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After locating the man who betrayed AB, and uncovering the mystery of the Alternants, Kallie's happy to only think of never being Fatgirl ever again when Zeus is captured. She has no choice but to save him, and with the help of her friends, family, and allies, Kallie vows to just that—but even with all their resources, it's still not enough to prevent devastating loss.

Nikolai Gogol was one of the first to use the technique of the grotesque. According to Viktor Shklovsky, Gogol's strange style of writing resembles the "ostranenie" technique of defamiliarization. His early works, such as Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka, were influenced by his Ukrainian upbringing, Ukrainian culture and folklore. HOW THE TWO IVANS QUARRELLED: A fine pelisse has Ivan Ivanovitch! splendid! And what lambskin! deuce take it, what lambskin! blue-black with silver lights. I'll forfeit, I know not what, if you find any one else owning such a one.

Una noche, hace varios años, Iván le sugirió a su prima María la idea de escribir juntos un libro sobre la gira musical Leiva vs. Ferreiro de 2013. ¿Qué pasó realmente durante esa mítica gira? Este es el hilo conductor de Meteoro y el Señor Conejo, una autobiografía de ficción en la que Iván Ferreiro sufre una auténtica odisea mientras el esperpento se fue adueñando de un tour que ofrecía una versión en el escenario, esa que vio el público que asistió a los conciertos, y otra disparatada en el backstage.

American writer George William Curtis' short story "Titbottom's Spectacles" is a satirically humorous tale about a man who is bequeathed glasses which let him see people for who they really are—and the consequences thereof.

Si encara no tens clar si ets pijo o no, aquest és el teu llibre; si ho tens clar, també.

Tenim tan poca idea dels pijos, del seu món i del seu modus vivendi que el Marc Giró s'ha vist en l'obligació d'escriure aquest nou llibre, desobeint el principi més bàsic de la vida regalada, que diu que el més important a la vida de tot pijo és no pencar mai, sota cap concepte, que això és cosa de les classes proletàries de la Lower-Diagonal.

Val a dir, en la nostra defensa, que avui, en temps de Zara, qualsevol persona per quatre duros pot vestir-se de pijo...

In short, Elmer is a drunken, womanizing hypocrite who becomes a Baptist minister, a position from which he is soon ejected. He then links up with star revivalist Sharon Falconer, who is heavily based on Aimee Semple McPherson. Throughout his career, Gantry moves through many settings and scenarios illustrating aspects of the American religion. With religion as entertainment and show business, both Elmer and Sharon are consummate performers. They are always on.

En esta ocasión, la improbable heroína tiene su origen en el barrio de Soweto, el tristemente célebre gueto de Johannesburgo. Corren los años setenta, en pleno auge del apartheid, cuando Nombeko Mayeki, condenada a una vida de infortunio y con altas probabilidades de que ésta acabe a una edad temprana ante la indiferencia de sus semejantes, encuentra un resquicio para escapar de su aciago futuro.

Pull up a stool and have a drink with the vacationing Father of Lies while he provides his unbiased take on topics like the truth, free will, and the seduction of the damned. It'll have you laughing, reflecting, and wondering about karma as the stories unfold and you see yourself within them.

Let's be real: customer service sucks. Being sandwiched between needy customers and incompetent leadership at a greedy corporation sets an impossible expectation. It's Tony's job to "reset the customer experience" with no tools other than his customer-oriented attitude and expression of the company's hip and trendy culture.

Band 2 des SPIEGEL-Bestsellers Man ist ja Nachbar: Ralf Prange ist zurück! Die Hausgemeinschaft in Barmbek-Süd steht Kopf: Die Mietwohnungen werden in Eigentum umgewandelt. Pranges neuer Vermieter, das Grinsegesicht, nervt mit Wohnungsbegehungen; da bleibt kaum noch Zeit für das Feierabendbierchen mit Paketmann Micki. Auch, weil Neu-Freundin Dörte sich im einstigen Junggesellenparadies breit macht, das Fernsehprogramm bestimmt und Prange mit zu Pärchenabenden bei den Kapellas aus dem dritten Stock schleppt. Und plötzlich ist auch noch der Fernsehmann verschwunden.

This motley crew of “Pickwickians” is led by Samuel Pickwick, the philosopher without any great ideas. He is joined by Tracy Tupman, the romantic who cannot hold down a relationship; Augustus Snodgrass, the poet who has never written poetry; and Nathaniel Winkle, the sportsman without any skill. Together, they encounter a series of misadventures that will leave listeners laughing out loud.

Als Maike und Alex vollkommen unverhofft ein etwas baufälliges Haus in Tübingen erben ahnen sie noch nicht, dass ihnen die Renovierung der »Villa Mimmi« alles abverlangen wird. Erneut stürzen sich die beiden mit Leib und Seele in ein neues Abenteuer und lassen sich weder von motorradfahrenden Biker-Omis noch von paragrafentreuen Bauamtsinspektoren von ihrem Ziel abbringen. Morsche Terrassen, irre Handwerker und tierische Untermieter sorgen auf dem Weg ins eigene Traumhaus ebenso für Überraschungen wie unfreiwillige Volksfestbesuche und Kletterpartien auf regennassen Dächern.

Jules Burnside is a hipster barista who monologues about indie music and participates in riots more to destroy property than effect civil justice. Nephi Jensen is a young Latter-Day Saint who believes God called him to be a superhero to deliver sandwiches to the homeless. Eldon Glenn is a big-headed lawyer who seeks election as city commissioner in a backwater Kentucky town by pandering to the locals with promises of bringing a drive-through window—staffed with singing and dancing dwarfs—to the local Wal-Mart supercenter.

Bold new work of conservative satire, author Biff Darkly takes aim at the left's greatest heroes in a way that's both comedic and...well, not-so-comedic. Lefty Legends are in for a “Fictional Takedown" and promises to be a wild ride for anyone looking for a laugh and maybe a little bit of eye-opening insight, too.

Canciones de rock & roll, una afición antigua por los cómics, una avalancha de juguete, Bruce Springsteen y una instructora de baile son algunos de los objetos y personajes que conforman las viñetas, los relatos, y las estampas a través de los cuales Sergio Zurita se narra a sí mismo, a sus afectos y sus recuerdos. Esta compilación de textos breves, que atraviesa la frontera de la ficción y se interna en la realidad va desde la autobiografía hasta el testimonio, construye un retrato íntimo donde se reúnen los anhelos infantiles, la curiosidad adolescente y la cruda madurez de la vida.

What sucks about waking up next to a dead girl on a Saturday is more than likely you're going to miss brunch. Just ask Sammy Junior—full-time house painter, part-time street artist, and, as of Saturday morning, prime suspect in a South Tampa homicide investigation. One more hassle he simply does not need. Then there's Penny Sullivan, a 15-year-old runaway who shows up in South Tampa that same Saturday morning with only her dead sister's street smarts, a whole lot of survivor's guilt, and a Canada backpack.

Hard Times is the tenth novel by Charles Dickens, first published in 1854. The book surveys English society and satirizes the social and economic conditions of the era. Hard Times is unusual in several ways. It is by far the shortest of Dickens's novels, barely a quarter of the length of those written immediately before and after it. Moreover, it is his only novel not to have scenes set in London. Instead, the story is set in the fictitious Victorian industrial Coketown, a generic Northern English mill-town.

Aging Rock God Jim Sullivan is heading for the quiet life on his tiny newly acquired island, off the coast of Cornwall. That is until he sends a letter to the King of England, announcing his intent to declare independence from the UK and appointing himself king. Determined not to cede one inch of British territory, the UK government dispatches low-level Foreign Office researcher John Cabot to put a stop to Sullivan's ambitions. What they didn't anticipate was Cabot's tenacity for unearthing information they'd rather he didn't, or Sullivan's relentless optimism in his own ideas.

Dass der Bauernbursche Hansgirgl nicht der Erstgeborene ist, bekommt er sein ganzes Leben lang zu spüren. Durch eine Heirat erhofft er sich ein glücklicheres Leben, Ansehen und vor allem: einen Bauernhof. Wird ihm dieses Vorhaben gelingen? Wird sein Leben dadurch wirklich so, wie er es sich erträumt hat? Auf humorvolle Art und Weise parodiert Thoma die Träume eines Bauernburschen in Bayern.

Dieses Hörbuch enthält in einer Auswahl Sostschenkos satirische Texte von den zwanziger Jahren bis zu Kriegsbeginn. Der sozialistische Alltag mit seinen Zumutungen und Absurditäten bot dem Autor reichlich Stoff. Sei es ein Klinikaufenthalt, der zum Albtraum wird, die schwierige Wohnungssuche, Warenknappheit, Liebeshändel oder kleine Gaunereien – Sostschenko ist nichts Menschliches fremd. Der Leser weiß oft nicht, ob er weinen oder lachen soll. Am besten beides gleichzeitig.