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【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】The Forest Is Alive【電子書籍】[ LaVonna Moore ]

＜p＞The Forest is Alive is a charming fairy tale about The Enchanted Forest of Rising Moon Lake. A large white wolf named Frost is the leader of the forest. Three black wolves that are troublemakers named Dark, Dusk and Shade plan an attack on Frost to become the leaders of the forest. A little blue dragon named Sparky is practicing to breathe fire. He sets the forest on fire! All of the animals in The Enchanted Forest are in danger from the forest fire. There is a magical tree in the middle of the forest. Sparky must save all of his animal friends from the fire that he started in the forest. There is a very ugly troll that lives in a cave on the top of Wolf Mountain by Rising Moon Lake. The troll comes down from the mountain to The Enchanted Forest. An ugly witch with a big nose wants the two fairies to make her pretty. Two beautiful unicorns live at the edge of the forest in this magical story of Snow White and her seven white wolf puppies. An Activity Game is at the end.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】What the Light Hides【電子書籍】[ Mette Jakobsen ]

＜p＞Vera and David have been passionately in love since the day they met more than twenty years ago. They live in the Blue Mountains where Vera is a sculptor and David makes furniture. Their son, Ben, is at university in Sydney.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Or at least he was. ＜em＞What the Light Hides＜/em＞ begins five months after Ben’s death, an apparent suicide. Vera is trying to pick up the pieces, but David cannot let go, cannot believe that Ben is dead. He goes to Sydney, ostensibly to work, but cannot get Ben out of his mind. He keeps seeing him in the street, visits the room where he was living, goes in pursuit of Ben’s friends. His refusal to come to terms with the death of his son is destroying his relationship with Vera, but he cannot help himself, in spite of all the evidence. David is risking everything.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Mette Jakobsen’s gifts of delicate and empathetic observation are on display in this tender and moving novel, a much-anticipated follow-up to her debut, ＜em＞The Vanishing Act＜/em＞.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞Mette Jakobsen＜/strong＞ was born in Copenhagen, Denmark and now lives in Newtown, Sydney. She has a PhD in Creative Writing and a BA in philosophy. In 2004 she graduated from NIDA’s Playwrights Studio and several of her plays have been broadcast on ABC Radio National. Her novels are ＜em＞The Vanishing Act＜/em＞, shortlisted for the Commonwealth Book Prize in 2012, and ＜em＞What the Light Hides＜/em＞.＜/p＞ ＜p＞‘Mette Jakobsen is an expert in creating images...Jakobsen describes the sights and sounds of inner-city Newtown as lovingly as she details the bush in the Blue Mountains.’ Readings＜/p＞ ＜p＞‘A moving look at love and loss.’ New Zealand ＜em＞Women’s Weekly＜/em＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞‘Jakobsen skillfully paints the picture of grief, illustrates the importance of empathetic support and shows just how destructive denial can be. Her characters are real and flawed, and it is impossible not to feel their suffering. She evokes her setting, both the mountains and the inner city, with consummate ease. Many readers will find they are moved to tears by this stirring read.’ BookMooch＜/p＞ ＜p＞‘A short book that packs an emotional punch.’ ＜em＞Otago Daily Times＜/em＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞‘Jakobsen’s sensory sensibility shines…Beautifully evocative and undoubtedly Australian in its voice.’ ＜em＞Farrago＜/em＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞‘A tenderly rendered story…Quietly written with a deft hand and a light touch.’ ＜em＞Geelong Advertiser＜/em＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞‘This was such powerful writing, and I could feel all of the characters leaping out of their pages like real people…I felt like I was walking the streets of Sydney and the mountain homes.’ Cosy Dragon＜/p＞ ＜p＞‘Poignant…The suicide of a child seems an unlikely subject for a rewarding novel, but Jakobsen has written a very special book, a tender and considered exploration of how we love and how we cope with loss.’ ＜em＞Adelaide Advertiser＜/em＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞‘A moving portrayal of denial, the first stage of grief.’ ＜em＞Big Book Club＜/em＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞‘A delicate portrayal of shared grief…Impressionistic and beautifully written.’ ＜em＞Overland＜/em＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞‘This little novel delves into the subject of loss and grief with a light touch and acute sensitivity.’ ＜em＞North & South＜/em＞＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Men In Uniform A Wayward Ink Publishing Anthology【電子書籍】[ Eric Gober ]

＜p＞Like your boys in blue keeping the… peace? Hot firemen dealing with… heat?Naval Officers getting in way too… deep? Perhaps you have a ‘thing’ for marines…Or do you prefer your Men In Uniform to belong in the future?Another galaxy?Another time? Wherever your love of a uniform leads you, MEN IN UNIFORM has something for you.STORIES INCLUDEDISSUE NO. 1 ERIC GOBERCome to a land...Where epic battles rage...Among monsters, superheroes, and a very sexy cop.Love and war are funny business in Hollywood, U.S.A.THE PINKERTON MAN CJ BATYA blackmailer forced Stiles to leave his perfect life behind.Along the way, he found a new friend, a job as a Pinkerton Agent, and murder.Can Stiles find the murderer before he kills again? MISSION: PROTECT THE EXALINA POPESCUSean never thought his military career would ever have him babysitting his ex who Sean hasn’t seen in six months.When best friend Tom finds out his younger brother Aiden is targeted, Sean drops everything to protect the man he still loves.Can two former lovers survive a weekend alone in the woods, or will the threat from within be more devastating than the one from outside?A SPARK IN THE SHADOWSKASSANDRA LEALove beckons Officer Warden Brooks to the shadows of a desolate place. But his lover Tate Eldridge is so much more than a criminal, he's a beautiful mystery.HIS HEART HELD HOSTAGE ASTA IDONEAWhen his father loses the battle against Hrafnaheim, Prince Darius finds himself a political prisoner.Taken in chains to a dark and unfamiliar land, he begins to lose hope. But then Captain Morten Gunnarsson of the Palace Guards is assigned to watch over him. Now it is not just Darius' body being held hostage, but also his heart.THE EMPEROR'S SLAVEEDDY LEFEYWhen the Draaduuri arrived on Earth many humans died.Captain Timothy Kellerman’s family was among themNow, a truce has been struck. He is the prize.Crown Prince Yuuhaan has instantly bonded with his slave.Can the prince keep his baser instincts in check long enough for Timothy to transform?To become the next great hope of the Draaduuri and the human race?YES! YES! YES!LILY VELDENGo to Portsmouth, said my friends. It’s quieter. You’ll be able to write without distraction.They obviously hadn’t met my mysterious and elusive neighbor, Finn.…After all, what would a Friday night be without hearing Moaner, Gusher, or Squeaker screaming out their joy at being shagged senseless by the obviously talented Finn?Come to think of it, what would a Saturday, Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday night be without it either?Thank God for Mondays!THE FIREFIGHTER AND THE MARINE JIM DUNAWAYApartment building fires are always tragic, even if everyone makes it out alive. But what happens when a person can’t make it out on their own? Brave firefighters must risk their lives in order to rescue trapped people. Lieutenant Kenny Whitfield is one such firefighter. Brave and somewhat reckless. Lance Corporal Steve Martinson is one such person in need. When Kenny and Steve meet face to face in the hospital, well…BLUE KNIGHT CAROL PEDROSOFranc has resigned himself to yet another year of pain and humiliation in order to complete his on ship training. Then along comes Zyph, with his sexy blue skin and probing questions…Will he be Franc’s Blue Knight?THE ROYAL GUARDIAN JO TANNAHWarrior and Dragon Seek to Destroy Those Who Had Dared Harm Their Prince.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Dragonfly Dreams【電子書籍】[ Stacey Joy Netzel ]

＜p＞Forced to sell precious family heirlooms to pay for her mother’s cancer medications, Loral Evans swallows her pride when handsome antique dealer Jake Coburn offers her one thousand dollars for a dragonfly brooch they both know is fake. She simply can’t afford to walk away.＜/p＞ ＜p＞On the brink of bankruptcy, Jake is taking a huge risk on Loral’s costume jewelry. Then again, it’s Christmas, and he hasn’t been able to resist her since the first time she entered his shop. When he discovers new information about the brooch's connection to the ill-fated Titanic, Jake's attempt to do the right thing just might cost him his business and a future with Loral.＜/p＞ ＜p＞~*~＜/p＞ ＜p＞Loral hunched her shoulders and jogged toward the bus stop. Despite the December chill biting through her coat, humiliation still burned her cheeks. It was bad enough that she knew he knew she was desperate enough to sell their family heirlooms piece by agonizing piece, but to have him offer her money outright? Mortified didn’t begin to cover it.＜/p＞ ＜p＞The first time she’d met Jake, her heart hadn’t stopped racing until after she’d left the antique shop and driven half-way home. She’d been captivated by his dark good-looks the moment she first walked through the doors, and then he’d smiled that sincere, casual smile that reached all the way to his amber eyes. It was his smile that kept her coming back, even though it became harder and harder to face him with her head held high.＜/p＞ ＜p＞The worst part was she always wondered if he paid more for the items she brought than they were worth. Though he never paid more than the list prices she looked up at the library, it was certainly more than he should in order to make a profit. But, unable to resist the lure of seeing him again and again, of deepening what she hoped was a budding friendship, she’d pushed aside her suspicion instead of finding another dealer.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Now she knew. She didn’t have to touch the sixteen one hundred dollar bills stuffed deep in her jeans pocket to know they were there. One thousand dollars for the dragonfly. She snorted with annoyance.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Sure, it was beautiful, but she’d have seen through that ridiculous offer even if he hadn’t tried to give her a handout moments earlier. Pain had sliced through her, because while she’d melted inside from the heat of his electric touch on her hands, seconds later he’d revealed he only felt sorry for her.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Well, at least it was over. She’d sold him the last of what she and her mother owned that would bring in the amount of cash they needed. She had no clue what they’d do next month, but now she had no reason to see Jake Coburn again.＜/p＞ ＜p＞A lump formed in her throat. She swallowed it down and increased her stride as fat, wet snowflakes began to sink from the city-lit sky above her. Turning the corner, she saw the blue bus at the end of the block, accelerating away from her stop.＜/p＞ ＜p＞“No!”＜/p＞ ＜p＞She ran faster on the slick sidewalk, but it was no use. The taillights grew smaller and smaller until they became a blur, blending with other vehicles and the Christmas lights twinkling along the street.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Loral came to a defeated halt, lungs burning, her breath pluming out to mingle with the snow as she braced her hands on her knees. Another bus wouldn’t come for forty-five minutes, and given the fact that she needed every damn dollar in her pocket, a cab wasn’t even a consideration; she’d have to wait.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Headlights flashed behind her. After a quick glance over her shoulder at a black sedan driving toward her, she straightened and shoved her hands deep into her pockets.＜/p＞ ＜p＞She’d wait for the next bus, just not out here on the freezing street. In the dark. Alone. Walking briskly down the block, she waited for the car to pass. Anxiety rippled along her spine with the realization that it’d slowed to keep pace with her. Her numb fingers curled around the can of pepper spray at the bottom of her pocket.＜/p＞ ＜p＞“Loral? What are you doing?”＜/p＞ ＜p＞Jake’s disapproving voice jerked her attention to the car. Her heart pounded loud in her ears. Not wanting him to see she was cold, she hugged her arms across her middle to stop her shivering as she peered through his passenger side window. He watched her from his leather seats with the street light above casting light onto his head through the sun roof. Greatーnothing like adding insult to injury.＜/p＞ ＜p＞She resumed walking. “What does it look like I’m doing?”＜/p＞ ＜p＞The engine of his car revved as he caught up with her again. “Did your Tahoe break down? Do you need me to call someone for you?”＜/p＞ ＜p＞Okay, just shoot me now. She glanced in the direction the bus had disappeared, and lifted her chin while keeping her voice indifferent. “I sold the Tahoe two months ago.”＜/p＞ ＜p＞“You’re not walking home, are you?” The tone of his voice conveyed his disbelief. “It’s below freezing.”＜/p＞ ＜p＞A snowflake caught on her eyelashes, she blinked it away. “I missed my bus and the next one isn’t until eight. I can hardly just sit here and wait.”＜/p＞ ＜p＞“Can’t you call someone?”＜/p＞ ＜p＞She didn’t answer, unwilling to explain that she not only didn’t have a cell phone, but no one to call for help. Like she needed more of his pity tonight.＜/p＞ ＜p＞“No family?” He paused. “A boyfriend?”＜/p＞ ＜p＞She shook her head sharply, still walking as his car inched alongside at an idle.＜/p＞ ＜p＞“Let me give you a ride, then.”＜/p＞ ＜p＞Two years ago she would’ve gladly accepted, following her desire to spend some time with him. Now she forced a smile to her stiff lips and willed her teeth not to chatter. “Thanks for the offer, but I’ll just wait for the next bus. There’s a coffee shop a few blocks from here.”＜/p＞ ＜p＞A horn blasted behind them. Loral flinched, glanced at the irritated driver behind them, and waved Jake onward. “Go. Seriously, I’ll be fine.”＜/p＞ ＜p＞With a rev of the engine, his sleek black car surged forward. She fought disappointment until he swerved sharply into an empty parking spot halfway down the block. Her step slowed as the impatient driver zoomed past. Jake swung from his car and strode toward her with those long legs of his that made him tower over her five feet five inches.＜/p＞ ＜p＞“That coffee shop closes at six,” he told her. “Not enough evening traffic.”＜/p＞ ＜p＞Just her luck. The unfairness in her life threatened to overwhelm her, but she refused to let the useless emotion drown her in the undertow. Things wouldn’t change until her mother was better, and until then, she’d just deal with missed buses and closed coffee shops.＜/p＞ ＜p＞She lifted her head to meet Jake’s gaze, noticing how quickly the snow gathered on his dark hair. Her own hair must be covered. She reached up a hand to brush it off, then wished she hadn’t as the moisture made her fingers even colder and frigid air rushed under the bottom edge of her coat. A shiver shook her shoulders.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Jake muttered under his breath while shrugging out of his black leather jacket. Before she realized his intent, he stepped forward and draped it around her. Immediate warmth permeated her somewhat threadbare coat, lethally combined with the scent of leather and man. Her senses sharpened even as the rest of the world faded away, leaving her unable to do anything more than stare up at him.＜/p＞ ＜p＞He stood close enough to make her knees weak, a hand on either lapel, tugging the jacket tight so she was wrapped in a comforting cocoon of warmth. His eyes reminded her of the melted caramel her grandmother used to drizzle over ice cream.＜/p＞ ＜p＞“Let me take you home, Loral.”＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Flight from Mayhem【電子書籍】[ Yasmine Galenorn ]

＜p＞＜strong＞＜em＞New York Times＜/em＞ bestselling author Yasmine Galenorn presents the second Fly by Night novel, set in the realm of the Otherworld.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜em＞I'm Shimmer, a blue dragon shifter. Thanks to a mistake, I was exiled from the Dragon Reaches and sentenced to work for gorgeous, exasperating Alex Radcliffe, a vampire who owns the Fly by Night Magical Investigations Agency. Every time I turn around, somebody's trying to kill us. But you know what they say: All's fair in love and bounty hunting...＜/em＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞A serial killer is stalking the elderly Fae of Seattle, draining their bank accounts before brutally murdering them. When Chase Johnson asks for our help, Alex and I discover that the sociopath is also a shifterーable to change shape to match his victim's deepest desires. Our friend and colleague Bette volunteers to act as bait, but the plan goes dangerously awry. Now, unless we find her first, she's about to face her worst nightmare.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】The Portal【電子書籍】[ Bill Myers ]

＜p＞Carved from the Blood Mountains, a perpetual reminder of＜/p＞ ＜p＞Imager’s great love for mankind, the mysterious Bloodstone＜/p＞ ＜p＞opens a gateway into multiple dimensions. As Denise,＜/p＞ ＜p＞Nathan, and Joshua visit these fantastic realities and learn of Imager’s＜/p＞ ＜p＞unfathomable compassion, they must also battle strange creations＜/p＞ ＜p＞while fi ghting the internal wars of their own hearts. This profoundly＜/p＞ ＜p＞creative and entertaining allegory for children eight to eighty is a＜/p＞ ＜p＞sparkling-fresh depiction of life’s most important journey.＜/p＞ ＜p＞?＜/p＞ ＜p＞The adventure begins as moonlight strikes the mysterious Bloodstone.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Denise and Nathan are swept into exciting dimensions until they＜/p＞ ＜p＞eventually enter the Portal. With the help of Aristophenix, the＜/p＞ ＜p＞universe’s worst poet, Listro Q, a tall purple dude with dyslexic speech,＜/p＞ ＜p＞and Samson, part dragon fl y part ladybug, they learn of Imager as the＜/p＞ ＜p＞crafty Illusionist and the icy-blue Bobok are out to deceive at every turn.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Peter, Paul & Mary - Ukulele Chord Songbook Lyrics/Chord Symbols/Ukulele Chord Diagrams【電子書籍】[ Peter, Paul & Mary ]

＜p＞(Ukulele Chord Songbook). Over 40 songs from these folk era icons, including: All My Trials * All Through the Night * And When I Die * Blowin' in the Wind * Blue * Children, Go Where I Send Thee * Five Hundred Miles * Follow Me * Freight Train * Goodnight, Irene * Hush-A-Bye * If I Had a Hammer (The Hammer Song) * Leaving on a Jet Plane * Light One Candle * Mockingbird * Puff the Magic Dragon * This Land Is Your Land * This Train * The Times They Are A-Changin' * We Shall Overcome * Where Have All the Flowers Gone? * and more.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Scion: Ritual Breeding among the Dark Elves【電子書籍】[ Johannes Lowe ]

＜p＞Deep under the bright, shining surface world of the humans and the elves of the woods is the subterranean empire of the dark elves - and its capital is the Hollow, a bustling, shadowy metropolis peopled by the proud, ferocious blue-skinned dark elves. In this matriarchal society, there is a sharp divide between sex for pleasure and sex for procreation. The former is done at leisure, but the latter is done solely within the confines of the Temple of the Fifth Queen - and only when a given dark elf female begins to feel an ancient, primal urge to be filled with child.＜/p＞ ＜p＞That time has come for Spiryl - she’s put it off for too long. The heat of the mating-urge is about to overwhelm her. She arrives at the Temple and asks to be included in the next ritual - to be tossed into the breeding pit and fucked by eight chosen men, the strongest and most worthy among all dark elves, the fathers of nearly all children conceived in the Hollow during their year of service.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Unfortunately for Spiryl, she’s easily the prettiest of the four dark elves in this ritual - and all eight of the men fixate on her, turning this breeding ritual into a dark elf gangbang that won’t end until all eight men have filled her with their virile seed!＜/p＞ ＜p＞Scion: Ritual Breeding among the Dark Elves contains explicit sexual content, and is not intended for readers under the age of eighteen. This is an adult short story at approximately 5,000 words length, and is packed with charged, virile sex between one dark elf girl trapped between eight horny dark elven men. Also included is a free preview of another story by Johannes Lowe, Bred by the Dragon.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】The Seed of Immortality Mahjong at Changshou Shan【電子書籍】[ Wayne Goodman ]

＜p＞Take thousands of years of Chinese culture, add the three great philosophies (Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism), toss in a blue dragon with an agenda, arrange it all with Mahjong tiles, and you have "The Seed of Immortality."＜br /＞ A peasant on his deathbed is given immortality by a less-than-trustworthy Mahjong sharp. Together, they travel around China, learning its secrets, discovering new methods of extracting coins from people, and even meet with the first Emperor of China in his mysterious subterranean palace, complete with rivers of mercury.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】This Summer【電子書籍】[ Katlyn Duncan ]

＜p＞Before college, before responsibilities, Hadley Beauman and best friend Lily are determined to have a summer to remember. There will be all the usual dramas - ex-boyfriends who don't seem to know what 'ex' means, pesky younger brothers with unrequited crushes, but what Hadley didn't anticipate was the out-of-the-blue return of the seriously hot boy-next-door, Will Carson. The boy who broke her heart when he skipped town two years ago. Will may have shot up a foot and filled out (oh yes), but inside he carries the weight of guilt - for leaving, for coming back… Now he's just passing through to tie up loose ends but it's clear the old chemistry still crackles between him and Hadley. Trouble is, it's built on two years of lies… This summer might just be the best time of their lives, but is Hadley ready for everything to change - again? Praise for Katlyn Duncan's The Life After series ‘I really loved this book. From the first page I was totally hooked and couldn’t put it down until I was finished.’ - Dark Faerie Tales on Soul Taken ‘Soul Taken is a BRILLIANT read! …I fell in love with make everything about reading Soul Taken special and unique. This is one of those books to look out for.’ - A Diary of a Book Addict 'Katlyn Duncan’s YA debut, Soul Taken, is a thrilling ride that will leave you breathless…’ - Jennifer Murgia, author of the ANGEL STAR series & BETWEEN THESE LINES ‘I loved every page of Soul Possessed … ONE of the best I’ve read this year!’ ? Dark Novella 'The plot was original and I did not see some things coming. The writing was spectacular… There was the perfect amount of angst, tension, and passion all blended together.’ ? Tween 2 Teen Books on Soul Possessed 'Soul Possessed takes this story to a whole new level. In this book, the stakes have been raised, extra layers have been added to a story that will keep you glued to its pages…’ ? Realm of the Shappired Dragon 'absolutely epic conclusion to this series… Katlyn Duncan has a fan in me and I can't wait to see what she has planned next!' - The Best Books Ever on Soul Betrayed 'Soul Betrayed was a perfect ending to the series. … I was lost in the story, from the first page to the last. I only wish that maybe there will be more from this world that Duncan created so magically.' - Polished Readers ' a wonderful conclusion to The Life After series. Fans of the series, you won't be disappointed. And, YA lovers, this is a series worth checking out.' - Imagine a World on Soul Betrayed＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Butterfly Swords (The Tang Dynasty, Book 2) (Mills & Boon Historical)【電子書籍】[ Jeannie Lin ]

＜p＞＜strong＞JOURNEY TO THE VERY EDGE OF HONOUR, LOYALTY…AND LOVE＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞During China’s infamous Tang Dynasty ? a time awash with luxury, yet littered with deadly intrigues and fallen royalty ? betrayed Princess Ai Li flees before her wedding. Miles from home, with only her delicate butterfly swords for a defence, she enlists the reluctant protection of a blue-eyed warrior…＜/p＞ ＜p＞Embittered barbarian Ryam has always held his own life at cheap value. Ai Li’s innocent trust in him and honourable, stubborn nature make him desperate to protect her ? which means not seducing the first woman he has ever truly wanted…＜/p＞ ＜p＞‘If Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon merged with A Knight’s Tale, you’d have the power and romance of Lin’s dynamic debut.’ ? ＜em＞RT BOOK Reviews＜/em＞＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Paratexts Introductions to Science Fiction and Fantasy【電子書籍】[ James Gunn ]

＜p＞In the mid-1980s, Easton Press began publishing a series of leather-bound collector editions called “Masterpieces of Science Fiction” and “Masterpieces of Fantasy,” which featured some of the most important works in these genres. James Gunn was commissioned to write introductions to these works, which allowed him to pay tribute to many authors who inspired and influenced his own work.＜/p＞ ＜p＞In Paratexts: Introductions to Science Fiction and Fantasy, Gunn has collected the most significant essays produced for the Easton series, along with prefaces he wrote for reprints of his own novels. Cited here are some of the most significant works of 19th and 20th century science fiction and fantasy, such as The Island of Dr. Moreau, 1984, Stranger in a Strange Land, A Clockwork Orange, Speaker for the Dead, The Postman, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Universe, The Dead Zone, The Mists of Avalon, Dragon’s Eye, Nine Princes in Amber, Blue Mars, The Last Unicorn, and The Lord of the Rings.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Drawing upon Gunn’s lifetime of work in the field, these introductions include analyses of the individual works and the fields in which they were written. Gunn also briefly discusses each novel’s significance in the science fiction canon. Collected here for the first time, these prefaces and introductions provide readers with insight into more than seventy novels, making Paratexts a must-read for science fiction and fantasy aficionados.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Elon Musk 65 Success Facts - Everything you need to know about Elon Musk【電子書籍】[ Donald Marquez ]

＜p＞A Blue-Ribbon Elon Musk Biography. This book is your ultimate resource for Elon Musk. Here you will find the most up-to-date 65 Success Facts, Information, and much more.＜/p＞ ＜p＞In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about Elon Musk's Early life, Career and Personal life right away.＜/p＞ ＜p＞A quick look inside: SXSW Film Festival - 2013, Colonization of Mars - Early human missions, PayPal Mafia, Wet Nellie - Construction, Peter Thiel - PayPal, Electric car - Range and recharging time, SpaceX Dragon - Production, Ken Howery - Career, Queen's University - Notable people, SpaceX Dragon - Name, Confinity, X Prize Foundation - Board of Trustees, The Oatmeal - Tesla Museum fundraiser, Monty Python - Space, SpaceX Dragon - Dragon version 2, Falcon 9 - Launch prices, FWD.us - Key supporters, SpaceX - Corporate Governance, Tesla Roadster - History, SpaceX - History, Lyndon Rive, Hyperloop, Max Levchin, Tesla BlueStar, NUMMI - After NUMMI: use of the land and facility, Royal Aeronautical Society - Notable Gold Medal recipients, Lotus Esprit - S1 (1976), Kimbal Musk, Tesla Motors, Iron Man - In other media, Dragon C2+ - Flight day 5 and remainder of mission (26 to 31 May), The Spy Who Loved Me (film) - Sale of props, Tesla Motors - Board of directors, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania - Influence in business, Cameo role - Real-life people, PayPal Mafia - Members, Justine Musk - Personal life, Tosca Musk, Tosca Musk - Career, Falcon 9 - Production and testing history, South by Southwest Film Festival - 2013, Iron Man (2008 film) - Development, PayPal - Beginnings, Kimbal Musk - Entrepreneurial activities, and much more...＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】168 Mae Whitman Facts You Don't Want To Miss【電子書籍】[ Phillip Spencer ]

＜p＞A Blue-Ribbon Mae Whitman Biography. This book is your ultimate resource for Mae Whitman. Here you will find the most up-to-date 168 Success Facts, Information, and much more.＜/p＞ ＜p＞In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about Mae Whitman's Early life, Career and Personal life right away.＜/p＞ ＜p＞A quick look inside: Tinker Bell (film series) - Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast (2015), Parenthood (2010 TV series) - Cast, List of Scott Pilgrim characters - Minor characters, BT Speaking Clock - List of voices heard on the British BT Speaking Clock, The Duff - Cast, Acceptance (film) - Cast, Independence Day (1996) - Cast, Alia Shawkat - Career, Disney Fairies - Characters in the movies, The Happy Elf - Plot, The Pirate Fairy, List of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cast members - W, 18th Youth in Film Awards - Best Performance in a Feature Film: Actress Age Ten or Under, An American Rhapsody - Cast, The Factory (film), Avatar: The Last Airbender (season 1) - Cast, A Season for Miracles - Cast, List of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012 TV series) characters - Allies, April O'Neil - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012 TV series)|2012 series, Barbara Gordon in other media - Batman: The Brave and The Bold, American Dragon: Jake Long - Main cast, Tinker Bell (film) - Production, Sozin's Comet: The Final Battle - Production, Hope Floats - Plot, The Perks of Being a Wallflower (film) - Project development, Hope Floats - Cast, Sex Bob-omb - Ramona's Evil Exes, Jesse Stone: No Remorse - Cast, List of American film actresses - W, Hope Floats - Awards and nominations, Manhattan (film) - Legacy, List of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012 TV series) characters - Minor Villains, and much more...＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】A Source Of Kristen Wiig Inspiration - 151 Facts【電子書籍】[ Willie Richmond ]

＜p＞Up-to-the-minute Kristen Wiig. This book is your ultimate resource for Kristen Wiig. Here you will find the most up-to-date 151 Success Facts, Information, and much more.＜/p＞ ＜p＞In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about Kristen Wiig's Early life, Career and Personal life right away.＜/p＞ ＜p＞A quick look inside: Flaming Moe - Production, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs - Voice Cast, Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches - 2008?2009, Love Is a Weapon of Choice - Plot, Vanessa Bayer - Saturday Night Live, Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches - 2011?2012, Saturday Night Live (season 35) - MacGruber film, Girl Most Likely - Plot, Wendi McLendon-Covey - 2001-2010, How to Train Your Dragon (film), List of awards and nominations received by Kristen Wiig - Notes, Life (magazine) - Online presence, Unaccompanied Minors - Cast, Arcade Fire - 2010?12: The Suburbs, Blue Jeans (Lana Del Rey song) - Live performances and media usage, Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches (listed by cast member) - Kenan Thompson, War Horse (play) - In popular culture, Friends with Kids, The Lawrence Welk Show - In television, List of Saturday Night Live commercial parodies - N, Homerland, Patty Hearst - Documentaries about Hearst, The Barry Gibb Talk Show - December 16, 2006, Despicable Me 2, Saturday Night Live parodies of Sarah Palin - Further Palin sketches, Tracy Does Conan - Production, The Spoils of Babylon - Cast, The Brothers Solomon - Cast, The Martian (film), Jan Hooks - Death, Brighton High School (Rochester, New York) - Notable alumni, Kristen Wiig - Film, Jason Sudeikis - Recurring characters, and much more...＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Complete History Adventure (Illustrated)【電子書籍】[ Andrew Lang ]

＜p＞A Scots poet, novelist, literary critic, and contributor to the field of anthropology. He is best known as a collector of folk and fairy tales.＜/p＞ ＜p＞ ＜/p＞ ＜p＞Contents＜br /＞ Custom and Myth＜br /＞ The Magic Ring and Other Stories (1906)＜br /＞ The Story of Joan of Arc＜br /＞ Myth, Ritual and Religion＜br /＞ The Homeric Hymns (1899)＜br /＞ 'That Very Mab' (1885)＜br /＞ Adventures among Books (1901)＜br /＞ Alfred Tennyson (1901)＜br /＞ Angling Sketches (1895)＜br /＞ Ballads in Blue China (1880)＜br /＞ Ban and Arriere Ban (1894)＜br /＞ The Book of Dreams and Ghosts (1897)＜br /＞ Books and Bookmen (1886)＜br /＞ The Clyde Mystery (1905)＜br /＞ Cock Lane and Common-Sense (1894)＜br /＞ The Disentanglers (1902)＜br /＞ Historical Mysteries (1905)＜br /＞ In the Wrong Paradise and Other Stories (1886)＜br /＞ Modern Mythology (1897)＜br /＞ The Mark of Cain (1886)＜br /＞ A Monk of Fife (1896)＜br /＞ Much Darker Days (1894)＜br /＞ Prince Ricardo of Pantouflia (1893)＜br /＞ The Puzzle of Dickens's Last Plot (1905)＜br /＞ The Red True Story Book (1895)＜br /＞ Tales of Troy Ulysses, the Sacker of Cities (1907)＜br /＞ The True Story Book (1893)＜br /＞ The Valet's Tragedy and Other Studies (1903)＜br /＞ ＜br /＞ ＜br /＞ The Book of Dreams and Ghosts-＜br /＞ The chief purpose of this book is, if fortune helps, to entertain people interested in the kind of narratives here collected. For the sake of orderly arrangement, the stories are classed in different grades, as they advance from the normal and familiar to the undeniably startling. At the same time an account of the current theories of Apparitions is offered, in language as free from technicalities as possible. According to modern opinion every “ghost” is a “hallucination,” a false perception, the perception of something which is not present.＜br /＞ ＜br /＞ The Clyde Mystery-＜br /＞ The author would scarcely have penned this little specimen of what Scott called "antiquarian old womanries," but for the interest which he takes in the universally diffused archaic patterns on rocks and stones, which offer a singular proof of the identity of the working of the human mind. Anthropology and folklore are the natural companions and aids of prehistoric and proto-historic archaeology, and suggest remarks which may not be valueless, whatever view we may take of the disputed objects from the Clyde sites.＜br /＞ ＜br /＞ Modern Mythology (1897)-＜br /＞ It may well be doubted whether works of controversy serve any useful purpose. 'On an opponent,' as Mr. Matthew Arnold said, 'one never does make any impression,' though one may hope that controversy sometimes illuminates a topic in the eyes of impartial readers. The pages which follow cannot but seem wandering and desultory, for they are a reply to a book, Mr. Max Muller's Contributions to the Science of Mythology, in which the attack is of a skirmishing character. Throughout more than eight hundred pages the learned author keeps up an irregular fire at the ideas and methods of the anthropological school of mythologists. The reply must follow the lines of attack.＜br /＞ ＜br /＞ Much Darker Days (1894)-＜br /＞ A belief that modern Christmas fiction is too cheerful in tone, too artistic in construction, and too original in motive, has inspired the author of this tale of middle-class life. He trusts that he has escaped, at least, the errors he deplores, and has set an example of a more seasonable and sensational style of narrative.＜br /＞ ＜br /＞ The Red True Story Book (1895)-＜br /＞ This book is offering tales so much less thrilling and romantic than the legends of the Fairies.＜br /＞ ＜br /＞ The True Story Book (1893)-＜br /＞ There is not a dragon in the collection, nor even a giant; witches, here, play no part, and almost all the characters are grown up. On the other hand, if we have no fairies, we have princes in plenty, and a sweeter young prince than Tearlach (as far as this part of his story goes) the editor flatters himself that you shall nowhere find, not in Grimm, or Dasent, or Perrault. Still, it cannot be denied that true stories are not so good as fairy tales. They do not always end happily, and, what is worse, they do remind a young student of lessons and schoolrooms... There is, to be honest, no way of getting over this difficulty. But the editor vows that he does not mean to teach anybody, and he has tried to mix the stories up so much that no clear and consecutive view of history can possibly be obtained from them; moreover, when history does come in, it is not the kind of history favoured most by examiners. They seldom set questions on the conquest of Mexico, for example.＜br /＞ ＜br /＞ The World's Desire-＜br /＞ The story of the hero Odysseus after his untold second journey. Returning to his home, Ithaca, the region ravaged by a plague, his wife Penelope seemingly slain, Odysseus begins his final quest.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Dragonskin Slippers【電子書籍】[ Jessica Day George ]

＜p＞Fifteen-year-old Creel is floored when her aunt suggests they sacrifice her to a dragon to attract the attention of a marriageable knight. But when the dragon appears, Creel bargains for her life - and ends up with an unusual pair of blue slippers.＜br /＞ It's not until the slippers are stolen by a princess that Creel learns a terrible truth: the slippers are made from the hide of a dragon queen, and enable the wearer to control all the dragons in the land. Now under the command of the princess, who is eager to start a war, the dragons begin to attack the city. Creel must join forces with the king's son and others to break the slippers' hold before the princess and the dragons destroy the city - or before the king's archers kill the dragons - whichever comes first.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】The Spectre Spiders (Cryptofiction Classics - Weird Tales of Strange Creatures)【電子書籍】[ William J. Wintle ]

＜p＞This early work by William J. Wintle was originally published in 1921 and we are now republishing it as part of our Cryptofiction Classics series. 'The Spectre Spiders' is a short story about a man whose life and dreams are plagued by spiders. He started writing in his thirties, and during the early part of the 20th century produced two much-circulated essays: “Life in Our New Century” (1901) and “Can You Explain It? True Stories of the Ghost World” (1903). Later, he turned to fiction, producing a number of well-remembered stories, including “The Red Rosary”, “When the Twilight Fell”, “The House on the Cliff”, “The Ghost at the Blue Dragon”, “The Spectre Spiders”, “The Footsteps on the Stairs”, “The Chamber of Doom”, “When Time Stood Still”, and “The Black Cat”. These and others were collected in a 1921 collection entitled Ghost Gleams. Wintle died in 1934, aged 73. The Cryptofiction Classics series contains a collection of wonderful stories from some of the greatest authors in the genre, including Ambrose Bierce, Arthur Conan Doyle, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Jack London. From its roots in cryptozoology, this genre features bizarre, fantastical, and often terrifying tales of mythical and legendary creatures. Whether it be giant spiders, werewolves, lake monsters, or dinosaurs, the Cryptofiction Classics series offers a fantastic introduction to the world of weird creatures in fiction.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】The Voice in the Night (Cryptofiction Classics - Weird Tales of Strange Creatures)【電子書籍】[ William J. Wintle ]

＜p＞This early work by William J. Wintle was originally published in 1921 and we are now republishing it as part of our Cryptofiction Classics series. 'The Voice in the Night' is a short story about a mysterious presence that materialises after dark. Wintle started writing in his thirties, and during the early part of the 20th century produced two much-circulated essays: “Life in Our New Century” (1901) and “Can You Explain It? True Stories of the Ghost World” (1903). Later, he turned to fiction, producing a number of well-remembered stories, including “The Red Rosary”, “When the Twilight Fell”, “The House on the Cliff”, “The Ghost at the Blue Dragon”, “The Spectre Spiders”, “The Footsteps on the Stairs”, “The Chamber of Doom”, “When Time Stood Still”, and “The Black Cat”. These and others were collected in a 1921 collection entitled Ghost Gleams. Wintle died in 1934, aged 73. The Cryptofiction Classics series contains a collection of wonderful stories from some of the greatest authors in the genre, including Ambrose Bierce, Arthur Conan Doyle, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Jack London. From its roots in cryptozoology, this genre features bizarre, fantastical, and often terrifying tales of mythical and legendary creatures. Whether it be giant spiders, werewolves, lake monsters, or dinosaurs, the Cryptofiction Classics series offers a fantastic introduction to the world of weird creatures in fiction.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】The Yellow Fairy Book - The Original Classic Edition【電子書籍】[ Lang Andrew ]

＜p＞When I was younger my Mom used to read me a book until I fell asleep. As I grew older, I began to read myself to sleep. As things changed only one thing stayed constant, my favorite books are still Andrew Langs Fairy books. The Yellow Fairy book is a collection of 48 fairy tales written the way they were supposed to be written. Each tale ranges in length anywhere from a couple of pages up to about 20. The tales are fairly easy reads, but they dont lose any of their appeal.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Some of the stories include: The Six Swans, Story of the Emperors New Clothes, The Crow, The Cat and the Mouse in Partnership, The Three Brothers, The Magic Ring, How to Tell a True Princes, Thumbelina, and more.＜/p＞ ＜p＞With tales such as The Blue Mountains, The Cat and the Mouse in Partnership, The Dragon and His Grandmother, Fairer-than-a-Fairy, The Flower Queens Daughter, The Glass Axe, How To Tell a True Princess, and many others how can anyone not find this book fun to read? Once again, Lang edits a book full of fairy tales from many lands that will entertain children and adults.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】The Wearle Book 1【電子書籍】[ Chris d'Lacey ]

＜p＞The Wearle came to Erth to find out what happened to their previous group, who never returned. Gabrial, a young blue dragon, is desperate to prove his worth. But the dragons aren't alone in the mountains.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Down beyond the scorch line, Ren, a young hom boy, is fascinated by the 'skalers'. But when he creeps into their territory, he sneaks out again with a wriggling baby wearling...＜/p＞ ＜p＞Dragon and boy's fates combine in this stunning new fantasy series.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Complete Adventaure【電子書籍】[ Kirk Munroe ]

＜p＞An American writer and conservationist.＜br /＞ ＜br /＞ Includes an active table of contents for easy navigation.＜br /＞ ＜br /＞ ＜br /＞ Contents＜br /＞ Derrick Sterling, A Story of the Mines (1888)＜br /＞ Rick Dale, A Story of the Northwest Coast＜br /＞ Wakulla: a story of adventure in Florida＜br /＞ Raftmates: A Story of the Great River (1902)＜br /＞ The Flamingo Feather (1887)＜br /＞ Campmates: A Story of the Plains＜br /＞ At War with Pontiac; Or, The Totem of the Bear: A Tale of Redcoat and Redskin (1895)＜br /＞ Under the Great Bear (1900)＜br /＞ Cab and Caboose: The Story of a Railroad Boy (1892)＜br /＞ The Copper Princess: A Story of Lake Superior Mines (1898)＜br /＞ The Blue Dragon, A Tale of Recent Adventure in China (1904)＜br /＞ "Forward, March": A Tale of the Spanish-American War (1899)＜br /＞ The White Conquerors, A Tale of Toltec and Aztec (1893)＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Samba: A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo【電子書籍】[ Herbert Strang ]

＜p＞Samba lay face downwards upon the yellow sand, amid which his body shone in the sunlight like polished ebony. Behind, the rising bank was thick with trees and shrubs ablaze with colour, overspread with the delicate tracery of lianas and, creeping plants. Here was a spot of red, there a dash of orange; at intervals the pale yellow flowers of climbing gourds and the mauve blossoms of convolvuli peeped from the wall of vivid green. Tiny rills made music as they trickled through the foliage; and near at hand was a path trodden by herds of antelopes as they came to drink. Before, rolled the brown waters of a broad river, rippling over whitened rocks in the bed, or over the gnarled limbs of fallen trees. Here, on a sandy islet, flashed the scarlet and blue of little kingfishers, contrasting with the sober grey of the bittern, or the black and white of the vulture. A giant heron perched on a low overhanging branch, gazing solemnly at the ibis standing solitary by a distant bush. On a smooth spot at Samba's right sported innumerable butterflies, blue and green and crimson, amid bees and dragon-flies lazily basking in the heat. Samba had but to stretch out his hand to make prisoners of what he chose. But Samba's attention was already occupied. Looking over the brink into the placid water, his eye was caught by a small round soft object lying motionless on the surface. A tiny crocodile, only a few inches long, darted from beneath the leaf of a water-lily, in pursuit of a tinier fish. The round object suddenly contracted: there was a ripple on the water, and the baby crocodile found itself in the grasp of a droll little proboscis that shot out, gripped its hapless prey, and drew it beneath the surface. Samba smiled: he knew that just below lay a trionyx, the owner of that little nostrilled proboscis; he wasted no sympathy on the baby crocodile, which would never grow big to snap up little negro boys at the waterside. All around was silence, save for the hum of insects and the gentle lapping of the water on the sand. Then a slight sound caught Samba's ear, and turning, he saw a handsome young lizard, pied with yellow and greenish black, flashing along in chase of a fat frog which it had marked for its own. A swish of its flexible tail, a snap of its savage teeth, and ranunculus disappearedーa choice morsel for breakfast. Such scenes as these gave Samba constant entertainment. He would often wander alone from his village, as he had done to-day, carrying his little broad-bladed dagger in case a snake should cross his path, and spend hours in the forest or by the river bank, listening to the chatter of the monkeys and the screams of the parrots, watching the little stingless bees at their work, mocking the hollow note of the drumbird or the wild pigeon's doleful call, studying the busy doings of the multitudinous ants. There was not a bird or beast or insect within range of his village with whose ways Samba was not familiar.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Amazing Ocean Creatures For Kids: Nature Books for Kids【電子書籍】[ K. Bennett ]

＜p＞Amazing Ocean Creatures For Kids＜/p＞ ＜p＞Table of Contents＜/p＞ ＜p＞Introduction＜br /＞ Chapter 1＜br /＞ Mimic Octopus:＜br /＞ Blue-striped Fangblenny:＜br /＞ Ghost Pipefish:＜br /＞ Leafy Sea Dragon:＜br /＞ Chapter 2＜br /＞ Swordtail Characin:＜br /＞ Pearl Fish:＜br /＞ Coleman Shrimp:＜br /＞ Black Marble Jawfish:＜br /＞ Tasseled Anglerfish:＜br /＞ Chapter 3＜br /＞ Conclusion＜br /＞ Author Bio＜br /＞ Publisher＜/p＞ ＜p＞Introduction＜/p＞ ＜p＞“The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.” ~Jacques Yves Cousteau＜/p＞ ＜p＞The Ocean is full of amazing creatures in all shapes, sizes and colors! This large body of water is covered with life, but to survive some creatures need to be very smart. And they need to know how to hide or pretend really well.＜/p＞ ＜p＞In this book, we will talk about a few creatures who really know how to vanish in plain sight! Are you ready to get started? Then review the names of these amazing creatures before we begin:＜/p＞ ＜p＞1-Mimic Octopus＜br /＞ 2-Blue Striped Fang Blenny＜br /＞ 3-Ghost Pipefish＜br /＞ 4-Cockatoo Wasp fish＜br /＞ 5-Leafy Sea Dragon＜br /＞ 6-Swordtail Characin＜br /＞ 7-Pearl fish＜br /＞ 8-Coleman Shrimp＜br /＞ 9-Black Marble Jaw Fish＜br /＞ 10-Tasseled Anglerfish＜/p＞ ＜p＞Do you know any of these creatures and what makes them unique? It’s their ability to blend in with their surroundings. For example, some of them change their colors to look like something completely different. Others hide in funny places and some even change their body shape to look like something else! Can you do that?＜/p＞ ＜p＞These Ocean creatures can teach us a lot about making the best of any situation and learning how to adapt. Another word for this practice is called: Camouflage. Do you know what this word means?＜/p＞ ＜p＞Kids.Net.Au describes this word like this: “the act of concealing the identity of something by modifying its appearance;＜/p＞ ＜p＞Remember: Every creature on the planet can teach us something new. So take a moment to learn about the real “masters of disguise!”＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】The Three Admirals【電子書籍】[ William Henry Giles Kingston ]

＜p＞Her Majesty’s corvette Dragon, lately commanded by our old friend Jack Rogers, who had been superseded by Commander Rawson, was on her passage across the wide Pacific, bound for Esquimault harbour, Vancouver’s Island, from Japan, to which she had been sent with despatches. The wind being fair, the screw was at rest, and she was under all sail, looking as trim and taunt a little man-of-war as a sailor’s heart could desire. Her stay in Japan had been short, so that no leave had been granted, and even the officers had seen little of the country and people; though, as they hoped to return before long, that did not much matter. As it was of no great importance that the Dragon should soon get back to Vancouver’s Island, Commander Rawson had received directions to visit the Ladrone Islands, somewhat to the southward of his course, in order to obtain particulars of an outrage, said to have been committed on an English subject by some of the mongrel inhabitants of those islands, which have for some centuries belonged to Spain. The smooth sea shone brightly in the rays of the sun, undimmed by cloud or mist. In all directions the snowy wings of sea fowl could be seen, now dipping towards the ocean, now rising into the blue ether, showing that land was at no great distance. As the wind was from the northward, the air was cool, though the shady side of the ship was generally sought for by the watch on deck, except by a few whose heads seemed impervious to the hot rays of a tropical sun.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Grandmother Moon and Other Mother Stories: Book One【電子書籍】[ Becky Parker Geist ]

＜p＞Grandmother Moon and Other Mother Stories: Book One offers traditional and new original folktales that explore the love, joy and challenges between mothers and children. Perfect for mothers and children to read aloud, or listen to the audiobook by Becky Parker. "The stories are clear, dramatic, inviting and delicious. I love them. This is marvelous work! Bravo!" - Jay O'Callahan, Storyteller, NEA recipient, Lifetime Achievement Award National Storytelling Network.＜/p＞ ＜p＞"Epaminondas," a traditional folktale told to Becky Parker Geist by her mother, is about a boy who tries so hard to please his mother, but can't seem to get it right. "Grandmother Moon and the Homeless Child" is a touching story about searching for home. A little blue bird and a rock child play major roles in "Abuela and the Rock People." And Louisa-May's mischievous little sister Angel causes trouble in "Mama, Angel and the Tree Dragon." In "Strawberry Moon," Mother Moon helps her daughter express herself colorfully.＜/p＞ ＜p＞"The stories are clear, dramatic, inviting and delicious. I love them. This is marvelous work! Bravo!" -- Jay O'Callahan, Storyteller. National Endowment of the Arts recipient. Lifetime Achievement Award National Storytelling Network, Commissioned by NASA to create and perform a story in honor of NASA's fiftieth anniversary＜/p＞ ＜p＞"A delightful collection of lovingly told and affirming stories filled with timeless magical transformations and a traditional humorous folktale -- all addressing the mother-child relationship." -- Ruth Stotter, Past Chairman, American Folklore Society Aesop Committee; Former Director, Dominican University (California) Certificate-in-Storytelling Program＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】The Trail of the Serpent: A Novel【電子書籍】[ Mary Elizabeth Braddon ]

＜p＞I dont’t suppose it rained harder in the good town of Slopperton-on-the-Sloshy than it rained anywhere else. But it did rain. There was scarcely an umbrella in Slopperton that could hold its own against the rain that came pouring down that November afternoon, between the hours of four and five. Every gutter in High Street, Slopperton; every gutter in Broad Street (which was of course the narrowest street); in New Street (which by the same rule was the oldest street); in East Street, West Street, Blue Dragon Street, and Windmill Street; every gutter in every one of these thoroughfares was a little Niagara, with a maelstrom at the corner, down which such small craft as bits of orange-peel, old boots and shoes, scraps of paper, and fragments of rag were absorbedーas better ships have been in the great northern whirlpool. That dingy stream, the Sloshy, was swollen into a kind of dirty Mississippi, and the graceful coal-barges which adorned its bosom were stripped of the clothes-lines and fluttering linen which usually were to be seen on their decks. A bad, determined, black-minded November day. A day on which the fog shaped itself into a demon, and lurked behind men’s shoulders, whispering into their ears, “Cut your throat!ーyou know you’ve got a razor, and can’t shave with it, because you’ve been drinking and your hand shakes; one little gash under the left ear, and the business is done. It’s the best thing you can do. It is, really.” A day on which the rain, the monotonous ceaseless persevering rain, has a voice as it comes down, and says, “Don’t you think you could go melancholy mad? Look at me; be good enough to watch me for a couple of hours or so, and think, while you watch me, of the girl who jilted you ten years ago; and of what a much better man you would be to-day if she had only loved you truly. Oh, I think, if you’ll only be so good as watch me, you might really contrive to go mad.” Then again the wind. What does the wind say, as it comes cutting through the dark passage, and stabbing you, like a coward as it is, in the back, just between the shouldersーwhat does it say? Why, it whistles in your ear a reminder of the little bottle of laudanum you’ve got upstairs, which you had for your toothache last week, and never used. A foggy wet windy November day. A bad dayーa dangerous day. Keep us from bad thoughts to-day, and keep us out of the Police Reports next week. Give us a glass of something hot and strong, and a bit of something nice for supper, and bear with us a little this day; for if the strings of yonder pianoーan instrument fashioned on mechanical principles by mortal handsーif they are depressed and slackened by the influence of damp and fog, how do we know that there may not be some string in this more critical instrument, the human mind, not made on mechanical principles or by mortal hands, a little out of order on this bad November day? But of course bad influences can only come to bad men; and of course he must be a very bad man whose spirits go up and down with every fluctuation of the weather-glass. Virtuous people no doubt are virtuous always; and by no chance, or change, or trial, or temptation, can they ever become other than virtuous. Therefore why should a wet day or a dark day depress them? No; they look out of the windows at houseless men and women and fatherless and motherless children wet through to the skin, and thank Heaven that they are not as other men: like good Christians, punctual rate-payers, and unflinching church-goers as they are. Thus it was with Mr. Jabez North, assistant and usher at the academy of Dr. Tappenden. He was not in anywise affected by fog, rain, or wind. There was a fire at one end of the schoolroom, and Allecompain Major had been fined sixpence, and condemned to a page of Latin grammar, for surreptitiously warming his worst chilblain at the bars thereof.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Fox Tracks A Novel【電子書籍】[ Rita Mae Brown ]

＜p＞＜strong＞“[Rita Mae Brown] enlivens a timely tale with . . . amusing accounts of her four-legged creations and delightful descriptions of the central Virginia countryside.”ー＜em＞Richmond Times-Dispatch＜/em＞＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜em＞New York Times＜/em＞ bestselling author Rita Mae Brown bounds to the front of the pack with ＜em＞Fox Tracks,＜/em＞ the thrilling new mystery in her beloved foxhunting series featuring the indomitable “Sister” Jane Arnold and, among others, the boisterous company of horses and hounds. Now, as a string of bizarre murders sweeps the East Coast, this unlikely alliance must smoke out a devious killer who may be closer than they first think.＜/p＞ ＜p＞While outside on Manhattan’s Midtown streets a fierce snowstorm rages, nothing can dampen the excitement inside the elegant ballroom of Manhattan’s Pierre Hotel. Hunt clubs from all over North America have gathered for their annual gala, and nobody is in higher spirits than “Sister” Jane, Master of the Jefferson Hunt in Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains. Braving the foul weather, Sister and her young friend “Tootie” Harris pop out to purchase cigars for the celebration at a nearby tobacco shop, finding themselves regaled by the colorful stories of its eccentric proprietor, Adolfo Galdos.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Yet the trip’s festive mood goes to ground later with the grisly discovery of Adolfo’s corpse. The tobacconist was shot in the head but found, oddly enough, with a cigarette pack of American Smokes laid carefully over his heart.＜/p＞ ＜p＞When a similar murder occurs in Boston, Sister’s “horse sense” tells her there’s a nefarious plot afootーone that seems to originate in the South’s aromatic tobacco farms. Meanwhile, Sister’s nemesis, Crawford Howard, will stop at nothing to subvert the Jefferson Hunt Club. There’s more than one shadowy scheme in the works in Albemarle County, and some conspirators are unafraid of taking shots at those evidencing too keen an interest in other people’s business. When Sister voices her suspicions, she, too, becomes a target. Fortunately for her, the Master of the Jefferson Hunt may rely upon the wits and wiles of her four-legged friendsーincluding horses Lafayette and Matador, the powerful hound, Dragon, and even the clever old red fox, Uncle Yancy!＜/p＞ ＜p＞From Manhattan’s gritty streets to the pastoral beauty of Virginia horse country, Fox Tracks features the beloved characters from past Sister Jane novels in a fascinating new intrigue. This sly, fast-paced mystery gives chase from sizzling start to stunning finish!＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞Praise for Rita Mae Brown’s “Sister” Jane novels＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞“Brown is a keen plotter who advances her story with well-placed clues and showy suspects.”ー＜em＞The New York Times Book Review＜/em＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞“[Brown] succeeds in conjuring a world in which prey are meant to survive the chase and foxes are knowing collaborators.”ー＜em＞People＜/em＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞“One of the most entertaining amateur sleuths since those of Agatha Christie.”ー＜em＞Booklist＜/em＞＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Olympiad【電子書籍】[ Tom Holt ]

＜p＞＜strong＞'Wry and droll, fascinating and funny, by bringing us Alexander's nether parts this novel gives momentous matters unforgettable life' - ＜em＞Ross Leckie＜/em＞＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞'Witty, ironic ... and achieves a deeply felt authenticity' - ＜em＞New York Times＜/em＞＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞Two thousand, seven hundred and seventy-six years ago a group of men ran between two piles of stones, and invented sport. If, that is, its history can be believed.＜/p＞ ＜p＞The first ever Olympic Games in 776BC were apparently so memorable that all Western chronology is based on them. All we know about them is the name of the man who won the race. Over two and a half millennia later, it's about time somebody told the story.＜/p＞ ＜p＞OLYMPIAD is an enthralling and beguiling historical novel full of adventure and misadventure. It will confirm Tom Holt's place as an innovative, challenging and wonderfully entertaining writer of historical fiction. Essential reading for all fans of Tom Holt and historical fiction.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞A compelling historical novel from the acclaimed author of THE WALLED ORCHARD.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞Books by Tom Holt:＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞Walled Orchard Series＜/strong＞＜br /＞ ＜em＞Goatsong＜/em＞＜br /＞ ＜em＞The Walled Orchard＜/em＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞J.W. Wells & Co. Series＜/strong＞＜br /＞ ＜em＞The Portable Door＜/em＞＜br /＞ ＜em＞In Your Dreams＜/em＞＜br /＞ ＜em＞Earth, Air, Fire and Custard＜/em＞＜br /＞ ＜em＞You Don't Have to Be Evil to Work Here, But It Helps＜/em＞＜br /＞ ＜em＞The Better Mousetrap＜/em＞＜br /＞ ＜em＞May Contain Traces of Magic＜/em＞＜br /＞ ＜em＞Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Sausages＜/em＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞YouSpace Series＜/strong＞＜br /＞ ＜em＞Doughnut＜/em＞＜br /＞ ＜em＞When It's A Jar＜/em＞＜br /＞ ＜em＞The Outsorcerer's Apprentice＜/em＞＜br /＞ ＜em＞The Good, the Bad and the Smug＜/em＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞Novels＜/strong＞＜br /＞ ＜em＞Expecting Someone Taller＜/em＞＜br /＞ ＜em＞Who's Afraid of Beowulf＜/em＞＜br /＞ ＜em＞Flying Dutch＜/em＞＜br /＞ ＜em＞Ye Gods!＜/em＞＜br /＞ ＜em＞Overtime＜/em＞＜br /＞ ＜em＞Here Comes the Sun＜/em＞＜br /＞ ＜em＞Grailblazers＜/em＞＜br /＞ ＜em＞Faust Among Equals＜/em＞＜br /＞ ＜em＞Odds and Gods＜/em＞＜br /＞ ＜em＞Djinn Rummy＜/em＞＜br /＞ ＜em＞My Hero＜/em＞＜br /＞ ＜em＞Paint your Dragon＜/em＞＜br /＞ ＜em＞Open Sesame＜/em＞＜br /＞ ＜em＞Wish you Were Here＜/em＞＜br /＞ ＜em＞Alexander at World's End＜/em＞＜br /＞ ＜em＞Only Human＜/em＞＜br /＞ ＜em＞Snow White and the Seven Samurai＜/em＞＜br /＞ ＜em＞Olympiad＜/em＞＜br /＞ ＜em＞Valhalla＜/em＞＜br /＞ ＜em＞Nothing But Blue Skies＜/em＞＜br /＞ ＜em＞Falling Sideways＜/em＞＜br /＞ ＜em＞Little People＜/em＞＜br /＞ ＜em＞Song for Nero＜/em＞＜br /＞ ＜em＞Meadowland＜/em＞＜br /＞ ＜em＞Barking＜/em＞＜br /＞ ＜em＞Blonde Bombshell＜/em＞＜br /＞ ＜em＞The Management Style of the Supreme Beings＜/em＞＜br /＞ ＜em＞An Orc on the Wild Side＜/em＞＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】The Rain Wild Chronicles The Complete 4-Book Collection【電子書籍】[ Robin Hobb ]

＜p＞The complete Rain Wild Chronicles by international bestselling author Robin Hobb. This bundle includes DRAGON KEEPER, DRAGON HAVEN, CITY OF DRAGONS and BLOOD OF DRAGONS.＜/p＞ ＜p＞‘In today’s crowded fantasy market Robin Hobb’s books are like diamonds in a sea of zircons’ George R.R. Martin＜/p＞ ＜p＞Return to the world of the Liveship Traders and journey along the Rain Wild River, from the author of the internationally acclaimed Farseer Trilogy.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Guided by the great blue dragon Tintaglia, they came from the sea: a Tangle of serpents fighting their way up the Rain Wilds River, the first to make the perilous journey in generations.＜/p＞ ＜p＞But the creatures which emerge from the cocoons are a travesty of the powerful, shining dragons of old. Stunted and deformed, they cannot fly. Soon they become a danger and a burden to the Rain Wilders: something must be done. The dragons claim an ancestral memory of a fabled Elderling city far upriver: perhaps there they will find their true home. But Kelsingra appears on no maps and they cannot get there on their own: a band of dragon keepers, hunters and chroniclers must attend them.＜/p＞ ＜p＞To be a dragon keeper is a dangerous job: their charges are vicious and unpredictable, and there are many unknown perils on the journey to a city which may not even exist …＜/p＞ ＜p＞This bundle includes DRAGON KEEPER, DRAGON HAVEN, CITY OF DRAGONS and BLOOD OF DRAGONS.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。