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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！】Health Benefits of Black Cumin For Cooking and Health【電子書籍】[ M Usman ]

＜p＞Health Benefits of Black Cumin For Cooking and Health＜/p＞ ＜p＞Table of Contents＜br /＞ Preface＜br /＞ Getting started＜br /＞ Chapter # 1: Intro＜br /＞ Chapter # 2: How is black cumin commonly used?＜br /＞ Chapter # 3: Black cumin recipes＜br /＞ Chapter # 4: Growing your own black cumin＜br /＞ Chapter # 5: Precautions＜br /＞ Benefits of black cumin to the brain＜br /＞ Chapter # 1: Boosts memory＜br /＞ Benefits of black cumin to the body＜br /＞ Chapter # 1: Fights cancer＜br /＞ Chapter # 2: Strengthens the immune system＜br /＞ Chapter # 3: Alleviates allergic conditions＜br /＞ Chapter # 4: Eases high blood pressure＜br /＞ Chapter # 5: Counters the effects of radiation＜br /＞ Chapter # 6: Reduces frequency of pediatric seizures＜br /＞ Chapter # 7: Helps in weight loss＜br /＞ Chapter # 8: Helps with migraines＜br /＞ Conclusion＜br /＞ References＜br /＞ ?＜br /＞ Preface＜br /＞ Many plants that seem so innocuous to us today have been used in traditional medicine for centuries and have produced astonishing results. Greek and Indian medicine in particular has taken leverage of numerous herbs and plants in curing a wide variety of ailments. Only today has science caught up with what our ancestors took as common knowledge. Research conducted over the past few decades have begun to testify to the health benefits of these botanical wonders.＜br /＞ One such amazing plant is Black Cumin more specifically known as Nigella sativa. It is a plant that blossoms yearly and was found originally in the southern and southwestern regions of Asia. Growing to a height ranging from twenty to thirty centimeters, it is characterized by its thin and straight leaves, fragile blue / white flowers and large bloated fruit holding the renowned Black Cumin seed.＜br /＞ The seed of this plant has been used in cuisines around the globe but is particularly famous and notable in Sub-continental cooking. Its pungent taste and unique aroma has made it famous in many dishes. Its importance in the kitchen aside, this seed has a host of medicinal benefits that make it ideal for consumption from a health perspective. It can have a positive effect on both body and mind and scientific evidence has been gathered to support this.＜br /＞ This book aims to educate you in the many benefits of this truly miraculous plant whose seeds work wonders for human health. It will instruct you on the best way to take advantage of Black Cumin’s benefits and easily make it a part of your daily life. There will also be tips on cultivating your own Black Cumin seeds to use in your kitchen! By the time you reach the end, this humble plant will have definitely made an impression on your mind.＜br /＞ Many of you will have overlooked Black Cumin seeds as a mere spice to be used in cooking but after reading the health benefits of the same, you’ll begin to look at them with a new found reverence.＜/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！】Four Temptations【電子書籍】[ PJ Adams ]

＜p＞＜strong＞Four inter-locking story lines in one short novel: three women... one pivotal night... four temptations...＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜ol＞ ＜li＞ ＜p＞＜em＞The Tipping Point＜/em＞: Rebecca's husband has walked out, leaving his best friend Simon to pick up the pieces. Rebecca has never seen Simon as anything other than a friend until now; certainly not as a lover. But now the seed of possibility has been sown, should she? Shouldn't she? And can she even resist?＜/p＞ ＜/li＞ ＜li＞ ＜p＞＜em＞Words of Love＜/em＞: Is Rebecca's friend Maggie really considering getting back together with her old flame two years after a vitriolic break-up? Does even a small part of her believe that they can make it work this time round?＜/p＞ ＜/li＞ ＜li＞ ＜p＞＜em＞The Other Woman＜/em＞: Ellie is in her early twenties. She's slim and blonde, she has perfect cheekbones, big blue eyes, perfect shape, legs to die for. She's Rebecca’s worst nightmare and her husband’s wet dream.＜/p＞ ＜/li＞ ＜li＞ ＜p＞＜em＞A Woman Scorned＜/em＞: They say revenge is best served up cold. Maybe. In Rebecca Swaine's experience revenge is best served up in a public place with a large glass of Pinot Gris. A steamy, passionate story of love and revenge.＜/p＞ ＜/li＞ ＜/ol＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞Three women... one pivotal night: ＜em＞Four Temptations＜/em＞.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞Stories of passion, risk and love. Explicit erotic romance from the bestselling author of ＜em＞The Object of His Desire＜/em＞ and ＜em＞The Wings of Desire＜/em＞.＜/strong＞＜/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！】Frederick Merrick White, Volume TWO (34 novels in one ebook)【電子書籍】[ Frederick Merrick White ]

＜p＞＜strong＞Frederick Merrick White＜/strong＞ (1859-1935) wrote a number of novels and short stories under the name "Fred M. White" including the six 'Doom of London' science-fiction stories, in which various catastrophes beset London. These include The Four Days' Night (1903), in which London is beset by a massive killer smog; The Dust of Death (1903), in which diphtheria infects the city, spreading from refuse tips and sewers; and The Four White Days (1903), in which a sudden and deep winter paralyses the city under snow and ice. These six stories all first appeared in Pearson's Magazine, and were illustrated by Warwick Goble. He was also a pioneer of the spy story, and in 2003, his series The Romance of the Secret Service Fund (written in 1899) was edited by Douglas G. Greene and published by Battered Silicon Dispatch Box.＜/p＞ ＜p＞ ＜/p＞ ＜p＞In this volume TWO ebook:＜/p＞ ＜p＞The House of Mammon (1913)＜/p＞ ＜p＞A Royal Wrong (1913)＜/p＞ ＜p＞A Secret Service (1913)＜/p＞ ＜p＞The Sentence of the Court (1913)＜/p＞ ＜p＞Powers of Darkness (1913)＜/p＞ ＜p＞The Mystery Of The Ravenspurs (The Black Valley) (1914)＜/p＞ ＜p＞The Day, or The Passing of a Throne (1915)＜/p＞ ＜p＞Seed of Empire (1916)＜/p＞ ＜p＞The Salt Of The Earth (1918)＜/p＞ ＜p＞The Lady in Blue (1918)＜/p＞ ＜p＞The Case for the Crown (1919)＜/p＞ ＜p＞The Leopard's Spots (1920)＜/p＞ ＜p＞The Honour of His House (1921)＜/p＞ ＜p＞The Man who was Two (1921)＜/p＞ ＜p＞The Mystery of Room 75 (1922)＜/p＞ ＜p＞The Councillors of Falconhoe (1922)＜/p＞ ＜p＞The Mystery of Crocksands (1923)＜/p＞ ＜p＞The Turn of the Tide (1923)＜/p＞ ＜p＞The Green Bungalow (1923)＜/p＞ ＜p＞The Devil's Advocate (1924)＜/p＞ ＜p＞The Golden Bat (1924)＜/p＞ ＜p＞The Price of Silence (1925)＜/p＞ ＜p＞The House on the River (1925)＜/p＞ ＜p＞The Shadow of the Dead Hand (1926)＜/p＞ ＜p＞The King Diamond (1927)＜/p＞ ＜p＞The Riddle of the Rail (1927)＜/p＞ ＜p＞On The Night Express (1930)＜/p＞ ＜p＞The Phantom Car (1930)＜/p＞ ＜p＞A Clue in Wax (1930)＜/p＞ ＜p＞Found Dead (1930)＜/p＞ ＜p＞A Broken Memory (1933)＜/p＞ ＜p＞Secret of the River (1934)＜/p＞ ＜p＞The Man Who Knew (1935)＜/p＞ ＜p＞Queen of Hearts (1943)＜/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！】Annah【電子書籍】[ Clay Gilbert ]

＜p＞When you can't see yourself in the eyes of another, it's not long before the face in your mirror looks like a stranger's, too. It's a truth more than one world has forgotten. In the century since the last Great War, a new technology called the Portal has placed the known universe at Earth's doorstep. But with progress came the fear Earth's new citizens might one day threaten the place of humankind on the planet. Annah is a seed-maiden of the world of Evohe; a world on the edge of the known Universe, who finds herself set apart from the rest of her race. Her blue eyes, golden hair and strange, slim form mark her as different, and her peculiar ideas about exploring the Sea of Stars beyond her world distance her even further. Too, she dreams of restoring the ancient faith of the Shapers to her world a forgotten, forbidden path that her people believe led to the ruin of Evohe but which they have found no way to replace. Annah aims to show them they are wrong, and to help her people find themselves, even if they shun her for it. It will take a chance meeting with a human man one of the very people her kind fear most to fulfill both her dream of finding a place to belong, and her dream of restoring her people to themselves. This is Annah's story. This is the story of her mate, Gary Holder. And this is the story of the Children of Evohe. The adventure begins now.＜/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！】Winnie Childs【電子書籍】[ Charles Norris Williamson ]

＜p＞Winnie Childs＜br /＞ Charles Norris Williamson, british writer (1859-1920)＜/p＞ ＜p＞This ebook presents «Winnie Childs», from Charles Norris Williamson. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected.＜/p＞ ＜p＞TABLE OF CONTENTS＜br /＞ -01- ABOUT THIS BOOK＜br /＞ -02- THE SHOP GIRL＜br /＞ -03- THE DRYAD DOOR＜br /＞ -04- BALM OF GILEAD＜br /＞ -05- AN ILL WIND＜br /＞ -06- THE KINDNESS OF MISS ROLLS＜br /＞ -07- SCENES FOR A MOVIE＜br /＞ -08- THE HANDS WITH THE RINGS＜br /＞ -09- THE TWO PETERS＜br /＞ -10- NO. 2884＜br /＞ -11- THE TEST OF CHARACTER＜br /＞ -12- PETER ROLLS'S LITTLE WAYS＜br /＞ -13- DEVIL TAKE THE HINDMOST＜br /＞ -14- BLUE PETER＜br /＞ -15- ONE MAN AND ANOTHER＜br /＞ -16- FROM SCYLLA TO CHARYBDIS＜br /＞ -17- THE LADY IN THE MOON＜br /＞ -18- THE SEED ENA PLANTED＜br /＞ -19- TOYLAND＜br /＞ -20- THE BIG BLUFF＜br /＞ -21- YES, TO ANYTHING＜br /＞ -22- THE CLOSED HOUSE＜br /＞ -23- THE TELEPHONE＜br /＞ -24- THE FRAGRANCE OF FRESIAS＜br /＞ -25- MOTHER＜br /＞ -26- THINGS EXPLODING＜br /＞ -27- A PIECE OF HER MIND＜br /＞ -28- WHEN THE SECRET CAME OUT＜br /＞ -29- THE BATTLE＜/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 Tree That Wood Be: Nature's Remedies and Emotions【電子書籍】[ Kym Kostos ]

＜p＞Once upon a time there was a tree named Ashby that lived in a meadow with eyes as blue as the sky and a nest top hat that his best friend Scarlet lived in.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Ashby started out as a small apple seed and had grown into a large apple tree that gave the largest and sweetest from any of the other apple trees in the meadow.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Scarlet was as red as the apples on Ashby's branches, with a crown of red feathers on top of her head and rose colored glasses, because through her eyes, her world was a beautiful place to live in.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Ashby and Scarlet had been best friends for quite some time and their friendship meant a lot to each other. They could talk about anything to each other and they did every day.＜/p＞ ＜ol＞ ＜li＞Meet Ashby and Scarlet＜/li＞ ＜li＞Timmy Gets Sunburn and Discovers the Aloe Plant＜/li＞ ＜li＞Cranberry Crunch＜/li＞ ＜li＞Scarlet and Lavender＜/li＞ ＜li＞Sara’s Chamomile Tea Party＜/li＞ ＜li＞The Catnip Cure＜/li＞ ＜li＞The Secret of Sage＜/li＞ ＜li＞Ashby’s Natural Remedy Recipes＜/li＞ ＜/ol＞ ＜p＞"Ugh!!" Scarlet tweeted in frustration at her top hat nest.＜/p＞ ＜p＞"What is wrong Scarlet?" Ashby asked her.＜/p＞ ＜p＞"This straw will not stay where it is supposed to stay! It is so frustrating!" Scarlet tweeted loudly.＜/p＞ ＜p＞"You sound really frustrated. Maybe you should calm down and rest a little, then try it again." Ashby said calmly. "We don't need your emotions getting out of control, now."＜/p＞ ＜p＞"Emotions?" Scarlet asked. “What are emotions?”＜/p＞ ＜p＞"Yes, emotions." Ashby answered and continued, "Your feeling of frustration is an emotion. Different people feel different emotions at all times. Whether it's calm and relaxed, happy, sad, angry, etc… like right now you are feeling frustrated. That is called an emotion and we deal with them every day of our lives... good and bad."＜/p＞ ＜p＞"Really?" Scarlet tweeted, still having her feathers ruffled. "Tell me more about emotions Ashby."＜/p＞ ＜ol＞ ＜li＞Scarlet Learns About Emotions＜/li＞ ＜li＞Timmy Loses Max＜/li＞ ＜li＞Sara’s Surprise Party＜/li＞ ＜li＞Ashby and Scarlet Are Afraid＜/li＞ ＜li＞Scarlet is in Love＜/li＞ ＜li＞Timmy Feels Loneliness＜/li＞ ＜/ol＞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 Tree That Wood Be: Nature's Remedies【電子書籍】[ Kym Kostos ]

＜p＞Once upon a time there was a tree named Ashby that lived in a meadow with eyes as blue as the sky and a nest top hat that his best friend Scarlet lived in.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Ashby started out as a small apple seed and had grown into a large apple tree that gave the largest and sweetest from any of the other apple trees in the meadow.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Scarlet was as red as the apples on Ashby's branches, with a crown of red feathers on top of her head and rose colored glasses, because through her eyes, her world was a beautiful place to live in.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Ashby and Scarlet had been best friends for quite some time and their friendship meant a lot to each other. They could talk about anything to each other and they did every day.＜/p＞ ＜ol＞ ＜li＞ ＜p＞Meet Ashby and Scarlet＜/p＞ ＜/li＞ ＜li＞ ＜p＞Timmy Gets Sunburn and Discovers the Aloe Plant＜/p＞ ＜/li＞ ＜li＞ ＜p＞Cranberry Crunch＜/p＞ ＜/li＞ ＜li＞ ＜p＞Scarlet and Lavender＜/p＞ ＜/li＞ ＜li＞ ＜p＞Sara’s Chamomile Tea Party＜/p＞ ＜/li＞ ＜li＞ ＜p＞The Catnip Cure＜/p＞ ＜/li＞ ＜li＞ ＜p＞The Secret of Sage＜/p＞ ＜/li＞ ＜li＞ ＜p＞Ashby’s Natural Remedy Recipes＜/p＞ ＜/li＞ ＜/ol＞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！】Winnie Childs【電子書籍】[ Alice Muriel Williamson ]

＜p＞Winnie Childs＜br /＞ Alice Muriel Williamson, british novelist (1869-1933)＜/p＞ ＜p＞This ebook presents ≪Winnie Childs≫, from Alice Muriel Williamson. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Table of Contents＜br /＞ -01- About this book＜br /＞ -02- THE SHOP GIRL＜br /＞ -03- THE DRYAD DOOR＜br /＞ -04- BALM OF GILEAD＜br /＞ -05- AN ILL WIND＜br /＞ -06- THE KINDNESS OF MISS ROLLS＜br /＞ -07- SCENES FOR A MOVIE＜br /＞ -08- THE HANDS WITH THE RINGS＜br /＞ -09- THE TWO PETERS＜br /＞ -10- NO. 2884＜br /＞ -11- THE TEST OF CHARACTER＜br /＞ -12- PETER ROLLS'S LITTLE WAYS＜br /＞ -13- DEVIL TAKE THE HINDMOST＜br /＞ -14- BLUE PETER＜br /＞ -15- ONE MAN AND ANOTHER＜br /＞ -16- FROM SCYLLA TO CHARYBDIS＜br /＞ -17- THE LADY IN THE MOON＜br /＞ -18- THE SEED ENA PLANTED＜br /＞ -19- TOYLAND＜br /＞ -20- THE BIG BLUFF＜br /＞ -21- YES TO ANYTHING＜br /＞ -22- THE CLOSED HOUSE＜br /＞ -23- THE TELEPHONE＜br /＞ -24- THE FRAGRANCE OF FRESIAS＜br /＞ -25- MOTHER＜br /＞ -26- THINGS EXPLODING＜br /＞ -27- A PIECE OF HER MIND＜br /＞ -28- WHEN THE SECRET CAME OUT＜br /＞ -29- THE BATTLE＜/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！】50 Decadent Muffin Recipes【電子書籍】[ Brenda Van Niekerk ]

＜p＞Try making these easy, decadent muffin recipes.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Some of the recipes within the book:＜/p＞ ＜p＞Blueberry, Chocolate And Poppy Seed Muffins, Blueberry, Walnut And Brie Muffins, Blue Cheese And Walnut Muffins, Buttermilk Muffins, Chai Muffins, Cheese, Chutney And Corn Muffins, Chocolate Cashew Nut Muffins, Chocolate Chip Muffins, Chocolate Peanut Butter Muffins, Corn Muffins, Cranberry And Orange Muffins, Date And Brandy Muffins, Date And Honey Muffins, Eggnog Muffins, Feta, Walnut And Spinach Muffins, Fig, Pear And Port Muffins, Fig, Pecan And Maple Muffins, Ginger And Date Muffins, Granadilla And White Chocolate Muffins, Health Muffins, Honey And Orange Muffins, Leek And Feta Muffins, Lemon And Marzipan Muffins, Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins, Lemongrass Muffins and much, much more......＜/p＞ ＜p＞This recipe book contains delicious, easy to follow recipes.＜/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 Rock Is Lively【電子書籍】[ Dianna Hutts Aston ]

＜p＞From the award-winning creators of ＜em＞An Egg Is Quiet＜/em＞, ＜em＞A Seed Is Sleepy＜/em＞, and ＜em＞A Butterfly Is Patient＜/em＞ comes a gorgeous and informative introduction to the fascinating world of rocks. From dazzling blue lapis lazuli to volcanic snowflake obsidian, an incredible variety of rocks are showcased in all their splendor. Poetic in voice and elegant in design, this book introduces an array of facts, making it equally perfect for classroom sharing and family reading. Plus, this is the fixed format version, which looks almost identical to the print edition.＜/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！】Oedipus King Of Thebes【電子書籍】[ Sophocles ]

＜p＞PREFACE＜br /＞ If I have turned aside from Euripides for a moment and attempted a translation of the great stage masterpiece of Sophocles, my excuse must be the fascination of this play, which has thrown its spell on me as on many other translators. Yet I may plead also that as a rule every diligent student of these great works can add something to the discoveries of his predecessors, and I think I have been able to bring out a few new points in the old and much-studied Oedipus, chiefly points connected with the dramatic technique and the religious atmosphere.＜br /＞ Mythologists tell us that Oedipus was originally a daemon haunting Mount Kithairon, and Jocasta a form of that Earth-Mother who, as Aeschylus puts it, "bringeth all things to being, and when she hath reared them receiveth again their seed into her body" (Choephori, 127: cf. Crusius, Beitr?ge z. Gr. Myth, 21). That stage of the story lies very far behind the consciousness of Sophocles. But there does cling about both his hero and his heroine a great deal of very primitive atmosphere. There are traces in Oedipus of the pre-hellenic Medicine King, the Basileus who is also a Theos, and can make rain or blue sky, pestilence or fertility. This explains many things in the Priest's first speech, in the attitude of the Chorus, and in Oedipus' own language after the discovery. It partly explains the hostility of Apollo, who is not a mere motiveless Destroyer but a true Olympian crushing his Earth-born rival. And in the same way the peculiar royalty of Jocasta, which makes Oedipus at times seem not the King but the Consort of the Queen, brings her near to that class of consecrated queens described in Dr. Frazer's Lectures on the Kingship, who are "honoured as no woman now living on the earth."＜br /＞ The story itself, and the whole spirit in which Sophocles has treated it, belong not to the fifth century but to that terrible and romantic past from which the fifth century poets usually drew their material. The atmosphere of brooding dread, the pollution, the curses; the "insane and beastlike cruelty," as an ancient Greek commentator calls it, of piercing the exposed child's feet in order to ensure its death and yet avoid having actually murdered it (Schol. Eur. Phoen., 26); the whole treatment of the parricide and incest, not as moral offences capable of being rationally judged or even excused as unintentional, but as monstrous and inhuman pollutions, the last limit of imaginable horror: all these things take us back to dark regions of pre-classical and even pre-homeric belief. We have no right to suppose that Sophocles thought of the involuntary parricide and metrogamy as the people in his play do. Indeed, considering the general tone of his contemporaries and friends, we may safely assume that he did not. But at any rate he has allowed no breath of later enlightenment to disturb the primaeval gloom of his atmosphere.＜br /＞ Does this in any way make the tragedy insincere? I think not. We know that people did feel and think about "pollution" in the way which Sophocles represents; and if they so felt, then the tragedy was there.＜br /＞ I think these considerations explain the remarkable absence from this play of any criticism of life or any definite moral judgment. I know that some commentators have found in it a "humble and unquestioning piety," but I cannot help suspecting that what they saw was only a reflection from their own pious and unquestioning minds. Man is indeed shown as a "plaything of Gods," but of Gods strangely and incomprehensibly malignant, whose ways there is no attempt to explain or justify. The original story, indeed, may have had one of its roots in a Theban "moral tale." Aelian (Varia Historia, 2, 7) tells us that the exposure of a child was forbidden by Theban Law. The state of feeling which produced this law, against the immensely strong conception of the patria potestas, may also have produced a folklore story telling how a boy once was exposed, in a peculiarly cruel way, by his wicked parents, and how Heaven preserved him to take upon both of them a vengeance which showed that the unnatural father had no longer a father's sanctity nor the unnatural mother a mother's. But, as far as Sophocles is concerned, if anything in the nature of a criticism of life has been admitted into the play at all, it seems to be only a flash or two of that profound and pessimistic arraignment of the ruling powers which in other plays also opens at times like a sudden abyss across the smooth surface of his art.＜br /＞ There is not much philosophy in the Oedipus. There is not, in comparison with other Greek plays, much pure poetry. What there is, is drama; drama of amazing grandeur and power. In respect of plot no Greek play comes near it. It contains no doubt a few points of unsophisticated technique such as can be found in all ancient and nearly all modern drama; for instance, the supposition that Oedipus has never inquired into the death of his predecessor on the throne. But such flaws are external, not essential. On the whole, I can only say that the work of translation has made me feel even more strongly than before the extraordinary grip and reality of the dialogue, the deftness of the construction, and, except perhaps for a slight drop in the Creon scene, the unbroken crescendo of tragedy from the opening to the close.＜br /＞ Where plot-interest is as strong as it is in the Oedipus, character-interest is apt to be comparatively weak. Yet in this play every character is interesting, vital, and distinct. Oedipus himself is selected by Aristotle as the most effective kind of tragic hero, because, first, he has been great and glorious, and secondly he has not been "pre-eminently virtuous or just." This is true in its way. Oedipus is too passionate to be just; but he is at least noble in his impetuosity, his devotion, and his absolute truthfulness. It is important to realise that at the beginning of the play he is prepared for an oracle commanding him to die for his people (pp. 6, 7). And he never thinks of refusing that "task" any more than he tries to elude the doom that actually comes, or to conceal any fact that tells against him. If Oedipus had been an ordinary man the play would have been a very different and a much poorer thing.＜br /＞ Jocasta is a wonderful study. Euripides might have brought her character out more explicitly and more at length, but even he could not have made her more living or more tragic, or represented more subtly in her relation to Oedipus both the mother's protecting love and the mother's authority. As for her "impiety," of which the old commentaries used to speak with much disapproval, the essential fact in her life is that both her innocence and her happiness have, as she believes, been poisoned by the craft of priests. She and La?us both "believed a bad oracle": her terror and her love for her husband made her consent to an infamous act of cruelty to her own child, an act of which the thought sickens her still, and about which she cannot, when she tries, speak the whole truth. (See note on p. 42.) And after all her crime was for nothing! The oracle proved to be a lie. Never again will she believe a priest.＜br /＞ As to Tiresias, I wish to ask forgiveness for an unintelligent criticism made twelve years ago in my Ancient Greek Literature, p. 240. I assumed then, what I fancy was a common assumption, that Tiresias was a "sympathetic" prophet, compact of wisdom and sanctity and all the qualities which beseem that calling; and I complained that he did not consistently act as such. I was quite wrong. Tiresias is not anything so insipid. He is a study of a real type, and a type which all the tragedians knew. The character of the professional seer or "man of God" has in the imagination of most ages fluctuated between two poles. At one extreme are sanctity and superhuman wisdom; at the other fraud and mental disease, self-worship aping humility and personal malignity in the guise of obedience to God. There is a touch of all these qualities, good and bad alike, in Tiresias. He seems to me a most life-like as well as a most dramatic figure.＜br /＞ As to the Chorus, it generally plays a smaller part in Sophocles than in Euripides and Aeschylus, and the Oedipus forms no exception to that rule. It seems to me that Sophocles was feeling his way towards a technique which would have approached that of the New Comedy or even the Elizabethan stage, and would perhaps have done without a Chorus altogether. In Aeschylus Greek tragedy had been a thing of traditional forms and clear-cut divisions; the religious ritual showed through, and the visible gods and the disguised dancers were allowed their full value. And Euripides in the matter of outward formalism went back to the Aeschylean type and even beyond it: prologue, chorus, messenger, visible god, all the traditional forms were left clear-cut and undisguised and all developed to full effectiveness on separate and specific lines. But Sophocles worked by blurring his structural outlines just as he blurs the ends of his verses. In him the traditional divisions are all made less distinct, all worked over in the direction of greater naturalness, at any rate in externals. This was a very great gain, but of course some price had to be paid for it. Part of the price was that Sophocles could never attempt the tremendous choric effects which Euripides achieves in such plays as the Bacchae and the Trojan Women. His lyrics, great as they sometimes are, move their wings less boldly. They seem somehow tied to their particular place in the tragedy, and they have not quite the strength to lift the whole drama bodily aloft with them.... At least that is my feeling. But I realise that this may be only the complaint of an unskilful translator, blaming his material for his own defects of vision.＜br /＞ In general, both in lyrics and in dialogue, I believe I have allowed myself rather less freedom than in translating Euripides. This is partly because the writing of Euripides, being less business-like and more penetrated by philosophic reflections and by subtleties of technique, actually needs more thoro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【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！】Seeds of Fear Hot Blood V【電子書籍】[ Jeff Gelb ]

＜p＞Plant yourself under the covers and get ready for Seeds of Fear fifth in the ground- breaking Hot Blood erotic horror anthology series. Pinup queen Brinke Stevens delivers the Introduction and 19 original stories cultivated by editors Jeff Gelb and Michael Garrett follow. Terror and titillation reach full florid bloom as Bentley Little invites you to See Marilyn Monroes Panties! Ronald Kelly introduces a Scream Queen you wont soon forget Edward Lee follows his Stoker-nominated Mr. Torso (HB4) with Grub-Girl and award-winning author P. D. Cacek (Stoker World Fantasy) welcomes her Devil With a Blue Dress.＜/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 World Don't Owe Me Nothing The Life and Times of Delta Bluesman Honeyboy Edwards【電子書籍】[ David Honeyboy Edwards ]

＜p＞This vivid oral snapshot of an America that planted the blues is full of rhythmic grace. From the son of a sharecropper to an itinerant bluesman, Honeyboy’s stories of good friends Charlie Patton, Big Walter Horton, Little Walter Jacobs, and Robert Johnson are a godsend to blues fans. History buffs will marvel at his unique perspective and firsthand accounts of the 1927 Mississippi River flood, vagrancy laws, makeshift courts in the back of seed stores, plantation life, and the Depression.＜/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！】Weight Watcher Diva Zero Points Plus Salad and Salad Dressing Recipes Cookbook【電子書籍】[ Jackie Jasmine ]

＜p＞The Weight Watchers New Points Plus Program is absolutely amazing! I’m eating great and losing weight with Weight Watchers! I have always loved salads but the salad dressings I used were full of fat and calories. The Weight Watcher Diva Zero Points Plus Salad and Salad Dressing Recipes Cookbook not only has recipes for Zero Points Plus delicious and nutritious salads, you will also find amazing Zero Points Plus Salad Dressing Recipes! You will totally love these Zero Points Plus Salad and Zero Points Plus Salad Dressing Recipes!!! I guarantee it! Enjoy!＜/p＞ ＜p＞Your Zero Points Plus Salads:＜/p＞ ＜p＞Weight Watchers Zero Points Plus Awesome Asparagus Salad＜br /＞ Weight Watchers Zero Points Plus Caesar Salad With A Twist＜br /＞ Weight Watchers Zero Points Plus Carrot, Broccoli and Cauliflower Salad＜br /＞ Weight Watchers Zero Points Plus Classic House Salad＜br /＞ Weight Watchers Zero Points Plus Cucumber, Celery and Tomato Salad＜br /＞ Weight Watchers Zero Points Plus Dole American Salad＜br /＞ Weight Watchers Zero Points Plus Dole Spring Mix Salad＜br /＞ Weight Watchers Zero Points Plus Gazpacho Salad＜br /＞ Weight Watchers Zero Points Plus Ginger Japanese Salad＜br /＞ Weight Watchers Zero Points Plus Ginger Lettuce and Cabbage Salad＜br /＞ Weight Watchers Zero Points Plus Greek Salad＜br /＞ Weight Watchers Zero Points Plus Green Bean and Rutabaga Bean Salad＜br /＞ Weight Watchers Zero Points Plus Green Chile Cabbage Salad＜br /＞ Weight Watchers Zero Points Plus Lettuce With Artichokes Salad＜br /＞ Weight Watchers Zero Points Plus Lime Cucumber Salad＜br /＞ Weight Watchers Zero Points Plus Mexicali Salad＜br /＞ Weight Watchers Zero Points Plus Mixed Veggie Salad＜br /＞ Weight Watchers Zero Points Plus Mock Tabouleh＜br /＞ Weight Watchers Zero Points Plus Mosaic Salad＜br /＞ Weight Watchers Zero Points Plus Mushroom Veggie Salad＜br /＞ Weight Watchers Zero Points Plus Old World Salad＜br /＞ Weight Watchers Zero Points Plus Orange Coleslaw＜br /＞ Weight Watchers Zero Points Plus Orange, White and Green Salad＜br /＞ Weight Watchers Zero Points Plus Red, White and Blue Salad＜br /＞ Weight Watchers Zero Points Plus Roasted Okra Salad＜br /＞ Weight Watchers Zero Points Plus Roasted Veggie Salad＜br /＞ Weight Watchers Zero Points Plus Snow Peas and Water Chestnut Salad＜br /＞ Weight Watchers Zero Points Plus Spinach and Artichoke Salad＜br /＞ Weight Watchers Zero Points Plus Spinach Salad＜br /＞ Weight Watchers Zero Points Plus Spinach Strawberry Salad＜br /＞ Weight Watchers Zero Points Plus Spring Mix With Beets Salad＜br /＞ Weight Watchers Zero Points Plus Sprout Salad＜br /＞ Weight Watchers Zero Points Plus Three Tomato Salad＜br /＞ Weight Watchers Zero Points Plus Tossed Tuscan Salad＜br /＞ Weight Watchers Zero Points Plus Veggie Vinaigrette Salad＜br /＞ Weight Watchers Zero Points Plus Watercress Salad With Green Goddess Salad Dressing＜br /＞ Weight Watchers Zero Points Plus Yummy and Simple Salad＜/p＞ ＜p＞Your Zero Points Plus Salad Dressings:＜/p＞ ＜p＞Weight Watchers Zero Points Plus Asian Salad Dressing＜br /＞ Weight Watchers Zero Points Plus Balsamic Dijon Vinaigrette Salad Dressing＜br /＞ Weight Watchers Zero Points Plus Balsamic Vinaigrette Salad Dressing＜br /＞ Weight Watchers Zero Points Plus Beet Salad Dressing＜br /＞ Weight Watchers Zero Points Plus Cucumber Ranch Salad Dressing＜br /＞ Weight Watchers Zero Points Plus French Salad Dressing＜br /＞ Weight Watchers Zero Points Plus Ginger Soy Vinaigrette＜br /＞ Weight Watchers Zero Points Plus Green Goddess Salad Dressing＜br /＞ Weight Watchers Zero Points Plus Herb Salad Dressing＜br /＞ Weight Watchers Zero Points Plus Honey Dijon Salad Dressing＜br /＞ Weight Watchers Zero Points Plus Honey Mustard Salad Dressing＜br /＞ Weight Watchers Zero Points Plus Italian Salad Dressing＜br /＞ Weight Watchers Zero Points Plus Key Lime Vinaigrette＜br /＞ Weight Watchers Zero Points Plus Lemon Cheesy Salad Dressing＜br /＞ Weight Watchers Zero Points Plus Orange Vinaigrette＜br /＞ Weight Watchers Zero Points Plus Poppy Seed Salad Dressing＜br /＞ Weight Watchers Zero Points Plus Ranch Salad＜br /＞ Weight Watchers Zero Points Plus Raspberry Vinaigrette Salad Dressing＜br /＞ Weight Watchers Zero Points Plus Russian Salad Dressing＜/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！】Bread Sticks with a Twist【電子書籍】[ Brenda Van Niekerk ]

＜p＞Try making these delicious, easy to make, gourmet breadsticks.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Some of the recipes in the book:＜/p＞ ＜p＞Apple Cinnamon Breadsticks, Apple Raisin Bread Sticks, Blueberry Feta Breadsticks, Blue Cheese And Walnut Breadsticks, Caramelised Red Onion And Chorizo Sausage Breadsticks, Cranberry Apple Breadsticks, Cranberry Pecan Breadsticks, Fig And Feta Breadsticks, Ham And Cheese Breadsticks, Honey And Dill Breadsticks, Lemon Almond Breadsticks, Parmesan Bacon Breadsticks, Parmesan Garlic Breadsticks, Potato, Leek And Feta Breadsticks, Roasted Pepper And Garlic Breadsticks, Spiced Pumpkin Walnut Breadsticks, Tomato, Feta And Basil Bread Sticks, 3 Cheese Breadsticks, Black Pepper, Strawberry And Feta Breadsticks, Cheddar Chili Twisted Breadsticks, Cheese And Onion Breadsticks, Herb, Garlic And Sea Salt Breadsticks, Lemon Poppy Seed Breadsticks 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！】Green Fire: A Romance【電子書籍】[ William Sharp ]

＜p＞After the dim purple bloom of a suspended spring, a green rhythm ran from larch to thorn, from lime to sycamore; spread from meadow to meadow, from copse to copse, from hedgerow to hedgerow. The blackthorn had already snowed upon the nettle-garths. In the obvious nests among the bare boughs of ash and beech the eggs of the blackbird were blue-green as the sky that March had bequeathed to April. For days past, when the breath of the equinox had surged out of the west, the missel-thrushes had bugled from the wind-swayed topmost branches of the tallest elms. Everywhere the green rhythm ran. In every leaf that had uncurled there was a delicate bloom, that which is upon all things in the first hours of life. The spires of the grass were washed in a green, dewy light. Out of the brown earth a myriad living things thrust tiny green shafts, arrow-heads, bulbs, spheres, clusters. Along the pregnant soil keener ears than ours would have heard the stir of new life, the innumerous whisper of the bursting seed; and, in the wind itself, shepherding the shadow-chased sunbeams, the voice of that vernal gladness which has been man's clarion since Time began. Day by day the wind-wings lifted a more multitudinous whisper from the woodlands. The deep hyperborean note, from the invisible ocean of air, was still audible: within the concourse of bare boughs which lifted against it, that surging voice could not but have an echo of its wintry roar. In the sun-havens, however, along the southerly copses, in daisied garths of orchard-trees, amid the flowering currant and guelder and lilac bushes in quiet places where the hives were all a-murmur, the wind already sang its lilt of spring. From dawn till noon, from an hour before sundown till the breaking foam along the wild cherry flushed fugitively because of the crimson glow out of the west, there was a ceaseless chittering of birds. The starlings and the sparrows enjoyed the commune of the homestead; the larks and fieldfares and green and yellow linnets congregated in the meadows, where, too, the wild bee already roved. Among the brown ridgy fallows there was a constant flutter of black, white-gleaming, and silver-gray wings, where the stalking rooks, the jerking pewets, and the wary, uncertain gulls from the neighboring sea, feasted tirelessly from the teeming earth. Often, too, the wind-hover, that harbinger of the season of the young broods, quivered his curved wings in his arrested flight, while his lance-like gaze penetrated the whins, beneath which a new-born rabbit crawled, or discerned in the tangle of a grassy tuft the brown, watchful eyes of a nesting quail.＜/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！】Under the Mendips: A Tale【電子書籍】[ Emma Marshall ]

＜p＞It was a fair morning of early summer, when the low beams of the eastern sun, threw flickering shadows across the lawn, which lay before Fair Acres Manor, nestling under the shelter of the Mendip Hills, somewhere between Wells and Cheddar. Truth compels me to say, that the lawn was covered with daisies, and that their bright eyes looked fearlessly up into the blue sky; for mowing machines were unknown, and the old gardener, coachman, and universal out-of-door servant sharpened his scythe, only at long intervals, to lay the heads of the flowers low, so that the daisies grew and flourished, and had a good time of it. I know that daisy-speckled turf is considered an offence in the eyes of the modern gardener. I know with what zeal the spud is used; how large bare places are regarded with delight; how seed is scattered over them, which the birds watch with cunning glances from the neighbouring shrubs and trees, and pounce down upon, as soon as the diligent master of the place, has straightened his aching back and turned it upon the scene of his labours. The dewy lawn before Fair Acres, with its beautiful mosaic of white and gold, fringed with circles of deepest crimson here and there, would not suit the taste of the conventional gardener of these days; nor would the low, irregular building which overlooked it, be considered an attractive or fitting residence, for the sons and daughters of the small country squire in the ninth decade of the century. But in the second decade, in which my story opens, things were different. The country squire lived a country life. He farmed his own acres, he walked over his own fields; his 'stock' were individual cows and horses to him; he could pat each one and call it by its name. His house was his home, and the restlessness of travel, and longing for excitement had not as yet, for the most part, disturbed either him or his children. Now the resonant steam eagle, as it flies across the country side, seems to call upon the dwellers in rural districts to follow where it leads, and an isolated manorial farm like Fair Acres, and a family like the Falconers who inhabited it, are all but impossible to find nowadays.＜/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！】Princesses Practice Sight Words - 7 Books in 1!【電子書籍】[ Nicole Adele Spry ]

＜p＞Princesses Practice Sight Words - 7 Books in 1!＜/p＞ ＜p＞These pretty princess flash cards contain seven books of Sight Words & Sight Nouns!＜/p＞ ＜p＞So what are sight words? Sight words are words that children need to learn to identify "on sight" in order to become capable readers. These special words can be known by many different names including high-frequency words, Dolch words, Fry words, Star Words, Wall Words or even Instant words.＜/p＞ ＜p＞This list includes over 300 of the most common sight words with princesses on every page. To make it easy and for for your little one these cards feature:＜br /＞ * Small Groups of Words - The words are broken into smaller groups so that you can practice one set of words at a time.＜br /＞ * Hyperlinks - Underneath each card is a link to the other cards in the group. This lets you "skip around" from card to card to keep your little one on his or her toes!＜br /＞ * Large Font - the font used here is a clear, serif font in a large easy to read size!＜/p＞ ＜p＞Book 1 ? 40 Pre-School (Primer) Sight Words ? the, to, and, a, I, you, it, in, said, for, up, look, is, go, we, little, down, can, see, not, one, my, me, big, come, blue, red, where, jump, away, here, help, make, yellow, two, play, run, find, three, funny＜/p＞ ＜p＞Book 2 ? 52 Kindergarten (or Primer) Sight Words ? he, was, that, she, on, they, but, at, with, all, there, out, be, have, am, do, did, what, so, get, like, this, will, yes, went, are, now, no, came, ride, into, good, want, too, pretty, four, saw, well, ran, brown, eat, who, new, must, black, white, soon, our, ate, say, under, please＜/p＞ ＜p＞Book 3 ? 41 First Grade Sight Words ? of, his, had, him, her, some, as, then, could, when, were, them, ask, an, over, just, from, any, how, know, put, take, every, old, by, after, think, let, going, walk, again, may, stop, fly, round, give, once, open, has, live, thank＜/p＞ ＜p＞Book 4 ? 46 Second Grade Sight Words ? would, very, your, its, around, don't, right, green, their, call, sleep, five, wash, or, before, been, off, cold, tell, work, first, does, goes, write, always, made, gave, us, buy, those, use, fast, pull, both, sit, which, read, why, found, because, best, upon, these, sing, wish, many＜/p＞ ＜p＞Book 5 ? 41 Third Grade Sight Words ? if, long, about, got, six, never, seven, eight, today, myself, much, keep, try, start, ten, bring, drink, only, better, hold, warm, full, done, light, pick, hurt, cut, kind, fall, carry, small, own, show, hot, far, draw, clean, open, together, shall, laugh＜/p＞ ＜p＞Book 6 ? 50 Sight Nouns ? ball, boy, cat, cow, dog, duck, leg, pig, sun, top, girl, hand, hill, man, men, next, ring, song, toy, way, baby, bed, bell, bird, box, car, day, doll, egg, fish, back, cake, corn, farm, farmer, fire, flower, game, grass, home, milk, name, robin, school, sheep, street, thing, time, water, wind＜/p＞ ＜p＞Book 7 ? 45 Sight Nouns ? chair, father, feet, garden, good-bye, horse, kitty, letter, money, morning, mother, paper, party, rabbit, rain, seed, sister, snow, stick, tree, apple, head, house, night, picture, shoe, squirrel, table, watch, window, wood, brother, bear, boat, bread, chicken, children, coat, door, eye, floor, ground, birthday, Santa Clause, Christmas＜/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！】Blueseed Prodigy The Beginning【電子書籍】[ Frederick Ford ]

This intricate action, thriller novel takes place in a futuristic United States. Foreign start ups and workers are outlawed; the protagonists Victor, Mario and Kira employ an ingenious cover to circumvent the law, a floating casino-resort called Blueseed, located in International waters off the coast of California. However, they are soon in peril because of the powerful United States Immigration and Business (I & B) department, headed by Maurice, a religious fanatic who is hell-bent on transforming America into a fascist country. Acting on behalf of the US President and his policies, Maurice joins a major UN coalition to advance his agenda but unknown to him they have their own agenda. He orders repeated militia attacks on the Blueseed Prodigy partners (across the United States and into Canada) who threaten his vision. As the stakes become higher and more dangerous, the protagonists enlist other allies including Lawrence, the CEO of the private Space Agency, Alpha Centura. The Blueseed Prodigy battle on two fronts: to enlist support to foil the UN conspiracy, and to defend against the assaults on their lives. Our protagonists are outnumbered! Can they succeed? The fate of the Free World is at stake!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！】Dandelion Summer【電子書籍】[ Lisa Wingate ]

＜p＞＜strong＞“A story beautifully told, with richly drawn characters that will...make you want to laugh and cry”* from the #1 ＜em＞New York Times＜/em＞ bestselling author of ＜em＞The Book of Lost Friends＜/em＞ and ＜em＞Before We Were Yours＜/em＞.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞All her life, Epiphany Salerno has been tossed like a dandelion seed on the wind. Now, at sixteen, she must move to the low-rent side of Blue Sky Hill and work where she's not wanted: in an upscale home on The Hill.＜/p＞ ＜p＞J. Norman Alvord's daughter has hired a teenager to stay with him in the afternoons. Widowed and suffering from heart trouble, Norman wants to be left alone. But in Epie's presence, Norman discovers a mystery. Deep in his mind lie memories of another house, another life, and a woman who saved him.＜/p＞ ＜p＞As summer comes to Blue Sky Hill, two residents from different worlds will journey through a turbulent past, and find that with an unexpected road trip through sleepy Southern towns comes life-changing friendship...and clues to a family secret hidden for a lifetime.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞Winner of the 2012 Carol Award for Women's Fiction from the American Christian Fiction Writers＜/strong＞＜/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 Scattering of Seeds【電子書籍】[ James Lynch ]

＜p＞A visitor has arrived in Tanjee with a strange accent, a quick sword, and glowing blue eyes. He is just beginning to assimilate himself into the local culture and develop a few friends when one evening he is unintentionally caught in a magical crossfire. He is left with a dangerous and powerful artifact that he must somehow break down and destroy, even as those who wish to keep it whole seek to break down and destroy him. In the process he is reluctantly befriended by a small tehlian woman who has good reason to feel that his entry into her life caused the complete destruction of her career and position in her society. However, with no one else to turn to, she slowly develops a respect for and eventually a deep abiding friendship with this visitor who calls himself DragonTayl, as they travel through many adventures in the epic story A Scattering of Seeds.＜/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！】Sanctified Blues A Novel【電子書籍】[ Mable John ]

＜p＞Albertina Merci, a talented R&B singer, toured with Ray Charles, James Brown, and Wilson Pickettーuntil the fateful night her voice gave out in front of a sold-out crowd. Encouraged by her fans, she offered a little speech in praise of Jesus instead of a song. Her spontaneous words became the seed of “Sanctified Blues,” a song that soon captured the hearts of millions and gave Albertina the financial security to follow her true calling as an evangelistーsharing the Gospel with those in need of spiritual comfort. ＜em＞Sanctified Blues＜/em＞ is the story of Albertina’s encounter with Maggie Clay, the biracial beauty who is TV’s reigning diva. A sudden mystery surrounding Maggie has the entire country wondering: Is Maggie having a nervous breakdown, and if so, why? What caused it? And who can save the star from self-destruction?＜em＞Sanctified Blues＜/em＞ introduces a heroine in the vein of Jessica Fletcher of ＜em＞Murder, She Wrote＜/em＞ and Precious Ramotswe, head of The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency. Her quiet but determined mission to solve spiritual mysteries and dilemmas will endear Albertina to both secular and Christian readers.＜/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 Historical Romances of Georg Ebers【電子書籍】[ Georg Ebers ]

＜p＞By the walls of Thebesーthe old city of a hundred gatesーthe Nile spreads to a broad river; the heights, which follow the stream on both sides, here take a more decided outline; solitary, almost cone-shaped peaks stand out sharply from the level background of the many-colored. limestone hills, on which no palm-tree flourishes and in which no humble desert-plant can strike root. Rocky crevasses and gorges cut more or less deeply into the mountain range, and up to its ridge extends the desert, destructive of all life, with sand and stones, with rocky cliffs and reef-like, desert hills. Behind the eastern range the desert spreads to the Red Sea; behind the western it stretches without limit, into infinity. In the belief of the Egyptians beyond it lay the region of the dead. Between these two ranges of hills, which serve as walls or ramparts to keep back the desert-sand, flows the fresh and bounteous Nile, bestowing blessing and abundance; at once the father and the cradle of millions of beings. On each shore spreads the wide plain of black and fruitful soil, and in the depths many-shaped creatures, in coats of mail or scales, swarm and find subsistence. The lotos floats on the mirror of the waters, and among the papyrus reeds by the shore water-fowl innumerable build their nests. Between the river and the mountain-range lie fields, which after the seed-time are of a shining blue-green, and towards the time of harvest glow like gold. Near the brooks and water-wheels here and there stands a shady sycamore; and date-palms, carefully tended, group themselves in groves. The fruitful plain, watered and manured every year by the inundation, lies at the foot of the sandy desert-hills behind it, and stands out like a garden flower-bed from the gravel-path. In the fourteenth century before Christーfor to so remote a date we must direct the thoughts of the readerーimpassable limits had been set by the hand of man, in many places in Thebes, to the inroads of the water; high dykes of stone and embankments protected the streets and squares, the temples and the palaces, from the overflow.Canals that could be tightly closed up led from the dykes to the land within, and smaller branch-cuttings to the gardens of Thebes. On the right, the eastern bank of the Nile, rose the buildings of the far-famed residence of the Pharaohs. Close by the river stood the immense and gaudy Temples of the city of Amon; behind these and at a short distance from the Eastern hillsーindeed at their very foot and partly even on the soil of the desertーwere the palaces of the King and nobles, and the shady streets in which the high narrow houses of the citizens stood in close rows.＜/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。