Akira Kido is a divorce attorney whose own marriage is in danger of being destroyed by emotional disconnect. With a midlife crisis looming, Kido's life is upended by the reemergence of a former client, Rié Takemoto. She wants Kido to investigate a dead man - her recently deceased husband, Daisuké. Upon his death she discovered that he’d been living a lie. His name, his past, his entire identity belonged to someone else, a total stranger.

Candid, short, and accessible, Winning the Loser's Game walks you through the process of developing and implementing a powerful investing strategy that generates solid profits year after year. In this eagerly awaited new edition, Charles D. Ellis applies the expertise developed over his long, illustrious career. This updated edition includes: new chapters on bond investing, how investor behavior affects returns, and how technology and big data are challenging traditional investment decision; and more.

In the updated edition of The Elements of Investing, authors Charles Ellis and Burton Malkiel-two of the world's greatest financial thinkers - have again combined their talents to produce a straight-talking book about investing and saving. Written with every investor in mind, this reliable resource will put you on a path towards a lifetime of financial success.

代々江戸城の茶室を管理し、将軍や大名に茶の接待をする「奥坊主」と呼ばれる職を務めた家柄に育ち、文芸や芸事への興味・関心を早くから持っていた芥川龍之介。 才気にあふれ、世話好きな性格は

Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars. Now, he's sure he'll be the first person to die there. After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded and completely alone with no way to even signal Earth that he’s alive - and even if he could get word out, his supplies would be gone long before a rescue could arrive. But Mark isn't ready to give up yet.

四字熟語、故事成語、ことわざ、オノマトペなど日本語独特の言い回しを「慣用表現」として取り上げ、英語の表現を紹介しています。ビジネス頻出の言い回しから若者言葉まで多彩な表現をカバー。「言いたいことが通じ

It is the morning of the reaping that will kick off the 10th annual Hunger Games. In the Capitol, 18-year-old Coriolanus Snow is preparing for his one shot at glory as a mentor in the Games. The once-mighty house of Snow has fallen on hard times, its fate hanging on the slender chance that Coriolanus will be able to out charm, outwit, and outmaneuver his fellow students to mentor the winning tribute. The odds are against him. He’s been given the humiliating assignment of mentoring the female tribute from District 12, the lowest of the low.

十月半ばのある日、マーロウはスターンウッド将軍の邸宅に呼び出された。

Paul Auster's signature work, The New York Trilogy, consists of three interlocking novels: City of Glass, Ghosts, and The Locked Room - haunting and mysterious tales that move at the breathless pace of a thriller.

美しい女を見かけると、その「魔性」に惹かれて後を追ってしまう銀平。職を失ってもその奇行は止まらない。ある少女の美しい目の「黒いみずうみに裸で泳ぎたい」と夢見、「自分が美しい足の若者に生まれ変って、二人で白のバレエを踊りましょう」と呟く･･三島由紀夫により「華麗な暗黒小説」と評された異色作。

Alexis Spencer thinks she has it all figured out. Even when life gets her down, she’s never too far away from another inspirational quote to rationalize her failures and ignore all her problems. Her boyfriend breaks it off, she loses her job, her closest friends are a distant memory, and her college debt is still as high as the day she left. In typical fashion, she blames the world for her problems, including her 18-year-old self who should have just tried harder and put their life on a better track.

■「キクタン」だから、聞くだけで単熟語が覚えられる! 年間220万人が出願する英検。その合格をターゲットに2009年スタートした単語学習コンテンツ「キクタン英検」の第二弾です。英検準1級合格に必要な合計1,120の単語と熟語が、本コンテンツでなら10週間で身に付けられます。 ■英検準1級合格に役立つだけでなく、実用語彙も身に付く! 見出し語の選定にあたっては、2004年リニューアル以降の英検準1級の過去問を徹底的に分析。そこでリストアップされた約5,500の単語と熟語を、出る順に1,120まで絞り込みました。この絞り込みの際には、実際に使われた話し言葉や書き言葉を集めたデータベース=「コーパス」を参考にして、広く日常生活で使われる語彙も拾っています。ゆえにこの本が取り上げた単語や熟語は、英検準1級合格に必要なだけでなく、実用的でもあるのです。 ■チャンツ音声で、1日2分で16語が押さえられる! これらを身に付けるために、音楽のリズムに乗って単語や熟語が学習できる、本コンテンツの「チャンツ音声」を活用してください。 ※本商品にテキスト情報は含まれておりません。

It’s 1984, and life has changed beyond recognition. Airstrip One, formerly known as Great Britain, is a place where Big Brother is always watching, and nobody can hide. Except, perhaps, for Winston Smith. Whilst working at the Ministry of Truth, rewriting history, he secretly dreams of freedom. And in a world where love and sex are forbidden, where it’s hard to distinguish between friend and foe, he meets Julia and O’Brien and vows to rebel.

In a corporate-dominated spacefaring future, planetary missions must be approved and supplied by the Company. Exploratory teams are accompanied by Company-supplied security androids, for their own safety. But in a society where contracts are awarded to the lowest bidder, safety isn’t a primary concern. On a distant planet, a team of scientists are conducting surface tests, shadowed by their Company-supplied ‘droid—a self-aware SecUnit that has hacked its own governor module, and refers to itself (though never out loud) as “Murderbot.”

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.