Resultados para "FREEDOM" en Comedia y humor

Jonathan Franzen est né en 1959 dans l’Illinois. Il a obtenu le National Book Award pour Les Corrections (Éditions de l’Olivier, 2002). Il est également l’auteur de Pourquoi s’en faire ? (2003) et de La Vingt-septième Ville (2004). Paru aux États-Unis à l’automne 2010, Freedom y...

Ageing Rock God, Jim Sullivan, is heading for the quiet life on his newly acquired, tiny island, off the coast of Cornwall. That is until he sends a letter to the King of England, announcing his intent to declare independence from the UK and appointing himself king. Determined not to cede one...

In her bold and bitingly funny follow-up to My Own Damn Table, Katie Simpson returns with an unfiltered guide to surviving the circus of life without losing your mind—or your sense of humor. From gaslighters and guilt-trippers to cult-like workplaces and family drama, Katie pulls no punches as...

 Chavman: The Freedom Switch is an adventurous romp. It tells the story of two friends, Tommy Bunce and Denzel Mullins, as they go in search of love, fun, and DJ superstardom. They learn how the perils of drugs and an overactive imagination can only lead to a sticky end. 

During the Vietnam War, GIs who managed to survive their tour of duty in one piece - more or less - were flown home in chartered airliners. They called those planes "Freedom Birds". This is the story of three young men - from wildly different backgrounds - who meet on such a plane and make a pact to spend three days together in San Francisco. Their goal: to spend every cent of their mustering out money in a party of a lifetime.

A game of cards leads Flashman from the jungle death-house of Dahomey to the slave state of Mississippi as he dabbles in the slave trade in Volume III of the Flashman Papers. When Flashman was inveigled into a game of pontoon with Disraeli and Lord George Bentinck, he was making an unconscious...

Flashman must choose - politcs in London or slave trading in Africa - not that it matters really in this hilarious third installement of the Flashman Papers. When Flashman was inveigled into a game of pontoon with Disraeli and Lord George Bentinck, he was making an unconscious choice about his own future - would it lie in the House of Commons or the West African slave trade? Was there, for that matter, very much difference?

A game of cards leads Flashman from the jungle death-house of Dahomey to the slave state of Mississippi as he dabbles in the slave trade in Volume III of the Flashman Papers. When Flashman was inveigled into a game of pontoon with Disraeli and Lord George Bentinck, he was making an unconscious...

Some adventures begin with a carefully laid plan. Others begin with a fractured rib, a rucksack full of wedding clothes, and a 24-mile hike through the Tuscan hills. Award-winning adventurer Anna McNuff is back with a second collection of Bedtime Adventure Stories for Grown-Ups—and this time, it's complicated. Adventure now comes with children, curveballs, and considerably less sleep. Join her for an inspiring collection of stories including: Paradise Prison: What happens when your dream Thai adventure starts with an accidental quarantine and a man in camel-coloured Speedos?

Lockdown Life is a humorous and reflective snapshot of the unique period called "Lockdown". The year 2020 brought us the great global event that resulted in seven billion people on the planet being sent to the confines of their homes amidst the pandemic, some to homes padded with toilet paper and others with cupboards full of dry pasta! Split into three parts, this audiobook is designed to help you spot "Lockdown Personalities", explore "Lockdown Activities", and reflect on "Lockdown Lessons".

The star of Parks and Recreation and author of the New York Times bestseller Paddle Your Own Canoe returns with a second book that humorously highlights twenty-one figures from our nation’s history, from her inception to present day—Nick’s personal pantheon of “great Americans.”To...

‘A superb satirical novelist’ WASHINGTON POST In a provocative novel addressing contemporary immigration by the sharply observant Lionel Shriver, a New York family takes in a Honduran migrant – who may or may not be the innocent paragon she claims to be. ‘An incendiary provocateur’...

Actor Kal Penn recounts why he rejected the advice of his aunties and guidance counselors and, instead of becoming a doctor or “something practical,” embarked on a surprising journey that has included confronting racism in Hollywood, meeting his future husband, and serving as an Obama White...

In the summer of 2011, McCain and Black embarked on a balls-out, cross-country tour. Along the way, they spoke to politicians, gun lovers, abortion-rights advocates and opponents, gay parents, flag burners, Muslims, poker players, Tea Partiers, Minutemen, veterans, teen moms, bikers, fast food...

From Steve Israel, the Congressman-turned-novelist who writes “in the full-tilt style of Carl Hiaasen” (The Washington Post), a comic tale of the mighty firearm industry, a small Long Island town, and Washington politics: “Congress should pass a law making Big Guns mandatory reading for...