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政治をテーマにした情報サイト「ポリタス」で、戦後70周年の特集「戦後70年─私からあなたへ、これからの日本へ」の１つとして記載された高橋源一郎さんの寄稿文。「これから書く文章の中には、読者のみなさんにとって、不愉快に感じられる箇所があるかもしれない。そのことをお許し願いたい」。そんな書き出しから始まる「過去」「現在」「未来」への思いを、大竹まことさんが深みのある力強い声で語ります。

中学卒業後、古書店に丁稚奉公し、己の店を持って32年。販促用に作った古書目録の穴埋めに書綴っていた文章が編集者の目に止まり、直木賞作家とまでなったが「天職は古本屋」な出久根達郎による、酸いも甘いも詰め込まれた本をめぐるエッセイ集。洒脱な文章、多岐にわたる博学ぶり、珍妙なお客さん・・・１話あたり三分たらず全156話。目上の方・ビジネスの席での会話のネタにも。講談社エッセイ賞受賞　　　　監督/吉田純子・編集/三好達也_林岳史

In the second edition of his Very Short Introduction, Skinner includes new material on The Prince, showing how Machiavelli developed his neo-classical political theory, through engaging in continual dialogue with the ancient Roman moralists and historians, especially Cicero and Livy. The aim of political leaders, Machiavelli argues, should be to act virtuously so far as possible, but to stand ready "to be not good" when this course of action is dictated by necessity.

This program is read by the author Bruce Lee’s daughter illuminates her father’s most powerful life philosophies—demonstrating how martial arts are a perfect metaphor for personal growth, and how we can practice those teachings every day. "Empty your mind; be formless, shapeless like water...

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vol.2です。今回は柔道を通して日本と出会ったこと。戦争に４年間も従軍した祖父のこと、その祖父が教えてくれたウエールズの自然について。２つのエピソードがおさめられています。

In this candid and hilarious memoir, the celebrated director, comedian, writer, and actor offers a comprehensive, personal look at his tumultuous life. He revisits his entire 60-year-long career as a writer and director, from his classics Annie Hall, Manhattan, and Hannah and Her Sisters to his most recent films, including Midnight in Paris. He discusses his marriages, romances, and famous friendships, his jazz playing, and his books and plays. We learn about his demons, his mistakes, his successes, and those he loved, worked with, and learned from.

Louisa May Alcott portrays a writer as worthy of interest in her own right as her most famous character, Jo March, and addresses all aspects of Alcott's life: the effect of her father's self-indulgent utopian schemes; her family's chronic economic difficulties and frequent uprootings; her experience as a nurse in the Civil War; and the loss of her health and frequent recourse to opiates in search of relief from migraines, insomnia, and symptomatic pain.

The MacArthur Foundation awards the "Genius Grant" every year to the most compelling scientists, educators and artists in the country. But who are these "geniuses," really? Host Bob Garfield sits down with fellows, including writer and producer David Simon, radio producer Jad Abumrad, and inventor Amy Smith, to learn what events shaped their life, how they became leaders in their fields, and what they imagine our shared future looks like.

An exposé on the depths of the internet. From sex trafficking and fraud to government secrets and anonymous hacking groups.

A USA TODAY MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK “A remarkably intimate and insistently human chronicle of a moral authority’s coming of age.” —The New York Times This is not the story you think you know. It’s the one I’ve been waiting to tell. Thrust onto the public stage at fifteen years old...

In this book, Anita shares how after fighting cancer for almost four years, her body began shutting down. As her organs failed, she entered into an extraordinary near-death experience where she would realize her inherent worth and the actual cause of her disease. Upon regaining consciousness, Anita found that her condition had improved so rapidly that she was able to be released from the hospital within weeks . . . without a trace of cancer in her body!

The late Dr. Michihiko Hachiya was director of the Hiroshima Communications Hospital when the world's first atomic bomb was dropped on the city. Though his responsibilities in the appalling chaos of a devastated city were awesome, he found time to record the story daily, with compassion and tenderness. Dr. Hachiya's compelling diary was originally published by the UNC Press in 1955, with the help of Dr. Warner Wells of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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

「好きなもの イチゴ珈琲花美人 懐手して宇宙見物」 こんな句をのこした寺田寅彦は、俳人・随筆家であり、物理学者。貴方が夏目漱石の愛読者であったなら『吾輩は猫である』の寒月君のモデルと言えばああと思われるのではないだろうか。その森羅万象に開かれた目線・人間味あふれる感性が織りなす作品は、今も愛読者が多い。 そんな彼が漫画と科学について考察した短編随筆。現代の漫画隆盛をみるとなるほどと思う、科学者らしい考察が書かれた一考察です。

Donald Trump is unlike any president we've ever had. He is the only person ever elected to be commander in chief who has not first held public office or served as a general in the military. His principles grow out of five decades of business and celebrity success - not politics - so he behaves differently from traditional politicians.

Over a quarter of a century after its first publication, the great and simple wisdom in this book continues to influence women's lives.

Millions of people climb the grand marble staircase to visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art every year. But only a select few have unrestricted access to every nook and cranny. They’re the guards who roam unobtrusively in dark blue suits, keeping a watchful eye on the two million square foot treasure house. Caught up in his glamourous fledgling career at The New Yorker, Patrick Bringley never thought that he’d be one of them.

When planning for the future we often ask, “What will the economy be doing this time next year?” Or, “What will be different ten years from now?” But forecasting is hard. The important events that will shape the future are inherently unpredictable. Instead, we should be asking a...

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.

Told in a series of letters, this true story of the correspondence between a New York writer and a London bookseller has touched the hearts of thousands.