Книги жанра юмор и сатира
Дорогой мой, читатель, в очередной раз хочу поделиться с тобой тем, что, как говорится "на душе накипело". Живу я один. С кошками говорить мне уже надоело... дай думаю: "Очередную книжку напишу, может быть кому-то интересно будет". Ну, и как всегда, моя книжка будет интересна прежде всего тем, кто раз двадцать переболел ковидом. Или перенёс клиническую смерть и видел свет в конце "туннеля". Гулял …
What would you do if you woke up to see a living, breathing, tiny, glowing, pink elephant? If you’re anything like Schoch, who lives on the streets of Zürich and is decidedly down on his luck, you might well think it’s time to put away the bottle before your hallucinations get any stranger, and go back to sleep.But what if the tiny pink elephant is still there when you wake up? And clearly needs s…
Optimised for larger screens.If you're younger than 15 or older than 50, there is an 87% chance that something in this book will offend you.The #1 web comic, Cyanide & Happiness, is back with a brand new collection of comics sure to leave you gasping in horror or guffawing with laughter.Featuring 150 comics, including 30 brand new strips, each jam-packed with more inappropriate jokes and deviant b…
A collection of the best moments from the record-breaking ‘Ricky Gervais Show’ podcasts with additional musings and original drawings by Karl Pilkington, the show’s unlikely star.Karl Pilkington, the Confucian-like savant of the ‘Ricky Gervais Show’, has led an extraordinary and curiously individual life. As a kid growing up in Manchester he regularly missed school to accompany his parents on cara…
The first murder happened while I was making meringues…When Ben Hunter moves to become head chef at the Old Forge Café in the quiet village of Hampden Green, a tricky recipe for egg-based desserts isn’t the only thing he gets embroiled in. As he struggles with a whisk in his first week, he gets an unexpected visit from DI Slattery – there’s been a murder and he’s a suspect. Ben resolves to get to …
Bestselling artist Edward Monkton's profound and funny musings on LOVE and RELATIONSHIPS are both funny and profound, making this collection the perfect gift for lovers everywhere.You are a Chocolate Buttonof LOVELINESS on thegreat Caramel Pudding ofLIFEFollowing the phenomenal success of such stylish and original books as The Lady and the Chocolate, The Pig of Happiness, The Shoes of Salvation, L…
From the hugely respected journalist Miranda Sawyer, a very modern look at the midlife crisis – delving into the truth, and lies, of the experience and how to survive it, with thoughtfulness, insight and humour.‘You wake one day and everything is wrong. It's as though you went out one warm evening – an evening fizzing with delicious potential, so ripe and sticky-sweet you can taste it on the air –…
Edward Monkton's most profound, quirky and inspirational illustrations are brought together in this exquisitely designed collection.Edward Monkton's quirky cards and books have long expressed an unconventional life-philosophy. Now Monkton brings together some of his most popular and unusual cards that express the kind of funny and profound observances that have made his books a recurring favourite…
A collection of Edward Monkton’s highly successful Valentine’s cards, collected together.Every day is a day for lovers, but if there is one day of the year when this is doubly so, it must be Valentine's Day.Chocolate, flowers and a Valentine's Day card: what better way to tell that special someone that you love them? Give them a whole book of Valentine's Day cards, that's how!This amazing and styl…
A beautifully hand-lettered and illustrated story of a woman and the salvation she finds through chocolate. Edward Monkton's stylish and collectable book is the perfect gift for mums on Mothers' Day and any woman worth her salt this Easter and all year round.Each book in this series is an original tale, charmingly illustrated, and created especially for this brand-new series of gift books. Hand-le…
Such was the power of the BEAUTY INSIDE her that Winter turned to Spring in her path and flowers grew in her footsteps.Edward Monkton’s verse dedicated to an extraordinary woman, whose incredible gift was to radiate beauty from within… perfect for Mother’s Day.Edward Monkton books are highly collectable and stylish gifts– at home on a coffee table, in the bathroom, in quiet places, and perfect for…
Things you need to know about The Penguin of Death:He is strangely attractive because of his enigmatic smileHe can kill you in any 1 of 412 different waysThis eccentric addition to the Monkton collection is unusually sinister unlike any of the other titles in the series.The Penguin softly calls youFrom his palace in the snowThough every sinew holds you backYou know that you must goAnd when you've …
“I know”, thought the pig. “I shall become an EXTRAORDINARY pig. I shall see the BEST in EVERYONE and EVERYTHING. I shall become THE PIG of HAPPINESS!”A charmingly illustrated allegory about a pig who got extremely happy and decided to spread joy after years of wallowing…The Pig of Happiness is a story about the metamorphosis of a grumbling farmyard animal into a beautiful smiling pig, who spread …
Entre las muchas figuras que se pueden esbozar en este libro, está Meggy, el ama de casa compulsiva, Doroty la perfeccionista o Fanny, el ama de casa vacilante… luego está Molly, el ama de casa desesperada: ella no quería vivir su vida como ama de casa. Odia el polvo que se cuela por todas partes. Lo odia con la misma intensidad con la que puede odiar a la amante de su marido. Odia las plantas en …
Lee las divertidas e impresionantes aventuras de Inca y su familia de amigos peludos grabadas a través de los ojos de Inca, una gatita siberiana… ¡Inca decide comenzar un Diario! Una saga conmovedora se desarrolla mientras mantiene al lector emocionado mientras registra sus hazañas detectivescas. Lee las divertidas e impresionantes aventuras de Inca y su familia de amigos peludos grabadas a través…