This is a story from the The Happy Prince and Other Stories collection.

iDEATH is a place where the sun shines a different color every day and where people travel to the length of their dreams. Rejecting the violence and hate of the old gang at the Forgotten Works, they lead gentle lives in watermelon sugar. In this book, Richard Brautigan discovers and expresses the mood of the counterculture generation.

With accomplished precision and gentle eloquence, Jhumpa Lahiri traces the crosscurrents set in motion when immigrants, expatriates, and their children arrive, quite literally, at a cultural divide. The nine stories in this stunning debut collection unerringly chart the emotional journeys of characters seeking love beyond the barriers of nations and generations.

A natural storyteller and raconteur in his own right - just listen to Paddle Your Own Canoe and Gumption - actor, comedian, carpenter, and all-around manly man Nick Offerman (Parks and Recreation) brings his distinctive baritone and a fine-tuned comic versatility to Twain's writing. In a knockout performance, he doesn't so much as read Twain's words as he does rejoice in them, delighting in the hijinks of Tom - whom he lovingly refers to as a "great scam artist" and "true American hero".

First published in 1927, Men Without Women represents some of Hemingway's most important and compelling early writing. In these fourteen stories, Hemingway begins to examine the themes that would occupy his later works: the casualties of war, the often-uneasy relationship between men and women, sport and sportsmanship. Pared down, gritty, and subtly expressive, these stories show the young Hemingway emerging as America's finest writer.

Caldecott Honor artist David Shannon captures the chaos that follows an unexpected downpour in this engaging story.

"Three-Day Blow'' is a short story that became a chapter from In Our Time. Jake (Hemingway's alter ego) hikes to his friend Bill's house where they spend the morning talking and drinking. The conversation is mostly chit-chat until the liquor loosens them up enough to discuss Jakes's breakup with Marjorie.

Hold on to your hats for the conclusion of the celebrated trilogy, with a deadpan finale and a surprising new twist. The delicious buildup takes an unexpected turn that is sure to please loyal fans and newcomers alike.

The 1925 New York edition of Ernest Hemingway’s In Our Time trails readers through the years before, during, and after World War I. The collection’s first two stories, “Indian Camp” and “The Doctor and the Doctor’s Wife,” introduce Hemingway’s semiautobiographical character Nick Adams as a child. In total, seven stories portray the young man’s coming of age. All fourteen, including interspersed vignettes, embody the themes that Hemingway would return to throughout his career: alienation, grief, loss, and separation, as well as the regenerative powers of nature.

柳田国男編『全国昔話記録』の一冊として刊行されたこの昔話集は、上閉伊郡、今日の遠野市で採集されました。この上閉伊郡昔話集はことに東北が色濃くでています。

『清貧の思想』は、1992年に初版が発行され、ベストセラーとなったが、それは当時の世相を反映したものであった。当時、日本の工業製品が世界を席捲し、多くの日本人が海外渡航をしていた中で、日本及

All of Edgar Allan Poe’s great short stories in one 16-hour collection.

子どものころに聞いたあのお話しを、オーディオブックでお楽しみください。

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The Glass Menagerie is a memory play by Tennessee Williams that premiered in 1944 and catapulted Williams from obscurity to fame. The play has strong autobiographical elements, featuring characters based on its author, his histrionic mother, and his mentally fragile sister, Laura.

Paul Auster's signature work, The New York Trilogy, consists of three interlocking novels: City of Glass, Ghosts, and The Locked Room - haunting and mysterious tales that move at the breathless pace of a thriller.

英字新聞・雑誌がスラスラ読める!■アルクの人気単語学習書「究極の英単語Vol.3」の音声版!/書籍『究極の英単語SVL Vol.3上級の3000語』は、アルクが編集した「標準語彙水準12000」(Standard Vocabulary List、SVL 12000)の上級レベルにあたる3000語を完全収録。特に、英字新聞や英文雑誌などを読む際に必要な語彙が身に付きます。Vol. 1、Vol. 2と合わせた9000語習得で、TOEICのスコア900点越えも実現します。■本商品は、書籍に掲載されているSVLの単語を複数含んだ覚えやすい540の例文Power Sentencesと、単語リストWord Listの音声(ともに英語のみ)を収録したものです。全3000語の単語の発音が確認できます。テキスト情報は含まれておりません。本コンテンツの利用に際しては、書籍「究極の英単語SVL Vol.3上級の3000語」(アルク発行)が必要です。予めご注意ください。※「標準語彙水準12000」:アルクが長年蓄積してきた膨大な英文データから「日本人英語学習者にとっての有用性」「ネイティブスピーカーの使用頻度」を基準に選び出した、12000語の重要英単語リスト。◇対象レベル◇英語上級

The correspondence between Carrie Allsop and David Mayer reveals, piece by piece, the painful details of a devastating affair between their spouses. With each commiserating scratch of the pen, they confess their fears and bare their souls. They share the bewilderment over how things went so wrong and come to wonder where to go from here. Told entirely through the letters of two comforting strangers and those of two illicit lovers, Evidence of the Affair explores the complex nature of the heart. And ultimately, for one woman, how liberating it can be when it’s broken.

The story is about a 25-year-old Harvard student who follows a "clean" life. He marries a 40-year-old clean Southern woman and the two try very hard to have a baby. Eventually, both become disenchanted with each other, and the wife's girlfriend moves in to live with her.

This audiobook focuses on 100 frequently used idioms. Each chapter begins with a story or dialogue using the idioms in context. Next, listen to examples using the idiom in sentences that illustrate the meaning and demonstrate usage. Finally, listen to a pronunciation model for each idiom in a short sentence. You will hear a chime, which is your cue to repeat the sentence before you hear the model again. For information on our interactive language programs, go to www.amenglish.com.

Upon her mother’s death from Alzheimer’s, Annie Ernaux embarks on a daunting journey back through time, as she seeks to “capture the real woman, the one who existed independently from me, born on the outskirts of a small Normandy town, and who died in the geriatric ward of a hospital in the suburbs of Paris.” She explores the bond between mother and daughter, tenuous and unshakable at once, the alienating worlds that separate them, and the inescapable truth that we must lose the ones we love.

Words. We use them all the time, every day, mostly without giving them much thought at all. We take for granted that they’re here at our disposal whenever we need them. But if you’ve ever wished you could communicate more effectively, words are the place to start. It’s incumbent upon you to choose the best words to accomplish your goals, because how you choose to communicate influences—well, everything! The power of communication shapes our professional goals, our relationships, and our lives—so the words we choose to use carry a great deal of power.

In Our Time is an exploration of alienation, loss and war that launched Ernest Hemingway into the American public consciousness and began his career as one of American’s foremost writers.

As a child, Natsuki doesn’t fit into her family. Her parents favor her sister, and her best friend is a plush toy hedgehog named Piyyut who has explained to her that he has come from the planet Popinpobopia on a special quest to help her save the Earth.

What if somebody told that your day-to-day conversations could immediately improve every relationship in your life? In this audiobook, you’ll discover one of the most valuable (yet surprisingly little-known) ways to sharpen your communication skills. Whatever kind of relationship you want to improve, this guide provides you with simple, practical, proven techniques for improving any kind of relationship in your life.

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