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Trolls haunt the snowy forests, and terrifying monsters roam the open sea. A young woman journeys to the end of the world, and a boy proves he knows no fear. This collection of 16 traditional tales transports readers to the enchanting world of Nordic folklore....

The Republic poses questions that endure: What is justice? What form of community fosters the best possible life for human beings? What is the nature and destiny of the soul? Find out....

Ramayana must rank as one of the most loved and revered books of all time. A part of India's ancient Vedas, it is a beautiful story of romance and adventure....

Classic writings from the great Zen master in exquisite versions by Thomas Merton, with a preface by his holiness the Dalai Lama, now in audio for the first time....

Carved close to the original Greek, acclaimed classicist Caroline Alexander's new translation is swift and lean, with the driving cadence of its source....

DEL GENIAL CREADOR MAKOTO SHINKAI, DIRECTOR DEL ÉXITO YOUR NAMECuatro mujeres, cuatro gatos, cuatro historias entrelazadasEn un lluvioso día de primavera,...

Stuck in a dead-end bar job in central Tokyo and barely making ends meet, Naomi Kihara's life turns upside down when her American father, whom she hasn't seen since she was a toddler, dies.

This book offers a complete translation of the Majjhima Nikāya, or Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha, one of the major collections of texts in the Pāli Canon, the authorised scriptures of Theravada Buddhism....

The Water Margin is one of the most popular classics of early Chinese literature. It tells the vigorous story of 108 characters who, falling foul of the established state authorities, are forced to become outlaws....

This volume offers a complete translation of the Saṃyutta Nikāya, The Connected Discourses of the Buddha, the third of the four great collections in the Sutta Pitaka of the Pāli Canon....

Living each day fully and serenely is the ideal we aspire to, without really believing in it. Reaching our goals can seem impossible, and even pursuing them feels challenging.

The Mahabharata is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India. It is of immense importance to the culture of the Indian subcontinent and is a major text of Hinduism....

The Three Kingdoms is one of the Chinese Noble Classics....

Locked in the stories, symbols and rituals of Vishnu is the wisdom of the ancestors, transmitted over hundreds of years....

May 1938. The young novelist Aoyama Chizuko has sailed from her home in Nagasaki, Japan, and arrived in Taiwan. She's been invited there by the Japanese government ruling the island, though she has no interest in their official banquets or imperialist agenda.

Japanese noblewoman Murasaki Shikibu wrote The Tale of Genji in the 11th century to entertain the other women in the court. It follows the romantic exploits of the title character, an emperor’s son, as he navigates life in and out of aristocratic society....

Grand Expectations weaves the major political, cultural, and economic events of the period into a superb portrait of America from 1945 through Watergate....

Beneath the shimmering waves of the Arabian Sea lies a ruin older than history itself, concealing an ancient prophecy that threatens to turn the world to ash…INDIA.

Mirabai was a Rajput princess born to the Rathore clan in 1498 in Kudaki, Rajasthan, in northern India....

A beloved Japanese modern classic, Mornings Without Mii chronicles the author’s twenty-year bond with her cat, meditating on solitude, independence, and the writing life.

Una novela encantadora de la reina del healing fiction japonés y autora de La biblioteca de los nuevos comienzos . Un refugio. Un respiro. Respuestas para el corazón. Bajo los cerezos que abrazan el río de Tokio, un pequeño café con tres mesas de madera ofrece más que una bebida caliente: es un...

Long-time resident John Ross, the author of You Don’t Know China and Formosan Odyssey, delves into the most acclaimed, interesting, and influential books on Taiwan, along with some personal favorites....

This album is the third series of "Ancient Poems", which recites and interprets ancient poems. Classical poetry is a genre of poetry. Judging from the number of words in the verse, there are so-called four-character poems, five-character poems, seven-character poems, and miscellaneous poems.

Classical poetry is a genre of poetry. Judging from the number of words in the verse, there are so-called four-character poems, five-character poems, seven-character poems, and miscellaneous poems....

Ancient words are a form of expression of ancient songs in words. Literary works created according to the specific organization method based on the rhythm of ancient lyrics are also called ancient words. This album is the first in the Ancient Poems series....

अहमद फ़राज़ आज के सबसे लोकप्रिय शायर हैं। उन्हें जीते-जी ऐसी शोहरत मिली है कि आज हिंदुस्तान और पाकिस्तान में फ़राज़ साहब की ग़ज़लों और नज़्मों को बड़े शौक से पढ़ा और सुना जाता है। 'ये मेरी ग़ज़लें, 'ये मेरी नज़्में' की विशेषता यह है कि इसमें खुद फ़राज़ साहब ने अपनी मनपसंद बेहतरीन ग़ज़लों और नज़्मों का चयन किया है। अहमद फ़राज़ की शोहरत ने जब अपने गिर्द एक ऐसा प्रभामंडल पैदा कर लिया जिसमें उनके एक इंक़लांबी रूमानी शायर की छवि चस्पां है। अपने मुल्क में उन्होंने जेलें भी काटी हैं।

"Joe Giampaolo crafts a luminous and meditative collection that celebrates nature, love, and the quiet beauty of existence...Elegant, philosophical, and deeply human, this book is both a poetic retreat and a soulful guide for modern readers." ~ Chicago Book Review "Reading Giampaolo’s offerings is like reading haiku created by the great Matsuo Bashō...The work is wise, moving, and smart." ~ The US Review of Books “An Unlikely Sunset stands as a remarkable achievement in contemporary poetry... An Unlikely Sunset achieves what the best poetry always has: it transforms how we see the ...

A single bowl of tea. A sharpened blade. Only one can decide the fate of a nation. Japan, 1590. Warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi, wary that quiet ceremony is blunting his edge, orders his fiercest captain, Katō Masanobu, to ride south and silence Sen no Rikyū — the tea master whose tranquil art has captured the warlord’s soul. The command is brutal and clear: remove the spell, whatever the cost. Yet when steel meets steam in a moss-lined tearoom, assassin and target lock eyes across a whisked-green horizon and discover that honor can flow like water, reshaping even the hardest sword. What ...

Sunshine or Sex Goddess? Even before architect-business tycoon Ishaan Shukla could decide on a name for her, he finds himself in love with Khushi the moment he sets eyes on her the first time. Devil-in-Disguise or Lover Boy? History professor Khushi Chand reluctantly agrees to an arranged marriage with Ashwin, only to find herself deeply attracted to her fiance’s cousin, a Devil-in-Disguise. For that’s what Ishaan is, trying to entice her away from her chosen path. Unable to resist the devilishly handsome Ishaan, Kushi decides to have an affair with him. And why not? When her fiance, ...

आज से करीब आठ सौ वर्ष पहले जन्मे रूमी ने धर्म, देश और काल की सभी बाधाओं को लांघ कर अपनी रुबाइयों और गुज़लों से। ऐसा सूफ़ीवाद फैलाया कि वे संसार के सभी देशों में, विशेषकर अमेरिका में, सबसे अधिक पढे । जाने वाले कवि माने जाते हैं। उनका सूफ़ियाना कलाम सैकड़ों वर्षों से लोकप्रिय है। उनके शब्दों ने विभिन्न संस्कृतियों वाले पाठकों के मन को एक समान छुआ है। आध्यात्मिक प्रेम के सहज अतिरेक और उसके वैभव से जितना समृद्ध हमें रूमी ने किया है, उतना और कोई नहीं कर सका है।

“The Wolf Epoch” introduces English-speaking readers to the poetic voice of Nurlan Orazalin, a celebrated Kazakh poet, playwright, and laureate of the State Prize of Kazakhstan. Spanning themes of national identity, spiritual legacy, and the human condition, this bilingual anthology brings together selections from his many poetry collections — including Time of Music, Restless Heart, and Farewell to the Century. With lyrical richness, philosophical depth, and a profound connection to Kazakhstan’s cultural and natural heritage, The Wolf Epoch speaks to a global audience seeking ...

太宰治が青森県の旧金木町（現五所川原市）に疎開中に執筆した短編。令和６年に東京の古書店で直筆原稿が発見され、三鷹市が880万円で買い入れたことでも話題になりました。短編ですが、戦争をする側と襲われる側の立場をやんわりと描いている名作です。

耳で追うごとに深まる執着と陶酔の世界。声で描かれるナオミの魔性と譲治の狂気－聴覚が囚われる声の文学体験をどうぞ。

Nel cuore di Shinjuku, a Tokyo, c'è Goldengai, un piccolo quartiere che resiste a grattacieli e speculazione edilizia. E nel cuore di Goldengai c'è un localino stretto e lungo dove si raccolgono i randagi del posto, siano essi gatti o esseri umani. A cominciare da un aspirante sceneggiatore daltonico e una cameriera strabica che cucina yakitori, misteriosa conoscitrice dei felini della zona.

仁寿镜系清代孟葑所著共四卷卷一论月经病包括和月崩漏带下卷二论种子求嗣并附小产暗产论男妇种子方卷三论妊娠病及产后病卷四论婴儿的护理全书以延嗣为主旨着重强调各病证的宜忌选择良方附后并附有作者的个人见解所述诸法多切合实用对临床妇产科学及儿科学有一定的指导意义 本次整理以浙江省中医药研究院所藏的清光绪十八年壬辰1892卜文记刻本作为底本以中国中医研究院所藏清光绪二十一年乙未1895渝城述古堂刻本作为主校本作者简介孟葑字经国号不病人生卒年不可考今浙江绍兴人清代医家精通妇科儿科1836年左右著成仁寿镜一书

In Open Mouths Sharan Hunjan presents a vision of a world simultaneously familiar and strikingly strange. The quotidian, the domestic, the commonplace are interrogated and manipulated through the poet's eye for detail, linguistic sense of play and restless imaginative and philosophical impulses.

小泉八雲の「Kwaidan」を新たにオーデイオブック用に日本語に訳した完全版「怪談」です。
全部で17の話をオリジナルの「Kwaidan」と同じ順序で再現しました。

「怪談」に収められた作品としては異色です。ハーンは自伝的エッセイをなぜ「怪談」に収録したかについては、研究者の間でも主要なテーマの一つになっています。さて、あなたは・・・。

「怪談」に収められた作品の一つです。「怪談」というと怖い話というイメージがありますが、小泉八雲の怪談は、恐怖というより不思議とか幻想的という言葉が似合っています。この話もそんな話で、昔話の「浦島太郎」を連想する方も多いのではないでしょうか。

「怪談」に納められている作品。これまでの「怪談」と違い、意訳を少なくし、英語の原本に沿った内容になっています。内容的には「怪談」ではなく万国共通の「かけひき」を日本風に描いたものです。

「怪談」に納められている作品です。「怪談」的要素よりも「地元に伝えられている不思議な話」的要素が多い作品です。昔はこんな話が日本のあちこちにあったものと思います。

「怪談」に収められた作品の一つです。八雲は隠岐に滞在中、子供の神葬祭に出会い、その時に地元の人から聞いた「生まれ変わり」の話が、この「力ばか」に影響を与えていると言われています。「不思議な話」も八雲は「怪談」という括りに入れたようです。

「怪談」に収められた作品の一つです。これは 「怪談」の他の作品とは 趣が違っていて、自分の家の掛け軸に描かれている蓬莱と呼ばれている桃源郷について深い考察をしています。「怪談」の最後を締めくくる小泉八雲からのメッセージです。「蓬莱」はまだ心の中に残っているかもしれないという余韻を残しています。

「怪談」に納められている作品です。これは日本のある地方に伝わる「怖い話」として語られたのでしょう。欧米人には興味を引く内容だったと思います。

「怪談」に納められている作品ですが、「怪談」的要素はありません。こういった類の話を小泉八雲は「怪談話」と捉えたのが興味深い作品です。