Manners Comedy

Campbell Flynn, art historian, professor, and fêted fixture of the literati, always knew that when his life came crashing down, it would happen in public—yet he never imagined that a single year in London would expose so much. He’s never taken other people half as seriously as they take themselves, which is the first of his mistakes. The second is a new project: opportunistic and precisely calibrated to rake in a fortune.

When Arabella Grant’s wicked aunt dies suddenly, both Arabella and her cousin Lady Isabelle cannot help but feel relieved. She’d made their lives miserable, and now Lady Issie is free to read to her heart’s content, and Bella is free from taunts about her ignoble birth. Their newfound freedom is threatened, however, when Issie’s great-aunt commands her to travel to London for a come-out Issie has never wanted. Issie, who is in poor health, is convinced she’ll drop dead like her mother did if she drops into a curtsy before the queen.

For Susan Green, messy emotions don’t fit into the equation of her perfectly ordered life. She has a flat that is ideal for one, a job that suits her passion for logic, and an “interpersonal arrangement” that provides cultural and other more intimate benefits. But suddenly confronted with the loss of her mother and the news that she is about to become a mother herself, Susan’s greatest fear is realized. She is losing control.

Have you ever wished you could live in an earlier, more romantic era? Ladies, welcome to the 19th century, where there's arsenic in your face cream, a pot of cold pee sits under your bed, and all of your underwear is crotchless. (Why? Shush, dear. A lady doesn't question.) Unmentionable is your hilarious, scandalously honest (yet never crass) guide to the secrets of Victorian womanhood.

With her phenomenally popular Miss Julia series, author Ann B. Ross has graced the New York Times and other best seller lists on her way to capturing the hearts of her many dedicated fans. Miss Julia, a graceful Southern lady with impeccable manners and a penchant for problem solving, has become a beloved heroine for countless admirers.

In Modern Manners, cultural guru P. J. O'Rourke provides the essential accessory for the truly contemporary man or woman - a rulebook for living in a world without rules. Traditionally, good manners were a means of becoming as bland and invisible as everyone else, and thus of avoiding calling attention to one's own awkwardness and stupidity.

In Miss Julia Hits the Road, she is becoming increasingly concerned about her gentleman friend, Sam, who has suddenly started wearing cowboy boots, sending her flowers, and writing bad poetry. And when he shows up on a Harley-Davidson Road King and asks her to hop on, she's convinced he's lost his mind. Meanwhile, her invaluable housekeeper, Lillian, has been evicted from her home by her greedy landlord. Deciding that Lillian's need is greater than her own fear (not to mention loss of dignity), Miss Julia takes Sam up on his offer and sets off on a motorcycle Poker Run.

Mrs. Bennet’s marital schemes aren’t the only horrors Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy face this season in Hertfordshire… After learning Netherfield is set to lease at last, Elizabeth Bennet ventures onto the shadowed estate for a glimpse of Longbourn’s newest neighbors. There she finds herself confused by the eccentric Bingley sisters and drawn to the enigmatic Mr. Darcy. But the forbidding grounds whisper of mysteries as sinister as they are ancient. A web of growing madness draws Elizabeth closer to Netherfield and Mr. Darcy, a gentleman whose troubled past is tied to the awakening...

Everyone in Highley eagerly anticipates the arrival of Reginald Abernathy, the new master of Albon Manor. Everyone, that is, except Lord William Bascomb. William knows he’ll be expected to woo Reginald’s sister, and he can't summon the interest for it. But when the Abernathys arrive at last, William discovers he’s interested after all - in Reginald. Reginald is the most handsome, most dashing, most intriguing man he’s ever known. Better yet, he seems to share William's preference for men.

One afternoon, Casper Potts was enjoying lunch in his apartment with one of the Ladies’ Casserole Club members when he heard a scuffle at his front door. Excusing himself from his current companion, he opened his door to find two women fighting over a marking pen attached to the Ladies’ Casserole Club scheduling board. What happened to change this introverted widower into the most sought-after male at The Oaks, a luxurious senior living facility located in the hills above Hollywood?

Second-guessing a double agenda While treating a patient in the fall of 1972, Daisy managed to winkle out of him that he worked for MI6. Then she blabbed about a planned visit to East Berlin with her friend Margery, who was a chemistry researcher at King’s College. Back at the office, the man asked his spooks to do some background checks. It turned out that without even knowing it his blind physiotherapist and her chum had an indirect connection to a high-ranking communist party boss… Meanwhile, in East Berlin, clever operatives of the GDR secret services realized that Margery must know...

In Manners, Ralph Waldo Emerson expounds on the meaning of customs and politeness in civil society. He argues that the purpose of manners is more to facilitate the creation and proper working of society and not to establish hierarchies.

Alte Seebären treffen auf Luxusurlauber - Sie ist Leiterin des Seemannsheims "Vor Anker". Er der Manager des benachbarten Fünf-Sterne-Hotels "Schöne Aussicht". Ihre Schnittmenge: Der Gartenzaun, an dem es nicht nur kracht, sondern auch mächtig kribbelt. Schweren Herzens tauscht Anna Jong ihren Schreibtisch in einem schicken Maklerbüro gegen den Job in einem Seemannsheim. Dass sie dort nicht nur gratis wohnt, sondern auch die raubeinigen Bewohner in ihr Herz schließt, war so nicht vorgesehen. Anscheinend geht es wirklich wieder bergauf... Gäbe es da nicht den neuen Nachbarn.

Was, wenn du dich in jemanden verliebst, den du nicht ausstehen kannst? Jule Sands Leben ist perfekt. Sie liebt ihre Strandbar, ihre Freundinnen und das Leben am Meer. Selbst die regelmäßig in ihren Briefkasten flatternde Vulgär-Lyrik ihres Vermieters und die nicht jugendfreien Eskapaden ihres einzigen Mitarbeiters nimmt sie gelassen – bis ihr eine Pachterhöhung ins Haus schneit, die sich gewaschen hat. Ohne einen Zweitjob lässt sich die Vorsaison nicht überstehen. Deshalb willigt sie spontan ein, die Kinder des Architekten Jan de Fries zu hüten.

Brook Ogden's counseling practice as the Breakup Doctor is so busy that she's expanded to offer group sessions. Her radio show and advice column have made her a local celebrity, and even her personal life, after some gruesome breakups of her own, is in recovery: Ben Garrett started out as a revenge date against an ex but has turned into so much more.

Doris schlittert von einer Katastrophe in die nächste. Um ihr Leben zumindest privat wieder etwas besser auf die Reihe zu kriegen, zieht sie in eine männerverachtende Wohngemeinschaft auf dem Land. Doch kaum angekommen, macht sie mit dem attraktiven Landwirt Björn und dem amüsanten Arzt Holger Bekanntschaft - und ihre guten Vorsätze sind dahin. Als sie dann auch noch einem heißblütigen Italiener eine Herberge gibt, ihr Chef ihr mit einer Kündigung droht und ihre konservative Mutter zu Besuch kommt, scheint das Chaos perfekt zu sein.

"Wenn du deinem Passbild ähnlich zu sehen beginnst, wird es höchste Zeit, wegzufahren."

Dieser Ausspruch Ephraim Kishons steht als Motto für die köstliche Sammlung von Satiren von und für Reisende. Wir besuchen das berühmte Tal der Schmetterlinge auf Rhodos, werden in Wien von Mantelhexen gejagt und begleiten Kishon zu den Luststätten Amsterdams. Eine Weltreise des Humors.

Ist das Liebe, oder kann der weg? Hannah, die als Coach für fachgerechtes Ausmisten arbeitet, soll ausgerechnet dem neuen Flirt ihrer Freundin ein geordnetes Zuhause verpassen. Prompt entbrennt mit dem eigenwilligen Pascal erbitterter Streit: behalten oder ab in die Tonne? Doch je mehr Hannah aufräumt, desto tiefer manövriert sie sich mitten ins emotionale Chaos - denn plötzlich findet sie nicht nur eine echte Leiche auf dem Dachboden, sondern sie fühlt sich auch so merkwürdig zu Pascal hingezogen.

Devid Striesow liest die besten Geschichten und Gedichte von Erich Kästner über sich selbst und andere Männer - ironisch, bissig und beunruhigend wahr: "Da liegt man nun, so nackt, wie man nur kann, hat Seife in den Augen, welche stört, und merkt, aufs Haar genau: Man ist ein Mann. Mit allem, was dazugehört" . Dieser Geschenkband über die wundersame Spezies "Mann" ist von der Kästner-Expertin Sylvia List herausgegeben.

She lost her memory … now she’s misplaced her heart. A finalist for the Romance Writers of America RITA© Award. Lady Elizabeth Fairchild is in love with a handsome lord who’s convinced she caused his friend’s untimely death. Now that she’s lost her memory, how can she prove her innocence? A light-hearted traditional Regency in the tradition of Jane Austen and Georgette Heyer, by the author of A Lady’s Point of View and Lady in Disguise. Jacqueline Diamond’s half-dozen Regency romances, in the traditional Regency style of Jane Austen and Georgette Heyer, include A Lady’s ...