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Die Känguru-Apokryphen by Marc-Uwe Kling
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsSensation, Sensation: Archäologen haben in einem Geheimfach in Marc-Uwes Schreibtisch neue Geschichten vom Känguru und seinem Kleinkünstler gefunden! Dies ist nicht die Fortsetzung der Fortsetzung der Fortsetzung der Känguru-Chroniken. Triologie bleibt Triologie. Aber ein anständiger Kleinkünstler hat natürlich eine Zugabe vorbereitet... -
গাভী বিত্তান্ত by Ahmed Sofa
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsবিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ের অভ্যন্তরীণ কিছু ঘটনা, কিছু মানুষের দ্বি-মুখী আচরণের মাধ্যমে পুরো সমাজকে ব্যাঙ্গ করেছেন ছফা এই... -
Nu Alpha Omega by H. Claire Taylor
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGod’s only daughter is now the big woman on campus. Surviving Greek life will take a miracle… Jessica McCloud can’t wait to step out from her father’s shadow. Freshman year at Texas State University seems like the perfect place for the daughter of God to make a fresh start... -
Bedtime Stories for Privileged Children: Charming tales of wealth and entitlement for tots who were simply born better by Daniel Foxx
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAuthor and comedian Daniel Foxx presents a wonderful collection of stories especially for the little darlings of the fabulously wealthy - that can also be enjoyed by YOU, the downtrodden, pitiful, ordinary adult! Read about the everyday adventures of Rupert, Shallotte and Genevievette as they ski, holiday, and drift around Selfridges - whilst always keeping a healthy distance from the dreaded... -
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Riotous Assembly by Tom Sharpe
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsOffering all the qualities of his general bestselling fiction, this is Tom Sharpe's blazing satire of South African apartheid, companion to Indecent Exposure... -
The Answer Is No: A Short Story by Fredrik Backman
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIn a hilarious short story from New York Times bestselling author Fredrik Backman, the absurdities of modern life cause one man’s solitary world to spin suddenly, and comically, out of control.Lucas knows the perfect night entails just three things: video games, wine, and pad thai. Peanuts are a must! Other people? Not so much... -
Real Ultimate Power: The Official Ninja Book by Robert Hamburger
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDear Stupid Idiots, A lot of you have been saying that I don't know anything about REAL ninjas. But that's a bunch of bull crap! You dummies don't know anything. And maybe YOU should get a life. I bet a lot of you have never even seen a girl naked! You idiots believe that ninjas had some "code of honor... -
This Champagne Mojito Is the Last Thing I Own by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly, Paul Howard
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWe don't think we can improve on the author's own summary of his book: I am many things, roysh -- unbelievable babe magnet, red-hot lover, loyal kind of goy, best forward who never played for Ireland -- but there's a few things I was basically sure I'd never be, related to a jailbird for storters, or listening to the old dear getting randier than a goat in heat, or even a father, for that matter... -
The Shelbourne Ultimatum by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly, Paul Howard
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAfter his brush with death Ross O'Carroll-Kelly - schools rugby legend, award-winning author and lover of the ladeez - is back with a renewed lust for life - all thrillingly revealed in The Shelbourne UltimatumRoss wakes up from his coma to find a country that has changed beyond recognition. Shrewsbury Road has become a ghost estate. Marks and Spencer are selling microwavable coddle... -
Laughing Wild and Baby with the Bathwater: Two Plays by Christopher Durang
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“Laughing wild amid severest woe” perfectly describes the fiercely ironic comedy of Christopher Durang’s Laughing Wild (which takes its title from this Thomas Gray quotation via Samuel Beckett) and the previously unpublished Baby with the Bathwater. In Laughing Wild, two comic monologues evolve into a man and a woman’s shared nightmare of modern life and the isolation it creates... -
The Orange Mocha-chip Frappuccino Years by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly, Paul Howard
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSo there I was, roysh, enjoying college life, college birds and, like, a major amount of socialising. Then, roysh, the old pair decide to mess everything up for me. And we're talking totally here. Don't ask me what they were thinking. I hadn't, like, changed or treated them any differently, but the next thing I know, roysh, I'm out on the streets... -
The Oh My God Delusion by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly, Paul Howard
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThat risk assessor ex of Sorcha's turned out to be right - it really was the end of the world as we knew it ...See, I thought the porty was going to last forever. I certainly didn't believe the current economic blahdy blah was going to affect people like me... -
The Second Tom Holt Omnibus: My Hero - Who's Afraid of Beowulf? by Tom Holt
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTwo fantastic comic fantasies - MY HERO and WHO'S AFRAID OF BEOWULF? - reissued with brilliant new cover style.This omnibus brings together two of Tom Holt's best-loved stories. In My Hero, Jane thinks writing novels is a piece of cake. Until hers starts writing back. At which point, she really should stop. The one thing she should not do is go into the book herself... -
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The Curious Case of Sidd Finch by George Plimpton
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn April 1985, Sports Illustrated published an article that stunned the sports community. George Plimpton's 13-page profile of Sidd Finch, a mysterious pitcher who had been signed by the New York Mets and reportedly threw 168 mph, came complete with photos from spring training, scouting reports, and interviews with Mets players and management... -
Blott on the Landscape by Tom Sharpe
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAll is picturesquely typical of rural England at its best. Sir Giles, an MP of few principles and curious tastes, plots to destroy all this by building a motorway smack through it, to line his own pocket and at the same time to dispose of his wife, the capacious Lady Maude... -
Semi-Tough by Dan Jenkins
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMade into a hilarious and timeless film starring Burt Reynolds, Kris Kristofferson, and Jill Clayburgh, and recently named number seven on Sports Illustrated's Top 100 Sports Books of All Time, Semi-Tough is Dan Jenkins's masterpiece and considered by many to be the funniest sports book ever written... -
Dumb White Husband vs. the Grocery Store (Dumb White Husband) by Benjamin Wallace
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJohn is a dumb white husband. That is to say that he loves and cares for his family, is successful in his career, popular around the neighborhood, can dress himself (often without injury) and is capable of reasonable thought. Demographically, however, he functions like a 4-year-old that can't quite master the intricacies of the potty. It isn't his fault... -
Humancorp Incorporated by Andrew Stanek
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHumancorp Incorporated is another wacky comedy adventure from author Andrew Stanek. Meet Sean. Sean is the worst employee in the whole world. After being fired, Sean can't find a job and enters a downward spiral. He becomes depressed, turns to drinking, and experiences thoughts of suicide and sociology professorship. Then, an idea dawns on him... -
November by David Mamet
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDavid Mamet's Oval Office satire depicts one day in the life of a beleaguered American commander-in-chief.It's November in a Presidential election year, and incumbent Charles Smith's chances for reelection are looking grim. Approval ratings are down, his money's running out, and nuclear war might be imminent... -
Tinaca Jones by Matt Boren, Retta
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsPlease Note: This content is not for kids. This audio comedy features adult language (hurled especially at one malicious, phony Kelly Smith). Discretion is advised.In this dramatic comedy, Parks and Recreation and Good Girls star Retta brings humor and strength to her role as the unforgettable Tinaca Jones.What’s in a name? A lot... -
Lying to Children by Alex Shahla
Rated: 3.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA fictional father writes letters to his college-aged daughter and son remembering events, large and small, from their family’s past in the poignant and hilarious Lying to Children... -
The Prophet and the Idiot by Jonas Jonasson
Rated: 3.61 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe brand-new, hilarious, feel-good adventure from the internationally bestselling author of The Hundred Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and DisappearedSweden, late summer of 2011. Self-taught astrophysicist Petra has calculated that the atmosphere will collapse on the 21st of September that year, around 21.20 to be more precise, bringing about the end of times... -
Today I Learned It Was You by Edward Riche
Rated: 3.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLonglisted for Canada Reads 2017 When a retired actor who frequents a city park is purported to be transitioning from man to deer, municipal authorities in St. John’s, Newfoundland, find themselves confronted by an exasperatingly difficult problem... -
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مرگ در میزند by Woody Allen
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratings«مرگ یک تصویر نمادین از نبودنه و همون طور که خودتون میدونین چیزی که نباشه نمیتونه وجود داشته باشه... بنابرین مرگ وجود نداره و فقط یک توهمه» وودی آلن نویسنده، بازیگر ، کارگردان و آهنگساز آمریکایی متولد 1935 نیویورک. در سال 1977 با فیلم آنی هال موفق به کسب اسکار کارگردانی و فیلمنامه شد. او تا پایان سال 2009، 42 فیلم ساخته که اکثر آن ها مورد استقبال گرم منتقدان و روشنفکران قرار گرفته است... -
David Sedaris - 14 CD Boxed Set by David Sedaris
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHailed by The New Yorker as one of the funniest writers in America, "whose satirical brazenness holds up to Twain and Nathanael West, " David Sedaris has delighted National Public Radio listeners for years. Now, for the first time on CD and in a convenient box set, he gives voice to his biting sensibility.Barrel Fever and others Stories is Sedaris' first collection of comic stories and essays... -
La profezia dell'armadillo by Zerocalcare
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsStorie autobiografiche, dolciamare di Zerocalcare. Versione a colori curata da Makkox... -
'Toons for Our Times: A Bloom County Book of Heavy Meadow Rump 'n Roll by Berkeley Breathed
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratings... -
Billy and the Boingers Bootleg by Berkeley Breathed
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsWith the release of this Bloom County book and the Billy and the Boingers Theme Song, chosen from the most bone-shaking, kidney-curdling entries from rock bands nationwide, Springsteen and Van Halen will become as distant a memory as Michael Jackson. 300 black-and-white and 44 color comic strips... -
Perry Bible Fellowship Almanack by Nicholas Gurewitch
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe second (and likely final) collection of strips from the award-winning comic series The Perry Bible Fellowship. Spans the entirety of the strip's print run. Bonus features include lost strips, sketches, and a behind-the-scenes interview by Wondermark's David Malki. Also includes an introduction by Diablo Cody...
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