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Life with the Blessings and Curses Volume 2: The Last Dance and Ascent. He was a message carrier. Now he carries a nation. Well returned from death with cursed skills and a vow to bring law to the Commoner Land. But in Aaravlok, law has a price. When 100,000 bandits and a Demon King attack, Well...

小さな旅の中に、人生のすべてが詰まっている。あなたの人生を変える、約束された出会いが待っている。＜あらすじ＞「人生を変える旅がしたい」という大学生の知哉。

第127回（2002年）芥川龍之介賞受賞作

昼間の公園のベンチにひとりで座っていると、あなたは何が見えますか？　スターバックスのコーヒーを片手に、春風に乱れる髪を押さえていたのは、地下鉄でぼくが話しかけてしまった女だった。なんとなく見えていた景色がせつないほどリアルに動きはじめる。『東京湾景』の吉田修一が、日比谷公園を舞台に男と女の微妙な距離感を描き、芥川賞を受賞した傑作小説。役者をめざす妻と上京し働き始めた僕が、職場で出会った奇妙な魅力をもつ男を描く「flowers」も収録。

晴れて夫と離婚したものの、経済的困難から結婚相談所で男たちに出会う中米志津子。早期退職に応じてキャンピングカーで妻と旅する計画を拒絶される富裕太郎……。みんな溜め息をつきながら生きている。

世の中は騒々しく、人々が浮き足立つ時代になってきた。そんなやかましい時代を、静かに生きるにはどうすればいいのか？ 人生を幸せに生きるとはどういうことか？

東京から安曇野に移住して16年。元『装苑』編集長、初のエッセイ。第２の人生を自分らしく楽しむ、シンプルで心地よい暮らしとおしゃれの工夫

The infiltration of the Grand Cathedral begins! Motormouthed high-school loner Haruka launches his assault on the Theocracy's evil pope. Inside, he fights off swarms of fierce enemies to discover a sealed treasure chest, and inside—the body of a long-lost friend of Dungeon Emperor Nefertiri. Haruka embarks on a quest through the Grand Cathedral to find a way to bring the beautiful girl back from the dead. If he succeeds, he'll face his most powerful enemy yet!

Safe Haven escaped America and set sail with infected kids, a traitor, and outcast Eagles who’d been wandering the wastelands for months. All together again, the struggle to adapt is their biggest challenge. When a harsh storm blows them off course, the rookie sailors are forced to work together as fate guides them into a new confrontation. Distracted by their situation, will they recognize the real threat in time? This is how those Apocalypse Winds blow.

ケイ・ヘザリ（「ＮＨＫラジオ英会話」元レギュラー・ゲスト）のエッセイ単行本『American Pie』の中から厳選した17本を、著者自らが英語で朗読。

不運と思うな。誰しもがつらい時間と遭遇しているのが人生だ。それでも懸命に生きていけば必ず、君に光を与えてくれる。その時、あの時間が不運だとは思わないはずだ。
――愛する人と別れ、大切な家族をなくし、夢破れ、道を失っても、人はまたいつか、ちがう幸せを手にする。生きる勇気が湧いてくる。感動の1冊、ベストセラーシリーズ待望の第６弾！

世界的スニーカーショップ「atmos（アトモス）」創業社長、初の著書！

Rishe has been utterly restless since her heart-pounding kiss with Arnold, but she hardly has time for distractions. Under the pretense of procuring her wedding dress, the two visit a bustling port town--only to witness a kidnapping by pirates! Then a familiar figure from Rishe's past resurfaces, looking to dispatch the pirate menace. If Rishe wants to help take down the marauders and prevent Arnold from gaining a valuable war weapon, she'll have to reinvent herself as pirate bait... But what's this about Arnold role-playing as her servant for the job?!

Old age often defies stereotypes. Life’s later years are a time of slowing down and loss, but they can also be a period of reckoning and, sometimes, new beginnings as Pushcart Prize – nominated poet Sally Rosenthal comes to realize in this exploration of life past the age of seventy. In poetry and prose, she reflects on the past, examines the present, and looks ahead with grace and gratitude. A companion volume to her previous book, Peonies in Winter: A Journey Through Loss, Grief, and Healing, this new work, while an honest appraisal of old age, is also filled with hope, thanks, and even joy.

Should This Life Sometime Deceive You by Alexander Pushkin is a brief but enduring meditation on disappointment, patience, and the changing nature of life. Written in the form of gentle advice to someone facing hardship, the poem reminds us that sorrow and frustration are not permanent. Pushkin urges the listener to meet difficult moments without bitterness, trusting that time can alter circumstances and that happiness may return when least expected. Simple, direct, and quietly philosophical, the poem explores a timeless question: how should we respond when life does not unfold as we hoped?

小説家の槙村朗がパーソナリティーを務めるラジオ番組「A DAY IN YOUR LIFE」は、読者から募集した「何でもない一日、奇跡を感じた一瞬、幸せだった日々、不思議なことがあった日」などの〈あなたの一日〉を読みやすい物語に仕立てて、送っている。じつは、彼は不思議な能力を持っていて、人が書いた文字を見ると、事実か事実でないかがわかるのだ。

Life witnesses the creation of a visionary painting only to discover it hides a dark truth of how her once lover Time has betrayed her and her sister Death. One of Life's favourites, a young sassy Taiwanese-American artist Cat Chen-Monroe arrives to take a summer job with Mama Hugginbottom in...

When Heti's mother, Ana, dies, she leaves behind a spotless legacy: affectionate parent, modern career woman, and life of the party. Heti moves in a daze until her grief is upended by the arrival of an unmarked package containing photographs of Ana as a young woman—robed, standing in front of a burning building, and pointing a gun at a group of sobbing women.

With Life Ceremony, the incomparable Sayaka Murata is back with her first collection of short stories ever to be translated into English. In Japan, Murata is particularly admired for her short stories, which are sometimes sweet, sometimes shocking, and always imbued with an otherworldly imagination and uncanniness.

Valdis Wolfbane is renowned through the lands for his physical prowess and mighty conquests, but he's willing to give it all up to purchase a farm and settle down. Exchanging a sword for a plow, he's set on turning the dilapidated farm into something he can live off for the rest of his peaceful life. What he didn't bet on was finding love after all these years of fighting. Now that he has the time, he's about to discover that two is better than one... and three makes for a life well lived.

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.