Títulos em Literatura e Ficção

Selling out the Edinburgh Fringe in 2006 with Asylum Speaker was where Shaparak Khorsandi made a name for herself and she has gone on to perform worldwide. She has appeared as a regular panelist on shows. Her writing career began with her bestselling memoir, A Beginners Guide to Acting English which looks at her childhood as her family fled Iran. Since then she has written a novel, Nina Is Not Okay, and young adult fiction, Kissing Emma. We'll be chatting to Sharapak Khorsandi about her new memoir, Scatter Brain, which takes us through her life with lens of now knowing that she has ADHD.

Am 31. Oktober 1517, hat Martin Luther in Wittenberg seine Thesen angeschlagen, vermutlich ohne zu ahnen, was er da lostritt. Nun ist aus viel Wut und einem Stück Papier "ein ganzer Glaube" geworden, was unsereinen vom "normalen Glauben" mehr fuchst, als wir zugeben. Es ist Zeit, endlich mal ein offenes Wort miteinander zu wechseln und die Abtrünnigen darauf hinzuweisen, was sie an uns alles verloren haben: das fängt bei der Beichte an und hört bei den Reliquien auf, die "der Protestant" nicht hat.

Es war einmal die Erde. Erschaffen in fünf Tagen als paradiesischer Garten ohne Sünde. Kurz vor dem Wochenende schöpfte der liebe Gott noch schnell den Menschen und machte ihn zum Gärtner. Adam liebte seine Eva, allerdings hatte er keine andere Wahl. Eva jedoch hatte die Wahl, veranstaltete verbotenerweise einen Obsttag und erschuf dadurch die Sünde. Seitdem geht's bergab! Wir leben in Zeiten, in denen sich Klarheit, Übersicht und Vernunft verabschieden. Mitten im Garten Eden wächst das Chaos.

Dir zur Feier - anlässlich des 140. Geburtstags von Rainer Maria Rilke luden die Schöpfer des Rilke Projekts Richard Schönherz und Angelica Fleer renommierte Schauspieler und Musiker in die Alte Oper Frankfurt ein. Vor begeistertem Publikum interpretieren Ben Becker, Hannelore Elsner, Nina Hoger, Robert Stadlober, Max Mutzke und Peter Maffay Rilkes Lyrik zu den Kompositionen von Schönherz & Fleer.

Welche Rolle spielen die Klassiker heute? Rüdiger Safranski im Gespräch mit Michael Krüger und Martin Meyer - Live aufgezeichnet im Literaturhaus München. Goethe und Schiller, Hölderlin und Nietzsche: Wie steht es um die Klassiker? Wie bewähren sie sich in einer Zeit, die einstige Gewissheiten unserer Kultur radikal in Frage stellt? Welche Rolle spielen sie noch auf dem Theater, für die private Lektüre? Fragen, die man am besten Rüdiger Safranski stellt.

Brahma Kumaris presents Hindi songs that tell the story of life and soul. The beautiful lyrics in Volume II of our favourite Hindi songs provide a powerful beacon to guide our thoughts to greater spiritual growth.

By turns funny, moving, romantic and surreal, and filled with unexpected twists and turns, each of the tales on this lineup has a magical element.

In this course, Professor Joseph Pearce shows that Tolkien's own words about The Lord of the Rings being a "fundamentally religious and Catholic work" also apply to The Hobbit. Some readers mistakenly believe that The Hobbit is simply a children's story with little significance. While Tolkien indeed wrote the book for his children's entertainment, the narrative simplicity only serves its great moral and theological profundity. Professor Pearce guides you through various life lessons discovered through an in-depth reading of The Hobbit.

Tony Parinello covers how to get around getting rejected by gatekeepers by working WITH gatekeepers. He also discusses how to get appointments with the right people at the top - the very important top officers - who are the ultimate decision makers.

Do you want to be free from bulimia? You cannot let your destructive relationship with food continue. Do you find yourself constantly thinking about what you last ate and how much you regret it? Do you worry about other people finding out what you are doing? If bulimia has taken over your life you need to stop it now. Finding freedom from bulimia can transform everything you do and open up your life in ways you have never dreamed of! Food should be something that you enjoy and look forward to, not something that casts a shadow over every day of your life.

Many are familiar with teacher and poet Mark Nepo's books on inner transformation, relationship, and the emergence of purpose in our lives. Less well-known is that in 1987 he was diagnosed with cancer, and the revelations during that time would inform every dimension of his work to follow. With Inside the Miracle, Mark Nepo shares what he discovered along this challenging terrain and the insights most essential to those of us who now find ourselves there.

Best-selling author Keith Miller details a proven process to take your evangelical writing from idea to completed manuscript. You'll learn how to develop an idea into a working title and table of contents, to gather material, and to choose your audience. Then get advice on the actual writing (Miller prefers "telling"), the inevitable rewrites, working with a publisher, and much more. Miller is the author of The Taste of New Wine and Hope in the Fast Lane.

Sink into the easy Texas drawl of celebrated Western novelist Elmer Kelton, the son of a Texas cowboy and a five-time Spur award winner. In this live workshop recording he'll share insights about writing in a genre that doesn't always receive the respect it's due. Kelton discusses literary prejudice against Westerns, suggests ways to find a fresh slant and create unusual characters, and reviews trail drive novels. Some of his over 2 dozen novels are: The Day the Cowboys Quit, The Time it Never Rained, and Eyes of the Hawk.

For more than 30 years, groundbreaking teachers at Naropa University such as Ginsberg and his colleagues Anne Waldman, William S. Burroughs, and Diane di Prima have inspired emerging poets and prose writers to express themselves with unfettered honesty and immediacy. Now, with First Thought, Best Thought, the first landmark release from Naropa University's treasured audio archives, you are invited to meet and learn with these literary mentors face-to-face as they share the secrets of their craft.

To fully experience the ecstatic poetry of the Middle and Near East, you must hear it as originally intended: stirred ablaze by inspired music and rhythms before a live audience. In I Want Burning, Coleman Barks fuses his passionate scholarship with a deep feeling for the poetry of Rumi, Hafiz (a 14th-century Sufi mystic, called "one of the jewels in the necklace of Persian poetry"), and Lalla (an exquisite Kashmiri female poet of the 14th century).

Love your workout and keeping your body healthy. This subliminal hypnosis program works for you on three different levels - positive affirmations will be spoken during your deepest state of open relaxation, low binaural beats that are almost imperceptible to the human ear work with your subconscious mind to anchor the positive affirmations to help you love your workout, and ancient Solfeggio tones encourage healing and wholeness with powerful harmonic frequencies.

Hypnography for Women is a sensual and tasteful audio fantasy experience. It is designed to help you relax and reach fulfillment through guided imagery. Hypnography creates the illusion of an attractive and attentive man who can easily be envisioned as your lover, and will satisfy both the sexually active woman and those experiencing lack of arousal.

With Professor Esolen you will enter the terrible gates of Hell and progress level by infernal level to its diabolical depths. Professor Esolen places a special emphasis on the drama of the poem, leading you through each canto in succession. Professor Esolen will more than satisfy your curiosity about Hell and the fate of the damned. He will reveal in all its starkness the horror of sin and awaken in your heart a longing for divine love.

Professor Esolen who has served as your guide through both the Inferno and Purgatory will guide you through the profound and elevated poetry of Paradise. An expert who has taught Dante to college students for more than 20 years, Professor Esolen is also the preeminent modern translator of the entire Divine Comedy from the original Italian. Discover the ineffable majesty of Paradise with Professor Esolen, and complete the journey of all men who have conquered the self through the sufferings of Purgatory.

A celebrated translator and teacher of Dante, Professor Esolen interprets and describes the rich theological insights discovered by Dante on his journey up the mountain. Join Dante, Virgil, and Professor Esolen to continue the journey begun in the Inferno which will culminate in the ineffable beauty of Paradise.