Self-Help & Psychology Humor
epub |eng | 2020-04-05 | Author:Gavin Oattes [Gavin Oattes]

Romanticism As soon as we pin our ambitious hopes on finding the perfect partner, ‘the one’ very quickly can become a lifelong search similar to that of happiness. If we're ...
( Category: Happiness October 2,2020 )
epub |eng | 2013-01-26 | Author:Mohsin Hamid

SEVEN BE PREPARED TO USE VIOLENCE DISTASTEFUL THOUGH IT MAY BE, IT WAS INEVITABLE, in a self-help book such as this, that we would eventually find ourselves broaching the topic ...
( Category: Cultural Heritage October 1,2020 )
epub |eng | 2020-07-06 | Author:Halle Butler

* * * • • • The ninety milligrams of Tylenol T3 with codeine wore off before the day was over. Jillian left the bottle at home because the bottle ...
( Category: Dark Humor August 6,2020 )
epub |eng | 2014-06-02 | Author:Jane Gardam [Gardam, Jane]

The exams came and went as exams do and Pratt felt lightheaded and light-hearted. He came out of the last one with Jackson and said, ‘Whee—let’s go and look at ...
( Category: Short Stories August 5,2020 )
epub |eng | 2019-09-30 | Author:Chris Bauer [Bauer, Chris]

Out of the shower. My shoulder muscles were tight, my upper arms throbbing like I’d just left the gym. No punches were thrown back at the diner, so there was ...
( Category: Crime August 3,2020 )
epub |eng | 2014-09-17 | Author:Berger, Peter L.; [Berger, Peter L.]

Never mind what a “burnished dove” may be, let alone a whangee. It is hard to imagine a more idiotic exchange. It is typical of the interaction between the two ...
( Category: Communication & Media Studies August 2,2020 )
epub |eng | 2020-04-10 | Author:Ansgar Allen [Allen, Ansgar]

Sade’s work extends a recognizably Cynic project to the Enlightenment, subverting Western cultural frameworks by amplifying them, revealing their grotesque nature so that they become available to criticism. In Sade’s ...
( Category: Semantics August 1,2020 )
epub |eng | 2007-12-17 | Author:A. S. Byatt [Byatt, A. S.]

From Kieran Quarrell to Elvet Gander Well, the Lucy question is in some sense resolved. She appeared in Court this morning. They wanted to get the matter sorted out before ...
( Category: Satire July 28,2020 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2016-08-31 | Author:Ian McEwan

ELEVEN A PALE, THIN plant seeded by drunks in the small hours struggles for the remote sunlight of success. Here’s the plan. A man is found lifeless at his steering ...
( Category: Family Life July 27,2020 )
epub |eng | 2011-11-01 | Author:Marcel Proust [Proust, Marcel]

It was not only in those tea-parties, on account of which I had formerly had the sorrow of seeing Gilberte leave me and go home earlier than usual, that I ...
( Category: Surrealism July 24,2020 )
epub |eng | 2013-10-04 | Author:Marcel Proust [Proust, Marcel]

* * * 1. Francis Planté (1839–1934) was a famous French pianist who played at many Parisian salons. Anton Grigorievitch Rubinstein (1829–1894) was a great Russian composer and pianist. Pierre-Charles-Edouard ...
( Category: French July 24,2020 )
epub |eng | 2020-05-09 | Author:Sarah Gerard

Thirteen With Aaron’s last paycheck from the Greta Gerwig film, he takes me out to celebrate at Minetta Tavern. It’s a Greenwich Village relic with red leather booths and chessboard ...
( Category: Coming of Age July 22,2020 )
mobi |eng | 2010-09-15 | Author:Jeff Lindsay

“I’ll be right back,” we said to Rita as she sat on the couch with the baby held close. “I left some things at work.” “Back?” she warbled in confusion. ...
( Category: Murder July 20,2020 )
epub |eng | 2020-07-06 | Author:Adam Wilson

Cab – Pros: Quickest delivery, with minimal loss of momentum or inebriation. Cons: The question of who pays can be a problem, particularly if Greg’s date wants to discuss it ...
( Category: Family Life July 18,2020 )
epub |eng | 2008-01-10 | Author:Terence

PHORMIO INTRODUCTORY NOTE Phormio is aptly named after the character who dominates the play. There is no one quite of his stature in any other Roman comedy – he is ...
( Category: Comedy July 16,2020 )