検索キーワード： 制作 "Author's Republic" ユーモア・風刺文学・フィクション

Little Ripples Everywhere tells the story of a 70-year-old widow and her love for books and words - so much that she makes many train trips around a metropolitan network, leaving many of her loved novels to continue their train journeys without her. It is her hope that will give the new listeners of her books entertainment, encouragement, and insight. The books she leaves behind meet a variety of fates in this humorous tale, but they also carry messages of concern for the environment and the encroaching climate change.

Sam thinks his problems are over when finds his fishing bucket filled with gold coins. There’s a problem though. The gold burns the fingers of anyone who touches it. His unlikely find coincides with the appearance of a mythical sea creature on the headland overlooking the town and the resumption of quarrying up in the mountains that is poisoning the streams and contaminating the town’s water supply.

Max is determined to change his life around from loser to winner. Fat-boy Max has never been out of Australia. In fact, in his 20-something years, Max has never even been out of his home state, but he is determined to change this. He wants to be visible, not just an invisible “fat guy”, and he has found the perfect way to achieve his goals: lose weight and get that trip overseas that he can’t quite afford.

"Like shyte through the Bull's anus, so are the days of our lives." Beware! Dangerous horrorscope! Listen at your own peril!

Like shyte through the Bull's anus, so are the days of our lives.

While working on his wrestling documentary The Young and the Wrestlers, David Farrell had an idea for a story about a professional wrestler named Hunter. Instead of writing it himself (like all writers do), he decided to pay anonymous ghostwriters on the internet to cobble together the tale.

What if it was possible for you to see into your future? What if it was not as simple as seeing? What if you had to choose between a series of possible futures? Would you? Would you want to? How would you deal with all the possible consequences? Madame Olga could help you. That is if you can find her.

This satirical view of college professors features a philosophy professor who believes logic will solve all problems from bringing justice to everyone to personal relationships. His problems include convincing his colleagues to unionize and dealing with a history professor who believes he is the 21st-century version of Henry VIII and an English Lit professor who believes she can become Ann Boleyn.

Everyone believes he’s the chosen one. They’ve made a horrible mistake. When a madman claiming to be a wizard mistakenly identifies the cynical farmhand Nathelion as a hero foretold in prophecy, he eagerly plays along for a free and adventurous journey. But he would have stayed home if he’d known the flattering title came with such deadly baggage. Joined by a ragtag band of followers with more lofty ideals than common sense, Nathelion marches toward a noble destiny he borrowed for personal gain.

"Like shyte through the Bull's anus, so are the days of our lives". Warning! Dangerous horrorscope! Listen at your own peril!

As children we can’t help but dream of all of the amazing things that we will accomplish. Then life happens. We get a job, we get a house, and we get into debt. We settle. We trade away our youth for security in old age. We spend countless hours performing mundane tasks that leave us depleted and empty. Our souls crave meaning, but we are too afraid to make any change.

Anne is a professor of cognitive science, teaching at a venerable British university in the 1980s. In the spring, her course on the philosophy and history of psychology finds strange and often hilarious echoes in her own life. She is obsessed with solving two mysteries. One is profound and has exercised many philosophers since Descartes: How can she tell when she is dreaming? The second is scandalous: Who could have left the lurid descriptions of an extramarital affair on her laptop?

Ahh, the Old Kingdom. Come and pet our angry, fire-breathing dragons. Take a dip with mighty sea serpents in our lovely warm seas. Play catch-the-arrow with merry elven warriors. Drink beer* with the dwarves. For an unforgettable experience, the Old Kingdom is the ideal destination for your next holiday. Survival is optional, and highly unlikely. *Similarity to actual beer not guaranteed.

Seven separate stories, each one a mash-up of literary, theatrical, television or motion picture classics, sometimes spanning the genres to humorous effect. Parodied here are the works of Cervantes and Steinbeck, Hemingway, Fleming, Haley, and several others, and tackling the spy thriller, the Western, and the cop show.

Upon Christmastime, a Greyhound bus unexpectedly breaks down on a quaint country road. A raging storm ensues, stranding driver and passengers, who slowly begin to realize that as soon as their smartphones run out of power, they won't have anything to do for hours. Anything at all. May the answer to their prayers lie in a potent smokable of the herbal variety? Will they find all the necessary tools to produce it?

A classic guide to tricks and tactics for winning arguments, with commentary on the use of and defense against each tactic. The best summary of this audiobook is "being right doesn’t mean you’re gonna win, and this is why". It’s the ultimate guide to spotting the many different kinds of bull people pull in order to win over the crowd, rather than argue the point at hand. There’s very few of them that don’t immediately bring examples to mind, and having it laid out clearly like this is the perfect armour to stop people derailing you.

Jennifer Harper breaks new ground in her fast-paced, scandalously entertaining novel. Harper weaves a juicy tale of betrayal, love, and friendship told in a witty style. Still a Friend of Mine is a fresh, enthralling, and witty tale that follows the journey of two best friends from college through their scandals, dating escapades, and family drama until a man comes between them. What's more important, true friendship or true love?

La Vida de Lazarillo de Tormes es una obra clásica en la historia literaria de España. Viene de la edad dorado en España. Fue publicado anónimo por su contenido herético. La historia enfoca en un chico que se llama Lázaro que vive en Salamanca. En esta versión del audio, hay audio claro para disfrutar la historia en detalle. El audio está bien grabado y editado por mano para asegurar que cada segundo sea un placer.

What if I don’t accept my extra weight? What if it doesn’t depend on the body type in vogue this year? What if it doesn’t relate to my life as a single? What if it’s just a matter of not appreciating the fact that my belly looks like my rear end and sometimes I wake up thinking I twisted my head backward in my sleep? There is no body shaming here! This audiobook is about taking a distance from the demonization of the word “fat”.

The fix is in, and the bodies are piling up. A dead actress, a dead gambler, and that’s for starters. With murder following his every step, determined underachiever Steele Hill is tangled in layers of intrigue and deviousness. Pulled from his 1980s cozy world of the racetrack, the rock-music pub, and his favorite band in the world, the Go-Betweens, everybody the wisecracking Hill meets is in danger.