Genres : Humor

The author celebrates Christmas in Rio, experiences war-like conditions in Haiti and shells out 200 dollars for a bottle of bottom-shelf whisky in Alaska. He survives with odd jobs in Tokyo, runs from the police in Quito and goes on a celebrity hunt in L.A.In Moscow he gets in trouble with the Russian mafia, in Sri Lanka he discovers the secret of Buddha's tooth, and in Cairo he is haunted by the “Curse of the Pharaoh.”"A fun look at the...

A kinky, irreverent object fantasy; content sensitive readers be advised that this is a work of satire.

In 1926, George S. Clason issued the first of a famous series of pamphlets on thrift and financial success, using parables set in ancient Babylon to make each of his points. These were distributed in large quantities by banks and insurance companies and became familiar to millions, the most famous being "The Richest Man in Babylon," the parable from which the present volume takes its title.Take a trip to ancient Babylon and learn important financial lessons from the richest man...

What if the “wisdom” everyone’s plastering on mugs and tattoos is just common sense wearing a costume?If you’re tired of guru pep talks promising to transform your life, this book is for you. Uncle Dan’s Porch Theory is a self-help parody with cranky porch wisdom, sarcastic humor, and a good dose of reality. It’s not here to coach you... it’s here to laugh with you, roast the nonsense, and help you survive the noise.Inside, you’ll find:Porch Rules – blunt, zero-fluff...

Living in a dictatorship on a collision course with the United States, all Milo Caspian wants to have is a normal teenage life but he is cursed by visions.Milo is a sceptic and thinks his gifts are just abnormal brain activity but Beloved Leader appears to be a believer. He makes Milo a Captain of the ‘Santebal’, the feared secret police, and orders him to use his abilities to solve a triple murder case.Milo knows how dangerous the assignment is....

Ever wondered what the infinitely big and the ridiculously small look like? Just what is the hottest thing you can eat? Who was the rudest man in history?In this book Tony Fosgate tackles these vital questions and many more: how many blue whales could you stuff into a giant redwood tree? Why is a common house plant look-alike the most deadly life form on the planet? What happens when you lunch on the world’s most disgusting cheese?In this tour around...

2,500 years ago, a contemporary of Confucius named Confuse-us also lived in ancient China. Once a student of the great Confucius, he broke with his mentor over various issues concerning proper bathroom etiquette.To our good fortune, the legendary Confuse-us, regarded as the foremost bathroom scholar of all-time, left thousands of wise sayings that are still quite relevant today. Following his sagacious bathroom advice will make all of us honorable hosts and gracious guests while also saving us countless embarrassing moments.In...

Selfi Solves the Equation for Happiness is a hilarious and heartwarming story about an office worker named Selfi who is struggling to find his place in the world.When Selfi is not getting errors in his code, he's battling his own inner demons. With the help of two unlikely allies – his neocortex, Noco, and his reptilian brain, Repti – Selfi learns to find his own path to happiness.While this book is full of laughs, the core of the story is...

Yvette Tyson is making a run for the governor’s office. Her goal is clear. Win.She has the backing of her boyfriend, Cory Logan. He is kind, gentle, and determined— and offers the kind of support an unmarried black woman needs to get into office. Their relationship has grown over the past year, and she had been seen arm-in-arm with him in public numerous times. She is proud to show him off, and him, her—so there is no color issue—or is...

A missing manuscript. A dead author. And a mystery that’s anything but fiction.When reclusive novelist Ashton Blackwood is found dead in the aisles of Shelf Indulgence, chaos erupts in the quiet town of Bloomsville. With a missing manuscript and a long list of literary enemies, the case reads like one of Blackwood’s own thrillers.Florist-turned-sleuth Grace Thompson teams up with forensic specialist Chloe Sutton and her ever-observant Westie, Rosie, to dig through a plot tangled in ambition, betrayal, and buried secrets....