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Martin Dixon's carefully-constructed, peaceful life is turned upside down when his super Christian eighteen-year-old nephew Carter shows up unexpectedly on his doorstep and announces he's gay. Martin's first impulse is to send him back to his parents. But when he discovers that Carter has been in a mental hospital to cure his gay-ness he realizes he's stuck with the boy. Unfortunately, the two get on each other's nerves, each driving the other to distraction. Independently, however, they each arrive at the same conclusion. The other would be much less annoying if he only had... a boyfriend.

The myth of an epic, public life—its triumphs and tragedies—is a particularly American obsession. ROAR is a metafictional exploration of such a life and attendant fame of an extraordinary, and completely made up, man.

From wild and wacky to knee-slapping, laugh-out-loud fun, these humorous tales represent some of the best of recent seasons of the hit public radio series Selected Shorts. Comedian Wyatt Cenac gives a killer performance of Simon Rich’s hilarious tale of woe from the point of view of a condom in a young man’s wallet. Alec Baldwin gives a delightful over-the-top performance of James Thurber’s wonderfully silly classic tale of the day everybody in a small Ohio town thought the dam broke.

Dana Perino is a popular and beloved host on Fox's The Five, with over two million followers on social media. While listeners admire Dana for her charm, warmth, and insight, she also knows who the real star in her family is: her vizsla, Jasper - aka America's Dog. In this new audiobook, Dana tells stories about life and politics and how dogs can transcend rancor and partisanship. She also talks about how dogs bring families together - like Dana's own, from her career in Washington through her life as a TV star.

The Devil's Financial Dictionary skewers the plutocrats and bureaucrats who gave us exploding mortgages, freakish risks, and banks too big to fail. And it distills the complexities, absurdities, and pomposities of Wall Street into plain truths and aphorisms anyone can understand. An indispensable survival guide to the hostile wilderness of today's financial markets, The Devil's Financial Dictionary delivers practical insights with a scorpion's sting.

Bruce Tilbrook hooks you with his unique brand of humor and observations about fly-fishing and reels you in with this collection of entertaining stories about the men of the river.

A madcap guide to hiding out in Canada and passing oneself off as a local; the how-to book on quirky Canadian ways.

Neuseeland, 1899: Lizzie und Michael Drury müssen ihren Sohn nach Südafrika verabschieden. Kevin, ein junger Mediziner und verwegener Reiter...

Malix Shandy, the best-looking scoundrel in the kingdom, sets off on a hopeless quest to find the dreaded Fury Clock. If he doesn't find it in seven days, he'll suffer a fate worse than death. Teamed up with a fairly enormous ogre and a psychotic dwarf, Shandy starts to think maybe death would be restful after a week in such company. Brimming with romance, exciting elves in tight pants, dirty farmboys out to save the world, and tasty roast boar, The Fury Clock will tick-tock your universe into literary utopia.

Stand-up comedy album

These inspired standup performances feature stories about being sort-of famous. Take an epic journey to the Saturday Night Live 25th Anniversary Show and into the depths of Julia Sweeney's soul. Watch Dana Gould get his pilot tested. Plus great snapshots of near-fame from Bobcat Goldthwait, Beth Lapides, and a gem of a song from Andy Dick with music by Andras Jones (we think).

Arabella Fitzherbert, eine junge Engländerin, unternimmt mit ihren Eltern eine Reise durch Australien. Die Fitzherberts sind des trockenen Klimas wegen zum Roten Kontinent gereist, damit ihre einzige, über alles geliebte Tochter sich dort von ihrer langen Krankheit erholen kann...

Dana Gould takes on the absurdities of modern life through a pop-culture obsessed lens. Unapologetic and off-the-wall funny, there's no middle ground in this comedy special filmed at the Neptune Theater in Seattle, WA.

And now…are you ready to receive more fascinating factoids about living human life on Planet Earth? I'm sure, by this point, you have heard life on Earth referred to as the HazMat Variety Show. The HazMat designation refers particularly to the hazardous mental and emotional reactive materials on Planet Earth. If not handled with the necessary precaution protocols, all of these various materials—vengeance and hatred, explosives and poison—pose a danger to the living of human life.

35 Jahre lang war Lindas Vater von der Bildfläche verschwunden; er hatte sich nach ihrer Geburt aus dem Staub gemacht. Nun, da ihre Mutter gestorben ist, kommt ein Lebenszeichen von ihm aus einem kleinen Kaff namens Irgendwo. Dort soll Linda ihn treffen. Er wird sie am Bahnhof abholen und über alles mit ihr reden. Doch als Linda mit ihrem Mann Jens und halbstündiger Verspätung auf dem verschneiten Bahnhof ankommt, ist er nicht da. Am selben Bahnhof warten auch ein schrulliger, alter Herr mit Vermögen und seine scheidende Haushälterin.

Leo würde einfach alles für Dora tun. Denn seit sein Frauchen ihn als Welpen aus einem Müllcontainer rettete, kennt der kleine Terrier mit dem Herzen eines Löwen nur ein Ziel: Dora glücklich zu sehen. Zu dumm, dass sie ganz unter der Fuchtel ihrer dominanten Mutter steht – und dass diese ständig versucht, sich in Doras Liebesleben einzumischen. Doch als Doras große Liebe Jochen sie verlässt, weiß Leo, dass es höchste Zeit ist, die Dinge selbst in die Pfote zu nehmen.

Sie haben sich ineinander verliebt, haben gelacht, gestritten, das große Glück gesucht und geheiratet. Sie haben ihre Zukunft gestaltet und sich doch wieder verloren. Drei Jahre und neun Monate ist das jetzt her, dass Rudys und Noras Ehe vor dem Richter endete. Das zufällige Wiedersehen in einem Restaurant ist Freude und schmerzliche Erinnerung zugleich, und vielleicht auch etwas Hoffnung.

When it comes to our beloved “good ol’ hockey game”, humour abounds in Canada. The Hockey Joke Book shows you just how funny the sport, its teams, and its toothless players can be.

Canadian sport is the brunt of many jokes, but Canucks take the jabs in stride and still find the humour in what’s laughable from the ice to the water to the field and the court.

Following the events of Plague World (Book 3 in the Ashley Parker series), Pinky Swear follows wild card Ash, parkour expert JT, and the enigmatic Griff on a near-impossible mission: to rescue a small group of people holed up in a small market. To get there, they must make their way on foot across a zombie-infested San Francisco.