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.

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.

日本誕生の神話が、現代に蘇る!すいすい読めると好評の『超訳 古事記』が、著者朗読により新たな生命を得る!『古事記』とは、1300年前、稗田阿礼が語り、太安万侶が聞き書きした口伝伝承であり、『超訳 古事記』(ミシマ社刊行、ISBN:978-4-903908-15-1)は、鎌田東二が現代の稗田阿礼となって現代語で語り、書き取ってできた、まさに神語りの再現。その著者でありフリーランス神主・神道ソングライターでもある鎌田東二が、自ら朗読して完成した、究極の神語りが、このオーディオブックです。 リズム良く、そして厳かに、大胆に語られる日本生誕物語。聴けば古事記とはこんなに面白かったのか!と魅入られてしまうこと間違いありません。本州や九州、四国はこんなふうに誕生したのか!出雲の国から初代天皇(すめらのみこと)誕生まで、しっかりと知っておきたい古の神々の物語が一気に楽しめます。

Caroline’s mattress had nothing to do with her untimely death at the age of 28—this, she wants Tempur-Pedic’s market research representative to know. But as she reflects on her first ever mattress purchase and their interview progresses, Caroline dives into the circumstances and decisions that led her and Nicholas—her boyfriend, 10 years her senior and prone to sleeping on the floor—to that particular bed in that particular shopping plaza.

フランツ・カフカの未完の長編作品。

ある城に雇われた主人公、測量士K。
雇われたはずなのに、雪道やら役所の複雑な組織に阻まれ城の門は開く様子はない。 城に行くことを待つ間、寒村に滞在するがその村にある奇妙な習慣になじむことがでない。 小さな世界で従うべき慣習は「法律」であり、城に入れないとは疎外された人間・・・
1920年台の作品ですが今を生きるわたしたちにも通底する要素や カフカの鋭くも奇妙で味わい深い作品を朗読でお楽しみください。

"The Little Prince" is a long story that in the format of books has beaten sales records in the world and in all languages ​​since 1943, when it was first published in French. Its pages evoke the most deeply rooted and essential values ​​of Humanism - in a simple and clear way - in which solidarity, kindness, integrity, tenacity, companionship and enthusiasm for knowledge are revealed.

First published in 1843, it tells the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, a mean and unpleasant man who dislikes people generally and Christmas especially. One Christmas Eve he is visited by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley and the spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come and given a glimpse of the many homes and lives which Scrooge has touched in his wretched life to date. After their visits, Scrooge is transformed into a kinder, gentler man.

昭和初期の大教育者であり「次郎物語」の著者として知られる下村湖人による論語の現代訳。 著者がこよなく愛した「論語」。 不朽の名作を朗読でお楽しみください。

ちくま新書「生きるための論語」が好評の安冨教授が旧来の解釈から論語を解き放ち、魂に響く生き生きとした言葉でよみがえらせます。

チェコ出身のドイツ語作家であり、20世紀文学を代表するユダヤ人小説家フランツ・カフカの短編小説。EIN HUNGERKUNSTLERからの原田義人による翻訳。