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

【シリーズ解説】本場アメリカのビジネスシーンで使われている生の会議スキル。自己紹介から会議の議事進行まで、ドラマ仕立てのストーリーに添って、楽しくレッスンできます。ビジネスは「仕事」とはいうものの、「社交」の場でもあります。ビジネスの世界で成功するには社交界での成功なしでは成り立ちません。このシリーズを通して、ビジネスと社交における「ビジネス会話」、「文書スキル」、そして「社交スキル」を学習します。このシリーズは、国際的な会議を開催しそれに参加するグループの人々を追いながら学習していきます。それぞれの登場人物を通して、ビジネススキルはもちろん、国際的な時代の文化や友情、はたまた恋愛関係についてまで学べます。またこのシリーズでは「アメリカ社会」、「ビジネス文化」、「国際的な問題」についても取り上げます。ビジネス英語を聞く、話す、ということは、言葉だけではなく、その文化的背景の違いを理解することが一番重要です。このシリーズは、そんなビジネスシーンで英語を使おうとしている人にぴったりのエッセンスが満載です。　【シリーズストーリー】日本人エンジニアの昭が、シリコンバレーのスタートアップで活躍する姿を等身大で描いています。シャイだけど仕事に関してはとても優秀な昭。上司や同僚との付き合い方、国際会議での振舞い方、上手なプレゼンの進め方、はたまた片思いの彼女への気持ちの伝え方など、日常生活が満載

Based on a far-reaching study of thousands of individuals, Finding Flow contends that we often walk through our days unaware of and out of touch with our emotional lives. Our inattention makes us constantly bounce between two extremes: During much of the day, we live filled with the anxiety and pressures of our work and obligations, and during our leisure moments, we tend to live in passive boredom.

『American Friends』シリーズ第1章。このアメリカンフレンズレッスンシリーズでは、あなたがアメリカで友達を作る手助けとなるような作戦を紹介します。そして日本から新しく訪れる人が、どのようにしてアメリカでの生活に適応していくかをお目にかけます。ここアメリカに引っ越して来た時、日本人は、どのようにアメリカ人と接していけばいいのか、また、新しい友達を作るにはどこに行けばいいのかよくわかりません。このシリーズの目的は、あなたがアメリカ人と効果的かつ適切に付き合っていく能力を上げることにあります。　会話１では、アメリカと日本の社会的な違いについて実例を使って説明します。登場する主人公、花は、２年前にアメリカにやって来た学生です。英語は上達してきていますが、彼女にはまだアメリカ人の仲の良い友達がいません。彼女は、長年アメリカに住み現地の友人もたくさんいるルリ子のもとへ、アドバイスを求めてやって来ました。 アメリカ生活成功の鍵は日本人の良さを残し思考回路をアメリカモードに切り替えることを学びます。　そして会話２では、ルリ子は花に、文化に見合ったやり方で大学のクラスの中で彼女がどのように振る舞えばいいかをアドバイスします。　このレッスンのCultural...

There are 20 world heritage sites in Japan as of November 2019.

Adler, along with Freud and Jung, created an entirely new branch of psychology, namely psychoanalysis. What Life Should Mean to You brings his conclusions to a popular audience. It covers adolescence, feelings of superiority and inferiority, the importance of cooperation, work, friendship, love, and marriage.

Eleven-year-old orphan Anne Shirley has just arrived at Green Gables, and already her guardians want to send her back. First, she's not the boy the Cuthberts expected. Second, she talks too much. And even with her generous spirit, the redhead's a trouble magnet. She gets the neighbor drunk and nearly poisons the pastor!

This is an audio summary or Mindset, a book that discusses the differences between people with a fixed mindset versus those with a growth mindset. This book demonstrates how we can achieve our goals by changing our mindset.

Amoral, cunning, ruthless, and instructive, this piercing work distills 3,000 years of the history of power into 48 well-explicated laws. This bold volume outlines the laws of power in their unvarnished essence, synthesizing the philosophies of Machiavelli, Sun Tzu, Carl von Clausewitz, and other infamous strategists. The 48 Laws of Power will fascinate any listener interested in gaining, observing, or defending against ultimate control.

２０２３年３月のWBCで日本を世界一に導き大会MVPを獲得する大車輪の活躍をした大谷翔平。

二刀流の「史上最高のメジャーリーガー」は、どのようにして生まれたのか?なぜ、大谷翔平はメジャーでMVPを受賞できたのか?全米が驚嘆した大谷の凄さと活躍の秘密をメジャーサイドから徹底解明

■人気書籍、アルク「キクタン ビジネス【Advanced】」のチャンツ音声です!音楽に合わせて単熟語を聞く「チャンツ」を利用することにより、単熟語が記憶に定着するだけでなく、ネイティブスピーカーの発音を体にしみこませることができます。■単熟語は分野別に整理されているので、自分の仕事とも関連づけやすい!(経済・景気/仕事・人材/製造・製品/販売・流通/金融・不動産/IT・通信/法律・税制/その他)※本商品は書籍のCD音声と同内容です。また、テキスト情報は含まれておりません。■対象レベル:全レベル

今日という日は、人生の残された日々の、そもそも初日だ――。 『シクラメンのかほり』、『愛燦燦』をはじめとする数々のヒット曲を世に生み出してきたシンガー・ソングライター、小椋佳。

The success of Starbucks is one of the most remarkable business stories in decades. Since 1987, the coffee merchant has grown from a single retail store on Seattle's waterfront to a company with more than 1,000 stores nationwide and a new one opening somewhere every business day. According to Fortune magazine, Starbucks "has changed everything...from our tastes to our language to the face of Main Street."

University of Berkshire Hathaway is a remarkable retelling of the lessons, wisdom, and investment strategies handed down personally from Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger to shareholders during 30 years of their closed-door annual meetings. From this front row seat, you'll see one of the greatest wealth-building records in history unfold, year by year. If you're looking for dusty old investment theory, there are hundreds of other books waiting to cure you of insomnia. However, if you're looking for an investing book that's as personal as it is revelatory, look no further.

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.

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.

メジャー史上最高額・北米スポーツ史上最高額の大型契約で 来シーズンよりドジャースへ移籍を決断

Every parent wants two things for their children: One is to have a rich, imaginative life; the other is to have everything they need to be physically healthy. Well, as far as colorful lives and staying healthy are concerned, Short Stories or Kids by Kids Club is just the thing! Using the most famous children's stories—including Aesop's Fables, The Three Little Pigs, Hansel and Gretel, and many more—this book will help your child enrich their life through the magic of storytelling and provide a wonderful, gadget-free sleep routine to help them recover from long, hectic days!

Most of us believe that our happiness depends on the outside world - and that by solving our problems, improving our relationships, or achieving success, we will find contentment. In You Can Be Happy No Matter What, Dr. Richard Carlson shows that happiness has nothing to do with forces beyond our control. His simple and practical guide teaches 5 principles for discovering a new mode of living that doesn't repress natural emotions, yet where feelings and thoughts don't overwhelm us.

Timeless Tales for Kids is an enchanting compilation of children's classic stories read by an all-star cast. Olivia Colman reads E. Nesbit's classic novel The Railway Children, a masterpiece in children's fiction wonderfully evoking a bygone age, packed with fun, excitement and adventure. Bill Nighy reads a much-loved children's classic, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, which continues to delight young and old with its enchanting tale of witches, flying monkeys and magical shoes.

The late Dr. Michihiko Hachiya was director of the Hiroshima Communications Hospital when the world's first atomic bomb was dropped on the city. Though his responsibilities in the appalling chaos of a devastated city were awesome, he found time to record the story daily, with compassion and tenderness. Dr. Hachiya's compelling diary was originally published by the UNC Press in 1955, with the help of Dr. Warner Wells of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Here is a fascinating compact history of Chinese political, economic, and cultural life, ranging from the origins of civilization in China to the beginning of the 21st century. Historian Paul Ropp combines vivid story-telling with astute analysis to shed light on some of the larger questions of Chinese history. Offering a global perspective, the book tells how China's nomadic neighbors to the north and west influenced much of the political, military, and even cultural history of China.

China and Japan have cultural and political connections that stretch back 1,500 years. But today, their relationship is strained. China's military buildup deeply worries Japan, while Japan's brutal occupation of China in World War II remains an open wound. In recent years, less than 10 percent of each population had positive feelings toward the other, and both countries insist that the other side must deal openly with its history before relations can improve. Ezra Vogel's China and Japan examines key turning points in Sino-Japanese history.

Shinzo Abe entered politics burdened by high expectations: that he would change Japan. In 2007, seemingly overwhelmed, he resigned after only a year as prime minister. Yet, following five years of reinvention, he masterfully regained the premiership in 2012, and now dominates Japanese democracy as no leader has done before. Abe has inspired fierce loyalty among his followers, cowing Japan's left with his ambitious economic program and support for the security and armed forces.