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Classic writings from the great Zen master in exquisite versions by Thomas Merton, with a preface by his holiness the Dalai Lama, now in audio for the first time....

Japanese noblewoman Murasaki Shikibu wrote The Tale of Genji in the 11th century to entertain the other women in the court. It follows the romantic exploits of the title character, an emperor’s son, as he navigates life in and out of aristocratic society....

Taken literally, stories, symbols and rituals of Hindu mythology have much to say about gender relationships. Taken symbolically, they reveal many more things....

This book offers a complete translation of the Majjhima Nikāya, or Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha, one of the major collections of texts in the Pāli Canon, the authorised scriptures of Theravada Buddhism....

Ramayana must rank as one of the most loved and revered books of all time. A part of India's ancient Vedas, it is a beautiful story of romance and adventure....

The Water Margin is one of the most popular classics of early Chinese literature. It tells the vigorous story of 108 characters who, falling foul of the established state authorities, are forced to become outlaws....

This volume offers a complete translation of the Saṃyutta Nikāya, The Connected Discourses of the Buddha, the third of the four great collections in the Sutta Pitaka of the Pāli Canon....

Ram Rajya. The Perfect Land. But perfection has a price. He paid that price....

India, 3400 BCE. The ancient kingdom of Mithila is divided by corruption, resentment, and poverty. An abandoned baby is found in a field protected by a vulture from a pack of wolves....

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.

The Mahabharata is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India. It is of immense importance to the culture of the Indian subcontinent and is a major text of Hinduism....

The author, Devdutt Pattanaik, introduces listeners to the varied aspects and representations of Shiva, and then sets about interpreting them....

Here's the deal: We created this Japanese-speaking crash course dedicated to making you conversational in 30 days or less – without spending months on a random language app that you'd mentally force yourself to use.

Locked in the stories, symbols and rituals of Vishnu is the wisdom of the ancestors, transmitted over hundreds of years....

Akira Kido is a divorce attorney whose own marriage is in danger of being destroyed by emotional disconnect. With a midlife crisis looming, Kido's life is upended by the reemergence of a former client, Rié Takemoto....

Improve your Chinese skills and grow your vocabulary with these 10 entertaining Chinese short stories....

Looking to step up your Japanese before that big trip next year? Are you getting prepared for an interview with a recruiter in Tokyo? Maybe you’re tired of reading the subtitles on the latest anime! No language is easy to learn without practicing....

Everyone’s heard of Zeus, but did you know Hawaii has a goddess of fire named Pele? Uncover astonishing myths and stories from across the Pacific, based on the popular podcast....

SCHIAVA. ARTISTA DELLA FUGA. ASSASSINA. RIBELLE. SPIA. AMANTE. MADRE. E... QUANTE SONO LE VITE DI UNA DONNA? TUTTE QUELLE NECESSARIE PER SOPRAVVIVERE...

油田開発を最後の仕事と思い定めた壹岐は、社内の反対を押し切り、イランのサルベスタン鉱区に賭けた。政官界からの逆風をかわし見事採掘権の落札に成功するが、灼熱の大地からは一向に原油の噴き出す兆しはなかった。

Japanese culture and animation scholar Susan Napier explores the life and art of extraordinary Japanese filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki, including his significant impact on Japan and the world, to provide a definitive account of his oeuvre....

葉祥明のハートフルな絵とスピリチュアルな新訳(浅岡夢二:訳)で生まれ変わった「星の王子さま」。不朽の名作に新たな魂が吹き込まれました。

The Three Kingdoms is one of the Chinese Noble Classics....

Grand Expectations weaves the major political, cultural, and economic events of the period into a superb portrait of America from 1945 through Watergate....

No Longer Human (1948, Ningen Shikkaku / A Shameful Life / Confessions of a Faulty Man) was an attack on the traditions of Japan, capturing the postwar...

A Treasury of Urdu Poetry is a treasure-house of the best of Urdu poetry from the times of the great classic poet Mir to modern day poets such as Faiz and Faraz. This Treasury contains selected ghazals and nazms of thirty-four eminent Urdu poets. Care has been taken to select only those pieces which meet the twin tests of excellence and popularity. Lovers of Urdu poetry would find this book a dream come true and a handy volume that opens a window on the world of Urdu poetry.

अहमद फ़राज़ आज के सबसे लोकप्रिय शायर हैं। उन्हें जीते-जी ऐसी शोहरत मिली है कि आज हिंदुस्तान और पाकिस्तान में फ़राज़ साहब की ग़ज़लों और नज़्मों को बड़े शौक से पढ़ा और सुना जाता है। 'ये मेरी ग़ज़लें, 'ये मेरी नज़्में' की विशेषता यह है कि इसमें खुद फ़राज़ साहब ने अपनी मनपसंद बेहतरीन ग़ज़लों और नज़्मों का चयन किया है। अहमद फ़राज़ की शोहरत ने जब अपने गिर्द एक ऐसा प्रभामंडल पैदा कर लिया जिसमें उनके एक इंक़लांबी रूमानी शायर की छवि चस्पां है। अपने मुल्क में उन्होंने जेलें भी काटी हैं।

इक्कीसवीं सदी में पाकिस्तान में कैसी ग़ज़लें कही जा रही हैं, इसका अंदाज़ा आप इस किताब से लगा सकते हैं। यूँ तो पाकिस्तान में बेशुमार शायर हैं और उनमें से कुछेक को ही इस किताब के लिए चुनना एक चुनौती थी। तो चुनाव का पैमाना यह रखा गया कि शायर ऐसे हों जिनकी ग़ज़लों को हिन्दी के पाठक समझ सकें और उनसे हिन्दुस्तान के लोग कुछ हद तक वाकिफ़ हों। इस पैमाने पर सात शायर ही खरे उतरे और उन सात शायरों की चुनिंदा ग़ज़लें इस किताब में पेश हैं।

आज से करीब आठ सौ वर्ष पहले जन्मे रूमी ने धर्म, देश और काल की सभी बाधाओं को लांघ कर अपनी रुबाइयों और गुज़लों से। ऐसा सूफ़ीवाद फैलाया कि वे संसार के सभी देशों में, विशेषकर अमेरिका में, सबसे अधिक पढे । जाने वाले कवि माने जाते हैं। उनका सूफ़ियाना कलाम सैकड़ों वर्षों से लोकप्रिय है। उनके शब्दों ने विभिन्न संस्कृतियों वाले पाठकों के मन को एक समान छुआ है। आध्यात्मिक प्रेम के सहज अतिरेक और उसके वैभव से जितना समृद्ध हमें रूमी ने किया है, उतना और कोई नहीं कर सका है।

Nel cuore di Shinjuku, a Tokyo, c'è Goldengai, un piccolo quartiere che resiste a grattacieli e speculazione edilizia. E nel cuore di Goldengai c'è un localino stretto e lungo dove si raccolgono i randagi del posto, siano essi gatti o esseri umani. A cominciare da un aspirante sceneggiatore daltonico e una cameriera strabica che cucina yakitori, misteriosa conoscitrice dei felini della zona.

太宰治が青森県の旧金木町（現五所川原市）に疎開中に執筆した短編。令和６年に東京の古書店で直筆原稿が発見され、三鷹市が880万円で買い入れたことでも話題になりました。短編ですが、戦争をする側と襲われる側の立場をやんわりと描いている名作です。

小泉八雲の「Kwaidan」を新たにオーデイオブック用に日本語に訳した完全版「怪談」です。
全部で17の話をオリジナルの「Kwaidan」と同じ順序で再現しました。

耳で追うごとに深まる執着と陶酔の世界。声で描かれるナオミの魔性と譲治の狂気－聴覚が囚われる声の文学体験をどうぞ。

In Open Mouths Sharan Hunjan presents a vision of a world simultaneously familiar and strikingly strange. The quotidian, the domestic, the commonplace are interrogated and manipulated through the poet's eye for detail, linguistic sense of play and restless imaginative and philosophical impulses.

What really lies in the forest’s depths? Aokigahara is a mystery. Born out of an explosion, its roots twist and turn, the dense trees seeming to swallow anything that enters it whole. In recent years it has gained renown as a “suicide forest,” but it wasn’t always this way. Aokigahara: The Truth Behind Japan’s Suicide Forest is fully researched from Japanese sources and looks at the history of the Sea of Trees, how it came to be, and why it became known worldwide as a popular suicide spot.