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In September 1969, eighteen year old Lark Batteau leaves everything that was familiar in Cambridge, Massachusetts and flies to London to create a new life. Living on little but brown rice, cabbage and the kindness of strangers, she eventually makes her way north toward Scotland, all the while a voice inside her head persists: I'm going to Findhorn. At last she finds herself on windswept dunes, knee deep in magenta bell-heather. Where, gazing out at the wide North Sea, she feels Heaven in the palm of her hand.

Autor do best-seller Dez lições para o mundo pós-pandemia explora as revoluções ― passadas e atuais ― que definem a era polarizada e instável em que vivemos. Fúria populista, fratura ideológica, impactos econômicos e tecnológicos, guerras e um sistema internacional repleto de riscos catastróficos ― as primeiras décadas do século XXI podem ser consideradas o período mais revolucionário da história moderna. Mas não é o primeiro. Os seres humanos já passaram por alguns realinhamentos ― e prosperaram.

Por anos, a escritora Ursula K. Le Guin conquistou gerações de leitores com seus mundos imaginários. Durante a última parte de sua vida, a velhice, ela explorou um novo território: ensaios para o público geral, publicados em seu blog. Esses textos estão reunidos aqui e representam a junção perfeita da escrita envolvente e evocativa de suas narrativas ficcionais com temas universais como envelhecimento, família e amor, seja por seus amigos, seja por seus animais de estimação.

直木賞受賞、コロナ禍のステイホーム、デビュー40周年の節目・・。『月の満ち欠け』脱稿から『熟柿』刊行まで、作家は何を思い、過ごしてきたのか？好評エッセイ最新刊、待望の書籍化！直木賞受賞挨拶も収録。

Old age often defies stereotypes. Life’s later years are a time of slowing down and loss, but they can also be a period of reckoning and, sometimes, new beginnings as Pushcart Prize – nominated poet Sally Rosenthal comes to realize in this exploration of life past the age of seventy. In poetry and prose, she reflects on the past, examines the present, and looks ahead with grace and gratitude. A companion volume to her previous book, Peonies in Winter: A Journey Through Loss, Grief, and Healing, this new work, while an honest appraisal of old age, is also filled with hope, thanks, and even joy.

Journey through an evocative travel anthology and historical fiction where interconnected lives ride the currents of time. Perfect for a relaxing evening escape or an engaging daily commute, these ten immersive narratives transport you from misty Swiss headwaters to the vast Dutch delta. Let the...

Darin versucht Orwell ein Gesellschaftsmodell zu skizzieren, das es selbst als „demokratischen Sozialismus" bezeichnet, in welchem Schablonendenken innerhalb der überholten Links-Rechts-Symbolik keine Rolle mehr spielt und jeder Bürger unabhängig von Begleitumständen seiner Geburt die gleichen Chancen und Bildungsmöglichkeiten erhält. Dieser wünschenswerte Zustand soll laut Orwell durch eine teilweise Verstaatlichung gewisser Wirtschaftsbereiche und eine Begrenzung der Menge an privatem Besitzeigentum umgesetzt werden.

Three eras, ten stories. In “Hundredfingers,” a virtuoso guitarist reconnects with a figure from his past. In “Keyword,” a search engine falls in love with a user. In “Mad Scientist Seeking Intern for Spring Semester”…well, you can guess what that’s about. And there’s plenty more where those came from. Now newly introduced and expanded by the author, "Past, Present, Future." includes fiction, essays, and even a dash of poetry. Each inspects a different aspect of time, along with more important topics, such as Bigfoot and cats. Future-you will thank you for listening to it.

An elegant, iridescent mosaic of autobiographical fragments, both real and invented, forming a portrait of a creative life, from the life of the Pulitzer Prize finalist for Same Bed Different Dreams In 1998, Ed Park wrote a memoir and saved it to the vanishing technology of the floppy disk...

When reality fractures, ordinary lives spiral into uncanny horror in this anthology of glitch-in-the-matrix tales. Designed for the quiet dread of late-night listening, these accounts expose the terrifying porosity of our world. If you have ever felt truly alone in a new apartment or experienced...

記憶に残る なつかしい味を、いま再び作ってみたら―― 累計５０万部突破！「やめてみた」シリーズの わたなべぽんの食エッセイ漫画。 母が得意だった干し白菜のお漬物 ふるさとの芋煮 旧友に教わった野菜炒め アルバイト時代のプリンアラモード。

病気じゃないけど、体力がない。労働する元気も恋愛する元気もない――。SNSで「虚弱エッセイ」が話題沸騰の著者による「虚弱体質」のリアルをつづる、新世代のサバイバル・エッセイ！ ・21歳で身体にガタがきた ・仕事がないからじゃなくて、体力がないからお金がない

From Manus to MONA to birds to the Black Summer, from the destruction of our natural world to the hope offered by Indigenous Australia to the growing corrosion of democracy, from Salman Rushdie to the Segal Report, family and love, Flanagan's non-fiction writings carry the author's trademark...

A groundbreaking new direction for Claudia Rankine, the bestselling author of Citizen and Just Us Claudia Rankine has widened contemporary literature with her consciousness-raising, genre-defying works. In her first book after her celebrated American trilogy, Rankine shifts into new registers of...

東京の御堀端をめぐる三つの思い出をつづった随筆文。第一話「柳のかげ」では、明治期、桜田門外の路ばたに繁っていた五、六株の柳が往来人のオアシスとなり、甘酒屋や氷屋、後押し稼ぎの立ちン坊が集った情景を回想する。第二話「怪談」は、二十歳の雨の夜、堀端で背後から白地に桔梗の単衣を着た若い女に付け回された不思議な体験。

フランス料理の評価について書かれた評論。世界第一と誇大に宣伝されてきたフランス料理を、筆者は外遊で実際に試し、その発達ぶりは幼稚だったと述べる。微妙な味の工夫や見て楽しむ美が欠けていたといい、原因を素材の不良に求める。米英仏独伊を回ったが良質な牛肉がなく、魚も日本の百分の一程度。

ウィインの大銀行に勤める、いてもいなくても差支えない小役人チルナウエル。文士の集う珈琲店に通い、いつも噂話の聞き役に回る平凡な男である。ある日、その店に出入りする美貌の竜騎兵中尉ポルジイ伯爵が「誰か世界を一周してこないか」と切り出す。

雨の昼、床屋帰りの「私」は男の子に金をせがまれる。祖母にいじめられ昨日から食べていないと言うが、それはメンコ代欲しさの作り話で、断られると悪態をついて去っていった。後日「私」は本屋で、別の日に花屋の前で金を求めてきた子と再会する。

『貧しき人々の群』『伸子』『播州平野』『道標』などの代表作で知られ、昭和期に活動した作家の回想録。八十四歳の高齢で没した祖母は、一生を地味に小さく暮らし、幸福や悦びを味わうことのなかった人であった。私と祖母とは仲の良いような悪いような複雑な間だった。

戦後日本のファシズムへの市民的抵抗について書かれた評論。1949年8月、ポツダム宣言受諾から四回目の記念日を前に、下山事件・三鷹事件・千葉のファシスト地下組織などを例に挙げ、こんにちの日本のファシズムが「左からまわって」民主主義を口実に進行する狡猾さを指摘する。