Titres dans Littérature et fiction

The main character in this story is Wally Zeringue, a brilliant but crazy English teacher who has been nicknamed "Bayou Da Vinci" by his students. In class, the unconventional Mr. Zeringue leads his student apostles in the study of a wide range of literary texts (everything from Dr. Seuss to Shakespeare). Mr. Zeringue's unique insights and lines of inquiry often challenge the students' (and the listeners') superficial preconceptions of our modern world.

One of the great what-ifs among Pride & Prejudice aficionados is: If Mr. Collins married Mary Bennet instead of Charlotte Lucas, how would that influence Mr. Darcy's dogged pursuit of the elusive Elizabeth? In this breezy and hilarious re-telling of Jane Austin's classic novel, the author explores what would have changed - and what would have not - had two of literature's most self-righteous characters found their way together. Elizabeth Bennet goes to Kent with her sister Jane, and the fur flies! A wonderful, mad-cap romp!

Hazel Prescott just wants to have a little fun. So, when the world championship of poker and Gwynie are both in Vegas at the same time, but Hazel's left back at home with crazy Loni Hodges, babysitting, what's a girl to do?

Private eye Dick DeWitt - called Dick Dimwit by some - needs a case badly during the dark days of the Great Depression. He gets more than he bargains for when he encounters the notorious Black Llama and his gang, and faces corrupt cops. Murder and mayhem soon follow.

Oskar Panizza: Das Verbrechen in Tavistock-Square. gelesen von Werner Wilkening. Die Erzählung "Das Verbrechen in Tavistock-Square" ist ein ironischer Protest gegen die übertrieben prüde Sexualmoral (nicht nur im wilhelminischen Deutschland) seiner Zeit. 1891 veröffentlichte Panizza den Text in dem Almanach "Modernes Leben", einem Sammelband der Münchner Modernen. Dieses Buch wurde sofort nach Erscheinen von der Staatsanwaltschaft konfisziert, gegen Panizza sogar Anklage wegen Vergehens gegen die Sittlichkeit erhoben, die allerdings bald wieder fallengelassen wurde.

The immaculate Psmith - newly emancipated from an unwilling participation in the fish business - donates an umbrella (not his own) to a damsel in distress; and to further press his suit, he follows her to Blandings Castle - seat of that amiable and boneheaded peer, Clarence, ninth Earl of Emsworth - in the guise of an absconded Canadian poet. And, for the best possible motives, Psmith is also embroiled in a plot to steal Lady Constance Keeble's fabulous diamond necklace - an endeavour which brings him into conflict with both professional rivals.

What became of Anthony Stefani, who disappeared five years ago? Within the humor of the wacky characters of Hamilton, New Hampshire, Matthias Jones begins a murder investigation after a bizarre murder in Hamilton. Events turn serious when Jones tracks the killer to New York City and a violent international gang. The investigation crosses the cold case trail of Anthony Stefani. Jones risks his life in a tense confrontation with the gang. The answer to the Hamilton murder yields the secret of the disappearance of Anthony Stefani.

Who would want to kill a clown? Lucky O’Toole, Chief problem solver for the Babylon Hotel, the primo property on the Las Vegas Strip, isn’t in any mood to find out. For one, it’s New Year’s Day and Lucky’s birthday. And she hasn’t caught her breath after a chase to the death in Hong Kong and Macau. Her French chef is pushing to set the wedding date. Her former lover, wounded in the China chase, needs TLC. A young woman, in town with the rodeo, shows up at her office with a secret that could blow the lid off Lucky’s life as she knows it.

On his deathbed, the 90-year-old former bookkeeper for the Kansas City mafia names Walt as the successor trustee on his Living Trust. An unsuspecting Walt soon discovers that his duties include keeping an eye on the heirs, who must complete some very specific tasks before claiming their inheritance. When things start to go south, Walt soon learns that the heirs will resort to anything, including murder, to get their hands on their grandfather’s money.

In the 1940s, Brian Lewis was called to war and his wife, Prudy, took over her husband's job as a private investigator. Brian never returned. Today Prudy wants Sandi Webster and Pete Goldberg to help her solve a 1943 murder, the case she couldn't solve. It's personal, and Prudy wants to be in the thick of things again. After investigating, Sandi believes she knows who the killer is, but he's dead. So who's threatening her and Prudy? And who tried to poison Sandi's half wolf/half Golden Retriever dog?

Holland Kelly wasn’t a people person. Okay, that’s not true, she wasn’t one particular man person. That man? Her next-door neighbor Dick Brooks. Fine, his real name was Reid, but Dick sounded better. Life would have been perfect if she never had to interact with him again. Unfortunately, life wasn't perfect. Now she is stuck spending hours with the neighbor she has always hated while they work to save their homes. Have his eyes always been that shade? Has he always been so good looking?

The collected fables, short stories, and essays of writer, newspaper columnist, and playwright George Ade, who has been called the creator of modern American humor in the early 20th century. Introduced, edited, and revised by storyteller and radio personality Jean Shepherd. Originally published by G. P. Putnam's Sons in 1961.

Con su estilo sencillo, directo, ácido e irreverente, Mark Twain nos da una divertida a la vez que placentera e ingeniosa versión sobre los habitantes del Paraíso Terrenal. Intenta penetrar en la mente de los que presuntamente fueron nuestros primeros padres y nos hace verlos en su ingenuidad, en su mirada de descubrimiento de todo lo que les rodea, incluyéndose a ellos mismos (el “experimento semejante a un reptil” que mira Eva y “la nueva criatura de pelo largo” que ve Adán).

Es geht auch andersrum! Um seiner Frau bei ihrer Karriere in einem DAX-Konzern den Rücken frei zu halten, schlüpft der ehemalige ARD-Reporter, WDR-Redakteur und Grimme-Preisträger Matthias Veit nach der Geburt der gemeinsamen Tochter in die klassische "Mutterrolle". Ein geregelter Job in Teilzeit macht es möglich. So taucht der Rheinländer (geboren in Köln, freiwillig wohnhaft in Düsseldorf) ein in die Welt der Kitas, Kinderkrankheiten und Erziehungskämpfe, während die Ehefrau selbst nach Feierabend noch Controllerin bleibt.

Jan's orderly life is turned upside down when she attends her mother's latest wedding in San Diego. (Number six...or maybe seven, but who's counting?) There, Jan encounters Michael Lawson, the obnoxious neighbor kid from 20 years ago. He's still irritating, but not as annoying as his dog, who has a habit of eating...everything. The last thing Jan wants to do is risk heartache on a vacation fling with a smooth-talking serial dater, even if he is sinfully gorgeous and finds her unusual ability to remember obscure facts fascinating.

Being a college football coach is the best job in the world. Unless you lose all your games. And the fans hate you. And the athletic department's biggest donor wants you gone. Bart Owen, head coach at Drake Park College, is one loss away from being fired. Good luck, Bart.

Before he was “Babe” or “The Sultan of Swat” or “The Great Bambino”, George Herman Ruth was just another teenage misfit at St. Mary’s School for Boys. But Ruth has something the other boys don’t, and when Baltimore Orioles manager Jack Dunn watches him throw a baseball over a building, Ruth gets the chance to punch his ticket out of the orphanage. All he has to do now is make the team.

Colt Harper hates it when you pat a cat the wrong way, or when you upload their faux pas to YouTube. In fact, he’ll probably kill you for it. As a self-proclaimed master vampire cat, Colt never imagined he’d be sent to community service at a revolting community theater. And for what? Killing humans who don’t buy the expensive brand of cat food? Talk about unfair. What’s worse is he’s falling for a human. Sure, she has green eyes. Sure, she fosters stray cats. But she’s still a disgusting human.

The timeline correction Marty Mann and Nellie Dixon accomplished in their first episode was successful.... Or was it? When the two humans and their Krichard friends, Chrissie and Tina, return to year 2020 Earth to verify the change, they find an advanced, peaceful planet. The four friends move into Marty’s new timeline home and the next morning head out for a flying car tour of Oodlelakeolis.

Catriona Masterton's fiancé, Ethan, is normal. In other words, he's the exact opposite of the Masterton clan. What on earth will Catriona's normal fiancé think when he comes home with her to meet her parents? What will he think when he discovers his soon-to-be in-laws invited Cat's ex to join them for a holiday dinner? Find out in a laugh-out-loud journey of self-discovery, familial pandemonium, and love.