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At Walden Pond, Henry David Thoreau reflected on simpler living in the natural world. By removing himself from the distractions of materialism, Thoreau hoped to not only improve his spiritual life but also gain a better understanding of society through solitary introspection. In Walden, Thoreau condenses his two-year, two-month, two-day stay into a single year, using the four seasons to symbolize human development - a cycle of life shared by both nature and man. A celebration of personal renewal through self-reliance, independence, and simplicity....

Michael A. Singer, author of The Untethered Soul, tells the extraordinary story of what happened when, after a deep spiritual awakening, he decided to let go of his personal preferences and simply let life call the shots. As Singer takes you on this great experiment and journey into life's perfection, the events that transpire will both challenge your deepest assumptions about life and inspire you to look at your own life in a radically different way.

Dauntless journalist Julie K. Brown recounts her uncompromising and risky investigation of Jeffrey Epstein's underage sex trafficking operation, and the explosive reporting for the Miami Herald that finally brought him to justice while exposing the powerful people and broken system that protected him.

The first book from Ruth Bader Ginsburg since becoming a Supreme Court Justice in 1993 - a witty, engaging, serious, and playful collection of writings and speeches from the woman who has had a powerful and enduring influence on law, women's rights, and popular culture. My Own Words is a selection of writings and speeches by Justice Ginsburg on wide-ranging topics, including gender equality, the workways of the Supreme Court, being Jewish, law and lawyers in opera, and more.

This is the story of the rise to national power of a desperately poor young man from the Texas Hill Country. The Path to Power reveals in extraordinary detail the genesis of the almost superhuman drive, energy, and ambition that set LBJ apart. It follows him from the Hill Country to New Deal Washington, from his boyhood through the years of the Depression to his debut as Congressman, his heartbreaking defeat in his first race for the Senate, and his attainment, nonetheless, at age 31, of the national power for which he hungered.

Everyone is programmed a little differently, and Bill Gates' unique insight led to business triumphs that are now widely known: the twenty-year-old who dropped out of Harvard to start a software company that became an industry giant and changed the way the world works and lives; the billionaire many times over who turned his attention to philanthropic pursuits to address climate change, global health, and U.S. education.

Audible exclusive. Philippe Sands drops by to discuss East West Street, a historical memoir crossing decades.

In 1967, a chance meeting between two young people led to a romance and a lifelong friendship that would carry each to international success never dreamed of. The backdrop is Brooklyn, Chelsea Hotel, Max’s Kansas City, Scribner’s Bookstore, Coney Island, Warhol’s Factory and the whole city resplendent. Among their friends, literary lights, musicians and artists such as Harry Smith, Bobby Neuwirth, Allen Ginsberg, Sandy Daley, Sam Shepherd, William Burroughs, etc

漱石は本の余白に書き込んだのはなーんだ?古本によくはさまれているのは1.イチョウの葉2.モミジの葉3.赤点の答案用紙どれでしょう?美少女と古本屋店主との関係は?有名作家の肉筆原稿の売価はどれくらいか?臨終の書として人気なのはコレだ!ときにほろ苦く、ときに笑いを誘われる、人生のあたたかな挿話の数々。講談社エッセイ賞を受賞した随筆集です。洒脱な文章、多岐にわたる博学ぶり、珍妙なお客さん、古本屋さんになりたくなる一書。ちなみに、筆者が物書きとなったきっかけは、古書目録に載せた文章だったそうです。筆者本人が語っているのかと錯覚する朗読の語り手は、NHK大河ドラマ「功名が辻」田中吉政役、NHK大河ドラマ「風林火山」柿崎影家役、「太陽にほえろ!」のデューク刑事役など多くの実績がある金田賢一さんがオーディオブック初挑戦です。 「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」

Two-time Oscar nominee Jeremy Renner was the second-most-googled person in 2023—and not for his impressive filmography. His searing portrayals on film ranged from an Iraq-based army bomb technician in The Hurt Locker and a Boston bank robber in The Town to a crooked Camden mayor in American Hustle before he became heir to the Jason Bourne franchise (The Bourne Legacy). Amongst other iconic roles, he also captured hearts as fan-favorite comic book marksman Hawkeye in seven Marvel films.

全国新聞初の外国人記者として東京の裏社会を駆け巡った著者。日本人顔負けの諺を放ち、日本社会に迎合しながらもアウトサイダーの立場を逆手に取る。大胆不敵で無鉄砲、茶目っ気たっぷりに色目も惜しまず独自の捜査スタイルを確立していった様を描く。世間を震撼させた愛犬家連続殺人事件の真相から歌舞伎町に潜む人身売買の闇まで、スクープを追い続けた12年。その果てに彼が手にしたのは、日本最大の暴力団組織と米国FBIが絡みあったスキャンダルだった･･････。 「記事を消すか、お前が消されるか」山口組分裂のきっかけともなった衝撃の事実を掴んだ記者は、人生最大の決断を迫られる。 日本の大手出版社が復讐を恐れ、出版を見送った禁断の暴露本が遂に日本解禁！ Audibleで臨場感そのままにこのスリルを体験。

Ever since he was a kid, kicking broken soccer balls on the run-down streets of East London, Gary Stevenson dreamed of something bigger. As luck would have it, he was good at numbers. At the London School of Economics, wearing tracksuits and sneakers, Stevenson shocked his posh classmates by winning a competition called “The Trading Game.” The prize? A golden ticket to a new life, as the youngest trader at Citibank.

Monopoly X is the fascinating true story of what is arguably the most unusual and daring secret operation of World War II. The masterminds at England’s top-secret MI-9, and later America’s MIS-X, created a special version of the popular game, hiding tools, maps, and money within game boards—delivered by an unwitting Red Cross—to captured Allied servicemen held at gunpoint behind barbed wire in German prison camps. This ingenious and complex plot, dubbed “Monopoly X,” was never discovered by the Nazis and led to successful Allied breakouts.

「対馬丸」という事件に関連する詳細な史実を云々する資格を私たちは持っていません。ただ私たちにできることは、理不尽にも幼い命を奪われた子供たちへの、深い悲しみをたたえた大城立裕氏の眼差し、つまり沖縄の心を、声にして伝えることによって、これまで「対馬丸」を語り継ごうとされてこられた方々のご努力に対して、少しでもお手伝いができたならと願っています。(菅家ゆかり)

In November 1838, Frederic Chopin settled in an abandoned monastery at Valldemossa in the mountains above Palma, where he finished what would eventually be recognized as one of the great and revolutionary works of musical Romanticism: his 24 Preludes. There was scarcely a decent piano on the island, so Chopin worked on a small pianino made by a local craftsman, Juan Bauza. Chopin's Piano traces the history of Chopin's 24 Preludes through the instruments on which they were played, the pianists who interpreted them, and the traditions they came to represent.

In the 1970s, the ultimate trip for any backpacker was the storied “Hippie Trail” from Istanbul to Kathmandu. A 23-year old Rick Steves made the trek, and like a travel writer in training, he documented everything along the way: jumping off a moving train, making friends in Tehran, getting lost in Lahore, getting high for the first time in Herat, battling leeches in Pokhara, and much more. The experience ignited his love of travel and forever broadened his perspective on the world.

人口５万人の九州の小さな町に、全国から１００万人が訪れるすごい図書館がある。市民も観光客も満足するさまざまなアイデアの数々と、建設を実現するまでの奮闘を仕掛け人自らが解説する。

Steve Grant was laid off in March of 2020. He was fifty and had cancer, so he needed health insurance, fast. Which is how he found himself a rural letter carrier in Appalachia, back in his old hometown. Suddenly, he was the guy with the goods, delivering dog food and respirators and lube and heirloom tomato seeds and Lord of the Rings replica swords. He transported chicken feed to grandmothers living alone in the mountains and forded a creek with a refrigerator on his back. But while he carried the mail, he also carried a whole lot more than just the mail.

Joining us at Audible Studios is prominent stage and television actor David Tennant, who has narrated The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells for Audible Studios. The War of the Worlds depicts the arrival of an alien vessel on Horsell Common, in Woking. The initial genial interest in the Martians quickly turns to terror as they emerge with deadly heat rays and power beyond our control and comprehension. Their ruthless disregard for human life leaves humanity under threat of extinction. As the world crumbles, a lone man sets out across the wasteland to find his wife.

恋愛は幻であり、永遠の恋などは嘘の骨頂だとわかっていても、「それをするな」といい得ない性質のものである。それをしなければ人生自体がなくなるようなものなのだから。つまりは、人間は死ぬ、どうせ死ぬものなら早く死んでしまえ、ということが成り立たないのと同じだ。しかし何度、恋をしたところで、そのつまらなさが分かるほかに人は偉くなるということもなさそうだ。むしろその愚劣さによって常に裏切られるばかりであろう。そのくせ、恋なしに人生は成りたたぬ。ああ、孤独。 孤独は、人のふるさとだ。恋愛は、人生の花であります。いかに退屈であろうとも、この外に花はない。 いつの時代も男と女の関係は変わらないものなのかもしれません。多くの名言を生み出した坂口安吾の「恋愛論」。オーディオブックでお楽しみください。