Títulos en Escritores

Samuel Langhorne Clemens, su verdadero nombre, es acaso la figura más famosa y conocida de la literatura norteamericana del siglo XIX. Popular humorista e imaginativo escritor estadounidense, sus obras "Tom Sawyer" y "Las Aventuras de Huckleberry Find" destacan en el Olimpo de las letras anglosajona.

Pocos hombres en la historia de la humanidad tan lúcidos, valientes y emprendedores como este francés de alma mundial. Amante de los aviones, literato por vocación y defensor de las causas nobles, con la más famosa de sus obras: "El principito" ha enseñado a los hombres un mensaje que muchos aún no comprenden: La solidaridad.

A Field Guide to Getting Lost draws on emblematic moments and relationships in Solnit's own life to explore issues of wandering, being lost, and the uses of the unknown. The result is a distinctive, stimulating, and poignant voyage of discovery.

In 1773, literary giant Samuel Johnson set off with his friend James Boswell on a tour of Scotland’s remote Highlands and Western Isles. What followed was a vivid travelogue capturing the landscapes, people, and customs of a region on the brink of change. With wit, insight, and curiosity, Johnson reflects on everything from ancient clan traditions to the decline of the Gaelic language—offering a rare glimpse into 18th-century Scotland through the eyes of one of England’s greatest minds.

Sir Winston Churchill (1874 – 1965), Sohn einer alten englischen Adelsfamilie, britischer Premier und Nobelpreisträger für Literatur, hat schon viele Historiker beschäftigt. Churchill, der sich bereits in den dreißiger Jahren zur stärksten politischen Persönlichkeit Englands entwickelte, wurde im Zweiten Weltkrieg eine Art lebendiges Symbol des nationalen Widerstands und einer der großen Heroen der Anti-Hitler-Koalition. Seit 1946 gab er dank seines internationalen Ansehens wichtige Impulse zur Schaffung des Nordatlantik-Paktes und zur wirtschaftlichen und politischen Einigung Europas.

These short, vivid biographies offer quick insights, big ideas, and timeless inspiration. Explore the stories behind the storytellers: from Nathaniel Hawthorne to Hemingway, Emily Dickinson to Franz Kafka, Goethe to Jack Kerouac, William Shakespeare to Arthur Miller, Charles Dickens to Toni Morrison. Short and sharp audio biographies for lovers of words and worlds.

Un niño mira el patio de su casa de pueblo y desde ahí aprende a mirar el mundo. "El patio rojo" es la novela que cuenta la infancia de su autor, mediante escenas intensas que nos resultan extrañamente cercanas. Este chico jugando a las carreras de autos con chapitas. O la imagen tenebrosa de un gallinero que se recorta sobre la noche. O el horno de barro al fondo de un galpón gigante, donde la madre lograba hacer las mejores empanadas árabes.

The author of the critically acclaimed Half of a Yellow Sun and Purple Hibiscus presents her newest novel Americanah, a story of love and race centered around a young man and woman from Nigeria facing challenges in the countries they come to call home.

Stephen Fry joins Robin Morgan in the Audible Studios to discuss his recording of Sherlock Holmes: The Definitive Collection. From his childhood days as a member of the Sherlock Holmes Society to his performance as Mycroft Holmes, Stephen shares anecdotes relating to his lifelong passion for Sherlock Holmes. He also discusses his experience recording the Harry Potter audiobooks, his own penchant for audiobooks, and his plans for the future.

Sarah Dunant joins Elise Italiaander in the Audible Studios to discuss her latest book.

Novelista y dramaturgo francés del siglo XIX y autor de un clásico de la literatura universal de todos los tiempos: Los tres mosqueteros. Alejandro Dumas poseía un carácter indómito y soñador que lo llevó a luchar contra las adversidades de su difícil situación económica y emprender una educación autodidacta. Su pasión por las letras dio nacimiento a magistrales obras en prosa que le asegurarían el éxito.

Famoso novelista norteamericano y una de las principales figuras de la historia de la literatura, Herman Melville nació en Nueva York el 1 de agosto de 1819. Mundialmente célebre autor de la novela de aventuras marinas “Moby Dick”, su prosa imaginativa y llena de matices atrapó no sólo a los hombres de su tiempo, sino también a los de hoy.

This is the remarkable and tragic story of Oscar Wilde, legendary wit and conversationalist, author of perhaps the most perfect comedy in the English language, yet seemingly doomed by his own flawed temperament to suffer at the hands of a censorious and hypocritical society...

Upon her mother’s death from Alzheimer’s, Annie Ernaux embarks on a daunting journey back through time, as she seeks to “capture the real woman, the one who existed independently from me, born on the outskirts of a small Normandy town, and who died in the geriatric ward of a hospital in the suburbs of Paris.” She explores the bond between mother and daughter, tenuous and unshakable at once, the alienating worlds that separate them, and the inescapable truth that we must lose the ones we love.

La vita cambia in un istante. Passa dalla normalità alla catastrofe. John Gregory Dunne, sposato da quarant'anni con Joan Didion, muore all'improvviso la sera del 30 dicembre 2003. Ed è così che per Joan inizia l'anno del pensiero magico. Un anno in cui tutto viene rimesso in discussione, riconsiderato, riformulato.

In 1963, Annie Ernaux, 23 and unattached, realizes she is pregnant. Shame arises in her like a plague: Understanding that her pregnancy will mark her and her family as social failures, she knows she cannot keep the child. In a France where abortion was illegal, she attempted, in vain, to self-administer the abortion with a knitting needle. Fearful and desperate, she finally located an abortionist and ended up in a hospital emergency ward where she nearly died. In Happening, Ernaux sifts through her memories and her journal entries dating from those days.

Robert Coles first met Dorothy Day over 35 years ago when, as a medical student, he worked in one of her Catholic Worker soup kitchens. He remained close to this inspiring and controversial woman until her death in 1980. His book, an intellectual and psychological portrait, confronts candidly the central puzzles of her life.

Primorosa biografia de uma das personalidades mais contraditórias da literatura brasileira. Escrito no estilo cinematográfico de Lira Neto e amparado em farto acervo documental, este livro apresenta Oswald de Andrade em sua verve sarcástica, lírica e demolidora. Neste mergulho radical na trajetória de Oswald de Andrade, Lira Neto explora as muitas contradições da personalidade do polêmico biografado: blasfemo e temente a Deus, burguês e comunista, apaixonado e adúltero.

O novo agora é a brilhante sequência de Feliz ano velho e Ainda estou aqui. Nele, Marcelo Rubens Paiva intercala memórias e acontecimentos familiares para construir uma narrativa envolvente e íntima sobre a paternidade. E recria, com sensibilidade, um momento desafiador da história recente do país.Escritor, pai depois dos cinquenta anos, cadeirante e considerado inimigo pelo governo vigente: assim Marcelo Rubens Paiva se descreve, neste livro franco e emocional, sequência autobiográfica de Feliz ano velho e Ainda estou aqui...

1800kalin India: 1800களன இநதய • Mark Twain மரக டவன | Translator Priya Ramkumar | பரய ரமகமர Produced by : Aurality மறறம சவசம பதபபகம Narrated by: Bhavani Anantharaman ‘Following the Equator’ எனகற பயண நல பகழபறற அமரகக எழததளர மரக டவனல (Mark Twain) எழதபபடடத. உலகன பல மககயப பகதகளகக 1895 • 1897கக இடய அவர பயணம சயதர. அநத அனபவஙகளன தகபப இநத நல. அநதப பததகததலளள இநதயப பயண அனபவஙகள மடடம இநதப பததகததல மழபயரககபபடடளளன. 1800களன இநதயவ இநத நல படமபடததக கடடகறத. இநதயவன பலவற கலசரஙகள, பழகக வழககஙகள, உட, உணவ, சமக அமபப, மழ, நலம, அனறய ஆஙகலயர ஆடசயளரகள என அனததப பறறயம சவரஸயமன, வசததரமன மறறம மககயமன கறபபகள இநத நல மழவதம வரவக கடககனறன.