Publisher: Bluemoose Books
Sally lives with husband Bill, adult son Dan and four of his friends. Her best friend Jan makes a shocking confession and alarmed Sally gives her some very bad advice.
We all like short, witty, timely phrases that make our friends smile and illuminate a situation with an original and fun approach. In this book you will find hundreds of short phrases to have a good time that will turn you into the life of the party when in social situations. The phrases cover the daily topics that concern us the most: sex, love, couples, marriage, family, money and work. Humor has been, is and will be the best form of therapy. It allows us to see reality in a different way, changing our frame of reference and lightening the intensity of all our problematic life situations. Humor makes us see life in a different way and allows us to go through daily situations with another spirit. Dwnload this audio book to instantly feel better, experience problems in a lighter way, and entertain your family and friends!Show book
“Expectant parents are always looking for inspiration about names, and might be glad of a warning.” —Financial Times An ideal gift book with personality and charm, Bertha Venation is a legendary editor’s lifetime collection of the amazing names of actual people, with his own inimitable wit, commentary, and stories. Roger Gotobed . . . Ida Slaptor . . . Formica Dinette . . . Honeysuckle Weeks . . . Gay Beach . . . Sappho Clissit . . . Dimple Mystery This colorful collection of extraordinary names, sure to please every lover of miscellany, features: Celebrity Children, Weirdest Names in Sports, Aptly Named Professionals, Literary Highlights, Funny Name Marriages, Places and Houses with Strange Names, Long and Meaningless Names, and Pets. Barbara Fatt Heine . . . P. Enis . . . Razzle and Dazzle . . . Moondog . . . Casa Enima . . . Phydeaux . . . Phat Ho . . . Fitz Funfrock . . . Mone’t Elysea Ann . . . and Lake ChargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamauggShow book
In this wild battering ram of a novel, which was originally published to vast controversy in 1965, Norman Mailer creates a character who might be a fictional precursor of the philosopher-killer he would later profile in The Executioner’s Song. As Stephen Rojack, a decorated war hero and former congressman who murders his wife in a fashionable New York City high-rise, runs amok through the city in which he was once a privileged citizen, Mailer peels away the layers of our social norms to reveal a world of pure appetite and relentless cruelty. One part Nietzsche, one part de Sade, and one part Charlie Parker, An American Dream grabs the reader by the throat and refuses to let go.Show book
The Unrest-Cure, a short story by Saki (H.H. Munro), satirizes the upper-class society of early 20th-century England through the lens of humor and absurdity. The narrative centers around Clovis Sangrail, a witty and mischievous young man who visits the dull Huddle siblings at their country estate. The Huddles are depicted as insipid and overly concerned with their mundane comforts.Show book
The Darwin Awards: Next Evolution commemorates those who improve our gene pool by removing themselves from it, showing us just how uncommon common sense can be! Meet the absentminded terrorist who opens a mail bomb returned to him for insufficient postage. Marvel at the thief who steals electrical wires before shutting off the current. Gape at the would-be pilot who flies his lawn chair suspended from helium balloons into air-traffic lanes. These tales of trial and awe-inspiring error illustrate the ongoing saga of survival of the fittest in all its selective glory! The author has appeared in USA Today, Entertainment Weekly, The (NY) Daily News, Boston Herald, Publisher Weekly, BookPage and CNN.com.Show book
“Hilarious and erudite, spooky and unconventional, Darkmans is a dazzling achievement.” — Washington PostShortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, Darkmans is an exhilarating, extraordinary examination of the ways in which history can play jokes on us all... If History is just a sick joke which keeps on repeating itself, then who exactly might be telling it, and why? Could it be John Scogin, Edward IV's infamous court jester, whose favorite pastime was to burn people alive—for a laugh? Or could it be Andrew Boarde, Henry VIII's physician, who kindly wrote John Scogin's biography? Or could it be a tiny Kurd called Gaffar whose days are blighted by an unspeakable terror of–uh–salad? Or a beautiful, bulimic harpy with ridiculously weak bones? Or a man who guards Beckley Woods with a Samurai sword and a pregnant terrier?Darkmans is a very modern book, set in Ashford [a ridiculously modern town], about two very old-fashioned subjects: love and jealousy. It's also a book about invasion, obsession, displacement and possession, about comedy, art, prescription drugs and chiropody. And the main character? The past, which creeps up on the present and whispers something quite dark—quite unspeakable—into its ear.The third of Nicola Barker's narratives of the Thames Gateway, Darkmans is an epic novel of startling originality.Show book
