Dark Humor

Contributor(s): Adapted by: Peter KuperTranslator: Peter KuperAuthor: Franz KafkaLong fascinated with the work of Franz Kafka, Peter Kuper began il...

Sometimes, life becomes unleashed... Sixteen-year-old Iris Moody has a problem controlling her temper-but then, she has a lot to be angry about. De...

Reducere. Though perhaps better known for her tumultuous marriages to the painter Lucian Freud and poet Robert Lowell, Caroline Blackwood remains a woman who...

Reducere. Governess-turned-sleuth Miss Silver takes on a murder case involving a surprise inheritance and a feuding family. Martin Brand always had a dark se...

Reducere. Description"A brilliantly original, surprising plot in one of the best crime novel series ever written. This is straight-up, hardboiled crime ficti...

Reducere. A dazzling collection of stories based in part on his/her life... Readers will want to consume these bonbons slowly because they are so rich and de...

Reducere. "Everyone who reads Henry becomes a witness."--Jack Mayer, author of Life in a Jar: The Irena Sendler Project and Before the Court of Heaven 2018 I...

Reducere. In this new collection of prose poems, Claudia Serea uses surrealism, irony, and black humor to express her experiences, from growing up behind the...

Reducere. This is the second volume in a series that presents plays by Sweden's greatest living playwright in English. Lars Noren is generally considered Swe...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Kristen N. ArnettIn her debut story collection, Kristen Arnett, with dark humor, explores the lives of queer women and thei...

Eisner and Harvey Award-winning writer Mark Andrew Smith joins forces with Eisner-nominated Orc Stain creator James Stokoe for a graphic novel pack...

Reducere. A New York Times Book Review Best Book of the Year. A searing and wildly entertaining love letter to New York City from the bestselling author of M...

DescriptionThis breakthrough publication promises both to excite and haunt the reader's imagination. Quentin Blake, the so-called Godfather of Illu...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Kurt SchlichterAmerica's growing political and cultural divisions have finally split the United States apart. Now, as the f...

Reducere. Humor and epic Fantasy meet in a fast-paced fantasy adventure for middle school readers."A super cute middle-grade fantasy, mixing modern with fant...

Reducere. ``Powerful. . . . Twisty, brimming with dark humor and keen moral insight, The Weight of Heaven packs a wallop on both a literary and emotional lev...

Reducere. A breast cancer diagnosis at forty-nine forces Christine Shields Corrigan, a wife, mom, and meticulous list-maker, to confront her deepest fears of...

Reducere. Each of the twelve stories in A twilight Reel chronicles a transformation-loss, self-discovery, renewal-among the inhabitants of the fictional town...

Reducere. Full of humor and insight about sport and culture.... The pomp, glory, and great entertainment all get their due in Eight World Cups.--The Boston G...

Reducere. How do we reckon with our losses? In Animal Bodies Suzanne Roberts explores the link between death and desire and what it means to accept our own a...

Reducere. DescriptionFirst published serially in the Yiddish daily newspaper di Varhayt in 1916-18, Diary of a Lonely Girl, or The Battle against Free Love i...

Reducere. Rare poetry concerning human mortality and alienation. For over half a century, David Ignatow has crafted spare, plain, haunting poetry pf working ...

Reducere. Awards🏆Nominee (2009) - Buckeye Children's Book Award - (Grades 3-5)Contributor(s): Author: Jennifer L. HolmAuthor: Matthew HolmIllustrator: Jennif...

Reducere. An Edgar Award winner blends Mark Twain's humor and Stephen King's suspense in this darkly compelling novel of three friends determined to take the...

Reducere. My father made a terrible mistake. One I'm left paying for.As a wolf shifter growing up in a strong pack, I should be living my best life. But afte...

Reducere. You can pick your friends, but you can't pick your family. And lately, Mike Daley's family has been keeping him very busy.An ex-priest, ex-public d...

Reducere. There are shelves of memoirs about overcoming the death of a parent, childhood abuse, rape, drug addiction, miscarriage, alcoholism, hustling, gang...

Reducere. Louis Edmonds was well known for his TV soap opera roles as Dark Shadows Roger Collins and, All My Children's Langley Wallingford, but his career w...

Reducere. They all made a terrible mistake. One they will pay for.For the past ten years I've been a victim. A victim to my pack. A victim to my true mate, w...

Reducere. Kentucky--land of bluegrass, horse racing, bourbon, and . . . murder. In Murder in Old Kentucky: True Crime Stories from the Bluegrass, Keven McQue...

Reducere. Fear Dat New Orleans explores the eccentric and often macabre dark corners of America's most unique city. In addition to detailed histories of biza...

Reducere. DescriptionThere's a Body in the Stacks and Wedding Bells in the Air in SPIRITS UNITED, A Historical Cozy Mystery from Alice Duncan --1920s Pasaden...

Reducere. Booksmart meets The Perks of Being a Wallflower in this novel of overachieving, existential crises, growing up, and coming out, from the author of ...

Poor Hattie Peck simply loves eggs, but she has only ever laid one egg--and it never hatched. Eggs are all she thinks about, all she dreams about. ...

Reducere. -It's her wry, silly sense of humor that keeps the book from getting too heavy, and Elliot displays a sharp wit that goes well with the way her hon...

Reducere. Description"It's easy to recognize Ocker as a future master of madness after this thrilling haunted house trip."--Fangoria Magazine Felix Allsey is...

Reducere. This winning debut picture book from Mexican artist Flavia Z. Drago about finding the courage to make friends is perfect for the spooky season -- o...

Reducere. At the age of 25, Marian Thurm began publishing short stories in The New Yorker, and her work has been compared to the short fiction of Lorrie Moor...

Reducere. "Beautifully written and astutely observed. This is a marvelous book."--Washington Post "One of the best beach reads for summer 2021, titanic clari...

It's like Uber, but for slaying monsters Lana is a monster hunter. She kills vampires, werewolves, demons and all the other terrifying creatures of...

Reducere. The Desert and Its Seed opens with a taxi ride to the hospital: Eligia's face is disintegrating from acid thrown by her ex-husband while they signe...

Reducere. Description"In The Radiant Midnight you will find not merely abstract ideas about the essence of darkness or how to go about facing it. You will al...

Reducere. Just when William is ready to fall asleep in his cozy cabin, there is a tap on his window. A chilly chipmunk asks to stay, and Will scooches over i...

Reducere. From the New York Times bestselling author of Furiously Happy... When Jenny Lawson was little, all she ever wanted was to fit in. That dream was cu...

Reducere. An easy-to-read survival guide for those struggling under the relentless weight of postpartum depression. Written by a mother who understands exact...

Reducere. A GUTSY ROBBERY Several million bucks, stolen from the mob... A PERFECT FRAME All caught on video, with no chance of redemption... A RED HOT RECIPE...

Ben Shippers doesn't have much use for school, friends, or pretty much anyone except his smartass sister, but he does harbor a secret passion: Tras...

Reducere. NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK A literary crime thriller with "a clever plot that always surprises, told with dark humor and dry wit" (The New York Ti...

Reducere. San Francisco Chronicle Notable Book of the YearBoston Globe's "Best Fiction of 2014"Roxane Gay's Top Ten Books of the Year An Amazon Best Short St...

Reducere. Jordan Peele's celebrated screenplay combines horror and dark humor to reveal the terrifying realities of being Black in America "Blending race-sav...

In M.S. Harkness' (Tinderella) second graphic novel, she weaves in and out of non-relationships, drug dealing, and sex work with the subtlety of a ...

Reducere. In the year 2514, the only thing more dangerous than the seas is those who sail them. Life aboard the mercenary ship Man o' War is rarely dull as h...

Reducere. THE CULT NOVEL RETURNS! "The best book I read last year is A Man Lies Dreaming by Lavie Tidhar... It is so cleverly constructed and such a spectacu...

Reducere. It is 1941. While the war of chaos rages in the skies above London, an unending fight against violence, murder and the criminal underworld continue...

Reducere. ``A healthy dose of action, a strong thread of humor and just a touch of romance`` (VOYA, starred review). A teen who is half-god, half-human must ...

Reducere. In the far-future city of Clarges, you can live forever-if you can make the grade. In Clarges, everyone competes for the ultimate prize of immortal...

Reducere. There's no denying destiny . . . For too long, Benjamin Reese has masked his deadly skills and temper with loyalty and humor. A vampire-demon hybri...

Reducere. DescriptionA robbery in Scotland might not seem like an unusual background for a crime novel--until it's put into the hands of one of the U.K.'s le...

Poetry. Afterword by Mar a Negroni. Translated by Rebekah Smith. Susana Th non (1935-1991) is a key poet of the '60s generation in Argentina. In OV...

Reducere. Scottsdale's favorite investigator, Laura Black, returns in a thrilling new romantic mystery. In her latest adventure, Laura's on the hunt for a cl...

A young girl finds a clever way to keep her favorite things--and people--close to her forever in Memory Jars, from Caldecott Honoree Vera Brosgol. ...

A young slime scientist is surprised when her latest creation comes to life in Frankenslime, a funny and clever picture book twist on Frankenstein....

Reducere. Austin's semi-autobiographical, linked story collection follows the misadventures of Avery Colt as he struggles to survive in North St. Louis along...

Reducere. ``The sensibility of a magician, a trickster's dark humor, and a formidable musical and literary erudition.``--The New York Times Joseph Keckler's ...

Reducere. With the same vicious imagination, blood-dark humor, and ferocious narrative energy of his bestselling novel The Last Werewolf, Glen Duncan now del...

Reducere. In the 1970s and '80s, before he earned national acclaim for his award-winning novels, Pete Dexter was a newspaper columnist. Every week, in a few ...

Reducere. Think marriage means happily-ever-after? Think again... Selina and Lottie are complete opposites. Where Selina is poised but prudish, Lottie is qui...

Reducere. Your hero is not the most important character in your book. Your villain is. Are you fed up of drowning in two-dimensional villains? Frustrated wit...

Reducere. Thirteen Tennessee Ghosts and Jeffrey is a deluxe, commemorative edition of famed southern author and folklorist Kathryn Tucker Windham's introduct...

Reducere. One dark and stormy night in 1956, a stranger named Fludd mysteriously turns up in the dismal village of Fetherhoughton. He is the curate sent by t...