Ice Cream for Breakfast
ICE CREAM FOR BREAKFAST is based on real-life events. It's historical fiction with a sense of humor. In the era of silent films, when women were not considered funny, MABEL NORMAND broke barriers as Hollywood's first female comedy superstar. The first woman to act, write and direct comedy films, the first to run her own movie studio. An expert diver, swimmer, race driver, pilot, acrobat, pianist and pie thrower, Mabel is as funny off-screen as on. A newly-minted millionaire, she lavishes herself with furs and diamonds while her generous heart supports needy families. It's the dawn of the Hollywood film industry. A scandalous time of reckless living, wild parties, and Madcap Mabel is in the thick of it. When social reformers begin a vicious crusade against the barbaric behavior of Hollywood, Mabel ends up the "patsy" in a murder she had nothing to do with. ICE CREAM FOR BREAKFAST gives "voice" to Mabel and her fellow silent clowns, Charlie Chaplin, Fatty Arbuckle, Buster Keaton and many others. Once hailed as The Queen of Comedy, ICE CREAM FOR BREAKFAST launches Mabel Normand back to stardom.
La fen礙tre d’en face
Un vieux romancier au bord du suicide voit d矇barquer chez lui une jeune femme qui pr矇tend avoir perdu son chat. Une visite qui va changer sa vie... Pi癡ce de th矇璽tre pour une com矇dienne et un com矇dien. N矇 en 1955 ? Auvers-sur-Oise, Jean-Pierre Martinez monte d'abord sur les planches comme batteur dans divers groupes de rock, avant de devenir s矇miologue publicitaire. Il est ensuite sc矇nariste pour la t矇l矇vision et revient ? la sc癡ne en tant que dramaturge. Il a 矇crit une centaine de sc矇narios pour le petit 矇cran et plus de quatre-vingts com矇dies pour le th矇璽tre dont certaines sont d矇j? des classiques (Vendredi 13 ou Strip Poker). Il est aujourd'hui l'un des auteurs contemporains les plus jou矇s en France et dans les pays francophones. Par ailleurs, plusieurs de ses pi癡ces, traduites en espagnol et en anglais sont r矇guli癡rement ? l'affiche aux ?tats-Unis et en Am矇rique Latine.
Du roquefort dans le cluster
Printemps 2020, littoral normand, un metteur en sc癡ne de th矇璽tre voudrait monter un spectacle. L'actualit矇 et une rencontre inattendue, r矇surgence d'un pass矇 tumultueux, vont nous mener au fil d'une intrigue aux contours surr矇alistes. Myst癡re et humour seront au rendez-vous d'un r矇cit ? rebondissements.
Keine Panik, Probepapa !
Als der in die Jahre gekommene Fitnesstrainer und Hausmann Benno Weber eines Tages nach Hause kommt, ist er ziemlich 羹berrascht: In seiner K羹che sitzt ein Kind! Der neunj瓣hrige Leo, ein Sch羹ler aus der Klasse seiner Ehefrau Susanne, ist verzweifelt, weil er Probleme mit seinen Pflegeeltern hat. Als der Junge kurz darauf ins Kinderheim abgeschoben wird, gelingt es Susanne Benno zu einem Treffen mit Leo zu 羹berreden. Diese Begegnung mit dem fremden Heimkind bringt nun das geordnete, ruhige Leben des midlifekrisengeplagten Mannes ziemlich durcheinander ... In dieser autobiografisch inspirierten Geschichte beschreibt der Autor mit Augenzwinkern und einer geh繹rigen Portion Selbstironie, wie er sich darauf einl瓣sst, sein wohlstrukturiertes und bequemes Leben einzutauschen gegen das gew繹hnliche Chaos und Abenteuer im Zusammenleben mit einem Kind.
Naarlen
"In the Arctic winter Naarlanders sink into unrelenting gloom. Then comes summer. Twenty-four-hour daylight flip-flops Naarlanders between manic optimism and sleep-deprived irritability. Summer is when Naarlanders dissolve into unpredictable temper tantrums." So begins Per Pederson's laugh-out-loud tale of Arctic chaos. Per thinks he's the only sane Naarlander, but every time he tries to help his fellow Naarlanders he leaves a trail of rubble, ruined lives and destroyed romances. Plus, he's easily tempted. He loves his wife, but there's her friend Anne. And there's the lovely Olga, although Olga wants to kill Per. In fact, while half Naarlen think Per's a hero, the other half wants Per dead. And who's on which side keeps changing. It's all rather complicated...
Vier M瓣dels und ein kleiner Mann
Vier M瓣dels, sind wir drei uralte Freundinnen. Zusammen k繹nnen wir Pferde stehlen und nur ich bin verheiratet, aber nicht mehr lange. Mein Mann ist Chemiker und unsere kleine Wohnung sein Labor. Aber was er dann tat brachte nicht nur unser Leben auf eine neue Bahn. Nein, gleich auch noch die meiner drei M瓣dels. Trotzdem w羹rden wir vier wieder so handeln. Er auch da bin ich mir nicht so sicher und die anderen erst.
Haben Sie hier auch Fliesen?
R羹diger Seifert ist Mitte zwanzig und arbeitet seit drei Jahren als Verk瓣ufer f羹r Fliesen und Kacheln in einer Filiale der Baumarktkette "Hon瓣sch". Nicht unbedingt der Traumberuf, aber sein nicht wirklich spektakul瓣rer Schulabschluss l瓣sst eben auch nicht viel mehr zu. Sein Chef, Manfred Gerstner, hat leider nicht nur einen sehr 羹berschaubaren Charme, sondern auch (s)eine ganz eigene Art und Weise, die Filiale in seinem Sinne zu leiten; das zeigt sich besonders in den Momenten, wenn sich mal wieder ein Vorteil f羹r seine ganz pers繹nliche Karriere ergeben k繹nnte. Und wenn Herr Gerstner etwas gar nicht versteht, dann ist es Spa?. Am allerwenigsten, wenn es um die Kunden oder den Umsatz geht! Zum Gl羹ck hat R羹diger jedoch in Patrick Weber einen Kollegen, der sich in vielen Situationen als echter Freund erweist. Und so lassen sich nicht nur Gerstners Launen ganz gut 羹berleben, sondern auch so ungeliebte Kollegen wie den aufstrebenden Nichtsk繹nner Jonas Palfrader, der merkw羹rdige Fund in einer Kiste mit Rattan-Sommerm繹beln, der unerwartete Besuch seines Bruders samt Familie oder auch die Betreuung einer eher unkonventionellen Eintages-Praktikantin. Dar羹ber hinaus sorgen auch au?erhalb der heiligen Hallen des "Hon瓣sch" zum Beispiel der umlautabstinente Baguette-Experte Enrique, Alfons Schaumreiter, dem das ganze Areal mal geh繹rt hat oder auch eine 羹berraschende Begegnung weiblicher Art aus R羹digers Vergangenheit daf羹r, dass es eins ganz bestimmt nie wird: langweilig. Willkommen im Baumarkt!
Andrew's First Act
"I'm fine. I'm fine," I say as if repeating myself might make it true. I adjust my bright green tie in the mirror and pat down my hair, hoping the gel will keep it in place. "Listen. Just perform your material like you've practiced. It's all good stuff! I will be waiting for you at the side exit and I'll be watching from the back. You'll do great!" Sunnie tries to assure me, but I detect a nervous tone in her voice. I hear a faint knock and then a young man wearing headphones and holding a clipboard opens the door. "Andrew Masterson. You are on in 20," he announces."I'm going to go." Sunnie gives my arm a tight squeeze. "You've got this!" She flashes me a quick smile and then leaves me to my rushing mind and screaming anxiety. I hear a loud speaker announce my name. "And now, ladies and gentlemen, give a round of applause for our next comedian. Mr. Andrew Masterson."
Making Man
Cobble is a Neanderthal with itchy feet and the mind of an engineer, unlike anyone else in his old-fashioned tribe. Making Man follows his journey as he leaves the village of Boardom behind, taking him through mountains, underground animal lairs and into new landscapes. As with all good prehistoric comedies, there is a mysterious pendant and a healthy dose of talking insects. Fans of Douglas Adams and Sir Terry Pratchett may not enjoy Making Man as much as those esteemed authors, there are fewer elephants and no Vogons after all, but they should enjoy and remember it fondly nonetheless.(2020 Independent Audiobook award finalist)
Miten julkeat, jumala?
K瓣sittelen kristinuskoa ja Raamattua SARKASMIN ja huumorin avulla. Aluksi kuvitteelliset asiantuntijat kuvailevat jumalaista br瓣ndi瓣 kukin omasta n瓣k繹kulmastaan. Keksim瓣ni henkil繹hahmot esittelev瓣t itsens瓣 ja paljastavat kaunistelematta omat ajatuksensa: USKON SANKARIT kipuilevat ongelmiensa kanssa ja pyrkiv瓣t noudattamaan jumalansa tahtoa omien tulkintojensa mukaan. USKON UHMAAJAT ihmettelev瓣t jumalan aivoituksia ja murtautuvat lopulta irti uskon ikeest瓣. My繹s rukoukset jakautuvat kahteen ryhm瓣瓣n. Kummassakin jumalalle puhutaan hauskan rohkeasti ja asioita k瓣rjist瓣en: KIIVAAT KILVOITTELIJAT yritt瓣v瓣t rukoilla n繹yr瓣sti, vaikka eiv瓣t aina ymm瓣rr瓣 jumalansa tarkoitusperi瓣. KRIITTISET KYSELIJ?T esitt瓣v瓣t kovaakin kritiikki瓣 ja panevat jumalalle hanttiin. LUKIJOILTA: "T瓣m瓣 on hyv瓣, aivan hervotonta teksti瓣! Luin l瓣pi kertaistumalta ja ulvoin t瓣瓣ll瓣 yksin瓣ni y繹ll瓣. Taisin her瓣tt瓣瓣 naapuritkin. Kyll瓣 olet t瓣m瓣n teoksen kanssa ylitt瓣nyt itsesi." "Kirja etenee sis瓣ll繹lt瓣瓣n ja rakenteeltaan loogisesti. Teos on kuin varovaisen kyseenalaistajan kasvutarina kategorisesti argumentoivaksi uskontokriitikoksi."
Isolde
"Eine heitere bildliche Erz瓣hlung, mit viel Charme und Ironie. Eine Geschichte, die verzaubert, die am羹siert, belustigt aber auch nachdenklich macht. Die Schriftstellerin Marika Thommen vereint die Kunst des Schreibens, die Wahl der Worte mit einer Leichtigkeit, so, dass der Leser sich im Geschehen w瓣hnt und ihre B羹cher gern verschlingt." A. Lebhaus
Who Hijacked My Fairy Tale?
There's a part of the fairy tale they never told you about-that next chapter-where the charming prince grows a spare tire, the princess develops anger issues, and your dreams of rocking on the front porch into the twilight of your life turn into unpaid bills, dirty laundry, and dreams of killing him in his sleep. Join award-winning storyteller, comedian, and motivational speaker, Kelly Swanson, on her twisted journey to a happier ever after.
Man in the Pandemic
Sent to work from home and in isolation from the onset of the pandemic, Frank Smith is losing control over his carefully constructed environment. Forced into unemployment, his hyper-focus turns towards what he can control: walking endless circles in his home, conserving toilet paper and battling pests as he struggles to hold onto his sanity. Smith tries to make sense of social unrest and systemic racism, natural disasters and climate change as he faces personal demons of loneliness, fear and a lifetime of regrets.Simply told yet deceptively complex, this dark comedy will resonate with anyone questioning their place in the universe as we navigate a world gone mad...
Young Again
What would it feel like to find your middle-aged self suddenly living back in a college dorm room? Four faculty members at Prairie State College in Minnesota are about to find out after their administration comes up with a bizarre strategy to improve graduation rates - The Faculty Dorm Dweller Program.While the idea seems promising to the administration, it doesn't take long for problems to arise-problems which readers will find appallingly funny, situations they'll find stimulate both empathy and snark. As Johnson says, "It's not so much a fish-out-of-water scenario as it is an older fish returning to a pond she'd lived in years ago."So Juanita Jane Ruckler, a fiftyish English professor, proves that she's not old by having an affair with a nineteen-year-old student. Lyla Benson, recently divorced and thirty-eight, runs into her old college flame and finds herself searching: is there something more than ashes left in that relationship? Bert Rojas, a math professor, is using the program to escape a boring home life with a nagging wife-the woman he's married right after college, back when youth had seemed eternal. As the FDD crew gets to know one another, they provide balance, experience, and understanding to one another. Even fresh-faced and naive young Joy McPherson, assistant professor in Political Science, can sometimes teach her older colleagues-though her own choices seem inexorably wrong. And the students? They're teachers too, in their own inimitable ways.
Cancel Shawn Boston
Rick has been terrified of the internet ever since he accidentally became a meme 5 years ago, when a video of his asshole grandpa totally owning him in a fight went viral. After giving up his dreams of being a musician, Rick is stuck bartending at a comedy club and accompanying comedians on his drum set from behind a curtain. When he learns that subpar musicians like Shawn Boston have been able to make it big on the internet without any talent, his best friend convinces him to make a video exposing Shawn's lack of musical skill. As the artist of the adorable Punk Kitty enamel pin and patch brand, Lindsey has always relied on her good looks and natural charm to sell her work at comic conventions. When the coronavirus pandemic of 2020 causes all the year's conventions to shut down, Lindsey is forced to turn to the scary world of e-commerce. After weeks of no sales, Lindsey thinks she's doomed. But when she catches massive internet celebrity Shawn Boston plagiarizing her best friend's art for his new album cover and creates a video exposing him for it, she blows up overnight. Rick and Lindsey meet in the comment sections of each other's videos exposing Shawn Boston. Will their collabs lead to love? Or will they, too, fall into the trap of getting canceled online?
Gracie and Marge Kicking the Bucket Together
The Book: Gracie and Marge Kicking the Bucket Together is Brenda's first Novella. With a mix of humor and absolute seriousness, Gracie and Marge battle our culture's ageism attitude and playfully demonstrate that life goes on despite their age. The two women meet in the emergency room in a hospital in Louisville, Kentucky and eventually find their way IN St. Petersburg, Florida.From dumpster diving and getting caught up in the middle of riots in Louisville, to adopting lasting friends along the way, and 'going to the dogs' in Florida, they are intent on living life to the fullest on their own terms. The commotion never ends, and all Gracie can say about that is, "Well, tarnation!"
Les Plaisanteries de Nasr Eddin Hodja
Avertissement: Libre ? vous de choisir des fac-simil矇s de pi癡tre qualit矇; le pr矇sent ouvrage a 矇t矇 enti癡rement recompos矇, revu, corrig矇 et annot矇 au besoin, l'orthographe modernis矇e, car d矇chiffrer et interpr矇ter ralentit et g璽che le plaisir de lire; bref, tout a 矇t矇 fait pour rendre votre lecture plus accessible et agr矇able, et ? un prix 矇quivalent, sinon moins cher par rapport ? l'existant. Nasr-Eddin appara簾t, ? l'esprit des Ottomans, comme un 礙tre de raison sur le compte duquel ils mettent toutes les saillies populaires. J-A. Decourdemanche a repris ici de vieux grimoires, le plus ancien semblant 礙tre une 矇dition turque parue ? Constantinople en 1837, mais s'inspirant aussi des travaux de Nassim Mallouf, d'un ouvrage paru en allemand par von Willi, von Camerloher und resp. Dr. W. Prelog., etc. Il s'agit l? du 7癡me volume de la s矇rie.
If You’d Just Listened To Me In The First Place...
"Nagging just sounds so negative, and I am not a negative person. Truth is, I'm the kind of person you'd ask for directions if you were lost, or tell your life story to while waiting in line at the grocery store, which has happened on more than one occasion, believe me."Sure, Ella Boudreaux is great at nagging--in fact, she's the best---but where has it gotten her? Nowhere, that's where.She can't hold onto a job or find her true calling, but she knows it's out there. Could a handsome stranger help her find her destiny?Or maybe he is her destiny...
If You’d Just Listened To Me In The First Place...
"Nagging just sounds so negative, and I am not a negative person. Truth is, I'm the kind of person you'd ask for directions if you were lost, or tell your life story to while waiting in line at the grocery store, which has happened on more than one occasion, believe me."Sure, Ella Boudreaux is great at nagging--in fact, she's the best---but where has it gotten her? Nowhere, that's where.She can't hold onto a job or find her true calling, but she knows it's out there. Could a handsome stranger help her find her destiny?Or maybe he is her destiny...This is the large print edition of If You'd Just Listened To Me In The First Place..., with a larger font / typeface for easier reading.
If You’d Just Listened To Me In The First Place...
"Nagging just sounds so negative, and I am not a negative person. Truth is, I'm the kind of person you'd ask for directions if you were lost, or tell your life story to while waiting in line at the grocery store, which has happened on more than one occasion, believe me."Sure, Ella Boudreaux is great at nagging--in fact, she's the best---but where has it gotten her? Nowhere, that's where.She can't hold onto a job or find her true calling, but she knows it's out there. Could a handsome stranger help her find her destiny?Or maybe he is her destiny...This is the large print edition of If You'd Just Listened To Me In The First Place..., with a larger font / typeface for easier reading.
If You’d Just Listened To Me In The First Place...
"Nagging just sounds so negative, and I am not a negative person. Truth is, I'm the kind of person you'd ask for directions if you were lost, or tell your life story to while waiting in line at the grocery store, which has happened on more than one occasion, believe me."Sure, Ella Boudreaux is great at nagging--in fact, she's the best---but where has it gotten her? Nowhere, that's where.She can't hold onto a job or find her true calling, but she knows it's out there. Could a handsome stranger help her find her destiny?Or maybe he is her destiny...
If You’d Just Listened To Me In The First Place...
"Nagging just sounds so negative, and I am not a negative person. Truth is, I'm the kind of person you'd ask for directions if you were lost, or tell your life story to while waiting in line at the grocery store, which has happened on more than one occasion, believe me."Sure, Ella Boudreaux is great at nagging--in fact, she's the best---but where has it gotten her? Nowhere, that's where.She can't hold onto a job or find her true calling, but she knows it's out there. Could a handsome stranger help her find her destiny?Or maybe he is her destiny...
Lyssa Strata
A small-town librarian finds her voice and kicks some misogynist butt in the process.Inspired by the classical Greek comedy, Lysistrata, librarian Lyssa Strata has long begged the Town Council of Athena, Massachusetts to repeal its disgusting, old, misogynist, and racist laws, but the Council, an all-male entity for 400 years, has blown her off as a redheaded spinster-who, according to a 1673 law, should legally be run out of town at the end of a musket upon a poor fiscal year.When Lyssa seeks to invade the male bastion as the first woman ever on the Council, the men in charge treat her candidacy as a hilarious joke; that is, until Lyssa leads the women of the town on a sex strike.PRAISE FOR LYSSA STRATA "A wickedly clever, sly take on the Greek classic that will have you rolling in the aisles of your own home as hard as the ancient Greeks rolled in the...aisles? Of their....ancient theaters Whatever, I didn't read the original Aristophanes and neither did you. Save yourself the trouble and read this hilarious reimagination of it instead."-Emily Flake, Saint Nell's Proprietrix & Cartoonist, The New Yorker "If you've ever wondered what it would have been like if Terry Pratchett wrote The Handmaid's Tale, this is the book for you."-Jenny Trout, USA Today and internationally bestselling author "There's a lot to be frustrated about: the pink tax, politics, old white guys. Nelson deftly satirizes local politics and the patriarchy in Lyssa Strata. The ladies of Athena, Massachusetts may cherish a secret, but I don't-read this book."-Brooke Knisley, Your Local Redheaded Succubus. Oh, and Also Writer. "Martti Nelson has created a character in Lyssa the librarian who anyone could love, admire, and relate to-one who has had enough of the BS and does something about it. This novel will make you feel alive, or at least awake."-Jessica Delfino, author of Amazon #1 bestseller Dumb Jokes For Smart Folks "Nelson's deliciously laugh-out-loud funny spin on an ancient Greek tale shreds modern-day sexism with OG feminism."-Marta Acosta, award-winning author of the Casa Dracula series "Fans of Parks and Recreation, rejoice-there's a new Leslie Knope to be found in Martti Nelson's Lyssa Strata. Packed with call backs to the Greek myth on which it's based, this book will make for a satisfying read for any woman who's mad as hell at the patriarchy and isn't going to take it anymore, but also wants a laugh a minute along the way."-Lana Schwartz, author of Build Your Own Romantic Comedy: Pick Your Plot, Meet Your Man, and Direct Your Happily Ever After "Funny and rage-inducing is a tough balance, but Martti Nelson has written a book that is equal parts laugh riot and just plain riot. I want to be Lyssa Strata's best friend!"-Jen Mann, New York Times Bestselling Author of People I Want to Punch in the Throat "Martti Nelson's Lyssa Strata is the funny novel of feminine rage you've been looking for. Between sexist politicians, horrifying laws, and no decent pockets in our clothes, how are the women of everywhere not on strike right now? Don't burn things down IRL; instead, live vicariously with Lyssa and her marauding gang of fed-up women!"-Kristina Wong, Performance Artist, Comedian, and Elected Representative of Koreatown LA
Hashtagrammes
Pour la plupart de ces histoires peu banales, l'humour tient la barre: Avec La bo簾te de nuit, Le commissariat, La rue de l'amour, Le super-h矇ros, La vie de chat, Arr礙te Jean! et bien d'autres, Yon Disquay vous entra簾ne dans des histoires atypiques !
Weekend Rockstars 2
It's been a blissful ten years since George put down his bass, left the Artful Badgers and vowed never to play in public again. But when tragedy strikes his best friend he'll do anything to help. Unfortunately that means going back out on the road, and this time he's taking his daughter with him. Alice has realised she wants more from her best friend than she is prepared to give and the band they have spent so long building up may not survive the fallout. Luckily her dad has the perfect plan to take her mind off of it. It might feel more like a support group than a band, but if George can't keep it under control then it could destroy his best friend's life, his daughter's happiness and what's left of his own sanity. Join George, Alice, Tim and a whole host of familiar faces as George is dragged back into a world to which he hoped he'd never have to return. 'Holwill has a wonderful sense of humour and isn't afraid to pour it over his novels like a decadent sauce' - Em 'Radzy' Jackson 'I love the heart in this novel and this was an easy five stars to give' - Jessica Belmont 'An absolute joy! Full of heart, soul and rock n roll!' Stephie Chapman 'The best musical romcom since High Fidelity' - Catherine Fearns 'Dave Holwill writes with wit and warmth and a light comic touch. This is a really fun romp, with a gallery of great comic characters, but more than that it's a story with a lot of heart and soul' - Fiona Leitch 'A lovely piece of work that deserves attention' A Little Book Problem
Patrick Loves Love
Patrick Healy loves his friends, loves his job, and loves all things Harry Potter. But when it comes to falling in love, he hasn't found his match. Until he meets Kelsey Elliot, the older sister to his friend Nick. All it took was one night, and he was hooked. But Patrick discovers that Kelsey is hiding a secret. Convinced she needs his help to untangle herself from whatever she's gotten herself into, he quickly discovers that maybe love isn't enough to fix Kelsey's broken dreams or her heart. Kelsey Elliot is done with love. After a dismal breakup and living on her parents' couch, she decides to go to Miami with her brother and sister-in-law for a change of scenery and hopefully get a job interview at The Miami Times. Nothing is going to get in the way of her dream job as a journalist, especially not her brother's hot friend, Patrick. Despite her resolve, old feelings are quickly rekindled when they live in the same house together. Now Kelsey has to decide if she can hold onto her dream and the man she's fallen for, or if circumstances out of her control force her to choose between the two.
Sorcery And The Art Of Giant Robot Maintenance
This book was a word game that I'd invented. Every month I challenged myself to write 10,000 words of a novel without knowing what would happen next. I would try to think of something funny, something inspired by Terry Pratchett or Douglas Adams and then find a way to get from the last 10,000 words to the funny things I'd thought of. I then uploaded the novel as a 'part work'--which is how Charles Dickens released his novels. You may be familiar with 'part works' as it is how those 'build your own model plane' or 'complete your own encyclopaedia on the marvel universe' etc etc magazines are released. Each month I would upload the new part of the novel and offer the earlier parts for free on amazon for a week. When I did this, this novel reached the top downloaded science-fiction/comedy novel on amazon. When the project ended, I bundled them all together in this collection and now they sit here for sale as 'Sorcery and the Art of Giant Robot Maintenance'. It is both hilarious and irreverent. It's just silly fun. It's raw, unedited. The jokes are coming fast and thick and from the seat of my pants, and the ideas are crazy and raw and silly. I tried to keep it YA level of reading so it was accessible by everyone. It is science fiction comedy chaos set in a world were giant robots, like Voltron and Tranformers, are portrayed as Weapons of Mass Destruction, while wizards are hunted and despised by a madcap planet of aliens. A robotics genius (who is also an outlawed archeologist) and a wizard (who only knows one spell that could kill everyone) team up to save the world from... a group of inept and hilarious little red men. Sometimes it is a sharp satire of modern life that will have you both rolling with laughter, and sitting thrilled on the edge of your seat, sometimes it is full of twists and unexpected surprises, (that took me by surprise) undoubtably it has punchlines and quirks you will never forget. And, in the end, it was fun--and isn't that what life's all about?
The Creative Art of Wishfulness
A brilliant but destitute painter, Godfrey Lackland is surviving in Bangkok on street-food and pool-showers. When he's discovered stealing free cheese by a wellness guru he jumps at her offer of a job teaching creativity on her upcoming Balinese retreat. While navigating the holy yearnings and spiritual confusions of Alexandra Wishart's followers, Godfrey meets Or Dayan, an Israeli opera singer (& soldier trained in psychological warfare)-whom Alexandra immediately forbids him from spending time with. After a week of secret dates and healing workshops-and monumental jealous rages-Godfrey invites Or to southern India, where he has for so long wanted to paint his magnum opus. And which just happens to be at the very top of Alexandra Wishart's bucket list. India! Land of ancient temples! Painted elephants! Insufferable smells! As new romance blooms and Godfrey attempts to do his work as an artist, just how will he endure, let alone survive, India-and the love of two women? The Creative Art of Wishfulness' is the new comedy novel from the author of 'Exquisite Hours', 'Grieve', and 'To Save a Forest Virgin'.
Cup and Sorcery
Ollie and the crew are back!The Fibulan Museum has been burgled, and our intrepid detectives are appointed to solve the mystery. But this is no ordinary crime.During their investigation, they find themselves undertaking a quest of literally epic proportions, while hoping that they can stave off disaster and avoid seeing Mrs. Ladle's legs.Can Ollie and his friends survive the treacherous journey and defeat the forces of darkness?This is the large print edition of Cup and Sorcery, with a larger font / typeface for easier reading.
The American Claimant
" '...and a manner so peculiar and romantic, and extraneous, and ad libitum, and heart-searching, that- that- he- he is an impressionist, I presume?' 'No, ' said the captain simply, 'he is a Presbyterian.' "-Mark Twain, The American Claimant (1892) The American Claimant (1881), by Mark Twain, is a humorous book about mistaken identities. The main characters are Colonel Mulberry Sellers, an eccentric American claimant to the Earldom of Rossmore in England, and Berkeley Rossmore, heir of the Earl of Rossmore, who is captivated by American democracy.This jacketed hardcover replica of the original edition of The American Claimant, containing 23 illustrations by well-known American illustrator Daniel Beard, is a pleasure to read.
The Innocents Abroad
"This book is a record of a pleasure-trip... Yet not-withstanding it is only a record of a picnic, it has a purpose, which is, to suggest to the reader how he would be likely to see Europe and the East if he looked at them with his own eyes instead of the eyes of those who travelled in those countries before him."-Mark Twain (1869) The Innocents Abroad or The New Pilgrims' Progress (1869), is a humorous travel book based on Mark Twain's letters about his 1867 voyage on the steamboat "Quaker City" to Europe, Egypt, and the Holy Land. In a satirical manner, Twain draws a contrast between his own experiences and the contemporary often romanticized guidebooks, which were mostly used by travelers and tourists of those times.This replica of the original 1869 edition of The Innocents Abroad, with two hundred and thirty-four illustrations by True Williams, was Twain's best-selling work during his life and one of the best-selling travel books of all time.
Sketchs en S矇rie
Cet ouvrage rassemble pour la premi癡re fois tous les sketchs de Jean-Pierre Martinez, jusque-l? 矇dit矇s s矇par矇ment sous la forme d'une vingtaine de recueils th矇matiques. Ces 309 sketchs abordent les sujets les plus divers, trait矇s dans des styles tr癡s vari矇s, mais ils illustrent bien l'obsession de l'auteur pour certains th癡mes (l'amour, la socialit矇, le temps, la mort, l'absence de Dieu, le non-sens...) et sa pr矇dilection pour la com矇die, l'humour noir et l'absurde. Un index final permettra aux compagnies d'identifier plus facilement les personnages, les lieux, les th癡mes ou les genres qui les int矇ressent, afin de composer ? partir d'une s矇lection de ces multiples sketchs un spectacle singulier. Pour les 矇coles de th矇璽tre, ces 309 sketchs principalement en duo pourront servir de base ? un travail de sc癡nes. Enfin, pour le simple lecteur et pour le seul plaisir de la lecture, cet ensemble de sayn癡tes abordant toujours avec humour des questions parfois fondamentales, permettra de d矇couvrir l'univers tragicomique d'un dramaturge contemporain tr癡s original.
The Innocents Abroad
"This book is a record of a pleasure-trip... Yet not-withstanding it is only a record of a picnic, it has a purpose, which is, to suggest to the reader how he would be likely to see Europe and the East if he looked at them with his own eyes instead of the eyes of those who travelled in those countries before him."-Mark Twain (1869)The Innocents Abroad or The New Pilgrims' Progress (1869), is a humorous travel book based on Mark Twain's letters about his 1867 voyage on the steamboat "Quaker City" to Europe, Egypt, and the Holy Land. In a satirical manner, Twain draws a contrast between his own experiences and the contemporary often romanticized guidebooks, which were mostly used by travelers and tourists of those times.This replica of the original 1869 edition of The Innocents Abroad, with two hundred and thirty-four illustrations by True Williams, was Twain's best-selling work during his life and one of the best-selling travel books of all time.
Extracts from Adam’s Diary
"This new creature with the long hair is a good deal in the way. It is always hanging around and following me about. I don't like this; I am not used to company. I wish it wouldstay with the other animals."-Mark Twain, Extracts from Adam's Diary (1906) Extracts from Adam's Diary: Translated from the Original Ms. (1906), by Mark Twain, is a comedic account of the biblical Book of Genesis, narrated in the first person by Adam in his diary. This story describes how Eve moves into the Garden of Eden, and how Adam must deal with "this new creature with the long hair."This jacketed hardcover replica of the original edition of Extracts from Adam's Diary, with unique illustrations by Frederick Strothmann, offers a wonderful and humorous read.
Wherewolf
Half-vampire Ollie inherits his uncle's detective agency in the undead town of Skullenia.With the agency comes his uncle's staff: a zombie who can barely hold himself together, a zombie the size of a phonebox and with a single digit IQ, a mad professor, and Ronnie - who has the ability to make himself invisible.Skullenia seems to be the last place that would need a detective agency. At least that is what Ollie thinks, until Count Jocular commissions him to help resolve a series of unexplained disappearances.But has Ollie bitten off more than he can chew? With the help of his motley crew and some quite frankly ridiculous characters, he attempts to solve this perplexing mystery.This is the large print edition of Wherewolf, with a larger font / typeface for easier reading.
Schluss mit Karma hol den Sekt
M瓣nner lassen sich von der strengen Domina auspeitschen, und Frauen von Egomanen dem羹tigen. Das sind sie die Heros der heutigen Zeit oder aller Zeiten. Und was ist mit den wirklich lieben M瓣nnern? Die werden leider glatt 羹bersehen. Sie bilden keine Reibungsfl瓣che. Hier fehlt uns eindeutig der Auftrag, diese Herren der Sch繹pfung von unserer Gro?artigkeit zu 羹berzeugen. Ein Buch mit Herz. Denn wir Frauen schlucken nicht nur Sperma, eher mehr so emotionalen Schei?, und davon wird uns echt schlecht! Aber es gibt immer einen Plan B
Here We Go Loop De Loop
"Put me in a car with Bill Sibley on a road trip across the nation and everything will be just fine. His spectacular voice, his aptitude for creating instantly indelible characters in richly funny scenes, his perfect pacing and splendid particularity are dazzling and hypnotic. Storyteller supreme! Here We Go Loop De Loop lifted my mood entirely." - Naomi Shihab Nye, Young People's Poet Laureate, Poetry Foundation"Wonderful example of generous escapism and a book to be recommended."- Kirkus Reviews"A satirical small-town Texas comedy with welcome, surprising heart. Sibley's boisterous comic novel blends small-town satire and humanist warmth as it unspools its tales of isolated people learning to love. His prose is sharp and evocative. At its best, Here We Go... finds these snared coyotes daring to find new ways to love." - Booklife"Larry McMurtry meets A Midsummer Night's Dream. This is Sibley's best yet - a rollicking screwball comedy with a heart as big as Texas."- Steven L. Davis, Author, Past President, Texas Institute of Letters---A cowboy, an heiress, her brother's husband...and a badass 72 Mercury Montego. This is the story of a her loving a him - who's in love with another him - and that other him enduring an unrequited love for the original her. With a small-town Texas appreciation, this book is replete with humor, adversity, and the tenacity of survivors unwilling and unable to acknowledge defeat. Here We Go Loop De Loop by William Jack Sibley has greed, lust, sexuality, spiritual enlightenment, more lust, xenophobia, and the meaning of a life worth living, all woven into a single, outrageous knot in the insulated town of Rita Blanca, Texas. The author, a fifth-generation Texan and a resolute seeker of wisdom, truth, and the occasional virtuosic lie, with humor and reflection, has wrought a story of humanity through characters doing the best they can - just not terribly well.
Murder, Curlers, and Kites
MURDER, CURLERS & KITESAn employee's sudden disappearance brings dark secrets to light. Can this impetuous beautician crack a secret code and find her employee before time runs out?When beautician Valentine Beaumont's star employee, Jock de Marco, goes missing, Valentine fears the worst. Jock could turn a Plain Jane into a knockout with the mere touch of his comb. But despite his talents in the salon, this tame career might not be enough to distance himself from a dangerous past that may be coming back to haunt him.Valentine will stop at nothing until she finds out what happened to this Argentinean Hercules, but other things are getting in her way: an elusive assailant, a cryptic email, an infuriating employee, and one hot detective who is pressuring her to give up her search for the sexy stylist.Can this impulsive heroine uncurl the mystery and save Jock? Or will she be too late and live a lifetime filled with regret?
Blazing Trouble
A Reluctant Most-Eligible Bachelor A Reporter In Need Of A Story A Pact More Than They Bargained ForWhat happens when a gang of elderly men and women at the local senior center decide to interfere in their grandkids' love life? Find out in the hilarious new series by Jenna St. James.When Trinity Falls' Most Eligible Bachelor, fireman Caleb Travers, strikes a bargain with reporter Katherine "Kat" O'Malley, neither one is prepared for the sparks that fly. Now if only they could convince their grandmothers--long-time rivals--to butt out of their fake relationship.Between two black eyes, a gang shootout with real weapons, and a jealous ex-girlfriend, Katherine O'Malley sets out to prove she's badass enough to nab Trinity Falls' Most Eligible Bachelor. Not like he's going to need much convincing...pact or no pact. But when Kat is faced with having to risk her heart and go all-in with Caleb, will she be able to take that leap of faith? Or will she decide, instead, to walk away and let her heart crash and burn?
Cougar Trouble
A Recently-Discharged Veteran An Independent Widowed Woman A Noticeable Age Gap One Flip of a Card...What happens when four elderly busybodies decide to play matchmaker in an unexpected way?When Monica Swanson rented out her cottage to smoking hot Army veteran Jacob Parkerson, she had no idea the trouble she was in for. It wouldn't be so bad if he wasn't in her line of sight every time she turned around. But the worst part? Jacob was nearly ten years younger! Just when she's about to throw in the towel and make him move, Monica's mother, along with the other gaggle of seniors who love to hang out at the senior center, decide to step in and take control of the situation. After all, if there's one person who knows what it's like to be a cougar in a small town, it's Monica's mom. With one flip of a card, Monica and Jacob's fates are determined...three dates, three different people. Can Monica and Jacob survive the set-up...while still holding on to their budding new friendship? Or will social norms dictate they each find someone new? Someone their own age?
Hired Killer
Sometimes it's safer to stay dead-it's easier to dig for the truth. I've got a man handcuffed to my bed. I'm Harper Finn, legit business owner. But I picked up a ringing phone that wasn't mine and...well, I'm now involved. Sure, Grey Walker, six feet of blue-eyed hotness, will gripe about me kidnapping him when he wakes up. But I couldn't just let the ex-cop fall prey to a hit someone took out on him. Trust me, with people setting him up to take the fall for an infamous murder, he's better off pretending to be dead for a while. In south Florida, it's easier than you might think. And as we dig for the truth, we have to be careful not to wind up at the bottom of Biscayne Bay.
The Many Fentanyl Addicted Wraiths of Sault Sainte Marie
"I took the second pill. Some relief but not what I'd anticipated. I took the third, overdosed, and that was it for me as a corporeal, living, and breathing human being upon this too sad earth." So succumbs thirty-year-old unemployed writer and hopeless romantic Tom Astaire to an overdose in the opening pages of Michael Sauve's newest novel-a bizarrely upbeat romp through the horrors of being phantasmal, OxyContin-addicted, and trapped in the post-industrial blight of small-town Ontario. As nineteenth-century specters like the historian Sir Edward Capp insist on Sault Sainte Marie's glorious past, Tom and his fellow wraiths plot to avenge their border town's full-blown opioid crisis and unwittingly unleash a chain of apocalyptic supernatural events that leads to imminent geological disaster and the calamitous ascendancy of a cretinous neo-Nazi group called the "Titans of Thor." With its surreally deadpan depiction of a society at rock bottom, The Many Fentanyl Addicted Wraiths of Sault Sainte Marie is a startling and exuberant effusion on nostalgia, memory, and the hopes that outlive us.
Rawhide Robinson Rides a Dromedary
SPUR AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR ROD MILLER"Miller's solid historical research is bound to win him a lifetime of dedicated fans . . . and I am one of those fans."-Loren D. Estleman, author of The Ballad of Black BartRAWHIDE ROBINSON RIDES A DROMEDARY: THE TRUE TALE OF A WILD WEST CAMEL CABALLERORawhide Robinson sails across the sea to help the Army acquire camels for military service in the desert Southwest. With Major Benjamin Wayne and Ensign Ian Scott, our ordinary cowboy teams up with camel trainer Harry and his precocious orphaned niece Hurry to fight off the evil Hasan Hussein and his henchman Balaban to fulfill their mission. Back in America, the ungainly camels cause nothing but upheaval. Army and civilian packers claim the camels are no match for their mules, and a desert challenge is mounted. Will Harry and Hurry and Rawhide Robinson convince the army that camels are the way to go? Find out as an ordinary cowboy becomes a camel caballero.
Myst癡re ? Tr矇fort
Il y a des successions familiales qui n'en finissent pas de r矇server des surprises et dans ce tome 2 les protagonistes vont une fois de plus 礙tre confront矇s ? des situations pour le moins dantesques et cocasses. De nouveaux personnages vont, au fil du r矇cit faire leur apparition, rajoutant leur grain de folie dans cette saga d矇j? d矇sopilante.
A Car to Die for
A lawyer, a murder, and a town full of secrets. Clarence, 45, toils as a lawyer in Elder, Michigan. It's 1975 and he defends a burglar, offered a classic 1954 Studebaker Starlight Coupe as his retainer. The case involves dark secrets and a long-held one of Clarence's. This is a story that is both dramatic and comical, set in a town filled with iconic characters. It revolves around a man just trying to: Keep his head above waterDo the right thingLive with his conscience as well as his demonsWill Clarence navigate the web of crime and corruption, or will the past catch up to him?
My Man Jeeves
My Man Jeeves by P.G Wodehouse is a collection of comedic work featuring three of Wodehouse's famous characters. Bertie is an idle rich man, who is always ready to help his friends. However, he would never be able to do so without the help of his odd but intelligent valet, Jeeves. Said to be the prototype for Bertie, Reggie Pepper is also rich Englishman dedicated to assisting his friends, however, unlike Bertie, he often has to act as the brains in any situation he is in, as he does not have a useful assistant like Jeeves. This collection of stories is split between these characters: four feature Bertie and Jeeves while the other half focuses on Reggie. Leave it to Jeeves, the first story in the collection, follows Bertie and Jeeves' adventures in America. When one of Bertie's friends request help convincing his uncle to accept his soon-to-be bride, Jeeves and Bertie are happy to supply a plan. However, the situation becomes complicated when their scheme leads to the uncle liking the young woman a little too much. Much like the introductory story, Jeeves and the Hardboiled Egg depicts the strange circumstances the duo finds themselves in. In attempt to help Bertie's friend, Bicky, out of a tough financial situation after lying to his uncle, Jeeves concocts a plan involving a chicken farm and a convention of Americans. In a similar spirit of silly unconventionality, Reggie Pepper assists his forgetful friend, Bobby, in Absent Treatment. When Bobby's wife, Mary, declares that she will not see Bobby until he can remember her birthday, Bobby and Reggie investigate astrogeology and scour through their records to discover her birthdate. Described as witty and heart-warming, My Man Jeeves by P.G Wodehouse is a timeless classic perfect for anyone in need of a good laugh. With well developed, good-natured characters, My Man Jeeves provides an escape into simple comedy. This edition of P.G Wodehouse's My Man Jeeves features a striking new cover design and is printed in a stylish font, making it both readable and modern. Since our inception in 2020, Mint Editions has kept sustainability and innovation at the forefront of our mission. Each and every Mint Edition title gets a fresh, professionally typeset manuscript and a dazzling new cover, all while maintaining the integrity of the original book. With thousands of titles in our collection, we aim to spotlight diverse public domain works to help them find modern audiences. Mint Editions celebrates a breadth of literary works, curated from both canonical and overlooked classics from writers around the globe.
