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.

オバマ大統領就任演説を同時通訳者特製メニューで完全マスター。全世界の注目を集めた「オバマ大統領就任演説」を味わいながら、英語の力を伸ばすことができます。特別に編集された音声を用いて、シャドーイングやリピーティングなどのトレーニングで、英語の「音」の壁を崩し、同じく音声を利用して、かたまりごとに頭から意味をとらえる練習をしましょう。30シーンに小分けされたメニューで無理なく練習することにより、就任演説を自然に覚えながら英語を聞く力・話す力を高めていくことができます。 ※本商品の音声は、書籍『オバマの英語 徹底トレーニングブック』に付属のCDと同内容です。

Max Weber's best-known and most controversial work, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, first published in 1904, remains to this day powerful and fascinating. Weber's highly accessible style is just one of many reasons for his continuing popularity. The book contends that the Protestant ethic made possible and encouraged the development of capitalism in the West.

In this collection of Jeff Bezos' writings - his unique and strikingly original annual shareholder letters, plus numerous speeches and interviews that provide insight into his background, his work, and the evolution of his ideas - you'll gain an insider's view of the why and how of his success. Spanning a range of topics across business and public policy, from innovation and customer obsession to climate change and outer space, this book provides a rare glimpse into how Bezos thinks about the world and where the future might take us.

When Fortune 100 corporations are stymied, it's the "McKinsey-ites" whom they call for help. Former McKinsey associate Ethan Rasiel lifts the veil to show you how the secretive McKinsey works its magic, and helps you emulate the firm's well-honed practices in problem solving, communication, and management. Both a behind-the-scenes look at one of the most admired and secretive companies in the business world and a toolkit of problem-solving techniques without peer, The McKinsey Way empowers every business decision maker to become a better strategic player in any organization.

「アメリカ大統領の英語　ケネディ」 「アメリカ大統領の英語」シリーズは、歴代米国大統領の就任演説を貴重な音源から掘り起こし、"生の声"で収録した音声コンテンツです。 本コンテンツは、ケネディ大統領の就任演説を収録しています。 完璧に練り上げられた原稿と、説得力あふれる語り口は、英文スピーチのテクニックを学ぶうえで最適といえるものです。身体にしみこませるまで聞きこみ、自分のものにしてください。 ※当時の音源を使用しておりますので、音声が聞き取りづらい箇所がございます。ご了承ください。

Including letters, speeches, articles, and essays written before 1935, this collection offers a complete portrait of Einstein as a humanitarian and as a human being trying to make sense of the world changing around him.

The power of an effective speech is undeniable. It has the capacity to engage, inform, motivate, and create change in an audience - and in the world. In this compelling 24-lesson course, How to Speak Effectively in Any Setting, taught by Molly Bishop Shadel, Professor of Law at the University of Virginia School of Law, learn the fine art of speaking clearly, effectively, and persuasively in contexts across the spectrum, from the board room to the bar room and everywhere in between.

Iyengar provides essential tools to spark creative thinking and help us make our most meaningful choices. She draws from recent advances in neuro- and cognitive sciences to give listeners a set of practical steps for coming up with powerful new ideas. Think Bigger offers an innovative evidence-backed method for generating big ideas that Iyengar and her team of researchers developed and refined over the last decade.

The renowned biologist Paul Nurse has spent his career revealing how living cells work. In What Is Life?, he takes up the challenge of describing what it means to be alive in a way that every listener can understand. It is a shared journey of discovery; step-by-step Nurse illuminates five great ideas that underpin biology - the Cell, the Gene, Evolution by Natural Selection, Life as Chemistry, and Life as Information.

This is an audio summary of Zero to One, a book containing hard-hitting set of standards for entrepreneurs, start-ups, and thought-leaders to carefully consider when building the “next big thing” of the future.

Le Petit Prince est une oeuvre, la plus connue d'Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, poétique et philosophique sous l'apparence d'un conte pour enfants.

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。

Essentially the start of Dazai's career, Schoolgirl gained notoriety for its ironic and inventive use of language. Now it illuminates the prevalent social structures of a lost time, as well as the struggle of the individual against them—a theme that occupied Dazai's life both personally and professionally. This new translation preserves the playful language of the original and offers the listener a new window into the mind of one of the greatest Japanese authors of the 20th century.

Although many of us prioritize our physical health through exercise and healthy eating, we often forget to spend time boosting our mind, mood, and mental health. It is so important that we focus on mental self-care and reducing daily stress since mental toughness and resilience will get us through difficult times and help us achieve success in every area of our lives. Using the incredible power of our minds, we can persist and grow in response to life's challenges.

The 3rd edition of The Amazon Way is one of the rare business leadership books giving actionable insights for innovation and business growth to be the basis for your digital transformation gameplan. The Amazon Way translates Amazon's unique culture and management practices into insights and opportunities, as only an Amazon executive and expert advisor could do for the Amazon Leadership Principles giving listeners one of the essential business leadership books for the digital era.

『饅頭怖い』平成11年5月12日　国立演芸場　談志ひとり会『ねずみ穴』平成5年10月20日　イイノホール演目編成協力：川戸貞吉イラスト：山藤章二

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.

This 2006 revision - edited by a longtime consultant to Dale Carnegie & Associates, Inc., and the editor in charge of updating How to Win Friends and Influence People - is the definitive one for our era. While up to date in its language and points of reference, Public Speaking for Success preserves the full range of ideas and methods that appeared in the original, including Carnegie's complete speech and diction exercises, which follow each chapter, as the author originally designated them.

J. Robert Oppenheimer was one of the iconic figures of the 20th century, a brilliant physicist who led the effort to build the atomic bomb but later confronted the moral consequences of scientific progress. When he proposed international controls over atomic materials, opposed the development of the hydrogen bomb, and criticized plans for a nuclear war, his ideas were anathema to powerful advocates of a massive nuclear buildup during the anti-Communist hysteria of the early 1950s.