Maison d'édition: Wildside Press
Edgar Wallace turns his talents to a comedy of manners. When young Chick is unexpectedly catapulted into the aristocracy by an uncle's death, he finds himself unprepared for life as a marquis. Unambitious and friendly, Chick has been working as as office clerk. Now he must navigate high society with the help of his friend Gwenda and everything he's learned at school.
A palm reader notifies Lord Arthur that murder is in his future. But not his murder – he’s the murderer. This really throws a wrench into his wedding plans, for Lord Arthur is soon to be married to the most beautiful lady in London. In fact he loves her so much, he decides to postpone the wedding until his business is done. Now, for a tasteful homicide...Voir livre
A Ward of the Golden Gate is a compelling novella by Bret Harte that blends romance, social critique, and frontier drama. Set in California during the Gold Rush era, the story follows Constance Maynard, a young woman raised in the refined East but sent West to live under the guardianship of the rough-mannered Captain Jackson after her father’s death. As she navigates the stark contrast between cultured ideals and rugged frontier life, Constance faces moral dilemmas, romantic entanglements, and the challenge of forging her own identity. Harte contrasts genteel femininity with masculine stoicism, exploring themes of civilization versus wilderness, gender roles, and personal growth. With his signature blend of sentiment, irony, and vivid regional detail, Harte crafts a poignant coming-of-age tale set against the backdrop of a transforming American West.Voir livre
If you’ve ever read a philosophy paper and wondered, “Did they really need that many syllables to say absolutely nothing?”—this book is for you. Sophia Anne Blackwell, the wildly irreverent creator of the Cogito Ergo Nope! series, returns with her most hilariously scathing book yet: a no-holds-barred takedown of philosophy’s greatest (and most obscurantist) offenders. From the ancient Greeks who invented making things harder than they need to be, to French theorists who turned not making sense into a career, Big Words, Small Ideas traces the glorious tradition of intellectual smoke and mirrors with biting wit and actual clarity. In this book, you’ll meet: Plato, who decided the real world was just a sad knockoff of Ideas That Don’t Exist Aristotle, who invented philosophical filing cabinets with seventeen drawers too many Plotinus, who tried to write about the indescribable in several hundred pages Kant, who made thinking about thinking so hard you’d wish you never started Hegel, the man who weaponized run-on sentences Heidegger, who wrote an entire book about Being without explaining what Being means And a whole cast of modern academics who think obscurity = genius With ruthless humor, surprising accuracy, and zero patience for jargon masquerading as depth, Blackwell takes you on a tour through the theater of philosophical absurdity—and dares to ask the forbidden question: What the hell are they actually talking about? Whether you’re a recovering philosophy major, a curious outsider, or just someone who’s tired of pretending to understand Lacan, this book is your guide to 3,000 years of intellectual gaslighting—with jokes.Voir livre
Beautiful, innocent, and generous to a fault, young Candy is thrust into an outrageous world of debauched lechers and dirty old men. Can she close the gap between people by giving fully and satisfying their sizeable needs? Come with Candy on her hilarious misadventures in this raunchy, irreverent, and wildly funny satire of pornography.Voir livre
Where nature writing meets humor—a raucous, hilarious look at life in the high desert of Nevada, from the author of Raising Wild and Rants from the Hill Edward Abbey encouraged his readers to “be loyal to what you love, be true to the Earth, and fight your enemies with passion and laughter.” Here is Michael Branch’s response. Full of clear-eyed explorations of the natural world, witty cultural observations, and heart-warming family connections, How to Cuss in Western is a cranky and hilarious love letter of sorts to the western Great Basin Desert of Nevada.Voir livre
The sixteenth title in Mandy Morton's delightful No. 2 Feline Detective Agency series. Chocks away! as our feline detectives investigate some sticky situations at the local chocolate factory in Catberry-on-the-Brink. Up at the Manor House, the family is at war as dark secrets are uncovered in The Tabby in Black chocolate selection box. Will Hettie and Tilly manage to reach the bottom layer before a murderer strikes? Did Horace Catberry really choke on a Mog Nob biscuit? And will the Goth Band Gums and Noses get to support The Travelling Whoopsies on their next tour? Join Hettie and Tilly as they unwrap the mysteries swirling around the Catberry family in this bitter-sweet assortment of truth and lies.Voir livre
