Sweden - one of the great egalitarian societies in modern history. Through the eyes of Svelte Sven, a local who, like all Swedes, thinks his English is perfect, we journey through many aspects of Sw……続きを見る
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high q……続きを見る
The final episode in the trilogy that began with the million-copy bestseller MAN AND BOY
Ten years on from MAN AND BOY, it is crunch time for Harry…
Life is good for Harry Silver. He has a beautiful……続きを見る
著者:Garrison Keillor
出版社: Penguin Publishing Group
発売日: 2000年01月01日
“Lake Wobegon Days is about the way our beliefs, desires and fears tail off into abstractions--and get renewed from time to time. . . this book, unfolding Mr. Keillor's full design, is a genuine wor……続きを見る
著者:Douglas Glover
出版社: Goose Lane Editions
発売日: 2013年09月17日
Douglas Glover's raucous first novel was a finalist for the Books in Canada First Novel Award and sold out its first and only print run in just one month. Now mystery fans and readers of literary fi……続きを見る
著者:Ali Smith
出版社: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
発売日: 2007年04月10日
Filled with the bestselling, award-winning author's trademark wordplay and inventive storytelling, here is the dizzyingly entertaining, wickedly humorous story of a mysterious stranger whose sudden ……続きを見る
The first instalment in Maggie Muff’s escapades – and the smash-hit bestseller.
Well. Lis is a wee story about me an Mr Red White and Blue. Sure didden I meet him down in le Bru on a back-til-work i……続きを見る
著者:Susan Coll
出版社: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
発売日: 2008年03月04日
A comic chronicle of a year in the life in the college admissions cycle.
It's spring break of junior year and the college admissions hysteria is setting in. "AP" Harry (so named for the unprecedente……続きを見る
著者:T.C. Boyle
出版社: Penguin Publishing Group
発売日: 2000年01月01日
T. C. Boyle's seventh novel transforms two characters straight out of history into rich mythic figures whose tortured love story is as heartbreaking as it is hilarious. It is the dawn of the twentie……続きを見る
From the bestselling author of ‘Eats Shoots & Leaves’, an unexpectedly moving, luminously wise and brilliantly funny novel about a Victorian Poet Laureate.
In July 1864, a corner of the Isle of Wigh……続きを見る
The entertaining and funny pieces compiled in this book were penned by Jane Austen in her youth. They offer a tantalizing and colourful array of escapades and incidents. Several of the characters pr……続きを見る
A cozy bumpkin romance. With the help of a monster-truck and a hard-luck plumber, an abused girl brings peace to her tattered life and relief to her downtrodden community. Story # 1 in the Cozy Bump……続きを見る
From the bestelling author of ‘e’ comes a hilarious and moving novel of a very normal life becoming extraordinary
Murray’s living life to the full – and it might just kill him. He’s started telling ……続きを見る
"Far... Hvor kom lillesøster ud henne?" - hvad gør man lige, når ens søn stiller den slags spørgsmål, inden han er gammel nok til at gå i børnehave?
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著者:Willis Major
出版社: Willis Major
発売日: 2015年05月11日
This Book was written in a funny manner to not only touch upon some old school ways but to also make us laugh, cry, and think about how some of the things we do impact kids, family, friends, neighbo……続きを見る
著者:Lazette Gifford
出版社: A Conspiracy of Authors
発売日: 2015年05月10日
She's just broken up with her boyfriend and is looking forward to a nice, quiet weekend at home. She didn't count on a crashed alien craft and a cute kitten. Originally published in Planet Relish, 2……続きを見る
Welcome to the insane and rarified world of Professor Dr Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld of the Institute of Romance Philology. Von Igelfeld is engaged in a never-ending quest to win the respect he feels ……続きを見る
Warning: this ebook file may be malicious. Or not. "Malicious" is such a value-laden word. At least give it a chance to explain itself, and you can decide for yourself... [NOTE: THIS IS A SHORT STOR……続きを見る
This story follows the trials and tribulations of a newly retired aerospace engineer trying to get settled into a small town in southern Illinois. Even the most mundane tasks, such as renting a post……続きを見る
Если Вы родились в самом захолустном городишке. Если из благородных потомков у Вас только помощница поварихи какого-то там князя. У Вас есть все шансы заполучить самого настоящего английского принца……続きを見る
In diesem Buch sind 43 Cartoons zusammengefasst, die zum Nachdenken anregen und zum Lachen auffordern. Hierbei werden das Elternsein, die Arbeit, und die zwischenmenschliche Beziehungen näher unter ……続きを見る
5 stories from the Very Ugly Stories Comedy Series.
Carry Lada's Very Ugly Stories: (approximately 12600 words)
Warning: Warning: In this story there are plenty of nipples. (o)(o) Don't reach for a ……続きを見る
Иван Акиндинович Бергамотов, по прозвищу «Баргамот», «высокий, толстый, сильный, громогласный», служит городовым на Пушкарной улице, отлично знает нравы и привычки «пушкарей», живущих на его участке……続きを見る
Mountain Mayhem is a comic adventure novel set on Mt Ruapehu, an active volcano in New Zealand. Jane is hooked on golf. Her husband, Bob, also a keen golfer, wants to get into golf tourism, somethin……続きを見る
Join the Army. See the World. Drive a tank!
Pat O’Neil had been fascinated with tanks for as long as he could remember, so joining the Army when he graduated from high school in 1975 seemed pretty n……続きを見る
All Jack Falcone wants to do is be a veterinarian. While hoping to get into school he spends his mornings at the gym, days working at the zoo and his evenings studying.
When Adam Buckminster, the ma……続きを見る
著者:Edward Abbey
出版社: Henry Holt and Co.
発売日: 2000年01月01日
The Fool's Progress, the "fat masterpiece" as Edward Abbey labeled it, is his most important piece of writing: it reveals the complete Ed Abbey, from the green grass of his memory as a child in Appa……続きを見る