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Thousands of years ago Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius wrote these meditations as a guide for his own self-improvement, and they're still relevant today. Bedtime stories are narrated by the world’s most celebrated voices and written with no beginning, middle, or end so you don’t stay up to hear what happens next. They're interesting enough to give your mind something to focus on, but delivered in a way that encourages sleep.

One of the most significant books ever written by a head of state, the Meditations are a collection of philosophical thoughts by the Emperor Marcus Aurelius (121 - 180 ce). Covering issues such as duty, forgiveness, brotherhood, strength in adversity and the best way to approach life and death, the Meditations have inspired thinkers, poets and politicians since their first publication more than 500 years ago. Today, the book stands as one of the great guides and companions - a cornerstone of Western thought.

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】お父さんの大事にしている植木鉢のゆずが、今年も大きな実を二つ付けた。これを見ると、年雄君はまだ小さかった日を思い出し、悲しくなる。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】豊富な良水を持つ京都は古来より豆腐作りで名高い土地である。特に精進料理を好む京都人の嗜好も相まって、上質な豆腐の産地として知られていた。

Profoundly poetic yet gloriously accessible, this is the best way to experience a work that has remained a centerpiece of Western civilization for 2,000 years. Fitzgerald's rendering speaks directly to the modern listener, inviting us to share the excitement, adventure, and human tears as Aeneas, the warrior hero, escapes from the burning city of Troy, embarks on a long and perilous journey, and eventually, triumphantly establishes a new nation: Rome.

As the days grow shorter and the temperature drops, Halloween approaches. Come, brave listener, pull up a chair, and spend some time with master storyteller Stephen Fry as he tells us some of his favourite ghost stories of all time, in truly terrifying spatial audio. From the headless horseman of Sleepy Hollow to the tortured spirits of M.R. James, from Edgar Allan Poe’s terrifying tale of a doppelganger to Charlotte Riddell’s Open Door that should definitely stay shut, join Stephen as he tells you some truly terrifying tales.

You are about to find a collection of erotic stories that will ignite passions, lust and feelings deep within you like nothing else! Each story is written to speak to your heart's hidden desires and will fill you with lustful sensations that will keep you going until the end. This book will unleash your fantasies with rough and forbidden sex stories, taboo wild sex, threesomes, gangbangs, lesbian sex, seduction, BDSM fantasies that come to life and much more. Prepare to be transported into a world of ecstasy and pleasure.

The Stupid Things Kids Do and Say is a hilarious and brutally honest account of the way your kids think and why they do what they do. Accounts from a young girl's point of view and her wild tale of growing up in a crazy world around her.

Professor Shane Warden is on the verge of getting tenure. He never thought he'd see the day, after a false accusation from a student years ago that nearly destroyed his career, and decimated his ability to trust. But the moment he walks into class and lays eyes on the seductive blonde with legs that go on forever and lips he immediately wants to kiss, he knows he’s in trouble. This time for real. Single mom Amber Davis is finally living her dream of going back to college....

"Through all the world there goes one long cry from the heart of the artist: give me leave to do my utmost." This line from "Babette's Feast" lends itself to both of the stories in this audio collection, which tell of unbreakable human spirit and total commitment to life choices. "Babette's Feast," now an award-winning film, takes a humorous look at a pure-spirited community in which love, lost youth, self-denial, and creative urges contribute to making the right choices. And "Sorrow-Acre," the most anthologized of Isak Dinesen's stories, challenges the most profound choice of all. Emmy and Tony Award-winning actress Colleen Dewhurst's warm, sensitive interpretation reveals the subtle beauty of Dinesen's prose.

A robopsychologist must outwit a machine determined to stay hidden in "Little Lost Robot"; a woman’s talent for "Light Verse" overshadows her true accomplishments with her robot servants; "The Last Question" presented to computer after computer over a hundred billion years may remain forever unanswered … and seventeen more future visions from the grand master of science fiction.

In Sherlock Holmes' first mystery short story, the great detective saves the future king of Bohemia from a possible blackmailer.

In this masterpiece of nature writing, beautifully narrated by Oscar-winning actress Tilda Swinton, Nan Shepherd describes her journeys into the Cairngorm mountains of Scotland. There she encounters a world that can be breathtakingly beautiful at times and shockingly harsh at others. Her intense, poetic prose explores and records the rocks, rivers, creatures and hidden aspects of this remarkable landscape.

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】

北の海へ帰るかもめから、南の都では鳩が平和に遊び暮らしていることを聞いたからす。ついその気になって都へ来たものの、鳩の仲間にはなれず、人間からは憎まれ、再び里に帰っていく。それ以来、からすは人をおだてたり、嘘を言って困らせたりすることを喜ぶようになる。

Three disparate and suspenseful looks at ourselves in three very different worlds. These engaging short stories by three of the masters of American science fiction literature, Isaac Asimov, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., and Philip K. Dick, open windows into our psyches, our souls, and our surroundings that presage the world we find ourselves in today. Like episodes of The Twilight Zone, cinematic in their language and characters, the stories connect with our times in surprising ways.

Billboard magazine had this to say about The World's Shortest Stories Vol. 1, "What is most impressive in this collection of great stories is the sheer variety. Let's hope a second volume of these tiny gems will not be long in coming!"

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】

病気で工場を追われた若者は、ある町で汚れた風貌の少年をみかける。少年は口笛を吹いて鳥を呼び寄せる特技を披露し、それをもとに宿代を得ようとするも、町の人々は嘲笑したり気味悪がるだけで少年を追い払ってしまう。後日、若者は少年が五、六人の男に殴りつけられているのを見る。

This last volume in the definitive collection of the best science fiction novellas published between 1929 and 1964 contains 11 great classics. No anthology better captures the birth of science fiction as a literary field. Published in 1973 to honor stories that had appeared before the institution of the Nebula Awards, The Science Fiction Hall of Fame introduced thousands of young listeners to the wonders of science fiction and was a favorite of libraries across the country.

With tales from Laird Barron, Stephen King, John Langan, Peter Straub, and many others, and featuring Datlow’s comprehensive overview of the year in horror, now, more than ever, The Best Horror of the Year provides the petrifying horror fiction readers have come to expect - and enjoy.

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】クラネクはニコリフスク近郊の村の警察署長である。彼はローゼン家の娘エルマに目をつけ、自分のものにしようと考えていた。