Showing results by publisher "Audible Studios" in Comedy & Humour

So ein mieser Schuft! Als Carina entdeckt, dass Ehemann Sven sie betrügt, bricht ihre heile kleine Welt zusammen. Klar, Lust und Leidenschaft sind nach zehn Jahren Ehe und zwei Kindern auf der Strecke geblieben. Doch dass Sven mit seiner Neuen all die romantischen Highlights genießt, die sich Carina immer gewünscht hat, ist zu viel. Sie beschließt, ihn direkt in die Scheidungshölle zu schicken. Und die Neue gleich dazu.

Rache ist... Frauensache. Beim 25-jährigen Abi-Jubiläum treffen sich drei Freundinnen von einst wieder: Die brave Evi hat ihrem wunderbaren Gatten und den süßen Kindern zuliebe die Karriere an den Nagel gehängt und ihr Glück in der Küche gefunden. Beatrice hat Vorzeigetochter und -ehemann und jettet für ihren Marketingjob rund um den Globus. Katharina, die einstige Einser-Kandidatin, ist zur Staatssekretärin eines Ministers aufgestiegen und fröhlicher Single.

A fabulously entertaining audiobook from the ultimate authority on those almost believable tales that always happen to a "friend of a friend". Alligators in the sewers? A pet in the microwave? A tragic misunderstanding of the function of cruise control? No, it didn't really happen to your friend's sister's neighbor: It's an urban legend. And no matter how savvy you think you are, you are sure to find in this collection of more than 200 tales at least one story you would have sworn was true.

In Beverly Hills Manners, Lisa Gach offers a behind-the-scenes look at the unique social dilemmas of the residents of the hills of Beverly through the eyes of an etiquette expert tasked with transforming her awkward, boorish, and sometimes challenging clients into social virtuosos. From Saudi princesses to Oscar winners, talent agents to intelligence operatives, child actresses, butlers, and football players, Lisa has amassed an astounding roster.

The compelling story of a family of fervent God-botherers which may or may not be a family memoir and is certainly full of tall tales.

Letters From My Sister began with a simple letter about a bad job interview or a bad hair day, seeking comfort from hundreds of miles away. One letter plus its response became two, two became four, and four became one hundred and twenty over the course of a year in which Faye approaches college graduation in Chicago while Eve establishes her career in New York City.

Insight into the lives of people who work on the edge. Jobs That Could Kill You is a fascinating collection of candid and intimate conversations with 42 men and women who describe in gripping detail how physical risk is a familiar companion in their working lives, and how they deal with it.

Arthur Black's voice is unmistakable on the radio and on the page. His is the voice of reason, with a generous helping of funny; the voice that scolds us for our universal human quirks, but who says it with the tone and words that make us laugh out loud at ourselves and our neighbors. A Chip Off the Old Black, Black's latest collection of stories, will knock a sense of humor into any reader, boasting nearly 100 tales featuring everything from yarnbombing to Bambi.

Dermot McEvoy sweeps his listeners into the midst of one of the most heated political races in New York City history, where an unlikely player decides to make her presence known. First it hits the papers that the Virgin Mary has appeared to Jackie Swift, an affable G.O.P. congressman with a couple of nasty habits. She then appears in a dream to Wolfe Tone O'Rourke, a liberal political consultant who is still haunted by the ghost of Bobby Kennedy, whose death he feels responsible for.

Bryson Wilde, investigator for hire, lives in an edgy world where the dames are dangerous, cigarettes dangle from ruby-red lips, and the nights are hotter than whiskey-soaked jazz. In R. J. Jagger’s riveting noir thriller, A Way with Murder, Wilde finds himself entangled in two deadly assignments, one for a young, raven-haired attorney on the run after visiting an archeological site in Mexico, and the other for a pretty, little doll-face, who is too mysterious to trust and too hypnotic to resist.

When a thin, pale boy called Lambert claims he’s the rightful heir to the throne, King Henry VII is furious in 'The Prince, The Cook and the Cunning King'.

This classic collection of nonfiction essays about life in New Mexico by the great Tony Hillerman remains a must listen for anyone looking to understand the state's unique charm. The engaging pieces in The Great Taos Bank Robbery unveil the life and magic one experiences in the Land of Enchantment.

Il Generale, Mario Castelli, è stato alla guida di un'azienda, ha avuto una bella famiglia, ha avuto molto dalla vita. Ora non ha più niente. La sua è stata una discesa veloce, inarrestabile, provocata da un imprevedibile tradimento. Dopo la galera, scivolare in basso è stato più facile di quanto potesse immaginare. Ora vive insieme ad altre creature notturne negli anfratti dei senzatetto, dei disperati, dei barboni. Eppure, anche lì, gli uomini e le donne con cui divide la nuova condizione di dropout gli riconoscono la naturale autorevolezza di chi sa come ci si muove nel mondo.

"Qui da noi, da sempre, c'è un'abitudine radicata profondamente nella nostra cultura: non si dice mai la verità, soprattutto quando si parla di sé. La frase 'Vede, io sono un uomo fondamentalmente buono' va così tradotta: 'Io sono una carogna, ho subìto troppe umiliazioni nella vita, sono capace di scrivere lettere anonime, delazioni e, spesso, ho pagato degli iettatori professionisti per nuocere ai miei amici più cari'." L'audiolibro inedito di un maestro dell'umorismo italiano, uno scanzonato e spietato ritratto dei vizi e delle supposte virtù italiche.

The complete set of five novellas from Nick Earls. Gotham tells of the encounter between music journalist Jeff Foster and 'boy pharaoh' Na$ti Boi. Venice is about love and the tensions that pull us apart. Vancouver is the story Paul would tell if he were living in plague times - a story that comforts, a story that wards off evil. Juneau captures an acutely observed moment in which we see the universe. NoHo is about living in the shadows of the famous.

Northelm Boarding School on Lake Placid has the worst bully of all - a demon by the name of Hatchet Jack. M.J. Holliday, along with her partners Gilley and the handsome Dr. Steven Sable, are ready to send him back to the portal from whence he came. The school's summer construction, an uncooperative dean, and the very tempting Dr. Delicious are all trying to distract M.J. from her ghost hunting.

A feel-good romantic comedy with a twist that will make you gasp! Holly Hart has been married for 15 blissful years to hubby Alex. Well…if you don't count last Christmas, when she accidentally found a load of sexy texts on Alex's phone. But every marriage has its ups and downs, and Alex had a perfectly reasonable explanation…so why can't Holly forget what she saw? With the help of best friends Jeanie and Caro, as well as their handsome neighbour Jack, Holly resolves to settle her mind once and for all with a bit of sneaky detective work.

En esta galardonada producción de Audible Studios, Trevor Noah cuenta su salvaje historia sobre la mayoría de edad durante el ocaso del apartheid en Sudáfrica. Es una historia que comienza con su madre arrojándolo desde una camioneta en movimiento para salvarlo de una disputa potencialmente fatal con gánsters, luego sigue el camino del comediante hacia el autodescubrimiento a través de episodios conmovedores y cómicos.

Roll up! Roll Up! You have never seen anything like it in your life. The last thing Raymond expected when he went down to his allotment was to be abducted by a flying starfish from Uranus. But these things happen and when he learns that he is being sold as a delicacy in a Venusian auction, he is grateful to be rescued by the travelling circus. But this is not your everyday circus, this is Professor Merlin’s Greatest Show off Earth, with ancient exotic performers who travel between the inhabited worlds in a Victorian steamship.

Holly wears a ring that says "true love waits" and worries because her boyfriend isn’t trying to persuade her otherwise. Then a boy in her English class invites her to join his book club. Shocked to find herself at ‘sex club’, plunged into in the classics of erotic literature, Holly soon becomes fascinated: by the strange new world of Eros, by the increasing power she senses in her own body and by a weird blue glow emanating from the most private part of herself. But Salter and Nabokov are one thing.