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Stoned out of his skull - this is how we find washed-up New York magazine writer Digby Maxwell when he is offered a last chance to redeem himself by becoming editor of a small philosophy magazine headquartered in a rural Vermont college town. Digby’s assignment is to make the magazine relevant to contemporary culture. For starters, that requires several more tokes, very deep tokes.

A workhouse orphan, Oliver experiences the terror and brutality of the criminal underworld. His companions, a thief, a whore, a pickpocket, and a fence, are destined for gruesome ends, but Oliver emerges unscathed from the darkness of the underworld.

From wild and wacky to knee-slapping, laugh-out-loud fun, these humorous tales represent some of the best of recent seasons of the hit public radio series Selected Shorts. Comedian Wyatt Cenac gives a killer performance of Simon Rich’s hilarious tale of woe from the point of view of a condom in a young man’s wallet. Alec Baldwin gives a delightful over-the-top performance of James Thurber’s wonderfully silly classic tale of the day everybody in a small Ohio town thought the dam broke.

The Radleys is a moving, thrilling, and radiant domestic novel that explores with daring the lengths a parent will go to protect a child, what it costs you to deny your identity, the undeniable appeal of sin, and the everlasting, iridescent bonds of family love. Read it and ask what we grow into when we grow up, and what we gain - and lose - when we deny our appetites.

Contains books seven and eight of the Richard Jackson Saga, a coming-of-age adventure series. Third Time Is a Charm, book 7: Rick is making a movie he didn’t want to do, singing a song against his will and trying to complete the tenth grade. Danger and adventure keeps coming his way. Oxford University, book 8: Rick is transitioning from being a tenth grade high school student to entering Oxford University as an underclassman.

Ostrá satira ukazuje na příkladu Mloků, že nelze kohokoli bezskrupulózně využívat, aniž by přišel zasloužený trest ohrožující existenci celého lidstva. Zpočátku jsou Mloci roztomilí, dělníci – levná pracovní síla, která má za úkol za lidstvo udělat těžkou a nepříjemnou práci, kterou nechce nikdo dělat. Jenže i na ně platí okřídlené rčení, že jsou „dobří sluhové, ale zlí páni“. Roztomilí Mloci si totiž postupem času uvědomí, že mají také právo na svůj životní prostor a nekompromisně ho začnou po lidstvu vyžadovat… Válka s Mloky je jedna ze základních knih české literatury dvacátého století a povinná četba k maturitní zkoušce.

In this seventh installment of the Jeeves series, the unflappable butler once again must apply his cleverness to rescue Bertie Wooster—this time from being arrested, lynched, and engaged by mistake! Chaos ensues when Aunt Dahlia demands that Bertie help dupe an antique dealer into selling her an 18th-century cow creamer. Complications grow as Bertie's pal Gussie Fink-Nottle is more interested in studying the effects of a full moon on the love life of newts rather than marrying Madeline Bassett.

The fiction debut of the New York Times best-selling author of My Fair Lazy. Told in the uproariously entertaining voice readers have come to expect from Jen Lancaster, If You Were Here follows Amish-zombie-teen- romance author Mia and her husband Mac (and their pets) through the alternately frustrating, exciting, terrifying - but always funny - process of buying and renovating their first home in the Chicago suburbs that John hughes's movies made famous.

In this Fireside Reading Gildart Jackson brings to life the wildly funny comedy classic The Inimitable Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse. Originally penned as a series of short stories, The Inimitable Jeeves follows Bertie Wooster, a decent lad from the 1920s, who has a knack for falling into comedic mishaps at the behest of his friend, Bingo Little. Bingo’s incessant search for love frequently gets Bertie into the most dreadful scrapes, forcing him to seek the guidance of his infallible Butler, Jeeves.

For a policeman, there can be few things worse than a serial killer loose in your city. Except, perhaps, a serial killer who targets coppers, and a city on the brink of bloody revolution. For Commander Sam Vimes, it all feels horribly familiar. Caught on the roof of a very magical building during a storm, he's found himself back in his own rough, tough past without even the clothes he was standing up in when the lightning struck. Living in the past is hard, especially when your time travel companion is a serial killer who knows where you live.

Hasat Khelat is a rib tickling marathi comedy about a couple starring Ashok Saraf & Nivedita Joshi-Saraf. The only goof-up in their life is the wife's suspicion that her husband might be having an extra marital affair which leads to a chaos.

Two divorcees Bhaskar and Shyam share the same house. In spite of their divorce they both love their Wives and kids. Now since they both don't stay with their families their house turns into gambling place for their friends. One fine day they both have a big fight but at the same time two beautiful girls take entry into their lives. Listen to the complete play for a hilarious joy ride.

Girdhar Rao, a businessman was keen on getting his daughter Falguni married to his business partner's simpleton of a son. But she was in love with Tushar and was bent on marrying him. This was trouble enough for Girdhar Rao. Not to mention his wife's brother and his wife, enjoying his hospitality without so much as asking him. Upset and frustrated, Girdhar makes a dramatic announcement, one day. He says that he is in the business of counterfeit printing of money. Kaboom! Tushar, and his relatives who were living at his expense and lording it over him vanish.

A small state is ruled by an innocent and kind-hearted king and his council of ministers. The king feels burdened by his domineering Chief Minister, who wants his sister to marry the king, further tightening his control over the kingdom. The king actually loves Neera, a scholarly young woman, but his Chief Minister keeps interfering in his love life. He quietly slips away one day, and walks into a barbershop to have his beard shaved off. And there he meets none other than Baburao, who looks very much like him. Baburao is a smart, down-to-earth man capable of teaching anyone a lesson.

Jaysinghrao, the village head, is a happily married man living with his wife and two kids. But because of his flamboyant nature, he falls in love with a stage dancer Sundara. Her mother asks him to first marry Sundara and then think about love. His friend Haripant comes up with the idea of Jaysingh and Sundaras fake marriage. But what will be the outcome?

Rambhau's would be Father-in-law Baba Saheb is an archeologist. To impress him Rambhau takes an old bungalow with the money which he wins in lottery. But that bungalow is a mausoleum of cursed Yash. Baba Saheb gets irritated with the idea of taking that bungalow. He is angry because of the misuse of the money but a miracle happens and dead Yash comes out of his mausoleum. Listen how Yash makes fun of Rambhau and his family. This play takes a hilarious turn.

A man of principle Gangadas is very much upset with his manipulative son Jamnadas’ (Sanjay Goradia) dishonesty and easy-money making tactics. Gangadas gets diagnosed of serious illness. However, he refuses to undergo medical treatment with Jamndas’ unethical earnings. Poor Jamnadas sees a ray of hope when he gets an opportunity to participate in reality show that requires him to speak nothing but the truth. The prize money can save his father’s life. What pursues is Jamnadas’ antics to juggle every truth with a lie.

Devendra (Muni Jha) is working as a manager in some company. He inherits a plot of land after death of his mother. When he receives offer of 300 crores from some company for this land, he kind of gets blown out of his mind. Devendra and his kids who have followed middle-class life style so far become real spendthrift. Devendra's wife Saroj wants to stop their reckless expenses, but noone pays heed to her. Unable to bear the situation, departed soul of Devendra's deceased mother possesses his wife's body and teaches all family members a lesson.

Protaganist Jagdish Pandya is incessantly nagged by his wife for not achieving anything special in his life. Pandya has no choice but to bear the brunt of her daily verbal assaults. As the story unfolds, a terrible gangster gets killed in Pandya's house and Gujjubhai takes credit for this brave deed. Though this brings him name, fame and money; there is a flip side to it. He is followed by gangsters, political parties and soon he realizes that he has put not only his life but lives of all his family members in danger. Is there a way out for poor Gujjubhai?

In recent times, stress levels have increased owing to a number of reasons. Amid a chaotic life, Jayanti Goragandhi decides to on go on a journey of entertaining people and relieve them of their stress. While people appreciate his sense of humour and entertaining art, his own family looks down on him and his children are overwhelmingly shameful about their father becoming a clown. Will Jayanti Goragandhi make his own family laugh? Listen to the play to find out.