Resultados Editorial "audible originals" en Biografías y memorias

Alla fine degli anni Settanta Bologna è la Babilonia d'Italia, città sovversiva dove l'utopia è la realtà e la ribellione la norma. Di quest'irripetibile stagione Francesca Alinovi è stata la musa e la diva. Critica d'arte brillante, talent scout dal fiuto impareggiabile, esploratrice delle tendenze più sperimentali, Francesca ha vissuto un'esistenza travolgente spezzata da una mano che le ha inflitto quarantasette coltellate.

Many of the most world’s most dangerous hackers are from Russia, go by creepy names, and have preyed on Americans. Some are part of Putin’s government. Others are alleged to be associated with it. Over the last decade, their attacks have become more frequent, extreme, and catastrophic.

In 2021, scammers stole $16 million from thousands of investors across the globe, by capitalising on the hype around NFTs and the success of the hit Netflix series Squid Game.

For generations of fans, the Playboy Interview was revered as the gold standard in American journalism.

L'enigma Claus Von Bulow, uomo affascinante ed ambiguo accusato di aver ridotto a un vegetale sua moglie, gli inganni mortali di H.H. Holmes che nel suo hotel labirinto a Chicago uccise più di 27 persone, la follia del dottor Carl von Cosel che visse con il cadavere trafugato di una sua giovane paziente per otto anni, le oscure sorelle Wardlaw finite in cella per aver ridotto alla fame e e poi lasciato morire la loro figlia e nipote, sono alcune delle storie vere, avvenute tra la fine dell'Ottocento e il Novecento negli Stati Uniti.

By the time of his death on July 23, 1885, Ulysses S. Grant was an icon in the historical memory of the United States. Just a few decades later, however, constant criticism of his military and political leadership had tarnished his reputation. Today’s historians have a far more balanced assessment of Grant as a Union Army general and an American president—and that appraisal is at the heart of Understanding Ulysses S. Grant: Portrait of a Warrior.

Breaking Justice is a narrative documentary series that covers an unfolding current criminal case that has exploded into the public consciousness. Sports journalist Jenn Brown and former federal prosecutor Francey Hakes host the series and guide th

Haut les mains ! relate quelques-uns des cambriolages les plus spectaculaires commis en sol canadien.

Li puoi chiamare investigatori, poliziotti, detective, quelli dalla parte buona della giustizia, quelli che mettono in pericolo la loro vita per dare la caccia agli assassini; se nella storia del crimine c'è poco spazio per le vittime, ancor meno conosciamo della vita, dei metodi e dei successi degli "sbirri"; sappiamo solo che esistono, ed è quello che vogliono. Prova a cercare il loro nome nei motori di ricerca: troverai milioni di informazioni su Sherlock Holmes, Nero Wolfe, il commissario Derrick, il tenente Colombo. Ma chi conosce Dave Toschi o Marcel Guillame?

In 1993, after 27 years of imprisonment, Nelson Mandela sat down with ghostwriter Richard Stengel to begin working on Long Walk to Freedom, a critically acclaimed memoir that would become a best seller around the globe.

The brutalized body of 14-year-old Emmett Till was published in Jet magazine at the insistence of his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley. Mamie wanted the horrific photograph of her son’s lynched body to be displayed for the world to see, to expose America to its own barbaric acts of racial terror. As such, Emmett’s death and Mamie’s actions afterwards would ignite a crucial moment in the civil rights movement, changing the course of history forever.

La Luz del Mundo has been called the world’s largest cult that no one has ever heard of. Sochil Martin grew up inside it. Her harrowing true story to escape and seek justice is an epic that exposes alleged crimes of biblical proportions.

Our artists hail from diverse backgrounds—musically, culturally, geographically.... What they share, though, is a burning desire—truly, a need—to create and express oneself. Origins reveals the source of each artist’s creative spirit, what fuels them. It’s a unique peek into the minds of artists creating the next wave of music, an eye-opening account of just how soulful, articulate, and purpose-driven this generation of creators can be. But, ultimately, it’s a series about finding your voice, finding your calling, finding acceptance, and finding yourself.

They’re known as the bebés robados, or “stolen babies”–children stolen at birth from their mothers and sold to wealthy families around Spain. For decades, European reporters and activists have tried to penetrate the secretive networks responsible for the crimes, typically with little success. Until now. In The Lost, veteran journalists Matteo Fagotto and Matilde Gattoni investigate the story of a woman named Ana Belén Pintado, a middle-aged woman from a small village in Central Spain.

UFC Hall of Fame fighter and commentator Micheal Bisping talks to some of the greatest mixed martial artists in the business about the most challenging — and meaningful — bouts of their careers. Along the way, guests open up to the former champ about their struggles with deeper battles too — from poverty to depression to injuries, and more.

Chad Sanders is a writer on the brink of wealth, whose world is changing fast around him. He goes from sleeping on a mattress on the floor of his Brooklyn apartment to Hollywood pitch meetings with his mentor, Spike Lee, to riding around Los Angeles with Kanye West. He lands a staff writing gig for Issa Rae’s new show, Rap Sh!t. His phone is ringing nonstop and he can feel his burgeoning success, but can't stop checking his bank account and obsessing over how he's going to make more money without losing himself.

Una serie di attentati che hanno colorato con il colore del piombo gli anni 70 del Novecento: omicidi che hanno segnato non solo una svolta nella storia sociale e politica del Paese, ma hanno influenzato anche la sua coscienza collettiva. Alcuni di questi delitti sono rimasti senza colpevoli, altri hanno visto accertate le responsabilità della mafia o del terrorismo di diversa matrice ideologica.

“We are as gods and might as well get good at it.” These are the opening lines that radical thinker, environmentalist, and technologist Stewart Brand wrote for The Whole Earth Catalog. His thesis—that humans should use our god-like powers to build a better way to live—is at the core of his extraordinary life. At key historical moments in the 20th century, Stewart Brand was behind the scenes shaping things. As founding editor of Wired Magazine Kevin Kelly says, “Stewart has a Forest Gump-like superpower—he can sense where the future is and be there.”

What led to the bizarre and macabre death of British spy, Gareth Williams, whose body was found padlocked inside a sports bag in his flat in London. Nobody is charged with his killing and more than a decade on, Gareth’s death remains a mystery.

In The World of J.R.R. Tolkien, you will join Dr. Dimitra Fimi to delve into Tolkien’s complex and multilayered mythology, examining all these ingredients and more. In these 10 lectures, you will explore and appreciate Middle-earth as medieval, mythological, and modern, a literary creation that was shaped by forces old and new. And you may be surprised to discover just how much of Tolkien’s legendarium was constructed posthumously, with his son Christopher compiling and publishing many of Tolkien’s later works after his death.