Résultats pour "UP" dans Satire

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of What a Carve Up! by Jonathan Coe, read by Richard Goulding. It is the 1980s and the Winshaw family are getting richer and crueller by the year: Newspaper-columnist Hilary gets thousands for telling it like it isn't; Henry's turning hospitals into car...

Up the Down Staircase is the funny and touching story of a committed, idealistic teacher whose clash with school bureaucracy is a timeless lesson for students, teachers, parents – anyone concerned about public education. Bel Kaufman lets her characters speak for themselves through memos, letters, directives from the principal, comments by students, notes between teachers, and papers from desk drawers and wastebaskets, evoking a vivid picture of teachers fighting the good fight against all that stands in the way of good teaching.

This funny, down-to-earth parody of Marie Kondo’s The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up hands listeners the most useful tools for keeping crap clean and organized without all the pressure.

Set in America’s rough-and-tumble capital, where high-powered lawyers eat their foes for breakfast and their friends for lunch, this subversive satire spills the secrets of BigLaw and explores race, gender, and class in the rarefied but ruthless world of white-shoe law. Brilliant and beautiful, Violet’s a Black attorney who’s parlayed hard luck into good luck. She’s up for partner at a premier litigation firm. To succeed, Violet must maintain her near-spotless record. But Violet stumbles, and her personal and professional lives collide.

After years spent in the city, working with his business partner Randy on Bränd media, Ethan finds himself in the quiet, closed-off town of Starkfield. His wife Zenobia is perpetually distracted by the swirling #MeToo politics, the Kavanaugh hearings, and her duties to the feminist activism group she formed: All Them Witches. Ethan finds himself caught between their regular meetings at his home and the battle to get his livewire daughter Alex to sleep.

Trevor’s back on the streets and this time, he’s not just on crack… he’s on spice. After serving a slapstick 18-month sentence (of which he served only 12 for “good-ish behaviour”), Trevor reunites with Chanelle his pipe-smoking partner-in-crime and sometime prostitute, sometime businesswoman — outside prison. They return to their spiritual home: Wetherspoons, where £1.99 can still buy you a pint and a sense of delusion. But things have changed. Trevor’s got a new addiction. Chanelle’s got new ideas. And Britain’s most dysfunctional couple are about to unleash hell all over again.

“Amanda Gallo is my kind of girl: funny, self-aware, and unable to resist a makeover. . . . I loved this novel.” —Lauren Weisberger, author of The Devil Wears Prada and When Life Gives You Lululemons “Entertaining.” —People When Amanda Gallo, fresh from the backwater of local TV...

At 44, Eve Mozell has a wonderful husband and a creative job. She also has a temperamental teenage son, two headstrong sisters, and a demented old father. As she deals with her family's frequent crises, her days overflow with lengthy phone calls. She is never far from a dial tone. But as her father begins to die, Eve is tempted to disconnect and to sort out her feelings for this difficult man.

Warm, witty, and unsettling all at once, here is an unforgettable story of a family desperate for something to believe in. Benedict is an inventor whose life’s work is a clean energy machine. It has just made him an overnight sensation and his family is suddenly wealthy. Benedict’s wife...

Sauced Up - A slang (or 'colloquial' for the more literary-minded) term for being drunk or high on illegal drugs, which many of the characters either are or wish to be. Also hinting at the 'saucy' and transgressive elements that fuel each story. Think smashed, horny, and shitfaced. Scarred - An insinuation in regards to the emotional state of the personas portrayed. An ill-intentioned wink towards the debauched and defaced world they inhabit. Think distressed, damage, and, perhaps most potently, disturbed.

Tommy West is the finest Elvis Presley tribute in the North West of England. At least, that's what is says on his van. Off stage however, his life is a mess. He can't pay his rent, his child maintenance is crippling him, and his old Bedford needs new tyres. Tommy is broke, drinks too much Guinness, smokes too much weed and is frightened of his own shadow.

I’ve spent years as a dirt-broke, starving artist. When my mom's hospital bills start piling up, I take every odd job I can find in Silver Mountain. Eventually, that leads to a nanny position at the biggest mansion in town. The kids are cute as stuffed animals. The pay is great, and my luck seems to be improving.

Satan, fallen angel, chief devil, and ruler of Hell seems to have everything: immortality, a kingdom, cool superpowers, and lots of minions to grovel at his feet. So why isn’t he happy? Simple. Satan wants more. He’s just not sure, though, what “more” even means in his case.

In this, the penultimate tale of the Circles in Hell comedy series, Charon, ferryman for the dead, and his paramour, the succubus Lilith, adopt an infant girl and settle in the suburbs of the Second Circle. Bringing up the first baby in Hell will test the parenting skills of the stalwart skeleton and his demonic partner, for Mona is no ordinary child. She soon exhibits powers that would make a devil blanch. The First Baby has her own set of firsts—from words to steps to a hospital visit—and they all unfold in madcap fashion.

Dive into the wild and wacky world of corporate life with the *How to End Up in HR* series! Follow the misadventures of our lovable protagonist, Marv, as he navigates the quirky and unpredictable realm of an outlandish work environment. From cringe-worthy office parties to laugh-out-loud stories, this series uncovers the hidden obstacles of everyday work life. With a cast of eccentric colleagues, you'll find yourself laughing, crying, and cheering for Marv as he conquers one adventure at a time.

I’m thrilled to introduce you to "How to End Up in HR", a bold and hilarious dark comedy that uncovers the outrageous and unexpected moments within warehouse and office life. This series reveals the absurd antics, jaw-dropping moments, and inappropriate behavior that lead to one protagonist's unexpected journey – straight to the HR office!

I’m thrilled to introduce you to "How to End Up in HR", a bold and hilarious dark comedy that uncovers the outrageous and unexpected moments within warehouse and office life. This series reveals the absurd antics, jaw-dropping moments, and inappropriate behavior that lead to one protagonist's unexpected journey–straight to the HR office!

A great foreword is more than just a few pages of self-indulgent frippery that comes before a book. A great foreword adds zest. It sets the stage for the page-turner you're about to open and perhaps even puts you in the locked room where a mystery happens or in the high-button shoes of a year gone by. A great foreword - sometimes - is even better than the book it precedes. So why not skip the boring actual-book part? Moving Foreword is a collection of introductions to imaginary books, written by real celebrities, comedians, musicians, and other writers with something to say.

Jimmy Edwards stars as the irascible Headmaster in this vintage BBC Radio comedy series set in a boys’ public school Starting life on BBC TV, Whack-O! transferred to radio in 1961 and ran for three series on the Light Programme until 1963. Not all of the radio episodes survive, but many from...

Brought to you by Penguin 'If I've learned one thing,' the late, great Father Fehily used to say, 'it's that life, families and rugby balls don't always behave the way you want them to!' Looking at my life, I'd have to say, the dude wasn't wrong. My old man had been caught rigging a General...