Art & Literature

His second major venture into nonfiction (after Death in the Afternoon, 1932), Green Hills of Africa is Ernest Hemingway's lyrical journal....

In April 1992 a young man from a well-to-do family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness north of Mt. McKinley....

A quarter of a century after the plane crash that claimed the lives of John F. Kennedy Jr., his wife Carolyn, and her sister Lauren, the magnitude of this tragedy remains fresh. Yet, Carolyn is still an enigmatic figure, a woman whose life in the spotlight was besieged with misogyny and cruelty.

Stefan Zweig's memoir, The World of Yesterday, recalls the golden age of prewar Europe - its seeming permanence, its promise and its devastating fall with the onset of two world wars....

Catherine Gray took a whole year off dating to find single satisfaction. She lifted the lid on the reasons behind the global single revolution....

Britain's national icon, Michael Parkinson reads his long-awaited autobiography....

Brilliantly compiled and edited, and filled with detail and anecdote, Daily Rituals is irresistible, addictive, magically inspiring....

A moving portrait of friendship by Elyce Arons as she reflects on her long relationship with Kate Spade, whom she met in college and with whom she cofounded the multi-billion-dollar fashion company as they came of age in 1990s New York.

An inspiring, honest and intimate memoir about family, love and rising from the ashes.

With this dynamic and engaging recording, you can listen to beloved poet and philosopher John O'Donohue as he shares stories and experiences from Ireland that gave rise to his body of writing—and inspired his acclaimed book Anam Cara....

Still considered one of the best books ever written about bullfighting, Death in the Afternoon reflects Hemingway's belief that bullfighting was more than mere sport....

To celebrate the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen's birth, Lucy Worsley has written an Introduction to her Sunday Times Bestselling biography - the book that leads us into the rooms from which our best-loved novelist quietly changed the world.

Alexandra Fuller tells the idiosyncratic story of her life growing up white in rural Rhodesia as it was becoming Zimbabwe....

Françoise Gilot was in her early 20s when she met the 61-year-old Pablo Picasso in 1943. Brought up in a well-to-do, upper-middle-class family, who had sent her to Cambridge and the Sorbonne and hoped that she would go into law, the young woman defied their wishes....

A worldwide exploration of the history, purpose, and inescapable influence of the Iliad and the Odyssey that will inspire listeners to think anew about Homer's work.

Beatrix Potter's Gardening Life is the first work to explore the origins of Beatrix Potter's love of gardening and plants and show how this passion came to be reflected in her work....

In this technology-driven age, it's tempting to believe that science can solve every mystery....

Few people have witnessed more scenes of chaos and conflict around the world than Anderson Cooper....

Julie fully expected to be breathing at the end of the trip - but driving into Death Valley felt like giving up, surrendering. She'd spent years battling a mysterious illness....

Thomas Manns literarisches Werk hat einen überragenden Stellenwert in der Welt - und es beherrscht die Familie. Seine Frau Katia...

Paddy Gower has spent decades telling New Zealanders' stories. Now, he's telling his.

Retired wreckhead Catherine Gray, author of surprise best seller The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober, is now in her ninth sober year and has learnt a damn sight more....

America, 2003: A country at war, its shiny veneer beginning to crack. Von Dutch and The Simple Life dominate. And on the cover of every magazine, a twenty-one-year-old pop star named Britney Spears.

Fox News war correspondent Trey Yingst shares his gripping, firsthand account of the events of October 7, 2023, and the ensuing war.

CBS radio broadcaster William L. Shirer was virtually unknown in 1940 when he decided there might be a book in the diary he had kept in Europe during the 1930s...

Stephen King es el más importante creador de best-sellers de terror, misterio y ciencia-ficción de la segunda mitad del siglo XX. Como consecuencia de todo ello, Stephen King ha conformado un imaginario extremadamente rico que fascina a sus muy numerosos seguidores. Tony Jiménez es uno de ellos, pero también uno de los principales estudiosos de la ingente obra de King y un erudito sobre su misteriosa figura.

Texto da peça teatral que estreou em março de 2015, acrescido de relatos e informações que não couberam na montagem, “Autobiografia Autorizada” é uma narrativa em primeira pessoa, em que o ator, diretor e produtor de cinema e televisão Paulo Betti recorda acontecimentos que marcaram sua infância e juventude em Sorocaba, no interior de São Paulo. Mais novo de quinze irmãos (dos quais oito morreram antes do parto), filho de mãe benzedeira, Paulo Betti reconstrói, por meio de histórias e personagens, o universo místico e culturalmente diversificado de sua “Macondo” particular.

Douglas Adams, the legendary author of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency is one of the most beloved authors of all time. Twenty-five years after his death, his books continue to be read by new generations and his creations along with his ultimate answer to life, the universe, and everything being “42”, have seeped deep into public consciousness.

We Might Just Make It After All brings us on the rollercoaster of adventures (and misadventures) that the best friends embarked on, from transferring colleges on a whim, to falling in and out of love with suitors, cramming into roach-infested Hell’s Kitchen apartments, and eventually designing the chic, simple bag that would launch the pair to global fame. Through it all, Katy and Elyce’s friendship remained unshakeable.

By founding Penguin books and popularizing the paperback, Allen Lane not only changed publishing in Britain, he was also at the forefront of a social and cultural revolution that saw the millions of people given access to what had previously been the preserve of a wealthy few. In Penguin Special, Jeremy Lewis brings this extraordinary era brilliantly to life, recounting how Allen Lane came to launch his Penguins for the price of a packet of cigarettes.

Spannende, stimmungsvolle aber auch dramatische Flugerlebnisse verarbeitet der Autor in einem autobiographischen Roman; gesprochen wird lebendig mit etwas differenzierten Stimmen; Kino im Kopf - Film im Kopf mit viel Gefühl von Dr. Feelbook Deutsche Übersetzung von Annette Lallemend

In diesem Audiobuch erfahren Sie alles über den venezianischen Maler Tizian, der mit seinen leuchtenden Farben und meisterhaften Kompositionen die Kunstwelt revolutionierte. Anne Leforts Neuübersetzung bringt Dumas' kraftvolle Erzählung in einem modernen, zugänglichen Deutsch zur Geltung und lässt die Hörer die Dramatik und den Glanz von Tizians Leben und Schaffen hautnah miterleben. Von seinen Anfängen in Venedig über seine Aufträge für Könige und Päpste bis hin zu seinen letzten Jahren – Dumas zeichnet ein lebendiges und eindringliches Porträt dieses genialen Künstlers.

In dieser Neuübersetzung von Anne Lefort erleben Sie Dumas' mitreißende Erzählkunst in einem frischen, modernen Deutsch, das den Geist und die Leidenschaft dieses außergewöhnlichen Künstlers zum Leben erweckt. Mit großem erzählerischen Talent und tiefem Verständnis für die Kunst und die Zeit der Renaissance zeichnet Dumas ein lebendiges Porträt von Michelangelo.

Andy Warhol claimed that he loved being outside a party—so that he could get in. But more often than not, the party was at his own studio, The Factory, where celebrities—from Edie Sedgwick and Allen Ginsberg to the Rolling Stones and the Velvet Underground—gathered in an ongoing bash.

A fascinating look at the real Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel, the designer who forever revolutionized the way women look. She was a free spirit, brilliant business woman, and beauty who never found reciprocated love. Madsen, with authority, delves into this fashion doyenne's business and private lives to reveal one woman's extraordinary progress: from orphan to millinery shopkeeper, from lodestar of feminine style to a very rich woman with a closet full of dark secrets.

Tauchen Sie ein in die faszinierende Welt der Renaissance mit Die Lebensgeschichte von Raffael, meisterhaft erzählt von Alexandre Dumas. Dumas' Erzählkunst lässt die prachtvolle Ära der Renaissance wieder aufleben und entführt den Hörer in die Zeit, in der Kunst und Kultur in Florenz und Rom ihre Blütezeit erlebten. Erleben Sie die Höhen und Tiefen von Raffaels Leben und Karriere, seine bedeutendsten Werke und seinen Einfluss auf die Kunstgeschichte.

Opowieść o Januszu Przymanowskim, który „Rudym 102" zawojował całą Polskę Czy jest choć jeden dorosły Polak, który nie słuchał serialu „Czterej pancerni i pies"? Podczas emisji w peerelowskiej TVP każdego z odcinków wyludniały się ulice i podwórka. Ten popularny cykl zatrzymywał przed ekranami wiele pokoleń, a jego popularność trwa do dzisiaj. Sama książka Janusza Przymanowskiego to także fenomen, i to nie tylko w sensie literackim, ale socjologicznym i kulturowym. Skąd sukces opowieści, w której można znaleźć sporo naiwności, wręcz komiksowych uproszczeń?

¿Se puede vivir de escribir, o se vive para hacerlo? En Dinero y escritura, Olivia Teroba comparte su lúcida mirada sobre las complejidades que implica imaginar una vida centrada en el arte en el mundo contemporáneo. A la vez, se posiciona frente a temas tabúes para quienes se dedican a este oficio, como la economía personal, los premios literarios, las deudas, la somatización y las herencias familiares.

The Oxford Handbook of George Orwell offers a wide-ranging reconsideration of Orwell's life and work, focusing on the extensive connections between his novels, essays, diaries, columns, letters, and reviews. Sections on Orwell's professional activities, his main literary influences, his politics, his intellectual fixations, his literary contemporaries, and his legacies structure the book, which moves thematically and topically through the full scope of his output.

Ihre Werke sind unsterblich: Maler, Bildhauer und Visionäre, die die Kunstwelt revolutionierten. Von Leonardo da Vinci über van Gogh bis Banksy, Chagall, Rubens, Klimt, Picasso, Rubens oder Beuys – entdecken Sie 15 faszinierende Lebensgeschichten weltberühmter Künstler.

No one knows whether Homer was a real person, but there is no doubt that the epic poems assembled under his name are foundations of Western literature. The Iliad and the Odyssey—with their tales of the Trojan War, Achilles, Odysseus and Penelope, the Cyclops, the beautiful Helen of Troy, and the petulant gods—have inspired us for over two and a half millennia and influenced writers from Plato to Virgil, Pope to Joyce, and Dante to Margaret Atwood.

El siglo XX se fue y se llevó consigo ambiciones sentenciadas al olvido. José Emilio Pacheco escribió en el ocaso del milenio los poemas reunidos en Siglo pasado (Desenlace) (1999-2000). En ellos decantó el último aliento de un tiempo que vio materializar y derrumbarse, un mundo de aspiraciones que se extinguió con su inevitable carga de gloria y decepción.

Shakespeare and the Catholic Faith is not only a biography of William Shakespeare, but more importantly, it’s about William Shakespeare’s faith and how his faith is reflected, not only in his poems and plays but in all the mysterious parts of his life that nobody could make sense of until now.. For example, why did Shakespeare leave Stratford shortly after the birth of twins Judith and Hamnet and live most of his adult life in London when he could’ve just written his plays from the comfort of his own home in Stratford?

Mary Claire Kendall grapples with Hemingway's faith and does so commendably. She doesn't explain him or explain him away, but she does get us closer to his Catholic heart. Those wishing to listen to the heart of Hemingway will relish this book.

Le 5 septembre 1972, la prise d'otages des Jeux olympiques de Munich révèle la montée en puissance d'une nouvelle forme de terrorisme à laquelle les forces de l'ordre ne sont guère préparées. Quelques mois plus tard, le 3 novembre 1973, vingt-cinq gendarmes sélectionnés sur dossier se présentent à Maisons-Alfort pour y passer des épreuves d'un genre nouveau afin d'intégrer le GIGN n°1, une unité d'élite de la gendarmerie que le jeune lieutenant Christian Prouteau a été chargé de mettre en place.

In questo memoir, Vincenzo Montella compie un'esplorazione profonda della propria esistenza, intrecciando ricordi, relazioni e intenzioni. Attraverso immagini ereditate dalla sua famiglia e create grazie a una ricerca artistica personale, Montella racconta la sua vita e le connessioni significative con artisti di tutto il mondo. Questo viaggio attraverso la memoria e l'arte offre una visione unica e affascinante del suo percorso, invitando il lettore a scoprire la bellezza e la complessità delle esperienze umane. Note biografiche: • Nato a Benevento il 14/7/1952.

Jane Austen, Phänomen der englischen Romance Novel: Leben und Werk in einer Kurzbiografie! Alles, was man wissen muss, kurz und knapp. Infotainment, Bildung und Unterhaltung vom Feinsten!

Emily Bronte, englische Ausnahmenautorin: Leben und Werk in einer Kurzbiografie! Alles, was man wissen muss, kurz und knapp. Infotainment, Bildung und Unterhaltung vom Feinsten!

Mary Shelley, Autorin und Erschafferin von Frankenstein: Leben und Werk in einer Kurzbiografie! Alles, was man wissen muss, kurz und knapp. Infotainment, Bildung und Unterhaltung vom Feinsten!

Joanne K. Rowling, Erschafferin einer Welt der Magie: Leben und Werk in einer Kurzbiografie! Alles, was man wissen muss, kurz und knapp. Infotainment, Bildung und Unterhaltung vom Feinsten!