Humour collections and anthologies Books
Penguin Putnam Inc I Was a Child
Book SynopsisAn illustrated memoir by renowned New Yorker cartoonist Bruce Eric Kaplan. “If The Little Prince had crash-landed, instead of in the Sahara, into a middle-class Jewish home in Maplewood, N.J. in the late 1960s, it might feel something like I Was a Child.”—The Hollywood Reporter Bruce Eric Kaplan, also known as BEK, is one of the most celebrated and admired cartoonists in America. I Was a Child is the story of his childhood in suburban New Jersey, detailing the small moments we all experience: going to school, playing with friends, family dinners, watching TV on a hot summer night, and so on. It would seem like a conventional childhood, although Kaplan's anecdotes are accompanied by his signature drawings of family outings and life at home-road trips, milk crates, hamsters, ashtrays, a toupee, a platypus, and much more. Kaplan's cartoons, although simple, are never straightforward; they encompass an easy irony and dark humor that often cuts straight to the truth of experience. Brilliantly relatable and genuinely moving, I Was a Child is about our attempts to understand the mysteries that are our parents, our families, and ourselves.
£13.60
Penguin Putnam Inc The Seven Good Years
Book SynopsisA brilliant, life-affirming, and hilarious memoir from a “genius” (The New York Times) and master storyteller. With illustrations by Jason Polan.The seven years between the birth of Etgar Keret’s son and the death of his father were good years, though still full of reasons to worry. Lev is born in the midst of a terrorist attack. Etgar’s father gets cancer. The threat of constant war looms over their home and permeates daily life.What emerges from this dark reality is a series of sublimely absurd ruminations on everything from Etgar’s three-year-old son’s impending military service to the terrorist mind-set behind Angry Birds. There’s Lev’s insistence that he is a cat, releasing him from any human responsibilities or rules. Etgar’s siblings, all very different people who have chosen radically divergent paths in life, come together after his father’s shivah to experience the grief and love t
£15.20
Penguin Putnam Inc No voy a mentir Y otras mentiras que dices cuando
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Penguin Putnam Inc The Return of the Bunny Suicides
Book SynopsisReturn of the Bunny Suicides follows over one hundred bunnies as they find ever more bizarre ways to end their fuzzy little existences. From swimming with nibbly fishes, to hiding under an elephant’s footstool, to getting on the sharp end of a Venetian gondola—no stone goes unturned (or undropped, or uncatapulted) in the twisted little creatures’ next installment.Illustrated in a spare and simple style, Return of the Bunny Suicides is a collection of hilarious and outrageous cartoons that will appeal to anyone in touch with their evil side.www.bookofbunnysuicides.comTrade ReviewPraise for Andy Riley “Wonderfully deviant.”—The Washington Post“It's the funniest, bunniest book I've ever read!”—Elton John“Brilliantly researched—one of the most important books of the year.”—Hugh Grant“At last, a British Gary Larson. But without the other animals.”—David Baddiel, author of The Death of Eli Gold“If you are a bunny contemplating suicide, then this is the book for you.”—Paul Whitehouse, comedian“The most moving account of rabbit-related depression I can recall reading. It will stay with me in my toilet for a long, long time.”—Alex Buxton, co-creator of The Adam and Joe Show“A guilty pleasure of twisted humor in the Monty Python vein.”—Chicago Tribune “Watership Down for the deeply sick. Very imaginative, very funny, very worrying if you're the author's mother.”—Richard Curtis, screenwriter, director, producer
£10.80
Random House USA Inc Sicker in the Head
Book SynopsisNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An all-new collection of honest, hilarious, and enlightening conversations with some of the most exciting names in comedy—from lifelong comedy nerd Judd Apatow.“When I need to read an interview with a comedian while in the bathroom, I always turn to Judd Apatow for deeply personal insights into the comedic mind. Place one on your toilet today.”—Amy SchumerONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: VultureNo one knows comedy like Judd Apatow. From interviewing the biggest comics of the day for his high school radio show to performing stand-up in L.A. dive bars with his roommate Adam Sandler, to writing and directing Knocked Up and producing Freaks and Geeks, Apatow has always lived, breathed, and dreamed comedy.In this all-new collection of interviews, the follow-up to the New York Times bestselling Sick in the Head, Apatow sits down with comedy l
£15.19
Random House USA Inc Southern Lady Code Essays
Book SynopsisA collection of essays that are like being seated beside the most entertaining guest at a dinner party (Atlanta Journal Constitution)—from the New York Times bestselling author of American Housewives“Thank you Helen Ellis for writing down the Southern Lady Code so that others may learn.” —Ann Patchett, bestselling author of The Dutch HouseHelen Ellis has a mantra: “If you don't have something nice to say, say something not-so-nice in a nice way.” Say “weathered” instead of “she looks like a cake left out in the rain” and “I’m not in charge” instead of “they’re doing it wrong.” In these twenty-three raucous essays, Ellis transforms herself into a dominatrix Donna Reed to save her marriage, inadvertently steals a Burberry trench coat, avoids a neck lift, and finds a black-tie gown that gives her the confidence of a
£14.36
Penguin Putnam Inc The Bad Mood Book
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£13.60
Andrews McMeel Publishing WallToWall Baby Blues A Baby Blues Treasury 19
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£16.14
DK Be More Snoopy
Book SynopsisKeep the blues away with the power of positivity.Is the world getting you down? Struggling to find the silver lining to that cloud? Put your best paw forwards and ask yourself, “What would Snoopy do?” Learn to be more like the world’s most famous beagle. Embrace joy, champion your friends, lead the way, and spread happiness wherever you go.With original comic-strip artwork accompanied by sharp witticisms and sage advice, Be More Snoopy is the perfect gift for friends, family, and colleagues who need guidance on how to make the best of every situation.© 2020 Peanuts Worldwide LLC
£11.69
DK Be More Taylor Swift
Book SynopsisTrade Review"A straightforward and sensible road map for earnest young women on the road to adulthood. Swifties will swoon for this.” –Publishers Weekly
£11.69
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Mirth in the Morning...and All Laughternoon
Book SynopsisThis treasure trove of humor from one of the country''s most prolific cartoonists is filled with comics that range in subject matter from fishing and golf tomedicine and business, dogs and cats to children and family. Selected from the fruits ofa 30-year freelance career, the cartoons are done in pastels, gray wash, and digital color, with most of the pieces designed in a campy, reader-friendly, black and white line-drawn style. These single-panel illustrations take a peek at our everyday livesturned on their headsand are served with witty quips, clever one-liners, and puns, or are occasionally presented as wordless frames conveying a delightfully slapstick scenario. Fans of the funny papers and readers looking for a quick and easy laugh will relate to the ingeniously illustrated, often very silly, situations, which capture our foibles, fears, and just a few flaws, on every page.
£23.79
Random House USA Inc The Power of Positive Idiocy A Collection of
Book SynopsisDavid Feherty, ex-pro golfer and current commentator at NBC Sports and the Golf Channel, delivers a laugh-out-loud funny and totally uncensored collection of rants sure to surprise and crack up golfers everywhere. Have you ever wondered where the weaknesses are in Tiger's game? Or what would happen if there were PGA Tour cheerleaders? Or how Old Tom Morris would play if he came back from the dead? In The Power of Positive Idiocy, readers will be treated to Feherty's answers to these questions, as well as his distinctive commentary on aging, Texas, the Irish, parenting, addiction, Charles Barkley, and, of course, every pro golfer and golfing situation you can imagine. Full of great laughs, ridiculous wisecracks, and some of the best advice for anyone new to the game of golf, Feherty’s remarkable collection is a must have for golfers of every stripe.
£14.41
Citadel Press Inc.,U.S. I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell
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£16.11
Random House USA Inc The Tao of Bill Murray RealLife Stories of Joy
Book SynopsisPerfect for the Bill Murray fan in all of us, this epic collection of “Bill Murray stories”—many reported for the first time here—distills a set of guiding principles out of his extraordinary ability to infuse the everyday with surprise, absurdity, and wonder.No one will ever believe you.New York Times bestselling author Gavin Edwards, like the rest of us, has always been fascinated with Bill Murray—in particular the beloved actor’s adventures off-screen, which rival his filmography for sheer entertainment value. Edwards traveled to the places where Murray has lived, worked, and partied, in search of the most outrageous and hilarious Bill Murray stories from the past four decades, many of which have never before been reported. Bill once paid a child five dollars to ride his bike into a swimming pool. The star convinced Harvard’s JV women’s basketball team to play with him in a pri
£21.59
Exhibit A Press Mister Negativity And Other Tales of Supernatural
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£15.15
Exhibit A Press A Vampire in Hollywood And Other Tales of
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£18.95
Green Writers Press The Full Vermonty
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThe Full Vermonty throws the book at Trump: The 134-page paperback features 20 collaborators ranging from Weybridge writer Julia Alvarez and Brookfield artist Ed Koren to former Gov. Madeleine Kunin and Vermont Life editor emeritus Tom Slayton. -- Kevin O'Connor -- VT DIGGERA July article inNewsweekreported that, compared to residents in every other state, Vermonters gave President Donald Trump the lowest approval rating. The former reality-TV star got the thumbs up from just 26 percent of Vermonters. In an act of comic defiance of the unpopular president, author Bill Mares and cartoonist Jeff Danziger teamed up to createThe Full Vermonty: Vermont in the Age of Trump. This funny yet thought-provoking book includes contributions from notable Vermonters such as former governor Madeleine Kunin,Vermont Life Magazineeditor emeritus Tom Slayton andSeven Dayswriter Sally Pollak . . . [a] political page-turner. -- SevenDays
£16.16
Green Writers Press Growing Old in Poetry
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£16.16
Henry Holt & Company Broken in the Best Possible Way
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£22.39
St Martin's Press Number One Is Walking
Book Synopsis** New York Times Bestseller **Number One Is Walking is Steve Martin's cinematic legacyan illustrated memoir of his legendary acting career, with stories from his most popular films and artwork by New Yorker cartoonist Harry Bliss.Steve Martin has never written about his career in the movies before. In Number One Is Walking, he shares anecdotes from the sets of his beloved filmsFather of the Bride, Roxanne, The Jerk, Three Amigos, and many morebringing readers directly into his world. He shares charming tales of antics, moments of inspiration, and exploits with the likes of Paul McCartney, Diane Keaton, Robin Williams, and Chevy Chase. Martin details his forty years in the movie biz, as well as his stand-up comedy, banjo playing, writing, and cartooning, all with his unparalleled wit.With gorgeously illustrated cartoons and single-panel diversions in Steve and Harry's signature style, Number One Is Walking
£21.59
Henry Holt & Company Inc Glitter Every Day
Book SynopsisThe Instant New York Times BestsellerFrom Andy Cohen, the New York Times bestselling author and host of Watch What Happens Live comes an inspiring collection of daily quotes from the larger-than-life women that defined his life, offering inspiration, affirmation, and (just enough) intoxication to make any day shine bright the perfect gift for the holidays! Andy Cohen has made a career, and a life, out of making the ordinary extraordinary. The inspiration for this fabulous view of the world has always come from the incredible women (from his mother to Madonna) he loves. In Glitter Every Day Andy shares his most needed words of wisdom from his favorite icons for every day, just in time to kick off the new year!Andy not only gathers 365 sayings and quotes from the icons, thought leaders, Real Housewives and legendary celebs that fuel his fun, he writes about the people and experiences that have made him live one of the most joyous l
£19.20
Hyperion Hello Friends
Book SynopsisWELCOME TO A COMEDIC TRIP THROUGH THE LIFE OF ONE OF THE COUNTRY’S MOST EXCITING COMEDIANS. MEET DULCÉ SLOAN, WHOSE LIFE HAS BEEN AN INCREDIBLE JOURNEY FILLED WITH LESSONS AND LAUGHTER. IN ADDITION TO DOING STAND-UP AROUND THE WORLD, DULCÉ IS A TRAINED ACTOR, SINGER, AND HAS BEEN A CORRESPONDENT ON THE DAILY SHOW ON COMEDY CENTRAL.Dulcé Sloan’s first memoir is organized into essays from her life. From a childhood moving between cities, starting her own business selling toys at a Miami flea market, to being a Black kid in a predominately white school, she’s always used her masterful wit to challenge the status quo. Her purpose in comedy unfolded while navigating clubs and the set of The Daily Show. Have you ever dated an adult who roller skated, or went out with a mechanic just to get free auto service? Yup, she’s got that story for you. Her stories are both wildly
£22.39
Peter Pauper Press The Pocket Pooh Mini Book
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£8.33
Andrews McMeel Publishing Wetter Louder Stickier A Baby Blues Collection 38
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£18.04
Andrews McMeel Publishing No Yelling
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£18.04
Chronicle Books Broad City PopUp Notecards 10 PopUp Notecards
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£13.46
History Press World War II Cartoons of Akrons Web Brown
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£18.69
Workman Publishing How to Die Alone: The Foolproof Guide to Not
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£11.66
Penguin Books Ltd The Mystery of the Exploding Teeth: And Other
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£17.00
Penguin Putnam Inc Golden Rules: Wit and Wisdom of The Golden Girls
Book SynopsisWhat better way to thank someone for being a friend than to share this fabulous book with them? It's packed with the inimitable wit and wisom of everyone's favorite ladies--Blanche, Dorothy, Rose, and Sophia!They've lived a lot of life, and the Golden Girls are here to provide some pearls of wisdom (with more than a bit of sarcasm and some naiveté). From "Sticks and stones can break your bones. But cement pays homage to tradition," to "Isn't it amazing how I can feel so bad, and still look so good?" to "As they say in St. Olaf: 'Helderbargenflergenflurfennerfen!'," America's four favorite housemates-Betty White, Bea Arthur, Estelle Getty, and Rue McClanahan-share their hard-earned life lessons.
£11.69
Andrews McMeel Publishing Surviving the Great Indoors, 36: A Baby Blues
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£18.04
Grand Central Publishing I Might Regret This: Essays, Drawings,
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£15.30
Grand Central Publishing Living My Best Life, Hun: Following Your Dreams
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£23.20
Belt Publishing The Trouble with Loving Poets
£14.49
BookBaby Captain Pistol's Paradise
£32.79
Little Brown and Company A Carnival of Snackery: Diaries (2003-2020)
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£30.00
Worthy Books I Take My Coffee Black: Reflections on Tupac,
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£26.25
Vehicule Press Fear of Frying and Other Fax Of Life
Book Synopsis1995 Winner of the Stephen Leacock Award for Humour, this hilarious view of the 90s pokes fun at fat cats, bureaucrats, sign laws, snowstorms, second-hand steak fumes, quiet Canadians, noisy Americans, and other fax of Canadian life.
£12.30
Counterpoint Long Time Leaving: Dispatches from Up South
Book SynopsisIn this acerbic, eminently quotable book, humorist Roy Blount Jr. focuses on his own dueling loyalties across the great American divide. Scholarly, raunchy, biting, and affable, Blount takes on topics ranging from chicken fingers and yellow dog Democrats to Elvis's toes while sharing some experiences of his own: chatting with Ray Charles, meeting an Okefenokee alligator, imagining Faulkner's tennis game, and being swept up, sort of, in the filming of Nashville. His yarns, analyses, and flights of fancy transcend all standard shades of Red, Blue, and in between.Blount's sidesplitting, irreverent musings may not end our tacit Civil War at long last, but they do clarify, or aptly complicate, divisive delusions on both sides of the long-standing national rift. Long Time Leaving is a comic ode to American variety and a droll assault on complacency both North and South from one of the most definitive and esteemed humorists of our time.
£11.99
North Atlantic Books,U.S. Paper Lanterns: More Quotations from the Back
Book SynopsisSpanning regions, eras, religions, and philosophies, Paper Lanterns is a thoughtful collection of quotations that have appeared in The Sun magazine, which boasts a loyal readership of 70,000 people. With quotes by writers, artists, mystics, humorists, philosophers, and others, the book takes readers on a journey through innocence and experience, love and loss, disillusionment and awakening, by turns delighting readers and giving reassurance to those experiencing tough times. Divided into sixteen chapters, the book is organized by themes that include romantic love, family, education, travel, creativity, life challenges, compassion, social justice, nature, spirituality, and death. Unlike many books in this genre, Paper Lanterns avoids well-worn quotes, and the contributors are an eclectic group: from Hafiz to Emma Goldman; from John Lennon to the Buddha. Offering wisdom in a nutshell, Paper Lanterns respects the glory and the heartache of being human.
£14.39
Little, Brown & Company Naked
Book Synopsis*A collection of personal essays - surprising, disarming, heartbreakingly funny - from the #1 bestselling writer Time named America's Favorite Humorist.
£17.61
Steerforth Press I'd Rather Not: Essays
Book SynopsisA decidedly skewed, hilarious collection of life reflections and colorful storytelling. — Kirkus ReviewsAn endlessly entertaining collection of wayward autobiographical tales about a search for a richer life thwarted at every turn by beagles, bureaucrats, and ill-advised love affairsThe unlikely story of how a failed dishwasher, tour guide, cabinet maker, bus driver, bookseller and literary journal publisher became one of Australia's hottest humor essayists Perfect for fans of humorous, thought-provoking authors like Sloane Crosley, Jenny Lawson, Samantha Irby, and David SedarisThis wryly subversive book of adventures (and misadventures) offers an original and utterly hilarious take on work, escape, and that something more we all need. Robert Skinner arrives in the city, searching for a richer life. Things begin badly and then, surprisingly, get slightly worse. Pretty soon he's sleeping rough and trying to run a literary magazine out of a dog park. His quest for meaning keeps being thwarted, by gainful employment, house parties, ill-advised love affairs, camel trips, and bureaucratic entanglements.The book's 14 essays/stories can be savored one at a time, or binge read: War and Peace The Perfect Host Cinderella Pays the Rent Lessons from Camels How to Make It in Business The Stopover Kings of Sweden House Party Car Sick I Fought the Law Always Coming Home The Art of Tour Guiding A Fisherman’s Lament Epilogue: Dying Art of Hitchhiking Robert's distinctive voice possesses uncommon immediacy, at once humorous and soulful, self-effacing and wise. Perhaps most important of all, he is endlessly entertaining.
£13.59
Pelican Publishing Co Yat Wit: Chicken Gumbo for the New Orleans Soul
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£12.59
Maverick Books, Inc. It Made Me Laugh
£9.00
Penguin Putnam Inc I Was Told There'd Be Cake
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£14.45
Fantagraphics Books Walt Disneys Mickey Mouse March of the Zombies
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£28.48
Melville House Publishing The Diary of a Bookseller
Book SynopsisA WRY AND HILARIOUS ACCOUNT OF LIFE AT A BOOKSHOP IN A REMOTE SCOTTISH VILLAGE Among the most irascible and amusing bookseller memoirs I've read. —Dwight Garner, The New York Times Warm, witty and laugh-out-loud funny... —The Daily Mail The Diary of a Bookseller is Shaun Bythell's funny and fascinating memoir of a year in the life at the helm of The Bookshop, in the small village of Wigtown, Scotland—and of the delightfully odd locals, unusual staff, eccentric customers, and surreal buying trips that make up his life there as he struggles to build his business . . . and be polite . . . In this wry and hilarious diary, he tells us the trials and tribulations of being a small businessman; of learning that customers can be, um, eccentric; and of wrangling with his own staff of oddballs. And perhaps none are quirkier than the charmingly cantankerous bookseller Bythell himself turns out to be. Slowly, with a mordant wit and keen eye, Bythell is seduced by the growing charm of small-town life, despite—or maybe because of—all the peculiar characters there.
£15.29
Experiment The Tricky Art of Co-Existing: How to Behave
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£15.90
