Nobel laureate Erwin Schrödinger's What is Life? is one of the great science classics of the 20th century. A distinguished physicist's exploration of the question which lies at the heart of biology, it was written for the layman but proved one of the spurs to the birth of molecular biology and the subsequent discovery of the structure of DNA. It appears here together with "Mind and Matter", his essay investigating a relationship which has eluded and puzzled philosophers since the earliest times.

進学校である松山東高校になんとか入学した悦子は、女子ボート部を設立し、初心者ばかりの仲間を集め、エネルギーをボートに注ぐ。「自分の居場所」を見つけ、張り切る悦子だったが、貧血と腰痛に見舞われ、大事な大会直前、ボートが漕げなくなってしまう。

The Book of Tea by Okakura Kakuzo is a long essay linking the role of tea (teaism) to the aesthetic and cultural aspects of Japanese life. Addressed to a western audience, it was originally written in English and is one of the great English tea classics. Okakura had been taught at a young age to speak English and was proficient at communicating his thoughts to the Western mind. In his book, he discusses such topics as Zen and Taoism, but also the secular aspects of tea and Japanese life.

In Indistractable, Eyal reveals the hidden psychology driving us to distraction. He describes why solving the problem is not as simple as swearing off our devices: Abstinence is impractical and often makes us want more. Eyal lays bare the secret of finally doing what you say you will do with a four-step, research-backed model. Indistractable reveals the key to getting the best out of technology, without letting it get the best of us.

「ずっとずっと上の方のおれなんだってさ。どれくらい上かというと、それはもうずっと上で、だいたい二百五十か二百六十ぐらい上の人だそうだ・・・」頭がこんがらがってくる平行世界を、「最後の喫煙者」で会心の読みを披露した安原義人が読みました! 「ことのは出版オーディオブック作品一覧はhttp://www.kotonoha.co.jpにて」