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Read by two-time Oscar winner Tom Hanks. A collection of seventeen wonderful short stories showing that Tom Hanks is as talented a writer as he is an actor. A gentle Eastern European immigrant arrives in New York City after his family and his life have been torn apart by his country's civil war...

Hailed by The New York Times as "a marvel of storytelling", The Things They Carried’s portrayal of the boots-on-the-ground experience of soldiers in the Vietnam War is a landmark in war writing. Now, three-time Emmy Award winner-Bryan Cranston, star of the hit TV series Breaking Bad, delivers an electrifying performance that walks the book’s hallucinatory line between reality and fiction and highlights the emotional power of the spoken word.

The first American book on personal finance, "The Way to Wealth" by Benjamin Franklin is still the best and wisest money book ever written. Originally published in 1758 as the preface to "Poor Richard's Almanack", this little gem has been through innumerable printings and sold millions of copies to those in search of smart but entertaining advice about hard work, earning and saving money and debt.

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】

小さな仕立屋さんがジャムの香りに包まれながら仕事をしていたとき、パンの上にハエがわらわらと集まってきた。布きれで思い切り叩いてみると、七匹も仕留めていたではないか。仕立て屋は自分のいさましさを自慢に思い、「ひと打ちで七つ」と刺繍した帯を作って腰に巻く。そして町だけでなく世界にその武勇を知らしめようと、仕立屋さんは誇らしげに旅へ出発する。

"The Dream of a Ridiculous Man" is a short story by Fyodor Dostoyevsky written in 1877. It chronicles the experiences of a man who decides that there is nothing of any value in the world. Slipping into nihilism with the "terrible anguish", he is determined to commit suicide. A chance encounter with a young girl, however, begins the man on a journey that re-instills a love for his fellow man.

The Best Audio Storytelling is a new collection of thirteen of the year’s best nonfiction audio stories from podcasters, radio journalists, authors, independent creators, and more. The stories within this anthology transport you to a lush garden, to life in prison, to a cruise ship bar, and even into outer space. Curated by Pushkin Industries Executive Editor Julia Barton, a longtime editor of podcasts and radio, with a foreword by lifelong audio junkie David Sedaris, The Best Audio Storytelling is a celebration of the most innovative and powerful audio storytelling of the year.

How well do you know people? How well do they know you? Six award-winning, bestselling authors of suspense explore the lingering threat of secrets and the inescapable fear that they can’t stay buried forever. No matter how dark the hiding place, the consequences of revealing the truth can bring out the worst in lovers, friends, family, and strangers.

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】流産を経験し、体調不良と神経衰弱に悩む京子が、「海辺の見知らぬ家で赤ん坊を奪おうとして夫婦にもみ合いになり、とうとう首を切り落としてしまう」という夢を繰り返し見るが、実際に夫と訪れた海岸で、その夢の家と同じ場所・同じ事件が存在したと知り、狂気に追い込まれていく。

Hundreds of books and articles have been written about Edgar Allan Poe. Even so, no one is really sure who Poe was. Many people say that he was as crazy as the characters he wrote about. Others say that Poe was a driven man with a simple wish. He wanted to write and to make a living by his writing. Even though Poe lived a miserable life, he wrote some of the most interesting and original literature ever created.

Edgar Allan Poe was one of the most prolific authors of his time, eventually gaining recognition for his tales of horror and his uncanny ability to paint a macabre picture with words. The Complete Works Collection of Edgar Allan Poe contains over 150 stories and poems, separated into individual chapters, including all of Poe's most notorious works such as The Raven, Annabel Lee, A Dream Within a Dream, Lenore, The Tell-Tale Heart, and many more.

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】「古ぼけた美」や、北斎について綴った随筆。筆者は売立を見るとき、評判の呼び物よりも片隅に置かれて参観者の注視から逸しているような品物に興味を惹かれるという。女郎の足に絡まっていた下駄や高家の隠居が愛用していた煙草入れといった些細なものからは、どこか惹かれるようなつつましい美しさが伝わってくる。そこには尊い芸術の光、古典の命──いわば「古ぼけた美」があると語る

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】発明王であるエディソンの発明品や気質について語った評論。エディソンは一八四七年二月十一日、アメリカのオハイオ州マイランに生まれた。少年時代から好奇心が旺盛で、学校では質問ばかりして先生を困らせたために、母親が家庭で教育し、エディソンは独学で知識を身につけることとなった。十二のころには新聞売りの少年となり、列車の中で実験を始めた。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】ある村のやさしいおじいさんが、町へ用事で出かける。途中で公園の前で泣いている子供を見つけ、家に帰れずにいることを知る。おじいさんは子供を手助けしようと風船を買ってあげ、家を探そうとする。しばらくして子供の母親が現れ、子供を連れ戻す。 用事を済ませたおじいさんは村への帰り道で雪に降られ、道に迷ってしまう。

【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】崖下の金魚飼育商の跡取りになった復一は、美麗な金魚の新種を作っている。地方の水産試験所を辞めて養い親の元へ戻ってきたものの、家業に劣等感を抱いていた。一方、崖邸のお嬢さんと呼ばれる真佐子は、幼なじみだが身分の違う存在。復一は、嫉妬か羨望か未練か、真佐子に超越的な女性美を感じていたが、彼女はやがて結婚し子供を産む。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】「日本のトーキー映画はつまらない」と言われがちな状況に対して、自虐や皮肉を交えながら、つまらなさの責任の所在と構造を分析する文章。

From the internationally bestselling, Pulitzer Prize—winning author, a superbly crafted new work of fiction: eight stories that take us from Cambridge and Seattle to India and Thailand. In the stunning title story, Ruma, a young mother in a new city, is visited by her father, who carefully...

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】昔、ひとりの女の人がいた。この人には、三人の娘があった。いちばん上の娘は、ひたいのまんなかに、目がひとつしかなかった。それで、ひとつ目、とよばれていた。いちばん下の娘は、目が三つあった。それで、三つ目、とよばれていた。ふたつ目だけは、ふたつの目を持っていて、ほかの人間とすこしもかわりない。それで、きょうだいからも母親からも、きらわれていた。

Read by an all-star cast and featuring a bonus story special to the audio edition, Suddenly, a Knock on the Door is a one-of-a-kind audiobook.... Bringing up a child, lying to the boss, placing an order in a fast-food restaurant: in Etgar Keret’s new collection, daily life is complicated, dangerous, and full of yearning. In his most playful and most mature work yet, the living and the dead, silent children and talking animals, dreams and waking life coexist in an uneasy world.

John Updike reads six stories he has selected from the hundred-odd he has published. "A&P", recounting a moral crisis on the checkout counter, is his most anthologized story. "Pigeon Feathers," the longest story included, tells of a fourteen-year-old boy's fear of death and the answer he finds...