Ergebnis Anbieter "Random House Audio" in Popularkultur

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From linguist Adam Aleksic, known as @etymologynerd on social media, comes a captivating exploration of how internet algorithms are transforming language and communication in unprecedented ways. “Packed with fascinating facts, of-the-moment observations, and a...

NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS’ CHOICE A sweeping chronicle of four tumultuous years in 1980s New York that changed the city forever—and anticipated the forces that would soon divide the nation—from the bestselling author of Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx Is Burning “A...

Unsere Zeit: Ein wertvolles Gut! Uhren messen die Zeit physikalisch, doch wir erleben sie ganz anders und unterschiedlich: Etwa in der Langeweile, beim Spiel, im gesellschaftlichen Termingetriebe, in der Echtzeit-Kommunikation. Rüdiger Safranski beschreibt das Spannungsfeld zwischen Vergehen und Beharren und ermuntert uns, Zeitsouveränität zu erobern und zu bewahren - damit nicht nur die Zeit mit uns etwas macht, sondern auch wir etwas aus ihr.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER Now fully revised and updated, this evidence-based, user-friendly guide presents a 30-day digital detox plan that will help you set boundaries with your phone and live a more joyful and fulfilling life. “If you are a human being and you own a smartphone, you need this...

In the vein of Lebowitz's acclaimed Netflix limited series, Pretend It's a City—The Fran Lebowitz Reader brings together two of the famed author's bestsellers, Metropolitan Life and Social Studies. In "elegant, finely honed prose" (The Washington Post Book World), Lebowitz limns the...

Wie aus den Visionen einer Handvoll Programmierer eine wirtschaftliche und politische Weltmacht erwuchs. Noch nie hat sich ein entscheidendes Kapitel der Menschheitsgeschichte so schnell vollzogen wie die digitale Revolution. Davon handelt das neue Buch von Andrian Kreye. Der renommierte Kulturjournalist hat den Aufstieg der digitalen Technologien von einer Subkultur der Programmierer, Wissenschaftler und utopischen Denker in den 1980er-Jahren zur kulturellen, sozialen und politischen Superkraft der Gegenwart genau verfolgt, vor Ort und mit den zentralen Figuren dieser Bewegung.

If you’re not having fun, you’re not fully living. The bestselling author of The Amazing Generation and How to Break Up with Your Phone makes the case that, far from being frivolous, fun is actually critical to our well-being—and shows us how to have more of it. “This delightful book...

The definitive behind-the-scenes history of the dawn of video games and their rise into a multibillion-dollar business “For industry insiders and game players alike, this book is a must-have.”—Mark Turmell, designer for Midway Games and creator of NBA Jam, NFL Blitz, and WrestleMania ...

From Tim Wu, author of the award-winning The Master Switch ( a New Yorker and Fortune Book of the Year) and who coined the term "net neutrality”—a revelatory, ambitious and urgent account of how the capture and re-sale of human attention became the defining industry of our time. Feeling...

Learn to identify—and combat—Systemic Shame, the feeling of self-hatred and disempowerment that comes from living in a society that blames individuals for systemic problems, with this invaluable resource from the social psychologist and author of Unmasking Autism. Systemic Shame is the...

America’s most trusted and best-known film critic Roger Ebert presents two hundred brilliant essays on some of the best movies ever made in this two-book collection containing THE GREAT MOVIES and THE GREAT MOVIES II. Roger Ebert, the famed film writer and critic, wrote biweekly essays for a...

Uhren messen die Zeit physikalisch, doch wir erleben sie ganz anders und unterschiedlich: Etwa in der Langeweile, beim Spiel, im gesellschaftlichen Termingetriebe, in der Echtzeit-Kommunikation. Rüdiger Safranski beschreibt das Spannungsfeld zwischen Vergehen und Beharren und ermuntert uns, Zeitsouveränität zu erobern und zu bewahren - damit nicht nur die Zeit mit uns etwas macht, sondern auch wir etwas aus ihr.

The definitive behind-the-scenes history of video games’ explosion into the twenty-first century and the war for industry power “A zippy read through a truly deep research job. You won’t want to put this one down.”—Eddie Adlum, publisher, RePlay Magazine As video games evolve, only the...

“An illuminating . . . biography and cultural history” (The New York Times) of Virgil Abloh’s iconic rise to the top of the fashion industry, which embodied a groundbreaking transformation of the relationship between who we are and what we wear. “[Robin Givhan] captures that shift with...

The Fifties is a sweeping social, political, economic, and cultural history of the ten years that Halberstam regards as seminal in determining what our nation is today. Halberstam offers portraits of not only the titans of the age: Eisenhower Dulles, Oppenheimer, MacArthur, Hoover, and Nixon...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER For the first time ever—a comprehensive biography of one of the twentieth century’s most innovative creative artists: the incomparable, irreplaceable Jim Henson He was a gentle dreamer whose genial bearded visage was recognized around the world, but most people...

Bestselling author James Kaplan redefines Frank Sinatra in a triumphant new biography that includes many rarely seen photographs. Frank Sinatra was the best-known entertainer of the twenti­eth century—infinitely charismatic, lionized and notori­ous in equal measure. But despite his mammoth...

Fast Food Nation - the groundbreaking work of investigation and cultural history that has changed the way America thinks about the way it eats - and spent nearly four months on the New York Times bestseller list - now available on cassette! Are we what we eat? To a degree both engrossing and...

A “highly entertaining” (The Wall Street Journal) investigation into the mysterious identity of Bitcoin’s creator and a deep dive into crypto’s utopian origin story—from The New York Times bestselling author of The Billionaire’s Vinegar “Could be the best mystery story of the past...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “The single most important explanation, and the fullest explanation, of how Donald Trump became president of the United States . . . nothing less than the most important book that I have read this year.”—Lawrence O’Donnell How did we get here? In this...