The Intellectual Devotional: Modern Culture

Factfulness: The stress-reducing habit of carrying only opinions for which you have strong supporting facts. When asked simple questions about global trends - why the world's population is increasing; how many young women go to school; how many of us live in poverty - we systematically get the answers wrong. So wrong that a chimpanzee choosing answers at random will consistently outguess journalists, Nobel laureates, and investment bankers.

Harry Potter has never even heard of Hogwarts when the letters start dropping on the doormat at number four, Privet Drive. Addressed in green ink on yellowish parchment with a purple seal, they are swiftly confiscated by his grisly aunt and uncle. Then, on Harry's eleventh birthday, a great beetle-eyed giant of a man called Rubeus Hagrid bursts in with some astonishing news: Harry Potter is a wizard, and he has a place at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. An incredible adventure is about to begin!

In her memoir, a work of deep reflection and mesmerizing storytelling, Michelle Obama invites listeners into her world, chronicling the experiences that have shaped her - from her childhood on the South Side of Chicago to her years as an executive balancing the demands of motherhood and work to her time spent at the world's most famous address. With unerring honesty and lively wit, she describes her triumphs and her disappointments, both public and private, telling her full story as she has lived it - in her own words and on her own terms. 

Most books about the history of humanity pursue either a historical or a biological approach, but Dr. Yuval Noah Harari breaks the mold with this highly original book. From examining the role evolving humans have played in the global ecosystem to charting the rise of empires, Sapiens integrates history and science to reconsider accepted narratives, connect past developments with contemporary concerns, and examine specific events within the context of larger ideas.

Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google are the four most influential companies on the planet. Just about everyone thinks they know how they got there. Just about everyone is wrong. For all that's been written about the Four over the last two decades, no one has captured their power and staggering success as insightfully as Scott Galloway. Instead of buying the myths these companies broadcast, Galloway asks fundamental questions.

Sapiens showed us where we came from. Homo Deus looked to the future. 21 Lessons for the 21st Century explores the present. How can we protect ourselves from nuclear war, ecological cataclysms and technological disruptions? What can we do about the epidemic of fake news or the threat of terrorism? What should we teach our children? Yuval Noah Harari takes us on a thrilling journey through today’s most urgent issues.

「役に立た…

 抗争、分裂、外圧・・・ 先人たちは、人生の難題をどう解決したのか? 

シリーズ累計50万部、ウェブ書店アマゾンなどでも根強い人気を誇る英会話コーチ、スティーブ・ソレイシィ先生の「英会話ペラペラビジネス100」がオーディオブックで登場!テキストも辞書も使わず、聴くだけで学習がすすめられます!●このオーディオブックは、これまでのビジネス英会話教材のような小難しい表現を集めたものではなく、「なるほど!これだけで世界の人とビジネスコミュニケーションをはかれるんだ!」という、まさに目からうろこの定番表現100をまとめたものです。ビジネスパーソンのみなさんはもちろん、知性と教養のある大人としての英語を身につけておきたいみなさんにとっても、強力なサポートになるでしょう!●英語の音声をお手本に、実際に声に出して練習するコーナーでは、繰り返し練習して会話力を磨きましょう。●タイトルには「ビジネス」とありますが、決して難しい専門用語や例文は収録していません。音声の案内に従ってリラックスして取り組んでください。※この<完全版>には、1/3~3/3(Unit 001~100)が収録されています。また、【1/3】(Unit 001~030)、 【2/3】(Unit 031~060)、【3/3】(Unit 061~100)も発売中です。(C)ALC PRESS, INC.

A pilot stranded in the desert awakes one morning to see, standing before him, the most extraordinary little fellow. "Please," asks the stranger, "draw me a sheep." And the pilot realizes that when life's events are too difficult to understand, there is no choice but to succumb to their mysteries. He pulls out pencil and paper... And thus begins this wise and enchanting fable that, in teaching the secret of what is really important in life, has changed forever the world for its readers.

In this must-listen book for anyone striving to succeed, pioneering psychologist Angela Duckworth shows parents, educators, students, and businesspeople - both seasoned and new - that the secret to outstanding achievement is not talent but a focused persistence called "grit". Why do some people succeed and others fail? Sharing new insights from her landmark research on grit, MacArthur "genius" Angela Duckworth explains why talent is hardly a guarantor of success.

フランツ・カフカの未完の長編作品。

ある城に雇われた主人公、測量士K。
雇われたはずなのに、雪道やら役所の複雑な組織に阻まれ城の門は開く様子はない。 城に行くことを待つ間、寒村に滞在するがその村にある奇妙な習慣になじむことがでない。 小さな世界で従うべき慣習は「法律」であり、城に入れないとは疎外された人間・・・
1920年台の作品ですが今を生きるわたしたちにも通底する要素や カフカの鋭くも奇妙で味わい深い作品を朗読でお楽しみください。 

 何かと話題の『アンネの日記』、『コーラン』『種の起源』、ケインズ、フリードマンの経済書まで。 『聖書』の基礎を知ることで見えてくる歴史の流れとは？ 

明治生まれの日本を代表する哲学者、倫理学者の旅行記。

和辻哲郎が20代の時に友人と奈良を旅し見聞した古美術、古建築について熱くそしてみずみずしい感性でつづられている作品です。 発売当時大ヒット作となった本書は、いまも色あせることなく美の世界へと私たちをいざないます。

奈良を旅する前に予習として聴きいておきたい作品です。 

 今回のエディー流「ハードワーク」のキーワードは「ジャパン・ウェイ」。日本人の長所を最大限に活かし、短所を長所に変えることで、実力以上の力を発揮させる、エディー流の必勝法だ。