人気の 歴史オーディオブック

極上のエンタメ映画で学ぶ激動のインド近現代史

ヤマト建国、壬申の乱といった歴史の転換点で重要な役割を担い、天皇家にも絶大な影響力を誇っていた東海地方の豪族、尾張氏。古代史における重要人物にもかかわらず、その正体を知る者はほとんどいない。なぜなら、尾張氏は最古の歴史書『日本書紀』から消されたからだ――。

聖徳太子の『未来記』に記された2030年の最終戦争とは？『ヨハネの黙示録』が予言するインターネット社会の恐るべき結末とは？その二つの予言のルーツといえる「シュメールの大予言」から読み解く！

戦国乱世から泰平の世へ大転換をうながした天下人秀吉。百姓からの異常な出世、大名統制の経営戦略、海外出兵など、強烈な個性をもった生涯を生き生きと描く。

Why are some countries rich, and some poor? Does this status persist throughout time, and if so, why? How can a country escape poverty? In this Very Short Introduction, Robert C. Allen explores the interplay of geography, globalization, technological change, economic policy, and institutions, to...

The Middle Ages is a term coined around 1450 to describe a thousand years of European History. In this Very Short Introduction, Miri Rubin provides an exploration of the variety, change, dynamism, and sheer complexity that the period covers. From the provinces of the Roman Empire, which became...

The Second Vatican Council (1962-1965), or Vatican II, is arguably the most significant event in the life of the Catholic Church since the Reformation. The Council initiated, intentionally or not, profound changes not simply within Catholic theology, but in the religious, social, and moral lives...

In May 1928, the body of George Edey was discovered on his Saskatchewan farm, leading to the swift arrest of a deaf and mentally disabled farmhand named Mike Hack. Following a three-day murder trial, Hack was quickly convicted and sentenced to death.

A spirited, deeply personal inquiry into the near-mythic life and canonical work of J. D. Salinger by a writer known for his sensitivity to the Manhattan culture that was Salinger's great theme. Three years after his death at 91, J.D. Salinger remains our most mythic writer. The Catcher in the...

Discover the rich and complex tapestry of Canada's past in “The History of Canada”. This comprehensive journey takes listeners from the time before European settlers arrived, through the struggles and triumphs that shaped the nation, to the vibrant, multicultural country we know today...

The Roman Empire was a remarkable achievement. It had a population of 60 million people spread across lands encircling the Mediterranean and stretching from northern England to the sun-baked banks of the Euphrates, and from the Rhine to the North African coast. It was, above all else, an empire...

いくら天才作家だからって、ここまでやっていいものか――?誰もが知る文豪の「やばすぎる素顔」に迫る本。酒も女も、挫折も借金も……全部、「小説のネタ」だった!?

2025年大河ドラマは「べらぼう～蔦重栄華乃夢噺～」。蔦重こと蔦屋重三郎は、「浮世絵黄金期」と呼ばれた江戸時代の、天明～寛政期（1781年～1801年）に、版元として活躍した。

This very short introduction offers listeners a superb overview of the teachings of the Buddha, as well as a succinct guide to the integration of Buddhism into daily life. What are the distinctive features of Buddhism? Who was the Buddha, and what are his teachings? Words such as karma and...

維新研究の第一人者が熱い思いで描く龍馬伝。寺田屋・京都御所・二条城など京都の〝龍馬〟史跡巡りを豊かにするファン必携の書。

As a young child, Herman Lehmann was captured by a band of plundering Apache Indians and remained with them for nine years. This is his dramatic and unique story. His memoir, fast-paced and compelling, tells of his arduous initial years with the Apache as he underwent a sometimes torturous...

A Handful of Earth, A Handful of Sky: The World of Octavia E. Butler offers a blueprint for a creative life from the perspective of award-winning science-fiction writer and “MacArthur Genius” Octavia E. Butler. It is a collection of ideas about how to look, listen, breathe — how to be in...

The French Revolution is a time of history made familiar from Dickens, Baroness Orczy, and Tolstoy, as well as the legends of let them eat cake, and tricolors. Beginning in 1789, this period of extreme political and social unrest saw the end of the French monarchy, the death of an extraordinary...

Europeans, Africans, and American Indians practiced slavery long before the first purchase of a captive African by a white land-owner in the American colonies; that, however, is the image of slavery most prevalent in the minds of Americans today. This Very Short Introduction begins with the...

Con inesorabile precisione e passione di verità, Améry registrò in questa sua vertiginosa discesa nell'abisso concentrazionario le disfatte dello spirito, a cominciare dalla peculiare inferiorità nella quale venne a trovarsi nel Lager. L'inadeguatezza alla dimensione meramente fisica cui a...