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ハリー・ポッターは孤児。意地悪な従兄にいじめられながら11歳の誕生日を迎えようとしたとき、ホグワーツ魔法学校からの入学許可証が届き、自分が魔法使いだと知る。キングズ・クロス駅、9と4分の3番線から紅色の汽車に乗り、ハリーは未知の世界へ。ハリーを待ち受けていたのは、夢と、冒険、友情、そして自分の生い立ちをめぐるミステリー。

Nora's life has been going from bad to worse. Then at the stroke of midnight on her last day on earth she finds herself transported to a library. There she is given the chance to undo her regrets and try out each of the other lives she might have lived. Which raises the ultimate question: with infinite choices, what is the best way to live?

時間どろぼうと、ぬすまれた時間を人間にとりかえしてくれた女の子モモのふしぎな物語。人間本来の生き方を忘れてしまっている現代の人々に〈時間〉の真の意味を問う、エンデの名作。

迷路のなかに住む、２匹のネズミと２人の小人。彼らは迷路をさまよった末、チーズを発見する。チーズは、ただの食べ物ではなく、人生において私たちが追い求めるもののシンボルである。

Since taking over TED in the early 2000s, Chris Anderson has shown how carefully crafted short talks can be the key to unlocking empathy, stirring excitement, spreading knowledge, and promoting a shared dream. Done right, a talk can electrify a room and transform an audience's worldview. Done right, a talk is more powerful than anything in written form.

砂漠に不時着した主人公と、彼方の惑星から来た「ちび王子」の物語。人の心をとらえて離さないこの名作は、子供に向けたお伽のように語られてきた。けれど本来サン・テグジュペリの語り口は淡々と、潔い。原文の心を伝えるべく、新たに訳された王子の言葉は、孤独に育った少年そのもの。ちょっと生意気で、それゆえに際立つ純真さが強く深く胸を打つ――。「大切なことって目にはみえない」。感動を、言葉通り、新たにする。

Ever since he made his first appearance in A Study In Scarlet, Sherlock Holmes has enthralled and delighted millions of fans throughout the world. Now Audible is proud to present Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes: The Definitive Collection, read by Stephen Fry. A lifelong fan of Doyle's detective fiction, Fry has narrated the complete works of Sherlock Holmes - four novels and five collections of short stories.

Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission - and if he fails, humanity and the Earth itself will perish. Except that right now, he doesn't know that. He can't even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it. All he knows is that he's been asleep for a very, very long time. And he's just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company.

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic American novel of the Roaring Twenties is beloved by generations of readers and stands as his crowning work. This new audio edition, authorized by the Fitzgerald estate, is narrated by Oscar-nominated actor Jake Gyllenhaal ( Brokeback Mountain). Gyllenhaal's performance is a faithful delivery in the voice of Nick Carraway, the Midwesterner turned New York bond salesman, who rents a small house next door to the mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby. There, he has a firsthand view of Gatsby’s lavish West Egg parties - and of his undying love....

Grammar! For many of us, the word triggers memories of finger-wagging schoolteachers, and of wrestling with the ambiguous and complicated rules of using formal language. But what is grammar? In fact, it's the integral basis of how we speak and write. As such, a refined awareness of grammar opens a world of possibilities for both your pleasure in the English language and your skill in using it, in both speech and the written word.

もう人間関係、世代間ギャップ、依存症で悩まない！　脳科学者が脳卒中に学んだこと。

やさしく、やわらかく、面白く日本経済に警鐘を鳴らす本。ザイム真理教はいかにして生まれ、どう国民生活を破壊してきたのか？

おやゆびひめ、ウサギとカメ、ももたろうなど、誰もが一度は聞いたことがある世界と日本の童話を、わかりやすい英語で収録しています。 【収録内容】 おやゆびひめ ウサギとカメ アリとキリギリス シンデレラ しらゆきひめ ももたろう うらしまたろう かぐやひめ きんたろう かさじぞう など、21点。

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。

Eight-year-old orphan Beth Harmon is quiet, sullen, and by all appearances unremarkable. That is, until she plays her first game of chess. Her senses grow sharper, her thinking clearer, and for the first time in her life she feels herself fully in control. By the age of 16, she's competing for the US Open championship. But as Beth hones her skills on the professional circuit, the stakes get higher, her isolation grows more frightening, and the thought of escape becomes all the more tempting.

日本文学の名作10編を、アメリカ生まれの日本文学研究者が英語に翻訳。

Auggie è un ragazzo normale, ma con una faccia... straordinaria! Nato con il volto deforme, protetto dalla sua meravigliosa famiglia per i primi dieci anni della sua vita, adesso, per la prima volta, deve affrontare la scuola. Chi gli siederà vicino? Chi lo guarderà dritto negli occhi? Auggie è sfortunato, ma tenace e sa vedere il lato buffo delle cose. Riuscirà a convincere i suoi compagni che lui è proprio come loro, nonostante le apparenze?

On a sunny afternoon, Alice discovers a bottle that says DRINK ME. Unable to resist, she follows the label’s instructions...and immediately shrinks to tumble down a rabbit hole into an adventure where nothing is as it seems. From The Mad Hatter to the White Rabbit, the grinning Cheshire Cat and the Queen of Hearts, Alice meets a cast of characters who are both eccentric and memorable.

■目次■プロローグ 人生どん底で見つけた光、それがミニマリズム第1章 汚部屋を片付けて、身軽な人生に 第2章 モノを手放し自分らしく生きる

23 stories, all unabridged, from a diverse group of star writers and readers. A truly memorable collection with a wide appeal. Includes "The Years Midnight" by Helen Simpson, read by Harriet Walter; "On Seeing the 100% Perfect Girl One Beautiful Morning" by Haruki Marukami, read by Walter Lewis; "Bablady" by A. S. Byatt, read by Roslaind Eyres; "Hotel des Vaoyaguerus" by William Boyd, read by Martin Jarvis; and "Who?" by Fay Weldon, read by Julie Christie.