Resultado Editorial "Random House Audio" em Biografias e Memórias

A Place in My Heart is a many-splendored thing. It is a listicle. It is a celebration of the power of storytelling. It is also an account of a life lived in the Bollywood trenches. National Award-winning author, journalist and film critic Anupama Chopra writes about fifty films, artistes and...

Nobody has done more harm to me than Jawaharlal Nehru,' wrote Subhas Chandra Bose in 1939. Had relations between the two great nationalist leaders soured to the extent that Bose had begun to view Nehru as his enemy? But then, why did he name one of the regiments of the Indian National Army after...

Vom Schulabbrecher aus der Provinz zum Sternekoch mit Bundesverdienstkreuz - die Geschichte von Max Strohe ist einzigartig. Und die Art, wie er davon erzählt, ist es auch. Max Strohe ist Schulabbrecher und Kochlehrling aus Sinzig am Rhein. Er hat die zweifelhafte Gabe, alles vor die Wand zu fahren. Zuallererst das eigene Leben. Er kocht mit offenem Herzen, aber lebt von der Hand in den Mund. Bis er mit fünfzehn seinem Vater begegnet, einem Lebemann und unter Antiquitätenhändlern eine Koryphäe. An seiner Seite lernt er eine Welt kennen, in der guter Geschmack ein Vermögen wert ist.

By the time you get this letter, I’ll be observing you all from the sky. I have no regrets, in fact even if I become a human again, I’ll join the army and fight for my nation.’This was the last letter Captain Vijyant Thapar wrote to his family. He was twenty-two when he was martyred in the...

Digital is inevitable. Disconnecting is impractical. The Art of Bitfulness is a book on how to live with our devices, not how to live without them.What is Bitfulness?Bitfulness is being effortlessly mindful of your technology.In this short, practical book, Nandan Nilekani and Tanuj Bhojwani...

In 1994, twenty-year-old Gunjan Saxena boards a train to Mysore to appear for the selection process of the fourth Short Service Commission (for women) pilot course. Seventy-four weeks of back-breaking training later, she passes out of the Air Force Academy in Dundigal as Pilot Officer Gunjan...

An under-strength Gorkha battalion undertakes the Indian Army's first heliborne operation deep behind enemy lines, defeating a Pakistani force twenty times its strength. Fighters of the Indian Air force target the Government House in Dhaka in a daring air raid, forcing the Pakistani...

U.G. Krishnamurti famously described enlightenment as a neurobiological state of being with no religious, psychological or mystical implications. He did not lecture, did not set up organizations, held no gatherings and professed to have no message for mankind. Known as the ‘anti-guru’, the...

The first authorized biography of Soli Sorabjee ‘A gripping life story of a Goliath who strode the Indian legal canvass for nearly seventy years.’ – Mukul Rohatgi, former Attorney General of India ‘Superbly researched, this book by Abhinav Chandrachud is a must read. ‘ – Madhavi...

"Ich brauche Munition, keine Mitfahrgelegenheit". Im Februar 2022 geht dieser Satz um die Welt. Über Nacht wird Wolodymyr Selenskyj vom angeschlagenen Präsidenten der gefühlt fernen Ukraine zur zentralen Figur im Kampf für ein freies Europa. So wenig sich der Westen trotz des Kriegs im Donbass für die Ukraine interessierte, so wenig war bekannt über den Mann, der vom Juristen zum Komiker zum Staatsmann geworden war und nach den Maidan-Protesten gegen Korruption und für eine Annäherung an Europa antrat.

TWO LOST HOURS ABOARD A UFO—THE ABDUCTION OF BETTY AND BARNEY HILL • One of the most extraordinary UFO tales of our time—a thrilling, otherworldly, and wildly entertaining adventure that enraptured America and stands as the quintessential extraterrestrial encounter "True believers will see...

The creator of Deadwood and NYPD Blue reflects on his tumultuous life, driven by a nearly insatiable creative energy and a matching penchant for self-destruction. Life’s Work is a profound memoir from a brilliant mind taking stock as Alzheimer’s loosens his hold on his own past. “This is...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The “entertaining [and] often-moving account” (The Wall Street Journal) of the remarkable POWs whose relentlessly creative attempts to escape a notorious Nazi prison embodied the spirit of resistance against fascism, from the author of The Spy and the Traitor...

FINALIST FOR THE NAACP IMAGE AWARD • A relentlessly optimistic memoir by one of the most influential Black business leaders in America today, offering hope and practical guidance for navigating life’s most difficult challenges “Do you want to be lifted up? You have come to the right place...

Shahid is widely regarded as one of the finest poets from the Indian subcontinent, and his works are read across the world, touching millions of lives. A pioneer of ghazal writing in English, he wrote extensively about loss, nostalgia and home. A witness to the conflict that ravaged his homeland...

Sometimes, a little nudge from the universe pushes one to find his raison d'etre in life. If actor Sonu Sood had given in to the celebrity syndrome of sitting in his ivory tower and expressing his generosity by remote control, he would have never come face to face with the trauma of India's...

As a fledgling doctor, what would you choose: practising medicine in rural India or going abroad in search of financial security? How would you face the people who depend on you if your wealth is wiped out in the stock market? How would you pursue a dream project, knowing the many challenges...

An intimate peek into the life of the soldier-turned-lyricist Anand Bakshi, from his formative years in undivided Punjab to eventually moving to Bombay and landing his first film Bhala Aadmi in 1958. Along the way, he lost his mother, his place of birth, and his home and wealth, but his...

The inside story of the historic 2020 presidential election and Joe Biden’s harrowing ride to victory, from the #1 New York Times bestselling authors of Shattered, the definitive account of Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign. Almost no one thought Joe Biden could make it back to the White...

In 1868, Jamsetji Tata, a visionary of his time, lit the flame that went on to become Tata and its group of companies. This business grew into an extraordinary one. One that some may even call 'the greatest company in the world'. Over the decades, the business expanded and prospered under the...