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

Mød Solveig: 27 år gammel, én tooghalvfjerds høj, alt for mange kærester og lidt for få job. Men hendes største problem er, at hun gang på gang er offer for cykeltyveri i sine drømme, som til hendes store overraskelse ikke er dækket af indboforsikringen. Hun ser sig nødsaget til at sætte en stopper for det én gang for alle. Solveig har jo altid drømt om at blive til noget, så hun sætter sig for at blive en frontfigur for alle dem, som er blevet offer for cykeltyveri i drømme. Drømmenes cykelregister er en vaskeægte solskinshistorie og en underfundig undersøgelse af hvad der kan ske, når man følger sine drømme. Spørgsmålet er, om man nogensinde kan få medvind på livets cykelsti, når man oplever så stærk modvind i sine drømme? Hvis du, eller nogen du kender, har mistet din cykel i drømme, kan du søge hjælp. Besøg: www.dreambikeregister.com Gyldendal A/S, Klareboderne 3, 1115 København K www.gyldendal.dk gyldendal@gyldendal.dk

Drømmenes cykelregister

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

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

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

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

‘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

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

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

'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 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

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

Den ensomme Oskar arbejder på Aud og Olav Blums mølle mod kost og logi. En dag finder han et barn i skoven, en utæmmet unge, som han tager med hjem. Barnet er lille af vækst og stum, men i Oskars varetægt begynder det at vokse. "Stakkel" er en fabel om kærlighed og en coming-of-age historie. Den er fantasifuld, sprogligt sprudlende og blander passion og ironi. Fortællingen skifter mellem realisme, satire, romance og folkeeventyr og spænder over flere historiske tidsperioder. En original, underholdende og fængslende roman om ensomhed, isolation og omsorg. Om forfatteren: Matias Faldbakken (f. 1973, Hobro) er en af Norges mest kritikerroste forfattere og billedkunstnere. Hans kunstværker er repræsenteret på førende internationale gallerier. I 2017 udkom The Hills, og i 2020 udkom romanen Vi er fem, der fik Kritikerprisen og P2-lytternes romanpris.

Stakkel

Hvor er Vincents gummistøvle blevet af? Hvor meget giver tandfeen i bytte for en tand? Hvilken ugedag er det bedst at ­kæmme for lus? Og er det virkelig rigtigt, at pesto oftere bliver spist op end hummus? Disse og mange andre helt essentielle spørgsmål får du som læser ikke endegyldige svar på i ­denne bog. Til gengæld får du et satirisk indblik i indskolingsforældres digitale kommunikation med hinanden og personalet på deres børns skole – en privatskole i Kongernes Nordsjælland. Hvorfor skal skoletasken være så tung? er en underholdende samling beskeder, der giver mulighed for at reflektere over aspekter som forældreskab, værdier og kommunikation.

Hvorfor skal skoletasken være så tung?

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

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.

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

Welcome to another typical summer in Florida, the season of the storms. Serge Storms. That loveable, under-under-medicated dispenser of truth, justice, and trivia is back with a vengeance. And not a weirdness-laced moment too soon. His cherished home state is about to take a beating, and from far more than the way-too-routine conga line of hurricanes bearing down on the peninsula. Corpses have begun turning up at a disturbing rate, even for Florida, and it looks like a brutal serial killer is on the loose. Serge vows to stop at nothing in his juggernaut to make All Things Right...except if he gets bored or distracted by a cool souvenir or...or a...whatever. But his path won't be obstacle free. Agent Mahoney has picked up the scent. The obsessive criminal profiler is convinced there is no second killer. Then there's Coleman, whose triathlete approach to the sport of polyabuse binging just might derail the mission more than the entire police community put together. The pace picks up. Winds howl, TV reporters fly around the beach, and questions mount: Who's stalking Tampa Bay's most sensitive journalist? Do multiple orgasms improve storm tracking? Why is the feeding-tube guy so quiet? All of which ultimately leads to the most pressing question on everyone's new-millennium lips: What would Serge do? Performed by Oliver Wyman

Serge Storms

Hurricane Punch

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?

Jonathan swift Collection

Gulliver’s Travels

Satire over vanemenneskets afhængighed af den borgerlige tilværelses konvention og disciplin med embedsmandens kontortilværelse som eksempel.

Den forsvundne fuldmægtig

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)

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

A Sunday Times Bestseller ‘I Love You, Byeee is poignant and properly funny; a bracing dip into nostalgia, but self-aware, too.’ Observer The long-awaited new memoir and follow-up to the bestselling Ramble Book. Hey, how you doing, casual browser? Adam Buxton here. Are you ready for some hot hyperbole about this book? Here we go … In I Love You, Byeee, the highly anticipated follow up to the bestselling Ramble Book, I reminisce with hilarious and heartwarming candour about the highs and lows of working with Joe Cornish and revolutionising the worlds of DIY TV and podcasting in the process. You’ll hear about my crazy times hanging out with notorious rock’ n’ roll hellraisers like Travis and Radiohead. I write with humour and heartbreaking poignancy about the challenges of parenting, losing my mother (to death, that is – we didn’t get separated in a shop) and the drug hell that led to me nearly dying in the arms of a comedy legend. There’s also a bit about arguing with my wife, getting instructions on edginess from Louis Theroux, going on Bake Off and much more that you didn’t ask for but definitely need. For all that, plus hours of bonus waffle and original music, why not download the audiobook, too? Phew! I think we both need a shower after that. Take care – I love you, byeee!

I Love You, Byeee

'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?

“Speedy, exhilarating, and smooth. Nobody does it better.” —Washington Post “The man knows how to grab you—and Pronto is one of the best grabbers in years.” —Entertainment Weekly Fans of U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens of the hit TV series Justified are in for a major treat. The unstoppable manhunter with the very itchy trigger finger stars in Pronto, a crime fiction gem from the one and only Elmore Leonard, “the greatest crime writer of our time, perhaps ever” (New York Times Book Review). The Grand Master justifies the overwhelming acclaim he has received over the course of his remarkable career with an electrifying thriller that sends the indomitable Raylan racing to Italy on the trail of a fugitive bookie who’s hiding from the vengeful Miami mob. The legendary Leonard, whom the Seattle Times lauds as the “King Daddy of crime writers,” proves that all comparisons to American noir icons John D. MacDonald, Dashiell Hammett, and James M. Cain are well deserved with this tale of very dirty doings and extremely dangerous men coming together in the birthplace of Puccini, Garibaldi, and La Cosa Nostra.

Pronto

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

Jørn Jønke Nielsens satiriske roman fortæller den sjove og besynderlige historie om elgen Helge. Da det store dyr giver sig til at hærge i Sverige, begynder panikken hurtigt at brede sig. Myndighederne udlover en stor dusør på elgens hoved – død eller levende, bare den bliver fanget! Det sætter en vild jagt i gang på elgen Helge, der ikke selv aner, hvad den er landet i! Jørn Jønke Nielsen er forfatter og foredragsholder, født i Gladsaxe 1960 og opvokset i Kongens Lyngby nord for København. Jønke var gennem 40 år medlem af motorcykelklubben Hells Angels og har afsonet flere lange fængselsstraffe, herunder 11 år for drabet på lederen af en rivaliserende rockerklub. Han er kendt for sine selvbiografier, men har også skrevet flere romaner; ungdomsromanen "Fængslet" (1989), den humoristiske roman "Elgen Helge" (1990), spændingsromanen "Korpsånd" (1994), thrilleren "Arresten" (2002).

Elgen Helge

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

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

“En smuk septembermorgen, da katten igen lå på lur i bedet under fuglehuset, mistede Birte besindelsen. Det var på ingen måde sådan, Birte ønskede, at det skulle gå. Heldigvis var der ingen vidner til selve episoden. Katte var der i forvejen rigeligt af i kvarteret, og naboparret og deres larmende møgunger flyttede fra byen få måneder senere. Det var der vist ingen i Fureskov, som græd over. Selvom episoden med katten måske nok gik lidt over gevind og endte i et værre svineri, så havde Birte endnu en gang taget ansvar på fællesskabets vegne.” I Fureskov står man sammen og værner om det gode naboskab. Sådan plejer det at være i den lille by, hvor konflikterne sjældent udspiller sig i det åbne. Men da en ukendt gerningsmand begynder at terrorisere byen, må indbyggerne spørge sig selv, hvor godt de i virkeligheden kender hinanden. Nogen i byen har nemlig hemmeligheder, som de vil gå langt for at bevare. Spørgsmålet er hvor langt?

Naboværnet

Efter romansuccesen TI KAMELER FOR AMEERA, hvor Ameera endte med at vælge den forbudte kærlighed, står hun nu med konsekvensen: et barn UDEN FOR ægteskabet. Ameera har et problem. Hun har allerede skuffet sine forældre og resten af den ægteskabsbegejstrede familie ved at aflyse sit planlagte bryllup med den nydelige og ikke mindst muslimske Ghaz, og nu truer Ameeras seneste opdagelse med at ødelægge den sidste rest af familieidyllen. Hun er gravid. Og uden for ægteskab og med en mand, David, som hun kun har dannet par med i et par måneder. Han har en solid økonomi og en overkrop, der gør sig særdeles godt i jakkesæt, men Ameera har ikke turdet præsentere ham for familien af frygt for, hvordan de vil reagere. David har isblå øjne, er kristen – eller måske nærmere ateist – og helt forkert i forhold til resten af familien. Dertil kommer, at han ikke umiddelbart har planer om at sætte en vielsesring på Ameeras finger. Mens Ameera forsøger at navigere gennem det familiære minefelt, må hun undervejs stille sig selv det spørgsmål, hun ikke for alvor har turdet stille før. Kan kærligheden overvinde alle kulturelle forskelle? Zahra Pedersen er født og opvokset i Danmark som datter af en imam. Hun er forfatter, podcast- og tv-vært for bl.a. DR’s programrække ‘Kampen om mig’. Hun debuterede i 2021 med romanen TI KAMELER FOR AMEERA, shortlistet til ‘Årets romantiske komedie’ ved Mofibo Awards.

Ameera-serien

Shawarma med persillesovs

Filled with macabre mansions, things that go bump in the night and a healthy dose of farce, ‘Northanger Abbey’ is Jane Austen’s first novel and a satirical parody of the Gothic tradition. As far as being seventeen goes, daydreaming yourself away as center stage in some dramatic and intense story is pretty standard fare. Such is the case for sweet and naïve Catherine Morland, who longs for the sort of adventure she reads about in the popular Gothic novels she is obsessed with. The friends and foes, lovers and haters of the party season in Bath provide adequate entertainment, but it's not until Catherine accepts an invitation to Northanger Abbey, the family home of devilishly handsome Henry Tilney, that things really start to get interesting. Dark and stormy nights abound at the creepy old mansion, setting the scene perfectly for Catherine to see the world from a new perspective and learn something about herself in the process. Brilliantly humorous at its very core, melodramatic, and suspenseful, this coming-of-age novel is one of Austen's greatest works and a must-read for fans of Gothic novels. Jane Austen (1775-1817) is one of the most beloved British writers of all time. During her short life, she published six novels: ´Sense and Sensibility´, ´Pride and Prejudice´, ´Mansfield Park´, ´Emma´, ´Northanger Abbey´ and ´Persuasion´, that are all considered as literary classics today. Her writing is full of sharp observations on the society in which she evolved, as well as ripe with timeless irony, and a solid dose of humour. She has created immortal characters that have inspired countless authors, novels, and movies such as Bridget Jones and Clueless.

World Classics

Northanger Abbey

After getting my heart broken, I’ve sworn off athletes forever. Then my best friend has to go and marry an NHL player, and his teammate, Colby Knight, won’t leave me alone. Colby is a master at scoring (on and off the ice), and he’s not used to being told no. So he takes my disinterest as an invitation to pursue me even harder. I ignore him…until I realize I can use his expertise to help me get my crush’s attention. But now that he’s my dating coach, and we’re spending so much time together, I’m growing more and more distracted. I mean, those dimples? Very enticing. Just when I think he might be more than just a playboy hockey player, a blast from the past comes back and reminds me why I swore off athletes in the first place. Can I trust Colby, or is he just another jerk who will break my heart? Trigger warnings: cheating exes; mild language

D.C. Eagles Hockey

Flirtation or Faceoff

"Like hanging with your funniest, sunniest, most sound, wise friend. " – Marian KeyesEverything good, bad and downright mad that has shaped Vogue’s life and career is laid bare in Big Mouth. So get ready for sharply observed, hilarious and very personal insights into divorce, anxiety, family life, and showbiz, alongside important life lessons, such as how to sellotape a bottle of vodka to your inner thigh on a night out and why you should never be friends with a celebrity. Growing up in her beloved Howth, a seaside town in Co Dublin, Vogue’s life had its ups and downs. Her parents separated when she was five, a time in Ireland when priests were still ranting against broken marriages from the pulpit. Bouncing between the routine of her mum Sandra’s house and the pub for a few years (her dad, Freddie, was ‘fond of the drink’), everything changed overnight when Sandra (a complete ride) met Scottish businessman Neil and they moved to the big house on the cliff. In the school halls of Santa Sabina, Vogue made friends for life and spent her teenage years hanging out around off-licences, playing Beat the Slapper and getting kicked out of home. After school, she was packed off to Aberdeen by Neil to begin her short career as a builder but soon jacked it in when she was cast in reality TV show Fade Street. What follows is a behind-the-scenes peek at a rollercoaster life full of highs, lows, marriages, mistakes, misdemeanors and triumphs. Loudly, Vogue tells her whole story, moles and all, for the first time in this candid and funny dive into her hyperactive life.

Big Mouth

*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?

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.

Desire or Defense

The multi-million copy number one bestseller One of The Sunday Times's top 100 bestselling books of the past 50 years Welcome to Bridget's first diary: mercilessly funny, endlessly touching and utterly addictive. A dazzlingly urban satire on modern relationships? An ironic, tragic insight into the demise of the nuclear family? Or the confused ramblings of a pissed thirty-something? As Bridget documents her struggles through the social minefield of her thirties and tries to weigh up the eternal question (Daniel Cleaver or Mark Darcy?), she turns for support to four indispensable friends: Shazzer, Jude, Tom and a bottle of chardonnay. Helen Fielding's first Bridget Jones novel, Bridget Jones's Diary, sparked a phenomenon that has seen four books, newspaper columns and the smash-hit film series Bridget Jones's Diary, The Edge of Reason, Bridget Jones's Baby and Mad About the Boy. Bridget Jones's Diary was featured in 'The 100 bestselling books of the past 50 years' published by The Sunday Times on 18/08/2024

Picador Collection

Bridget Jones's Diary

“Road Dogs is terrific, and Elmore Leonard is in a class of one.” —Dennis Lehane, author of Shutter Island and Mystic River “You know from the first sentence that you’re in the hands of the original Daddy Cool....This one’ll kill you.” —Stephen King Elmore Leonard is eternal. In Road Dogs, the PEN USA Lifetime Achievement Award winner and “America’s greatest crime master” (Newsweek) brings back three of his favorite characters—Jack Foley from Out of Sight, Cundo Rey from La Brava, and Dawn Navarro from Riding the Rap—for a twisting, explosive, always surprising masterwork of crime fiction the San Francisco Chronicle calls, “a sly, violent, funny and superbly written story of friendship, greed, and betrayal.”

Road Dogs

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

From the #1 New York Times bestseller author of Sh*t My Dad Says, Justin Halpern, comes a laugh-out-loud funny and deeply touching collection of personal stories about relationships with the opposite sex, from a first kiss to getting engaged and all the awkward moments in between. With Sh*t My Dad Says, Halpern brought his brand of talented comedic writing to the world. Now, with this equally poignant, hilarious, and provocative memoir, he establishes himself as one of popular writing’s great humorists among the likes of David Sedaris, Sarah Vowell, and David Rakoff. Fans of biting, honor-infused memoirs such as Me Talk Pretty One Day and Assassination Vacation will find Halpern’s I Suck at Girls an unforgettable journey into the best and worst moments of one man’s adventures in romance.

I Suck at Girls

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

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.

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