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Cosa faresti se fossi Dio? Pirjeri Ryynänen, gruista di Helsinki, una risposta l'avrebbe trovata nei quotidiani monologhi di protesta che in cima alla sua gru rivolge all'Onnipotente: eliminerebbe fame e povertà, proteggerebbe l'ambiente e garantirebbe a tutti pace e felicità. Ma il lavoro da fare è infinito. Forse è per questo che Dio è così stanco e depresso: non ne può più dell'umanità, delle sue iniquità e delle sue guerre, e se non ha ancora distrutto la Terra è solo perché è tanto bella, e poi che colpa ne hanno gli altri animali?

Welcome to The Problem Club, where logic takes a holiday and wit is the law of the land. In this delightful collection of early 20th-century comic tales by Barry Pain, twelve eccentric gentlemen gather regularly in an upscale London club to tackle bizarre, imaginative challenges—each one a “problem” designed to confound, amuse, and showcase their cleverness.

Ein herrlich schräges, urkomisches Hörbuch für Jung und Alt - geschrieben von Oliver S. Hansert und erzählt von Rebecca Ibe - basiert auf wahren Begebenheiten. Leider. Volker ist zwölf. Also fast dreizehn. Und wie jeder normal gepolte Teenager mit WLAN, Netflix und tiefem inneren Ruhebedürfnis wünscht er sich für die Sommerferien genau eines: absolute Reizarmut. Zwei Wochen Nichtstun. Chillen. Dösen. Vielleicht mal ein Eis, vielleicht mal ein bisschen zocken - aber auf keinen Fall Stress. Mit niemandem. Und dann kommt alles ganz anders.

Two years after he blew up the Channel Tunnel to foil the Franco-German invasion, Harry Lampeter returns to England, hoping for employment with MI6. The political climate in Europe has changed. The Roman Catholic Church, led by mad Pope Benedict XVII, is attempting to fill the power vacuum in Europe by reviving the Holy Roman Empire, with himself as Emperor. The CIA has other ideas, as do the leaders of the European nations.

Meet Percy: a short-tempered emperor penguin with delusions of grandeur, a vocabulary that could peel paint off an iceberg, and a dream of ruling the South Pole—with violence, vengeance, and unapologetic sarcasm. After getting booted from his colony for flipper-based misconduct and general rage issues, Percy stumbles into the under-ice criminal underworld. What follows is a riotous rise through penguin slap-fights, seal mafia showdowns, and emotionally unstable puffins—with Percy building an empire of ice, fish, and fury.

The Gregory family lost pretty much everything but they learned to adapt. Happily. Unluckily, they discover a literary treasure of global importance in a wall of their house. Can they adapt again? There are forces at work that seem beyond their control.

Ronald Fegelein, a humble American conservative, whose motives were pure, felt compelled to go to Washington, DC, on January 6, 2021, to help thwart Joe Biden’s illegitimate takeover of the government, and to demonstrate his support for President Trump. An interview with a television journalist suddenly catapulted Ronald to celebrity status. He became a much sought-after speaker in conservative circles. During a podcast, Ronald mentioned that he had told the FBI what he had witnessed at the Capitol riot. Ronald was immediately denounced as an FBI informant.

Smith Babbitt is in the prime of his life: he’s only 25 years into his 89-year lifespan. He knows this because of Timmy®, the mysterious app that can tell you with infallible accuracy how old you will be when you die. Smith still has 64 years to go. But lately he’s been in a rut, and his long lifespan is starting to feel like a sentence.

Meet Leroy O’Malley of Apalachicola, Florida: a naive and hopeful dreamer. All Leroy wanted was a shot at the good life—a steady job, maybe even a dental plan. This is the story of a man who made the mistake of believing the lies. Always down on his luck, a chance encounter with a foul-mouthed—though oddly charismatic—out-of-towner at a roadside oyster shack suddenly launches Leroy on the fast-track to the life he’s always wanted.

Мы расскажем про реальные, хотя и очень странные преступления — вспомним о каннибале, который стал своеобразной знаменитостью; о серийных убийцах; о «босоногом бандите», угонявшем самолёты. Для любителей спорта найдётся множество интересных статей о спортсменах и матчах. И, конечно, вашему вниманию предлагаются некоторые пикантные подробности из мира поп-культуры.

Years after escaping her unbearable artworld friends in New York for a new life in London, an unnamed writer finds herself back on the Lower East Side attending a dinner party hosted by Eugene and Nicole – an artist-curator couple – and attended by their pretentious circle. It’s the evening after the funeral of their mutual friend, a failed actress, and if the narrator once loved and admired Eugene and Nicole and their important friends, she now despises them all.