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【小学館の名作文芸朗読】織田作之助の随筆。秋という季節が持つ独特の感受性や、そこに絡む孤独、そして自然の美しさを語っている。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】秩父地方の豊かな自然が織りなす美しさを描いた随筆。秩父の山々は威圧的ではなく人を優しく包み込む性質を持つ。小暮は、それは情緒的であり女性的であると述べる。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】『分類アイヌ語辞典』『地名アイヌ語辞典』の著書で知られ、昭和期に活動したアイヌ言語学者の随筆。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】伊代は九太から40円の手切れ金を受け取り、貯金をする。二人は3年間連れ添った夫婦であったが、九太が故楽長の未亡人まさ子と関係を持ったことで別れることとなった。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】夫をシベリアで亡くした未亡人が、息子の行雄と古くからの使用人・作衛と暮らしていた。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】人々の精神生活における虚無感を描いた物語。私は浅間山麓の草津旧街道にある寂れた茶店に立ち寄る。

In the not too distant future, dinosaurs rule the world. Alan is deposited in a grassy field with all signs of humanity replaced. A few hundred of his peers are given a loincloth, spear, a few tools, and a mission: to integrate and survive... if they're not eaten first.

Charming and thought-provoking, this short story from American master of science fiction Ray Bradbury and narrated by Mike Vendetti follows the misadventures of a group of elderly women who have poured their life savings into a final trip to an outer-space paradise, only to find out that the promised journey doesn't pan out quite the way they expected it to.

In this short tale for fans of Cinderella and Bridgerton, Pearl’s ball gown may carry the whiff of mothballs, but her dance card for the duke’s ball is full…until she loses a shoe. In her enthusiasm, Pearl’s foot slides out of her too-big damask slipper in the middle of a dance and gets kicked around the ballroom to the amusement of the sophisticated guests. What is a spirited but clumsy heroine to do? Can her composure and good humor save her social dignity?

In "The Robot Who Looked Like Me," a busy man and a busy woman find a way to carve out time to romance each other—by having look-alike robots made to do the job—who then run away together.

The Ancient Ones are coming to consume our world, and only the bold investigators of Arkham Horror stand in their way in this chilling collection of eldritch novellas.

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.

Aristotle was a Greek philosopher and polymath during the Classical period in Ancient Greece. His writings cover many subjects including physics, biology, zoology, metaphysics, logic, ethics, aesthetics, poetry, theatre, music, rhetoric, psychology, linguistics, economics, politics and government.

Philip K. Dick was an award-winning giant of American science fiction, right up there with Ray Bradbury and Isaac Asimov. He became the first science fiction writer ever to be included in The Library of America series. Although he died fairly young at 53, he created many incredible sci-fi stories - 44 published novels and over 120 short stories! These 14 selections represent some of his most imaginative work. Included in this collection are: "Adjustment Team", "The Golden Man", "A World of Talent", "The Last of the Masters", "The Crystal Crypt", and more.

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....

Lonely, thanklessly courteous, and without the benefit of status, Gordon Schulmeister is only tolerated in his younger, hip, and gentrified Oakland neighborhood. Now, amid the tensions of a pandemic, the cantankerousness of his landlord, and dog sitting an intimidating pit bull, Gordon has never felt the target on his back so acutely. To keep his neighbors off his heels, with some hope and a sigh, Gordon might have to finally speak up.

A long-married couple is forced to confront their friend's painful past when a church revival comes to a nearby town ... A woman in an arranged marriage struggles to connect with the son she hid from her husband for years ... A well-meaning sister unwittingly reunites an abuser with his victims. Through an indelible array of lives, Yoon Choi explores where first and second generations either clash or find common ground,

A spirit who appears in a law firm reliving the exact moment she lost her chance at love, a man haunted by the trees cut down to build his house, nefarious specters that snatch anyone who steps into the shadows in which they live, and parakeets that serve as mouthpieces for the dead - these are just a few of the characters Kevin Brockmeier presents in this extraordinary compendium of spectral emanations and their wildly various purposes in (after) life.

This volume contains a variety of imaginative stories from both famous and not-so-famous science fiction writers.

In seiner 1878 geschriebenen Kurzgeschichte erzählt Ludwig Anzengruber auf humoristischer Weise, von der Spitzfindigkeit eines fahrenden Händlers. Auch in Erzählungen von Johann Peter Hebel, geht es um dle leichtgläubigkeit einiger Zeitgenossen im 19.Jahrhundert. Mit Liebe zum Detail produzierte Audiofassung.