Novedades

🌀 A colorful collection of 1000 fascinating words, idioms, and expressions. 🗯️ Slang from the streets, the screen, and across the decades. 📚 Rare and beautiful words you didn’t know you needed. 🌍 Funny, strange, and untranslatable phrases from other languages. 🐒 Animal-inspired idioms that reveal how we think and speak. 🍩 Deliciously weird food-related sayings and metaphors. 😄 Expressions that make you laugh, raise eyebrows, or both. 💘 Phrases of love, friendship, awkwardness, and sass. 🧠 A perfect tool for writers, teachers, trivia lovers, and language fans. ...

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.

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.

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.

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 ...

“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.

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.

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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?

Handsome Learjet pilot, Frye Wilkins, and his lover, Sander astonishingly discover the ultimate aphrodisiac Sofcart. The ultra-wealthy gobble up Sofcart, even at $240,000 each — exposing the evil in their hearts. Rest assured – ‘The Red Boat’ is also about those who have not. Where do these self-righteous bastards, the have-nots, draw the line? Murder?

🤡 Savage pranks and annoying tricks to drive people up the damn wall 😏 Passive-aggressive moves that sting without saying a word 🖇️ Office chaos starters guaranteed to make coworkers hate your guts 🧨 Family feuds made funnier (and a hell of a lot messier) 💻 Social media trolling tips for keyboard warriors with attitude 🧍♂️🧍 Public space shenanigans to irritate strangers like a pro 📱 Texting torture techniques that’ll make their thumbs bleed 🚗💢 Road rage ideas that don’t involve actual road rage (mostly) 🎭 How to weaponize sarcasm and deadpan for ...

A workaholic perfectionist, a grumpy single-dad, and a rundown old inn. . . I had a plan: meet a good guy, get married, have a house full of kids, and live happily ever after. But life had other ideas. At thirty-five, I was newly single and childless with a biological clock ready to explode. My perfectly planned life was not so perfect. After a surprise inheritance of an old bed and breakfast, I threw caution to the wind and flew across the country to DIY the property. How hard could it be? I was wrong. It was really difficult. Not even someone with my work ethic could’ve fixed it alone. ...

As World War 3 looms, How to Prepare Your Cat for World War 3 by Cornelius Capybara delivers a rigorous survival manual to transform your feline companion into a battle-ready operative. Spanning eleven chapters, this guide instructs on constructing cat-sized bunkers, rationing resources, crafting protective gear, and training for espionage, scavenging, urban navigation, chemical detection, and evacuation leadership. Tested with the author’s own General Whiskers, the methods adapt military tactics to household materials—cardboard, foil, laser pointers—ensuring resilience amid chaos.

Melo Paternò, dirigente scolastico ambizioso, arrivista e facilone allo stesso tempo, si ritrova a sottovalutare i docenti e le famiglie degli alunni della scuola da lui diretta, rimanendo schiacciato in prima persona dalla sua grossolana smania di potere e di autoaffermazione.

In un omaggio incondizionato e deferente ad Andrea Camilleri, l'ultimo (!) esperimento narrativo di Valerio Di Stefano.

Parodia de "La pioggia nel pineto" di Gabriele D'Annunzio in occasione dell'alluvione del 2 marzo 2011.

Somebody stole Seth's brain, not that he was using it anyway. To recover it, his brother Guy and college roommates Knob and Thurman must take on sinister forces using only their wits, knowledge of beer and an Amazon Warrior, whose breasts, like the Big Gulp, are too big for the cup holder. "Humorous Fantasy at its best..." - Armchair Interviews (Amazon top 100 reviewer). "...persistently entertaining read from first page to last" - Midwest Book Review. "Everything in the book is so true, you can't help but laugh in agreement." - Roundtable Reviews "... a ridiculous comedy..." - Bryon ...

Timothy ‘Timbo’ Smith, part-time healer and self-styled security analyst, travels down the dark canyons of global capitalism, from short-selling scams in the City to the depleted rainforests of Brazil. His accomplices in this irresistible safari through the late modern world are two reformed alcoholics, the lovely and brilliant Lee ‘Lethal’ Thorold, and her husband Professor Luke Deverill, lecherous Oxford philosopher and caustic computer wizard.

Jimmy had it all: wealth, power, and a complete lack of empathy. Then his father—the one man who tolerated his sociopathic tendencies—cut him off, forcing him into the horror of employment. After a string of job failures (some involving homicidal plants), Jimmy reluctantly starts absorbing life lessons as an ivory tower wanderer. Over time, he evolves into something resembling a functional human being.