Collected for the first time anywhere, the nine tales in The Egg and Other Stories highlight Andy Weir's trademark wit and unexpected twists. For the few who have yet to experience The Martian, it's a perfect appetizer. For passionate Weir fans, it's a delicious dessert.

Narrator Dan Stevens ( Downton Abbey) presents an uncanny performance of Mary Shelley's timeless gothic novel, an epic battle between man and monster at its greatest literary pitch. In trying to create life, the young student Victor Frankenstein unleashes forces beyond his control, setting into motion a long and tragic chain of events that brings Victor to the very brink of madness. How he tries to destroy his creation, as it destroys everything Victor loves, is a powerful story of love, friendship, scientific hubris, and horror.

Tokyo, 1979. Yoriko Shindo, a workhorse of a woman who has been an outcast her whole life, is kidnapped and dragged to the lair of the Naiki-kai, a branch of the yakuza. After she savagely fends off a throng of henchmen in an attempt to escape, Shindo is only permitted to live under one condition: that she will become the bodyguard and driver for Shoko Naiki, the obsessively sheltered daughter of the gang’s boss.

In this new recording, Paapa Essiedu breathes new life into the classic tale. Robert Louis Stevenson's dark psychological fantasy follows a respectable London lawyer as he investigates the strange relationship between his old friend Dr Henry Jekyll and the evil Edward Hyde. Its sensitive portrayal of man's dual nature is moving, beautiful and terrifying in equal measure.

『百人一首』は、誰によって、何の目的で作られたのか。長らく藤原定家が撰者とされていたが、著者の最新の研究により、後人による改編が明らかとなった。

The fantasy worlds of Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass come to life in these audio theatre presentations with music and sound effects.

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.

Cheveux blonds comme les blés, écharpe au vent... le petit prince est connu de tous. Les aventures de cet enfant pur et innocent tombé du ciel sont emplies d’amour, de poésie et de vérité. Voilà un message qui nous incite à poser un regard neuf sur notre humanité et notre condition humaine. C’est une invitation à revenir à l’essentiel, à célébrer la vie dans son expression la plus noble, en toute simplicité, avec les yeux du cœur.

A poignant look at the disillusionment and angst of the post-World War I generation, the novel introduces two of Hemingway's most unforgettable characters: Jake Barnes and Lady Brett Ashley. The story follows the flamboyant Brett and the hapless Jake as they journey from the wild nightlife of 1920s Paris to the brutal bullfighting rings of Spain with a motley group of expatriates. It is an age of moral bankruptcy, spiritual dissolution, unrealized love and vanishing illusions.

America is a barren landscape of smoldering ashes, devoid of life except for those people still struggling to scratch out some type of existence. Amidst this destruction, a father and his young son walk, always toward the coast, but with no real understanding that circumstances will improve once they arrive. Still, they persevere, and their relationship comes to represent goodness in a world of utter devastation.

アメリカの主要な新聞・雑誌、TVニュース、日本の英字新聞、VOAなどをデータベースに、ニュース英語を理解するために必要な英単語を厳選。COVID19、オリンピック、米中貿易摩擦、IT関連

When high school student Youko Nakajima is approached by an enigmatic, blonde-haired stranger named Keiki, her life is turned upside down. Whisked away into the perilous world of the Twelve Kingdoms--a realm teeming with mythical beasts, ancient prophecies, and political intrigue--Youko finds herself alone and hunted. With danger at every corner, she must fight to survive, all while grappling with shocking revelations about her true identity that could shatter everything she thought she knew.

Patrick Lafcadio Hearn, was an Irish writer known also by the Japanese name Koizumi Yakumo. His book Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things, comprises two parts, the first being the "Kwaidan Proper" and the second, "Insect-Studies", which consists of an essay each on ants, butterflies and mosquitos. According to the author, most of the folk tales and ghost stories in the first part were translated from old Japanese texts. The themes encompass resurrection, sacrifice, magic, and the realm of dreams.

大ヒット英会話集の会社編！「キクタン英会話」シリーズ第4弾の『オフィス編』では、「出社」から「アフター5」までを、1日の仕事の流れに対応する形で学習。仕事がはかどる基本372フレーズを、3週間でマスターします。 ●｢出社」から「アフター5」まで、１日の仕事の流れに対応した40シーンの372フレーズを厳選：学習するフレーズ数は372。他のビジネス英会話書と比べ、数を絞っています。その代わり、「出社」から「アフター5」まで、1日の仕事の中でよく出会う、40シーンで使われる英語フレーズを厳選しました。 ●リアルな会話形式で、基本フレーズを自然にまとめて覚える：初出勤の外国人同僚へのあいさつ・外国人上司への仕事の依頼など、それぞれのシーンは、「あなた」と「相手」との会話形式になっています。オフィスでの英会話が疑似体験できるリアルな3往復のダイアログを通して、6つの基本フレーズが自然にまとめて覚えられます。 ●「フレーズ」⇒「ダイアログ」⇒「ロールプレイ」＝「3ステップ」で学ぶ「キクタン英会話」メソッド：シリーズ既刊同様、「キクタン英会話」メソッドを採用。「(1)フレーズをチャンツで聞く」、「(2)ダイアログを聞く」、「(3)ロールプレイで音読する」の「3ステップ」で学習。「聞いてマネしてすらすら話せる」ようになるまで、徹底的に学べます。 【目次】 Chapter...

Fourth graders George Beard and Harold Hutchins are a couple of class clowns. The only thing they enjoy more than playing practical jokes is creating their own comic books. And together they’ve created the greatest superhero in the history of their elementary school: Captain Underpants! His true identity is SO secret, even HE doesn’t know who he is!