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河童、妖刀、大蛇、バテレンと法華、信玄の首…… 現代伝奇の旗手が描く誰も知らなかった戦国覇王の顔！ その時、本能寺にいたのは誰だ？ 『魔獣狩り』『神々の山嶺』『陰陽師』の創造主が描く、神になろうとした男！

A dark literary cult classic about alienation, self-destruction, and not fitting in.

人々を自然の災害から救おうと、命がけで立ち向かうグスコーブドリの壮大な物語をお届けします。 前編は「森」、「てぐす工場」、「沼ばたけ」です。 木こりの家に生まれ、幼年時代を森で幸せに暮らすブドリ。しかし十才の年に村は突然飢饉に襲われ、両親は家を出て行方不明になってしまいます。そしてその後にやってきたのは、蚕で一儲けしようという男。それも火山の噴火で失敗し、ブドリは森を出て沼ばたけで一生懸命働きます

【解説】 宮沢賢治童話の名作シリーズの第１として、４編を収録。 代表的名作の「銀河鉄道の夜」では、ジョバンニは、父親が北の海に漁に出かけたまま消息がわからず、母親も病気なので、家計を助けるために働いている。子供たちからは仲間はずれにされるが、カムパネルラだけは優しくしてくれた。ある日、いじめっ子のザネリたちにからかわれ、丘の草原に寝転んで星空を見上げていたところ、目の前がぱっと明るくなり、気が

人々を自然の災害から救おうと、命がけで立ち向かうグスコーブドリの壮大な物語。 後編は「クーボー大博士」から最終章「カルボナード島」です。 イーハトーブの市に出てクーボー大博士に認められたブドリは、イーハトーブ火山局に雇われます。ペンネン技師の教えで火山活動の観測を始めたブドリは噴火を事前に鎮めることに成功、幸せな生活を送ります。やがて、異常気象から人々を守ろうと対策を思いついたのですが…。飛行船に

世界の歴史を動かしてきた人物たち、総勢415名の伝記・小伝をまとめたオーディオブック。要点をかんけつにまとめ、きちんと文学性をもった文章によって語られる内容は

Based on the true story of a forgotten hero, the USA Today and #1 Amazon Charts bestseller Beneath a Scarlet Sky is the triumphant, epic tale of one young man’s incredible courage and resilience during one of history’s darkest hours. Pino Lella wants nothing to do with the war or the Nazis...

イーハトーヴの大きな森。木こりの息子として生まれたグスコーブドリは、冷害による飢饉で両親を失い、妹は人さらいに連れていかれてしまいます。一人後に残されたブドリは、森でてぐす工場をたてた男を手伝いますが、火山の噴火で工場は閉鎖。その後沼ばたけで農業に携わりますが、そこでも寒さと旱魃の影響で職を失います。イーハトーヴの市へ出たブドリはクーボー大博士のところで勉強

By the time Isabella Stewart Gardner opened her Italian palazzo-style home as a museum in 1903 to showcase her collection of old masters, antiques, and objects d'art, she was already well-known for scandalizing Boston's polite society. But when Isabella first arrived in Boston in 1861, she was...

The classic samurai novel about the real exploits of the most famous swordsman. Miyamoto Musashi was the child of an era when Japan was emerging from decades of civil strife. Lured to the great Battle of Sekigahara in 1600 by the hope of becoming a samurai - without really knowing what it meant...

Jack Kerouac’s classic novel about friendship, the search for meaning, and the allure of nature “In [On the Road] Kerouac’s heroes were sensation seekers; now they are seekers after truth . . . the novel often attains a beautiful dignity.”—Chicago Tribune First published in 1958, a...

In 1800 France, twenty-year-old Barbe-Nicole inherits her great-grandfather's uncanny sense of smell and uses it to make great champagne, despite the Code prohibiting women from owning a business.

Il fascino della lontana cultura nipponica emerge prepotente in questo esilarante e spietato romanzo di ispirazione autobiografica...

A haunting meditation on love, loss, companionship, and finding one’s way through the dark, Raymond Carver’s What We Talk About When We Talk About Love is one of the most important and influential short story collections in contemporary literature....

Few books have had such an impact as Wild Swans: a popular best seller and a critically acclaimed history of China that opened up the country to the world....

Gordon Parker is just an eager 18-year-old Australian boy desperate to fight for his country, and Nobuko 'Cherry' Sakuramoto is a 16-year-old girl struggling to survive in Japan in the aftermath of World War II. But when they fall in love, they change the course of history.

This is A Madman's Diary, and Other Stories by Lu Xun, a renowned writer of modern Chinese literature. Lu Xun was a novelist, editor, translator, literary critic, essayist, and poet who wrote both in Vernacular Chinese and Classical Chinese. He became the titular head of the League of Left-Wing...

All he wanted to do was to marry the woman he loved....

“Mark Sullivan has done it again! The Last Green Valley is a compelling and inspiring story of heroism and courage in the dark days at the end of World War II.”—Kristin Hannah, number one New York Times best-selling author From the author of the number one best seller Beneath a Scarlet Sky...

Life for the MacLean family in Missoula, Montana, in 1937 centers around family, fly fishing and the Big Blackfoot River. Fly fishing is the one activity where the family can bridge troubled relationships, where brother can connect with brother and father with son. And in the end, it is through...