E. H. Gombrich's world history, an international best seller now available in English for the first time, is a text dominated not by dates and facts but by the sweep of experience across the centuries, a guide to humanity's achievements, and an acute witness to its frailties.

Contemporary art has never been so popular - but the art world is changing. In a landscape of increasing globalization, there is growing interest in questions over the nature of contemporary art today and the identity of who is controlling its future. In the midst of this, contemporary art continues to be a realm of freedom where artists shock, break taboos, flout generally received ideas, and switch between confronting viewers with works of great emotional profundity and jaw-dropping triviality.

【内容紹介】ダヴィンチにはフランソワ1世、ミケランジェロにはユリウス2世というように、ルネッサンス期における芸術家たちの活躍の背景には、彼らを支援した庇護者の姿がありました。職人と芸術家の区別もなかった時代背景を踏まえ、両者の関係を美術史研究の権威である高階秀爾氏がユニークに解説します。【講師紹介】美術評論家 高階秀爾- 1932年生まれ。ルネッサンス以後の西洋美術を専門としながら、日本近代美術にも造詣が深い。著書『名画を見る眼』『芸術のパトロンたち』など多数。

【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。

Thanks to a bungled robbery at a fancy hotel, the already-married Eva Griffin has been caught in the company of a prominent congressman. To protect the politico, Eva's ready to pay the editor of a sleazy tabloid his hush money. But Perry Mason has other plans. He tracks down the phantom fat cat who secretly runs the blackmailing tabloid -only to discover a shocking scoop. By the time Mason's comely client finally comes clean, her husband has taken a bullet in the heart.

名だたる文筆家が登場する、文藝春秋の文化講演会。絹、紙、金属だけでなく、モノの数え方をはじめとして色んな考え方が日本に入って来ました。その中で最大のものは仏教であります。人間はルーツを探そうとします。シルクロードに憧れる私たちの心は本能に根差したものなのです。(1988年10月9日 呉市中央公民館 菊池寛生誕百周年記念講演会より)
●出て行った ●誰が言い出したのか ●人間の芸術のはじまり ●モノと考え方 ●やって来た 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。

French literature may be said to begin with the ninth century "Song of Roland," and it has since then churned out masterpiece after masterpiece in every century right up to the present. Beginning with Balzac and Dumas in the early part of the nineteenth century and proceeding to Sartre and Camus at the midpoint of the twentieth, the stories in this collection showcase the talents of some of the greatest French masters of the short story.

名作はどのように生まれたのだろうか？　本書は，西洋絵画の本質について一歩進んで理解したいとする人びとの願いに応えて執筆された，西洋美術鑑賞の手引きである．一枚の絵に隠された芸術家の意図，精神性を探りながら歴史を一望する．

【内容紹介】足利義満が奨励した能、足利義政が好んだ書院造や茶道などの様式、唐に学んだ漢詩、如拙らの書画。今日の芸術文化に大きな影響を与えた室町文化について、金閣寺、銀閣寺を守る有馬氏が語ります。【講師紹介】臨済宗相国寺派管長 有馬頼底- 1933年、東京都生まれ。久留米藩主有馬家の子孫。古代から近世に至るまでの墨蹟、茶道具などにも造詣が深い。著書『古寺巡礼京都相国寺』など多数。

With intelligence and wit, author Jonathan Clements blends documentary and storytelling styles to connect the past, present, and future of Japan, and in broad yet detailed strokes reveals a country of paradoxes: a modern nation steeped in ancient traditions; a democracy with an emperor as head of state; a famously safe society built on 108 volcanoes resting on the world's most active earthquake zone; a fast-paced urban and technologically advanced country whose land consists predominantly of mountains and forests.

日本最古の和歌集。現代に響く万葉びとの歌声古典文学の主要作品をセレクトし、現代語訳と原文とで構成した「日本の古典をよむ」（全20冊）シリーズの1冊です。「万葉集」は、飛鳥時代から奈良時代中期までの歌を集めた約4500首、全20巻の歌集。代表的歌人は額田王、柿本人麻呂、高市黒人、山部赤人、山上憶良、高橋虫麻呂、大伴旅人、大伴家持など。

Art history encompasses the study of the history and development of painting, sculpture, and the other visual arts. In this Very Short Introduction audiobook, Dana Arnold presents an introduction to the issues, debates, and artifacts that make up art history. Beginning with a consideration of what art history is, she explains what makes the subject distinctive from other fields of study and also explores the emergence of social histories of art (such as feminist art history and queer art history).

While intensely attentive to its own tradition, Japanese literature has also embraced the outside world, particularly the influence of China. Beyond this, Japan boasts a powerful literary culture, made up of cultivated reading publics, both aristocratic and bourgeois, literary salons, specialized presses, authoritative judges of talent who cultivated and celebrated particular writers and styles, and a canon consisting of classics. This Very Short Introduction traces the rich history of Japanese literature from its beginnings over a millennium ago to the present day.

This is a wonderful collection of the most popular and important stories from the Old and New Testament.