The Entertainment & Celebrities category has 1,571 audiobooks on Listento.it, with an average listener rating of 4.5★ across 47,373 ratings. The most-rated is Born a Crime.
Dirty Sexy Money
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A true story of ambition, wealth, betrayal, and how a ruthless Beverly Hills socialite became the ultimate momager and raked in billions. Dirty Sexy Money: The Unauthorized Biography of Kris Jenner is the definitive account of how a Beverly Hills socialite with little formal education built herself a global empire. This tell-all tome unravels the family’s meteoric rise to fame and the dark secrets they’ve struggled to hide...until now. Together, Howard and Griffin delve behind the headlines and social media hype to tell the true story of Kris’s life - rather than the rosy picture she likes to paint. Dirty Sexy Money is an unflinching look at Kris’s triumphs and losses, her crises and celebrations, her famous friendships and family conflicts. It examines in unprecedented detail Kris’s troubled two decades with Bruce Jenner and the end of their marriage as Bruce transitioned to Caitlyn; it exposes the truth about her current affair with a much younger man...and it reveals what she really thinks of her daughter’s very public marriage to Kanye West. Inside are a wealth of previously untold stories, including intimate details of how Kim’s sex tape jump-started her career, of the real reasons Kris sold her long-running television reality series - as well as shocking, never-before-heard revelations about her friendships with O.J. Simpson and murdered wife Nicole. The result is a dramatic narrative account of Kris’s real story as you’ve never heard it before...in all its dirty, sexy glory.
©2021 Cathy Griffin and Dylan Howard (P)2021 Blackstone Publishing
I'll Mature When I'm Dead
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I'll Mature When I'm Dead is the New York Times best-seller from "the funniest man in America" (New York Times). Let Pulitzer Prize-winning humorist and nationally unrecognized voice of maturity Dave Barry make the journey to adulthood a little easier - and a lot funnier. Not everyone has to be dragged kicking and screaming through adulthood. Dave Barry will help through this process - with his hilarious takes on parenting, changing self-image, the battle of the sexes, technology, health care, celebrityhood, and even vampires!
©2010 Dave Barry (P)2010 Penguin
Jimmy Stewart
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In this definitive biography of one of Hollywood's most beloved stars, Michael Munn reveals the truth behind the diffident, earnest and kindly persona of Jimmy Stewart. Drawn from the author's formal interviews and informal meetings with the star and his friendship with Stewart's wife, Gloria, is this portrait of a man who came from the Presbyterian traditions of Pennsylvania to become one of the silver screen's enduring legends. An openly right-wing Conservative and super-patriot, Stewart worked for the FBI at the behest of J. Edgar Hoover, directing his undercover sleuthing to crack organised crime in Hollywood. But he was unscrupulously manipulated by the president into flushing out Communists from the film industry. Among these revelations, there are also tales of heady love affairs, hookers and hoodlums, and of Stewart's run-in with the most dangerous of all gangsters, Benjamin 'Bugsy' Sigal. Accusations of racism are explored, as is Stewart's notoriously volatile temper. There is a comprehensive account of his experiences as a colonel in the US Air Force in World War Two - and, of course, there are the films: It's a Wonderful Life, The Greatest Show on Earth, Rear Window, the westerns and his Academy Awards.
©2013 Michael Munn (P)2013 Audible, Inc.
Final Chapters
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Famous authors, like everybody else, know that one day they will die. Final Chapters tells the fascinating stories of more than 100 writers' encounters with death - and their attitudes toward the Grim Reaper: fear, uncertainty, or acceptance. Francis Bacon wrote, "It is as natural to die as to be born," while Socrates told the judges who condemned him, "And now we go our ways, I to die and you to live. Which is better is known to God alone." Death often came in startling ways for these well-known writers. The playwright Aeschylus was conked by a turtle falling from the sky. Christopher Marlowe was stabbed in a barroom brawl. Moliere collapsed while playing the role of a hypochondriac in one of his plays. Edgar Allan Poe was found semicomatose in someone else's clothes shortly before he died. Sherwood Anderson was felled by a toothpick in a martini. Did Dylan Thomas really die of 18 straight whiskeys? And was it a bottle cap or murder that did in Tennessee Williams? If these authors have lessons for us, the best may be that of Marcus Aurelius: "Death smiles at us all; all we can do is smile back."
©2015 Jim Bernhard (P)2021 Tantor
Born to run
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Nel 2009 Bruce Springsteen e la E Street Band si esibirono al Super Bowl: l'esperienza fu talmente entusiasmante che Bruce decise di metterla su carta. Nasce così questa autobiografia, a cui Bruce ha dedicato gli ultimi sette anni della sua vita e dove ritroviamo tutta la sincerità, l'ironia e l'originalità a cui ci ha abituati con le sue canzoni. Ci racconta la sua infanzia a Freehold, nel New Jersey, un luogo pieno di poesia ma anche di potenziali rischi, destinato ad alimentare la sua immaginazione, fino al momento che Bruce chiama "Big Bang": il debutto di Elvis Presley all'"Ed Sullivan Show". Descrive il suo desiderio incontenibile di diventare un musicista, gli esordi come re delle bar band ad Asbury Park e la nascita della E Street Band. Con candore disarmante, per la prima volta Bruce illustra i tormenti interiori che hanno ispirato i suoi capolavori, a cominciare proprio da Born to Run, un brano che qui si rivela più complesso di quanto immaginassimo. È una lettura illuminante per chiunque ami Bruce Springsteen, ma è molto più del memoir di una rockstar leggendaria: è un libro per spiriti pratici e inguaribili sognatori, per genitori e figli, per innamorati e cuori solitari, per artisti, fricchettoni e chiunque voglia essere battezzato nel sacro fiume del rock. >> Questo audiobook in edizione integrale vi è offerto in esclusiva per Audible ed è disponibile solamente in formato audio digitale.
©2016 Mondadori (P)2018 Mondadori
Gone Too Soon
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On the morning of March 31, 1995, world famous singer and musician Selena Quintanilla was shot in her motel room by a close friend and employee, Yolanda Saldivar. Shock waves reverberated around the world as news spread of her death. So many of our most beloved and talented superstars have lost their lives too soon, such as Marilyn Monroe, Brittany Murphy, and Natalie Wood, leaving us to wonder what could have been if their lives hadn't been cut so tragically short. Kendall Rae dives in on the backgrounds behind each of these untimely deaths and the legacies they left on the world.
©2020 Kendall Rae (P)2020 InAudio
Running the Table
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From a popular senior writer for Sports Illustrated comes this high-stakes, boys-on-the-road story about the most unlikely of phenoms: a heavyset, bipolar, and endlessly charming pool hustler named Kid Delicious. In most sports the pinnacle is Wheaties-box notoriety. But in the world of pool, notoriety is the last thing a hustler desires. Such is the dilemma that faces one Danny Basavich, an affable, generously proportioned Jewish kid from Jersey, who flounders through high school until he discovers the one thing he excels at - the felt - and hits the road. Running the Table spins the outrageous tale of Kid Delicious and his studly, if less talented, set-up man, Bristol Bob. Never was there a more entertaining or mismatched pair of sidekicks, as together they go underground into the flavorfully seamy world of pool to learn the art of the hustle and experience the highs and lows of life on the road. Their four-year odyssey takes them from Podunk pool halls to slick urban billiard rooms across America, as they manage one night to take down as much as $30,000 - only to lose so much the next night that they lack gas money to get home. With every stop, the action gets hotter, the calls get closer, and Delicious' prowess with a cue stick becomes known more and more widely. Ultimately, Delicious sheds his cover once and for all and becomes professional pool's biggest sensation since Minnesota Fats. In a book sure to appeal to fans of Bringing Down the House and Positively Fifth Street, Wertheim evokes a subculture full of nefarious but lovable characters and illuminates America's fascination with games and gambling. He also paints a lasting portrait of an insanely talented and magnetic hustler, who is literally larger than life.
©2007 L. Jon Wertheim (P)2007 Books on Tape
Paul Newman (A Life from Beginning to End)
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Discover the remarkable life of Paul Newman.... Free bonus Inside! Paul Newman lived the life of a legend. He was not only a jack of all trades but in many cases a master of all trades. During his tenure on planet Earth, he was an award-winning actor, a philanthropist, a founder of a food company, a race car driver, and even an owner for the Indianapolis 500. Just about anything Newman put his hand on turned to gold. Even over a decade after his death, much of what he achieved is still being discovered. In this book, we bring to light the accomplishments of one of the greatest actors of all time, Paul Newman. Discover a plethora of topics such as: Serving in World War II Big breaks and a bad bust Life, love, and politics Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid The death of his son Late life and death And much more! So if you want a concise and informative book on Paul Newman, then buy now!
©2019 Hourly History (P)2020 Hourly History
Final Draft
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A career-spanning selection of the legendary reporter David Carr’s writing for the New York Times, Washington City Paper, New York Magazine, the Atlantic, and more. Throughout his 25-year journalistic career, David Carr was noted for his sharp and fearless observations, his uncanny sense of fairness and justice, and his remarkable compassion and wit. His writing was informed both by his own hardships as an addict, and his intense love of the journalist’s craft. His range - from media politics to national politics, from rock ‘n’ roll celebrities to the unknown civil servants who make our daily lives function - was broad and often timeless. Whether he was breaking exclusives about Amazon or mourning Philip Seymour Hoffman’s death or taking aim at editors who valued political trivia over substance, Carr’s voice and concerns remain enormously influential and relevant. In these hundred or so articles, from a range of publications, we read his stories with fresh eyes. Edited by his widow, Jill Rooney Carr, and with an introduction written by one of the many journalists David Carr mentored and promoted, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Final Draft is a singular event in the world of writing news, an art increasingly endangered in these troubled times. Narrated by Christopher Ryan Grant. Christopher Ryan Grant is an actor and voice artist based in New York City. As well as narrating numerous audiobooks, and lending his voice to video games, animated shows, and radio/TV campaigns, he has also appeared on Broadway in The Iceman Cometh starring Denzel Washington and the Tony Award winning Million Dollar Quartet. He has been seen on stage recently in Coriolanus at Shakespeare in the Park, at The Public, Lincoln Center, New World Stages, Yale Rep, Shakespeare Theatre (DC), The MUNY, and at NY Stage and Film among many others. Film/TV credits include Rolling on the Floor Laughing, Hard Times for Softcore, How You Are to Me, “The Other Two”, and “Nella the Princess Knight”. He holds an MFA from the Yale School of Drama.
©2020 Jill Rooney Carr. Foreword © 2020 by Ta-Nehisi Coates (P)2020 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
The Inklings
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During the 1930s at Oxford, C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, and Charles Williams - remarkable friends, writers, and scholars - met regularly to discuss philosophy and literature and to read aloud from their own works in progress. Calling themselves the Inklings, their circle grew. It was in this company that such classics as The Lord of the Rings, The Screwtape Letters, and The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe first found an audience. Author Humphrey Carpenter was born in Oxford and was acquainted with Tolkien, Hugo Dyson, and several other Inklings. In this remarkable reconstruction of their meetings and momentous friendships, Carpenter brings to life those warm and enchanting evenings in Lewis' rooms at Magdalen College, when their imaginations ran wild. His account offers exciting insights into the influence these brilliant individuals had on each other's developing ideas and writing.
©1990 Humphrey Carpenter (P)1990 Blackstone Audio, Inc.
8 Attributes of Great Achievers
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This book is filled with inspiring stories from the lives of great achievers past and present including Christopher Columbus, George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Wright Brothers, Abraham Lincoln, Gandhi, Winston Churchill, Walt Disney, Warren Buffet, and others. From this book, you will learn: How Winston Churchill's optimism enabled England to withstand the attacks of Hitler and eventually win the war How Walt Disney used the power of goals to create (Snow White, Disneyland, etc.) and make his dreams come true Why George Washington carried a bloody sash with him throughout his life Powerful experiences from the Wright Brothers on taking the initiative Stories on honesty from billionaire Jon Huntsman that illustrate that nice guys really can, and do, finish first in life 15 principles to build strong, uplifting relationships Principles every parent must know to raise productive, self-sufficient children and grandchildren How a World War II concentration camp prisoner was able to remain strong, happy, and peaceful even in the worst of environments How Gandhi's experiment with truth enabled him to go from a shy boy and an average man to the leader of 500 million people who called him "The Great Soul" How top CEOs used the principle of abundance to increase productivity and profits Inspiring stories on persistence and overcoming failures from Columbus, Sam Walton, and the lives of other great achievers
©2010 Cameron C Taylor (P)2011 Cameron C Taylor
The View from the Bridge
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When Nicholas Meyer was asked to direct the troubled second Star Trek film, he was something less than a true believer. A best-selling author and successful director, he had never been a fan of the TV series. But as he began to ponder the appeal of Kirk, Spock, et al., he realized that their story was a classical nautical adventure yarn transplanted into space and - armed with that insight - set out on his mission: to revitalize Trek.
©2009 Nicholas Meyer (P)2021 Oasis Audio
Taste
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From award-winning actor and food obsessive Stanley Tucci comes an intimate and charming memoir of life in and out of the kitchen. Stanley Tucci grew up in an Italian American family that spent every night around the kitchen table. He shared the magic of those meals with us in The Tucci Cookbook and The Tucci Table, and now he takes us beyond the savory recipes and into the compelling stories behind them.? Taste is a reflection on the intersection of food and life, filled with anecdotes about his growing up in Westchester, New York; preparing for and shooting the foodie films Big Night and Julie & Julia; falling in love over dinner; and teaming up with his wife to create meals for a multitude of children. Each morsel of this gastronomic journey through good times and bad, five-star meals and burned dishes, is as heartfelt and delicious as the last. Written with Stanley’s signature wry humor, Taste is for fans of Bill Buford, Gabrielle Hamilton, and Ruth Reichl - and anyone who knows the power of a home-cooked meal.
©2021 Stanley Tucci (P)2021 Simon & Schuster Audio
I F*cked Up So You Don’t Have To
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The infamous Vlog Squad member Jason Nash puts the camera down and with his inimitable humor and charm shares all the thing you should not do if you want to succeed in life. Let’s be honest — Jason Nash might not seem like the most obvious candidate to write a self-help book. Which is why he’s not writing a self-help book. Lots of people can tell you what to do; how about a book that tells you what not to do? Jason’s life has not gone as planned. Not by a long shot. He is a 45-year-old YouTube “vlogger”, a middle-aged resident of a neighborhood populated almost entirely by people half his age (or younger; a lot younger, in some cases). A neighborhood with its own unique language and architecture and sensibility and moral code. He is, by his own assessment, a failed stand-up comic and television writer, and a divorced father of two, who has found, rather late in the game, profoundly unlikely success by playing (well, not playing, really, since it’s totally real) the old guy in the Vlog Squad; the goofy but lovable uncle to the charmingly likable but impish YouTube sensation David Dobrik and an assorted cast of friends. Having once accrued a degree of notoriety through the doomed video platform Vine, Jason is a guy “discovered’ by Dobrik at a comedy club, and in short order, he’s getting buried in his backyard and taped to a wall, and prancing around town in bulbous prosthetic breasts, all for the sake of subscribers and page views and ad revenue — and for the simple creative charge he gets out of the process. There are no second acts in American Life? And particularly in Hollywood? Try telling that to Jason, who is living proof that the American nightmare can become the American Dream — so long as you’re willing to put your dignity on hold, take a few risks, and lose every last fuck you have to give. You might end up becoming a star…and finding true happiness (or a little less self-loathing, anyway) along the way.
©2020 Jason Nash (P)2020 HarperCollins Publishers
Delta Blues
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The definitive account of how the rough sounds of the Mississippi Delta changed the course of American popular music. The blues grew out of the plantations and prisons, the swampy marshes and fertile cotton fields of the Mississippi Delta. With original research and keen insights, Ted Gioia - the author of a landmark study of West Coast jazz and the critically acclaimed The History of Jazz - brings to life the stirring music of the Delta, evoking the legendary figures who shaped its sound and ethos: Robert Johnson, Charley Patton, Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Howlin' Wolf, B. B. King, and others. Tracing the history of the Delta blues from the field hollers and plantation music of the 19th century to the exploits of modern-day musicians in the Delta tradition, Delta Blues tells the full story of this timeless and unforgettable music. No cultural force boasts such humble origins or such world-conquering reverberations. In this evocative rags-to-riches tale, Gioia shows how the sounds of the Delta altered the course of popular music in America and in the world beyond.
©2008 Ted Gioia (P)2021 Tantor
My Anecdotal Life
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"Aren't we lucky that Carl Reiner's memory is still intact? He has given us a veritable treasure trove of wonderful recollections, some side-splittingly funny and a few that are really touching. The best one is about me." (Mel Brooks) "You can't define genius, but it stands up and shouts from the pages of Carl Reiner's My Anecdotal Life." (Mary Tyler Moore) "...you'll know why Carl Reiner was one of my all-time favorite guests on The Tonight Show. He's bright, a brilliant storyteller, self-effacing, and funny as hell." (Johnny Carson) "Mr. Reiner's stories allow us to have his whole life flash before our eyes. Happily, he is a delightful storyteller and a very gifted flasher." (Larry Gelbart) "This book offers the absolutely incomparable experience of knowing what it would be like to have Carl Reiner as a friend and without the exorbitant costs of trying to book him on a regular basis." (Jerry Seinfeld)
©2003 Carl Reiner (P)2003, 2016 New Millennium Entertainment, Phoenix Books
Sridevi: The Eternal Screen Goddess
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Hailed as the first pan-Indian female superstar in an era which literally offered actresses crumbs, Sridevi tamed Hindi cinema like no other. Beginning her affair with the camera when she was four, this doe-eyed beauty conquered Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada industries with performances etched in gold. Taking Hindi cinema by storm with Himmatwala in 1983, Sridevi emerged as one of the most iconic screen goddesses of India, playing characters that went on to become cultural touchstones. A supreme artiste who had mastered all the nine rasas, her comedy was peerless, her dances legendary, her histrionics awe-inspiring and her life a study in contrast, electric on screen, strangely reticent off it. Besides reigning as queen bee for the longest spell among Hindi heroines, she also remains the only actress who was No.1 in Tamil and Telugu cinema as well. Such was Sridevi's megastardom that she emerged as the 'hero' at the box office, towering above her male co-actors. Challenging patriarchy in Bollywood like no other, she not only exalted the status of the Hindi film heroine but also empowered a whole generation of audiences. After a hiatus of 15 years, she shattered the rules again by becoming the only Bollywood diva to make a triumphant comeback in 2012 with the globally acclaimed English Vinglish. If her life played out forever in the limelight, so did her sudden demise in 2018. Charting five decades of her larger-than-life magic, this book celebrates both the phenomenon and the person Sridevi was. This is her journey from child star to one of our greatest movie luminaries who forever changed the narrative of Indian cinema.
©2019 Satyarth Nayak (P)2021 Random House Audio
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Inside Out. Mi historia [Inside Out: My Story]
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Inside Out. Mi historia es un retrato desgarradoramente honesto de una mujer con una vida tan icónica como corriente. Durante décadas, el nombre de Demi Moore ha sido sinónimo de celebridad. Sus icónicas películas y sus relaciones personales la han puesto en el punto de mira de la opinión pública y la han llevado a protagonizar todo tipo de titulares. Pero ni siquiera ser la actriz mejor pagada de Hollywood la ha librado de tener que luchar contra sus propios fantasmas. En su camino al estrellato y durante muchos de los momentos más importantes de su vida, Demi plantó batalla a sus adicciones, a los problemas de imagen y a los traumas de infancia que la persiguieron durante años. Y aunque la fama la ha acompañado desde entonces, su imagen pública ha sufrido reveses que la han puesto en el ojo del huracán y han hecho peligrar la relación con sus propias hijas. Pero además de una historia sobre la adversidad, este libro es también una historia sobre una tremenda capacidad de resistencia. Con descarnada sinceridad, Demi Moore habla de las dificultades de tener una carrera en Hollywood y tratar al mismo tiempo de llevar una vida familiar convencional, y revela su tumultuosa relación con su madre y sus matrimonios. "El gran acierto de Moore es que cuenta su historia con franqueza y dignidad, con tacto y generosidad a la gente más importante en su vida." (Wall Street Journal) "Una narración tan sincera como personal, en la que Moore nos cuenta no solo los detalles de la parte más visible de su historia, sino los episodios de su vida que durante mucho tiempo luchó para proteger. Son sorprendentes las revelaciones tan profundas de una prominente actriz de Hollywood." (The New York Times) "Una historia repleta de adversidad y resistencia, contada con una franqueza inusual." (USA Today) "Moore narra, con la precisión de un cuchillo de carnicero, sus divorcios, sus adicciones y su soledad, pero a partir de ahí, nos regala su personaje más potente al día de hoy: el de una mujer completamente formada a la que le importa un carajo los juicios a los que pueda ser sometida." (Harper's Bazaar) "Asombrosamente sincero. Un libro franco pero sobre todo muy bien escrito." (The Sunday Times) "Una lectura conmovedora. Una revelación sincera de una luchadora maravillosa." (Kirkus Reviews) Please note: This audiobook is in Spanish.
©2020 Demi Moore (P)2020 Roca Editorial de Libros
A Man Like Curtis
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Lenny Kravitz, a lifelong fan of Curtis Mayfield, celebrates his life and musical achievements in this four-part series. Curtis was a prolific songwriter whose career was cut short following a tragic accident in 1990. He died in 1999, aged only 57. His songs influenced millions and he was an inspiration to musicians including Bob Marley, Jimi Hendrix, Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Wonder, and Aretha Franklin. Episode 1, People Get Ready, concentrates on Curtis' early musical influences: his gospel beginnings, the songs he wrote for Jerry Butler, and his early Impressions' hits; while Episode 2, Move On Up, looks at Curtis' protest songs, chart success, and his 'blaxploitation' movie theme "Superfly". The third episode, Keep On Keeping On, takes us up to his appearance at the 1983 Glastonbury Festival; and the final episode, New World Orde,r covers the tragic circumstances preceding his death and celebrates his enduring legacy.
©2013 AudioGO Ltd (P)2013 AudioGO Ltd
Happiness (German edition)
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"Auch in den dunkelsten Zeiten hast du es in der Hand, dein Leben in eine gute Richtung zu verändern." Tina Turner ist ein Weltstar. Doch ihr Leben kannte nicht nur Höhen, sondern auch große Tiefen. Zum ersten Mal berichtet sie jetzt davon, was ihr geholfen hat, diese oft sehr schwierigen Situationen zu meistern. Denn seit über 40 Jahren ist Tina Turner praktizierende Buddhistin. Hier teilt sie mit uns ihre spirituellen Erkenntnisse, beschreibt ihre Meditationspraxis und die darin verborgenen Geheimnisse für Zufriedenheit und Erfolg. Es ist ihr ein persönliches Anliegen, ihre Lebenslektionen einer breiten Öffentlichkeit zu schenken, um anderen gerade auch in schwierigen Situationen Hilfestellungen zu geben.
©2020 Knaur Verlag (P)2020 Argon Verlag GmbH, Berlin