Showing titles in Art of Storytelling

What’s your story? It’s a question human beings have been asking each other since we first gathered around a campfire. Millennia later, this human need for storytelling hasn’t changed. We communicate most effectively through our personal stories - and our professional success depends on it. This groundbreaking guide shows you how to tap into the timeless power of storytelling to transform your business.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The definitive guide to telling an unforgettable story in any setting, drawing on twenty-five years of experience from the storytelling experts at The Moth “From toasts to eulogies, from job interviews to social events, this book will help you with ideas...

In Experiencing Spirituality, Ernest Kurtz and Katherine Ketcham take listeners on a journey through storytelling as a means of self-discovery. Recounting and interpreting great wisdom stories from all ages and all cultures, as well as telling many of their own, the authors shed light on such experiences as awe, wonder, humor, confusion, and forgiveness. In story after story, seekers look to those whose lives reveal a special quality - sometimes called spirituality - and ask the masters what they must do to attain that same quality.

Merrill Markoe discusses gay marriage, rock fashion, and other things your mother never told you. She is an Emmy-award-winning TV writer (Late Night with David Letterman, TV Nation) and prolific author of books, including What the Dogs Taught Me, How to Be Hap-Hap-Happy Like Me, Merrill Markoe's Guide to Love, The Psycho Ex Game, and Walking in Circles Before Lying Down.

Center of the YOUniverse is an out-of-this-world spectacle starring Tituss Burgess and Jane Krakowski with music, laughter, and (probably) the salvation of humanity from its self-inflicted doom. Unaware of just how brightly the other one shines, Tituss and Jane will attempt the impossible: a double-booking. In a unique blend of song and storytelling, they’ll stop at nothing to upstage each other and steal the spotlight…until they realize the true purpose of being ridiculously attractive and having immeasureble talent: to unite and heal the world.

From the internationally best-selling author of the His Dark Materials trilogy, a spellbinding journey into the secrets of his art--the narratives that have shaped his vision, his experience of writing, and the keys to mastering the art of storytelling. One of the most highly acclaimed and...

I feel like I'm on a boat sailing to some island where I don't know anybody. I'm on a boat someone is operating and we aren't in touch. So begins David Milch's urgent accounting of his increasingly strange present and often painful past. From the start, Milch's life seems destined to echo that...

You've probably already realized that storytelling is ubiquitous today and that it's hard to imagine marketing without it. In this guide, you will first get an overview of what storytelling actually is and why it is an important part of a successful marketing strategy. In addition, you will learn in the theory section how a classic story is structured, to what extent this structure can be integrated into business practice and what alternatives there are.

Alexandra Fuller (Scribbling the Cat and Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight) and first-time author Wendy Kann (Casting with a Fragile Thread) discuss growing up in colonial Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe. They tell many amusing and thoughtful anecdotes and reflect on their childhoods, revisiting a changed Africa as adults, the ties they have to the families and community that raised them in Africa, and the transition to living in the U.S.

Preparation is one of the single most fundamental factors that will make your presentation successful! One thing that you have to realize is that a good presentation ensures that the content is well thought out. This means that you can effectively communicate to your audience with a great degree of confidence.

Romance author Kennedy Ryan is known for creating fully realized characters who find love amid life’s biggest challenges. Audible Editor Margaret talks with Ryan about Can’t Get Enough, the finale to her Skyland series, and why Ryan writes emotional romances that combine swoon, spice, and social commentary.

Silent sentinels standing on Crosby Beach drawing tourist crowds by day, yet taking on a very different atmosphere by full moon at night. Gormley's Another Place hauntingly protects Merseyside. The industrial past brought to life. We see Rocket in action, witness history being made on Ainsdale beach and go mining in St Helens. Stories of real people grafting hard to put food on their tables. The legendary Arts and Culture of Liverpool is written large throughout The Merseyside Poems, after all there's an embarrassment of riches there enough to inspire any poet!

Counterfeit Country Queen Dreams is a children's book suitable for children of all ages. It is an inspiring story based on Cheryl K. Warner's recent "Top Ten" self-penned, hit single on pop and country radio, Counterfeit Country Queen, a story that demonstrates that following your dreams with faith, family, friends, belief, and perseverance can lead to amazing results.

Wie entsteht eigentlich ein Ghostsitter Hörspiel? Wie viele Menschen sind daran beteiligt und wie lange dauert es eigentlich von der ersten Idee bis zum fertigen Abenteuer? Autor und Regisseur Tommy Krappweis nimmt Euch in dieser "Doku zum Anhören" mit hinter die Kulissen. Ihr lernt viele Menschen kennen - von der Lektorin über die Besetzung und die Regieassistenz bis zu den Geräuschmachern - die euch erzählen, was ihre Aufgaben sind und wie die Texte von Tommy sich langsam zu einem fertigen Hörspiel zusammenfügen. Ein spannender und informativer Werkstattbericht für alle Ghostsitter- und für alle Hörspiel-Fans!

Mike Daisey is a fierce storyteller, one minute hilarious, the next minute sweet, with a fine-tuned ear for digression. He circles in on his uneasy subject matter, closer and closer, until he exposes the raw heart. The New York Times calls him "the master storyteller" and he has been compared to Garrison Keillor, Spalding Gray, and David Sedaris.

A rollicking conversation between British author Brian Jacques and Jon Scieszka about the newest installment in Jacques' beloved Redwall series, Eulalia!. Redwall's heroes are peace-loving mice, moles, shrews, squirrels, and their friends who exhibit human characteristics in a medieval setting. They face the dark side of the animal world, represented by rats, weasels, stoats, foxes, and their villain allies, in the day-to-day struggle of good versus evil.

Are you tired of giving average speeches and feeling nervous every time you have to speak in front of people? Imagine having the confidence and tools to deliver a powerful and engaging presentation every time. You’d get up in front of the audience and engage with them, hold their attention, and speak with clarity, composure and conviction. You EVEN start to enjoy yourself as you do! What you imagine is not a far-fetched dream but can become your everyday reality. With "The Young Leader's Guide to Public Speaking," you can learn to speak with success and become an extraordinary speaker.

Russell C. Brennan is a multi-platform artist and the world’s only male Geisha. He is an award-winning poet and many of his poems have ended up on song releases. This is a complete book of all his poetry. He has performed poetry live on many occasions and he has decided to perform all the poems in this book, so in a way you get two elements for the price of one.

Comedian Zarna Garg is known for her work onstage, but her story leading up to her career in comedy is equally stunning. Audible Editor Katie has a hilarious and deep conversation with Garg about her memoir This American Woman, which takes listeners on her journey from running away from her family at age 14 to finding a husband via a newspaper ad, to her second-act as a stand-up performer.

Journalist Marc Fennell has always been drawn to food as a lens for the human condition. After tackling the micro worlds of extremely hot chilis in It Burns and a case of stolen nuts in Nut Jobs through Audible Original programs, Fennell turns his attention to the exclusive world of wine in Corked. Audible Editor Jayden sits down with the author to talk about Fennell’s investigation into scandal within the secretive and enigmatic process of becoming a sommelier.