Titoli in Letteratura e fiction

My Man Jeeves, first published in 1919, introduced the world to affable, indolent Bertie Wooster and his precise, capable valet, Jeeves. Some of the finest examples of humorous writing found in English literature are woven around the relationship between these two men of very different classes and temperaments. Where Bertie is impetuous and feeble, Jeeves is coolheaded and poised.

Flann O'Brien's most popular and surrealistic novel concerns an imaginary, hellish village police force and a local murder.

Weird, satirical, and very funny, its popularity has suddenly increased with the mention of the novel in the TV series Lost.

I'm Serafina Lopez, and I'm an astrologer. No, not the airy-fairy type who wears long flowy skirts and enormous hoop earrings—you know, unless I want to. I'm an uber-serious businesswoman. My popular lifestyle app, "Live for you Star Sign," is getting so big, I've just been asked to be a guest on New York's most-watched morning show. This TV segment is going to launch my career into the stratosphere. Imagine my surprise when I show up on set to find out that I'm not the only guest.

Costanza è bellissima, molto elegante, un po' scostante. Piace molto agli uomini ed è ovviamente oggetto di invidia per le donne. Nel suo intimo tuttavia ha un carattere semplice, ama i suoi genitori e la sua gatta. Ha alcuni amici, pochi ma fidati. Il lavoro non la soddisfa, ma l'ambiente è prestigioso e ormai ci si trova bene. Tutto dunque sembra scorrere nella normalità, fino al giorno in cui, in uno dei laboratori di ricerca, viene trovato morente un giovane ricercatore, assassinato da mano ignota.

Fitzgerald's tale of Benjamin Button, a man who starts aging backwards with bizarre consequences. This story was the basis for the Oscar-winning Brad Pitt film of the same name.

After his final trip up the river Thames with his three companions - - Harris, George, and Montmorency the dog - - Jerome K. Jerome sat down to write his proposed book, The Story of the Thames. But before he could tackle the work in the serious manner intended, his humor took over and gave birth to a masterpiece of unquenchable comedy. This is a classic of English humor, justifiably loved around the world.

TV series starring Ella Purnell now on Sky Atlantic! The last person who called me ‘Sweetpea’ ended up dead… Rhiannon is your average girl next door, settled with her boyfriend and little dog…but she’s got a killer secret. By day her job as an editorial assistant is demeaning and...

Vera se ha enamorado. Después de que el capitán de la Guardia Civil, Enzo Duarte, ayude en su rescate, él y la Balay se han ido conociendo y enamorando. ¿El problema? Parece que Duarte no está demasiado interesado en meterse en su cama... ¡Y eso es solo el principio de todo! Pues Vera tendrá que guardar secretos, descubrir misterios y, sobre todo, entender sus propios sentimientos y los de Duarte... ¡En solo nueve semanas y media! ¿Lo conseguirá?

Después de la aventura que vivieron Daniela, Vera y Claudia en el primer libro, las dos amigas echan de menos a Claudia, que se ha trasladado a Houston. Para compensarlo, ambas se pasan las noches bebiendo y bailando. Una mañana, después de una de esas juergas, Daniela recibe una visita inesperada: una persona de su pasado ha regresado para pedirle ayuda. Por suerte, cuenta con la inestimable ayuda de su mejor amiga.

In a provocative novel addressing contemporary immigration by the sharply observant Lionel Shriver, a New York family takes in a Honduran migrant—who may or may not be the innocent paragon she claims to be. Gloria Bonaventura, a divorced mother of three living with her 26-year-old son Nico in...

George, Harris, and J. decide to take a cycling trip through the Black Forest - to be accomplished on a tandem plus one. Whether it is Harris's harrowing experience with a Hanoverian road-waterer or George's valiant attempt to buy a cushion for his aunt, their experiences are hilarious - - and they may even offer some important lessons to all who may be contemplating a cycling trip in the U.S.

A satiric novel by Evelyn Waugh, published in 1930. Set in England between the wars, the novel examines the frenetic but empty lives of the Bright Young Things, young people who indulge in constant party-going, heavy drinking, and promiscuous sex. At the novel's end, the realities of the world intrude, with Adam Fenwick-Symes, the protagonist, serving on a battlefield at the onset of another world war.

Eighteen months ago, Sophia Jones finally walked out on her unhappy life. With a tricky divorce ongoing, money is tight, and so when friends offer her a housekeeping job while they’re away travelling, she accepts. Nate McKinley is hesitant when his brother, Gabe, offers him the use of their home in the picturesque village of Wishington Bay. But he has a book to a write and an imploded marriage to recover from, so maybe a change of scene is exactly what he needs.

Trashy-romance writer Gerri has it all - an overbearing family, a dead-end job, and no man but a ton of pressure to get married and have kids. Frustrated and hopeless that things will ever change, she decides it’s time to transition from “tragic loser” to “tragic loss”. Armed with a shoebox full of sleeping pills and a big bottle of vodka, she’s ready to end it all. First, she writes “honest” farewell notes to everyone she knows…

O enredo acompanha um homem comum, um intelectual de classe média que, ao aprender javanês, se vê envolvido em uma série de eventos inusitados. Ele, acreditando que o domínio da língua estrangeira o tornaria respeitado e valorizado, começa a se comportar como um indivíduo distinto, adotando uma postura pretensiosa e artificial. Contudo, o segredo que ele esconde é que, na verdade, ele não entende a língua, mas se aproveita da admiração alheia para ascender socialmente e conquistar uma posição de prestígio.

Like most women, 46-year old hyper-competent tech CEO Ellie's already juggling too much. She’s got a promotion coming up and it’s an inconvenient time to be beset by mid-life symptoms: coarse hair in new places, hot flushes, insomnia, losing time, finding bloodstains on all her clothing, howling at the moon. Her doctor diagnoses perimenopause. But it's another 28-day cycle that's taking hold. One involving fur, and teeth, and a not insignificant amount of rage. Suddenly the troubles in her life...

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An immersive, page-turning novel about surviving as a funny woman in the male-dominated world of comedy—and what happens when the most promising female star of her generation disappears. “An utterly addictive read.”—Amy Tintera, New York Times bestselling author of Listen for the Lie In...

All Tom’s friends really are superheroes. There’s the Ear, the Spooner, the Impossible Man. Tom even married a superhero, the Perfectionist. But at their wedding, the Perfectionist was hypnotized (by ex-boyfriend Hypno, of course) to believe that Tom is invisible. Nothing he does can make her see him. Six months later, she’s sure that Tom has abandoned her. So she’s moving to Vancouver.

Agata ha quarant’anni e vive a Napoli da quando, diciottenne, ha lasciato il suo paesino dell’Irpinia per frequentare l’università. Lavora in un museo di arte contemporanea, ha un marito e due figli piccoli. Ogni mattina, per accompagnare i bambini a scuola, passa davanti alla cartoleria di zona, una stanza delle meraviglie piena di palloncini colorati, unicorni e indispensabili oggetti inutili che, nello spazio delle due vetrine su strada, scandisce il passare del tempo e l’avvicendarsi delle stagioni, dal periodo della cancelleria per l’inizio della scuola al momento dei gonfiabili per le vacanze al mare.