In this Very Short Introduction, Simon Horobin investigates how we have arrived at the English we know today and celebrates the way new speakers and new uses mean that it continues to adapt. Engaging with contemporary concerns about correctness, Horobin considers whether such changes are improvements or evidence of slipping standards.

Have you ever wondered why you have a brain? Let renowned neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett demystify that big gray blob between your ears. In seven short essays (plus a bite-sized story about how brains evolved), this slim, entertaining, and accessible collection reveals mind-expanding lessons from the front lines of neuroscience research. You'll learn where brains came from, how they're structured (and why it matters), and how yours works in tandem with other brains to create everything you experience.

民族、国家、宗教、言語……。独自の社会主義連邦の道を歩んできたユーゴの解体から三〇年。暴力と憎悪の連鎖が引き起こしたあの紛争は、いまだ過ぎ去らぬ重い歴史として、私たちの前に立ちはだかっている。

The science of emotion is in the midst of a revolution on par with the discovery of relativity in physics and natural selection in biology. Leading the charge is psychologist and neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett, whose research overturns the long-standing belief that emotions are automatic, universal, and hardwired in different brain regions. Instead, Barrett shows, we construct each instance of emotion through a unique interplay of brain, body, and culture.

「北条早雲」「木曽義仲」「黒田如水」「楠木正成」「明智光秀」など古今の武将を選んだ菊池寛の選定とその巧みな読みやすい文体と合わせて音声で非常に楽しめる作品となっています。

出版界の革命児による圧倒的読書論がここに誕生！

読書の量が人生を決める。

謎につつまれた人物パーマー・エルドリッチが宇宙から持ち帰ったドラッグは、苦悶に喘ぐ人々に不死と安寧をもたらした。

「古典的な西部劇の巨匠」というレッテルからジョン・フォードを解き放ち、画面そのものを見つめる快楽へとひたすら誘う――『監督 小津安二郎』と双璧をなす著者集大成。

『哲学探究』を、ひとりでよんでいくのはとても骨がおれる。言語ゲームとは何か…後期ウィトゲンシュタインの代表作『哲学探究』をわかりやすく読み解く。

Terrible lizards. That’s what the word dinosaurs means. Yet dinosaurs are not true lizards, and they are not necessarily terrible, either. Paleontologists have overturned many misconceptions, and in Dinosaurs!, we look at what the latest research tells us and what we still have to learn about these endlessly fascinating creatures.