Syv venner samles i et sommerhus ved en skovsø og soler sig i hinandens selskab. Det er midsommertid, og det trækker op til et bryllup. To af vennerne skal giftes. Gruppen diskuterer, flirter, solbader, svømmer, spiller smarte, iscenesætter overdådige middage og kommer i tvivl om, hvor alvorligt man skal tage sine forbudte forelskelser. ”Kun til navlen” er en moderne skærsommernatsdrøm om venner, kærester, venners kærester; om sex, håb og kærlighed; og om længslen efter, at alt kunne være anderledes. Linea Maja Ernst (f. 1988) er journalist på Weekendavisen. ”Kun til navlen” er hendes debutroman.

Kun til navlen

Mette troede, at hun skulle have kernefamilie, i stedet ligger hun på sofaen og swiper på Tinder. Mette var sikker på, at hun skulle køre i en stor bil, i stedet cykler hun rundt i gråvejr. Mette tænkte, at hun ville blive typen, der samlede venner og familie omkring et stort plankebord til helstegt økologisk pattegris, i stedet spiser hun torskerognsmadder alene i køkkenet. Mette mente, at hun var sådan en, der sagde fra over for chefen, i stedet griner hun af hendes kattehistorier. Mette ville ønske, at hun gjorde, hvad hun havde lyst til, i stedet gør hun det, hun skal. Mette havde altid forestillet sig, at hun ville møde den rigtige mand, i stedet møder hun den forkerte. Og så begynder Mette at gøre alt det, hun ikke må. Og så går det galt. Selvfølgelig.

Serien om Mette fra Østerbro

Et år i frit fald

Ligesom tusindvis af andre elsker Hella Joof og Ellen Hillingsø hunde. De tabte tidligt (Ellen) og sent (Hella) deres hjerter til vores firbenede følgesvende, og som hundemennesker kan de selvfølgelig ikke forestille sig et liv uden labrador, hår i maden og på tøjet, samt et generelt svineri og manglende konsekvens i deres ellers så pæne hjem. Hundens bog er deres hyldest til menneskets bedste ven, en morsom, kærlig og bedrevidende indføring i tilværelsen med hund. Så på med hundesnoren og tag med ud på en lang gåtur, hvor du undervejs kan læse om lorte-reglen, hunde i sengen, kalket afføring, tigning, svenske øjne, hundeterapi, dykke ned i brevkasser for hunde og mennesker, synge hundesange og læse digte og fortællinger om nogle af de mange hunde i vores kulturhistorie.

Hundens bog

New York Times Bestseller ""There is no writer quite like Dolly Alderton working today and very soon the world will know it.” —Lisa Taddeo, author of #1 New York Times bestseller Three Women “Dolly Alderton has always been a sparkling Roman candle of talent. She is funny, smart, and explosively engaged in the wonders and weirdness of the world. But what makes this memoir more than mere entertainment is the mature and sophisticated evolution that Alderton describes in these pages. It’s a beautifully told journey and a thoughtful, important book. I loved it.” —Elizabeth Gilbert, New York Times bestselling author of Eat, Pray, Love and City of Girls The wildly funny, occasionally heartbreaking internationally bestselling memoir about growing up, growing older, and learning to navigate friendships, jobs, loss, and love along the ride When it comes to the trials and triumphs of becoming an adult, journalist and former Sunday Times columnist Dolly Alderton has seen and tried it all. In her memoir, she vividly recounts falling in love, finding a job, getting drunk, getting dumped, realizing that Ivan from the corner shop might just be the only reliable man in her life, and that absolutely no one can ever compare to her best girlfriends. Everything I Know About Love is about bad dates, good friends and—above all else— realizing that you are enough. Glittering with wit and insight, heart and humor, Dolly Alderton’s unforgettable debut weaves together personal stories, satirical observations, a series of lists, recipes, and other vignettes that will strike a chord of recognition with women of every age—making you want to pick up the phone and tell your best friends all about it. Like Bridget Jones’ Diary but all true, Everything I Know About Love is about the struggles of early adulthood in all its terrifying and hopeful uncertainty.

Everything I Know About Love

Athena Liu er en litterær darling og June Hayward er en nobody. Da Athena dør i en barok ulykke, stjæler June hendes uudgivne manuskript og udgiver det selv under det forblommede pseudonym Juniper Song. Men da beviser mod June begynder at pible frem, opdager hun præcis hvor langt hun er villig til at gå for at få, hvad hun mener, at hun fortjener. Og hvad der så sker, er helt og aldeles andres skyld. ”Yellowface” er en sorthumoristisk syngende lussing til forlagsbranchen og de sociale medier; en roman om racisme, kulturel appropriation og opportunisme og kunsten at omskrive historien – bogstaveligt talt. Rebecca F. Kuang er kinesisk-amerikansk oversætter og forfatter til Poppy War-serien og Babel. Hun er uddannet inden for kinesiske studier fra både Cambridge og Oxford, og har en ph.d. i østasiatiske sprog og litteratur fra Yale University. ”Svidende satire om hvidt privilegie og identitet.” – Guardian ”Knivskarp.” – Time ”Thrilleren som alle kommer til at tale om.” – Grazia ”Satirisk og humoristisk.” – Cosmopolitan

Yellowface

Hør Hans Scherfigs Hans Scherfigs vittige, beske og satiriske roman om forholdene i et københavnsk gymnasium omkring 1920. 19 værdige samfundsstøtter mødes for at fejre deres 25 års studenterjubilæum. I sang og taler mindes de deres skoletid og gamle lærere - ikke mindst lektor Blomme, der døde efter at have spist et maltbolsje.

Det forsømte forår

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK “Hard to put down, harder to forget.” — Stephen King, #1 New York Times bestselling author White lies. Dark humor. Deadly consequences… Bestselling sensation Juniper Song is not who she says she is, she didn’t write the book she claims she wrote, and she is most certainly not Asian American—in this chilling and hilariously cutting novel from R.F. Kuang, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Babel. Authors June Hayward and Athena Liu were supposed to be twin rising stars. But Athena’s a literary darling. June Hayward is literally nobody. Who wants stories about basic white girls, June thinks. So when June witnesses Athena’s death in a freak accident, she acts on impulse: she steals Athena’s just-finished masterpiece, an experimental novel about the unsung contributions of Chinese laborers during World War I. So what if June edits Athena’s novel and sends it to her agent as her own work? So what if she lets her new publisher rebrand her as Juniper Song—complete with an ambiguously ethnic author photo? Doesn’t this piece of history deserve to be told, whoever the teller? That’s what June claims, and the New York Times bestseller list seems to agree. But June can’t get away from Athena’s shadow, and emerging evidence threatens to bring June’s (stolen) success down around her. As June races to protect her secret, she discovers exactly how far she will go to keep what she thinks she deserves. With its totally immersive first-person voice, Yellowface grapples with questions of diversity, racism, and cultural appropriation, as well as the terrifying alienation of social media. R.F. Kuang’s novel is timely, razor-sharp, and eminently readable.

‘Nell Zink is a writer of extraordinary talent and range. Her work insistently raises the possibility that the world is larger and stranger than the world you think you know.’ Jonathan Franzen Virginia, 1966. The motionless deeps of the lake outside Stillwater College are being ruffled. Lee, a blue-blooded poet and professor, is determinedly fondling Peggy, an ingénue freshman with literary pretensions, in his canoe. So begins a long affair but the two are mismatched from the start. The story that follows rocks the boat in every sense. Nell Zink’s hugely entertaining, totally unique Mislaid explodes the nuclear family and topples every foundation of identity – black and white, gay and straight, “normal” and very very strange…

Mislaid

Anna har kæmpet med psykisk sygdom siden teenageårene, men nu har hun styr på livet: Hun har taget sine dæmoner på sig ved at se sig selv som superskurk, og snart skal hun fejre sin 30 års-fødselsdag med en overdådig fest. Der skal være kendisser på gæstelisten, det skal foregå på Refshaleøen, og der skal smadres! Men hvordan holder man en stor fejring af livet, når man alligevel ikke er så glad, som man troede man var? Og hvordan skriver man om hovedpersoner, der udvikler sig, når man selv sidder fast i de samme gamle traumer? For Annas liv er ikke en recovery story. Og måske er hun heller ikke en cool og destruktiv superskurk, når det kommer til stykket, men i virkeligheden en, der kæmper for noget. "Superskurk" er en rå, akut og kærlig bog skrevet inde fra en psykisk sygdom. Anna Juul (f. 1992) er uddannet manuskriptforfatter fra Den Danske Filmskole og har arbejdet med radio, tv og bøger. Hun har bl.a. været forfatter på programmet Den Korte Radioavis på Radio24syv. I 2019 debuterede hun med digtromanen "Jeg bruger min krop som et møbel", udgivet under aliasset Veronika Katinka. Anna Juul har skrevet og spillet hovedrollen i tv-serien "Min Kamp", der handler om samme karakter, og hun står bag tv-serien "Fantomforhold". I 2022 udgav hun romanen "Penge & Bacon".

Superskurk

'This is every woman’s dream revenge plot come to life.' Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Are you on a date that doesn’t feel right? Can’t shake that creepy guy at the bar?Worried you’re being followed home?Message M.After one too many terrifying encounters, Millie Masters sets up a hotline for women who feel unsafe walking home alone at night: Message M. But very quickly she realises that there’s much more to be done to help the women who call in. Because the men just do it again the next night, and the next, and the next… And when her own sister is assaulted on a night out, the temptation to take the law into her own hands becomes too much to resist. Because M can also stand for murder… A deliciously dark, hilariously twisted serial killer thriller with a villainous female lead. Perfect for fans of Bella Mackie’s How to Kill Your Family, Oyinkan Braithwaite’s My Sister, the Serial Killer, or anyone who enjoyed watching You. Readers are OBSESSED with How to Kill a Guy in Ten Ways!‘A masterclass in murder. Millie is the serial killer you never knew you needed in your life.’ LM Chilton ‘Deliriously dark and incredibly funny. How to Kill a Guy in Ten Ways is a wild revenge comedy that had me reading all night…Addictive and twisty, I loved it!’ Katie Marsh ‘We love the dark humour in this thriller.’ That’s Life Crime Scene ‘Eve Kellman – I applaud you. This was absolutely fantastic.’ Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘I loved this book! Brilliant twists all the way through and so cleverly written. A must read!’ Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘This is … clever, quick-paced, and such a twist on the serial killer genre.’ Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘I absolutely LOVED this book! I flew through it! The feminine rage and the witty banter was *chefs kiss*. I can't wait for this to come out so I can buy copies for all my friends!’ Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

How to Kill a Guy in Ten Ways

'This book had sex with my brain!' SARA PASCOE 'Hilarious. Intimate. Vital.' JAMEELA JAMIL 'I couldn't put the book down!' LAURA BATES Comedian Sofie Hagen has not had sex in 3,000 days (and counting). And it turns out, she's not the only one . . . In an attempt to find out why we're not having the sex we want, Sofie asks the questions: can we blame a lacking sex education? Is it all just sexual trauma? Where's the radical sexual liberation we were promised? What are we going to do about this? Should she have slept with that guy in that bush that one time? How do you overcome being a 35-year-old virgin (when it comes to queer sex, that is)? How do the socially awkward and the neurodiverse have sex? In Will I Ever Have Sex Again?, Sofie Hagen explores the quirks and difficulties of being an 'involuntary celibate' (but one of the feminist, progressive ones). With a blend of memoir and conversations with experts, therapists, sex workers, porn stars, comedians and public figures, this is a humorous and bold undertaking to gain a better understanding of how we can think, talk and feel about sex. The audiobook includes an exclusive bonus interview with fellow comedian, friend and author, Sara Pascoe. 'I was expecting a tad more tahini' YOTTAM OTTOLENGHI 'Refreshingly honest' ROSIE JONES 'Warm, Curious, Charming' AUBREY GORDON

Will I Ever Have Sex Again?

'This is a must-read for those who grew up in awe of The Phantom Tollbooth...Holt achieves near-perfection in his new comic fantasy.' - Publishers Weekly, starred review 'Exceedingly clever and funny.' RT Book Reviews New Evil. Same as the Old Evil, but with better PR. Mordak isn't bad, as far as goblin kings go, but when someone, or something, starts pumping gold into the human kingdoms it puts his rule into serious jeopardy. Suddenly he's locked in an arms race with a species whose arms he once considered merely part of a calorie-controlled diet. Helped by an elf with a background in journalism and a masters degree in being really pleased with herself, Mordak sets out to discover what on earth (if indeed, that's where he is) is going on. He knows that the truth is out there. If only he could remember where he put it. A witty fantasy novel of good, evil and everything inbetween, from one of Britain's best-loved comic writers - perfect for fans of Terry Pratchett or Douglas Adams. Books by Tom Holt: Walled Orchard Series Goatsong The Walled Orchard J.W. Wells & Co. Series The Portable Door In Your Dreams Earth, Air, Fire and Custard You Don't Have to Be Evil to Work Here, But It Helps The Better Mousetrap May Contain Traces of Magic Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Sausages YouSpace Series Doughnut When It's A Jar The Outsorcerer's Apprentice The Good, the Bad and the Smug Novels Expecting Someone Taller Who's Afraid of Beowulf Flying Dutch Ye Gods! Overtime Here Comes the Sun Grailblazers Faust Among Equals Odds and Gods Djinn Rummy My Hero Paint your Dragon Open Sesame Wish you Were Here Alexander at World's End Only Human Snow White and the Seven Samurai Olympiad Valhalla Nothing But Blue Skies Falling Sideways Little People Song for Nero Meadowland Barking Blonde Bombshell The Management Style of the Supreme Beings An Orc on the Wild Side

YouSpace

The Good, the Bad and the Smug

Imagine a world where New York Times bestselling author, comedian, actor, television, and podcast host Adam Carolla is the President of the United States. Can’t do it? You don’t have to! Adam has done it for you! Podcast king Adam Carolla first shared his unique, but always funny world view in his New York Times bestseller In Fifty Years We’ll All Be Chicks—but he’s not done. In President Me, Carolla shares his vision for a different, better America free from big issues like big government down to small problems like hotel alarm clock placement. Running on an anti-narcissism platform, President Carolla calls for a return to the values of an earlier time when stew and casserole were on every dinner table and there were no “service dogs” on airplanes. President Me hits right at the heart of what makes our country really annoying, and offers a plan to make all of our lives, but mostly Adam’s, much better.

President Me

CHAMPENS ORD er min guide til, hvordan du kommer sjovere og nemmere gennem livet som en rigtig guttermand. For hvis du er en guttermand, så er du home safe. Det er noget af det fedeste du kan opnå. Det er en ordentlig person der er vellidt, og bare har styr på sit shit. Bogen er skrevet til min søn Texas, men den er til alle unge mænd der indimellem står og kunne bruge et råd eller en smutvej i livet. Jeg har nok ikke det endegyldige svar, men jeg har formået at komme ud af selv de dummeste situationer, samtidig med at jeg har haft det fucking sjovt. Der er tips om alt fra økonomi til damer, fra alkohol til venner og bare generelt til, hvordan man bliver et ordentligt menneske. Livet kan være svært at komme igennem, men jeg ved, at med denne bog i hånden, kan det umuligt gå helt galt.

Champens Ord

Now a major motion picture starring Hugh Jackman. When politics went tabloid… In May 1987, Colorado Senator Gary Hart seemed like a no-brainer for the Democratic party’s presidential nomination. He was articulate, dashing, refreshingly progressive and led George H. W. Bush by double digits in the polls. However, he was also a deeply private man, uneasy when attention moved away from his political views to his personal life. Then, in one tumultuous week, it all came crashing down. Rumours of marital infidelity, a photo of Hart and a model snapped near a fatefully-named yacht, and a newspaper’s stakeout of Hart’s home resulted in a media frenzy the likes of which had never been seen before. Through the spellbindingly reported story of the Senator’s fall from grace, Matt Bai, Yahoo News columnist and former chief political correspondent for The New York Times Magazine, revisits the Gary Hart affair and unpicks how one man’s tragedy forever changed the nature of political media and, by extension, politics itself. This was the moment when the paradigm shifted – private lives became public; news became entertainment; and politics became tabloid.

The Front Runner (All the Truth Is Out Movie Tie-in)

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER She's back! After more than two decades, Judith Singer, the heroine of Compromising Positions, returns in a rollicking new novel sure to delight Susan Isaacs's millions of readers Some twenty years after Compromising Positions, Judith Singer again gets involved in murder and mayhem. But her life has changed. She now has her doctorate in history. Her workaday hours are spent at St. Elizabeth’s College, mostly squandered in history department shriek-fests. She is also a widow. Her husband Bob died one half-day after triumphantly finishing the New York City Marathon in four hours and twelve minutes. And although twenty years have passed without seeing him, she still cannot get her former lover, Nelson Sharpe of the Nassau County Police Department, out of her system. With Courtney Logan’s dramatic disappearance, all eyes turn instantly toward her husband, Greg Logan, son of Long Island mobster Philip “Fancy Phil” Lowenstein. But since there is no body, there is no arrest. Then, in the less-than-merry month of May, Judith comes home from work, turns on the radio, and hears the Logans’ pool man telling a reporter that he opened the pool and found . . . a raccoon? Not quite. The woman in the pool turns out to be Courtney, and now it’s officially homicide. And Judith comes alive! She offers her services to the police’s chief suspect, Greg Logan, but he shows her the door, thinking her just another neighborhood nut. But his father isn’t so sure: Fancy Phil may have other plans for her. Long Time No See is Susan Isaacs at her wickedly observant best. With razor-sharp wit and an irresistible mystery, she brings us back in touch with an engaging, endearing and irreverent heroine we haven’t seen in far too long.

Long Time No See

Hun har alt. Hun er ung, flot, slank, hun er nyuddannet fra Columbia, lever af en stor arv og har en lejlighed på Manhattan. I New York år 2000 er den moderne verden på sit absolut højeste, alt er tilgængeligt, og døgnets timer skal udnyttes maksimalt. At sove, i stedet for at arbejde eller nyde, betragtes som en svaghed. Men samtidig udskrives sovepiller, som var det slik. Hun beslutter – efter at være blevet fyret for sine time-lange lure på arbejdet – at sove i et år. Måske er en kemisk dvaletilstand den eneste vej ud af en speedet samtid? En ting er sikkert: Hendes psykiater hjælper gerne. Mit år med ro og hvile er en forvrænget sædeskildring, en undersøgelse af dyd og moral på et tidspunkt, hvor alt er tilladt, men der ingen frihed er.

Mit år med ro og hvile

Kunne vi have været noget andet, hvis vi havde truffet andre valg i livet? Hvis vi var drejet til højre i stedet for til venstre? Vi er i Danmark i 90’erne med klaphatte, prinsesse Diana i sladderbladene … und alles. Maja har via Arbejdsformidlingen fået job på den campingplads i Vestjylland, hun som ung i 70’erne boede på i sin sommerferie sammen med en veninde. Den sommer blev hun gravid med Mogens, men det har han aldrig fåetat vide. Resultatet blev Sille, men hun er nu flyttet hjemmefra, og Maja er tilbage, hvor det hele begyndte. I en telefonbog finder Maja ud af, at Mogens, nu gift med Gitte, stadig bor i byen. Det bliver begyndelsen på Majas besættelse; hun begynder at stalke familien for at se, hvad hun kunne have fået, eller hvem hun kunne have været, hvis og hvis … hendes røv altså havde været spids ... og hun måske ikke var gået glip af sit eget liv? Med Rende og hønse udstiller Linda Skaaret igen en almen, eksistentiel vejløshed og spidder det danske sindelag, vi er rundet af. Det får os til at se nye sider af os selv, andre og historien. Rende og hønse er Linda Skaarets anden roman efter Fugl og fisk, hvor anmelderne skrev: "Smerten ved at overskride sin klasse ... Linda Skaaret har skrevet en god roman om en pige fra Esbjerg." ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Kristeligt Dagblad "En fin og rørende debutroman." Litteratursiden

Rende og hønse

Newly minted doctor Jane McGill is in hell. Not literally, of course. But between her drug addict patients, sleepless nights on call, and battling wits with the sadistic yet charming Sexy Surgeon, Jane can’t imagine an afterlife much worse than her first month of medical internship at County Hospital. And then there’s the devil herself: Jane’s senior resident Dr. Alyssa Morgan. When Alyssa becomes absolutely hell-bent on making her new interns pay tenfold for the deadly sin of incompetence, Jane starts to worry that she may not make it through the year with her soul or her sanity still intact.

Dr. Jane McGill

The Devil Wears Scrubs

‘Dark and funny’ Jackie Kabler, author of The Murder List ‘Deliciously dark and hilariously witty’ Sunday Post Say hello to Sally. ​ This is the story of how I killed Harry Collins. Destined to be the great love of my life – until one day I wake up in the Big Apple with the world's worst hangover, an empty bank account, and the sinking feeling that my life just nosedived. How it happened is a blur, but one thing is clear: I’ve been swindled and I’m not happy about it.​ ​She’s the woman of your dreams.​ And it's all thanks to Harry – a total dreamboat and a devil in disguise. He’s got charm, secrets, and a smile that screams trouble. Little did I know, Harry's not just a pretty face – he's a liar and conman.​ Or is she your worst nightmare?​ ​When I discover I’m not the only victim, I decide it’s only right I take my revenge. And with a group of wronged women behind me, murder isn’t on the agenda yet because Harry’s in for a nightmare and I’m only just getting started…​ ​A wicked, whip-smart revenge thriller, perfect for fans of Katy Brent, Bella Mackie and anyone who wants to take their revenge on The Tinder Swindler or Sweet Bobby.​ Readers LOVE When Sally Killed Harry!‘Darkly funny’ i News ‘Witty and sharp’ Bella ‘Everything a romcom gone wrong should be’ BookTrib ‘Sharp, brilliantly written, addictive’ Cosy Moose ‘Incredibly pacy, funny, oh-so-dark, devious and dare I say, relatable… I loved everything about it!’ Noelle Holton, author of His Truth Her Truth ‘Wow! I loved it. Devoured it in two days. It was dark, delicious and deadly.’ Louise Swanson, author of End of Story ‘I couldn't put it down … I'll have what Lucy Roth is having’ L.M. Chilton, author of Don’t Swipe Right ‘A bold and clever coming-of-rage story that gives a razor sharp twist on the classic romcom’ Victoria Hawthorne, author of The Darkest Night ‘The characters leapt off the page, their back stories were compelling and drove the story well. The Sally and Harry names riff was also good fun.’ Kay Wilson, author of The Stand-Up Mam 'Whip-smart characters and a compelling story' Lucy Vine, author of Date with Destiny ‘Found family, found salvation and found mission – plus a few surprises along the way. And yep, you will root for all of them.’ Reader review ‘Sally is a compelling anti-heroine who reminds me of Jason Dean – Christian Slater’s character from Heathers. She’s unhinged… and watching her unravel is part of the glee.’ Reader review ‘A darkly funny and unhinged wish fulfilment tale about women pushed to the edge to get justice in a patriarchal society.’ Reader review ‘If you’re looking for a rom-com that’s anything but conventional When Sally Killed Harrywill have you laughing, gasping and rooting for Sally and her crew every step of the way.’ Reader review ‘Sardonic and sharply written… a fun, fast-paced read’ Reader review ‘A bold, unapologetic and raw exploration of frustration, fury, and the simmering rage women feel when the world constantly asks them to tiptoe around their own pain’ Reader review ‘Hilariously witty, sharp and unfiltered’ Reader review ‘A book that tackles toxic masculinity head-on, not with kid gloves, but with a sledgehammer’ Reader review ‘It’s about amplifying the voices that have been silenced and empowering women to claim their space, their stories and their anger.’ Reader review

When Sally Killed Harry

Gulliver has an itch to travel around the world, but whenever he steps on a ship, bad luck seems to find him. He is shipwrecked, abandoned, marooned, and mutinied against, and each time lands in a strange and curious place. First he discovers the kingdom of the six-inch-tall Lilliputians, then the country of the giant Brobdingnagians, then the island of the academic Laputans, which floats in the sky, and finally the noble realm of the horselike Houyhnhnms. Who knew there were so many unusual creatures under the sun?

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Gulliver’s Travels

Scherfigs klassiske kriminalroman, hvor der langes ud efter overtro og mysticisme. Med sin brede personkreds og vekslende handlingscentre giver den et bidsk og satirisk billede af datidens Danmark.

Idealister

Johanna Kjellander forlader prædikestolen for evigt, mens sogne­børnene kaster salmebøger efter hende. Nå, men hendes erhvervsvalg var alligevel aldrig noget valg. Hendes far, en inkarneret modstander af kvindelige præster, tvang hende ind i præsteriet.  Per Persson lever et tarveligt liv, efter at hans farfar formøblede den formue, som rettelig burde have været hans. Farfaren døde ludfattig, sparket ihjel af sin sidste hest, og Per er nu en usselt betalt receptionist på et af Sveriges allerbedrøveligste hoteller.  Præsten og receptionisten møder tilfældigt hinanden på en parkbænk, og snart krydser en lige så farlig som naiv mand deres vej. Han hedder Johan Andersson, men inden længe kender hele Sverige ham som Morder-Anders.  Trioen danner en uhellig alliance og kaster sig ud i erhvervsvirksomheder med meget mådelig moralsk beskaffenhed. Alt havde dog kunnet gå, hvis bare ikke en greve, en grevinde og selveste Herren og hans søn havde blandet sig. "Jonasson skriver i et knapt og stringent sprog, satiren sitrer, og det er bare så dejligt at få en historie fortalt som voksen. Ja, det er næsten som at være barn igen. Tak til Jonas Jonasson for en sjældent dejlig læseoplevelse. Fyns Amts Avis ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Jonasson har som få så et fast greb om det komiske og kan om nogen snige vitaminer ned i frugtyoghurten. ... Det er aldrig kedeligt at læse en Jonas Jonasson-roman – hatten af for påhitsomheden. Børsen ★ ★ ★ ★ Jonas Jonasson har fantasi som få og forstår at formidle det med masser af humor. Nordjyske Stiftstidende ★ ★ ★ ★ Forfatteren bag 'Den hundredårige der kravlede ud ad vinduet og forsvandt' og 'Analfabeten der kunne regne' har igen skrevet en forrygende historie, hvor alt kan ske, også det mest utrolige. Man morer sig kosteligt i selskab med de skæve eksistenser. Søndag Jonas Jonasson er en mester i absurd logisk tænkning og spiddende naive afsløringer af alt det, vi tager for givet uden at skænke det en tanke. Han skriver verden på hovedet og gør således sine læsere (mere) bevidste om livet i stort og småt. Det er underholdende... Berlingske Jonassen er sublim til at portrættere de skæve eksistenser, og han skriver de mest absurde fortællinger. ... en original og særpræget roman, der sætter spor. Bognørden.dk ★ ★ ★ ★ Hvis du har læst Den hundredårige og Analfabeten og kunne lide dem, så kan du glæde dig til ”Morder-Anders”. Hvis du endnu ikke har læst nogle af dem, så prøv om du ikke også bliver fanget af den helt specielle tone, som Jonas Jonasson har. Bogblogger.dk Morder-Anders og co. er et fuldkommen uforligneligt slæng, og hvis man holder af dén form for humor, som Jonasson bedriver, kan man roligt glæde sig til at stifte bekendtskab med persongalleriet, der strækker sig fra denne verdens hellige til de brodne kar i den stockholmske underverden. Litteratursiden.dk Jeg kan kun sige at Jonas Jonasson har gjort det igen, han har skrevet en virkelig humoristisk fortælling. Den er skæv og fuldt med de der sætninger, du bare er nød til at læse en gang til, fordi de simpelthen er så sjove. Livetidukkethuset.dk Jeg vil varmt anbefale denne bog til alle, der har brug for et godt grin og en skøn læseoplevelse. Bookeater.dk Jonas Jonasson skriver fremragende. Hans sætninger er et langt studie i kunsten at underspille de mest sindssyge situationer, og det fungerer rigtig godt. Bogrummet.dk ★ ★ ★ ★

Morder-Anders og hans venner (samt en uven eller to)

Europa er i undtagelsestilstand. Økonomiske kriser, pandemi og klimaforandringer hærger, og for at det ikke skulle være nok, så går Vesuv pludselig i udbrud. Det er det største vulkanudbrud i flere tusind år, og en gigantisk askesky indhyller kontinentet i et konstant mørke. Folk dør på gaden af nye og mere aggressive coronavarianter, millioner af fugle falder døde til jorden, og på Gammel Kongevej er der åbnet et surdejshotel, hvor man kan få passet sin surdej, når man er på ferie. Dommedag er nær. I denne afgørende stund for menneskeheden viser forskellige uafhængige analyser, at én mand kan redde verden. Denne mand er lidt overraskende den 48-årige fallerede digter Allan Thornbum, der bor til leje i en kælderlejlighed i Hvidovre. Til hverdag er han trafiktæller på Rødovrevej, og i sin fritid kommenterer han digte, som han har lånt på biblioteket. En dag banker den to meter og fem høje og hærdebrede socialdemokratiske statsminister, Bianca Didriksen, på hans dør og bønfalder ham om hans hjælp. Hun forklarer ham, at eksperter i finansministeriet har regnet sig frem til, at Allan tilsyneladende kan løse alle verdens problemer, hvis han skriver et digt, bare ét enkelt digt. Men det gider Allan kraftedeme ikke! Frelseren fra Hvidovre er en grotesk bidende, højaktuel og samfundssatirisk roman om et samfund, der ikke længere magter at løse sine problemer.

Frelseren fra Hvidovre

Animal Farm is a satirical allegorical novella by George Orwell, first published in England on 17 August 1945. The book tells the story of a group of farm animals who rebel against their human farmer, hoping to create a society where the animals can be equal, free, and happy. Ultimately, the rebellion is betrayed, and the farm ends up in a state as bad as it was before, under the dictatorship of a pig named Napoleon

Animal Farm

The former Sex & Relationships Editor for Cosmopolitan and host of the wildly popular comedy show Tinder Live with Lane Moore presents her poignant, funny, and deeply moving first book. Lane Moore is a rare performer who is as impressive onstage—whether hosting her iconic show Tinder Live or being the enigmatic front woman of It Was Romance—as she is on the page, as both a former writer for The Onion and an award-winning sex and relationships editor for Cosmopolitan. But her story has had its obstacles, including being her own parent, living in her car as a teenager, and moving to New York City to pursue her dreams. Through it all, she looked to movies, TV, and music as the family and support systems she never had. From spending the holidays alone to having better “stranger luck” than with those closest to her to feeling like the last hopeless romantic on earth, Lane reveals her powerful and entertaining journey in all its candor, anxiety, and ultimate acceptance—with humor always her bolstering force and greatest gift. How to Be Alone is a must-read for anyone whose childhood still feels unresolved, who spends more time pretending to have friends online than feeling close to anyone in real life, who tries to have genuine, deep conversations in a roomful of people who would rather you not. Above all, it’s a book for anyone who desperately wants to feel less alone and a little more connected through reading her words.

How to be Alone

From the author of Everything I Know About Love and longtime Sunday Times Style columnist comes advice and answers to your questions about dating, love, sex, family, friendship and more. “One of the foremost ‘it’ writers of our time. . . . There is no writer quite like Dolly.”—Lisa Taddeo, author of #1 New York Times bestseller Three Women “Nora Ephron for the millennial generation.”—Elizabeth Day, author of How to Fail and The Party For years, New York Times bestselling author Dolly Alderton has been sharing her wisdom, warmth, and wit with the diverse universe of fans who have turned to her “Dear Dolly” column seeking guidance on a host of life problems. Dolly has thoughtfully answered questions ranging from the painfully—and sometimes hilariously—relatable to the occasionally bizarre. They include breakups and body issues, families, relationships platonic and romantic, dating, divorce, the pleasures and pitfalls of social media, sex, loneliness, longing, love and everything in between. Without judgement, and with deep empathy informed by her own, much-chronicled adventures with love, friends, and dating, Dolly helps us navigate the labyrinths of life. In this wonderful collection, she brings together her collected knowledge in one invaluable volume that will make you think, make you laugh, and help you confront any conundrum or crisis.

Dear Dolly

Shortlisted for the Costa First Novel award 2013, this bitterly humorous debut is a novel of love, narcissism, and ailing cattle. Katherine has given up trying to be happy. Her cynical wit repels the people she wants to attract, and attracts the people she knows she should repel. Her ex Daniel, meanwhile, isn’t sure that he loves his new girlfriend. But somehow not telling her he loves her has become synonymous with telling her that he doesn’t love her, meaning that he has to tell her he loves her just to maintain the status quo. When their former friend Nathan returns from a stint in a psychiatric ward to find that his mother has transformed herself into bestselling author and Twitter sensation ‘Mother Courage’ – Katherine, Daniel and Nathan decide to meet to heal old wounds. But will a reunion end well? Almost certainly not. Both scathing invective on a self-obsessed generation and moving account of love and loneliness, ‘Idiopathy’ skewers everything from militant environmentalists to self-help quackery and announces the arrival of a savagely funny talent.

Idiopathy

2020 Audie Awards® Finalist - Audio Drama 2019 SOVAS Voice Arts Award—Best Voiceover in Children's Audiobook 2019 SOVAS Voice Arts Award—Outstanding Production in Audiobook Puss in Boots, a fractured fairytale musical, is a tale of conquering fears, finding your truth, discovering your strengths, and standing for what you believe in, with lots of fun along the way. With 11 original songs, this classic fairytale is transformed into a hilarious adventure that will have the listener feeling like they're front row center at a Broadway show. Narrated by Jim Dale and a full cast, and written and created by the award-winning team behind Spin: The Rumpelstiltskin Musical, this audiobook is a treat for the whole family. Narrated by Jim Dale, Mark Aldrich, Nick Sullivan, Brian Holden, Al Fallick, Lisa Livesay, Lynn Norris, John E. Brady, Johnny Heller, Barrett Leddy, and Meredith Inglesby

Puss in Boots

“Darkly funny, surprisingly tender . . . witheringly dead-on.” — Los Angeles Times Named one of the year’s best novels by: Time • Salon.com • Los Angeles Times • NPR/Fresh Air • New West • Kansas City Star • St. Louis Post-Dispatch A comic and heartfelt novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Ruins and Cold Millions about how we get to the edge of ruin—and how we begin to make our way back. What happens when small-time reporter Matthew Prior quits his job to gamble everything on a quixotic notion: a Web site devoted to financial journalism in the form of blank verse? Before long, he wakes up to find himself jobless, hobbled with debt, spying on his wife's online flirtation, and six days away from losing his home. . . . Until, one night on a desperate two a.m. run to 7-Eleven, he falls in with some local stoners, and they end up hatching the biggest—and most misbegotten—plan yet.

The Financial Lives of the Poets

En brand i et kokain-laboratorie på Lolland spreder en større mængde kokain på en nærliggende græsmark. Myndighederne betragter udslippet som inddæmmet da området er øde. Myndighederne tager fejl. 2000 kaniner blæste på stoffer drages nu kun af kokain og blod. Og der er ikke mere kokain. Vild med campy ’so bad it’s good’ film ala Trolls 2, Sharknado, Velocipastor og Rubber? Så er KOKAINER din næste roman … Fans af horror-komedier som Cocaine Bear vil føle sig hjemme.

Kokainer

Lisbeth Wulff og Rasmus Botoft inviterer i Kattens bog læserne med ind i et betagende univers af poter og miaven, når de dykker ned i de mange fascinerende sider af et af danskernes mest elskede kæledyr. Bogen er en hyldest til det majestætiske og mystiske væsen, som har fortryllet os i årtusinder. Og med en blanding af fakta, humor og hjertevarme fortællinger tager Kattens bog læserne med på en sand opdagelsesrejse gennem dyrets fascinerende verden. Læs reportager fra kattecafeer, få praktiske råd af dyrlægen og lær kattekulturhistorien at kende – fra Egyptens gamle tempelkatte til moderne hjemmekatte. Uanset om du er en dedikeret kattefan eller blot nysgerrig efter at lære mere, vil bogen underholde, oplyse og varme dit kattehjerte. Lydbogsudgaven indeholder interviews med blandt andre Claus Meyer, professor Peter Sandø, kattereporter Frans Lindqvist. Gyldendal A/S, Klareboderne 3, 1115 København K www.gyldendal.dk gyldendal@gyldendal.dk ]]>

Kattens bog

Kunstkritikeren Paul var ellers en af de gode. Det er han ikke længere. Tidsånden har vendt sig imod ham. Men Paul har ikke tænkt sig at gå ned uden kamp. Paul er en midaldrende, hvid kunstkritiker med rigelig kult l kapital. Da han skal anmelde en kvindelig danskkoreansk kunstner, hvis værker han virkelig ikke bryder sig om, starter et vanvidsridt, han på ingen måde har forudset. Offentligheden vender sig mod ham, og Paul denne frihedens mand! kæmper indædt imod. Han kan oprigtigt ikke forstå, hvordan han er endt som skurken. Samtidig er Paul også en sensitiv sjæl, og da han midt i stormens øje ramler ind i den yngre Holly, som ved præcis, hvad han har brug for, åbner verden sig på ny. Tror han. Paul handler om statusfald, magt og vaklende positioner i et samfund i hastig forandring. En socialpsykologisk farce om at blive ramt så voldsomt på sin retfærdighedssans, at man i affekt får handlet sig længere og længere ud i det absurde. En roman fuld af situationskomik, ansigtstab og desperate handlinger.

Paul

Bagefter spurgte folk sig selv, hvordan kunne det gå så galt? Amager i undtagelsestilstand. Et kongehus på nippet til at bryde sammen. En gidseltagning i Bella Centret. Åbningen af den hemmelige tunnel under Nørrebro samt ikke at forglemme den store nordiske rockerkrig, som forvandlede landet til en krigszone. Følgerne var uoverskuelige og involverede Buckingham Palace, Danmarks forhold til Iran, Dalai Lama og Det Hvide Hus i Washington. Et drama som på få timer fik den globaliserede verden til at sitre. Skønt det hele startede en fortryllende sommernat i Rudersdal Kommune. Nemlig med en telefonopringning til kommisær Stelman, som modtog den kortfattede besked: - Arveprins Bernhard har slået sin iranske gartner ihjel. Indlæst af Ken Vedsegaard, der er uddannet fra Skuespillerskolen ved Århus i 2000. Han har siden haft flere roller på både tv, film og teater. Ken Vedsegaard blev et kendt ansigt i de danske stuer med hovedrollen som Erik i DRs serie Krøniken.

Den iranske gartner

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ‘This is Pride and Prejudice 2.0 and I must confess, I liked it more than the original’ STYLIST ‘Bold and brilliant’ GLAMOUR 'Sheer joy… Giddy and glam and a hearty update of Pride and Prejudice’ JESSIE BURTON, author of The Miniaturist Liz and Jane Bennet are good daughters. They’ve come home to suburban Cincinnati to get their mother to stop feeding their father steak as he recovers from heart surgery, to tidy up the crumbling Tudor-style family home, and to wrench their three sisters from their various states of arrested development. Once they are under the same roof, old patterns return fast. Soon they are being berated for their single status – and for two successful women in their late thirties, it really is too much to bear. That is, until the Lucas family’s BBQ throws them in the way of some eligible single men . . . In this dazzling, heart-warming read, the much-loved classic Pride and Prejudice is catapulted into our modern world, singing out with hilarity and truth. __________________________________________________ Praise for ELIGIBLE: ‘If there exists a more perfect pairing than Curtis Sittenfeld and Jane Austen, we dare you to find it’Elle ‘These days, if Curtis Sittenfeld writes it, I read it’ Judy Blume ‘Eligible has all the charm, wit and romance of Pride & Prejudice…an absolute delight’ Red ‘Dazzling’Woman and Home ‘Such a feast of a book’ Nigella Lawson ‘Not since “Clueless,” has Austen been so delightedly interpreted’ New York Times

Eligible

I'm the notoriously angry, grouchy D.C. Eagles defenseman who just can’t keep his temper in check—a temper that leads to a fifteen-game suspension from the NHL. As if that’s not bad enough, I'm forced into a short-term youth-hockey coaching gig—which my manager swears will “rebuild my image.” But what I didn’t expect was for a gorgeous, spunky blonde to stomp onto the ice on day one and lecture me about being rude to her little brother. Something about this spitfire of a woman, and the boy she’s so protective of, has my defenses melting. And if I’m not careful, I’ll burst into flames, forever melting the ice I’ve carefully kept around my heart. This is a closed-door romcom with mild language. Trigger warnings include parental substance abuse and dealing with grief/loss of parents.

D.C. Eagles Hockey

Desire or Defense

*Nominated for Best Book at the 2025 Chortle Awards* 'Outstanding, I want to press it into the hands of every newly diagnosed person' Fern Brady 'Like a Martian's guide to living on Earth. Funny, enlightening and gobsmacking' Frank Skinner 'A hilarious, crystal-clear guide to autism' Phil Wang 'An illuminating and joyously entertaining book' Daily Express Why were the other kids at school obsessed with Britney Spears instead of The Goon Show? Why don't people ever say what they mean? And... Why is everyone chewing so loudly? Comedian Pierre Novellie was on stage when a heckler suggested he was autistic. Usually, this disruption would be water off a duck's back but two things made this heckler different: first, he was himself autistic. Second, he turned out to be absolutely right. This random encounter led to a diagnosis of autism at the age of 31 that unravelled his world, explained his struggles and answered questions that had bothered him for his entire life. At once a hilarious and insightful journey through autism and neurodivergence, an entertaining explainer for the uninitiated and observational comedy for the neurodiverse, this is the perfect read for anyone who has ever asked themselves: why can't I just enjoy things? The audiobook includes an exclusive Q&A with comedian and BudPod co-host, Phil Wang.

Why Can't I Just Enjoy Things?

Brought to you by Penguin. From the bestselling author of Ghosts and Everything I Know About Love: a sharply funny, beautifully observed and exquisitely relatable story of heartbreak and friendship, and how to survive both. Andy loves Jen. Jen loved Andy. And he can't work out why she stopped. Now he is. . . 1. Without a home 2. Waiting for his stand-up career to take off 3. Wondering why everyone else around him seems to have grown up while he wasn't looking Set adrift on the sea of heartbreak at a time when everything he thought he knew about women, and flat-sharing, and his friendships has transformed beyond recognition, Andy clings to the idea of solving the puzzle of their broken relationship. Because if he can find the answer to that, then maybe Jen can find her way back to him. Andy still has a lot to learn, not least his ex-girlfriend's side of the story. © Dolly Alderton 2023 (P) Penguin Audio 2023

Good Material

New York Times bestselling author Ali Wentworth offers her hilarious and unique advice on surviving the absurdity of modern life in her third collection of laugh-out-loud comic vignettes. Ali Wentworth’s first two books, Ali in Wonderland and Happily Ali After, were lauded by readers, critics, and fellow comedians alike. Entertainment Weekly included Happily Ali After on its ""Must List"" and hailed it as ""hilarious. . . . Her glass isn’t half full—it’s ""empty and cracked,"" while Cosmopolitan praised it as ""razor-sharp."" Chelsea Handler called Ali in Wonderland ""truly hilarious,"" and Kathy Griffin christened it, ""Chicken Soup for the Vagina."" Alec Baldwin has described Ali as ""funny and warm and crazy all at once. Like Barbara Eden. But on something. Like crystal meth,"" and Jerry Seinfeld has raved, ""Everything that comes out of Ali Wentworth’s mouth is funny!"" At once endearing and hilarious, thoughtful and far-fetched, this third collection offers Ali at her wisest and wittiest as she delivers tips, pointers, and quips on a host of life’s conundrums and sticky situations, including the funny, sometimes embarrassing yet unforgettable situations that have shaped her inimitable world view as a wife, mother, actress, comedian, and all around bon vivant. Thoroughly entertaining, Go Ask Ali is packed with thoughts and musings from ""the girlfriend you want to have a glass of wine with, the one who makes you laugh because she sees the funny and the absurd in everything"" (Huffington Post).

Go Ask Ali

The first in what will become the quintessential list of the best of live British comedy, AN AUDIENCE WITH BARRY CRYER brings you up close and personal with one of bastions of British comedy in this live recording of his sellout comedy tour. Available for the first time as a downloadable audio file. The AN AUDIENCE WITH… series will bring you a succession of live performances by some of Britain's best-loved comedians, opening with Barry Cryer, one of the stalwarts of Radio 4. The quintessential grumpy old man, Barry Cryer's standup combines the quick wit of Radio 4 with the charm and class of the 'Great Men of Comedy'. He has been a regular panelist on I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue and Just a Minute, the latter of which he also chaired. In 1998, Barry wrote his autobiography, You Won't Believe This But…, which has been broadcast on Radio 4. Barry is also famous for having written gags for some of the legends of British comedy, including Morecambe and Wise, Tommy Cooper, Stanley Baxter, Dick Emery, Dave Allen, Les Dawson, Bob Hope, Kenny Everett, Sir Harry Secombe, Billy Connolly, Jasper Carrot and Richard Pryor. With a CV that reads like the 'Who's Who of British Comedy Greats', Cryer's unique blend of old-school gentility and cutting edge intellect facilitates an audience-base that spans generations.

An Audience with Barry Cryer

A magical short novel from the author of All My Friends are Superheroes. A robber holds up a Canadian bank but instead of stealing money he takes from each person the item of most sentimental value. As time passes the loss of these items have a dramatic effect on the victims: one discovers God under her sofa, another is attacked by her lion tattoo when it comes to life, and the wife of our narrator starts to shrink. It is a remarkable short novella, a modern fable that is weird, uplifting and romantic all at the same time. Kaufman’s debut novel, All My Friends are Superheroes, has become a significant word-of-mouth hit and garnered rave reviews from Marie Phillips, Toby Litt and others. It is soon to be made into a feature film. This hardback of Tiny Wife will be a gorgeous gift edition with illustrations.

The Tiny Wife

Spoken by over 700 million jabbering individuals, the English language has travelled to all corners of the globe – unfortunately, some of it has got a bit muddled along the way ... Lost in Translation: Misadventures in English Abroad affectionately demonstrates the very best – and worst – instances of genuine grammar-gargling from around the world, discovered by the author and his intrepid team of researchers. It includes everything from hilarious hotel signs to baffling advertisements, such as the German beauty product offering a 'cream shower for pretentious skin', the notice at a French swiming pool which proclaimed that 'swimming is forbidden in the absence of the saviour', or the warning sign at a Czech zoo which instructed visitors: 'No smoothen the lion'.

Lost in Translation

‘An existential thriller written in prose that points the way to the future’ Zadie Smith‘Fight Club for girls’Vogue LONGLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZE A lives with B. B seems to be becoming more and more like A. If A’s boyfriend, C, likes A because A is A, but now B is the same as A, where does that leave A? And what has happened to the family across the street, who left one afternoon out of nowhere, covered in sheets with holes cut out for the eyes? ‘Comical, malignant and addictive’ Adam Thirlwell ‘As good a debut as I’ve ever read’ Zadie Smith ‘This book will unsettle you; this book will make you feel intensely alive’Buzzfeed

You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine

The inside story of the one of the most successful British stand-up comedians, as told by the person best qualified to reveal all about the man behind the comic, his wife of over 20 years – Pamela Stephenson. Once in a lifetime, there strides upon the stage someone who can truly be called a legend. Such a person is the inimitable, timeless genius who is Billy Connolly. His effortlessly wicked whimsy has entranced, enthralled – and split the sides of – thousands upon thousands of adoring audiences. And when he isn't doing that…he's turning in award-winning performances on film and television. He's the man who needs no introduction, and yet he is the ultimate enigma. From a troubled and desperately poor childhood in the docklands of Glasgow he is now the intimate of household names the world over. How did this happen, who is the real Billy Connolly? Only one person can answer that question: his wife, Pamela Stephenson. Pamela’s writing combines the very personal with a frank objectivity that makes for a compelling, moving and hugely entertaining biography. This is the real Billy Connolly.

Billy Connolly

A twelve-stage sleigh ride through the best, worst, strangest and funniest parts of Christmas.With cultural icons saluted, national habits dissected and personal reminiscences from those who’ve eaten all the mince pies and lived to tell the tale. The essential Christmas stocking filler for anyone who’s ever spent their christmas on a deflating air bed in their parents’ spare room, wedged up against the washing machine come Christmas Eve and wondering why this Christmas, just like every year, doesn’t look like the ones on the telly.

A Very British Christmas

An instant New York Times bestseller, I'll Show Myself Out is the eagerly anticipated second essay collection from Jessi Klein, author of the acclaimed debut You’ll Grow Out of It. Longlisted for the PEN Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay “Sometimes I think about how much bad news there is to tell my kid, the endlessly long, looping CVS receipt scroll of truly terrible things that have happened, and I want to get under the bed and never come out. How do we tell them about all this? Can we just play Billy Joel’s We Didn’t Start the Fire and then brace for questions? The first of which should be, how is this a song that played on the radio?” In New York Times bestselling author and Emmy Award-winning writer and producer Jessi Klein’s second collection, she hilariously explodes the cultural myths and impossible expectations around motherhood and explore the humiliations, poignancies, and possibilities of midlife. In interconnected essays like “Listening to Beyoncé in the Parking Lot of Party City,” “Your Husband Will Remarry Five Minutes After You Die,” “Eulogy for My Feet,” and “An Open Love Letter to Nate Berkus and Jeremiah Brent,” Klein explores this stage of life in all its cruel ironies, joyous moments, and bittersweetness. Written with Klein’s signature candor and humanity, I'll Show Myself Out is an incisive, moving, and often uproarious collection.

I'll Show Myself Out

The four co-creators of The Try Guys, one of the Internet’s most popular and viral sensations, deliver their first book—an inspirational self-improvement guide that teaches you that the path to success is littered with humiliating detours, embarrassing offenses, and unexpected failures. Best friends and social media stars Eugene, Keith, Ned, and Zach are admired for their curiosity, humor, bravado, and fearlessness. But that self-confidence came from their willingness to take big risks—being open to try something new or unusual, even if they failed spectacularly in the attempt. To be our best selves, we have to challenge ourselves. In dedicating ourselves to embracing fear, foolishness, and embarrassment, we can learn to recognize the ways in which we often hold ourselves back. In The Hidden Power of F*cking Up, they swap some of their best stories and offer encouragement and hard advice to help you become a Try Guy too. Whether they’re experiencing what it’s like to be in labor with a pain simulation machine, marching on the streets of Los Angeles in heels, learning to dance ballet (with a professional dancer and some talented tots), replicating the ancient Olympics, or trying to bake bread without a recipe—their hilarious escapades are embolded by their “throw caution to the wind” attitudes, encouraging readers to become their best flawed and f***ked up selves. Throughout, Eugene, Keith, Ned, and Zach open the doors to the past, showing their fans how four nerdy, timid, self-conscious boys grew up into four super-hot-mega-babes secure in their insecurities. They offer key advice on what to do when faced with impending failure—and how to push through to the other side—provide anecdotes about their experiences curating their sure-fail philosophy and introduce each of their new challenges to the reader for the first time (Ned’s impossible challenges as a first-time father and Keith’s goal of curbing his fried chicken habit by going vegan).

The Hidden Power of F*cking Up

A breathtakingly original, darkly comic, surprisingly contemporary and deeply surreal tale from the author of THIS IS THE WAY, Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year. After fleeing his dying parents and the drudgery of work in Dublin for the Manhattan of his imagination – a place of romance and opulence, dark old concert halls and mellow front parlours quieted by the hiss of the phonograph cylinder – Rickard Velily hopes to be reborn as an Irish tenor, and to one day be reunited with the love of his life. At the very peculiar Cha Bum Kun Club, a masonic-style refuge for immigrants who can’t quite cut it in New York City, he meets Denny Kennedy-Logan and Clive Sullis, and a plan is enacted: to revive the art songs and ballads of another time for a hip young city in thrall to technology and money. But that is without reckoning on meddlesome sprites, the phantoms of the past – and more malign forces who plot to subjugate the human race. Green Glowing Skull is a half-crazed brain-shunt of a trip around the spirit world, the cyber world and a woozily recognisable real world – a darkly comic tale of mythologies, machines and the metaphysical swirl.

Green Glowing Skull

Each of the judges of the Elysian Prize for literature has a reason for accepting the job. For the chairman, MP Malcolm Craig, it is backbench boredom, media personality Jo Cross is on the hunt for a 'relevant' novel, and Oxbridge academic Vanessa Shaw is determined to discover good writing. But for Penny Feathers of the Foreign Office, it's all just getting in the way of writing her own thriller. Over the next few weeks they must read hundreds of submissions to find the best book of the year, and so the judges spar, cajole and bargain in order that their chosen title gets the recognition it deserves. Meanwhile, a host of authors are desperate for Elysian glory, including brilliant writer and serial heart-breaker Katherine Burns, lovelorn debut novelist Sam Black, and Sonny, convinced that his magnum opus, The Mulberry Elephant, will take the literary world by storm. Lost for Words is razor-sharp and fabulously entertaining. It cuts to the quick of some of the deepest questions about the place of art in our celebrity-obsessed culture, and asks how we can ever hope to recognize real talent when everyone has an agenda.

Lost For Words

What if I don’t accept my extra weight? What if it doesn’t depend on the body type in vogue this year? What if it doesn’t relate to my life as a single? What if it’s just a matter of not appreciating the fact that my belly looks like my rear end and sometimes I wake up thinking I twisted my head backwards in my sleep.There is no body shaming here! This book is about  taking a distance from the demonisation of the word “fat”.  It’s about being fat, owning it, and most of all laughing about it while seeking happiness.Today there is so much talk about weight issues in the world, on every platform, in every direction, so my friends, there is no revelation on this topic. It’s just my personal bubbly perspective of the overweight life and how I have recently gotten back on track and made peace with myself, through irony and giggles.I’m sure you will all feel better and lighter when you finish reading this (I said “feel”).

FAT TO THE BONE

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