Resultados para "Taken" en Comedia y humor

Take Care of Your Own Shit is the memoir of a man who grew up between California and Denmark, with a father who could charm a room and terrorize it in the same week; who drifted through janitor work and songwriting before finding his way to Tokyo; and who spent twenty years teaching immigrant students—students who had crossed deserts and sewers and borders to sit in his classroom—and learned something harder to name in return.

In celebration of its tenth anniversary, the long-awaited, definitive, authorized—and occasionally accurate—guide to the #1 sports podcast, Pardon My Take. Read by Big Cat, PFT Commenter, and Jerry O’Connell, with Hank Lockwood, Max Dolente, Connor Filiberto, Zac Cornelius, Shane Amerio...

Wendy Moore hides her collection of pilfered bric-a-brac from everyone, including her husband. He thinks she licked her kleptomania in therapy more than a decade ago. Therapy did help, as did focusing her attention on motherhood. But now Wendy’s gardening and furniture-refinishing hobbies fill up only so much of the day, leaving the recent empty nester lonely and anxious—a combination likely to trigger her little problem. She needs a project, fast. Luckily, Harper Ross—a single, childless younger woman in desperate need of highlights—just moved in next door.

For Delilah Sinclair, catching a man's attention has never been a problem. It's the part that comes later - the happily-ever-after part - that always seems to trip her up. All her friends may be settling down, but this fiery redhead has no intentions of ever being tamed...Until she meets a man just as wild. Luca "Blaze" Buchanan is the best fighter to come out of Boston in years. Men want to be him, women want to be with him, and no one smart ever bets against him.

Determined to find his Miss Right, James heads to Mengro City, hoping the legendary weekend dating games at a local bar will finally lead him to true love. But what he finds instead is a parade of peculiar personalities and the unexpected allure of a mysterious woman named Holly, who seems utterly uninterested in the game—or him.

I’m getting married. He’s perfect! It’s a disaster. Meet Lily Wilder –the luckiest woman in the world. She has a dream job, friends who adore her and a total catch of a fiancé. Lily is also completely incapable of being faithful to just one man. Will loves Lily, but does he really know...

Did you ever know a woman who carried a heart full of secrets too personal to share? Some of them could be beautiful, such as indescribable love...painful, such as the suffering caused by an abusive parent or lover...hopeless, like unfulfilled dreams. The Secret Taker is such a woman. When she becomes a census taker, her employer, the federal government, requires her to keep the secrets of whatever she sees. The vow of confidentiality seems theoretically pure, but what if she observes hideous situations that need to be told?

When Gulliver Leverenz abandons LA to make a fresh start in New York, he leaves behind his family, his friends - and one bastard ex-boyfriend. It’s certainly an impulse move: Gully has no job, no money, and no direction. What he does have is a former fraternity brother with a posh apartment, a crew of incredibly hot friends, and a reputation as a rising star in the gay nightlife scene. As luck would have it, Gully soon snags a job with a talent agent and even finds himself a new boyfriend. There’s just one catch...

An absolute delight of a debut novel by William Kuhn - author of Reading Jackie: Her Autobiography in Books - Mrs Queen Takes the Train wittily imagines the kerfuffle that transpires when a bored Queen Elizabeth strolls out of the palace in search of a little fun, leaving behind a desperate team of courtiers who must find the missing Windsor before a national scandal erupts.

One of the best new comics in the UK recorded live on stage at the Soho Theatre in London.

Twenty-two years of marriage, and all Becca Larkin’s divorce settlement includes is a live-aboard sailboat and a huge helping of heartache. So when normally cautious Becca proposes a girls’ trip with her daughter, Liv, boating from Maine to a ready buyer for the boat in Miami, it seems like a recipe for a fun summer and a fresh start. After all, how hard can this sailing thing be?

50 Risks to Take With Your Kids is an easy-to-use framework of challenges for children aged up to ten. You’ll find risks that build physical skills, social confidence and character development, plus some all-important parenting risks that will encourage you to think a little differently about...

Please Remain Seated: This Will Only Take a Moment is a dark satirical novel about what happens after power stops shouting and starts waiting. The world is not ending loudly. It is being corrected quietly.

In many small, Southern hometowns, legends are created in an instant. Just mention purple Converse, mayonnaise, panty labels, or visiting the school lab after hours to someone that grew up in the '70s in Albertville, AL, and a different name comes to mind for each.

Get a glimpse into the non-politically correct tech support bullpen of the US Senate, and enjoy the perfect turnabout play on an attempted prank! Well, almost perfect. Sounds interesting? The author thinks so too! Listen to Foolish Mortals!, and learn about humor.

Do you have nightmares about speaking in front of a large group of people? If so, you are not alone. Although he has been a radio DJ, played in bands, been on local TV, and gave speeches most of his adult life, author Jim Santos still struggles with stage fright. Enjoy this amusing tale of one of the more traumatic experiences in the public eye - so far, anyway!

Author Mac Barron assures us that Jesus loves us, even though we're human. We know this, because the Bible says so. Over and over and over again. With its hilarious, sometimes irreverent, and always humble reflections, this book will make you laugh and help you look at the Bible - and yourself - in a whole new way.

Pelham Grenville Wodehouse (1881 1975), a native of Guildford, England, was probably the greatest writer of comedy in the 20th century. With each passing year, his work continues to grow in popularity. Jeeves, the omniscient, highly competent valet, and Bertie Wooster, the upper-class, feather-brained gadabout, are his two most famous creations. His stories are generally characterized by intricate plots dealing with human foibles and complex, romantic entanglements.

Dwayne delivers his first hour-long special with a smooth, incredibly likable style and charisma that draws you in. His comedy has tapped in to the harsh truth, and you will immediately understand why the world should...take note!

Rod Halsted is the classic irrepressible Aussie larrikin. As soon as he could leave school, he headed straight to Kalgoorlie for adventure. Rod drank with Bob Hawke, did business with drug tsars, was rescued from the nick by Charles Waterstreet, hung with one of the Great Train Robbers, and wrote off endless cars. He has long since abandoned the drugs and conquered his alcohol addiction. This is his laugh-out-loud story.