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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！】Les Couloirs de Verre A Symbolic Mystery for Advanced French Readers (B2?C1)【電子書籍】[ Zafer Demirezen ]

＜p＞〓 What if memory didn’t disappearーbut simply waited to be reawakened?＜/p＞ ＜p＞*Les Couloirs de Verre* ("The Corridors of Glass") is a symbolic and emotionally rich mystery written entirely in French for advanced learners (B2?C1). With over 20,000 words and 18 immersive chapters, this story invites you to follow Emma, a teenage girl who discovers a forgotten corridor beneath a quiet village libraryーone that doesn’t just lead through space, but through layers of time and consciousness.＜/p＞ ＜p＞As Emma uncovers fragments of erased names, vibrating mirrors, and long-lost voices, she learns she’s not the first to enter this realmーand she may not be the last.＜/p＞ ＜p＞This book is not just a storyーit’s a passage.＜/p＞ ＜p＞? **What makes this book special?**＜br /＞ - ? Written entirely in French at a natural B2?C1 level＜br /＞ - ? Symbolic, immersive narrative with slow-burn mystery and emotional depth＜br /＞ - ? No vocabulary lists, no drillsーjust meaningful, comprehensible input＜br /＞ - ? Perfect for learners who want to think, feel, and read like a native＜br /＞ - ? Ideal for use in advanced French programs, book clubs, or self-study＜/p＞ ＜p＞Whether you're an advanced student, a returning learner, or a lover of haunting stories about memory and silence, *Les Couloirs de Verre* will stay with you long after the final page.＜/p＞ ＜p＞〓 *Part of a growing collection of authentic narrative immersion books for language learners.＜/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！】To the Lighthouse A Masterpiece of Modernist Fiction, Memory, and the Meaning of Time【電子書籍】[ Virginia Woolf ]

＜p＞Time passes. People change. The lighthouse remains. To the Lighthouse is Virginia Woolf's lyrical and deeply moving portrait of a family, a house, and the haunting passage of time. Set in a summer home on the coast of Scotland, the novel unfolds over two decades in the lives of the Ramsay family and their guests. With no traditional plot, Woolf instead paints the inner lives of her characters with poetic precisionーcapturing fleeting thoughts, fractured memories, and the silent tensions of love, loss, and longing. This landmark of literary modernism revolutionized the novel form with its stream-of-consciousness technique and thematic focus on the ephemeral nature of life. To the Lighthouse is as much about what is unsaid as what is spoken, as much about moments lost as those remembered. "A brilliant and beautiful book, full of wisdom, compassion, and deeply felt human experience." ー The New York Times "Woolf's greatest achievement. A novel that speaks across time." ー The Guardian "Reading it feels like standing in sunlight and shadow all at once." ー Goodreads Reviewer Perfect for lovers of introspective fiction, lyrical prose, and psychological depth, To the Lighthouse is one of the 20th century's most profound literary works. Click 'Buy Now' and experience a novel where every moment shimmers with meaning.＜/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 Spartan Way: Ancient Wisdom for the Modern Man【電子書籍】[ Martin Genter ]

＜p＞＜strong＞Most men today are lost. Softened by comfort, ruled by impulse, adrift without a code.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞But in ancient Sparta, men were forged by iron principles that made them legendary ー calm under pressure, ruthless with weakness, unbreakable in brotherhood and purpose.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞This book is your personal rite of passage.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞Guided by King Leonidas himself, you'll walk dusty Spartan roads, stand in shield walls, listen to mothers send sons to war, and learn what it truly means to live by a code.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Then each chapter turns fiercely to your own life ー showing how these 18 timeless virtues still decide your strength, your family's future, and the story your name will whisper long after you're gone.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Inside you'll learn how to:＜/p＞ ＜p＞? Build unyielding self-discipline and mental toughness.＜br /＞ ? Conquer fear, entitlement, and self-pity with Spartan courage.＜br /＞ ? Lead by example ー in your work, home, and brotherhood.＜br /＞ ? Live with honor and fierce integrity.＜br /＞ ? Craft a personal legacy that time itself will respect.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Each virtue ends with a ＜strong＞Spartan Praxis＜/strong＞ ー direct, often uncomfortable challenges that embed these truths in your daily habits and shape you into a man others instinctively trust.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞Don't just read about Sparta.＜/strong＞＜br /＞ ＜strong＞Carry its fire in your chest.＜/strong＞＜br /＞ ＜strong＞Live by a code. Lead with quiet power.＜/strong＞＜br /＞ ＜strong＞Leave a legacy written in the hearts of those you strengthen.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞Grab your copy of＜/strong＞ ＜em＞＜strong＞The Spartan Way＜/strong＞＜/em＞ ＜strong＞today ー and begin your transformation from soft wanderer to disciplined, dangerous, unforgettably impactful man.＜/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！】Time and Chance: A Young Man's Voyage of Discovery--When Love First Felt Real Easy Writer, #1【電子書籍】[ Russell Beck ]

＜p＞＜strong＞In the eye of the storm that was 1968ーa year of assassinations, antiwar protests, and cultural upheavalーa young football player from Buffalo, New York, discovers that time and chance are not just forces of fate, but invitations to change.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞Time and Chance: A Young Man's Voyage of Discovery is a sweeping, heartfelt memoir that chronicles the author's transformative passage from steel mills and campus scrimmages to merchant ships and far-flung ports. With grit, humor, and cinematic flair, Russell Beck invites readers into a coming-of-age story rich with vivid characters and poignant reflection.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞The journey begins in Buffalo, where sleepless nights in Republic Steel's furnace rooms and campus mixers filled with laughter shape a summer of friendship, loss, and unexpected love. From the electric warmth of picnics with Renee and the whirlwind romance with Debbie, to the haunting realization that love doesn't always arrive whenーor howーwe expect it, Russell captures the emotional terrain of youth in all its aching beauty.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞When a career-ending injury reroutes him toward marine engineering school, his life takes an abrupt turnーfrom backfield tackles to turbine mechanics. The voyage aboard the SS Green Valley is a crucible of solitude and discovery, traversing Djibouti, Iran, Karachi, and Bombay. Along the way, Russell encounters spiritual paradoxes, playful chaos, and hard-earned wisdom. In Bombay, a long-lost letter and a nightclub encounter leave him with more than just stories.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞This memoir is not just about travelーit's about the roads we almost take, the ones we never return to, and the moments that divide a life before and after. With the heart of a poet and the voice of a storyteller who's lived every word, Russell shows us that destiny isn't just what happens to usーit's what we make of it.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞Perfect for fans of Frank McCourt, Pat Conroy, and memoirs steeped in time, place, and emotional candor, Time and Chance is a lyrical, powerful account of a year that shook the world and shaped one man's future.＜/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。

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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 Boston Tea Party【電子書籍】

＜p＞"The people finding all their endeavours for this purpose thus totally frustrated, dissolved the meeting, which had consisted by common estimation of at least seven thousand men, many of whom had come from towns at the distance of twenty miles. In less than four hours every chest of tea on board three ships which had by this time arrived, three hundred and forty-two chests, or rather the contents of them, was thrown into the sea, without the least injury to the vessels or any other property.” ? Samuel Adams＜/p＞ ＜p＞A lot of ink has been spilled covering the lives of history’s most influential figures, but how much of the forest is lost for the trees? In Charles River Editors’ American Legends series, readers can get caught up to speed on the lives of America’s most important men and women in the time it takes to finish a commute, while learning interesting facts long forgotten or never known.＜/p＞ ＜p＞In the years before the American Revolution, the disputes between the colonies and Great Britain produced no shortage of legendary events, all of which can be recited by schoolchildren from an early age, but none has been mythologized or misunderstood quite like the Boston Tea Party, colonial Boston’s most unique act of (relative) non-violent protest. The formation of a group of Americans calling themselves the “Tea Party” in 2009, more than 235 years after the Boston Tea Party, is testament to the enduring legacy of that iconic moment in American history.＜/p＞ ＜p＞On the night of December 16, 1773, a group of 30-130 men boarded the tea ship ＜em＞Dartmouth＜/em＞ and two other ships and dumped 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor over the span of 3 hours in protest of the Tea Act of 1773. Agreement over what exactly happened ends there, but a number of legends have since popped up and become part of the common narrative. The urban legend that the people who boarded the ship dressed as Mohawks is not entirely true. The Tea Partiers were not protesting higher taxes on tea. The Tea Party was not coordinated by Samuel Adams. And nobody in Boston called it the “Tea Party” until nearly a century after it took place.＜/p＞ ＜p＞However, the impact of the Tea Party is beyond dispute. The bold protest and destruction of the tea induced the British to pass the Coercive or Intolerable Acts, including the closing of Boston Harbor. That spurred the colonies to send delegates to the First Continental Congress in Philadelphia to craft a united response to the Coercive or Intolerable Acts and petition King George III for redress. The First Continental Congress also vowed to reconvene in the summer of 1775. By the time the Second Continental Congress met, the Revolution was underway.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜em＞American Legends: The Boston Tea Party＜/em＞ chronicles the history that led up to the passage of the Tea Act of 1773, the events of December 16, 1773, and the legends and myths surrounding the Boston Tea Party. Along with pictures of important people, places, and events, you will learn about the Tea Party like you never have before, in no time at all.＜/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！】Swann's Way【電子書籍】[ Marcel Proust ]

＜p＞Embark on an extraordinary journey through memory and time with Marcel Proust's ＜strong＞Swann's Way＜/strong＞. As the first volume of the monumental work ＜em＞In Search of Lost Time＜/em＞, this novel introduces readers to Proust's richly detailed world of introspection and social observation.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞What secrets lie hidden in the corridors of memory, and how do they shape our perceptions of love and society? Discover the enigmatic Charles Swann's quest for meaning and connection as he navigates the intricate web of relationships and experiences that define his life.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞Swann's Way＜/strong＞ delves deep into themes of time, art, and human longing through its exploration of Swann's experiences and reflections. Proust's masterful prose captures the nuances of emotion and memory, offering a profound meditation on the nature of existence and the passage of time.＜/p＞ ＜p＞With its innovative narrative style and evocative descriptions, this novel invites readers to ponder their own experiences and the elusive nature of memory.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞Are you ready to immerse yourself in the intricate tapestry of Proust's literary masterpiece? Dive into Swann's Way and experience the profound beauty of this timeless classic.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞Don’t miss the opportunity to engage with one of literature’s greatest works. Purchase ＜strong＞Swann's Way＜/strong＞ today and embark on a journey through the depths of human consciousness.＜/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！】Tales of War【電子書籍】[ Lord Dunsany ]

＜p＞＜strong＞Tales of War＜/strong＞ by Lord Dunsany provides an evocative portrayal of World War I, offering a nuanced view of the conflict from multiple perspectives. Published in the early 20th century, this collection captures the raw and visceral experiences of the war, focusing on both British and German soldiers, as well as their families.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Lord Dunsany's writing delves into the trenches of the Great War, portraying not just the brutality of battle but also the personal stories of those caught in its midst. Through a series of vivid and compelling narratives, readers gain insight into the lives of soldiers, their comrades, and their loved ones.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞“The bullets were snapping over thick to keep them down while the Boche went on, on the right: machine guns, of course. The barrage was screaming well over and dropping far back, and their wire was still all right just in front of them, when they put up a head to look. There was the left platoon of the battalion. One doesn’t bother, somehow, so much about another battalion as one’s own. One’s own gets sort of homely. And there they were wondering how their own officer was getting on, and the few fellows with them, on his defensive flank. The bombs were going off thick. All the Daleswood men were firing half right. It sounded from the noise as if it couldn’t last long, as if it would soon be decisive, and the battle be won, or lost, just there on the right, and perhaps the war ended. They didn’t notice the left. Nothing to speak of.”＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞This passage exemplifies Dunsany’s ability to convey the intensity and immediacy of the wartime experience, making “Tales of War” a poignant and impactful read. The stories within this book are not just historical accounts but deeply personal reflections on the impact of war on human lives.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞Discover the depth and humanity behind the headlines with Tales of War by Lord Dunsany. Explore the profound and often harrowing realities of World War I through the eyes of those who lived it.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞Get your copy of ＜strong＞Tales of War＜/strong＞ today and delve into a collection that brings history and human experience to life.＜/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 Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark【電子書籍】[ William Shakespeare ]

＜p＞＜strong＞The Poems of Giacomo Leopardi＜/strong＞ by Giacomo Leopardi is a collection of works by one of Italy's most celebrated poets. Leopardi's poetry is renowned for its profound reflection on existential themes, human suffering, and the search for meaning. His verse often explores themes of melancholy, nature, and the passage of time.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Leopardi's most famous poems include ＜strong＞L'infinito＜/strong＞ (The Infinite), which expresses the vastness of the universe and the limits of human understanding, and ＜strong＞A Silvia＜/strong＞, a poignant elegy for a lost love. His works are marked by their lyrical beauty and philosophical depth, revealing his inner struggles and contemplations about life and the human condition.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞The Poems of Giacomo Leopardi＜/strong＞ offers readers a window into the emotional and intellectual world of one of the greatest Italian poets, whose work has had a lasting influence on modern literature and continues to resonate with readers today.＜/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 Morning of The Mogul【電子書籍】[ Hichem Karoui ]

＜p＞## The Morning of the Mogul＜br /＞ *A Novel of Intrigue, Betrayal, and Absurdity*＜/p＞ ＜p＞**What if one ordinary morning you were dragged from your desk, stripped of your name, and informed that you were the key to a conspiracy you've never even heard of?**＜/p＞ ＜p＞Bassam Bourasin is a diligentーif slightly eccentricーbank clerk from the small Tunisian town of 'Ouja. One day he is arrested without warning, rebaptised "Prisoner 1228", and confined in a sinister "State hotel" that is nothing more than a gilded jail for disgraced ministers, crooked financiers, and hardened criminals.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Inside this absurd labyrinth, Vassam must fend off kitchen black-marketeers, a hulking inmate nicknamed Frankenstein, and a psychiatrist whose cure feels worse than the disease. Haunted by memories of the mother and fianc?e he lost in a mysterious tragedy back home, he begins to suspect that his arrest is part of a plot reaching the highest echelons of power. Armed with nothing but wit, naivety, and a notebook, he turns reluctant secret agent, documenting every whispered password and hidden passage in search of the truth.＜/p＞ ＜p＞### Why You'll Keep Turning the Pages＜br /＞ * Political satire meets psychological thriller, set against the backdrop of a revolution in flux.＜br /＞ * A razor-sharp exploration of identity: when your name is stolen, who are you really?.＜br /＞ * Dark humour worthy of Kafka or Orwell, revealing the thin line between sanity and madness.＜br /＞ * An ever-twisting conspiracy of secret societies and "mind-hackers" where nothingーabsolutely nothingーis what it seems.＜/p＞ ＜p＞### Perfect For Readers Who Enjoy＜br /＞ ? Orwell's *1984* or Kafka's *The Trial*＜br /＞ ? Blackly comic political intrigue＜br /＞ ? Stories that question reality, destiny, and freedomーbecause in Bassam's world, everything is *Mektub* (pre-ordained).＜/p＞ ＜p＞Will Bassam expose the truth and reclaim his life, or become just another pawn sacrificed to an invisible empire? Dive into *The Morning of the Mogul* and decide for yourself.＜/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 Bluffs: The Ghost Of The Missing Hiker【電子書籍】[ JT WULF ]

＜p＞In the shadow of the Scarborough Bluffs, a legend persists about Thomas Finch, a hiker who vanished in the early 1800s while searching for treasure. Rumor has it his ghost, along with that of Dame Simcoe, still haunt the area. Daniel, a tech-savvy urban explorer, sets out to debunk this myth. He gathers his friends Ben and Olivia to explore the Bluffs and prove the story is a fabrication. Olivia, a history student, is eager to uncover more about Finch and Dame Simcoe, while Ben is reluctant but intrigued by the mystery. As they embark on their hike using old maps and historical accounts, an eerie atmosphere envelops them. Olivia shares tales of Dame Simcoe, heightening their unease. When they discover a hidden cave entrance matching Finch's journal entries, Daniel insists on entering despite Ben's warnings.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Inside the cave, strange occurrences unsettle the groupーdisembodied whispers and flickering lights chill the air. Daniel dismisses these as natural phenomena, but Ben grows increasingly fearful. They stumble upon Finch's long-lost camp and fragments of his journal that reveal his descent into madness and a deal made with Dame Simcoe. The group becomes separated when Ben panics after a hallucination of Finch and flees deeper into the cave. Meanwhile, Daniel and Olivia investigate a mysterious inscription on the wall but lose track of Ben. They encounter Dame Simcoe's ghostly figure making cryptic pronouncements about protecting the "treasure" and punishing those who violate the Bluffs. Ben has a terrifying encounter with Finch's tormented ghost reliving his final moments of despair and pleading for help. However, Finch's madness renders his directions incoherent.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Daniel and Olivia find Ben deeply shaken but unharmed. Together they attempt to escape as paranormal activity intensifies around them. Olivia realizes that the treasure isn't physical but instead represents a legacy of pain tied to the land. She tries to appease Dame Simcoe by acknowledging the Bluffs' history and suffering. This revelation draws Finch's ghost back to them; seeking redemption, he guides them through a hidden passage leading out of the cave before they can be trapped forever. Reaching the surface leaves them forever changedーDaniel sheds his skepticism; Ben is traumatized; Olivia feels enlightened yet saddened by their experience. As they leave behind the silent Bluffs, Dame Simcoe's faint whisper drifts on the windーa reminder that some legends are best left undisturbed. The fate of the treasure remains ambiguous, suggesting that what was buried stays buried.＜/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！】Shadows on the Tide【電子書籍】[ Rafae Gonz?lez ]

＜p＞＜em＞Shadows on the Tide＜/em＞ plunges you into Muros de la Costa, a mist-shrouded fishing village on Spain’s Atlantic shore, where the creak of wooden piers and the salt-laden air conceal a network of horrors. Seven-year-old Ioana Popescu vanishes on a routine errand for bread, and two disparate souls race against time to unearth the truth buried beneath decades of silence.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Marcos Varela, a former Guardia Civil detective haunted by a case that derailed his career, returns to the coast determined to atone for past failures. Alongside him is Clara D?az, an intrepid local journalist desperate to illuminate the untold stories of her community. Their investigation is sparked by subtle cluesーa single boot print with a diamond-grid sole, an anchor-shaped button, a stray seagull featherーand guided by the whispered counsel of Ferm?n, a retired fisherman who knows every hidden passage in the abandoned cannery.＜/p＞ ＜p＞As they delve into crumbling arcades of stone, moonlit tunnels beneath water-stained tanks, and the ramshackle shanty of a clandestine scrap-dealer, Marcos and Clara unearth a ring of child exploitation operating behind the scenes of the mussel harvest. Together, they orchestrate daring night raids: slipping through underground corridors, freeing terrified youngsters from makeshift cages, and outmaneuvering armed accomplices under the glare of a full moon.＜/p＞ ＜p＞But ＜em＞Shadows on the Tide＜/em＞ is more than a gripping thriller. It confronts deep ethical questions: Should identities be concealed to protect victims, or unveiled to galvanize public outcry? Can a journalist’s duty to inform coexist with a detective’s vow of silence until the rescue is secure? Clara wrestles with her editor’s pressure for sensational headlines, while Marcos struggles to silence the echoes of orders that once cost lives.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Over ten atmospheric chaptersーfrom the cozy warmth of the seaside bakery to the stark gloom of submerged holding cellsーthe novel weaves a tapestry of suspense, moral reckoning, and community resilience. When they finally expose Salvador “El Poncho” Ramos and his cohorts, the climax unfolds in a packed dockside press conference, radio helicopters overhead and national crews watching as truth overtakes fear.＜/p＞ ＜p＞In the poignant epilogue, Muros de la Costa reclaims its soul: children return to sunlight, grateful families rebuild their lives, and the village’s battered heart beats anew. A single sea-polished shell, gifted by Ioana to Clara, becomes a symbol of remembrance and hopeーproof that the tides may wash away footprints, but also restore what was lost.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜em＞Shadows on the Tide＜/em＞ is a tribute to courage, compassion, and the power of storyーwhere every misty morning and every creaking board speaks to the light that emerges from even the deepest shadows.＜/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 Slipthk War: Pleroma The Slipthk War【電子書籍】[ D?v?n ]

＜p＞The war has become more than war.＜/p＞ ＜p＞It is no longer a clash of forcesーbut a collision of truths, a convergence of archetypes, a reawakening of memories buried beneath the bones of time. The cataclysm unleashed by the Ash'Ara has peeled back the final veil, revealing what has always lingered behind the dream of existence: the Pleroma.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Here, at the threshold of form and formlessness, the illusion of separation begins to dissolve.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Elo-D?v?nーonce merely D?v?n, now fused with Elo-Ravin, the divine spark of remembrance, and Naviel, the echo of cosmic thoughtーhas become the axis of a deeper unraveling. His body, mind, and soul are no longer distinct. He is dreamt by the cosmos even as he dreams it. Every step he takes echoes across the lattice of being, stirring gods, guardians, and forgotten sentience from their long silence.＜/p＞ ＜p＞The companions that journey with him are no longer what they were.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Alind, bearer of compassion and conduit of grace, now resonates with the pulse of the Pleroma, her presence bending reality to the shape of empathy.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Divinity, the formless, who was once a whisper, has become a force of harmonic disruptionーa daughter of the void who sings to awaken truth from its prison of certainty.＜/p＞ ＜p＞E?χa, cloaked in paradox, holds the mirror to all things and reveals the nature of choice through her very breath.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Even the once-exiled ?????ーthe fallen sentinel of the Eastーmust confront the core of his undoing as the ancient Elders reemerge to reclaim dominion over what was never theirs to begin with.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Together, they pass through realms of myth and memory, across the Threshold of the Echoed Self, through the Spheres of the Forgotten Ones, and into the Chamber of Infinite Conjunctions, where identity is not static but fluidーtranscendent, recursive, and always in the act of becoming.＜/p＞ ＜p＞But not all forces wish for healing.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Beneath the shimmering membrane of the Pleroma stirs Ravhel-Suun, the great betrayer, the wound given voice. He is not merely an antagonist, but a living symptom of the cosmic splitーthe dissonance between knowing and being. He seeks not destruction, but correction. Not vengeance, but integration on his terms. His design is not chaos, but symmetry. Perfect, soulless, silent.＜/p＞ ＜p＞As the group reaches the Heart of the Pleroma, they are each shown what was lost: their true names, their divine echoes, the original threads that once wove them into the great harmonic whole. It is there they confront the being older than Sophia, bearing both the fracture and the seed. And it is there that the first breath ever spoken speaks again.＜/p＞ ＜p＞What is the Slipthk but the consequence of forgetting?＜/p＞ ＜p＞What is the war but a plea for remembrance?＜/p＞ ＜p＞In the final arc of this installment, reality itself bends under the weight of their choices. The fabric of time strains as timelines collapse, reweave, and echo into eternity. And from the soul of Ravhel-Suun, a hidden corridor opensーThe Wound, a living passage through the very origin of division.＜/p＞ ＜p＞To pass through is to lose everything. To remember what lies beyond is to die and become something entirely new.＜/p＞ ＜p＞The Slipthk War: Pleroma is not a continuationーit is an ascension. A metaphysical climax of symbol, silence, and soul. It invites the reader into a realm where philosophy becomes flesh, where myth births consequence, and where the truest battle is fought not between good and evil, but between dissonance and harmony, between forgetting and remembering, between exile… and return.＜/p＞ ＜p＞This is where the gods bleed.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Where the self shatters.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Where the truth is whole, and the whole is broken.＜/p＞ ＜p＞And from that brokenness, a new dawn waits to be born.＜/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 Passionate Year A Tale of Love and Discovery in a Post-War Era【電子書籍】[ James Hilton ]

＜p＞In "The Passionate Year," James Hilton crafts a poignant narrative that delves into the complexity of human emotions through the lens of love, nostalgia, and the bittersweet passage of time. Set against the backdrop of the English countryside, Hilton employs a lyrical, reflective prose that captures the nuances of intimacy and longing. The novel is framed by a delicate exploration of the protagonist'??s memories, evoking a rich tapestry of emotion that resonates deeply within readers, showcasing Hilton's adeptness in blending realism with a romantic idealism prevalent in early 20th-century literature. James Hilton, a distinguished British novelist and screenwriter, is best known for his works such as "Lost Horizon" and "Goodbye, Mr. Chips." His keen observations of society, coupled with a personal experience of love and loss, inform the emotional depth found in "The Passionate Year." Hilton'??s background in the tumultuous interwar period and his reflections on the changing social landscape of post-World War I Britain profoundly influence this novel, as he navigates the delicate interplay between personal aspiration and societal expectation. This novel is highly recommended for readers seeking an evocative journey through the intricacies of love and memory. Hilton'??s insightful prose invites readers to reflect upon their own experiences, making it a timeless exploration of the human heart. A must-read for fans of literary fiction, "The Passionate Year" promises to leave a lasting impression and provoke thoughtful contemplation.＜/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 Captive【電子書籍】[ Marcel Proust ]

＜p＞＜em＞＜strong＞The Captive＜/strong＞＜/em＞, the fifth volume of Marcel Proust's monumental work ＜em＞In Search of Lost Time＜/em＞, is a profound exploration of love, obsession, and the psychological intricacies of desire. The novel follows the narrator's relationship with Albertine, whom he keeps confined in his Paris apartment in a desperate attempt to possess and control her. Through this dynamic, Proust delves into the themes of jealousy, memory, and the illusions that shape emotional attachment.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Published posthumously, ＜em＞The Captive＜/em＞ is marked by its introspective depth and lyrical prose, continuing Proust's investigation into the workings of consciousness and the passage of time. The novel reflects the narrator's inner turmoil, as he oscillates between affection and suspicion, revealing how love can become entangled with fear and domination.＜/p＞ ＜p＞The enduring significance of ＜em＞The Captive＜/em＞ lies in its unflinching portrayal of the fragility of human relationships and the limitations of understanding another person's inner world. As part of Proust's larger masterpiece, it offers an intimate and haunting meditation on the nature of possession, loss, and the relentless search for meaning in 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！】Time Regained【電子書籍】[ Marcel Proust ]

＜p＞＜em＞＜strong＞Time Regained＜/strong＞＜/em＞, the final volume of Marcel Proust's monumental work ＜em＞In Search of Lost Time＜/em＞, serves as both a culmination and a revelation. In this last installment, Proust's narrator confronts the passage of time, the frailty of memory, and the possibility of artistic redemption. Through a return to familiar places and faces now transformed by age and war, he discovers that time, once perceived as a source of loss, can also be the wellspring of meaning and artistic creation.＜/p＞ ＜p＞The novel deepens Proust's exploration of involuntary memory, most famously illustrated through sensory experiences that awaken buried impressions of the past. These moments reveal a hidden continuity beneath the apparent fragmentation of life. As the narrator comes to understand his vocation as a writer, ＜em＞Time Regained＜/em＞ becomes a profound meditation on the role of art in transcending time and restoring coherence to lived experience.＜/p＞ ＜p＞The enduring significance of ＜em＞Time Regained＜/em＞ lies in its philosophical depth and literary innovation. It closes the narrative with the insight that true understanding is not found in escaping time but in embracing it ー recognizing the patterns that link past, present, and future. In doing so, Proust affirms that through memory and art, the ephemeral can become eternal.＜/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！】Swann's Way【電子書籍】[ Marcel Proust ]

＜p＞＜em＞＜strong＞Swann's Way＜/strong＞＜/em＞, the first volume of ＜strong＞Marcel Proust's＜/strong＞ monumental work ＜em＞＜strong＞In Search of Lost Time＜/strong＞＜/em＞, is a profound meditation on memory, time, and desire. Through richly detailed narration and introspective reflection, Proust introduces the narrator's recollections of childhood in Combray and recounts the story of Charles Swann's obsessive love for Odette de Cr?cy. The novel unfolds through involuntary memoryーmost famously triggered by the taste of a madeleineーrevealing how past experiences shape identity and perception.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Celebrated for its lyrical prose and psychological depth, ＜em＞Swann's Way＜/em＞ has become a cornerstone of modernist literature. Proust's innovative narrative style, characterized by long, intricate sentences and a fluid treatment of time, revolutionized the novel form and influenced generations of writers. His ability to capture fleeting emotions and the subtleties of inner life makes the work both intellectually rich and emotionally resonant.＜/p＞ ＜p＞The enduring significance of ＜em＞Swann's Way＜/em＞ lies in its exploration of how memory and consciousness interact with the passage of time. By delving into the intricacies of human thought and the beauty of everyday moments, Proust offers readers a timeless reflection on love, art, and the persistence of the past in shaping the present.＜/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！】Lady in Lace【電子書籍】[ Joanna Maitland ]

＜p＞＜strong＞LADY IN LACE Regency Timeslip＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜em＞＜strong＞A shredded gold lace ballgown. The greatest rake in Regency London. And the modern woman who links them both.＜/strong＞＜/em＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞When costume curator Emma Stanley meets a frock-coated phantom in an endless museum passage, her body takes fire at his touch. But he melts away, leaving her lost, and clutching the shredded wreck of a Regency ballgown.＜/p＞ ＜p＞The magic of the gold lace gown transports Emma across centuries. When is she? Where is she? Most importantly, WHO is she in this alien time?＜/p＞ ＜p＞In front of her, a naked man rises from his bath. He welcomes her. He knows her name. He wants her. But he's dangerous ? the greatest rake in London, the stud that every woman desires.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Should Emma respond to him? Will she get back to her own time if she does? And, given the threatening shadows swirling round in her modern world, is it safe for her to return?＜/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 House of Armour【電子書籍】[ Marshall Saunders ]

＜p＞Enter the world of Marshall Saunders' ""＜strong＞The House of Armour＜/strong＞,"" a captivating tale set in the rugged landscapes of Nova Scotia. This novel combines heartwarming family drama, vivid scenery, and deep-rooted traditions, painting a picture of life in a proud, tight-knit community.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞Saunders weaves a story that explores the bonds of family, the weight of legacy, and the struggle between old-world values and the call of the modern age. At the heart of it all lies the House of Armour, a symbol of strength, history, and unspoken secrets.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞But here's the question that will captivate your heart: What sacrifices must be made to preserve a family’s honor? Can the next generation hold on to their roots, or will they be lost to the passage of time?＜/p＞ ＜p＞Through richly developed characters and engaging storytelling, Saunders creates a vivid world where tradition battles with change, and personal desires are often at odds with family duty. The emotional complexity of the characters will draw you into their lives and make you reflect on your own values and choices.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞Are you ready to uncover the secrets hidden within the walls of ""The House of Armour""?＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞This timeless novel offers a glimpse into a world where every decision can change the course of a family’s future. Saunders’ masterful writing invites you to ponder the meaning of home, heritage, and the lasting impact of the choices we make.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞Don't miss your chance to explore this powerful family saga. Purchase ""The House of Armour"" today, and immerse yourself in a story of love, tradition, and the ties that bind us all.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞Seize the opportunity to experience Marshall Saunders' unforgettable novel. Buy ""＜strong＞The House of Armour＜/strong＞"" now, and let its timeless message of family and honor resonate with you long after the last page is turned.＜/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！】Claimed by the Alien Enforcer Portals to Chavirlea, #1【電子書籍】[ Christa Ann ]

＜p＞＜strong＞Some Secrets refuse to remain hidden...＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞Talis' job as Lead Enforcer of the planet Chavirlea's northern ruling family is to protect his people. Sent to investigate an inter-parallel portal activation, he soon discovers that someone not only activated the doorway but has passed through the once dormant passage. His continued investigation leads him to an unexpected discoveryーan injured human woman.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Carly Williams's vacation to a remote cabin becomes a science fiction nightmare when she stumbles across a portal, gets too close, and falls through it. No longer on Earth, she is lost, alone, and terrified after being attacked by an alien-looking wolf fox. Carly quickly decides wild alien animals are the least of her worries when she is captured by Talis, the handsome alien who finds her.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Now, they are on the run. Talis knows whoever is tracking them wants to ensure their secrets remain hidden. Can he and Carly put their differences aside and work together to uncover the truth, or will the ancient secrets they have discovered die with them?＜/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！】Accidentally Royal【電子書籍】[ Malinda Martin ]

＜p＞＜strong＞Every woman deserves to be a princess . . . even if it's accidentally.＜/strong＞＜br /＞ ＜strong＞From the author of the bestselling Christmas story Sleep in Heavenly Peace Inn.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞Lillian Bell was minding her own business, waiting tables in Portsmouth, England, saving up to take a ferry to the island country of Kimbledon, as her late mother requested her to do.＜/p＞ ＜p＞When he comes into the pub. Cultured, polite, and gorgeous, he takes an interest in her and her quest to visit his country, offering her passage on the next ferry.＜/p＞ ＜p＞The only catch? She must pretend to be the long-lost princess and heir to the prince for four months, until Prince Victor is rededicated as sovereign monarch. Then she can be on her way with a healthy purse included. Simple enough.＜/p＞ ＜p＞William (Jamie) Jamison hates to deceive the pretty woman with the big brown eyes. But if they don't provide an heir to the throne, someone to be trained to take Prince Victor's place, Kimbledon as they know it will cease to exist. So, they'll fake the DNA testing and get to work training Lillian to be royal. Simple enough.＜/p＞ ＜p＞But they're not prepared for the complications to come:＜/p＞ ＜p＞Her quirky friends (a rock band!) that have invaded the palace.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Factions working within the country to thwart her ascension.＜/p＞ ＜p＞The unwanted attraction developing between Lillian and Jamie.＜/p＞ ＜p＞And when the unthinkable happens, it will test everything Lillian and Jamie know about their past and their future.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞Could this accidental plan work out in the end? Get your copy today!＜/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！】16 Short Stories... Explorers Who Opened Doors They Shouldn't Have【電子書籍】[ Felix Fairfax ]

＜p＞curiosity collides with consequence in a thrilling anthology of dark adventure and eerie discovery. From lost temples and sealed crypts to forgotten laboratories and alien vaults, each tale unveils what happens when brave-or reckless-souls cross the threshold into places long abandoned, deeply buried, or purposefully hidden.＜/p＞ ＜p＞These are not stories of treasure. They are stories of warnings ignored, maps misunderstood, and instincts betrayed. Stories where the door is not just a passage-but a sentence.＜/p＞ ＜p＞With rich world-building, deeply human protagonists, and an undercurrent of existential dread, this collection blends suspense, psychological horror, and speculative fiction into tightly-woven narratives that grip from the first line and haunt long after the last.＜/p＞ ＜p＞For readers who loved the tension of ＜em＞Annihilation＜/em＞, the mystery of ＜em＞House of Leaves＜/em＞, or the creeping dread of Lovecraft's forgotten ruins, this anthology delivers high-stakes adventure and haunting revelation in equal measure.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Dare to turn the page-if you believe every door should be opened.＜/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 Wild Road【電子書籍】[ Michelle West ]

＜p＞The second novel in Michelle West's The Burning Crown.＜/p＞ ＜p＞THE WILDERNESS IS WAKING＜/p＞ ＜p＞Stephen has never left the kingdom of his birth. But the possible cure for his huntbrother’s shattered memories cannot be found in Breodanir. It might be found in the distant South. If Nenyane’s road leads to the South, Stephen will follow.＜/p＞ ＜p＞The lord of the golden fox wishes to speak with Stephen before he travels South. She dwells in the heart of the empire, home to Meralonne APhaniel and Kallandras of Senniel, and it is through Averalaan that safe passage to the Dominion of Annagar can be found.＜/p＞ ＜p＞The road to the empire passes through towns that have existed for longer than Breodanir itself: the Free Towns. The Free Towns have never fallen, although they are possessed of no armies, no walls.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Stephen and his party arrive in Hansleigh to festivities and carnival performers in the streets: the circus is coming to town. Theirs is a command performance. Every living person in the town is expected to attend, as if attendance is a matter of life and death.＜/p＞ ＜p＞It is.＜/p＞ ＜p＞To survive, the hunters must find a missing person before the circusーand all of the townspeopleーare lost forever to the forces of the Lord of the Hells.＜/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 End of the River【電子書籍】[ Simon Winchester ]

＜p＞When it comes to climate-change-inspired threats, it is rising sea levels we hear most about. But if the oceans are, as Herman Melville put it, “the tide-beating heart of the earth,” rivers are its circulatory system. In the United States, there is no river more storied, symbolic, and vital than the Mississippi, and none, to use Mark Twain’s word, more lawless. The struggle to control it has been going on nearly as long as there has been human civilization on its banks, and the attendant drama and dangers have been memorialized by many writers, among them Twain and, in his seminal 1987 ＜em＞New Yorker＜/em＞ account, John McPhee. Now Simon Winchester, the consummate, critically acclaimed storyteller and bestselling author of ＜em＞Atlantic＜/em＞ and ＜em＞The Professor and the Madman＜/em＞, turns his eye to what could well be the height of the battle, one increasingly doomed by man’s interference.＜/p＞ ＜p＞The most fateful instance of this interference was accomplished by an inventor and steamboat captain, Henry Miller Shreve, in the nineteenth century. In vivid detail, Winchester re-creates the smashing and digging and the great man- and steam power that Shreve wielded to clear the river of snags and logjams and, in order to shorten the passage to New Orleans, carve an entirely new channel for it. What no one foresaw was that his celebrated shortcut, Shreve’s Cut, would form a sloping chute to an adjacent river, the Atchafalaya, and, aided by gravity and shifting weather patterns, increasingly tempt the waters of the Mississippi in its direction. Resisting this trend with ever more ingenious methods (and ever more expense) began just after, first with a system of levees, then with added spillways, and, finally, with the conception and construction of a floodgate system, the Old River Control Structure, still in place today. And the stakes are high: Ifーmany say ＜em＞when＜/em＞ーthe Atchafalaya captures the Mississippi’s stream, it will be the end of life as it’s currently known in the American South. The great cities of LouisianaーNew Orleans and Baton Rougeーwould be rendered fetid swamps; entire sections of the American infrastructure, from pipelines to electricity and water supply, would collapse. Homes would be displaced and livelihoods, if not lives, would be lost.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Deftly combining the hydrological and the historical, Winchester tours the challenges that upped the ante on the Mississippi River Commission’s duty to protect the watershed and its inhabitants: the upheavals that came in the form of the Great Flood of 1927, one of the most destructive natural disasters of all time, displacing more people than almost any event in American history, and the record-breaking inundations of 1937 and 1973. He pays tribute to the Army Corps of Engineers, for their Herculean efforts to keep the river on its current track, and to one civilian, Albert Einstein’s son Hans Albert Einstein, a hydraulic engineer and one of the main architects of the mighty control structure that continues to divide the Mississippi from the Atchafalaya. But how long can it hold in a time when extremes of weather are the norm, when storms come faster and more furiously, sending sediment-loaded water pounding against the floodgatesーevents that not only pit man against nature but, given that we cannot always agree which causes and correctives to pursue, man against man?＜/p＞ ＜p＞In this elegant synthesis of past and present, the exigencies of the natural world and the human, Winchester offers an engrossing cautionary tale that readers cannot afford to ignore. It is a call to arms that asks whether accepting defeatーletting nature take its courseーmay be the only way to win.＜/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！】Crossing Broadway Washington Heights and the Promise of New York City【電子書籍】[ Robert W. Snyder ]

＜p＞＜strong＞Robert W. Snyder's＜/strong＞ ＜em＞＜strong＞Crossing Broadway＜/strong＞＜/em＞ ＜strong＞tells how disparate groups overcame their mutual suspicions to rehabilitate housing, build new schools, restore parks, and work with the police to bring safety to streets racked by crime and fear.＜/strong＞ It shows how a neighborhood once nicknamed "Frankfurt on the Hudson" for its large population of German Jews became "Quisqueya Heights"ーthe home of the nation's largest Dominican community.＜/p＞ ＜p＞The story of Washington Heights illuminates New York City's long passage from the Great Depression and World War II through the urban crisis to the globalization and economic inequality of the twenty-first century. Washington Heights residents played crucial roles in saving their neighborhood, but its future as a home for working-class and middle-class people is by no means assured. The growing gap between rich and poor in contemporary New York puts new pressure on the Heights as more affluent newcomers move into buildings that once sustained generations of wage earners and the owners of small businesses.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜em＞Crossing Broadway＜/em＞ is based on historical research, reporting, and oral histories. Its narrative is powered by the stories of real people whose lives illuminate what was won and lost in northern Manhattan's journey from the past to the present. A tribute to a great American neighborhood, this book shows how residents learned to cross Broadwayーover the decades a boundary that has separated black and white, Jews and Irish, Dominican-born and American-bornーand make common cause in pursuit of one of the most precious rights: the right to make a home and build a better life in New York City.＜/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！】Resin Poems【電子書籍】[ Geri Doran ]

＜p＞In poems of quiet force, Geri Doran maps the fragility of human connection and the irreducible fact of grief. From the communal ruptures of Chechnya and Rwanda to the personal dislocations that attend great loss, Resin weighs frailty against responsibility, damage against the desires of the heart. For the poet, a factory fire in late-nineteenth-century Portland becomes a tool for precise knowing: "The phases of wood are a means / of dead reckoning: burn what is built / and gauge your passage / by what is lost." Even in so quotidian an act as the planting of potatoes, Doran's sure, meticulous, and carefully calibrated lines reveal the intensity of our yearnings: "What carried us from year to year was yield: / potatoes in, potatoes out, like rowing." Variously plaintive, passionate, intuitive, and serious, the voice in Resin tells how the natural world, in both its wildness and regularity, expresses and mediates human longing.You entered me like migraine, left＜br /＞ like migraine a private vacancy.＜br /＞ The darkness outside is great and wild.＜br /＞ Blue plums falling from an old tree＜br /＞ demand we believe in wildness,＜br /＞ fallingness. What's the matter is memory,＜br /＞ shrivel and tart. How in this sweet＜br /＞ aftermath of everything the mind＜br /＞ should settle on plums (blue plums!)＜br /＞ is one of the mysteries. That God＜br /＞ and my window-blinds should conspire＜br /＞ to refract the light to look like plums.＜br /＞ Out in the wild nothing.＜br /＞ -- from "Blue Plums"＜/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 Motherless Child in the Novels of Pauline Hopkins【電子書籍】[ Jill Bergman ]

＜p＞Well known in her day as a singer, playwright, author, and editor of the Colored American Magazine, Pauline Hopkins (1859--1930) has been the subject of considerable scholarly attention over the last twenty years. Academic review of her many accomplishments, however, largely overlooks Hopkins's contributions as novelist. The Motherless Child in the Novels of Pauline Hopkins, the first book-length study of Hopkins's major fiction, fills this gap, offering a sustained analysis of motherlessness in Contending Forces, Hagar's Daughter, Winona, and Of One Blood.＜br /＞ Motherlessness appears in all of Hopkins's novels. The motif, Jill Bergman asserts, resonated profoundly for African Americans living with the legacy of abduction from a motherland and familial fragmentation under slavery. In her novels, motherlessness serves as a trope for the national alienation of post-Reconstruction African Americans. The longing and search for a maternal figure, then, represents an effort to reconnect with the absent mother -- a missing parent and a lost African history and heritage. In Hopkins's oeuvre, the image of the mother of African heritage -- a source of both identity and persecution -- becomes a source of power and possibility.＜br /＞ Bergman shows how historical events -- such as Bleeding Kansas, the execution of John Brown, and the Middle Passage -- gave rise to a sense of motherlessness and how Hopkins's work engages with that of other contemporaneous race activists. This illuminating study opens new terrain not only in Hopkins scholarship, but also in the complex interchanges between literary, African American, psychoanalytic, feminist, and postcolonial studies.＜/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！】American Legends The Life of George Washington【電子書籍】

＜p＞A lot of ink has been spilled covering the lives of history’s most influential figures, but how much of the forest is lost for the trees? In Charles River Editors’ American Legends series, readers can get caught up to speed on the lives of America’s most important men and women in the time it takes to finish a commute, while learning interesting facts long forgotten or never known.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Every American is taught a pristine narrative of the life and legacy of George Washington and can easily recite the highlights of the “Father of Our Country”. The remarkable Virginian led an under-resourced rag-tag army to ultimate victory in the American Revolution before becoming the nation’s first president, setting it on its path toward superpower status. He may not have actually chopped down a cherry tree or tossed a silver dollar across the Potomac, but his contemporaries considered his character above reproach. When Washington voluntary resigned as commander of the armies, he stunned the world. Everyone in the colonies and the world realized that Washington, at the head of the last army standing in the colonies, could have made himself king of the new United States on the spot, and it would have been a move supported by his rank and file soldiers. Instead, Washington became the first Westerner to voluntarily demobilize his army, ensuring civilian control of the new nation. King George III called Washington "the greatest character of the age" for making that decision.＜/p＞ ＜p＞As President from 1788-1796, Washington set every precedent for the executive branch of the new government, from forming a “Cabinet” to limiting himself to two terms. He even set precedents with his farewell address, which helped guide the policies of subsequent presidents.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Washington did more than any other man to ensure the success of the American Revolution and the safe passage of the new United States from fledgling nation to budding power, but what actually made the man tick? Underneath his steel surface burned an almost insatiable political ambition, and a man who was acutely self-conscious of himself. In addition to highlighting his life and legacy, ＜em＞American Legends: The Life of George Washington＜/em＞ humanizes the leader who is now remembered more like a flawless demigod than a man. Along with pictures of the Father of Our Country and other important people and events in his life, you will learn about Washington like you never have before, in no time at all.＜/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！】Legendary Commanders Who Challenged Ancient Rome The Lives and Legacies of Hannibal, Spartacus, and Attila the Hun【電子書籍】

＜p＞In the history of war, only a select few men always make the list of greatest generals. Napoleon. Caesar. Alexander. They are always joined by Hannibal, who has the distinction of being the only man who nearly brought Rome to its knees before its decline almost 700 years later. Rome never suffered a more horrifying defeat in its history than at Cannae, and indeed, Hannibal nearly rewrote the course of Western history during the Second Punic War. Even today there remains great debate on just how he accomplished his masterful invasion of Italy across the Alps. Since his army included war elephants, historians still argue over exactly where and how he crossed over 2,000 years after he managed that incredible feat.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Hannibal will always be listed among history’s greatest generals, and his military campaign in Italy during the Second Punic War will always be studied, but part of the aura and mystique surrounding the Carthaginian legend is that there is still a lot of mystery. Since Carthage was destroyed by Rome a generation after Hannibal, most of what is known about Hannibal came from the very people he tormented in the late 2nd century B.C., and thus much of his background and life story is unknown. Moreover, while military historians are still amazed that he was able to maintain his army in Italy near Rome for nearly 15 years, scholars are still puzzled over some of his decisions, including why he never attempted to march on Rome in the first place.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Spartacus is the world’s most famous slave, and one of the most notorious figures of Ancient Rome. A slave enamored of freedom and willing to fight and die for it, he became especially popular in the years following the Enlightenment, after which he was widely viewed as a poignant champion of liberty in the 18th and 19th centuries. As a result, he became a symbol during struggles like the French Revolution, the American Revolution, the American Civil War and the struggle for emancipation.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Today, his dual life as a gladiator and a “freedom fighter” makes him fascinating to audiences around the world. His tale, a blend of violent spectacle and civil rights, has been adapted for film (Stanley Kubrick’s memorable ＜em＞Spartacus＜/em＞), television (Starz’s popular television series), and in literature (appearing in everything from historical novels to comics). To this day, Spartacus (Spartaco) is a popular first name in central and southern Italy, and his name has been adopted by sports teams like FC Spartak Moscow and FC Spartak Plovdiv. The Soviet Union’s internal version of the Olympics, the Spartakiad, also derived its name from Spartacus.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Attila, Emperor of the Hunnic Empire and thus most commonly known as Attila the Hun, is an idiosyncratic figure who has become more myth than man, not least because much of his life is shrouded in mystery. Perhaps the most famous “barbarian” in history, Attila was the lord of a vast empire spanning two continents, but he is best remembered for what he did not conquer. Though he seemingly had Rome at his mercy in 452, he ultimately decided not to sack the Eternal City, and a year later he had suffered a mysterious death.＜/p＞ ＜p＞What is known about Attila came mostly from Priscus, a guest of his court who wrote several books about Attila’s life in Greek. Unfortunately, much of that work was lost to history, but not before the ancient writer Jordanes relied on it to write his own overexaggerated account of Attila’s life. And like their leader, the Huns themselves are an instantly recognizable name with mysterious origins; most of what is known about the Huns came from Chinese sources thousands of miles and an entire continent away from Italy. Naturally, the dearth of information and the passage of time have allowed myths and legends to fill in the most important details of Attila’s life.＜/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。