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Los enrevesados rituales de la burocracia, lo extraordinariamente inútil que resulta la tecnología nacional, el interminable examen de conciencia que un ciudadano común tiene que hacerse antes de decidir por quién votar y las peculiares maneras de los mexicanos para dar malas noticias o presentar a dos extraños… Jorge Ibargüengoitia exhibe en esta colección de textos la inexplicable lógica detrás de la vida en este país.

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.

Ein Mann wacht eines Morgens als Frau auf und erlebt die Welt aus der anderen Perspektive. Dieses kluge Gedankenspiel enthüllt, was oft verdrängt wird – strukturelle Ungleichheit, subtile Vorurteile und die alltägliche Benachteiligung von Frauen. Das Buch zeigt, wie Frauen ihre Wünsche verwirklichen, den Gender Pay Gap überwinden und ihr Glück finden – und warum echte Gleichberechtigung uns alle stärkt: für mehr Verständnis, Fairness und gemeinsamen Erfolg.

Can a school detention class appreciate a tragicomedy? It’s all about the play itself. 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.

يشارك أحمد مشرف في كتابه السادس قصصًا ساخرة (كانت مُحرِجة أو حزينة وقتها) في محاولة للنظر إلى شؤون الحياة بعدسة أخرى

Jonathan Coe's previous novel, The Rotters' Club, was a novel of innocence: a nostalgic, humorous evocation of adolescent life in 1970s Britain. The Closed Circle is its mirror image: a novel of experience. On Millennium night, with Blair presiding over a superficially cool, sexed-up new version...

Las Tres Gordas de Antibes es un relato corto ingenioso y divertido de Somerset Maugham, que combina humor y observación social aguda. Ambientada en la idílica ciudad costera de Antibes en la Riviera Francesa, esta historia se centra en tres mujeres acaudaladas y corpulentas, conocidas por su devoción a la gastronomía y su peculiar método para mantener su peso bajo control.

The impact of science and technology on human behavior has reached the breaking point. In just the past 100 years, the explosion of new technology has dramatically improved our lives. But the existential risks keep multiplying. If we don't take a different approach, we have no hope of surviving, despite the Panglossian promises of our new technological wizards.

In this award-winning novel that Maureen Corrigan of NPR’s "Fresh Air" deems “exquisitely crafted...witty, nuanced, and ultimately moving,” a wise, septuagenarian woman who has lived life on her own terms finds herself thrust into the center of her family’s various catastrophes. A...

Poslední část volné trilogie o pobytu rodiny Durrellových na řeckém ostrově Korfu. Navazuje na knihy O mé rodině a jiné zvířeně a Ptáci, zvířata a moji příbuzní. Jak si oblažit duši? Jednou z cest jsou knížky Geralda Durrella, který prý začal psát proto, aby mohl zachraňovat zvířata. V poslední části volné trilogie o pobytu své rodiny na řeckém ostrově Korfu ve třicátých letech minulého století autor opět vypráví o své bezelstné lásce ke zvířatům, ale především o svém šťastném a sluncem prozářeném dětství.

Erasmus von Rotterdam war nicht nur Theologe, Philosoph, Philologe, Priester, Autor und Herausgeber von über 150 Büchern, sondern lebte als Kosmopolit in England, Italien, Frankreich, Deutschland und der Schweiz. In seiner Satire "Das Lob der Torheit" prangert der niederländische Universalgelehrte scharfsinnig wie überzeichnet die Missstände in Politik, Gesellschaft und in der Kirche im ausgehenden Mittelalter an. Matthias Ponnier liest aus dem bekanntesten Werk des großen Humanisten der Renaissance.

When Mr. Wolf hires an unlikely lawyer to tell his side of the story, The Three Pigs strike back with the formidable Ms. Priggly. As Mr. Wolf rages a legal battle against the pigs, the town is ripped apart as the wolf and the Pigs clash in the civil trial of the century. As the citizens take sides, will the biases of the past be uncovered? Who will prevail in Mr. Wolf v. The Three Pigs? This is one fairy tale adults can listen to!

Seeking revenge against a bunch of high school bullies, redress from an intransigent school system, and escape from their mundane lives, Jake and his friends Mick, Topher, and Whitey make plans to stage a mock Columbine-style school shooting, fake their deaths, and get out of the country.

LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN FICTION A NEW YORK TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR "A master comedian with a virtuoso prose style has produced an audacious, original and highly disturbing book . . . an incandescent satire." —Giles Harvey, The New York Times Magazine From the Whiting...

From my humble beginning as a market trader's daughter to a fashion stylist in Paris, I have carved out a career that most people could only dream of. Over the years, thousands of people have asked me for the secrets of my “Sue-cess” and it's only now that I feel the world is ready to understand. Charity Shop Sue's Tools for Management and Success is a guide that will illuminate your path to becoming a better manager and a better human person.

“Darkly, deeply funny, and acclaimed abroad, this biting satire” (Booklist) follows an over-educated, under-employed man as he struggles to complete his novel and get his life together over the course of one scorching Swedish summer. Convinced of his own moral and intellectual superiority...

From Sophia Bannion’s first day on the Storytelling team at HEBE, a luxury skincare/wellness company based in New York’s trendy SoHo neighborhood, it’s clear something is deeply amiss. But Sophia, pushing thirty, has plenty of skeletons in her closet next to the designer knockoffs and doesn’t care. Though she leads an outwardly charmed life, she aches for a deeper meaning to her flat existence—and a cure for her brutal nail-biting habit. She finds it all and more at HEBE, and with Tree Whitestone, HEBE’s charismatic founder and CEO.

El elfo había sido asesinado, eso era evidente… Faltan solo unos días para Navidad, pero Santa se enfrenta a la peor crisis de su carrera. Pinkie Merrivale, líder del sindicado de elfos, ha sido brutalmente asesinado. Y el principal sospechoso es… ¡el mismo Santa!, pues durante años él y Merrivale habían tenido violentos desacuerdos sobre las condiciones laborales en el Polo Norte.