The Memoirs category has 54 audiobooks on Listento.it, with an average listener rating of 4.8★ across 57 ratings. The most-rated is 84, Charing Cross Road.
Dear Paris
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Be transported to the banks of the Seine, a corner boulangerie, or beneath the Eiffel Tower with these beautifully illustrated vignettes of life in the City of Light. What began as a way to fund travel became 10 years of a letter subscription service delivering thousands of painted letters to subscribers who delight in fun mail! Eat, Pray, Love meets Claude Monet in this epistolary ode to Paris. What started as a whim in a Latin Quarter café blossomed into Janice MacLeod’s years-long endeavor to document and celebrate life in Paris, sending monthly snippets of her paintings and writings to the mailboxes of ardent followers around the world. Now, Dear Paris collects the entirety of the Paris Letters project: 140 illustrated messages discussing everything from macarons to Montmartre. For listeners familiar with the city, Dear Paris is a rendezvous with their own memories, like the first time they walked along the Champs-Élysées or the best pain au chocolat they’ve ever tasted. But it’s about more than just a Paris frozen in nostalgia; the book paints the city as it is today, through elections, protests, and the World Cup - and through the people who call it home. Wistful, charming, surprising, and unfailingly optimistic, Dear Paris is a vicarious visit to one of the most iconic and beloved places in the world. This audiobook purchase includes a PDF supplement of a selection of the illustrated letters from the Paris Letters project. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
©2021 Janice MacLeod (P)2021 Andrews McMeel Publishing
Un viaggio chiamato amore
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Passioni e sentimenti, paure, tenerezze, invocazioni, tradimenti, ricongiungimenti, botte e minacce, miseria e malattia: tutto sotto "Un cielo fatto solo d'amore". È l'incontro di Dino Campana con Sibilla Aleramo, incontro straordinario, come le lettere che i due amanti si scrissero. Ogni pagina di questo carteggio è un viaggio, esaltante e senza soste, che ha inizio sotto il sole infuocato dell'agosto 1916, fra la vera montagna dei solitari e la pura bellezza dei grandi boschi e prosegue serenamente negli ultimi splendori della bella stagione a Faenza e Marradi, fino a quando il "vento iemale" non li trascina in paesi sperduti dell'Appennino, dove il freddo morde ancora più che nelle soffitte dei lungarni e nelle ville sulle colline di Firenze che li accoglieranno. Il percorso si fa tortuoso come le vicende alle quali si assiste, segnato da un continuo andirivieni fra Pisa, Livorno, Firenze, Sorrento. È ormai il 1917: sullo sfondo l'anno più duro della guerra, in primo piano i due amanti e il loro disperato tentativo di trovarsi e abbandonarsi, affidato ormai soltanto alle lettere che si incrociano tra la Toscana e il Piemonte. Poi, nel gennaio del 1918, davanti al cancello del manicomio di San Salvi, il viaggio si interrompe. I Canti Orfici, unica e grande opera di Campana, lo manterrà vivo oltre la morte, avvenuta dopo un internamento di quattordici anni. Sibilla Aleramo, che trasformò la sua lunga vita in letteratura, mai riuscì a raccontare...
©2003 Giangiacomo Feltrinelli Editore S.r.l. (P)2021 Audible Studios
Lettres de prison
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"Le nouveau monde ne sera pas construit par ceux qui restent à l'écart les bras croisés, mais par ceux qui sont dans l'arène, les vêtements réduits en haillons par la tempête et le corps mutilé par les événements." Arrêté en 1962 par le gouvernement d'apartheid d'Afrique du Sud, Nelson Mandela a passé vingt-sept ans en prison - du 7 novembre 1962 au 11 février 1990. Au cours de ces 10 052 jours de détention, il fut un épistolier prolifique, écrivant des centaines de lettres aux autorités inflexibles, à ses compagnons de lutte, aux gouvernements officiels, mais aussi à sa femme Winnie, à ses cinq enfants et, plus tard, à ses petits-enfants. Les 255 lettres choisies dans ce livre, pour la plupart inédites, offrent le portrait le plus intime qu'on ait lu de Nelson Mandela et un aperçu exceptionnel sur la façon dont il a vécu cet isolement. Elles révèlent l'héroïsme d'un homme qui a refusé tout compromis sur ses valeurs, l'humanité de l'une des plus grandes figures du XXe siècle.
©2018 Titre original : The Prison Letters of Nelson Mandela, The Estate of Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, The Nelson Mandela Foundation. Concept and design copyright, Blackwell and Ruth Limited Book design : Cameron Gibb. Traduction française : Éditions Robert Laffont, S.A.S., Paris (P)2018 Lizzie, un département d'Univers Poche
The Town Slowly Empties
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How does one record an extraordinary time? Confined to his Delhi apartment, Manash Firaq Bhattacharjee unravels the intimate paradoxes of the life he encounters in the first weeks of a global pandemic. His stories about local fish sellers, gardeners, barbers, and lovers merge with his concerns for the exodus of migrant labourers, the challenges faced by health workers, and a mother braving check posts to bring her son home. Drawing inspiration from contemporary literature and cinema, The Town Slowly Empties is a unique window on a world desperate for love, care, and hope. Manash is our Everyman, urging us to slow down and mend our broken ties with nature. Written with rare candour and elegance, this meditative book is a compelling account of the human condition that soars high above the empty streets. “The Town Slowly Empties retains a raw and authentic tone, describing an experience from the inside, unmediated by time and memory.” (Sasha Dugdale, author of Deformations [from the foreword]) “Lyrical and evocative, a pandemic journal with a difference.” (Siddhartha Deb, author of The Beautiful and the Damned) “Captivating observations, piercing personal memories and essayistic reflections with a double goal: to bear witness and to remain a human being.” (Aleš Steger, author of Above the Sky Beneath the Earth) “What sustains the narrator-protagonist of this beautiful and compelling memoir of our very own plague year is his passionate, full-bodied immersion in culture.” (Ranjit Hoskote, author of The Atlas of Beliefs) “In this book of quiet meditations, Manash Firaq Bhattacharjee shows the unique value of sensible, informed and honest thought... The greatest contribution is the author’s sheer calm of mind in a world driven mad by anxiety.” (Peter Riley, editor of The Fortnightly Review)
©2020 Headpress (P)2020 Headpress
Irisches Tagebuch
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Bölls berühmter Reisebericht ruft auf plastische Weise ein Irland wach, wie es Ende der fünfziger Jahre des zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts gewesen ist, als die Insel noch eines der ärmsten und rückständigsten Länder Westeuropas war. Auch wenn sich seither natürlich viel gewandelt hat, liefern Bölls liebevolle, genau beobachtete und außerordentlich treffende Stimmungsbilder aus dem irischen Alltag auch heute noch eine Art vertieften Einblick in die unverändert gebliebene "Seele" Irlands. Mit der kunstreichen Feder eines großen Autors hat Böll hier Folkloristisches, Literarisches, Geschichtliches und Soziales zu einem feinsinnigen Porträt der Insel, seiner Landschaften, seiner Bewohner und Atmosphären zusammengefügt. Kein Geringerer als Carl Zuckmayer schrieb etwa zehn Jahre nach Erscheinen des Bandes über Bölls "Irisches Tagebuch": "Ich halte dieses Buch für eines der schönsten und wertvollsten, die in den letzten fünfzig Jahren geschrieben worden sind." Wie auch immer: Diese einfühlsame "Liebeserklärung an ein Land" des 1985 verstorbenen Nobelpreisträgers ist auch sechzig Jahre nach seiner Erstveröffentlichung noch immer ein äußerst lesens-, wie auch hörenswertes Buch - nicht nur für Irlandfans. Und für alle, die schon einmal auf der Grünen Insel waren oder eine solche Reise planen oder auch nur davon träumen, ist es ohnehin ein Muss! Geboren 1917 in Köln, diente er während des Zweiten Weltkriegs als Soldat in der Wehrmacht. Anfang der 1950er Jahren begann Bölls Schriftstellerkarriere und er veröffentlichte neben zahlreichen Erzählungen und Kurzgeschichten unter anderem die Werke "Irisches Tagebuch" (1957) und "Ansichten eines Clowns" (1963). Böll machte sich einen Namen als vehementer Kritiker des politischen Etablissements und wurde Anfang der 1970er Jahre Präsident des PEN-Clubs. Nach der Veröffentlichung eines skandalumwitterten Essays über Ulrike Meinhof im Spiegel wurde ihm fälschlicherweise vorgeworfen, ein Sympathisant des RAF-Terrorismus zu sein. Eines seiner bekanntesten Werke, "Die verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum" erschien 1974 als Reaktion auf seine Erfahrungen im Zusammenhang mit dieser Affäre. Sein Leben lang nahm Böll aktiv Anteil am politischen Geschehen im In- und Ausland und setzte sich ein für Frieden und Menschenrechte. 1985 verstarb er in seinem Haus in der Eifel.
©2017 SAGA Egmont (P)2017 SAGA Egmont
Letters to the Earth
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A profound, powerful and moving collection of 100 letters from around the world responding to the climate crisis, introduced by Emma Thompson and lovingly illustrated by CILIP award winner Jackie Morris. How can we begin to talk about what is happening to the world? How can we explain to our children, and to ourselves, what the future of our planet might look and feel like? Letters to the Earth is the beginning of a new conversation. One that attempts to answer some of these questions by listening to the voices of parents and children; politicians and poets; songwriters and scientists. Gathering together over 100 letters written in response to a callout from Culture Declares Emergency, each entry begins to give language to the unspeakable and shows how our collective power is present when we are ready to slow down and listen to each other. It’s natural to feel worried or concerned about what the future of the earth holds. These letters are an opportunity to reflect on our connection to the planet and the way it faithfully sustains us. But they are also an opportunity to act, to respond to this crisis. To put pen to paper and make your voice heard. Includes contributions from activist Yoko Ono, actor Mark Rylance, poet Kae Tempest, actor Mark Rylance, author Laline Paull, illustrator of The Lost Words Jackie Morris, novelist Anna Hope, environmental writer Jay Griffiths and Green Party MP Caroline Lucas. This audiobook includes performances from over 60 actors, authors and activists, including: Emma Thompson Mark Rylance Andrew Scott Juliet Stevenson Caroline Lucas MP Alex Lawther Kae Tempest Lee Ross Matthew Todd Jumoke Fashola Dr Gail Bradbrook Jackie Morris Morfydd Clark Danny Sapani Hannah Scott Paapa Essiedu Anna Hope Greg Hicks Sudha Bhuchar Tyrone Huggins and the Youth Strikers The full cast also includes: Jo McInness, Jay Griffiths, Kay Michael, Jennifer Lim, Greg Hicks, Freya Manor, Leah Brotherhead, Isla Lee, Dolly Webb, Nia Towle, Chirag Lobo, Charlie Beck, Kiki May, Daniela Torres Perez, Justice Savage, Simreth Child, Olivia Dowd, Jessica Hayles, Jem Bendell, Hairkiran Dhingra, Simon McBurney, Sylvian, Stephen Dillane, Nimmi, Mickey Lyndon, Nicola Espitalier Noel, Joy Elias-Rilwan, Colin Brown, Jumoke Fashola, Jessica Siân, Matthew Todd, Blythe Pepino, Dr Martin Shaw, Azul-Valerie Thomé, Naomi Wirthner, Ashby Martin, Tia Khodabocus, Dr Rupert Read, Mairéad Godber, Toni Spencer, Mina Andala, Paul-Ryan Carberry, Saba da Silva, Luzmira Zerpa, Farhana Yamin, and Sudha Bhuchar. © 2019 Emma Thompson, Daniel Joyce, Tilly Lunken, Jenny Ngugi, Laline Paull, Ottilie. Neser, Kayden Van Veldhoven, Sally Jane Hole, Jem Bendell, Niamh McCarthy, Simon Jay, Agnes Homer, Cate Chapman, Ella Crowley, Liz Darcy Jones, Simon McBurney, Ollie Barnes, Jackie Morris, Professor Stefan Rahmstorf, Tabitha Ravula, Stuart Capstick, Nicola Espitalier Noel, Jessica Tagg art Rose, Elliotte Mitchell, Joanna Pocock, Daniela Torres Perez, Tyrone Huggins, Haydon Bushell, Rob Cowen, Christopher Nicholson, Isobel Bruning, Saibh Da Silva, Justin Roughley, Clare Crossman, Mary Benefiel, Jessica Siân, Lindsay Clarke, Veronika Schmidinger, Anna Hope, Blythe Pepino, Jo Baker, Katie Skiffington, Jay Griffiths, Ann Lowe, Polly Higgins, Claire Rousell, Nathan Bindoff, Emma Cameron, Evie Morrison Hoare, Tia Khodabocus, Tamara von Werthern, Bridget MacKenzie, Harriet Hulme, Dr Rupert Read, Steve Waters, Molly Wingate, Bob Langton, Eva Geraghty, Kerala Irwin, Mark Rylance, Mairéad Godber, Renato Redentor Constantino, Nivya Stephen, Luke Jackson, Toni Spencer, Ashby Martin, Dr Gail Bradbrook, Hannah Palmer, Marian Greaves, Mike Prior, Minnie Rahman, Tamara Ashley, Casper Taylor, Professor Julia Steinberger, Luca Chantler, Caroline Lucas MP, Megan. Murray-Pepper, Silvia Rodriguez, Lilli Hearsey, Trilby Rose, Eve Houston, Fiona Glen, Dulcie Deverell and Edi Rouse, Bishop Rosa dos Santos Bassotto, Farhana Yamin, Claire Rousell, Harkiran S. S. Dhingra. Music © ‘I’m Going to Lift My People Up’ 2019 The Fire Choir, led by Blythe Pepino; ‘Turtle Dove’ 2019 Lee Ross; ‘One Love’ 2019 Jarvis Smith at the Rally for the Imagination, Youth Strike 4 Climate, 20th September, organised by Culture Declares, Music Declares, and Architects Declare; ‘Power’ 2019 The Fire Choir, led by Blythe Pepino.
©2019 Emma Thompson (P)2019 HarperCollins Publishers Limited
Letters of Note: Mothers
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A gorgeous collection of letters about mothers and motherhood, curated by the founder of the globally popular Letters of Note website. The first volume in the best-selling Letters of Note series was a collection of hundreds of the world's most entertaining, inspiring, and unusual letters, based on the seismically popular website of the same name - an online museum of correspondence visited by over 70 million people. From Virginia Woolf's heartbreaking suicide letter, to Queen Elizabeth II's recipe for drop scones sent to President Eisenhower; from the first recorded use of the expression OMG in a letter to Winston Churchill, to Gandhi's appeal for calm to Hitler; and from Iggy Pop's beautiful letter of advice to a troubled young fan, to Leonardo da Vinci's remarkable job-application letter. Now, the curator of Letters of Note, Shaun Usher, gives us wonderful new volumes featuring letters organized around a universal theme. In this volume, Shaun Usher turns his attention to mothers and motherhood. Featuring letters as read by: Louise Brealey, Simon Callow, Crystal Clarke, Benedict Cumberbatch, Adrian Edmondson, Neil Gaiman, Toby Jones, Ferdinand Kingsley, Jude Law, Helen McCrory, Natascha McElhone, Miriam Margolyes, Clarke Peters, Juliet Stevenson, and Meera Syal. Includes bonus performances by Carey Mulligan and Anjelica Huston.
©2021 Shaun Usher (P)2021 McClelland & Stewart
The Dark Interval
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From the writer of the classic Letters to a Young Poet, reflections on grief and loss, collected and published here in one volume for the first time. "A great poet's reflections on our greatest mystery." (Billy Collins) "A treasure... The solace Rilke offers is uncommon, uplifting and necessary." (The Guardian) Gleaned from Rainer Maria Rilke's voluminous, never-before-translated letters to bereaved friends and acquaintances, The Dark Interval is a profound vision of the mourning process and a meditation on death's place in our lives. Following the format of Letters to a Young Poet, this book arranges Rilke's letters into an uninterrupted sequence, showcasing the full range of the great author's thoughts on death and dying as well as his sensitive and moving expressions of consolation and condolence. Presented with care and authority by master translator Ulrich Baer, The Dark Interval is a literary treasure, an indispensable resource for anyone searching for solace, comfort, and meaning in a time of grief.
©2018 Rainer Maria Rilke, translation copyright Ulrich Baer (P)2018 Random House Audio
King's Counsellor
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The diaries of 'Tommy' Lascelles - as featured in the Netflix hit THE CROWN. As Assistant Private Secretary to four monarchs, 'Tommy' Lascelles had a ringside seat from which to observe the workings of the royal household and Downing Street during the first half of the 20th century. These fascinating diaries begin with Edward VIII's abdication and end with George VI's death and his daughter Elizabeth's Coronation. In between we see George VI at work and play, a portrait more intimate than any other previously published. This compelling account also includes Princess Margaret's relationship with Peter Townsend, and throws an intriguing new light on the way in which King George VI and Winston Churchill worked together during the Second World War. Lascelles was a fine writer - like most of the best diaries his are a delight to listen to as well as being invaluable history.
©2020 Duff Hart-Davis (P)2020 Orion Publishing Group
Poetry in Motion
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A book of short stories coupled with contemporary poetry in different forms.
©2020 Eugenia Fain (P)2021 Eugenia Fain
Correspondances avec Gaston Gallimard
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Gaston Gallimard (1881-1975), fondateur des Éditions de la Nouvelle Revue française avec André Gide et Jean Schlumberger, confia un jour à Jean Cau qu'il n'écrirait jamais ses mémoires d'éditeur, craignant de ruiner sa maison en disant tout ce qu'il y avait vu et tout ce qu'il savait des mœurs et pratiques de la vie littéraire. Il ne les écrivit pas et, pour finir, se confia peu. Louable pudeur. Mais les grandes correspondances éditoriales publiées depuis lors sont là qui comblent ce manque. Gaston Gallimard et son conseiller Jean Paulhan y déploient des trésors d'adresse pour répondre aux jalousies, susceptibilités, reproches ou insultes des auteurs phares de la maison : Gide, Claudel, Proust, ou Céline... et les retenir tous auprès de lui malgré des divergences de vues souvent radicales. Des échanges riches d'enseignements sur la vie littéraire et éditoriale du XXe siècle.
©2011 Éditions Gallimard (P)2011 Éditions Gallimard
Letters from a Lost Generation
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A selection of the powerful and poignant wartime letters of Vera Brittain and her friends.
"If war spares me," wrote Vera Brittain to her brother, Edward, in 1916, "it will be my one aim to immortalise in a book the story of us four." Seventeen years later, Vera was to achieve her aim with the acclaimed Testament of Youth.
This series of letters was the inspiration behind Testament. Written between Vera; her brother; her fiancé, Roland Leighton; and their two best friends, Victor Richardson and Geoffrey Thurlow, they give a unique perspective on the most horrifying conflict the world has ever seen. They show the heartbreaking disillusionment of an idealistic public-school generation, raised on ideas of patriotism and duty, as the reality of war emerged. Yet they also give a fascinating insight into the era as a whole: their generation’s literary tastes and the place of women in society.
Read by Amanda Root, Jonathan Firth, Rupert Graves, James Wallace, and Robert Portal, and first heard on BBC Radio 4, these deeply moving letters let us hear for ourselves the voices of Vera Brittain’s lost generation.
©2014 BBC Worldwide Ltd (P)2014 BBC Worldwide Ltd
El Regalo del Tiempo
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FonoLibro se enorgullece en presentar el audiolibro El Regalo del Tiempo, escrito y narrado por Jorge Ramos: el periodista, viajero incansable, ganador del premio Emmy, y autor bestseller. Narrado en una serie de cartas a sus hijos, Jorge, nos presenta el que es, sin duda, su título más personal e íntimo. Hay cosas que todo padre siempre quiere decirles a sus hijos. Sobre el amor. Sobre la muerte. Sobre lo que es realmente importante en la vida. Sobre el sexo. Sobre Dios y la religión. Sobre sus abuelos y sus raíces. Sobre vivir en un país extranjero. Sobre cómo salir adelante. Y Jorge Ramos no se quedó con las ganas. En El Regalo del Tiempo nos recuerda que no hay que estar a punto de morirse para decirle a nuestros hijos todo lo que los queremos y enseñarles las lecciones que, esperamos, les permitan llevar una vida más plena, honesta y, ¿por qué no?, alegre. Jorge comparte en este audiolibro lo que nunca antes se había atrevido, siquiera, a sugerir en público. El Regalo del Tiempo es una mirada íntima y conmovedora del mundo en que vivimos y del rol que debe cumplir un padre. A través de su experiencia como testigo de muchos de los horrores y alegrías del mundo, Ramos le ofrece a sus hijos consejos sólidos que necesitan no solo para vivir, sino también para sobrevivir en el turbulento mundo de hoy. Sus sugerencias son universales. Este libro es de todos los tiempos y está cargado de emoción y de lecciones que sus hijos y sus lectores podrán llevar consigo para siempre. Please Note: This audiobook in in Spanish.
©2007 Jorge Ramos (P)2007 FonoLibro Inc
The Road to Dune
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At long last, millions of Dune fans can now hear the unpublished chapters and scenes from Dune and Dune Messiah. The Road to Dune also includes the original correspondence between Frank Herbert and famed editor John W. Campbell, Jr.; excerpts from Herbert's correspondence during his years-long struggle to get his innovative work published; and the article, "They Stopped the Moving Sands", Herbert's original inspiration for Dune. The Road to Dune features newly discovered papers and manuscripts and also "Spice Planet", an original 60,000 word short novel by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, based on a detailed outline left by Frank Herbert. The Road to Dune is a treasure trove of essays, articles, and fiction that every Dune fan will want to add to their collection.
©2005 Herbert Properties LLC (P)2005 Audio Renaissance, a division of Holtzbrinck Publishers, LLC