Títulos en Literatura y ficción

George Entmen just turned 40, and he can't complain. As the James Lydecker chair of hermeneutics in the English department at Northwestern, he is honored in his field, beloved by friends and family, and ready to drift quietly into tenured middle age. But then he discovers he can fly. Sure, he can only fly very, very slowly - he needs to have his hands thrust out in front of him like Superman - and he only flies three or four inches above the ground. But why does this nonetheless amazing phenomenon drive so many people into a rage?

Quentin Tipper enlisted because he didn’t want to stay a two-bit hustler like his father. Alvin Phish enlisted to impress his fiance’s father, the Admiral. Together, two nobodies become members of the Intergalactic Space Force and become...still nobodies. But when the ISF is attacked by the mysterious Femen, these two nobodies must answer the call to action.  

Alice is hiding an unusual power, a power that she has to keep secret. In movies, this would make Alice a superhero, a principal character with a sparky trick up her sleeve. However, in the reality of office life, this power is proving to be a pain in the rear end. Alice gives out massive static shocks. Alright, this might not be the most spectacular gift, but it can fuse electrical circuits, cripple low-life creeps on the underground, and foil bank robberies.

Jack Tate is hopeless.... Everything he touches turns into a disaster, but he means well. His business is even less successful than his love life. His once-thriving coffee shop was on the brink of bankruptcy, but salvation could be right under his nose. At the insistence of his loyal and underappreciated assistant, Emma, he sees that the last hope of saving his business could be the only customers who’ve not deserted him for the faceless coffee chains - the old folk.

An immovable object stands in the way of the Galactic Emperor Jarrl. He has waged siege against his arch-nemesis for 1,000 years, but the barrier still stands. Now, he has come up with a plan to put the immovable object's name to the test, and lay waste to his enemies. Will his plan work? Will he manage to obliterate his foes? Will he press the big red button to destroy a galaxy?

The story opens with our newly married protagonists, Elizabeth and Fitzwilliam Darcy, defending their village from an army of flesh-eating unmentionables. But the honeymoon has barely begun when poor Mr. Darcy is nipped by a rampaging dreadful. Elizabeth knows the proper course of action is to promptly behead her husband (and then burn the corpse, just to be safe). But when she learns of a miracle antidote under development in London, she realizes there may be one last chance to save her true love.

In this terrifying and hilarious prequel, we witness the genesis of the zombie plague in early 19th-century England. We watch Elizabeth Bennet evolve from a nave young teenager into a savage slayer of the undead. We laugh as she begins her first clumsy training with nunchucks and katana swords and cry when her first blush with romance goes tragically awry.

Nel 1949, l'ingegnere aeronautico dell'aviazione americana capitano Ed Murphy, osservando l'andamento dei propri esperimenti, ebbe a dire: "Se qualcosa può andar male, lo farà". Prova della "verità" di questa affermazione è il fatto che Ed Murphy, nel giro di pochi anni, è diventato famosissimo in tutto il mondo: non per le sue scoperte in aeronautica, del resto inesistenti, ma per quella frase, che immediatamente si diffuse sotto il nome di "Legge di Murphy".

Non è solo il mondo ad andare comunque "avanti" sulla base di vecchie e nuove pessime ragioni: la cosa accade anche ai Libri di Murphy. Il motivo non sfugge a nessuno. Il signor Arthur Bloch, per esempio, è lieto di aver raggiunto una fama planetaria e di incassare sempre più cospicui diritti d'autore. I suoi editori sono altrettanto lieti: con poca spesa e nessuno sforzo hanno conquistato un mercato che si conquista da solo.

Lots of buckeyed, loudmouthed, crazy people acting really stupid! Sixteen of the funniest stories in the world! 

Some of the funniest stories ever told! 

If somehow you enjoy, humor, satire, and laughter, this is the audiobook for you! Stories that'll keep you grinning for hours on end. 

Twelve unique funny stories designed to keep you laughing for hours on end! 

Thirty-two funny stories that really "happened"! 

The funniest stories in the world! 

These 12 unique stories are designed to keep you laughing for hours on end! 

The funniest stories that have ever been told! 

Mark Twain is at his irreverent best with this hilarious parody of the 19th-century mystery. The tale begins with the murder of Flint Buckner and a heinous crime against a young woman. A man with special gifts - no less a personage than Sherlock Holmes! - enters the scene to solve the mystery and avenge the lady. He matches wits with an improbable villain, Archy Stillman, while Ham Sandwich and Wells Fargo look on, and almost gets himself lynched in the process. 

Sixteen of the funniest stories ever. Told step by crazy step. 

Sixteen crazy stories that'll have you laughing until you go completely nuts!