Résultats Éditeur "Random House Audio" dans Éducation et apprentissage

Unsere Zeit: Ein wertvolles Gut! Uhren messen die Zeit physikalisch, doch wir erleben sie ganz anders und unterschiedlich: Etwa in der Langeweile, beim Spiel, im gesellschaftlichen Termingetriebe, in der Echtzeit-Kommunikation. Rüdiger Safranski beschreibt das Spannungsfeld zwischen Vergehen und Beharren und ermuntert uns, Zeitsouveränität zu erobern und zu bewahren - damit nicht nur die Zeit mit uns etwas macht, sondern auch wir etwas aus ihr.

The Fox Effect follows the career of Ailes from his early work as a television producer and media consultant for Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, and George H.W. Bush. Consequently, when he was hired in 1996 as the president of Rupert Murdoch’s flagship conservative cable news network, Ailes had little journalism experience, but brought to the job the mindset of a political operative. As Brock and Rabin-Havt demonstrate through numerous examples, Ailes used his extraordinary power and influence to spread a partisan political agenda....

“What happened to the America I thought I knew?” Brokaw writes. “Have we simply wandered off course, but only temporarily? Or have we allowed ourselves to be so divided that we’re easy prey for hijackers who could steer us onto a path to a crash landing? ... I do have some thoughts, original and inspired by others, for our journey into the heart of a new century.”

From the former secretary of defense and author of the acclaimed #1 best-selling memoir Duty, a characteristically direct, informed, and urgent assessment of why big institutions are failing us and how smart, committed leadership can effect real improvement regardless of scale.

This 60-minute program offers a convenient and entertaining way to build a more powerful vocabulary. Each hour features 40 words used in everyday conversation or in the media and books that many skip over because they are difficult to define or pronounce accurately. Word Builders uses mnemonic devices, dramatized vignettes, and a variety of exercises to show you how to retain the meanings and pronunciations of these challenging words, as well as how to use them in conversation effectively and naturally.

Entspannt und energievoll ins neue Jahr starten: Die Rauhnächte, wie die Zeit zwischen Weihnachten und Dreikönigstag traditionell genannt wird, eignen sich ideal, um abzuschalten und wieder Energie zu tanken. Zugleich kann man diese besinnliche Zeit nutzen, um das neue Jahr willkommen zu heißen. Dieses Hörbuch bietet Ihnen für jede der zwölf Rauhnächte eine eigens dafür abgestimmte Phantasiereise. So können Sie sich entspannt Ihrer Wünsche und Ziele für die kommenden zwölf Monate bewusst werden.

You might not know Terry McDonell, but you certainly know his work. Among the magazines he has top-edited: Outside, Rolling Stone, Esquire, and Sports Illustrated. In this revealing memoir, McDonell talks about what really happens when editors and writers work with deadlines ticking (or drinks on the bar). His stories about the people and personalities he's known are both heartbreaking and bitingly funny.

The young life of Daoud Hari—his friends call him David—has been one of bravery and mesmerizing adventure. He is a living witness to the brutal genocide under way in Darfur. The Translator is a suspenseful, harrowing, and deeply moving memoir of how one person has made a difference in the world—an on-the-ground account of one of the biggest stories of our time.

Macht mir meine Arbeit wirklich Spaß und gibt sie Raum für wachsende Kreativität? Kann ich hier meine Talente einbringen...

Wer Arzt werden will, muss gut sein in Mathe, nicht in Mitgefühl. Die vorherrschende Auffassung von Begabung und "Intelligenz" ist nicht nur falsch, sondern sehr gefährlich. Eltern und Schulen tun zwar alles, um die Fähigkeiten unserer Kinder zu fördern. Doch weil unser Schul- und Bildungssystem immer noch fast ausschließlich auf Wissensvermittlung und Leistung setzt, bringen wir zwar Einserschüler und -studenten hervor, die dann im Berufsleben aber versagen.

Being a teenager has never been easy, but in recent years, with the rise of the Internet and social media, it has become exponentially more challenging. Bullying, once thought of as the province of queen bees and goons, has taken on new, complex, and insidious forms, as parents and educators know all too well.

One of America's most admired television newsmen gives us an intimate chronicle of the final year of the 20th century. Here is the voice we know from Nightline - intelligent, curious, opinionated, witty, concerned - reminding us in entertaining and thought-provoking ways that even the most public events reverberate in our private lives. Hear an interview with Ted Koppel on The Connection.

Wordbuilders: the convenient and entertaining way to build a more powerful vocabulary. Each 60-minute audiobook volume within this series features 40 words used in everyday conversation, or in the media and books, but which many people skip, finding these words difficult or even impossible to define or pronounce accurately. Using highly effective mnemonic devices, captivating dramatized vignettes, and a variety of exercises to aid retention, each Wordbuilders program teaches you how to pronounce, define, and use a new selection of common but hard-to-use words.

Die einfühlsamen Texte der Erfolgsautorin Freya v. Stülpnagel, begleitet von wohltuender Musik, schenken Trauernden Trost...

America today confronts a host of urgent problems, many of them seemingly intractable but some we are entirely capable of solving. In Five Easy Theses, James M. Stone presents specific commonsense solutions to a handful of our most pressing challenges, showing how simple it would be to shore up Social Security, rein in an out-of-control financial sector, reduce inequality, and make health care and education better and more affordable.

Manon is just about to enter a convent when she meets the young Chevalier des Grieux, a philosophy student. They flee to Paris together, where they live extravagantly off the money the Chevalier makes cheating at cards, until they are robbed of their possessions. Manon becomes mistress to a wealthy nobleman, and she and the Chevalier steal his money. They are captured and sent to a penal colony in Louisiana.

Domian und die Frage nach dem Hier und Jetzt: Wie geht erfülltes Leben? Mehr als 20.000 nächtliche Gespräche hat Jürgen Domian geführt. 20.000 Menschen haben ihm von ihrem Leben erzählt - oft vom Falschen darin. Was aber heißt eigentlich: Richtig leben? Domian folgt den Leidenschaften des Menschen und findet so Antworten auf die Frage, die ihn und so viele andere bewegt. Ein Buch voller Geschichten und Gespräche, Begegnungen und Erfahrungen.

A charismatic, heart-warming business memoir that's filled with life lessons on overcoming obstacles, Copy This! is a book for every business owner looking to grow a company, every manager helping his team perform, every visionary trying to launch a new idea, and for every mother and father of a child suffering from dyslexia or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.

Wir alle sind verwundert über die Irrungen und Wirrungen unseres Innenlebens, doch die meisten wissen viel zu wenig darüber. Leon Windscheid, der aufgrund seines psychologischen Wissens Ende 2015 die Frage "Wer wird Millionär?" für sich beantworten konnte, erzählt, mit welchen kleineren und größeren Macken wir alle es zu tun haben (von Lampenfieber über Schlafstörungen bis hin zu selbsterfüllenden Prophezeiungen). Und verrät, wie er es geschafft hat, die Million bei Günther Jauch zu gewinnen.

Welcome to Fannie Lou Hamer Freedom High School, in a working-class corner of the Bronx, where a driven coach inspires his teams to win games and championships - and learn Russian history and graduate and go on to college.