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According to The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch (the world's only completely accurate book of prophecies, written in 1655, before she exploded), the world will end on a Saturday. Next Saturday, in fact. Just before dinner. So, the armies of Good and Evil are amassing, Atlantis is rising, frogs are falling, tempers are flaring. Everything appears to be going according to Divine Plan.

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】「窓」は、男女の別離の場面を描く。女は不具である兄の世話をしながら、恋人の男と3年間同居していたが、男の浮気が原因で一度発狂し、兄の助言に従い別れを決意した。

大手航空会社「国民航空」社員の恩地元は、まじめで実直な強い信念を持った男である。恩地は半ば強引に就任させられた労働組合委員長として、職場環境の改善を訴えたが、その手法を嫌忌した経営陣からアフリカへと左遷されてしまう。

今日もまた仕事で、つらい一日だった―――ゴッホ（画家）故郷は蝿まで人を刺しにけり―――小林一茶。30分も眠ると、つらくなるから、10分でおこしてください―――手塚治虫

全国の書店員が「世に出したい」新作を選ぶ、エンタメ小説新人賞

これから話すお話は、私が小学生だった頃に体験した実話である。今はもう、とある田舎町のUFO公園と呼ばれている場所に昔は民家が建っていて、そこへ私が行った、もとい連れていかれたときの話だ。

      〔ブッカー賞受賞〕短い旅に出た執事が美しい田園風景のなか古き時代を回想する。 

Overworked and underappreciated, single mom Amy Byler needs a break. So when the guilt-ridden husband who abandoned her shows up and offers to take care of their kids for the summer, she accepts his offer and escapes rural Pennsylvania for New York City. Usually grounded and mild mannered, Amy finally lets her hair down in the city that never sleeps. She discovers a life filled with culture, sophistication, and - with a little encouragement from her friends - a few blind dates.

6月19日は太宰治の誕生日で、また入水自殺を図った二人(太宰治とその愛人の山崎富栄)の遺体が見つかった日でもあります。太宰を偲び、6月19日は桜桃忌と呼ばれています。太宰の墓は三鷹市の禅林寺にあり、毎年6月19日には桜桃忌が開かれます。他に有名な文学忌としては、河童忌(芥川龍之介の命日7月24日)などあります。 ※本朗読作品中には現代ではふさわしくない表現が含まれていますが、著者が差別助長の意図で使用していないこと考慮し、原作に忠実に再現しています。(C)2007 TOKYO FM & Appleway

In that first volume, we were introduced to the remarkable world of Roshar, a world both alien and magical, where gigantic hurricane-like storms scour the surface every few days and life has adapted accordingly. Roshar is shared by humans and the enigmatic, humanoid Parshendi, with whom they are at war.

Here is the story of Klara, an Artificial Friend with outstanding observational qualities, who, from her place in the store, watches carefully the behavior of those who come in to browse, and of those who pass on the street outside. She remains hopeful that a customer will soon choose her. Klara and the Sun is a thrilling book that offers a look at our changing world through the eyes of an unforgettable narrator, and one that explores the fundamental question: What does it mean to love?

 世代を超えて語り継がれる アイヌ民族 歴史と文化の結晶 

がんばる人にエール！感涙の学園小説。

中学校の職員室を舞台に、14歳という繊細で多感な年齢の子どもたちと日々真剣に向きあう中学教師たちのリアルな姿を描いた連作短編集。

Short Stories in English for Beginners has been written especially for students from beginner to intermediate level, designed to give a sense of achievement, a feeling of progress and most importantly - enjoyment! Mapped to A2-B1 on the Common European Framework of Reference, these eight captivating stories are designed to give you a sense of achievement and a feeling of progress when listening. From science fiction to fantasy, to crime and thrillers, Short Stories in English for Beginners will make learning English easy and enjoyable. 

介護人キャシーは「提供者」と呼ばれる人々の世話をしている。生まれ育った施設へールシャムの親友たちも提供者だった。彼女は、施設での奇妙な日々に思いをめぐらす。

高校1年生の坂平陸は、ある日突然クラスメイトの水村まなみと体が入れ替わってしまう。どうやら一緒にプールに落ちたことがきっかけのようだ。突然のことに驚き、戸惑いながらも入れ替わったことはお互いだけの秘密にしようと決めた2人。

The runaway international number one best seller that launched Tom Clancy's spectacular career and introduced his acclaimed hero, Jack Ryan, in the ultimate submarine adventure - now reissued with a new cover. Silently, beneath the chill Atlantic waters, Russia's ultrasecret missile submarine, the Red October, is heading west. The Americans want her. The Russians want her back. With all-out war only seconds away, the superpowers race across the ocean on the most desperate mission of a lifetime.

In Before the Coffee Gets Cold, we meet four visitors, each of whom is hoping to make use of the café’s time-travelling offer, in order to: confront the man who left them, receive a letter from their husband whose memory has been taken by early onset Alzheimer's, to see their sister one last time, and to meet the daughter they never got the chance to know.

After Englishman John Blackthorne is lost at sea, he awakens in a place few Europeans know of and even fewer have seen—Nippon. Thrust into the closed society that is seventeenth-century Japan, a land where the line between life and death is razor-thin, Blackthorne must negotiate not only a foreign people, with unknown customs and language, but also his own definitions of morality, truth, and freedom. As internal political strife and a clash of cultures lead to seemingly inevitable conflict, Blackthorne’s loyalty and strength of character are tested by both passion and loss.

First published in 1912, Daddy-Long-Legs is an epistolary novel that follows orphan Jerusha "Judy" Abbott through her college years through a series of letters written to her anonymous benefactor, whom she nicknames "Daddy-Long-Legs." As Judy learns to navigate the complex world of studies, social life, and romance, her letters convey her growth and address the increasingly complex questions that preoccupy her.