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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！】Descent of Hope The Kerrigan Kids, #6【電子書籍】[ W.J. May ]

＜p＞＜strong＞What happens when the truth is not enough?＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞When a PC mission goes wrong, Aria and her friends find themselves scrambling for answers. Their family is unable to help. Their council is unable to help. In an effort to set things right, they turn to their new teacher, only to wonder if they're ready for what he has in mind…＜/p＞ ＜p＞Lines are blurring. It's getting harder to tell what's right and what's wrong. The foundations have been cracking, day by day, and the friends find themselves swept along a dangerous path.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Can they find their way back? Can they set their sights on something steady?＜/p＞ ＜p＞Or are they about to learn the most terrible lesson of all…＜/p＞ ＜p＞…some things there's no coming back from.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Kerrigan Kids＜/p＞ ＜p＞Book 1 - School of Potential＜/p＞ ＜p＞Book 2 - Myths & Magic＜/p＞ ＜p＞Book 3 - Kith & Kin＜/p＞ ＜p＞Book 4 - Playing With Power＜/p＞ ＜p＞Book 5 - Line of Ancestry＜/p＞ ＜p＞Book 6 - Descent of Hope＜/p＞ ＜p＞Book 7 ? Illusion of Shadows＜/p＞ ＜p＞Book 8 ? Frozen by the Future＜/p＞ ＜p＞Book 9 ? Guilt of My Past＜/p＞ ＜p＞Book 10 ? Demise of Magic＜/p＞ ＜p＞Book 11- Rise of the Prophecy＜/p＞ ＜p＞Book 12 ? Deafened by the Past＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞READ THE WHOLE SERIES＜/strong＞:＜br /＞ Prequel Series:＜br /＞ Christmas Before the Magic＜br /＞ Question the Darkness＜br /＞ Into the Darkness＜br /＞ Fight the Darkness＜br /＞ Alone in the Darkness＜br /＞ Lost in Darkness＜/p＞ ＜p＞The Chronicles of Kerrigan Series＜br /＞ Rae of Hope＜br /＞ Dark Nebula＜br /＞ House of Cards＜br /＞ Royal Tea＜br /＞ Under Fire＜br /＞ End in Sight＜br /＞ Hidden Darkness＜br /＞ Twisted Together＜br /＞ Mark of Fate＜br /＞ Strength & Power＜br /＞ Last One Standing＜br /＞ Rae of Light＜/p＞ ＜p＞The Chronicles of Kerrigan Sequel＜br /＞ A Matter of Time＜br /＞ Time Piece＜br /＞ Second Chance＜br /＞ Glitch in Time＜br /＞ Our Time＜br /＞ Precious Time＜/p＞ ＜p＞The Chronicles of Kerrigan: Gabriel＜br /＞ Living in the Past＜br /＞ Present for Today＜br /＞ Staring at the Future＜/p＞ ＜p＞Kerrigan Chronicles＜/p＞ ＜p＞Stopping Time＜/p＞ ＜p＞A Passage of Time＜/p＞ ＜p＞Ticking Clock＜/p＞ ＜p＞Secrets in Time＜/p＞ ＜p＞Time in the City＜/p＞ ＜p＞Ultimate Future＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜em＞USA Today Bestselling author, W.J. May brings you a continuation of the international bestselling series, The Chronicles of Kerrigan! Come back and enjoy the famous characters, or step into the series right here. You won't be disappointed!＜/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！】In Search of Lost Time: A Profound Literary Voyage through Memory, Time, and Human Experience [volumes 1 to 7]【電子書籍】[ Marcel Proust ]

＜p＞Journey into the depths of human consciousness with Marcel Proust's magnum opus, In Search of Lost Time. This monumental work of literature, spanning seven volumes, invites readers to explore the intricate relationship between memory, time, and the human experience. Through the eyes of the narrator, we traverse the social landscape of French society, experiencing love, loss, and the inexorable passage of time. Proust's masterful prose and keen insights create a tapestry of vivid characters, intricate relationships, and poignant reflections on life, art, and the nature of memory. Immerse yourself in this literary tour de force and embark on a transformative odyssey that will forever change your perspective on the world and your place within 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！】The Wine Dark Passage: An Apocalyptic Coming of Age Story【電子書籍】[ Wayne Kyle Spitzer ]

＜p＞＜strong＞The Silent Protagonist＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞Meet Pang "The Mouse" In-Su, a 13-year-old Korean deafmute girl, whose silence speaks louder than words. Pang grapples with the weight of a disordered world, haunted by memories of loss and the relentless pursuit of survival.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞The Enigmatic Captain and His Companions＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞Captain O'Neil guides the ＜em＞USS Sarpedon＜/em＞ through the wine-dark waters. Alongside him, Enge Puckett, a steadfast companion, adds a touch of humanity to the stark reality of survival. Together, they navigate through the remnants of a world that has succumbed to the whims of time, where primitive people and dinosaurs roam in the shadows.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞The Elon Musk-like Enigma＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞Enter Steve Dannon, an Elon Musk-like figure, whose private compound, Chryse Planitia, beckons like a forbidden sanctuary on Vashon Island. Dannon, reminiscent of Conrad's Kurtz, hides secrets that echo in the whispers of those who dare to challenge his fractured reality. As the crew embarks on this odyssey, Dannon's enigma looms largeーa force that can reshape destinies or plunge them into deeper darkness.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞A Heart of Darkness in the Pacific Northwest＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞In this Pacific Northwest dystopia, the crew must confront the perils of a distorted time, facing not only the remnants of a lost world but the shadows of their own morality ...＜/p＞ ＜p＞From ＜em＞＜strong＞The Wine Dark Passage:＜/strong＞＜/em＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞We watched as he gestured to what appeared to be a large hand crank near the edge of the lock.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Do it, O'Neil seemed to indicate.＜/p＞ ＜p＞And he moved toward itーeven as something moved with him through the shadows; something sleek and dark and stealthy as a panther. Something which was joined by three other somethings as Jarnel took up the big, iron handle and began to crank itーpausing to take off his coat and roll up his sleeves, completely oblivious to the fact that he was being watched. That he was being stalked.＜/p＞ ＜p＞What happened next happened fast; so fast that I was still shaking Puckett's shoulder, telling him to fire, fire!ーwhen one of the things leapt onto Jarnel's back and just held on tight: curling its talons so that they dug into his thin, wet shoulders, seeming to rake his back with its sickle-clawed hindlimbs, closing its jaws about his neck and jugular. Nor did it stop there but only got worse, as the other velociraptors, the other murder birds, descended on him like flies, like jackalsーknocking him to the ground, burying him as if in quicksand, making it impossible for anyone to even shoot at them for fear of hitting Jarnel himself.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Not that there would have been any pointーhe was clearly dead alreadyーas Captain O'Neil spoke into his mic and the sub moved on through the now-open gates. As the raptors snarled and fought over Jarnel's corpse and I looked toward the sky at the fat, bloody moon (which was partially obscured by the semi-luminescent clouds; the so-called Flashback Borealis, which shown red as Abaddon); noting that the world hadn't remarked on his death in the least but only continued to look on in perfect silence: impenetrable, inscrutable, having nothing whatsoever to sayーnothing to add or take awayーlike we ourselves, I supposed.＜/p＞ ＜p＞And then it was time to get readyーas we were more than halfway there. Time to go over the plan once more and to steel ourselves, steel our shivering stomachs, for what was yet to come. To get square with our gods and Buddhas so we could go ashore at Camp Burtonーwhere there was a small port tucked into a heavily forested cul-de-sacーand do at last what needed to be done.＜/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 Joy of Life: (La joie de vivre)【電子書籍】[ Emile Zola ]

＜p＞When the cuckoo-clock in the dining-room struck six, Chanteau lost all hope. He rose with a painful effort from the arm-chair in which he was sitting, warming his heavy, gouty legs before a coke fire. Ever since two o'clock he had been awaiting the arrival of Madame Chanteau, who, after five weeks' absence, was to-day expected to bring from Paris their little cousin, Pauline Quenu, an orphan girl, ten years of age, whose guardianship they had undertaken. 'I can't understand it at all, V?ronique,' he said, opening the kitchen-door. 'Some accident must have happened to them.' The cook, a tall stout woman of five-and-thirty, with hands like a man's and a face like a gendarme's, was just removing from the fire a leg of mutton, which seemed in imminent danger of being over-done. She did not express her irritation in words, but the pallor of her usually ruddy cheeks betokened her displeasure. 'Madame has, no doubt, stayed in Paris,' she said curtly, 'looking after that endless business which is putting us all topsy-turvy.' 'No! no!' answered Chanteau. 'The letter we had yesterday evening said that the little girl's affairs were completely settled. Madame was to arrive this morning at Caen, where she intended making a short stay to see Davoine. At one o'clock she was to take the train again; at two she would alight at Bayeux; at three, old Malivoire's coach would put her down at Arromanches. Even if Malivoire wasn't ready to start at once, Madame ought to have been here by four o'clock, or by half-past at the latest. There are scarcely six miles from Arromanches to Bonneville.' The cook kept her eyes fixed on the joint, and only shook her head while these calculations were thrown at her. After some little hesitation Chanteau added: 'I think you had better go to the corner of the road and look if you can see anything of them, V?ronique.' She glared at him, growing still paler with suppressed anger. 'Why? What for? Monsieur Lazare is already out there, getting drenched in looking for them: and what's the good of my going and getting wet through also?' 'The truth is,' murmured Chanteau, softly, 'that I am beginning to feel a little uneasy about my son as well. He ought to have been back by this time. What can he have been doing out on the road for the last hour?' Without vouchsafing any answer V?ronique took from a nail an old black woollen shawl, which she threw over her head and shoulders. Then, as she saw her master following her into the passage, she said to him, rather snappishly: 'Go back to your fire, if you don't want to be bellowing with pain to-morrow.'＜/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 Pecos Country【電子書籍】[ Edward S. Ellis ]

＜p＞In the Pecos Country＜br /＞ Edward S. Ellis, american author (1840-1916)＜br /＞ ＜br /＞ This ebook presents «In the Pecos Country», from Edward S. Ellis. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected.＜br /＞ ＜br /＞ Table of Contents＜br /＞ -01- About this book＜br /＞ -02- A WARNING＜br /＞ -03- A BRIEF CONFERENCE＜br /＞ -04- FRED GOES ON GUARD＜br /＞ -05- FACING LONE WOLF＜br /＞ -06- THE APACHES ARE COMING＜br /＞ -07- THE APACHE ATTACK＜br /＞ -08- IN A TREE＜br /＞ -09- THE SWOOP OF THE APACHE＜br /＞ -10- IN LONE WOLF'S CLUTCHES＜br /＞ -11- TWO OLD ENEMIES＜br /＞ -12- HOT QUARTERS＜br /＞ -13- THE YOUNG CAPTIVE＜br /＞ -14- THE ENCAMPMENT＜br /＞ -15- THE STRANGE CAMP＜br /＞ -16- A LEAP FOR LIBERTY＜br /＞ -17- THE RECONNOISSANCE＜br /＞ -18- FORAGING FOR FOOD＜br /＞ -19- ALONE IN THE RAVINE＜br /＞ -20- THE MYSTERIOUS PURSUER＜br /＞ -21- AN UNCOMFORTABLE LODGING＜br /＞ -22- A TERRIBLE NIGHT＜br /＞ -23- LOST＜br /＞ -24- A PERILOUS PASSAGE＜br /＞ -25- A TERRIBLE BED＜br /＞ -26- WITHIN THE EARTH＜br /＞ -27- A WELCOME VISITOR＜br /＞ -28- A SUBTERRANEAN CAMP-FIRE＜br /＞ -29- THE EXPLORING TOUR＜br /＞ -30- A MYSTERY＜br /＞ -31- DISCUSSIONS AND PLANS＜br /＞ -32- AN EXCHANGE OF SHOTS＜br /＞ -33- FOOTSTEPS IN THE DARKNESS＜br /＞ -34- WHAT THE FOOTSTEPS MEANT＜/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！】Lost Mount Penn Wineries, Railroads and Resorts of Reading【電子書籍】[ Mike Madaio ]

＜p＞＜strong＞German immigrants of the nineteenth century brought their traditions of winemaking and mouthwatering cuisine to the slopes of Mount Penn high above Reading.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞With a Santa Claus beard and a long-stemmed pipe, the hermit of Mount Penn, Louis Kuechler, founded Kuechler's Roost, where travelers flocked for feasts, literary soirees and free-flowing local wine. The opening of the Mount Penn Gravity Railroad brought a flurry of tourists from around the nation and fueled the creation of resorts throughout the countryside. Spuhler's Hotel hosted renowned pig roasts from noon until midnight. The fresh waters of Lauterbach Springs attracted wine and outdoor enthusiasts alike. Author Mike Madaio explores the vibrant society and culinary culture that made Mount Penn one of the best-known resort regions in the country until financial difficulties and the passage of Prohibition spelled its end.＜/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！】Tales from Shakespeare Classic Illustrated【電子書籍】[ Charles Lamb ]

＜p＞The following Tales are meant to be submitted to the young reader as an introduction to the study of Shakespeare, for which purpose his words are used whenever it seemed possible to bring them in; and in whatever has been added to give them the regular form of a connected story, diligent are has been taken to select such words as might least interrupt the effect of the beautiful English tongue in which he wrote: therefore, words introduced into our language since his time have been as far as possible avoided.＜/p＞ ＜p＞In those tales which have been taken from the Tragedies, the young readers will perceive, when they come to see the source from which these stories are derived, that Shakespeare's own words, with little alteration, recur very frequently in the narrative as well as in the dialogue; but in those made from the Comedies the writers found themselves scarcely ever able to turn his words into the narrative form: therefore it is feared that, in them, dialogue has been made use of too frequently for young people not accustomed to the dramatic form of writing. But this fault, if it be a fault, has been caused by an earnest wish to give as much of Shakespeare's own words as possible: and if the 'He said,' and 'She said,' the question and the reply, should sometimes seem tedious to their young ears, they must pardon it, because it was the only way in which could be given to them a few hints and little foretastes of the great pleasure which awaits them in their elder years, when they come to the rich treasures from which these small and valueless coins are extracted; pretending to no other merit than as faint and imperfect stamps of Shakespeare's matchless image. Faint and imperfect images they must be called, because the beauty of his language is too frequently destroyed by the necessity of changing many of his excellent words into words far less expressive of his true sense, to make it read something like prose; and even in some few places, where his blank verse is given unaltered, as hoping from its simple plainness to cheat the young reader into the belief that they are reading prose, yet still his language being transplanted from its own natural soil and wild poetic garden, it must want much of its native beauty.＜/p＞ ＜p＞It has been wished to make these Tales easy reading for very young children. To the utmost of their ability the writers have constantly kept this in mind; but the subjects of most of them made this a very difficult task. It was no easy matter to give the histories of men and women in terms familiar to the apprehension of a very young mind. For young ladies too, it has been the intention chiefly to write; because boys being generally permitted the use of their fathers' libraries at a much earlier age than girls are, they frequently have the best scenes of Shakespeare by heart, before their sisters are permitted to look into this manly book; and, therefore, instead of recommending these Tales to the perusal of young gentlemen who can read them so much better in the originals, their kind assistance is rather requested in explaining to their sisters such parts as are hardest for them to understand: and when they have helped them to get over the difficulties, then perhaps they will read to them (carefully selecting what is proper for a young sister's ear) some passage which has pleased them in one of these stories, in the very words of the scene from which it is taken; and it is hoped they will find that the beautiful extracts, the select passages, they may choose to give their sisters in this way will be much better relished and understood from their having some notion of the general story from one of these imperfect abridgments; which if they be fortunately so done as to prove delightful to any of the young readers, it is hoped that no worse effect will result than to make them wish themselves a little older, that they may be allowed to read the Plays at full length (such a wish will be neither peevish nor irrational). When time and leave of judicious friends shall put them into their hands, they will discover in such of them as are here abridged (not to mention almost as many more, which are left untouched) many surprising events and turns of fortune, which for their infinite variety could not be contained in this little book, besides a world of sprightly and cheerful characters, both men and women, the humour of which it was feared would be lost if it were attempted to reduce the length of them.＜/p＞ ＜p＞What these Tales shall have been to the young readers, that and much more it is the writers' wish that the true Plays of Shakespeare may prove to them in older years enrichers of the fancy, strengtheners of virtue, a withdrawing from all selfish and mercenary thoughts, a lesson of all sweet and honourable thoughts and actions, to teach courtesy, benignity, generosity, humanity: for of examples, teaching these virtues, his pages are full.＜/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！】Universal Harvester A Novel【電子書籍】[ John Darnielle ]

＜p＞＜em＞＜strong＞New York Times＜/strong＞＜/em＞ ＜strong＞Bestseller＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞"A＜/strong＞ ＜strong＞moving, beautifully etched＜/strong＞ picture of America’s lost and profoundly lonely." ーKazuo Ishiguro, author of ＜em＞The Remains of the Day＜/em＞ and winner of the 2017 Nobel Prize for Literature＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞“Brilliant＜/strong＞ . . . Darnielle is a master at building suspense, and his writing is propulsive and urgent; ＜strong＞it’s nearly impossible to stop reading＜/strong＞ . . . [＜em＞Universal Harvester＜/em＞ is] beyond worthwhile; it’s a major work by an author who is quickly becoming ＜strong＞one of the brightest stars in American fiction＜/strong＞.＜strong＞”＜/strong＞＜br /＞ ーMichael Schaub, ＜em＞Los Angeles Times＜/em＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞**“**＜strong＞Grows in menace as the pages stack up＜/strong＞ . . . [But] more sensitive than one would expect from a more traditional tale of dread.”＜br /＞ ーJoe Hill, ＜em＞New York Times Book Review＜/em＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞Life in a small town takes a dark turn when mysterious footage begins appearing on VHS cassettes at the local Video Hut＜/strong＞**. So begins** ＜strong＞＜em＞Universal Harvester＜/em＞, t＜/strong＞＜strong＞he haunting and masterfully unsettling new novel from John Darnielle, author of the ＜em＞New York Times＜/em＞ Bestseller and National Book Award Nominee ＜em＞Wolf in White Van＜/em＞＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞Jeremy works at the Video Hut in Nevada, Iowa. It’s a small town in the center of the stateーthe first ＜em＞a＜/em＞ in Nevada pronounced ＜em＞ay＜/em＞. This is the late 1990s, and even if the Hollywood Video in Ames poses an existential threat to Video Hut, there are still regular customers, a rush in the late afternoon. It’s good enough for Jeremy: it’s a job, quiet and predictable, and it gets him out of the house, where he lives with his dad and where they both try to avoid missing Mom, who died six years ago in a car wreck.＜/p＞ ＜p＞But when a local schoolteacher comes in to return her copy of ＜em＞Targets＜/em＞ーan old movie, starring Boris Karloff, one Jeremy himself had ordered for the storeーshe has an odd complaint: “There’s something on it,” she says, but doesn’t elaborate. Two days later, a different customer returns a different tape, a new release, and says it’s not defective, exactly, but altered: “There’s another movie on this tape.”＜/p＞ ＜p＞Jeremy doesn’t want to be curious, but he brings the movies home to take a look. And, indeed, in the middle of each movie, the screen blinks dark for a moment and the movie is replaced by a few minutes of jagged, poorly lit home video. The scenes are odd and sometimes violent, dark, and deeply disquieting. There are no identifiable faces, no dialogue or explanationーthe first video has just the faint sound of someone breathingー but there are some recognizable landmarks. These have been shot just outside of town.＜/p＞ ＜p＞In ＜em＞Universal Harvester＜/em＞, the once placid Iowa fields and farmhouses now sinister and imbued with loss and instability and profound foreboding. The novel will take Jeremy and those around him deeper into this landscape than they have ever expected to go. They will become part of a story that unfolds years into the past and years into the future, part of an impossible search for something someone once lost that they would do anything to regain.＜/p＞ ＜p＞“This chilling literary thriller follows a video store clerk as he deciphers a macabre mystery through clues scattered among the tapes his customers rent. ＜strong＞A page-tuning homage to ＜em＞In Cold Blood＜/em＞ and ＜em＞The Ring.＜/em＞＜/strong＞”＜br /＞ ＜em＞ーO: The Oprah Magazine＜/em＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞“[＜em＞Universal Harvester＜/em＞ is] so wonderfully strange, almost Lynchian in its juxtaposition of the banal and the creepy, that my urge to know what the hell was going on caused me to go full throttle . . . [But] Darnielle hides so much beautiful commentary in the book’s quieter moments that you would be remiss not to slow down.”＜br /＞ ーAbram Scharf, MTV News＜/p＞ ＜p＞“＜em＞Universal Harvester＜/em＞ is a novel about noticing hidden things, particularly the hurt and desperation that people bear under their exterior of polite reserve . . . Mr. Darnielle possesses the clairvoyant’s gift for looking beneath the surface.”＜br /＞ ーSam Sacks, ＜em＞The Wall Street Journal＜/em＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞“[＜em＞Universal Harvester＜/em＞ is] constantly unnerving, wrapped in a depressed dread that haunts every passage. But it all pays off with surprising emotionality.”＜br /＞ ーKevin Nguyen, GQ.com＜/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！】Time in the City Kerrigan Chronicles, #5【電子書籍】[ W.J. May ]

＜p＞＜em＞USA Today Bestselling author, W.J. May brings you a continuation of the international bestselling series, The Chronicles of Kerrigan! Come back and enjoy the famous characters, or step into the series right here. You won't be disappointed!＜/em＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞Home is where the heart is…unless that home burns to the ground.＜/p＞ ＜p＞When Guilder University is attacked, it's all hands on deck. Agents are called in from all corners of the globe. The alumni reunite to protect the younger generation, and safeguard the future of the school.＜/p＞ ＜p＞But things aren't as simple as they seem.＜/p＞ ＜p＞The sudden emergence of a shadow organization leaves Rae Kerrigan and her friends scrambling to put together the pieces. The strike at Guilder is only the beginning. The supernatural world is starting to fall apart. The future blinks in and out of focus, as everyone becomes a target.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Who's pulling the strings? How are they connected to James? Can they be stopped in time?＜/p＞ ＜p＞Or is it impossible to change one's fate?＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞Kerrigan Chronicles＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞Stopping Time＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞Passage of Time＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞Ticking Clock＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞Secrets in Time＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞Time in the City＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞Ultimate Future＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞READ THE WHOLE SERIES:＜br /＞ Prequel Series:＜br /＞ Christmas Before the Magic＜br /＞ Question the Darkness＜br /＞ Into the Darkness＜br /＞ Fight the Darkness＜br /＞ Alone in the Darkness＜br /＞ Lost in Darkness＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞The Chronicles of Kerrigan Series＜br /＞ Rae of Hope＜br /＞ Dark Nebula＜br /＞ House of Cards＜br /＞ Royal Tea＜br /＞ Under Fire＜br /＞ End in Sight＜br /＞ Hidden Darkness＜br /＞ Twisted Together＜br /＞ Mark of Fate＜br /＞ Strength & Power＜br /＞ Last One Standing＜br /＞ Rae of Light＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞The Chronicles of Kerrigan Sequel＜br /＞ A Matter of Time＜br /＞ Time Piece＜br /＞ Second Chance＜br /＞ Glitch in Time＜br /＞ Our Time＜br /＞ Precious Time＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞The Chronicles of Kerrigan: Gabriel＜br /＞ Living in the Past＜br /＞ Present for Today＜br /＞ Staring at the Future＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞and COMING SOON＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞the KERRIGAN KIDS!!!＜/strong＞＜/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 Authority In Me: The Power of Family Life in the Network Culture - A Parent's Voice in the Cyber Wilderness【電子書籍】[ Joanna Jullien ]

＜p＞The Internet , the great home invasion of our time, makes it possible for kids to “Google” anything they think they need to know, and create a surreal “cyber reality” making the role of parents, teachers and other authority figures seem obscured, irrelevant and obsolete.＜/p＞ ＜p＞And it is truly more difficult for parents to really know what is going on in their children’s lives.＜/p＞ ＜p＞The beliefs to which our children are exposed tell them they are neither important, nor good enough unless they lower standards for personal security and surrender their inherent authority in the name of “freedom”.＜br /＞ On the surface these lies seem like the same old peer pressure of previous generations. What is not understood by many parents today is the amount of intense, surreal pressure applied through network technology that shapes their reality.＜/p＞ ＜p＞In our cyber powered world, children can “know” too much for their own good without wisdom for living an abundant life; and parents can become increasingly ignorant of what is going on in their children’s lives - making children especially vulnerable to the lies of the network culture.＜/p＞ ＜p＞There is no shortage of drama to illustrate this disconnect from truth.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Kids committing suicide in response to cyber bullying, or the bullies and bystanders being so bold as to promote and/or allow heinous and ruthless cyber-powered harassment campaigns against an individual; or the fact that the modern drug addict or alcoholic looks like your child because networked “friend communities” convince kids that taking prescription pain killers and binge drinking is the norm for youth entertainment, and for many it is a rite of passage.＜br /＞ Every kind of peer pressure we experienced is amplified, as if on steroids, and with the voice of parental wisdom silenced, can become all consuming.＜/p＞ ＜p＞The Internet removes all barriers and traditional boundaries, and parents are challenged to lead with genuine authority; the authority within each of us that inspired the founding of the republic of the United States.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Based upon the author’s faith, personal experience, research, and hundreds of conversations with parents, professionals and children, this book addresses how parents can better understand the world our children navigate as digital natives, and develop stronger, deeper more meaningful relationships that promote self-governance and the ability to discern truth from things that sound really good but are not true.＜/p＞ ＜p＞This book is for every parent who wonders, “Is it really just me who feels this way?” or who feels powerless against the tidal wave of pressure to “trust” their child because it’s no longer acceptable to double-check with other parents about the planned activities, or to insist honoring standards and enforcing consequences.＜/p＞ ＜p＞For every parent whose inner voice is screaming “this is wrong!” or “how can I help my suffering child?”-- there are answers. Very simple, profound answers found in the inherent authority of a parent that is a divine appointment. To be lost, parental authority must be surrendered. Understanding why and how to exercise that authority in genuine and authentic ways can lead you and your family onto a path of peace in a crazy, topsy-turvy world.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Giving a voice to the silent majority, this book addresses how parental authority is the key to meet the challenges and quell the anxiety of dealing with the seductive and sometimes outrageous claims of the network culture on the souls our children. This book explores how parents can develop purpose-driven perspectives essential to leading children in the network culture; cultivate self-governance in children at earlier ages; and develop house rules that promote personal security and confidence.＜/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！】Potarium【電子書籍】[ Kyle Sorrell ]

＜p＞＜strong＞Potarium, the city of heaven, has finally revealed itself.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞After reaching the bottom of Munderworld and speaking to the enigmatic and all-powerful Munder King, Cynkz is granted passage to the heavenly city. Once washed upon its shore, he reunites with an old friend, and the two seek assistance in finding the long lost Sister of Elm.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Cynkz gets more than he bargained for when a dark secret from his past comes back in the worst way imaginable. New allies lead him down a dangerous path, and the jester must come to terms with his mistakes to save the last bastion of peace. Old grudges and new dangers put the fate of every living soul on the line, and Cynkz finds himself at the dark center of it 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！】Written in the Waters A Memoir of History, Home, and Belonging【電子書籍】[ Tara Roberts ]

＜p＞This searing memoir by a National Geographic explorer recounts one woman's epic journey to trace the global slave trade across the Atlantic Oceanーand find her place in the world. For fans of adventurous women's memoirs like Elizabeth Gilbert's Eat Pray Love, Cheryl Strayed's Wild, and Jesmyn Ward's Men We Reaped. When Tara Roberts first caught sight of a photograph at the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History depicting the underwater archaeology group Diving With a Purpose, it called out to her. Here were Black women and men strapping on masks, fins, and tanks to explore Atlantic Ocean waters along the coastlines of Africa, North America, and Central America, seeking the wrecks of slave ships long lost in time. Inspired, Roberts joined themーand started on a path of discovery more challenging and personal than she could ever have imagined.In this lush and lyrical memoir, she tells a story of exploration and reckoning that takes her from her home in Washington, D.C., to an exotic array of locales: Thailand and Sri Lanka, Mozambique, South Africa, Senegal, Benin, Costa Rica, and St. Croix. The journey connects her with other divers, scholars, and archaeologists, offering a unique way of understanding the 12.5 million souls carried away from their African homeland to enslavement on other continents. But for Roberts, the journey is also intensely personal. Inspired by the descendants of those who lost their lives during the Middle Passage, she decides to plumb her own family history and life as a Black woman to help make sense of her own identity.Complex and unflinchingly authentic, this deeply moving narrative heralds an important new voice in literature that will open minds and hearts everywhere.＜/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！】Finding Lisa【電子書籍】[ Sigrid Macdonald ]

＜p＞Tara Richards is unhappy with her job as a rehabilitation nurse and disenchanted with her marriage, but lacks the courage to make a major life change. When her best friend Lisa disappears, Tara's life is thrown into turmoil. Has Lisa jeopardized her sobriety by going on a drinking binge or is she hiding the news that she may be pregnant from her partner Ryan, who has a history of battering, and it's not his baby? Lisa is her rock, her confidant, her reality check. Tara can't live without her. Despite the near paralysis of bad hair days and her dread of turning forty, Tara joins a massive search to look for her friend in conjunction with the police, her colorful women's collective, Lisa's old-world Italian parents, and a twenty-four-year-old man Tara finds particularly captivating.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞Review of ＜em＞Finding Lisa; Gripping, compelling and a darn good read.＜/em＞＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜em＞Finding Lisa by Sigrid Macdonald comes highly recommended by Chick Lit Caf?.＜/em＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞One evening Tara is having a conversation with her best friend Lisa, the next morning Lisa is missing and the search begins. In the two weeks that follow, Tara will go through a lifetime of emotions. What's happened to Lisa? The shocking truth is not revealed until the very end and it will have you sat on the end of your chair.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞Review of ＜em＞Finding Lisa＜/em＞＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞By Diane C. Donovan of Midwest Book Review＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞Tara is leading an unhappy but safe life, stuck in a career and marriage she doesn't like, until her best friend vanishes. ＜em＞Finding Lisa＜/em＞ is about having everything, losing something important, and re-evaluating life, love, and purpose as a result.＜/p＞ ＜p＞It stands out from other stories of disappearance and searching because of its focus on a variety of themes beyond the event itself. These include women's connections and friendships, the kinds of shared interactions that keep such connections alive, and underlying issues of spousal abuse, midlife changes, and new possibilities.＜/p＞ ＜p＞The first step to making meaningful changes is to confront evidence that one's values, perceptions, and patterns are no longer serving their purpose. As long as Lisa is part of her life, Tara isn't compelled to take this step or make these realizations; but Lisa's disappearance prompts a cascade of grief, self-examination, and determination in ways than one, and this in turn fosters new experiences and choices.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Set against the backdrop of Canadian culture, ＜em＞Finding Lisa＜/em＞ follows Tara's journey as she learns to trust strangers, runs into danger and even possible romance, and navigates strange new worlds in which her usual responses need revision.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Her shortcomings and failures are reassessed as her search leads to not only dead ends, but a passage of time that gives her the feeling that Lisa is being left behind as life moves forward without her.＜/p＞ ＜p＞As she faces questions about whether Lisa lost her sobriety and whether her boyfriend Ryan was involved, Tara confronts her own life decisions. Ultimately, ＜em＞Finding Lisa＜/em＞ is about Tara finding herself, her place in the world, and her own willingness to accept pat answers and appearances that defy easy explanations.＜/p＞ ＜p＞The emotionally charged conclusion that takes an unexpected twist will delight readers who anticipated a very different ending from Tara's thought processes, making ＜em＞Finding Lisa＜/em＞ a delightful study in surprises that holds the power to thoroughly engross right up to its stormy conclusion.＜/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！】Lost In the Red and World of Heroes (Two-in-one Collection)【電子書籍】[ A. J. Payler ]

＜p＞＜strong＞Two complete novels by the author of ＜em＞Bank Error in Your Favor＜/em＞ and ＜em＞The Killing Song＜/em＞＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞Out Of Their Elementーand Trapped Beyond Time!＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞Carson Adkins had no doubt he was born unlucky, especially after his college folded one semester before graduationーbut he never expected to find himself caught deep in the heart of an uncharted land sheltered against the passage of time for decades!＜br /＞ Compelled to struggle for survival against terrifying odds and unfamiliar threats, Carson finds himself in a world he never expected, where every encounter forces him to confront deadly opponents and difficult truths.＜br /＞ When the alluring Delilah Munson joins his journey, Carson believes he may finally have discovered something worth fighting forーbut as he soon discovers, this opaque backwoods jewel has her own agenda, not to mention the will to carry it out.＜br /＞ Torn between two worlds, can the fragile yet ever-growing attraction between a rural princess and a modern man far from home possibly survive in the face of a cataclysmic conflict far beyond the bounds of anything either could ever have imagined?＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞SUPERHEROES FOR THE SOCIAL MEDIA ERA＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞Many long years have passed since superspeedster Jack Quick mothballed his costume, but when he receives a desperate call from a troubled former teammate, Jack has no choice but to don his running suit, dash to his old friend's side, and put the call out to reform their old team, the Fighters.＜/p＞ ＜p＞However, little is as it appears in this strange world of heroes and villainsーand when the new breed fails to live up to the old guard, will Jack side with his old friend or choose justice?＜/p＞ ＜p＞An exciting superhero story in the tradition of your favorite comic book heroes like Justice League, The Avengers, The Flash and S.H.I.E.L.D., WORLD OF HEROES: The Untold Secret Origin of the New Fighters is an action-packed adventure tale of powers, costumes, capes and justice 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！】Ok Now What? A Caregiver's Guide to What Matters【電子書籍】[ Sue Collins ]

＜p＞What matters most when someone close to you has been diagnosed as terminal? Time and quality of life for both of you. Coping with both the practical and emotional questions of this challenging passage. Every death is individual -- as is the walk toward that death both for the one leaving and the ones they leave behind. What truly matters between human beings while taking care of the business of living at the end of life is what this book is about.It offers: ?Practical tips for coping with the physical changes that will impact both the person and the caregiver emotionally, physically, financially and spiritually. ?Advice on paperwork to make things a little easier for the caregiver and for those they leave behind. ?The stories of others; we are not alone ?Tips for friends, neighbors, colleagues or any other part of the relationships we all share in life. There is no perfect way to walk through this time in life. But there are good ways to do it. Focusing on what matters while taking care of the practical business of living and dying can make this walk slightly less scary and more rewarding for everyone. How to use this book: Browse the chapter headings; skip around in the TIPS for ways to approach or solve specific problems. Search the Sources at the end of the chapters for additional information. Read the stories of others' experiences. For the co-worker, the friend and the neighbor, this book offers advice and helpful hints on what to say or do as well as what not to say or do. For the loved one, spouse, and relative it's a practical guide to what you might expect at each stage and offers realistic and reasonable coping strategies. It includes examples born of the experience of a range of people -- professionals in the field as well as no-professionals like yourself -- of what you might experience on this difficult journey.Yet, as we've said, each death is individual just as are the relationships, personalities and personal dynamics involved in each death. Despite the individuality of experience, there are also issues and threads that are universal in human life. This book can act as a practical guide, an encouraging friend, and support, and offers hope for the best possible experience as you help to walk someone home. Across America, 43.5 million people, (nearly one in five adults) care for a loved one 50 or older according to AARP.The Writers:Sue Collins has been a nurse for 38 years and a hospice nurse for 28 years. She has the extensive experience of the professional caregiver and has seen virtually everything at the end of life. As much as anything this book arises out of the OMG!I-can't-believe-they-said-that/did-that moments as well as the anger, frustration, grace and poignancy she has witnessed during the last days of patients for whom she has cared.Nancy Taylor Robson, author of three other books, lost her father to bone cancer, which took approximately three years from diagnosis to departure, and her mother-in-law to a long decline and a series of strokes. She has sat by deathbeds and seen more than one friend through the last months, weeks, days and hours of life and knows that as painful a journey as this is, there can be gifts and blessings along the way. She knows, (at least intellectually), that none of us is getting out of here alive.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Every death is individual.What truly matters between human beings at this time? It offers: tips for coping with the physical challenges; advice on paperwork and practicalities; stories; humor. Browse the chapter headings. Skip around in TIPS. Search the Sources lists. Read the stories.＜/p＞ ＜p＞This book is a guide, an encouraging friend and support, and offers hope for the best possible experience as you help to walk someone 'home.'＜/p＞ ＜p＞Across America, 43.5 million people, Nearly one in five adults cares for a loved one 50 or older according to AARP.＜/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 Survival of the Soul (Do You Want to Know Everything?)【電子書籍】[ Lisa Williams ]

＜p＞＜strong＞Many of us have questions about the passage of life and often wonder what happens when we die. In this amazingly insightful book by medium/clairvoyant Lisa Williams, evidence of the afterlife is explored.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞Through various channels such as meditation, psychic readings, communication with her Spirit Guide, and a personal near-death experience, Lisa delves into the journey of the soul, discusses the different stages of the afterlife, and reveals what life is really like on the other side.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Survival of the Soul addresses the myriad questions many of us have surrounding this subject, especially if we’ve gone through the painful experience of having lost loved ones.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Lisa provides a reassuring glimpse into this fascinating topic by exploring the pathway to the afterlife and then to reincarnation; with the realization that death is not final, but rather a transition into the world beyond ーa place that should be honored, not feared.＜/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！】Pathways and Passages to Leadership【電子書籍】[ David J. Smith ]

＜p＞A collection of lessons dedicated to those willing to dream the impossible while seeking the improbable, to those willing to reach for the stars when establishing their reality, to those who would accept what could be as a destination rather than being content to live life within what is, to those willing to innovate as they fulfill their dreams, to those accepting the responsibility for individual accomplishment within a world that too often rewards the accomplishments of society, to those accepting the responsibility of initiating change within a world that too often rewards stability and the status quo, to those accepting the responsibilities of leadership within a world that too often shifts blame and seeks credit, to those accepting the responsibilities of life within a world that too often rewards the way things are (or have been) rather than what they could be if only. A book of thoughts to help identify the passages that lead from here to there that give hope to those having lost their way during the journey, and a book that provides support to those in need.＜/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 Life in the Saddle: Memoirs of a Pioneer, Circuit Rider and Missionary A Life in the Saddle, #1【電子書籍】[ Brian Hogan ]

＜p＞＜strong＞A Life in the Saddle＜/strong＞ is an expansion on the account Rev. Davie Hogan left of his own life, which he entitled: Autobiography of David Hogan (1811-1899).＜/p＞ ＜p＞[This is the First of Four Parts]＜/p＞ ＜p＞The author will quote directly from this work in the following format, as in the following opening passage:＜/p＞ ＜p＞I propose on this the 16th day of February A.D. 1899, in the 88th year of my life, to continue the work of writing a biographic sketch of my life, from a very imperfect, or partially kept diary. I will here state, this work is only intended as a manuscript for the information of my children, grandchildren, and those who in the future may be interested in the history this writing may afford. I have tried to keep as far from self-laudation as possible. I therefore pray that whosoever may consult or read it, if they think they see a spirit of exultation, they will account for it, on other grounds than intention of the writer.＜/p＞ ＜p＞The rest of the text is comprised of quotes from other sources and background information researched and compiled by the author. Davie wrote for an audience with a base of shared experience and knowledge mostly lost to contemporary readers. The author has attempted to fill out Hogan's often terse or detail lacking account with the wealth of information on history, family members, and local color his ancestor neglected to include. By the way, the author, Brian Hogan, is Rev. Hogan's third great grandnephew.＜/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 to Treat a Midlife Crisis Taking Care of You, #1【電子書籍】[ Megan Bell ]

＜p＞One day you look in the mirror and don't quite recognize the person you see. It's not just the passage of time that worries you; it's that feeling that something has shifted inside you. Perhaps you've achieved many things, but you feel like something's missing. Maybe you've followed the path you thought was right, but now you're wondering if it was really the one you wanted. Or you simply realize that life has changed and that you need to change with it.＜/p＞ ＜p＞The midlife crisis isn't an end; it's a crossroads. It's the moment when you begin to question whether the decisions you made were truly yours or if they were the result of other people's expectations. It's when you look back and feel proud, but also nostalgic. It's when you realize that time moves faster than you imagined and that, if you don't take control now, you could spend the rest of your life waiting for the right moment to do so.＜/p＞ ＜p＞But this stage doesn't have to be a hard blow or a cause for anguish. In fact, it may be the best starting point for something much bigger. It's the perfect opportunity to rediscover who you are, to redefine your goals, to let go of what no longer serves you, and embrace what you truly want. It's not about returning to the past or regretting lost time, but rather about seizing the present with more clarity and determination than ever.＜/p＞ ＜p＞In these pages, you'll find a guide to navigate this stage with strength. You'll learn to accept your past without regret, to stop comparing yourself to others, to see success from a new perspective, and to find balance between your body and mind. You'll also discover how to rediscover your passions, how to confront the fear of change, and how to build a legacy that truly matters. This isn't a book of magic solutions; it's a book that will make you think, that will challenge you, and that will help you understand that the best is yet to come.＜/p＞ ＜p＞If you've ever felt trapped between what you were and what you could be, this book is for you. If you've ever felt like time is slipping away and you need to do something before it's too late, here you'll find the answers you've been looking for. And if you've ever doubted yourself, this book will remind you that it's never too late to start over, to build something new, and, above all, to truly live.＜/p＞ ＜p＞The best time to make a change is now. Don't let life continue to pass you by while you wait for the perfect sign, because that sign is already here. This is the time to take control, to rediscover yourself, and to prove to yourself that a crisis isn't the end of anything, but the beginning of something much better.＜/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！】Blood on the Warpath: Deveran Conflict Series Book VIII【電子書籍】[ Robert Luis Rabello ]

＜p＞Weary of family conflicts and social friction, Brenna used every bit of her charm and wit to convince her husband, Garrick, that they should attend a music festival in the Nordan Coastal Colony. Neither of them had ever seen the ocean, and since their honeymoon had been cut short by his last deployment, Garrick finally agreed to go.＜/p＞ ＜p＞An expert musician, Brenna had never lost a piano competition in her life. Hours of daily practice, studying music theory and dedication to excellence endowed her skills that secretly bolstered the reticent woman's need for affirmation. She wanted to attend the festival, but for all the wrong reasons.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Garrick, with an especially difficult deployment behind him, is gradually recovering from combat trauma. His hypervigilance worries and wearies his wife, who too often takes the brunt of his impatience and paranoia. But the opposition he expressed to attending this music festival was rooted in the mysterious nature of Brenna's invitation. Why would a distant music festival invite her, when she hadn't competed in several years? Something about this particular festival bothered him.＜/p＞ ＜p＞A secretive and wealthy society of Kamerese business interests and ideologues has smuggled arms into the Nordan Colony and provided training for locals who have long chafed under Nordan rule. Eager to drag their war-weary ally, the Republic of Tamaria, into the conflict, the music festival serves as a trap to lure Brenna -- who has also earned Tamaria's highest honor for valor in combat -- to her death. Believing that her demise would serve as a catalyst to prompt Tamaria into war, Los Patrones del Estado pushes local insurgents to violently overthrow Nordan rule.＜/p＞ ＜p＞The resulting conflict is brutal, unpredictable and fraught with uncertain alliances. No one expected Garrick and Brenna to fight back. No one expected them to survive.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Relying on faith, their wits and military training, the amorous couple flee the conflict. Unable to read or speak the language, they strive to cross the border into nearby Kameron, where they expect to find safety among their allies for an uneventful return home. Members of Los Patrones, however, have other ideas.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Along the way, Garrick and Brenna rescue four orphaned children, whose father tried to abuse Brenna when she was a maiden. Caring for these young ones constrains the lovers' marital conduct and significantly complicates their efforts to escape.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Who can they trust? Can others trust them? Join the lovers as they seek safe passage across a hostile border while their way is obscured by Blood on the Warpath.＜/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！】Undeparted【電子書籍】[ Alex de Valette ]

＜p＞Convincing mankind that he doesn't exist has been the Devil's greatest victory.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Undeparted is an action/adventure story of the arcane struggle between Good and Evil woven around some of the most extraordinary tales from history and folklore. You can find out why Satan's hoof prints were found one cold night in Devon; what really happened to the lost North-west passage expedition; learn the true identity of Victorian legend Spring-heeled Jack and why demons flee at the sight of a Morris dance.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Set in modern day America, it focuses on Keanus and his responsibility for overseeing the actions of the Order of the Polymath, a group who have the ability to recall all the skills and knowledge of their previous incarnations. The Order are locked in an eternal struggle with the Djinn but this delicate balance is disturbed when a new entity enters the stage. Tamerlane is a crazed soul who has escaped from Hell and now walks the earth again. He believes that he is the new Messiah and is planning world domination following his master-minding of the 9/11 atrocity. Satan claims to be so concerned that he will be dethroned as the Prince of Darkness that he turns to the Order for help. As the plot twists and turns, even Keanus comes under suspicion as old wounds and ancient mysteries are re-opened.＜br /＞ Has that feeling of d?j? vu ever made you stop and wonder? Have you ever felt unexplainably familiar in new surroundings? You probably just dismissed it yet it was actually your soul trying to remind you of one or more of your past-lives and this book will help you understand why. It is inspired by the true story of one man's near death experience, but it wasn't like those heart warming stories you read in the Sunday papers. He didn't see the light or stand before the Pearly Gates; this man went to Hell…and returned with a message for us all.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Protect your soul; know the Psychomachy.＜/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！】25 Essential Herbs You Need to Know【電子書籍】[ Dueep Jyot Singh ]

＜p＞25 Essential Herbs You Need to Know＜/p＞ ＜p＞Table of Contents＜br /＞ Introduction＜br /＞ Sage ? Leaves＜br /＞ Mint ? Herb ? Mentha spicata.＜br /＞ Mint Jelly＜br /＞ Mint Julep＜br /＞ Ginger ? Roots＜br /＞ Ginger Tips＜br /＞ Ginger for Skin Infections＜br /＞ Ginger Ale＜br /＞ Coriander [Cilantro] - Coriandrum Sativum ? leaves, seeds＜br /＞ Chives ? Allium choenoprasum ? leaves＜br /＞ Sauce Tartare＜br /＞ Lavender＜br /＞ Plant Cuttings with Heels＜br /＞ Lavender Seeds＜br /＞ Lavender Bags＜br /＞ Lavender Potpourri＜br /＞ Bergamot - Momarda Didyma ? leaves, bark and flowers＜br /＞ Bergamot Tea Infusion.＜br /＞ Dill ? Poucedomum Graveolus ? Seeds and Leaves＜br /＞ Fennel - Foeniculum vulgare ? F.officinale ? Leaves, Stem And Seed＜br /＞ Chamomile Anthemis nobilis ? flowers＜br /＞ How to Make a Chamomile Lawn＜br /＞ Parsley Petroselinum Crispum ? Leaves.＜br /＞ Ma?tre D’h?tel Butter＜br /＞ Drying Parsley＜br /＞ Rosemary ? rosemarinus officinalis ? whole sprig＜br /＞ Hungary Water＜br /＞ Rosemary Tea＜br /＞ Rosemary Scalp Tonic＜br /＞ Thyme ? Thymus vulgaris - Leaves＜br /＞ Thyme Vinegar＜br /＞ Anise＜br /＞ Aloe Vera＜br /＞ Growing Aloe Vera＜br /＞ Aloe Vera for Beauty＜br /＞ Face Wash Mixture＜br /＞ PH Balanced Skin Toner ?＜br /＞ Basil - Oscimum basilicum ? leaves＜br /＞ Basil Vinegar＜br /＞ Carraway (Caraway) - Carum carvi - seeds, leaves, root.＜br /＞ Chervil - Anthriscus cerefolium ? leaves and roots＜br /＞ Chervil Vinegar＜br /＞ Hyssop ? Hyssopus officinalis ? young shoots＜br /＞ Hyssop Tea.＜br /＞ Garlic ? Allium sativum ? bulb＜br /＞ Comfrey - Symphytum caucisicum ? leaves＜br /＞ Violet ? Viola odorata ? Leaves And Flowers＜br /＞ Violet Cure for Insomnia＜br /＞ Violet pudding＜br /＞ Marjoram - origamum omits - leaves＜br /＞ Tarragon - artemisia dracunculus ? leaves.＜br /＞ Tarragon Vinegar＜br /＞ Angelica - Angelica archangelica ? stem＜br /＞ Crystallizing Angelica＜br /＞ Conclusion＜br /＞ Author Bio＜/p＞ ＜p＞Introduction＜br /＞ Just imagine a world without herbs. You would be flavoring your food with spices or even with natural minerals, because you did not know all about the value of the plant world to make a difference between a bland dish, and a delicious one.＜br /＞ Also, just imagine trying to get rid of a cold more than 5000 years ago, by rubbing your face with cold water. Until somebody decided that he was feeling really cold and he needed something hot to drink. So he just put some water on to boil, but because he did not like the taste of bland water, he just added some nice green leaves. Hey, this chance combination turned out to be really tasty. It also happened to cure his cold and made him feel really warm.＜br /＞ Believe it or not, most of the herbal lore, which has passed down to us down the ages has been found due to experimentation or by Lucky chances. Also, anything which my goats, sheep, horses and cattle liked may not have suited my innards and vice versa. That is why you do not give your cats and dogs , well spiced food, especially your pizza remains, unless you want them really sick.＜br /＞ At that time people did not know much about writing, because we are talking about prehistoric times. However, down the generations, they passed on this knowledge to the people of their tribe. And when they met up with other people of other tribes, they shared this knowledge.＜br /＞ This continued some sensible person decided that this knowledge had to be stored up for the use of future generations. And so this compile addition of herbal lore and information was born and the teachers, the wise men helped mankind for ages to come.＜br /＞ This included the knowledge of the essential oils in the plants.＜br /＞ Basil and mint essential oils are excellent for cooking and in beauty products.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Many of the herbs and remedies known to our ancestors have been lost with the passage of time. However, a lot of these remedies are still being rediscovered by chance, or through documents, found in excavations. Many of the plants which were so common during the time of the Pharaohs are now extinct.＜br /＞ Nevertheless, their knowledge can be considered to be the basis of modern medical knowledge. They knew all about how to use onions to cure colds, as well as heart diseases. Thanks to the Eber papyri , modern researchers are researching on the benefit of onions to cure heart ailments.＜/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 Poems【電子書籍】[ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ]

＜p＞This collection includes the complete poetical works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - poems, verses, ballads, songs and other poetry written by this famous American poet and educator. Table of Contents: Voices of the Night: Prelude Hymn to the Night A Psalm of Life The Reaper and the Flowers The Light of Stars Footsteps of Angels Flowers The Beleaguered City Midnight Mass for the Dying Year Earlier Poems: An April Day Autumn Woods in Winter Hymn of the Moravian Nuns of Bethlehem Sunrise on the Hills The Spirit of Poetry Burial of the Minnisink L'Envoi Ballads and Other Poems: The Skeleton in Armor The Wreck of the Hesperus The Village Blacksmith Endymion It is not Always May The Rainy Day God's-Acre To the River Charles Blind Bartimeus The Goblet of Life Maidenhood Excelsior Poems on Slavery: To William E. Channing The Slave's Dream The Good Part, that shall not be taken away The Slave in the Dismal Swamp The Slave singing at Midnight The Witnesses The Quadroon Girl The Warning The Spanish Student The Belfry of Bruges and Other Poems: Carillon The Belfry of Bruges A Gleam of Sunshine The Arsenal at Springfield Nuremberg The Norman Baron Rain In Summer To a Child The Occultation of Orion The Bridge To the Driving Cloud The Day Is done Afternoon in February To an Old Danish Song-Book Walter von der Vogelweid Drinking Song The Old Clock on the Stairs The Arrow and the Song Mezzo Cammin The Evening Star Autumn Dante Curfew Evangeline - A Tale of Acadie The Seaside and the Fireside: The Song of Hiawatha The Courtship Birds of Passage: Prometheus, or the Poet's Forethought Epimetheus, or the Poet's Afterthought The Ladder of St. Augustine The Phantom Ship The Warden of the Cinque Ports Haunted Houses In the Churchyard at Cambridge The Emperor's Bird's-Nest The Two Angels Daylight and Moonlight The Jewish Cemetery at Newport Oliver Basselin Victor Galbraith My Lost Youth The Ropewalk The Golden Mile-Stone Catawba Wine Santa Filomena The Discoverer of the North Cape Daybreak The Fiftieth Birthday of Agassiz Children Sandalphon The Children's Hour Enceladus The Cumberland Snow-Flakes…＜/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！】Open Passage【電子書籍】[ Anastasia Kafoussi ]

＜p＞"Open Passage" is the first poetic journey by Greek writer＜br /＞ Anastasia Kafoussi, a story about the esoteric quest of man in order to be liberated from fear and bondage. To search the road of truth and wisdom in order to find spiritual exits from the complete degradation of materialism, determining again the foundation of his existence. Finally, to give battle to find the road to hope, to dream, to have vision again.＜/p＞ ＜p＞“We are lost in the cycles of life, by accepting one-dimensionally＜br /＞ our material foundation. By avoiding or forgetting also to traverse＜br /＞ the road of our esoteric realization, we follow the armies of those with the earthen masks. We haven’t other than to exceed our fears and give our own battle, in order to open the eyes of the soul to a new horizon for realizing the prospects of conscience, through the open passage, with more truth, love and light.”＜/p＞ ＜p＞Here is one of the poems:＜/p＞ ＜p＞"Nocturnal Visitors"＜/p＞ ＜p＞I follow the sun that subsides＜br /＞ at the edge of the world of my eyes＜br /＞ and I hearken to the echo of life＜br /＞ which closes the cycle of the day.＜br /＞ You think that everything will fall silent＜br /＞ and will surrender to the sweet coziness of the evening.＜br /＞ But the creatures of the night remain vigilant＜br /＞ and their breath becomes a warm wind＜br /＞ whose heat awakens the memories＜br /＞ residing in the chambers of my mind.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Slowly and indolently, after years of torpor,＜br /＞ behind doors which remained hermetically sealed,＜br /＞ they stir my feelings,＜br /＞ those that I left unspoken during my journey in time.＜br /＞ But they survived, like aged warriors＜br /＞ who never paused to justify＜br /＞ the battles they had to fight,＜br /＞ even as the hordes of enemies＜br /＞ were bloodthirstily climbing the walls of their castles.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Thoughts, quests and desires,＜br /＞ images, sounds and colors＜br /＞ are coming to meet me.＜br /＞ Nocturnal visitors＜br /＞ who unexpectedly knocked at the door＜br /＞ and asked me for a little oxygen,＜br /＞ to breathe in my dreams.＜/p＞ ＜p＞And by following the luminous paths of my fantasy,＜br /＞ I find myself in places where the phantom of decay did not wander,＜br /＞ there where the feelings did not remain inactive,＜br /＞ there where the expression of the soul favors drops of happiness.＜br /＞ There where a child holds in his hands the stars that are falling＜br /＞ and dreams are not utopia…＜/p＞ ＜p＞...＜/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！】Fixing Law Schools From Collapse to the Trump Bump and Beyond【電子書籍】[ Benjamin H. Barton ]

＜p＞＜strong＞An urgent plea for much needed reforms to legal education＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞The period from 2008 to 2018 was a lost decade for American law schools. Employment results were terrible. Applications and enrollment cratered. Revenue dropped precipitously and several law schools closed. Almost all law schools shrank in terms of students, faculty, and staff. A handful of schools even closed. Despite these dismal results, law school tuition outran inflation and student indebtedness exploded, creating a truly toxic brew of higher costs for worse results.＜/p＞ ＜p＞The election of Donald Trump in 2016 and the subsequent role of hero-lawyers in the “resistance” has made law school relevant again and applications have increased. However, despite the strong early returns, we still have no idea whether law schools are out of the woods or not. If the Trump Bump is temporary or does not result in steady enrollment increases, more schools will close.＜/p＞ ＜p＞But if it does last, we face another danger. We tend to hope that crises bring about a process of creative destruction, where a downturn causes some businesses to fail and other businesses to adapt. And some of the reforms needed at law schools are obvious: tuition fees need to come down, teaching practices need to change, there should be greater regulations on law schools that fail to deliver on employment and bar passage. Ironically, the opposite has happened for law schools: they suffered a harrowing, near-death experience and the survivors look like they’re going to exhale gratefully and then go back to doing exactly what led them into the crisis in the first place.＜/p＞ ＜p＞The urgency of this book is to convince law school stakeholders (faculty, students, applicants, graduates, and regulators) not to just return to business as usual if the Trump Bump proves to be permanent. We have come too far, through too much, to just shrug our shoulders and move on.＜/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！】Lost Child The True Story of a Girl who Couldn't Ask for Help【電子書籍】[ Torey Hayden ]

＜p＞＜strong＞From Torey Hayden, the number one ＜em＞Sunday Times＜/em＞ bestselling author of ＜em＞One Child＜/em＞ comes ＜em＞Lost Girl＜/em＞, a poignant and deeply moving account of a lost little girl and an extraordinary educational psychologist's courage and determination.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞Jessie is nine years old and looks like the perfect little girl, with red hair, green eyes and a beguiling smile. She even has a talent for drawing gorgeous and intricate pictures. But Jessie also knows how to get her own way and will lie, scream, shout and hurt to get just exactly what she wants.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Her parents say they can't take her back, and her social workers struggle to deal with her destructive behaviour and wild mood swings. After her chaotic passage through numerous foster placements, Jessie has finally received a diagnosis of an attachment disorder. Attachment disorders arise when children are deprived of the all-important close bonds with trustworthy adults that allow them to develop emotionally and thrive.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Finally educational psychologist Torey Hayden is called in to help. Torey agrees to weekly meetings with Jessie to try and uncover why she is acting out. Torey's gentle care and attention reveal shocking truths behind Jessie's lies. Can Torey and the other social workers help to provide the consistent loving care that has so far been missing in Jessie’s life, or will she push them away too?＜/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！】Lost in Time: Origin of Mankind【電子書籍】[ Anton Schulz ]

＜p＞After another passage through the Time Gate, Peter, originally from the 20th century, finds himself deep in the past, at the very dawn of humanity. Terrifying predators and a harsh landscape nearly bring him to his knees. He encounters two types of humans: the rough and bloodthirsty Neanderthals, and the not so different but somewhat friendlier early humans.＜/p＞ ＜p＞After initial, not so friendly contacts with the local people, he discovers that through solidarity and friendship, he can survive even in these conditions.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Amidst dangerous hunts and encounters with hostile warriors, he gradually learns about the existence of a mysterious civilization led by a mysterious bloodthirsty hybrid. It's only a matter of time before their paths cross.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Leave a message for the author via: antonschulzbooks@gmail.com＜/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！】Xeno's Paragon Black Ocean: Passage of Time, #3【電子書籍】[ J.S. Morin ]

＜p＞＜em＞He's the elephant in the room that everyone is talking about.＜/em＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞Jessie and Eric Ramsey finally catch a break. The League of Independent Planets has granted them asylum and allowed them to live on the techno-paradise world of Phabian. Jessie gets a clerical job. Eric ends up working at a factory making magical construction materials. He might even have a girlfriend.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Of course, trouble always finds a Ramsey.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Eric's inquisitor parole officers locate him despite having no official jurisdiction. Jessie gets recruited into Phabian's ultra-secret counterintelligence agency, Section 74.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Yet somehow, everything revolves around a newcomer to this part of the galaxy. He's three meters tall with a personality sized to match. His species evolved from elephants, and lives on the other side of the galaxy. Ambassador of his species, this mighty explorer holds court on Phabian, the toast of the planet, and his even mightier ship waits in orbit, a mystery beyond known technology. He could be a great ally or a deadly enemy if he were to take sides in the Earth/Mars civil war.＜/p＞ ＜p＞That's why Section 74 wants Jessie to assassinate him.＜/p＞ ＜p＞A good agent would put together a plan, befriend the ambassador, learn his habits, then betray him and frame someone for the job. A Ramsey, on the other hand, will get to know him and realize she likes him better than the assholes who want him dead.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜em＞Xeno's Paragon＜/em＞ is the third mission of ＜em＞Black Ocean: Passage of Time＜/em＞, a science fantasy series set in the late 26th century. What if ＜em＞Futurama＜/em＞ jumped 5 years ahead instead of 1000? What if Doc and Marty lost the car keys? What if Bonnie and Clyde were siblings instead of lovers? ＜em＞Passage of Time＜/em＞ jolts the ＜em＞Black Ocean＜/em＞ universe forward into new adventures and new perils with a new cast of zany misfits trying to outsmart the galaxy just to get by.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Strap in and hold on tight. ＜em＞Passage of Time＜/em＞ is the latest series in the ＜em＞Black Ocean＜/em＞ universe, and it's going to be an action-packed, mystery-filled, madcap ride across the galaxy!＜/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！】Off Sandy Hook and Other Stories【電子書籍】[ Richard Dehan ]

＜p＞On board the Rampatina liner, eleven days and a half out from Liverpool, the usual terrific sensation created by the appearance of the pilot-yacht prevailed. Necks were craned and toes were trodden on as the steamer slackened speed, and a line dexterously thrown by a blue-jerseyed deck-hand was caught by somebody aboard the yacht. The pilot, not insensible to the fact of his being a personage of note, carefully divested his bearded countenance of all expression as he saluted the Captain, and taking from the deck-steward’s obsequiously proffered salver a glass containing four-fingers of neat Bourbon whisky, concealed its contents about his person without perceptible emotion, and went up with the First Officer upon the upper bridge as the relieved skipper plunged below. The telegraphs clicked their messageーthe leviathan hulk of the liner quivered and began to forge slowly ahead, and an intelligent-looking, thin-lipped, badly-shaved young man in a bowler, tweeds, and striped necktie, introduced himself to the Second Officer as an emissary of the Press. “Mr. Cyrus K. Pillson, New York Yeller.... Pleased to know you, sir,” said the Second Officer; “step into the smoke-room, this way. Bar-steward, a brandy cocktail for me, and you, sir, order whatever you are most in the habit of hoisting. Whisky straight! Now, sir, happy to afford you what information I can!” “I presume,” observed the young gentleman of the Press, settling himself on the springy morocco cushions and accepting the Second Officer’s polite offer of a green Havana of the strongest kind, “that you have had a smooth passage, considerin’ the time of year?” “Smooth....” The Second Officer carefully reversed in his reply the Pressman’s remark: “Well, yes, the time of year considered, a smooth passage, I take it, we have had.” “No fogs?” interrogated the young gentleman, clicking the elastic band of a notebook which projected from his breast-pocket. “Fogs?... No!” said the Second Officer. “You didn’t chance,” pursued the young gentleman of the Press, taking his short drink from the steward’s salver and throwing it contemptuously down his throat, “to fall in with a berg off the Bank, did you?” “Not a smell of one!” replied the Second Officer with decision. “Ran into a derelict hencoop, perhaps?” persisted the young gentleman, concealing the worn sole of a wearied boot from the searching glare of the electric light by tucking it underneath him, “or an old lady’s bonnet-box? ... or a rubber doll some woman’s baby had lost overboard? No?” he echoed, as the Second Officer shook his head. “Then, how in thunder did you manage to lose twenty feet of your port-rail?” “Carried away,” said the Second Officer, offering the young Press gentleman a light. “No, thanks. Always eat mine,” said the young Press gentleman gracefully. “Matter of taste,” observed the Second Officer, blowing blue rings. “I guess so; and I’ve a taste for knowing how you came,” said the young Pressman, “to part with that twenty foot of rail.” “Carried away,” said the Second Officer. “I kin see that,” retorted the visitor. “It was carried away,” said the Second Officer, “by an elephant.” “A pet you had running about aboard?” queried the Pressman, with imperturbable coolness. “A passenger,” returned the Second Officer, with equal calm. There was a snap, and the Pressman’s notebook was open on his knee. The pencil vibrated over the virgin page, when a curious utterance, between a wail, a cough, and a roar, made the hand that held it start. “Yarr-rr! Ohowgh! Yarr!” The melancholy sound came from without, borne on the cool breeze of a late afternoon in March, through the open ventilators. “Might that,” queried the young gentleman of the Press, “be an expression of opinion on the part of the elephant?” “Lord love you, no!” said the Second Officer. “It’s the leopard.” He added after a second’s pause: “Or the puma.” “Do you happen to have a menagerie aboard?” inquired the Pressman, making a note in shorthand.＜/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！】Selections from Five English Poets【電子書籍】[ Various ]

＜p＞When a poem is read aloud it is easy to realize that poetry is closely related to music. Like music it awakens vague, mysterious feelings which cannot be expressed in ordinary speech; and the person who fails to catch the subtle melody of a poem gets but little from it even though he understands perfectly the meaning of the words. To illustrate this, put into commonplace prose a passage of beautiful verse,ーfor instance, lines 358-372 of The Ancient Mariner, beginning, "Sometimes a-dropping from the sky,"ーand then compare the prose version with the original. The two will be found as unlike as the flower after it has been dissected by the botanist, and the same flower still on the stalk, opening its petals to the morning sun. The Greeks divided all poetry into three kinds,ーlyric, epic, and dramatic poetry, and there is no better general division. The lyric, which is properly a song, expresses the transient feeling or mood of the writer, and therefore is never very long. One must be sensitive to the music of verse to care for a poem of this kind, because it tells no story. Dryden's Song for St. Cecilia's Day and Gray's Elegy, both included in the present volume, are lyrics. Among the most beautiful of English lyrics are Milton's Lycidas, Wordsworth's Ode on Intimations of Immortality, and Shelley's To a Skylark and Adonais; while of American poems of the same kind none is nobler than Lowell's Commemoration Ode. Short lyrics, among which are songs and sonnets, can be found in the works of almost every poet of note, whether English or American. Under the head of epic or narrative poetry are included long productions like the Iliad and the Odyssey of Homer and the Paradise Lost of Milton, and shorter poems, such as Coleridge's Ancient Mariner and _Longfellow's Evangeline. Indeed, every piece of verse that tells a story, however short it may be, belongs with the epics or narratives. Dramatic poetry includes well-known plays like Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice and Julius Caesar, and also certain poems not written for the stage, such as Browning's Pippa Passes and Shelley's Prometheus Unbound. In a dramatic production the poet goes out of himself for the time being, and expresses the thoughts and feelings of other characters. It may have been noticed that in this description of the principal kinds of poetry, only three of the poems included in this book have been mentioned. This is because the other threeーThe Traveller, The Deserted Village, and The Cotter's Saturday Nightーdo not fit exactly into any of the divisions. One would class them with the epics rather than with the lyrics or the dramas, but they are not properly narratives, because they tell no story; they are really descriptive and reflective poems. One often comes upon a difficulty of this kind when attempting to classify a poem, and the truth is that several smaller divisions are necessary if every production is to be placed where it belongs. But while it is desirable to know whether one is reading a lyric, an epic, or a drama, it is far more important to enjoy a beautiful poem than to be able properly to classify it. The following list may prove useful to those who wish to know more of the poets represented in this volume than can be learned from the short sketches of their lives which it includes＜/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。