Humor Anthology

From the original Greek financial crisis (when the profligate Gods of Olympus were punished by Odin and the other Norse Gods for their unchecked spending) to a handy unintended benefit of cosmetic surgery; from Pope Ron (the first Australian pope, who wants nothing more than to live quietly) to a rather droll cat named Stanley to Good President Wenceslas (benevolent leader of a snowy land) - these stories are by turns funny, poignant, and deliciously wicked, each one a gift begging to be unwrapped and enjoyed again and again.

Get ready to relax, laugh, and shed a tear with down-home tales from a modern storyteller with old-fashioned values. Award-winning columnist Leslie Anne Tarabella draws on her deep faith and mischievous sense of humor to tell stories of raising two boys, dealing with humidity, overcoming communication malfunctions with her Northern-born husband, and eating delicious comfort food.

Weihnachten - wie immer ein Fest! Neue lustige Geschichten über Weihnachten mit der buckligen Verwandtschaft: Wer hat eigentlich den Cousin dritten Grades eingeladen? Was hat Opa schon alles getrunken? Wo ist die Katze hin? Und wer, bitte, fährt die Schwiegereltern nach Hause? Weihnachten gleicht alle Jahre wieder einem Stresstest für die gesamte Familie. Erträglicher wird’s nur mit diesen Geschichten. Und komischer auf jeden Fall.

A freight train blinks through time. A tree branch crushes a car. A scientist makes a confession. These stories and more unfold within. Can Edward Norbery escape the wrath of his family’s curse? What will happen when Anna finds a piano while grocery shopping at Costco? And why have soldiers flooded the streets of a quiet suburb on Thanksgiving Day?

Блистательные сатирические новеллы "Необыкновенные истории из жизни города Колоколамска" рассказывают о буднях придуманного Ильёй Ильфом и Евгением Петровым города, жители которого, типичные советские обыватели, - исправно следуют директивам вышестоящего начальства, претворяя в жизнь новые веяния идеологии и, как часто бывает, по глупости извращая их до абсурда.

Verstehe einer die Kinder. Oder die Großeltern. Die einen werden erwachsen, kaufen sich Leitz Ordner für Handyverträge und schwören dem billigen Fusel ab, der gestern noch zu jeder Party gehörte. Die anderen haben eine kindliche Freude daran, die Welt neu zu erobern und ihre Grenzen auszuloten. So mancher Jugendliche bleibt hingegen lieber zu Hause, um zwischen Kühlschrank und Computer nach sich selbst zu suchen. In seinen neuen Geschichten beschreibt Familienmensch Wladimir Kaminer das komplizierte Verhältnis der Generationen mit viel Liebe und Humor.

Paul Bokowski gehört seit zehn Jahren zur Speerspitze der deutschsprachigen Lesebühnenszene. Nach drei Büchern und über zwanzig Auflagen erscheint im Frühjahr 2020 ein Best-of-Hörbuch mit den besten Texten aus "Hauptsache nichts mit Menschen", "Alleine ist man weniger zusammen" und dem zuletzt erschienenen Buch "Bitte nehmen Sie meine Hand da weg". "Feine Auslese" vereint die aberwitzigsten Geschichten und die besten Dialoge.

Nothing puts a damper on the Christmas spirit more than a fluffy white rooster named Sweetie. Reginald and his flock plot to serve the big bully a helping of humble pie with the aid of their fellow farm animals and some creative storytelling. Will they end up on Santa's naughty list? Or Martha's stewpot? And can they teach a humbug how to get along?

Und wie ist es Weihnachten bei Ihnen? Weihnachten, wir wissen's alle, ist das Fest der Liebe und der familiären Idylle. Was aber tun, wenn man beim Weihnachtsessen von der Schwiegermutter kaltlächelnd gemästet wird? Die Nachbarn einem mit grell blinkender Weihnachtsdeko den Schlaf rauben? Man furchtbare Angst hat, beim Kauf des Weihnachtsbaums zu versagen und obendrein den heuchlerischen Schwur getan hat: "Dieses Jahr schenken wir uns nichts"? Vielleicht ist es da einfach am besten, im Kreis der Liebsten besinnliche Lieder zu singen. Fragt sich nur, ob vor dem Essen oder nach dem Essen.

This delightful collection of short stories from acclaimed writer Susan Gabriel (The Secret Sense of Wildflower, a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2012 and an Amazon number one best seller) is rich in humor as well as mystery and meaning. Whether white or black, living or dead, down home country or upscale urban, Gabriel's characters are quirky, poignant, and deep.

Questo scritto risale al 1862 e qui si avvertono le prime avvisaglie di ciò che, pochi anni dopo, Dostoevskij troverà nel suo e nel nostro sottosuolo. Qui, però, a differenza che nelle opere della maturità, domina una nota più divertente; il racconto, infatti, è una satira grottesca con la quale l'autore deride l'ottusità dei boriosi burocrati.

Jump-Start: To jump-start American consumerism after decades of zero economic growth, the vaganus is wholesaled in casino fashion.

Alle Jahre wieder macht sich die halbe Republik kurz vor den Feiertagen auf den Weg zur buckligen Verwandtschaft. Als ob der Besuch bei Tante und Onkel nicht schon schlimm genug wäre, quälen wir uns stundenlang durch den Stau, fluchen über den ICE in verkehrter Wagenreihung oder sitzen auf dem verschneiten Rollfeld fest, während unser Airbus zum wiederholten Mal enteist wird. Und das alles umgeben von nicht minder nervigen Nichten, Neffen, Omas und Opas, die sich ebenfalls nicht vor dem Besuch bei der Familie zu drücken wussten.

These seven short stories trace the childhood memories of a young boy, humorously nicknamed General Custer. The General, optimistic by nature and battered by circumstances, moves from Corvallis, Oregon, to the coastal town of Fairhaven, California. In this patchwork tarpaper town, on the north spit of Humboldt Bay, there are no phones, no indoor toilets, and with mostly absent parents, very few rules. Tracing General Custer's intrepid spirit and ardent observations, Kids in the Wind brims with windy salt air, unimaginable adventure, discoveries of young love, and humor.

Rufus is an observer of life, his own, quadruped, and human. He loves his life and he knows his place in the world. From solving a murder to confronting a crab, from time with good friends to saving a life, Rufus is the kind of person you would like to spend some time with. If your dog biscuits suddenly go missing, Rufus will solve the mystery. If you need a new home but you don't realize it, Rufus will quietly solve the problem. He will remember you when you are gone and he will share his wisdom with you while you are making your way in the world, but he will steal your heart.

Farmer Eben Smith heads off to the big city to trade his wagonload of produce. But he barters a lot more than goods after he stumbles across a strange crossroads in time, bargains with different cultures in alternate realities, and accidentally wreaks havoc and chaos in each.

A tiny commercial film crew finds themselves stranded after a coup d'état in a foreign country, with no means of escape. Using the products for the advertisement they were sent there to film as a distraction, they hide their planned fade-out, in plain sight.

Daudet's atmospheric Letters from a Windmill, combined with Jerome K. Jerome's wonderfully idle ramblings. He was indeed the original founder of The Idler and famous for his classic novel Three Men and a Boat.

Guy Fawkes is back, and this time it's a toss up who's going to be blown up first: Parliament or Reginald Worcester, gentleman consulting detective. But Guy might not be the only regicide to have been dug up and reanimated. He might be a mere pawn in a plan of diabolical twistiness. Only a detective with a rare brain - and Reggie's is amongst the rarest - could possibly solve this "five-cocktail problem".

This is the third collection of short stories recounting the author's adventures as a member of the New Orleans Police Department. There are a few more stories thrown in to give the book a bit of variety. Humor is a very necessary component of police work and is inescapable in any genuine tales of police adventures.