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Autobiographical without being an autobiography, confessional without disclosing his private self, The Summing Up, written when Maugham was sixty-four, is an inimitable expression of a personal credo. It is not only a classic avowal of a professional author's ideas about style, literature, art, drama and philosophy, but also an illuminating insight into this great writer's craft.

俺は生きる。会社を甦らせるために、この命を燃やすんだ。世界的パンデミックによる外食業界、未曾有の危機。若年性パーキンソン病という宿命を抱えた外食業界のスター・松村厚久とその仲間たちは、いかにして闘ったか――。

Nelson Mandela is one of the great moral and political leaders of our time: an international hero whose lifelong dedication to the fight against racial oppression in South Africa won him the Nobel Peace Prize and the presidency of his country. Since his triumphant release in 1990 from more than a quarter-century of imprisonment, Mandela has been at the center of the most compelling and inspiring political drama in the world.

八代目橘家圓蔵 昭和27年四代目・月の家円鏡に弟子入り、八代目・桂文楽(黒門町)宅へ、住み込み弟子となった大山青年、大師匠のお宅での修行は?黒門町のお宅で過ごす日々を通じて教わった教えとは?飛ぶ鳥を落とす勢いの文楽師匠、師匠のお供で全国各地を巡ります、そこで出会った大師匠の興味深いエピソードとは。売れっ子は二つの顔を持つと言う圓蔵師匠、昭和40年五代目・月の家圓鏡として真打ち昇進、その際には文楽師匠からいろいろなお祝いを頂いたそうです。現在も守っている文楽師匠の教えとは、内弟子にしか語り得ない名人桂文楽の人となりを生き生きと語ります。聞き手は元ニッポン放送演芸担当プロデューサー塙宏氏、 昭和37年入社以来志ん生、圓生を始めとして談志、円楽、志ん朝師らと数々の仕事を行う、また圓蔵師とは同局ラジオ番組「談志円鏡歌謡合戦」他多々の番組を制作、気心の知れた間柄である。住み込み弟子でしか語り得ない名人八代目・桂文楽の逸話をどうぞお楽しみください。(C)2008サウンドマン

Google Executive Chairman and ex-CEO Eric Schmidt and former SVP of Products Jonathan Rosenberg came to Google over a decade ago as proven technology executives. At the time, the company was already well-known for doing things differently, reflecting the visionary - and frequently contrarian - principles of founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin. If Eric and Jonathan were going to succeed, they realized they would have to relearn everything they thought they knew about management and business.

In the stirring, highly anticipated first volume of his presidential memoirs, Barack Obama tells the story of his improbable odyssey from young man searching for his identity to leader of the free world, describing in strikingly personal detail both his political education and the landmark moments of the first term of his historic presidency - a time of dramatic transformation and turmoil.

Everyone knows Frank Herbert’s Dune. One of the most popular science fiction novels ever written, it has become a worldwide phenomenon, winning awards, selling millions of copies around the world. Brian Herbert, Frank Herbert’s eldest son, tells the provocative story of his father’s extraordinary life in this honest and loving chronicle. He has also brought to light all the events in Herbert’s life that would find their way into speculative fiction’s greatest epic.

In My Life and Rugby he tells his story for the first time, including the full inside story of England’s 2019 World Cup campaign. Since taking over as head coach of England in 2015, Eddie Jones has orchestrated a complete revival of the national team. He has won the Six Nations Championship back-to-back, including England’s first Grand Slam in a generation and their first-ever whitewash of Australia in their own backyard, as well as taking them on their longest-ever winning streak, matching the world record held by the All Blacks.

Darren Hayes was always a storyteller. As a child, in suburban Queensland in the 1970s, he told himself he was going to be a pop star - and he did it. But the reality of his life was much more complicated than the constraints of a three-minute pop song. In Unlovable, for the first time, Darren recounts the events and circumstances that shaped his unique life: from the childhood trauma of growing up with a violent, alcoholic father, his journey with depression, to the dizzying heights of worldwide fame in Savage Garden, and everything in between.

One of the most important and influential books of the past half-century, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance tells the iconic story of a father and son's motorcycle trip across America in the 1960s.

Born to a Muslim father from Bosnia, and a Catholic mother from Croatia, Zlatan recounts his extraordinary life story, from his poverty-stricken upbringing as an immigrant in Malmö, Sweden, to becoming one of the world's most sought-after and expensive players, gracing Europe's finest clubs, from Ajax to Juventus, Internazionale to Barcelona, Milan to Paris Saint-Germain, and now Manchester United.

Kelly Bishop’s long, storied career has been defined by landmark achievements, from winning a Tony Award for her turn in the original Broadway cast of A Chorus Line to her memorable performance as Jennifer Grey’s mother in Dirty Dancing. But it is probably her iconic role as matriarch Emily in the modern classic Gilmore Girls that cemented her legacy. Now, Bishop reflects on her remarkable life and looks towards the future with The Third Gilmore Girl. She shares some of her greatest stories and the life lessons she’s learned on her journey.

This book is for the rational, the practical, the seeker, the non-conformist, the leader, the rebel and the free spirit . . .

For the first time, champion Tiger Woods reveals the five secrets to his amazing success - a combination of physical, metaphysical and psychological practices he uses daily to keep his game in top shape.

C・W・ニコル氏（1940年7月生）は、ウェールズ出身の作家、ナチュラリスト。C・W・ニコル氏の生い立ちからこれまでの足跡を、本人へのインタビューで綴る自伝的トークブックの最初の三部作のvol.1です。今回はこの収録を行ったアファンの森の話から始まり、生まれた頃、戦争と祖父、父と母。小学校でのイジメ。の３つのエピソードがおさめられています。

A shocking true story of murder, extreme politics and the deep scars left by the Troubles in Ireland of the 1970s and the human consequences. A taut tale of murder, extreme politics, institutionalised violence and the deep scars left by such turmoil. In this powerful, scrupulously reported book, Patrick Radden Keefe offers not just a forensic account of a brutal crime but a vivid portrait of the world in which it happened. The tragedy of an entire country is captured in the spellbinding narrative of a handful of characters, presented in lyrical and unforgettable detail.

In June 2021, the whole world was listening as Britney Spears spoke in open court. The impact of sharing her voice—her truth—was undeniable, and it changed the course of her life and the lives of countless others. The Woman in Me reveals for the first time her incredible journey—and the strength at the core of one of the greatest performers in pop music history.

As Carl Sagan did for astronomy and Brian Green did for cosmology, Walter Lewin takes listeners on a marvelous journey in For the Love of Physics, opening our eyes as never before to the amazing beauty and power with which physics can reveal the hidden workings of the world all around us. "I introduce people to their own world," writes Lewin, "the world they live in and are familiar with but don't approach like a physicist - yet."

昨今は戦国武将ブームですが、女性が必死に生きた時代でもあります。戦国一の美女といわれる信長の妹、お市のお話をお届けします。お市は、信長の妹に生まれてきた運命と、自分の生きていく上での役割を自覚し、状況に巻き込まれていく人生を受け止めていたように思います。戦国の世に生まれたからには、いつ死が迎えに来るか分からない、お市にも決断すべき時がきます。戦国の世に生きたお市、彼女の選択する生きるとは、愛するとは、死ぬこととは何だったのか。現代を生きる私たちの胸に響いた事柄と思いを、オーディオブックという形にしてみました。経済の戦国時代と言っても良いような、昨今の状況も、私たち週末起業アドベンチャーの仲間たちの背中を押したのかもしれません。このオーディオブックには本編の他に、メイキングや私たち週末起業アドベンチャーの活動等についても収録されています。このオーディオブックのジャケット制作にあたり、工筆画家の李岩(李振彦)さんに多大なご協力をいただきました。この場をお借りして感謝の意を表します。ありがとうございました。(C)2009週末起業アドベンチャー

世界的大企業・ソニーの創業者のひとり、井深大(1908-1997)。終戦直後、井深大は仲間たちとともに「東京通信工業」という小さな会社を立ち上げます。“誰もやらないことをやって、世の中の役に立つ。そのためにはどんな技術的な困難にも打ち克っていく。”という信念のもと、日本初のトランジスターラジオを発売し、戦後復興の証として人々に強い印象を残しました。現在のソニーが如何にしてうまれたのか、トランジスターラジオ誕生の秘話など、井深大本人が語った貴重なNHK音源をオーディオブック化しました。〔NHK教育テレビ 「私の自叙伝 トランジスタラジオ誕生のころ」1980年9月18日放送より〕

ラブストーリーの古典『源氏物語』。15人の女の生き様を、今を生きる女の心に通わせて語ります。


「源氏物語」の語り部として、多くの人々の心を掴んだ村山リウさん。現代の意識と感覚をもってわかりやすい語り口で「源氏物語」を解説し、現代に通ずる女の生き方を考えてこられました。聞くだけで、長大な「源氏物語」への理解を深められます。第6巻では「賢木の巻(後編)」と題して、朧月夜との事件などについて語られています。※この講演は、1978年から1987年にかけて、よみうり文化センター千里中央における「千里文芸サロン」で行われたものです。※講演中に今日からすると不適切と思われる表現がありますが、時代背景を考慮し、そのままにしております。ご了承のほどお願い申し上げます。

With his well known idiosyncrasies and aphoristic style, Friedrich Nietzsche is always bracing and provocative, and temptingly easy to dip into. Michael Tanner's introduction to the philosopher's life and work examines the numerous ambiguities inherent in his writings and explodes many of the misconceptions that have grown in the hundred years since Nietzsche wrote "do not, above all, confound me with what I am not!"

久坂葉子は、1950年(昭和25年)に19歳の若さで、「落ちてゆく世界」の改作「ドミノのお告げ」が芥川賞候補となり注目された。

He is not beautiful. His mother does not want him, children run away from him. People laugh at him, and call him "The Elephant Man". Then someone speaks to him – and listens to him! At the age of 27, Joseph Merrick finds a friend for the first time in his life. This is a true and tragic story. It is also a famous film.

The full inside story of the breathtaking rise and shocking collapse of a multibillion-dollar start-up, by the prize-winning journalist who first broke the story and pursued it to the end. In 2014, Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes was widely seen as the female Steve Jobs: a brilliant Stanford dropout whose start-up ‘unicorn’ promised to revolutionize the medical industry with a machine that would make blood tests significantly faster and easier.

This lively and accessible introduction to Plato focuses on the philosophy and argument of his writings, drawing the listener into Plato's way of doing philosophy, and the general themes of his thinking. It looks at Plato as a thinker grappling with philosophical problems in a variety of ways, rather than a philosopher with a fully worked-out system. It includes a brief account of Plato's life and the various interpretations that have been drawn from the sparse remains of information.

No Longer Human (1948, Ningen Shikkaku / A Shameful Life / Confessions of a Faulty Man) was an attack on the traditions of Japan, capturing the postwar crisis of Japanese cultural identity. Framed by an epilogue and prologue, the story is told in the form three notebooks left by Ōba Yōzō, whose calm exterior hides his tormented soul. Osamu Dazai was a Japanese author who is considered one of the foremost fiction writers of 20th century Japan. A number of his most popular works, such as Shayō (The Setting Sun) and Ningen Shikkaku (No Longer Human), are considered modern-day classics in Japan.

To tell Larry Charles's life story is to tell the story of modern American comedy. Over the last 40 years, few comedians have been a part of so many iconic, beloved projects. Larry was one of the original writers and producers on the first five seasons of Seinfeld, directed over 20 episodes each of Curb Your Enthusiasm and Entourage, and served as the showrunner for Mad About You. His film directing credits include Borat, Bruno, and The Dictator, Bill Maher’s Religulous, and Bob Dylan’s Masked and Anonymous. In Comedy Samurai, Charles pulls back the curtain.

With Rax King's trademark blend of irreverent humor and heartfelt honesty comes a new collection of personal essays unpacking bad behavior. Sloppy explores sobriety, begrudging self-improvement, and the habits we cling to with clenched fists.

Robbie Stamp, close friend of Douglas Adams and executive producer of the new The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy film, discusses Adams' life and legacy, and reveals details about the upcoming film.