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二大名著『人を動かす』『道は開ける』に先立って書き上げられた
リンカーンの人生から自己変革と人間関係の原則を説き起こす名著

本書は、ロンドンに滞在中のデール・カーネギーが、モーニング・ポスト紙の連載記事に触発され、1932年に書いた第16第アメリカ大統領エイブラハム・リンカーンの伝記である。

その連載記事は、彼の度重なる失敗、貧困、悲劇的な結婚生活という個人的な側面に焦点を当てて書かれたものであった。奴隷解放宣言、「人民の、人民による、人民のための政治」という言葉で有名なゲティスバーグ演説など、今日においても政治手腕が高く評価されるリンカーンの人生も決して、順風満帆ではなかったのである。

不遇な青年時代を過ごしたリンカーンがどのように苦難に対処し、自己変革を行っていったのか、また、どのように人の心をとらえて、動かしたのか――カーネギーの長年にわたる丹念な研究と調査が、人生を切り開くための自己変革と人間関係の秘訣を解き明かす。

Grammar! For many of us, the word triggers memories of finger-wagging schoolteachers, and of wrestling with the ambiguous and complicated rules of using formal language. But what is grammar? In fact, it's the integral basis of how we speak and write. As such, a refined awareness of grammar opens a world of possibilities for both your pleasure in the English language and your skill in using it, in both speech and the written word.

アメリカ独立宣言の起草委員の一人であり、実業家・科学者としても成功した「アメリカ建国の父」、ベンジャミン・フランクリンの自伝から、良い習慣を身につけた立派な人物となるための13項目の教訓を抜粋してご紹介します。

彼は、常に正しい行いをし、良い習慣を身につけた人物となるためにどうすればよいかを、「節制」「沈黙」などの13項目に分けてまとめ、自叙伝に記しました。
フランクリンは13項目を書きとめた手帳を持ち歩き、日々その習慣を身につけるよう、努力を続けていった結果、より幸福な生活をすることができたと述べています。
その簡潔で分かりやすい教えは、200年以上にわたって世界中で読み継がれてきました。
現代の私たちも、彼の教えを参考にすれば、人生がもっと豊かになることでしょう。

In this collection of Jeff Bezos' writings - his unique and strikingly original annual shareholder letters, plus numerous speeches and interviews that provide insight into his background, his work, and the evolution of his ideas - you'll gain an insider's view of the why and how of his success. Spanning a range of topics across business and public policy, from innovation and customer obsession to climate change and outer space, this book provides a rare glimpse into how Bezos thinks about the world and where the future might take us.

Virginia Woolf's 1925 novel takes place over the course of a single June day in the lives of some very different Londoners: wealthy society hostess Clarissa Dalloway, who is preparing for a party; her old friend Peter Walsh, recently returned from India, whose proposal of marriage Clarissa rejected years ago; Septimus Warren Smith, a WWI veteran suffering from shell shock; and his Italian-born wife, Rezia, who is trying to care for him as best she can. Woolf's beautiful prose captures the minds and souls of these vivid characters.

This 2006 revision - edited by a longtime consultant to Dale Carnegie & Associates, Inc., and the editor in charge of updating How to Win Friends and Influence People - is the definitive one for our era. While up to date in its language and points of reference, Public Speaking for Success preserves the full range of ideas and methods that appeared in the original, including Carnegie's complete speech and diction exercises, which follow each chapter, as the author originally designated them.

Amoral, cunning, ruthless, and instructive, this piercing work distills 3,000 years of the history of power into 48 well-explicated laws. This bold volume outlines the laws of power in their unvarnished essence, synthesizing the philosophies of Machiavelli, Sun Tzu, Carl von Clausewitz, and other infamous strategists. The 48 Laws of Power will fascinate any listener interested in gaining, observing, or defending against ultimate control.

アメリカの独立に全力を尽くし、合衆国憲法に多大な影響を与えたとして、アメリカ建国の父とも呼ばれている、ベンジャミン・フランクリン。そしてまたフランクリンは、「自分の人生は自分で切り開くものだ」という原理原則を考え、自ら実践し世界にその考えを広めた。そんなフランクリンが、道徳的で完全な人間となるために必要と考えた13の徳について述べた『13の習慣』本来の資本主義の下での成功モデルを提示し、ビジネスに関係する人すべてのバイブル的存在となった『若き商人への手紙』 そしてフランクリン自身の教えを格言として随所にちりばめ、いかにして富を築いていくかの心得を物語風におもしろく、わかりやすく教えてくれる『プア・リチャードの教え』 ビジネスの原点・成功の原点・幸せへの原点であるフランクリン・メソッドは、あなたの人生をよりよくし、あなたの幸福を実現する手助けとなるでしょう。 ※本商品は『幸福実現のためのフランクリン・メソッド』(総合法令出版【刊】 ベンジャミン・フランクリン【著】ISBN:978-4-86280-144-9 107頁1,050円(税込))をオーディオ化したものです。(C)2009 MUSASHI HIGHBROW

「もっと大きな自分」、そして「もっと大きな世界へ」！刊行以来150年、「世界の成功者」を生み続けてきた奇跡のバイブル！人生の転機を生かす、努力が苦でなくなる法、頭脳と心・体の効率のよい鍛え方

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.

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.

イーロン・マスク氏　D・カーネギー　福沢諭吉……多くの偉人は、フランクリンに学んでいる。

By the time Henry Kissinger was made secretary of state in 1973, he had become, according to a Gallup poll, the most admired person in America and one of the most unlikely celebrities ever to capture the world’s imagination. Yet Kissinger was also reviled by large segments of the American public, ranging from liberal intellectuals to conservative activists. Kissinger explores the relationship between this complex man's personality and the foreign policy he pursued.

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.

The world is never finished catching up with Vaclav Smil. In his latest and perhaps most digestible book, Invention and Innovation, the prolific author—a favorite of Bill Gates—pens an insightful and fact-filled jaunt through the history of human invention. Impatient with the hype that so often accompanies innovation, Smil offers in this book a clear-eyed corrective to the overpromises that accompany everything from new cures for diseases to AI.

One of the greatest physicists of the twentieth century, Richard Feynman possessed an unquenchable thirst for adventure and an unparalleled ability to tell the stories of his life. "What Do You Care What Other People Think?" is Feynman's last literary legacy, prepared with his friend and fellow drummer, Ralph Leighton.

聖書は多くの人の手によって書かれた、神と人間との歴史における出会いの物語です。今から3000年ほど前の紀元前10世紀頃にその最も古い部分が書かれ、紀元後2世紀に最後の書が書かれました。

在日三世として生をうけ、泥水をすするような貧しさのもと育ったソフトバンク社長・孫正義氏はいかに身を起こしたのか。ノンフィクション作家・佐野眞一氏が朝鮮半島に繋がる血のルーツまで遡って取材した

Traumatized by the bombing of Dresden at the time he had been imprisoned, Pilgrim drifts through all events and history, sometimes deeply implicated, sometimes a witness. He is surrounded by Vonnegut's usual large cast of continuing characters (notably here the hack science fiction writer Kilgore Trout and the alien Tralfamadorians, who oversee his life and remind him constantly that there is no causation, no order, no motive to existence).

「ビジネスシーンでネイティブの会話を聞き取れるようになりたい」「英語で自然に会話できるようになりたい」という方のためのトレーニングブック。