Novedades

Anna and Tom, an expat couple, have fashioned a dream life for themselves in Berlin. They are young digital "creatives" exploring the excitements of the city, freelancers without too many constraints, who spend their free time cultivating house plants and their images online. At first, they reasonably deduce that they've turned their passion for aesthetics into a viable, even enviable career, but the years go by, and Anna and Tom grow bored.

Desperate to escape their high-pressure life in Los Angeles, the Finch family moves to rural Oregon. But it doesn’t take long to learn that “small town” is not code for “stress-free.” As the new owners of Applegate's one and only general store, the Finches find that the simple life’s anything but simple when your little store is the town's only grocery store, gas station, hardware store, fire station, and occasional dentist’s office.

This is the legend of Saint Frank, and the great deeds he what did to earn that Sainthood, not born a Saint, in the beginning he was just, Frank, but not long after some stuff that took long, he became Sir. Frank. Sir. Frank may or may not have slayed a Dragon, if he did then this is the Tale of how Sir. Frank became Saint Frank, and if he did not then this is the story of nearly a Saint Frank and a triumphant Dragon.

Smith Babbitt is in the prime of his life: he’s only 25 years into his 89-year lifespan. He knows this because of Timmy®, the mysterious app that can tell you with infallible accuracy how old you will be when you die. Smith still has 64 years to go. But lately he’s been in a rut, and his long lifespan is starting to feel like a sentence.

In self-imposed exile after returning home from the war in Vietnam, David Larson meanders into the barren town of Slut's Hole, Wyoming, where a local widow takes him under her wing. After making a sort of home among the town's hardscrabble locals, David grudgingly adopts a young Vietnamese girl abandoned along the highway. This sets in motion a set of tragic turns as Western mythos and frontier justice clash against the tides of a changing world.

Meet Leroy O’Malley of Apalachicola, Florida: a naive and hopeful dreamer. All Leroy wanted was a shot at the good life—a steady job, maybe even a dental plan. This is the story of a man who made the mistake of believing the lies. Always down on his luck, a chance encounter with a foul-mouthed—though oddly charismatic—out-of-towner at a roadside oyster shack suddenly launches Leroy on the fast-track to the life he’s always wanted.

Welcome to The Problem Club, where logic takes a holiday and wit is the law of the land. In this delightful collection of early 20th-century comic tales by Barry Pain, twelve eccentric gentlemen gather regularly in an upscale London club to tackle bizarre, imaginative challenges—each one a “problem” designed to confound, amuse, and showcase their cleverness.

My best friend’s little sister is the one woman I can’t have—but the only one I want. Hiring Clara Evans as my nanny was never part of the plan. The sharp-tongued redhead has been driving me crazy since we were kids and wrapped in a too-tempting smile. She challenges me, pushes my buttons and sees through my defenses. And worse, she’s living right next door. But when a business crisis leaves me desperate, I have no choice but to ask for her help. Now she’s in my house, making my son laugh when I barely remember how. Chipping away at the walls I’ve spent years building. She ...

Marriage, corruption, and rubber babes — Rollo Hemphill’s life just went from awkward to illegal. Rollo Hemphill thought he’d won the jackpot — married to the woman of his dreams and newly minted director of a suspiciously generous charity. But bliss turns to blunder when his assistant proves both too beautiful and too helpful, and his “philanthropic” work at the Keppelhoffer Foundation turns out to be a front for a baffling international scam involving erectile dysfunction, Big Pharma, and dirty politics. As Rollo fumbles through marital meltdowns and seductive office ...

Welcome to the Fitzhugh multiverse of genteel chaos, spectral jazz goats, and one emotionally co-dependent gator named Elvis. In Cedric III: The Collected Chronicles, Southern society unravels through four decadent acts of absurdity, satire, and scandal. Colonel Cedric Beauregard Fitzhugh III—a reluctant aristocrat with a talent for catastrophe—faces murder-mystery brunches, cotillion combat, swamp courtroom drama, and existential alligator therapy, all while clutching his bourbon and wondering why the raccoons look so organized. With Arora Palindrome wielding her clipboard like a ...

Not all books set around Formula 1 grand prix motor racing need concern themselves with technical descriptions of engines and transmissions, nor need they be overly concerned with track layouts, lap times, cornering speeds, or in-depth profiles of winning drivers and teams. Some do – and that’s perfectly fine – but others don’t, that’s the point. Some books set around Formula 1 are allowed to be concerned with other things, like friendship and love and loyalty, caring and kindness. A Day at the Races is one of these other books. Three friends: a dog, a donkey, and a young girl ...

Das ist die Geschichte eines Mannes, der seit frühester Kindheit mit seinem Namen auf Kriegsfuß steht. Es geht um Verwirrungen und Pannen, vielleicht auch nur um Pech, welches ständig an die Tür klopft oder von unserem Protagonisten scheinbar angezogen wird. Warum aber ein Tanga bei einer Hochzeit `lebensrettend´ sein kann, welche Rolle `Erika´ spielt oder weshalb fröhliche Kinder der Inquisition gleichkommen – all das erfährt der Leser in dieser lustigen und kurzweiligen Geschichte.

Welcome to the farm… where the cows have opinions, the chores never end, and the humans are only slightly more sensible than the livestock. In this hilarious collection of poems and short stories, Reginald Overhouse serves up a heaping helping of rural mischief, barnyard blunders, and laugh-out-loud lessons in what not to do on a farm. Whether it's chasing runaway chickens, surviving eccentric neighbors, or discovering the hard way that goats are not to be trusted—these tales bring the charm of country life with a big ol’ wink. Perfect for fans of: Humorous farm memoirs Whimsical ...

Hilarious Satire! Not for Cucks and Snowflakes! Super #SJW Man is the Don Quixote of super-woke wackos. One day, while listening to an Ezra Klein podcast and reading The Huffington Post, he goes completely insane. Blindly naive and smugly self-righteous, the wannabe superhero sets out to save the world. Hilarity ensues! Super #SJW Man and his partner, Captain Wokeness, wage war against the un-woke. They troll Twitter. They slander free-thinkers. They lead demonstrations at the mall. They go to the ghetto to recruit minority members for their movement. But each of these misadventures careens...

Welcome to the Fitzhugh Estate—where the tea is sweet, the secrets are ancient, and the alligators offer emotional support… and occasionally, legal counsel. Cedric Fitzhugh III would rather be left alone with his fortified Java 151 and the gentle buzz of his bug zapper. But when his therapy gator, Elvis, starts leaving cryptic fortune cookie slips and the Cornish hens go missing, even Cedric knows something’s off. Enter Councilman Pickles, a smug, scheming bureaucrat who launches a “county-mandated festivity” with one aim: to seize Cedric’s ancestral land. To stop him, Cedric ...

Vanity Fair centers on the young Becky Sharp and her dear friend Amelia Sedley during the time of the Napoleonic Wars. Rebecca Sharp is the daughter of an art teacher and a French dancer, being ambitious, intelligent, and strong willed in order to get what she wants out of society. She is often touted as amoral and an anti-heroine. Alternately, her friend Amelia is kind, good natured, and born into wealth. The interwoven fortunes of the two women play out among a backdrop of social skirmishes and human afflictions of pride and ego.

“One zombie. One mission. One bite at Capitol Hill.” Uncle John Goes to Washington By John A. Russo They tried to bury him. Now he’s back—and running for Congress. In a world teetering on the brink of political absurdity and social unrest, one unexpected candidate shuffles into the spotlight: Uncle John—a resurrected zombie with a heart of gold, a brain that still works (mostly), and a mission to make democracy undead again. When Uncle John regains his ability to speak, he doesn’t just rejoin society—he shakes it to its core. From viral town hall videos to a Capitol Hill ...

As Scruff Sanders struggles with the challenges of being manipulated by disguised power as well as the rewards of becoming a national celebrity, his own integrity is put to the test. Puzzled by who to trust, his life, his career, and his values are put in the crucible. The wrong answer might cost him everything. But is there a right answer? With the presidential election looming, decisions must be made.

Two years after he blew up the Channel Tunnel to foil the Franco-German invasion, Harry Lampeter returns to England, hoping for employment with MI6. The political climate in Europe has changed. The Roman Catholic Church, led by mad Pope Benedict XVII, is attempting to fill the power vacuum in Europe by reviving the Holy Roman Empire, with himself as Emperor. The CIA has other ideas, as do the leaders of the European nations.

In Alison Bechdel’s hilariously skewering and gloriously cast new comic novel confection, a cartoonist named Alison Bechdel, running a pygmy goat sanctuary in Vermont, is existentially irked by a climate-challenged world and a citizenry on the brink of civil war. She wonders: Can she pull humanity out of its death spiral by writing a scathingly self-critical memoir about her own greed and privilege?