Risultati Editore "Author's Republic" in Commedia e umorismo

In Flatland, originally published in 1884, a humble square describes his two-dimensional world to benefit the inhabitants of Spaceland, the three-dimensional realm he discovers when he is visited by a being from beyond his plane. With dry wit and wild imagination, author Edwin Abbott Abbott builds a meticulous fantasy world rooted in an astute apprehension of psychology, politics, and social structures, as well as basic geometry. The story of Flatland, at once ridiculous and profound, delivers an incisive satire of social discourse that remains remarkably relevant today.

After hitting rock bottom mentally via a road sign in Bedford, Danny Murdo bounces back and straight into the Serbian mafia, the Hungarian aristocracy, and an American film producer, amongst others, as he flounders through an Eastern Europe lurching worryingly to its right. He somehow solves crimes, aided by his heroic homosexual brother and hindered by his devoutly pious brother-in-law.

Flatland, first published in 1884, is classic work of satire. The full title, Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions, reveals the story's most compelling characteristic, its discussion of multiple dimensions. It is this fascinating examination which has contributed to Flatland's enduring popularity.

It's about a little dole bludging bogun loser from the Hawkesbury in Sydney Australia. As our story begins, he discovers he has two brothers whom he never knew he had, is heir to a multi-million dollar fortune and that the pheromone wipes in the new machine at the Imperial Hotel really do drive women wild. He gathers around him an unlikely retinue of odd characters, goes to Japan, is chased by the Yakuza and becomes part of a punk band called Ferret and the Pheromones.

Banjo "Jo" Mitchell has a lot to drink about: he's 25, his boyfriend walked out, he's not paid the rent and Australia is voting on his right to marry. Overwhelmed by shame, every passing bus is a tempting opportunity for Jo to leave this life behind. The only thing stopping him is a last glimmer of hope that things may get better, but is a glimmer enough?

Le ton de l'ouvrage est vif, voire lapidaire, le style particulièrement cru et chatoyant. Pierre Louÿs use volontiers d'ironie pour évoquer les amours viles des jeunes filles perverses, et cette relative distanciation lui permet de faire fi de toute censure morale (inceste, pédophilie). De fait, on est loin du raffinement précieux des Chansons de Bilitis par exemple, et le Manuel de civilité est sans doute l'œuvre la plus subversive de Louÿs, véritable attaque en règle contre le puritanisme bourgeois de la Belle Époque.

In the first instalment of this epic trilogy, Stephanie Marchant conveys in her own innovative and cutting style an entertaining catalogue of truly unbelievable stories. Stories all about a lovable bunch of rogues getting up to all sorts of antics, fun, and frolics. Stories strung together over a period of years that includes mystery, intrigue, tragedy, secrets, and lies. Plus a little bit of "How’s yer Father?"

Do you know the true back story of Bigfoot or how Kim in North Korea united the Jews and Arabs? I didn’t think so. Here’s 90 boneheaded rhymes designed to pull your leg and for me to leave a legacy of tomfoolery.

Do you know the true back story of Bigfoot or how Kim in North Korea united the Jews and Arabs? I didn’t think so. Here are 90 boneheaded rhymes designed to pull your leg and for me to leave a legacy of tomfoolery.

A colourful, rhyming tale of unique Australian animals gathering together for rowdy good times.

Enter the mysterious word of advertising and get a job so unique that it requires no age limitations, tough trainings, or mental and physical qualifications. Prove your relatives, teachers, and friends who would constantly accuse you of being brainless wrong. Sounds great, isn’t it? Everything you wanted to know about how to become a great advertising guru, but didn’t know whom to ask is available right here in this book. It contains the most comprehensive specifications and do’s & don’ts for every aspiring advertiser. So, let us get started.

Patrick Langley Griffin, OAM, grew up in the post war years of a gloomy Britain in the '40s and '50s, and his career spanned 50 years as a hotelier in grand hotels across the UK, Europe, and Australia. His memoir is filled with characters famous, infamous and hitherto unknown. From his first star encounter with Charlie Chaplin, the memoir is overflowing with tales of film stars, rock legends, celebrities, heads of state and politicians, as well as the British royal family.

A contemporary short story with a dash of humour set in inner Sydney. It’s raining cats and dogs, and Rick is being jabbed by the hot needle of panic. He’s running late now after dashing out to get last minute dessert for the crucial dinner party tonight. Friday night and in this fashionable inner-city suburb, it’s easier for a straight White male to win a Premier’s arts prize than it is to find a free space. But it’s okay, as a last resort Rick can park across his own driveway blocking in the boss’ car. Except that he can’t, can he?

The Legend of Icarus O'Toole is a satirical love story about an innocent child of nature who falls victim to his own eccentric, even slapstick ways. Born on the beautiful and wild Achill Island off the west coast of Ireland, free as a bird, with a predilection for chasing about naked on the high cliffs of Croaghaun, his carefree life slowly gathers momentum, then races around like an out-of-control roller coaster.

Operating a ham radio is fun, and most people's interest in amateur radios are driven by the fun aspect of it. Besides the excitement, amateur radio could be very helpful in emergency situations, especially when other services are unavailable.

Red Green is celebrated as one of the handiest men in North America. But as well as being a purveyor of inventive practical advice on, for example, making a jetpack from two propane tanks, Red Green is also noted for his insights into that most difficult of assembly jobs, human relationships. Set out in approximately chronological order, from teen dating to the last words of men ("You know, honey, in the last couple of years, you've really packed on the beef"), this is the testosterone owner's manual to every aspect of finding a mate and then learning to deal with her growing disappointment in you.

Join in! Here we go again! Once more, riding from the darkness into the light with our hero cowboy Will, Navajo, and his true love Mattie.

John O’Driscoll is madly in love with Karen Black but is so mesmerised by her beauty that in her presence his brain refuses to function. He walks in fear of school governor Father Kennedy, a man with nasal hair so terrifying it gives grown men nightmares and sends small animals scurrying for cover. And all O’Driscoll’s efforts to impress Karen seem to end in disaster and public humiliation at the hands of the cantankerous cleric. Will O’Driscoll stay out of the pub long enough to win Karen over? Will he stay out of Father Kennedy’s reach for long enough to have his teaching contract renewed?

Listen to the conversation as you sit in the corner of the snug in Mulligan's pub. The Teacher, The Sergeant, and the Parish Priest, aided by the Barman, are in session, and little of what happens in this Dublin inner city parish will escape their attention.

A satirical and complex Fantasy novel featuring one of the last remaining Dragons and his efforts to coexist with mankind.