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An immersive, page-turning novel about surviving as a funny woman in the male-dominated world of comedy—and what happens when the most promising female star of her generation disappears. “An utterly addictive read.”—Amy Tintera, New York Times bestselling author of Listen for the Lie In...

As teenager Blue van Meer tells her story we are hurled into a dizzying world of murder and butterflies, womanizing and wandering, American McCulture, The Western Canon, political radicalism and juvenile crushisms. Structured around a syllabus for a Great Works of Literature class, Blue's wickedly funny yet poignant tale reveals how the imagination finds meaning in the most bewildering times, the ways people of all ages strive for connection, and how the darkest of secrets can set us free.

Christie Lovelace is sent to investigate an anonymous tip linking the death of a nameless woman to allegations of corruption in the small town of Danbury, Texas. In the course of Christie's roller-coaster investigation, she is blindsided by unexpected news from her boyfriend Kieran, financially accosted by a strange motel owner named Otto, and forced to endure the curiously strong smell of feces wafting throughout the sheriff's station.

Brought to you by Penguin. The hilarious and heart-wrenching new novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author of STEPPING UP and THE UNMUMSY MUM. ******************* Sometimes, in order to move forward, you need to go back. Joni’s always felt like an outsider in her blended family, and as an...

In Banshee, Samantha Baxter - wife, mother, poetry professor - learns she has breast cancer and then ruins her own life. Tumbling through a catastrophic midlife crisis, she gives herself permission to partake in behaviors she's observed in her male colleagues, including having an affair with a student her daughter's age, ranting at board meetings, and telling her poetry students what she really thinks of their work. Underneath biting, witty narration lurks a childish, confused, and unrealized adult woman hell-bent on destroying her relationships and professional life.

As seen on Good Morning America and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert “One of the smartest, sharpest, and funniest books I’ve read in years... Some books are meant to be devoured—this one does the devouring.”—Emily Henry, #1 New York Times bestselling author of People We Meet on...

Bloomsbury presents Nothing Special by Nicole Flattery, read by Becca Stewart. AN IRISH TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 _______________ 'A blade-sharp coming-of-age novel' SPECTATOR 'Confirms Flattery as a bracingly original writer' IRISH INDEPENDENT 'In enviably elegant prose, she manages to be...

With its wickedly funny mimicry and on-point parodies, Dead Ringers became an instant classic when it hit the airwaves in January 2000. In these four series, first broadcast between 2020 and 2023, the team give us their inimitable impersonations of the famous and infamous: from Donald Trump and Joe Biden to Liz Truss, Professor Chris Whitty and Holly Willoughby.

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Follow native New Yorker actor, singer and quality food lover DAVID MCKAY as he and various special guests discuss the curious miracles hidden inside the seemingly mundane happenings of everyday life in New York City and beyond!

The trio decide to help out Mort with a galactic Easter egg hunt, competing against a fellow space traveller

The trio are sent out by the President of Nexus to find the fireworks intended for the city's annual new year's fireworks show after they are seemingly stolen

The trio think that they've met Santa Claus whilst out looking for trees, and agree to help him spread jolly holiday spirit. But Officer M. suspects fowl play at hand, since Santa looks and is acting rather strange

2024年7月31日(水)に放送された 『ピエール瀧と大根仁のオールナイトニッポンGOLD』のPodcastアーカイブコンテンツです。 Netflixシリーズ「地面師たち」は、映像化困難と言われた小説家・新庄耕の同名クライムノベルを、 綾野剛と豊川悦司のダブル主演で、大根仁監督が実写化した全7話の作品で、 2024年7月25日より世界独占配信された。 豊川悦司、綾野剛に加えて、地面師グループとして、ピエール瀧、北村一輝、小池栄子といった個性豊かな...

In which our intrepid correspondent provides unsolicited nutritional advice to the Speaker of the House.