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Gen-X computer hacker Toby is a classic American: impulsive, irreverent, intelligent, and inventive. And, after a silly accident in 2008, he can add “inanimate” to the list—because Toby is dead. But only for a while. Eighty years later, medical science has advanced enough to bring Toby back to life.

Sowing the End: A Quest for Growth at All Costs is a dark satirical allegory about an isolated farmer whose quiet existence is upended by a strange creature with an insatiable hunger for more. Alone on the remote island of Capita, Noel Smith has lived a simple, self-sufficient life with only Pip, his ever-watchful gull, and Herbert, his scarecrow, for company—until the day the creature arrives. At first, it offers little wonders in exchange for food, but as the deal darkens, the demands grow. Soon, J. E. F. F.

What do democracy and doughnuts have in common? Nothing in the middle. Owls, Doughnuts, and Democracy is the satirical adventures of an outspoken millennial woman with a colourful past named Bea, who, with a motley coalition spanning the political spectrum, puts the middle back into democracy. Bea gets it all going when she’s volunteered to help at a senior’s home. She teaches octogenarian Harold, the resident curmudgeon and ex-MP troll, to use the internet, leading to an app for people to vote individually on bills before parliament.

Nach dem Klimakollaps der Erde lebt die Menschheit teilweise auf einem Planeten namens Xalypso. Weil die meisten Arbeitsprozesse von Androiden erledigt werden, bekommt die Bevölkerung ein monatliches Budget für den Konsum. Ihr Herrscher, ein machthungriger Mutant, will mit seinem Militär weitere Planeten kolonisieren. Doch ein politischer Gegner beauftragt die sympathische Kopfgeldjägerin Nova, die nach mehreren OPs zu 50 Prozent ein Cyborg ist ...

Come on in and enjoy the Mare Inebrium. We have a large facility and are sure we have something that will meet your needs and exceed your expectations. In the top floor of our building we have a very fancy restaurant with lovely views of the city spreading out into the far distance. The floors above the main bar contain various restaurants, shops, meeting rooms, and we even offer hotel rooms for the discriminating traveler. Our main bar is quite large, with room for several hundred patrons at once.

מהו הדבר הזה, "עין תחת שן"? פסטיבל אימה הומוריסטי מבית היוצר של ריקרדו סטרָפאסה, שפיתה, עינג והצחיק אלפי קוראות וקוראי עברית בספרו "הסיני שקרא עיתון בתור לגרדום" ב-2014.

A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice Named a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker and Library Journal Jezebel’s May Book Club Pick “Inventive . . . astute . . . sharp and unexpected . . . Haunting and hilarious, Goddess Complex is at once a satire, a Gothic tale, a novel...

הפרח שתחת הרגל — ובו יסופר על נעוריה של הקדושה לאורה דה נָזיאַנזי ועל התקופה שחייתה בה. כמיהות ותככים לרוב רוחשים מתחת לפני השטח בקאירולה, בירתה של ממלכת פיסוארגה, שבה מתרחשת עלילת הפרח שתחת לרגל – סאטירה על חצר מלוכה כלשהי, עם יותר מרמז אחד לווינה של שנות ה-20. מעל לפני השטח יש בה שפע שמלות מרהיבות ושיחות ריקניות מלאות אירוניה ושנינות או צדקניות, או בקיצור — צביעות.

Thomas Mann's vivid, dramatic, and thought-provoking The Magic Mountain is firmly established as one of the classic epic novels of the twentieth century. Part surreal comedy, part grim tragedy, Mann's story depicts a decaying European society on the eve of the First World War.

Growing, growing, gone… Penrith, in the heart of the Lake District, is not the kind of place you can easily vanish. Certainly not when the members of the Penrith Bingo Club are trying to track you down. But even stalwart sleuth, Amita Khatri, and her son in law, Jason, are foxed this time when...

يقول الكاتب أدهم الشرقاوي عن كتابه طرائف العرب:-" الحمد لله الذي علّم بالقلم، علّم الإنسان ما لم يعلم، والصلاة والسلام على من بُعث رحمة للعرب والعجم، أما بعد : فهذا...

Dive into the whimsical and satirical world of James Thurber and E.B. White with the audiobook "Is Sex Necessary? or Why You Feel the Way You Do," narrated by the talented Mike Vendetti. This classic work, first published in 1929, explores the perplexities of love, relationships, and human behavior with humor and wit. Through a series of essays, Thurber and White dissect the absurdities of the sexual revolution, the nature of the American male, and the quirks of feminine types.

يقول الكاتب أدهم الشرقاوي عن كتابه طرائف العرب:-" الحمد لله الذي علّم بالقلم، علّم الإنسان ما لم يعلم، والصلاة والسلام على من بُعث رحمة للعرب والعجم، أما بعد : فهذا...

The fourth novel in Janet Evanovich’s Elsie Hawkins series. The author of so many spectacularly successful mystery novels featuring the inimitable Stephanie Plum, #1 New York Times bestselling author Janet Evanovich displays a more playfully romantic side with The Rocky Road to Romance...

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Stephanie Plum novels. A woman with a talent for numbers, Alexandra Scott wanted to escape the rat race and go someplace where the men outnumber the women. Trading in her Wall Street job and fancy condo for a rundown cabin in the woods...

يقول الكاتب أدهم الشرقاوي عن كتابه طرائف العرب:-" الحمد لله الذي علّم بالقلم، علّم الإنسان ما لم يعلم، والصلاة والسلام على من بُعث رحمة للعرب والعجم، أما بعد : فهذا...

A well-to-do professor working in Moscow strikes up an unlikely friendship with a stray dog and attempts a scientific first by transplanting the testicles and pituitary gland of a recently deceased man into the dog. With a wild, but alarmingly human animal on the loose, the professor's previously respectable life becomes a nightmare beyond his imagination. A superb satirical novel, it is also a sharp and pointed criticism of Soviet society, especially the new rich that arose after the Bolshevik revolution.

صدر هذا الكتاب للكاتب الساخر عمر طاهر بمناسبة مئوية نادي الزمالك، وقد جاء في مئتي صفحة مقسّمة إلى عدّة فصول متنوعة يبدأها بملخّص عن تاريخ نشأة النادي الأهلي ونادي...

Ingersoll Lockwood (1841-1918) was a New York attorney, diplomat and lecturer who wrote children's books, satire, and poetry. 1900 or, The last President is a dystopian, alternative history book which was published in 1896 and ostensibly involves events of a few years later - the 1898 election that put William Jennings Bryan in power and led to civic unrest. As a work of political satire, the narrative deplores the rise of socialism and populism in its dystopian vision of the future.

Discover the chilling foresight of 1900; or, The Last President by Ingersoll Lockwood in this captivating audiobook. Written in 1896, this political satire eerily mirrors modern events, weaving a tale of societal upheaval, economic collapse, and a controversial leader rising to power. Perfect for fans of dystopian fiction, historical curiosities, and conspiracy theories, this audiobook brings Lockwood's prophetic vision to life with immersive narration.