Humor Short

Volete vincere 100.000 dollari per scoprire che non potete intascare un centesimo, oppure preferite far visita a vostra nonna in Paradiso per capire che neanche lei è uno stinco di santo? O ancora, preferite convincervi che indossare una maglietta rossa sia il segreto per incontrare l'amore della vita, oppure che la cosa migliore del mondo sia un bel niente? Se quello che cercate è un viaggio esilarante sulle ali della fantasia e del nonsense a stelle e strisce, Un cosa ancora è il libro giusto.

Here is a story collection about love, death, humor, and the glue called family. In one narrative, a man wakes up one morning to find the odor of dead fish won't go away, but no one else can smell it. In another, a couple's visit with friends to watch the Academy Awards has the protagonist envying his friends' lawn and lifestyle. In these and 11 other stories, Christopher Meeks balances tragedy and wit.

Ever dream about writing to your favorite writer and receiving a package as a reply? What's in that package? What if you could see murders and suicides before they happened? How would you proceed? Easy answer, but what if you enjoyed it? Why is a grandmother singing about the apocalypse in the street? Most importantly, what's your good line?

Alfredo Panzini, noto per le sue novelle spesso umoristiche, ci propone in questa opera dei ritratti di persone e situazioni a volte aspri, sempre leggermente distaccati, spesso vicini alle idee sulla famiglia e sulle relazioni con le quali sono cresciuti i nati nel secolo ventesimo. La cornice musicale è cantata da Enrico Caruso.

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.

"If you're a young woman navigating life's crazy and wondrous tumult, British writer Lara Williams' new story collection A Selfie as Big as the Ritz is for you." — ELLE British author Lara Williams perfectly captures the bleak, surreal, and often hilarious period of life that every...

Since its earliest days, The New Yorker has been a tastemaker: literally. As the home of A. J. Liebling, Joseph Wechsberg, and M. F. K. Fisher, who practically invented American food writing, the magazine established a tradition that is carried forward today by irrepressible literary gastronomes, including Calvin Trillin, Bill Buford, Adam Gopnik, Jane Kramer, and Anthony Bourdain. Now, in this indispensable collection, The New Yorker dishes up a feast of delicious writing on food and drink.

A finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction and the Story Prize, the first ever collection of “dazzlingly told” (The New York Times) literary short stories from Don DeLillo, the National Book Award-winning author of Underworld and Falling Man. Set in Greece, the Caribbean, Manhattan, a...

The most popular sports columnist in America puts his life (and dignity) on the line in search of the most absurd sporting event on the planet. What is the stupidest sport in the world? Not content to pontificate from the sidelines, Rick Reilly set out on a global journey—with stops in...

LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD “The stories in Black Light are grimy and weird, surprising, utterly lush. . . . I loved every moment of this book.” —Carmen Maria Machado, author of Her Body and Other Parties With raw, poetic ferocity, Kimberly King Parsons exposes desire’s...

"Queer, dirty, insightful, and so funny" (Andrea Lawlor), this coyly revolutionary debut story collection imagines new origins and futures for its cast of unforgettable protagonists—almost all of whom are named Sarah. NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2021 BY THE MILLIONS * OPRAH MAGAZINE *...

Firsten Guide is a tough, wise-cracking rebel leader who’s light years ahead of his time - and about to lead his crew into a battle that’s Beyond All Weapons. He and his fellow colonizers of Mars have faced a brutal crackdown engineered by Earth’s tyrannical government. But the resourceful Firsten has developed an extraordinary new fuel that enables him and his hardy band to escape into space - and time.

Emily Keane has her life all planned out. She's played by the rules and never stepped outside her box, and now she will finally be rewarded with everything she always dreamed of: a job promotion, a fiancé, and a future she can count on. But when her perfectly planned world falls apart, Emily is plunged into the wildest year of her life. From the beaches of California to Jamaica, New York, and Europe, Emily finds herself on a madcap race against time, running from an unscrupulous organ broker who wants her dead, all the while checking items off her unusual bucket list.

This boxed set includes books 4 - 6 in the national best-selling Laurel McKay humorous cozy mysteries by award-winning author Cindy Sample. Set includes: Dying for A Dude (Book 4), Dying for A Donut (Book 5) and Dying for A Diamond (Book 6).

In his only work of political satire, The Short Reign of Pippin IV, John Steinbeck turns the French Revolution upside down as amateur astronomer Pippin Héristal is drafted to rule the unruly French. Steinbeck creates around the infamous Pippin the most hilarious royal court ever: Pippin’s...

I "Racconti umoristici" sono una raccolta di alcuni tra i più celebri e conosciuti racconti brevi del grande scrittore russo...

Frugando tra gli scaffali ho ritrovato il libro che racconta la storia di uno scrivano...

Lee Davidson takes the concept of journaling about dreams a step up in a collection of 31 comedic short stories about his own shut-eye narratives. As the protagonist in his stories, Davidson embraces the illogical aspects of dreams and wanderings of the imagination, as they place him in strange and humorous allegorical situations.

Un caleidoscopio di incontri inattesi, di racconti folgoranti, di ironiche riflessioni. Con scrittura cristallina e rapidi tratti, Carofiglio disegna personaggi memorabili e, in un gioco di specchi tra verità e finzione, allestisce fulminee messe in scena dove appaiono intensi frammenti di mondo. Un piccolo gioiello in cui si alternano storie amare a situazioni comiche, osservate con impareggiabile sguardo critico e grande umanità.

Based on Kipling's own adolescent experiences, Stalky and Co. is a cunning story of mischievous 19th century British schoolboys attempting scholastic mutiny. The faculty and headmaster of a boys' private school repeatedly pursue a trio of poetic pranksters, "Stalky", "Beetle", and "Turkey", as they wage war on fellow students and the "establishment" with unwavering energy and creativity.