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In this slyly funny and lavishly inventive novel, Nobel Prize winner V. S. Naipaul traces the unlikely career of Ganesh Ramsumair, a failed schoolteacher and impecunious village masseur who in time becomes a revered mystic, a thriving entrepreneur, and the most beloved politician in Trinidad. Witty, tender, filled with the sights, sounds, and smells of Trinidad's dusty Indian villages, The Mystic Masseur is Naipaul at his most expansive and evocative.

This funny, down-to-earth parody of Marie Kondo’s The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up hands listeners the most useful tools for keeping crap clean and organized without all the pressure.

Volume Audiobooks presenta l'audiolibro "Fantozzi", dal libro capolavoro di Paolo Villaggio del 1971, letto e interpretato magistralmente dallo stesso autore Paolo Villaggio. Uno dei più grandi best seller italiani di sempre, che ha dato origine alla saga della maschera comica più popolare del cinema italiano, in versione aggiornata e con l'aggiunta di capitoli inediti.

Ostrá satira ukazuje na příkladu Mloků, že nelze kohokoli bezskrupulózně využívat, aniž by přišel zasloužený trest ohrožující existenci celého lidstva. Zpočátku jsou Mloci roztomilí, dělníci – levná pracovní síla, která má za úkol za lidstvo udělat těžkou a nepříjemnou práci, kterou nechce nikdo dělat. Jenže i na ně platí okřídlené rčení, že jsou „dobří sluhové, ale zlí páni“. Roztomilí Mloci si totiž postupem času uvědomí, že mají také právo na svůj životní prostor a nekompromisně ho začnou po lidstvu vyžadovat… Válka s Mloky je jedna ze základních knih české literatury dvacátého století a povinná četba k maturitní zkoušce.

An incisive workplace satire and twisty murder mystery featuring a young executive assistant who realizes the peril in being diligently attentive to her boss's whims. As the assistant of the CEO of a Fortune 500 company, Nicole Underwood has plenty of tasks on her to-do list—one of which is...

Ein herrlich schräges, urkomisches Hörbuch für Jung und Alt - geschrieben von Oliver S. Hansert und erzählt von Rebecca Ibe - basiert auf wahren Begebenheiten. Leider. Volker ist zwölf. Also fast dreizehn. Und wie jeder normal gepolte Teenager mit WLAN, Netflix und tiefem inneren Ruhebedürfnis wünscht er sich für die Sommerferien genau eines: absolute Reizarmut. Zwei Wochen Nichtstun. Chillen. Dösen. Vielleicht mal ein Eis, vielleicht mal ein bisschen zocken - aber auf keinen Fall Stress. Mit niemandem. Und dann kommt alles ganz anders.

Spanning from the birth of Ulysses S. Grant until his victory over the Confederacy, You, Me, and Ulysses S. Grant gives us an honest portrait of an American hero who struggled to balance love, soldiering, and the attainment of the American Dream.

According to Max Disher, an ambitious young black man in 1930s New York, someone of his race has only three alternatives: "Get out, get white, or get along." Incapable of getting out and unhappy with getting along, Max leaps at the remaining possibility. Thanks to a certain Dr. Junius Crookman and his mysterious process, Max and other eager clients develop bleached skin that permits them to enter previously forbidden territory. What they discover in white society, however, gives them second thoughts.

Winner of the Thurber Prize for American Humor “[T]his poised and playful debut novel is a sly satire on foodie culture and the modern hype machine. . . . As tart as ‘artisanal citrus,’ as sharp as a chef’s knife, The Lemon is both a gleeful foodie sendup and an incisive takedown of the...

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Did you ride a chopper to school, buy your dad Old Spice for Christmas or believe that Jim could really fix it? If this sounds like you then hang up your disco ball, rake out the old Atari 2600 and tuck into a curly-wurly as you prepare to find out if you are a true child of the 70s in this flashback to the decade that style forgot.

Would you know a Mod from a Rocker, Dr No from Dr Who, or Simon from Garfunkel? If so, then kick off your go-go boots, switch on the lava lamp and reminisce about the age of peace and free love, when England won the World Cup, men walked on the moon and daleks first menaced the planet.

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The 32-man team has undergone extensive training to get prepared.

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The Secretary-General described the clip as "applauling."

The study shows that a large part of the population is just fluff to fill in the gaps between its more valuable citizens.