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From visionary creator Kenya Barris (beloved TV sitcom Black-ish and the podcast Unusual Suspects). Starring comedy legends Jenifer Lewis, Cedric the Entertainer, and Niecy Nash-Betts, Big Age follows recently retired couple Dot and Butch Watts' reluctant relocation to their new Floridian home, Sunset Gardens, a senior community that is anything but relaxing.

This wickedly fun debut is a stunning reinvention of the myth of Narcissus as a modern novel of manners, about two young, well-heeled couples whose parallel lives intertwine over the course of a summer, by a sharp new voice in fiction.

Audible prastut karta hai Darling Democracy, ek Audible Original, in association with Hind Yugm. Best-selling lekhak Nilotpal Mrinal ke shadb. Bilaiya naamak gaon me panchayat chunav ki sugbugahat ke saath jab gaon ki seat Adiwasi ghoshit hoti hai tab vartmaan mukhiya Rang Bahadur Singh pareshan ho uthta hai. Malum chalta hai ki uss gaon me ek vidhwa adiwasi mahila hai jo ab nirvirodh mukhiya chuni jayegi. Usi dauran ek baniya ke beta ek adiwasi ladki ko bhaga le jata hai. Tab use manakar wapas gaon me laya jata hai aur baniya samaj us ladki ko chunav ladane ki taiyari karne lagta hai. Udhar vartman mukhiya ko pandit Tribhuj ne salah diya ki wo kisi adiwasi mahila se shadi karke rajput dwara shaasan karne ki parampara ko bacha sakte hain. Mukhiya aisa hi karta hai. Tabhi pandit Tribhuj ka beta ek adiwasi girlfriend se court marriage karke wapas lautata hai. Ab Bilaiya gaon mein mukhiya ke 4 candidate taiyaar ho jate hain. Lekin tabhi khabar aati hai ki panchayat chunav abhi nahin hoga. Iss tarah sabke armanon par pani fhir jata hai. Disclaimer- Iss show mein apshabd aur kadi bhasha aur vayask shrotaayon ke liye vayask saamagri hai, jismein antrang drishya shaamil hain jo kahani ke anuroop hain. Yeh poori tarah kaalpanik hai aur vaastavik vyakityon, vyavsaayon, sthaanon ya ghatnaayon ke saath koi bhi samaanta maatr sanyog hai. Iss show ka uddyeshya kisi vyakti, sansthan, jaati, samudaay, nasl ya dharm ko thes pahunchaana ya badnaam karna ya kisi sansthan ya jeevit ya mrit vyakti ko badnaam karna nahin hai. Shrotaaon ko apne vivek ka istemaal karne ki bharpur salaah di jaati hai.

Anna and Tom, an expat couple, have fashioned a dream life for themselves in Berlin. They are young digital "creatives" exploring the excitements of the city, freelancers without too many constraints, who spend their free time cultivating house plants and their images online. At first, they reasonably deduce that they've turned their passion for aesthetics into a viable, even enviable career, but the years go by, and Anna and Tom grow bored.

Tricked into a world of banished gods, demons, goblins, sprites and magic, Richter must learn to meet the perils of The Land and begin to forge his own kingdom. Actions have consequences across The Land, with powerful creatures and factions now hell-bent on Richter's destruction. Can Richter forge allegiances to survive this harsh and unforgiving world or will he fall to the dark denizens of this ancient and unforgiving realm? A tale to shake "The Land" itself, measuring 10/10 on the Richter scale, how will Richter's choices shape the future of The Land and all who reside in it?

George, Harris, and J. decide to take a cycling trip through the Black Forest - to be accomplished on a tandem plus one. Whether it is Harris's harrowing experience with a Hanoverian road-waterer or George's valiant attempt to buy a cushion for his aunt, their experiences are hilarious - - and they may even offer some important lessons to all who may be contemplating a cycling trip in the U.S.

BBC Audio presents all three original albums from the ground-breaking comedy series that launched the careers of Rowan Atkinson, Mel Smith, Pamela Stephenson and Griff Rhys-Jones. Not the Nine O'Clock News is one of the great classics of British television comedy. The show ran from 1979 to 1982...

Warning: This isn't the real thing...it's funnier! "Gerber's affectionate, giggle-inducing send-up is one giant step toward restoring the somewhat debased art form known as 'parody,'" says Sean Kelly, former editor of National Lampoon. If you love Harry Potter - or if you have had enough of him! - you've gotta hear this.

P.J. O’Rourke began writing funny things in 1960s underground newspapers, became editor-in-chief of National Lampoon, then spent 20 years reporting for Rolling Stone and The Atlantic Monthly as the world’s only trouble spot humorist, going to wars, riots, rebellions, and other "Holidays in Hell” in more than 40 countries.

Now is not the time to start that fitness program! Instead, laugh along with humorist Dave Barry as he debunks, demotivates, and delights on the subject of fitness. Hear his inimitable views on exercise ("the best time would be the first thing after Easter, but not the one coming up"), weights ("big-time lifters have turned into 400-pound hairy sweaty shapeless grunting masses of tissue. And the men are even worse"), and much more.

A dazzling collection of comedies from the later Restoration period England's 'Glorious Revolution' of 1688 and the reign of new monarchs William and Mary signified a turning point for Restoration comedy with laws being passed to restrict playwrights' freedoms. The latter years are marked by a...

Like Mother is a mother-daughter comedy that explores two generations of women who are a lot alike, but who are desperate to believe otherwise.

Cakes and Ale is the novel that William Somerset Maugham said he wished to be remembered for. Published in 1930 and written in the first person singular, Maugham's narrator (and alter-ego) Ashenden exposes the disapproving, moral judgement made by conservative society on the character of Rosie Driffield and opines that it is unjustified.

كتاب ظريف في الأدب الساخر يضم بين دفتيه مجموعة مقالات تحتّلها عناوين شائقة عايش الكاتب شخصياً أحداث بعض منها، وهي تسلّط الضوء على الواقع من مختلف زواياه في أسلوب فكاهي سلس ومسترسل تدفع القارئ لأن يبتسم كما شاء له الكاتب في العبارة التسويقية التي غطت غلاف الكتاب الأخير.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER “For anyone who has felt fate intervening on their TikTok feed” (USA Today) comes a “gothic horror story wrapped up in a mystery [with] much to say about Hollywood, social media, and the creator economy” (Los Angeles Times) “Here you’ll find that gothic horror...

Berlin im Jahr 2025. Die Gas-Lobby jubelt: Einer von ihnen soll zum Minister ernannt werden – der allseits beliebte Karsten Richter. Karstens Mutter, eine Klimaaktivistin der allerersten Generation, hat kein gutes Gefühl bei der Karriere ihres Sohnes. An ihrer Erziehung liegt es nicht, aber die Zukunft unseres Planeten liegt ihm so gar nicht am Herzen. Stattdessen persönlicher Erfolg und die Anerkennung seiner Freunde zwischen Wirtschaft und Politik. Der Kanzler ist alarmiert, Richter versucht, die Situation zu retten, da erhält er einen Anruf: Seine Mutter wurde entführt!

في هذا الكتاب، يأخذك الكاتب في رحلة عميقة ومرحة بين أوراقه القديمة، حيث تتلاقى الهراءات مع لمحات من أفكار وخواطر تحمل بعض “اللحم”، أي الحقيقة والصدق في التعبير عن الذات. تلك القصاصات، التي قد لا تصلح إلا للحرق، تتحول هنا إلى مادة حية تجد صدى لدى القارئ؛ فهي حكايات، أفكار، ومشاعر صادقة تنبض بالحياة. بين السطور، يشاركنا الكاتب صراعاته، لحظات الإحباط، ومراوغات الإبداع، لتصبح هذه الأوراق جسرًا بين تجربة شخصية وفن سردي يُلامس القلوب. هكذا وُلد هذا الكتاب، من أوراق كان من الممكن أن تُحرق، لكنها اختارت الحياة من خلالك، أيها المستمع

***"If you're fascinated by unexplained phenomena, hop in a beat-up Audi with the kooky and supersmart Cassie Klein and her dog Luna for a voyage of discovery involving a giant moth, a West Virginia bridge collapse and a hot cryptozoologist. The droll Ms. Coll strikes again!"--People Magazine***...

Project President is a hilarious romp through American electoral history. From short, fat, bald John Adams' wig-throwing tantrums during the 1800 election to Abraham Lincoln's decision to grow a beard in 1860; from John F. Kennedy's choice to forgo the fedora at his inauguration to John Kerry's...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER She's back! After more than two decades, Judith Singer, the heroine of Compromising Positions, returns in a rollicking new novel sure to delight Susan Isaacs's millions of readers Some twenty years after Compromising Positions, Judith Singer again gets involved in...