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Anatomie d'un mariage et d'une famille - les Berglund -, ce livre analyse les illusions, les déceptions et les compromis d'une génération de baby-boomers qui avaient rêvé un jour de changer le monde. Mais c'est aussi un acte d'accusation implacable à l'égard d'une nation qui a cessé depuis longtemps d'incarner ses propres valeurs. Qu'avons-nous fait de notre liberté ?, se demandent les personnages de Jonathan Franzen.

Deadeye Dick is Kurt Vonnegut's funny, chillingly satirical look at the death of innocence. Amid a true Vonnegutian host of horrors - a double murder, a fatal dose of radioactivity, a decapitation, an annihilation of a city by a neutron bomb - Rudy Waltz, aka Deadeye Dick, takes us along on a zany search for absolution and happiness. Here is a tale of crime and punishment that makes us rethink what we believe...and who we say we are.

In The Cosmic Con, the wildly inventive final installment of the Sacred Fool Trilogy, A.J. Salara delivers a hilarious and heartfelt sendoff to a generation of seekers chasing downloads, DNA upgrades, and their place among the stars. It’s a parody of New Age consumer culture—and a deeply human exploration of what happens when the myth collapses and all that’s left is... you.

Era de suponer que las autoras June Hayward y Athena Liu iban a alcanzar juntas el estrellato: ambas se graduaron a la vez en Yale y publicaron su primer libro el mismo año. Pero, pasado el tiempo, Athena ha triunfado en varios géneros literarios y June no ha conocido aún las mieles del éxito. Así que cuando June es testigo de la muerte de Athena en un horrible accidente, actúa de forma impulsiva: roba la obra maestra que Athena acababa de terminar, una novela sobre las contribuciones de los trabajadores chinos tanto en Gran Bretaña como en Francia durante la Primera Guerra Mundial.

When an industrial accident unleashes an "airborne toxic event", a lethal black chemical cloud floats over the Gladneys' lives. The menacing cloud is a more urgent and visible version of the "white noise" engulfing the Gladneys - radio transmissions, sirens, microwaves, ultrasonic appliances, and TV murmurings - pulsing with life yet suggesting something ominous.

When Lili Lowe gets caught having an affair with her married boss, an admired local politician, she finds herself at the epicenter of a scandal that could dismantle her life as she knows it. She turns, as many women would, to her mother. But Lydia Lowe is not the kind of mother to offer gentle words of consolation. Instead she devises a strategy that doesn’t just manage the fallout, it actively exploits it, and Lili goes from making coffee and booking meetings to making headlines and booking talk shows.

In 2043, Pamela just wants to stop feeling like shit. Enter U++, a new black-market gene therapy, that fills her with promises of a genetically enhanced 'best self.' The horrifying discovery? Pam's biology has very different ideas about what constitutes self improvement... As the grotesque transformation accelerates, her desperate husband Mark sees opportunity: why not document his wife's metamorphosis as an unscripted show? With their finances crashing, a new baby to support, and the future-Texas heat literally killing people, exploiting Pam's condition might be their only path to survival.

Legal Ethics Musical is a satirical, lighthearted (but pointed) look at the journey of an idealistic law school graduate, Mike Keen, as he navigates the treacherous waters of modern legal practice. The show uses humor, memorable characters, and musical numbers to explore themes of morality, justice, and whether “the system” ever truly allows lawyers to do the right thing.

In a post-catastrophic dystopian future—peaceful, prosperous, and corporate-controlled—non-conformity is a diagnosable disorder, and the human race is being genetically "corrected" to establish peace on Earth. However, Taylor, a Class 3 Anti-Social Person confined to Quarantine Zone 23, and Valentina, a Variant-Positive Normal from the upscale Residential Communities, have other plans for their future.

Bei Maska, dem archäologischen Ermittler aus Schwerin, ist das Geld knapp. Dann schiebt eine aluminiumblonde Braut ihren Vater in sein Büro, ihre Freunde werden umgebracht, aber die Polizei will davon nichts wissen. Mit seinem Doktor in angewandter Kryptozoologie kann nur er diesen Fall lösen, der ihn und den letzten Kobold Mecklenburgs zu den Bigfoots, Vampiren, Zwergen und Werwölfen des Landes führt. Kann Maska die Mordserie stoppen, bevor die blonde Puppe auch kalt gemacht wird? Und warum bedrängt ihn eine rothaarige Schönheit mit Sätzen aus drei Wörtern?

Would you trade an eyeball for a chance at love? One man's bizarre and hilarious quest for happiness might just change the way you see everything. In Unlearn, Samuel Cottontail invites you on a wildly unconventional journey through the mind of a man desperate to find joy. The problem? Every time he gets close, he sabotages it. His life is a series of questionable decisions and surreal encounters. He navigates a complicated relationship with his girlfriend (who is technically still married).

Drei Tage nach der Kreuzigung erwacht Jesus in seinem Felsengrab, lebendig - und verwirrt. Ein satanisches Ritual hat ihn unsterblich gemacht, aber wenn er nicht stirbt, sind die Sünden der Menschen nicht vergeben, und das war doch seine einzige Aufgabe auf Erden! Gemeinsam mit seinem Verräter Judas reist Jesus durch die nächsten 2000 Jahre Menschheitsgeschichte, inspiriert Leonardo Da Vinci zum letzten Abendmahl, begegnet Martin Luther und muss mit blutenden Marienstatuen klarkommen.

Have you ever slathered mustard on a hotdog and thought, "Wow, I sure hope the company that made this condiment isn't a corrupt tech startup run by a CEO who is a tyrannical chauvinist!" Well, you're about to.

"Like shyte through the bull's anus, so are the days of our lives."

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The human race's most popular humor series returns with a new collection of macabre mishaps and misadventures. Honoring those who improve our gene pool by inadvertently removing themselves from it, The Darwin Awards 5: Next Evolution shows how uncommon common sense still is.

Eliot Rosewater, a drunk volunteer fireman and president of the fabulously rich Rosewater Foundation, is about to attempt a noble experiment with human nature, with a little help from writer Kilgore Trout. The result is Kurt Vonnegut's funniest satire, an etched-in-acid portrayal of the greed, hypocrisy, and follies of the flesh we are all heir to.

Casada a los 16 años con un marqués ya mayor quedó viuda a los 16 años y medio. La primera experiencia con el sexo opuesto que tuvo la marquesa fue totalmente negativa y eso le hizo estar muy condicionada con respecto a los hombres. El problema de la sociedad de la época era que una mujer no podía estar sin un marido que la apoyara o un amante al menos, sin sufrir la humillación sarcasmo y ridículo del entorno social.

In music, counterpoint is the art of writing melodies that play in conjunction with one another, according to a strict set of rules, in order to emphasize the melody by contrast. In debate, point/counterpoint is a means of persuasion in which the speaker begins by conceding to their opponent’s argument before refuting it wholeheartedly. Aldous Huxley follows these traditions in his masterpiece Point Counter Point. The polarity between passion and reason in the intellectual life of the 1920s is demonstrated both in form and in theme in Huxley’s ambitious satire.

Heads Will Roll is an Audible Original from Saturday Night Live star Kate McKinnon and her cocreator/costar (and real-life sister) Emily Lynne. Produced by Broadway Video, this is not an audiobook - it’s a 10-episode, star-studded audio comedy that features performances from Meryl Streep, Tim Gunn, Peter Dinklage, Queer Eye’s Fab Five, and so many more. Please note: This content is not for kids.