Oliver Sacks' The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat tells the stories of individuals afflicted with fantastic perceptual and intellectual aberrations: patients who have lost their memories and with them the greater part of their pasts; who are no longer able to recognize people and common objects; who are stricken with violent tics and grimaces or who shout involuntary obscenities; whose limbs have become alien; who have been dismissed as retarded yet are gifted with uncanny artistic or mathematical talents.

「桜の花が咲くと人々は酒をぶらさげたり団子をたべたて花の下を歩いて絶景だの春ランマンだのと浮かれて陽気になりますが、これは嘘です。」 昔、鈴鹿峠の山中にあった桜の森。花の季節になると、旅人はみんな森の花の下で気が変になったといいます。この森に住み始めた情け容赦のない山賊は、あるとき美しい女に出会い、亭主を殺して女房にします。その女のいいなりになり多くの人を殺めますが、桜に惑わされやがてその女房を…。 鬼気迫る桜の花の妖しさを林隆三が凄みをきかせて語ります。

Interweaving her vast knowledge of neurology, sociology, psychology, and philosophy with fascinating down-to-earth examples and lively personal anecdotes, developmental psychologist, neuroscientist, and dyslexia expert Wolf probes the question, "How do we learn to read and write?" This ambitious and provocative new book offers an impassioned look at reading, its effect on our lives, and explains why it matters so greatly in a digital era.

Jane Austen’s most popular novel, originally published in 1813, some 17 years after it was first written, presents the Bennet family of Longbourn. Against the background of gossipy Mrs. Bennet and the detached Mr. Bennet, the quest is on for husbands for the five daughters. The spotlight falls on Elizabeth, second eldest, who is courted by Mr. Darcy, though initially she is more concerned with the fate of her other sisters. This marvelous account of family life in Regency England is read with customary panache by Juliet Stevenson.

妻の頭を帽子とまちがえてかぶろうとする音楽家、からだの感覚を失って姿勢が保てなくなってしまった若い母親…

【内容紹介】鎌倉仏教の対極をなす法然と明恵。真逆の思想を持った二人の生きざまと人間的魅力に、比較宗教学を専門とする町田宗鳳氏が迫ります。【講師紹介】広島大学教授 町田宗鳳- 1950年、京都生まれ。14歳で出家し、以来20年間京都の大徳寺で修行をする。34歳で寺を離れ、以後数々の大学で教授をつとめる。著書『法然対明恵』『法然―世紀末の革命者』など多数。

Dr. Oliver Sacks argues the migraine cannot be understood simply as an illness, but must be viewed as a complex condition with a unique role to play in each individual's life.

To the Lighthouse is a landmark work of English fiction. Virginia Woolf explores perception and meaning in some of the most beautiful prose ever written, minutely detailing the characters thoughts and impressions. This unabridged version is read by Juliet Stevenson.

すべてが白黒に見える全色盲に陥った画家、激しいチックを起こすトゥレット症候群の外科医、「わたしは火星の人類学者のようだ」と漏らす自閉症の動物学者…

名だたる文筆家が登場する、文藝春秋の文化講演会。 歌舞伎「加賀見山旧錦絵」の題材となった、江戸時代の〝加賀騒動〟。史実が物語化されてゆく背景を語る姿に、「新国劇の池波正太郎」がちらりと透ける。(1999年東京宝塚劇場 文藝春秋祭り 講演原題「私の時代小説」より)
●白と黒のあいだ ●強いおんな ●史実と虚構 文藝春秋の文化講演会は、文学談や執筆秘話に人生論も交え、含蓄と味わい深い講演があなたの生き方に豊かさと彩りを添えます。