Dark Humor

Reducere. Description"Have no fear, citizens Captain Superlative is here to make all troubles disappear "Red mask, blue wig, silver swimsuit, rubber gloves, ...

Reducere. Get Ready to be Spooked It was eleven o'clock at night. Peter was in bed on the second floor of the old house where he lived alone. It had gotten s...

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

Reducere. This book reveals the dark journey through abuse and the triumph of overcoming it in the hope of connecting with other abuse victims that are strug...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Dawn Lee McKenna Southern mystery and suspense, liberally seasoned with coastal atmosphere and dark humor. Karma's alive an...

Reducere. Predators get a pretty bad rap. Sure, they prey on helpless animals that never stand a chance. But behind those jagged teeth, powerful jaws, and ra...

Reducere. Set in Glasgow in 1981, a time of hunger strikes, riots and unemployment that decimated the old industrial heartlands, The Field of Blood is the fi...

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. How-life writer and unrepentant alcoholic Henry Chinaski was born to survive. After decades of slacking off at low-paying dead-end jobs, blowing hi...

Reducere. "A modern masterpiece." -- BookPage Finalist for the CWA Gold Dagger Award, "Best Crime Novel of the Year" "As daring in execution as imagination, ...

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

Reducere. DescriptionDaniel X's hunt to eliminate each and every intergalactic criminal on Earth is always relentless, but this time, it's getting personal. ...

DescriptionIvan Dolinar is born in Tito's Yugoslavia on April Fool's Day, 1948 -- the auspicious beginning of a life that will be derailed by backf...

Reducere. DescriptionThis is not your stereotypical gay-hairdresser-addict-convict story ... if there is such a thing. In the vein of Augusten Burroughs and ...

DescriptionThis eight-time Eisner Award-winning comic book series blending fantasy and humor features the adventures of paranormal pets investigati...

Reducere. Following the life of newborn infant, Emmanuel, this great contemporary novel of Quebec exposes a painful history central to the new consciousness ...

DescriptionDeep within the nightmare realm of Casca's dreams, Schierke and Farnese battle endless horrors to reach the dark secret that has impriso...

Reducere. In the last days of the Venetian Republic, the successive wives of Count Alvise Lanzi suffer mysterious, agonizing deaths. Murder Most Serene offer...

Reducere. DescriptionHarry Starke Boxed Set 1 Books 1, 2 & 3Mysterious murders. Dark and dangerous underworlds. A private eye who isn't afraid to get his han...

DescriptionInspired by the dark imagination of Edward Gorey, Envious Siblings is a twisted and hauntingly funny debut. Comics artist Landis Blair i...

DescriptionFormer Senior Editor for Gothamist Rebecca Fishbein's adult life has been a dramatic reflection of New York media itself--constantly evo...

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...

DescriptionA man tries to teach a stone to speak through sheer force of will. An engaged couple makes a pact to never lie, and their union dissolve...

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. The Fish Can Sing is one of Nobel Prize winner Halld r Laxness's most beloved novels, a poignant coming-of-age tale marked with his peculiar blend ...

Reducere. Northeastern Minnesota Book AwardIn this comprehensive collection of Ellie Schoenfeld's poems, ..".one finds a tenderness mixed with bewilderment, ...

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. The Cook opens with Conrad, nearly seven feet tall, gaunt, and dressed all in black, arriving on his bicycle in the town of Cobb. He quickly secure...

Description"When the Klan Comes to Pasadena, Intimidation Takes a New Form in DARK SPIRITS, a Historical Cozy Mystery by Alice Duncan" The Ku Klux ...

Description"A playful, punchy paean to the pervasive poot." --Kirkus Reviews (Starred review) Grandmas fart. Teachers fart. Terrifying creatures fa...

Reducere. Fantasy. Mystery. Action. Humor. Parents, teachers, and librarians will no longer have to push kids to read--"The Berinfell Prophesies" will engage...

The National Bestseller from the Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author of Middlesex and The Marriage PlotWith a New IntroductionFirst published in 1993, Th...

Selected as One of the Best Books of the Year by: National Public Radio, Esquire, Bustle, Refinery29, Thrillist, Electric Literature, Powell's, Aut...

Reducere. DescriptionOur love songs have no shadows. We dare not acknowledge the deep love that can coexist with loss. But in this timely and timeless collec...

Reducere. DescriptionFashionable-paranoia is a mix of splatter violence, humor and titillation, and manga artist, Shintaro Kago has helped define the genre o...

Reducere. DescriptionThe world of Lio is filled with the extraordinary--monsters under the bed, wild reptile pets, robot inventions, weird science--but it's ...

DescriptionClaire Williamson's Visiting the Minotaur is full of artful reflections, refractions, and re-workings of incidents that reveal a fraught...

Description"Superb characters, sparkling dialogue, and a gripping, terrifying plot, plus flashes of humor to boot; JoAnn Chaney's What You Don't Kn...

DescriptionThis eight-time Eisner Award-winning comic book series blending fantasy and humor features the adventures of paranormal pets investigati...

DescriptionDuckworth's parents think he is a difficult child, so when a snake slides right up and swallows him whole, his parents don't believe him...

Description"A man called Berg, who changed his name to Greb, came to a seaside town intending to kill his father. . ."So begins Ann Quin's madcap f...

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

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

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Jane AustenNorthanger Abbey is both a perfectly aimed literary parody and a withering satire of the commercial aspects of m...

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

Reducere. "Tate's poems are meditative, introverted, self-reliant, funny, alarming, strange, difficult, intelligent, and beautifully crafted." --New York Tim...

Reducere. DescriptionIt happens to us all: we think we've settled into an identity, a self, and then out of nowhere and with great force, the traces of our p...

DescriptionThe Book of African Proverbs collects over 1, 200 of the best, most profound and illuminating proverbs from Africa, its nations and its ...

Reducere. Dan Rupley has 24 hours to survive a cursed killer gun and get his dead fianc e back. What could go wrong? "Perfect for Stephen King fans. It's a t...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Kentaro MiuraBerserk has conquered the worlds of manga and anime, and now comes the essential roadmap to the sprawling Bers...

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

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Naomi AldermanOne of the New York Times's Ten Best Books of 2017A Los Angeles Times Best Book of 2017One of the Washington ...

Contributor(s): Author: Tonya HurleyCharlotte Usher, a.k.a. ghostgirl, discovers that the afterlife isn't quite what she expected when she's forced...

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. The crucial question is this: Who understood the risk inherent in the assumption of ever-rising real estate prices, a risk compounded daily by the ...

Mary Zimmerman's The Secret in the Wings adapts a group of lesser-known fairy tales to create a theatrical work that sets their dark mystery agains...

Reducere. ``An African American nun challenges the beliefs of her second-grade students in this thought-provoking picture book set in the 1960s.``--Publisher...

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. "Koontz givesOdd Thomas] wit, good humor, a familiarity with the dark side of humanity--and moral outrage."--USA Today Once presided over by a Roar...

Reducere. Emit Hopper was a one-hit wonder--twice. First as a rock and roller in the 80s, then as a literary darling in the 90s. Now it's twenty years later,...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Beverly JenkinsBelle Palmer is finally freeSeparated from her father on the harrowing escape, Belle is lost and alone until...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: John G. HartnessAWARD-WINNING DARK FANTASY WITH ACTION, SNARK, AND DEMONS GALORE "If you love action-packed dark edged urba...

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...

When we think of psychology, we think of a field dedicated to understanding and curing the dark side of life--addictions, phobias, compulsions, anx...

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

Hiking in the great outdoors, catching fish, watching the stars come out at night--camping is fun. Until it's time to sleep. Then, Lucy wonders, wh...

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

Reducere. This best-selling series engages readers of all levels by making them part of the story. Readers will become the main character and can revel in th...