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In this biting satire, James Gibbon Huneker takes aim at the culture and society of turn-of-the-century New York City. Through the eyes of a young steeplejack, Huneker reveals the hypocrisy, greed, and corruption that lurks beneath the glittering surface...

London, 1975. The Sex Pistols do their first gig at the Marquee. Death Race 2000 and Rollerball are on at the cinema. The first Macdonald’s has just opened. And women are banned from wearing trousers in the office...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...

The Promethean is an amazingly funny novel exposing the utter insanity of modern academia and the world of technology. An extraordinary tale of ambition, social justice, and human folly, it combines the mordant wit of W. Somerset Maugham with a sense of...

"Babette hat schon immer geahnt, dass es Echsenmenschen geben muss, schließlich steckt in dem Wort existieren ja auch irgendwie das Wort Echse." Mit viel satirischem Witz und absurder Komik erzählen die Kurzgeschichten von Babette, einer rüstigen...

Kafkas Wellten Zwei Erzählungen aus Absurdistan Kunstkunst Kunst des Lesens

Professor Sigurdsen is a textbook paranoid with a persecution complex and delusions of grandeur.  He lives in a world that rarely connects with the real one.Dr. Hobart Blember.Do yourself a favour.  Don't send us any more articles.  We...

ORACLE OF THE THOUSAND HANDSThe biography of D'Arcy's life isn't meant to be definitive, but D'Arcy's biographer is being as diligent in his efforts as he can. Scant attention will be paid to his childhood. D'Arcy's story will start with his formative...

Last Mile Home is the second book in O’Shea’s revealing Ivory Tower Trilogy. In this fast paced saga, a cast of modern fictional characters interact within the social and political context of higher education. Through their eyes, you are...

I can think of no other writer who can better express the ine able sense of being born into the working poor before moving through di erent genres of living—hired factory hand, engineer, professor, poet, then back to hired academic hand—as he...

George battles drug addiction and a dark past. He sees life though the eyes of a nihilist and makes satirical jokes about the mess of the world. Both his philosophy and his jokes instruct his opinion on topics like politicis, corruption, ancient alien...

What is Demonic Glee? Is it that feeling you get when the villain (or really obnoxious hero) gets their comeuppance? Is it what you expect happy little serial killers feel as they plunge the knife in? Or, what monsters experience when they're chasing...

Humoresken Aus Dem Philisterleben V1-2 (1841) ist ein Buch von Theodor Von Kobbe. Es handelt sich um eine Sammlung von humorvollen Geschichten und Anekdoten, die das Leben der Philister, also der b�����rgerlichen Gesellschaft, in der Mitte des 19...

Les Paraboles cyniques est un recueil de textes satiriques et philosophiques de l'écrivain français Han Ryner, publié en 1901. À travers des fables et des récits, l'auteur critique les conventions sociales, la religion et la morale bourgeoises, pour...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

Willkommen in der virtuellen Manege der Gefühle,treten Sie heran, hier gibt es viel zu sehen, viel zu lesen,viel zu Staunen. Traurige wie auch lustige Begebenheiten werden Sie hier erleben.Tiefgründigkeit, wie auch platte Oberflächlichkeiten, Intelligenz...

Dive into a world where fact and fiction intertwine in "Xposed: Unmasking the Man of the Stars," a captivating exploration of a visionary whose life defies the boundaries of imagination. This unique biography blends humor with awe-inspiring revelations,...

Plongez dans le cosmos de l'humour et de la spéculation avec "Démasqué : L'homme venu d'ailleurs", une exploration humoristique et parfois profonde de la vie et des réalisations d'un des plus grands innovateurs de notre époque. Ce livre, plus qu'une...

"Les Brèves de Fin du Monde" est un livre qui traite avec humour (parfois noir), des risques d'effondrement du monde moderne. Sous la forme de brèves, de calembours, de pensées philosophiques, satiriques et parodiques, il met en scène de façon décalée,...

Des personnages, quelques peu atypiques, portent des propos, parfois subjectifs, toujours critiques, sur un quotidien que nous traversons sans, souvent, remarquer des points notables, importants, allant de l'anodin au fondamental..../... L'homme, l'air...

Parodie de trois contes classiques dans lesquels, là encore, le loup finit très mal.

           HE LOST, HE LOST! features four major reasons that Trump lost - not just the election but popular support, based on a series of cartoons with a spirit of levity. The commentary is written...

This is the most important short story of the 21st Century. The university of Mars' MFA program will teach classes on the brilliance of Mandy De Sandra's work. The stories in this collection are full of humanity, Gnostic Enlightenment, and can...

In a future where everyone in the world has been drafted into the military, there is only one enemy left to fight . . . ourselves. Five exhausted soldiers are sitting in the middle of a frozen Arctic wasteland, waiting for something to happen. They don't...

Frank Macdonald's reputation for colourful characters, subtle satire and social conscience is omnipresent in the hilarious adventures of Cape Breton pals Tinker and Blue in late-'60s San Francisco.At age 19 and 20, respectively, Tinker Dempsey and his...

White supremacists are 'weaponizing' the Middle Ages. One historian aims to stop them. Embattled history prof Abe Kantorowicz enlists two Yale grad students, Molly Isaacson and Quinton Quick, to fight neo-Nazis on the battlefield of propaganda...

Theodore Graham, a burned-out genius with working-class roots, challenges the status quo of wealth, power, and the role of media, only to find himself as an unlikely candidate in a tight governor's race. This political comedy examines friendships and...

Augustus Melmotte is a foreign-born financier with a mysterious past. When he moves his business and his family to London, the city's upper crust begins buzzing with rumors about him, and a host of characters ultimately find their lives changed because...

This witty and irreverent novel follows the adventures of the titular character, a physician in rural France during the 18th century. Through a series of misadventures, the good doctor finds himself embroiled in romantic entanglements, political...

Le Salmigondis est un recueil de nouvelles satiriques racontant les aventures de personnages extravagants, qui jonglent sans cesse entre l'ambiguïté et la désinvolture. L'humour mordant de François Béroalde de Verville ne laisse personne indifférent.This...

Ce livre est une satire politique à l'esprit vif et à l'humour noir. Il se moque de la société de l'époque à travers l'histoire de Don Critilo, un homme qui cherche à réussir à tout prix dans la vie et qui finit par être berné par ses propres ambitions...

This satirical novel follows the lives of various characters in a small Spanish village as they become consumed by their obsession with a mysterious lottery. As tensions rise and paranoia sets in, readers are treated to a scathing critique of greed and...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

I thought I'd finally escaped Shawna by picking up this easy bartending gig in Bocas del Toro, Panama. With an extra $400/month to edit an online love column keeping me afloat, I spend my days swimming and sinking beers with my roommate PJ. Does the...

Dear Reader, Knowledge, success, hope—this book will provide you with none of these things. For those who are curious to check out the contents and “guidance” provided in this book, I would like to offer a brief, but important...

A little girl. An unlikely protector. One big secret.Barney's finally getting his life together. He no longer lives with his mum, hasn't been fired from a job in months, and is about to propose to his girlfriend.So when he's asked to look...

From the minds that brought you the Gilded Blood and Hell In Haven series, comes a contemporary fantasy satire like no other...Chet Williams, a fantasy-writer extraordinaire in his own mind, has been rejected one too many times. For...

Jeder kennt die Märchen von den Prinzen, die gegen Drachen und Unholde kämpfen und am Ende das Herz der holden Prinzessin erobern. Doch wie ist es, wenn der Prinz 35 Jahre alt ist und lieber zu Hause bei Mama bleiben würde?Prinz Karolus wird gegen seinen...