B. J. Novak
Author
Language
English
Description
"B.J. Novak's One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories is an endlessly entertaining, surprisingly sensitive, and startlingly original debut that signals the arrival of a brilliant new voice in American fiction. A boy wins a $100,000 prize in a box of Frosted Flakes--only to discover how claiming the winnings might unravel his family. A woman sets out to seduce motivational speaker Tony Robbins--turning for help to the famed motivator himself. A new...
Author
Publisher
Tinunmas
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Español
Description
¡Este libro parece serio, pero en realidad es totalmente alocado! Si un chaval te pide que se lo leas en voz alta, disconfÃa: te está tomando el pelo. ¡Verás como acabas diciendo cosas estúpidas y provocas la risa de todo el mundo!
"In this book with no pictures, the reader has to say every silly word, no matter what"--Provided by publisher.
4) Why not me?
Author
Language
English
Description
Hollywood starlet Mindy Kaling shares her ongoing, laugh-out-loud journey to find contentment and excitement in her adult life.
5) Vengeance
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Formats
Description
When an aspiring writer receives a phone call telling him that a woman he once hooked up with is dead, he decides to travel from New York City to her hometown in Texas to attend her funeral and investigate the circumstances of her death, hoping to gather material for his future podcast.
Series
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
When P.L. Travers travels from London to Hollywood in 1961 to finally discuss Walt Disney's desire to bring her beloved character, Mary Poppins to the motion picture screen (a quest he began in the 1940s as a promise to his two daughters), Disney meets a prim, uncompromising sexagenarian not only suspect of the impresario's concept for the film, but a woman struggling with her own past. During her stay in California, Travers' reflects back on her...
9) The founder
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Tells the true story of how Ray Kroc, a salesman from Illinois, met Mac and Dick McDonald, who were running a burger operation in 1950s Southern California. Kroc was impressed by the brothers' speedy system of making the food and saw franchise potential. He maneuvered himself into a position to be able to pull the company from the brothers and create a billion-dollar empire.
Language
English
Description
Michael Scott is an earnest but clueless boss who can't help but contribute his own irreverent commentary to the daily happenings at the Scranton branch of the Dunder Mifflin paper company. As the staff deals with potential office closures, mergers, romances and advancement, Michael is always there to say all the wrong things at all the right times.
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Based on the popular British series of the same name, the American version follows the daily interactions of a group of idiosyncratic office employees at a Scranton, PA office of the Dunder Mifflin paper supply company via a documentary film crew's cameras. Features earnest, but clueless, regional manager Michael Scott, who believes himself an exceptional boss, and his office staff, who tolerate Michael's inappropriate behavior only because he signs...
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Rejoin Dunder Mifflin boss Michael Scott, Jim and Pam as they bring romance to the workplace, Dwight as he continues his quest to be Michael's right-hand man, and newly deemed "Wunderkind" Ryan, who's working to drag Dunder Mifflin into the digital age.
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Big changes are ahead for Dunder Mifflin/Sabre. Andy has taken over as manager of Dunder Mifflin and finds the job to be more than he bargained for. He wants to win the respect of his employees while going toe-to-toe with Robert California, the enigmatic new CEO who wants to turn the office into his personal playground. Dwight makes his own grab for power when he leads a team to Florida to work under Nellie Bertram, who may be slightly out of her...