Humor
azw3 |eng | 2011-03-14 | Author:Sorokin, Vladimir [Sorokin, Vladimir]

CHAIRMAN OF THE DUMA: So, we take power. But what do we do with Russia, Sergei Ivanovich? MINISTER: Saw it up and sell it. CHAIRMAN: To whom? MINISTER: We sell ...
( Category: Political July 6,2019 )
azw3 |eng | 2013-05-29 | Author:Dahl, Roald [Dahl, Roald]

Outside in the High, Robert Sandy mounted his bicycle and headed for home. He was feeling totally light-headed. It was as though he had just finished a whole bottle of ...
( Category: Short Story Collections July 6,2019 )
epub |eng | 2012-07-05 | Author:Joseph J. Darowski

2. Ibid. 3. “Let Me Count the Ways,” Cheers, S1E14. Directed by James Burrows; written by Heide Perlman. NBC, January 1983. 4. “Bidding on the Boys,” Cheers, S6E8. Directed by ...
( Category: Comedy July 6,2019 )
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Bathroom Readers' Hysterical Society [Institute, Bathroom Readers’]

DID YOU KNOW? The first patient treated successfully for pulmonary tuberculosis (also called TB or consumption) was an Austin, Minnesota, woman named Patricia. She was hospitalized at the Mineral Springs ...
( Category: Trivia July 5,2019 )
epub |eng | | Author:Mary Roach [Roach, Mary]

12 Inflammable You FUN WITH HYDROGEN AND METHANE LONG BEFORE ANYONE put a cautering wand up anyone else’s bum, the dangers of flammable81 bowel gas were well known. If you ...
( Category: Anatomy July 4,2019 )
azw3 |eng | 2012-04-10 | Author:DeLillo, Don [DeLillo, Don]

Earl Mudger stood on the patio, facing east, barechested despite the chill, a mug of coffee in his hand. He liked being the first one up, coming down in the ...
( Category: Satire July 4,2019 )
azw3 |eng | 2012-03-27 | Author:DeLillo, Don [DeLillo, Don]

2 Pammy bare-breasted on the redwood deck watched Ethan row toward shore, varying light between them, fire opal and conifer bronze, a checkered shade from house to water’s edge, curt ...
( Category: Murder July 4,2019 )
azw3 |eng | 1989-07-05 | Author:DeLillo, Don [DeLillo, Don]

PART THREE 7 Passing them on the roads as they journeyed toward their own interior limits, one might easily be inspired to twist the thumb of a famous first sentence. ...
( Category: Psychological July 4,2019 )
azw3 |eng | 2012-04-10 | Author:DeLillo, Don [DeLillo, Don]

11 SEQUENCE There were times when he felt the lure of a submoronic mode of being. During such periods his mind turned opaque, making it hard for him to perceive ...
( Category: Humorous July 4,2019 )
azw3 |eng | 1993-12-31 | Author:DeLillo, Don [DeLillo, Don]

14 HASHISH smoked in motels always seemed mean. I remember the feeling of something in the middle of my head trying to expand, to work itself outward, causing fearsome pressure. ...
( Category: Satire July 4,2019 )
epub |eng | 2019-07-01 | Author:Marcy Dermansky

* * * — For the second day in a row, Ian Thornton came to the pickup line for Amelia. “You’re coming swimming with us?” he said. “Right?” I shook ...
( Category: Family Life July 3,2019 )
epub |eng | 2019-07-01 | Author:E. Jean Carroll

10 MY BOSSES (SO FAR.…. .) 1. Age: 11–17. Job: Babysitting. Boss: Various Fort Wayne mothers and fathers. 2. Age: 12–75. Job: Filling the US mail with magazine pitches.* Boss: ...
( Category: Feminist Theory July 3,2019 )
epub |eng | 2008-09-04 | Author:Terry Pratchett [Pratchett, Terry]

Lady Margolotta watched the coach until it reached the gates of the town. She stood back a little from the window. There was a slight overcast, but habits of preservation ...
( Category: Humorous July 1,2019 )
epub |eng | | Author:Theodore Dreiser

Chapter XXXIII * In the meantime Cowperwood, from what he could see and hear, was becoming more and more certain that the politicians would try to make a scapegoat of ...
( Category: Historical July 1,2019 )
mobi |eng | 2011-02-14 | Author:Gerrold, David [Gerrold, David]

More Stories From David Gerrold You can find more great stories (and probably a few stinkers too) at www.gerrold.com/ebooks.htm and at www.Amazon.com Franz Kafka, Superhero! The further adventures of ROACH-MAN ...
( Category: Satire June 30,2019 )