Titres dans Arts et littérature

In Montmartre is a colorful history of the birth of modernist art as it arose from one of the most astonishing collections of artistic talent ever assembled. It begins in October 1900, as a teenage Pablo Picasso, eager for fame and fortune, first makes his way up the hillside of Paris' famous windmill-topped district.

What is it like to be old? Diana Athill, born in 1917, made her reputation as a writer with the candour of her memoirs. In Somewhere Towards the End she reflects frankly on the losses and occasionally the gains that old age brings, and on the wisdom and fortitude required to face death. This is a lively narrative of events, lovers and friendships: the people and experiences that have taight her to regret very little, to resist despondency and to question the beliefs and customs of her own generation.

Kaum ein deutscher Schriftsteller kennt sich besser mit der russischen Literatur aus als Wladimir Kaminer. In diesem Hörbuch erzählt er auf unnachahmlich unterhaltsame und humorvolle Weise von Leben und Werk vierer großer Autoren aus seiner Heimat. Es ist eine Einladung zu einer wunderbaren Entdeckungsreise, die Neugier und Begeisterung für die hier porträtierten Schriftsteller weckt: Leo Tolstoi, Anton Tschechow, Michail Bulgakow und Daniil Charms.

From New York Times columnist, Pulitzer Prize winner, and best-selling author Nicholas D. Kristof, an intimate and gripping memoir about a life in journalism “Nick Kristof takes us behind the scenes as he risks his life to shine a light on the world’s most pressing problems and blaze a trail...

De la amplia obra de Stefan Zweig, celebrada por generaciones de lectores alrededor del mundo, quizá sus biografías son las que mejor dan muestra de la destreza del escritor para el retrato, de su agudeza psicológica y de la profunda comprensión del alma humana.

Visiting the Audible Studios for the first time is stand-up comedian and award-winning blogger Sam Avery, who's here to discuss his first book, Confessions of a Learner Parent. Having performed thousands of stand-up shows across the world, Sam Avery can count host, presenter, writer and mental health advocate on his list of achievements. He started his award-winning parenting blog, which documents in hilarious fashion the highs and lows of being a new parent to twin boys, in 2015.

In this technology-driven age, it's tempting to believe that science can solve every mystery. After all, science has cured countless diseases and even sent humans into space. But as Jonah Lehrer argues in this sparkling debut, science is not the only path to knowledge. In fact, when it comes to understanding the brain, art got there first.

James and Nora is a lyrical portrait of the relationship between the greatest Irish writer of the 20th century, James Joyce, and Nora Barnacle, whom he married and was devoted to. It is a passionate, short and good-humoured account of their marriage.

A lively and insightful biographical celebration of the imaginative genius of Charles Dickens, published in commemoration of the 150th anniversary of his death. Charles Dickens was a superb public performer, a great orator and one of the most famous of the Eminent Victorians. Slight of build...

Will a computer ever compose a symphony, write a prize-winning novel, or paint a masterpiece? And if so, would we be able to tell the difference? As humans, we have an extraordinary ability to create works of art that elevate, expand and transform what it means to be alive. Yet in many other...

In searing dispatches, Love, Me is a timely affirmation for Black women in a world that has undervalued them for centuries. "Thee Black woman’s story for this era. It is both political and personal. It is both timely and, quite frankly, overdue." —Sunny Hostin, Emmy Award-winning journalist...

In this utterly charming volume, Stephen Fry excavates his epic collection of neckties and shares the stories behind them. From the traditional "egg and bacon" colors of the Marylebone Cricket Club to the exuberant Dalmatian pattern of a 1980s Nicole Miller design, each tie tells a story.

Rumi is a renowned Sufi mystic who lived a life in devotion to the divine, through adhering to the ways of the appointed seal of the prophets, Muhammad (SAW), who can be more commonly referred to as the chosen one. Many fail to recognize and realize this. Many also fail to recognize who Shamsudeen Tabrizi (RA) was and how he had such a life-changing impact on the life of Rumi that would then make him world-famous and his works magnetic. This is a unique book written about Maulana Jalaludeen ar-Rumi (RA), who is famous for his poetry, writings, and his spirituality.

Two audiobooks in one in a flip dos-à-dos format: The story of Aleksandar Hemon’s parents’ immigration from Sarajevo to Canada and a collection of short memories of the author’s family, friends, and childhood in Sarajevo. In My Parents, Aleksandar Hemon tells the story of his parents’...

"Ho tentato di rimettere insieme la storia della famiglia Manzoni; volevo ricostruirla, ricomporla, allinearla ordinatamente nel tempo. Avevo delle lettere e dei libri. Non volevo esprimere commenti, ma limitarmi a una nuda e semplice successione di fatti. Volevo che i fatti parlassero da sé. Volevo che le lettere, accorate o fredde, cerimoniose o schiette, palesemente menzognere o indubitabilmente sincere, parlassero da sé... Il protagonista di questa lunga storia famigliare non volevo fosse Alessandro Manzoni."

Januar 1956: Siebzehn Jahre nachdem Mascha Kaléko Nazi-Deutschland in letzter Minute verlassen hat, kehrt sie zurück. Sie fährt nach Berlin, in die Stadt, in der sie glücklich gewesen war, in der sie als Dichterin erfolgreich geworden ist, und durch das ganze Land, ein ganzes Jahr lang. Fast täglich schickt sie Briefe an ihren Mann nach New York, und erzählt – von märchenhaften Erfolgen, von einem alten, neuen Land.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER 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...

'The pages sing in this beautiful book.' Bono 'Moving and lyrical, The Forest is the Path is an imaginative and deeply personal journey of self-discovery.' The Irish Times ‘[An] astoundingly poetic book’ Pandora Sykes You’re falling through time so all I can do is fall with you. The...

Ce petit recueil réunit, pour la première fois, les portraits hauts en couleur de Frida Kahlo par Patrizia Cavalli et de Diego Rivera par Frida Kahlo. Un nouveau regard sur leur destin, qui replace au cœur de leur histoire leur commune passion pour la peinture, qui les liait intimement : leur histoire d'amour tragique, vouée à un échec prévisible et lucidement prévu, se reflète dans une petite sélection de lettres que Frida a adressées à Diego, jusqu'à la fin de sa vie.

When Brian Dillon was sixteen his mother died and he simply gave up all schoolwork. Halfway through college his father died, and the stakes of reading and writing seemed even higher. Ambivalence explores what learning meant to its author, what it enabled and denied, between the ages of seventeen and twenty-six, when he left his native Dublin. It's at once a memoir of that city in the 1980s and 1990s, an uncynical portrait of the adolescent and early-adult mind, and an intimate defence of radical thinking about literature and life.