A haunting meditation on love, loss, companionship, and finding one’s way through the dark, Raymond Carver’s What We Talk About When We Talk About Love is one of the most important and influential short story collections in contemporary literature. In his entry in the esteemed Bookmarked series, acclaimed author Brian Evenson offers his personal and literary take on this classic Carver collection.

Viktor E. Frankl was a medical doctor at a psychiatric hospital in 1942 when he became a prisoner in Nazi concentration camps in World War II. In 1946, he published this book about his camp experiences and a method of psychotherapy he developed. Forty-five years later, it was still named one of the most influential books in the United States. Part One describes his three years in four Nazi concentration camps, which took the lives of his wife, father, mother, and brother. He closely observed inmates’ reactions to their situation, as well as how survivors came to terms with their liberation.

頻出問題を、目標スコア別にていねいにお教えします。重要な問題が効率よく並んでいるので、出題のポイントが短時間で学べます。「時間がない」と焦っている受験生、必読の1冊です。このオーディオブックは、「1日1分レッスン!TOEIC Testステップアップ編」の全英文を、ネイティブスピーカーが朗読しました。(祥伝社黄金文庫) (C)祥伝社

Jerusha "Judy" Abbott's life is drastically changed one day when a mysterious and rich benefactor scoops her up from an orphanage - the only home she has ever known - and offers to pay her way through college. Her benefactor has many requests, the two most important being that she uses this opportunity to become a writer, and that she writes him monthly to update him on her studies.

John Lennon’s mom called him “Stinker” because he farted so much! Paul McCartney’s car was wrecked by chickens! George Harrison once had his friend’s parent sign his bad report card! Ringo Starr’s grandma thought he was possessed by witches! Wait! What? Siblings Paige and Turner have collected the most unusual and surprising facts about these rock stars, from their childhoods and early days as musicians to the formation of the Beatles and their skyrocketing journey to become the greatest band in the world.

Caleb is playing Mud Monsters. He's a muddy mess. Time for Bubble Trouble! He takes a soapy bath to chase dirt and germs away. Caleb also makes a No Germ Zone at the dinner table. And he brushes and flosses his teeth before bed. Goodbye, germs!

ストーリを英語のまま味わえ、幅広い世代に支持されている「ちょっといい話」シリーズ。本書では、大ヒット商品の誕生秘話から発展途上国の子どもたちへの支援事業まで、数多くの仕事から、「やる気の出る話」17編を厳選しました。

■さまざまな国・時代・業種の話を厳選
さまざまな国・時代・業種の仕事の話の中から、前向きな気持ちになる話を厳選しました。「努力」「信念」「工夫」「思いやり」…。本書では、成功よりも、それを支えた人に焦点を合わせて紹介します。

■初級レベルの英単語と基本的な構文がベース
初級3000語レベルの英単語（＊）と基本的な構文をベースにリライトしています。やさしい英文なので、英語そのままで理解できます。＊アルクの「標準語彙水準12000」（SVL[Standard Vocabulary List]12000）のレベル1～3を指します。

●対象レベル：英検準2級／TOEIC(R)テスト470点程度
●特典音声つき（MP3）
（1）「このストーリーのポイント」の音声全17ファイル
（2）書籍未収録の物語３編「Revolutionary Mompreneurs（業界を変えた起業家ママ）」「Apollo Hospitals（アポロ病院）」「The World of...

Medical student Amy Brenner is spending the night on a locked psychiatric ward. Amy has been dreading her evening working on Ward D, the hospital’s inpatient mental health unit. There are very specific reasons why she never wanted to do this required overnight rotation. Reasons nobody can ever find out. And as the hours tick by, Amy grows increasingly convinced something terrible is happening within these tightly secured walls.

Lizzy Moon never wanted Moon Girl Farm. Eight years ago, she left the land that nine generations of gifted healers had tended, determined to distance herself from the whispers about her family’s strange legacy. But when her beloved grandmother Althea dies, Lizzy must return and face the tragedy still hanging over the farm’s withered lavender fields: the unsolved murders of two young girls, and the cruel accusations that followed Althea to her grave.

Classical guitarist Satoshi Makino has toured the world and is at the height of his career when he first lays eyes on journalist Yoko Komine. Their bond forms instantly. Upon their first meeting, after Makino’s concert in Tokyo, they begin a conversation that will go on for years, with long spells of silence broken by powerful moments of connection. She’s drawn by Makino’s tender music and his sensitivity, and he is intrigued by Yoko’s refinement and intellect. But neither knows enough about love to see it blooming nor has the confidence to make the first move.

愛犬を連れて散歩の途中、気まぐれに普段行かない小道に入ってみた。そこは不思議な異境にとつながっていた。

The CliffsNotes study guide on Fyodor Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment supplements the original literary work, giving you background information about the author, an introduction to the work, a graphical character map, critical commentaries, expanded glossaries, and a comprehensive index, all for you to use as an educational tool that will allow you to better understand the work. This study guide was written with the assumption that you have read Crime and Punishment.

Do you want to learn more about police cars? Police dogs? Other tools the police use? Then it's your lucky day! Officer Gabby is a police officer. She knows how to keep people safe. She shows a group of kids how she does her job. Three cheers for police officers!

Fans of L. M. Montgomery's Anne Shirley rejoice! Collected here are six of the original Anne Shirley books in the order they were published. This collection includes Anne of Green Gables, Anne of Avonlea, Anne of the Island, Anne's House of Dreams, Rainbow Valley, and Rilla of Ingleside. Published between 1908 and 1921, these heartwarming tales of hidden hopes and cherished dreams will enchant fans and new listeners alike.

How do master storytellers compel us? There have been many attempts to understand what makes a good story, but few have used a scientific approach. In The Science of Storytelling, Will Storr applies dazzling psychological research and cutting-edge neuroscience to our myths and archetypes to show how we can tell better stories, revealing, among other things, how storytellers - and also our brains - create worlds by being attuned to moments of unexpected change.

「英語ニュース リスニング道場 120」シリーズ（Month 1～6）は、1分程度に短くまとめた国内や海外のニュースを学習材料として、知的な刺激を失わずに、無理なく英語力が高められるよう工夫されたリスニング教材です。 本コンテンツは、その中のMonth4の音声を収録しています。 各Month には社会、経済、産業、政治、科学、スポーツ、文化など幅広い分野から選ばれた20本のニュースが収録されています。 各ニュースとも、語彙、情報量、そしてスピードの観点から2 つのレベル（レベル1：70～90ワード／分、レベル2：100～120 ワード／分）の音声が用意されており、学習効果を高めるために、レベル2⇒レベル1⇒レベル2 の順番で収録されています。

In his earlier best sellers Guns, Germs and Steel and Collapse, Jared Diamond transformed our understanding of what makes civilizations rise and fall. Now, in the final audiobook in this monumental trilogy, he reveals how successful nations recover from crisis through selective change - a coping mechanism more commonly associated with personal trauma.

When his closest friend, Benjamin Sachs, accidentally blows himself up on a Wisconsin road, Peter Aaron attempts to piece together the life that led to Sachs' tragic demise and determine the reason for his death.

After the loss of her mother and her own battle with breast cancer, Joanna Teale returns to her graduate research on nesting birds in rural Illinois, determined to prove that her recent hardships have not broken her. She throws herself into her work from dusk to dawn, until her solitary routine is disrupted by the appearance of a mysterious child who shows up at her cabin barefoot and covered in bruises. The girl calls herself Ursa, and she claims to have been sent from the stars to witness five miracles.

Audiobook narrators Mike Vendetti and Kathy Verduin bring Hemingway's classic masterpiece "The Sun Also Rises" to life. Travel with them through pre-WWII Europe as Hemingway explores the dysfunctional relationship of friends drawn together by a beautiful, troubled, and often confused woman, plus the drama and excitement of the bullfights.

There is now no doubt that not only is Waiting for Godot the outstanding play of the 20th century, but it is also Samuel Beckett's masterpiece. Yet it is both a popular text to be studied at school and an enigma. The scene is a country road. There is a solitary tree. It is evening. Two tramp-like figures, Vladimir and Estragon, exchange words. Pull off boots. Munch a root vegetable. Two other curious characters enter. And a boy. Time passes. It is all strange yet familiar.

1日10分で「英語が読めた!」と実感できる英文を読もうとしても、「単語が分からない」「長文が苦手」「読むのが遅い」「内容がつまらない」…そんな悩みのある方でも、本コンテンツを聞けば「英語が分かる楽しさ」が味わえます！ ●やさしい単語で書かれているから聞ける! 『究極の英語リーディングVol. 1』は、アルクの重要語彙リスト「SVL12000(*1)」から、入門レベルの1000語をベースに書かれた英文を38本収録。「知っている単語」ばかりが使われているので、ストレスなく聞き進めることができます。収録音声はひとつ1分程度の長さなので、負担が少なく、途中で挫折することもありません。 ●物語、TOEIC頻出タイプの文書など、バリエーション豊かな英文を収録! 学習に使用する英文はバリエーション豊か。「TOEICのPart 7で出題される英文」「観光地の紹介記事」「ちょっといい話」や「怖い話」などを収録しています。全て大人向けの内容なので、楽しく、飽きずに学習を続けられます。 【目次】 ●第1章 区切りながら読む 手紙/記事/エッセイ/広告/保証書など ●第2章 速く読む 記事/会社案内/契約書/物語など ●第3章 エッセイ・物語・記事を読む エッセイ/物語/記事など ●第4章...

「英語ニュース リスニング道場 120」シリーズ（Month 1～6）は、1分程度に短くまとめた国内や海外のニュースを学習材料として、知的な刺激を失わずに、無理なく英語力が高められるよう工夫されたリスニング教材です。 本コンテンツは、その中のMonth3の音声を収録しています。 各Month には社会、経済、産業、政治、科学、スポーツ、文化など幅広い分野から選ばれた20本のニュースが収録されています。 各ニュースとも、語彙、情報量、そしてスピードの観点から2 つのレベル（レベル1：70～90ワード／分、レベル2：100～120 ワード／分）の音声が用意されており、学習効果を高めるために、レベル2⇒レベル1⇒レベル2 の順番で収録されています。

Cormac McCarthy, best-selling author of National Book Award winner All the Pretty Horses, delivers his first new novel in seven years. Written in muscular prose, No Country for Old Men is a powerful tale of the West that moves at a blistering pace.

Ready to build a picture book? First, you’ll need the right tools. Listen to this title in the Writer’s Toolbox series and discover plenty of tips and tools to get you started. Soon you’ll be writing and showing stories like a pro!