Ergebnis für "Running" in Satire

In the two hundred years since Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm first published their collection of fairy tales, things haven’t gotten any less—ahem—grim. So tuck yourself in with some of the classic bedtime stories, retold by award-winning author Mark Russell. Grimm and Grimmer offers fourteen of the Brothers Grimm’s finest stories—a mix of well-known tales including "Rapunzel" and "Cinderella," and ones you might not know, like "The Boy Who Didn’t Know Fear"—reconceived for a twenty-first century while staying true to their roots.

Denver cabbie, Brendan Murphy, known to all as Murph, has two goals in life. First, to earn no more than it takes to keep his bohemian lifestyle afloat. Second, to never, under any circumstances, get involved in the lives of his passengers. In The Heart of Darkness Club, the third in novelist Gary Reilly's Asphalt Warrior series, Murph once again fails spectacularly at his second goal the minute he picks up a mover named Trowbridge. Movers in Murph's world are not to be confused with movers and shakers. Trowbridge pays his fare with a crisp five-dollar bill.

Sgt. Betty Bruce is having a bad day. Three bizarre deaths and a confession that isn’t a confession…A severed foot in a sneaker that her pot-bellied pig won’t give up...Her dead boyfriend willed her his house…and she has been told to stay out of the way of Chief Inspector Tom Powder. Chief Inspector Tom Powder’s day isn’t much better. The key to solving the cases hides within the pages of Tiffany Hyde-White’s strange novel, The Dastardly Mr. Deeds. In the end, it is up to Betty to unravel the mystery, no matter the cost.

For all of us who've crammed yoga, meditation, and self-care into our lives, there's just one thing missing on our daily slog toward serenity: a laugh. With rainbow-free visualizations ripped from real life, Very Modern Mantras will have you mastering the meditations that really matter, like "Mantra for Starbucks", "Mantra for the Airport Security Line", "Mantra for Open-Plan Office", and "Mantra for Public Transportation". Finally, a way to find inner peace without losing your sense of humor.