Humorous fiction

  • Joy in the morning : Jeeves, book 8

    Creator

    Wodehouse, P. G.

    Abstract

    Michael Hordern stars as Jeeves with Richard Briers as Bertie in this BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation. The rural beauty of Steeple Bumpleigh holds no attractions for Bertie, containing (as it does) the appalling Aunt Agatha. But there is man's work to do and, with Jeeves at his side, how can Bertie fail?

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [Bath]

    BBC Audiobooks

    Not specified
  • I still dream about you

    Creator

    Flagg, Fannie

    Abstract

    Birmingham real estate agent and former Miss Alabama Maggie Fortenberry learns valuable lessons about the nature of friendship, the challenges of modern life, and the dangers of impossible dreams as she struggles to keep Red Mountain Realty afloat and bury the heartbreaking secrets of her past.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Books on Tape

    Not specified
  • Holy cow : a modern-day dairy tale

    Creator

    Duchovny, David

    Abstract

    Elsie Bovary is a cow, and a pretty happy one at that--her long, lazy days are spent eating, napping, and chatting with her best friend, Mallory. One night, Elsie and Mallory sneak out of their pasture ... [and] Elsie finds herself drawn to the farmhouse. Through the window, she sees the farmer's family gathered around a bright Box God--and what the Box God reveals about something called an 'industrial meat farm' shakes Elsie's understanding of her world to its core. There's only one solution: escape to a better, safer world.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Macmillan Audio

    Not specified
  • The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy : the tertiary phase full cast dramatization

    Creator

    Adams, Douglas

    Abstract

    Full-cast dramatization of Life, the universe and everything, the third book in Adams's famous "trilogy in five parts." Arthur Dent is transported from a prehistoric Earth to a cricket match at Lords' Cricket Ground, two days before the Earth is to be demolished by the Vogens.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [North Kingstown, R.I.]

    BBC Audiobooks America

    Not specified
  • Her rebel heart : The officers' ex-wives club, book 1

    Creator

    Farrell, Jamie

    Abstract

    This sexy military pilot is about to meet his match in an unpredictable former beauty queen! Kaci Boudreaux is every Southern mama's nightmare, including her own. This former Miss Grits would rather tromp around in boots shooting off potato guns--and her mouth--than dress pretty and play nice with the boys. Especially her chauvinistic fellow professors, her ex-husband, and those military cargo pilots she's at war with after a pumpkin chunkin' disaster.Lance Wheeler is every Southern belle's dream, except his ex-fiancé's.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [Solon]

    Bang Laugh Love LLC

    Not specified
  • Hellbound guilds & other misdirections : The guild codex : warped, book 2

    Creator

    Jacobsen, Rob

    Annette Marie

    Abstract

    Agent Kit Morris. Has a nice ring, doesn't it? It's a big step up from "wanted criminal" or "that weird con-artist guy with weirder psychic powers," both of which recently applied to me. But my promotion to MagiPol agent comes with a few drawbacks. First, supremely talented and effortlessly gorgeous Agent Lienna Shen won't agree to a dinner date with me. Second, my new assignment has pitted me against a guild with very bad taste in pets. Third, those pets are demons, and those demons want to kill me. My psychic magic is great for conning people.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [United States]

    Tantor Media, Inc.

    Not specified
  • Hardcore twenty-four : Stephanie Plum, book 24

    Creator

    Evanovich, Janet

    Abstract

    Janet Evanovich's #1 New York Times bestselling sensation Stephanie Plum returns in her latest captivating thriller where mutilated corpses litter the streets of New Jersey. Trouble comes in bunches for Stephanie Plum. First, professional grave robber and semi-professional loon, Simon Diggery, won't let her take him in until she agrees to care for his boa constrictor, Ethel. Stephanie's main qualification for babysitting an extremely large snake is that she owns a stun gun--whether that's for use on the wandering serpent or the petrified neighbors remains to be seen.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Random House Audio

    Not specified
  • Happy & you know it

    Creator

    Hankin, Laura

    Abstract

    It's what would happen if the women from The Nanny Diaries met the women from Sex and the City in the social-media age. I devoured it in less than 48 hours."--Jill Santopolo, author of The Light We Lost. A dark, witty page-turner about a struggling young musician who takes a job singing for a playgroup of overprivileged babies and their effortlessly cool moms, only to find herself pulled into their glamorous lives and dangerous secrets ...

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [New York]

    Penguin Audio

    Not specified
  • Wait and See (Classic Munsch Audio)

    Creator

    Munsch, Robert

    Abstract

    It is Olivia's birthday, and when she blows out the candles on her cake and makes a wish, she gets exactly what she wanted—SNOW, SNOW, and MORE SNOW, even though it's summertime. All that snow leads to too much trouble, though, so Olivia's parents bake her another cake so she can make a new wish that will get rid of it. But when that wish, and the next one, and the next one lead to even more trouble what will Olivia do to solve it? Wait and see!.

    Audience
    Juvenile**
    Publisher (Source)

    [Place of publication not identified]

    Annick Press

    Not specified
  • The Dark (Classic Munsch Audio)

    Creator

    Munsch, Robert

    Abstract

    Jule Ann pounds on the bottom of a cookie jar and a small, dark lump bounces out. The Dark quickly eats up Jule Ann's shadow, and then her mother and father's shadows, growing bigger and bigger with each swallow. When the Dark grows as big as her house, Jule Ann comes up with an ingenious plan to get it back where it belongs.  .

    Audience
    Juvenile**
    Publisher (Source)

    [Place of publication not identified]

    Annick Press

    Not specified