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Mumbai is a city that thrives on extravagant spectacles and larger-than-life characters. But as Chopra is about to discover, even in the city of dreams, there is no guarantee of a happy ending.

In a reality not too distant from our own, where the so-called Mental Parity Movement has taken hold, the worst thing you can call someone is 'stupid'. Everyone is equally clever, and discrimination based on intelligence is 'the last great civil rights fight'. Best friends since adolescence, Pearson and Emory find themselves on opposing sides of this new culture war. Radio personality Emory – who has built her career riding the tide of popular thought – makes increasingly hard-line statements while, for her part, Pearson believes the whole thing is ludicrous.

The first of Kafka’s three great novels, The Man Who Disappeared (America) follows the picaresque adventures of Karl Rossman, who is banished to America following a family scandal. Upon his arrival, Karl immediately happens upon his uncle, and from there follows a pattern of wandering, adoption and expulsion as Karl marches inexorably on towards the interior of the continent. With its blitheness and comical moments, The Man Who Disappeared is perhaps the most charming of Kafka’s works.

Marian is determinedly ordinary, waiting to get married. She likes her work, her broody flatmate and her sober fiancé Peter. All goes well at first, but Marian has reckoned without an inner self that wants something more, that calmly sabotages her careful plans, her stable routine—and her digestion. Marriage à la mode, Marian discovers, is something she literally can't stomach . . .

Tired of being a loser selling weed, Steve, our hero devises a plan to steal Elon Musk’s space shuttle and embarks on a mission to go find the Galactic Overlord Xemu.

Timothy ‘Timbo’ Smith, part-time healer and self-styled security analyst, travels down the dark canyons of global capitalism, from short-selling scams in the City to the depleted rainforests of Brazil. His accomplices in this irresistible safari through the late modern world are two reformed alcoholics, the lovely and brilliant Lee ‘Lethal’ Thorold, and her husband Professor Luke Deverill, lecherous Oxford philosopher and caustic computer wizard.

You Might Be a Narcissist If… is the ultimate bathroom book for the self-obsessed (and the poor souls who have to deal with them). Packed with laugh-out-loud observations, cringeworthy truths, and some suspiciously accurate red flags, this book will help you determine whether you’re just a little full of yourself… or if it’s time for some serious self-reflection.

Denk an das schlimmste Date deines Lebens – und du bist noch nicht einmal nahe dran! Ein ebenso humorvoller wie lebenskluger Roman, eine grandiose Mischung aus Humor und existentiellen Fragen. The Walking Date ist keine normale Dating-Plattform: Hier können sich Menschen, die nicht mehr lange zu leben haben, noch ein letztes Mal verlieben. Deshalb hat sich auch Patient Raphael bei TWD angemeldet, und tatsächlich funkt es zwischen ihm und der ebenfalls erkrankten Nala. Doch am Tag ihres ersten Blind Dates geht es Raphael nicht gut.

Dax Biggins releases Abigor–the demon of war from a dybbuk box–to increase his TikTok views. When Abigor returns to Hell, he discovers it's changed dramatically, and there's now a Committee of Warfare!

Discover the high-stakes world of fine dining in "$1,000 A Plate" by Jack McKenty—a gripping short story where luxury, ambition, and deception collide. When an elite supper club charges four figures for a single meal, every bite comes with a secret—and not everyone makes it to dessert. Perfect for fans of psychological thrillers, dark satire, and culinary intrigue. Read now and find out what’s really on the menu.

In the small town of Fartsville, USA, a cow appeared—mysteriously, majestically, and profoundly flatulent. Her name is Betsy, and her wind carries prophecy. The Divine Udderance is a hilariously holy satire of modern faith, influencer culture, capitalism, and the sheer absurdity of worshipping a gas-blessed bovine. From jazz-fueled fart battles to gluten-free miracles, Betsy’s tale is one of unexpected enlightenment, complete with jazz bands, TikTok prophets, National Guard conversions, and a child who decodes her toots in Morse code.

Basic training was a disaster. His first mission was worse. But somehow, Private Johnny Durham is still alive—and that’s the real miracle. What happens when the world’s most unlucky soldier stumbles his way through the ranks of the U.S. Army? Absolute chaos.

In the years following the First World War a new generation emerged, wistful and vulnerable beneath the glitter. The Bright Young Things of 1920s London, with their paradoxical mix of innocence and sophistication, exercised their inventive minds and vile bodies in every kind of capricious escapade. In these pages a vivid assortment of characters, among them the struggling writer Adam Fenwick-Symes and the glamorous, aristocratic Nina Blount, hunt fast and furiously for ever greater sensations and the hedonistic fulfillment of their desires.

"La scatola di cuoio vissuto era sistemata da sempre su un cassettone di legno massiccio nello studio di don Pantaleo, a San Clemente. Dal giorno di Natale del 1968 aveva colpito la fantasia di Antonio Forini, trentasei anni, magro, un po’ curvo, quasi calvo, lenti spesse da miope, strampalato, “un tipo che, fra centomila lire e un portachiavi di metallo, sceglie il portachiavi, senza pensarci due volte”". Un’insolita favola nera sull’invidia, l’avidità e i più bassi sentimenti umani.

Alexander Pope was fiercely critical of writers whom he considered to have little talent and whom he liked to nominate as dunces. His most encyclopedic examination of these apostles of dullness is the Dunciad, a long satirical saga first published in a three-book version in 1728. A variorium edition followed shortly afterwards in 1729. In 1742, Pope added a fourth book, and a new, complete edition was published in 1743.

Are you tired of pretending to understand Hegel? Do you feel personally attacked by German idealism? Have you ever wondered if “sublation” is just a fancy word for “I have no idea what I’m saying”? Congratulations. You’ve found your people. In Hegel’s Dialectic: Making Simple Ideas Complicated Since 1807, philosophy finally gets the sarcasm-drenched takedown it deserves.

जवन म लग हर आग क करण सरफ आपक गलतय नह हत ह, कछ आपक कसमत भ सलग दत ह य कहन ह बबल शकल क जनब कटरकटर ह 28 क ह गए ह, पर शद नह हई अभ तक खद कछ कर नह पए, अमम क कछ करन नह दत य गव क व यव ह, ज इनक उमर म अववहत रह जए त लग यव कहन स भ कतरन लगत ह शद स डरत नह ह, बस थड नरबस जत ह ठकदर क शरआत छट-मट कम स हई थ, पर जब स इनक समझ आय ह क रशवत दकर सरकर tender मल जत ह, कम अलग ह level पर पहच गय ह इस कहन म एक लडक ह, एक लडक ह, द दसत ह, एक गव ह व सब कछ, ज ह सकत ह पर इसक सथ मलग शकल ज क खद पर अपर वशवस, धध म आ रह दककत, रशत क गहरई, नतकत पर सवल और हलक स इशक बस... हलक स

In the quirky and snack-filled world of Big Backia, the Big Backs—an oversized race with even bigger appetites—face a hilarious but heartfelt dilemma: they want smaller backs, but can’t resist their mountains of snacks. Desperate for change, young Katie Maroo seeks help from the legendary Fitness B. Warren, a no-nonsense guru with a simple mantra: “You don’t need that snack, Big Back!”

Questo libro è una amarissima, sarcastica, parodistica e dissacrante critica portata avanti con spietatezza verso il mondo dell'editoria tradizionale, dei premi letterari e di chi vi gira intorno, spesso senza saperlo.

Within the quiet walls of the Appleseed Rectory, a gorgeous five-bedroom, three-story home in rural England, anything goes: the drugs are consumed with gusto, the booze flows like water, and the sex is near constant and deliciously debauched. When six uppity twenty-somethings gather at the rectory for a careless weekend away, things quickly go awry. And when someone named Johnny begins leaving threatening letters around the house, the group is thoroughly shaken—no one has any clue who this “Johnny” could be.

Charles Highway, a bright, egotistical Oxford student and soon-to-be Great Novelist, spends the eve of his twentieth birthday reflecting on his adolescence—at times stimulating, often embarrassing, and never nearly as debauched as he’d have liked. Until he meets Rachel Noyes, an elusive, unattainable, manic pixie mystery of a girl whom Charles quickly becomes entranced by. He meticulously draws up battle plans and strategies for how to seduce Rachel, and thus the “Rachel Papers” are born.

Richard Tull, a failed and disillusioned novelist, seethes with envy as he watches his longtime friend Gwyn Barry, a talentless, populist charlatan, rise to literary superstardom. Barry is adored by readers, celebrated by critics, and constantly in the public eye, while Tull sinks deeper into middle-aged obscurity, unable to escape the evidence of his own defeat. In a trance of impotent rage, Tull devises a vicious plan to ruin his friend—or at least hurt him as badly as possible—and finds himself tumbling into London’s criminal underworld, as well as the darkest precincts of his own soul.

Foster brothers Terence Service and Gregory Riding could not be more different from one another—Terry “a quivering condom of neurosis and ineptitude” and Greg a “bundle of contempt, vanity and stock-response.” After the shocking killing of Terry’s child sister, he is taken in by the aristocratic and wealthy Riding family and introduced to his new foster brother and sister, Greg and Ursula. As adults, the two boys unhappily share a tiny apartment in London.

Money is everything. Especially to John Self, a successful commercial director from London. He spends his days steeped in booze and pornography and prostitutes, lost in the hedonistic lifestyle of his peers. But John has bigger dreams, and he sets off for America on the invitation of the filmmaker Fielding Goodney in the hope of getting his first feature film, titled Good Money, off the ground. It is in America where John must contend with his degenerative proclivities, or risk the life he’s built.

Der Vergaser-Kubi ist tot! Hansi Scharnagl und Sepp Müller sind entsetzt, als sie seine Leiche auf der Huberbauernwiese finden. Natürlich beginnen sie sofort mit den inoffiziellen Ermittlungen. Aber wie soll man einen Mörder finden, wenn praktisch niemand auch nur annähernd ein Mordmotiv für den allseits beliebten Automechaniker hat?

Saffy Huntley-Oliver's life is going great. Even better than usual! She's got a fabulous new boyfriend, Jonathan, and they are crazy in love; she has literally got away with (lots of) murder; her favourite hairstylist has got out of jail so she can finally get a proper blow-out; and now that she's no longer single, she can get back to her favourite hobby of killing all the bad men she can find.

Step into the wildly over-the-top world of The Curious Book (originally titled The Enemy Conquered; or, Love Triumphant), Mark Twain’s wickedly funny satire of 19th-century romantic fiction. In a tale dripping with flowery prose, impossible heroics, and swooning declarations of love, we meet the valiant Major Elfonzo—a man of honor, swordplay, and strangely poetic monologues. His heart beats only for the lovely Ambulinia, whose beauty is rivaled only by her baffling metaphors. But standing between them? An angry father, absurd obstacles, and enough melodrama to fuel a dozen dime novels.

Published in April 2020 with assistance from BePublished.org, NASTY FOR NO REASON is the 45th literary work released by Artistpreneur Mylia Tiye Mal Jaza. The author's first endeavor in mash-up writing, this work of fiction blends Jaza's love of non-fiction and humor with everyone else's love of fake news, romance, and murder.

A child fails his studies because of his passion for work. He is kicked out of his home and embarks on a grueling journey... How will he prove himself and achieve success that will astound everyone? Will he ever return and become a role model for his villagers?

What if everything we believed about morality, crime, health, and machines was reversed? In Erewhon, Samuel Butler delivers a brilliant satirical utopia where illness is treated as a crime, criminals are pitied like the sick, and machines are feared as dangerous competitors to mankind’s future. Originally published in 1872, this classic dystopian novel was far ahead of its time—questioning Victorian values, blind progress, and the foundations of civilization itself.