Satirical fiction and parodies Books

In dem kleinen Ort Zwinks, gelegen am idyllischen Schwuppsee mit den vielen Schwänen, hat sich das Institut 'Sprachspiel' bei Lesern, Schriftstellern und der Fachpresse einen Namen gemacht.Jetzt steht auch bald wieder das Sommerfest an, für daß schon die...

1508 erschien diese Meisterleistung der satirischen Literatur erstmals im Druck, seither hat das humanistische Werk, in dem die Narrheit ihre eigene Lobrede hält, Generationen von Künstlern, Übersetzern, Wissenschaftlern und Schriftstellern inspiriert...

Mavis and Lumpy are getting married, but they can't agree on anything, will they learn to compromise, or will they break up over the size of their wedding cake?Mavis and Lumpy argue over everything from the venue to the size of the paper plates, and when...

Why does a world-famous woman ask down-and-out private investigator Harry Mann to find her missing teenage daughter, Angela? What exactly do they see in each other's eyes? And why is anyone who has anything to do with Angela ending up dead?Why does...

Sending his Human Resources Manager on a reconnaissance mission to the great Jin city of Rhizun seemed like a good idea to Genghis Khan at the time, until a serendipitous scroll appears with revelations of a secret heir to the khanate. To save his...

In 2020 - a Plague Year - a time when many of the trappings of civilisation suddenly disappear and the dangers lying just beneath the surface of ordinary life are suddenly exposed - the intrepid and not entirely rational explorer 'PWN' side-steps the...

Australia we have a new hero, The Super Spreader. Born and bred in Victoria. He can be anywhere and yet no one can find him.  Meatworks, Churches, hotels & even golf courses, the Super Spreader is found and he is not even wearing...

Once upon a time, in a strange, savage land, there lived a famous actress. In this absurd country, called the United States of America, nothing was based in reality. This performer was not much different from others in her field, as she was narcissistic...

The Henchman Training Academy, now there's a good idea.After Matt's latest screw-up, the Henchman Training Academy seems to be the best idea he's had to date since being employed as a Henchman-and his saving grace, keeping his spot on the DMF Team . . ...

In a faraway land, Jeremiah Abadon assesses his charisma, charm, and wealth as he travels with his forty-two wives, countless children, an Indian princess, African slaves, horses, and several furry mutts in order to find a new place to live. After they...

Looking for a way to hint to your boss that perhaps it's time to cut you some slack in the childcare department? Or perhaps you've been searching for a way to thank your accommodating boss because they've shown that they "get it". Dear Mommy's Boss is a...

Lystige Historier er en samling af noveller skrevet af den danske forfatter Gustav Wied og udgivet i 1896. Bogen indeholder en r�����kke humoristiske og satiriske historier, der kredser om emner som k�����rlighed, �����gteskab, samfundsliv og politik...

In the 1970's, Sam Stratton was considered an up-and-coming actor, an actor's-actor, a promising young talent until a nasty contract dispute knee-capped his career. Now, he has a chance, maybe his last chance, to revive his stalled, defunct, movie career...

""Bunter Kram"" ist ein Buch von Adolf Brecher, das im Jahr 1888 ver������ffentlicht wurde. Es handelt sich um eine Sammlung von Kurzgeschichten und Gedichten, die sich mit verschiedenen Themen wie Liebe, Natur, Gesellschaft und Alltag besch�����ftigen...

Comme à Patmos pour Saint Jean et son apocalypse où il est question à la fois d'eschatologie et de rédemption, les révélations s'imposent à nous dans un tout qui n'est pas organique, mais pas décousu non plus. Comme pour l'existence elle-même qui mélange...

In every generation, certain writers are chosen to be protectors of The Legendarium, a metaphysical library that exists at the nexus of the multiverse. Inside this library are doorways that lead to every world ever created in literature. There are forces...

This is an easy-to-read retelling of Ben Jonson's classic comedy play "Bartholomew Fair." Do you know a language other than English? If you do, I give you permission to translate this book, copyright your translation, publish or...

Josef Kaspari, Spitzname "Joe der Vollstrecker", ist freier Fernsehkameramann und mittlerweile fünfzig. Seine letzte Beziehung "Claudi-Schatzi" hat sich grußlos von ihm verabschiedet. Er ist wütend und fühlt sich ausgebrannt. Wenigstens fällt der...

Das Buch ist ein Teil der "Paris-Trilogie" des Autors.Ein Mann ist plötzlich da, weiß jedoch nicht wodurch, woher und weshalb. Mühsam sucht er nach Puzzlestücken, Hinweisen und Erklärungen, die belegen, dass er der DiplompsychologeBertrand Duras ist, mit...

Willkommen im Pandemiepanoptikum!Die Eigenheiten eines Lockdowns sind zweifelsohne beunruhigend und mitunter sogar etwas skurril. Vor allem, wenn man am Institut für Kriminologie und Forensik tätig ist, welches durch das kollektive Homeoffice nahezu...

À défaut d'unir la gauche, trois jeunes amis élaborent un plan farfelu pour diviser la droite.Candidat des Cons est une nouvelle politico-humoristique se déroulant durant une présidentielle fictive. À ce titre, les personnages sont imaginaires, mais...

Madame Cyber-Ubu est astrologue internationale, ex-conseillère en communication de Monsieur Cyber-Ubu. Journaleuse des feuilles à trois francs six sous. Décorée de l'ordre du mérite des Dames Patronnesses du pays de la Butte.Monsieur Cyber-Ubu est le...

Pomeroy, a towering street musician on parole, is out of the clink for the upteenth time and wants to become another Bob Dylan. With fame and fortune in mind, he heads to Occupy Oakland, hoping to get on television, attract an agent, and score a million...

Creative ne're-do-well Flip Montcalm isn't cut out for office life, so he jumps at the chance to join an MFA program in the rural Midwest. Broke and infatuated with the 20th century literary canon, he alienates his writing workshop with five hundred...

James Lawson, a business entrepreneur from our times, has grown up with the belief that the main purpose of life is to maximise wealth. He only accepts that climate change is real when he realises he can make money out of dealing with it.Struck down by a...

"A nimble political satire that should appeal to Americans of every stripe...reminiscent of books by Christopher Buckley, the author of Thank You for Smoking (1994)" - Kirkus Reviews Suspected terrorists attack with a pre-dawn bomb spree, baffling...

Comic ReliefLimericks have been identified with the Irish County of Limerick, although apparently started elsewhere.    One anonymous reader in NY wrote after reading Gilbert's earlier book, "I read the whole book three times and laughed...

An unconventional, satirical, controversial, time travel comedy!What if you could reach back in time to deport the world's worst environmental villains to a depository planet before their greed condemns Earth to an ecological apocalypse? What if each...

Ever since President Donald Grump left the United Colonies of Amnesia to form his empire, Grump loyalist and reporter Max Worth has told everyone in the U.C. how great it must be. On his advice, thousands a month have boarded the Golden Cruises to...

Every Penny Counts is the fifth book in Pat McDonald's Penny Series.Benjamin Pollock (aka Ben Matthews) is now the father of two sets of twins, Luke and Lucy, and Leo and Lily. He lives in the United Arab Emirates in the modest eight-bedroom villa he...

From ancient Rome to modern New York, from a funeral to a supermarket, from a raucous society of apes to a somber college campus, FROM CALYPSO'S ISLAND comprises a bountiful assortment of scenes, characters and situations that range from the poignant to...

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...

Sam Saint Cloud was the closest thing Bartonsville had to the law. Bartonsville was an out of the way village deep in the Pocono Mountains that time seemed to have forgotten and was home to a ragtag collection of Pennsylvania Germans, Lenni Lenape and...

Retirement's rough when you have to stop the apocalypse.A man who may be the Antichrist is walking the streets of Pittsburgh. Or maybe he's just a jagoff insurance salesman with a big ego and good shoes. An egotistical buffoon Archangel decides the...

The monster killing business isn't all it's cracked up to be.We all have a monster within... understatement of the year. For 24-year-old Randi Matheson, she quite literally does. On every full moon, it rears its hairy head. She wasn't always like this...

Nobody believes Jonah, a mild-mannered mental patient with split personalities, that his doctor is working with his evil alter ego, Maldeus, to sacrifice women to a sex-crazed demon in the hospital basement. Determined to expose his doctor's evil plan,...

Buckle up for the wildest golf tournament on the planet! "Embrace The Lies" introduces Noah Philter, the infamous former part-time president and golf cheat extraordinaire, who once saved a cat named Toto. This work of fiction features speedy golf carts,...

This isn't your typical romance. This is real life.Tony Hellquist seems perfect-handsome, intelligent, and irresistibly charming. College freshman Anabel isn't one to settle for anything less. Drawn together by fate and Anabel's determined efforts, their...

The Christmas Miracle comes to Dracula's Castle via a newly installed cable dish. A crisis of fear, dissatisfaction and dwindling finances lead to a special haunting of the old demon himself. Three Night Visitors using the large TV screen show Vlad...

She came to Paris for the food, but the French chef might be the most delicious part of the trip.Paris in the fall.The Eiffel tower, the blanket of colorful leaves on the ground of the Jardin du Luxembourg, the picturesque cobbled streets of Montmartre...

A Fabricated Labor Union Story Engineered by True Events.A contemporary underdog story, LABOR LU delivers a comedic spin to a rigged, one-sided battle of Greedy Corporate Elitists versus Working Class Americans. Set in multicultural, urban Oakland,...

In the celestial expanse of Heaven, Malach, a humble angel, yearns for answers beyond the luminous veil. As the choir of angels sings in harmonious melody, Malach's thoughts soar, questioning the mysteries of existence.Amidst the brilliance of the...

Twenty years in the making, Michael Brodsky's opus, Invidicum, is a sprawling satirical novel about an experimental drug for "Envy Disease" and those involved in its clinical trials: participants, drug developers, psychiatrists, technicians, hangers-on,...

An exciting and pulse pounding thriller. An uplifting and sometimes suspenseful story. "Organised Confusion" mixes domestic violence, humour, unfaithfulness, greed, jealousy and suicide. Frustrated by poverty, he fights his way out. Effectual the change...