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大人の英語は、中学レベルの必須文法で差をつける！『究極の英会話（上）』に引き続き、「中学2年後半～3年に習う文法32項目×日常使いの単語だけ」で416表現をマスター。簡単な構文を賢く使い回す応用力とともに、素早く正確に話すための瞬発力が身に付きます。 本コンテンツは『究極の英会話（上）　中学1～2年レベル英文法100パーセント攻略』に引き続き、「もっと話せるようになりたい」方はもちろん、「今度こそ英会話を確実に身に付けたい」と再挑戦に燃える方にも最適！簡単な構文（中学2年後半～3年の文法32項目×日常で使える単語だけ）で、416表現をマスターします。 英語が話せない要因は2つ！文の作りと意味、すなわち文法がわかっていないこと。話すための練習量が圧倒的に足りないことです。本コンテンツでは、「頭で理解した文法知識」を「話せる力」に活性化すべく、トレーニングを徹底的に積み重ねます。 「クイック・レスポンス」（※）を軸に据え、英語の表現が口をついて出てくるようになるまで、シャッフル（順不同での出題）やロールプレイ（会話のせりふを言ってみる）で定着を図ります。 （※）クイック・レスポンス……日本語の音声を聞き、素早く口頭で英語に直して言う練習。 頭と口を休ませる暇を与えないトレーニングは、効果抜群。素早く正確に話す力が習得できるほか、シンプルな文をうまく使い回せるよ

1日10分で「英語が読めた!」と実感できる英文を読もうとしても、「単語が分からない」「長文が苦手」「読むのが遅い」「内容がつまらない」…そんな悩みのある方でも、本コンテンツを聞けば「英語が分かる楽しさ」が味わえます！ ●やさしい単語で書かれているから聞ける! 『究極の英語リーディングVol. 1』は、アルクの重要語彙リスト「SVL12000(*1)」から、入門レベルの1000語をベースに書かれた英文を38本収録。「知っている単語」ばかりが使われているので、ストレスなく聞き進めることができます。収録音声はひとつ1分程度の長さなので、負担が少なく、途中で挫折することもありません。 ●物語、TOEIC頻出タイプの文書など、バリエーション豊かな英文を収録! 学習に使用する英文はバリエーション豊か。「TOEICのPart 7で出題される英文」「観光地の紹介記事」「ちょっといい話」や「怖い話」などを収録しています。全て大人向けの内容なので、楽しく、飽きずに学習を続けられます。 【目次】 ●第1章 区切りながら読む 手紙/記事/エッセイ/広告/保証書など ●第2章 速く読む 記事/会社案内/契約書/物語など ●第3章 エッセイ・物語・記事を読む エッセイ/物語/記事など ●第4章...

英会話の再挑戦は、超基本の文法から!「中学1年～2年前半に習う文法31項目×よく使う単語だけ」で403表現を習得します。クイック・レスポンス(耳でとらえた日本語を、口頭で素早く英語に変換)など種々のトレーニングを実践し、文法知識を「話せる力」に活性化。基本的な構文を使ったさまざまな表現がどんどん言えるようになっていきます。 本コンテンツは「英語が話せるようになりたい。でも、何から手を付けたらいいの?」と迷っている方はもちろん、「今度こそ英会話を確実に身に付けたい」と再挑戦の意欲に燃える方にも最適...

This office affair was not something she was expecting, but she found it extremely difficult to resist.

DykeLove Seconds is a lesbian BDSM erotic romance short-story collection authored by Jacintha Topaz.

After a quick stipend to pay the rent, July Greenfield agrees to put herself on the spot and answer some very personal questions … in front of a rolling camera. Filmmaker Thalia Akasidou is about to wrap up the last segment of her documentary when an irresistible addition derails her from completing the project as she had initially envisioned. The Inquisition is a kinky lesbian new adult romance written by Jacintha Topaz.

On the release of her first novel in 1948, Elizabeth Spencer was immediately championed by Robert Penn Warren and Eudora Welty, setting off a remarkable career as one of the great literary voices of the American South.

Jenny Roberts has a dream to escape her small hometown to become a writer. She develops a friendship with a young farmer, who is new to the area and has secretly fallen in love with her. After she realizes her friend means more to her than she thought, she must now choose between a career and romance. The only thing standing in her way is an unpleasant memory that has haunted her since childhood. She must learn to forgive before she can choose which dream to follow. Meanwhile, a legendary 10-foot grizzly is seen in the area, and its boldness has frightened the community.

In their third critically acclaimed collection of original fairy tales for adults, World Fantasy Award-winning editors Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling present 21 new stories by some of the top names in literature today. Dark, disturbing and delightful, each story was written expressly for this superb collection of distinctly grown-up fantasy - a brilliant companion volume to Datlow and Windling's acclaimed anthologies, Snow White, Blood Red, and Black Thorn, White Rose.

Global warming has transformed the Earth, and it's about to get even hotter. The Arctic Ice Cap has all but melted, and the international community is racing desperately to claim the massive amounts of oil beneath the newly accessible ocean. Enter the Gaia Corporation. Its two founders have come up with a plan to roll back global warming. They plan to terraform Earth to save it from itself—but in doing so, they have created a superweapon the likes of which the world has never seen.

Lou is in the middle of a quarter-life crisis. Fresh out of college, she’s unemployed and unsure of herself. But when she gets the chance to escape to Scotland with her best friend, it could be the answer to her quest for self-discovery. The trip is not at all what she expected, especially when her tour guide turns out to be the dreamy historian Brian, and together they embark on a hunt for information about Isobel Key, a woman accused of witchcraft in the seventeenth century.

With contributions from celebrity and "ordinary" parents alike, each story speaks to the range of emotions and experiences of all types of parents - single parents, foster parents, parents of adopted children, or part of a two-parent family with biological children. By sharing the personal experiences of others, this book will offer inspiration and advice to parents going through a difficult time, provide reassurance to those who worry that they’re not living up to the Supermom or Superdad ideal....

Twin gynecologists are found dead in their trash-littered Upper East Side Manhattan apartment. Who killed them? And why? Based on a true story that Linda Wolfe was the first journalist to write about, her novel explores the mystery behind the deaths of these wealthy and prominent doctors, and the dark and perverse secret that ruled their lives - one that they tried desperately to hide until the final moments of their deaths.

Gathering journals, letters, translations, and selections from her many books, The Measure of Her Powers showcases Fisher's versatility, providing new listeners and loyal fans alike with a sampler from her wide-ranging body of work. M. F. K. Fisher is a perennial literary favorite. Her evolution from an uncertain young woman to a feisty elder with opinions about everything continues to fascinate listeners who understand the complexities of life's hungers.

Three girls find romance and friendship while working at the most exclusive ski resort in Europe. At Le Trois Alpes, Harley, Melissa, and Lily (a.k.a. Dove) find a place to run away from their pasts. Small-town Colorado girl Harley scored the coveted hostess job - even though she's got attitude to spare. She hopes to start a new life with rich and famous friends - and perhaps a cute guy. Melissa just arrived from Australia and is ready to cook. But things heat up fast for her when her ski-pro ex-boyfriend just happens to make his way to the slopes.

When Brian, her old Highland fling, turns up at the scene of some depressing family business, tension mounts between the former lovers. But dealing with Brian is only part of the problem; something wicked is stirring in Scotland. Lou must use all her strength to handle the increasingly desperate situation, but will she be strong enough to battle both a vengeful ghost and her heart?

In The Violet Hour, Katie Roiphe takes an unexpected and liberating approach to the most unavoidable of subjects. She investigates the last days of six great thinkers, writers, and artists as they come to terms with the reality of approaching death, or what T. S. Eliot called "the evening hour that strives Homeward, and brings the sailor home from sea".

In the aftermath of a devastating loss, Cal and Jenny Horigan's marriage is unraveling. Both are plagued by guilt, unable to seek comfort from one another. Burdened by remorse, they begin to lose sight of the love that once anchored them-together with their sense of right and wrong.As the Horigans try different ways to deal with their pain, a new acquaintance seems to offer the support they desperately need-though at times they are unsure whether his guidance is leading them back to each other or further apart...

Kaat is ready to marry her girlfriend Stone. They live together in Paris, are both pursuing their careers, and have even talked about having a baby. Then a motorcycle accident disrupts Kaat's plans, and she is confronted by flaws in their seemingly perfect life and a secret that could destroy everything.

Unformed Landscape begins in a small village on a fjord in the Finnmark, on the northeastern coast of Norway, where the borders between Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia lie covered in snow and darkness, where the real borders are between day and night, summer and winter, and between people. Here, a sensitive young woman like Kathrine finds few outlets for her desires. Half Norwegian, half Sami (an indigenous people), Kathrine works for the customs office inspecting the fishing boats arriving regularly in the harbor.