Resultados Editorial "audible originals" en Biografías y memorias

Es geschieht am helllichten Tag, in tiefster Nacht, am Rande der Gesellschaft und mitten unter uns - das Verbrechen. Es kommt über uns wie eine Naturgewalt oder wie ein grausamer Witz. Die Tat teilt uns in Opfer, Täter, Unschuldige, Monster und Menschen. Und wir alle fragen uns: Wie konnte das geschehen? Und was passiert jetzt?

Every week, hear guests like Michelle Obama, Glennon Doyle and Abby Wambach, Matthew Broderick, D-Nice, José Andrés, and more explore the complexities of family life and how their earliest culinary experiences helped shape their personal and professional lives—and of course, each guest brings a recipe for a favorite dish from their youth so you can taste a bit of their story.

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.

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.

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.

Milano, quando vuol cambiare, dimentica il passato. Quartieri che oggi sembrano di grido, pochi decenni fa erano fatiscenti e abitati da gente umile: sono stati sventrati, ripensati, ri-abitati. Quando ci sono soldi, a Milano, tutto cambia forma. Si cerca l'attuale, per viverlo al meglio. Si sono perse tradizioni, volti, si è perso pure il dialetto. Milano Bandita racconta i personaggi del crimine che hanno segnato una città che non esiste più. La ritrovi nelle fotografie d'epoca. In qualche libro, in qualche film. Personaggi che sono stati degli eroi e dei criminali.

Dermot O’Leary sits down to talk with people from all walks of life who have led extraordinary lives Oscar-winning actors, world-renowned musicians, reformed mobsters, warzone doctors and sporting legends....

Dermot has curated an incredible line-up of guests to discuss the amazing paths they have taken.

Twenty episodes released weekly from 21st July 2022.

Im Jahr 2019 beginnt der erfahrene Journalist Mark Seal, den verdächtigen Tod des Musikmoguls Peter Ikin zu untersuchen. Dieser hatte nur zweiunddreißig Tage vor seinem Tod einen gut aussehenden, eleganten Franzosen namens Alexandre geheiratet, der nun Ansprüche auf das Vermögen seines verstorbenen Mannes geltend machen will. Als Seal sich in den Fall vertieft, führt ihn die Spurensuche nach dem unglaublichen Leben von Alexandre Despallières von Paris über London bis nach Beverly Hills.

This is a true story. For twenty years in the heart of Kansas, a serial rapist has been preying on female students at two large universities—Kansas State and the University of Kansas. He has stalked them to their off-campus apartments and in the middle of the night appeared in their bedrooms. The “Kansas College Rapist” has committed at least 15 attacks, but after years of investigations and over a thousand leads he is still at large. Now and for the first time, survivors of his attacks are stepping forward to tell their stories and publicly expose details about his crimes. Together, with the local police in Kansas and the U.S. Marshals, the series Midwest Monster is working to help to identify and capture the Kansas College Rapist.

From the Demon Dog of American literature comes James Ellroy’s Hollywood Death Trip. Dig into a quintet of highly stylized true crime that delves into some of the most notorious, unsolved, midcentury-Hollywood murders. Ellroy’s wicked baritone draws listeners into a series of hellacious crimes; beginning with the heartbreaking and gruesome murder of his own mother. Next, it’s the Karen Kupcinet Killing - her body, found strangled just days after JFK’s assassination. Beautiful Stephanie Gorman, a debutante killed by a stranger, made Los Angeles lock its doors at night. The series concludes with the salacious snuff of actor Sal Mineo, whose death is a fitting epigraph for a series set in “Hollyweird”.