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Now a Netflix film! Winner of the National Book Award, White Noise tells the story of Jack Gladney, his fourth wife, Babette, and four ultra­modern offspring as they navigate the rocky passages of family life to the background babble of brand-name consumerism. When an industrial accident...

人生に絶望した男が死神と出会うところから始まります。死神は男に、病人の枕元に立つと助からず、足元に立つと助かることを教えます。男は医者として成功し、大金持ちになりますが、欲に目がくらみ、死神との約束を破ってしまいます。

The Three Kingdoms is one of the Chinese Noble Classics. The great empire of China is in turmoil. As the government becomes increasingly incompetent, warlords and nobles battle for power. In the north is the Kingdom of Wei, headed by cunning and manipulative Cao Cao. In the southeast is the Kingdom of Wu, ruled by masterful and charismatic Sun Quan. In the west is the Kingdom of Shu, commanded by kindhearted and humble Liu Bei.

The second instalment of Tolkien's epic tale, adapted from the original BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation. Having fled the Shire in their escape from Sauron's Dark Riders, Frodo and the Fellowship of the Ring have journeyed to Rivendell and beyond

Marie Antoinette (1755-1793) ging als berühmtestes Opfer der Guillotine in die europäische Geschichte ein: Stefan Zweig hat sich in dieser Biographie dem schwierigen Charakter der Marie Antoinette gewidmet. Die Schilderung des Lebens Marie Antoinettes, der Tochter Maria Theresias, gleicht der Besichtigung eines Zeitalters am Vorabend der Neuen Zeit. Dokumentarisch belegte Geschichte wird dabei erzählt, die Heldin weder glorifiziert noch unterschätzt.

大店の若旦那がご飯も喉に通らす寝込んでいた。心配した父親は、息子の幼なじみで気心の知れた八五郎を呼ぶ。八五郎が色々聞いてみると、若旦那は恋煩いだと分かったところから話は進んでいきます。「背を早み岩にせかるる瀧川の」というのがその上の句。

In a gloomy, neglected house Miss Havisham sits, as she has sat year after year, in a wedding dress and veil that were once white, and are now faded and yellow with age. Her face is like a death’s head; her dark eyes burn with bitterness and hate. By her side sits a proud and beautiful girl, and in front of her, trembling with fear in his thick country boots, stands young Pip.

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is one of the most electrifying, most admired novels of our time. Set in the bleak confines of a state mental hospital and narrated by a half-Indian patient named Chief Bromden, it's the story of a titanic battle of wills between two unforgettable characters.

As Pip unravels the truth behind his own "great expectations" in his quest to become a gentleman, the mysteries of the past and the convolutions of fate through a series of thrilling adventures serve to steer him toward maturity and his most important discovery of all - the truth about himself.

A classic for the ages, The Inimitable Jeeves is a hilarious collection of interconnected stories chronicling the misadventures of the affable but often clueless Bertie Wooster. From disastrous matchmaking schemes to run-ins with formidable aunts – not to mention keeping bumbling friends like Bingo Little safe from romantic catastrophe – each tale showcases Wodehouse’s trademark wit, sharp dialogue and the thoroughly entertaining dynamic between Bertie and his unflappable sidekick...

The masterpiece of Steinbeck’s later years, East of Eden is a sprawling epic in which Steinbeck created his most mesmerizing characters and explored his most enduring themes: the mystery of identity, the inexplicability of love, and the murderous consequences of love’s absence...

源氏の院に密通を知らされた柏木は、恥ずかしさと畏れ多さで気分が悪くなり、引きこもってしまいました。源氏の院は、女三の宮を不憫に思う反面、それもこれも宮の思慮が足りないからだ、と他の女君たちと比べながらお考えです。朱雀院五十の御賀の試楽に参加した柏木は、苦痛のあまり宴席の途中で退出。 そのまま重病に陥りました。

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短編の名手と呼ばれたオー・ヘンリーが残した数々の傑作のひとつ。小中学校の教科書に採用されているため、日本でも広く知られている。

Here is the full-cast production of Shakespeare's classic love story, fully dramatized from the complete text, and starring Michael Sheen as Romeo and Kate Beckinsale as Juliet.

One of the 20th century's most challenging novels of ideas, The Fountainhead champions the cause of individualism through the story of a gifted young architect who defies the tyranny of conventional public opinion. The struggle for personal integrity in a world that values conformity above creativity is powerfully illustrated through three characters: Howard Roarke, a genius; Gail Wynand, a newspaper mogul and self-made millionaire; and Dominique Francon, a devastating beauty.

《西游记》以“唐僧取经”这一历史事件为蓝本，描写了孙悟空出世，后遇见了唐僧、猪八戒和沙和尚三人，一路降妖伏魔，保护唐僧西行取经，经历了九九八十一难，终于到达西天见到如来佛祖，最终五圣成真的故事。…… 《西遊記》以「唐僧取經」這一歷史事件為藍本，描寫了孫悟空出世，後遇見了唐僧、豬八戒和沙和尚三人，一路降妖伏魔，保護唐僧西行取經，經歷了九九八十一難，終於到達西天見到如來佛祖，最終五聖成真的故事。

In The Moon and Sixpence, Charles Strickland is a respectable London stockbroker who decides in middle age to abandon his wife and children and devote himself to his true passion: art. Strickland's destructive desire for self-expression takes him first to Paris to learn the craft of painting, and finally to Tahiti in the South Pacific. The Moon and Sixpence remains a complex and engaging novel echoing Maugham's own struggles between artistic expression and public respectability.

Stranger in a Strange Land is the epic saga of an earthling, Valentine Michael Smith, born and educated on Mars, who arrives on our planet with “psi” powers—telepathy, clairvoyance, precognition, telekinesis, teleportation, pyrolysis, and the ability to take control of the minds of others—and complete innocence regarding the mores of man. After his tutelage under a surrogate father figure, Valentine begins his transformation into a kind of messiah.

Galardonado por los Premios SEPA (Asociación de Editoriales Evangélicas) como el libro más vendido en la categoría Libro Ficción y como el libro más vendido en la categoría Libro Jóvenes. Disfruta de los siete libros de la clásica serie de fantasía de C. S. Lewis, Las Crónicas de...

Kaz Brekker and his crew have just pulled off a heist so daring even they didn't think they'd survive. But instead of divvying up a fat reward, they're right back to fighting for their lives. Double-crossed and badly weakened, the crew is low on resources, allies, and hope. As powerful forces from around the world descend on Ketterdam to root out the secrets of the dangerous drug known as jurda parem, old rivals and new enemies emerge to challenge Kaz's cunning and test the team's fragile loyalties.