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【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Switchblades of Italy【電子書籍】[ Tim Zinser ]

＜p＞This book starts the reader on a journey through time, with a short history of folding knives, leading to the evolution of the first switchblade. Progressing through time, wonderful photos illustrate the descriptions of switchblades. Throughout the book, highlighted sections showcase specific details that will be most helpful to collectors. Also included are facts about knifemakers styles, patterns, tang stamps, and a complete illustrated glossary. Contents Include: The first ever comprehensive publication about Italian switchblade knives, featuring knives and history from the late 1700s to the 1970s. Pictured within this hardbound book are nearly 200 beautiful photos and ephemera of the most unique and rarest Italian switchblades. Actual-size photos span more than two centuries of knifemaking history. Also pictured are catalog pages and advertisements, as well as historical photos. Extensive research has gone into this book to present never-before-published information which clears up and dispells many myths. Entire sections are dedicated to the most sought-after knifemaking companies, such as: Latama Coricama Mauro Mario Details about the knifemakers and businessmen involved behind the knives reveal who the major players shaping the switchblade industry and who made knives for other companies.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】X20 A Novel of [Not] Smoking【電子書籍】[ Richard Beard ]

＜p＞'Beard is as good on the sensuality of smoking as on the philosophy. This is an unusually intelligent, funny and readable first book' Sunday Times＜/p＞ ＜p＞She offered me the cigarette like an apple. It was love and desire. It was knowledge and everything.＜/p＞ ＜p＞'Gregory Simpson is, after years of being paid to smoke a packet a day for research purposes, trying to give up. He decides to write to keep his hands busy and the resulting journal - combining memories of seduction, little-known facts about the tobacco industry and the comfortable camaraderie of the suicide club - is an elegant, witty and confident disquisition on smoking as desire and as a metaphor for desire' Observer＜/p＞ ＜p＞'Populated by a cast of well-drawn eccentrics-loaded with encyclopaedic detail on the history and iconography of smoking, this comic novel nevertheless aims at deep seriousness-Beard's writing can be breathtaking' Daily Telegraph＜/p＞ ＜p＞'Richard Beard's prose is dry, nonchalant and fluent-An accomplished first novel' Times Literary Supplement＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】In the Hands of an Outlaw【電子書籍】[ Renee LaRuse ]

＜p＞A Western/Historical Interracial Short Story＜/p＞ ＜p＞For the Black woman he loves, a Native American outlaw will take capital punishment into his own hands.＜/p＞ ＜p＞In 1849, in the midst of the California Gold Rush, Tilly Jackson was a barmaid at the popular Pay Trail Saloon and Hotel. Tilly was content after six months working in the saloon, but she knew her circumstances were about to change for the worse. She could feel it. Before her luck turned, why shouldn't she experience what it was like for a man to make love to her? The handsome new patron with the seductive blue eyes seemed like the perfect gentleman to ask.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Leo Samuels, a half white, half Native American outlaw, arrived in the town of Bodie, California to escape from the law and win big at poker. In The Pay Trail Saloon, the stunning dark-skinned barmaid caught his eye and quickly won his affection. When Tilly is victim to a brutal attack, Leo vows to eliminate every person that dared to lay a hand on her, despite the danger. He never guessed that once he had Tilly in his hands, he'd never want to let her go.＜br /＞ Warning: Contains Sexual Violence, Moderate Profanity, Graphic Violence and Explicit Sexual Activity＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】The Lab The Power to Survive【電子書籍】[ Shelby Miller ]

＜p＞Teenagers Ryan and Meagan have just left Texas to follow their father to Maryland where he has landed a job with a pharmaceutical lab. Less than thrilled about their new home, Ryan and Meagan soon discover that life is full of more unexpected surprises when they learn the pharmaceutical company is engaged in questionable practices and the lab is sitting on an old government compound used for radioactive testing. Meanwhile in Tibet, teens Choden and Dorje are captives of a cruel lab experiment where they are being injected with an unknown substance. After they finally manage to escape, they, along with Meagan and Ryan, begin to realize they have special abilities. While an evil force watches and waits, their two worlds intertwine, brought together by their common bond. When the four teens finally unite in a Tibetan palace, they summon help from monks to help them battle the evil force and hopefully put it to rest. Now only time will tell if they will be able to stop what was started hundreds of years ago, before it is too late for all of them. In this thought-provoking adventure, four Indigo teens brought together by fate must summon help from Tibetan monks to combat an evil force.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】All-In-One Basic to Advanced Guide to Genealogy & Ancestry History Research【電子書籍】[ Kimberly Berry ]

＜p＞This book is the one all-inclusive guide you can't do without, the most thorough and comprehensive, from basic to advanced, easy-to-follow, no fluff strategy to researching your ancestry. This guide not only helps you find genealogical information, but digs deeper into how to actually interpret that information, verify its accuracy, and how to use what you find to make further discoveries. Whether you've decided to embark on this adventure for a school project, to connect to a famous ancestor, because you were motivated by a television show, because you are looking for a hobby...you will realize that whatever the reason, you develop into a collector of knowledge, you become a historian. It didn't take long after starting my personal ancestry research projects for me to become wonderfully invested in and consumed by discovering my past, my origins, and my family connections. Having spent greater than seven years fumbling through various guides, conducting web searches, bouncing between various online subscription sites, travelling to conduct research, and hunting through archives and databases to find and figure out the best way to go about research for my own ancestry projects...along the way, I prepared myself a guide. And in telling fascinating stories of my discoveries, my family and friends became interested in conducting ancestry research of their own. I didn't want them to experience the same stumbling blocks as I did, and wanted to simplify the process as much as possible. I wanted to give them a simple, but thorough, step-by-step guide to the basics as well as the more technical aspects of ancestry research that are used by professional researchers. I hope it helps you as much as it has me, my family, and my friends. Enjoy your passage through time. I hope that your journey is enlightening. And that throughout your journey, you learn more about yourself than you ever thought possible.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Real Soldiers of Fortune【電子書籍】[ Richard Harding Davis ]

＜p＞(Excerpt): "MacIver was born on Christmas Day, 1841, at sea, a league off the shore of Virginia. His mother was Miss Anna Douglas of that State; Ronald MacIver, his father, was a Scot, a Rossshire gentleman, a younger son of the chief of the Clan MacIver. Until he was ten years old young MacIver played in Virginia at the home of his father. Then, in order that he might be educated, he was shipped to Edinburgh to an uncle, General Donald Graham. After five years his uncle obtained for him a commission as ensign in the Honorable East India Company, and at sixteen, when other boys are preparing for college, MacIver was in the Indian Mutiny, fighting, not for a flag, nor a country, but as one fights a wild animal, for his life. He was wounded in the arm, and, with a sword, cut over the head. As a safeguard against the sun the boy had placed inside his helmet a wet towel. This saved him to fight another day, but even with that protection the sword sank through the helmet, the towel, and into the skull. To-day you can see the scar. He was left in the road for dead, and even after his wounds had healed, was six weeks in the hospital."＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】A Broken Hallelujah Rock and Roll, Redemption, and the Life of Leonard Cohen【電子書籍】[ Liel Leibovitz ]

＜p＞＜strong＞Brings to life a passionate poet-turned-musician and what compels him and his work.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞Why is it that Leonard Cohen receives the sort of reverence we reserve for a precious few living artists? Why are his songs, three or four decades after their original release, suddenly gracing the charts, blockbuster movie sound tracks, and television singing competitions? And why is it that while most of his contemporaries are either long dead or engaged in uninspired nostalgia tours, Cohen is at the peak of his powers and popularity?＜/p＞ ＜p＞These are the questions at the heart of ＜em＞A Broken Hallelujah＜/em＞, a meditation on the singer, his music, and the ideas and beliefs at its core. Granted extraordinary access to Cohen’s personal papers, Liel Leibovitz examines the intricacies of the man whose performing career began with a crippling bout of stage fright, yet who, only a few years later, tamed a rowdy crowd on the Isle of Wight, preventing further violence; the artist who had gone from a successful world tour and a movie star girlfriend to a long residency in a remote Zen retreat; and the rare spiritual seeker for whom the principles of traditional Judaism, the tenets of Zen Buddhism, and the iconography of Christianity all align. The portrait that emerges is that of an artist attuned to notions of justice, lust, longing, loneliness, and redemption, and possessing the sort of voice and vision commonly reserved only for the prophets.＜/p＞ ＜p＞More than just an account of Cohen’s life, ＜em＞A Broken Hallelujah＜/em＞ is an intimate look at the artist that is as emotionally astute as it is philosophically observant. Delving into the sources and meaning of Cohen’s work, Leibovitz beautifully illuminates what Cohen is telling us and why we listen so intensely.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】An Analysis of Jane Jacobs's The Death and Life of Great American Cities【電子書籍】[ Martin Fuller ]

＜p＞Despite having no formal training in urban planning, Jane Jacobs deftly explores the strengths and weaknesses of policy arguments put forward by American urban planners in the era after World War II. They believed that the efficient movement of cars was of more value in the development of US cities than the everyday lives of the people living there. By carefully examining their relevance in her 1961 book, ＜em＞The Death and Life of Great American Cities＜/em＞, Jacobs dismantles these arguments by highlighting their shortsightedness. She evaluates the information to hand and comes to a very different conclusion, that urban planners ruin great cities, because they don’t understand that it is a city’s social interaction that makes it great. Proposals and policies that are drawn from planning theory do not consider the social dynamics of city life. They are in thrall to futuristic fantasies of a modern way of living that bears no relation to reality, or to the desires of real people living in real spaces. Professionals lobby for separation and standardization, splitting commercial, residential, industrial, and cultural spaces. But a truly visionary approach to urban planning should incorporate spaces with mixed uses, together with short, walkable blocks, large concentrations of people, and a mix of new and old buildings. This creates true urban vitality.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Women's Costume of the Near and Middle East【電子書籍】[ Jennifer M. Scarce ]

＜p＞The historical and cultural richness of the Near and Middle East is reflected visually in its costume. In this book, Jennifer Scarce makes brilliant use of years or research to provide a lucid acount of the development of women's dress from the fourteenth to the early twentieth centuries. Her study of costume is set in th ebroader context of the social and economic background of the Ottoman Empire, giving the subject a new an fascinating slant. A detailed discussion of cut and construction is accompanied by pattern layouts and numerous photographs which clearly illustrate the different styles of dress through the centuries. Women's costume of the Near and Middle East is a hitherto sadly neglected subject. After years of original research across the world, this gap has been admirably filled by Jennifer Scarce's scholarly readable study.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Leap Day【電子書籍】[ Kris Kreme ]

＜p＞It's Leap Day and while several teens are skipping school and hanging out in one of their basements, their lives are about to take a most unexpected leap into the twisted and bizarre.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Always the cool headed and reasonable one of his small circle of friends, Sam is as usual doubting the reasons why he's even still buddies with Travis and Cole. The two are slackers and while he's definitely one himself, hosting this little impromptu skip day, Sam never takes it quite to the extremes they do.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Having drained the last of his dad's stash of beer, Travis and Cole are barely even able to stand much less form logical thoughts, and yet it's Travis who somewhat proudly announces that today is Leap Day and according to his slurring drunken wisdom and knowledge, on Leap Day any wish one makes will come true, as long as they follow three bizarre and unrelated seeming steps.＜/p＞ ＜p＞If it wasn't for Emma, the only girl in their little foursome, Sam probably wouldn't be having anywhere close to a decent time, Travis and Cole constantly making them both roll their eyes and sigh. But it's a nice day off from the monotony of school and Leap Day or not, he'll stick with the plan of doing nothing.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Of course Travis' little announcement about Leap Day being the day one can have whatever they wish for meets with sarcasm and disbelief, to which Travis is only too happy to stagger and perform the little ritual he says is needed in order to fulfill his every wish.＜br /＞ According to him, three hops, a full spin around, and then a simple wolf whistle will unlock the ability to have whatever wish is spoken next granted. It's typical Travis, Sam thinks, and Emma is right there with him, explaining that Leap Day is only special because it's an extra day that happens only once every four years. It isn't magic though and wishes are not coming true no matter what little acrobatic dance and whistle one does.＜/p＞ ＜p＞When Travis successfully does his little hops and spin, following with a wolf whistle and an inebriated wish focused on Emma, their ordinary skip day slowly begins to descend into chaos, one wish at a time.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Sam, assuming at first that Emma must be just playing along with the first wish is shocked when she tells him something is wrong. But it isn't until Cole makes a more extreme wish, in drunken competition with his friend, that Sam sees just how seriously wrong all of this is.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Somehow, by some inexplicable reasoning, Travis, the ever goofy stoner teen, has actually revealed a true method of making wishes come true. As he says it only happens on Leap Day and for this Leap Day the wishes are getting out of hand, particularly with two stumbling morons making drunk wishes at the expense of their oldest female friend, a girl they have grown up together with but now find themselves watching grow in entirely new ways before them.＜/p＞ ＜p＞With the world in his own basement around him falling into impossible chaos and Emma suffering humiliation and pain like never before at the hands of their drunk friends, Sam is doing everything he can just to keep level headed. When the two start to drag his mom in on it, having always lusted after the supposedly hottest milf of any mothers they know, Sam finds that the only way to fight back against the depraved wishes is with some creative wishing of his own.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Will Travis and Cole ever truly sober up? Will they finally get some action from Sam's hot milf of a mom? Will Emma ever be the same again? Are these questions making you thirsty for some refreshing milk? You're in luck, because all these questions and more are only to be answered on the one day of the year that otherwise never exists, the one day that hasn't existed so far for any Kreme reader. Get ready to have one hell of a day; get ready for Leap Day.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】The Enemy Detroit, 1954【電子書籍】[ Sara E. Holbrook ]

＜p＞**Winner, Jane Addams Children's Book Award＜/p＞ ＜p＞A young girl navigates family and middle school dramas amid the prejudices and paranoia of the Cold War era in this “excellent example of historical fiction for middle grade readers” (＜em＞School Library Journal＜/em＞)**＜/p＞ ＜p＞World War II is over, but the threat of communism and the Cold War loom over the United States. In Detroit, Michigan, twelve-year-old Marjorie Campbell struggles with the ups and downs of family life, dealing with her veteran father’s unpredictable outbursts, keeping her mother’s stash of banned library books a secret, and getting along with her new older “brother”ーthe teenager her family took in after his veteran father’s death.＜/p＞ ＜p＞When a new girl from Germany transfers to Marjorie’s class, Marjorie finds herself torn between befriending Inga and pleasing her best friend, Bernadette, by writing in a slam book that spreads rumors about Inga. Marjorie seems to be confronting enemies everywhereーat school, at the library, in her neighborhood, and even in the news. In all this turmoil, Marjorie tries to find her own voice and figure out what is right and who the real enemies actually are.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜em＞Includes an author’s note and bibliography.＜/em＞＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】How Angels Fly【電子書籍】[ J.L. Montera ]

＜p＞＜em＞＜strong＞How Angels Fly＜/strong＞＜/em＞… After writing this story I acknowledge I still question whether the storytelling is for the child or the angel or both. Their link in the story is both ethereal and mortal and what happens to one happens to the other. The main characters are Angel~105, a member of God’s Guardian Angel Society and his lifelong relationship with an earthborn. It is during their time together that both search for an answer to the question…How Do Angels Fly?＜/p＞ ＜p＞…Hovering outside the cluster, a somewhat clumsy guardian angel named GA~105, darts to and fro. He doesn’t enter the group because his mismatched wings cause him to wobble. He wonders why an inept novice like himself has been included in the Call…＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】The Woman Who Knew Too Much【電子書籍】[ Thomas Gifford ]

＜p＞＜strong＞A mysterious note leads a struggling actress to a strange murder investigation＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞After two decades of striving, Celia is tired of waiting for her big acting break, and finds consolation only in a specific narcotic: mystery novels. After an afternoon binge at the sprawling Strand bookstore, she emerges with a baker’s dozen of second-hand thrillers. Inside one of the novels she finds a real-life mystery that will prove to be the greatest she’s ever read.＜/p＞ ＜p＞She discovers a slip of paper listing nine bullet points, starting “in re the murder of the Director.” Who is the Director, why would someone want him dead, and what on earth does Dan Rather have to do with it? As Celia dives into the puzzle, she finds herself locked in a life-or-death struggle with a gang of international conspirators. These evil men would scare her to death if she weren’t a veteran of New York’s toughest battlefield: the audition room.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Javin Pierce Spy Thriller Series - Books 1-3 Box Set Action, Mystery, International Espionage and Suspense【電子書籍】[ Ethan Jones ]

＜p＞The first three thrillers in the best-selling series: ＜b＞＜em＞The Corrector, Betrayal, ＜/em＞＜/b＞and ＜b＞＜em＞Closure.＜/em＞＜/b＞＜br＞＜/p＞＜p＞＜br＞＜/p＞＜p＞＜b＞The Corrector＜/b＞＜/p＞＜p＞＜b＞When covert operations go wrong, the CIS sends in . . . The Corrector＜/b＞＜/p＞＜p＞After loosing his wife in a tragic accident and never wanting to lose in any way again, Javin Pierce has buried his feelings in work. Fixing every mistake anyone else has made in hopes it will redeem his own guilt for not being able to save her life.＜/p＞＜p＞＜br＞＜/p＞＜p＞When an elite CIS team botches a retrieval operation, the agency calls Javin in from Albania to fix it. Forced to take a partner, Claudia, they discover a terrorist plot. Their search leads them to T?rkiye with a flash drive containing scandals that could topple world governments and plunge Europe into absolute chaos if they do not retrieve it in time.＜/p＞＜p＞＜br＞＜/p＞＜p＞Uncertain if they can even trust each other and unprepared for the shocking truth that could cost their lives, Javin and Claudia are running out of time. They must stop the treasonous plot, retrieve the elusive drive, and save themselves and the entire European continent, all without leaving a trace…＜/p＞＜p＞＜br＞＜/p＞＜p＞＜br＞＜/p＞＜p＞＜b＞Betrayal＜/b＞＜/p＞＜p＞＜b＞A hero, sent out as a mark. Who’s behind the betrayal?＜/b＞＜/p＞＜p＞Still feeling responsible for his wife’s accident, spy master Javin dives deep into his next mission to avoid the pain. He’s sent to eliminate two terrorist masterminds in Yemen, but he's not the only one looking for them. When the mission suspiciously goes awry, his team is forced into a dubious alliance with Mossad and the infamous Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard. At the same time, he learns that his boss might have been responsible for his wife’s accident… But why?＜/p＞＜p＞＜br＞＜/p＞＜p＞Javin and Claudia not only discover an assassination plot that could topple the Saudi kingdom, but also suspect a traitor has infiltrated their team. Who is behind this betrayal? With suspicions high and time short, can Javin and Claudia unmask the traitor, find out how his boss is implicated, and stop the assassination before the Middle East is plunged into an all-out war?＜/p＞＜p＞＜br＞＜/p＞＜p＞＜br＞＜/p＞＜p＞＜b＞Closure＜/b＞＜/p＞＜p＞＜b＞Avenge his betrayal or die trying . . .＜/b＞＜/p＞＜p＞Wounded, off the grid, and needing to rescue his partner from a Saudi jail ... Javin Pierce wants to settle the score with the traitor who double-crossed him.＜/p＞＜p＞＜br＞＜/p＞＜p＞With time short and options few, Javin strikes a shaky deal with the fierce Iranian Quds force. But before long, alliances crumble, and Javin's rogue team is surrounded. Still desperate to rescue his partner and exact retribution with no one to trust, can Javin survive the deadliest mission of his life?＜/p＞＜p＞＜br＞＜/p＞＜p＞＜br＞＜/p＞＜p＞＜b＞Reviews＜/b＞＜/p＞＜p＞＜em＞★★★★★ “The characters are extremely well rounded, with a depth rarely seen in most of the genre…”＜/em＞＜/p＞＜p＞＜em＞＜/em＞＜br＞＜/p＞＜p＞＜em＞★★★★★ “Awesome, fast-paced, action-packed with well developed characters and an intense storyline that had my Fitbit going crazy with an extremely elevated heartrate.”＜/em＞＜/p＞＜p＞＜em＞＜/em＞＜br＞＜/p＞＜p＞＜em＞★★★★★ “Ongoing action, packed with tension and suspense and some spectacular twists; I quite kept forgetting to breathe!”＜/em＞＜/p＞＜p＞＜em＞＜/em＞＜br＞＜/p＞＜p＞＜em＞★★★★★ “Once again Ethan, you’ve nailed it.”＜/em＞＜/p＞＜p＞＜br＞＜/p＞＜p＞＜br＞＜/p＞＜p＞＜b＞Javin Pierce Spy Thriller Series＜/b＞＜/p＞＜p＞This explosive, clean, adrenaline-drenched, bestselling series is guaranteed to keep you entertained from page one. Follow Javin from Vor? to Damascus, from Frankfurt to Moscow. Recommended for fans of Lee Child's Jack Reacher, Vince Flynn's Mitch Rapp, Robert Ludlum's Jason Bourne, and Brad Thor's Scot Harvath.＜/p＞＜p＞＜br＞＜/p＞＜p＞＜b＞Click to enjoy this explosive series now.＜/b＞＜br＞＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Seven Against Thebes by Aeschylus【電子書籍】[ Aeschylus ]

＜p＞SEVEN AGAINST THEBES tells of two brothers, Eteocles and Polynices, who agree to share the throne of Thebes. After a year this arrangement breaks down, leading to fratricide and civil war.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Aeschylus (c. 524 BC ? c. 455 BC) was the first of the three ancient Greek tragedians whose work has survived, the others being Sophocles and Euripides, and is often recognized as the father of tragedy. He was born at Eleusis, near Athens, the son of Euphorion. Before he was twenty-five he began to compete for the tragic prize, but did not win a victory for twelve years. He spent two periods of years in Sicily, where he died in 456, killed, it is said, by a tortoise which an eagle dropped on his head. Though a professional writer, he did his share of fighting for his country, and is reported to have taken part in the battles of Marathon, Salamis, and Plataea. Of the seventy or eighty plays which he is said to have written, only seven survive, and the authorship of PROMOTHEUS BOUND is disputed.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】The Basics of Kettlebell Exercises【電子書籍】[ M. Usman ]

＜p＞Introduction＜/p＞ ＜p＞Getting Started＜br /＞ Chapter # 1: Know about kettlebell exercises＜br /＞ Chapter # 2: Get the Ultimate Health Benefits＜br /＞ Varieties of Kettlebell Exercises＜br /＞ Chapter # 1: Introduction＜br /＞ Chapter # 2: Double Kettlebell Squat＜br /＞ Chapter # 3: Turkish Get Up＜br /＞ Chapter # 4: Kettlebell Pushup Plus＜br /＞ Chapter # 5: Russian Kettlebell Twist＜br /＞ Workout for Burning Fat＜br /＞ Chapter # 1: Introduction＜br /＞ Chapter # 2: Double Handed Kettlebell Swing＜br /＞ Chapter # 3: Clean＜br /＞ Chapter # 4: Press＜br /＞ Chapter #5: Push-Press＜br /＞ Chapter #6: Single Leg RDL＜br /＞ Chapter #7: Windmills＜br /＞ Chapter #8: The Routine＜br /＞ MMA Workout＜br /＞ Kettlebell Duck Walk ? 3x sets, 1 min break:＜br /＞ Kettlebell Split Snatch ? 3 sets, 5x reps each side:＜br /＞ Kettlebell Split Jerk ? 3x sets, 5x reps each:＜br /＞ Conclusion＜br /＞ References＜br /＞ Author Bio＜/p＞ ＜p＞Introduction＜/p＞ ＜p＞In addition to being a fitness tool, the kettlebell has now become a very famous form of showmanship. It’s a well-known fact that kettlebells pack a plethora of health benefits, but nowadays, kettlebells are becoming increasingly popular among sportsmen, fighters, wrestlers due to the countless muscular benefits they pack. Kettlebells offer one of the easiest and most affordable types of workout, and a large number of fitness experts and professionals are working on kettlebells, which makes the entire help and support process so much easier.＜/p＞ ＜p＞This type of workout can be performed quite easily, as it does not require any kind of extra efforts to be put in. All you need is a medium sized kettlebell, some free space to workout in your home, and a firm concept about what you are going to do.＜/p＞ ＜p＞If you want to know the basics about how kettlebell workouts operate and how you can be able to perform various workouts for getting ultimate health benefits, then you can take the advantage of this book, which will answer each and every query you have about the sport.＜/p＞ ＜p＞You can take several actions while working with kettlebells, including pressing, floor pressing, overhead squats and rows, etc. All these postures will definitely help you out in getting what you want to achieve by making you able to practice all the types of workouts easily. In this book you will find all the ways by which you can do the workout without any problem.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Not only this, but after going through this book, you will get to know the ultimate health benefits and the proven steps for getting the ultimate fat burning out of your body by doing some simple kettlebell workouts.＜/p＞ ＜p＞This book will definitely help you in getting all the answers related to kettlebell workouts and the benefits related to it.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Glimpses of Grace Reflections of a Life in Christ【電子書籍】[ David G. Duggan ]

＜p＞When I was in my early forties, I began writing a regular column for the newspaper sent to Episcopalians in the diocese of Chicago. In Faithwalk, I tried to describe my struggles as a believing Christian set against my background as a lawyer, single parent, son of aging parents, and sinner. This venture in self-analysis continued a process of trying to square my life with Gods call to a Christian begun many years earlier, but the writing was, I believe, an insight into how God works in all lives. Though written from a Christian perspective, these essays should appeal to anyone struggling with his or her faith in a world that seems spinning out of control. And I believe that God uses nonbelievers as a fulcrum to test our own belief.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Now in my early sixties, after the columns collected dust, I reread them, and I think they stand the test of time. So, I have decided to publish them in a book, adding a bit of commentary to provide the context. They have been arranged, not in the order they were written, but rather according to topic, topics suggested by the biblical narrative by which the Creator of the universe loved us so much that he sent his only Son to die for us. I hope you enjoy them.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】They Must Be Stopped Why We Must Defeat Radical Islam and How We Can Do It【電子書籍】[ Brigitte Gabriel ]

＜p＞＜em＞They Must Be Stopped＜/em＞ is ＜em＞New York Times＜/em＞ bestselling author Brigitte Gabriel's warning to the world: We can no longer ignore the growth of radical Islam--we must act soon, and powerfully. Gabriel challenges our western and politically-correct notions about Islam, demonstrating why radical Islam is so deadly and how we can halt its progress.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Brigitte Gabriel speaks her mind:＜/p＞ ＜p＞*Fundamentalist Islam is a religion rooted in 7th century teachings that are fundamentally opposed to democracy and equality.＜/p＞ ＜p＞*Radical Islamists are utterly contemptuous of all "infidels" (non-Muslims) and regard them as enemies worthy of death.＜/p＞ ＜p＞*Madrassas in America are increasing in number, and they are just one part of a growing radical Islamic army on US soil.＜/p＞ ＜p＞*Radical Islam exploits the US legal system and America's protection of religion to spread its hatred for western values.＜/p＞ ＜p＞*America must organize a unified voice that says "enough" to political correctness, and demands that government officials and elected representatives do whatever is necessary to protect us.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Brigitte Gabriel has fearlessly faced down critics, death threats, and political correctness, and is one of the most sought after terrorism experts in the world. ＜em＞They Must Be Stopped＜/em＞ is her clarion call to action. Gabriel thoroughly addresses the historical and religious basis of radical Islam, its frightening encroachment into societies around the world, and its abuses of democracy in the name of religion.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Kasba A Story of Hudson Bay【電子書籍】[ George R. Ray, M.P.P. ]

＜p＞Published in 1915, Kasba is a fascinating story of Chipewya and Eskimo life in the Hudson Bay area. It centers around a young woman named Kasba, or White Partridge, who is trying to gain her independence from her family. The book includes adventures of survival; customs, friendships and love among the native peoples; and, the Native People's interaction with the Hudson Bay Company.＜/p＞ ＜p＞George Raymond Ray (November 30, 1869 ? October 13, 1935) was an English-born politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1914 to 1915, as a member of the Conservative Party.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Ray was born in Kent, the son of George Ray, and was educated in England. Ray became an employee of the Hudson's Bay Company in 1901. He served as post manager at Berens River, Churchill, York Factory, Norway House and Fort Alexander. In 1911, he became manager for the Nelson River district, stationed at Fort Nelson in northern Manitoba.＜/p＞ ＜p＞After a short stint in the legislature, Ray rejoined the Hudson's Bay Company as an inspector in the fur trade commissioner's office in Winnipeg and then, in 1921, became manager for the James Bay district. He retired from the Company in 1927.＜/p＞ ＜p＞He was the author of Just Craft and Skill, a play published in 1911, and Kasba, a novel published in 1915. His novel The Land Of Silence: A Novel Of The Great Northland was serialized in The Beaver from 1921 to 1923.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Ray died in hospital in Edmonton from pneumonia at the age of 65. - Source: Wikipedia＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Free Clinics Local Responses to Health Care Needs【電子書籍】

＜p＞＜strong＞Free clinics and student-run clinics are an essential part of America's health care safety net.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞In community after community, ＜em＞pro bono＜/em＞ and student-run health clinics have sprung up over the past 30 years, providing critically needed care to medically underserved populations. ＜em＞Free Clinics＜/em＞ is a mosaic formed by accounts of such clinics around the United States. These wide-ranging narrativesーfrom urban to rural, from primary care to behavioral health careーprovide examples that will assist other communities seeking to find the model that best fits their needs.＜/p＞ ＜p＞The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has improved access to health care for many Americans, but millions remain and will remain uninsured or underinsured. Free clinics provide non-emergency care to those in need. Nationwide, professionals can be found offering volunteer services at these clinics.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Contributors to this volumeーtypically people with personal familiarity (as clinicians or area residents) with the clinics they write aboutーcover a variety of topics, including a review of the literature, data-driven accounts of clinic usage, and ethical guidelines for student-run clinics. They describe the motivations of clinic staff, the day-to-day work of a family nurse practitioner working in clinics and teaching at a university, the challenges and rewards of providing health care for homeless people, and more. Student-run clinics are the topic of the second section: in addition to providing care to a small subset of those in need, student-run clinics are an important venue for training future clinicians and helping the seeds of altruism with which many enter their professions to germinate.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜em＞Free Clinics＜/em＞ will be useful to policymakers, students and faculty in public health and health policy programs, and clinicians and students who are embarking on launching new clinics.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Currencies of August【電子書籍】[ Donald Anderson ]

＜p＞There is a built-in difficulty convincing a woman you haven’t talked to in 20 years that you’ve loved her since you were six. Compound this with the fact that the woman was your first-grade teacher and now, as a first-year college professor, you have her pleasantly unmotivated son in one of your classes and you have a disastrous encounter just waiting to happen.＜br /＞ This is the situation facing Jeremiah Curtin, and it is, perhaps, the defining complication of his life. But there are others. As if in a fated, almost doomed way, Jeremiah feels he is following the career path of both parents, a one-time pair of academics. But his mother moved out of his life when Jeremiah was thirteen and after his stoic father dies, Jeremiah is left to confront this nest of puzzles on his own.＜br /＞ It is when Jeremiah comes upon an abandoned house tucked away in the hills of the Hudson Valley that he feels an answering call to his many questions. The house and property slowly reveal their secrets to Jeremiah and become his new classroom, a place where he comes ever closer to discovering the meaning of love and commitment.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】The Complete Works of C. H. Spurgeon, Volume 65 A Puritan Catechism【電子書籍】[ Spurgeon, Charles H. ]

＜p＞Volume 65- A Puritan Catechism＜/p＞ ＜p＞Charles Spurgeon (19 June 1834 ? 31 January 1892) is one of the church’s most famous preachers and Christianity’s foremost prolific writers. Called the “Prince of Preachers,” he was one of England's most notable ministers for most of the second half of the nineteenth century, and he still remains highly influential among Christians of different denominations today. His sermons have spread all over the world, and his many printed works have been cherished classics for decades.＜/p＞ ＜p＞In his lifetime, Spurgeon preached to more than 10 million people, often up to ten times each week. He was the pastor of the congregation of the New Park Street Chapel (later the Metropolitan Tabernacle) in London for 38 years. He was an inexhaustible author of various kinds of works including sermons, commentaries, an autobiography, as well as books on prayer, devotionals, magazines, poetry, hymns and more. Spurgeon was known to produce powerful sermons of penetrating thought and divine inspiration, and his oratory and writing skills held his audiences spellbound. Many Christians have discovered Spurgeon's messages to be among the best in Christian literature.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Edward Walford wrote in Old and New London: Volume 6 (1878) quoting an article from the Times regarding one of Spurgeon’s meetings at Surrey:＜/p＞ ＜p＞“Fancy a congregation consisting of 10,000 souls, streaming into the hall, mounting the galleries, humming, buzzing, and swarmingーa mighty hive of beesーeager to secure at first the best places, and, at last, any place at all. After waiting more than half an hourーfor if you wish to have a seat you must be there at least that space of time in advanceーMr. Spurgeon ascended his tribune. To the hum, and rush, and trampling of men, succeeded a low, concentrated thrill and murmur of devotion, which seemed to run at once, like an electric current, through the breast of every one present, and by this magnetic chain the preacher held us fast bound for about two hours. It is not my purpose to give a summary of his discourse. It is enough to say of his voice, that its power and volume are sufficient to reach every one in that vast assembly; of his language, that it is neither high-flown nor homely; of his style, that it is at times familiar, at times declamatory, but always happy, and often eloquent; of his doctrine, that neither the 'Calvinist' nor the 'Baptist' appears in the forefront of the battle which is waged by Mr. Spurgeon with relentless animosity, and with Gospel weapons, against irreligion, cant, hypocrisy, pride, and those secret bosom-sins which so easily beset a man in daily life; and to sum up all in a word, it is enough to say of the man himself, that he impresses you with a perfect conviction of his sincerity.”＜/p＞ ＜p＞More than a hundred years after his death, Charles Spurgeon’s legacy continues to effectively inspire the church around the world. For this reason, Delmarva Publications has chosen to publish the complete works of Charles Spurgeon.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Kintsugi【電子書籍】[ Danie Markgraaff ]

＜p＞＜strong＞KINTSUGI ? In pursuit of equanimity＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞123000 words / 429 pages＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜em＞Broken Beauty.＜/em＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜em＞Scars of the past leading to shards of life restored to something unimaginable.＜/em＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜em＞Two broken people, fighting for their lives and healing from their brokenness. Will the Japanese art of Kintsugi become the description of their lives? Or will evil destroy them as victims of their own circumstances and rip them from the equanimity they so desperately seek.＜/em＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞Erin McBride found equanimity after Syria when she married her first love. But that life was torn relentlessly from her when cancer ripped her husband of less than a year from her, bruising her still fragile new-found faith in God and in the goodness of people.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Her emotions dragged her into a thirst for the solitude of her earlier career as an assassin and undercover operative, when a favour for her friend and lawyer, Paul Millar set her on a course to protect David Montgomery, a bankrupt billionaire investment banker who had lost everything.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Old foes from the past haunted her as she realised that there was much more at stake than babysitting a depressed man who lost everything. He had lost the money of ruthless people who were out to kill him. Then they killed her loved ones and destroyed her property and turned to destroy Erin McBride.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Erin's pseudonym, Uju Izimbila, the Honey Badger were lured from the darkness of her past to become a killer again to defend what and whom she loved. She had to become the tough little animal again that feared nothing, shied away from nothing and would stop at nothing to get what it wanted.＜/p＞ ＜p＞How would she be able to reconcile the unbearable pressure and need to use the only means she knew how to end obstacles with her Christian faith of peace and restoration.＜/p＞ ＜p＞She had no other options, but to engage.＜/p＞ ＜p＞But will she be able to pay the extreme price tag of her decision.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】My Ex-Best Friend's Wedding【電子書籍】[ Wendy Wax ]

＜p＞＜strong＞A wedding dress passed down through generations unravels the tangled threads of three women's lives in a novel of friendship, family, and forgiveness from the ＜em＞USA Today＜/em＞ bestselling author of ＜em＞Ten Beach Road＜/em＞.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞Prized and stored away for safekeeping, the timeless ivory wedding dress, with its scooped neck and cleverly fitted bodice, sits gently folded in its box, whispering of Happily Ever Afters. To Kendra, Brianna, and Lauren it’s a reminder of what could have been, the promise of a fairy tale, and a friendship torn apart. But as Kendra knows firsthand: it wasn’t the dress’s fault.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Once closer than sisters, Lauren and Bree have grown up and grown apart, allowing broken promises and unfulfilled dreams to destroy their friendship. A successful author, Lauren returns home to the Outer Banks, fianc? in tow, to claim the dress she never thought she’d wear. While Bree, a bookstore owner, grapples with the realities of life after you marry the handsome prince. As the former best friends wrestle with their uncertain futures, they are both certain of one thing: some betrayals can never be forgiven.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Now on the eve of her daughter Lauren’s wedding, Kendra struggles with a secret she’s kept for far too long. And vows to make sure the dress will finally bring Lauren and Bree back togetherーknowing they'll need each other to survive the coming storm.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】The Nancy Thayer Summer Collection【電子書籍】[ Nancy Thayer ]

＜p＞＜strong＞Indulge in three captivating Nantucket summer reads by ＜em＞New York Times＜/em＞ bestselling author Nancy Thayer in this exclusive digital collection.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞＜em＞Heat Wave＜/em＞:＜/strong＞ Carley Winsted never expected her world could change so much in just one moment. Now, after her husband's sudden death, she is bravely putting her life back together. Determined to keep her daughters in their beloved Nantucket home, she transforms their house into a bed and breakfast. But not everyone is supportive - least of all her mother-in-law. And when a friend convinces Carley to keep a secret that, if revealed, could shatter the lives of those around her, will the pressure become too much?＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞＜em＞Summer Breeze＜/em＞:＜/strong＞ Thirty-year-old Morgan O'Keefe loves many things about raising her young son at home, but longs to go back to her career as a scientist. Artist Natalie Reynolds is thrilled to escape New York for a house-sitting job - especially when a handsome neighbour turns out to be her unexpected rescuer... Bella Barnaby must return home to support her family while her mother recovers from an accident, all the while harbouring long-held dreams of her own. Three women - each at their own crossroads - and as their paths intertwine, it's clear Dragonfly Lake has much in store this summer...＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞＜em＞Island Girls＜/em＞:＜/strong＞ When charming ladies' man Rory Randall dies, he leaves one last trick behind. If his three daughters - from three marriages - hope to inherit their Nantucket family home, they must spend a summer living in it...together. As the three women discover newfound sisterhood, there are challenges to come. And when a visitor drops by to deliver shocking news, the past comes back with a vengeance. Can the Randall sisters finally learn to forgive, and move on once and for all?＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】PROJECT: DADDY (Mills & Boon Comics) Mills & Boon Comics【電子書籍】[ Patricia Knoll ]

After the death of her husband, Paris left her hometown and all of her belongings behind to answer a job listing for a nanny. However, her employer, Mac, though manly and handsome, is an incredibly secretive person. He hates going into the nearby town, and has closed his heart to his sister's children, who he's now taking care of. When Paris takes the children into town, the people there stare at them in awe. What in the world is going on? When she finally gets the chance to hear Mac's story from a friend of his, it's sadder than she could have ever imagined.画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Nine Books【電子書籍】[ May Agnes Fleming ]

＜p＞This collection includes 9 books: The Actress' Daugher, The Baronet's Bride, Kate Danton, The Midnight Queen, Norine's Revenge, Sharing Her Crime, Sir Noel's Heir, A Terrible Secret, and The Unseen Bridegroom. According to Wikipedia: "May Agnes Fleming (November 15, 1840 - March 24, 1880) was a Canadian novelist. She was "one of the first Canadians to pursue a highly successful career as a writer of popular fiction." She was born May Early in Carleton, West Saint John, New Brunswick. She married an engineer, John W. Fleming in 1865. She moved to New York two years after her first novel, Erminie; or The gypsy's vow: a tale of love and vengeance was published there (1863). Under the pseudonym Cousin May Carleton, she published several serial tales in the New York Mercury and the New York Weekly. 21 were printed in book form, 7 posthumously. She also wrote under the pseudonym, M.A. Earlie. The exact count is unclear, since her works were often retitled, but is estimated at around 40, although some were not actually written by her, but were attributed to her by publishers cashing in on her popularity. At her peak, she was earning over $10,000 yearly, due to publishers granting her exclusive rights to her work."＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】The Pilot Service of Port Jackson【電子書籍】[ John Arthur Barry ]

＜p＞ A fine, sunny, clear day, Watson's Bay, and the pilot steamer Captain Cook, in which we are bound for a short cruise, lying quietly at her buoy. In answer to a signal a boat puts off, and in a few more minutes we are on the steamer's deck; in two more, after a cordial welcome from Captain Chudleigh, the "Cook" glides gently out to sea, through the broad gateway of the Port. It is an ideal day; blue water and blue sky; the great, weather-worn rocks that guard the portal of the harbor glow warmly with patches of rich, red color, while around their feet, for there is a swell on, plays a creaming fringe of foam. Coasting steamers and ketches are coming and going; but nothing big in the way of inward-bound ships is as yet in sight, which fact is rather disappointing, inasmuch as we have come to see for ourselves what the routine of pilot-life is like. But later on comes compensation.＜br /＞ The men are busy cleaning and painting, and the skipper takes the wheel and talksーtalks well and entertainingly, as one of the "great and noble craft of the seafarer" to his aforetime brethren. Meanwhile, he handles his ship like a top, takes us in and out, to and fro, right to the edge of the white water, round the grim North Head, and back past the "Gap," and the spot where the fated Dunbar went to her doom. Aft, a silent, brown-faced pilot paces, with regular quarter-deck steps, and an expectant eye glancing every now and again towards the signal staff on the South Head.＜br /＞ "Regular picnic work this piloting business," one remarks tentatively, voicing the opinion of "the man in the street."＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】30 Days to a More Powerful Vocabulary The 500 Words You Need to Know to Transform Your Vocabulary.and Your Life【電子書籍】[ Dan Strutzel ]

＜p＞A Bigger Vocabulary = A Brighter Future. Words. They're the foundation of nearly everything of value in our world. They have the power to create and the power to destroy. The power to inspire and to terrify. The power to enlighten and also to obscure. And, more specifically for you, they have the power to attract wealth and success and guarantee your brighter future. This is not hyperbole - it is based on rock-solid research. Studies show that those people with large vocabularies are smarter, wealthier, and happier than the average person - and substantially so. And here's the best news of all: a large vocabulary is not tied to your social status, your genes, or even your education level. It is a skill that can be learned - and it takes only 30 days. In this cutting-edge program, ＜em＞30 Days to a More Powerful Vocabulary＜/em＞, personal development expert and English enthusiast Dan Strutzel will instruct, enlighten, and inspire you with a concentrated 30-day program that will teach you over 500 words. But, more than teaching you these words, the uniquely designed program will ensure that these words become a habit-knit part of your life - and with minimal effort on your part. Best of all, research shows that learning new words has an exponential effect on the size of your vocabulary - since learning one word naturally produces an association between two to three more words. In short, after reading and applying the system in this 30-day program, you will not only have a bigger vocabulary - you will have a brighter future! Here's just a sampling of what you'll learn: The 10 myths about building a dynamic vocabulary The secret behind the exponential effect of vocabulary building A 30-day program designed to maximize learning and comprehension of over 500 words The words you need to know about money and financial issues The words you need to know about persuading others The words you need to know about marriage, parenting, and other relationships The words you need to know about science The words you need to know to be a great conversationalist Why building a large, dynamic vocabulary is even more valuable in the digital age And much more!＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】The Hanging of Arthur Hodge A Caribbean Anti-Slavery Milestone【電子書籍】[ John Andrew ]

＜p＞＜em＞The Hanging of Arthur Hodge-A Caribbean Anti-Slavery Milestone＜/em＞ - selected for the Best Non-Fiction Book Award by The Sacramento Publishers Association - is a study of slavery in the British West Indies during the half-century before Parliaments 1834 decision to emancipate the slaves. Its focus is on the crimes, trial and execution of Arthur Hodge, a prominent Virgin Islands planter and politician whose unprecedented hanging for the murder of Prosper, one of his own slaves, was to rouse the British anti-slavery movement from the contentment it was enjoying following the abolition of the slave trade and help direct its efforts toward the ultimate emancipation of the slaves throughout the British Empire. The life, trial and execution of Arthur Hodge is a story of great interest in its own right, but that story is also important because it was truly a milestone on the road to the end of slavery in the British Empire.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Arthur Hodge was a dominant figure in the Virgin Islands in the early 1800s. Born in the islands, he studied at Oxford and later served in the British army. His wife was a sister-in-law of the Marquess of Exeter. He was described as a man of great accomplishments and elegant manners. But evidence presented during his trial revealed another side of his character. Between 1803 and 1808 Hodge had murdered as many as sixty - or one-half - of the slaves who labored on his Tortola plantation. They died by whipping, scalding and having boiling water poured down their throats.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Although Hodges treatment of his slaves was common knowledge, he was only brought to trial several years after the killings as a consequence of a political and personal dispute. Hodge was found guilty of murder by a local jury and - when the Governor of the Leeward Islands chose to ignore the jurys recommendation of leniency -became the only slave owner in the history of the British West Indies to be executed for the murder of one of his own slaves.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Hodges character contrasted sharply with that of his chief prosecutor, Governor Hugh Elliot, a noted diplomat and a supporter of the anti-slavery forces in Great Britain whose brother, the Earl of Minto, was currently Viceroy of India and whose brother-in-law, Lord Auckland, had - four years before - carried the bill ending the slave trade in the House of Lords.＜/p＞ ＜p＞The hanging of Arthur Hodge caused a sensation and transcripts of his trial were published in both Great Britain and the United States. The news helped to revitalize the anti-slavery forces, playing an important role in the debates leading to the establishment of slave registries and the accountability they implied throughout the Caribbean colonies.＜/p＞ ＜p＞After a brief introduction which concludes with the language of the indictment issued against Hodge and his counsels response that "A Negro being property, it was no greater offense for his master to kill him than it would be to kill his dog," the book opens with a short history of the settlement of the Virgin Islands and descriptions - from contemporary sources - of the lives of plantation owners and of their slaves. Included are personal descriptions of enslavement in Africa, the Middle Passage, the work and recreation of the slaves, their religious beliefs and the brutalities which some of them endured. The following chapters contain biographies of Hodge and Elliot and a recapitulation of the events which led to Hodges indictment and trial. Original transcripts and reports were used as the basis for the report of the trial and execution. The book concludes with a discussion of the effects of the Hodge affair on the anti-slavery movement and capsule descriptions of the subsequent careers some of those involved. (Governor Elliot later served in India as Governor of Madras and is buried in Westminster Abbey).＜/p＞ ＜p＞The work is based upon original and other contemporary sources, including both the published and official manuscript transcripts of Hodges trial and Governor Elliot＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。