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'I am absolutely terrified of losing a job I absolutely hate.' Stephen Maserov has problems. A onetime teacher, married to fellow teacher Eleanor, he has retrained and is now a second-year lawyer working at mega-firm Freely Savage Carter Blanche. Despite toiling around the clock to make budget...

Can the Empress of Blandings win the Fat Pigs class at the Shropshire Show for the third year running? Galahad Threepwood, Beach the butler, and others have put their shirt on this, and for Lord Emsworth it will be paradise on earth. But a substantial obstacle lurks in the way: Queen of...

Joey Cooley is a golden-curled child film star, the idol of American motherhood. Reginald, third Earl of Havershot, is a boxing blue on a mission to save his wayward cousin from the fleshpots of Hollywood. Both are under anesthesia at the dentist's office when something strange happens and their...

Trapped in rural Steeple Bumpleigh, a man less stalwart than Bertie Wooster would probably give way at the knees, for among those present were Florence Craye, to whom Bertie had once been engaged; her new fianc├ “Stilton” Cheesewright, who sees Bertie as a snake in the grass; and that...

Candide, published simultaneously in five European capitals in 1759, became an instant bestseller and is now regarded as one of the key texts of the Enlightenment. This is a witty allegory of a young man whose optimism gives way to disillusionment after a series of terrible misfortunes...

Bill (Lord) Rowcester was well and truly in the gumbo. With the benefit of hindsight he could see that setting himself up as a Silver Ring bookie might not have been his smartest move ever. Particularly when being down on his dibbs threatens his oncoming nuptials with the sterling Jill Wyvern...

Just as Bertie Wooster is a member of the Drones Club, Jeeves has a club of his own, the Junior Ganymede, exclusively for butlers and gentlemen’s gentlemen. In its inner sanctum is kept the Book of Revelations, where the less than perfect habits of their employers are lovingly recorded. The...

Jeeves is on holiday in Herne Bay, and while he's away, the world caves in on Bertie Wooster. For a start, Bertie's astonished to read in the Times of his own engagement to the mercurial Bobbie Wickham. Then, at Brinkley Court, his Aunt Dahlia's establishment, he finds his awful former...

If Lord Ickenham had not succumbed to the temptation to dislodge the hat of Beefy Bastable, the irascible QC, with a well-aimed Brazil nut, the latter’s famous legal mind might never have been stimulated to literature. But the incident provoked Beefy to write his exposé of the younger...

On doctor's orders, Bertie Wooster retires to sample the bucolic delights of Maiden Eggesford. But his idyll is rudely shattered by Aunt Dahlia who wants him to nobble a racehorse. Similar blots on Bertie's horizon come in the shape of Major Plank, the African explorer, Vanessa Cook, proud...

One of P. G. Wodehouse's most enticing later works, Barmy in Wonderland is a gem of a novel from the master of social satire and comedy. Cyril Fotheringay-Phipps, known to his friends as Barmy, has made a poor decision. He has invested ten thousand dollars in a stage production that seems doomed...

When the Little Nugget, alias of thirteen-year-old Ogden Ford, bulgy, rude, chain-smoking son of an American millionaire, arrives at Sanstead House School, the fun has just begun. Mr. Peter Burns, a none-too-dedicated schoolmaster engaged by snobbish Mr. Abney to educate his handpicked pupils...

This is a good example of early Wodehouse. It is here that Jeeves makes his first appearance with these unremarkable words: “Mrs. Gregson to see you, sir.” Years later, when Jeeves became a household name, Wodehouse said he blushed to think of the offhand way he had treated the man at their...

Le retour de votre auteur new-yorkais préféré. Orloff Trenchant, dit Or, est artiste peintre dans l'East Village. Après une rupture, il se retrouve à dormir dans son van, à vendre des livres dans la rue, et à tenter de finir le tableau qui peut-être, un jour, lui apportera le succès...

Life, liberty, and laughter! Rookie real estate agent Molly O’Malley’s latest client isn’t just looking for a home—she’s looking for a revolution. Liberty True, a firebrand history professor and unapologetic voice of the American Resistance, believes deeply in liberty and justice for all. When Homeland Security arrives on the scene, Molly finds herself at a dangerous crossroads. Rallying to her side? A Goth colleague who lives on the dark side, a charismatic cowboy preacher who lives on the light side, a sexy Englishman determined to be her white knight, and a dog with romantic problems.

Arbeitsstress? Dann wird es Zeit für eine Lachpause. Dieses Hörbuch führt mitten hinein in die farbenfrohen Anekdoten aus dem Berufsleben eines Isolierers. Tage voller Geschichten, Situationen zum Lachen, Staunen und Kopfschütteln und Erinnerungen, die zeigen, wie viel Lebensfreude im Arbeitsalltag stecken kann. Dabei bleibt eines garantiert: Alles bleibt anonym.

Trinta histórias. Trinta mulheres. Um só rugido. Essa coletânea de contos é protagonizada por trinta mulheres completamente diferentes, mas com muito mais em comum do que imaginam. A partir das rotinas, dos constrangimentos e dos desejos mais profundos, cada história nasce de ditados...

Johanna Kjellander forlader prædikestolen for evigt, mens sogne­børnene kaster salmebøger efter hende. Nå, men hendes erhvervsvalg var alligevel aldrig noget valg. Hendes far, en inkarneret modstander af kvindelige præster, tvang hende ind i præsteriet.  Per Persson lever et tarveligt...

A satirical deep dive into the polished chaos of modern Britannia, Hypocrites Anonymous exposes the double standards, broken promises, and theatrical contradictions of those in power. Through the sharp eyes of Raven Blackwood — a fedora clad investigative journalist forged from working class grit — listeners are led through a circus of political absurdity where every speech hides a loophole and every policy quietly favours the privileged.

O que uma jornalista desempregada tem em comum com uma cantora pop? Como as ondas de rádio caminham pelo universo? Elas chegam em outras civilizações? Ser artista é e foi sempre parecido em qualquer lugar, em qualquer tempo? Em Vaudeville, Bel Blubell Fontana mergulha nessas e outras perguntas, numa ode bem-humorada ao showbiz, seja aqui, ou numa galáxia muito distante. Bel nos faz viajar ao lado de Jo, em busca do paradeiro de Hahah Mahaya, a maior estrela pop da galáxia—famosa pelo hit "Ninguém é a Última Bolacha do Pacote"—que desaparece sem deixar rastros.