Literature & Fiction

For the first time in one audio collection, all sixteen Yes Minister radio episodes plus six further TV episodes....

Mark Manson turns his gaze from the inevitable flaws within each individual self to the endless calamities taking place in the world around us....

Is it possible to write a sidesplitting novel about the breakup of the perfect marriage? If the writer is Nora Ephron, the answer is a resounding yes....

Javier Perez is a hustler from a family of hustlers. He learns from an early age how to play the game to his own advantage, how his background—murdered drug dealer dad, single cash-strapped mom, best friend serving time for gang activity—can be a key to doors he didn’t even know existed.

Through the ages of Britain, from the 15th century to the 21st, Edmund Blackadder has meddled his way along the bloodlines, aided by his servant and sidekick, Baldrick, and hindered by an assortment of dimwitted aristocrats....

On the day he retires, Inspector Ashwin Chopra inherits two unexpected mysteries. The first is the case of a drowned boy, whose suspicious death no one seems to want solved. And the second is a baby elephant....

Ted Fullilove, aka Mr. Peanut, is not like other Ivy League grads. He shares an apartment with Goldberg, his beloved battery-operated fish....

Corbin College, not quite upstate New York, winter 1959-1960: Ruben Blum, a Jewish historian—but not an historian of the Jews—is co-opted onto a hiring committee to review the application of an exiled Israeli scholar specializing in the Spanish Inquisition....

Three prominent Venetians await their most loathsome and foul dinner guest, the erstwhile envoy from Britain who also happens to be a favorite of the Doge: The rascal-Fool Pocket....

It is the color of the Virgin Mary's cloak, a dazzling pigment desired by artists, an exquisite hue infused with danger, adventure, and perhaps even the supernatural....

A stunning collection of Just William stories, narrated by Martin Jarvis. These BBC radio readings of the adventures of William have come to be some of the most loved adaptations....

The late Binodini Thakur had been very clear that she would never agree to sell her hissa in her Bauji's big old house on Hailey Road....

Everyone - even Augustus the cat - has cause to be obliged to Jeeves when he manages to retrieve the infamous Book - the book which lays bare the private lives of three-quarters of the upper classes....

The ratings and views are off the chart. The fans just can't get enough. The dungeon gets more dangerous each day. But in a grinder designed to chew up and spit out crawlers by the millions, Carl and Princess Donut need to work harder than ever just to survive.,,,

John Cleese’s special introductions to each episode are included in this collection of all 12 TV soundtrack episodes....

Here, we have a glorious ensemble of Woodhousian characters knocking elbows to foreheads in the elegant and grand Blandings Castle....

Luc O'Donnell is tangentially - and reluctantly - famous. His rock-star parents split when he was young, and the father he's never met spent the next 20 years cruising in and out of rehab. Now that his dad's making a comeback, Luc's back in the public eye....

Psychotherapist Martha is reasonably compassionate, but deep down she's losing patience. It seems all her clients want to be something they are not, and it's driving them (and her) out of their minds....

An entertaining and surprising ride through an India you thought you knew....

Like Gary Shteyngart or Michel Houellebecq, Wang Xiaobo is a Chinese literary icon whose satire forces us to reconsider the ironies of history....

Boy Parts is the incendiary debut novel from Eliza Clark, a pitch-black comedy both shocking and hilarious, fearlessly exploring the taboo regions of sexuality and gender roles in the 21st century....

Gorm is horrified to discover a liche pitching frightened city-dwellers on the merits of the undead lifestyle...at the head of a corpse army. To save the city from high-pressure sales tactics, the dwarf warrior and his misfit band hatch a harebrained scheme....

Elman on vaikeaa elää nykyajassa. Ennen kaikki oli paremmin. Tehtiin hyviä ja kestäviä kankaita. Myös kaapit olivat parempia, ja...

In this classic TV soundtrack, Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie explore a seemingly inexhaustible list of subjects with a delicious turn of phrase and elaborate wordplay....

Sienna Diaz is everyone's favorite "fat" funny lady. The movie studio executives can't explain it, but her films are out-grossing all the fit and trim headliners and Hollywood's most beautiful elite....

Written in a hospital tent to the sound of gunfire and shells falling, Cicely Hamilton drew on her experiences working in France during WW1 to tell the story of William Tully and his new bride Griselda, who are wrenched away from their all-consuming interests – socialism and votes for women – and plunged into the almost dream-like horror of war. As brutal tragedy strikes, their attitude to both pacifism and patriotism is altered and their lives are changed forever.

Middle-aged governess Guinevere Pettigrew visits her employment agency one morning and is mistakenly sent to the glitzy home of a nightclub singer. Miss Pettigrew meets the glamorous Miss Delysia LaFosse and embarks on a whirlwind adventure. These two very different women soon become friends, and Miss Pettigrew proves to be the perfect companion. Instead of having to look after unruly children, Miss Pettigrew spends her evening at a party. But what will happen when the day finally ends?

Der neunte Provinzkrimi von Bestseller- und #1-Kindle-Humor-Autor Friedrich Kalpenstein »Manche Leut’ leben für die Kunst. Andere sterben wegen ihr!« Karl Hinterleitner wird tot in seiner Garage neben einem alten Traktor aufgefunden. Alles deutet darauf hin, dass er ermordet wurde. Hauptkommissar Tischler nimmt die Ermittlungen auf. Laut Zeugenaussagen war der Ermordete ein paar Tage zuvor auf einem Oldtimertreffen in eine Auseinandersetzung verwickelt.

A comedic novel for a group of mothers who face difficult situations in their lives and turn to an African parenting coach who shocks them into a world of fantasy and imagination so that we can all learn proper parenting methods and how to raise children through events.

The sweetest, kindest, and cutest thing you can ever hear in your life, and this is really true, by the way, if you are a father or a mother.

The year is 2038, America’s new President won with a simple, snappy campaign slogan: Kill the Rich. Now in office, his administration kicks off with a televised public hanging of Kim Kardashian, whose lip kits have poisoned a working-class city.

A magical imagining of the fate of a fictional boy whose life is shaped forever when he loses out on the role of Harry Potter.

Wilma von der Senne schreibt für das Hochglanzmagazin »Elite«. Zusammen mit Nicole Nassa vom Schmuddelblatt »Neuer Tratsch« hat sie ein hochkarätiges Opfer gefunden: Die ach so biedere Familienministerin Vera Braun wurde bei einem Schäferstündchen mit einem amerikanischen Beau gesichtet, der so gar nicht ihrem Gatten gleicht. Und das sechs Wochen vor der Hessenwahl! Ein gefundenes Fressen für Wilma, die Grande Dame der deutschen Presse. Veras Absturz ist vorprogrammiert... Doch nach einem Verkehrsunfall gerät Wilma selbst in die Mühlen der Medien.

James is an enthralling novel that leaves an indelible mark, forcing us to see Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in a wholly new and transformative light. From the shadows of Huck Finn’s mischievous spirit, Jim emerges to reclaim his voice, defying the conventions that have consigned him to the margins.

One of the greatest satires in American literature, Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court begins when Hank Morgan, a skilled mechanic in a nineteenth-century New England arms factory, who is struck on the head during a quarrel and awakens to find himself among the knights and magicians of King Arthur's Camelot. The 'Yankee' vows brashly to "boss the whole country inside of three weeks" and embarks on an ambitious plan to modernize Camelot with 19th century industrial inventions.

Наталка Полтавка Івана Котляревського — це романтично-сатирична п'єса про любов і вірність. Наталка і Петро кохають одне одного, однак злидні і бідність змушують їх розлучитися, а в цей час до дівчини сватається багатий возний Тетерваковський, нелюбий її серцю. Однак, для закоханих матеріальний достаток не є важливішим за щирі почуття. Перемежована піснями і легким гумором, Наталка Полтавка Івана Котляревського є класичним українським драматургічним твором. П'єса написана двома мовами — українською та російською.

When neatly packed male body parts wash up by the River Elbe, Hamburg State Prosecutor Chastity Riley and her colleagues begin a perplexing investigation. As the murdered men are identified, it becomes clear that they all had a history of abuse towards women, leading Riley to wonder if it would actually be in society's best interests to catch the killers. But when her best friend Carla is attacked, and the police show little interest in tracking down the offender, Chastity takes matters into her own hands.

In Mühlensommer erzählt Martina Bogdahn warmherzig und humorvoll von einer Frau und ihrem Leben zwischen zwei Welten. Von einer Jugend auf dem Land, einer Flucht in die Stadt und einer folgenreichen Rückkehr. Von Müttern und Töchtern und davon, dass man manchmal zurückblicken muss, um sich selbst zu finden. Ein drückend heißer Sommertag. Mit ihren beiden Töchtern macht sich Maria auf den Weg in ein langes Wochenende fern von Stadt, Stress und Schule. Doch dann ruft Marias Mutter an. Der Vater hatte einen Unfall und liegt im Krankenhaus.

Psalm is a short touching story, written in 1923. Part of the "Travel Notes" series. I will buy a dog on Saturday ; I will sing a psalm at night ; I will order shoes for tailcoat... ; But it's okay. Somehow... we will live.

П'єса класика української драматургії Івана Карпенка-Карого Сто тисяч є психологічною трагікомедією, у якій розкриваються такі людські вади, як жадоба наживи та споживацький спосіб життя. Для головного героя твору — сільського багатія Герасима Калитки, сенс життя зводиться до того, аби купувати все більше і більше землі, ставати все багатшим і перевершити найзаможнішого чоловіка на селі — Жолудя. Прагнучи з усього отримати вигоду, Калитка позичає гроші кумові під заставу та прагне одружити свого сина з донькою багатія Пузиря.