Ergebnis für "Everest" in Satire

Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of the century, Scoop is a hilarious story of mistaken identity and a brilliantly irreverent satire of the hectic pursuit of hot news. "Thoroughly enjoyable, uproariously funny." —New York Times Lord Copper, newspaper magnate and...

Viralia Elara von Hashtagowien lebt ihr Leben online – genau wie Cinderella, Schneewittchen, Dornröschen und andere Märchenwesen. Gemeinsam liefern sie sich in den sozialen Medien einen schillernden Wettbewerb um Likes, Follows und das viralste Profil. Doch sie kennen sich nur virtuell, nie haben sie sich in der echten Welt getroffen. Als Viralia eines Tages auf Frederik von Quakenstein trifft – einen sprechenden Frosch „on a Mission" –, gerät ihre digitale Welt ins Wanken.

"A wickedly witty and iridescent novel" (Time) from one of England's greatest satirists takes aim at the generation of Bright Young Things that dominated London high society in the 1920s. In the years following the First World War a new generation emerged, wistful and vulnerable beneath the...

When Abi secretly enters Eric and Daisy into a magazine competition, she never expected them to win. Now with the clock ticking and long kept secrets emerging from the past, the pressure is on. Learning to juggle a new relationship and an all or nothing deadline, sees Eric back to his old eccentric ways. But if he doesn’t strike the right balance he could lose more than the competition prize, he could lose his shot at happily ever after…

Set in a fantasy world of unmanageable magics and questionable cosmology, There and NEVER, EVER Back Again: A Dark Lord's Journal is the peculiar, blackly satirical tale of the Dark Lord, who is amassing an army of Things of the Night, and awaiting likely death at the hands of the Elves, the Dwarves, the Armies of Man, and the White Wizard: Embodiment of all that is good and right; just ask him. And: The Chosen One: Victim - sorry, meant to say "Hero" - of a glorious prophecy....

Can true love conquer a zombie mutation? Prepare yourself for an undead zombie romance novel, one that is oozing with dark humor!

One thief holds the key to the perfect crime. Only one problem: He holds the key in his butt.

Fresh off a loony bin trip and a failed starter marriage, LA reporter Jane moves to Brooklyn with her BFF, Paisley and takes a gig at Pulse, an online magazine where her first love, Dean, also works - for her high school nemesis, Madison.

Sparks fly when Jane and Dean, the most unlikely couple to ever smash against the lockers of tony Independence Prep, meet again face-to-face after a quarter-life crisis brings Jane to New York for a reboot. On the heels of a mental breakthrough and marital break-up, and fresh off an epic social media meltdown, Jane struggles to keep her head and heart together. Not even Jane's BFF can fix what's broken inside - but will Jane let Dean be part of her happy ending? Or, will the return of Jane's husband press pause on her glow-up?

President Andrew MacIntyre was having a pretty good first year in the Oval Office. Suddenly, during what should have been a peaceful Christmas season, he's facing one of the worst national security crises in American history. And, it's being masterminded out of a sleazy New Mexico strip joint? What the hell?

Mex is heading for the Edinburgh Festival in search of Legless. Hot on her heels is Beryl a leader who has already dropped Mex in it once and now plans to do so again. Beryl must make contact with Mex before Mex finds Legless; retrieve the spark plug but not Legless, find a way back to Planet Hy Man, without Legless and save her planet. And all before the Edinburgh Festival finishes! A feat made near impossible when considering her arch-rival Hilda, a woman as ruthless as a politician (and with the same dress sense) has access to every high- tech spying equipment going.

The antidote to those cotton-candy platitudes that are all too familiar to anyone who’s ever worn a mortarboard, Wheelan’s 10 head-turning aphorisms - backed up by a PhD in public policy and extensive social science research - set the record straight. Readers everywhere agreed, turning a Dartmouth Class Day speech that had gone viral into a best-selling book.

Feel like snacking on bite-sized romantic comedy with an edge? Syd West's rambling ruminations are hysterical and heartfelt, narrator Lexi Evans brings all the feels! Fresh off a loony bin trip and a failed starter marriage, LA reporter Jane moves to Brooklyn with her BFF, Paisley, and takes a gig at Pulse, an online magazine where her first love, Dean, also works - for her high school nemesis, Madison.