Yayoi, a nineteen-year-old woman from a seemingly loving middle-class family, has lately been haunted by the feeling that she has forgotten something important from her childhood. Her premonition grows stronger day by day and, as if led by it, she decides to move in with her mysterious aunt, Yukino.

A classic thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Crichton, Sphere is a bravura demonstration of what he does better than anyone: riveting storytelling that combines frighteningly plausible, cutting-edge science and technology with pulse-pounding action and serious chills.

テアトロ・マサッティー vol.02
世の中は誰かが金持ちになれば、別の誰かが貧乏になるようにできている…」 自身の短篇集『暗黒寓話集』に収められている「神の見えざる手」を、島田雅彦本人による朗読でお楽しみください。

テアトロ・マサッティー (Teatro Massati) は作家、島田雅彦氏の朗読シアターです。
“口伝えによる語りは、文学の原点”　古代ギリシャ時代は吟遊詩人が全文（1万2000～1万5000行）暗記したテキストを楽器と共に朗読するのを聞いていました。現代では本にすべて記録してあり、いつでも必要なときにそれを開けばいいという安心感があるから、現代人は記憶力が乏しいのかもしれません…
長年朗読を島田雅彦自身が、声で楽しむ朗読コンテンツの魅力について語ります。

The classic samurai novel about the real exploits of the most famous swordsman. Miyamoto Musashi becomes a reluctant hero to a host of people whose lives he has touched and by whom he has been touched. Inevitably, he has to pit his skill against the naked blade of his greatest rival.

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.

Yuki Hirano is just out of high school when his parents enroll him, against his will, in a forestry training program in the remote mountain village of Kamusari. No phone, no internet, no shopping. Just a small, inviting community where the most common expression is “take it easy.” At first, Yuki is exhausted, fumbles with the tools, asks silly questions, and feels like an outcast. Kamusari is the last place a city boy from Yokohama wants to spend a year of his life. But as resistant as he might be, the scent of the cedars and the staggering beauty of the region have a pull.

女房が駆け落ちしたのがつまづきとなって、古着屋の主だった杢助は、「物もらい」として生ける屍のように暮らしていた。その杢助のところに、以前自分のもとで働いていた女・おげんがころがりこんできた･･･（時代小説）

He is a brilliant math professor with a peculiar problem - ever since a traumatic head injury, he has lived with only 80 minutes of short-term memory. She is an astute young housekeeper - with a 10-year-old son-who is hired to care for the professor. And every morning, as the professor and the housekeeper are introduced to each other anew, a strange and beautiful relationship blossoms between them.

Tokyo resident Keiko Furukara has never fit in - neither in her family, nor in school - but when at the age of 18 she begins working at the Hiiromachi branch of national convenience store chain Smile Mart, she realizes instantly that she has found her purpose in life. Delighted to be able to exist in a place where the rules of social interaction are crystal clear (many are laid out line-by-line in the store's manual), Keiko does her best to copy the dress, mannerisms, and mode of speech of her colleagues, playing the part of a "normal" person excellently, more or less.