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From the author of the international bestseller GO THE FUCK TO SLEEP comes a book about the other great parental frustration: getting your little angel to eat something that even vaguely resembles a normal meal. Profane, loving and deeply cathartic, YOU HAVE TO FUCKING EAT breaks the code of...

"Нос" — сатирическая абсурдистская повесть, написанная Николаем Васильевичем Гоголем в 1832—1833 годах. Впервые опубликована в журнале "Современник" в 1836. Единство тонкого гоголевского юмора и ярких зарисовок тогдашней бытовой жизни делает это шуточное произведение особенным.

Over 1 million Discworld audiobooks sold – discover the extraordinary universe of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld like never before The audiobook of Mort is narrated by the BAFTA award-winning actor Sian Clifford (Fleabag; Vanity Fair; Quiz). BAFTA and Golden Globe award-winning actor Bill Nighy...

A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS' CHOICE BOOK * NYPL YOUNG LIONS FINALIST * THURBER PRIZE FOR AMERICAN HUMOR FINALIST * SHORTLISTED FOR THE VCU CABELL FIRST NOVELIST AWARD * A BEST BOOK OF 2022 BY NPR, VOGUE, JEZEBEL AND BOOK RIOT * INDIE NEXT PICK * MALALA BOOK CLUB PICK * A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK BY...

With the age of heroic star pilots and galactic villains completely killed by quantum teleportation, the ex-star pilot currently named Dashford Pierce is struggling to find his identity in a changing universe. Then, a face from his past returns and makes him an offer he can't refuse: take part in just one teeny weeny, slightly illegal, daring heist, and not only will he have the means to start the new life he craves, but also save his childhood hero from certain death.

When Palmer Stoat notices the black pickup truck following him on the highway, he fears his precious Range Rover is about to be carjacked. But Twilly Spree, the man tailing Stoat, has vengeance, not sport-utility vehicles, on his mind. Idealistic, independently wealthy and pathologically...

A magical serial killer is on the loose, and gelatinous, otherworldly creatures are infesting the English countryside. Which is making life for the Ministry of Occultism difficult, because magic is supposed to be their best kept secret. After centuries in the shadows, the Ministry is forced to unmask, exposing the country's magical history - and magical citizens - to a brave new world of social media, government scrutiny, and public relations.

Ne "I Miserabili" Victor Hugo narra con assoluta sensibilità ed estrema modernità la solitudine dell'uomo, il contrasto tra ceti sociali, ma anche la redenzione attraverso la rivolta e l'amore. Il romanzo, dal ritmo incalzante, magistrale e irripetibile per l'autenticità delle emozioni e per la complessità della trama narrativa, viene qui tradotto ad alta voce da un unico narratore, Moro Silo, che con la sua più che trentennale esperienza di lettore, riesce a cogliere l'enorme quantità di significati presenti nel libro nel massimo rispetto dello stile unico e originale dell'autore, del suo contesto storico-culturale e filologico.

A hilarious romp from start to finish, with a lord and his man having a rollicking good time with subtlety of all kinds.

Bill, (Lord) Rowcester was well and truly in the gumbo. With the benefit of hindsight he could see that setting himself up as a Silver Ring bookie might not have been his smartest move ever. Particularly when being down on his dibbs threatens his oncoming nuptials with the sterling Jill Wyvern. Lucky for Bill he had the land-lease of Jeeves.

Ein brennender Tesla in der mecklenburgischen Provinz markiert den Nullpunkt: Roger Ross, frisch gefeuert und ohne Gepäck, flieht in das Luxusresort »Eden« und erfindet sich radikal neu. Doch das Hotel ist keine Zuflucht, sondern eine prunkvolle Endstation für die Illusionen unserer Zeit...

UNA NOVEL·LA BRILLANT. UNA CELEBRACIÓ DE LA VIDA. Amb la lucidesa, l'humor i la rauxa d'Empar Moliner Quan a la Clàudia Pruna li anuncien que li queda poc temps de vida, decideix organitzar la seva desaparició d'una manera tan pragmàtica com insòlita, continuar publicant els seus articles...

The Stupid Ways to Die series is a globally-minded, darkly funny, affectionately sarcastic survey of the most creative, most avoidable, and most uniquely local ways that humans have found to accidentally check out early. Each volume focuses on a single country or region, celebrating the specific intersection of culture, geography, wildlife, and optimism that makes each nation's flavor of preventable death distinctly its own.

The Wild Boys is a futuristic tale of global warfare in which a guerrilla gang of boys dedicated to freedom battles the organized armies of repressive police states. Making full use of his inimitable humor, wild imagination, and style, Burroughs creates a world that is as terrifying as it is...

Der Reality-Star Roman erschafft sich im Hotel Love eine perfekte Frau, die Androidin Julia. Ihr einziges Ziel: Roman glücklich zu machen. Blöderweise kommt es anders als gedacht. Die Männerpartei ist an der Macht. Frauenrechte werden über Nacht abgeschafft. Propagiert wird die »neue Familie«, bestehend aus einem Mann, einer Roboterfrau und einem künstlich produzierten (menschlichen) Sohn. Der Reality-Star Roman ist besessen von seiner Ex-Freundin Julia und erschafft sich eine Androidin nach Julias Vorbild – perfekt aussehend, gehorsam, dazu programmiert, Roman glücklich zu machen.

On Earth, women govern, manage business, and make the important decisions. Men are considered emotional, impractical, and increasingly difficult to find. For young Ferdinand Sparling, a voyage to Venus begins aboard a spaceship crowded with hundreds of women hoping to secure husbands on the...

The debut novel by Indie author James Wright, Friends With Death is a cosy horror comedy that will have you laughing out loud, trembling with fear, and designing cosplay & fan art of this delightfully pleasant characterisation of the Grim Reaper.

You're only old once. Time for a new adventure... Sunday Times bestselling author Deborah Moggach revisits her best-loved setting in the follow-up novel to The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. 'THANK GOD for Deborah Moggach' Independent 'The Moggach miracle continues' The Times A generation after we...

'TRULY REMARKABLE, HILARIOUS, A TRIUMPH' EMMA THOMPSON 'ABSOLUTE HEAVEN' INDIA KNIGHT The debut novel from the Sunday Times-bestselling author of Why did you stay? Maiden, Mother, Crone is a satirical folk-horror mystery that tells the story of a local am-dram star who, when beaten by her...

Constance Hardy is a woman of vision, certainty, and an unshakable belief that reality ought to behave with more dignity. Unfortunately for everyone around her—especially her husband Winston, a man of quiet desperation—it does not. Determined to host the defining cocktail party of the season, Constance assembles an impossible guest list of celebrities, intellectuals, social climbers, and ornamental bores. But as the evening spirals into beautifully organized chaos, it becomes increasingly clear that everyone understands exactly what they are doing—except what they are actually doing.