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At 12:50:52 MMT, a locked seam under Myanmar lets go. In Mandalay—and as far as Bangkok—a city’s story changes in a sideways breath. Told in many voices and built from verifiable details of the March 28, 2025, earthquake, this documentary-style novella brings the day before, the minute of, and the hundred days after to urgent life.

Bloomsbury presents I cannot be good until you say it written and read by Sanah Ahsan. The much-anticipated debut collection by the winner of the Outspoken Performance Poetry Prize: a tender meditation on queerness and Islam 'Dissolving whatever boundaries would wall us off from love, Ahsan...

Tetsuo et Fujiko Niré vivent en maison de retraite depuis que, quelques années auparavant, Fujiko a commencé à développer des symptômes de la maladie d’Alzheimer. Ils ont uni leurs destins il y a plus de quarante ans, par le biais d’un mariage arrangé, ont fondé une famille et ont vécu ensemble une vie tranquille. Quand elle se réveille ce matin-là, Fujiko ne reconnaît pas son époux. D’abord en grand désarroi, Tetsuo entreprend finalement de reconquérir celle qui le prend désormais pour un étranger auquel elle se trouverait simplement fiancée.

学問を修め、品性を磨いて自身の人格を高めていくという教育方針の中で育った有島武郎は、西洋風の教育を受け、ミッションスクールで西洋思想を身につけました。 学習院を経て進学した札幌農学校

In una strada defilata del Giappone c’è un posto in cui si possono ritrovare piccoli gesti chiave, indispensabili per riappropriarsi del tempo. Qui, ogni avventore può creare un rituale sempre diverso per entrare in contatto con chi è davvero. Bastano pochi dettagli: un leggero alito di...

Twenty-five years in the making, this anthology of centuries-old folk tales from the villages of South Asia recreate the oral traditions of old. Treat yourself to 27 old-fashioned short stories of kings, princesses, fools, wisemen, talking animals, treacherous villains, and unlikely heroes. Plucked and distilled from the anthropological literature, these tales hearken to a simpler time and faraway places, when old and young alike were entertained by fireside storytellers who wandered from village to village to ply their yarn-spinning trade.

Sunderkand, believed to be the most beautiful (Sunder) part of the Ramayana, describes Lord Hanuman journey to Lanka. This book elucidates his pristine lifestyle, following which brings karmic and spiritual knowledge and bhakti (devotion) in one's life. It is even believed that when one hears the sunderkand, Lord Hanuman himself graces the listener with his presence. Carrying the entire text and explanation of the sunderkand, Shri Hanuman Chalisa and sankatmochan hanumanashtak, this edition also contains a art is of Lord Ganesha, Lord Ram and Lord Hanuman.

奇策・霞作戦で挑んできた辛晃だったが、岳飛は高山兵を遣って景ろうを奪取した。劣勢の辛晃軍は、梁岳道を突くが、秦容と岳飛に阻まれ敗走。南宋の太子暗殺計画を知った燕青は李師師の元に向かうが、自身は深手を負い、彼女は既に毒に冒されていた。

患者遺族が浪花大学第一外科教授・財前五郎を相手に医療ミスを訴えた民事裁判は、財前の勝訴で幕を閉じる。同大学の第一内科助教授である里美脩二は、原告側証人となったことから、自ら大学を去る。

"La disciplina, tarde o temprano, vencerá a la inteligencia", Yokoi Kenji Yokoi Kenji retoma en este libro historias legendarias del Japón para, al final, hacer breves comentarios a manera de conclusiones sobre la vida de hoy. Historias de monjes y fábulas dan pie para reflexiones sobre el...

In this remarkable book, which is partly a memoir and partly an exploration of the various deliberate and inadvertent acts that have contributed to the othering of the 180 million Muslims in India, Saeed Naqvi looks at how the divisions between Muslims and Hindus began in the modern era.

In this captivating collection from the Shaanxi region, considered the cradle of Chinese civilization, twenty disparate and unique voices come together to show a China caught between new-world advancements and old-world traditions. From the homeland of China’s first dynasty and the world-famous terra-cotta warriors, these tales show rugged rural life colliding with fast-paced city life; hollow arranged marriages juxtaposed with torrid forbidden love affairs; and the vanity of newly minted millionaires clashing with the desperation of the poor.

This is a Kdrama, fanfiction based novel for K-pop fans. It tells a tale of 7 young men. Jae, Seok-wan, Nan-hoon, Yun-lee, Jun-kim, Ta-Min and Ji-Won. They were on a quest exploring and travelling around world maps, but a hidden Chest they opened, changed their entire lives and turned them into...

Una preciosa colección de cuentos de realismo mágico venidos del Japón tradicional, zen e intimista. Cuentos de tradición oral que han pasado a lo largo de los siglos de la boca de las abuelas a los sueños de sus nietos y nietas, siempre de corte fantástico, siempre con enseñanzas profundas y siempre portando la esencia de la identidad japonesa a través de su tradición.

「現代文で聴く樋口一葉」。原文は句点が極端に少なく、ほとんどの方には読みこなすのは困難です。日本初の「職業女流作家」である樋口一葉の作品を多くの人に知ってほしいと、現代文のオーディオブックにしました。一葉の小説の中で最も写実性の高いものとなっている「にごりえ」で、明治の庶民の風俗を感じ取って下さい。

Tras la catástrofe económica y humana del Gran Salto Adelante, un Mao envejecido diseñó un ambicioso plan para afianzar su liderazgo y su legado: la llamada Revolución Cultural, cuyo objetivo declarado era la purga definitiva de los burgueses infiltrados en el gobierno y la sociedad para minar el comunismo. No obstante, el plan servía al dictador para desembarazarse de veteranos miembros del Partido en la cúpula, a los que sometió a humillaciones públicas, encarcelamientos y torturas.

गागर में सागर की तरह इस पुस्तक में हिन्दी के कालजयी कवियों की विशाल काव्य-रचना में से श्रेष्ठतम और प्रतिनिधि काव्य का संकलन विस्तृत विवेचन के साथ प्रस्तुत है। पंजाब के सूफ़ी संत और कवि बुल्ले शाह (1680-1758) अपने असाधारण व्यक्तित्व, व्यवहार और गहरे आध्यात्मिक अनुभव से सम्पन्न वाणी के कारण हिन्दू, मुसलमान और सिखों में समान रूप से स्वीकार्य हैं।

編集者の林田咲は、作家・河合理智子の告別式に参列していた。河合はかつて女性が書いた小説が「女流文学」と称された時代から活躍し、文学史に名を遺した、偉大なる女性作家。しかし、その葬儀はごく質素なものだった――。

Japanese Stories for Language Learners offers five compelling stories with English and Japanese language versions. Taking learners on an exciting cultural and linguistic journey, each story is followed by detailed translator's notes, Japanese vocabulary lists, and grammar points, along with a set of discussion questions and exercises.

It won’t stop chasing her. But what exactly is it? Megu’s life was at rock bottom. No money, no friends, nothing but a dead-end job with a boss that hated her. But a chance encounter with a beautiful woman on the street—and the thing chasing her—changed her life forever. What does the dark shadow want? Why do people close to this woman keep dying? Can Megu escape the creature before it comes for her as well? And is she ready to risk her own neck to save the life of a woman she’s just met? A woman she finds herself inexplicably attracted to... Or will it spell the end for both of them?