Ergebnis für "1.000" in Satire

Ralf Prange, Mitte 50, alleinstehend, ist der postalische Wunschnachbar im Rotklinkerbau in Barmbek-Süd. Einen wie ihn gibt es in jedem Haus, und doch ist Prange als personifizierte Paket-, Gerüchte- und Sorgenannahmestelle einzigartig: Er ist die gute Seele und Nervensäge der Nachbarschaft; schrullig, spießig, etwas einsam, neugierig, manchmal übergriffig, in jedem Fall aber mit dem Herzen am rechten Fleck und sehr gewissenhaft, was die ihm übertragene Verantwortung angeht.

Für Alexander Humbolt beginnt ein neues Abenteuer, als er sich nach FSJ und Ausbildung ins Berufsleben stürzt. Eine Dienstwohnung, die er bereits wenige Wochen später beziehen kann, scheint sein Glück perfekt zu machen. Die erste eigene Bude! Doch schon bald bekommt die Idylle Risse. Ungeschickte Nachbarn versetzen Alex dabei ebenso in Angst und Schrecken wie Volksmusikmarathons und nächtliche Spontanpartys. Die Nerven liegen blank! Bei der Arbeit sorgen todesmutige Kollegen, alkoholisierte Panzerfahrer und hoch motivierte Feuerlöscher dafür, dass keine Langeweile aufkommt.

يقول الكاتب أدهم الشرقاوي عن كتابه طرائف العرب:-" الحمد لله الذي علّم بالقلم، علّم الإنسان ما لم يعلم، والصلاة والسلام على من بُعث رحمة للعرب والعجم، أما بعد : فهذا...

Welcome to the world of Ed Reardon, writer and liver of life at the cutting edge—well, above The Cutting Edge, in a one-bedroom flat over a hairdresser's in Berkhamsted that he shares with his his trusty feline companion, Elgar. Divorced, impoverished and embittered, he spends his time penny-pinching, freeloading and ranting at the modern world and the 'moronic 12-year-olds' who run the media.

Travel with Steve, doomed for eternity to serve as hell’s Mr. Fixit, on a wild ride through the circles of hell in this best-selling, humorous fantasy series.

Samuel und Stephanie standen unweit des bestialischen Mordes und beobachteten das grauenvolle Treiben des menschlichen Monsters. Stephanies türkisfarbene Augen blickten ernst und sie sagte: »Mir ist nicht wohl bei dem Gedanken, was der Plan mit dieser Bestie vorhat. Und … sind wir hier wirklich in einer Geschichte, an dessen Ende alles gut werden wird?« Samuel zuckte mit den Schultern. »Das weiß nur Gott. Die Menschen haben größtenteils die Augen vor dem Übernatürlichen verschlossen und das alte Wissen aus jenen Tagen vergessen. Es wird Zeit, dass wir ihnen die Augen wieder öffnen.«

Ever since he fell off the stage live on Question Time, Labour MP Duncan Stonebridge has been stuck in political limbo. Struggling with a tiny majority and a career that's going nowhere, he's caught between the impossible demands of his constituents and the dictates of Westminster—and constantly afflicted by the bane of all politicians: events. Whether he's getting wound up about a wind farm, saving his party agent from a rabid Russian oligarch, fending off accusations or losing a laptop full of reports, life never runs smoothly for the beleaguered backbencher.

Humour, mystery, and a time leap back to the 1970s. Could you relive your life and change the past? However, history always repeats … or does it?… Jason Apsley is about to find out.

সুখে থাকতে ভূতে কিল মারে বলে বাংলায় একটা প্রবাদ আছে। মানে, সংসারে এমন কিছু বেশ মানুষ আছে তারা সুখে শান্তিতে...

يقول الكاتب أدهم الشرقاوي عن كتابه طرائف العرب:-" الحمد لله الذي علّم بالقلم، علّم الإنسان ما لم يعلم، والصلاة والسلام على من بُعث رحمة للعرب والعجم، أما بعد : فهذا...

Poet Ian McMillan is our host in this gleeful game of literary tomfoolery, outrageous parody and biting wit. Joining him for some lighthearted competitive wordplay are a quartet of writers and comedians, all ready and eager to run riot through the halls of great literature.

An irresistible mix of of sketches, songs, puns and double entendres, Beyond Our Ken kept the nation laughing over seven series and 123 episodes between 1958 and 1964. With its witty wordplay, zany humour and comic catchphrases, it remains every bit as hilarious and entertaining today. Featuring larger-than-life characters like Rodney and Charles, roving reporter Cecil Snaith and doddery duo Ambrose and Felicity - not to mention avuncular host Kenneth Horne himself - this 'sort of radio show' is full of classic comedy moments.

Right. So apparently this is a story about dragons. Not that I was asked, mind you. Some overenthusiastic writer with too much imagination and not enough sense opened a portal full of the blasted things, and now the world’s on fire.

Modern technology is terrifying. The average smartphone carries out 3.36 billion instructions per second. The average person can carry out only one instruction in that time. Stop and think about that for a second. Sorry, that's two instructions; you won't be able to do that. But what if modern technology was... literally terrifying? What if there really was a ghost in the machine? Prepare to travel through the bad gateway as acclaimed actor, writer and comedian Tom Neenan (The Mash Report) finds out what horrors may be lurking in our apps and gadgets.

Since 1959, Chicago's Second City improvisational comedy troupe has played a critical role in developing some of the most successful comedians in the United States and Canada. Comedians such as Alan Arkin, Joan Rivers, James Belushi, Bill Murray, Mike Myers, and Richard Kind, to name a few, have all performed with The Second City.

Meet Rowena Halley, a former human rights activist turned academic. Rowena thought teaching on US college campuses would be a lot safer than interviewing torture victims in Russia. Boy, was she wrong. Rowena quickly gets caught up in campus intrigue that threatens to turn deadly. Meanwhile, the life and lover she thought she’d left behind in Moscow might not be so firmly back in the past as she’d believed.

Pubblicato originariamente in venti puntate mensili, tra il 1836 e il 1837, il romanzo incontrò già all'epoca un grande successo popolare, soprattutto a partire dalla comparsa di Sam Weller (nel quinto capitolo), che portò le vendite a oltre quarantamila copie per numero. Oreste Del Buono sottolineava che la pubblicazione dei fascicoli rappresentava una sorta di evento: li leggevano nei cortili ad alta voce a tutta la famiglia.

This pseudo-theological narrative chronicle details the spiritual journey of a man named Glen, who is called to become The Fryer, a prophet of viscosity and fried food. Included among the issues and events are The Fryer’s initial revelation, a growing understanding of the doctrine of Grease as the memory of heat, the establishment of the secret society known as The Order of the Greasy Spoon, and his performance of The Fifteen Sizzlings. Glen experiences conflict with the Dry Ones, an immersion in The Dark Night of the Stove, and a physical encounter with the ordinary yet divine figure Frank.

Private Detective Kaiser Wrench is a dangerous tiger to have as a friend, but he will avenge your death. Follow Kaiser as he prowls the streets of New York in the first five volumes of this series: I, the Tribunal; My Claws Are Quick; Retribution Is Mine!; A Solitary Evening; and The Great Slay.

In "The Clouts," follow the extraordinary journey of Chase and Bait Clout, a dynamic couple whose lives are anything but ordinary.