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江戸時代に活躍した測量家・伊能忠敬の生涯と偉業について書かれた伝記文学。伊能が延享二年、上総国山武郡小関村で生まれてから、地図作成に至るまでの人生。地図作成における苦労や努力、使用した測量技術や道具、全国を巡る大規模な測量プロジェクトの詳細について述べられる。

Patrick Lafcadio Hearn, was an Irish writer known also by the Japanese name Koizumi Yakumo. His book Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things, comprises two parts, the first being the "Kwaidan Proper" and the second, "Insect-Studies", which consists of an essay each on ants, butterflies and mosquitos. According to the author, most of the folk tales and ghost stories in the first part were translated from old Japanese texts. The themes encompass resurrection, sacrifice, magic, and the realm of dreams.

First there was the mystery of the film star and the diamond...then came the "suicide" that was murder...the mystery of the absurdly cheap flat...a suspicious death in a locked gun room...a million-dollar bond robbery...the curse of a pharaoh's tomb...a jewel robbery by the sea...the abduction of a prime minister...the disappearance of a banker...a phone call from a dying man...and finally, the mystery of the missing will. What links these fascinating cases? Only the brilliant deductive powers of Hercule Poirot!

Œuvre la plus connue de Stefan Zweig, cette nouvelle relate une partie d'échecs durant laquelle un inconnu oppose une résistance inattendue à l'un des grands champions de la discipline. Mais qui est cet homme dont on apprendra plus tard qu'il fut prisonnier du régime nazi ? Comment fait-il pour jouer si bien aux échecs ?

هذا الكتاب هو الجزء الثاني لكتاب )يعني إيه راجل( الصادر عام ٢٠١١ ولكنه ليس إعادة طبع لإصدار قديم، ولكنه جزء ثاني برؤية مختلفة لزمان اختلفت فيه التعريفات، فأصبح من...

This is a story from the Fall of the House of Usher collection. The horrors of the Spanish Inquisition, with its dungeon of death, and the overhanging gloom on the House of Usher demonstrate unforgettably the unique imagination of Edgar Allan Poe. Unerringly, he touches upon some of our greatest nightmares: Premature burial, ghostly transformation, words from beyond the grave. Written in the 1840s, they have retained their power to shock and frighten even now.

A father’s devotion. A son’s courage. A timeless bookstore that holds the power to heal lost hearts. The Book Collected invites you into the poignant world of a father and son torn apart by life’s harsh realities—divorce, distance, and dashed dreams.

Rich with hard-won wisdom and humanity, set in locales from Miami and Port-au-Prince to a small unnamed country in the Caribbean and beyond, Everything Inside is at once wide in scope and intimate, as it explores the forces that pull us together, or drive us apart, sometimes in the same searing instant.

Xuan Juliana Wang's remarkable debut introduces us to the new and changing face of Chinese youth. From fuerdai (second-generation rich kids) to a glass-swallowing qigong grandmaster, her dazzling, formally inventive stories upend the immigrant narrative to reveal a new experience of belonging: of young people testing the limits of who they are, in a world as vast and varied as their ambitions. In stories of love, family, and friendship, here are the voices, faces, and stories of a new generation never before captured in fiction.

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】

永井荷風による短編小説。戦後の日本社会を背景にしている。17歳の季子は、母の死後、姉夫婦の家に引き取られて暮らしていた。姉の家はありふれた家庭であったが、季子にはどこか居心地の悪さがあり、この家にいるのが嫌だと感じていた。ある日、鳥打帽をかぶった20代半ばの男が現れ、季子に話しかける。二人は夜店のある通りを歩き、汁粉屋で一緒に汁粉を食べた。

Cuentos modernos sobre la felicidad, la compasión y el amor que nos iluminarán y entretendrán. Durante sus viajes y su labor como monje budista en los últimos 30 años, Ajahn Brahm ha reunido una gran cantidad de historias conmovedoras, divertidas y profundas. Si bien la filosofía...

Ellen DeGeneres published her first book of comic essays, the #1 best selling My Point...and I Do Have One, way back in 1996. Not one to rest on her laurels, the witty star of stage and screen has since dedicated her life to writing a hilarious new book. That book is this audiobook.

By turns funny, moving, romantic and surreal, and filled with unexpected twists and turns, each of the tales on this lineup has a magical element.

After more than 2,300 years, the Greek philosopher Aristotle still remains one of the most influential thinkers who has ever lived. There was hardly any field of human knowledge in existence during his day in which he did not make a major contribution. Additionally, he probed areas which were never before examined. Indeed, one could make the claim that no individual person has ever known as much about this world as Aristotle. His analyses of zoology and logic paved the way for modern forensic techniques, and for which every scientist down to this day owes him a debt of gratitude.

The following books are included: Paingod and Other Delusions, I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream, and From the Land of Fear.

Born a slave, the Roman Stoic philosopher Epictetus (c. 55-135 AD) taught that mental freedom is supreme, since it can liberate one anywhere, even in a prison. In How to Be Free, A. A. Long - one of the world's leading authorities on Stoicism and a pioneer in its remarkable contemporary revival - provides a superb new edition of Epictetus's celebrated guide to the Stoic philosophy of life (the Encheiridion) along with a selection of related reflections in his Discourses.

Bacamarte funda um hospício e passa a internar nele todos aqueles que julga loucos. O procedimento leva a um desfecho inesperado. Neste audiolivro, a leitura de Rafael Cortez, que se diz "louco por Machado", é fluida, como se as palavras tivessem vivido dentro dele desde as primeiras leituras na escola. Nos momentos decisivos da obra, Rafael Cortez encontra o melhor timbre e a entonação perfeita para deixar tudo bem claro para o ouvinte.

William Gibson's dark visions of computer cowboys, bio-enhanced soldiers of fortune, and hi-tech lowlifes have won unprecedented praise. Included here are some of the most famous short fiction and novellas by the author of Count Zero and Neuromancer.

This is a story from the Classic Women's Short Stories collection.

What Darkness Keeps invites listeners to venture down moonlit paths where madness and reality intertwine. Sterling guides us through landscapes of psychological terror where the deeper you journey into darkness, the harder it becomes to find your way back to the light.