Showing results by publisher "Saga Egmont" in Comedy & Humour

Escape to the frost-sparkling Yorkshire Dales for some festive fun under the mistletoe! It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas for costume shop owner Becky Finn. Leaving London to move back home to the twinkly rural village of Egglethwaite, she plans to build a new life for herself with fiancé, Cole. Keen to raise funds for the struggling village hall she loved as a child, Becky finds herself at the head of a colourful group aiming to revive the Egglethwaite Christmas pantomime.

Darf ich ein Kunstwerk bewundern, obwohl der Künstler ein schlechter Mensch war? Wie viel Geld sollte ich an Wohltätigkeitsorganisationen spenden? Warum sollte ich meinem Gegenüber nicht grundlos ins Gesicht schlagen? Die Welt wird immer komplexer, die moralisch richtigen Entscheidungen zu treffen immer schwieriger. Wie kann es im 21. Jahrhundert dennoch gelingen, ein guter Mensch zu sein? Mit viel Humor und Tiefgang liefert Sitcom-Genie Michael Schur Antworten.

It's never too late to change the habits of a lifetime... Evelyn Pringle isn't the sort to make rash decisions. Or any decisions, really – she's always left that sort of thing up to her husband. But he's been found dead, wearing his best suit, with a diamond ring in his pocket that doesn't fit her. When Evelyn finds a letter addressed to a woman on the Isle of Wight, she decides to deliver it. By hand. So begins a very unusual holiday, and an adventure no one could have predicted – least of all Evelyn herself.

Der neue Bestseller der Erfolgsautorin aus Großbritannien. Dolly Alderton gibt in ihrer berühmten Kolumne Dear Dolly als sogenannte Agony Aunt – als Kummerkastentante – kluge, feinsinnige und warmherzige Ratschläge zu Problemen aus allen Bereichen des Lebens: Dating, Freundschaft, Beziehung, Familie, Sex, Trennung und Spiritualität. Sie hat für ihre Leser*innen ein offenes Ohr, behandelt die Fragen mit Wertschätzung, Einfühlungsvermögen und einer gesunden Portion Humor. Dolly findet für uns alle genau die richtigen Antworten auf die wichtigsten Fragen. Und das Schönste: Sie gibt uns das Gefühl, niemals allein zu sein.

Tess and Simon Sparrow may have a few more grey hairs than they used to, but that doesn’t stop them from being swept up in a whirlwind romance and starting over. Swapping their city lives for an escape to the Cornish countryside, they fall in love with a crumbling hotel and impulsively buy it to renovate as their forever home. But soon the newlyweds have had their first fight (and their second and third...) and building costs are spiralling out of control. Their families think they’re mad and Tess is starting to agree – she just wants to escape back to civilisation.

The era of the yummy mummy has finally gone and to celebrate, Shari Low has taken a baby wipe to the glossy veneer of the school of perfect parenting with "Because Mummy Said So". This collection of hilarious memories tells the truth about motherhood in all of its sleep-deprived, frazzled glory. No judgement, no impossibly high standards, no perfect day – just real life and a whole lot of chaos that every experienced, new or soon-to-be parent will relate to.

Tinder, Hinge, Bumble – thirty-something journalist Saffie has tried them all but now she's wondering whether it's time to throw in the towel and give up on love for good – and she's not alone... Saffie's boss Tamara has been single since her divorce four years ago, but at forty-five, running her own magazine and with three kids at home, she doesn't feel she has the time, energy or confidence to go through the dating mill again. Meanwhile, Saffie's best friend Milo has just been dumped – again. A hopeless romantic with terrible taste in men, this is his fourth break-up in six months.

Intelligence and cleverness are never boring. We have selected for you 100 quotes from the wittiest authors ever, from Oscar Wilde to Jerry Seinfeld, with the help of Woody Allen, Mark Twain, Winston Churchill, Groucho Marx and many others. Enjoy these pearls of humor to brighten your day with a good laugh, discover invaluable remarks and jokes to surprize your friends and enemies with, and shake hands with the greatest minds.

Twenty-nine-year-old Katie Kelly is at an all-time low. By now she was supposed to have the perfect relationship and her dream career - but her boyfriend left her behind to travel the world, she’s sleeping on a friend’s sofa, and she’s working a temporary job... that she’s been in for two years.

Elizabeth riceve la lettera di un ex collega dei Servizi Segreti che ha commesso un grosso errore e ha bisogno del suo aiuto. È stato accusato di aver rubato diamanti per milioni di sterline agli uomini sbagliati e per questo motivo è in fuga da un mafioso violento e vendicativo. Mentre i cadaveri iniziano ad accumularsi, Elizabeth arruola gli amici di sempre del Club per dare caccia a uno spietato assassino. Questa volta si scontrano con un nemico che non farebbe una piega nel mettere fuori combattimento quattro anziani…

Tucked away in a near-derelict library in the center of London, The House of Marvellous Books is a publishing house on the brink of financial disaster. With assistant Ursula asleep at her desk, head publisher Gerard going health and safety mad, and chief editor Drusilla focused on finding a supposedly priceless but famously missing manuscript, there is hardly anyone left to steer the ship. Young Mortimer Blackley, assistant editor, charts the descent of the House in his logbook as it lurches from one failure to the next.

"The Red Room" (Swedish: "Röda rummet") is a satire of Stockholm society, it has frequently been described as the first modern Swedish novel. While receiving mixed reviews in Sweden, it was acclaimed in Denmark, where Strindberg was hailed as a genius. As a result of "The Red Room", Strindberg became famous throughout Scandinavia. Edvard Brandes wrote that it "makes the reader want to join the fight against hypocrisy and reaction".

Baby groups: a warm, supportive haven for new mums? Yeah, not so much. Or is it just Stevie?Motherhood has turned Stevie’s world upside down. She adores...

Quando Mauro Boccoli, un dentista con una reputazione non proprio sterile, viene trovato morto nel suo studio, il commissario Di Stefano, la sua squadra e la PM Burigana si trovano a indagare su un omicidio che puzza, letteralmente, di letame. Tra un passato di vicini esasperati, collaboratori sfruttati e un'azienda agricola che nasconde più segreti di quanti ortaggi coltivi, il caso prende una piega inaspettata. Ad aiutare gli inquirenti, l'immancabile presenza dei Segugi.

Une comédie déjantée, où l’inattendu rencontre l’humour à chaque page! Je m'appelle Damien Hachett : 34 ans, légiste, catapulté médecin chef à l'Institut Médico-Judiciaire. Tard le soir, entre deux macchabées carbonisés ou livrés coupés en morceaux dans un joli paquet cadeau, j'écris des bouquins. Jusqu'à ce qu'une nuit, mon plus vieux lecteur atterrisse sur ma table d'autopsie. Et maintenant... que les ennuis commencent !

Vera se ha enamorado. Después de que el capitán de la Guardia Civil, Enzo Duarte, ayude en su rescate, él y la Balay se han ido conociendo y enamorando. ¿El problema? Parece que Duarte no está demasiado interesado en meterse en su cama... ¡Y eso es solo el principio de todo! Pues Vera tendrá que guardar secretos, descubrir misterios y, sobre todo, entender sus propios sentimientos y los de Duarte... ¡En solo nueve semanas y media! ¿Lo conseguirá?

Claudia tiene la vida que desea: un trabajo que le paga las facturas y que le permite improvisar, una cama casi siempre ocupada por algún hombre de buen ver y unas amigas estupendas. Por eso, cuando entran dos policías en el bar en el que trabaja, no puede ni imaginarse que la estén buscando a ella.

Después de la aventura que vivieron Daniela, Vera y Claudia en el primer libro, las dos amigas echan de menos a Claudia, que se ha trasladado a Houston. Para compensarlo, ambas se pasan las noches bebiendo y bailando. Una mañana, después de una de esas juergas, Daniela recibe una visita inesperada: una persona de su pasado ha regresado para pedirle ayuda. Por suerte, cuenta con la inestimable ayuda de su mejor amiga.

Ana e Iris están convencidas de que han solucionado su problema con la justicia. ¡Nada más lejos de la realidad! Un nuevo testigo de lo que sucedió esa noche amenaza con destruir toda su defensa. En medio del conflicto, las amigas tendrán que huir de nuevo. Filomeno y Ataúlfo las acompañaran en este viaje, pero... ¿Realmente pueden fiarse de ellos?

Después del pacto entre Ulises y Gaby, el juego para conseguir la herencia cambia totalmente. Tendrán que disimular su relación ante el resto de la cuadrilla y llevar las riendas del juego. Mucho está en juego. Sin embargo, cumplir con sus objetivos no será tan fácil como ellos dos desean, sobre todo cuando la veteranía del Royal Suites se meta de por medio.