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The Great Passage
- 著者: Shion Miura, Juliet Winters Carpenter - translator
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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.
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Such a beautiful story!!
- 投稿者: Emibeau 日付: 2022/10/04
著者: Shion Miura, 、その他
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At the End of the Matinee
- 著者: Keiichiro Hirano, Juliet Winters Carpenter - translator
- ナレーター: Brian Nishii
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Classical guitarist Satoshi Makino has toured the world and is at the height of his career when he first lays eyes on journalist Yoko Komine. Their bond forms instantly. Upon their first meeting, after Makino’s concert in Tokyo, they begin a conversation that will go on for years, with long spells of silence broken by powerful moments of connection. She’s drawn by Makino’s tender music and his sensitivity, and he is intrigued by Yoko’s refinement and intellect. But neither knows enough about love to see it blooming nor has the confidence to make the first move.
著者: Keiichiro Hirano, 、その他
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There's No Such Thing as an Easy Job
- 著者: Kikuko Tsumura, Polly Barton - translator
- ナレーター: Cindy Kay
- 再生時間: 9 時間 41 分
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A young woman walks into an employment agency and requests a job that has the following traits: It’s close to her home, and it requires no reading, no writing, and, ideally, very little thinking. Her first gig - watching the hidden-camera feed of an author suspected of storing contraband goods - turns out to be inconvenient. Her next gives way to the supernatural: announcing advertisements for shops that mysteriously disappear. As she moves from job to job, it becomes increasingly apparent that she's not searching for the easiest job at all but something altogether more meaningful.
著者: Kikuko Tsumura, 、その他
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Earthlings
- A Novel
- 著者: Sayaka Murata
- ナレーター: Nancy Wu
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As a child, Natsuki doesn’t fit into her family. Her parents favor her sister, and her best friend is a plush toy hedgehog named Piyyut who has explained to her that he has come from the planet Popinpobopia on a special quest to help her save the Earth.
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The Easy Life in Kamusari
- Forest, Book 1
- 著者: Shion Miura, Juliet Winters Carpenter - translator
- ナレーター: Brian Nishii
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Yuki Hirano is just out of high school when his parents enroll him, against his will, in a forestry training program in the remote mountain village of Kamusari. No phone, no internet, no shopping. Just a small, inviting community where the most common expression is “take it easy.” At first, Yuki is exhausted, fumbles with the tools, asks silly questions, and feels like an outcast. Kamusari is the last place a city boy from Yokohama wants to spend a year of his life. But as resistant as he might be, the scent of the cedars and the staggering beauty of the region have a pull.
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Loved every minute
- 投稿者: Koharu 日付: 2023/07/23
著者: Shion Miura, 、その他
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The Thief
- 著者: Fuminori Nakamura, Satoko Izumo - translator
- ナレーター: Charlie Thurston
- 再生時間: 4 時間 1 分
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The Thief is a seasoned pickpocket. Anonymous in his tailored suit, he weaves in and out of Tokyo crowds, stealing wallets from strangers so smoothly that sometimes he doesn't even remember the snatch. Most people are just a blur to him; nameless faces from whom he chooses his victims. He has no family, no friends, no connections.... But he does have a past, which finally catches up with him when Ishikawa, his first partner, reappears in his life and offers him a job he can't refuse.
著者: Fuminori Nakamura, 、その他
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The Great Passage
- 著者: Shion Miura, Juliet Winters Carpenter - translator
- ナレーター: Brian Nishii
- 再生時間: 7 時間 31 分
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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.
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Such a beautiful story!!
- 投稿者: Emibeau 日付: 2022/10/04
著者: Shion Miura, 、その他
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At the End of the Matinee
- 著者: Keiichiro Hirano, Juliet Winters Carpenter - translator
- ナレーター: Brian Nishii
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Classical guitarist Satoshi Makino has toured the world and is at the height of his career when he first lays eyes on journalist Yoko Komine. Their bond forms instantly. Upon their first meeting, after Makino’s concert in Tokyo, they begin a conversation that will go on for years, with long spells of silence broken by powerful moments of connection. She’s drawn by Makino’s tender music and his sensitivity, and he is intrigued by Yoko’s refinement and intellect. But neither knows enough about love to see it blooming nor has the confidence to make the first move.
著者: Keiichiro Hirano, 、その他
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There's No Such Thing as an Easy Job
- 著者: Kikuko Tsumura, Polly Barton - translator
- ナレーター: Cindy Kay
- 再生時間: 9 時間 41 分
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A young woman walks into an employment agency and requests a job that has the following traits: It’s close to her home, and it requires no reading, no writing, and, ideally, very little thinking. Her first gig - watching the hidden-camera feed of an author suspected of storing contraband goods - turns out to be inconvenient. Her next gives way to the supernatural: announcing advertisements for shops that mysteriously disappear. As she moves from job to job, it becomes increasingly apparent that she's not searching for the easiest job at all but something altogether more meaningful.
著者: Kikuko Tsumura, 、その他
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Earthlings
- A Novel
- 著者: Sayaka Murata
- ナレーター: Nancy Wu
- 再生時間: 7 時間 6 分
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As a child, Natsuki doesn’t fit into her family. Her parents favor her sister, and her best friend is a plush toy hedgehog named Piyyut who has explained to her that he has come from the planet Popinpobopia on a special quest to help her save the Earth.
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Weird
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The Easy Life in Kamusari
- Forest, Book 1
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- ナレーター: Brian Nishii
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Yuki Hirano is just out of high school when his parents enroll him, against his will, in a forestry training program in the remote mountain village of Kamusari. No phone, no internet, no shopping. Just a small, inviting community where the most common expression is “take it easy.” At first, Yuki is exhausted, fumbles with the tools, asks silly questions, and feels like an outcast. Kamusari is the last place a city boy from Yokohama wants to spend a year of his life. But as resistant as he might be, the scent of the cedars and the staggering beauty of the region have a pull.
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Loved every minute
- 投稿者: Koharu 日付: 2023/07/23
著者: Shion Miura, 、その他
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The Thief
- 著者: Fuminori Nakamura, Satoko Izumo - translator
- ナレーター: Charlie Thurston
- 再生時間: 4 時間 1 分
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The Thief is a seasoned pickpocket. Anonymous in his tailored suit, he weaves in and out of Tokyo crowds, stealing wallets from strangers so smoothly that sometimes he doesn't even remember the snatch. Most people are just a blur to him; nameless faces from whom he chooses his victims. He has no family, no friends, no connections.... But he does have a past, which finally catches up with him when Ishikawa, his first partner, reappears in his life and offers him a job he can't refuse.
著者: Fuminori Nakamura, 、その他
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Kamusari Tales Told at Night
- Forest, Book 2
- 著者: Shion Miura, Juliet Winters Carpenter - translator
- ナレーター: Brian Nishii
- 再生時間: 6 時間 7 分
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It’s been a year since Yuki Hirano left home - or more precisely, was booted from it—to study forestry in the remote mountain village of Kamusari. Being a woodsman is not the future he imagined, but his name means “courage,” and Yuki hopes to live up to it. He’s adapting to his job and learning constantly. In between, he records local legends—tales pulsing with life, passion, and wondrous gods. Kamusari has other charms as well. One of them is Nao.
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神去の雰囲気そのままに
- 投稿者: のり 日付: 2023/06/17
著者: Shion Miura, 、その他
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A Man
- 著者: Keiichiro Hirano, Eli K. P. William - translator
- ナレーター: Brian Nishii
- 再生時間: 10 時間 1 分
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Akira Kido is a divorce attorney whose own marriage is in danger of being destroyed by emotional disconnect. With a midlife crisis looming, Kido's life is upended by the reemergence of a former client, Rié Takemoto. She wants Kido to investigate a dead man - her recently deceased husband, Daisuké. Upon his death she discovered that he’d been living a lie. His name, his past, his entire identity belonged to someone else, a total stranger.
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In Praise of Shadows
- 著者: Junichiro Tanizaki
- ナレーター: David Rintoul
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In Praise of Shadows is an eloquent tribute to the austere beauty of traditional Japanese aesthetics. Through architecture, ceramics, theatre, food, women, and even toilets, Tanizaki explains the essence of shadows and darkness, and how they are able to augment beauty. He laments the heavy electric lighting of the West and its introduction to Japan, and shows how the artificial, bright, and polished aesthetic of the West contrasts unfavorably with the moody and natural light of the East.
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Shadows being spirituality
- 投稿者: シンプルイングリッシュの村上博昭 日付: 2023/01/07
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Some People Have Real Problems
- 著者: Brit Bennett
- ナレーター: Tessa Thompson
- 再生時間: 33 分
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A darkly funny short story about one woman’s reflections on the routes she’s taken through life and the detours she’s made along the way. Doubts and guilt swirl through her mind as she rides the train to her fertility appointment. Each stop stirs up introspective thoughts on her marriage, the loss of her baby, and the lover who got away—contemplations that push her ever closer to wondering if she’s made the right decisions.
著者: Brit Bennett
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Editorial Wild Oats
- 著者: Mark Twain
- ナレーター: Kenneth Jay
- 再生時間: 1 時間 2 分
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Editorial Wild Oats is a classic collection of non-fiction, comedic essays from Mark Twain.
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Breakfast at Tiffany's
- 著者: Truman Capote
- ナレーター: Michael C. Hall
- 再生時間: 2 時間 50 分
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Golden Globe-winning actor Michael C. Hall (Six Feet Under) performs Truman Capote's masterstroke about a young writer's charmed fascination with his unorthodox neighbor, the "American geisha" Holly Golightly. Holly - a World War II-era society girl in her late teens - survives via socialization, attending parties and restaurants with men from the wealthy upper class who also provide her with money and expensive gifts. Over the course of the novella, the seemingly shallow Holly slowly opens up to the curious protagonist.
著者: Truman Capote
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The Bookstore Sisters
- A Short Story
- 著者: Alice Hoffman
- ナレーター: Jennifer Jill Araya
- 再生時間: 1 時間 6 分
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Isabel Gibson has all but perfected the art of forgetting. She’s a New Yorker now, with nothing left to tie her to Brinkley’s Island, Maine. Her parents are gone, the family bookstore is all but bankrupt, and her sister, Sophie, will probably never speak to her again. But when a mysterious letter arrives in her mailbox, Isabel feels herself drawn to the past. After years of fighting for her independence, she dreads the thought of going back to the island.
著者: Alice Hoffman
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Sweet Bean Paste
- 著者: Durian Sukegawa, Alison Watts - translator
- ナレーター: Cindy Kay
- 再生時間: 5 時間 4 分
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Sentaro has failed. He has a criminal record, drinks too much, and his dream of becoming a writer is just a distant memory. With only the blossoming of the cherry trees to mark the passing of time, he spends his days in a tiny confectionery shop selling dorayaki, a type of pancake filled with sweet bean paste. Into his life comes Tokue, an elderly woman with disfigured hands and a troubled past. Tokue makes the best sweet bean paste Sentaro has ever tasted. She begins to teach him her craft, but as their friendship flourishes, social pressures become impossible to escape.
著者: Durian Sukegawa, 、その他
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The Overdue Life of Amy Byler
- 著者: Kelly Harms
- ナレーター: Amy McFadden
- 再生時間: 10 時間 17 分
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Overworked and underappreciated, single mom Amy Byler needs a break. So when the guilt-ridden husband who abandoned her shows up and offers to take care of their kids for the summer, she accepts his offer and escapes rural Pennsylvania for New York City. Usually grounded and mild mannered, Amy finally lets her hair down in the city that never sleeps. She discovers a life filled with culture, sophistication, and - with a little encouragement from her friends - a few blind dates.
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爽やかなコメディ
- 投稿者: Demi 日付: 2023/05/07
著者: Kelly Harms
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Summer of the Big Bachi
- 著者: Naomi Hirahara
- ナレーター: Brian Nishii
- 再生時間: 8 時間 29 分
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In the foothills of Pasadena, Mas Arai is just another Japanese-American gardener, his lawnmower blades clean and sharp, his truck carefully tuned. But while Mas keeps lawns neatly trimmed, his own life has gone to seed. His wife is dead. And his livelihood is falling into the hands of the men he once hired by the day. For Mas, a life of sin is catching up to him. And now bachi - the spirit of retribution - is knocking on his door.
著者: Naomi Hirahara
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Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
- 著者: Haruki Murakami
- ナレーター: Adam Sims, Ian Porter
- 再生時間: 14 時間
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Information is everything in "Hard-Boiled Wonderland". A specialist encrypter is attacked by thugs with orders from an unknown source, is chased by invisible predators, and dates an insatiably hungry librarian who never puts on weight. In "The End of the World" a new arrival is learning his role as dream-reader. But there is something eerily disquieting about the changeless nature of the town and its fable-like inhabitants. Told in alternate chapters, the two stories converge and combine.
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大好きな本を英語で
- 投稿者: にゃんぱす 日付: 2022/04/28
著者: Haruki Murakami
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Evidence of the Affair
- 著者: Taylor Jenkins Reid
- ナレーター: Julia Whelan, George Newbern, James Daniels, 、その他
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The correspondence between Carrie Allsop and David Mayer reveals, piece by piece, the painful details of a devastating affair between their spouses. With each commiserating scratch of the pen, they confess their fears and bare their souls. They share the bewilderment over how things went so wrong and come to wonder where to go from here. Told entirely through the letters of two comforting strangers and those of two illicit lovers, Evidence of the Affair explores the complex nature of the heart. And ultimately, for one woman, how liberating it can be when it’s broken.
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Short and easy to understand
- 投稿者: Amazon Customer 日付: 2023/01/20
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Where the Forest Meets the Stars
- 著者: Glendy Vanderah
- ナレーター: Lauren Ezzo
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After the loss of her mother and her own battle with breast cancer, Joanna Teale returns to her graduate research on nesting birds in rural Illinois, determined to prove that her recent hardships have not broken her. She throws herself into her work from dusk to dawn, until her solitary routine is disrupted by the appearance of a mysterious child who shows up at her cabin barefoot and covered in bruises. The girl calls herself Ursa, and she claims to have been sent from the stars to witness five miracles.
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癒されました
- 投稿者: らすてぃ 日付: 2023/07/01
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The Last of the Moon Girls
- 著者: Barbara Davis
- ナレーター: Sarah Mollo-Christensen
- 再生時間: 12 時間 58 分
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Lizzy Moon never wanted Moon Girl Farm. Eight years ago, she left the land that nine generations of gifted healers had tended, determined to distance herself from the whispers about her family’s strange legacy. But when her beloved grandmother Althea dies, Lizzy must return and face the tragedy still hanging over the farm’s withered lavender fields: the unsolved murders of two young girls, and the cruel accusations that followed Althea to her grave.
著者: Barbara Davis
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The Young Man
- 著者: Annie Ernaux, Alison L. Strayer - translator
- ナレーター: Tavia Gilbert
- 再生時間: 34 分
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This is Annie Ernaux’s account of her passionate love affair with A., a man some thirty years younger, when she was in her fifties. The relationship pulls her back to memories of her own youth and, at the same time, leaves her feeling ageless, outside of time—together with a sense that she is living her life backwards. Amidst talk of having a child together, she feels time running its course and menopause approaching. The Young Man recalls Ernaux as the “scandalous girl” she once was but is composed with the mastery and the self-assurance she has achieved across decades of writing.
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Heart Bones
- 著者: Colleen Hoover
- ナレーター: Angela Goethals
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Samson and Beyah have nothing in common on the surface. She comes from a life of poverty and neglect; he comes from a family of wealth and privilege. But one thing they do have in common is that they're both drawn to sad things. Which means they're drawn to each other. Beyah and Samson agree to stay in the shallow end of a summer fling. What Beyah doesn't realize is that a rip current is coming, and it's about to drag her heart out to sea.
著者: Colleen Hoover
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Vanessa in Bed
- 著者: Diana Grisanti
- ナレーター: Karla Souza, Gisela Chípe, Annie Golden, 、その他
- 再生時間: 1 時間 30 分
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Getting paid $80,000 to stay in bed for 13 weeks? That sounds like a dream job for Vanessa, one of 12 participants chosen for a bedrest study. Played by Karla Souza (How to Get Away with Murder), Vanessa is looking forward to earning extra money while putting her troubles—her mom’s death, an unplanned pregnancy, and a falling out with her cousin/best friend Brigid (Zoë Winters of Succession)—on pause. Vanessa quickly realizes, however, that she cannot outrun her problems...especially with her legs beginning to atrophy.
著者: Diana Grisanti
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Hello, Habits
- A Minimalist’s Guide to a Better Life
- 著者: Fumio Sasaki
- ナレーター: Brian Nishii
- 再生時間: 7 時間 16 分
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Fumio Sasaki changed his life when he became a minimalist. But before minimalism could really stick, he had to make it a habit. All of us live our lives based on the habits we’ve formed, from when we get up in the morning to what we eat and drink to how likely we are to actually make it to the gym. In Hello, Habits, Sasaki explains how we can acquire the new habits that we want - and get rid of the ones that don’t do us any good.
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著者: Fumio Sasaki
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Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
- Now with Ultraviolent Zombie Mayhem!
- 著者: Seth Grahame-Smith, Jane Austen
- ナレーター: Katherine Kellgren
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"It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains." So begins Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, an expanded edition of the beloved Jane Austen novel featuring all-new scenes of bone-crunching zombie mayhem.
著者: Seth Grahame-Smith, 、その他
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Idioms in English, Volume 4
- 著者: Ms. Kathy L. Hans
- ナレーター: uncredited
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Idioms in English, Volume 4 is designed for non-native speakers of English and presents 100 new idioms in stories and dialogs by native speakers. After each story or dialog, the idioms are presented in sentences with an opportunity for the listener to say the sentence (when you hear the chime) out loud. Idioms are used very frequently by native spakers of English. If you don't understand the idiom, then you can miss parts of presentations, conversations, and television or newspaper stories.
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Fujisan
- 著者: Randy Taguchi, Raj Mahtani - translator
- ナレーター: Brian Nishii
- 再生時間: 6 時間 50 分
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Okano, a convenience store employee with a troubled past, is but one of the many unforgettable characters found in this collection of four stories. Among the others are three boys facing a frightening lesson in mortality, a woman using garbage to fill a hole in her heart, and a nurse struggling to cope with the oft-brutal cycle of birth, life, and death. Remaining constant even as it fades in and out of view is the great Mount Fuji, one of Japan’s Three Holy Mountains. It serves as the anchor for these characters’ lives, and for Randy Taguchi’s Fujisan, an exploration of redemption, discovery, loss, and remembrance.
著者: Randy Taguchi, 、その他
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The Queen's Gambit
- 著者: Walter Tevis
- ナレーター: Amy Landon
- 再生時間: 11 時間 50 分
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Eight-year-old orphan Beth Harmon is quiet, sullen, and by all appearances unremarkable. That is, until she plays her first game of chess. Her senses grow sharper, her thinking clearer, and for the first time in her life she feels herself fully in control. By the age of 16, she's competing for the US Open championship. But as Beth hones her skills on the professional circuit, the stakes get higher, her isolation grows more frightening, and the thought of escape becomes all the more tempting.
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- 投稿者: Amazon カスタマー 日付: 2020/12/19
著者: Walter Tevis
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The Summer I Turned Pretty
- 著者: Jenny Han
- ナレーター: Lola Tung
- 再生時間: 6 時間
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Belly measures her life in summers. Everything good, everything magical happens between the months of June and August. Winters are simply a time to count the weeks until the next summer, a place away from the beach house, away from Susannah, and most importantly, away from Jeremiah and Conrad. They are the boys that Belly has known since her very first summer—they have been her brother figures, her crushes, and everything in between. But one summer, one wonderful and terrible summer, the more everything changes, the more it all ends up just the way it should have been all along.
著者: Jenny Han
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The Voice of the Night with Short Story, "Silence"
- 著者: Dean Koontz
- ナレーター: Pavi Proczko, Kirby Heyborne
- 再生時間: 9 時間 41 分
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No one could understand why Colin and Roy were best friends. Colin was so shy; Roy was so popular. Colin was fascinated by Roy - and Roy was fascinated by death. Then one day, Roy asked his timid friend: “You ever killed anything?” From that moment on, the two were bound together in a game too terrifying to imagine - and too irresistible to stop.
著者: Dean Koontz
あらすじ・解説
Tokyo resident Keiko Furukara has never fit in - neither in her family, nor in school - but when at the age of 18 she begins working at the Hiiromachi branch of national convenience store chain Smile Mart, she realizes instantly that she has found her purpose in life. Delighted to be able to exist in a place where the rules of social interaction are crystal clear (many are laid out line-by-line in the store's manual), Keiko does her best to copy the dress, mannerisms, and mode of speech of her colleagues, playing the part of a "normal" person excellently, more or less.
Keiko is the perfect employee - never late, always worrying about how to maximize sales, brilliantly conscientious, and highly energetic. Managers come and go but Keiko remains at the store for 18 years. It's almost hard to tell where the store ends and she begins. At 36, Keiko is very happy in her life, but the people close to her, from her family to her coworkers, pressure her to settle down with a man and to find a proper profession. Eventually, she is pushed to make a huge change. The static world of Keiko is upended - but will it be for the better?
A brilliant depiction of an unusual psyche and an extraordinary world, Convenience Store Woman is both an ironic and sharp-eyed look at contemporary work culture and the pressures to conform, as well as a charming and completely fresh portrait of an unforgettable heroine.
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- Tokyo 101
- 2023/11/20
What is normal
A journey into a mind outside the norm.
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- Amazon カスタマー
- 2023/10/18
l love it
it gave me a new point of view about human and moral. I really love this story.
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- 匿名
- 2023/09/25
Overall a fun and stimulating listen
The story makes us think about what is considered “normal” in society and the pressures of confirming to the expectations of others in society, especially in conformity-driven Japan.
Nancy Wu was great, and I’d gladly listen to her narration again for other stories. But I wish a language expert could have coached her in saying “irasshaimase” (welcome to our shop) with the proper pronunciation and inflections. A very minor point. Thanks
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- Mojito
- 2023/09/19
an enjoyable & fast listen
the translation was good as well as as the narration. I didn't quite like the Jap. version so I chose to listen to the narrative version.
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- にゃんぱす
- 2023/02/25
ナレーションが秀逸
0.7倍速で聴いていたからか、ナレーターの声と静かな語り口調が物語とマッチしていて、ジワジワと心に沁みた。
残り時間を見ていなかったので唐突に終わった(と感じてしまった)ときこの後がまだ聞きたい!と思ったけど安堵もした。
大丈夫、きっと彼女はきちんと自分の欲しい生活を手に入れる。
次は日本語でも読みたい。
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- D.R.
- 2019/04/10
Am amazing and different story
I wasn't sure about this book at first but the description gave it promise. the story was so much better than I thought. for a short story I was so engaged that I was even getting angry with one of the characters lol. I don't know enough about autism or people of the spectrum to say that the main character is but she does sound like descriptions I have heard about people that are. definitely give it listen. the narrator was so good with the different voices!!!
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- Louise
- 2018/08/07
So good
Easy listening from the point of view of a woman with asperger syndrome. I love the book and the look into Japanese culture especially regarding single women. I especially love the ending.
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- RueRue
- 2018/08/03
Quirky and original
I really enjoyed this quirky and dark-humored story. The main character, Keiko, is so bizarre and original. There isn't much of a plot, but it's a fascinating look at societal expectations. Nancy Wu did an excellent job narrating.
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- Tsara Vandercross
- 2019/06/16
A unique tale of finding your place in life
Nancy Wu is a wonderful narrator. Her voice lends itself to the story, helping draw you in . I have, basically, no criticism to say for the narration at all.
The story is pretty good. It's interesting to think about things from our main characters perspective. A lot of this story is exactly like we have seen things to be in Japanese convenience stores. They have their speech that feel s very rehearsed. The store is typically stocked really nicely and there is usually some food promotion that is going on.
The reason for me marking this as only 3 stars is because of how the author decided to make the behaviors of the primary male figure. While I understand that there are people that can behave that way, and perhaps there are more of them in Japan, having the main character treat his behaviors like there isn't anything wrong with them strikes as a tad unbelievable. For example, if someone told you that you were to ugly to sleep with, would you invite them to move in with you? How about after they continue to remind you that you are just a burden on society because you are to old to have children? Still would move in with them?
I still did enjoy this book though and do recommend reading it if you'd like a glimpse in to konbini life in Japan.
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- Pamela
- 2019/03/01
Unusual and entertaining novella
This book is unlike anything I'd listened to before. It seems to fit the trend of books with quirky, somewhat unlikable narrators who appear to be on the spectrum and who learn to connect to the world, like Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine or Britt-Marie Was Here. Yet this narrator is stranger and does nothing to ingratiate herself to readers. Perhaps because of this, she is a more interesting, and the setting of the Japanese convenience store adds to the overall sense of delving into a very particular world. The narrator does a great job bringing this character to life, and I felt transported by the story. I recommend this for the novelty of it, particularly for readers interested in contemporary Japan.
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- OwlLover
- 2018/09/27
Odd, yet realistic
This is the story of a strangd young woman. Something is a bit off about her, as though she is missing a few of the moving parts for her humanity to work. She makes herself into a machine, only giving herself exactly what she needs to function in the very specific role of a convenience store worker, and adopting parts of other people to male herself more real(istic). It is as though she is merely masquerading as a human. As odd as she is, the story is believable and quite compelling. I wanted to know what would happen to next and, ultimately, what would become of her. The narration is great and works well for the story.
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- Billye Kay
- 2019/06/29
A Round Egg Can Be Made Square...
This is a very short book. I think most of the reviews are longer! I waited to write my review because Convenience Store Woman ended and it seemed to be unfinished. I feel differently now. That was the point. The entire book is about making a round egg square which is an unending task by its very nature. Making a round egg square is something that can be achieved in appearance but not in lasting reality. The darkness in Convenience Store Woman comes from exaggerating and expanding the pressure society places on people to fill specific roles and exhibit certain behaviors. The author presents us with a duality. Early in the book, we see very clearly that the main character's nonconformity can be unhealthy. Then, as the story progresses, society's love for conformity is questioned - challenging the reader to reconsider our love for conformity and open the possibility to make room for those who are different - even the strangest and the most banal. This book has changed me...each time I shop at what I call the Japanese Market, I think about it.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2019/06/21
cute, and quirky
It was an easy listen. Something you can listen to as you wash dishes or do choirs. The book itself was rather quirky. Two strange people find themselves and try to pull of being normal humans and abide by society rules. You sympathize with the protagonist and also are happy with how she herself knows were she belongs.
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- Karen Kiddine
- 2018/11/08
For everyone who's ever felt like an outsider.
A short listen, but a great story with a bittersweet ending that will make you want to hop on a plane and visit a Japanese convenience store.
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- Reem
- 2019/02/26
Fun and Thought Provoking
A sympathetic and heroic story of one of society's undesirables who dared to do things her own way. I think this book is often misunderstood as a twisted love letter to Capitalism. I think its actually a story about living intentionally and purposefully even if it follows the values and insights of a functionally autistic middle aged woman.
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