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In 2017 the Figaroa family of Mexico City was on the run from the Cartel. They crossed the border into Texas optimisticly seeking asylum. Instead their four year old twins were taken from them and they were deported.

When ordinary potter Efim Hawkins accidentally revives Honest John Barlow—a slick, sharp-witted man preserved from centuries past—Barlow awakens to a society in catastrophic decline. Overpopulation has exploded. Education has collapsed. The average intelligence has plummeted. And the masses, countless and unquestioning, march forward under a system that rewards ignorance and conformity. Where others see chaos, Barlow sees opportunity.

The year 6969 is filled with fascism, bigotry, misogyny, and everything that is the complete opposite of holiday cheer. No need to worry! Shark-Squatch and his BFF Tilly are here to give all of those losers a holiday-wrapped knuckle sandwich!

When Brockleby Garden World launches its latest promotion — a mysterious new mulch dubbed “Zombie Compost” — no one expects the special offer to come with actual flesh-eating customers. Between pensioners armed with novelty flamingos, teenage shelf-stackers wielding leaf blowers, and a manager in denial about everything (including his haircut), things quickly go from compost to catastrophe. Now, a mismatched bunch of survivors must battle reanimated bargain-hunters, botanical chaos, and a soundtrack of 1950s swing music while trapped in the UK's most middle-class apocalypse.

Performed in full character voices, this audiobook delivers the complete “leaked North Pole scandal” in hilarious, rapid-fire segments. Irreverent, ridiculous, and wildly inappropriate, this is the holiday roast you never knew you needed.

You’ve been told humanity crawled out of the mud, figured out fire, built pyramids with sticks, and suddenly invented Wi-Fi. You’ve been fed a neat little timeline that skips over the giants, the gods, the glowing sky chariots, and the inconvenient artifacts that scream, “This doesn’t belong here.” This book is what happens when you stop believing the museum version and start asking: What if the ancient gods weren’t gods at all? What if aliens kickstarted civilization, then ghosted us like a bad Tinder date?

القصة التي نحن بصددها هي أسطورة مملة..أسمع البعض منكم يقول وهو يتثاءب: وما الجديد في هذا؟ البعض الآخر يتساءل في خبث: وماذا كنت تفعل في كل الكتيبات السابقة إذن؟ .. البعض يعتقد أنها دعابة وأني أخرق بهذا القواعد.. البعض يعتقد أنني – فقط – أتحذلق..الحقيقة أنه لا مزاح في الأمر.. إن أسطورة اليوم مملة.. وحين يعدكم (رفعت إسماعيل) بأسطورة مملة، فإنه يعني ما يقول .. لماذا هي مملة؟ الجواب واضح تمامًا .. لأن..

(ماجي) و(رفعت) ومرتفعات إسكتلندا، وخليط غريب من الأحداث .. جثث تغادر المستنقع .. حمض يتحرك .. سينما تحرق المشاهدين .. كاتب قصص مجنون، وأديبة مخبولة، وطبيب نفسي بارد، وموسيقار عصابي .. قاعة ملهى مهجورة لسبب قوي جدّاً .. كلب متحلل يجري .. أشجار تمتص دمك .. إما أننا جُننَّا وإما أن هناك خيطاً ما يربط هذا كله .. إنها أسطورة شبه مخيفة؛ لذا ثمة شبه أمل أن تروق لك. "تحتوي على 81 إصدار، تعتبر هي السلسلة الأشهر في الوطن العربي، والتي تحولت فيما بعد إلى أول عمل أدبي عربي علي منصة نيتفلكس العالمية والتي تميزت بمزيج من الغموض والرعب والأدب الساخر.

"منتصف الليل .. أنتم تعرفـون طبعًا منتصف الليل .. إنـە الوقـت الـذى ينتصف فيــە الليل .. لا حاجة بالمرء إلى أن يكون خبيرًا فى علوم الفيزياء كى يعرف هذا ..". "تحتوي على 81 إصدار، تعتبر هي السلسلة الأشهر في الوطن العربي، والتي تحولت فيما بعد إلى أول عمل أدبي عربي علي منصة نيتفلكس العالمية والتي تميزت بمزيج من الغموض والرعب والأدب الساخر.

Three of the ever-popular Sheridan’s finest plays Born in Dublin in 1751, Richard Brinsley Sheridan was a theatre impresario, statesman and the most celebrated playwright of his time. His brilliantly witty comedies of manners have become part of the literary canon, and are frequently performed...

Young Nicholas Nickleby is suddenly thrust into the harsh realities of life after his father’s death leaves the family penniless. Determined to protect his mother and sister, Nicholas must navigate a world of greed, cruelty, and corruption. From the grim boarding school run by the cruel Wackford Squeers to the bustling streets of London, Nicholas encounters both villainy and kindness, finding allies in unexpected places and enemies at every turn.

Instrucciones para vivir en México es una espléndida muestra de la capacidad crítica y humorística de un autor imprescindible para la literatura hispanoamericana. Los enrevesados rituales de la burocracia, lo extraordinariamente inútil que resulta la tecnología nacional, el interminable...

When beloved cartoon characters come crawling out of her TV, army recruiter Gabriella Harman expects a zany romp instead of the hellish nightmare that follows. One night, haunted by her memories of Iraq, Gabriella downs a stomachful of pills and booze. When her favorite cartoon characters, the Kooky Toons, start crawling out of the TV, she assumes she is hallucinating. But soon Gabriella finds herself locked in a battle of wits and wills with Herman Hyrax, the world-famous, wise-cracking mascot of the Kooky Korporation.

In the sun-drenched hills of Napa Valley, former Mexican cartel distributor Francisco Bautista reinvents himself as a respectable vintner, trading blood money for the prestige of California's wine aristocracy. Armed with a mountain estate, sprawling vineyards, and a fabricated past, Francisco launches his assault on Napa's wine country social elite. His unlikely arsenal includes a washed-up celebrity ghostwriter, retired sports legends, and elite wine experts—all fighting for relevance in the intoxicating world of luxury wine.

It’s the summer of 2013 and 21-year-old Ruby, a counselor at Camp Burntshore, can’t wait to supervise a rowdy cabin of 11-year-olds, smoke weed by the fire, and argue about which city make the best bagels. But when Brent, the camp owner’s son, hires Israeli soldiers to deal with a staffing shortfall, Ruby, a committed anti-Zionist, must decide if she’s willing to jeopardize her place at Burntshore to fight Brent over the contentious issues of Jewish belonging and settler colonialism, even as she finds herself falling in love with one of the soldiers, the sweetly handsome Etai.

Can a school detention class appreciate a tragicomedy? It’s all about the play they read. After being sent to heaven, psychotherapist Doctor Styx finds no peace, longing for earthly life. Instead she gets appointed to guard the mental health of angels. So her own emotional state loses its...

A comedy fiction story about an average Joe that becomes famous accidentally. His life drastically changes after a series of unfortunate events.

Трэш-фантасмагория «Красный Бубен» охватывает пространство едва ли не всей планеты и даже космоса. Почему космоса? Потому что звезда Рэдмах, великая матерь звезд и пространств, источник всего сущего во Вселенной, вот-вот начнет излучать энергию, и фокус ее излучения придется на нашу Землю. Эпицентром вселенского действа станет обыкновенная русская деревушка на Тамбовщине под названием Красный Бубен. Здесь гонят самогон, соседи бьют друг другу морды, из Москвы приезжают дачники. Но в ней-то и суждено разразиться последней битве Добра со Злом.

FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF REBECCA 'When people play the game: Name three or four persons whom you would choose to have with you on a desert island - they never choose the Delaneys. They don't even choose us one by one as individuals. We have earned, not always fairly we consider, the...

Paranoid, wilful, lazy, the young Adolf Hitler turns up in Liverpool to stay with his brother Alois and sister-in-law Bridget. Hailed by Alois as a student and an artist, Adolf soon irritates his family beyond measure by his constant sponging and his tendency to get into serious trouble with the English. Surely this is a young man who will never amount to anything.