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Little, Brown Book Group Calvin And Hobbes Volume 2 One Day the Wind Will
Book SynopsisThe second volume in a series of comic cartoons starring the Calvin and Hobbes pair.Calvin, cheeky, hyperactive and mischievous, and Hobbes, his cuddly toy tiger who, as far as Calvin is concerned is very much alive and kicking, are two of the most loveable and hilarious characters to grace the comic strip in years. Sit back and enjoy . . .
£8.99
Hardie Grant Books (UK) Pocket Positivity: RuPaul: The Life-affirming
Book SynopsisIn need of a bit of pep from the queen of drag? RuPaul is here for you in this pocket collection of positivity. Learn how to love yourself, find your family and serve up some rose-tinted realness with quotes that cover everything from self-confidence to superstardom. Full of laughter, colour and creativity, this little book will help you make every day your most fabulous moment yet.Use all the colours, touch all the toys and lick all the candy! Do it all!Fulfillment isn’t found over the rainbow – it’s found in the here and now. Today I define success by the fluidity with which I transcend emotional land mines and choose joy and gratitude instead.That is the key to navigating this life – don't take it too seriously. That's when the party begins.What it says on your driver’s license isn’t really who you are – you are something much greater than that.When you become the image of your own imagination, it’s the most powerful thing you could ever do.
£7.59
Headline Publishing Group Road to Rouen
Book SynopsisBen Hatch is on the road again. Commissioned to write a guidebook about France (despite not speaking any French) he sets off with visions of relaxing chateaux and refined dining. Ten thousand miles later his family''s been attacked by a donkey, had a run-in with a death-cult and, after a near drowning and a calamitous wedding experience involving a British spy, his own marriage is in jeopardy. A combination of obsessions about mosquitoes, French gravel and vegetable theme parks mean it''s a bumpy ride as Ben takes a stand against tyrannical French pool attendants, finds himself running with the bulls in Pamplona and almost starring in a snuff movie after a near fatal decision to climb into a millionaire''s Chevrolet Blazer. Funny and poignant, Road to Rouen asks important questions about life, marriage and whether it''s ever acceptable to tape baguette to your children''s legs to smuggle lunch into Disneyland Paris.Trade ReviewBen Hatch makes me laugh more and more -- John CleeseMagnifique! -- Terry WoganBen Hatch is a very funny writer. His work is fresh and heartfelt -- David JasonA French odyssey to rival the greatest adventures in history - if you like jokes, and a car full of cheese. Funny and touching * Danny Wallace *Highly recommended to anyone holidaying in France this year. Or to anyone holidaying anywhere. Or to anyone holidaying with kids. Or to anyone with kids but no holiday plans. Basically to anyone with a sense of humour * Sunday Express *Although Hatch's writing strength is in absurd comedy, there's a heart-warming spirit underpinning the book, that of the sheer joy of tackling what life throws at you as a united team and spending time together as a family. * Daily Mail *I am going to shout this very loudly. YOU MUST READ THIS BOOK. The funniest travel memoir you will read this year. Ben Hatch is a genius. The funny bits were so funny. The sad bits were so sad * Lisa Jewell *Parents will either roar with laughter or roll their eyes with recognition at this family road-trip memoir * Metro *Goes from one hilarious situation to another. Very entertaining. The author is naturally funny * The Sun *Fantastically funny and touching. I laughed and winced and will never look at baguettes in the same way again * Sophie Kinsella *I loved Ben Hatch's funny, honest, touching memoir * Jenny Colgan *A lovely, funny, scary adventure * Tim Brooke-Taylor *Haven't laughed as much in ages * Mike Gayle *A funny, poignant tale of life and surviving it * Guardian *
£10.44
Hodder & Stoughton 100 Ways for a Chicken to Train its Human
Book SynopsisPublished in Hodder's 100 Ways... range - total sales now amount to more than 500,000
£7.99
Penguin Putnam Inc The Book of Useless Information
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£14.25
Tiller Press Yoga While You Wait: Finding Purpose in Each
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£14.44
John Murray Press Jeremy Hardy Speaks Volumes: words, wit, wisdom,
Book SynopsisThe best of the best from the Comedians' Comedian 2020'If you loved Jeremy Hardy, or if you know anyone who did, this is the most brilliant present because it's got every part of his voice in it' DAWN FRENCH'Well good evening, my name is Jeremy Hardy and I'm a comedian who likes to make wry witty satirical observations about the society we live in -- but I prefer to keep them to myself, thank you very much.'Edited by his wife, Katie Barlow and his long-time producer David Tyler, this comprehensive celebration of Jeremy Hardy's work is introduced by Jack Dee and Mark Steel. Further reflections on Jeremy come from Rory Bremner, Paul Bassett Davies, Jon Naismith, Francesca Martinez, Sandi Toksvig, Victoria Coren Mitchell, Andy Hamilton, Graeme Garden and Hugo Rifkind. Katie Barlow also provides a moving Afterword.Jeremy Hardy, who died in February 2019, was perhaps the most distinctive and brilliant comedian to arise from the 80s Alternative Comedy circuit. He regularly entertained the millions who heard his outrageous rants on The News Quiz, his legendary singing on I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue, or his hilarious monologues and sketches on the award-winning Jeremy Hardy Speaks to The Nation and Jeremy Hardy Feels It. Often referred to as 'the comedian's comedian', Jeremy's comedy could be both personal and political, ranging in topics from prison reform to parenting, from British identity to sex. His comedy could be biting, provocative and illuminating, but it could also be surreal, mischievous and, at times, very silly. And while Jeremy's unwavering socialism was a thread that ran throughout his comedy, his greatest skill was that, whatever their political beliefs, Jeremy always brought his audience along with him.Jeremy Hardy Speaks Volumes is a fitting celebration of this brilliant comedian. Introduced by Jack Dee and Mark Steel and containing material from his stand-up to his radio monologues and political satire to the joyfully silly gems, as well as tributes from his friends and fellow comedians, it is curated to encompass everything about Jeremy that fans adored. Edited by Katie Barlow and David Tyler, Jeremy Hardy Speaks Volumes is wise, daft, outrageous, personal and, above all, very funny: like Jeremy himself.'Ground-breakingly brilliant, off-the-register funny' JACK DEE'A one-off. Part genius, part naughty schoolboy' SANDI TOKSVIG'Unfussy, unshowy, principled, self-deprecating, hugely loved and admired by his fellow comedians and funnier than the lot of us put together' RORY BREMNERTrade ReviewIf you loved Jeremy Hardy, or if you know anyone who did, this is the most brilliant present because it's got every part of his voice in it * Dawn French *Ground-breakingly brilliant, off-the-register funny, compassionate and caring * Jack Dee *A glorious friend and a mischievous comedian - a clown and a commentator all at once * Mark Steel *Jeremy Hardy was a one-off. Part genius, part naughty school boy . . . there was no one to match him for his brilliant understanding, his satire and his straightforward ability to make us sob with laughter. How many evenings he made the radio theatre rock with delight * Sandi Toksvig *Jeremy Hardy was so special and brilliant and mischievous, a miracle of a person * Victoria Coren-Mitchell *Unfussy, unshowy, principled, self-deprecating, hugely loved and admired by his fellow comedians, and funnier than the lot of us put together. A unique comedian and a lovely man * Rory Bremner *He chose to use his comedy to change the world, rather than to fill stadia * Richard Osman *He would light fires of indignation with his blazing wit * Independent *[A] fine and fitting collection . . . poignant * Chortle *Brings together the late comedian's musings on both the personal and political * Choice *
£18.00
Welbeck Publishing Group Bill & Ted's Most Excellent Movie Book: The Official Companion
£15.00
John Murray Press Wankernomics
Book SynopsisTHE HILARIOUS, MUST-HAVE HANDBOOK FOR ANYONE WHO HAS HAD TO ENDURE THE BULLSH*T OF THE MODERN WORKING WORLD. Are you a total failure at work? Do you struggle with simple tasks like using the phrase moving forward in every email? Have you never used the word synergies in a LinkedIn post? You need W*nkernomics.Picture the scene. You''re sitting in a meeting at work. Your colleagues are deep in serious discussion. Terry says he wants an end-to-end, digital-first solution by COB Friday. Fiona says she''ll have to take that offline and circle back later. And then quite suddenly, you catch yourself thinking, ''hang on... what the f*ck are they talking about?'' Like, seriously, what do those words even mean?W*nkernomics is for anyone who has ever been told to reach out, touch base, drill down, or optimise their ducks on the same songsheet. Learn how to:* Navigate endless meetings* Master passive aggressive emails* Outmanoeuvre your colleagues with nothing more than an obnoxious LinkedIn profile, a pack of Post-it Notes and the phrase ''circle back''.W*nkernomics will help you navigate workplace hell like a boss.
£11.69
Penguin Putnam Inc Tubby Nuggets Tearable Book
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£15.29
Cornerstone Britains Best Political Cartoons 2024
Book SynopsisBritain's Best Political Cartoons 2024 offers a superbly sharp and wickedly witty record of a year of landmark landslides, Trumpian trials, Post Office revelations, and one soggy Sunak. This collection features the work of Peter Brookes, Steve Bell, Morten Morland, Nicola Jennings, Christian Adams, Dave Brown, Ella Baron and many more of the nation's finest cartoonists, alongside captions from Britain''s leading cartoon expert. It's a magnificent record of twelve months of political pandemonium and savage satire, and the perfect gift for friends, family, or just for yourself.
£15.29
Octopus Publishing Group The Little Instruction Book for Retirement:
Book SynopsisIt's time to celebrate the end of an era - and the start of a whole new one! Ah, retirement - from here on out it's all lazy lie-ins, pleasant afternoons in the garden (or the garden centre), long lunches with friends and evenings spent in a comfy chair in front of the fire, right? Wrong! Welcome to a world where you're halfway to the office before you realize you don't work there any more, you somehow seem to have even less free time than before to do all the things you need to do, and suddenly daytime TV seems a whole lot more appealing than it ever used to... This indispensable handbook, packed with amusing illustrations, is here to guide you through the pleasures and pitfalls of being retired. Most importantly, though, it'll teach you how to how to make sure you always get a decent afternoon nap. This book is perfect gift for retirees, offering tongue-in-cheek advice on how to make the most of their new-found freedom.
£7.59
Cider Mill Press True Facts That Sound Like Bullt Pop Culture
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£9.49
Ridley's Games 100 School Jokes
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£7.00
HarperCollins Publishers A Monk Swimming
Book SynopsisAn entertaining memoir of a rollicking life in New York of an Irish immigrant.Trade Review‘One of the funniest books I’ve ever read. Everyone should rush to buy it’Irish News ‘A drunken exhilarating version of the American dream’The Observer ‘One grows to like Mr McCourt for his honesty, sympathise with him for his struggle… and laugh and sweat with him when the authorities seem to be closing in… a funny, oddly winning book’New York Times
£14.24
HarperCollins Publishers Home Land
Book SynopsisWelcome to the most twisted high-school reunion imaginable, from a rising star of American satire.Trade Review‘Sam Lipsyte is a gifted stylist, precise, original, devious, and very funny.’ Jeffrey Eugenides, author of ‘Middlesex’ ‘Sam Lipsyte can really write. Sentence after sentence is clever, agile, amused; they torque away, at the last moment, from what you might expect. One-liners abound, often freighted with darkness and insight; Lipsyte is playful and lewd, bleak and farcical, walking a fine line between near-glib humour and a genuine existential fear one could even call Beckettian.’ Guardian ‘Lipsyte’s fictional voice is incredibly self-assured, as if the world had been retranslated.’ Time Out ‘Lipsyte’s writing is inventive and playful…Deviant and hilarious, an absurdist picaresque.’ Literary Review
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HarperCollins Publishers If I Dont Write It Nobody Else Will
Book SynopsisThe long awaited story of one of Britain’s greatest comic legends.Trade Review'Eric Sykes, now 82, is a splendid survivor. Recently the subject of a charming South Bank Show, the indefatigable Lancastrian is still working, with blithe disregard for his deafness, blindness and heart bypass operation. Characteristically, Sykes ends this engagingly artless autobiography with the news that he has been cast as Frank Bryce in the latest Harry Potter film. The tone throughout is warm-hearted, though occasionally there are welcome blasts of asperity. And there are joyful pages devoted to what is surely Sykes's finest hour – his glorious riot of ad-libbery with Jimmy Edwards in “Big Bad Mouse”.' Hugh Massingberd, Daily Telegraph 'His prose is crisp and dry, with a poetic, vernacular lilt…Candid, erudite and most of all cheery. Warm and comforting.' The Times 'A charmed life…and one does not begrudge him an ounce of his success…Sykes's career is far from over.' Guardian 'A chatty, always amiable memoir. A far better testament to this game old trouper than the normal ghost-written guff.' Daily Express
£14.24
HarperCollins Publishers THE COMPULSIVE SPIKE MILLIGAN viii
Book SynopsisThis second superb collected work of one of Britain's best-loved comedians is an excellent companion to the sensational original, ‘The Essential Spike Milligan’. Spanning his 50-year career and incorporating a rich and varied range of material, this second anthology is as wonderfully unmissable as the first.Trade ReviewPraise for The Essential Spike Milligan: 'A wonderful anthology…a superbly sustained piece of comedy. Like so much else in this collection, these excerpts inspire a return to the source.' The Times 'Successfully shows why Spike Milligan deserves his place at the heart of British comedy.' TLS
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HarperCollins Publishers The Case of the Missing Books
Book SynopsisIntroducing Israel Armstrong, one of literature's most unlikely detectives in the first of a series of novels from the author of the critically acclaimed Ring Road.Israel is an intelligent, shy, passionate, sensitive sort of soul: he's Jewish; he's a vegetarian; he could maybe do with losing a little weight. And he's just arrived in Ireland to take up his first post as a librarian. But the library's been shut down and Israel ends up stranded on the North Antrim coast driving an old mobile library.There's nice scenery, but 15,000 fewer books than there should be. Who on earth steals that many books? How? When would they have time to read them all? And is there anywhere in this godforsaken place where he can get a proper cappuccino and a decent newspaper?Israel wants answersTrade ReviewREVIEWS FOR RING ROAD:‘A Tristram Shandy for our times… The tone is part elegy, part satire, part howl and very, very funny. I laughed more times than I can remember over a novel for years … Ring Road is well-observed and endlessly inventive, with all the messiness of a real place. Sansom’s deadpan voice throws up jokes on every page.’Observer ‘Calls to mind two other outstanding novels: Tristram Shandy…and Joseph Heller’s Catch-22… One of those rare books that, once picked up, proves very difficult to put down.’The Irish Independent ‘Wonderfully vivid, easy, natural, funny and moving.’Oliver Sacks ‘A wonderfully comic novel.’Daily Mail ‘It reminds me most of Jerome K. Jerome… Mellow, intelligent and very funny, a perfect antidote for melancholy.’Michael Moorcock, Guardian ‘There is something fearless in the gaze Sansom turns on banality, and this novel is, in the end, a surprisingly gripping feat of coming to terms with what ordinary life is like.’ TLS
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HarperCollins Publishers Its Just a Date How to Get em Read em and Rock em
Book SynopsisA fabulous new guide to dating co-authored by Greg Behrendt, former writer on Sex and the City, who won women's hearts with his three million copy bestseller He's Just Not That Into You.Trade Review‘The publishing sensation of the year’ – Daily Telegraph ‘This book should be on every single woman's nightstand!…Six words to change your life forever.’ – Oprah Winfrey
£10.44
HarperCollins Publishers sofarewellthenthebiographyofpetercook
Book SynopsisThe most intimate portrait of Peter Cook to date, Cook's first wife writes of her life with Britain's most ingenious and innovative comedian, and offering a side of him few have ever seen.Trade Review'An evocative and moving account of Cook's beginnings'Daily Express 'Her candid disclosures reveal a side of the man the fans never saw.'Sunday Express 'Peter was a wit, it goes without saying, but he was funny in an almost supernatural way that has never been matched by anyone I've met or even heard about.'Stephen Fry 'If there is a heaven he will be the funniest man there.' Clive Anderson 'Possibly the funniest man in the Western world. From his early 20s, nobody could hold a candle to him.'Daily Mail
£11.39
HarperCollins Publishers Taak of the Toon
Book SynopsisGain an insight into the English language via one of the UK's richest dialects: Geordie.From George Stephenson to The Animals to Viz, the North East has long had a successful creative culture, developing alongside its industrial history.Newcastle in particular has successfully reinvented itself as a centre of the arts, while still maintaining its own regional identity. This book is the definitive guide to the most distinctive element of that identity: the Geordie dialect.This book is a must for anyone with even a passing interest in the language of the North East, and also provides a thorough examination of the general state of English, from the traditional wit and wisdom of the Geordie perspective.
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HarperCollins Publishers Steve Wrights Further Factoids
Book SynopsisAfter the phenomenal success of Steve Wright's Book of Factoids, Steve returns with Further Factoids, bringing together the weirdest and most extraordinary factoids from BBC Radio 2's Steve Wright in the Afternoon.Steve Wright, one of nation''s favourite DJs, is a man with a brain the size of a small planet. Unfortunately for him, this brain appears to be filled with trivia that would make Magnus Magnuson green with envy. Fortunately for us, he has decided to let his brain gush out into another hilarious, fascinating and informative compendium of strange and bizarre facts from around the world.For example, did you know that: Worcestershire sauce is basically anchovy ketchup? They add liquid detergent to our favourite bevvy in beer commercials to make it foam more? Austria was the first country ever to use postcards? A hippo can open its mouth wide enough to fit Little Ant and Dec inside?Bringing together more of the strangest and most hilarious factoids from Steve''s show, he provides Trade Review'Steve Wright is a national institution.' Ricky Gervais Praise for Steve Wright's Book of Factoids: ‘amazing nuggets of knowledge… Radio 2 star Steve has been wowing audiences for years with regular bizarre and wacky factoids and now they have been brought together in one great book’ Daily Star
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HarperCollins Publishers Grumpy Old Men New Year Same Old Crap
Book SynopsisFollowing the phenomenal success of ‘Grumpy Old Men’, and ‘Grumpy Old Men on Holiday’, the guru of grump, David Quantick, takes a stand for miserable slobs everywhere against the self-help motivational mafia and keep-fit claptrap. The ultimate in stress-relief for the 21st-Century Grouch.Trade ReviewPraise for Grumpy Old Men: ‘I am in fact a grumpy old man. Or at least that is now my firm suspicion, so much ranting, railing, and mirthful thigh-slapping did I do while reading this malcontents’ manual.’Daily Mail ‘David Quantick wittily hits the mark’ The Observer ‘David Quantick’s Grumpy Old Men takes a well-executed pop at everything from customer help-lines to hotel muzak, “charity muggers” and greetings cards.’ The Times ‘An indispensable guide to the whiner in us all.’ The Sun ‘When it comes to top honours, then, a qualified nod in favour of David Quantick's new Grumpy Old Men.’ The Western Daily Press
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HarperCollins Publishers Mitchell D David Mitchell Back Story
Book SynopsisDavid Mitchell, who you may know for his inappropriate anger on every TV panel show except Never Mind the Buzzcocks, his look of permanent discomfort on C4 sex comedy Peep Show, his online commenter-baiting in The Observer or just for wearing a stick-on moustache in That Mitchell and Webb Look, has written a book about his life.As well as giving a specific account of every single time he''s scored some smack, this disgusting memoir also details:the singular, pitbull-infested charm of the FRP (Flat Roofed Pub')the curious French habit of injecting everyone in the arse rather than the armwhy, by the time he got to Cambridge, he really, really needed a drinkthe pain of being denied a childhood birthday party at McDonaldsthe satisfaction of writing jokes about suicidehow doing quite a lot of walking around London helps with his sciaticatrying to pretend he isn't a total **** at Robert Webb's weddingthat he has fallen in love at LOT, but rarely done anything about itwhy it would be worse toTrade Review‘One of the best celebrity memoirs of last year…his outsider geek personality translates just as well on the page as it does on TV.’ Metro ‘It livened up about half way through with the appearance of me. But enough of David's life. The book is wonderful from beginning to end.’ Robert Webb 'David Mitchell is an extremely funny man on screen, in person, in print and very probably underwater.' Sam Bain, co-writer of Peep Show ‘He can write’ Evening Standard ‘Fluent, discursive, intelligent.’ Evening Standard ‘If you like Mitchell on television, you will like him in this book.’ Shortlist
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HarperCollins Publishers Mark Steels In Town
Book SynopsisOn the way to a show in Skipton, in North Yorkshire, I noticed a road sign to a town called Keighley. So later, during the show, I mentioned this, asking the audience, ''Is that your rival town?'' And the room went chillingly quiet, until one woman called out with understated menace, ''Keighley is a sink of evil.''Based on his award-winning BBC Radio 4 series, Mark Steel''s In Town, is a celebration of the quirks of small-town life in a country of increasingly homogenised high streets. Steel''s bespoke observations on the small, sometimes forgotten, towns of Britain go right to the heart of British culture today, championing the very people who shape the places we live in now.As everywhere hurtles along a route towards being identical to everywhere else, it seems any expression of local interest or eccentricity is becoming a yell of defiance. Scrape away the veneer of Wetherspoons and Pizza Hut-inspired uniformity, and the march of Tesco''s towards being reclassified as a continent, anTrade ReviewReviews of Mark Steel’s In Town: ‘This programme is stand-up comedy at its very best…stand-up on radio is immensely challenging – and often unsuccessful but this programme is intelligent and rich in content, well paced and, moreover, funny…although it is clear that a lot of preparation went into making this programme, the result is fluent, natural and exciting…it was also generous to its audience and to its location – and very much in tune with the sound and appeal of the network.’ The Sony Radio Academy Awards ‘A tough gig…more like shooting fish in a barrel, to judge from the reception he received from the honest burghers of Skipton, North Yorkshire…from the moment he remarked on the fact that the hall in which he was performing was used as a cattle market during the day and was hosed out before the show – and got a roar of approving laughter – Steel must have known that he could do no wrong.’ Times (review of Skipton show) ‘Going to a place and insulting it takes guts and careful strategies…Steel made use of the fact that he is from nearby Swanley both to signal that he knows the area but also that – whatever he was about to say about Dartford – it was better than his hometown.’Guardian ‘A simple idea, kindly and wittily executed by another unfashionably humane Englishman…thank Gaia they still exist.’ Observer
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HarperCollins Publishers Behind the Laughter
Book SynopsisJoin Loose Women's Sherrie Hewson on her rollercoaster ride through the laughter, tears and tantrums of an extraordinary life lived on and off the screen.Trade Review‘Sensational’ Daily Mirror ‘Frank and honest’ The Weekly News ‘You might think you know everything about Sherrie… but her autobiography reveals a more sensitive side, laced with her trademark wit and warmth.’ **** Woman’s Own ‘[Sherrie Hewson] has had a rollercoaster ride through the laughter, tears and tantrums of an extraordinary life’ The Manchester Evening News ‘Behind the Laughter charts not only all the high points of [Sherrie’s] acting career, but also closes the book on the unhappiest periods’ Aberdeen Press and Journal
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HarperCollins Publishers How Not to Be a Professional Footballer
Book SynopsisAn anecdote-driven narrative of the classic footballer''s DOs and DO NOTs' from the ever-popular Arsenal legend and football pundit Paul Merson, aka The Merse'.When it comes to advice on the pitfalls of life as a professional footballer, Paul Merson can pretty much write the manual. In fact, that''s exactly what he''s done in this hilarious new book which manages to be simultaneously poignant and gloriously funny.Merson was a prodigiously talented footballer in the 80s and 90s, gracing the upper echelons of the game and the tabloid front pages with his breathtakingly skills and larger-than-life off-field persona.His much-publicised battles with gambling, drug and alcohol addiction are behind him now, and football fans continue to be drawn to his sharp footballing brain and playful antics on SkySports cult results show Soccer Saturday.The book delights and entertains with a treasure chest of terrific anecdotes from a man who has never lost his love of football and his inimitable joie Trade ReviewWhen Saturday Comes“Most football memoirs carefully ration the racy bits as a way of punctuating the otherwise retelling of a career. How Not To Be A Professional Footballer does precisely the opposite.” Zoo“The best read to fall asleep by the pool with.”
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HarperCollins Publishers Scotlands Jesus
Book SynopsisReading Scotland''s Jesus should be like being called into the living room by your child shouting that they see a little red dot on the head of a TV newscaster, then riding the white hot bullet through the propaganda circuitry of his or her exploding brain.It''s a funny book about the news, partly because it was decided that a pornographic book about Scottish Independence wouldn''t really sell. In chapters ranging from International Politics to the Animal World, Scotland''s Jesus' is allowed the opportunity to showcase his increasingly unsympathetic worldview and disintegrating psyche.A torrent of jokes about recent events provide the framework for a broader philosophical despair. Frankie Boyle uses the stories of the popular press as a springboard to explain the nature of reality and the details of our enslavement to mirthless corporate Warlocks.
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HarperCollins Publishers The Tiny Wife
Book SynopsisA magical short novel from the author of All My Friends are Superheroes.A robber charges into a bank with a loaded gun, but instead of taking any money he steals an item of sentimental value from each person. Once he has made his escape, strange things start to happen to the victims.A tattoo comes to life, a husband turns into a snowman, a baby starts to shit money. And Stacey Hinterland discovers that she's shrinking, a little every day, and there is seemingly nothing that she or her husband can do to reverse the process.The Tiny Wife is a weird and wonderful modern fable. Small, but perfectly formed, it will charm, delight and unnerve in equal measure.Trade Review'Clever. Brilliant. Funny. Moving.' CECILIA AHERN ‘It blew me away!’ MARIE PHILLIPS, author of GODS BEHAVING BADLY ‘A little book with a big impact’ THE LADY
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HarperCollins Publishers ITS NOT ME ITS YOU Impossible perfectionist seeks
Book SynopsisI loved Jon's book. It's even better than the real thing because you can't hear his voice.' Michael McIntyreA control freak looks for love (women who leave wet teaspoons in sugar bowls need not apply).I haven't woken up with a cup of tea by the bed for seven years. It seems such a small thing but it's one of a thousand things I miss about having someone around to take care of me. I have spent my entire adult life getting things the way I want them and all I want now is someone to give it all up for.'Is your filing faultless? Your CDs, apostrophes, cutlery all in the right places? Can you eat a biscuit in the correct way? Then Jon Richardson (single for seven years and counting) could be your ideal manLiving alone in a one bedroom flat in Swindon, Jon has had far too much time on his hands to think. In fact to obsess. About almost everything. Jon's obssessive compulsive personality disorder has seen him arrange the coins in his pockets in ascending size and colour code his bookshelves. Trade Review‘Richardson is an OCD-afflicted, grumpy young man who can spin a brilliant routine and could well be the best comic of his generation.’ The Herald ‘Boldly funny and expertly written, it’s a look at dark subjects deftly handled by an engaging comic talent.’ Shortlist ‘Written in his unique style, Jon's quest is a hilarious eye-opener into the mind of a neat freak.’ The Sun ‘I loved Jon’s book. It’s even better than the real thing because you can’t hear his voice.’ Michael McIntyre ‘Jon’s book is just like him. Funny, enjoyable and short.’ Alan Carr
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HarperCollins Publishers The Third Pig Detective Agency The Complete Casebook
Book SynopsisThe collected hard-boiled cases of nursery rhyme-noir with Detective Harry Pigg. Contains The Third Pig Detective, The Ho Ho Ho Mystery and The Curds and Whey Mystery.Trade ReviewReviews of THE THIRD PIG DETECTIVE AGENCY ‘This is undoubtedly the most whimsical hardboiled detective novel ever written, and it's utterly delightful.’ MATT REES ‘The Third Pig Detective Agency is a wonderful pastiche of noir-ish detective stories like The Maltese Falcon. The design is an absolute gem, with coffee stains on some pages and a genuinely vintage looking cover.’ www.culch.ie ‘A cross between Chinatown and all the fairy tales you've ever read.’ LIMERICK LEADER
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HarperCollins Publishers Heres Looking At You The romantic and hilarious
Book SynopsisA laugh-out-loud read from the Sunday Times bestselling author of If I Never Met YouTrade ReviewPraise for Here’s Looking At You: ‘An absolute blinder of a read’ Sun ‘A romantic and charming read guaranteed to deliver plenty of laugh-out-loud moments’ OK! ‘Mhairi McFarlane’s characters shine with wit and insight’ Irish Times ‘Sparkly writing, laugh out loud funny and a story that'll keep you enthralled. What's not to love?’ Jane Fallon Praise for You Had Me at Hello: ‘Very very witty and funny. Left me in awe … a total gem’ Marian Keyes ‘The funniest, most romantic book I've read since One Day’ Lisa Jewell ‘I loved this book. It made me laugh and reminded me that anything's possible in love – and in everything else for that matter’ Minnie Driver ‘Mhairi is darkly funny and quite, quite rude … You Had Me at Hello is a breath of tart, Northern air’ Sarra Manning
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HarperCollins Publishers Out of Time
Book SynopsisFrom the hugely respected journalist Miranda Sawyer, a very modern look at the midlife crisis delving into the truth, and lies, of the experience and how to survive it, with thoughtfulness, insight and humour.You wake one day and everything is wrong. It''s as though you went out one warm evening an evening fizzing with delicious potential, so ripe and sticky-sweet you can taste it on the air for just one drink and woke up two days later in a skip. Except you''re not in a skip, you''re in an estate car, on the way to an out-of-town shopping mall to buy a balance bike, a roof rack and some stackable storage boxes.'Miranda Sawyer's midlife crisis began when she was 44. It wasn't a traditional one. She didn't run off with a Pilates teacher, or blow thousands on a trip to find herself. From the outside, all remained the same. Work, kids, marriage, mortgage, blah. Days, weeks and months whizzed past as she struggled with feeling knowing that she was over halfway through her life. It seTrade Review‘A straight-talking handbook for those of us who believe we're still at our peak in middle age but need a few honest signposts’ Viv Albertine ‘I spent a lot of time nodding along in agreement to this book as if it was my favourite record*’ Jeremy Deller *‘Hallelujah’ by Happy Mondays (Weatherall & Oakenfold remix) ‘Sawyer is at her best articulating with honesty the angst many of this generation feel about getting older… the Morrissey of her journalistic generation’ Sunday Times Praise for ‘Park and Ride’: ‘A great success … Such annihilation has been performed before. John Osborne did it. Sid Vicious was there. But this is prime stuff’ Independent On Sunday ‘Like Victoria Wood she has a talent for illuminating the absurdities of how ordinary people live their ordinary lives’ Observer 'Miranda Sawyer's suburban memoir ‘Park and Ride’ was as excellent as we expect’ Julie Burchill, Guardian (Books of the Year)
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HarperCollins Publishers The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo
Book SynopsisThe highly anticipated first book from award-winning comedian, writer, producer and actress, Amy Schumer.In The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo, Amy shares stories about her family, her relationships, her career, good and bad sex, recounting the experiences that have shaped who she is today: from the riches to rags story of her childhood to her teenage quest for popularity (and boys) to becoming one of the most sought-after comedians on the planet and an outspoken advocate for women's rights.Whether she's experiencing lust at first sight in the queue at the airport, discovering her boot camp instructor's secret bad habit, or candidly discussing her father's multiple sclerosis, Amy Schumer proves to be a fearless, original, and always entertaining storyteller. Her book will move you, make you laugh, catch you completely off guard, and answer this burning question: is it okay for a 35 year-old woman to still sleep with her childhood teddy bears?Trade Review‘This is the most I‘ve ever laughed out loud at a book.’ – J.K. Rowling ‘Amy Schumer’s deadpan honesty shines through in these hilarious, moving vignettes about life, love and her early years.’ – The Observer ‘Schumer doesn’t hold back – and though she insists “this book has NO SELF-HELP OR ADVICE FOR YOU”, it has something even better: hard won wisdom’ – Radio Times ‘This book is what a selection of personal essays and letters should be, witty, sometimes casual, sometimes achingly sad but always entertaining.’ – Funny Women ‘Women (actually, men too) of the world, you need to read this book.’ – InStyle ‘She’s a concert pianist of comedy: keeping a steady rhythm of jokes with her left hand, adding deeply political, immensely feminist flourishes with her right.’ – The Pool ‘This book is soulful, hilarious and deeply necessary.’ – Lena Dunham ‘Schumer has written a probing, confessional, unguarded, and, yes, majorly humanizing non-memoir, a book that trades less on sarcasm, and more on emotional resonance.’ – Vogue ‘A hilarious and deeply emotional book’ – Cosmopolitan ‘Schumer is a talented storyteller. She’s known for standing in a spotlight and sharing every corner of her soul with thousands of strangers. So it’s no surprise that her book is packed with hilarious, honest and often vulnerably raw details of her life… Readers will laugh and cry, and may put the book down from moments of honesty that result in uncomfortable realistic details from her life.’ – Washington Post ‘Schumer weaves a brave, vulnerable tale without falling into the usual celebrity traps of neediness and defense… It's spit-out-your-Starbucks-in-public funny. – Chicago Tribune ‘Empowered, honest, and just as raunchy as you'd expect from the no-holds-barred comedian.’ – Esquire ‘Amy Schumer is funny, but she's also brave.’ – Huffington Post ‘Fairly explicit and frankly hilarious’ – Mashable
£9.49
HarperCollins Publishers English A Story of Marmite Queuing and Weather
Book SynopsisWhat makes the English English? Is it their eccentricity, their passionate love (or, indeed, hatred) of Marmite or is it something less easily defined?Beginning at the top of a muddy Gloucestershire slope at the Coopers Hill cheese-rolling contest and traversing a landscape of lawns and queues, coastlines and sporting arenas, Ben Fogle takes us on a journey through the peculiarly English: a country of wax jackets, cricket, boat races and jellied eels, by way of national treasures such as the shipping forecast, fish and chips and the Wellington boot. Not to mention the Dunkirk spirit of relentless optimism in the face of adversity, be it the heroic failure of Captain Scott's doomed Antarctic expedition, or simply the perennial hope for better weather.The archetypal Englishman lover of labradors and Land Rovers yet holder of two passports Ben applauds all things quintessentially English while also paying tribute to the history, culture and ideas adopted with such gusto that they have Trade Review‘A pleasant and lyrical read’ Guardian ‘Written with wit and affection, this light-hearted, yetstirring narrative entertains and inspires with equal measure’ Countryside Magazine Praise for Ben Fogle: ‘Funny, entertaining and really rather inspiring, too’ Daily Mail 'A great escapade told with refreshing frankness' Independent on Sunday ‘Passionate and well-researched’ Tatler ‘Fogle's typical adventure-style storytelling keeps the narrative light and entertaining’ Independent
£9.49
HarperCollins Publishers How to Not Be a Dick
Book SynopsisFrom the highly entertaining and global online phenomenon, Brother, comes a perfect how-to for millennial men everywhere.Let's face it life can be complicated. From the classroom to the office, the bar to the bedroom, it's hard to know quite what to do to be the perfect modern gentleman. But not to worry; How to Not Be A Dick has all the answers you've been waiting for.Brother provides simple solutions to complex social interactions in the ultimate guide for gentlemanly etiquette. Unflinchingly direct, honest, but always hilarious, this book has got the modern man's worries covered in a compelling mix of essays, infographics, quizzes and more.
£16.14
HarperCollins Publishers Notes from Small Planets
Book SynopsisTrade Review‘Nate is the wielder of a unique and delightful imagination’– Adrian Tchaikovsky ‘This is a kind of Lonely Planet guide to the various sub-genres of SF and Fantasy, written as though the work of a crass, blundering hack journalist. It's splendidly satirical and hilariously funny, provided you don't mind literary sacred cows being slaughtered with gleeful, merciless abandon.’Financial Times ‘A love letter to the worldbuilding of fantasy fiction’Grimdark Magazine Praise for Nate Crowley 'Weird and hilarious' – Buzzfeed 'Surreal and occasionally horrifying' – Daily Dot
£11.69
HarperCollins Publishers When Life Gives You Lemons the feelgood romantic
Book SynopsisCurl up with this hilarious, heartwarming read from the Top 5 bestselling author of The Mum Who Got Her Life BackSometimes life can be bittersweet . . . Between tending to the whims of her seven-year-old and the demands of her boss, Viv barely gets a moment to herself. It's not quite the life she wanted, but she hasn't run screaming for the hills yet.But then Viv's husband Andy makes his mid-life crisis her problem. He's having an affair with his (infuriatingly age-appropriate) colleague, a woman who unlike Viv doesn't put on weight when she so much as glances at a cream cake.Viv suddenly finds herself single, with zero desire to mingle. Should she be mourning the end of life as she knows it, or could this be the perfect chance to put herself first?When life gives you lemons, lemonade just won't cut it. Bring on the gin!Readers love When Life Gives You Lemons:A fun, wild and light-hearted read and a look inside what most women are faced with today!' *****Give me more stories like thiTrade Review‘A real “smiler” of a book … You’ll be cheering her on as she explores new endeavours, including an unexpected love interest’ WOMAN & HOME ‘A sharp, witty tale’ NORTHERN ECHO Praise for Fiona Gibson: ‘A terrifically entertaining, cheery romance, with an endearing heroine’ SUNDAY MIRROR ‘Warm, funny and poignant’ DAILY MAIL ‘Warm, witty and fun’ MY WEEKLY ‘The voice of modern woman’ MARIE CLAIRE ‘More than funny, it’s true’ ELLE ‘Warm, funny and endearing’ BEST
£7.59
HarperCollins Publishers Challenge Accepted 253 Steps to Becoming an
Book SynopsisPrepare to laugh' Reese Witherspoon253 steps to becoming an anti-it girl.Funny woman, Instagram star and international comedy sensation, Celeste Barber's Challenge Accepted! is a raucous, hilarious and outspoken guide to life, unwanted gas and how to rock a sexy scar.Part-memoir, part-comedy routine, part-advice manual, Challenge Accepted! is Celeste at her best, revealing her secrets to love, friendship, family and marriage (oh hai, #hothusband), and how to deal with life's many challenges why she checks the bath for sharks, how Nutella quite literally shaped who she is as a woman, and why being famous on Instagram is like being rich in Monopoly. It's real, like totally, really real.Trade Review‘Prepare to laugh when reading this memoir. Just when Celeste has you in stitches, she hits you right in the heart.’ –Reese Witherspoon
£9.49
HarperCollins Publishers The Little Book of Otter Philosophy The Little
Book SynopsisOtters are some of the most delightful animals on the planet.
£8.87
HarperCollins Publishers Postcard From The Past
Book SynopsisWITH AN INTRODUCTION BY MARK HADDONIn Postcard From The Past, Tom Jackson has gathered a collection of the funniest, weirdest and most moving real messages from the backs of old postcards.Sublimely funny' Jason Hazeley, author of the Ladybird Books for Grown UpsMy favourite Twitter account is now my favourite book. Irresistible!' Jill MansellThis book is an absolute treat' Holly WalshTransfixing, beguiling, warmly haunting. These are the ghosts of a childhood' Robin InceA hilarious and occasionally disturbing look at how the British remain resolutely small-minded wherever they go' Charlie HigsonSix by four inch portions of pure heaven' Rachel JohnsonSomehow both poignant and deeply creepy' Samira AhmedOne of Twitter's most nourishing concepts each one arriving like a bonsai Alan Bennett play' Danny BakerBeautiful. Inspiring. Educational. Hilarious' Emma FreudOne of the saddest and funniest picture books you''re ever likely to read' Owen Hatherley, author of The Ministry of NostalgiaHiTrade Review‘Resurrecting these postcards, relics of forgotten times and forgotten holidays, was the simplest and most brilliant idea. Tom Jackson combines the images with just a few of the words scribbled on the back, and his eye for the choice sentence, the perfect phrase, is miraculous. Thanks to his assiduous, obsessive work as collector and curator, each one of these postcards becomes a poem, a short story, an elegy for lost England, a work of art’ Jonathan Coe ‘What a funny, clever, poignant idea. Postcard From The Past contains not just 150 very short stories, each one of which bears comparison with the work of Alan Bennett, Stevie Smith and Marcel Proust, but also lovely, picturesque views of coves, chines, promenades, escarpments and the Museum and Art Gallery, Doncaster. You will wish you were there’ Andy Miller, author of The Year of Reading Dangerously ‘A deadpan miscellany of wan nostalgia, profound melancholy, stoic humour and inexplicable dread. The necessary survival text for post-Brexit Britain’ Andrew Male 'I loved this book so very much. Sometimes hilarious, sometimes heartbreaking, this is a beautiful collection of tiny windows into the stories of other people's lives’ Joanna Cannon, author of The Trouble with Goats and Sheep ‘Brilliant and hilarious’ Jeremy Dyson, The League of Gentlemen ‘The most addictively British Twitter feed ever has become a book. I may never leave the house again’ Viv Groskop ‘Each card is like an unfinished one act play. I find myself filling in the blanks’ Adrian Edmondson ‘The bleak yet beautiful poetry of people at their leisure is a joy to read’ Phill Jupitus ‘A gorgeous pre-Twitter look at life through a holiday lens’ Jenny Éclair ‘Are there awards for Most Hilarious Yet Touching Yet Profound Bathroom/Coffee Table/Gift Book of the Year? If so, this book wins HANDS DOWN’ Amanda Palmer
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HarperCollins Publishers The Saturday Night Sauvignon Sisterhood
Book SynopsisIt's time for a w(h)ineGod, she's funny Jilly CooperOh, for f*ck's sake' muttered Claire under her breath, as she opened the fridge to see what she could find for a no effort dinner. The children continued to fight behind her. They regarded any form of fish not encased in breadcrumbs as toxic, and were resistant enough to the delicious homemade fishfingers Claire had made for them, insisting they much preferred Captain Birdseye's version. White wine was starting to look like quite an appealing dinner actually. Maybe just a small glass.Are you having wine, Mum? You know you're not supposed to have wine every night. We did about alcohol units at school. That's quite a big glass of wine, how many units do you think are in it?''Bet the bastards didn't tell you that wine is remarkably good at cancelling out whining though, did they?' muttered Claire.Claire's family has gone nuclear. Her precious moppets keep calling Childline when she feeds them broccoli, she's utterly Ottolenghied out at Trade ReviewPraise for Gill Sims “God, she’s funny” – Jilly Cooper “Honest and very funny – it’s a tale that mums will identify with” – The Sun “Sims’s latest offering is a hilarious follow-up to her bestselling debut… you’d be forgiven for thinking the blogger behind Peter and Jane couldn’t pull it off twice – but she has” – The Sunday Post “Witty, relevant and bitingly sarcastic… Gill Sims nails the aspects of modern family life that drive us crazy – but which also make us who we are” – Sunday Express Magazine
£8.54
HarperCollins Publishers The Dog Share
Book Synopsis‘Brilliant and funny… I raced through it at 90 mph and was devastated at the last page and just wanted to go read it all again… Sheer genius… More please!!!!’ NetGalley Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Suzy Medley is having the worst day of her life when a shaggy terrier suddenly turns up at her door. Trade Review‘A real “smiler” of a book … You’ll be cheering her on as she explores new endeavours, including an unexpected love interest’ WOMAN & HOME‘A sharp, witty tale’ NORTHERN ECHOPraise for Fiona Gibson:‘A terrifically entertaining, cheery romance, with an endearing heroine’ SUNDAY MIRROR‘Warm, funny and poignant’ DAILY MAIL‘Warm, witty and fun’ MY WEEKLY‘The voice of modern woman’ MARIE CLAIRE‘More than funny, it’s true’ ELLE‘Warm, funny and endearing’ BEST
£10.70
HarperCollins Publishers The Princess and the Prick
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HarperCollins Publishers Its a Conspiracy The Worlds Wildest Conspiracy
Book Synopsis Did NASA fake the moon landings? Did aliens build the pyramids? Is Finland really there?Dive down the conspiracy-theory rabbit hole with bestselling author and conspiracy buff Tom Cutler. Mingle with the millions who do not trust the official version and find out what THEY the global elites don't want you to know.This compelling collection of the world's wildest conspiracy theories is packed with startling stories, curious characters and freakish facts covering everything from Princess Diana to weather control, from the cloning of Paul McCartney to 9/11, from Lizard Men to JFK.It's a Conspiracy! will make you think again about everything you thought you knew.
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HarperCollins Publishers Tired and Tested The Sunday Times Number One
Book Synopsis Welcome to the jungle… Trade Review ‘Reassuring, relatable and laugh-out-loud funny – I loved it!’ Sarah Turner, The Unmumsy Mum ‘Brilliant! Painfully accurate and criminally funny. Like a chat with your most outrageous friend.’ Ellie Taylor ‘If you’re looking for the funniest mum on Instagram, you’ve found her!’ Mother & Baby magazine
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HarperCollins Publishers Tired and Tested The Sunday Times Number One
Book SynopsisWelcome to the jungleWhen you've grown up thinking your twenties are all about working hard, playing hard and trying not to get pregnant, life comes at you fast when you go from hump to bump.So you thought adulthood would mean a high-flying career and a luxury lifestyle, but instead have ended up with a Lycra-based wardrobe and a deep fear of what lies at the bottom of the ball-pit in soft play?Join comedian Sophie McCartney as she voyages deep into the uncharted territories of mating, birthing, feral offspring, mums overdoing it at the watering hole, and the perilous viper's nest of the school WhatsApp group.With laugh out loud humour and eye-watering honesty, Sophie shows how whether you've had a day full of whining or a night full of wine, there's joy to be had in the perfectly imperfect wild ride into parenthood.Trade Review ‘Reassuring, relatable and laugh-out-loud funny – I loved it!’ Sarah Turner, The Unmumsy Mum ‘Brilliant! Painfully accurate and criminally funny. Like a chat with your most outrageous friend.’ Ellie Taylor ‘If you’re looking for the funniest mum on Instagram, you’ve found her!’ Mother & Baby magazine
£9.49
