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Ian Fleming's Commandos

The Story of 30 Assault Unit in WWII

par Nicholas Rankin ...

In 1942, Lieutenant-Commander Ian Fleming was personal assistant to the Director of Naval Intelligence - the dynamic figure behind James Bond's fictional chief, 'M'. Here, Fleming had a brilliant idea: why not set up a unit of authorised looters, men who would go in hard with the front-line troops and steal enemy intelligence?Known as '30 Assault Unit', they took part in the major campaigns of the ... En savoir plus

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In 1942, Lieutenant-Commander Ian Fleming was personal assistant to the Director of Naval Intelligence - the dynamic figure behind James Bond's fictional chief, 'M'. Here, Fleming had a brilliant idea: why not set up a unit of authorised looters, men who would go in hard with the front-line troops and steal enemy intelligence?Known as '30 Assault Unit', they took part in the major campaigns of the
... En savoir plus
I Know My First Name Is Steven

The True Story Of The Steven Stayner Abduction Case

par Mike Echols ...

Tells how convicted child molester "Reverend" Kenneth Eugene Parnell abducted seven-year-old Steven Stayner, raising him as his own son and subjecting him to unspeakable abuse for seven years until Steven managed to escape along with another kidnapped boy. Reissue. ... En savoir plus

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Tells how convicted child molester "Reverend" Kenneth Eugene Parnell abducted seven-year-old Steven Stayner, raising him as his own son and subjecting him to unspeakable abuse for seven years until Steven managed to escape along with another kidnapped boy. Reissue.
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Adventures of a British Master Spy

The Memoirs of Sidney Reilly

par Sidney Reilly ...

A real-life James Bond, alleged to have spied for at least four nations and executed on the direct orders of Stalin himself, Sidney Reilly left a trail of false identities that made him precisely the type of person the secret intelligence service needed as an agent. Hero, conman, master spy, womaniser - who really was the 'Ace of Spies'? In September 1925, Sidney Reilly journeyed across the ... En savoir plus

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A real-life James Bond, alleged to have spied for at least four nations and executed on the direct orders of Stalin himself, Sidney Reilly left a trail of false identities that made him precisely the type of person the secret intelligence service needed as an agent. Hero, conman, master spy, womaniser - who really was the 'Ace of Spies'? In September 1925, Sidney Reilly journeyed across the
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Balls

The Life of Eddie Trascher, Gentleman Gangster

par Ken Sanz, Scott M. Deitche ...

The true story of the man who scammed the mob and informed the FBI for over two decades.Eddie Trascher had balls. Born in the bayou of Louisiana, Eddie learned about gambling at the side of his stepfather. Starting his career in 1950s Vegas, he moved to pre-Castro Cuba and became adept at running a casino and stealing from the mobsters who owned it. He was a regular fixture at Rat Pack–era Vegas ... En savoir plus

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The true story of the man who scammed the mob and informed the FBI for over two decades.Eddie Trascher had balls. Born in the bayou of Louisiana, Eddie learned about gambling at the side of his stepfather. Starting his career in 1950s Vegas, he moved to pre-Castro Cuba and became adept at running a casino and stealing from the mobsters who owned it. He was a regular fixture at Rat Pack–era Vegas
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Unité 8200

par Dov Alfon ...

Traduit par Françoise Bouillot ...

Le passager israélien fraîchement débarqué à Roissy ne pensait pas que sa mauvaise plaisanterie allait si mal tourner. La blonde qui servait d’appât ne savait pas à quelle danse macabre elle participait. Les Chinois chargés d’orchestrer l’enlèvement n’avaient pas la moindre idée du guêpier dans lequel ils se fourraient. Ni qu’un grain de sable s’était glissé dans les rouages bien huilés de la ... En savoir plus

$14.99 CAD

Le passager israélien fraîchement débarqué à Roissy ne pensait pas que sa mauvaise plaisanterie allait si mal tourner. La blonde qui servait d’appât ne savait pas à quelle danse macabre elle participait. Les Chinois chargés d’orchestrer l’enlèvement n’avaient pas la moindre idée du guêpier dans lequel ils se fourraient. Ni qu’un grain de sable s’était glissé dans les rouages bien huilés de la
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A Complicated Woman

(South Carolina, Notorious USA)

par Caitlin Rother ...

The latest in the New York Times Bestselling Notorious USA series...South Carolina, where racial strife and righteous, heavily-armed indignation leads to murder. New York Times bestselling author Caitlin Rother brings readers compilation of crime stories from this former Confederate state: the first woman in South Carolina to go to the electric chair after a vengeful feud over a dead calf turned ... En savoir plus

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The latest in the New York Times Bestselling Notorious USA series...South Carolina, where racial strife and righteous, heavily-armed indignation leads to murder. New York Times bestselling author Caitlin Rother brings readers compilation of crime stories from this former Confederate state: the first woman in South Carolina to go to the electric chair after a vengeful feud over a dead calf turned
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What Lies Across the Water

The Real Story of the Cuban Five

par Stephen Kimber ...

Is the man who blows up an airplane and kills dozens of civilians a murderous terrorist... or a valiant freedom fighter? Is the man who tries to stop the bomber a threat to national security... or a hero of the people? It depends. What Lies Across the Water is a narrative nonfiction thriller. About terrorists who blow up airplanes and try to overthrow governments. About intelligence agents who try ... En savoir plus

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Is the man who blows up an airplane and kills dozens of civilians a murderous terrorist... or a valiant freedom fighter? Is the man who tries to stop the bomber a threat to national security... or a hero of the people? It depends. What Lies Across the Water is a narrative nonfiction thriller. About terrorists who blow up airplanes and try to overthrow governments. About intelligence agents who try
... En savoir plus
Timothy Mcveigh (The home grown terrorist)

par John McCoist ...

What turned Iraq war veteran Tim McVeigh from patriotic soldier to a man who considered his own government, Americas biggest enemy. He commited the worst home terror act in American history, which shook the nation to its core. Waco and Ruby ridge were catalysts which pushed Mcveighs conceptions that his government was out of cotrol and he needed to act. This book covers the background of Mcveigh, ... En savoir plus

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What turned Iraq war veteran Tim McVeigh from patriotic soldier to a man who considered his own government, Americas biggest enemy. He commited the worst home terror act in American history, which shook the nation to its core. Waco and Ruby ridge were catalysts which pushed Mcveighs conceptions that his government was out of cotrol and he needed to act. This book covers the background of Mcveigh,
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SICK and TWISTED

par John McCoist ...

Britain has more than its fair share of criminals, some more evil than others. Behind our prison walls are some of the most feared and dangerous criminals on earth. Sick and twisted delves into the world behind bars, sometimes barbaric and a world we would find hard to comprehend. Behind these bars lurk the likes of famous lags like Charles Bronson, ofter wrote about and an impossible inmate to ... En savoir plus

$7.74 CAD

Britain has more than its fair share of criminals, some more evil than others. Behind our prison walls are some of the most feared and dangerous criminals on earth. Sick and twisted delves into the world behind bars, sometimes barbaric and a world we would find hard to comprehend. Behind these bars lurk the likes of famous lags like Charles Bronson, ofter wrote about and an impossible inmate to
... En savoir plus
THE RUSSIAN MOB

par John Butler ...

The Russians have now taken over the mantle as the most ruthless and organised criminal gang in the world. Gone are the days when the Italian Mafia or Cosa Nostra controlled the American and European underworld. The Russians have taken Crime to a new level with power and money other organised outfits can only dream of. This book lifts the lid on the bosses of the Russian mob. Their tentacles ... En savoir plus

$7.74 CAD

The Russians have now taken over the mantle as the most ruthless and organised criminal gang in the world. Gone are the days when the Italian Mafia or Cosa Nostra controlled the American and European underworld. The Russians have taken Crime to a new level with power and money other organised outfits can only dream of. This book lifts the lid on the bosses of the Russian mob. Their tentacles
... En savoir plus
The Life and Death of Raoul Moat

par John Butler ...

It was the biggest manhunt in police history. What caused the angelic looking child to grow up into the monster that was Raoul Moat. His early life at the hands of a unstable mother who used to beat him and once burned his toys in front of him. The rec-airing dreams as an adult of being a seven year old boy chased by monsters. This book covers Raoul Moats life, his childhood, his relationships ... En savoir plus

$6.63 CAD

It was the biggest manhunt in police history. What caused the angelic looking child to grow up into the monster that was Raoul Moat. His early life at the hands of a unstable mother who used to beat him and once burned his toys in front of him. The rec-airing dreams as an adult of being a seven year old boy chased by monsters. This book covers Raoul Moats life, his childhood, his relationships
... En savoir plus
Red Sea Spies

The True Story of Mossad's Fake Diving Resort

par Raffi Berg ...

THE TRUE STORY THAT INSPIRED THE NETFLIX FILM THE RED SEA DIVING RESORT.'Secret missions, brazen deceptions and thrilling, clandestine operations - Red Sea Spies has it all. But it has something more important, too - a genuine human mission that made a difference.' David Hoffman, author of The Billion Dollar Spy'[A] thrilling and meticulous account.' The Times<... ... En savoir plus

$9.62 CAD

THE TRUE STORY THAT INSPIRED THE NETFLIX FILM THE RED SEA DIVING RESORT.'Secret missions, brazen deceptions and thrilling, clandestine operations - Red Sea Spies has it all. But it has something more important, too - a genuine human mission that made a difference.' David Hoffman, author of The Billion Dollar Spy'[A] thrilling and meticulous account.' The Times<...
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Letter for Greta Tintin Eleonora Ernman Thunberg

par Koji SETO ...

Ms. Thunberg, I am deeply impressed with your affection and courage for the environment. Many American men, who are good at affection and courage, have great jealousy of you. I don't have the power to act like you, but I want to help you with the power of a pen. ... En savoir plus

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Ms. Thunberg, I am deeply impressed with your affection and courage for the environment. Many American men, who are good at affection and courage, have great jealousy of you. I don't have the power to act like you, but I want to help you with the power of a pen.
... En savoir plus
Guy Burgess

The Spy Who Knew Everyone

par Stewart Purvis, Jeff Hulbert ...

Cambridge spy Guy Burgess was a supreme networker, with a contacts book that included everyone from statesmen to socialites, high-ranking government officials to the famous actors and literary figures of the day. He also set a gold standard for conflicts of interest, working variously, and often simultaneously, for the BBC, MI5, MI6, the War Office, the Ministry of Information and the KGB. Despite ... En savoir plus

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Cambridge spy Guy Burgess was a supreme networker, with a contacts book that included everyone from statesmen to socialites, high-ranking government officials to the famous actors and literary figures of the day. He also set a gold standard for conflicts of interest, working variously, and often simultaneously, for the BBC, MI5, MI6, the War Office, the Ministry of Information and the KGB. Despite
... En savoir plus
The Spy Who Changed the World

Klaus Fuchs, Physicist and Soviet Double Agent

par Mike Rossiter ...

A “gripping and fast-paced” biography of the brilliant atomic physicist and Soviet double agent who smuggled nuclear secrets out of Los Alamos and Harwell (The Guardian).Klaus Fuchs, a German Communist and gifted mathematician who fled the Nazis, went on to become the head of theoretical physics at the Harwell Research Complex in England. There and at the Los Alamos facility in New Mexico, Fuchs ... En savoir plus

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A “gripping and fast-paced” biography of the brilliant atomic physicist and Soviet double agent who smuggled nuclear secrets out of Los Alamos and Harwell (The Guardian).Klaus Fuchs, a German Communist and gifted mathematician who fled the Nazis, went on to become the head of theoretical physics at the Harwell Research Complex in England. There and at the Los Alamos facility in New Mexico, Fuchs
... En savoir plus
プログラミング教室開講ストーリー集 vol1

par Tech for elementary ...

この物語は全国各地で子供向けプログラミング教室を開講した人たちのストーリーです。元小学校の先生、主婦、パソコン教室オーナー、など様々なバックグラウンドと目的を持った人たちが、どのようにしてプログラミング教室を開講し、子供たちに向き合っているのかが感じ取れるような内容になっています。 ... En savoir plus

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この物語は全国各地で子供向けプログラミング教室を開講した人たちのストーリーです。元小学校の先生、主婦、パソコン教室オーナー、など様々なバックグラウンドと目的を持った人たちが、どのようにしてプログラミング教室を開講し、子供たちに向き合っているのかが感じ取れるような内容になっています。
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Heart Seizure

par Bill Fitzhugh ...

Collections Livre 1 - The Transplant Tetralogy
Spence Tailor, a lawyer with an actual set of principles, loves his mama, Rose. Rose – with advanced cardiomyopathy and a rare blood type – is scheduled for a heart transplant.But when the president’s heart craps out during a photo op three months before the national election, the White House chief of staff orders the FBI to seize the heart that was going to Rose – all in the name of democracy. ... En savoir plus

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Spence Tailor, a lawyer with an actual set of principles, loves his mama, Rose. Rose – with advanced cardiomyopathy and a rare blood type – is scheduled for a heart transplant.But when the president’s heart craps out during a photo op three months before the national election, the White House chief of staff orders the FBI to seize the heart that was going to Rose – all in the name of democracy.
... En savoir plus
The Kremlin's Geordie Spy

The Man They Swapped for Gary Powers

par Vin Arthey ...

Discover an extraordinary, true-life adventure that could have appeared straight from the pages of a John le Carré Cold War novel. In February 1962 Gary Powers, the American pilot whose U-2 spy plane was shot down over Soviet Union airspace, was released by his Russian captors in exchange for one of their own, Soviet KGB Colonel Vilyam Fisher. Colonel Fisher was remarkable, not least because he ... En savoir plus

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Discover an extraordinary, true-life adventure that could have appeared straight from the pages of a John le Carré Cold War novel. In February 1962 Gary Powers, the American pilot whose U-2 spy plane was shot down over Soviet Union airspace, was released by his Russian captors in exchange for one of their own, Soviet KGB Colonel Vilyam Fisher. Colonel Fisher was remarkable, not least because he
... En savoir plus
『江戸川乱歩作品』（人間椅子・Ｄ坂の殺人事件ほか）

par 江戸川乱歩 ...

大正から昭和期にかけて、おもに推理小説を得意とした作家、江戸川乱歩の作品を1冊に収録。ペンネーム（江戸川乱歩）は、アメリカの作家、エドガー・アラン・ポーに由来する。『江戸川乱歩作品』（人間椅子・Ｄ坂の殺人事件ほか）・収録作品一覧人間椅子Ｄ坂の殺人事件二銭銅貨押絵と旅する男随筆銭形平次（探偵小説このごろ）心理試験日記帳【第二版・2作品追加（2016/04/04）】【江戸川乱歩作品・出版委員会】 ... En savoir plus

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大正から昭和期にかけて、おもに推理小説を得意とした作家、江戸川乱歩の作品を1冊に収録。ペンネーム（江戸川乱歩）は、アメリカの作家、エドガー・アラン・ポーに由来する。『江戸川乱歩作品』（人間椅子・Ｄ坂の殺人事件ほか）・収録作品一覧人間椅子Ｄ坂の殺人事件二銭銅貨押絵と旅する男随筆銭形平次（探偵小説このごろ）心理試験日記帳【第二版・2作品追加（2016/04/04）】【江戸川乱歩作品・出版委員会】
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Odd People

Hunting Spies in the First World War

par Basil Thomson ...

First World War espionage was a fascinating and dangerous affair, spawning widespread paranoia in its clandestine wake. The hysteria of the age, stoked by those within the British establishment who sought to manipulate popular panic, meant there was no shortage of suspects. Exaggerated claims were rife: some 80,000 Germans were supposedly hidden all over Britain, just waiting for an impending (and ... En savoir plus

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First World War espionage was a fascinating and dangerous affair, spawning widespread paranoia in its clandestine wake. The hysteria of the age, stoked by those within the British establishment who sought to manipulate popular panic, meant there was no shortage of suspects. Exaggerated claims were rife: some 80,000 Germans were supposedly hidden all over Britain, just waiting for an impending (and
... En savoir plus
Cargo of Lies

The True Story of a Nazi Double Agent in Canada

par Dean Beeby ...

Collections series Heritage
On a chilly autumn night in 1942, a German spy was rowed ashore from a U-boat off the Gaspé coast to begin a deadly espionage mission against the Allies. Thanks to an alert hotel-keeper's son, Abwehr agent `Bobbi' was captured and forced by the RCMP to become Canada's first double-agent.For nearly fifty years the full story of the spy case, code-named Watchdog, was suppressed. Now, author Dean ... En savoir plus

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On a chilly autumn night in 1942, a German spy was rowed ashore from a U-boat off the Gaspé coast to begin a deadly espionage mission against the Allies. Thanks to an alert hotel-keeper's son, Abwehr agent `Bobbi' was captured and forced by the RCMP to become Canada's first double-agent.For nearly fifty years the full story of the spy case, code-named Watchdog, was suppressed. Now, author Dean
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産廃水滸伝　～産廃Ｇメン伝説～　File No.13　シロアリ塚

全15話完結

par 石渡正佳 ...

Collections Livre 15 - 産廃コネクションＮＥＸＴシリーズ
（０円提供中）シロアリ塚とは建設汚泥の山である。建設汚泥は、地下鉄やトンネルのシールド掘削工事、高層ビルの基礎工事などから出るセメントミルクが混ざった汚泥である。建設汚泥は法律上は産業廃棄物に区分され、処理するには許可が必要になる。ところが産廃に区分されないために法律の許可なく自由処分できる建設残土と紛らわしい。このため処理施設が限定され、処理料金が高い建設汚泥が、処理料金が安い建設残土に偽装されて不法投棄されるのである。建設汚泥の闇にはゼネコンを頂点酢とする建設業界の闇が連なっている。 ... En savoir plus

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（０円提供中）シロアリ塚とは建設汚泥の山である。建設汚泥は、地下鉄やトンネルのシールド掘削工事、高層ビルの基礎工事などから出るセメントミルクが混ざった汚泥である。建設汚泥は法律上は産業廃棄物に区分され、処理するには許可が必要になる。ところが産廃に区分されないために法律の許可なく自由処分できる建設残土と紛らわしい。このため処理施設が限定され、処理料金が高い建設汚泥が、処理料金が安い建設残土に偽装されて不法投棄されるのである。建設汚泥の闇にはゼネコンを頂点酢とする建設業界の闇が連なっている。
... En savoir plus
日本超古代史研究　上巻無料お試し版

最終氷河期から三皇五帝まで

par 蕨谷哲雄 ...

Collections series 日本超古代史研究
本作品は考古学や歴史学史料をもとに構築されていますが、基本的には小説です。史実を重視して構成していますが、不明な箇所は推論によって補われています。２３年前に主要部分が完成し、一部は公開していたのですが、出版社と最終的な折り合いがつかず、全面公開はしませんでした。その後、新事実が次々に発見されたので、本作品の内容も旧作を大幅に改訂しました。内容は外国人もビックリの日本起源説ですが、縄文土器が世界最古の土器であることや沖縄の海底に海中遺跡らしきものがあることなど、全く根拠がないわけではありません。ムー大陸やアトランティス大陸の水没などの話はいかにもホラ話のような印象を与えますが、氷河時代は現在よりも海水面が１２０メートル低かったので、間氷期になって大洪水が発生するのは当たり前です。氷河時代といっても亜熱帯辺りは温暖だったので、そこに文明が発生しても不思議ではありません ... En savoir plus

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本作品は考古学や歴史学史料をもとに構築されていますが、基本的には小説です。史実を重視して構成していますが、不明な箇所は推論によって補われています。２３年前に主要部分が完成し、一部は公開していたのですが、出版社と最終的な折り合いがつかず、全面公開はしませんでした。その後、新事実が次々に発見されたので、本作品の内容も旧作を大幅に改訂しました。内容は外国人もビックリの日本起源説ですが、縄文土器が世界最古の土器であることや沖縄の海底に海中遺跡らしきものがあることなど、全く根拠がないわけではありません。ムー大陸やアトランティス大陸の水没などの話はいかにもホラ話のような印象を与えますが、氷河時代は現在よりも海水面が１２０メートル低かったので、間氷期になって大洪水が発生するのは当たり前です。氷河時代といっても亜熱帯辺りは温暖だったので、そこに文明が発生しても不思議ではありません
... En savoir plus
電子雑誌をつくろう！ vol.2

par 勉強カフェ　電子雑誌制作委員会, 和良拓馬, 七島志乃, 熊谷憲一, 末野美文 ...

３時間という短い時間で、集い、原稿を持ち寄り、校正を行い、レイアウトを組み立て、雑誌をつくってみました！本誌は18年2月25日に、勉強カフェ・横浜関内スタジオで開催されたイベント「電子雑誌をつくろう」にて、実際に制作されたものです。「習」をテーマに、旅行案内、イベントレポート、エッセイ、書評と、それぞれ特色が異なる記事４本を収録！ぜひ次回開催もお楽しみに下さい！？【掲載記事】●七島志乃三浦半島日帰り学習観光自然あふれる三浦半島。旅のプランはこんな感じ？●和良拓馬異なる役割から見えるもの～NovelJam2018を振り返って～「編集」という立場で「著者」を見ると？●熊谷憲一勉強カフェで習ったこと場所の力が刺激を与えてくれる●末野美文原則の源にあるもの ―『七つの習慣』を読んで思うこと―大ベストセラー自己啓発書の本質を改めて考える ... En savoir plus

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３時間という短い時間で、集い、原稿を持ち寄り、校正を行い、レイアウトを組み立て、雑誌をつくってみました！本誌は18年2月25日に、勉強カフェ・横浜関内スタジオで開催されたイベント「電子雑誌をつくろう」にて、実際に制作されたものです。「習」をテーマに、旅行案内、イベントレポート、エッセイ、書評と、それぞれ特色が異なる記事４本を収録！ぜひ次回開催もお楽しみに下さい！？【掲載記事】●七島志乃三浦半島日帰り学習観光自然あふれる三浦半島。旅のプランはこんな感じ？●和良拓馬異なる役割から見えるもの～NovelJam2018を振り返って～「編集」という立場で「著者」を見ると？●熊谷憲一勉強カフェで習ったこと場所の力が刺激を与えてくれる●末野美文原則の源にあるもの ―『七つの習慣』を読んで思うこと―大ベストセラー自己啓発書の本質を改めて考える
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