Life Satire

After eight and a half years and 323 pageants, Miranda Miller has become the ultimate stage mother. Her mission in life is to see that her nine-year-old daughter, Bailey, continues to be one of the most successful child pageant contestants in the southern United States. Lately, though, that mission has become increasingly difficult. Bailey wants to retire and has been secretly binge eating to make herself "unpageantable". But Miranda has a plan.

The hilarious tale of a newly full-time dad and awards-show "plus one" whose TV-writer wife has hit the big time. Christopher Noxon's debut novel Plus One is a comedic take on breadwinning women and caretaking men in contemporary Los Angeles. Alex Sherman-Zicklin is a mid-level marketing executive whose wife's 14th attempt at a television pilot is produced, ordered to series, and awarded an Emmy.

'Have you met them yet, the new couple?' When Gav and Lou move into the house next door, Sara spends days plucking up courage to say hello. The neighbours are glamorous, chaotic and just a little eccentric. They make the rest of Sara's street seem dull by comparison. When the hand of friendship is extended, Sara is delighted and flattered. Incredibly, Gav and Lou seem to see something in Sara and Neil that they admire, too.

After his mother, a theologian and best-selling author, dies in a fiery explosion,49-year-old Calvin Bledsoe's heretofore uninspired life is upended. A stranger shows up at the funeral, claiming to be Calvin's aunt Beatrice, and insists that Calvin accompany her on a trip to Europe, immediately. As he and Beatrice traverse the continent, it quickly becomes apparent that his aunt's clandestine behavior is leading him into danger.

Three unlikely American civilians, assigned to a US base in the Middle East, stumble on America's Most Wanted terrorist, hiding in a Pakistani palace. Through accident and happenstance, they capture what's left of the culprit, survive a shootout, and escape with this bounty of all bounties. Joined by a local merchant and amateur filmmaker who records their adventure crossing oceans of sand and deserts of seas following their nose to America, the CIA and the promise of a million-dollar bounty.

Aly Meadows is a self-proclaimed 'catfluencer' using her two beloved pets to earn thousands of likes on Instagram. But behind the lens, Aly is broke, facing eviction and living a life that's a million miles away from the glamourous world of social media stardom. Rick Harvard, the CEO of talent agency Glimmer, has the power to change her life, but only if Aly agrees to dive in at the deep end. Can Aly come out of her shell and channel the confidence of her insta-famous cats? And if so, will she finally find the love and laughter she deserves?

Life is hard. Your craft beer is out of season. Your M.A. degree has not helped in your part-time barista job. Your Pinterest projects always fail. This century is just one giant disappointment. Well, not anymore! Life Hacks Handbook: How to Deal with the Worst Case Situations of the 21st Century will solve your worries. This is the definitive book when it comes to our first world problems. It is overflowing with how-to illustrations, infographics and heavily researched insight on everything that probably will go wrong in this century.

Meet Sonny Anderson, funny failed LA Galaxy hopeful, recovering misophonic meth-head and Shaun of the Dead-obsessed survivor. On his 21st birthday, gifted the opportunity of inheriting a life-changing sum of money, Sonny needs answers to a few important questions. For instance, where is his mother? He last saw her age five when his dad kidnapped him and took him to live on a commune in Brazil. His dad claimed to be a spiritual guru, but what kind of man was he really? To find his answers Sonny must leave his home in California and return to the UK, his country of birth.

It is a truth universally acknowledged that every man in possession of a wife must be in want of a son. Seventeen eighty-five was to be the most marvelous year of Marianne's life until an unfortunate turn of events left her in a compromised state and desperate for a husband to care - or rather cover - for her. Now she is stuck in an undesirable marriage to Mr. Edward Bennet, a man desperate in his own way for a male heir.

Karls eingefahrenes Leben als rheinischer Lokalreporter ändert sich eines Tages schlagartig: Krankheitsbedingt fällt er einige Wochen von der Arbeit aus, seine Schwester liefert ihre Zwillinge im Kindergartenalter bei ihm ab, um sich in Ruhe von ihrem Mann trennen zu können und kurz darauf übernimmt er auch noch für einen Nachbar die Aufgabe, sich um einen dickwanstigen Dackel "Professor Brinkmann" zu kümmern.

Trois destins parallèles s'entrecroisent, trois vies dont le seul point commun est le manque d'amour : Marie, une jeune Californienne d'une beauté rare, Caroline, une Parisienne trentenaire, enfin Marcus Marcus, le salaud, le mégalo, le parano. Construit par séquences, dans une écriture et sur un rythme qui varient selon les personnages, cette "comédie humaine" dresse de manière drôle, critique et profondément attachante, un portrait captivant de nos contemporains.

Life Without the BS is a humorous look at life, marriage, kids, education, and a few other bugaboos including politics, religion, and sex and dating.

If you've got an axe to grind against the Obama, Hillary, Rush, or Anne Coulter - we've got you covered there, too. I don't want to give away the farm, but here a few tastes of what you'll find inside. Let me warn - It's finger licking good. Once you start listening, you won't want to stop.

Kate and Scott’s marriage has always been a lot of fun, with alcohol at the heart of it. After all, what’s more entertaining than a good laugh and a large drink…or six? But recently, those relaxing drinks have become more crutch than comfort - and the couple have almost forgotten how to talk to each other sober. Then their teenage daughter Holly uploads a video of their humiliating drunken escapades, which gets picked up by YouTube superstar PinkyPud - and goes horrifyingly viral.

The big things in life look after themselves. Birth, love, death: they're all terrifically exciting, but they happen whether we like it or not. It's the little things in life that cause the most trouble. How do you deal with the million and one everyday challenges?

Turn every corner and you'll easily find someone ready to tell you what to do, but you won't find many willing to tell you what NOT to do. WHY? Because it would show vulnerability and may even be a little embarrassing. That's where F-BOMB YOUR LIFE COMES IN.

Satire of job seeker and his experiences while looking for a job.

Daisy is turning 40. To make the crises worse, her five sisters pray over her unmarried status, and then her cat begins speaking English with a British accent! Well, no wonder the cat quotes William Shakespeare sometimes! Daisy did name the cat Shakespeare after all.

Hell's too full, so the Devil hires ad man Dirk Quigby to pen a travel guide enticing travelers to different afterlives: Hindu, Catholic, Protestant (that one's got a lot of subdivisions), Scientologist, and more. Instead of writing a boffo best seller, Dirk unites all religions in a common goal: kill Dirk. E. E. King grew up in one of those tolerant households that don't force religion down kids' throats. This is the result.

High school nobody Kenan is doing just fine in the midst of the zombie apocalypse, thank you very much, but when his dream girl Katy comes stumbling around the corner, she turns his world upside-down. David Wood's first foray into young adult fiction is an action-packed horror tale laced with dark humor and even darker thrills.

"Coleshanger people are pretty bad," said Uncle Edward. "They won't cross water after sunset. And they have to be in bed by midnight, otherwise they think that they'll be turned into baboons and apes. They also worship the flea." Written in 1952, Coleshanger is a humorous, whimsical, and charming recount of English village life in the early part of the last century, a tale waiting 70 years to be heard but still very much the story of us today.