Satire

Mark Manson turns his gaze from the inevitable flaws within each individual self to the endless calamities taking place in the world around us....

In a hilarious short story from New York Times bestselling author Fredrik Backman, the absurdities of modern life cause one man’s solitary world to spin suddenly, and comically, out of control.

Large chests are said to encompass all manner of hopes and dreams. Men covet them. Women envy them. But one fact holds true - everyone wants to get their hands on some big ones....

This funny, down-to-earth parody of Marie Kondo’s The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up hands listeners the most useful tools for keeping crap clean and organized without all the pressure....

Traumatized by the bombing of Dresden at the time he had been imprisoned, Pilgrim drifts through all events and history, sometimes deeply implicated, sometimes a witness....

Breakfast of Champions (1973) provides frantic, scattershot satire and a collage of Vonnegut's obsessions....

For Commander Vimes, Head of Ankh-Morpork City Watch, life consists of troubling times, linked together by...well, more troubling times....

'Look after the dead,' said the priests, 'and the dead will look after you.' Wise words in all probability, but a tall order when, like Teppic, you have just become the pharaoh of a small and penniless country rather earlier than expected....

The City Watch needs men! But what it's got includes Corporal Carrot, Lance-Constable Cuddy, Lance-Constable Detritus, Lance-Constable Angua and Corporal Nobbs....

It's not every afternoon that an enigmatic, comely blonde named Stilton (like the cheese) walks into the scruffy gin joint where Sammy "Two Toes" Tiffin tends bar....

Take a cue from entertaining expert Amy Sedaris and host an unforgettable fete that will have your guests raving....

What a thing of wonder a mobile phone is. Six ounces of metal, glass and plastic, fashioned into a sleek, shiny, precious object. At once, a gateway to other worlds - and a treacherous weapon in the hands of the unwary, the unwitting, the inept....

Steve Coogan is the king of tan slacks and bad taste in these two episodes from the BBC television spoof chat show....

My name is Tilly, and when I was 17, I lost the love of my life because my mum and his dad did the nasty, made a baby, then got hitched. It drove us apart, me into the arms of another and him as far away as he could get....

As well as writing about his first love, cars, James has a go at political correctness, the rules and regulations of daily life, the internal combustion engine, and traffic wardens....

Rose Aslani is mid-bikini wax when her phone lights up with a notification: Famed scam artist Poppy Hastings will be released from prison today.

Suppose you were murdered and then woke up 300 years earlier in someone else’s body. Wouldn’t you want to put yourself in suspended animation and be re-awoken in time to prevent yourself being murdered in the first place?

She’s a fashion model who has everything: a boyfriend, a career, a loyal best friend. But when a sudden freeway "accident" leaves her disfigured and incapable of speech, she goes from being the beautiful center of attention to being an invisible monster....

Sissy Hankshaw, an almost flawlessly beautiful small-town girl with big-time dreams, hitchhikes...

Debauched pop star Howie Howden has led a charmed life – there has been nothing a fat cheque, a non-disclosure agreement or a course of penicillin hasn’t made go away. But a calamitous night on the town, with his troubled yet dutiful manager Eddy Katz, has consequences for both men.

When the neighbours in question are the proud empires of Klatch and Ankh-Morpork, those are going to be some pretty large garden tools indeed....

Welcome to Hell—where nobody can ever quite catch the barman's eye. In this collection, which contains all seven series of Old Harry's Game, get ready for some wicked one-liners and scorching satire....

In Flatland, originally published in 1884, a humble square describes his two-dimensional world to benefit the inhabitants of Spaceland, the three-dimensional realm he discovers when he is visited by a being from beyond his plane....

The richest, most depraved man on Earth, Malachi Constant, is offered a chance to take a space journey....

Talking candy bars, baby geniuses, disappointed mothers, castrated dogs, interned teenagers, and moral fables - all in this hilarious and heartbreaking collection from an author hailed as the heir to Kurt Vonnegut and Thomas Pynchon....

Suppose you were murdered and then woke up 300 years earlier in someone else’s body. Wouldn’t you want to put yourself in suspended animation and be re-awoken in time to prevent yourself being murdered in the first place? This is the extraordinary tale of an ordinary man in a race across Time.

Humour, mystery, and a time leap back to the 1970s. Could you relive your life and change the past? However, history always repeats … or does it?… Jason Apsley is about to find out.

Гражданская война в России подходит к концу. Остатки белой армии оказывают отчаянное сопротивление на Крымском перешейке. Волна беженцев вот-вот обрушится на Турцию, а затем распространится по всей Европе. Небольшая группа русских эмигрантов пытается спастись от красных, перебравшись из Крыма в Константинополь, а затем в Париж. Все они бегут от большевиков, но у каждого из них бегство от внешних обстоятельств накладывается на попытку бегства от внутренних проблем.

Step into the mind-bending world of Philip K. Dick with The Eyes Have It, a satirical and surreal short story that turns ordinary phrases into a conspiracy of alien invasion. This engaging audiobook brings Dick’s sharp wit and paranoia to life, making you question the hidden meanings in everyday language. Perfect for fans of classic sci-fi, unexpected twists, and the legendary storytelling of one of the most influential science fiction writers of all time. Listen now and uncover the secrets hidden in plain sight.

Mischa Osborn spends her days as a ProWatcher—keeping distracted people on task and lonely ones accompanied—from her Brooklyn Megabuilding, while eating PetriMeat Steax and working out with her favorite personal trainer, a straight-talking algorithm named Tory. Her carefully constructed, isolated existence is suddenly upended by a chance realspace encounter with a HighlightReel celebrity, Nicolás Adán Luchano. On their first date, hiking in Kuulsuits and watching DroneBeez pollinate flowers, Mischa experiences a brief but intense realspace connection.

Set in a soon-to-be future, Taylor Swift employs hypnotic beats, subliminal messages, and catchy lyrics in favor of quality, thoughtful, mature music that had been anticipated from the aging pop star. The majority of the world's population is transformed into denizens of the woman.

LA NOVELA QUE ODIARÁS AMARUNA AUTOPSIA DEL HIJO DE PUTA MODERNO. Ado es el antihéroe definitivo: racista, misógino y xenófobo conligeros toques de alcoholismo, drogadicción y psicopatía. Cuando descubre que Mia, su novia, ha sido supuestamente secuestrada por comunistas y lesboterroristas radicales en China, lo abandona todo y decide emprender un viaje en bicicleta para liberarla. Desde Barcelona, pedalea a través de medio mundo en una odisea surrealista para rescatarla y, de paso, salvar a la humanidad de las aberraciones modernas.

In the beginning, GOD created the Earth—a profound statement unless you know that by "GOD," I mean the General Observable Dimension corporation, and by "Earth," I refer to their immensely profitable simulation known as human existence. Among GOD's lesser-known creations is Richard, a nobody to everyone on Earth except his beloved wife and children. After his sudden demise, Richard finds himself in a transformed version of Hell—an unlikely utopia built upon a foundation of smothered fire and brimstone by its inhabitants.

Jack has always been the agreeable one. But a cross-country road trip with his girlfriend and her domineering parents pushes him to his breaking point. Trapped between loyalty and self-worth, Jack must decide if he’ll remain “Mr. Agreeable” or break free to rediscover who he truly is. I’m Gree is a poignant tale of finding your voice when silence has defined you.

One thief holds the key to the perfect crime. Only one problem: He holds the key in his butt.