technology and self - driving capabilities set them apart. They not only changed the automotive industry but also inspired others to focus on clean energy transportation. Their success is also due to their ability to attract top talent and invest in research and development.
There are many books that describe the beautiful feelings between humans and animals. The following are some works worthy of recommendation:
The Little Prince (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry): This is a classic fairy tale novel about a little prince who set off from his own planet to explore various planets. During the journey, the little prince met all kinds of people and animals, and they established deep friendships and feelings for each other. This book shows us the pure and deep friendship and love between humans and animals through the experiences of the little prince.
2 The Wizard of Oz (F. Scott F. Gerald): This is a classic fairytale novel about a little girl and her dog Toto. Toto was a cute little dog. He helped the little girl solve many problems and made her feel the deep feelings between animals. Through the experiences of the little girl and Toto, this book shows us the beautiful relationship between humans and animals that helps and supports each other.
[3. Dream of the Red Chamber (Cao Xueqin): This is a classical Chinese novel about the emotional entanglements between Jia Baoyu, Lin Daiyu, and others.] The book depicted the life of a feudal family, which contained many feelings between humans and animals.
There were many ancient sayings about humans and demons. The following are some of the more classic books recommended:
The Legend of the White Snake was written by Bai Juyi, a poet of the Tang Dynasty. The love story between the White Lady and Xu Xian involved the emotional entanglement between humans and monsters.
2. Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio-Written by Pu Songling, a novelist of the Tang Dynasty, it tells the stories of all kinds of ghosts and monsters, many of which involve the emotional entanglements between humans and monsters.
Dream of the Red Chamber, written by Cao Xueqin, a Qing Dynasty novelist, tells the story of the emotional entanglements between Jia Baoyu, Lin Daiyu and others. It also involves the relationship between humans and monsters.
4. Journey to the West, written by Wu Chengen, a novelist of the Ming Dynasty, tells the story of Sun Wukong and others protecting Tang Sanzang from the West. It also involves the battle and emotional entanglement between humans and monsters.
5. Flowers in the Mirror, written by the Qing Dynasty novelist Li Ruzhen, tells the story of various monsters and also involves the emotional entanglements and moral values between humans.
A cat once led a family to their lost toddler. The cat kept meowing and walking back and forth in front of the family until they followed it. It then led them to the toddler who had wandered off and got lost in the garden. This shows that animals can be very kind and helpful to humans.
There are many stories of animals attacking humans. For example, in some areas, there are cases of wild bears attacking hikers. This usually happens when humans accidentally enter their territory or when the bear feels threatened, like when it has cubs to protect. Another case could be of sharks attacking surfers. Sharks might mistake surfers for their usual prey in the ocean.
I don't think it will meet your needs, but I will try my best to recommend a novel that is most relevant to your description."Abduct a Merman as a Husband" is a novel by author Yu Xiaofeng. The general plot of this novel is:
Legend had it that in the depths of the Southern Sea, there lived the merfolk clan. Legend had it that they had human heads and fish bodies, and were the darlings of the sea.
The world gave the most beautiful description of this race.
They said that mermaids had blue hair and blue eyes, had the most exquisite appearance and the most beautiful singing voice in the world. The tears of mermaids could turn into beautiful mermaid tears that were crystal clear and beautiful.
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However, legends were legends, how could there be mermen in these six worlds?
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The Mermaid Princess was a fantasy romance novel written by the author, Iris Allure. The general plot of this novel was:
She was the purple-eyed girl who was despised by the people of the present world. She was known by all living beings as the woman of misfortune, who brought disaster to everyone. Her parents abandoned her, and the world could not tolerate her. Her life of suffering was accompanied by thorns, blood and tears. When the pain spread to heaven and hell, when the hatred reached the ends of the world, when I woke up in the quiet dawn, fate was the kite in my hand. If I wanted to, I would take it, and if I didn't want to, I would release it. No one could stop him! I want to be reborn in the light, with the aura of darkness, purple eyes flying, laughing proudly in the world. He was a little black fish that she had saved when she was young. She had accidentally lost him. Many years later, when she fell off the cliff and fell asleep in the silver lotus dream, he held her hand and promised her eternal love. If the world doesn't tolerate you, I will destroy the mortal world. If the world betrays you, I will betray the world for you. There's nothing in this world that I can't do for you. As long as you're by my side, what's the difference between the ends of the earth, mountains of blades, and seas of flames? I've always wanted you, the one who told me that Xiaoyu was still here. The one with no haze in his eyes, the one with a smile that surpassed the stars, the one with picturesque features. If your request is reasonable, I'll give you two if you want one. If your request is unreasonable, I'll be an unreasonable king for you.
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"There Will Be Spring for Mermen" was a fantasy romance novel written by the author, Xiao Xianer. The general plot of this novel was:
In the new book,"Don't panic, my mother and I will dress up as the daughter-in-law of the Marquis 'Mansion", a little mermaid actually has the bloodline of the dragon race? He wanted to follow the mermaid in the fairy tale to find the prince, but he accidentally started a magical journey. He stepped through the fog and revealed the mystery of his life step by step. He watched the merman of the South Sea, Yu Wuqi, who was an orphan since birth. How did he turn his bones into a dragon step by step, following the fate of his previous life and this life, reversing the life of a useless fish, and finally getting a lover to be a family...
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The book,"A Concubine's Daughter with Strange Pupils Conquers the World," was a fantasy romance novel written by the author, Fish Who Doesn't Eat Grass. The general plot of this novel was:
The female protagonist, Mi Chong, had her soul transmigrated into a baby from another world and mistakenly contracted with the male protagonist. From then on, the two of them joined hands and killed everyone. The female protagonist's left eye was red, and her right eye was green. She had all-rounded attributes and ordinary talent. Without the guidance of a senior, she relied on fumbling to cultivate and fighting to advance. She stumbled into another world...
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"Genius Concubine: Mermaid Husband, Gently Spoiled" was a fantasy romance novel written by the author Yan Zhai. The general plot of this novel was:
Marry the Third Prince of the Mermen Clan of Eastern Sea? Yu Hua thought to herself, I'm still a genius girl of the East Sea's Spirit Cultivation Clan. En, she decisively ran away from the marriage and took Xiang 'er to travel around the human world.
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The book "Survival Manual of the Other World" was a fantasy romance novel written by the author, Grape Purple. The general plot of this novel was:
In the year 4024, the end of the century finally arrived. Ke Xin came to this planet where humans and mermaids coexisted.
Following Mother Wang's survival manual, he obtained a place to live.
1. He would put all the strange things he encountered into his pocket.
Because of this, Kexin picked up a child, and it was a human fish egg.
2. Anyone who arrived in another world would have a unique ability.
It was precisely because he had taken the Mother Wang pill that he had obtained the healing ability of the female mermaid. Unfortunately, it was not very effective on humans or mermaids. It was only effective on plants o(Kou)o
3. The last and most important rule was to keep a low profile. You had to keep a low profile in everything and not stand out.
Of course, Ke Xin understood this principle. A tree in the forest would be destroyed by the wind…However, she herself was a huge trouble! Who asked her not to be a mermaid?
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"The Thousand-faced Princess and the Gentleman Prince" was a Xianxia novel written by the author I promised God. The general plot of this novel was:
There was a beautiful legend about a mortal woman who fell in love with the master of the Fish Palace in the sea. The two of them had a bumpy road of love and eventually died. However, they had a crystallization of love--the fish princess Yu Xiaoxuan. She was eccentric and very naughty. At a young age, she did not stay by her father's side obediently. She was reluctant to leave a scholar in the world. However, at this time, her true destined lover appeared--the Dragon Prince. He was gentle and elegant, and his demeanor was just right. He was the dream lover of every young girl, and every parent had the urge to kidnap him into their own home to be their son-in-law…
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"Fantasy: My Daughter, the Demon Emperor, Is the Reincarnation of the Empress" was a fantasy novel written by the author, I Have A Bar. The general plot of this novel was:
Ye Mo had traveled through another world and obtained the Supreme Demon Emperor System. He had been invincible in the Sacred World for a hundred years and had become the Lord of the Sacred World in a thousand years. Just as he was about to fight his way out of the outside world, he suddenly discovered that he had a daughter…From then on, he gave up everything and began to live a life of raising a child. Who would have thought that her daughter was the reincarnation of the Great Desolate Great Empress of the Saints 'World? In her eyes, her father was just an ordinary mortal! She had awakened her memories of her past life at the age of three. She planned to get rid of her mortal father and return to the Saints 'World when she could start cultivating at the age of six, so that she could recreate the glory of her past life. However, she slowly realized that her father seemed to be extraordinary…"Hmph, I'm an invincible supreme being above the nine heavens. Why would I be here to watch birds…Hiss ~ Is this a five-clawed golden dragon and a five-colored phoenix?"
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"The Way of Qi" was a fantasy romance novel written by the author, Sikong Ruoyue. The general plot of this novel was:
What would happen if the princess and the mermaid swapped bodies in 'Daughter of the Sea'? Princess Chen Yan 'er and the mermaid He Hua exchanged their identities and turned into a mermaid. From then on, she called herself Xiao Li. As the first merman in history to suffer from deep-sea phobia, he got rid of the treacherous palace fighting life and embarked on a journey to travel around the world. The mermen and flood dragons who had been fighting for generations, the girl from the other world who had traveled through time and space, the giant dragon and the astrological witch who had been sealed in the west, the strange white fog that had erased their existence, and the lost ancient city in the dream…The mysteries of her life were slowly unveiled.
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"Mermen in the Deep Sea" was a short story written by the author, Xia Qingzhi. The general plot of this novel was:
In the story, there was a Dragon Silk Palace. In the Dragon Silk Palace, there was a rumored beautiful celestial mermaid. The young girl and the merman met in the palace, she fell in love with the merman at first sight. There was a kind of lucky person in the world who could find a partner that was naturally compatible. There was no need to run into each other, no need to argue, and they could be happy together. Unfortunately, the young girl and the merman did not belong to that type. No matter how one looked at them, they were not suitable. However, fortunately, they did not give up in the end. After a very, very long time, they were carved into completely different appearances by their experiences. They worked hard to love each other and finally could be together.
The 'Inventing Anna' original story is about a woman named Anna Delvey who conned her way into the high - society of New York. She pretended to be a wealthy German heiress, managed to get into exclusive clubs, and befriended many people in the fashion and business worlds. She tricked banks, hotels, and individuals into giving her money and services under false pretenses.