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Books > Sport & Leisure > Humour > Parodies & spoofs
From an Emmy Award-winning writer, witty and hilarious advice to
classic literary characters-from Lady Macbeth to Victor
Frankenstein-on how to cope with their most arduous, "real-life"
struggles. What would happen if your favorite literary characters
wrote in to ask for help from an advice columnist? What suggestions
would Hester Prynne need to cope with the judgemental neighbors?
What if Mrs. Bennett from Pride and Prejudice asked for tips about
managing her financial woes? Emmy Award-winning writer Jay Bushman
imaginatively considers those scenarios and dozens more as Aunt
Antigone, the "agony aunt" who dishes practical advice, along with
a fair dose of snark. Grouped by theme, Novel Advice features our
favorite and most beloved literary characters from all genres as
they write in to Aunt Antigone for help with their "real-world"
problems. Discover what Aunt Antigone has to say when Ophelia and
Ishmael ask about their dating woes, when Dr. Jekyll searches for
the perfect work/life balance, or when Scarlett O'Hara wants tips
about the best way to handle stress. Perfect for fans of Texts from
Jane Eyre, Tequila Mockingbird, and booklovers everywhere, this
book is a hilarious and thought-provoking look at our favorite
literary characters seeking help from an advice column with her own
dramatic background.
Lying on a riverbank on a lazy summer's afternoon - 23rd June 2016,
to be precise - Alice spots a flustered-looking white rabbit called
Dave calling for a referendum. Following him down a rabbit-hole,
she emerges into a strange new land, where up is down, black is
white, experts are fools and fools are experts... She meets such
characters as the Corbynpillar, who sits on a toadstool smoking his
hookah and being no help to anyone; Humpty Trumpty, perched on a
wall he wants the Mexicans to pay for; the Cheshire Twat, who likes
to disappear leaving only his grin, a pint, and the smell of scotch
eggs remaining; and the terrifying Queen of Heartlessness, who'll
take off your head if you dare question her plan for Brexit. Will
Alice ever be able to find anyone who speaks sense?
Written by bestselling author Boris Starling, Marriage is one of
the first titles in the brand new Haynes Explains series. A
light-hearted and entertaining take on the classic workshop manual,
it contains everything you'd expect to see including exploded
views, flow charts, fault diagnosis and the odd wiring diagram. It
takes the reader through all stages of married life, giving them
the hints and tips needed to keep it running smoothly.
Mauled Maimed Mangled Mutilated Mythology is adult literature that
satirizes twenty-one classic mythology stories into more mature
presentations featuring adult language, content and humor. Author
Jay Dubya goes right to work retelling adult renditions of female
myths Pandora, Ceres Goes Against the Grain and Echo's Cursing
Curse. Other famous adventure myths that are thoroughly pulverized
and clobbered are Bellerophon's Marathon Adventure, Theseus and the
Minotaur, Perseus and Medusa, Osysseus and the Cyclops and Jason
and the Golden Fleecers. Male hero and vanity/punishment myths are
also imaginatively assaulted and mercilessly converted into adult
versions as in the cases of Prometheus and Fire, The Three Golden
Apples, Oedipus, King Midas and Orpheus. Other stories that are not
saved from degeneration are the author's humorous original tales
Olympus Lives and also Colliding Myths, where Jay Dubya combines
the popular stories of Phaethon and the classic Daedalus and
Icarus. Love myths are also hammered with novel presentations of
Baucis and Philemon, Psyche and Stupid Cupid along with Atalanta's
Last Race. Finally, Norse mythology is not spared from total
degeneration with a very amusing retelling of Beowulf and Arabian
literature is also assaulted with a creative presentation of The
Fourth Voyage of Sindbad. Mauled Maimed Mangled Mutilated Mythology
is exclusively adult satirical literature that is definitely not
written for or to be read by children.
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