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【楽天ブックスならいつでも送料無料】Happiness HAPPINESS [ Aminatta Forna ]

HAPPINESS Aminatta Forna GROVE PR2019 Paperback English ISBN：9780802129185 洋書 Fiction & Literature（小説＆文芸） Fiction

【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！】Family Happiness【電子書籍】[ Leo Tolstoy ]

＜p＞"Family Happiness" unfolds the intimate narrative of Masha, a young woman whose journey into love begins with the thrill of romance with Sergei, a friend of her late father. As their relationship evolves from ardent love to marriage, Tolstoy delves into the complexities that weave through domestic life, examining the shifts in intimacy, happiness, and the search for meaning within the bonds of family. This poignant novella offers a deep reflection on the evolving nature of love and the true essence of familial bliss.＜/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 Child in Us A Collection of Stories about Happiness【電子書籍】[ Elizabeth Lucy Ivanecky ]

＜p＞Two of the most grievous human conditions are loneliness and fear. They are siblings in our emotional world, which could lead to anxiety and depression for as many as forty million adults in America alone.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Each generation tends to face their own obstacles to happiness; millennial author, Elizabeth Lucy Ivanecky is no exception as she embarks on a quest to ask the people that she admires - ＜em＞What does happiness mean to you?＜/em＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜em＞The Child in Us: A Collection of Stories about Happiness＜/em＞ is a compilation of creative nonfiction stories chronicling the happiness journeys of remarkable people in Elizabeth's life. She discovers that, despite the many harsh circumstances they have faced, they have found happiness forged from the simplest of places: their childhood. Our inner child holds an innocent purity that knows best what grounds us and brings us joy.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜em＞The Child in Us＜/em＞ is relevant for anyone who could benefit from learning to honor the ＜em＞child within＜/em＞ on their playful paths to peace of mind and true lasting happiness.＜/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。

【楽天ブックスならいつでも送料無料】This Particular Happiness: A Childless Love Story THIS PARTICULAR HAPPINESS [ Jackie Shannon Hollis ]

THIS PARTICULAR HAPPINESS Jackie Shannon Hollis Jody Day FOREST AVENUE PR2019 Paperback English ISBN：9781942436393 洋書 Fiction & Literature（小説＆文芸） Biography & Autobiography

【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 Risk of Happiness: The Punk Rocker【電子書籍】[ Cathrine Goldstein ]

＜p＞Bad boy punk rock star Reale Lynxx never expected to see his ex-girlfriend, Amanda Simmons, again. And after she'd stomped on his heart and walked out on him six years ago, he's not so sure he wants to. Certainly Reale never imagined he would rescue Amanda and her son, Johnny, from drowning. But all it takes is one evening with her and Reale is ready to leave the past behind and try again. Amanda never meant to hurt Reale and happily jumps heart-first into rebuilding their relationship. But when she confesses she left him to secretly raise their son, Reale grows livid, fighting her and gaining custody of Johnny… When Reale realizes he was wrong for taking Johnny away, he tries to win Amanda back. But can she forgive the man who took her son? And can she ever trust Reale again, no matter how much she loves him?＜/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 Lees of Happiness【電子書籍】[ F. Scott Fitzgerald ]

＜p＞A newlywed young woman and her short story-writing husband begin married life in a home of their own. When tragedy strikes, a friend comes to their aid.＜/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！】Who Needs a Boyfriend? Life, Happiness and Other Thoughts【電子書籍】[ Carol Lynn Lustgarten ]

＜p＞A self help, humurous inspiring book which includes sections of poetry. The highlight of the book is money is a girl's bestfriend. (Not your Daddys, Mamas, Boyfriends or Husbands, but your own) An interesting poem that stands out is the The Wilderness and the Paradise. It inlcudes "Some Things To Do In Your Life (Take Chances)", What Annoys the Author and What She is Grateful For. She also wrote a poem dedicated to her mother which is titled, Survive. You can never hide from the truth, its always there - C.L.L.＜/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！】Beckett's Words The Promise of Happiness in a Time of Mourning【電子書籍】[ David Kleinberg-Levin ]

＜p＞At stake in this book is a struggle with language in a time when our old faith in the redeeming of the word-and the word's power to redeem-has almost been destroyed. Drawing on Benjamin's political theology, his interpretation of the German Baroque mourning play, and Adorno's critical aesthetic theory, but also on the thought of poets and many other philosophers, especially Hegel's phenomenology of spirit, Nietzsche's analysis of nihilism, and Derrida's writings on language, Kleinberg-Levin shows how, because of its communicative and revelatory powers, language bears the utopian "promise of happiness," the idea of a secular redemption of humanity, at the very heart of which must be the achievement of universal justice. In an original reading of Beckett's plays, novels and short stories, Kleinberg-Levin shows how, despite inheriting a language damaged, corrupted and commodified, Beckett redeems dead or dying words and wrests from this language new possibilities for the expression of meaning. Without denying Beckett's nihilism, his picture of a radically disenchanted world, Kleinberg-Levin calls attention to moments when his words suddenly ignite and break free of their despair and pain, taking shape in the beauty of an austere yet joyous lyricism, suggesting that, after all, meaning is still possible.＜/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！】CHRONICLES OF AN AMERICAN TRUCKER: Which Way is the Road to Happiness?【電子書籍】[ Clifford Abbott ]

＜p＞Ever wondered what it’s like to pilot a 40-ton tractor-trailer across America? Climb in, belt up and ride along as author Cliff Abbott takes you down the road to adventure in Chronicles of an American Trucker; Which Way is the Road to Happiness? A 30-year industry veteran, Abbott has experienced the highway as only a trucker can; accumulating a load of rib-tickling anecdotes along the way.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Experience a ride down treacherous Sandstone Mountain, without brakes. Find out what really happens in those “weigh stations” along the highway. Meet some legendary truck-driving characters, like “Twister,” connoisseur of homely women, and Billy, the shotgun-wielding garbage man. Conduct a little roadside business with “Buford,” the terrible Texas trooper, complete with Smokey-Bear hat, mirrored sunglasses and a sour disposition. Or, chat with “Barney,” the diminutive security guard with a big, big attitude. Enjoy some fried chicken gizzards and strawberries while stirring up trouble on the Citizens Band radio. But, once you’re parked, be careful when you answer that knock on the door. It might be one of those truck-stop prostitutes, known to drivers as “Lot Lizzards.”＜/p＞ ＜p＞Come on into the office for a whole ‘nother perspective of the American trucker. Learn what the job is really like, on-duty and off. Hear some of the incredible excuses offered by the few prospective drivers who don’t make it past the drug test, including “Merle,” the love-crazed student. Chuckle at the sometimes adversarial relationship between drivers and dispatchers, or drivers and recruiters.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Like the job, “Chronicles of an American Trucker” isn’t all laughs. There’s some serious advice, too, about how a driver can, and should; check his or her own background before applying for a job. There’s commentary that will make you angry at the unfair treatment of truckers mandated in the current CSA program by the U.S. government. You might even shed a tear for a young lady walking on a cold, cold night.＜/p＞ ＜p＞When you reach the last page, you’ll know what every trucker knows; the joy is in the journey.＜/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 Sugar Girls - Gladys’s Story: Tales of Hardship, Love and Happiness in Tate & Lyle’s East End【電子書籍】[ Duncan Barrett ]

＜p＞This is Gladys’s story, one of four stories from The Sugar Girls. During the Blitz and the years of rationing, the Sugar Girls kept Britain sweet. The work was back-breakingly hard, but the Tate & Lyle factory was more than just a workplace ? it was a community, a calling, a place of love and support and an uproarious, tribal part of East London.＜/p＞ ＜p＞‘Gladys changed into her new uniform. The dungarees hung loosely on her boyish frame, the crotch resting somewhere down by her knees and the backside looking like a crumpled sack waiting to be filled with potatoes. The short-sleeved blouse seemed to have been designed with a buxom matron in mind, and one with arms as thick as her legs, not a skinny, flat-chested 14-year-old. What kind of monstrous creatures worked in this Blue Room?’＜/p＞ ＜p＞In the years leading up to and after the Second World War thousands of women left school at fourteen to work in the bustling factories of London’s East End. Despite long hours, hard and often hazardous work, factory life afforded exciting opportunities for independence, friendship and romance. Of all the factories that lined the docks, it was at Tate & Lyle’s where you could earn the most generous wages and enjoy the best social life, and it was here where The Sugar Girls worked.＜/p＞ ＜p＞This is an evocative, moving story of hunger, hardship and happiness, providing a moving insight into a lost way of life, as well as a timeless testament to the experience of being young and female.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Includes Gladys’s own personal photographs of life as a sugar girl.＜/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！】Sew Your Own Man finds happiness and meaning of life - making clothes【電子書籍】[ John-Paul Flintoff ]

＜p＞＜strong＞What happens when a man, dazzled like most of us by hi-tech, happy to have his suits made by robots in New York, sets out to find the meaning of life?＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞John-Paul Flintoff's improbable and very funny book charts a journey through call centres and allotments, rat-catching and Savile Row tailors, to some kind of enlightenment. It is also a book about a man who learns how to crochet - and how you might too.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞John-Paul Flintoff is a bit of a one-off: a man who embarks on a spiritual pilgrimage by outsourcing his life to Bangalore, then hooks up with Mormons and Buddhists (well, Richard Gere), on a quest for truth and fulfilment. His journey is like a twenty-first century ＜em＞Candide＜/em＞, learning that life's satisfactions, and some kind of response to the concerns of economic meltdown and climate change, lie in learning how to make things for oneself, and mending things that fall apart.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Along the way, Flintoff paints pictures with Brit-art oddball Billy Childish, gets apprenticed in Savile Row, grows his own food and spins fibre from nettles. Daringly, he also turns his book over to his wife Harriet, who likes nothing better than a fancy spa and a shop at Liberty's.＜/p＞ ＜p＞The results are comic, heartwarming and inspiring.＜/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！】Family Happiness【電子書籍】[ Laurie Colwin ]

＜p＞＜strong＞'If you've ever been in a relationship with another person, if you've ever had a family, you need to read this book' Ann Patchett＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞Polly Solo-Miller Demarest is the perfect flower of the Solo-Miller family.＜/p＞ ＜p＞The Solo-Millers have everything: looks, brains, money, a strong, fortified sense of clan, and branches in Boston, Philadelphia, and New York, as well as London, just like a banking house.＜/p＞ ＜p＞And Polly, along with Henry Demarest, a big handsome lawyer, has a beautiful household of her own and two nice, sturdy children.＜/p＞ ＜p＞But one day - completely unexpectedly - she finds herself entangled in a sweet yet painful love affair with a painter, who loves her in the specific and allows her to cry freely in front of him. Suddenly all the values she has lived by are called into question.＜/p＞ ＜p＞From Laurie Colwin, the ultimate chronicler of the human heart, comes a novel about a woman tired of being taken for granted - and a reminder that family, like happiness, can take many forms.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞A W&N Essential w****ith an introduction by Lisa Owens＜/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！】Delivery Happiness【電子書籍】[ Elise Sax ]

＜p＞Eliza Farris has a great husband and a near-perfect life. That is, until her husband leaves her for Tight Tammy, his personal trainer. With an initial dive into junk food and less-than-hygienic personal habits, Eliza soon finds help in the form of a young, hottie marine who takes her on as his personal project. Things get even more interesting when she begins to receive nightly visits from the doting Delivery Happiness courier, who brings her ice cream and kindness...among other things.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Will Eliza rediscover the woman she used to be and learn to live, and maybe even love, again? Or was she the problem all along? Delivery Happiness is a heartwarming story of self-discovery and new beginnings by USA Today bestselling author Elise Sax. Fans of Jennifer Weiner and Sophie Kinsella will love this touching tale of hope and love.＜/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！】Expectations of Happiness【電子書籍】[ James D Connolly ]

＜p＞It’s nine years after Jack Johnston’s rollercoaster journey in search of The Department of Truth, and having struggled to create a happy life on Earth since, he finds himself once again drawn away to other worlds, and places deeper, to find out why.＜br /＞ The boundaries to other worlds, and places deeper, are now easier for him to traverse. But there is a price, and he finds himself in grave danger. Fortunately, he gathers new allies and old friends, to help him along the way. This new danger, these new allies, and the process he finds himself in, help him reach deeper, to discover why happiness has eluded him. As he prepares to make a last stand against two great dark forces that threaten to come through the doorway to the human reality, he learns much about his true nature, and the nature of his existence.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Join Jack again as he wanders through the amazing worlds and realities of the DOT universe, fighting off the Robes,swashbuckling with Agents, learning how to surf, how to love, and how to be happy.＜/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！】Finding Happiness Against the Odds: The Extraordinary Journey of Conquering Cerebral Palsy (Chinese Edition)【電子書籍】[ Wesley Wee ]

＜p＞We tend to take a lot of things for granted in our lives. A stable job. A loving family. Even the ability to speak and be understood. Wesley has never had such luxuries. Born with cerebral palsy, Wesley has not only had to deal with the physical challenges that such a crippling condition brings, but he’s also had to endure a childhood filled with abuse from his own parents.＜br /＞ This is a Chinese Edition of the book.＜br /＞ 我們傾向生活中的尋常事視為理所當然，例如一?穩定的工作、一個相親相愛的家庭、 甚至?話和被理解的能力。 對Wesley 而言，以上一切皆屬奢望。天生腦?的Wesley不僅?日與嚴重的身體殘障搏鬥，而且熬過童年時被父母虐待的苦難。＜/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！】For a Unicorn's Happiness【電子書籍】[ Catherine Lievens ]

＜p＞Toby has known little more than loneliness since he was taken from his home and his family was killed. He’s a prisoner, forced to heal the members of the gang that bought him from the men who kidnapped him.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Until he’s not.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Camden didn’t expect to find out that Sam’s brother, the brother who was sold to a gang, is his mate. He’s not sure where to go from here. Toby is understandably wary and cautious, and most of the time, he won’t let Camden close enough to talk to him. Camden doesn’t have a problem giving him the time and space he needs, but they might not have much of it.＜/p＞ ＜p＞When the envoy from another pack arrives and demands Camden give up one of the unicorn shifters, Camden refuses, even though he knows the Rosewood pack doesn’t stand a chance. The pack is small, and its members aren’t warriors. He’s not about to give Toby or Sam up, but he has no idea how his people are going to deal with thisーor if they’ll make it out alive.＜/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 Happiness Inquisition【電子書籍】[ N?nen T?ti ]

＜p＞This novella starts with a seven year old boy who has been admitted to hospital in a coma. He is alone; his mother is detained on charges of child abuse.＜br /＞ The book then follows the events in reverse order, from the circumstances surrounding the abuse to the initial incident that caused the series of emotional reactions that lead to the abuse.＜br /＞ The story is told through the eyes of five point of view characters - the attending nurse, the mother, a reporter, an eleven year old school girl and a neighbor - but many more characters have a hand in the tragic outcome.＜br /＞ Today it takes only one anonymous phone call to ruin somebody's life and in a society where everybody has their hand on their cell phone, ready to dob in their neighbors, parents, teachers or partners, the results are disastrous, not only for the families, but for the next generation. The inquisition is back - but this time they're after parents.＜/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 Highly Successful Partnership Success and Happiness - what you achieve in life is up to you【電子書籍】[ Mike Tanner ]

Towards the end of a very successful career in the engineering manufacturing industry, Mike Tanner joined forces with his wife Barbara, first to help set up and run a retail fashion business, then to go on to become professionally-qualified dance teachers and run a school of dancing. Now peacefully retired, having notched up nearly 60 years of happy marriage, Mike looks back and reflects that success and happiness are largely about attitude, and that what you achieve in life is up to you and not what other people tell you may, or may not, be possible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！】Happiness? What's That?【電子書籍】[ Hana Gart ]

＜p＞Humoristic Fantasy. Short story: It was just another day. An old witch sat on her terrace sipping a shot of espresso. Her espresso never ended until she wanted it to. That's how it is with witches. Her eyes followed an approaching figure. It was an elf who used to come over…every few years. "Ufff…" said the Elf and sat down beside her. "What's bothering you today?" asked the Witch. "I do nothing. Nothing, nothing, nothing, all day and every day. I just love to do nothing! And then…I catch myself with no peace of mind. You know, like I enjoy it very much but still something's bothering me. Something just doesn't let me float freely and weightlessly into this lovely nothingness." "Hmmm…" said the Witch. "As addicted to freedom, you might be happy being free and doing nothing. Right?"＜/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！】Heartbreak and Happiness【電子書籍】[ Rosie Harris ]

＜p＞＜em＞＜strong＞Two friends discover that life doesn’t always turn out as one would expect in this absorbing family saga.＜/strong＞＜/em＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞It’s not always easy living in a close-knit community where everyone knows everyone else’s business. Growing up in a quiet West Country village, butcher’s daughter Rebecca Peterson and her best friend Cindy Mason are keen to expand their horizons and see more of the world. On leaving school, Rebecca heads off to university in Cardiff, while Cindy gets a job at the new local supermarket ? but dreams of becoming a model or actress. The two friends promise to keep in touch.＜/p＞ ＜p＞But when tragedy strikes, rumours and suspicion engulf the village, and the longstanding friendship between the Peterson and Mason families looks set to be torn apart. Will Rebecca and Cindy’s friendship survive? Will Rebecca ever see Cindy again?＜/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！】Love in a Mask; Or, Imprudence and Happiness【電子書籍】[ Honor? de Balzac ]

＜p＞The story is set during the vibrant and lively period of the French Restoration, a time marked by grand balls and masquerade parties where people often donned masks, both literal and figurative. The plot revolves around a young and charming woman who, while attending a masquerade ball, meets and captivates a young man.Disguised by her mask, the woman enjoys the freedom to act with a level of imprudence that she otherwise could not. Her mysterious allure attracts the attention of a gallant suitor, leading to a romantic pursuit that is fraught with misunderstandings and the playful deception that comes with masked identities.As their interactions progress, the characters navigate a series of social intricacies and personal dilemmas. The masquerade becomes a metaphor for the ways people conceal their true selves and the courage it takes to reveal one's true emotions and intentions.The novella explores themes of love, identity, and the dichotomy between appearance and reality. Through witty dialogue and keen social observation, Balzac examines the impact of societal expectations on personal happiness and the lengths to which individuals will go to pursue love while maintaining their social facades.＜/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！】Omar Khayyam's Secret: Hermeneutics of the Robaiyat in Quantum Sociological Imagination: Book 10: Khayyami Robaiyat: Part 3 of 3: Quatrains 686-1000: Songs of Joy Addressing the Question "Why Can Happiness Exist?" Explained with New Engl【電子書籍】

＜p＞＜em＞Omar Khayyam's Secret: Hermeneutics of the Robaiyat in Quantum Sociological Imagination＜/em＞, by Mohammad H. Tamdgidi, is a 12-book series of which this book is the 10th volume, subtitled ＜em＞Khayyami Robaiyat: Part 3 of 3: Quatrains 686-1000: Songs of Joy Addressing the Question "Why Can Happiness Exist?": Explained with New English Verse Translations and Organized Logically Following Omar Khayyam's Own Three-Phased Method of Inquiry＜/em＞. Each book, independently readable, can be best understood as a part of the whole series.＜/p＞ ＜p＞In Book 10, Tamdgidi offers the third of a three-part set of 1000 quatrains he has chosen to include in this series from a wider set that have been over the centuries attributed to Khayyam. Part 3 includes quatrains 686-1000 for each of which the Persian original along with Tamdgidi's new English verse translation and a transliteration for the same are shared. Each quatrain is indexed according to the frequency of its inclusion in manuscripts, the earliest known date of its appearance in them, the extent to which it has "wandered" into other poets' works, and its rhyming scheme. Brief comments about the meaning of each quatrain in relation to other quatrains and works attributed to Khayyam are then offered along with any notes regarding its new translation as shared.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Tamdgidi shows that the quatrains 686-1000 address the question "Why Does (or Can) Happiness Exist?" The question is the third of a set of three methodically phased questions Khayyam has identified in his philosophical works as being required for investigating any subject. The order in which the quatrains are presented shows that the quatrains included in Part 3 continue the logically deductive reasoning process started in Part 2, but serve as practical examples of how humankind can turn the activity of poetry writing itself as a source of joy in life when confronting the topics of death, survival, and spiritual fulfillment. The thematic topics of the quatrains of Part 3 as shared in Book 10 are: XVIII. Garden; XIX. Wine; XX. Love; XXI. Night; XXII. Death and Survival; XXIII. Liberation; and XXIV. Return.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Khayyam's overall sentiment in pursuing the inquiry in the third part of his book of poetry is expressive of joy. He begins by showing, using the example of his own poetry, how strolling in a garden offers opportunities to enjoy it even when writing about the transient nature of the roses and greens. He then offers in the longest section of his book a set of quatrains in praise of Wine, disguising therein a praise of the joy of writing his own poetry, Wine's metaphorical double-meanings offering chances in the here-and-now of stealing joyfulness even when mistreated by his foes and amid feelings of helplessness in confronting physical death. He then turns to the topic of spiritual Love, signifying the role the sentiment of Love in search of the Source of creation plays in the evolutionary process of the succession order of the created existence as discussed in his writings.＜/p＞ ＜p＞He continues to the topic of death and the possibility of lasting spiritual survival and existence by practically encouraging the Drinkers of the Wine of his poetry itself to help bring about that end. He ends the Wine of his poetry by expressing how it has helped free himself from the prior (in Part 1) doubtfully expressed inevitability of physical death in favor of not just hopefulness (in Part 2) but the certainty of having initiated a lasting spiritual existence by way of the bittersweet Wine of his poetry itself, celebrating a return to the spiritual Source of all existence as woven into the 1000-threaded wick of the candle of his Love for God. We should therefore judge each step of the third part of Khayyam's poetic inquiry in consideration of the two other parts of his book of poetry, those already shared in Books 8 and 9 addressing the questions "Does Happiness Exist?" and "What Is Happiness?"＜/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！】Happiness, as Such【電子書籍】[ Natalia Ginzburg ]

＜p＞'If Ferrante is a friend, Ginzburg is a mentor.' -- Lara Feigel, Guardian 'Ginzburg's beautiful words have such solidity and simplicity. I read her with joy and amazement.' -- Tessa Hadley 'Dear Michele, she wrote, I'm writing primarily to tell you that your father is sick. Go and visit him. He says he hasn't seen you for days.' Michele is the beloved only son of a large dysfunctional family in 1970s Rome. Headstrong and independent, he has disappeared to England to escape the dangers of his radical political ties. Back in Italy, his father lies dying. Michele's departure sets forth a series of events that will bring together everyone in his life: his mother Adriana, living in the countryside with her twin daughters Bebetta and Nannetta; his long-suffering sister Angelica; his loyal and sad friend Osvaldo; and Mara, a young woman who is prone to showing up on doorsteps with a baby that may or may not be Michele's. The story of the Prodigal Son turned on its head, Happiness, as Such is an immensely wise and absurdly funny novel-in-letters about complicated families and missed connections. 'Candour and lies, love and exasperation, farce and inconsolable grief are seamlessly compounded in this very funny and deeply melancholy book.' -- Deborah Eisenberg, New York Review of Books 'One of the great Italian writers of the twentieth century . . . [her] books snare so much of what is odd and lovely and fleeting in the world.' -- Parul Sehgal, New York Times 'Ginzburg gives us a new template for the female voice and an idea of what it might sound like.' -- Rachel Cusk 'Her prose style is deceptively simple and very complex. Its effect on the reader is both calming and thrilling ? that's not so easy to do.' -- Deborah Levy Translated by Minna Zallman Proctor＜/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 Day Before Happiness【電子書籍】[ Erri De Luca ]

＜p＞＜em＞'Happiness - was it right to name it without knowing it? It sounded shameless in my mouth, like when someone shows off about knowing a celebrity and just uses their first name, saying Marcello when they really mean Mastroianni ...'＜/em＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞A young orphan boy grows up in Naples, playing football, roaming the city's streets and hidden places. The older boys call him 'monkey' because he can climb anywhere. He is alone, apart from Don Gaetano, the apartment caretaker, who feeds him, teaches him to play ＜em＞scopa＜/em＞, and tells him stories about women, history and the dark secrets of Naples' past. Then one day the boy sees a young girl standing at a window. It is an encounter that will haunt his life for years and, eventually, shape his destiny.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Lyrical and exuberant, told with the simplicity of a fairy tale and the intensity of a memory, ＜em＞The Day Before Happiness＜/em＞ is the story of friendship, a city and what makes us who we are.＜/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！】Happiness Key【電子書籍】[ Emilie Richards ]

＜p＞＜strong＞Meet four women who think they share nothing but a spit of land called Happiness Key.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞With her husband in prison, pampered Tracy Deloche is left with five ramshackle beach houses and no idea how to start over. Janya Kapur left her close?knit Indian family for an arranged marriage to a man she barely knows. Wanda Gray takes a job guaranteed to destroy her already failing marriage?if her husband cares enough to notice. Widow Alice Brooks has grown forgetful and confused. Her family comes to stay with her, but Alice isn't sure she's grateful.＜/p＞ ＜p＞When the only other resident of Happiness Key dies alone in his cottage, the four women warily join forces to find his family. Together they discover difficult truths about their own lives and the men they love?and uncover the treasure of an unlikely friendship.＜/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 Lees of Happiness【電子書籍】[ Francis Scott Fitzgerald ]

＜p＞This short story was first published in the "Chicago Tribune," and first published in book form in Tales of the Jazz Age in 1922.＜/p＞ ＜p＞"Of this story I can say that it came to me in an irresistible form, crying to be written. It will be accused perhaps of being a mere piece of sentimentality, but, as I saw it, it was a great deal more. If, therefore, it lacks the ring of sincerity, or even, of tragedy, the fault rests not with the theme but with my handling of it.＜/p＞ ＜p＞It appeared in the "Chicago Tribune," and later obtained, I believe, the quadruple gold laurel leaf or some such encomium from one of the anthologists who at present swarm among us. The gentleman I refer to runs as a rule to stark melodramas with a volcano or the ghost of John Paul Jones in the role of Nemesis, melodramas carefully disguised by early paragraphs in Jamesian manner which hint dark and subtle complexities to follow. On this order:＜/p＞ ＜p＞"The case of Shaw McPhee, curiously enough, had no hearing on the almost incredible attitude of Martin Sulo. This is parenthetical and, to at least three observers, whose names for the present I must conceal, it seems improbable, etc., etc., etc.," until the poor rat of fiction is at last forced out into the open and the melodrama begins."＜/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！】Just Because A collection of poems, aphorisms and observations about people and feelings, love and loss, want and desire, happiness and sadness, childhood and being grown up, how people look and how they really are deep inside.【電子書籍】

A collection of poems, aphorisms and observations about people and feelings, love and loss, want and desire, happiness and sadness, childhood and being grown up, how people look and how they really are deep inside.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！】Jennifer, Gwyneth & Me The Pursuit of Happiness, One Celebrity at a Time【電子書籍】[ Rachel Bertsche ]

＜p＞＜strong＞For fans of ＜em＞The Happiness Project＜/em＞ and ＜em＞The Year of Living Biblically＜/em＞ comes a pointed look at our fascination with celebrities, as one woman strives to remake herself in the image of her favorite stars.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞What woman hasn’t seen pictures of Jennifer Aniston, Gwyneth Paltrow, or Beyonc? and wished she had their clothes, their abs, their seemingly flawless lives? For Rachel Bertsche, these celebrities are the epitome of perfectionーself-assured and effortlessly cool. Yet lately, between juggling her career, her marriage, and her dream of becoming a mother, Bertsche feels anything but put together.＜/p＞ ＜p＞In ＜em＞Jennifer, Gwyneth & Me,＜/em＞ Bertsche embarks on a quest to emulate her Hollywood role modelsーwhile sticking to a budgetーto see if they really hold the keys to happiness. While trying to unlock the stars’ secrets, from Sarah Jessica Parker’s wardrobe to Julia Roberts’s sense of calm toーmaybe one dayーJessica Alba’s chic pregnancy, Bertsche learns valuable lessons. A toned body doesn’t come easy or cheap, avoiding social media can do wonders for your peace of mind, and confidence is the key to pulling off any outfit. But can she immerse herself in the A-list lifestyle and still stay true to herself? And will her pursuit of perfection really lead to happiness?＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞Praise for ＜em＞Jennifer, Gwyneth & Me＜/em＞＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞“If you’ve ever had a celebrity girl crush, stick ＜em＞Jennifer, Gwyneth & Me＜/em＞ in your beach bag. Bertsche is your people.”＜strong＞ーAssociated Press＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞“[A] super-fun social experiment.”＜strong＞ー＜em＞PureWow＜/em＞＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞“Bertsche ups the ante. . . . The well-researched information on celebrity culture provides food for thought.”＜strong＞ー＜em＞Booklist＜/em＞＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞“What makes ＜em＞Jennifer, Gwyneth & Me＜/em＞ work is Bertsche’s honesty. . . . [She] is funny, creative and, more importantly, manages to stay sane.”＜strong＞ー＜em＞Boston Herald＜/em＞＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞“An entertaining memoir about a woman’s attempt to model her life on those of stars.”＜strong＞ー＜em＞Tampa Bay Times＜/em＞＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞“A worthy narrative.”＜strong＞ー＜em＞The Boston Globe＜/em＞＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞“Bertsche blends elements reminiscent of ＜em＞Julie & Julia＜/em＞ and ＜em＞The Happiness Project＜/em＞ in this ‘self-improvement journey.’ . . . The process not only provides Bertsche with fruitful writing fodder but also prompts readers to examine their outlook on perfection, self-acceptance, and aspiring to be one’s very best self.”＜strong＞ー＜em＞Publishers Weekly＜/em＞＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞Praise for Rachel Bertsche’s ＜em＞MWF Seeking BFF＜/em＞＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞“Written with verve, insight, and humor . . . Bertsche writes cleverly, but not glibly, about the challenges young women face today.”＜strong＞ー＜em＞Chicago Tribune＜/em＞＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞“[A] charming, funny chronicle.”＜strong＞ー＜em＞People＜/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！】The Sugar Girls - Lilian’s Story: Tales of Hardship, Love and Happiness in Tate & Lyle’s East End【電子書籍】[ Duncan Barrett ]

＜p＞This is Lilian’s story, one of four stories from The Sugar Girls. During the Blitz and the years of rationing, the Sugar Girls kept Britain sweet. The work was back-breakingly hard, but the Tate & Lyle factory was more than just a workplace ? it was a community, a calling, a place of love and support and an uproarious, tribal part of East London.＜/p＞ ＜p＞‘When Lilian Tull came to Tate & Lyle shortly after the end of the war, she was older than most new arrivals. A lanky, fairhaired woman of 23, she worked in the can-making department, where the Golden Syrup tins were assembled. Lilian had arrived on the job with a heavy heart, and her colleagues noticed a sad, far-away look in her eyes.’＜/p＞ ＜p＞In the years leading up to and after the Second World War thousands of women left school at fourteen to work in the bustling factories of London’s East End. Despite long hours, hard and often hazardous work, factory life afforded exciting opportunities for independence, friendship and romance. Of all the factories that lined the docks, it was at Tate & Lyle’s where you could earn the most generous wages and enjoy the best social life, and it was here where The Sugar Girls worked.＜/p＞ ＜p＞This is an evocative, moving story of hunger, hardship and happiness, providing a moving insight into a lost way of life, as well as a timeless testament to the experience of being young and female.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Includes Lilian’s own personal photographs of life as a sugar girl.＜/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！】Reflections of a Regular Guy: A Memoir of Love, Resilience, and Happiness【電子書籍】[ Mike Gardner ]

＜p＞In the game of life, it helps to have a good but flexible game planーespecially when you’re behind.＜/p＞ ＜p＞We all have stories about our lives. Some wonderful. Some tragic. But we all have something else in common: However long or short the periods of smooth sailing areーyou know, the ones perhaps hidden away between the periods of turbulenceーthey’re just waiting to burst out at any time! This regular guy takes the regular reader along the ups and downs of his own life’s journey, with touching, sometimes humorous anecdotes, and shares some simple ideas on how to increase one’s happiness, stressing the importance of family and friends, continual self-assessment, and the ability to adapt one’s mind-set along the way. He then challenges readers to go beyond mere reflection and to share their own stories with others. After all, this is a memoir about looking back and moving forwardーtogether.＜/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。