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This is an audiobook for those who strive to build careers without losing themselves, for those who want to excel professionally while cherishing relationships, nurturing passions, and living fully. CA Sanjivv Shiv Kapoor’s journey proves that you don’t have to choose between ambition and balance—you can have both.

Everyone knows the bike. No one knows the man. The stars-and-stripes chopper from Easy Rider became the most recognizable motorcycle in history, thundering across movie screens and into the hearts of a generation. But while Captain America's bike achieved immortality, its creator remained anonymous—a humble craftsman whose genius was overshadowed by his own masterpiece. Ben Hardy was the forgotten architect of the American dream on two wheels. Working from his small Los Angeles shop, Hardy didn't just build motorcycles—he forged symbols of freedom that would define an entire era.

The intimate, inspiring memoir of a “curator extraordinaire” (The Guardian)—part unputdownable coming-of-age story, part insider’s tour of the contemporary art world, part user’s manual on how to live a life driven by curiosity, conversation, and coincidence “A few years ago...

A riveting, heart-stopping family memoir that blends art, obsession, and love as the author searches for the spectacular jeweled egg that consumed her father’s dreams—and spelled her family’s downfall. When she was eleven years old, Serena Kutchinsky’s life changed forever. Her father...

An elegant, iridescent mosaic of autobiographical fragments, both real and invented, forming a portrait of a creative life, from the life of the Pulitzer Prize finalist for Same Bed Different Dreams In 1998, Ed Park wrote a memoir and saved it to the vanishing technology of the floppy disk...

An intimate memoir portraying a life spent trying to describe the indescribable, from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Hours and Day Go ahead. Try using language to slit the skin of mortality to see what’s on the other side. At the age of three, Michael Cunningham began obsessively...

Extraordinary new nonfiction, a gripping blend of history and memoir, by the author of the award-winning and best-selling international sensation The Hare with the Amber Eyes. In The White Road, best-selling author and artist Edmund de Waal gives us an intimate narrative history of his lifelong obsession with porcelain, or "white gold".

Jan a dix-neuf ans lorsqu'à l'automne 1976, il fuit la maison paternelle en Allemagne et cherche refuge en Belgique. Il entame des études de philologie à l'Université de Bruxelles tout en s'adonnant à sa passion pour la musique. En 1987, la rencontre avec la chanteuse transexuelle Lydie va tout bouleverser : elle lui fait comprendre que les bonnes décisions ne dépendent pas de l'opinion d'autrui. Grâce à cette amitié, Jan se sent enfin libre d'aimer qui il veut.

These short, vivid biographies offer quick insights, big ideas, and timeless inspiration. Color, form, and vision: explore the lives of the world's most celebrated painters, sculptors, and creators. From Da Vinci to Frida Kahlo, Michelangelo to Dürer, de Goya to Pollock, Turner to Lichtenstein, Basquiat to Banksy – short stories that open new ways of seeing.

Discover the lives of remarkable women who shaped the world – from revolutionaries and rulers to scientists, artists, and pioneers. These short audio biographies highlight courage, brilliance, and vision in just five minutes each. Included: Queen Elizabeth II, Frida Kahlo, Marie Curie, Harriet Beecher-Stowe, Tsarina Catherine the Great, Queen Victoria, Golda Meir, Gertrude Stein, and many more!

Pablo Picasso, Spanish painter and universal genius: Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best.

Leonardo da Vinci, painter and universal genius: Life and works in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best.

Michelangelo Buonarroti, painter and sculptor: Life and works in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best.

Albrecht Dürer, painting genius: Life and works in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best.

Pocas personalidades en la historia han trascendido de tal modo que solo su nombre de pila es suficiente para evocar su personalidad y trayectoria. Miguel Ángel es una de esas figuras esenciales. Michelangelo Buonarroti fue un arquitecto, escultor y pintor italiano del Renacimiento que desarrolló una extensa carrera a lo largo de setenta años a las órdenes de mecenas como la familia Medici de Florencia o los sucesivos papas de Roma.

Leben und Werk in einer Kurzbiografie! Alles, was man wissen muss, kurz und knapp. Infotainment, Bildung und Unterhaltung vom Feinsten!

Salvador Dalí, (May 11, 1904 - January 23, 1989), was a Spanish surrealist artist renowned for his technical skill, precise draftsmanship, and the striking and bizarre images in his work. Dali also wrote a novel, Hidden Faces (1944), poetry, essays, art criticism, and a technical manual on art. The following recording is from a 1955 interview.

Gustav Mahler, star conductor and legendary composer: Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best.

Frida Kahlo, Mexand painter and tragic heroine: Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best.

Little Nanette, the daughter of established San Francisco Bay Area artists, grows up during the Beat Generation and the groovy ’60s in the progressive City by the Bay. Nanette’s memoir-style essays include several in “child’s voice,” and journey through growing up in an old church, four years at an accredited hippie college in New Hampshire, life in a kookie cult, a trans-racial adoption, studying Argentine Tango, and an unexpected Transgender turn of events.