Résultats Éditeur "Random House Audio" dans Divertissement et célébrités

It was a time when anything seemed possible–instant wealth, glittering fame, fabulous luxury–and for a run of magical weeks in the spring and summer of 1920, Charles Ponzi made it all come true. Promising to double investors’ money in three months, the dapper, charming Ponzi raised the “rob Peter to pay Paul” scam to an art form and raked in millions at his office in downtown Boston. Ponzi’s Scheme is the amazing true story of the irresistible scoundrel who launched the most successful scheme of financial alchemy in modern history–and uttered the first roar of the Roaring Twenties.

In this cuttingly poignant memoir, Susan Isaacs chronicles her rocky relationship with the Almighty - from early childhood to midlife crisis - and all the churches where she and God tried to make a home: Pentecostals, Slackers for Jesus, and the über-intellectuals who turned everything, including the weekly church announcements, into a three-point sermon. Casting herself as the neglected spouse, Susan faces her inner nag and the ridiculous expectations she put on God.

In Dante, Lewis traces the life and complex development (emotional, artistic, philosophical) of this supreme poet-historian, from his wanderings through Tuscan hills and splendid churches to his days as a young soldier fighting for democracy, to his civic leadership and years of embittered exile from the city that would fiercely reclaim him a century later.

Bestsellerautor Eric Stehfest und seine Frau Edith haben trotz ihrer jungen Jahre bereits unbeschreiblich viel durchlebt: eine zerrüttete Kindheit, früher Drogenkonsum, Entzüge, Eskapaden. Dann die Liebe der beiden, eine Hochzeit, ein Sohn. Doch das Konstrukt der klassischen Ehe, die gesellschaftlichen Normen, funktionieren nicht für sie. Zwei Freigeister stellen fest, dass sie sich selbst gar nicht kennen, sich selbst erst entdecken müssen. Wortgewaltig und ungebremst begleiten wir Eric und Edith dabei, wie sie sich selbst neu erschaffen.

Eric Lax has been with Woody Allen almost every step of the way. He chronicled Allen's transformation from stand-up comedian to filmmaker in On Being Funny (1975). His international best seller, Woody Allen: A Biography (1991), was a portrait of a director hitting his stride. Conversations with Woody Allen comprised interviews that illustrated Allen's evolution from 1971 to 2008. Now, Lax invites us onto the set - and even further behind the scenes - of Allen's Irrational Man, which was released in 2015, and starred Joaquin Phoenix and Emma Stone.

In the summer of 2011, Meghan McCain and Michael Ian Black embarked on a balls-out, cross-country tour. Along the way, they spoke to politicians, gun lovers, abortion-rights advocates and opponents, gay parents, flag burners, Muslims, poker players, Tea Partiers, Minutemen, veterans, teen moms, bikers, fast-food workers, and a hooker or two. They toured the White House. They fired semiautomatic weapons. They stopped and ate at every Olive Garden along the way. But mostly they talked to each other.

The life and times of a living legend, the most successful and influential singer/songwriter of the past fifty years throughout the Spanish-speaking world, who also happens to be an acclaimed Hollywood and Broadway actor, a Harvard Law School graduate with a Master’s degree in international law, and a political activist who ran for president in his native Panama.

Ila Arun burst into public view with the controversial song from Khal Nayak (1993), Choli Ke Peechhey. But several years before that, she was already well known for her contribution to Rajasthani folk music. Mumbai soon became her home, and it was in this city of glamour that Ila made a name for herself in every genre of the performing arts―film, television, music and playback singing―and also as a composer and lyricist.

A fascinating behind-the-scenes account of the making of Bruce Springsteen’s ground-breaking album, Born to Run–one of the most iconic records in rock history–Tonight in Jungleland combines lush music writing with unprecedented inside access to Springsteen, his bandmates, and the full story behind every song… and coincides with the album’s 50th anniversary in August 2025.

Al Jolson, born Asa Yoelson, immigrated from a shtetl in Lithuania to the United States in 1894 after his father secured a job as a rabbi in Washington, D.C. A poor, Yiddish-speaking newcomer navigating a racially segregated and antisemitic America, young Jolson dreamed of becoming a star, and he did. Through Jolson, Bernstein simultaneously breaks open the history and legacy of the cultural sensation The Jazz Singer. Not only was The Jazz Singer the first feature-length film with synchronized music and dialogue, but it was also taboo smashing in its content.

Eindrucksvoll beschreibt Daniel Barenboim, was uns die Musik über das Leben lehrt. Er äußert sich zu brennenden politischen Fragen wie dem israelisch-palestinensichen Konflikt aber auch zum Streit um Richard Wagners Antisemitismus und lässt uns teilhaben an seiner sehr persönlichen Reflexion über die Grundfragen unserer Existenz und die Antworten, die wir in der Musik finden können.

In his sparkling memoir, M.K. Raina documents the many lives he has lived. From sharing the stage with some of the most celebrated actors in India to his journey as a young man witnessing the violence and horrors rampant through the streets of Kashmir, an entire history of northern India is painted with subtle elegance. Brimming with delightful anecdotes as well as poignant, painful memories of a region that once was, this book is a tour de force.

Ein Plädoyer für mehr Gelassenheit im Umgang miteinander. Er ist eine Klasse für sich: Thomas Gottschalk. Für seinen spitzen und schlagfertigen Humor wird er vom Publikum geliebt – doch die Zeiten haben sich geändert. Was früher für Lacher sorgte, kann heute Empörung auslösen. Selbstkritisch und selbstironisch zugleich geht er der Frage nach, warum er sich heutzutage manchmal wie aus der Zeit gefallen vorkommt, und er versucht, die Regeln und Fallstricke unserer Gesellschaft zu verstehen: Was hat sich in seinen Augen verändert und warum?