Showing results by publisher "Random House Audio" in Education & Learning

From bestselling author Jon Krakauer, a stark, powerful, meticulously reported narrative about a series of sexual assaults at the University of Montana ­— stories that illuminate the human drama behind the national plague of campus rape Missoula, Montana, is a typical college town, with a...

THE PLANETS is Dava Sobel's sweeping look at our heavenly galaxy. In the spirit of Longitude and Galileo's Daughter, Sobel once again brings science and history deftly to life as she explores the origins of the planets and reveals the exotic environments that exist in each of these fascinating...

In The Sky-Liners, Louis L’Amour introduces Flagan and Galloway Sackett, heading west from Tennessee to seek their fortunes. That’s when they came across an old Irish trader who offered them two fine horses if they would agree to escort his granddaughter, Judith, to her father in Colorado...

"Tom Robbins has a grasp on things that dazzles the brain and he's also a world-class storyteller." --Thomas Pynchon In Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates, his seventh and biggest novel, the wise, witty, always gutsy Tom Robbins brings onstage the most complex and compelling character he has...

Bestselling author Pat Conroy acknowledges the books that have shaped him and celebrates the profound effect reading has had on his life. Pat Conroy, the beloved American storyteller, is a voracious reader. Starting as a childhood passion that bloomed into a life-long companion, reading has been...

Ernest Hemingway called Huckleberry Finn “the best book we’ve ever had. There was nothing before. There’s been nothing as good since.” Critical opinion of this book hasn’t dimmed since Hemingway uttered these words; as author Russell Banks says in these pages, Twain “makes possible...

AN EXPLOSIVE AND REVELATORY PORTRAIT REPORTED FROM DEEP BEHIND THE SCENES OF BIG-TIME NCAA COLLEGE FOOTBALL: THE PASSION, THE THRILLING ACTION—AND THE SHOCKING REALITIES THAT LIE BENEATH THIS COLOSSAL, MULTIBILLION-DOLLAR BUSINESS COLLEGE FOOTBALL has never been more popular—or more...

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER PULITZER PRIZE WINNER The captivating inside story of the woman who helmed the Washington Post during one of the most turbulent periods in the history of American media: the scandals of the Pentagon Papers and Watergate In this widely acclaimed memoir ("Riveting...

“Terry Brooks is adamant about dedicating oneself to the craft, while showing awe and humility for the creative process. . . . Every serious writer should refer to this book regularly for inspiration as well as solid crafting advice.”—Elizabeth Engstrom Cratty, Director of Maui Writers...

"You'll be amazed at how fast you can learn how to start a conversation just by listening to this audiobook and by practicing the skills with everyone you meet! Just think how much more confident, poised, and successful you'll feel when you can walk into a roomful of strangers and strike up a...

An inspirational rallying call about education, race, and the true nature of equality—the Harvard Graduate School of Education convocation speech praised as “powerful” by Hillary Rodham Clinton in Teen Vogue and “inspired” by Justin Timberlake. In emotionally charged spoken-word...

Einmal kurz innehalten kann so wertvoll sein in unserem hektischen, dicht gedrängten Alltag: um Abstand zu gewinnen, durchzuatmen, das Gefühl für uns selbst und für unsere eigenen Wünsche und Bedürfnisse zurückzugewinnen. Mit den minutenschnellen Übungen und Meditationen von Danielle Marchant gelingt es uns, ganz ins Hier und Jetzt zu kommen - in uns ruhend, konzentriert und fokussiert. Und wir sind bestens gewappnet, um mit innerer Gelassenheit, einem klaren Geist und neuer Kraft alle Anforderungen des täglichen Lebens entspannt zu meistern.

Die einfühlsamen Texte der Erfolgsautorin Freya v. Stülpnagel, begleitet von wohltuender Musik, schenken Trauernden Trost...

Älterwerden ist nicht gerade beliebt. Doch in Wahrheit ist es die Chance unseres Lebens für Wachstum und Reife. Bestsellerautor Ruediger Dahlke zeigt, wie wir die letzte Lebensphase nutzen, um endlich aus dem ewigen Hamsterrad der Beschleunigung auszusteigen und sie als das ultimative Sabbatical bewusst und freudvoll zu erleben. Er nimmt uns die Angst vor den typischen Altersbeschwerden und gibt uns alles an die Hand, was wir für erfülltes Altwerden in Weisheit und Gesundheit brauchen: von der richtigen Ernährung bis zu Strategien für ein sinnerfülltes Leben.

Entspannt und energievoll ins neue Jahr starten: Die Rauhnächte, wie die Zeit zwischen Weihnachten und Dreikönigstag traditionell genannt wird, eignen sich ideal, um abzuschalten und wieder Energie zu tanken. Zugleich kann man diese besinnliche Zeit nutzen, um das neue Jahr willkommen zu heißen. Dieses Hörbuch bietet Ihnen für jede der zwölf Rauhnächte eine eigens dafür abgestimmte Phantasiereise. So können Sie sich entspannt Ihrer Wünsche und Ziele für die kommenden zwölf Monate bewusst werden.

After all the testing and touring and applying, your child has been accepted to college. Congratulations! Now what? Every new student grapples with making a successful transition to college—with remaining healthy, happy, grounded, and in school. Indeed, the national statistics are sobering...

Does your child seem to understand much more than he can say? Does he struggle to say words that other kids his age say effortlessly? If so, he may have childhood apraxia of speech (CAS), a neurological, motor-based speech disorder which is characterized by difficulty planning and organizing the...

A Handful of Earth, A Handful of Sky: The World of Octavia E. Butler offers a blueprint for a creative life from the perspective of award-winning science-fiction writer and “MacArthur Genius” Octavia E. Butler. It is a collection of ideas about how to look, listen, breathe — how to be in...

Essential wine pairings for everything from popcorn to veggie burgers to General Tso’s Chicken, based on the wildly popular Grub Street column Sancerre and Cheetos go together like milk and cookies. The science behind this unholy alliance is as elemental as acid, fat, salt, and minerals...

At long last, a much-needed guidebook for well-intentioned people of pallor on what not to say to their African American “friends.” “A balm for tongues bitten and comments swallowed . . . A bitingly humorous compendium of the absurd subtle racism of the American workplace.” —Kirkus...