Títulos em Literatura e Ficção

Meet Jim Greene. An ordinary detective constable trying "not" to solve a murder. The remote and isolated Cornish island of Gallymay was meant to be the perfect place for a break. But things don’t quite go to plan when Jim stumbles across a body on his first day. Which is the last thing he needs. But it’s fine. He’ll call Devon and Cornwall Police. They’ll sort it out. Except the storm, and the island, have other ideas.

A grotesque and hilarious satire about the American dream, suburban living, and the corrupting influence of power, set in a world that could only have sprung from the unhinged and brilliant mind of John Waters. Listen as Waters himself acts out each role! On the verge of a suburban mental health...

In a luckier universe, in which the Kennedys were not assassinated and the Vietnam War ended before it began, we find President Richard Nixon and Dr. Timothy Leary, the escaped convict Nixon calls “the most dangerous man in the world” for turning America’s youth into no-good hippies. Nixon is the same profane, venal S-O-B that made him such a hit in our universe, but here he is unleashed in a world where there was no Vietnam war to slow him down and Watergate is just a fancy hotel.

A very John Waters traveling show, replete with freaks, robbery, murder, sex, blasphemy, and savage shellfish—a lurid, surreal celebration of filth and trash. Listen as Waters himself acts out each role! The Cavalcade of Perversion is a traveling show run by Lady Divine and a crew of her...

The return of a spectacular, reviled, and iconic classic of American filth—listen as Waters himself acts out each role! John Waters takes us back to the scene of his original crime against good taste. Listen as Babs Johnson fights to hold on to her title as “Filthiest Person Alive,“...

“Burroughs famously dubbed Waters the Pope of Trash. Female Trouble, we might say, is his Summa Trashologica.” —Ed Halter, The Criterion Collection Listen as Waters himself acts out each role! It all goes to hell when Baltimore bad girl Dawn Davenport doesn’t get the cha-cha heels...

A feel-good fable and an enduring critique of conformity told with true John Waters flair. Listen as Waters himself acts out each role! Tracy Turnblad, a spunky, full-figured Baltimore teen, wants nothing more than to be a featured dancer on The Corny Collins Show. So when she gets chosen to be...

One part of John Waters’s iconic Trash Trilogy, Flamingos Forever is a dark-comedy screenplay about a drag queen trying to retain her title of “Filthiest Person in the World.” Listen as Waters himself acts out each role! Fifteen years after the events of Pink Flamingos, Babs Johnson...

Calypso Finn, ex-actrice de télénovelas brésiliennes devenue brocanteuse, pensait passer un Noël paisible sur la Côte d'Azur. Elle compte sur le flair légendaire de Calypso pour le démasquer lors du réveillon de Noël. Escortée par son ronchon de chat, Poker, et son excentrique tante Peggy, reine de la divination dans le champagne, Calypso réalise très vite que l'odieuse lady est détestée de tous… Même d'un fantôme !

For months, Luke and his underground revolutionary group have been planning their biggest operation yet: kidnapping 23-year-old Adeline Woolsaw. They don’t want a ransom—they want to expose the Woolsaw Group, the source of Adeline’s parents’ enormous wealth, a vast yet largely anonymous company that runs everything from military bases and mental hospitals to commuter trains, call centers, and prisons.

More commonly known as Mother Goose, Matta is a country girl full of a whole lot of sass! In short-story fashion, she recalls her life adventures with humor, excitement, and the countless missteps that shape who she becomes. The fact that a troublemaking goose follows her around and causes problems whenever the chance arises makes these stories that much more entertaining.

Meet Barry. He’s a nicotine-addicted war veteran with Irritable Bird Syndrome and a grudge against influencer falcons. Once a legendary pigeon in the Bagel Wars of ’09, Barry Fin now spends his days chain-smoking on rooftops, pooping on Teslas, and screaming at TikTok sparrows. But when a smug perchfluencer named SkyDaddy69 starts gentrifying the skies of Brooklyn, Barry’s not about to take it sitting down (mostly because his gut won’t let him).

With the shadow of the Flayed Monarch looming ever closer, Dan must prepare the store and himself for the battle to come. To stand a chance, he’ll need to expand his operations, broker a precarious trade deal with the Delvers of Howlers Hold, and transform his stash of relics into an arsenal of magical war crimes.

Cosa faresti se fossi Dio? Pirjeri Ryynänen, gruista di Helsinki, una risposta l'avrebbe trovata nei quotidiani monologhi di protesta che in cima alla sua gru rivolge all'Onnipotente: eliminerebbe fame e povertà, proteggerebbe l'ambiente e garantirebbe a tutti pace e felicità. Ma il lavoro da fare è infinito. Forse è per questo che Dio è così stanco e depresso: non ne può più dell'umanità, delle sue iniquità e delle sue guerre, e se non ha ancora distrutto la Terra è solo perché è tanto bella, e poi che colpa ne hanno gli altri animali?

Or, lorsque Maud, une adolescente de douze ans rejetée par tous à l'école, s'impose dans sa vie, Billie devient pour la jeune fille un modèle qui l'aidera à reprendre confiance. C'est ainsi qu'au fil du temps, Billie et Maud s'apprivoiseront, s'apporteront mutuellement la guérison de leurs blessures respectives. Constamment perturbée et pleine de rancœur, Maud s'épanouira tandis que Billie apprendra à aimer au contact de Jérémy, le séduisant père de Maud.

Dans ce bonus XXL, issu de l'univers de « Not a fuckin' romance », une partie de la bande des chocolatines vous entraîne dans une aventure inattendue et totalement barrée dont ils ont le secret. Au programme : un enterrement de vie de jeune fille, un avion qu'il ne faut pas rater, un camping-car tout pourri, une évasion en tracteur, une terrible vendeuse de melons, des écrous à visser (qui auront toute leur importance), des disputes, des délires, des moments tendres, et quelques grosses révélations.

Michael Frayn's classic is set in the crossword and nature notes department of an obscure national newspaper during the declining years of Fleet Street, where John Dyson dreams wistfully of fame and the gentlemanly life—until one day his great chance of glory at last arrives.

AMPUTATION is the first novel to be written about the inferno that obliterated two Los Angeles cities in January of 2025. Major characters are comedian Stephen Colbert; Karen Bass; a Timothée Chalamet stunt double; a fiercely pro-Palestinian heiress and her Zionist father; disgraced Grey’s Anatomy writer Elisabeth Finch and a failed indie film producer—along with an assorted battalion of ordinary people, opportunists, and looters.

Ready to laugh until your cheeks hurt—again? Funny Stories for Seniors 2 brings back the wit, warmth, and wildly amusing tales that made the first book a hit, with brand-new stories that are even more outrageous, endearing, and hilariously relatable. From awkward family gatherings to travel disasters, classic senior moments to unexpected mischief, this second volume proves once and for all: life only gets funnier with age.

If I were evil, I wouldn’t start a cult. I’d start a sales company. And I’d build it from the ground up using exploitation, manipulation, and psychological warfare. But I wouldn’t call it that. I’d call it “growth.” “Opportunity.” “Hustle.” If I Were Evil is the ultimate anti-guide—a satire that sounds like a how-to for building a modern-day cult disguised as a sales team. Based on real-life experiences from inside the system, this book walks you step-by-step through the tactics, traps, and twisted incentives that turn rookies into revenue and loyalty into leverage.