Showing results by publisher "Random House Audio" in Education & Learning

How does Shakespeare remain Shakespeare when every word is changed? In this playful, meditative exploration of translating the world’s most beloved playwright, Daniel Hahn guides us through the magic of bringing the Bard to a global audience. Shakespeare may have breathed the air of...

A fascinating, first-of-its-kind exploration of Stephen King and his most iconic early books, based on groundbreaking research and interviews with King—all conducted by the first scholar to be given extended access to his private archives “A treat for fans of Stephen King.”—Paul Tremblay...

An illuminating, electrifying exploration of the work of Toni Morrison by an award-winning novelist and Harvard professor—“a revelatory encounter with the Nobel laureate’s oeuvre” (The New York Times) “In this lavish yet clear-eyed study, Serpell shows how Morrison breathed new life...

Finally, a groundbreaking book that reveals what your dyslexic child is experiencing—and what you can do so that he or she will thrive More than thirty million people in the United States are dyslexic—a brain-based genetic trait, often labeled as a “learning disability” or “learning...

A devastating depiction of obsessive love and a haunting portrait of a captivating but dangerous woman. When the young Chevalier des Grieux first sets eyes on the exquisitely beautiful and charming Manon Lescaut they fall passionately in love. But his happiness turns to bitter despair when he...

A Handful of Earth, A Handful of Sky: The World of Octavia E. Butler offers a blueprint for a creative life from the perspective of award-winning science-fiction writer and “MacArthur Genius” Octavia E. Butler. It is a collection of ideas about how to look, listen, breathe — how to be in...

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. Across the...

Älterwerden ist nicht gerade beliebt. Doch in Wahrheit ist es die Chance unseres Lebens für Wachstum und Reife. Bestsellerautor Ruediger Dahlke zeigt, wie wir die letzte Lebensphase nutzen, um endlich aus dem ewigen Hamsterrad der Beschleunigung auszusteigen und sie als das ultimative Sabbatical bewusst und freudvoll zu erleben. Er nimmt uns die Angst vor den typischen Altersbeschwerden und gibt uns alles an die Hand, was wir für erfülltes Altwerden in Weisheit und Gesundheit brauchen: von der richtigen Ernährung bis zu Strategien für ein sinnerfülltes Leben.

The perfect graduation gift: the iconic #1 best seller, expanded and updated exclusively for graduates entering the workforce This extraordinary edition of Lean In includes a letter to graduates and six additional chapters from experts offering advice on finding and getting the most out of a...

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.

Unpacks and pulls the curtain back on what happens to our brains and our behaviors each time we addictively engage social media and the influencers we encounter there. Individuals seeking to widen their tribes of friends, fans, and followers have an abundance of resources for building their...

Improv instructor and writer Jorjeana Marie presents the first book to harness the creative power of improvisation exercises to help both aspiring and seasoned authors defeat writer's block and generate new ideas. Suffering from writer's block and inner critics? Having trouble generating ideas...

An entertaining and informative guide to the most common 150 words even smart people use incorrectly, along with pithy forays into their fascinating etymologies and tangled histories of use and misuse. Even the most erudite among us use words like apocryphal, facetious, ironic, meteorite...

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.

Wordbuilders: The convenient and entertaining way to build a more powerful vocabulary. Each 60-minute entry in the series features 40 words used in everyday conversation, or in the media and books, but which many people skip, finding them difficult or even impossible to define or pronounce...

Now from Peter Funk, the Reader's Digest word columnist and the bestselling author of Word Power, comesUpsize Your Word Power, teaching you the fastest and easiest way to expand your vocabulary: the use of synonyms. Synonyms are a sound and often overlooked way to build vocabulary. With...

Born into a digital wonderland, our children are practically mini hackers right from the crib! Most of them were handed a device before they could walk, they clicked before they took their first bite and scrolled before they said their first words. But living online is a giant uncontrolled...

"You'll be amazed at how fast you can learn how to start a conversation just by listening to this audiobook and by practicing the skills with everyone you meet! Just think how much more confident, poised, and successful you'll feel when you can walk into a roomful of strangers and strike up a...

From two survivors of the Parkland, Florida, shooting comes a declaration for our times, and an in-depth look at the making of the #NeverAgain movement. On February 14, 2018, seventeen-year-old David Hogg and his fourteen-year-old sister, Lauren, went to school at Marjory Stoneman Douglas...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER 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...