Comedy Humor World

This audiobook is full of interesting information that you can whip out in any conversation. You'll never be lost for words and always have the perfect icebreaker.

Diesem Helden kann niemand widerstehen ... Christopher Boone ist fünfzehn Jahre, drei Monate und zwei Tage alt. Er kennt alle Länder und deren Hauptstädte sowie sämtliche Primzahlen bis 7507. Er liebt die Farbe Rot, sagt immer die Wahrheit und kann nur zwei Gefühle voneinander unterscheiden: Trauer und Glück. Unordnung, Überraschungen und Unbekannte kann er absolut nicht leiden.

Cold Storage, Alaska, is a remote fishing outpost where salmonberries sparkle in the morning frost and where you just might catch a King Salmon if you're Zen enough to wait for it. Settled in 1935 by Norse fishermen who liked to skinny dip in its natural hot springs, the town enjoyed prosperity in the mid-20th century, at the height of the frozen fish boom. But now the cold storage plant is all but abandoned and the population is shrinking every day.

Zara James never expected to fall in love, leaving the hopeless romantic lifestyle to her friends. She also never imagined she'd be expecting a baby and married to the one guy she fought so hard to keep at arm's length. Faced with life's challenges of insecurities, pregnancy hormones, and the pressures of being a new wife in the burbs of Atlanta, Georgia, Zara tries to master them one cupcake at a time. Well, that is until her world is turned upside down by one accident that could change everything.

Round about the second anniversary of the start of World War 1, Roger Waterlow is still stuck ashore in charge of the ramshackle British naval intelligence effort in a sweltering notionally "neutral" country in South-eastern Europe. As rumor follows rumor and the situation becomes daily more confused, Waterlow and his organisation learn of three couriers trying to carry correspondence to Berlin—correspondence that might give the Entente powers vital insights into German intentions for the region, if only they can be intercepted and their papers seized....

Okano, a convenience store employee with a troubled past, is but one of the many unforgettable characters found in this collection of four stories. Among the others are three boys facing a frightening lesson in mortality, a woman using garbage to fill a hole in her heart, and a nurse struggling to cope with the oft-brutal cycle of birth, life, and death. Remaining constant even as it fades in and out of view is the great Mount Fuji, one of Japan’s Three Holy Mountains. It serves as the anchor for these characters’ lives, and for Randy Taguchi’s Fujisan, an exploration of redemption, discovery, loss, and remembrance.

Adam Gorozpe, a respected businessman in Mexico, has a life so perfect that he might as well be his namesake in the Garden of Eden - but there are snakes in this Eden too. For one thing, Adam's wife, Priscila, has fallen in love with the brash director of national security - also named Adam. Another unlikely snake is the little Boy-God who's started preaching in the street wearing a white tunic and stick-on wings, inspiring Adam's brother-in-law to give up his job to follow this junior deity and implore Adam to do the same.

At the center of The Lawgiver is Margo Solovei, a brilliant young writer-director who has rejected her rabbinical father’s strict Jewish upbringing to pursue a career in the arts. When an Australian multi-billionaire promises to finance a movie about Moses if the script meets certain standards, Margo does everything she can to land the job, including a reunion with her estranged first love, an influential lawyer with whom she still has unfinished business. Two other key characters in the novel are Herman Wouk himself and his wife of more than 60 years, Betty Sarah, who, almost against their will, find themselves entangled in the Moses movie .

The Weekly World News team uncovers the definitive and faux-tastic story of Bat Boy, from his hardscrabble origins in the caves of West Virginia to his global influence in the 21st century. Going Mutant reveals how Bat Boy has heeded a call to service that has embarrassed less forthcoming mutants.

Fan favorite Sharyn McCrumb teams with professional race car driver Adam Edwards for this high-speed tale of horsepower and high jinks. When hotshot stock car driver Camber Berkley crashes his ride on a winding mountain road, the wreckage interrupts the funeral of a wealthy racing fan. The folks of Judas Grove, Tennessee, give Camber a choice. He can either spend three months in the slammer, or he can train the local ministers as they prepare for a lucrative two-million-dollar race.

Пьеса Самоубийца рождена в социалистический двадцать восьмой год, когда НЭП уже канул в вечность, а новая государственная формация под названием СССР стала проявлять свои репрессивные аппетиты в отношении инакомыслящих.

World tour of Skandinavien är en klassisk standup-show som behandlar livets mer intressanta frågor, såsom: Vad händer när man nyser i en fullsatt hiss? Hur högljudd får man vara i kyrkan? Får man slå ett barn om det jagar en med en toaborste? Efter ett par framgångsrika år som skådespelare i olika film-, TV- och teaterproduktioner återvände Johan Glans till platsen där han trivs som allra bäst - standupcomedyscenen. Som namnet antyder gick World tour of Skandinavien utanför Sveriges gränser.

It wasn't easy, but I did it. It was a long struggle, but I made it. I found unhappiness in a peaceful world. You can too! Maybe you already have. In that case, this book will show you how you did it. And if you haven't, it will show you how you can do it. Moreover, no matter how unhappy, depressed, or anxious you are, by listening to this book you can become even more unhappy, more depressed, and more anxious. There is no limit to how unhappy you can be.

Bu kitapta, yaşamı yakından anlayıp en yalın haliyle ama sert, gerçekçi ve derinden anlatan bir yazarın "insan" la tanışma serüveninin izlerini bulmak mümkün. Bulgakov, bir köpek ile bilim insanının yollarının kesiştiği bu hikâyede, Sovyet rejimini ve Sovyet insanı yaratma fikrini hicvediyor.

An amusing story about two elderly men who stumble upon an unusual way to make money by creating a new religion. Jack and David are the main characters--both about 80 years old. Their unique plan to get rich unfolds one morning when they're sitting on their beach chairs in Florida lamenting the limited income they receive from Social Security and want more.

A trans taco waitress. A man painted in silver. A Haitian priest. An old lady who dances. What's their connection in the streets of Mexico City?

In dem verschlafenen Örtchen Dikanka ist der Teufel los - im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes! Der über beide Ohren in die regionale Schönheit Oxana verliebte Schmied Wakula bekommt von seiner Herzensdame einen praktisch unmöglichen Wunsch angetragen. Sie verspricht ihn zu heiraten, wenn er ihr ein Paar Schuhe - wie sie die Zarin trägt - schenkt. Aus Verzweiflung und Ärger denkt Wakula an Selbstmord, doch da er nichts mehr zu verlieren glaubt, schließt er einen Pakt mit dem Teufel.

John is a not-so-ordinary baker in a not-so-ordinary bakery. With dreams of becoming a government agent, he has to prove himself worthy of the job. To do that, he'll take on any mission the bakery has for him, even if that means finding the last bag of sugar and saving the world from giant ants.

Ру-ру - повесть Юза Алешковского, действие которой разворачивается в начале 80-х годов в небольшой деревне, затерянной в Смоленской области. Герои повести, в их числе даже участковый милиционер, предаются занятиям, совершенно не свойственным советскому человеку. Одно из них - закуска самогона лягушачьими лапками.

New York-born John Kendrick Bangs was associate editor and then editor of Life and Harper magazines, eventually finding his way into the Humour department. Here, he began to write his own satire and humour. Ghosts I Have Met and Some Others is a delightful humorous collection of short tales relating encounters with ghosts, including "The Mystery of My Grandmother's Hair Sofa", "The Exorcism That Failed", and more.