【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！】＜p＞The novel is set during May and June 1914; war was evident in Europe, Richard Hannay the protagonist and narrator, an expatriate Scot, returns to his new home, a flat in London, after a long stay in Rhodesia to begin a new life. One night he is buttonholed by a stranger, a well-travelled American, who claims to be in fear for his life. The man appears to know of an anarchist plot to destabilise Europe, beginning with a plan to assassinate the Greek Premier, Constantine Karolides, during his forthcoming visit to London. The man reveals his name to be Franklin P. Scudder, a freelance spy,and remarks that he is dead, which holds Hannay's attention. Scudder explains that he has faked his own death in order to avert suspicion. Scudder claims to be following a ring of German spies called the Black Stone who are trying to steal British plans for the outbreak of war. Hannay lets Scudder hide in his flat, and sure enough the next d...

【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！】＜p＞I know what it is to feel lonely and helpless and to have the whole world against me, and those are things that no men or women ought to feel. When adventurer Richard Hannay is alerted of an assassination plot that could completely take down Europe, he finds himself caught in a tangled web ofpolitics and must run to his home of Scotland to evade arrest. In order to prevent his arrest and the destruction of his country, he must figure out what the baffling clue is that will determine the fate of millions: the thirty-nine steps.＜/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！】＜p＞Born in Virginia in 1818, Elizabeth Keckley grew up enslaved until she was able to purchase her and her son's freedom with money made from working as a seamstress. As she continued to perfect her craft, her styles caught the attention of the elite in Washington D.C. It wasn't until the day ofAbraham Lincoln's inauguration that she crossed paths with Mary Todd Lincoln, who took Elizabeth on as her personal confidante and seamstress. Behind the Scenes not only offers an intimate look into the enslaved and free life of Elizabeth Keckley but also the lives of Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln.At the time of publication, the lives of presidents and their families were private and not known to the publicーthis book gave everyone an idea of what it was like inside the White House.＜/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...

【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！】＜p＞Thirty Years' View, Vol. 2 by Thomas Hart Benton.＜/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！】＜p＞The Thirty-nine Steps by John Buchan.＜/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！】＜p＞The first book in the Richard Hannay series by John Buchan. Richard Hannay finds a corpse in his flat, and becomes involved in a plot by spies to precipitate war and subvert British naval power. The resourceful victim of a manhunt, he is pursued by both the police and the ruthless conspirators. The Thirty-Nine Steps is a seminal 'chase' thriller, rapid and vivid. It has been widely influential and frequently dramatised: the film directed by Alfred Hitchcock became a screen classic. This engaging novel also provides insights into the interaction of patriotism, fear and prejudice.＜/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！】＜p＞The Thirty-Nine Steps is an adventure novel by the Scottish author John Buchan. It first appeared as a serial in Blackwood's Magazinein August and September 1915 before being published in book form in October that year by William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh.It is the first of five novels featuring Richard Hannay, an all-action hero with a stiff upper lip and a miraculous knack for getting himself out of sticky situations.＜/p＞ ＜p＞The novel formed the basis for a number of film adaptations, notably: Alfred Hitchcock's 1935 version; a 1959 colour remake; a 1978 version which is perhaps most faithful to the novel; and a 2008 version for British television.＜/p＞ ＜p＞The novel is set during May and June 1914; Europe is close to war and spies are everywhere. Richard Hannay the protagonist and narrator, an expatriate Scot, returns to his new home, a flat in London, after along stay in Rhodesia, in order to begin a new life...

【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！】＜p＞Thirty Years in Australia is The Classic Adventure Story by Ada Cambridge.＜/p＞ ＜p＞I knew nothing whatever of Australia when I rashly consented to marry a young man who had irrevocably bound himself to go and live there, and, moreover, to go within three months of the day on which the wild idea occurred to me. During the seven weeks or thereabouts of a bewildering engagement, the while I got together my modest trousseau, we hunted for information in local libraries, and from more or less instructed friends. The books were mostly old ones, the tales 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。

【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！】＜p＞Thirty years ago Jimmy Donnelly was sent to prison. Now he's free again and eager to finally avenge himself on Detective Charles Maryham, the man who put him behind bars. And then there's Maryham's beautiful wife Carla, the subject of many of Jimmy's wet dreams back in prison.＜br /＞ But thirty years is a long time. And sometimes, it's too late for vengeance.＜/p＞ ＜p＞This is a short story of 3700 words. This story is also available as part of the collection ＜em＞Murder in the Family＜/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！】＜p＞Richard Hannay’s boredom is soon relieved when the resourceful engineer is caught up in a web of secret codes, spies, and murder on the eve of WWI. Hannay is warned of an assassination plot that has the potential to take Britain into a war, and then a few days later he discovers the murdered body of the American that warned him in his flat. Hannay becomes the prime suspect. He flees to the moors of Scotland and soon a spirited chase begins as he is pursued by the police and some German spies that are involved in stealing British plans.＜/p＞ ＜p＞This exciting action-adventure story was the inspiration for Alfred Hitchcock’s 1939 classic film of the same name.＜/p＞ ＜p＞It is the first of five novels featuring Richard Hannay ? an all-action hero with a stiff upper lip and a miraculous knack for getting himself out of sticky situations.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Highlights of this edition are:＜/p＞ ＜p＞* 11 illustrations and photos....

【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！】＜p＞＜em＞＜strong＞The Thirty Nine Steps＜/strong＞＜/em＞, John Buchan’s groundbreaking espionage thriller featuring spy Richard Hannay, has been called the first great spy novel. It has been embraced by each new generation and shows no sign of losing popularity.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Richard Hannay arrives in London on the eve of World War I, where he meets an American agent seeking help in stopping a political assassination. Before long, Hannay finds himself in possession of a little black book that holds the key to the conspiracy ー and on the run from both the police and members of a mysterious organization that will stop at nothing to keep their secrets hidden.＜/p＞ ＜p＞The book has formed the basis for a number of film adaptations, notably: Alfred Hitchcock's 1935 version; a 1959 color remake; a 1978 version which is perhaps most faithful to the novel; and a 2008 version for British television.＜/p＞ ＜p＞*Includes British Espi...

【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！】＜p＞＜strong＞The Thirty-Nine Steps＜/strong＞ is an adventure novel by the Scottish author John Buchan. It first appeared as a serial in Blackwood's Magazine in August and September 1915 before being published in book form in October that year by William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh. It is the first of five novels featuring Richard Hannay, an all-action hero with a stiff upper lip and a miraculous knack for getting himself out of sticky situations.＜/p＞ ＜p＞The novel formed the basis for a number of film adaptations, notably: Alfred Hitchcock's 1935 version; a 1959 colour remake; a 1978 version which is perhaps most faithful to the novel; and a 2008 version for British television.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞[Background]＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞John Buchan wrote The Thirty-Nine Steps while he was ill in bed with a duodenal ulcer, an illness which remained with him all his life. The novel was his first "shocker", as he cal...

【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！】＜p＞Hanney, an expatriated Scot, returns from a long stay in South Africa to his flat in London. One night he is buttonholed by an American who appears to know of an anarchist plot to destabilise Europe, and claims to be in fear for his life. Hannay lets the American hide in his flat, and returnslater to find that another man has been found shot dead in the same building, apparently a suicide. Four days later Hannay finds the American stabbed to death...＜/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！】＜p＞Major General Sir Richard Hannay is the fictional secret agent created by writer and diplomat John Buchan, who was himself an Intelligence officer during the First World War. The strong and silent type, combining the dour temperament of the Scot with the stiff upper lip of the Englishman, Hannay is pre-eminent among early spy-thriller heroes. Caught up in the first of these five gripping adventures just before the outbreak of war in 1914, he manages to thwart the enemy's evil plan and solve the mystery of the 'thirty-nine steps'. In Greenmantle, he undertakes a vital mission to prevent jihad in the Islamic Near East. Mr Standfast, set in the decisive months of 1917-18, is the novel in which Hannay, after a life lived 'wholly among men', finally falls in love; later, in The Three Hostages, he finds himself unravelling a kidnapping mystery with his wife's help. In the last adventure, The Island of Sheep, he is called upon to...

【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！】＜p＞When he saw the school teacher in the window, he had to have her. Not only would the robot be a great help for his son's lessons, but she could also help with the housework. He never dreamed what trouble his impulse buy would unleash... Classic science fiction by Robert F. Young!＜/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！】＜p＞This volume collects 30 classic tales by H.G. Wells, including many of his early science fiction and fantasy stories. Included are:＜/p＞ ＜p＞INTRODUCTION, by Karl Wurf＜br /＞ THE STRANGE ORCHID＜br /＞ ?PYORNIS ISLAND＜br /＞ THE PLATTNER STORY＜br /＞ THE ARGONAUTS OF THE AIR＜br /＞ THE STORY OF THE LATE MR. ELVESHAM＜br /＞ THE STOLEN BACILLUS＜br /＞ THE RED ROOM＜br /＞ A MOTH＜br /＞ IN THE ABYSS＜br /＞ UNDER THE KNIFE＜br /＞ THE RECONCILIATION＜br /＞ A SLIP UNDER THE MICROSCOPE＜br /＞ IN THE AVU OBSERVATORY＜br /＞ THE TRIUMPHS OF A TAXIDERMIST＜br /＞ A DEAL IN OSTRICHES＜br /＞ THE RAJAH’S TREASURE＜br /＞ THE STORY OF DAVIDSON’S EYES＜br /＞ THE CONE＜br /＞ THE PURPLE PILEUS＜br /＞ A CATASTROPHE＜br /＞ LE MARI TERRIBLE＜br /＞ THE APPLE＜br /＞ THE SAD STORY OF A DRAMATIC CRITIC＜br /＞ THE JILTING OF JANE＜br /＞ THE LOST INHERITANCE＜br /＞ POLLOCK AND THE PORROH MAN＜br /＞ THE SEA RAIDERS＜br /＞ ...

【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！】＜p＞Major General Sir Richard Hannay is the fictional secret agent created by writer and diplomat John Buchan, who was himself an Intelligence officer during the First World War. The strong and silent type, combining the dour temperament of the Scot with the stiff upper lip of the Englishman, Hannay is pre-eminent among early spy-thriller heroes. Caught up in the first of these five gripping adventures just before the outbreak of war in 1914, he manages to thwart the enemy's evil plan and solve the mystery of the 'thirty-nine steps'. In Greenmantle, he undertakes a vital mission to prevent jihad in the Islamic Near East. Mr Standfast, set in the decisive months of 1917-18, is the novel in which Hannay, after a life lived 'wholly among men', finally falls in love; later, in The Three Hostages, he finds himself unravelling a kidnapping mystery with his wife's help. In the last adventure, The Island of Sheep, he is called upon to...

【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！】＜p＞Take a tour around Alexandra's fascinatingly fertile mind in this new collection of sensual, stimulating and deceptively concise erotica.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Life on the fringes of civilised society provides a rich source of inspiration for all artistic disciplines and Alexandra examines several such scenarios in detail: voyeurs; recluses; sexual predators; internet adulterers; gamblers, naked ramblers, doms and subs.＜/p＞ ＜p＞In life as well as art, complex individual histories often converge to form brief, often frenzied dramas that can define a whole lifetime. The stories herein areset in those charged moments, the action occurring in everyday surroundings and at the whim of opportunity. Sex usually occurs as an expression of love, but is also seen as an expression of power, lust and of need. Technology is a springboard for half of the featured fables; it brings the world into our cosy homes, carrying limitless carnal opportun...