Showing results for "Christians" in Literature & Fiction

Low-life writer and unrepentant alcoholic Henry Chinaski was born to survive. After decades of slacking off at low-paying dead-end jobs, blowing his cash on booze and women, and scrimping by in flea-bitten apartments, Chinaski sees his poetic star rising at last. Now, at fifty, he is reveling in...

An A-list movie star moves to Los Angeles—next door to a family of five eligible sisters—in this irresistible novel where The Kardashians meets Pride and Prejudice, from the NYT bestselling author of Birds of California Every family is complicated, and the Benedettos are no exception. A few...

Christian Science is a collection of essays Twain wrote about Christian science, beginning with an article that was published in Cosmopolitan in 1899. Although Twain was interested in mental healing and the ideas behind Christian Science, he was hostile towards its founder, Mary Baker Eddy (1821-1910). A humorous work of fiction, it describes how he fell over a cliff while walking in Austria, breaking several bones. A Christian Science practitioner who lived nearby was sent for, but could not attend immediately and so undertook to provide an "absent healing."

Delve into the satirical and thought-provoking world of "Christian Science" by Mark Twain, a collection of essays and writings that offer a humorous yet critical examination of Christian Science and its founder, Mary Baker Eddy. This audiobook presents Twain's signature wit and incisive commentary as he explores the tenets of Christian Science, its practices, and its impact on society.

South of No North is a collection of short stories written by Charles Bukowski that explore loneliness and struggles on the fringes of society...

Eighteen years ago, Ken Allen played the famous fictional superspy in Near Death, a movie so bad it was never meant to be seen. Since then, Ken has faded into cult obscurity, but when his celebrated successor is killed in the same ghastly fashion as the villain in Near Death, Ken is cast as the prime suspect.

Guy Grand—billionaire by birth, entrepreneur by avocation, and thoroughly unpredictable—is a grand guy. He "keeps his hand in"—buying into and revolutionizing industries ranging from championship boxing to African safaris. Is he a crackpot, an eccentric, or perhaps a visionary with a goal of social redemption?

Opening with the exotic Lady Death entering the gumshoe-writer's seedy office in pursuit of a writer named Celine, this novel demonstrates Bukowski's own brand of humour and realism, opening up a landscape of seamy Los Angeles...

Dieses Weihnachten wird alles anders - außer dass Bastian Geschenke immer noch einpackt wie ein Dreijähriger mit Gipsarmen. Bastian wird Heiligabend nicht zu Hause sein. Zum ersten Mal. Und das muss er seiner Mutter jetzt irgendwie beibringen. Fehlt zur Besinnlichkeit nur, dass die "nicht ganz einfachen" Eltern seiner neuen Freundin Bastian für einen Volltrottel halten. Und die haben ihn noch nicht mal kennengelernt...

Hast du dich mal gefragt, warum die Verkäufer im Discounter immer so gereizt sind? Ganz einfach: Wegen dir! - Verkäufer müssen längst nicht mehr nur Regale auffüllen, Kunden abkassieren und dabei freundlich lächeln. Sind sie einmal nicht in der Lage, die innersten Gedanken der "kleinen Könige" zu lesen und ihnen jeden noch so absurden Wunsch zu erfüllen, werden sie prompt für die "Servicewüste Deutschland" verantwortlich gemacht.

Bernd Stromberg ist zurück! In einer von Work-Life-Blending, Genderdebatten und Chatbots bestimmten Welt kehrt der Chef der Schadensregulierung bei der CAPITOL-Versicherung zurück, um ordentlich aufzuräumen. »Zehn Jahre nach dem ersten Film fragen mich immer noch so viele Leute nach dem Bernd, dass ich irgendwann auch wissen wollte, was aus ihm geworden ist, in der neuen Arbeitswelt. Und aus den ganzen anderen Graupen. Vielleicht ist Chef ja wie Corona: Die neuen Varianten sind angeblich harmloser.

One wedding. No funeral. One unqualified catastrophe. ""Dominic"" was the little white lie thirty-and-still-unwed Sophy Metcalfe told to soothe her nagging mother. But now her perfect sister Belinda is tying the knot and Sophy's going to have to produce the charming, successful ideal boyfriend...

Im beschaulichen Rosenheim will der Polizeipsychologe Stefan Schwab Abstand zum Job finden. Stattdessen zweifelt er bald an seinem sonst so analytischen Verstand: Kinder verschwinden, sagenumwobene Gegenstände tauchen auf und uralte Ammenmärchen bekommen plötzlich eine blutige Brisanz. Bald zieht sich eine Spur an Gräueltaten durchs Voralpenland.

Geschichten aus dem Alltag eines Stadtoberhaupts, aus dem Alltag einer Stadt - ein seltenes Hörvergnügen!

In 1902, a radical vegetarian and nudist from Nuremberg named August Engelhardt set sail for what was then called the Bismarck Archipelago. His destination: the island Kabakon. His goal: to found a colony based on worship of the sun and coconuts. His malnourished body was found on the beach on Kabakon in 1919; he was 43 years old. Christian Kracht's Imperium uses the outlandish details of Engelhardt's life to craft a fable about the allure of extremism and its fundamental foolishness.

Millionen haben ihre Platten nicht gekauft, Hunderttausende ihre Konzerte niemals besucht und jeden Abend übernachteten dutzende Groupies weit entfernt von ihrem Hotelzimmer. Kurz und gut: Sie sind die unerfolgreichste Band der Popgeschichte. Und nun müssen sie innerhalb von nur einer Woche ein Hitalbum schreiben, denn sonst werden sie von den Hells Angels exekutiert und von der Deutschen Bank gevierteilt.

From the author of Ms. Demeanor—one of the most beloved comedic writers of our time—comes a charming, laugh-out-loud tale of love and criminality, a pitch-perfect romantic comedy. “Over the course of more than thirty years and at least fifteen books, Elinor Lipman has been creating a...

Obsessed by what they are certain is the impending apocalypse, a mismatched trio set off on a globetrotting road-trip in the latest feel-good adventure from the internationally bestselling author of The Hundred Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared. In the fading days of...

The inspiration for NOT DEAD YET, ABC’s “Most Watched Comedy Debut in More Than Four Years” (Deadline) “The new Bridget Jones for our time.”—Telegraph “Will have you laughing whether you’re twenty, forty, or eighty.”—Heat (UK) A Zibby Magazine Top 10 Book of the Year A funny...

Russell Fink is twenty-six years old and determined to salvage a job he hates so he can finally move out of his parents’ house for good. He's convinced he gave his twin sister cancer when they were nine years old. And his crazy fiancée refuses to accept the fact that their engagement really...