The Devils Dictionary Ambrose Bierce - Ambrose Bierces Devils Dictionary is a classic that stands alongside the best work of satirists such as Twain, Mencken, and Thurber.
Neben den bekanntesten Bildgeschichten wie »Max und Moritz«, »Hans Huckebein, der Unglücksrabe«, »Die fromme Helene«, »Fips, der Affe« oder »Balduin Bählamm« enthält der von Gert Ueding herausgegebene Band auch Buschs Gedichte sowie ein Nachwort, das zeigt, dass Wilhelm Busch mehr war als der »gemütsfrohe Haushumorist« und »lächelnde Philosoph«.
The authoritative biography of Britain's most subversive twentieth-century clown from celebrated biographer Graham McCann, author of Dad's Army and Morecambe & Wise.
A collection of darkly humorous, intensely personal essays by cult fave and multi-hyphenate artist Jean GraeIn My Remaining Years, by creative juggernaut Jean Grae, debunks the myth that coming-of-age narratives should be reserved for the kids, providing a much-needed rallying cry for those of us still trying to figure it out in our forties.
»Ich hoffe baldigst von Ihnen nicht allegromäßig sondern veloce prestissimo das Beste zu hören …«Bekannte Porträts zeigen Ludwig van Beethoven als ernsthaften, ja fast grimmigen Menschen.
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg war für Tucholsky ein Schriftsteller, »der einen Verstand gehabt hat wie ein scharf geschliffenes Rasiermesser, ein Herz wie ein Blumengarten, ein Maulwerk wie ein Dreschflegel, einen Geist wie ein Florett«.
Ausgewählte Schriften Heinrich von Kleist - Ausgewählte Schriften Heinrich von Kleist (Gesammelte Kleine Werke) Inhalt: Das Bettelweib von Locarno Das Erdbeben in Chili Der Findling Der Zweikampf Die heilige Cäcilie Die Marquise von O.
The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle - In The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes we read the last twelve stories Conan Doyle was to write about Holmes and Watson.
The Fables of La Fontaine - Jean de la Fontaine - Jean de La Fontaine collected fables from a wide variety of sources, both Western and Eastern, and adapted them into French free verse.
Meet Halcombe Hackney Norilsk, a unique personage that dreams so big he travels throughout the world in order to be famous because he thinks he deserves it.
This book gives the reader an opportunity to pause, reflect and capture the high/low or in between moments of his or her life, whether it's about love, family, friends, marriage, social relationships, careers, to name a few aspects of life.
A Second Helping: Whining and Dining on Long Island picks up whereTom Schaudel's first book, Playing With Fire, left off as a playful rompthrough the crazy world of restaurants, dining rooms, and professionalkitchens.
'After the success of their ingenious idea of matching pictures from Ladybird's archive with prose that mocks the mores of modern life, they are bowing out with a bang with this compendium' - Sunday TelegraphFrom the people who gave you classics such as The Ladybird Book of The Hangover and The Ladybird Book of The Mid-Life Crisis, they bring you this collection of what could have been.
Following on in the same vain of The Joy of Sheds, The Joy of Pubs is an intoxicating publication detailing everything and anything you want to know about pubs.
This hilarious book invites you to sit down and share dinner with the Morans, a family of ten children, and after dinner to share in the familys pranks and crises.
Mama Always Told Me to Be Different is a compilation of short, humorous stories that are from my experiences as a son of Southern Baptist parents, cattle rancher, farmer, carpenter, general contractor but most of all a daddy.
