Showing results by publisher "Random House Audio" in Art

Usha Uthup, India's undisputed icon of pop music, has enthralled an entire generation of listeners with her unforgettable voice and continues to do so. Completing fifty years as a professional singer in 2020 was just another milestone in her fabled career.In this vivid biography, which was...

Why some of the most interesting artists of our time committed themselves to some of the most devastating conflicts on Earth Why are some of the most interesting artists of our time committed to engaging with conflict and exploitation around the world? Beautiful, Gruesome, and True tells the...

It all began when, viewing the breathless preparations for independent India's 60th birthday celebrations - and poised then on her own sixth decade - Shobhaa De was struck by the thought: 'Surely my life has taken the same trajectory as the country's?' In an intimate confession to her readers...

The remarkable true story behind one of history’s most enigmatic portraits—"a glorious picaresque of unbridled passions and unmitigated scoundrels, a glorious romp through the great palaces and palazzos of Europe" (Amanda Foreman, New York Times best-selling author of Georgiana, Duchess of...

Aus den Tiefen der russischen Literatur. "Manche Dichter wird man ein Leben lang nicht los. Seit meiner Kindheit lese ich Charms, seine Gedichte und Prosa verfolgen mich, schlimmer noch, sie vermehren sich in meinem Kopf. Ich weiß inzwischen nicht mehr, wo das eine Gedicht zu Ende ist und das andere beginnt. Seine Geschichten verwirren, sie bestehen zur Hälfte aus Namen, so wie beinahe die Hälfte des Alten Testaments aus Genealogien besteht." Wladimir Kaminer über Daniil Charms.

Die Fortsetzung der Russischen-Literatur-Reihe, diesmal zu Anton Pawlowitsch Tschechow (geboren am 29.01.1860)...

Andrew Zimmern, the host of The Travel Channel’s hit series Bizarre Foods, has an extraordinarily well-earned reputation for traveling far and wide to seek out and sample anything and everything that’s consumed as food globally, from cow vein stew in Bolivia and giant flying ants in Uganda...

Leider sind die meisten Schriftsteller völlige Luschen, es gibt nur wenige deren Werke Unsterblichkeit beanspruchen können...

A fascinating, complex dual biography of Hollywood's most dazzling—and famous—brothers, and a dark, riveting portrait of competition, love, and enmity that ultimately undid them both. One most famous for having written Citizen Kane (with Orson Welles, as most recently portrayed in David...

From the revered Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and writer, comes his National Bestseller on one of the world’s oldest and most popular activities, fishing. Presented in narrative form as a conversation between a Fisherman and the Stranger, Hersey draws upon his own experiences and passion...

An archive of collective memory and exuberant testimony A luminous map to navigate an opaque and disorienting present An infinite geography of possible futures What does it mean to be Black and alive right now? Kimberly Drew and Jenna Wortham have brought together this collection of...