Ergebnis für "August" in Kunst & Literatur

At the request (well, it wasn't really a request) of his employers, Augusten lands in rehab, where his dreams of group therapy with Robert Downey Jr. are immediately dashed by grim reality of fluorescent lighting and paper hospital slippers. When Augusten is forced to examine himself, he finds himself in the worst trouble of all. Because when his thirty days are up, he has to return to his same drunken Manhattan life - and live it sober. Dry is the story of love, loss, and Starbucks as a Higher Power

International best-selling author Ken Follett has captivated listeners with over 50 titles including Eye of the Needle and The Century Trilogy. The Kingsbridge series was Ken's first venture into the middle ages, and after the astounding critical acclaim with which The Pillars of The Earth and World Without End have met, a third instalment has been in high demand. Ken visits the Audible Studios to introduce A Column of Fire, the long-awaited continuation of the saga.

Anthony Horowitz is an international best-selling author, journalist and playwright. As one of Britain's greatest living storytellers, we invited Anthony to our studios for the second time. He chatted about his career, personal life and latest release, The Word Is Murder. With a modern twist on the classic crime novel, fans will not be disappointed with this captivating thriller.

August Wilson wrote a series of ten plays celebrating African American life in the 20th century, one play for each decade. No other American playwright has completed such an ambitious oeuvre. Two of the plays became successful films, Fences, starring Denzel Washington and Viola Davis; and Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, starring Viola Davis and Chadwick Boseman. Fences and The Piano Lesson won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama; Fences won the Tony Award for Best Play, and years after Wilson’s death in 2005, Jitney earned a Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play.

Not Less Than Everything: One Man’s Quest for Spiritual Enlightenment is the inspirational true story of how author, August Turak overcame depression and meaningless despair through a daring quest for life’s ultimate meaning and purpose.

When Augusten Burroughs was small, his father was a shadowy presence in his life: a form on the stairs, a cough from the basement, a silent figure smoking a cigarette in the dark. As Augusten grew older, something sinister within his father began to unfurl. Something dark and secretive that could not be named. Betrayal after shocking betrayal ensued, and Augusten's childhood was over. The kind of father he wanted didn't exist for him. This father was distant, aloof, uninterested.

Karl August Böttiger war Zeitgenosse der großen Dichter und Denker von Weimar – und hielt alles fest, was ihm in die Quere kam: Stimmen und Bilder, Klatsch und Tratsch. Heute würde man Böttiger Züge eines Paparazzos zuschreiben, wenn er etwa über Goethes Häuslichkeit schreibt: "Abends sitzt er in einer wohlgeheizten Stube, eine weiße Fuhrmannsmütze auf dem Kopf, ein Moltumjäckchen und lange Flauschpantalons an." Böttiger machte sich mit seinen Schriften in Weimar so unbeliebt, dass er 1804 die Stadt verlassen musste.

Joining us at Audible Studios is Louise Doughty, an English fiction and non-fiction writer, a playwright and a journalist. Doughty studied for an MA in Creative Writing. As her writing for newspapers and radio began to garner more attention, she wrote and released her first novel, and hasn't stopped since then. One of her novels, Apple Tree Yard, was adapted into a BBC series under the same name.

Returning to the Audible Studios to discuss her newest project, international best-selling author and illustrator of the How to Train Your Dragon books Cressida Cowell talks about her latest magical adventure series, The Wizards of Once. With a critically acclaimed series to her name and over 20 published titles, Cressida discusses the underlying themes to her characters, the magical inspiration behind The Wizards of Once and how it feels to have David Tennant as her narrator.

From the beloved #1 New York Times bestselling author comes an intimate look at the driving forces in one man’s life. With Augusten's unique and singular observations and his own unabashed way of detailing both the horrific and the humorous, Lust and Wonder is a hilariously frank audiobook memoir that his legions of fans have been waiting for. His story began in Running with Scissors, endured through Dry, and continues with this memoir, the capstone to the life of Augusten Burroughs.

Pierre-August Renoir, leader of the 19th-century Impressionist movement, spent his entire life perfecting his style. Rejected for decades, he depended on friends for a place to stay and money for painting supplies. Renoir lived in poverty until his 40's, and when he was finally discovered and hailed as a great artist, his health began to fail him. Still, Renoir never gave up his passion for painting. His need to create beauty was the driving force of his life, and throughout rejections and deteriorating health, Renoir retained an optimism that is reflected in his paintings.

Denominado en la historia del arte como "el primer moderno", fue un notable escultor francés contemporáneo a la corriente Impresionista. Enmarcado en el academicismo más absoluto de la escuela escultórica neoclásica, Rodin es el escultor encargado no sólo de poner fin a más de dos siglos en busca de la mimesis en las artes tridimensionales, sino de dar además un nuevo rumbo a la ya obsoleta concepción del monumento y la escultura pública.

You've eaten too much candy at Christmas...but have you ever eaten the face off a six-footstuffed Santa? You've seen gingerbread houses...but have you ever made your own gingerbread tenement? You've woken up with a hangover...but have you ever woken up next to Kris Kringle himself? Augusten Burroughs has, and in this caustically funny, nostalgic, poignant, and moving collection he recounts Christmases past and present - as only he could.

Es uno de los más célebres pintores franceses, un abanderado de las nuevas técnicas, un héroe de la pintura que perteneció a la escuela impresionista, pero que luego se separó de ella rápidamente por su nuevo interés por la pintura de cuerpos femeninos sobre los paisajes. Su legado, que perdura hasta hoy, ha hecho de él el símbolo de toda una época en la pintura contemporánea.

Hvad er det, der gør os til dem; vi er? Er det lige dele biologisk arv og det miljø, vi vokser op i? Eller handler det om, hvordan vi forholder os til den bagage, vi har med os? I "ALT DET VI BÆRER PÅ" vil en række kendte danskere fortælle om den arv, som de bærer rundt på i livet. I denne episode af "ALT DET VI BÆRER PÅ" kan du møde manuskriptforfatter Adam August, der som søn af instruktøren Bille August voksede op i et hjem, der flød med manuskripter.

Best-selling author of The Letter and The Secret Kathryn Hughes joins Audible for a second time to discuss her third novel, The Key. With a dual time line, listeners are transported between scenes of a 1950s operational insane asylum and those taking place in the aged and now abandoned building 50 years on in a story about forgotten tragedy, lost love and the pursuit of justice. Kathryn discusses her new thrilling instalment and her hopes for future works.

Esta biografia de José de Alencar tem a peculiaridade de ter sido escrita por um quase contemporâneo seu, Sébastien Auguste Sisson, francês radicado no Rio de Janeiro. "Trinta e seis anos são passados..." escreve o autor... 36 anos desde 1822, ano da Independência do Brasil! Eis o frescor do texto. Nesta biografia, é privilegiada sua atuação política, sem referências à sua obra literária. E nessa faceta de seu caráter, em que ele pregava o respeito nas divergências de opiniões, o leitor encontra eco para a realidade dos dias de hoje.

Edna O'Brien depicts James Joyce as a man hammered by Church, State and family, yet from such adversities he wrote works 'to bestir the hearts of men and angels'. The journey begins with Joyce the arrogant youth, his lofty courtship of Nora Barnacle, their hectic sexuality, children, wanderings, debt and profligacy and Joyce's obsession with the city of Dublin, which he would re-render through his words.