Simon Rich

Focusing on all kinds of love, this short story collection features tales about God struggling to balance his career and his girlfriend as well as an account of a young girl's imaginary friend who wants to become more.Our orders are sent from our warehouse locally or directly from our international distributors to allow us to offer you the best possible price and delivery time.

Seymour isn''t cool, but he isn''t a geek either. He''s a lonely, obedient 8th grade loser at Glendale, a second tier prep school in Manhattan. His chubbiness has recently earned him the nick name ''Chunk Style'' and he has resigned himself to a life of isolation. All of this is about to change. After successfully getting himself expelled from every reputable school in the country, Elliot Allagash, the arrogant heir of America''s largest fortune, finds himself marooned at Glendale. Try as he may, Elliot cannot get expelled this time; his father has simply donated too much money. Bitter and bored, Elliot decides to amuse himself by taking up a new hobby: transforming Seymour into the most popular student in school. An unlikely friendship develops between these two loners as Elliot introduces Seymour to new concepts, like power, sabotage and vengeance. With Elliot as his diabolical guide, Seymour gradually learns about all of the incredible things that money can buy, and the one or two things that it can''t. Hilarious, ingenious and tightly plotted, Elliot Allagash, like a teen movie in novel form, reminds you what your teens were like, and why growing up is so hard to do.

Originally published as What in God''s Name.How can you help mankind, when they won''t help themselves? Welcome to Heaven Inc, and Craig''s life.From the Sunsets Department and Geyser Regulation to the Department of Miracles, Heaven Inc has the earth covered. Unless someone is away from their desk. And these days, the CEO is kind of disillusioned.God knows he should be keeping an eye on the bad things happening on Earth, but instead he finds himself watching the Church channels on satellite TV. His first priority is the team of angels he''s asked to get Lynyrd Skynyrd back together.Downstairs on the office floor, Eliza has been promoted from the Prayers Department to Miracles, and Craig, the only other workaholic in heaven, has to show her around. Eliza is shocked by the casual attitude of many of the angels in her new department. And she''s furious when she discovers that God has never looked at, let alone answered, a single prayer.So she storms into God''s office and asks Him a question that no one has ever dared to ask before. And it might just be the end of the world.

Seymour isn't cool, but he isn't a geek either. He's a lonely, obedient 8th grade loser at Glendale, a second tier prep school in Manhattan. His chubbiness has recently earned him the nick name "Chunk Style" and he has resigned himself to a life of isolation. All of this is about to change.

Having skewered the problems of falling in and out of love in The Last Girlfriend on Earth, Simon Rich's next book is another subject we can all relate to: parents and their kids. From the perils of raising an actual monster in Manhattan - it's pretty hard to find teachers who really understand the talents of a five-year-old with horns and a taste for blood - to Sell Out, the story of Simon's ancestor, returned to life decades after an industrial accident involving pickling brine, these stories are inventive, witty and sometimes a bit too much like real life.

It doesn't matter if you're a caveman, a time traveller or a regular person. Sooner or later, someone's going to break your heart. The sketches in Simon Rich's new book are bizarre, funny, and - if you've ever been in love - all too familiar. From the invisible man stalking his ex, to Sherlock Holmes' only blind spot, The Last Girlfriend on Earth is always enchanting, often sweet, though occasionally awkward. Just like love itself. 'The Last Girlfriend On Earthis silly, surreal, sometimes sad and always laugh-out-loud funny. This collection will have you giggling/crying/squirming in recognition, and wondering what exactly Simon Rich has eaten to dream all this stuff up ...pulls off the tough trick of being both heart-warming and hilarious - it's a must-read if you've ever so much as had a crush on someone' Heat 'Pithy, occasionally bonkers' Time Out 'Truly hilarious' Eva Wiseman, Observer

Kamasutra para matrimonios, de Simon Rich y Farley Katz, es un divertido libro sobre las posturas más practicadas por las parejas estables. Un libro muy divertido apto para el gran público. Tiene ironia, pero tambien ternura, y se rie de los conflictos cotidianos de las parejas estables, y de la dificultad de practicar sexo en las parejas que tienen niños por falta de tiempo, cansancio, aburrimiento. Un buena terapia para que nos riamos de nosotros mismos y desdramaticemos. Kamasutra para matrimonios es un libro de sexologia para hombre y mujeres que ayudara a la pareja a romper la rutina y a disfrutar de la vida matrimonial.Durante siglos, los amantes han encontrado en el Kamasutra una fuente de inspiracion y de sabiduria. En pleno siglo xxi, Simon Rich y Farley Katz dan una sorprendente vuelta de tuerca a ese gran clasico de las artes amatorias, y nos ofrecen un ingenioso compendio de las posturas mas practicadas por las parejas estables: desde la postura del lavavajillas hasta la postura de esto no es lo que me habiancontado, pasando por la postura de la pesadilla recurrente. Kamasutra para matrimonios es un libro divertidisimo que lograra que todas las parejas se rian de si mismas, y que vuelvan a sentir la llama del amor y del deseo en su relacion.