Títulos en Comedia y humor

"All I want is to be a success.That's all I ask." Joe fails to sell a single set of the Encyclopedia Britannica in six months. Then he fails to sell a single Electrolux and must eat hundreds of pieces of homemade pie, served up by his would-be customers who feel so sorry for him. Holed up in his trailer, Joe finds an outlet his for frustrations in a series of ingenious sexual fantasies, and at last strikes gold. His brain storm, Lightning Rods, Inc., will take Joe to the very top - and to the very heart of corporate insanity.

Born during the Cuban revolution in 1959, Yocandra learns that for a woman to survive in the world of communist machismo, she must use all her assets - her body, her wits, and most importantly, her ability to transform disillusionment into wonder.

El protagonista de esta historia es un sexagenario llamado Pepe, Pepe Lapierre, para ser más exactos, y es cirujano plástico. Forofo hasta la médula del Real Madrid, su vida consiste en trabajar, ver el fútbol, jugar al pádel y cuidar de su madre. Todo en su mundo funciona con la pulcritud...

Patrick Bateman is twenty-six and works on Wall Street. He is handsome, sophisticated, charming and intelligent. He is also a psychopath. And he is taking us to a head-on collision with America's greatest dream - and its worst nightmare...

Andie has been hiding, wanting to stay in the past rather than face the uncertainty of the future. When the force of a lie pulls her out of the darkness and into the light—the spotlight she's avoided—she has to decide if she'll stand and fight or run for cover. With each step, she has a choice to make. She can continue to watch life go on around her, or see what might be waiting on the other side. Will fear keep her from moving on, or can she find the courage to take the leap?

Líos amorosos, heridos de bala, apuñalados, perturbados agresivos, alguna que otra sobredosis, accidentes de tráfico… ¿Por qué alguien en su sano juicio hipotecaría sus fines de semana para quedarse a trabajar en una Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos y por un sueldo mísero? Alguien a quien se le ha ido un poco la olla, ¿no? ¿O más bien alguien que ha encontrado su vocación salvando vidas? Como Charlie, un enfermero recién licenciado cuya única manera de gestionar el estrés y la depresión laboral es haciendo memes.

Publié en 1830, Le Rouge et le Noir de Stendhal est un roman historique et psychologique qui dépeint l’ascension sociale et les ambitions de Julien Sorel, un jeune homme ambitieux issu d'une famille modeste. À travers ses tentatives pour gravir les échelons de la société, il se trouve souvent dans les intrigues au milieu de personnes influentes. Satire mordante de la société française du XIXe siècle, l'œuvre s'attaque aux hypocrisies de l'Église et des aristocraties, tout en constatant la folie des actions du protagoniste.

My Man Jeeves, first published in 1919, introduced the world to affable, indolent Bertie Wooster and his precise, capable valet, Jeeves. Some of the finest examples of humorous writing found in English literature are woven around the relationship between these two men of very different classes...

Raj and Rachel Ranjani have invited a small group of their ride or dies from college for a celebratory weekend in Napa Valley. On the agenda: three nights in the couple’s vineyard mansion, a lavish dinner at Napa’s hottest new restaurant, exclusive tastings, and the grand opening of the Ranjanis’ ultra-high-end winery. It’s a reunion of six friends who haven’t seen each other in years. What could go wrong?

Después de la aventura que vivieron Daniela, Vera y Claudia en el primer libro, las dos amigas echan de menos a Claudia, que se ha trasladado a Houston. Para compensarlo, ambas se pasan las noches bebiendo y bailando. Una mañana, después de una de esas juergas, Daniela recibe una visita inesperada: una persona de su pasado ha regresado para pedirle ayuda. Por suerte, cuenta con la inestimable ayuda de su mejor amiga.

Casa Desolata è il nono romanzo di Dickens. Non è uno dei romanzi più noti di Dickens, certamente è uno dei più complessi, con una grandissima quantità di personaggi, che vengono presentati dettagliatamente nella prima parte del romanzo, per poi ritrovarne le vite intrecciate in trame insospettabili. Inoltre, più che in altri romanzi, lo scrittore coglie l’occasione per denunciare l’indifferenza verso la povertà e l’ingiustizia presenti nella società dell’epoca.

Un compendio de cortas narraciones con las innumerables, curiosas y delirantes situaciones que ocurren a diario a lo largo y ancho del territorio español con agentes del Cuerpo y población civil como improvisados actores. Cientos de anécdotas que tienen dos objetivos claros y bien marcados: trasladar al público la cara más amable y humana de la Guardia Civil y arrancar una sonrisa de los oyentes.

Anne siempre había querido que su vida fuera como el cuento de Cenicienta, con una carroza y los zapatos de cristal, aunque sin calabazas, porque siente una aversión especial por ellas. Y por supuesto encontrar a su príncipe azul y tener ese final de «vivieron felices para siempre».Cuando su padre falleció, ella quedó a cargo de su madrastra y sus dos hermanastras, quienes durante un tiempo la trataron como a una sirvienta. 

This is story of murder, corruption and sin. And that's just the hero. Every great story begins with something unspeakable . . . the first Jack Parlabane thriller, from multi-award-winning author Chris Brookmyre. Yeah, yeah, the usual. A crime. A corpse. A killer. Heard it. Except this stiff...

The smash-hit international bestseller A Read With Jenna book club pick Winner of the Goodreads Choice Award for Fiction 'Best read of the year' THE TIMES 'Books as fun as this one are few and far between' GUARDIAN 'Sharp, funny and a joy to read' OBSERVER Phoebe Stone arrives at a grand...

Master storyteller and satirist Kurt Vonnegut was one of the most in-demand commencement speakers of his time. For each occasion, Vonnegut’s words were unfailingly unique, insightful, and witty, and they stayed with audience members long after graduation. As edited by Dan Wakefield, this book reads like a narrative in the unique voice that made Vonnegut a hero to readers and listeners of all ages. At times hilarious, razor-sharp, freewheeling, and deeply serious, these reflections are ideal for anyone undergoing what Vonnegut would call their "long-delayed puberty ceremony".

To age, they say, is to decline. Yet some things actually improve as they get older: certain wines, His Majesty King Charles, certain cheeses and, most of all, the Alan Partridge podcast, now back for its fourth series. What will this series offer that the first three didn’t? Nothing, that’s not the point. Instead it will continue, just as before, to draw back the curtain, open the cupboard and provide full loft access to the life of one of the most fascinating men in north Norfolk (Alan Partridge).

Zip es un periodista frustrado que abandonó hace años la profesión por problemas con las drogas y con la disciplina laboral. Una mañana, al regresar del entierro del Chule, un expresidiario amigo suyo se acerca al banco a ingresar efectivo, con tan mala suerte que es testigo, primero, y rehén, después, de un atraco. El líder de los atracadores es el hijo del Chule, que junto a dos compañeros se atrincheran en el banco ante la llegada de la Policía.

Few humans in the history of civilisation have had a third series of their podcast commissioned. Fewer still have produced one that’s actually any good. Partridge Gordon Alan, or Alan Gordon Partridge to write his name the correct way round, is one of them.

Oliver Goldsmith publico en 1766 la historia del vicario Primrose, una persona mediocre, pastor de un pueblo que vive rodeado de su familia en aparente paz. Pero esa paz es interrumpida cuando la fortuna del hombre desaparece por la quiebra de aquel a quien se la habia confiado y por las sucesivas desgracias que suceden a cada miembro de la familia. Pero el vicario se sabe sobreponer a todo, y a pesar del ironico final, esta novela ha sido leida con interes por varias generaciones.