Satire
epub, mobi |eng | 1996-01-02 | Author:Joan Didion [Didion, Joan]

By the third day she had herself begun noticing the Americans. Several in the coffee shop the night before, all men. Several more in the lobby, laughing together as they ...
( Category: Political October 11,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 1989-10-08 | Author:Michael J. Rosen [Rosen, Michael J.]

Memoirs of a Banquet Speaker The sanity of the average banquet speaker lasts about two and a half months; at the end of that time he begins to mutter to ...
( Category: Humor October 9,2014 )
epub |eng | 2011-09-28 | Author:Naguib Mahfouz [Mahfouz, Naguib]

Dream 90 The building of the house was finished: an architectural marvel, people from all over gathered around it, each hoping to possess it. The haggling increased and the arguments ...
( Category: Short Stories October 9,2014 )
epub |eng | 2011-01-12 | Author:David P. Murphy [Murphy, David P.]

You CAN Heal Your Post-Life 105 • Hair that’s less ratty and with fewer bugs • Improved texture and manageability • Extra additives for more scalp control • A look ...
( Category: Parodies October 2,2014 )
epub |eng | 2010-11-08 | Author:Michael Schumacher [Schumacher, Michael]

*“Comix” was an informal term, adopted by publishers, artists, and fans to signify the difference between the usual mainstream comics of the day and the alternative publications springing up across ...
( Category: Satire October 2,2014 )
mobi, epub, azw3 |eng | 2012-06-27 | Author:Truman Capote

MASTER MISERY (1949) Her high heels, clacking across the marble foyer, made her think of ice cubes rattling in a glass, and the flowers, those autumn chrysanthemums in the urn ...
( Category: Short Stories October 1,2014 )
epub, mobi, pdf |eng | 2011-07-01 | Author:Voltaire [Voltaire]

Zadig voudra l'appeler, vaut bien les boeufs et les poissons. Je ne dirai rien de mon pays; il est aussi grand que la terre d'Egypte, la Chaldée, et les Indes ...
( Category: Satire October 1,2014 )
epub, mobi, azw3 |eng | 2011-05-05 | Author:Laurent Binet [Binet, Laurent]

139 La scène s’est peut-être passée dans le bureau lambrissé d’Heydrich. Heydrich s’affaire dans ses dossiers. On frappe à la porte. Un homme en uniforme entre, l’air affolé, un papier ...
( Category: Military October 1,2014 )
epub | | 2012-01-24 | Author:Benacquista, Tonino [Benacquista, Tonino]

Mon père est mort sans laisser d’adresse. Il n’en avait plus. Mon père est mort en héros, sur le champ de bataille, sous les balles d’un ennemi qu’il était bien ...
( Category: Humorous October 1,2014 )
epub | | | Author:Naked Lunch

Und jetzt die Stunde des Propheten: «Millionen starben im Schlamm vor den Küsten. Mehr als ein letzter Lungenzug war nicht drin. <Eye eye, Käpt'n>, sagte er, und seine Augen spritzten ...
( Category: Psychological October 1,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2001-09-28 | Author:David Remnick [Remnick, David]

HE HAD no complaints, then, he assured himself as he sat on the burning front seat of the convertible trying to think of somewhere to go. It was just that ...
( Category: Cultural Heritage September 29,2014 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2013-09-25 | Author:Francois Voltaire

Chapter 25 A visit to Signor Pococuranté, a Venetian nobleman Candide and Martin proceeded by gondola along the Brenta, and duly came to the palace of the noble Pococuranté. The ...
( Category: Self-Help & Psychology September 29,2014 )
mobi |eng | 2008-08-31 | Author:Cave, Peter [Cave, Peter]

* * * We may deal quickly with the scenario sketched, once we have the background question: what’s wrong with eating people? After all, I had not consented to their ...
( Category: Criticism September 29,2014 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2010-10-31 | Author:Peter Cave

27. A GAZELLE, A SLOTH AND A CHICKEN 14. INDOCTRINATION: WHEN BELIEVING GOES WRONG 2. PINTER AND ISABELLA: TETHERING THEM DOWN Emotions 19 ADDICTED TO LOVE Allow me to introduce ...
( Category: Satire September 29,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2011-09-14 | Author:Roald Dahl [Dahl, Roald]

fishermen won’t have nothing but lug worms. And of course there’s coloured maggots. Ordinary maggots are white, but you get them all sorts of different colours by feeding them special ...
( Category: Humorous September 29,2014 )