A classic of Japanese history, this audiobook is the preeminent work on the history of Japan. Newly revised and updated, A History of Japan is a single-volume complete history of the nation of Japan. Starting in ancient Japan during its early pre-history period, A History of Japan covers every important aspect of history and culture through feudal Japan to the post-Cold War period and collapse of the bubble economy in the early 1990s. Recent findings shed additional light on the origins of Japanese civilization and the birth of Japanese culture.

With intelligence and wit, author Jonathan Clements blends documentary and storytelling styles to connect the past, present, and future of Japan, and in broad yet detailed strokes reveals a country of paradoxes: a modern nation steeped in ancient traditions; a democracy with an emperor as head of state; a famously safe society built on 108 volcanoes resting on the world's most active earthquake zone; a fast-paced urban and technologically advanced country whose land consists predominantly of mountains and forests.

Brett L. Walker tackles key themes regarding Japan's relationships with its minorities, state and economic development, and the uses of science and medicine. The book begins by tracing the country's early history through archaeological remains, before proceeding to explore life in the imperial court, the rise of the samurai, civil conflict, encounters with Europe, and the advent of modernity and empire. Walker's vibrant and accessible new narrative then follows Japan's ascension from the ashes of World War II into the thriving nation of today.

Listeners of this book will gain a clear understanding of what makes the Japanese, and their society, tick.

潜在記憶能力がグンと高まる！

ヨーロッパで広く使われている英語教授法『サジェストペディア』
を応用して作られた画期的音声教材。リラックスした状態で
マスターしたい部分を、繰り返し聞くだけ。リピートの必要はありません。
α波を引き出すBGMの使用で効果 は倍増！

※本商品は英語の単語集になります。

※本商品は「英検1級に必ず出る英単語922と英熟語597」(こう書房刊 宮野智靖著
ISBN:4-7696-0573-0 264頁 1,325円(税込))をオーディオ化したものです。

本オーディオブックを全部走りながらお聴きいただいたら、約 16 km、960 kcal 消費できます。

The Japanese people have always seen themselves as a nation uniquely apart. Their exquisite art forms and elegant culture, military prowess and technological precision, have long been the envy of friend and foe alike. Today, even as Japan adapts to a rapidly changing world, its traditional culture and consensus-based philosophy have proved remarkably resilient. Culture Smart! Japan will broaden your perception and understanding of this complex, rich, and dynamic society.

This book will help you appreciate the significance of Japan's own religion in everyday life, recognize the key traditions and festivals of the Shinto year, understand what you will see at Shinto shrines and in Shinto rituals, and gain insights into the controversies surrounding Shinto politics and nationalism.

Through a study of the way of the samurai, Nitobe identifies the seven virtues most widely recognized by the Japanese: rectitude, courage, benevolence, politeness, veracity, honor, and loyalty. In sharing these moral guidelines, handed down over generations, Nitobe gives the world unique insight into a previously unexplored code of honor.

Richard Brautigan's world is one of gentle magic and marvelous laughter, of the incredibly beautiful and the beautifully incredible. Trout Fishing in America is a pseudonym for the miraculous. A journey that begins at the foot of the Benjamin Franklin statue in San Francisco's Washington Square, that wanders through the wonders of America's rural waterways, and that ends, inevitably, with mayonnaise. Funny, wild, and sweet, Trout Fishing in America is an incomparable guidebook to the delights of exploration.

A poignant look at the disillusionment and angst of the post-World War I generation, the novel introduces two of Hemingway's most unforgettable characters: Jake Barnes and Lady Brett Ashley. The story follows the flamboyant Brett and the hapless Jake as they journey from the wild nightlife of 1920s Paris to the brutal bullfighting rings of Spain with a motley group of expatriates. It is an age of moral bankruptcy, spiritual dissolution, unrealized love and vanishing illusions.

Indonesia is by far the largest nation in Southeast Asia and has the fourth-largest population in the world after the United States. Indonesian history and culture are especially relevant today as the island nation is an emerging power in the region with a dynamic new leader. It is a land of incredible diversity and unending paradoxes that has a long and rich history stretching back a thousand years and more.

Naofumi Iwatani, an uncharismatic Otaku who spends his days on games and manga, suddenly finds himself summoned to a parallel universe! He discovers he is one of four heroes equipped with legendary weapons and tasked with saving the world from its prophesied destruction. As the Shield Hero, the weakest of the heroes, all is not as it seems. Naofumi is soon alone, penniless, and betrayed. With no one to turn to, and nowhere to run, he is left with only his shield. Now, Naofumi must rise to become the legendary Shield Hero and save the world!

「大地変動の時代」日本を襲う最悪のシナリオ「京大人気No.1教授」渾身の警告！！高い確率で発生されるといわれる首都直下地震。2024年元日に起こった能登半島地震により首都直下地震、そして連動して起こる大災害の警戒が強まっています。

Author Stewart Gordon has fashioned a fascinating and unique look at Asia from AD 700 to 1500, a time when Asia was the world, by describing the personal journeys of Asia's many travelers - the merchants who traded spices along the Silk Road, the apothecaries who exchanged medicine and knowledge from China to the Middle East, and the philosophers and holy men who crossed continents to explore and exchange ideas, books, science, and culture.

Monsters, spirits, fantastic beings, and supernatural creatures haunt the folklore and popular culture of Japan. Broadly labeled yōkai, they appear in many forms, from tengu mountain goblins and kappa water sprites, to shape-shifting kitsune foxes and long-tongued ceiling-lickers. Popular today in anime, manga, film, and video games, many yōkai originated in local legends, folktales, and regional ghost stories. The Book of Yōkai invites listeners to examine how people create, transmit, and collect folklore, and how they make sense of the mysteries in the world around them.

With his characteristic eyebrow-raising behavior, Richard P. Feynman once provoked the wife of a Princeton dean to remark, "Surely you're joking, Mr. Feynman!" But the many scientific and personal achievements of this Nobel Prize-winning physicist are no laughing matter. Here, woven with his scintillating views on modern science, Feynman relates the defining moments of his accomplished life.

■人気書籍、アルク「キクタン英検1級」の例文+チャンツ音声 本コンテンツには、書籍に付属の「チャンツ」音声と、チャンツに収録されている全1,120単語を使った「例文」音声が収録されています。 ■英検1級合格に役立つだけでなく、実用語彙も身に付く!見出し語の選定にあたっては、2004年リニューアル以降の英検1級の過去問を徹底的に分析。そこでリストアップされた約7,400の単語と熟語を、出る順に1,120まで絞り込みました。この絞り込みの際には、実際に使われた話し言葉や書き言葉を集めたデータベース=「コーパス」を参考にして、広くメディアや日常生活で使われる語彙も拾っています。ゆえにこの本が取り上げた単語や熟語は、英検1級合格に必要なだけでなく実用的でもあります。 ■チャンツを聞けば、1日2~6分で16語が押さえられる!これらを身に付けるために、音楽のリズムに乗って単語や熟語が学習できる「チャンツ音声」+単語の使用例も身につく「例文音声」を活用してください。 ※本商品にテキスト情報は含まれておりません。 ◆対象レベル◆・英語上級(C)ALC PRESS, INC.

TOEIC満点を超えて、ネイティブも驚く語彙マスターになる!■アルクの人気単語学習書「究極の英単語Vol.4」の音声版!/書籍『究極の英単語SVL Vol.4超上級の3000語』は、アルクが編集した「標準語彙水準12000」(Standard Vocabulary List、SVL 12000)の超上級レベルにあたる3000語を完全収録。Vol. 1~3とこの3000語を合わせれば、TOEICテストや英検に出題される語彙をカバーし、英文雑誌が余裕で読みこなせるレベルの語彙を習得できます。■本商品は、書籍に掲載されているSVLの単語を複数含んだ覚えやすい638の例文Power Sentencesと、単語リストWord Listの音声(ともに英語のみ)を収録したものです。全3000語の単語の発音が確認できます。テキスト情報は含まれておりません。本コンテンツの利用に際しては、書籍「究極の英単語SVL Vol.4超上級の3000語」(アルク発行)が必要です。予めご注意ください。※「標準語彙水準12000」:アルクが長年蓄積してきた膨大な英文データから「日本人英語学習者にとっての有用性」「ネイティブスピーカーの使用頻度」を基準に選び出した、12000語の重要英単語リスト。◇対象レベル◇英語上級

好評だった前著、『究極の英単語セレクション～極上の1000語』（現：『究極の英単語プレミアムVol.1』を受けて、さらに難度を上げ、内容をアップデータした新著が誕生しました！

極上の1000語と、洗練された英文　これが知識層の「当たり前」
※この書籍は2008年発行の『究極の英単語セレクション』を新装したものです。内容は基本的に変わりません

■人気書籍、アルク「キクタン英検1級」の例文音声 本コンテンツには、書籍に収録の全1,120単語を使った例文音声が収録されています。書籍と合わせて学習すると学習効果が高まります。 ■英検1級合格に役立つだけでなく、実用語彙も身に付く!見出し語の選定にあたっては、2004年リニューアル以降の英検1級の過去問を徹底的に分析。そこでリストアップされた約7,400の単語と熟語を、出る順に1,120まで絞り込みました。この絞り込みの際には、実際に使われた話し言葉や書き言葉を集めたデータベース=「コーパス」を参考にして、広くメディアや日常生活で使われる語彙も拾っています。ゆえにこの本が取り上げた単語や熟語は、英検1級合格に必要なだけでなく実用的でもあります。 ※本商品にテキスト情報は含まれておりません。 ◆対象レベル◆・英語上級(C)ALC PRESS, INC.

激動の戦国時代。名将と呼ばれた戦国大名の下には必ず知謀奇略に優れた軍師がいた。個性あふれる軍師たちが綾なしたドラマ、生き様は、現代においても色あせることなくロマンと感動を与えてくれる。

Noted Japan expert Professor Mark J. Ravina of the University of Texas at Austin covers the politics, economics, and culture of the island nation since World War II - a conflict that saw the end of Japan’s dream of regional conquest, which Professor Ravina calls Empire 1.0. The country’s postwar leaders radically changed course, renouncing a strong military to pursue Empire 2.0 - Japan as an economic colossus.

Inspired as a boy by the multiple meanings to be found for a single word in the dictionary, Kohei Araki is devoted to the notion that a dictionary is a boat to carry us across the sea of words. But after thirty-seven years creating them at Gembu Books, it's time for him to retire and find his replacement. He discovers a kindred spirit in Mitsuya Majime - a young, disheveled square peg with a penchant for collecting antiquarian books and a background in linguistics - whom he swipes from his company's sales department.