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DANNY WALLACE IS A MAN.And a man is a very tricky thing to be these days. A toe-curling moment, an embarrassing faux-pas or a bewildering social situation is always just round the corner. As well as annoying his wife in a dream, getting stuck in a Vapour Room and being invited to a government task force meeting with TV's Jon Tickle, Danny's life is turned upside down by a huge surprise.

'There once was a man who, one night between the main course and the sweet at a dinner party, went upstairs and locked himself in one of the bedrooms of the house of the people who were giving the dinner party....' As time passes by and the consequences of this stranger's actions ripple outwards, touching the owners, the guests, the neighbours and the whole country, so Ali Smith draws us into a beautiful, strange place where everyone is so much more than they first appear....

The fire is on, sherry poured, presents wrapped, and claws are being sharpened. In a seaside cottage perched on a cliff, one family reunites for Christmas. While snow falls, a tyrannical widowed matriarch presides over her unruly brood. Her niece tends to her whims, but fantasises about eloping; and as more guests arrive, each bringing their secret truths and dreams, the Christmas tree explodes, a brawl erupts, an escape occurs - and their 'midwinter madness' climaxes.

Once a famous artist’s model, Valérie’s allure hasn’t diminished–unlike her bank balance. Swapping her chic Paris apartment for a country chateau causes consternation among her coterie of admirers: a diffident philosopher who thinks smoking in cafés will lend him an air of sophistication, a philandering fraudster who doesn’t care who he pursues as long as they have a healthy bank balance, and a retired soldier whose bony backside is his only character flaw.

I’m not intimidated. My boss sent me to deep backwoods Vermont to get Garland McGrumpypants—I mean McGuinty, to sell some of his lucrative landholdings on Silver Mountain. And I need this commission.

An irreverent and deeply moving comedy set in New York about friendship, fertility and fighting for one's sanity in a toxic workplace. Jen has reached her early 30s and has all but abandoned a once-promising painting career when, spurred by the economic crisis, she takes a poorly defined job at a feminist nonprofit. The foundation's aim is to empower women, but staffers spend all their time devising acronyms for imaginary programs, ruthlessly undermining one another and stroking the ego of their boss, the larger-than-life celebrity philanthropist Leora Infinitas.

I’ve spent years as a dirt-broke, starving artist. When my mom's hospital bills start piling up, I take every odd job I can find in Silver Mountain. Eventually, that leads to a nanny position at the biggest mansion in town. The kids are cute as stuffed animals. The pay is great, and my luck seems to be improving.

Bryan Brizzard, a notorious bastard and owner of short-haul airline company Bryanair, hates everyone. He hates his suppliers, his employees, his passengers, and his wife and children. But, Dom Hazel discovers, he really loves his poodle, Oodle. And Hazel is an animal assassin. But this time it's a kidnap and Brizzard's mansion is set in the Essex Woods where Hazel, who's trying to be faithful to Julie, finds temptation and confusion. And dogging. The plan threatens to fall apart as Hazel leaves behind more of his DNA than he intends.

Final Approach is comedic legend Jonathan Winters' first new release in years. This is a VERY funny audio, featuring an all-new "Maude Frickett".

Das Land befindet sich mitten in einer Pandemie und die Kanzlerin sieht sich gezwungen, dem Volk eine unerfreuliche Mitteilung nach der Anderen zu machen. Als wären das nicht der Widrigkeiten genug, steht auch noch eine Wahl bevor und jeder sägt an ihrem Stuhl. Sind der Karnevalsprinz, der Bienenversteher oder der Mann des Mittelstandes eine ernsthafte Bedrohung ihrer Regentschaft oder lauert dieses Mal der Feind außerhalb der eigenen Reihen.

Während das Cortana-Virus munter weiter mutiert, mutiert der beste Freund des Exkanzlers zum Oberlippenbartträger und überfällt ein Nachbarland. Von kalten Duschen und hohen Dönerpreisen bedroht muss man sich bald zwischen Gewissen und Gas entscheiden. Als die Friedensmission des Exkanzlers und des Friedensfliegers Märzens scheitern, droht die harmlose Spezialoperation in einen globalen Atomkrieg zu eskalieren.

What do you do when your husband of 10 years is cheating on you and you decide - well...he is not getting half! You bump him off, of course! Told from two different perspectives, the wife’s and the husband’s, Virtuous Woman vs. Cheating Man is a black-humor romp that takes you into the depths of the twisted id, inside the human heart, and causes you to emerge - a little dazed and confused, but still hopeful: that in all this craziness in this world, there might still be - true love.