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【小学館の名作文芸朗読】理学士の帆村は、サンタマリア病院の玄関前で、竹田博士の妻・ウララとジョン・マクレオ医師の会話を盗み聞きする。博士が頭を割られて死んでいるという。竹田博士はロボット研究の権威だ。自宅兼研究所の3階実験室のベッドで、顔を粉砕された状態で死んでいるのが発見されたらしい。

In 1995, the physical and social landscape of Japan was transformed by two events: the Kobe earthquake, in January, which destroyed thousands of lives, and the poison-gas attacks in the Tokyo subways in March, during the morning rush hour. Following these twin disasters, Haruki Murakami...

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明治期の日本で「小泉八雲」の名で作家活動をしたラフカディオ・ハーンが、浦島伝説を紹介しながら綴る旅行記。旅館「浦島屋」の妖精のような女主人に人力車を手配してもらった私は、車中で浦島伝説に思いを巡らせる。日本の人々は浦島明神なる神社まで建立している。彼らが同情するのは、乙姫様ではなく、浦島の方なのである。

With Life Ceremony, the incomparable Sayaka Murata is back with her first collection of short stories ever to be translated into English. In Japan, Murata is particularly admired for her short stories, which are sometimes sweet, sometimes shocking, and always imbued with an otherworldly imagination and uncanniness.

恋の悩みや迷いを抱えたり、プレゼントに困った若い男女たちが、ふと見かけた小さなアンティークショップ。 何故か気になる。 ふらっと立ち寄り導かれたこのお店から、心揺らぐ物語が巻

When a man's favourite elephant vanishes, the balance of his whole life is subtly upset. A couple's midnight hunger pangs drive them to hold up a McDonald's. A woman finds she is irresistible to a small green monster that burrows through her front garden. An insomniac wife wakes up in a twilight world of semi-consciousness in which anything seems possible - even death. In every one of these stories Murakami makes a determined assault on the normal.

Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who first appeared in publication in 1887. He is the creation of Scottish born author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. A brilliant London-based detective, Holmes is famous for his intellectual prowess, and is renowned for his skillful use of deductive reasoning (somewhat mistakenly - see inductive reasoning) and astute observation to solve difficult cases.

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】牛ひきの和太郎さんは、年老いて痩せた牛を「とてもよい牛」と大事にしている。 その牛は力は弱いが道をよく知り、酒好きの和太郎さんが帰り道に茶店で泥酔しても、荷車に眠る主人を毎晩きちんと家まで連れて帰ってくれるからである。 周囲は「若い牛に替えればよかった」と笑うが、和太郎さんにとっては命の恩人のような牛だった。

Golden Globe-winning actor Michael C. Hall (Six Feet Under) performs Truman Capote's masterstroke about a young writer's charmed fascination with his unorthodox neighbor, the "American geisha" Holly Golightly. Holly - a World War II-era society girl in her late teens - survives via socialization, attending parties and restaurants with men from the wealthy upper class who also provide her with money and expensive gifts. Over the course of the novella, the seemingly shallow Holly slowly opens up to the curious protagonist.

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時事新報社記者時代に湯島天神で偶然見てもらった手相について語るエッセイ。冗談半分に友人の久米や芥川と訪れた境内の易者に見てもらったところ、菊池が三十歳を越えてから栄達し、一群の人の上に立ち、金銭に不自由しなくなることなどが予言された。当時貧乏で文壇に出ることなど夢にも思わなかったが、十年後にはこの予言が悉く適中し、やがて手相に興味を持つようになる。

The correspondence between Carrie Allsop and David Mayer reveals, piece by piece, the painful details of a devastating affair between their spouses. With each commiserating scratch of the pen, they confess their fears and bare their souls. They share the bewilderment over how things went so wrong and come to wonder where to go from here. Told entirely through the letters of two comforting strangers and those of two illicit lovers, Evidence of the Affair explores the complex nature of the heart. And ultimately, for one woman, how liberating it can be when it’s broken.

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】日本における名字は、家族の分化や居住地の変遷と密接に関連し、その数は非常に多い。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】『貧しき人々の群』『道標』などの代表作で知られ、昭和期に活動した作家の随筆。我々のように机に向かって仕事をする者は、静かな良い書斎を持ちたい。一日の大部分を過ごすので、客間、食堂、寝室は緊張を緩め、疲れた頭を慰安する処として考案したい。直射する光線が大嫌いなので、書斎は北向き。もちろん洋風で周囲には書棚、暗緑色の壁紙に天井壁は純白･･･。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】パリにいる息子への思いを綴った随筆。著者は巴里の北で息子と別れてから六年目になると述べ、心の橋で二人はいつでも出会えると感じている。息子は健康で画業を進捗させており、横光利一の旅行文や松尾邦之助の通信でもその様子を知ることができるが、息子に似た青年の後姿を見たり、残された稽古用品を見たりするたびに、「タロー！」と叫び出したくなるほど思いが募る。

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芥川龍之介による「桃太郎」の再話。深い山奥に巨大な桃の木があり、1万年に1度赤子が宿る実がなる。ある日、一つの実が谷川に落ち、川下で洗濯をしていたおばあさんに拾われる。この赤子が桃太郎となり、鬼ヶ島征伐を思い立つ。老夫婦は桃太郎を追い出したい思いから、出陣の支度をさせた。桃太郎は犬、猿、雉と共に旅をはじめるが、たどり着いた鬼ヶ島は、実は平和な楽土であった。

朗読むすめの朗読Bookシリーズが『平家物語』全192弾にチャレンジ！鎌倉時代から700年あまりも読み継がれ、令和の今もアニメになり話題になるほどの人気の『平家物語』をお届けします。

―――【収録作品】「国民的未亡人」誰もが知るスター俳優であった夫を亡くした私は、一般人にして有名「未亡人」となった。

From L.A. to rural Ireland, from war-torn Beirut to a windswept Scottish coastline, from the bright lights of the theatre to the dimness of the therapist’s office - these six outstanding and impactful stories seek to explore grief and trauma, new beginnings and hope. The shortlisted stories have all been chosen for 2021's Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award - the world's richest and most prestigious prize for a single short story. Dubbed the 'equivalent of the Man Booker for the short story' by the Sydney Morning Herald, the winner receives £30,000.

From one of the greatest writers of our time, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and author of Brokeback Mountain and The Shipping News, Annie Proulx, comes a collection of the most celebrated stories from of her long career, alongside three new stories, gathered together for the first time. In...

人気作家夢の競演！ その大陸では、帝俊という神が崇められている。 帝俊は鳥の姿で世に現れ、泥の海から山河を造り、生きとし生けるものを生みだした。

Peacemakers. The Galactic Union’s most capable enforcers and resolute negotiators, their name alone elicits fear and awe among the Union’s citizenry. It doesn’t happen often, but when a Peacemaker can’t solve a case, it goes to the Peacemaker Archives, as all Peacemaker cold cases reside within “Bureau 42,” as it’s also known. Cases dealing with ghost ships, missing Peacemakers, mysterious killers, and even a few cases that aren’t even really cases can all be found in the files of Bureau 42. Fourteen authors present thirteen all-new stories from the depths of Bureau 42.

愛を失くした女子たちの、性と生についての痛切な短編集。 苦しくも美しい、哀と狂気を召し上がれ。 水のように無味無臭で摑めない男との日々「水みたいな人」、 明けない夜、名前も知らない恋人との関係に耽る「ジンジャーエールに似ている」、 私の体に飽きてきた彼氏に感じる切なさ「ぬるいラムネ」、

Brought to you by Penguin. Short, sometimes sweet and often strange, here are seven great stories by some of the best writers from around the world... Anne Enright Yoko Ogawa David Szalay Nadifa Mohamed Andrey Kurkov Yael van der Wouden and Roddy Doyle The Booker Prizes celebrate the world’s...

Ralphie Davis, was never man enough for his father or worth his mother’s attention. His life began once he moved from his parents’ home and into his sister’s. Tess, his older sister, was the only one to ever give him the time of day. He really never fit in anywhere and with no path to follow, no outlet, or really anything he enjoyed, he was well and truly lost. Then one day, his sister took him to work with her and introduced him to a whole new world full of endless possibilities. Had he finally found where he belonged? Daddy Marcel Allard hadn’t been a daddy in ages.

How much heat can one man handle? Five red-hot stories. Five straight men. Five explosive first encounters with desires they never knew they had—until the right man made them impossible to ignore. This sizzling MM erotica boxset is packed with steamy first-time gay romance, forbidden attraction, and alpha males surrendering to pleasure they never saw coming. Whether you love tension that ignites into scorching passion, or instant heat that burns from the very first page, this collection delivers five unforgettable straight-to-gay stories that will leave you desperate for more.

The illustrations here center on a leaf. Their story is familiar to many. Whether at the beginning, middle or end of your journey in life, in one way or another we are all attempting to find a home a place where we belong, a place where we are cared for, a place where we are loved, and a place where we are held. For many, home is where you are born, where people look like you, talk like you, maybe even think like you.

Doce relatos nacidos al abrigo del otoño. El paisaje otoñal no solo tiñe el paisaje de grises y ocres, también mueve las mentes creativas a la introspección. Lo que alumbró el otoño son historias donde las frivolidades del mundo se alzan contra los protagonistas. El consumismo exacerbado, la constante búsqueda del éxito, las apariencias morales en la política y la publicidad hunden las esperanzas y el romanticismo.

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】海軍学校で英語を教える若い教官・保吉の日常を、いくつかの短い場面で切り取った連作。安レストランで、主計官が乞食の少年に「わんと鳴いたらオレンジをやる」と命じ、少年が屈辱に耐えて犬のまねをする光景を目撃する「わん」。門番の守衛・大浦が、鉄泥棒を追って海に突き落とされる一件が語られる「勇ましい守衛」など。

Dans ce recueil du début du XXe siècle, Georges Fourest compose des contes vifs et malicieux où l’humour et la satire s’allient à une observation sociale aussi fine que piquante. D’une histoire à l’autre, les situations se dérobent, les points de vue se renversent, et la comédie humaine, tour à tour burlesque, ironique ou cruellement lucide, prend des reflets inattendus. Entre légèreté et mordant, ces textes courts épinglent travers, illusions et prétentions.

Nobody gets more upset about a lack of eggs than I do...

The Golden Flame of India The monsoon winds whispered secrets through the narrow alleys of Bombay, where incense mingled with the scent of wet earth, and lanterns cast golden halos upon ancient stone, in a world where tradition-bound daughters in silk and silence, Asha Patel dared to dream beyond the confines of her father's courtyard.

Alex knew life with an angel and demon would bring its challenges. After feuds with monsters and the lords of Hell, he’s got the scars to prove it. Yet between each crisis, Alex, Rachel, and Lorelei share a deep romance and a daily life that makes the dangers all worthwhile—even if some of those days between crises aren’t entirely peaceful, either. COZY SHADOWS collects twenty novelettes and short stories threaded in between the novels of the Good Intentions series, ranging from pure steamy romance and fun to supernatural action and adventure.

Everybody loves stories and Scotland is full of them. Every town, village, glen, loch, nook and cranny has a tale to tell and it’s these stories that bring those places to life. Scotland’s Stories is the key to unlocking those legends and seeing these already incredible places in a new way. Loch Garve looks different once you know there’s a Kelpie lurking somewhere in its depths.

He was called many things—outlaw, poet, killer, gentleman. But in the dying light of the Arizona Territory, Johnny Ringo was simply a man trying to outrun his own shadow. From the dusty backroads of Texas to the lawless streets of Tombstone, Ringo follows one of the West’s most haunted figures—a man torn between faith and fury, poetry and the pistol. As the world around him bleeds into legend, Ringo searches for something the frontier can’t give him: peace.

Ce premier volume des Scènes de la vie privée rassemble des récits où Balzac scrute les cœurs et les fortunes avec une précision implacable. De La Maison du Chat-qui-pelote au Bal de Sceaux, de La Bourse à La Vendetta, jusqu’à Madame Firmiani, Une double famille, La Paix du ménage, La Fausse Maîtresse, Étude de femme et Albert Savarus, ces tableaux de la vie intime révèlent l’ambition, l’amour, l’orgueil et les calculs qui tissent le quotidien.

The final three contemporary western romance novels in the Stones of Heart Falls series from New York Times bestselling author Vivian Arend.

Gain insight into shifting perspectives. Small town comradery and lessons in good manners. Advancement and enrichment of personality through sharing in community happenings.