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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！】Together Box Set【電子書籍】[ Drew Hunt ]

＜p＞Five of Drew Hunt's best-selling gay romance stories are together in one box set for the first time! Contains the stories:＜br /＞ ＜strong＞Colin and Martin's First Christmas:＜/strong＞ Blind since birth, Martin orders groceries online. It doesn't hurt that the delivery driver is hot. Colin usually leaves Martin's deliveries until last so he can spend extra time with the man he has a secret longing to protect. Martin is making soup, and asks Colin to join him. As they eat, Martin offers to cook Christmas dinner for Colin. Will turkey and stuffing be all they'll share?＜br /＞ ＜strong＞Rough Road to Happiness:＜/strong＞ David Grover meets sexy Marine Bud Williams when the two are forced to share a hotel room. What starts as a one-night stand turns into regular weekend trysts, but Bud harbors a secret that threatens to tear them apart. When Bud's injured in Iraq, David struggles to forgive him for his past. It's a rough road to happiness as the two men move towards a life together.＜br /＞ ＜strong＞Saving Ernest:＜/strong＞ Ernest Porter is drawn to PC Liam McAvoy after the man saves him from falling in the street. But it can't go anywhere. Liam isn't gay, there's a big age difference, and Ernest is still hurting from a previous betrayal. When Ernest finally confesses all, Liam's reaction is not what he expects.＜br /＞ ＜strong＞Something About Trevor:＜/strong＞ Paul is straight, Trevor is a flamer. But the two soon discover they have many things in common. However, long-held prejudices, fear of history repeating itself as well as an ex lover showing up all threaten to stop what has only just begun. Can Trevor learn to trust again, and will Paul listen to his heart and discover that despite first impressions, there's just something about Trevor?＜br /＞ ＜strong＞Trapped Nerves:＜/strong＞ Two men trapped in an elevator discover they have more in common than the inconvenience of lost time. Mason Grant recognizes Parker Collins, whom he had loved in high school, but Parker does not immediately recognize Mason. Maybe it's the passage of time ... or maybe it's the wheelchair in which Mason is confined. What happens when Parker realizes who's trapped in the elevator with him?＜/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！】Les Couloirs de Verre A Symbolic Mystery for Advanced French Readers (B2?C1)【電子書籍】[ Zafer Demirezen ]

＜p＞〓 What if memory didn’t disappearーbut simply waited to be reawakened?＜/p＞ ＜p＞*Les Couloirs de Verre* ("The Corridors of Glass") is a symbolic and emotionally rich mystery written entirely in French for advanced learners (B2?C1). With over 20,000 words and 18 immersive chapters, this story invites you to follow Emma, a teenage girl who discovers a forgotten corridor beneath a quiet village libraryーone that doesn’t just lead through space, but through layers of time and consciousness.＜/p＞ ＜p＞As Emma uncovers fragments of erased names, vibrating mirrors, and long-lost voices, she learns she’s not the first to enter this realmーand she may not be the last.＜/p＞ ＜p＞This book is not just a storyーit’s a passage.＜/p＞ ＜p＞? **What makes this book special?**＜br /＞ - ? Written entirely in French at a natural B2?C1 level＜br /＞ - ? Symbolic, immersive narrative with slow-burn mystery and emotional depth＜br /＞ - ? No vocabulary lists, no drillsーjust meaningful, comprehensible input＜br /＞ - ? Perfect for learners who want to think, feel, and read like a native＜br /＞ - ? Ideal for use in advanced French programs, book clubs, or self-study＜/p＞ ＜p＞Whether you're an advanced student, a returning learner, or a lover of haunting stories about memory and silence, *Les Couloirs de Verre* will stay with you long after the final page.＜/p＞ ＜p＞〓 *Part of a growing collection of authentic narrative immersion books for language learners.＜/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 Christmas Kalends of Provence and Some Other Proven?al Festivals【電子書籍】[ Thomas Allibone Janvier ]

＜p＞Fancy you've journeyed down the Rh?ne, Fancy you've passed Vienne, Valence, Fancy you've skirted Avignonー And so are come en pleine Provence. Fancy a mistral cutting keen Across the sunlit wintry fields, Fancy brown vines, and olives green, And blustered, swaying, cypress shields. Fancy a widely opened door, Fancy an eager outstretched hand, Fancyーnor need you ask for moreー A heart-sped welcome to our land. Fancy the peal of Christmas chimes, Fancy that some long-buried year Is born again of ancient timesー And in Provence take Christmas cheer! In my own case, this journey and this welcome were not fancies but realities. I had come to keep Christmas with my old friend Monsieur de Vi?lmur according to the traditional Proven?al rites and ceremonies in his own entirely Proven?al home: an ancient dwelling which stands high up on the westward slope of the Alpilles, overlooking Arles and Tarascon and within sight of Avignon, near the Rh?ne margin of Provence. The Vidameーsuch is Monsieur de Vi?lmur's ancient title: dating from the vigorous days when every proper bishop, himself not averse to taking a breather with sword and battle-axe should fighting matters become serious, had his vice dominus to lead his forces in the fieldーis an old-school country gentleman who is amiably at odds with modern times. While tolerant of those who have yielded to the new order, he himself is a great stickler for the preservation of antique forms and ceremonies: sometimes, indeed, pushing his fancies to lengths that fairly would lay him open to the charge of whimsicality, were not even the most extravagant of his crotchets touched and mellowed by his natural goodness of heart. In the earlier stages of our acquaintance I was disposed to regard him as an eccentric; but a wider knowledge of Proven?al matters has convinced me that he is a type. Under his genial guidance it has been my privilege to see much of the inner life of the Proven?aux, and his explanations have enabled me to understand what I have seen: the Vidame being of an antiquarian and bookish temper, and never better pleased than when I set him to rummaging in his memory or his library for the information which I require to make clear to me some curious phase of Proven?al manners or ways. The Ch?teau de Vi?lmur has remained so intimately a part of the Middle Ages that the subtle essence of that romantic period still pervades it, and gives to all that goes on there a quaintly archaic tone. The donjon, a prodigiously strong square tower dating from the twelfth century, partly is surrounded by a dwelling in the florid style of two hundred years backーthe architectural flippancies of which have been so tousled by time and weather as to give it the look of an old beau caught unawares by age and grizzled in the midst of his affected youth. In the rear of these oddly coupled structures is a farm-house with a dependent rambling collection of farm-buildings; the whole enclosing a large open court to which access is had by a vaulted passage-way, that on occasion may be closed by a double set of ancient iron-clamped doors. As the few exterior windows of the farm-house are grated heavily, and as from each of the rear corners of the square there projects a crusty tourelle from which a raking fire could be kept up along the walls, the place has quite the air of a testy little fortressーand a fortress it was meant to be when it was built three hundred years and more ago (the date, 1561, is carved on the keystone of the arched entrance) in the time of the religious wars. But now the iron-clamped doors stand open on rusty hinges, and the court-yard has that look of placid cheerfulness which goes with the varied peaceful activities of farm labour and farm life. Chickens and ducks wander about it chattering complacently, an aged goat of a melancholy humour stands usually in one corner lost in misanthropic thought, and a great flock of extraordinarily tame pigeons flutters back and forth between the stone dove-cote rising in a square tower above the farm-house and the farm well＜/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 London Property Boy【電子書籍】[ Patrick Brigham ]

＜p＞Starting again as a West London estate agent, and in order to reinstate his lost fortunes, Mike moves into the murky and the intriguing world of property dealing. Tangling with the Irish Republican Army en route, he reluctantly finds himself in the hands of MI5, who see him as a possible recruit.＜br /＞ In this right of passage tale, Mike discovers a variety of available women, but in his quest to find happiness, he meets and marries the mysterious Communist academic, Nadezhda Antova.＜/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 Mysteries of the Redemption: A Treatise on Out-Of-Body Travel and Mysticism【電子書籍】[ Marilynn Hughes ]

＜p＞THE MYSTERIES OF THE REDEMPTION: A Treatise on Out-of-Body Travel and Mysticism (5 Volumes in One) - Lost Souls, Reincarnation, Karma, Dreams, Rites of Passage, Initiation into the Mysteries, the Ascension, the Nature of Good and Evil, Mystic Paths of the Prophets, Heaven, Hell and Purgatory, Angelic and Demonic Kingdoms, Ancient Mysteries, Sacred Texts, Original Sin and the Redemption - In this comprehensive work encompassing fifteen years of research and out-of-body experience, the author takes you with her as she travels out of body to realms of light and darkness, discovering the mechanics of existence and the purpose and mission of our lives in this world.＜/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！】Eternal Wanderer: Lost in Atlantis【電子書籍】[ Brandon Rowell ]

＜p＞After centuries of drifting through time, Daniel Carter thought he finally understood the rules of his existenceーuntil lightning strikes again. Instead of returning home, he awakens in a world more advanced than anything he has ever seen, yet far older than even Ancient Egypt.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Atlantis is real.＜/p＞ ＜p＞A utopian city of shimmering towers and limitless energy, Atlantis thrives on technology beyond his imagination. But beneath the surface of its perfection lies a terrifying truthーAtlantis is doomed. The cracks are forming, the power is unstable, and the warnings of an ancient prophecy are being ignored.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Daniel becomes entangled with Seraphis, a brilliant Atlantean scientist, as he races to uncover the truth about the city’s impending collapse. But history is set in stone, and no matter how hard he fights, he cannot stop the fall of Atlantis.＜/p＞ ＜p＞As the ocean rises and fire rains from the sky, Daniel is struck by lightning once moreーbut this time, he awakens in the distant future.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Blending myth, history, and science fiction, The Eternal Wanderer: Lost in Atlantis is an epic tale of lost civilizations, forbidden knowledge, and the unrelenting passage of time.＜/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 Month in the Country【電子書籍】[ J.L. Carr ]

＜p＞＜strong＞A short, spellbinding novel about a WWI veteran finding a way to re-enterーand fully embraceーnormal life while spending the summer in an idyllic English village.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞In J. L. Carr’s deeply charged poetic novel, Tom Birkin, a veteran of the Great War and a broken marriage, arrives in the remote Yorkshire village of Oxgodby where he is to restore a recently discovered medieval mural in the local church. Living in the bell tower, surrounded by the resplendent countryside of high summer, and laboring each day to uncover an anonymous painter’s depiction of the apocalypse, Birkin finds that he himself has been restored to a new, and hopeful, attachment to life. But summer ends, and with the work done, Birkin must leave. Now, long after, as he reflects on the passage of time and the power of art, he finds in his memories some consolation for all that has been lost.＜/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 House of Armour【電子書籍】[ Marshall Saunders ]

＜p＞Enter the world of Marshall Saunders' ""＜strong＞The House of Armour＜/strong＞,"" a captivating tale set in the rugged landscapes of Nova Scotia. This novel combines heartwarming family drama, vivid scenery, and deep-rooted traditions, painting a picture of life in a proud, tight-knit community.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞Saunders weaves a story that explores the bonds of family, the weight of legacy, and the struggle between old-world values and the call of the modern age. At the heart of it all lies the House of Armour, a symbol of strength, history, and unspoken secrets.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞But here's the question that will captivate your heart: What sacrifices must be made to preserve a family’s honor? Can the next generation hold on to their roots, or will they be lost to the passage of time?＜/p＞ ＜p＞Through richly developed characters and engaging storytelling, Saunders creates a vivid world where tradition battles with change, and personal desires are often at odds with family duty. The emotional complexity of the characters will draw you into their lives and make you reflect on your own values and choices.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞Are you ready to uncover the secrets hidden within the walls of ""The House of Armour""?＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞This timeless novel offers a glimpse into a world where every decision can change the course of a family’s future. Saunders’ masterful writing invites you to ponder the meaning of home, heritage, and the lasting impact of the choices we make.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞Don't miss your chance to explore this powerful family saga. Purchase ""The House of Armour"" today, and immerse yourself in a story of love, tradition, and the ties that bind us all.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞Seize the opportunity to experience Marshall Saunders' unforgettable novel. Buy ""＜strong＞The House of Armour＜/strong＞"" now, and let its timeless message of family and honor resonate with you long after the last page is turned.＜/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 View of the American Indians【電子書籍】[ Israel Worsley ]

＜p＞＜strong＞"Are the Ten Tribes of Israel lost or missing?... Jews may have found their way to America." - ＜em＞The Eclectic Review (1829)＜/em＞＜br /＞ "Israel Worsley worked over the material gathered by Boudinot and Smith, and added something." -＜em＞Narrative and Critical History of America (1889)＜/em＞＜br /＞ "Established some very curious coincidences between the Beni-Israel, and some of the American tribes." -＜em＞The Congregational Magazine, 1828＜/em＞＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞Are the Lost Ten Tribes of Israel to be found in Native American tribes of North and South America?＜/p＞ ＜p＞In 1828, Unitarian minister Israel Worsley sought to answer this question in the affirmative by publishing the book:＜/p＞ ＜p＞"A View of the American Indians...Shewing Them to be the Descendants of the Ten Tribes of Israel."＜/p＞ ＜p＞The purpose of Worsley's 1828 book was to give a concise but conspicuous view of the Lost Ten Tribes of Israel, extracting from the works of Ethan Smith, Elias Boudinot, and other sources including incidental remarks of historians, Josephus, Prideaux, Gibbon, Robertson and others, such materials as bear directly upon the point in question.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Among the proofs cited by Worsley in support of Native Americans being descendants of the lost tribes of Israel are the following:＜/p＞ ＜p＞? The American Indians live in tribes;＜br /＞ ? They have a tradition prevailing universally, that they came into that country at the Northwest corner;＜br /＞ ? They acknowledge One God, the Great Spirit, who created all things seen and unseenーthe name by which this being is known to them is ale, the old Hebrew name of God; he is also called yehovah, sometimes yah, and also abba;＜br /＞ ? They are distinctly heard to sing with their religious dances, halleluyah or praise to yah;＜br /＞ ? They keep annual feasts which resemble those of the Mosaic ritual;＜br /＞ ? There is a sort of jubilee kept by some of them;＜br /＞ ? They have cities of refuge;＜br /＞ ? In their temples is a holy place into which none may enter but the priest;＜br /＞ ? The priests garb is a humble imitation of the High Priest's robes, with a breast plate and other ornaments;＜br /＞ ? They have a succession of priests, who are inducted into office by purification and anointing;＜br /＞ ? They had once a holy book, which while they kept, things went well with them; they lost it, and in consequence of the loss fell under the displeasure of the Great Spirit; but they believe they shall one day regain it;＜br /＞ ? They are looking for and expecting someone to come and teach them the right way.＜/p＞ ＜p＞In his concluding chapter, Worsley notes that "in the book of Esdras their journey can be traced into a land where no man dwelt. And although throughout the space of 2,500 years they have not been inquired after, they are not less in being on this account. In that direction which the prophetic historian points out, a way of a year and a half's journey, is a passage to a wide land, wherein they might wander undisturbed from sea to sea. In that land an immense population has been discovered, in their usages and customs unlike any of the tribes and nations existing in Europe or Asia, with peculiar and striking features, which render them remarkable."＜/p＞ ＜p＞About the author:＜/p＞ ＜p＞Israel Worsley (1768ー1836) was an English Unitarian minister. Other works authored by Worsley included:＜/p＞ ＜p＞? Account of the State of France . . . and the Treatment of the English, 1806.＜br /＞ ? Memoir of Jacob Brettell, Lincoln, 1810.＜br /＞ ? Observations on ... Changes in the Presbyterian Societies of England 1816.＜br /＞ ? Lectures on ... Nonconformity＜/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！】Survivors【電子書籍】[ Jeff Probst ]

＜p＞＜strong＞Sequel to the ＜em＞New York Times＜/em＞ bestseller ＜em＞STRANDED＜/em＞ and ＜em＞TRIAL BY FIRE!＜/em＞ As seen on The Today Show, Rachael Ray, and Kelly and Michael.＜/strong＞＜br /＞ ＜strong＞From the Emmy-Award winning host of ＜em＞Survivor＜/em＞, Jeff Probst with ＜em＞Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life＜/em＞ co-author Chris Tebbetts＜br /＞ comes a fantastic family adventure series!＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞Eleven days down, and no end in sight. How long could YOU survive?＜/p＞ ＜p＞It’s been days since Buzz, Vanessa, Carter and Jane were stranded on a deserted island in the middle of the South Pacific. Four kids left to fend for themselves. No adults. No supplies. They’ve managed to make fire and they’ve even found food. But they’ve just lost their only shelter, and quite possibly their one chance at being rescued. Now they’ll have to venture even deeper into the jungles of Nowhere Island just to stay alive. But the island holds secrets of a dark past. With danger lurking at every turn, they must rely on each other like never before it they are going to survive.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Books in the original Stranded series:＜br /＞ ＜em＞Stranded (Book 1)＜/em＞＜br /＞ ＜em＞Trial By Fire (Book 2)＜/em＞＜br /＞ ＜em＞Survivors (Book 3)＜/em＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞Books in the Stranded, Shadow Island series＜br /＞ ＜em＞Forbidden Passage (Book 4)＜/em＞＜br /＞ ＜em＞Sabotage (Book 5)＜/em＞＜br /＞ ＜em＞Desperate Measures (Book 6)＜/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！】DOT AND TOT OF MERRYLAND - A Children's Adventure in 7 Magical Valleys【電子書籍】[ L. Frank Baum ]

＜p＞Dot and Tot of Merryland is a 1901 novel by L. Frank Baum, who also wrote The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. He wrote this story about the adventures of a little girl named Dot and a little boy named Tot in Merryland which is reached by a river which flowed through a tunnel. Merryland is split into seven valleys. The book was illustrated by artist W. W. Denslow, who had illustrated three previous Baum books.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Evangeline "Dot" Freeland is sent to her rich father's country estate Roselawn for her health. She soon meets the gardener's son "Tot" Thompson, who becomes her friend and playmate. One day, they have a picnic and sit in a boat they find by the river, which gets away and takes them to a passage in a cliff face that brings them to the magical country of Merryland.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Merryland is made of seven valleys, arranged in a circular pattern connected by a river running through them. The first valley is populated by clowns, the second is a land in which everythingーincluding the peopleーis entirely made of candy, and the third the valley where babies grow from blossoms before storks deliver them to their parents. The fourth valley is populated by living dolls and is also the home of the Queen of Merryland, a large wax doll who makes Dot and Tot her adopted children. After Dot and Tot have a day of running the valley by themselves, the queen joins Dot and Tot to see the remaining three valleys.＜/p＞ ＜p＞The fifth valley is populated entirely by cats, the sixth valley is run by Mr. Split, who makes wind up animals. The final valley is the Valley of Lost Things, where every lost item goes. Tot finds a doll he'd lost and is allowed to take it with him. The Queen decides to allow Dot and Tot to travel onward, which will take them back to Roselawn, but she will close the way to Merryland forever. Returning to the river, Dot is found by her father who notices that she no longer looks sickly. Tot deduces that the Queen of Merrylandーwho was either interrupted or forgot to answer when asked her nameーmust be named "Dolly."＜/p＞ ＜p＞KEYWORDS/TAGS: L Frank Baum, Dot, Tot, Merryland, Queen, boat, little, Valley, girl, children, big, man, look, river, long, white, dolls, house, boy, room, candy, cry, eyes, eat, pretty, people, right, voice, hand, basket, Clowns, left, soft, Majesty, music, found, ever, good, Scallops, soon, just, exclaim, place, feet, day, soldiers, wooden, course, shore, water, bank, well, old, return, houses, Split, table, world, home, face, country, Captain, palace, child, play, run, great, declare, village, cover, sleep, fairy, archway, babies, Twinkle, animals, laughter, Prince, Stork, paint, street, Flippityflop, beautiful, number, wand, wish, carriage, Princess＜/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 Mutiny of the Elsinore【電子書籍】[ Jack London ]

＜p＞*** Original and Unabridged Content. Made available by CLASSIC COLLECTION 600.***＜/p＞ ＜p＞Synopsis:＜br /＞ Life has lost its savor for Mr. Pathurst. New York, fame, women, and the arts have all become tedious. Searching for excitement, he books passage on a cargo vessel sailing from Baltimore to Seattle on a route that travels around the treacherous Cape Horn. Pathurst encounters more than he ever expected in rough seas, turbulent storms, and a mutinous crew. His epic struggles aboard the sailing ship Elsinore have given him a new love for life, but will he survive to profit from it?＜br /＞ You can find the complete list of CLASSIC COLLECTION 600 at the end of this ebook.＜br /＞ FIND AND ENJOY!＜/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！】Our Bread for 365 Days【電子書籍】[ Edir Macedo ]

＜p＞Do you often feel lost, tired, overwhelmed, anxious and discouraged? Do you need strength and direction to continue your journey? Would you like to find the source of courage for the emotional stability you never had? You will find messages in this book that have changed the lives of millions around the worldーsolid food for your spirit.When we buy a new appliance, we familiarise ourselves with the manufacturer's manual. But when it comes to daily life, are you following the guidelines in your Maker's manual? Daily meditation on God's Word enables you to know andunderstand the mind of your Creator, and put into practice the guidance that He has given you to have a life of quality. "Our Daily Bread for 365 Days" provides a short message for each day of the year, with an explanation of a Bible passage to sustain the daily needs of your spirit, with the answers you need to have a year set apart from all the others. Practise the teachings contained in this book and your life will never be the same.＜/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。

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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！】RUSSIA IN 1916 BY STEPHEN GRAHAM【電子書籍】[ STEPHEN GRAHAM ]

＜p＞tephen Graham (1884 - 15 March 1975) was a British journalist, travel-writer, essayist and novelist. His best-known books recount his travels around pre-revolutionary Russia and his journey to Jerusalem with a group of Russian Christian pilgrims. Most of his works express his sympathy for the poor, for agricultural labourers and for tramps, and his distaste for industrialisation.＜br /＞ I Returned to Russia last summer, visited as many of my old friends there as I could, arranged for the publication of some of my books in the Russian language, and incidentally travelled a great deal and saw a great many sides of Russian contemporary life, talked also with all manner of Russians. I travelled to Bergen in Norway, from Bergen obtained a passage round the North Cape to Vard?, the last port of Norway, transhipped there to a Russian boat and sailed for Ekaterina, the first port in Russia in the North, the new Russian harbour which never freezes. From Ekaterina I went on to Archangel, where I stayed a week, and from Archangel went to Moscow. I visited some estates in Central Russia and stayed with various acquaintances and friends, visited Rostof-on-the-Don, the Caucasus, Orel, Petrograd, and finally came back to England on a returning ammunition ship. In going to Russia I certainly did not intend to publish my impressions in book form, but I have been asked to do so, and I recognise the value of keeping in contact with our Ally from day to day. The requirement of the moment seems to be not so much books on Russia, of which there are now a great many, but diaries or volumes of impressions, keeping the peoples of the two countries in touch during the war. I returned to London at the beginning of October, 1916, and I should be glad to think that some one returning at the beginning of January, 1917, would follow on with another small volume of this type. Again for April, 1917. We need such volumes of personal impressions, and there would not be the need to apologise for them. They are letters between friends both engaged in the same vital task. It is extremely difficult to keep in touch with Russia by reading newspapers only. The newspapers are, on the whole, difficult to follow. They are concerned with the news-aspect of events and the scope for sensational appeals. Good quiet correspondence tends to be lost in them. Hence my little book of the hour. I was in Russia when the war broke out in 1914. I spent 1915 in Egypt, the Balkans, Russia and England, and again I spent the summer of 1916 in Russia. I have, therefore, been in touch with the Russians all the time of the war. I hope, therefore, that in this time when deeds rather than words are necessary, my report of the conditions prevailing in the land of our ally Russia may be considered serviceable Stephen Graham. London,＜br /＞ 15 January 1917.＜/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 White Light of Tomorrow【電子書籍】[ Russell Thornton ]

＜p＞＜strong＞A masterful new collection from award-winning poet Russell Thornton.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞With intense lyricism, Thornton records his imaginative movement between the element of water, waking to “the aloneness of water,” and the phenomenon of light, comprehending “light” as “fate” and “love” as “memory of light.” In the process, Thornton highlights how hard lives can manifest beauty and affirmation. A mother transcends degrading circumstances through laughter. A long-lost father’s drafting set case is a “coffin,” its tools a “skeleton;” his “ashes are buried” in the poet’s “arm.”＜/p＞ ＜p＞Revelations of nature abound. Thornton’s rainy locale lifts onto the mythical level, water “wrapping around” him, “holding” him “complete / as within womb water about to break.” Herons’ wings “span the countless characters” of a creek.” A description of an ancient BC site is a rapt engagement with Indigenous petroglyphs. An exploration of a Song of Songs passage details “light … one with turns of the yarn” of a shawl, “a touch within a touch.” Classical myth informs a poem about a power outage; the speaker enters “the elsewhere of the night” to build a fire.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Passionate and moving, this collection marks a fine advance in Thornton’s expanding poetic output.＜/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！】Within A Budding Grove【電子書籍】[ Marcel Proust ]

＜p＞"Within a Budding Grove" is the second volume in Marcel Proust's monumental seven-volume novel "In Search of Lost Time" (? la recherche du temps perdu). Originally published in French as "? l'ombre des jeunes filles en fleurs" (In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower) in 1919, it continues the narrative begun in the first volume, "Swann's Way."＜/p＞ ＜p＞The novel is a sprawling exploration of memory, perception, and the passage of time, told through the perspective of the narrator, Marcel. "Within a Budding Grove" follows Marcel's adolescent experiences and romantic pursuits during his summer holidays in the seaside town of Balbec.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Throughout the novel, Marcel becomes infatuated with several young girls, including Albertine, who becomes a central figure in his life. The narrative delves into Marcel's inner thoughts and emotions as he navigates the complexities of desire, jealousy, and social interaction.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Proust's prose is characterized by its intricate detail, introspective reflections, and meandering narrative style. He delves deeply into the psychology of his characters, exploring the nuances of human relationships and the ways in which memory shapes our understanding of the world.＜/p＞ ＜p＞"Within a Budding Grove" is celebrated for its lyrical prose, psychological depth, and evocative depiction of the human experience. It is widely regarded as one of the greatest achievements of modernist literature and has had a profound influence on subsequent writers and artists.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Proust's "In Search of Lost Time" is considered a pinnacle of French literature and a masterwork of the novel form, and "Within a Budding Grove" is a central and essential part of this monumental literary achievement.＜/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 Pillars of Hercules: A Narrative of Travels in Spain and Morocco in 1848 (Complete)【電子書籍】[ David Urquhart ]

＜p＞I did not visit Morocco or Spain on any settled plan. I was on my way to Italy by sea, and passing through the Straits of Gibraltar, was so fascinated by the beauty and mysteries of the adjoining lands, that I relinquished my proposed excursion for the explorations which are here recorded. Barbary, to the attraction of the unknown and the original, which it shares in common with China and Japan, adds that of association with the country which, of all others, has a claim on our affectionsーCanaan. With Barbary also is interwoven the history of various races, great, ancient, and mysterious: the Canaanite, the Hebrew, the Highland Celt, and the Saracen. It has become the last refuge of the Philistine. The Jews, in other countries, by adopting the habits of strangers, have lost their type, which is to be seen alone in Barbary, where Jud?a, effaced in Asia, doubly survives. Here must we seek the living interpretation of the Scriptures; here may we find insight into early things. The connexion of the Scotch clans with Barbary depends on no ethnographic affinity, but their passage through, and sojourn in, this land, reveal the history of their wanderings, and explain the peculiarities of their race. Here are to be found to-day the people who made Spain a garden, taught it at once the arts of war and peace; and thence spread that knowledge to the rest of Europe. That stream which then overflowed, has retired to its fountain, where it lies deep, but not changed. Spain and Morocco present treasures unknown, in those regions which have been subject to repeoplings and fundamental changes. “The life of nations,” says Erchhoff, “manifests itself in their language, which is the faithful representative of their vicissitudes. Where chronology stops, and the thread of tradition is broken, the antique genealogy of words that have survived the ruin of empires comes in to shed light on the very cradle of humanity, and to consecrate the memory of generations long since engulfed in the quicksands of time.” The unchanged tongue here gives additional force to that genealogyーhere history is nearly mute. The same monumental character, however, belongs to manners, costume, and tradition. I have not, therefore, hesitated to devote considerable space to these inquiries, as, indeed, they constituted the chief attraction of the excursions, which seemed to be less through new countries than remote ages. I have to bespeak the reader’s indulgence for inviting him often to accompany me with his attention through homely paths. I have brought him in presence of the most trivial practices. I have not described, as a stranger would, a different manner of life; but endeavoured, as a native, to explain matters from which we might derive benefits in health, comfort, happiness, or taste, from their old experience. Wherever I have drawn comparisons, it has been for our advantage, not for theirs. It has, therefore, been their merits, not ours, that I have placed in evidence.＜/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！】Skulduggery【電子書籍】[ Paul Rushworth-Brown ]

＜p＞Embark on an exhilarating journey into 'Skulduggery: Shadows of Yorkshire,' an unmissable literary treasure that transports you to the untamed Pennine moors of 17th century Yorkshire. Prepare to be whisked away by the bite of the brisk wind and the heartbeat of life echoing through the rugged, breathtaking landscape. Let the ochre, brown, and pink hues of this era paint a vivid backdrop as you follow the resilient young Thomas and his family navigating the aftermath of his father's loss to consumption.＜br /＞ Set against the backdrop of the transformative year 1603, immerse yourself in a spellbinding tale of intrigue and skulduggery that ensnares both locals and outsiders in a dance of power and secrets. As the sun sets on Queen Elizabeth's reign, witness the dawn of King James's rule over England and Scotland, casting a brilliant light on an era ripe for change.＜br /＞ Watch as Thomas shoulders the weight of his household's responsibilities and faces an arranged marriage with Agnes. Yet, amidst the moors' watchful gaze, a magnetic love story unfolds, weaving their emotions into the very fabric of the landscapeーthe cruck house cottages and the woolly sheep, the steadfast dry stone walls that stand as silent sentinels to history's passage.＜br /＞ But this is no ordinary love story. 'Skulduggery: Shadows of Yorkshire' is a masterful tapestry interwoven with threads of religious tolerance, loyalty, and the pursuit of justice. Feel the grip of suspense tighten as you journey through these pages, contemplating the ultimate triumph of good over evil within a web of intricate secrets. Paul Rushworth-Brown, a virtuoso storyteller, guides you seamlessly across centuries, immersing you in the vibrant lives and landscapes of a time long past.＜br /＞ Prepare to be entranced by characters that leap off the page, and be transported by evocative descriptions that awaken your senses. 'Skulduggery: Shadows of Yorkshire' guarantees an unforgettable historical escapade that will linger in your thoughts well after the final page is turned. Brace yourself for a literary voyage that defies time itselfーan expedition through history, mystery, and the allure of romance. As you tread the moors and peel back layers of intrigue, you'll become entangled in the very secrets they harbor, lost in their captivating enigma. Don't miss your chance to be part of this literary phenomenon that transcends boundaries and resonates through the ages.＜/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 Tale of Two Cities ( Illustrated )【電子書籍】[ Charles Dickens ]

＜p＞Summary:＜/p＞ ＜p＞A Tale of Two Cities is an 1859 historical novel by Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. The novel tells the story of the French Doctor Manette, his 18-year-long imprisonment in the Bastille in Paris and his release to live in London with his daughter Lucie, whom he had never met. The story is set against the conditions that led up to the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror.＜br /＞ Dickens’ best-known work of historical fiction, A Tale of Two Cities is regularly cited as the best-selling novel of all time. In 2003, the novel was ranked 63rd on the BBC’s The Big Read poll. The novel has been adapted for film, television, radio, and the stage, and has continued to have an influence on popular culture. Screenwriter Jonathan Nolan’s screenplay for The Dark Knight Rises (2012) was inspired by the novel, with Nolan calling the depiction of Paris “one of the most harrowing portraits of a relatable, recognisable civilisation that completely folded to pieces”.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Book the First: Recalled to Life＜br /＞ Dickens' famous opening sentence introduces the universal approach of the book, the French Revolution, and the drama depicted within:＜/p＞ ＜p＞It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other wayーin short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.＜/p＞ ＜p＞In 1775, a man flags down the nightly mail-coach on its route from London to Dover. The man is Jerry Cruncher, an employee of Tellson's Bank in London; he carries a message for Jarvis Lorry, a passenger and one of the bank's managers. Lorry sends Jerry back to deliver a cryptic response to the bank: "Recalled to Life." The message refers to Alexandre Manette, a French physician who has been released from the Bastille after an 18-year imprisonment. Once Lorry arrives in Dover, he meets Dr. Manette's daughter Lucie and her governess, Miss Pross. Lucie has believed her father to be dead, and faints at the news that he is alive; Lorry takes her to France to reunite with her father.＜/p＞ ＜p＞In the Paris neighbourhood of the Faubourg Saint-Antoine, Dr. Manette has been given lodgings by his former servant Ernest Defarge and his wife Therese, owners of a wine shop. Lorry and Lucie find him in a small garret, where he spends much of his time making shoes ? a skill he learned in prison ? which he uses to distract himself from his thoughts and which has become an obsession for him. He does not recognise Lucie at first but does eventually see the resemblance to her mother through her blue eyes and long golden hair, a strand of which he found on his sleeve when he was imprisoned. Lorry and Lucie take him back to England.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Book the Second: The Golden Thread＜br /＞ "The Golden Thread" redirects here. For the legal judgement, see Golden thread (law).＜br /＞ In 1780, French ?migr? Charles Darnay is on trial for treason against the British Crown. The key witnesses against him are two British spies, John Barsad and Roger Cly, who claim that Darnay gave information about British troops in North America to the French. Under cross-examination by Mr. Stryver, the barrister defending Darnay, Barsad claims that he would recognise Darnay anywhere. Stryver points out his colleague, Sydney Carton, who bears a strong resemblance to Darnay, and Barsad admits that the two men look nearly identical. With Barsad's eyewitness testimony now discredited, Darnay is acquitted.＜/p＞ ＜p＞In Paris, the hated and abusive Marquis St. Evr?monde orders his carriage driven recklessly fast through the crowded streets, hitting and killing the child of Gaspard in Saint Antoine. The Marquis throws a coin to Gaspard to compensate him for his loss. Defarge, having observed the incident, comes forth to comfort the distraught father, saying the child would be worse off alive. This piece of wisdom pleases the Marquis, who throws a coin to Defarge also. As the Marquis departs, a coin is flung back into his carriage.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Arriving at his country ch?teau, the Marquis meets his nephew and heir, Darnay. Out of disgust with his aristocratic family, the nephew has shed his real surname (St. Evr?monde) and anglicised his mother's maiden name, D'Aulnais, to Darnay. The following passage records the Marquis' principles of aristocratic superiority:＜/p＞ ＜p＞"Repression is the only lasting philosophy. The dark deference of fear and slavery, my friend," observed the Marquis, "will keep the dogs obedient to the whip, as long as this roof," looking up to it, "shuts out the sky."＜/p＞ ＜p＞That night, Gaspard, who followed the Marquis to his ch?teau by riding on the underside of the carriage, stabs and kills him in his sleep. Gaspard leaves a note on the knife saying, "Drive him fast to his tomb. This, from JACQUES." After nearly a year on the run, he is caught and hanged above the village well.＜/p＞ ＜p＞In London, Darnay asks for Dr. Manette's permission to wed Lucie, but Carton confesses his love to Lucie as well. Knowing she will not love him in return, Carton promises to "embrace any sacrifice for you and for those dear to you". Stryver considers proposing marriage to Lucie, but Lorry talks him out of the idea.＜/p＞ ＜p＞On the morning of the marriage, Darnay reveals his real name and family lineage to Dr. Manette, a detail he had been asked to withhold until that day. In consequence, Dr. Manette reverts to his obsessive shoemaking after the couple leave for their honeymoon. He returns to sanity before their return, and the whole incident is kept secret from Lucie. Lorry and Miss Pross destroy the shoemaking bench and tools, which Dr. Manette had brought with him from Paris.＜/p＞ ＜p＞As time passes in England, Lucie and Charles begin to raise a family, a son (who dies in childhood) and a daughter, little Lucie. Lorry finds a second home and a sort of family with the Darnays. Stryver marries a rich widow with three children and becomes even more insufferable as his ambitions begin to be realised. Carton, even though he seldom visits, is accepted as a close friend of the family and becomes a special favourite of little Lucie.＜/p＞ ＜p＞In July 1789, the Defarges help to lead the storming of the Bastille, a symbol of royal tyranny. Defarge enters Dr. Manette's former cell, "One Hundred and Five, North Tower," and searches it thoroughly. Throughout the countryside, local officials and other representatives of the aristocracy are dragged from their homes to be killed, and the St. Evr?monde ch?teau is burned to the ground.＜/p＞ ＜p＞In 1792, Lorry decides to travel to Paris to collect important documents from the Tellson's branch in that city and place them in safekeeping against the chaos of the French Revolution. Darnay intercepts a letter written by Gabelle, one of his uncle's servants who has been imprisoned by the revolutionaries, pleading for the Marquis to help secure his release. Without telling his family or revealing his position as the new Marquis, Darnay sets out for Paris.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Book the Third: The Track of a Storm＜/p＞ ＜p＞"The Sea Still Rises", an illustration for Book 2, Chapter 22 by "Phiz"＜br /＞ Shortly after Darnay arrives in Paris, he is denounced for being an emigrated aristocrat from France and jailed in La Force Prison. Dr. Manette, Lucie, little Lucie, Jerry, and Miss Pross travel to Paris and meet Lorry to try to free Darnay. A year and three months pass, and Darnay is finally tried.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Dr Manette, viewed as a hero for his imprisonment in the Bastille, testifies on Darnay's behalf at his trial. Darnay is released, only to be arrested again later that day. A new trial begins the following day, under new charges brought by the Defarges and a third individual who is soon revealed as Dr Manette. He had written an account of his imprisonment at the hands of Darnay's father and hidden it in his cell; Defarge found it while searching the cell during the storming of the Bastille.＜/p＞ ＜p＞While running errands with Jerry, Miss Pross is amazed to see her long-lost brother Solomon, but he does not want to be recognised in public. Carton suddenly steps forward from the shadows and identifies Solomon as Barsad, one of the spies who tried to frame Darnay for treason at his trial in 1780. Jerry remembers that he has seen Solomon with Cly, the other key witness at the trial, and that Cly had faked his death to escape England. By threatening to denounce Solomon to the revolutionary tribunal as a Briton, Carton blackmails him into helping with a plan.＜/p＞ ＜p＞At the tribunal, Defarge identifies Darnay as the nephew of the dead Marquis St. Evr?monde and reads Dr Manette's letter. Defarge had learned Darnay's lineage from Solomon during the latter's visit to the wine shop several years earlier. The letter describes Dr Manette's imprisonment at the hands of Darnay's father and uncle for trying to report their crimes against a peasant family. Darnay's uncle had become infatuated with a girl, whom he had kidnapped and raped; despite Dr. Manette's attempt to save her, she died. The uncle killed her husband by working him to death, and her father died from a heart attack upon being informed of what had happened. Before he died defending the family honour, the brother of the raped peasant had hidden the last member of the family, his younger sister. The Evr?monde brothers imprisoned Dr. Manette after he refused their offer of a bribe to keep quiet. He concludes his letter by condemning the Evr?mondes, "them and their descendants, to the last of their race." Dr. Manette is horrified, but he is not allowed to retract hi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！】Voidstone【電子書籍】[ C.T. Remchin ]

＜p＞Once there were four, but now there's only one: The Voidstone.＜/p＞ ＜p＞For centuries kept secretly by the Sisterhood of Shadows and passed from resolution to resolution, by most it was considered as mythical as the sisterhood itself. But when the last Shadow Sister dies conspicuously in Holy City - Trying to Outdo Gods, it's said - the stone's appearance attracts the attention of three quite different creatures with three quite different motives:＜br /＞ - One claims it as ancestral property and a badge of office.＜br /＞ - One claims it so as to keep a blood promise to its final keeper.＜br /＞ - One claims it in order to heal her lands, and break an ancient curse.＜/p＞ ＜p＞But the dead woman was not the last Shadow Sister - and hers was not the last voidstone.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Set against a backdrop of social upheaval, Voidstone takes the reader from the smoky cliff-bound chambers of the Jade Citadel, where the great and the good conspire to seize an empire for themselves, to the sun-drenched Grand Circles of Holy City, where that empire's death throes finally begin. We see Obsidian City since its gutters ran with the blood of the great families and its palaces burned; we pass by North Shore where the Undying Connective do their awful and awesome experiments; and we walk the lands many call Marash, from where travellers do not return.＜/p＞ ＜p＞We glimpse the past that makes their world what it is, at a point where very different futures are being born.＜/p＞ ＜p＞We follow several people whose lives are changed irrevocably by the voidstone's passage. Suriya, an idealistic young lawyer whose dreams are betrayed by experience. Esuin, an old assassin who remains undying so as to make one final resolution. Amadli, a teenage boy lost in the wilderness who learns about himself and about paying attention. But we also meet Lightworkers, Sentinels, the Undying Connective, the Empire's Rulers, and the Emperor himself.＜/p＞ ＜p＞A lot of world-building takes place in this book, but I hope I've managed to do it by showing more than telling. Every main character travels a lot, and they all have to negotiate challenging situations where they encounter some novel, unfamiliar aspect of their world. Recurring themes are change and growth, disillusionment and resilience, self-knowledge and self-sacrifice.＜/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 Backwoods【電子書籍】[ Francine?J?Marin ]

＜p＞Cyril had never passed through such a terrible minute in his whole life as that one during which his father remained silent, instead of replying to his fierce assailant's demand. A short while before the train-boy, passing down the outside passage of the comfortable American train, bearing his tray of chocolate, biscuits, fruit, etc., had waited on them and promised to return in a few minutes with illustrated papers wherewith to beguile the tedium of the journey.＜/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！】Elissa; Or, The Doom of Zimbabwe A Journey Through Ancient Africa's Lost City and Legendary Heroine【電子書籍】[ H. Rider Haggard ]

＜p＞In "Elissa; Or, The Doom of Zimbabwe," H. Rider Haggard intricately weaves a tale of adventure and romance set against the backdrop of ancient African civilizations. This novel showcases Haggard's signature style, characterized by vivid descriptions and a deep sense of place, while seamlessly blending elements of historical fiction with colonial adventure. The storyline revolves around the mysterious ruins of Great Zimbabwe and delves into themes of love, fate, and the inexorable passage of time, reflective of the Victorian fascination with the 'exotic' and the unknown. Haggard'??s prose captures both the allure and the perils of exploration in a land steeped in myth and legend, representing a pivotal moment in the genre of adventure literature during the late 19th century. H. Rider Haggard, a pioneering figure in the adventure fiction genre, drew upon his experiences in Africa to craft this compelling narrative. Born in 1856 in Norfolk, England, Haggard's early life imbued him with a strong interest in exploration and indigenous cultures. His travels in South Africa and his subsequent engagement with the socio-political landscape shaped his worldview, infusing his works with a unique blend of historical authenticity and imaginative storytelling that challenges imperial perspectives. Readers seeking an exhilarating exploration of love and destiny wrapped in a lush, exotic setting will find "Elissa; Or, The Doom of Zimbabwe" a captivating addition to their literary journey. Haggard's masterful storytelling not only entertains but also prompts reflection on the complexities of history, culture, and human emotion. This novel remains significant for those intrigued by adventure tales that provide deep cultural insights alongside enthralling narrative arcs.＜/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 Motherless Child in the Novels of Pauline Hopkins【電子書籍】[ Jill Bergman ]

＜p＞Well known in her day as a singer, playwright, author, and editor of the Colored American Magazine, Pauline Hopkins (1859--1930) has been the subject of considerable scholarly attention over the last twenty years. Academic review of her many accomplishments, however, largely overlooks Hopkins's contributions as novelist. The Motherless Child in the Novels of Pauline Hopkins, the first book-length study of Hopkins's major fiction, fills this gap, offering a sustained analysis of motherlessness in Contending Forces, Hagar's Daughter, Winona, and Of One Blood.＜br /＞ Motherlessness appears in all of Hopkins's novels. The motif, Jill Bergman asserts, resonated profoundly for African Americans living with the legacy of abduction from a motherland and familial fragmentation under slavery. In her novels, motherlessness serves as a trope for the national alienation of post-Reconstruction African Americans. The longing and search for a maternal figure, then, represents an effort to reconnect with the absent mother -- a missing parent and a lost African history and heritage. In Hopkins's oeuvre, the image of the mother of African heritage -- a source of both identity and persecution -- becomes a source of power and possibility.＜br /＞ Bergman shows how historical events -- such as Bleeding Kansas, the execution of John Brown, and the Middle Passage -- gave rise to a sense of motherlessness and how Hopkins's work engages with that of other contemporaneous race activists. This illuminating study opens new terrain not only in Hopkins scholarship, but also in the complex interchanges between literary, African American, psychoanalytic, feminist, and postcolonial studies.＜/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！】Lion's Lover【電子書籍】[ Sedonia Guillone ]

＜p＞Serena Blakely made two deathbed promises to her first lover: first that she will love again; and second that she will go on safari with her uncle to hunt the legendary Great Lion. Nothing could’ve prepared her for what she finds on the African plains. Her uncle’s hunting companion is the sexiest man she has ever met, but more than that, she also meets the ngatu, a shapeshifting lion-man right out of African folklore. And the ngatu wants Serena for his mate!＜/p＞ ＜p＞Aubrey Darnell has a secret. The broken heart that once drove him from England to Africa has now transformed him into the ngatu, a shapeshifter lion and man. He has managed to keep his identity a secret. Until now. The mere scent of Serena Blakely sends him into the change. She is his mate, and her love can cure him . Now he must seduce the beautiful young Englishwoman without her finding out he’s the very man she’s promised to hunt.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Publisher’s note: This book is previously published elsewhere.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Excerpt:＜/p＞ ＜p＞Something creaked, snapping her gaze to the French doors. They were standing open, the soft white curtains wafting in a breeze. Her heart thumped painfully and she began to shiver. She'd closed those doors before getting into bed.＜/p＞ ＜p＞A shadow loomed over her and she yelped softly, scrambling back against the headboard.＜/p＞ ＜p＞A man, with dark gold hair full and long like a lion's mane, appeared as if from a whisper, his large, powerful body hovering over hers. A full, soft beard, equally soft and wild, covered his cheeks and jaw, and his eyes glinted, like a cat's in the shadows. They were greener than emeralds flecked with gold, their gaze burning into hers. In spite of her fear, Serena found herself captured by the glittering jewels.＜/p＞ ＜p＞He was so close that Serena could feel the heat rising from him. His breath caressed the skin of her face, and tension quivered through his taut, sinewy muscles. He seemed ready to pounce on her.＜/p＞ ＜p＞She stared back, equally tensed. His scent, musky and wild, was unlike any other she'd ever experienced. In spite of her fear, she began to melt, as she had earlier on the terrace.＜/p＞ ＜p＞"Who are you?" Serena whispered over the vibration that seemed to emanate from his core. If she didn't know better, she'd have sworn he was purring!＜/p＞ ＜p＞He continued to stare at her, that strange thrum filling her senses, blending with her own heartbeat. Under his hypnotic gaze, the tension in her body drained. A primal throbbing took over between her thighs, and her breathing became ragged. Desire blazed, making ashes of her fear. She knew that whatever this man wanted, she would give.＜/p＞ ＜p＞She saw him inching his way closer to the edge of the bed. He moved cautiously, like a cat stalking a mouse until he reached bedside and crouched.＜/p＞ ＜p＞"Who are you?" she whispered again, although she did not expect an answer. She didn't know if he even understood.＜/p＞ ＜p＞In one light swift motion, he sprang up, perching his large muscled body on the edge of the mattress. His shoulders and chest were broad, and his arms and torso rippled with quivering muscles. And he was naked.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Serena's eyes had adjusted to the shadowy light and she could see his entire body. His thighs were long with hard muscle. His waist tapered into slim hips and round hard buttocks. When he moved, she saw his cock, long and hard, springing upward from a nest of dark hair. She caught her breath at the sight.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Suddenly, he was over her, his large hands pushed into the pillow on either side of her head. He lowered his face closer and closer. His eyes glittered into hers.＜/p＞ ＜p＞The spellbinding purr that emanated from him vibrated through Serena. Her eyes fluttered closed as the sensation caressed her breasts and the swelling musky flesh of her vaginal cleft. Her breasts heaved with her ragged breaths and her skin dampened with perspiration inspired by the heat of his body so close to hers.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Gently, with a whispery light touch, he nudged her, just like a cat, with his forehead against her cheek. The movement sent a wave of pleasure rippling through her and she instinctively parted her legs, wanting his large, strong body between them.＜/p＞ ＜p＞He nudged her again, this time with a longer stroke, up one cheek, into her hair. Serena moaned softly, sinking back into the soft mattress, her body languorous, her vagina swollen with desire, wet and open.＜/p＞ ＜p＞The movement of her body had caused her nightgown to slide upward and gather around her waist. She heard his sharp intake of breath as one large settled on her thigh, the fingertips sliding slowly upwards, toward her pubic mound.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Serena tilted her head back, her hands grabbing up the sheets in fistfuls as his fingertips raked lightly through her mound of tawny curls and grazed her vaginal lips. She had not had a man's touch between her legs since the last time Theo had pleasured her, and the mere brush of his fingertips along her moist slit was intoxicating.＜/p＞ ＜p＞He slipped his fingers down into her musky wetness, massaging the swollen ridges and folds of intimate flesh with light, swift strokes. Serena gasped at the intense pleasure, the delicious heat of his touch and spread her legs further apart as he filled her sheath with his large fingers, stretching her, opening her. He lowered his face down to her open crotch, causing her to moan softly when his lips made contact. He nuzzled the soft fleshy lips, causing her to gasp with pleasure when he ran the tip of his tongue along her slit.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Serena gasped at the sheer, unutterable bliss from the heat of his tongue and involuntarily arched her pelvis upward, against his mouth, silently begging him for more. He seemed to understand her need and responded by gently spreading open her vaginal lips. His breath was hot on the slick pink flesh and Serena's heart pounded furiously in her chest, her arousal mounting to a pitch as he began to lap at her swollen clit like a cat with a bowl of milk. Her body writhed in delight and she reached down with one hand to entwine her fingers in his hair. He slid two large fingers into her, moving them in and out while he suckled on the engorged nub.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Serena lost herself in the in delicious friction of his tongue. Theo had done this to her many times and had always made her come within moments. The same was happening now. His hot tongue on her clit and his fingers massaging her wet swollen passage was more pleasure than she'd had in over three years and she went over the edge in a mere few seconds. She arched her hips under his mouth, letting out several soft cries before collapsing.＜/p＞ ＜p＞She looked up at him where he crouched between her spread thighs. He, too, was watching her, his green and gold eyes glinting in the dark with the subtlest movement of his head. The purring sound still emanated from him and even in the shadowy light, Serena could see the droplets of her musk clinging to his beard. She sat up and reached out her hand to touch his face.＜/p＞ ＜p＞He backed off, away from her hand, and crept off the bed, his large body coiling into a crouching position.＜/p＞ ＜p＞"What is it?" Serena whispered. "Don't you want me to touch 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。

【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 GLASS CORRIDORS - A Symbolic Mystery for Advanced English Readers (B2?C1)【電子書籍】[ Victor Ironcrusher ]

＜p＞〓 ＜strong＞What if memory didn't disappearーbut simply waited to be reawakened?＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜em＞The Glass Corridors＜/em＞ ("Les Couloirs de Verre") is a symbolic and emotionally rich mystery written entirely in ＜strong＞English for advanced learners (B2?C1)＜/strong＞. With over 20,000 words and 18 immersive chapters, this story invites you to follow Emma, a teenage girl who discovers a forgotten corridor beneath a quiet village libraryーone that doesn't just lead through space, but through layers of time and consciousness.＜/p＞ ＜p＞As Emma uncovers fragments of erased names, vibrating mirrors, and long-lost voices, she learns she's not the first to enter this realmーand she may not be the last.＜/p＞ ＜p＞This book is not just a storyーit's a passage.＜/p＞ ＜p＞? ＜strong＞What makes this book special?＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜ul＞ ＜li＞? Written entirely in ＜strong＞English＜/strong＞ at a natural B2?C1 level＜/li＞ ＜li＞? Symbolic, immersive narrative with slow-burn mystery and emotional depth＜/li＞ ＜li＞? No vocabulary lists, no drillsーjust meaningful, comprehensible input＜/li＞ ＜li＞? Perfect for learners who want to think, feel, and read like a native ＜strong＞English speaker＜/strong＞＜/li＞ ＜li＞? Ideal for use in advanced ＜strong＞English＜/strong＞ programs, book clubs, or self-study＜/li＞ ＜/ul＞ ＜p＞Whether you're an advanced student, a returning learner, or a lover of haunting stories about memory and silence, ＜em＞The Glass Corridors＜/em＞ will stay with you long after the final page.＜/p＞ ＜p＞〓 ＜em＞Part of a growing collection of authentic narrative immersion books for language learners.＜/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！】Elfhame Academy Book 1 Elfhame Academy, #1【電子書籍】[ Tiffany Shand ]

＜p＞I lost my slayer heritage the day my mum was murdered.＜/p＞ ＜p＞I'm Cassie Morgan. I've carried a feeling of emptiness with me since I was twelve. When they took my mother's life, a part of me went with her. Now, thanks to a caring aunt and the passage of time, I'm ready for answers about where I came from and the mother I lost.＜/p＞ ＜p＞I can't deny who I am any longer. The lure of the Elven realm beckons.＜br /＞ Surprises were expected, but I never imagined my journey would introduce me to a baby dragon or reunite me with an old friend. For the time being, all is well… until it's not.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Danger lies ahead.＜br /＞ When my aunt is arrested, it's up to me to help. The question is ? at what cost?＜/p＞ ＜p＞I don't know where this trail will lead, but I have no doubt, more trouble lies ahead.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Dying for answers isn't part of the plan, but if that's a sacrifice I'm willing to make.＜/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！】Moonfleet【電子書籍】[ J. Meade Falkner ]

＜p＞＜strong＞A classic story of high adventure, treasure and smuggling set in a small Dorset village of Moonfleet. Soon to be a major Sky TV series starring Ray Winstone.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞When young John Trenchard finds a secret passage, he's sure it will lead him to Blackbeard's infamous lost treasure - a huge diamond of incredible value. But what John finds among the coffins beneath Moonfleet church is a smuggler's lair. And a coded message from Blackbeard himself . . .＜/p＞ ＜p＞John is inadvertently caught up in the dangerous world of the smugglers and is forced to run for his life. While he hides from the authorities, he decodes Blackbeard's message. He now knows where the diamond is.＜/p＞ ＜p＞But there are unknown perils between John and the diamond and his boyish dreams of great riches soon turn into very real nightmares . . .＜/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。