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Brought to you by Penguin. Chris Harding's enormously enjoyable new book distils Japan's long, complex and fascinating history into the stories of twenty remarkable individuals. These vivid and entertaining portraits take the reader from the earliest written accounts of Japan right through to...

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ヒトラー、織田信長、ゾルゲ、マリー・アントワネット、ポル・ポト・・・ 多大な犠牲の上に彼らが残した〝黒い足跡〟とは？

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.

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教科書に載っているあの人たちには誰にも言えない過去があった

先を読むのに長たけ、商才に恵まれ、決断力、行動力もあり、
腰が軽くてスピード感も持つ。涙もろくて、情に厚い。
一方せっかちで、癇癪持ち。凶暴さも抱え持っている。
もっとも強く印象に残ったのは、明るさと暗さの極端さ。

『忘れられた日本人』で知られる民俗学者・宮本常一とは何者だったのか。その民俗学の底流にある「思想」とは？

『源氏物語』がなければ道長の栄華もなかった！　無官で貧しい学者の娘が、なぜ世界最高峰の文学作品を執筆できたのか？後宮で、道長が紫式部に期待したこととは？

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ナチスが実現させようとしていた世界とは？

Anne Frank, it has been said, gave a face and a name to the horror of the Holocaust. This is her story. It relates how Anne, her family, and their friends hid in secret rooms - "the Annex" - in an Amsterdam warehouse for 25 months. Anne, just 13 when the family moved in and only 15 when the Gestapo at last broke down the doors of her secret world, found hope where there was only fear and the first blush of love when outside and all around there washed a sea of hate.

Rhodes, a new William Collins book, full description to follow when available...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. A concise biography of the father of psychoanalysis. Sigmund Freud forever changed how we view ourselves and understand human nature. This book explores his key concepts―unconscious thoughts, dream meanings, and childhood sensuality―and his daring...

In the year 1927 Charles Lindbergh flew the Spirit of St. Louis nonstop across the Atlantic Ocean Henry Ford revealed Ford’s newest vehicle, the Model A , and Ray Oehrtmann was born to Frederick and Mary Oehrtmann in Lafayette, Indiana, the youngest of five children. Little did his parents know that they would experience the Great Depression, that Ray and his brother, Bob, would fight in a World War, and that Ray would move to Colorado, where he eventually worked on machining parts for the United States space station, Skylab.

يلقي يیرجي بوهاتكا ضوءًا كاشفًا على يوميّات الزعيم الصّهيوني التشيكوسلوفاكي "إيغون ريدليخ" العضو القيادي في منظّمة "ماكابي هاكير" الصهيونية, الذي كان معتقلًا في معسكر تيريزين قبل نقله إلى معسكر أوشفيتز ويدمغ بصورة قاطعة تعاون القيادة الصّهيونيّة مع الاحتلال النازي التشيكوسلوفاكيا، باعتبارها طابورًا خامسًا، ليس ضدّ مصالح الشّعب التشيكوسلوفاكي فحسب، بل ضدّ مصالح الأغلبيّة من الجماهير اليهوديّة، حيث كانت كما تفصح ذلك يوميّات إيغون ريدليخ، ترسل الألوف من اليهود، "المتمثّلين" وغير المتمثّلين إلى معسكرات الإبادة الجماعيّة النازية مقابل وعود نازيّة بإرسال بضع عشرات ومئات من القيادات الصّهيونيّة وأصحا

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Why is Henry Ford a giant? Because he put the world on wheels. Henry Ford did not invent the motor car, nor did he invent the assembly line or mass production. But more than anyone before or since he is remembered as the man who almost singlehandedly...

What if I told you that in 1912, the most prosperous community in North Georgia wasn't owned by white plantation families, but by the grandchildren of enslaved people who had built an agricultural and business empire that surpassed anything their former masters had ever achieved? In the rolling hills of Forsyth County, Georgia, an extraordinary experiment in American freedom was unfolding.

なぜ日本兵１万人が消えたままなのか？滑走路下にいるのか、それとも……民間人の上陸が原則禁止された硫黄島に４度上陸し、日米の機密文書も徹底調査。

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.

Delve into the profound reflections of Marcus Aurelius, a Stoic philosopher and Roman Emperor, through his timeless work—"Meditations." This enduring collection captures a lifetime of wisdom and a philosophy rooted in self-reflection, personal virtue, and an unwavering sense of duty. Written during moments of solitude amidst a life engulfed in warfare and statecraft, these writings reveal the mind of a philosopher-king striving to live according to nature and reason.