Japanese House

時の流れの呪縛から解き放たれたビリー・ピルグリムは、自分の生涯の未来と過去とを往来する、奇妙な時間旅行者になっていた。大富豪の娘と幸福な結婚生活を送り……

じいさんが死んだ夏のある日、孫の良嗣（よしつぐ）は、初めて家族のルーツに興味を持った。

資本主義は、民主主義は、日本社会は、どう“変調”していくのか――？予測不可能な時代を生き抜くヒントを「最先端の知性」がはじめて明かす！

３０代のダメ男ベンと、男の子ロボット・タングの「ぽんこつコンビ」が帰ってきた！ベンに娘が生まれお兄ちゃんになろうと奮闘するタングの可愛さ満載。心がじわっとあったかくなる家族の物語。

ニュートン力学から相対性理論、量子力学まで……「宇宙を支配する力」に迫る知的探求の旅！本書では、カルフォルニア大学バークレー校教授で理論物理学者の野村泰紀さんが、「ニュートン力学」や「相対性理論」といった古典物理学から、「量子力学」などの現代物理学に至るまでを概観しつつ、「重力はなぜ存在するのか？」

A writer fascinated by the macabre is approached by an acquaintance who is considering purchasing a second-hand house in Tokyo. With its bright and spacious interior, the home seems perfect. But looking closer, the building’s floor plan reveals a mysterious ""dead space” hidden between the walls. Seeking a second opinion, the writer shares the floor plan with an architect friend only to discover more “strange spaces” dotted across the house.

Dreux Richard presents post-Fukushima Japan in three illustrative parts. He follows members of Japan’s Nigerian community, whose struggles with a hostile immigration system lead to the death of a Nigerian immigrant in a Japanese detention center, investigated here for the first time. In Japan’s northernmost city, Richard goes door to door with the region’s youngest census employee, meeting the city’s elderly residents and documenting the stories that comprise the nation’s record-breaking population decline. Finally, he takes us into the offices of energy executives....

元・国連専門機関職員の著者が明かす――日本人だけが知らない、海外との「驚愕の価格差」

家族をやめてつきあいをやめて自分をおりて……さいごは身ひとつで見果てぬ夢を見続ける。これ、良き人生。上野「74で人生初の腰椎圧迫骨折」

定年までに「老後資金2000万」があれば幸せに生きられるのか？人生100年時代といわれる今こそ定年後の生き方やお金の常識を見直すとき。

過去から学び、未来を予測する――教養としての「哲学」＆「近現代史」講座　振り返ってみると、20世紀は「全体主義と世界大戦の時代」でした。

Strange Obsession is the story of the gorgeous young supermodel Amrita Aggarwal. Within months of her arrival in Bombay, she is the envy of its beautiful people. Then, one day, she attracts the attentions of a mysterious woman called Minx. As the months pass and the demands of her unwelcome suitor grow, Amrita's life turns nightmarish....

Decluttering your house can seem like a daunting task. It’s hard to know where to begin. Your home is such an important project as you spend so much time there. It becomes a reflection of you. A clean and tidy home means a clean and tidy mind. But most people aren’t equipped with the discarding skills to clear out the clutter, or the design ideas to create that sleek, minimalist yet warm feel for themselves.

Here are the dramatic stories of the fall of Bataan, the siege of "the Rock," the daily struggles to tend the sick, the wounded, and the dying, during some of the heaviest bombardments of World War II. Once captive, the doctors and corpsmen waged a desperate war against disease and starvation for nearly three and a half years, amid an enemy who viewed surrender as a disgrace. To survive, the four POWs tried to function as a family.

Yutaka Tanaka, señor feudal de la provincia de Sagami, debe vengar la muerte de su padre, asesinado por una banda de samuráis enmascarados. La investigación del crimen lo arroja a los campos de batalla, a las intrigas cortesanas y sus traiciones. Como un príncipe Hamlet perdido entre los pliegues de un país que no llega a comprender, Yutaka enfrentará la fascinación de los autómatas, las maniobras sentimentales de dama Ashikaga y los secretos del sokushinbutsu.

Recién reincorporada a la Brigada tras la cirugía de reasignación de sexo, Sofía Luna se ve obligada a investigar un misterioso caso. ¿Quién es este asesino que escoge a sus víctimas, todas japonesas, en el centro turístico de Madrid? Todo parece apuntar hacia el peculiar mundo de los viajes turísticos organizados y el más peculiar aún de personas asexuales, un grupo que rechaza la hipersexualidad de la vida moderna y tiene como animal favorito la estrella de mar.

En Malasia, en los albores de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, tras un matrimonio concertado, Parvathi vive sin grandes alicientes en la opulenta mansión de su marido, un hombre mucho mayor que ella que prácticamente la desprecia. Solo gracias a la ayuda de una cocinera llena de sabiduría y a un criado quien la ama en secreto, Parvathi logra seguir adelante. Pero la invasión japonesa del país cambia su vida ya que, tras el saqueo y la ocupación de su propio hogar, Parvathi se ve obligada a convertirse en la geisha y amante del oficial japonés al mando.

The fierce, bloody battles of Bataan and Corregidor in the Philippines are legendary in the annals of World War II. Those who survived faced the horrors of life as prisoners of the Japanese.

After Japan's surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, the U.S. military was desperate to find Americans who spoke Japanese to serve in the Pacific war. They soon turned to the Nisei—first-generation U.S. citizens whose parents were immigrants from Japan. Eager to prove their loyalty to America, several thousand Nisei—many of them volunteering from behind barbed wire—were selected by the Army for top-secret training, then were rushed to the Pacific theater. Henderson reveals the harrowing untold story of the Nisei and their major contributions in the war of the Pacific.

「徹子の部屋」出演、大反響！＜マガジンハウス新書創刊第2弾＞70歳が人生のターニングポイント!老化を遠ざける、明日からできる「習慣」と「心がけ」