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Stuck in a dead-end bar job in central Tokyo and barely making ends meet, Naomi Kihara's life turns upside down when her American father, whom she hasn't seen since she was a toddler, dies. Having been brought up to believe he abandoned her, it's a shock to learn she is his heir. But there's a catch: Naomi must go live in his hometown for one year. Felix, Nebraska couldn't be any more different from Tokyo, Japan.

These 20 haikus are similar to Maggie Hess' popular other book of haiku, Breath of a Heron. The three self-portraits are studied within the haiku writing, too, as well as being evocative stand-alone artwork. Maggie Hess is known for writing simple, traditional-seeming, whimsical, nature-oriented haikus, keeping her language sparse within the confines of the poems, which adds something special.

If Pierra Calasanz-Labrador’s debut poetry collection The Heartbreak Diaries was equivalent to an “ugly cry”, this second volume is an introspective journey, a quiet voice longing to be heard. Like stumbling upon an introvert’s secret diary, these 50 poems chronicle fervent wishes, hidden fears, and everyday acts of bravery that may sound uncannily familiar.

Through this book Rujuta tackles pretty much every myth and fad to do with exercise, demystifies exercise for everyone, and presents it as not a brainless activity but a science which has the potential to combat all lifestyle disorders, including diabetes and obesity, way better than any drug. Strength training, cardio and yoga get a detailed chapter each along with their pre- and postworkout meals, an often neglected but crucial aspect.

With an arcing and emphatic beauty, Ghalib, the Indian Beloved by Khalid Hameed Shaida is a starry-eyed collection of 124 translated odes by Ghalib. Capturing the essence and pure song of one of the most loved romantic poets of India, Shaida's translation and interpretations also illustrate the deeply philosophical undertones of Ghalib's voice.

カフェ女給で日本人離れをした美少女ナオミを見初め、娶った真面目なサラリーマンの河合譲二。

おとなしく幼い少女だったナオミも時間とともに成長し、その妖艶な魅力で男たちを翻弄する。

ナオミの魅力にとりつかれながらも、離れられず身を滅ぼしていく河合譲二。

谷崎純一郎の美しい言葉の世界を、朗読でお楽しみください。

Vinod Kumar Shukla's Blue Is Like Blue, translated from Hindi by Arvind Krishna Mehrotra and Sara Rai, has been awarded The Inaugural Mathrubhumi Book of Year Award 2020 It is also the Winner of the Atta Galatta – Bangalore Literature Festival Book Prize 2019. Blue is like blue is a short...

শহরের মানুষ সায়ন মুখার্জি, কর্মসূত্রে থাকেন পালামৌ-এর জঙ্গলে, বহুবছর ধরে। সেই জঙ্গল-বস্তির মানুষগুলোর সঙ্গে...

I believe that there may be a strong positive correlation between levels and competence of creativity and mental health diagnoses. Upon delving further into psychology I learnt that some entertainers use their success as a supplement for lack of close relationships or catharsis for past trauma. The title emphasizes how the complex lives and experiences of creatives serve to influence their art, thus, Chaos can Create.

Alors que jusque-là je marchais normalement sur ce que je pensais être mon propre chemin, voilà que soudain celui-ci a disparu sous mes pas, et c'est comme si j'avançais simplement dans un espace vide sans connaître de direction, sans plus aucune sensation. Une jeune fille a disparu. Une jeune fille dont le narrateur avait entrepris de faire le portrait. Une jeune fille aux yeux comme une flamme gelée. Une jeune fille qui l'intrigue et qui pourrait être liée à Menshiki. Il va rendre visite au vieux peintre Tomohiko Amada. Là, dans la chambre d'hôpital, apparaît le Commandeur. Le Commandeur est prêt à offrir sa vie pour que la jeune fille soit retrouvée.

Selected Urdu poems from the best-selling audiobook Jharna" by Ahmed Qasim (my nom de plume for urdu poetry ). This audiobook of Urdu poetry contains deeply moving and intense poems that explore many topics ranging from love to the meaning of life. It surely will touch every Urdu poetry lover's heart.

芥川龍之介の名作。人間の欲望と現実の落差を、静かで皮肉な視点で描いた作品。 笑える話のようでいて、読み終わると少し苦い余韻が残る、いわば"人間の弱さのスケッチ"のような作品です。

この作品を聴いて、「世の中捨てたもんじゃない」と感じるか、「世の中こんなことはありえない」と感じるかは人それぞれでしょう。

Translated for the first time into English, The Salmon Who Dared To Leap Higher by Ahn Do-hyun is a multi-million copy bestselling modern fable about finding freedom and a harmony with nature we have either forgotten or lost in the binding realities of life. The life of the salmon is a...

病院に勤めている主人公の女性は、医者であり結婚を約したほど愛したはずの恋人に些細なことから幻滅を感じ、自分の心身を落ち着けられる「居場所」を求めていた。知人の結婚式で隣席になった陶芸家の男性を遠路訪ねていき、成行きで場違いな作業場で情交したこともあった。

現代を代表する芸術家たちとの協働によって制作された宮沢賢治童話シリーズ。朗読（日本語）と音楽を収録しています。 この宝石学専門のホラふき大学士もまた実に魅力的な人物です。三晩にわたる野宿で、岩頸（がんけい）四兄弟の論争に聞きほれ、一かけの花崗岩のなかの鉱物たちのけんかを笑い、そして三晩目には大学士自らが中生代に迷いこみます。

ついに金国と南宋が激突！　兀朮率いる三十万の金軍が南下、南宋は岳飛軍、張俊軍などを併せ二十万で迎え撃つ。緒戦から激しいぶつかりあいが続く。金軍の沙歇が、張俊軍の辛晃が、戦場を縦横無尽に駈け回る。

To strangers that pass her on the streets of Lahore, Mona Ahmed lives a life to be envied. Married to wealthy businessman Bilal, with happily married children, she seems to want for nothing. But behind the gilded exterior lies a past of secrets and heartbreak. While they may have weathered the storm of Mona's infidelity, with Bilal embracing the child born out of that secret love affair, their marriage remains shaky. Each day has the same slow, regular rhythm. . .until the first message arrives, and everything in Mona's life changes in an instant.

東京 日本橋で生まれ、お坊ちゃん育ちで内気な性格だった谷崎潤一郎.16歳の時、父親の事業失敗により、築地精養軒の主人北村家の書生になりました。中学時代から文才とし

Faiz Ahmed Faiz is the most famous contemporary Urdu poet of the 20th century who appeals both to the common man as well as the elite connoisseurs of poetry. Faiz's ghazals reflect a strong influence of the Persian style and diction, because of which he is often considered the inheritor of the tradition of Ghalib; and at the same time several of them are written in a simple conversational style dealing with the problems of the common man.