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Lee, the founding father of modern Singapore and its prime minister from 1959 to 1990, has honed his wisdom during more than fifty years on the world stage. Almost single-handedly responsible for transforming Singapore into a Western-style economic success, he offers a unique perspective on the geopolitics of East and West. American presidents from Richard Nixon to Barack Obama have welcomed him to the White House.

2012年大河ドラマの主人公・平清盛は、貴族による政治体制を壊し、初めて武士による世の中を作った武将として知られています。 保元の乱、平治の乱を巧みに利用して、驚異的なスピードで出世をしていった清盛の人生を軸に、日宋貿易で栄華を誇った平家絶頂期から滅亡までの歴史を解説。開明的な考え方を持ち、新しい時代を切り開いた清盛の「グローカル視点」や「重点主義」、「危機管理の問題」など、作家・童門冬二さん独自の切り口で、現代を生きるためのヒントを探ります。 ※このオーディオブックでは、「人物相関図」をダウンロードできます。詳しい入手方法については、本編の冒頭に説明があります。

Little has been written about the strangely obscured figure of Meiji himself, the first Japanese emperor ever to meet a European. But now, Donald Keene sifts the available evidence to present a rich portrait not only of Meiji but also of rapid and sometimes violent change during this pivotal period in Japan's history. Emperor of Japan conveys in sparkling prose the complexity of the man and offers an unrivaled portrait of Japan in a period of unique interest.

徳川幕府が二百六十年隠してきた真実を暴く！　信長、信玄、そして秀吉。圧倒的な強者を相手にしてきた家康はつねに「弱者」だった。

While intensely attentive to its own tradition, Japanese literature has also embraced the outside world, particularly the influence of China. Beyond this, Japan boasts a powerful literary culture, made up of cultivated reading publics, both aristocratic and bourgeois, literary salons, specialized presses, authoritative judges of talent who cultivated and celebrated particular writers and styles, and a canon consisting of classics. This Very Short Introduction traces the rich history of Japanese literature from its beginnings over a millennium ago to the present day.

The comprehensive and accurate edition of the Hagakure is a must-have for serious martial artists or fans of samurai and the Bushido code.

Based on his observations over three decades, Henry Kamm, Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times Southeast Asia correspondent, unravels the complexities of Cambodia. Kamm's invaluable document - a factual and personal account of its troubled history - gives the Western listener the first clear understanding of this magic land's past and present.

「古典の女神」と名高い人気講師岡本先生が、まるで清少納言と「ガールズトーク」をしているかのように『枕草子』を超訳＆解説！千年前の宮廷生活の色や匂い、笑い声、生々しい息づかいを思う存分、味わってください！

昭和31年、国連総会が満場一致で日本の加盟を認める。当時の国務大臣である鳩山一郎氏による加盟実現についての演説。

In traditional Japanese culture, people eat, sleep and wear the seasons, from kimono motifs to petal-shaped sweets, and festivals dedicated to nature’s spectacular displays. This mindful celebration of nature leads to a deep awareness of the seasons, called kisetsukan. This audiobook reveals the hidden depths of kisetsukan, and how its concepts can transform your life.

In the ashes of postwar Japan lay a gold mine for certain opportunistic, expatriate Americans. Addicted to the volatile energy of Tokyo's freewheeling underworld, they formed ever-shifting but ever-profitable alliances with warring Japanese and Korean gangsters. At the center of this world was Nick Zappetti, an ex-marine from New York City who arrived in Tokyo in 1945 and whose restaurant soon became the rage throughout the city and the chief watering hole for celebrities, diplomats, sports figures, and mobsters.

This landmark book, first published in 1978, remains one of the most influential books in the Social Sciences, particularly Ethnic Studies and Postcolonialism. Said is best known for describing and critiquing "Orientalism", which he perceived as a constellation of false assumptions underlying Western attitudes toward the East. In Orientalism Said claimed a "subtle and persistent Eurocentric prejudice against Arabo-Islamic peoples and their culture."

激動の戦国時代。名将と呼ばれた戦国大名の下には必ず知謀奇略に優れた軍師がいた。個性あふれる軍師たちが綾なしたドラマ、生き様は、現代においても色あせることなくロマンと感動を与えてくれる。

人物を知れば、日本の歴史がざっくりわかる！聖徳太子、紫式部、織田信長、徳川家康、坂本竜馬……日本の歴史を作った「すごい」人は、同じくらい「やばい」人だった！

Based on a decade of research and on interviews with many of Mao's close circle in China who have never talked before, and with virtually everyone outside China who had significant dealings with him, this is the most authoritative biography of Mao ever written.

山川出版社の「詳説日本史」がオーディオブックになりました。学習の基本となる教科書をナレーターが朗読。教科書を見ながら聴けば、いっそう理解が深まります。学校の予習・復習や受験対策、さらに一般教養としてもおすすめです。※山川出版社の教科書「詳説日本史」(平成25年度新課程供給本)の本文の朗読です。本文中の( )内の語句は、適宜、読み替え・省略をしています。(C)2013山川出版社

「大坂夏の陣での真田軍の突撃は凄まじく、徳川軍の中には一里も逃げた者もいたという。敗れたとはいえ後世に武名を轟かせる結果となった…」 時代小説の巨匠で直木賞作家・池波正太郎(1923~1990)が語る真田幸村の人間像。聞き手:三國一朗1978年にNHKラジオ第1で放送された「歴史と人間」をオーディオブック化。

In the weeks after Japan finally surrendered to the Allies to end World War II, the world turned to the question of how to move on from years of carnage and destruction. For Harry Truman, Douglas MacArthur, Chiang Kai-shek, and their fellow victors, the question of justice seemed clear: Japan’s militaristic leaders needed to be tried and punished for the surprise attack at Pearl Harbor; shocking atrocities against civilians in China, the Philippines, and elsewhere; and rampant abuses of prisoners of war in notorious incidents such as the Bataan death march.

人は、必ず、なにかしら「やばい」。告白してきた男性を凍死させる小野小町、信長をめぐり殺人事件に発展する前田利家……など、日本史の偉人３７人のエピソード

「私は、いろいろな懊悩、いろいろな煩悶、そういうものに苦しめられると、いつもそれを振り切って旅へ出た。