Contemporary art has never been so popular - but the art world is changing. In a landscape of increasing globalization, there is growing interest in questions over the nature of contemporary art today and the identity of who is controlling its future. In the midst of this, contemporary art continues to be a realm of freedom where artists shock, break taboos, flout generally received ideas, and switch between confronting viewers with works of great emotional profundity and jaw-dropping triviality.

E. H. Gombrich's world history, an international best seller now available in English for the first time, is a text dominated not by dates and facts but by the sweep of experience across the centuries, a guide to humanity's achievements, and an acute witness to its frailties.

While intensely attentive to its own tradition, Japanese literature has also embraced the outside world, particularly the influence of China. Beyond this, Japan boasts a powerful literary culture, made up of cultivated reading publics, both aristocratic and bourgeois, literary salons, specialized presses, authoritative judges of talent who cultivated and celebrated particular writers and styles, and a canon consisting of classics. This Very Short Introduction traces the rich history of Japanese literature from its beginnings over a millennium ago to the present day.

With intelligence and wit, author Jonathan Clements blends documentary and storytelling styles to connect the past, present, and future of Japan, and in broad yet detailed strokes reveals a country of paradoxes: a modern nation steeped in ancient traditions; a democracy with an emperor as head of state; a famously safe society built on 108 volcanoes resting on the world's most active earthquake zone; a fast-paced urban and technologically advanced country whose land consists predominantly of mountains and forests.

Art history encompasses the study of the history and development of painting, sculpture, and the other visual arts. In this Very Short Introduction audiobook, Dana Arnold presents an introduction to the issues, debates, and artifacts that make up art history. Beginning with a consideration of what art history is, she explains what makes the subject distinctive from other fields of study and also explores the emergence of social histories of art (such as feminist art history and queer art history).

極上の1000語と、洗練された英文　これが知識層の「当たり前」
※この書籍は2008年発行の『究極の英単語セレクション』を新装したものです。内容は基本的に変わりません

好評だった前著、『究極の英単語セレクション～極上の1000語』（現：『究極の英単語プレミアムVol.1』を受けて、さらに難度を上げ、内容をアップデータした新著が誕生しました！

Whether complete or only fragmentary, the 930 extant Dead Sea Scrolls irrevocably altered how we look at and understand the foundations of faith and religious practice. Now you can get a comprehensive introduction to this unique series of archaeological documents, and to scholars' evolving understanding of their authorship and significance, with these 24 lectures. Learn what the scrolls are, what they contain, and how the insights they offered into religious and ancient history came into focus.

アメリカの主要な新聞・雑誌、TVニュース、日本の英字新聞、VOAなどをデータベースに、ニュース英語を理解するために必要な英単語を厳選。COVID19、オリンピック、米中貿易摩擦、IT関連

コンプライアンス遵守が盛んに叫ばれる現代。かつて全盛を極めた「やくざ映画」の命脈も風前の灯火だ。しかし、その中は「組織論」「義理と人情」など、日本社会の本質を理解するカギがそこかしこに隠され

This lively and engaging book is the ideal introduction for anyone who has ever been puzzled by what philosophy is or what it is for. Edward Craig argues that philosophy is not an activity born from another planet; learning about it is just a matter of broadening and deepening what most of us do already. He shows that philosophy is no mere intellectual pastime.

「日本会議」とは何なのか?
市民運動が嘲笑の対象にさえなった80年代以降の日本で、めげずに、愚直に、地道に、 そして極めて民主的な、市民運動の王道を歩んできた「一群の人々」がいた。
彼らは地道な運動を通し、「日本会議」をフロント団体として政権に影響を与えるまでに至った。
そして今、彼らの運動が結実し、日本の民主主義は殺されようとしている―― 安倍政権を支える「日本会議」の真の姿とは?
中核にはどのような思想があるのか?
膨大な資料と関係者への取材により明らかになる「日本の保守圧力団体」の真の姿。

第1回大宅壮一メモリアル日本ノンフィクション大賞 読者賞 受賞

【聞き流すだけで英語をマスター】
　日本語→英語の順、細かい区切りで学ぶ「小分割/和英順方式」なので、辞書なしでスラスラ学んでいける！
　新聞やラジオショッピングで話題になった優れものの

商談でも社交の場でも、最低限おさえておきたい63の名画を収録。
ルーヴル美術館は西洋の歴史・宗教・文化を学ぶ最高の教材!西洋絵画は、時代を映す鏡。

One of Jane Austen’s most beloved works, Pride and Prejudice, is vividly brought to life by Academy Award nominee Rosamund Pike ( Gone Girl). In her bright and energetic performance of this British classic, she expertly captures Austen’s signature wit and tone. Her attention to detail, her literary background, and her performance in the 2005 feature film version of the novel provide the perfect foundation from which to convey the story of Elizabeth Bennet, her four sisters, and the inimitable Mr. Darcy.