Satire

New York Times Bestseller “Just because everything appears to be a mess doesn’t mean you have to be one. Mark Manson’s book is a call to arms for a better life and better world and could not be more needed right now.” — Ryan Holiday, bestselling author of The Obstacle is the Way and...

In 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.

Traumatized by the bombing of Dresden at the time he had been imprisoned, Pilgrim drifts through all events and history, sometimes deeply implicated, sometimes a witness....

Brought to you by Penguin. Over 1 million Discworld audiobooks sold – discover the extraordinary universe of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld like never before The audiobook of The Colour of Magic is read by Colin Morgan (Merlin; Testament of Youth; Belfast). BAFTA and Golden Globe award-winning...

Amritalaal naagar kee lekhanee se haasy-vyang mishrit jin vibhinn rachanaaon kaa srijan huaa ve apane aap mein vilakṣhaṇ hain. Ye samay-samay par vividh patr-patrikaaon mein prakaashit huii theen. Unke kayi sangrah nikle jinhein behad pasand kiyaa gayaa....

Brought to you by Penguin. Over 1 million Discworld audiobooks sold – discover the extraordinary universe of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld like never before The audiobook of Mort is narrated by the BAFTA award-winning actor Sian Clifford (Fleabag; Vanity Fair; Quiz). BAFTA and Golden Globe...

Brought to you by Penguin. Over 1 million Discworld audiobooks sold – discover the extraordinary universe of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld like never before The audiobook of Small Gods is narrated by the BAFTA award-winning actor and director Andy Serkis (The Lord of the Rings; Planet of the...

Brought to you by Penguin. Over 1 million Discworld audiobooks sold – discover the extraordinary universe of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld like never before The audiobook of Equal Rites is narrated by Indira Varma (Game of Thrones; Luther; This Way Up). BAFTA and Golden Globe award-winning...

¿Qué daño puede llegar a hacer la envidia en el mundo editorial? Descúbrelo en esta intrigante novela de la autora superventas número 1 del New York Times R. F. Kuang. Era de suponer que las autoras June Hayward y Athena Liu iban a alcanzar juntas el estrellato: ambas se graduaron a la vez...

Brought to you by Penguin. Over 1 million Discworld audiobooks sold – discover the extraordinary universe of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld like never before The audiobook of The Light Fantastic is read by Colin Morgan (Merlin; Testament of Youth; Belfast). BAFTA and Golden Globe award-winning...

Cat's Cradle is Vonnegut's satirical commentary on modern man and his madness. An apocalyptic tale of this planet's ultimate fate, it features a little person as the protagonist; a complete, original theology created by a calypso singer; and a vision of the future that is at once blackly...

Brought to you by Penguin. Over 1 million Discworld audiobooks sold – discover the extraordinary universe of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld like never before. 'Don't put your trust in revolutions. They always come round again. That's why they're called revolutions. People die, and nothing...

Brought to you by Penguin. Over 1 million Discworld audiobooks sold – discover the extraordinary universe of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld like never before The audiobook of Sourcery is read by Colin Morgan (Merlin; Testament of Youth; Belfast). BAFTA and Golden Globe award-winning actor Bill...

My husband is dead. I attended his funeral. I watched his casket be lowered six feet into the ground. (Actually, it may have been only five feet, but that still seems like more than enough.)

Brought to you by Penguin. Over 1 million Discworld audiobooks sold – discover the extraordinary universe of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld like never before. The audiobook of Hogfather is narrated by the BAFTA award-winning actor Sian Clifford (Fleabag, Vanity Fair, Quiz). BAFTA and Golden...

Brought to you by Penguin. Over 1 million Discworld audiobooks sold – discover the extraordinary universe of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld like never before. 'Sorry?' said Carrot. If it's just a thing, how can it commit murder? A sword is a thing' - he drew his own sword; it made an almost...

The richest, most depraved man on Earth, Malachi Constant, is offered a chance to take a space journey....

H.H. Munro (Saki) is one of the undisputed masters of the short story. In this complete compendium, the full gamut of his subjects and themes is experienced. His stories are imbued with humorous satire, biting irony, and often the macabre....

Brought to you by Penguin. Over 1 million Discworld audiobooks sold – discover the extraordinary universe of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld like never before The audiobook of Lords and Ladies is narrated by Indira Varma (Game of Thrones; Luther; This Way Up). BAFTA and Golden Globe...

Flatland is populated by Squares, Triangles, Circles, and Lines, all of which are strictly divided by class and gender. However, our narrator, A Square, living a practical life....

Brought to you by Penguin. Over 1 million Discworld audiobooks sold – discover the extraordinary universe of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld like never before The audiobook of Witches Abroad is narrated by Indira Varma (Game of Thrones; Luther; This Way Up). BAFTA and Golden Globe award-winning...

Brought to you by Penguin. Over 1 million Discworld audiobooks sold – discover the extraordinary universe of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld like never before 'What's so hard about pulling a sword out of a stone? The real work's already been done. You ought to make yourself useful and find the...

LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN FICTION A NEW YORK TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR "A master comedian with a virtuoso prose style has produced an audacious, original and highly disturbing book . . . an incandescent satire." —Giles Harvey, The New York Times Magazine From the Whiting...

Brought to you by Penguin. Over 1 million Discworld audiobooks sold – discover the extraordinary universe of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld like never before The audiobook of Pyramids is narrated by Alfred Enoch, known for playing Dean Thomas in the Harry Potter film series, and Wes Gibbins in...

Brought to you by Penguin. Over 1 million Discworld audiobooks sold – discover the extraordinary universe of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld like never before 'Holy Wood is a different sort of place. People act differently here. Everywhere else the most important things are gods or money or...

فى السنة اللي عمل فيها جون جراي كتابه الشهير الرجال من المريخ والنساء من الزهرة ...عملنا كتاب الرجال من بولاق والنساء من أول فيصل ... واللي باع أكتر من خمسين نسخة. كتب...

It's been seven years since Mallory shot to fame as a literary sensation. But after years of struggling with writer's block, she's desperate to resurrect her career before it spirals into obscurity. She needs inspiration to strike – and fast. Enter Leo – a young struggling addict sleeping under bridges and trading sex for survival. He's vulnerable. He's enigmatic. He's exactly what Mallory has been looking for. Mallory needs Leo if she wants another bestseller. Authenticity sells, and there's nothing more authentic than real life. She's the perfect person to tell Leo's story.

Chaque jeudi, chez Madame Charbonneau, se joue un théâtre de salon où se croise la société du milieu du XIXe siècle. Armand de Pontmartin y déploie une satire alerte des mœurs: reparties étincelantes, piques feutrées, vanités à demi voilées et ambitions patiemment ourdies.

ONE NEEDS A STORY. THE OTHER IS THE STORY. THE FALLOUT COULD RUIN THEM BOTH. No story sells faster than a celebrity's downfall. . . Washed-up journalist Frankie Miller is desperate. Since losing her dream job at a glossy magazine, she's been drowning in rejection letters and overdue bills while...

Dans ces contes piquants et irrévérencieux, Armand Silvestre s’amuse à bousculer les convenances: il interroge les usages, nargue les habitudes bien-pensantes et met en lumière les contradictions des mœurs et des traditions. D’une plume vive, ironique et élégante, il multiplie les portraits incisifs, les situations décalées et les retournements malicieux, pour une satire aussi légère qu’acérée.

Brought to you by Penguin. Smooth-talking, sensual and self-deluded, Gregory Riding leads an existence of formidable foppishness, his days and nights a series of effortless, titillating conquests and tireless sex - sister, employers, acquaintances are but co-stars among a cast of thousands to...

A timeless classic of political fiction, Animal Farm by George Orwell is a powerful satire of revolution, power, and corruption. When oppressed farm animals rise up to claim freedom, their dream of equality quickly unravels as new leaders twist the rules to seize control. This sharp, fast-paced...

Where do we go after we die? In this story the protagonist, Oscar Whatmore, dies and finds himself transported to a rundown spiritual realm, eventually appearing before a vast court presided over by a diminutive and disagreeable Jesus clad in legal robes. Although judged worthy of admission to Heaven, Oscar finds himself in a boring and dilapidated domain, which is blighted by outdated technology. He subsequently bribes an official to gain access to Hell, which he discovers to be surprisingly pleasant and staffed by a friendly Devil who explains that the ancient punishments are obsolete.

Pope Blatantly IV wishes to return to the papal autocracy of the Middle Ages. He devises a threefold plan: 1) to enforce universal Catholic geographical supremacy, 2) to criminalize sin, and 3) to ban “grease” in favor of doctrinal “dryness.” The Pope’s outlandish initiatives include annexing Antarctica using a team of bodybuilders and gluing borders, and monetizing salvation through Indulgences 2.0 and Pre-Death Canonizations. In opposition to the Pope’s extravagant claims, the “Grease Underground,” is formed.

Meet the crime-solving duo of the Florida Keys: Madison, who has all the charm of the girl next door, not to mention a deadly aim, and Fab, her best friend, a femme fatale private investigator with a taste for danger and stilettos. When their neighbor is found dead, the headlines read, “It...

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Ride With Me driver P.J. Larkin has written three unpublished novels and is desperate for her latest, a #MeToo story, to find a publisher. Her agent has sent it to George Dunn, editor at Peapod Press, but he rejected it. George has just sold his own novel for a million dollars. But wait, did he steal P.J.'s novel? That's what P.J. imagines and impulsively posts about George's book on social media. Within hours, George is embroiled in a scandal, his job and book deal in jeopardy. Amid the publicity, P.J.'s novel is snapped up by another publisher. But has P.J.

Il protagonista di questo libro è un omino mite che vaga affannosamente per trovare questo mondo ideale, un mondo che forse nessuno vuole, in compagnia del suo animale guida, l'unico che gli somiglia perché sfugge a ogni classificazione: l'ornitorinco. Ci proverà per ventuno capitoli, ventuno incontri disastrosi con attori buddisti, cattolici leghisti, attivisti LGBTQ+, coatti di Ladispoli, gente che mena, gente che lo vuole dalla sua parte, gente che lo schifa.

Archibald Abercrombie is a meticulous dentist whose orderly life is briefly upended after a chance meeting with the exuberant writer G. K. Chesterton. While initially intoxicated by Chesterton’s brilliant paradoxes and disregard for convention, Abercrombie gradually notices the physical decay and practical neglect hidden beneath the author’s verbal abundance. He eventually realizes that while intellectual spectacle can inspire, it often evades the necessary responsibility of repair and care.

Ein Maßkrug, der mehr sagt als tausend Worte. Eine Damenperücke auf einem Herrenkopf und eine Lederhose samt leblosem Inhalt im Waldbad. Als Alois Schregelmann bei der Trachtenvereinsfeier tot am Beckenrand liegt, beginnt für Hauptkommissar Toni Hinterdobler eine Ermittlungsreise durch die Abgründe des bayerischen Hinterlands: zwischen bärbeißigen Bauern, g'schlamperten Verhältnissen und einer Wiese, die plötzlich Millionen wert ist. Ein Fall voller skurriler Figuren, bayerischer Eigenheiten und einer Wahrheit, die sich erst zeigt, wenn keiner mehr lacht.