Resultados para "Adults" en Literatura y ficción

“If Love, Actually and National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation are your two favorite holiday movies, you’re going to love The Adults.”—Bustle NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY REAL SIMPLE “Sometimes a nasty family comedy is just what you need for the holidays...

Brought to you by Penguin. Over 1 million Discworld audiobooks sold – discover the extraordinary universe of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld like never before 'It was the usual Ankh-Morpork mob in times of crisis; half of them were here to complain, a quarter of them were here to watch the other...

Mackie, Edele, Alex and Nat are navigating their chaotic and confusing 20s together. They have jobs and pay their own rent (well, most of them) but don't know how to bleed radiators, defrost a freezer or test the smoke alarms. With breakups to deal with and major decisions to make, life can get messy, especially when they're still trying to get the hang of this 'being a grown-up' thing. Welcome to the joys of being almost adults.

St Aidan: a cosy Cornish village where friendships are made for life and it’s always cocktail hour somewhere… ‘A pure delight…fabulous, fun and unforgettable’ – Debbie Johnson, bestselling author of Summer at the Comfort Food Cafe The snow is falling around Brides by the Sea...

Time for Bed is a bedtime story for parents and adults. Ten desperate parents hire Wrinkles the Clown to scare their brats straight, then one-by-one, ten little brats all meet their supposed fate. This book makes a great gift for parents, but can be enjoyed by anyone who likes a good old fashioned creepy clown story, right before it's time to turn out the lights and go to sleep. Dad jokes, rhymes, and puns... this book has it all. Have friends that don't like clowns? This is the perfect gag gift for Halloween, Christmas, Hanukkah and birthdays! Let Wrinkles haunt your dreams tonight!

In this brilliant retelling of the classic tale about the transcendent power of love, author Stephen Mitchell writes, "There are two kinds of women: those who marry princes and those who marry frogs.” While the frogs never become princes, over the course of an ordinary marriage, a prince may turn into a frog. However, Mitchell tells of a different kind of love story. This adult fairytale is the story of a meditative frog's love for a rebellious princess, how she came to love him in spite of herself, and how her refusal to compromise helped him become what he was truly meant to be.

After a failed petition to change his career, Bill, the local pottery maker and town drunk, is coerced by his neighbors and king to join an expedition to hunt down and slay a mighty dragon that plagues their village.

Learn a Lot While You Sit on the Pot is a family-friendly volume packed with amusing anecdotes, surprising facts, and big splashes of fun. Including science stories, British slang, and other thrilling tidbits, Smart deftly offers a unique gag or holiday gift for teens and adults. If discovering famous plumbers and gross body details sounds delightful, waiting for things to happen in the loo will bring you joy.

Brought to you by Penguin. Over 1 million Discworld audiobooks sold – discover the extraordinary universe of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld like never before. 'Neighbours... hah. People'd live for ages side by side, nodding at one another amicably on their way to work, and then some trivial...

Perfect for fans of Maria Semple and Jennifer Weiner, this “laugh-out-loud gem” (Beck Dorey-Stein, New York Times bestselling) of a debut novel follows Ramona through the forty-eight hours after her life has been upended by the discovery of her husband’s affair and an approaching hurricane...

From legendary comedian D.L. Hughley comes a bitingly funny send-up of the Obama years, as “told” by the key political players on both sides of the aisle. What do the Clintons, Republicans, fellow Democrats, and Obama’s own family really think of President Barack Obama? Finally, the truth...

A Children's Book About Beer? Yes, believe it or not—but B Is for Beer is also a book for adults, and bear in mind that it's the work of maverick bestselling novelist Tom Robbins, inter-nationally known for his ability to both seriously illuminate and comically entertain. nce upon a time...

Rachel is in shock. She was sure that her boyfriend was about to propose - not break up with her! Even worse, it turns out he’s been cheating on her.... Grace can’t bear the thought of spending another Christmas with her lazy, unappreciative husband. Surely it’s time to shake things up a bit? Amber knows she should be happy that her best friend, Jack, is getting married, but there’s a little part of her that can’t help think ‘it was always meant to be me’! With Christmas fast approaching, surely there’s no better time to be single - yet will the three friends manage to keep their promise and ban all men until the New Year?

This Christmas a little dog is in for a BIG adventure… Meet Claude. He’s a loveable, big-eared, permanently hungry French Bulldog, who loves his humans – the McCawley family of number 11 Maple Drive to be precise. When Daisy and Oliver McCawley start using new words like, ‘ferry’...

Curl up by the fire this Christmas with the ebook bestseller Catherine Ferguson. When Poppy’s boyfriend Harrison proposes the week before Christmas and gives her twelve days to decide, she doesn’t know what to do. With the festive season in full swing, it’s make or break time for the...

Between 1975 and 1978, when they were at the peak of their popularity on television, Morecambe and Wise also starred in their own radio series, with each episode scripted by the one and only Eddie Braben. This feast of gags, sketches and song and dance numbers - plus of course Ernie’s ‘plays what I wrote’ - features a host of special guests including Ann Hamilton, Anita Harris, Gayle Hunnicutt, Richard Caldicot, Percy Edwards, Nicola Pagett, Brian Wilde, Des O'Connor, Vince Hill, Penelope Keith and The Nolan Sisters.

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning humorist comes one of the funniest, warmest, most delightful Christmas stories ever...

Dan Wells' Extreme Makeover is a satirical new suspense about a health and beauty company that accidentally develops a hand lotion that can overwrite your DNA. Lyle Fontanelle is the chief scientist for NewYew, a health and beauty company experimenting with a new, anti-aging hand lotion. As more...

From the beloved author of Slaughterhouse-Five an Cat's Cradle comes Kurt Vonnegut's Timequake--“Wry and trenchant...highly entertaining.”—The New York Times Book Review According to Kurt Vonnegut's alter ego, the old science fiction writer Kilgore Trout, a global timequake will occur on...

A rollicking, globe-trotting adventure with a twist: a four-legged heroine you won't soon forget Elsie Bovary is a cow, and a pretty happy one at that—her long, lazy days are spent eating, napping, and chatting with her best friend, Mallory. One night, Elsie and Mallory sneak out of their...