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From Roald Dahl, the master of the sting in the tail, a newly collected audiobook of his darkest stories, read by Juliet Stevenson, Cillian Murphy, Adrian Scarborough, Tamsin Greig, Stephanie Beacham and Andrew Scott. 'There is a pleasure sure in being mad, which none but madmen know.' Our greatest fear is of losing control - of our lives, but, most of all, of ourselves. In these 10 unsettling tales of unexpected madness master storyteller Roald Dahl explores what happens when we let go our sanity.

The Comfort Food Cafe is perched on a windswept clifftop at what feels like the edge of the world, serving up the most delicious cream teas, beautifully baked breads and carefully crafted cupcakes. For tourists and locals alike, the ramshackle cafe overlooking the beach is a beacon of laughter, companionship and security - a place like no other, a place that offers friendship as a daily special and where a hearty welcome is always on the menu.

Congratulations—you've just found the ultimate present that will crown you a gift-giving legend! 1001 Dad Jokes is the ultimate collection of groan-worthy humour that guarantees laughs, eye-rolls, and memories for the whole family.

Who better to write a very humorous manual about evolving modern relationship than two CollegeHumor veterans and viral-video stars who happen to be a real-life husband-and-wife team? With candor, bite, and charm, HEY, U UP? takes readers on an eight-chapter journey through the trials of hooking up to the foibles of marriage, and combines the authors' prescriptive advice with the unfolding story of their own relationship. HEY, U UP? tackles all the milestones of relationships today - both glorious and embarrassing.

What do you get if you put a comedian, a scientist and an internet expert in a room together? The answer is Great Unanswered Questions, a panel game in which resident funnyman Colin Murphy teams up with brainiac Dr David Booth and computer geek Matthew Collins to tackle ludicrous questions and provide the correct (or at least the funniest) answers.

"Dumplin" er en underholdende, humoristisk feel-good YA-roman om at leve med sin vægt. "Dumplin" omtaler sig selv som "den tykke pige", men hun føler sig godt tilpas i sin store størrelse. Hendes mor har været den lokale skønhedsdronning, og hva' så? Den ultimative bikini-krop er... enhver krop, efter hendes mening. Men så forelsker hun sig i Bo, som er en af den slags lækre fyre, alle piger falder for. Will er ikke overrasket over, at hun finder ham tiltrækkende. Men det kommer bag på hende, at Bo også er tiltrukket af hende. Det får stik imod al fornuft negativ indflydelse på hendes selvfølelse.

Where would you rather be? Lonely and fog-bound in an ancient English castle... or sitting under the stars with friends on a magical Mediterranean island? Magdalena Mountjoy, furious with her impossible husband, the rakish Valdemar, doesn't hesitate when she has the chance to run away to Aeolus, a jewel of an island off the coast of Sicily. Yet every Eden has its serpent.

Unwanted visitors come in all shapes and sizes, from three selfish brothers to a crusader from the past. Mimi Mountjoy's life is suddenly filled with problems. Her business as a purveyor of fountains is threatened and her husband Edmund, who desperately needs to finish his book on the Templars, is afflicted with writer's block. Then Mimi's mother decamps abroad to escape her three unmarried sons - who promptly descend on their sister in Eyot, with extremely disruptive results.

Struck down by shingles, Cleo Byng postpones her wedding and heads north to recuperate at her infuriating Cousin Henry's house in the wintry Eyotshire village of Hazard. She's not sure what to expect, and Haphazard House turns out to be a dilapidated Elizabethan pile with few amenities and a doom-laden housekeeper, not to mention a strange pair who have been in residence for rather more than the usual life span and have a keen interest in modern technology.

There's a whole world of Dahl still to discover in a newly collected audiobook of his deliciously dark tales for adults. In war, are we at our heroic best or our cowardly worst? Featuring the autobiographical stories from Roald Dahl's time as a fighter pilot in the Second World War as well as seven other tales of conflict and strife, Dahl reveals the human side of our most inhumane activity.

There’s trouble in Hollywood. Big surprise, Sheepdip, there’s always trouble in Hollywood. But for Yours Truly, Nick Nolte, private dick, actor, entrepreneur, collector of exotic and often dangerous commodities, and People magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive (1992), Hollywood is a filthy, decaying, half-empty swimming pool, and I’m gonna dive in head-first. Someone’s kidnapping Hollywood bigwigs? Hell, I wish I’d thought of it first. Clones runnin’ amok from Pismo to Tijuana?

Most days, she acts like she hates me - probably because I behave like an ass - but we both know the truth: Rainey O’Neil wants me just as much as I want her - she just doesn’t want to admit it. Good thing I’ve never been one to back down from a challenge.

This fun new humor book celebrates Seinfeld's 30th anniversary and takes love of the sitcom to a new level. Best-selling humor author R. Scott Murphy believes Seinfeld is far more than a TV show; it's a state of mind. In fact, he's watched all 180 episodes so many times that he often sees the world through Seinfeld's eyes. The place where his Seinfeld eyes see the craziest things is the grocery store.

What happens when a regular man is faced with supernatural tragedy and evil? What happens when the legal system fails that man? When is enough actually enough? Welcome to Strikeforce, a thrilling story that sets about answering these questions.

At the ripe age of 73, Imogene Deal McGregor has a penchant for following her own instincts, as well as more grit and spunk than her hypochondriac son, Billy McGregor, and Billy's impulsive partner Jackson can handle. The boys take Imogene to New Orleans with their devilishly handsome English bulldog Goose, hoping to visit friends and attend a second line parade, but moments after arriving in the French Quarter, they find their friend Glenway Gilbert murdered in his art gallery.

Nel 1949, l'ingegnere aeronautico dell'aviazione americana capitano Ed Murphy, osservando l'andamento dei propri esperimenti, ebbe a dire: "Se qualcosa può andar male, lo farà". Prova della "verità" di questa affermazione è il fatto che Ed Murphy, nel giro di pochi anni, è diventato famosissimo in tutto il mondo: non per le sue scoperte in aeronautica, del resto inesistenti, ma per quella frase, che immediatamente si diffuse sotto il nome di "Legge di Murphy".

Whiskey Jelly Blues is about the fleeting moments of a wandering generation, the West versus the East, hope and regret, mistakes and forgiveness, all set to a psychedelic blues soundtrack. It's about roses without a scent, life without purpose, life with and without love, mental and literary experimentation, edible marijuana, a perfect tear in your wife's eye, the one that reflects everything, including yourself.

Nel marzo del 1988 l'esistenza di un corpo, ampio e sviluppato, di teorie sul cosmo e sull'esistenza umana, chiamato "Murfologia", fu rivelata all'ignara popolazione italiana dall'uscita del nostro primo volume: La legge di Murphy e altri motivi per cui le cose vanno a rovescio! Da allora sono venuti a formarsi, in tutta la penisola, nuovi circoli filosofici, nuove scuole di pensiero, e perfino nuove sette religiose, tutte nel nome di Ed Murphy, già ingegnere della NASA, e del suo profeta, Arthur Bloch.

Non è solo il mondo ad andare comunque "avanti" sulla base di vecchie e nuove pessime ragioni: la cosa accade anche ai Libri di Murphy. Il motivo non sfugge a nessuno. Il signor Arthur Bloch, per esempio, è lieto di aver raggiunto una fama planetaria e di incassare sempre più cospicui diritti d'autore. I suoi editori sono altrettanto lieti: con poca spesa e nessuno sforzo hanno conquistato un mercato che si conquista da solo.

Quotes are a powerful way of educating ourselves about life, and life's lessons - some better, some worse. I truly believe that through listening to quotes and reading quotes, we can tap into the minds of great thinkers, as well as the average Joe.Good quotes bring us down to earth and provide another perspective for us to analyse and connect with. Quotes have the power to inspire, motivate, and of course, have the power to put a gentle smile on one's face.