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Accompany a band of merry medieval pilgrims as they make their way-on motorcycles, of course-to Canterbury. Meeting at the Tabard Inn, the travelers, including a battle-worn knight, a sweetly pretentious prioress, the bawdy Wife of Bath, and an emaciated scholar-clerk, come up with a plan to...

She's fake dating the wrong guy. Enter Mr. Right. Scottie I've spent my whole life cleaning up after Jake Rodgers—the bad boy of Major League Baseball. So when his latest PR disaster threatens to send him to the minors, agreeing to fake date him feels noble. Temporary. Manageable. Then hot...

Falling in love was not in their wedding vows… Loren Cane is in a downward spiral. Since her fiancé left her, she’s been juggling multiple jobs, mounting bills, and a father who’s slipping away. The only thing she has left is the found family that anchors her. Namely, Bridger Adams...

She's sunshine. He's frostbite. They've got 1,600 miles to go—and he's about to discover his new enemy might be his anonymous online soulmate. Oliver Fletcher has one goal, and he's not happy about it: get home for his brother's wedding. After extreme weather cancels every flight, his only...

Jerome K. Jerome's second ever published work, Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow is a rollicking collection of hilarious essays that established the writer as one of the most talented humorists of his day.

Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow features twelve comedic essays that effortlessly blend humour with philosophical enquiry. Vibrant and lively, Jerome's writing offers amusing meditations on some of life's most trivial endeavours. Spanning everything from indecisiveness and keeping up appearances, to avoiding unsolicited advice and romance, these witty musings gently poke fun at the pressures of societal expectation with profound insight.

Planet Earth is cooked. Abby Horne wants off. Abby always believed she was destined for great things. But her dream career as an industry-disrupting fashion designer went up in smoke, and her aspirations to become a world-renowned yogi and/or save the endangered tigers proved equally fruitless...

It's not about the wedding, it's about the marriage…license. Sean When my ex cheated and begged me to take her back, I made a rash, too-public vow: the next woman I kiss will be my wife. It seemed like a good idea at the time—anything to stop being everyone’s second choice. The ultimate...

A recent college grad moves to Tokyo in pursuit of her all-consuming anime obsession, in a darkly humorous debut for fans of Colored Television and Big Swiss. Having recently graduated from a prestigious university, a young woman who goes by Rina moves to Tokyo to complete academic research and...

Is it Stalin's Soviet Union? Pol Pot's Cambodia? Kim Jong Il's North Korea? Incredibly, it's twenty-first-century London. In a monstrous twist of fate, Johnny has been targeted by the local council, who believe that he no longer has the right to claim unemployment benefits unless he can "provide proof of actively searching for gainful employment."

In the surreal academic landscape of Tumbarumba, history professor Stella Pontifex discovers that grease is not merely a culinary byproduct but a metaphysical archive of human memory. As the world suffers from “The Great Sizzle” and a subsequent “thinning” of reality known as attenuation, Stella is contacted by the spirits of legendary Grease Prophets like Frank and Glen. These apparitions warn her that corporate interests and a fanatical cult, the Way of Dryness, are draining the universe of its viscosity and historical depth.

Secrets are currency, and one juicy quote can destroy a career. In this cutthroat world of celebrity gossip, four unlikely friends rise to the top, armed with ambition, charm, and a Rolodex of the powerful and problematic. They trade in scandal, survive by instinct, and thrive on betrayal. But as the headlines get bigger and the stakes grow higher, the cost of success becomes harder to ignore. Behind every blind item is a truth, behind every scoop, a sacrifice. And when the gossip gets personal, even the most loyal friendships can’t escape unscathed.

Yoga gegen Rechts vereint Kurzgeschichten mit trockenem Humor, bissigen Dialogen und messerscharfen Beobachtungen. Mit satirischem Scharfsinn und viel Selbstironie entlarvt Patrick Salmen die pathologischen Züge achtsamkeitsbesessener Stadtneurotiker, denn niemand weiß so gut wie der Dortmunder Comedian, dass einem das Gegenüber oft nur deshalb so schräg vorkommt, weil man gerade in einen Spiegel schaut.

Kana sería un tranquilo pueblo perdido en Turingia si su remota desolación no hubiera atraído a un grupo de neonazis... Mientras que los lugareños mantienen las distancias con los extraños, Florian Herscht, un huérfano tan formidable como inofensivo, inocentón y clarividente, cree tener amigos en ambos bandos; y, convencido de que el universo está a punto de colapsar, escribe una carta tras otra a Angela Merkel para advertirla de la inminente catástrofe. Sólo el descubrimiento de la música de Bach le permitirá sustraerse de sus tormentosos presagios.

The stage is set. An epic battle of barbecue roasts ignites down the East Coast when a peck of Delaware peaches lands at the feet of cannabis chef Charlotte Bennett. The fires roar to life as Clinton Tuckerman sets her up in a culinary showdown that seals her fate. She whisks fresh cream, sugar, and a duck yolk with a vanilla pod over medium heat, just until bubbles form around the edge. Peaches simmer with a splash of whiskey as she blooms around the pot. A tablespoon of butter thickens the plot.

Ever dream of killing your boss? Alan Benning knows how you feel. The problem: his billionaire boss actually winds up murdered. And the whole world thinks he did it. When globetrotting tech billionaire Barron Fisk is found dead on the floor of his swanky Silicon Valley office, all evidence points to Alan.

In Mustard Seed they discover a massive underground complex stretching through miles of ancient lava tubes, and Mister Frostie grows up in a familiar, almost mythical mid-century small town with parks and stores and movie theatres and schools, even a miniature golf course. It's a time capsule full of people meant to preserve a tiny seed of the human experiment—just in case the human experiment blows up in the lab.

Spiegel-Bestseller-Autor Dietmar Bittrichs Geschichtensammlung macht einfach glücklich. Die Kleinen sind überraschend ungeduldig bei Staus, Verspätungen, verlorenem Gepäck. Sie langweilen sich bei den Sehenswürdigkeiten, die uns interessieren. Sie verlangen immer nur Pommes. Ein heiteres Hörbuch für alle, die den Kulturclash der Generationen augenzwinkernd betrachten, grandios interpretiert von Bernd Stelter.

Fat people, Footballers, Flip-flops, Formula One, Wheelie luggage Cycle helmets, Processed ham, Skiing, Dogs,,, Are you all wound up? Boiling and ready to blow? Breathe deeply. Relax. Master of spleen Giles Coren, author of what The Guardian called 'The Maddest Email Ever', has an unbeatable...

Possibly the only drawback about the bestselling How To Be A Woman was that its author, Caitlin Moran, was limited to pretty much one subject: being a woman. MORANTHOLOGY is proof that Caitlin can actually be ‘quite chatty’ about many other things, including cultural, social and political...