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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！】Nerve Endings【電子書籍】[ Kealan Patrick Burke ]

＜p＞From the Bram Stoker Award-winning author of The Turtle Boy, Kin, and Sour Candy, comes a collection of eleven stories designed to shred your nerves.＜/p＞ ＜p＞You can tell yourself that sound you heard outside the house on Halloween night was nothing. You can pretend you didn't see that awful thing in the middle of the road while you were jogging. You can even ignore the old man sitting in the yard who claims he must keep watch on a door that nobody else can see. And you can act like you don't know what lurks in that long-forgotten pool hidden away behind your neighborhood.＜/p＞ ＜p＞But true horror cannot be ignored.＜/p＞ ＜p＞From the nightmare of addiction and the throes of grief-induced insanity, to an app designed to cure your phobias, and a musician who can cast you into hell by simply playing a song, herein you'll find a menagerie of malevolent tales to chill the blood and expose the kind of terrors that will strip away your comfort and drag their splintered nails along your NERVE ENDINGS.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Featuring an introduction and story notes by the author.＜/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！】57 Romantic and Soulful Songs for Adults - 8-Note Tongue Drum in C-major Beginner-Friendly Songbook for Diatonic Tongue Drums with Love Songs by Number【電子書籍】[ Helen Winter ]

＜p＞＜strong＞Designed for Adult Players＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞The repertoire for simple eight-note percussion instruments is often very limited. It usually consists of traditional children's songs, while everything else either requires chromatic notes, which not all percussion instruments have, or involves a much wider note range. In this book, we have adapted more complex song, mainly folk and romantic ballads, for a simple diatonic instrument with just eight notes in one octave. The melodies had to be simplified, but the rhythm was preserved, making these popular folk tunes playable on an eight-note tongue drum.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Although the title suggests this book is for an 8-note drum, all the songs can also be played on 11-, 13-, or 15-key tongue drums. The songbook includes beloved tunes from England, Ireland, Scotland, the United States, and Australia, offering a rich and diverse selection for players of all levels. Enjoy this collection of 57 carefully chosen traditional folk songs and ballads, spanning a range of moods and themes.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞C-major Tongue Drums＜/strong＞＜br /＞ Tongue drums are versatile and intuitive instruments, capable of producing beautiful melodies with various note arrangements. This book is specifically designed for the most popular and widely used models, which are typically tuned to C major.＜br /＞ If you have an 8-note tongue drum and aren’t sure of its tuning, it is most likely in C major. To confirm, check the chart in the book’s introduction to match your drum’s notes. The standard notes for an 8-note C-major tongue drum are:＜br /＞ C (1), D (2), E (3), F (4), G (5), A (6), B (7), C (1)＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞Learn to Play with Ease - Playing by Numbers＜/strong＞＜br /＞ This book uses a diatonic scale numbering system, where each note is represented by a number from 1 to 7. Dots above the numbers indicate whether a note belongs to a higher octave. The number of notes on your drum determines the range of songs you can play.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞Techniques for Beautiful Sound＜/strong＞＜br /＞ Most steel tongue drums come with mallets, which are a great way to start:＜br /＞ ? Use mallets firstーthey produce clear, resonant tones with minimal effort.＜br /＞ ? Experiment with hand playing once you're comfortable. Remove rings or jewelry for the best sound.＜br /＞ ? Strike lightly and quickly to let notes resonate fully.＜br /＞ ? Hit near the tongue edges (not the center) to enhance overtones.＜br /＞ ? Use your palm to create dynamic strikes or mute notes.＜br /＞ ? Explore freely! There’s no wrong way to play.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞Enhance Your Learning with QR Codes＜/strong＞＜br /＞ Each song page includes two QR codes for additional resources:＜br /＞ Audio Recording ? Hear the song played on a tongue drum.＜br /＞ YouTube Video ? Watch a professional performance of the piece.＜br /＞ These recordings aren’t exact replicas of the book’s arrangements but serve as helpful tools to better understand melodies and rhythms.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞Start Your Journey Today＜/strong＞＜br /＞ With this songbook, you can explore 57 classic tunes and unlock new possibilities on your tongue drum - whether you're a beginner or an experienced player.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞Song List＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞Alabama Gal＜br /＞ Bayou Sara＜br /＞ Beautiful Brown Eyes＜br /＞ Big Rock Candy Mountains＜br /＞ Blood on the Saddle＜br /＞ Bound for South Australia＜br /＞ Butcher Boy＜br /＞ Butcher Boy - Alternative Version＜br /＞ Come Back Liza＜br /＞ Daddy Fox＜br /＞ Down by the Salley Gardens＜br /＞ Drink to me with thine eyes＜br /＞ Drunken Sailor＜br /＞ East Virginia Blues＜br /＞ Fire in the Mountains＜br /＞ For He Is A Jolly Good Fellow＜br /＞ Get Along, Little Dogies＜br /＞ Henry My Son＜br /＞ Hi'ilawe＜br /＞ Hopping Dance＜br /＞ Isn't It Grand, Boys＜br /＞ Isn't It Grand, Boys - Alternative Version＜br /＞ Italian Waltz＜br /＞ James Connoly＜br /＞ Land of the Silver Birch＜br /＞ Lavender's Blue＜br /＞ Little Bessie＜br /＞ Man Of Constant Sorrow＜br /＞ Marianne＜br /＞ Molly Malone＜br /＞ My Home's In Montana＜br /＞ My Paddle＜br /＞ My Wild Irish Rose＜br /＞ New River Train＜br /＞ Oh Dear What Can The Matter Be＜br /＞ Oh How The Lovely The Evening Is＜br /＞ Old Jim Slack's Grey Horse＜br /＞ Peace Like a River＜br /＞ Peace Round＜br /＞ Salty Dog Blues＜br /＞ She Wore A Yellow Ribbon＜br /＞ Shenandoah＜br /＞ Skibbereen＜br /＞ Sweet Betsy From Pike＜br /＞ The Boys of Fairhill＜br /＞ The Kerry Recruit＜br /＞ The Meeting of the Waters＜br /＞ The Northern Lights of Aberdeen＜br /＞ Three Score and Ten＜br /＞ Too Ra Loo Ra Loo Ra＜br /＞ Town of Ballybay＜br /＞ Trees Grow Tall＜br /＞ Under the Spreading Chestnut Tree＜br /＞ Wanderin＜br /＞ Weile Walia＜br /＞ Weile Walia Alt＜br /＞ Whiskey in a Jar＜/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！】Boys of Babylon【電子書籍】[ Craig Draheim ]

＜p＞＜em＞Synopsis＜/em＞: There is a small tourist trap in the Northern Midwest. A trap may be exactly what it is. People go for the fudge, but is it good enough to risk their lives? In Midwestern fashion, the dark secrets are covered up and disguised as quaint diners, candy shops, and beautiful vacation homes. During the summer of 2004, like every year, a new group of na?ve tourists make their way into town. Six boys take advantage of these unsuspecting vacationers as they meet their watery grave on a popular recreational river. This rite of passage turns on the town when tragedy strikes one of their own. The children's parents are forced to come face to face with the sadistic games of their once "sweet angels." But how does one handle a child without coming to terms with such a twisted reality in a place where no one wants to confront their demons?＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜em＞Autobiography＜/em＞: Craig Rory Draheim has a varied background, giving him a unique perspective in fiction. Having been a soldier, sailor, painter, carpenter, plumber, surveyor, printing press operator, home health care worker, and maintenance person at a chocolate factory, his experiences are evident throughout his storytelling. He currently lives in Northern Michigan with his wife Margaret. They have two sons, Charles and Craig.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Draheim has written three other stories: Coffee with Ghosts; Nuts, Bolts, and Monster Worship; and A History Book, Sir Elton John, and The Grasshopper Man.＜/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！】True Crime Confidential Volume 5 True Crime Confidential, #5【電子書籍】[ Robert Keller ]

＜p＞＜strong＞18 Truly Horrific Murder Cases, including＜/strong＞;＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞Dinner is Served＜/strong＞: Katherine had been a slaughterhouse worker since the age of 17. Now she's putting her butchering skills to a more sinister purpose.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞Written in Blood＜/strong＞: Two teenaged girls are murdered in an English village. The police have no clue who killed them. Perhaps a recent scientic breakthrough can help. It's called DNA fingerprinting.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞I Don't Like Mondays＜/strong＞: A teenager with a bad attitude and a rifle, living right across the street from an elementary school. This doesn't end well.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞High Road to Hell＜/strong＞: Two brothers embark on an unprecedented killing spree. Their mission? To prepare the world for Christ's triumphant return.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞The Man Who Killed Halloween＜/strong＞: A little boy dies in agony after eating poisoned Halloween candy. But who killed him? Surely it couldn't be his own father?＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞Lesbian Vampire Killers＜/strong＞: Four young women crusing the streets after dark, offering rides to random strangers. Don't get into their car. They want your blood.＜/p＞ ＜p＞???＜/p＞ ＜p＞???＜/p＞ ＜p＞???＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞Plus 12 more riveting true crime cases. Scroll up to get your copy now＜/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！】Have You Ever Wondered? A Whimsical Journey to a Sweet Little "Jumbo Ginger Miracle"【電子書籍】[ Evette De La Mora ]

＜p＞A favorite ice cream flavor! A favorite song! A favorite cupcake flavor or candy! How about a favorite game or toy? Have you ever wondered if these simple everyday delights came about just because our Lord wanted to bless you with them? Get ready to be enchanted by the delectable blend of creativity, familial warmth, and unwavering faith that is poured into this inspiring and encouraging story. Enjoy the discovery of how a simple miracle gift of a gingerbread boy cookie cutter impacted a life so overwhelmingly that it continues to bless those who read this little tale of a jumbo tiny miracle.＜/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！】Balance Keepers, Book 1: The Fires of Calderon【電子書籍】[ Lindsay Cummings ]

＜p＞＜em＞The Fires of Calderon＜/em＞ is Book One in #1 ＜em＞New York Times＜/em＞ bestselling author Lindsay Cummings’s epic Balance Keepers series. These exciting fantasy-adventure books are full of magic, mystery, friendship, and humor, and are perfect for fans of books like Brandon Mull’s ＜em＞The Candy Shop War＜/em＞ or the Unwanteds series by Lisa McMann.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Bestselling author of the Skeleton Creek series Patrick Carman describes ＜em＞The Fires of Calderon＜/em＞ as “fast paced and packed with adventure,” and Peter Lerangis, bestselling author of the Seven Wonders series, says, “Wow!”＜/p＞ ＜p＞With themes of friendship, self-discovery, and courage; both boy and girl main characters; fierce creatures to battle; a mystery to solve; and a boarding school that could be described as Hogwarts Underground, there’s something for every reader to enjoy in this contemporaryーand fantastically imaginativeーspin on the classic ＜em＞A Journey to the Centre of the Earth＜/em＞.＜/p＞ ＜p＞When eleven-year-old Albert Flynn follows a mysterious map deep into the woods, and then under the woods, he discovers he’s a Balance Keeperーsomeone with special magical skills for keeping harmony in fantastical underground worlds. Together with his teammates Leroy and Birdie, Albert must master his magical talents in time to stop the fires in the Calderon Realm from destroying New York City above.＜/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！】Spoiled Matilda【電子書籍】[ Candy Quinn ]

＜p＞Matilda is a spoiled, bratty bottom who needs a real man to take her innocence.＜/p＞ ＜p＞She's a spoiled tease who always gets her way. He's a bad boy bartender from the bad side of town.＜/p＞ ＜p＞He'll give her what she needs, even as she pouts. He'll tame the haughty seductress. Her first time will be raw, hard, and unprotected.＜/p＞ ＜p＞She wouldn't have it any other way.＜/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！】Monsterland【電子書籍】[ James Crowley ]

＜p＞＜strong＞A boy takes off on a once-in-a-lifetime adventure through a mysterious land, with the help of some monster friends＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞It’s Halloween, and everyone in Charlie’s small town is excited for this year’s festivities. Charlie's grandfather, Old Joe, is famous for his holiday haunts, and his pumpkin patch is the center of the town’s zealous celebrations. But for Charlie, Halloween’s just one more reminder that his cousin Billy isn’t around anymore. Charlie plans to keep to himself this year, hanging out in the haunted barn with his trusty dog Ringo.＜/p＞ ＜p＞But when Charlie runs into some neighborhood bullies who are after his candy, he heads off into the woods to escape. He quickly gets lost, but spots a kid who he thinks is Billy. As Charlie chases after him deeper and deeper into the woods, he finds himself entering Monsterlandーa mysterious place where werewolves live amongst trolls and goblins. Here he meets the Prime Minister, a vampire who tells Charlie he may be able to see his cousin again in this strange new land. Accompanied by a hulking monster chaperone, Charlie’s determined to find out just what happened to his cousin, and sets off to explore the secrets hiding in this uncharted territory.＜/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！】Little Nemo - The Complete Comic Strips (1913 - 1914) by Winsor McCay (Platinum Age Vintage Comics)【電子書籍】[ Winsor Mccay ]

＜p＞This comic ebook presents "Little Nemo - The Complete Comic Strips (1913 - 1914) by Winsor McCay": 52 full color comic strips in ultra high definition (each page ca. 1700 pixels by 2200 pixels) for your eReader. Little Nemo is the main fictional character in a series of weekly comic strips by Winsor McCay that appeared in the New York Herald and William Randolph Hearst's New York American newspapers respectively from October 15, 1905 ? July 23, 1911 and September 3, 1911 ? July 26, 1914. The strip was first called "Little Nemo in Slumberland" and then "In the Land of Wonderful Dreams" when it changed papers in 1911.＜br /＞ Although a comic strip, Little Nemo is far from a simple children's fantasy; it is often dark, surreal, threatening, and even violent. The original set-up of the comic revolved around the nightly dreams of a little boy named Nemo (meaning "nobody" in Latin). The purpose of his early dreams was to reach 'Slumberland', the realm of King Morpheus, who wanted him as a playmate for his daughter, Princess Camille. The last panel in each strip was always one of Nemo waking up, usually in or near his bed, and often being scolded (or comforted) by one of the grownups of the household after crying out in his sleep and waking them. In the earliest strips, the dream event that woke him up would always be some mishap or disaster that seemed about to lead to serious injury or death, such as being crushed by giant mushrooms, being turned into a monkey, falling from a bridge being held up by slaves, or gaining 90 years in age. Later on, when Nemo finally did reach Slumberland, he was constantly being woken up by Flip, a character who originally wore a hat that had 'Wake Up' written on it. Flip would go on to be one of the comic's seminal characters. Other notable recurring characters included: Dr. Pill, The Imp, the Candy Kid and Santa Claus as well as the Princess and King Morpheus. Certain episodes of the strip are particularly famous. These include the Night of the Living Houses wherein Nemo and a friend are chased down a city street by a gang of tenement houses on legs; the Walking Bed, in which Nemo and Flip ride over the rooftops on the increasingly long limbs of Nemo's bed; and the Befuddle Hall sequence, wherein Nemo and his friends attempt to find their way out of a funhouse environment of a Beaux-Arts interior turned topsy-turvy. McCay's mastery of perspective, and the extreme elegance of his line work, make his visions graphically wondrous.＜/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 Summoned Nobody Who Could Kill Gods【電子書籍】[ Naomi C Jones ]

＜p＞Jiang Hao failed to ascend to the Immortal Realm and accidentally fell into a spatial riftーonly to inexplicably become a summoned beast!?＜/p＞ ＜p＞“What a joke! The proud genius Luo Qinghan actually summoned a weak pretty boy with no strength to tie a chicken!”＜br /＞ “This guy? Fight monsters? Please, he’s just eye candy!”＜/p＞ ＜p＞Jiang Hao sneered: “Eye candy? I’ll cleave open the gates of heaven with a single sword!”＜/p＞ ＜p＞But his power was so overwhelming that even breathing carelessly could shatter entire worldsー＜br /＞ So, he had no choice but to pretend to be a humble nobody.＜/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！】Little Nemo - The Complete Comic Strips (1906) by Winsor McCay (Platinum Age Vintage Comics)【電子書籍】[ Winsor Mccay ]

＜p＞This comic ebook presents "Little Nemo - The Complete Comic Strips (1906) by Winsor McCay": 52 full color comic strips in ultra high definition (each page ca. 1700 pixels by 2200 pixels) for your eReader. Little Nemo is the main fictional character in a series of weekly comic strips by Winsor McCay that appeared in the New York Herald and William Randolph Hearst's New York American newspapers respectively from October 15, 1905 ? July 23, 1911 and September 3, 1911 ? July 26, 1914. The strip was first called "Little Nemo in Slumberland" and then "In the Land of Wonderful Dreams" when it changed papers in 1911.＜br /＞ Although a comic strip, Little Nemo is far from a simple children's fantasy; it is often dark, surreal, threatening, and even violent. The original set-up of the comic revolved around the nightly dreams of a little boy named Nemo (meaning "nobody" in Latin). The purpose of his early dreams was to reach 'Slumberland', the realm of King Morpheus, who wanted him as a playmate for his daughter, Princess Camille. The last panel in each strip was always one of Nemo waking up, usually in or near his bed, and often being scolded (or comforted) by one of the grownups of the household after crying out in his sleep and waking them. In the earliest strips, the dream event that woke him up would always be some mishap or disaster that seemed about to lead to serious injury or death, such as being crushed by giant mushrooms, being turned into a monkey, falling from a bridge being held up by slaves, or gaining 90 years in age. Later on, when Nemo finally did reach Slumberland, he was constantly being woken up by Flip, a character who originally wore a hat that had 'Wake Up' written on it. Flip would go on to be one of the comic's seminal characters. Other notable recurring characters included: Dr. Pill, The Imp, the Candy Kid and Santa Claus as well as the Princess and King Morpheus. Certain episodes of the strip are particularly famous. These include the Night of the Living Houses wherein Nemo and a friend are chased down a city street by a gang of tenement houses on legs; the Walking Bed, in which Nemo and Flip ride over the rooftops on the increasingly long limbs of Nemo's bed; and the Befuddle Hall sequence, wherein Nemo and his friends attempt to find their way out of a funhouse environment of a Beaux-Arts interior turned topsy-turvy. McCay's mastery of perspective, and the extreme elegance of his line work, make his visions graphically wondrous.＜/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！】Little Nemo - The Complete Comic Strips (1910) by Winsor McCay (Platinum Age Vintage Comics)【電子書籍】[ Winsor Mccay ]

＜p＞This comic ebook presents "Little Nemo - The Complete Comic Strips (1910) by Winsor McCay": 52 full color comic strips in ultra high definition (each page ca. 1700 pixels by 2200 pixels) for your eReader. Little Nemo is the main fictional character in a series of weekly comic strips by Winsor McCay that appeared in the New York Herald and William Randolph Hearst's New York American newspapers respectively from October 15, 1905 ? July 23, 1911 and September 3, 1911 ? July 26, 1914. The strip was first called "Little Nemo in Slumberland" and then "In the Land of Wonderful Dreams" when it changed papers in 1911.＜br /＞ Although a comic strip, Little Nemo is far from a simple children's fantasy; it is often dark, surreal, threatening, and even violent. The original set-up of the comic revolved around the nightly dreams of a little boy named Nemo (meaning "nobody" in Latin). The purpose of his early dreams was to reach 'Slumberland', the realm of King Morpheus, who wanted him as a playmate for his daughter, Princess Camille. The last panel in each strip was always one of Nemo waking up, usually in or near his bed, and often being scolded (or comforted) by one of the grownups of the household after crying out in his sleep and waking them. In the earliest strips, the dream event that woke him up would always be some mishap or disaster that seemed about to lead to serious injury or death, such as being crushed by giant mushrooms, being turned into a monkey, falling from a bridge being held up by slaves, or gaining 90 years in age. Later on, when Nemo finally did reach Slumberland, he was constantly being woken up by Flip, a character who originally wore a hat that had 'Wake Up' written on it. Flip would go on to be one of the comic's seminal characters. Other notable recurring characters included: Dr. Pill, The Imp, the Candy Kid and Santa Claus as well as the Princess and King Morpheus. Certain episodes of the strip are particularly famous. These include the Night of the Living Houses wherein Nemo and a friend are chased down a city street by a gang of tenement houses on legs; the Walking Bed, in which Nemo and Flip ride over the rooftops on the increasingly long limbs of Nemo's bed; and the Befuddle Hall sequence, wherein Nemo and his friends attempt to find their way out of a funhouse environment of a Beaux-Arts interior turned topsy-turvy. McCay's mastery of perspective, and the extreme elegance of his line work, make his visions graphically wondrous.＜/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 Dirty Version A Novel【電子書籍】[ Turner Gable Kahn ]

＜p＞＜strong＞"This is a super smart take on the genre that even non romance girlies will enjoy."＜/strong＞ ＜strong＞ー＜em＞Red Magazine＜/em＞＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞Heat rises and sparks fly when a surf-town author and an intimacy coordinator are thrown together to write new, steamy sex scenes for a TV series based on her hit novel in this deliciously fun debut romance.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞Tash was thrilled when the dramatic rights to her surprise-hit feminist novel were snapped up by an indie film studio. But no one warned her that a Hollywood shuffle could land her smart, literary epic in the hands of a huge action-movie franchise director more famous for his machismo than his artistry.＜/p＞ ＜p＞And now this big shot director wants “the dirty version” of her book, demanding Tash transform the strong, complex female warriors she created into eye candy. Despite her best efforts to stall, the studio assigns Tash to its golden-boy intimacy coordinator to help her add spice to the script. Tash resents Caleb from the first word of the first sentence they write together, certain he's the enemy and too handsome to be trusted. But the longer they collaborate on her characters, the more she's attracted to his firm grasp of emotional (and fine, physical) nudity. Soon they're burning up the bedsheets along with their new pages, blurring romantic storylines.＜/p＞ ＜p＞But just when Tash feels it’s all coming together, the whole plot falls apart. Can she find a narrative that saves her show and her own love story, or are both lost forever?＜/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！】Millers' Tales【電子書籍】[ Jeffrey Berg ]

＜p＞In a burgeoning metropolis, in the land of opportunity, on the cusp of a new century, Helen and George Miller live what no one would consider "fairy tale" lives. Sold by their parents to a mysterious dwarf, they escape, only to be captured and imprisoned by a sadistic old fortuneteller, who runs a candy shop and freakshow at a seaside amusement park. With the aid of Bernard the Wolf Boy, they escape again, but not unscathed.＜/p＞ ＜p＞From poverty, through war and plague, on to the prosperity of the jazz age, George, Helen, and Bernard become inextricably bound in a tangled web of love and friendship. Can they find within themselves the courage, kindness, and love that will redeem them? In this city, in this century, where all things seem possible, can any of them find happily ever after?＜/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！】Ab Terra 2023【電子書籍】[ Yen Ooi ]

＜p＞＜em＞Ab Terra 2023＜/em＞ delivers the fourth installment of an annual short story anthology that seeks to recreate the feeling of the moment when we first laid eyes on our world through stories of science fiction belonging to all, from Earth. Eleven stories from both emerging and recognized science fiction authors offer diverse cultural perspectives and provide readers with journeys that in one way or another are "from Earth," even if home is far, far away.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞Contents＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞Sweetmeats for Sladkians by Lane Chasek＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞The owner of a centuries-old candy store finds his business in dire straits after an alien species takes refuge in his neighborhood.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞The Electronic Remnants of Louis T. Trippets＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞A woman's rotten ex-husband dies and she is contacted by his kinder, gentler electronic remnant, who wants to know ＜em＞What happened to us?＜/em＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞Hierarchy by Delaney Brown＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞Two homodroids are deposited on earth, each with a single assignment that's supposed to matched their unique strengthsーonly something's gone wrong.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞Always Pay Attention by Marka Rifat＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞An alien breaks into a transporter and send herself to the Wild Planet, where she is deposited into a human bodyーbut she forgot to read the directions on how to get back.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞Between Shifts by J. Riley Short＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞In a dark world of acid rain and concrete printed sky scrapers, a young man can't reach his video game-addicted friend and fears the worst.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞Postcards from Heaven by Remi Martin＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞Tess's mother is an astronaut who leaves her husband and child on a dying earth while she goes to search for a more habitable planet. Over time, her noble choice has unintended consequences.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞Tess 16201(c): Death by Numbers by Faith Ann Guptill＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞A researcher tasked with finding a way to manage the increasingly destructive dragon population on Tess 16201(c) arrives to discover that he was actually hired to oversee and legitimize the extermination of the species.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞Sentients by Amy Matthewson＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞When the Titans of Tomorrow tech team successfully program consciousness into AI, their man-made 'Friends with a Heart' become modern-day Frankenstein's monsters.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞Survival of the Kindest by Chris Robinson＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞An astronaut wakes up after a 300-year journey to the distant planet Luyten B only to discover that technological advances after his departure allowed other humans to reach the planet before his arrival.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞Return to the Sea by Danielle Davis＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞A young Intuit boy returns to his family's seal hunting hut in the wake of losing his father. Through the SynthMem device that allows him to view holographic videos of his father's memories, he uncovers more bittersweet family truths than he expected.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞Or Every Man Be Blind by Jesse Rowell＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞A Kodiak bear trained in the art of divination runs away from its trainer, briefly joins a religious cult, and is eventually sold to an astronaut who takes her on a flight to Ursa Major.＜/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 Cowboy’s Unlikely Love Tanner and Everly and Ashton【電子書籍】[ SJ McCoy ]

＜p＞The Cowboy’s Unlikely Love will be the ninth book in the MacFarland Ranch series. This is Tanner and Everly’s story.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞He’s the kind of guy who’s only looking to hook up ? he’s not interested in anything more.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞Tanner MacFarland is widely acknowledged as the good-looking one in the family. Not that his brothers aren’t good-looking ? women tend to fall all over them. There’s no ‘all over’ with Tanner ? they fall straight into bed with him, and most of them would happily stay there till he kicked them out.＜/p＞ ＜p＞He doesn’t stick around long enough to kick them out ? he’s too much of a gentleman for that. He prefers to slip away before dawn. He enjoys playing the game, and he’s careful to only choose women who are happy to play by the same rules.＜/p＞ ＜p＞The last thing he’d want to do is go breaking any hearts. He’s footloose and fancy-free and intending to stay that way … until he sees Everly sitting alone at the end of the bar.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞She’s the kind of girl who doesn’t just hook up with guys, she’s looking for something more.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞Everly’s in Montana for an interview. She desperately needs a new start. But as beautiful as Paradise Valley might be, she doesn’t see how she could make life work there ? even if she gets the job. If she were by herself, she’d move there in a heartbeat, but she has Ashton to think about. Her life revolves around her son. It’s hard sometimes, but she wouldn’t change a thing.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Well, she’d love time for a little more fun … And the bartender at the resort where she’s staying seems to be offering a whole lot of fun. The kind of fun she hasn’t had in far too long. She isn’t the kind of girl who’s into one-night stands, but then Tanner isn’t like any guy she’s ever met before. She’d be crazy to turn him down.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞They’re about to turn each other’s lives upside down.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞MacFarland Ranch＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞Book 1: The Cowboy's Unexpected Love ? Wade and Sierra＜/p＞ ＜p＞Book 2: The Cowgirl's Unmistakable Love ? Janey and Rocket＜/p＞ ＜p＞Book 3: The Sheriff’s Irresistible Love ? Deacon and Candy＜/p＞ ＜p＞Book 4: The Cowgirl’s Inevitable Love ? Laney and Luke＜/p＞ ＜p＞Book 5: The Cowboy’s Undeniable Love ? Kolby and Callie＜/p＞ ＜p＞Book 6: The Rancher’s Inescapable Love ? Ace and Ari＜/p＞ ＜p＞Book 7: The Cowboy’s Intriguing Love ? Ty and Shayna＜/p＞ ＜p＞Book 8: The Cowboy’s Unshakeable Love ? Travis and Retta＜/p＞ ＜p＞Book 9: The Cowboy’s Unlikely Love ? Tanner and Everly and Ashton＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞Remington Ranch＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞Book 1: Mason＜/p＞ ＜p＞Book 2: Shane＜/p＞ ＜p＞Book 3: Carter＜/p＞ ＜p＞Book 4: Beau＜/p＞ ＜p＞Book 5: Four Weddings and a Vendetta＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞A Chance and a Hope Trilogy＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞These are NOT meant to be read as standalone stories and need to be read in order.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Book 1: Chance Encounter＜/p＞ ＜p＞Book 2: Finding Hope＜/p＞ ＜p＞Book 3: Give Hope a Chance＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞The Davenports Series＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞The sexy brothers, of the Billionaire Davenport family. In their own words they are - the "Suit", the "Vet" and the "Geek."＜/p＞ ＜p＞Oscar＜/p＞ ＜p＞TJ＜/p＞ ＜p＞Reid＜/p＞ ＜p＞Spider＜/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 Scientist and the Serial Killer The Search for Houston's Lost Boys【電子書籍】[ Lise Olsen ]

＜p＞＜strong＞NATIONAL BESTSELLER ? The true story of how one dedicated forensic scientist restored the long-lost identities of the teenaged victims of the “Candy Man,” one of America’s most prolific serial killers＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞“A masterwork of crime writing . . . Lise Olsen has taken a fifty-year-old story and made it new and fresh and terrifyingly real.”ーS. C. Gwynne, ＜em＞New York Times＜/em＞ bestselling author of ＜em＞Rebel Yell＜/em＞＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞Houston, Texas, in the early 1970s was an exciting placeーthe home of NASA, the city of the future. But a string of more than two dozen missing teenage boys hinted at a dark undercurrent that would go ignored for too long. While their siblings and friends wondered where they had gone, the Houston police department dismissed them as runaways, fleeing the Vietnam draft or conservative parents, likely looking to get high and join the counterculture.＜/p＞ ＜p＞It was only after their killer, Dean Corll, was murdered by an accomplice that many of those boys’ bodies were discovered in mass graves. Corll, known as the “Candy Man,” was a local sweet-shop owner who had enlisted two teens to lure their friends to parties, where they would be tortured and killed.＜/p＞ ＜p＞All of Corll’s victims’ bodies were badly decomposed; some were only skeletal. Known collectively as the Lost Boys, many were never identified and some remained undiscovered. Decades later, when forensic anthropologist Sharon Derrick discovered a box of remains marked “1973 Murders” in the Harris County Medical Examiner’s office, she recalled the horrifying crime from her own childhood, and knew she had to act. It would take prison interviews with Corll’s accomplices, advanced scientific techniques, and years of tireless effort to identify these young men.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Investigative journalist Lise Olsen brings to life the teens who were hunted by a killer hiding in plain sight and the extraordinary woman who would finally give his unknown victims back their names and their dignity. With newly uncovered information about the case, ＜em＞The Scientist and the Serial Killer＜/em＞ immerses readers in an astonishing story and reveals why these horrific events remain relevant decades later.＜/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！】Wave Me Good-Bye【電子書籍】[ Teresa R. Funke ]

＜p＞＜strong＞Based on a true story . . .＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞As the only Jewish girl in her New York neighborhood, thirteen-year-old Miriam Liebler has a lot on her mind. World War II is raging, and her brother will soon pack his bags to join the fight. Blackouts and air-raid drills punctuate her daily life. Worse yet, her family has heard nothing from their Jewish relatives in Europe since before the war started, and Miriam fears the worst. Her friends don’t understand her worriesーuntil she meets Christopher Richards, an orphaned English boy whisked to America to escape the deadly bombings of London. Miriam and Chris exchange candy, comic books, and secrets through the iron bars of the orphanage fence.＜/p＞ ＜p＞When Miriam’s mother takes in a German-Jewish refugee and her daughter, Miriam becomes entangled in the woman’s desperate search to find her family. Will her friendship with Chris survive when trouble brews?＜br /＞ Readers, don’t miss the last few pages to learn more about the real Miriam Liebler.＜/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 Secret of Toni【電子書籍】[ Molly Elliot Seawell ]

＜p＞Toni’s name was Antoine Marcel, but he was never called by it but once in his life, and that was at his baptism, when he was eight days old. He had a shock of black hair and a snub nose, and the tan and freckles on his face were an inch thick, but he had a pair of black eyes so soft and bright and appealing that they might have belonged to one of the houris of Paradise. His wide mouth was full of sharp, white teeth, and when he smiled, which was very often, his smile began with his black eyes and ended with his white teeth. At ten years of age Toni was a complete man of the worldーof his world, that is. This consisted of a gay, sunny little old garrison town, Bienville by name, in the south of France. He had his friends, his foes, his lady-love, and also he had arranged his plan of life. He knew himself to be the most fortunate person in all Bienville. In the first place, his mother, Madame Marcel, kept the only candy shop in the town, and Toni, being the only child of his mother, and she a widow, enjoyed all the advantages of this envied position. He had no father such as other boys hadーPaul Verney, for example, the advocate’s sonーto make him go to school when he would rather lie on his stomach in the meadow down by the river, and watch the butterflies dancing in the sun and the foolish bumblebees stumbling like drunkards among the clover blossoms. Paul Verney was his best friend,ーthat is, except Jacques. Toni, owing to his exceptional position, as the only son of the house of Marcel, candy manufacturer, would have had no lack of friends among boys of his own age, but he was afraid of other boys, except Paul Verney. This was pure cowardice on Toni’s part, because, although short for his age, he was well built and had as good legs and arms and was as well able to take care of himself as any boy in Bienville. Paul Verney was a pink-cheeked, clean, well set up boy two years older than Toni, and as industrious as Toni was idle, as anxious to learn as Toni was determined not to learn, as honest with his father, the lawyer, as Toni was unscrupulous with his mother about the amount of candy he consumed, and as full of quiet courage with other boys as Toni was an arrant and shameless poltroon about some things. Toni was classed as a bad boy and Paul Verney as a good boy, yet the two formed one of those strange kinships of the soul which are stronger than blood ties and last as long as life itself. Toni, being of a shrewd and discerning mind, realized that Paul Verney would have loved him just as much if Madame Marcel had not kept a candy shop, and this differentiated him from all the other boys in Bienville, and although Paul often severely reprobated Toni, and occasionally gave him kicks and cuffs, which Toni could have resented but did not, he had no fear whatever of Paul.＜/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！】Suspicion Nation The Inside Story of the Trayvon Martin Injustice and Why We Continue to Repeat It【電子書籍】[ Lisa Bloom ]

＜p＞Many thought the election of our first African American president put an end to the conversation about race in this country, and that America had moved into a post?racial era of equality and opportunity. Then, on the night of February 26, 2012, a black seventeen?year?old boy walking to a friend's home carrying only his cell phone, candy, and a fruit drink, was shot and killed by a neighborhood watch coordinator.＜/p＞ ＜p＞And in July 2013, the trial of Zimmerman for murder captivated the public, as did his eventual acquittal.＜/p＞ ＜p＞In her provocative and landmark book, Suspicion Nation, Lisa Bloom, who covered the trial from gavel to gavel, posits that none of this was a surprise: Our laws, culture, and blind spots created the conditions that led to Trayvon Martin's death, and made George Zimmerman's acquittal by far the most likely outcome.＜/p＞ ＜p＞America today holds an unhealthy preoccupation with firearms that has led to the expansion of gun rights to surreal extremes. America now has not only the highest per capita gun ownership rate in the world (almost one gun per American), but the highest rate of gun deaths. Despite the strides America has made, fighting a bloody Civil War to end slavery, eradicating Jim Crow laws, teaching tolerance, and electing an African American president, racial inequality persists throughout our country, in employment, housing, education, the media, and most institutions. And perhaps most destructively of all, racial biases run deep in every level of our criminal justice system. ＜em＞Suspicion Nation＜/em＞ captures a court system and a country conflicted and divided over issues of race, violence, and gun legislation.＜/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！】Titus Andronicus [Special Illustrated Edition] [Free Audio Links]【電子書籍】[ William Shakespeare ]

＜p＞＜strong＞Titus Andronicus＜/strong＞ is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, and possibly George Peele, believed to have been written between 1588 and 1593. It is thought to be Shakespeare's first tragedy, and is often seen as his attempt to emulate the violent and bloody revenge plays of his contemporaries, which were extremely popular with audiences throughout the sixteenth century.＜/p＞ ＜p＞The play is set during the latter days of the Roman Empire and tells the fictional story of Titus, a general in the Roman army, who is engaged in a cycle of revenge with Tamora, Queen of the Goths. It is Shakespeare's bloodiest and most violent work and traditionally was one of his least respected plays. Although it was extremely popular in its day, it fell out of favour during the Victorian era, primarily because of what was considered to be a distasteful use of graphic violence, but from around the middle of the twentieth century its reputation began to improve.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞[Adaptations]＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞[Film]＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞In 1969, Robert Hartford-Davis planned to make a feature film starring Christopher Lee as Titus and Lesley-Anne Down as Lavinia, but the project never materialised.＜/p＞ ＜p＞The 1973 horror comedy film Theatre of Blood, directed by Douglas Hickox featured a very loose adaptation of the play. Vincent Price stars in the film as Edward Lionheart, regarded as the finest Shakespearean actor of all time. When he fails to be awarded the prestigious Critic's Circle Award for Best Actor, he sets out exacting bloody revenge on the critics who gave him poor reviews, with each act inspired by a death in a Shakespeare play. One such act of revenge involves the critic Meredith Merridew (played by Robert Morley). Lionheart abducts Merridew's prized poodles, and bakes them in a pie, which he then feeds to Merridew, before revealing all and force-feeding the critic until he chokes to death.＜/p＞ ＜p＞A 1997 straight-to-video adaptation, which cuts back on the violence, titled Titus Andronicus: The Movie, was directed by Lorn Richey and starred Ross Dippel as Titus, Aldrich Allen as Aaron) and Maureen Moran as Lavinia. Another straight-to-video- adaptation was made in 1998, directed by Christopher Dunne, and starring Robert Reese as Titus, Candy K. Sweet as Tamora, Lexton Raleigh as Aaron, Tom Dennis as Demitrius, with Levi David Tinker as Chiron and Amanda Gezik as Lavinia. This version enhanced the violence and increased the gore. For example, in the opening scene, Alarbus has his face skinned alive, and is then disembowelled and set on fire.＜/p＞ ＜p＞In 1999, Julie Taymor directed an adaptation entitled Titus, starring Anthony Hopkins as Titus, Jessica Lange as Tamora, Harry Lennix as Aaron (reprising his role from Taymor's 1994 theatrical production) and Laura Fraser as Lavinia. As with Taymor's stage production, the film begins with a young boy playing with toy soldiers and being whisked away to Ancient Rome, where he assumes the character of young Lucius. A major component of the film is the mixing of the old and modern; Chiron and Demetrius dress like modern rock stars, but the Andronici dress like Roman soldiers; some characters use chariots, some use cars and motorcycles; crossbows and swords are used alongside rifles and pistols; tanks are seen driven by soldiers in ancient Roman garb; bottled beer is seen alongside ancient bottles of wine; microphones are used to address characters in ancient clothing. According to Taymor, this anachronistic structure was created to emphasise the timelessness of the violence in the film, to suggest that violence is universal to all humanity, at all times: "Costume, paraphernalia, horses or chariots or cars; these represent the essence of a character, as opposed to placing it in a specific time. This is a film that takes place from the year 1 to the year 2000." At the end of the film, young Lucius takes the baby and walks out of Rome, which Taymor feels represents hope for the future. Originally, the film was to end as Taymor's 1994 production had, with the implication that Lucius is going to kill Aaron's baby, but during production of the film, actor Angus Macfadyen, who played Lucius, convinced Taymor that Lucius was an honourable man and wouldn't go back on his word. Lisa S. Starks reads the film as a revisionist horror movie and feels that Taymor is herself part of the process of twentieth century re-evaluation of the play: "In adapting a play that has traditionally evoked critical condemnation, Taymor calls into question that judgement, thereby opening up the possibility for new readings and considerations of the play within the Shakespeare canon."＜/p＞ ＜p＞William Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus, directed by Richard Griffin and starring Nigel Gore as Titus, Zoya Pierson as Tamora, Kevin Butler as Aaron and Molly Lloyd as Lavinia, was released direct to video in 2000. Shot on DV in and around Providence, Rhode Island with a budget of $12,000, the film is set in a modern business milieu. Saturninus is a corporate head who has inherited a company from his father, and the Goths feature as contemporary Goths.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞[Television]＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞In 1970, Finnish TV channel Yle TV1 screened an adaptation of the play written and directed by Jukka Sipil?, starring Leo Lastum?ki as Titus, Iris-Lilja Lassila as Tamora, Eugene Holman as Aaron and Maija Leino as Lavinia.＜/p＞ ＜p＞In 1985, the BBC produced a version of the play for their BBC Television Shakespeare series. Directed by Jane Howell, the play was the thirty-seventh and final episode of the series and starred Trevor Peacock as Titus, Eileen Atkins as Tamora, Hugh Quarshie as Aaron and Anna Calder-Marshall as Lavinia. Because Titus was broadcast several months after the rest of the seventh season, it was rumoured that the BBC were worried about the violence in the play and that disagreements had arisen about censorship. This was inaccurate however, with the delay caused by a BBC strike in 1984. The episode had been booked into the studio in February and March 1984, but the strike meant it couldn't shoot. When the strike ended, the studio couldn't be used as it was being used by another production, and then when the studio became available, the RSC was using Trevor Peacock, and filming didn't take place until February 1985, a year later than planned. Initially, director Jane Howell wanted to set the play in present day Northern Ireland, but she ultimately settled on a more conventional approach. All the body parts seen throughout were based upon real autopsy photographs, and were authenticated by the Royal College of Surgeons. The costumes of the Goths were based on punk outfits, with Chiron and Demetrius specifically based on the band KISS. For the scene when Chiron and Demetrius are killed, a large carcass is seen hanging nearby; this was a genuine lamb carcass purchased from a kosher butcher and smeared with vasaline to make it gleam under the studio lighting. In an unusual design choice, Howell had the Roman populace all wear identical generic masks without mouths, so as to convey the idea that the Roman people were faceless and voiceless, as she felt the play depicted a society which "seemed like a society where everyone was faceless except for those in power." The production was one of the most lauded plays of the series and garnered almost universally positive reviews.＜/p＞ ＜p＞For the most part, the adaptation followed Q1 exactly (and F1 for 3.2) with some minor alterations. For example, a few lines were cut from various scenes, such as Lavinia's "Ay, for these slips have made him noted long" (2.3.87), thus removing the continuity error regarding the duration of the Goths residence in Rome. Other examples include Titus' "Ah, wherefore dost thou urge the name of hands,/To bid Aeneas tell the tale twice o'er,/How Troy was burnt and he made miserable?" (3.2.26?28), Marcus' "What, what! The lustful sons of Tamora/Performers of this heinous, bloody deed" (4.1.78?79), and Titus and Marcus' brief conversation about Taurus and Aries (4.3.68?75). The adaptation also includes some lines from Q1 which were removed in subsequent editions; at 1.1.35 Titus' "bearing his valiant sons/in coffins from the field" continues with "and at this day,/To the Monument of that Andronicy/Done sacrifice of expiation,/And slaine the Noblest prisoner of the Gothes." These lines are usually omitted because they create a continuity problem regarding the sacrifice of Alarbus, which hasn't happened yet in the text. However, Howell got around this problem by beginning the play at 1.1.64 ? the entrance of Titus. Then, at 1.1.168, after the sacrifice of Alarbus, lines 1.1.1 to 1.1.63 (the introductions of Bassianus and Saturninus) take place, thus Titus' reference to Alarbus' sacrifice makes chronological sense.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Another notable stylistic technique used in the adaptation is multiple addresses direct to camera. For example, Saturninus' "How well the tribune speaks to calm my thoughts" (1.1.46); Tamora's vow to slaughter the Andronici at 1.1.450?455 (thus absolving Saturninus from any involvement); Aaron's soliloquy in 2.1; Aaron's "Ay, and as good as Saturninus may" (2.1.91); Aaron's soliloquy in 2.3; Tamora's "Now will I hence to seek my lovely Moor,/And let my spleenful sons this trull deflower" (2.3.190?191); Aaron's two asides in 3.1 (ll.187?190 and 201?202); Lucius' "Now will I to the Goths and raise a power,/To be revenged on Rome and Saturnine" (3.1.298?299); Marcus' "O, heavens, can you hear a good man groan" speech (4.1.122?129); Young Lucius' asides in 4.2 (ll.6 and 8?9); Aaron's "Now to the Goths, as swift as swallow flies,/There to dispose this treasure in mine arms,/And secretly to greet the Empress' friends" (4.2.172?174); and Tamora's "Now will I to that old Andronicus,/And temper him with all the art I have,/To pluck proud Lucius from the warlike Goths" (4.4.107?109).＜br /＞ The most significant difference from the original play concerned the character of Young Lucius, who is a much more import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！】Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All A Novel【電子書籍】[ Allan Gurganus ]

＜p＞Allan Gurganus's ＜strong＞Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All＜/strong＞ became an instant classic upon its publication. Critics and readers alike fell in love with the voice of ninety-nine-year-old Confederate widow Lucy Marsden, one of the most entertaining and loquacious heroines in American literature.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Lucy married at the turn of the twentieth century, when she was fifteen and her husband was fifty. If Colonel William Marsden was a veteran of the "War for Southern Independence," Lucy became a "veteran of the veteran" with a unique perspective on Southern history and Southern manhood. Lucy’s story encompasses everything from the tragic death of a Confederate boy soldier to the feisty narrator's daily battles in the Home--complete with visits from a mohawk-coiffed candy striper. ＜strong＞Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All＜/strong＞ is a marvel of narrative showmanship and proof that brilliant, emotional storytelling remains at the heart of great fiction.＜/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！】Garrett's Ventures First Profit Gum【電子書籍】[ Garrett Forester ]

＜p＞Garrett, a determined young boy with a heart full of dreams, embarks on an extraordinary journey to become the ultimate gum salesman. In his quest to earn money and help his friend Eddy, Garrett faces unexpected challenges, including an unkind rival named Maggie who undermines Garrett at every step, and a crazed teacher, the Candy Queen, who threatens to crush his dreams. With resilience and a stroke of luck, Garrett discovers a new gum brand called BOOM POP that revolutionizes his business. But as success comes knocking, Garrett learns the true value of friendship and the importance of staying true to oneself.＜/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！】Carnival in the Countryside The History of the Iowa State Fair【電子書籍】[ Chris Rasmussen ]

＜p＞More than a century and a half after its founding, the Iowa State Fair is the state’s central institution, event, and symbol. New Jersey has the Shore; Kentucky has the Derby; Iowa has the Fair. The humble Iowa State Fairground ranks alongside the Great Pyramids at Giza and the Taj Mahal in the best-selling travel guide ＜em＞1,000 Places to See Before You Die＜/em＞. During its annual run each August, the fair attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors who make the pilgrimage to the fairground to see the iconic butter cow, to ride the Old Mill, to walk through the livestock barns, and to people-watch. At the same time that they enjoy fried candy bars and roller coasters, Iowans also compete to raise the best corn and zucchinis, to make the best jams and jellies, to rear the finest sheep and goats, the largest cattle and hogs, and the handsomest horses.＜/p＞ ＜p＞This tension between entertainment and agriculture goes back all the way to the fair’s founding in the mid-1800s, as historian Chris Rasmussen shows in this thought-provoking history. The fair’s founders had lofty aims: they sought to improve agriculture and foster a distinctively democratic American civilization. But from the start these noble intentions jostled up against people’s desire to have fun and make money, honestly or otherwiseーnot least because the fair had to pay for itself. In their effort to uplift rural life without going broke, the organizers of the Iowa State Fair debated the respectability of horse racing and gambling and struggled to find qualified livestock judges. Worried about the economic forces undermining rural families, they ran competitions to select the best babies and the “ideal” rural girl and boy while luring spectators with massive panoramas of earthquakes and fires, not to mention staged trainwrecks. In short, the Iowa State Fair has as much to tell us about human nature and American history as it does about growing corn.＜/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 Black Sheep North Moon Bay, #1【電子書籍】[ Patricia Ryan ]

＜p＞＜strong＞“Catch me and you can have me.”＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞He studied her eyes. “‘Have me’ meaning…”＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞“Have me for the night.”＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞“For the purpose of…”＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞“For any purpose you want, although I’ve got a pretty good idea what that purpose will be. Even virgins aren’t that dense.”＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞___________________＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜em＞Formerly titled Hale's Point＜/em＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞While house-sitting at a waterfront estate, sweet, straight-laced Harley is stunned by the arrival of her employer’s supposedly dead son, an Alaskan bush pilot with a bad boy rep who’s been wounded in an airplane crash. Coming home after years of estrangementーand a stint in prisonーto make amends with the old man is difficult for Tucker, but not half as difficult as keeping his distance from the super-sexy but virginal Harley while they share the house, awaiting his father’s return.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Having given up on the idea that he’ll ever fully heal from his ravaged leg, Tucker balks when Harley urges him to swim as physical therapyーuntil she adds a unique incentive: “Catch me and you can have me.” Her certainty that he’ll never be able to swim that fast evaporates when he embarks on a rigorous training regimen, determined to claim her as his prize. But when she unearths the dark secret in his past, will she still be willing to pay up when the time comes?＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜em＞The Black Sheep,＜/em＞ formerly titled ＜em＞Hale’s Point,＜/em＞ is a full-length novel that is Book 1 of the North Moon Bay contemporary romance series, but can be read and enjoyed on its own. It was honored with Romance Writers of America’s Golden Heart Award.＜/p＞ ＜p＞“Harley and Tucker are unforgettable characters and this is an unforgettable story.” ＜em＞RomEx Reviews＜/em＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞“Passionate, playful, powerful!” ＜em＞The Literary Times＜/em＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞“Patricia Ryan creates a richly blended texture of passionate desire and tender love to keep our hearts aflame through each and every page.” ＜em＞RT BookReviews＜/em＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞“An amusingly tender and emotionally poignant glimpse into the souls of two people wounded by the very ones who should have nurtured them.” ＜em＞Affaire de Coeur＜/em＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞Contemporary Romance and Romantic Suspense by Patricia Ryan:＜/strong＞ (Other authors have started publishing in this genre as “Patricia Ryan,” which has led to confusion. Any full-length contemporary novel that is not on this list was written by someone else.)＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞Hot City Nights Books＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜em＞A Burning Touch＜/em＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜em＞Deep in the Night＜/em＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜em＞Arm Candy＜/em＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞North Moon Bay Books＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜em＞The Black Sheep＜/em＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜em＞The Marriage Arrangement＜/em＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜em＞My Best Friend’s Girl＜/em＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞Single Titles＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜em＞Pure and Simple＜/em＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜em＞Good to be Bad＜/em＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞About the Author:＜/strong＞ Patricia Ryan is the ＜em＞USA Today＜/em＞ bestselling author of more than two dozen romances and mysteries, including the #1 national bestseller ＜em＞Still Life With Murder,＜/em＞ written as P.B. Ryan. A RITA? winner and four-time nominee, she is also the recipient of two ＜em＞RT BookReviews＜/em＞ Awards. Subscribe to her newsletter by visiting patricia-ryan.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！】The Root Troops Children need to eat their vegetables to help The Root Troops.【電子書籍】[ Chris Boyle ]

＜p＞'The Root Troops' book is based in a secret land of forgotten vegetables called Parsley Valley, ruled by Queen Corley Flower. The Queen plants the seeds and tends the vegetables until they can walk and talk. The vegetables hope to reach their paradise kingdom of Legume, which they enter through the secret doorway of children's mouths. Unfortunately most of the children would rather eat sweets, so many of the vegetables never get to Legume and instead are thrown away to rot. The children are being brainwashed by the evil Candy Cane, who encourages them to ignore the greens and go with sweets. To fight back, Queen Corley Flower pumps the nutrients from 1,000 vegetables into a brave team of vegetables. That was when the superhero vegetables were born and they called them ? The Root Troops, their task, to vanquish the evil Candy Cane and his army.＜/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！】Sweet Dreams【電子書籍】[ DeeJanay Makey ]

＜p＞Sweet Dreams is a story based on a young boy who is constantly trying to avoid the nightly task of bedtime. Though he tries running and hiding, his mother finds him and tucks him into bed while trying to ease his mind with the suggestion that theres something great waiting for him in his dreams. The idea of his active imagination taking full control of dreamworld eases the young boy enough to drift away and meet the adventure awaiting him. The limitless possibilities create a night of fantasy involving space flight, a candy-made sun, and a very special visit to the North Pole, proving that imagination and sleep are the only requirements for sweet dreams.＜/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！】Colorado Cowboys An Anthology (Burlap and Barbed Wire Novel Series)【電子書籍】[ Shirley Penick ]

＜p＞＜strong＞The entire Burlap and Barbed Wire Series in one set.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞The six Kipling siblings find laughter and love in the Colorado mountains. Shenanigans and steam abound on the Rockin’ K ranch and the entire family is there to guide the new lovers to a happily ever after.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞A Cowboy for Alyssa＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞Looks can be deceiving, and a cowboy only gets one chance to make a good impression. Beau Kipling sees the sweet young thing coming for her riding lesson and feels a kick to his gut. What is this hot young woman doing dating a man old enough to be her father? He’s so ticked off, he can’t stop himself from being an ass to her. He’s never, in his whole life, felt the instant attraction he feels for this female, and she’s some old guy’s arm candy. When the truth is revealed that Alyssa is his intern for the spring, and not the sheriff’s new girlfriend, Beau knows he’s blown it. Can he convince her to give him a second chance?＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞Taming Adam＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞The heart wants what the heart wants, even when the head says Noooo! Rachel Reardon has to question her own sanity when she’s enthralled with a man she can hardly stand to speak to. A first-class jerk and sexy as sin. Adam Kipling can’t believe his bad luck when his soon-to-be sister-in-law’s best friend arrives. She is smoking hot and too damn young for him. There isn’t enough land on this Colorado ranch to keep them far enough apart. An explosion of some sort is inevitable.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞Tempting Chase＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞Friends forever. Katie Jackson has known Chase Kipling since first grade, she’s had a crush on him since middle school, and loved him since, well, probably forever. But he’s got her firmly in the friend zone and she has no idea how to change that. Or if she even wants to risk changing it. After all friends is better than nothing. Isn’t it?＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞Roping Cade＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞A fake relationship is the plan. Summer Attwood has been hiding in baggy clothes and ugly glasses for nearly ten years. When the town hottie asks her to be his faux girlfriend for a couple of weeks she decides it’s time to put away the disguise and shine. Cade Kipling can’t believe the beautiful woman that emerges from the cocoon of overalls and oversized glasses. Two weeks of dating will either kill them or change their lives forever.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞Trusting Drew＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞A death-bed promise turns lethal. Drew Kipling rides to the rescue of the pretty woman who needs to get warm and have her injuries taken care of. When she can't remember her name, he vows to protect her, until she knows who she can trust.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞Emma’s Rodeo Cowboy＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞He’s never even kissed the woman, but her son is clearly, without a doubt, his. Emma Kipling took matters into her own hands six years ago, before the man she was crazy about took off to join the rodeo. Now he’s back for her brother’s wedding, and by the look on his face, sparks are going to fly. She’s ready and willing to go toe to toe with him and give him a piece of her mind.＜/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 Sport Prick - Dick Chalmers - Bad Boy Older Man Younger Woman Contemporary Romance Novel【電子書籍】[ LUCY BLAKE ]

＜p＞Everyone knows his name, ＜strong＞DICK CHALMERS＜/strong＞. He's a sports legend and far from being a charmer. He's a Prick. That's what he is. An arrogant bastard and a jerk dripping in confidence. Though he's much older, he looks scrumptious rocking his very own elite sport apparel. I absolutely hate the son of a gun. His gorgeous face has been on the covers of hundreds of sports and fashion magazines across the world and now he thinks he owns the world, including me. NEVER.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞KATELYN 'KAT' HALLIDAY＜/strong＞ - Yup, that's me. Second year in college, first year's tuition fully paid by the sports scholarship I won. I had won enough money to have taken me through college but my sleazy scoundrel of a broker embezzled my trust fund and left me flat broke. Luckily Brad Forrester and I were selected in this Jack vs. Jill media tournament for a hefty prize money. Winning this prize money to pay my second year's tuition is my only way out right now. I know Brad is good but I think I'm better so I should be able to snag the cash prize and everything will be happily ever after. WRONG!＜/p＞ ＜p＞I'm at the famous Dick's Sport Store. My first time meeting him and my adoration for his greatness instantly turns to me hating his guts. This rude, audacious stud should be sponsoring me from his apparel line, but not only does he speaks down on my talent (and I know I can beat this washed up prick one on one any day) but how dare he comments on my thick thighs as I try on his overpriced apparels, how dare he makes mentions of curvy hips and nice behind in such a tone? I ＜strong＞desperately need＜/strong＞ to win this tournament get this money and be over with this. But things get really complicated when Brad falls ill and cannot compete.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞DICK＜/strong＞ - I am not a prick. People who can't deal with the blunt truth are. I just serve it as it is but when my accountant keep reminding me that my financials are in the red the truth's something that I can't quite swallow. My accountant thinks I should come out of retirement play one last championship, win the prize money, ending my career with a bang and get out this minus. It's the only way he can think of. When Brad fell sick it was the perfect opportunity, but my accountant hadn't want me to go up against this young innocent Katelyn. It would be robbing candy from a baby. Maybe she deserve to be thought a lesson for her smartass feisty mouth who think I'm some wash up, besides I ＜strong＞need＜/strong＞ that money.＜/p＞ ＜p＞As the young phenom battles the seasoned champion for supremacy things get heated between the two and they are having an insatiable crave for each other. So much so that they are caught by the media in hot ways they shouldn't be. That in itself is not the only worry on Dick's mind, with his financials in shambles, winning this tournament means everything and much more to his life. Why? Now he must choose between his reputation and legacy as a champion - going out with a bang, rescuing his own financial woes or choose losing for love?＜/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！】Mickey The Wonder Cat 2 Mickey The Wonder Cat, #2【電子書籍】[ Somnath Bhattacharjee ]

＜p＞YOU DON'T NEED INTRODUCTION! GO READ FIRST PART FIRST!＜/p＞ ＜p＞See, so, what's in the next second book?＜/p＞ ＜p＞A lot, but why will I tell you?＜/p＞ ＜p＞Oh, you want to read? Fine, I am telling.＜/p＞ ＜p＞So, chapter 6 begins with Mickey's wild saliva-filled dream, where his, not one, not two, BUT THREE KITTY GIRLFRIENDS ? Mona, Maria, and Mira are being playful to Mickey, singing Meow Land's unofficial anthem, "Mickey is the great!" But, oh, boy, suddenly Mickey felt a pull on his ear, and as he woke up from his most beautiful dream…HE FOUND OUT THE STUPID KIDS ARE TRYING TO MAKE MICKEY'S EARS TURN INTO ELEPHANT-SIZED FLAPPERS! A nice mission by kids, right?＜/p＞ ＜p＞Now let's come back to reality, here Mickey goes into a talent show in CatWood, bribes the officers, and gets into the line, sees funny performances when his eyes stick to beautiful kittens! One magician cat comes and rains candy! As the audience rushes to catch the candies, BOOM! WHAT A MISMANAGEMENT OF THE CROWD!＜/p＞ ＜p＞Mickey's eyes fall on show host Zima and…READ THE FULL STORY IN THE CHAPTER!＜/p＞ ＜p＞Chapter 7 begins with…Ah, I don't want to tell it now, go read it by yourself!＜/p＞ ＜p＞So, chapter 8 begins with Mickey campaigning for the presidential election, and there he gets kidnapped by some anti-government cat organizations. They were making a bomb and needed a smart cat like Mickey! But hey, even after taking so many fish candies, Mickey fools them and aims the nuclear bomb at their own base instead of the Meow house! And Boom! Mickey runs away, leaving the gang leader furious with anger!＜/p＞ ＜p＞Want to know about other chapters? Go read!＜/p＞ ＜p＞Mickey is busy making the third part of the book now, so…GO OR I WILL CALL MICKEY OVER YOU!＜/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。