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【小学館の名作文芸朗読】

大隈重信の演説・談話をまとめた作品。青年たちに向けた大隈の経験と人生哲学が語られる。佐賀藩の弘道館で学んでいた17歳の時に学制改革を主張して放逐された話。明治維新前夜に藩主に時勢を説く話や、明治維新後に刺客に狙われる話など。乱世での経験が語られるが、乱世でなくとも大人物になれると説く。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】

二月二十八日、生暖かい風が吹き、地面は濡れていた。歩くと足下から病人の呼息のような蒸気が立ち上り、人々の眼鼻口を悩ませる。帰宅すると肩当と羽織だけが不思議と汗で濡れていたが、綿入れなどの下着は湿っておらず、妙な感覚を抱いた。友人の池辺君の容体が突然変ったのは、その日の十時半頃からであった──。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】

芥川龍之介の処女作。雪の降る日、橋場の玉川軒では一中節の順講が開かれていた。四十歳を超えた人々が集まり、師匠の紫暁、中洲の大将、小川の旦那などが列席している。末席にいるのは「房さん」という本卦返りをした老人だ。かつては茶屋酒に溺れ、金瓶大黒の若太夫との心中沙汰も経験した彼は、玄米問屋の身上をすってしまったが、今では料理屋に引き取られ楽隠居の身となっていた。

The Mystery of the Blue Train: In this official authorized edition featuring exclusive content from the Queen of Mystery, robbery and brutal murder aboard a luxury transport ensnares the ever-attentive Hercule Poirot. Evil Under the Sun: In this exclusive authorized edition from the Queen of Mystery, the fastidious sleuth is on the trail of the killer of a sun-bronzed beauty whose death brings some rather shocking secrets into the light.

In a career spanning more than 50 years, Harlan Ellison has written or edited 75 books; more than 1700 stories, essays, articles and newspaper columns; two dozen teleplays; and a dozen movies. Now, for the first time anywhere, Troublemakers presents a collection of Ellison's classic stories—chosen by the author—that will introduce new listeners to a writer described by the New York Times as having "the spellbinding quality of a great nonstop talker, with a cultural warehouse for a mind."

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】その夜、省線電車で寒さに震えていた「僕」は、ある男から外套を貰う。男は人から貰う側より与える方になりたいという。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】譲吉は、久しぶりに上野図書館を訪れ、自分の苦しかった学生時代を振り返る。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】北海道の農村を舞台に、秋の風景描写や自然観察を中心に綴ったエッセイ。霜に覆われた北海道の農村風景が描かれる。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】吉良上野介は領民に愛される名君として横須賀村を治めていた。村では彼の善政に感謝し、領民たちは吉良家を深く尊敬していた。

The prestigious annual story anthology, featuring prize-winning stories by Kate DiCamillo, Jess Walter, Dave Eggers, Allegra Goodman, Jai Chakrabarti, Francisco Gonzalez, and more.

The Josephine Tey Collection includes unabridged recordings of Tey's 8 major novels in one audiobook, including all 6 of the novels in the Inspector Alan Grant series.

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.

The Sheep Dragon is a collection of 14 short stories set before, during, and after the first four parts of The Unconventional Heroes series. Each story addresses questions of world-shaking importance like: Is it possible for a young dragon to watch over a flock of sheep without those sheep ending up in his stomach? What do necromancers actually do at necromancer conventions? And what is the best way to deal with a surprise demonic invasion?

These 16 lectures bring the Socratic quest for truth alive and explore ideas that are as vital today as they were 25 centuries ago. Ideas about truth, justice, love, beauty, courage, and wisdom that can change lives and reveal the world in new ways. Here, you'll delve into the inner structure, action, and meaning of 17 of Plato's greatest dialogues, making these lectures an indispensable companion for anyone interested in philosophy in general or Platonic thought in particular.

If you look at any listing of the ten most important books of detective stories published in the United States, chances are you will find Uncle Abner on most of them. It is generally recognized as one of the most important contributions to American dectective fiction between Poe and Hammett. In fact, there are some critics who call it the single finest collecton of American detective stories ever written.

The story tells the tale of an introverted academic who happens upon a strange whistle while exploring a cemetery on the East Anglian coast. When blown, the whistle unleashes a supernatural force that terrorises its discoverer. Montague Rhodes James was a noted British mediaeval scholar and provost of King's College, Cambridge (1905–1918) and of Eton College (1918–1936). He is best remembered for his ghost stories which are widely regarded as among the finest in English literature.

The tale of a man who unwittingly angers a sorcerer, who is assumed by some Monty scholars to be based on the self-styled 'Great Beast,' occultist Aleister Crowley. Montague Rhodes James was a noted British mediaeval scholar and provost of King's College, Cambridge (1905–1918) and of Eton College (1918–1936). He is best remembered for his ghost stories which are widely regarded as among the finest in English literature.

The story of Paxton, an antiquarian and archaeologist who holidays in "Seaburgh" and inadvertently stumbles across one of the lost crowns of Anglia, which legendarily protect the country from invasion. Montague Rhodes James was a noted British mediaeval scholar and provost of King's College, Cambridge (1905–1918) and of Eton College (1918–1936). He is best remembered for his ghost stories which are widely regarded as among the finest in English literature.

Every novella by Ursula K. Le Guin, an icon in American literature, collected for the first time - and introduced by the legendary author - in one breathtaking volume. Ursula K. Le Guin has won multiple prizes and accolades, from the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters to the Newbery Honor, Nebula, Hugo, World Fantasy, and PEN/Malamud awards. She has had her work collected over the years but never as a complete retrospective of her longer works.