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Another Marvelous Thing: Stories
by Laurie ColwinBilly Delielle and Francis Clemens are happily married--just not to each other. Another Marvelous Thing is the story of their affair from its fabulous inception to its inevitable end. Billy and Francis couldn't be more different in age, background and disposition, and their whirlwind romance, perfectly captured in Cowin-esque frank and funny style, is firm proof that opposites really do attract. In interconnected stories, Colwin deftly reveals each character's point of view and examines, in razor-ship detail, the "marvelous" and messy glory of modern romance and the curious desires of the heart.
Another NASTYbook
by Barry Yourgrau Robert DejesusEver tasted a NuttiNutz candy bar? Has your Mom been kidnapped recently? Know what a Samurai Swordboy is? Are you afraid of terrible curses? Or goblins? Or Toy Poodles? How 'bout (gulp) older sisters?? Do fake false teeth ever talk to you? Hey, then you better read this book . . . but Be Warned, friend. . . . It's not like anything you've ever read . . . unless you're completely demented! (Are you?)
Another Stereotype Bites the Dust: A Candorville Collection
by Darrin BellDarrin Bell's Candorville is an insightful comic strip for today's world. Brutally honest but still evenhanded, Candorville takes on some of society's toughest issues, giving readers something to think about--as well as smirks, chuckles, and guffaws. Another Stereotype Bites the Dust is a collection of creator Darrin Bell's Candorville cartoon strip. In this thought-provoking strip Bell uses a diverse group of friends to paint a real yet humorous portrait of inner-city America. An educated underachiever, Lemont Brown is an aspiring writer. Socially conscious, he wants to work at changing the world and infusing it with wisdom and justice--if only he could pay his rent. Lemont's childhood friend Susan Garcia is a book-smart and street savvy Mexican-American woman who won't let bigotry or any glass ceiling keep her down. And Lemont's friend Clyde (aka C-Dog) is a streetwise thug and undiscovered rapper who'd rather mooch off his mother than get a job.Another Stereotype Bites the Dust deals with some tough issues--poverty, homelessness, racism, and personal responsibility--with knowing irony and incisive satire. Bell uses edgy dialogue and modern situations to jab everything from political correctness to political spinning, from political hindsight to office politics, making it a hit with the socially aware.
Another Weird Year 4
by Huw DaviesIn time-honoured fashion, Another Weird Year 4 brings you the stories that no lover of bizarre, inexplicable and downright hilarious news items can afford to miss, all handily grouped by theme (Love and Marriage, Law and Order, Animals etc). Read about: the blind man banned from saying 'phlegm'; the woman who bored a burglar to sleep with her family snaps; the woman who seduces men in her sleep; the man who thought he was a cat and got stuck up a tree; another man who got out of his car and took a shower... in a car wash... with his car left outside; the shepherd that had to drive his drunk sheep home; and not forgetting the pigs given a sauna and massage before being taken for slaughter - proof again from Another Weird Year that there is humanity in even the weirdest human behaviour. All the stories are true - you couldn't make them up!
Another Whole Nother Story
by Cuthbert SoupIn this sequel to "A whole nother story," Ethan Cheeseman takes his children, ages eight, twelve, and fourteen, and Captain Jibby and crew, to the year 1668 to end an ancient family curse and save the children's mother, but damage to the time machine and the arrival of Mr. 5 complicate their return.
Ant Attack (S.W.I.T.C.H. #4)
by Ali SparkesDanny and Josh were having a great day until Tarquin, the most annoying boy in the neighborhood, came over to play. He dresses like he's 55, doesn't do anything fun, and pulls the legs off of bugs. The twins thought that their day couldn't get any worse, but when they turn into ants by accident, they realize how wrong they were! Can Danny and Josh find a safe place to hide until they turn human again? And with Tarquin in the garden, will they make it out with all of their legs?
Ant Farm
by Simon RichIn Ant Farm, former Harvard Lampoon president Simon Rich finds humor in some very surprising places. Armed with a sharp eye for the absurd and an overwhelming sense of doom, Rich explores the ridiculousness of our everyday lives. The world, he concludes, is a hopelessly terrifying place-with endless comic potential.-If your girlfriend gives you some "love coupons" and then breaks up with you, are the coupons still valid?-What kind of performance pressure does an endangered male panda feel when his captors bring the last remaining female panda to his cage?-If murderers can get into heaven by accepting Jesus, just how awkward is it when they run into their victims?Join Simon Rich as he explores the extraordinary and hilarious desperation that resides in ordinary life, from cradle to grave."Hilarious." -Jon StewartFrom the Trade Paperback edition.
Antes de la última campanada
by María HerediaUna chica que vuelve a casa, un chico con mucho espíritu navideño y una librería-cafetería que los unirá. Misión Éxito era el concurso musical de moda hasta que, durante la retransmisión de la final, Elvira sufrió un accidente que hizo que toda España se perdiera el anuncio del ganador. Cansada de estar en el paro y de que le cierren en las narices todas las puertas a las que llama, decide cambiar de aires y regresa a su pueblo para pasar las Navidades rodeada de su familia y amigos. Aunque está deseando volver a Madrid. Félix acaba de mudarse al pueblo, donde ha abierto una librería-cafetería en la que hornea sus propios dulces, presta libros y sirve cafés «con nombres raros». Además, ha convencido a la alcaldesa para organizar un programa de actividades que incluye un mercadillo y muchos talleres de los que él mismo se encarga. Está dispuesto a contagiar a todos sus vecinos de su inmenso espíritu navideño. En cuanto Elvira llega a casa, decide ir a visitar la librería-cafetería para conocer al famoso Félix del que todo el mundo habla. A pesar de sus reticencias iniciales, los dos no tardan en conectar y poco a poco empiezan a pasar tiempo juntos en el local. Aunque, quizás, los sentimientos que están brotando entre ellos van más allá de la amistad y pueden poner patas arriba los planes de Elvira. ¿Qué pasaría si el amor surgiera en Navidad?
The Anthologist
by Nicholson BakerPaul Chowder is trying to write the introduction to a new anthology of rhyming verse, but he's having a hard time getting started. The result of his fitful struggles is The Anthologist, Nicholson Baker's brilliantly funny and exquisite love story about poetry.* * * A New York Times Notable Book, 2009. Favorite Fiction of 2009-Los Angeles Times. Best Books of 2009-The Christian Science Monitor. Best of 2009-Slate.com. "A Year's Reading" Favorites, 2009-The New Yorker. Best Books of 2009-Seattle Times.
The Anthology of Really Important Modern Poetry: Timeless Poems by Snooki, John Boehner, Kanye West, and Other Well-Versed Celebrities
by Ross Petras Kathryn PetrasRequired reading from great poets of our time. Drew Barrymore: “Upon Pondering Breasts.” Tom Cruise: “An Exegesis on Psychiatry.” Ann Coulter: “My Kind of Fun.” And Trump and Sheen and Snooki, John Boehner and Michelle Bachman, Miley and Ke$ha. Hugo Chavez. Even a Zen haiku by Emmitt Smith: I think it’s his self- confidence in himself that makes him confident. <P>With their great gift for curating the inane public utterances of celebrities, politicians, and other self-important loudmouths, Kathryn and Ross Petras offer a timeless collection of “found” poetry—real quotes formatted as verse for hilarious and surprising effect. <P> The quotes are inherently addictive and funny—but turning them into verse intensifies the effect, making the words even more ridiculous, parodies to revel in. <P> And the Petrases take it one step further: organizing the poems by themes, introducing each work with a Norton Anthology mock seriousness, discussing “schools,” and larding the text with footnotes, The Anthology of Really Important Modern Poetry is pure deadpan pleasure. A whiff of Emily Dickinson in Ann Coulter? It’s literary treasure, right under our noses.
Anthony Ant
by Linda DennisThe story is about a Colony of Ants, with the main character being Anthony Ant. At the start of the story, Anthony is being made a Special Soldier to help protect the Colony and to protect the Queen. Anthony settles competently into his new role and is extremely efficient and well organised. Other Soldier Ants turn against him because they are irritated and annoyed by his perfection and try to ambush his day-to-day tasks. An unexpected attack takes place from rival ants and it is necessary that everyone's help and support is desperately needed. Anthony regains the respect of his colleagues for his bravery and they in turn support him in the battle against the enemy. There is tragedy, loss of life, emotional tension for families and individuals but Anthony sticks to his plan and is finally victorious.
Anthony's Zoo (Wordless Graphic Novels)
by Juan BerrioAnthony begins his day at home with nothing but his colored pencils to keep him company. Soon an animal visitor arrives and then so does another one. Then more and more and more. What will happen when Mom sees the wildlife in the house? Find out in this wordless graphic novel in which the artwork brings the story to life.
An Anthropologist on Mars: Seven Paradoxical Tales
by Oliver SacksHere are seven detailed and fascinating portraits of neurological patients, including a surgeon consumed by the compulsive tics of Tourette's syndrome unless he is operating; an artist who loses all sense of color in a car accident, but finds a new sensibility and creative power in black and white; and an autistic professor who cannot decipher the simplest social exchange between humans, but has built a career out of her intuitive understanding of animal behavior.
Anti-Proverbs in Five Languages: Structural Features and Verbal Humor Devices
by Wolfgang Mieder Anna T. Litovkina Hrisztalina Hrisztova-Gotthardt Péter Barta Katalin VarghaThis book is the first comparative study of English, German, French, Russian and Hungarian anti-proverbs based on well-known proverbs. Proverbs are by no means fossilized texts but are adaptable to different times and changed values. While anti-proverbs can be considered as variants of older proverbs, they can also become new proverbs reflecting a more modern worldview. Anti-proverbs are therefore a lingo-cultural phenomenon that deserves the attention of cultural and literary historians, folklorists, linguists, and general readers interested in language and wordplay.
The Anti-Social Season (First Responders #2)
by Adele BuckRelationship Status: Doesn&’t Get More Complicated Than ThisIn this offbeat holiday romantic comedy, an overworked firefighter turned social media coordinator and a librarian with an unrequited crush break a few rules in the company handbook… For Thea Martinelli, burnout is real. After working as a firefighter for the Emergency Services Department over the last ten years, she can&’t stomach any more close calls. Just when she&’s ready to hang up the hose for good, she&’s offered an out: stay on as the station&’s new social media coordinator. It&’s a move that would keep her on the squad and off the truck—if she makes it through the probation period. Basically, she needs to learn everything there is to know about social media…fast. Librarian and social media coordinator Simon Osman is shocked to learn his new responsibilities include showing Thea Martinelli—his high school crush—the ins and outs of digital engagement. And the fact that she doesn&’t even remember him? Not helpful. Still, this could be his chance to finally turn his part-time role into something long-term. But as the chaos of the holiday season unfolds, Thea and Simon find that the closer they work together, the hotter their attraction burns. Yet giving in to these feelings could mean giving up their careers. Are they willing to risk everything they&’ve worked toward…for each other? From showing up to glowing up, the characters in Afterglow Books are on the path to leading their best lives and finding sizzling romance along the way. Don&’t miss any of these other fun titles…Fake Flame by Adele BuckSwap and Smell the Roses by Karen BoothRomancing Miss Stone by M.C. VaughanNever Date a Roommate by Paula OttoniMeet Me in a Mile by Elizabeth Hrib
Antic Hay (Flamingo Modern Classics Ser.)
by Aldous HuxleyA lost generation searches for meaning in chaotic post-WWI London in this satirical novel by the acclaimed author of Brave New World. First published in 1923, Aldous Huxley&’s Antic Hay was banned in Australia and burned in Cairo for its frank depiction of bohemian life in the grim and listless aftermath of the Great War. Set in London, the comic novel follows a large cast of artists and intellectuals through their nihilistic yet determined pursuits. But at the center of these colorful characters is the peculiar man behind Gumbril&’s Patent Small Clothes. While sitting on the hard oak pews of his school&’s chapel, disenchanted schoolmaster Theodore Gumbril Junior fantasizes about a pair of trousers with an inflatable air cushion in the seat to make the endless sermon more tolerable. Deciding on a whim to pursue this absurd invention, Gumbril moves to London and soon finds himself among a circle of cynical poets, would-be artists, and bohemian philosophers. Though a timid romantic, Gumbril fashions a rakish alter ego for himself, &“The Complete Man,&” as he pursues his fortunes in this scathing satire of British conventionality.
The Antichrist of Kokomo County: A Novel
by David SkinnerFrankie Horvath is not happy. He's almost forty. He's fat. His wife is dead. He designs forks for a living. And his son might just be the Antichrist. Frankie is about to meet with Satanists to find out the truth once and for all. Taking into account Frankie's lifelong delusions of grandeur, and the gun stuffed down the front of his pants, a bloody showdown for the fate of mankind is not out of the question.
Anticonto
by Oscar RodrigoUm jovem investigador de polícia de Nova Iorque se vê envolvido em um estranho caso de sequestro de crianças na cidade de Hamelin. Parece que o antigo conto do Flautista de Hamelin se repete. Personagens dos contos tradicionais que convivem conosco em pleno século XXI ajudarão a esclarecer essa investigação. Romance do gênero de realismo fantástico com muita ação e pitadas de humor negro.
La Antigua Roma (La loca historia de la humanidad #Volumen 2)
by Josep Busquet Àlex López¿Sabías que...En el Circo Máximo cabían más espectadores que en un estadio de fútbol?La mascota favorita de Julio César era una jirafa?En la Antigua Roma llegó a estar prohibido llevar pantalones?¡Descubre el mundo antiguo con LOS TEMPO, la familia más alocada y aventurera de todos los tiempos!INCLUYE:PasatiemposCómicsBastantes romanosAlgunos leonesMucho, mucho humor
Antimanual de autodestruccion amorosa
by Marita AlonsoLa periodista Marita Alonso nos trae este libro imprescindible, mordaz e inteligente sobre las relaciones amorosas y sexuales, acompañado de las ilustraciones de Alfonso Casas. «Todo lo que te voy a contar te puede parecer excesivo, exagerado, incómodo, incorrecto o inmoral. Incluso todas las opciones anteriores. Pero al menos, todo lo que te cuento es completamente cierto. Y esto es más de lo que muchos hombres te van a ofrecer.»Marita Alonso La autora de este texto no cree en la autoayuda ni en los manuales que pretenden arreglarte la vida; por eso decidió escribir un antimanual -basado en sus nefastas experiencias- que sirva como guía y ejemplo de lo que es mejor no hacer. ¿Se puede ser feliz sin tener una vida sentimental de película? Basta con leer los argumentos de Marita, hacer un ejercicio de razonamiento inverso y... ahí está: la fórmula idónea para ser una fucker del amor. En Antimanual de autodestrucción amorosa encontramos una crítica mordaz e inteligente del amor (el inculcado por Disney); del sexo (el sucio y el impoluto); de los hombres (casados, solteros con miedo al compromiso o geranios con testosterona) y de las mujeres (sin filtros). Las ilustraciones de Alfonso Casas, uno de los ilustradores más tiernos y originales de la actualidad, dotan de humor y cariño a este hilarante y divertido libro. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Protocolo del desamor (elaborado por una inconsciente): Si de repente me veo sumida en una relación que parece normal -algo que me ocurre el siete por ciento de las veces-, enseguida comienzo a desconfiar y activo el protocolo del desamor. Este protocolo ha de seguirse de la siguiente forma: 1º. Archivalas conversaciones del hombre que te gusta.2º. Elimina su número de teléfono.3º. Huye de las canciones de Nacho Vegas y abraza el reggaetón.4º. Ignora cualquier consejo de tus amigas.5º. Imagínalo en la taza del váter.6º. Súmete en un torbellino de sexo sin sentido.7º. Hazme caso. Es decir: no lo hagas. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Antiques: A Novel
by Kris D'AgostinoA family reunites after the death of its patriarch just as a hurricane tears through town in this &“sparklingly funny novel about love, power, money, and adult siblings finding the beating heart of what matters most: one another&” (People).On the night of a massive hurricane, three estranged siblings learn that their father is dying. For the first time in years, they convene at their childhood home in upstate New York, where the storm has downed power lines, flooded houses, and destroyed the family&’s antique store. The Westfalls are no strangers to dysfunction. But never have their lives felt so out of control. Armie is living in their parents&’ basement. In Manhattan, Josef, a sex-addicted techie, is struggling to repair his broken relationship with his daughters. Their sister, Charlie, who works in Hollywood as a publicist for a wayward young actress, just learned that her son has been expelled from preschool. Amid the storm, they come together to plan their father&’s memorial service, only to learn his dying wish—they must sell his priceless Magritte painting. As their failures are laid bare, they discover that hope often lurks in the darkest of places. And so, too, can hilarity. Complete with an irresistible plot and deeply flawed, affectionately rendered characters, Kris D&’Agostino&’s &“sharp, funny [novel] conveys the disorienting and ever-shifting effects of grief&” (The New York Times) and the unexpected epiphanies that emerge in chaos. This &“darkly humorous portrait of the American family under duress…balances scathing and humorous commentary on the foibles of family with keen insight&” (Publishers Weekly). Perfect for &“fans of funny family dysfunction novels like Jonathan Tropper&’s This Is Where I Leave You...and Cynthia D&’Aprix Sweeney&’s The Nest&” (Booklist), The Antiques is a heartbreaking, nimble, laugh-out-loud funny send-up of modern family life.
Antisemitism in Film Comedy in Nazi Germany
by Valerie WeinsteinToday many Germans remain nostalgic about "classic" film comedies created during the 1930s, viewing them as a part of the Nazi era that was not tainted with antisemitism. In Antisemitism in Film Comedy in Nazi Germany, Valerie Weinstein scrutinizes these comic productions and demonstrates that film comedy, despite its innocent appearance, was a critical component in the effort to separate "Jews" from "Germans" physically, economically, and artistically. Weinstein highlights how the German propaganda ministry used directives, pre- and post-production censorship, financial incentives, and influence over film critics and their judgments to replace Jewish "wit" with a slower, simpler, and more direct German "humor" that affirmed values that the Nazis associated with the Aryan race. Through contextualized analyses of historical documents and individual films, Weinstein reveals how humor, coded hints and traces, absences, and substitutes in Third Reich film comedy helped spectators imagine an abstract "Jewishness" and a "German" identity and community free from the former. As resurgent populist nationalism and overt racism continue to grow around the world today, Weinstein’s study helps us rethink racism and prejudice in popular culture and reconceptualize the relationships between film humor, national identity, and race.
Antitauromaquia
by Manuel Vicent El RotoEl escritor Manuel Vicent y el ilustrador El Roto embisten contra una costumbre que despierta pasión y odio por igual en este alegato antitaurino. Esta Antitauromaquia es algo más que una diatriba contra la fiesta nacional. La costumbre primitiva de sacrificar toros en público y convertir esa muerte en una ceremonia moral ha perdido ya toda su estética. La corrida ha quedado solo en un residuo de aquella España negra, zaragatera y triste en la que la crueldad con los animales no se distinguía de la violencia social y política. El espectáculo de la muerte festiva de un toro supone una agresión a la sensibilidad humana. Este es un alegato contra todos los tipos de violencia que se expresan en la fiesta taurina, una liturgia de la tortura que algunos pretenden elevar todavía al rango de cultura porque creen que en España o eres toro o eres matador. Esta Antitauromaquiaes un aviso para que no te toreen. Reseñas:«Su gusto por el detalle no disminuye la contundencia gráfica. Cuando Vicent habla de algo lo ofrece abierto en la mesa de quirófano.»David Trueba, Babelia «El Roto tiene una eterna capacidad de señalar el punto más vulnerable de nuestra sociedad, de acertar siempre con sus demoledoras críticas.»Papel en Blanco
Antkind: A Novel
by Charlie KaufmanThe bold and boundlessly original debut novel from the Oscar®-winning screenwriter of Being John Malkovich, Adaptation, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, and Synecdoche, New York.&“A terrific debut novel that makes Gravity&’s Rainbow read like a Dr. Seuss story . . . a masterwork of postmodern storytelling.&”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review) B. Rosenberger Rosenberg, neurotic and underappreciated film critic (failed academic, filmmaker, paramour, shoe salesman who sleeps in a sock drawer), stumbles upon a hitherto unseen film made by an enigmatic outsider—a film he&’s convinced will change his career trajectory and rock the world of cinema to its core. His hands on what is possibly the greatest movie ever made—a three-month-long stop-motion masterpiece that took its reclusive auteur ninety years to complete—B. knows that it is his mission to show it to the rest of humanity. The only problem: The film is destroyed, leaving him the sole witness to its inadvertently ephemeral genius. All that&’s left of this work of art is a single frame from which B. must somehow attempt to recall the film that just might be the last great hope of civilization. Thus begins a mind-boggling journey through the hilarious nightmarescape of a psyche as lushly Kafkaesque as it is atrophied by the relentless spew of Twitter. Desperate to impose order on an increasingly nonsensical existence, trapped in a self-imposed prison of aspirational victimhood and degeneratively inclusive language, B. scrambles to re-create the lost masterwork while attempting to keep pace with an ever-fracturing culture of &“likes&” and arbitrary denunciations that are simultaneously his bête noire and his raison d&’être. A searing indictment of the modern world, Antkind is a richly layered meditation on art, time, memory, identity, comedy, and the very nature of existence itself—the grain of truth at the heart of every joke.
Antonio a tué Luis dans la cuisine avec une hache parce qu’il lui devait de l’argent
by Roberto López-Herrero Sophie MartinLes aventures absurdes et délirantes d’un policier pas très futé Quand on lui assigna l’enquête sur le meurtre de Luis, Pepe Gómez ne pouvait pas imaginer la quantité de problèmes qui allaient lui tomber dessus. Tout paraissait pourtant simple, au départ, mais à mesure que le perspicace détective — hem, hem — pénètre et creuse dans le monde étrange de Twitter, c'est une conspiration internationale qui émerge au grand jour. Des psychopathes à personnalités multiples, des présentatrices de la télé accros aux thérapies alternatives, des hackers ravissantes et sexys, et bien d’autres personnages hauts en couleur constituent l’univers de l’auteur, Roberto López-Herrero, qui, pour démontrer l’excellence de sa santé mentale, se lance dans une intrigue de mystère et de passion, s’inspirant d’Agatha Christie elle-même. Ou d’on ne sait pas trop quoi.