Lowen Ashleigh is a struggling writer on the brink of financial ruin when she accepts the job offer of a lifetime. Jeremy Crawford, husband of best-selling author Verity Crawford, has hired Lowen to complete the remaining books in a successful series his injured wife is unable to finish. Lowen arrives at the Crawford home, ready to sort through years of Verity's notes and outlines, hoping to find enough material to get her started. What Lowen doesn't expect to uncover in the chaotic office is an unfinished autobiography Verity never intended for anyone to read.

Darren Shan and his best friend, Steve, get tickets to the Cirque du Freak, a wonderfully gothic freak show featuring weird, frightening half human/half animals who interact terrifyingly with the audience. In the midst of the excitement, true terror raises its head when Steve recognizes that one of the performers - Mr. Crepsley - is a vampire! Steve confronts the vampire after the show finishes - but his motives are surprising!

Words. We use them all the time, every day, mostly without giving them much thought at all. We take for granted that they’re here at our disposal whenever we need them. But if you’ve ever wished you could communicate more effectively, words are the place to start. It’s incumbent upon you to choose the best words to accomplish your goals, because how you choose to communicate influences—well, everything! The power of communication shapes our professional goals, our relationships, and our lives—so the words we choose to use carry a great deal of power.  

Can we really learn to be happy? Yes, we can. Each semester, nearly 1,400 students sign up for Harvard professor Tal Ben-Shahar's life-changing class, "How to Get Happy". Currently it's the hottest course at Harvard, taken by 20 percent of its graduates. In Happier, Professor Ben-Shahar brings the ideas of the Ivory Tower to Main Street, distilling the lessons and exercises from his course into a slim volume of practical wisdom.

The world’s leading high-performance coach and multiple New York Times best-selling author Brendon Burchard delivers the six habits of personal growth that will help you create the life of your dreams. Forged from Brendon Burchard’s personal experiences, data from his GrowthDay app, and his many years as a high-performance coach, The 6 Habits of Growth presents the tools you need to construct the life of your dreams.

世界でつうじる言葉「Bu-shi-do」。それは、この一作によってひろまったといえましょう。 日本銀行券の五千円券の肖像としても知られる著者・新渡戸稲造。日本が国際連盟から脱退したときには「なんといっても日本を国際社会の孤児にさせてはならない」と訴えるものの「新渡戸は軍部の代弁に来たのか」と欧米の友人からも理解されず、一方で日本では、軍国思想が高まる中「我が国を滅ぼすものは共産党と軍閥である」と発言したこともあって軍部や右翼の激しい反発を買い、多くの友人や弟子に去られ、と、晩年は失意の日々をおくりつつも、『武士道』を通したひとでした。 「自分の道」を考える一助として、気骨を感じる朗読で、どうぞ。 翻訳は東京大学総長を勤めた矢内原忠雄氏です。書籍は現在でも岩波文庫(ISBN 4003311817)で版を重ねている普及の名作です。(C)アイ文庫(C)ことのは出版 「ことのは出版オーディオブック作品一覧はhttp://www.kotonoha.co.jpにて」

本書はシリーズ中の『英語で泣ける ちょっといい話』『英語で泣ける ちょっといい話2』『英語で心いやされる ちょっといい話』『英語で元気が出る ちょっといい話』『英語でやる気が出る仕事の話』

Since the original publication of Nudge more than a decade ago, the title has entered the vocabulary of businesspeople, policy makers, engaged citizens, and consumers everywhere. The book has given rise to more than 200 "nudge units" in governments around the world and countless groups of behavioral scientists in every part of the economy. It has taught us how to use thoughtful "choice architecture" - a concept the authors invented - to help us make better decisions for ourselves, our families, and our society.  

スポーツコラムニストとして活躍するミッチ・アルボムは、偶然テレビで大学時代の恩師の姿を見かける。

The Compound Effect contains the essence of what every super achiever needs to know, practice, and master to obtain extraordinary success. Inside you will hear strategies on how to win-every time; eradicating the bad habits that are derailing your progress; painlessly installing the few key disciplines required for major breakthroughs; the real, lasting keys to gaining and sustaining motivation; capturing the elusive, awesome force of momentum; and the acceleration secrets of superachievers.

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

Out of control of his actions, Billy Milligan was a man tormented by twenty-four distinct personalities battling for supremacy over his body—a battle that culminated when he awoke in jail, arrested for the kidnap and rape of three women. In a landmark trial, Billy was acquitted of his crimes by reason of insanity caused by multiple personality—the first such court decision in history—bringing to public light the most remarkable and harrowing case of multiple personality ever recorded. 

「キクタン英会話」シリーズの最上級版が登場！　

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. 

「冷凍庫に入れる」はput　it　in　the　freezerなのに「電子レンジに入れる」だとput　it　in　my　microwave　ovenとなる。