由新疆青少年出版社出版的《世纪回眸》这本书,以大事记的形式,记叙了从1900年至2003年中外的百年风云,是一本近代史资料书。这样一本400多页的工具书,摆在图书馆里不会引人注意。但这本书却耗费了一位花甲老人——伊力特实业股份有限公司热电厂退休职工吴谦益7年多的心血。1999年,吴谦益在新疆青少年出版社出版了第一本《世纪回眸》。2004年,吴谦益对该书进行修订后再次出版。一位老人,按理应该过清静的生活,为什么还要劳神费力,去出版这样一本并不怎么挣钱的书?带着这样的疑问,笔者拨通了他家的电话,老伴说他去图书馆查资料了,可能要很晚才回来。第二天早晨,笔者再次拨通了吴谦益家的电话,与他聊了起来。他说,编这本书纯属偶然。1997年,热电厂让他编一本挂历,准备编一份百年大事记。他心里一动:自己收集了这么多的资料,为什么不编一本书呢?从小就肯钻研、好学的吴 The book “Century Review” published by Xinjiang Youth Press, in the form of a memorabilia, chronicles the century-old situation from 1900 to 2003 at home and abroad. It is a book of modern history. Such a 400-page book, placed in the library will not attract attention. However, this book has cost more than seven years of painstaking care for a veteran Elderly - Wu Qianyi, a retired employee of the Thermal Power Plant of Yilite Industrial Co., Ltd. In 1999, Wu Qianyi published the first “Century Review” in Xinjiang Youth Press. In 2004, Wu Qian Yi revised the book again published. An old man, supposed to have a quiet life, why bother to publish such a book is not how to make money? With such questions, I called his home phone, his wife said he went to the book Museum check information, it may be very late to come back. The next morning, I again dialed the phone home Wu Qian Yi, chatted with him. He said that compiling this book is purely accidental. In 1997, the thermal power plant made him a calendars, prepared for a hundred years memorabilia. His heart a move: I collected so much information, why not make a book? From an early age willing to study, studious Wu