Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows offers an absorbing look at what social psychologist Melanie Joy calls carnism, the belief system that conditions us to eat certain animals when we would never dream of eating others. Carnism causes extensive animal suffering and global injustice, and it drives us to act against our own interests and the interests of others without fully realizing what we are doing.

「アジアの若手作家が同じテーマのもと短編を書く――そんなアンソロジーを作ってみませんか。今、思い浮かんでいるテーマは“絶縁”です」 韓国人作家チョン・セランの掛け声のもと始まった、９都市９名からなる「奇跡」のプロジェクト。 格差拡大やコロナ禍、そして戦争によって、人・都市・国家の分断が急速に進みつつある時代、作家たちは「絶縁」からいかなる物語を紡ぐか。

Viktor E. Frankl was a medical doctor at a psychiatric hospital in 1942 when he became a prisoner in Nazi concentration camps in World War II. In 1946, he published this book about his camp experiences and a method of psychotherapy he developed. Forty-five years later, it was still named one of the most influential books in the United States. Part One describes his three years in four Nazi concentration camps, which took the lives of his wife, father, mother, and brother. He closely observed inmates’ reactions to their situation, as well as how survivors came to terms with their liberation.

少年僧の孤独と凄惨な情念のたぎりを描き、直木賞に輝いた本作。人気の推理小説作家だった水上勉が、作家として「人間を描きたい」との思いから挑んだ挑戦の一作。

"Are you in a bad mood or something?" asked Rocky. "Or something," said Judy Moody. Bad moods, good moods, even back-to-school moods - Judy Moody has them all! When her teacher assigns the class the task of creating "Me" collages, it puts Judy in a cut-and-paste mood! Meet Judy Moody, her little "bother" Stink, her best friend Rocky, and her "pest" friend Frank Pearl. They're guaranteed to put you in a very Judy Moody mood... or something.