Humour Books
Random House USA Inc Not Taco Bell Material
Book SynopsisNow in paperback, Adam Carolla takes us back--before Loveline and The Man Show, before the Guinness World Record-breaking podcast and the New York Times bestseller In Fifty Years We'll All Be Chicks--to reveal all the stories behind how he came to be the angry middle-aged man he is today.Funnyman Adam Carolla is known for two things: hilarious rants about things that drive him crazy and personal stories about everything from his hardscrabble childhood to his slacker friends to the hypocrisy of Hollywood. He tackled rants in his first book, and now he tells his best stories, debuting some never-before-heard tales as well. Organized by the myriad dumps Carolla called home as a child to the flophouse apartments he rented in his twenties, up to the homes he personally renovated after achieving success in Hollywood, the anecdotes here follow Adam's journey and the hilarious pitfalls along the way.Adam Carolla started broke and blue co
£14.40
Random House USA Inc The Uncollected David Rakoff
Book SynopsisBestselling and Thurber Prize–winning humorist David Rakoff was one of the most original, delightfully acerbic voices of his generation. Here, in one place, is the best of his previously uncollected material—most never before published in book form. David Rakoff’s singular personality spills from every page of this witty and entertaining volume, which includes travel features, early fiction works, pop culture criticism, and transcripts of his most memorable appearances on public radio’s Fresh Air and This American Life. These writings chart his transformation from fish out of water, meekly arriving for college in 1982, to a proud New Yorker bluntly opining on how to walk properly in the city. They show his unparalleled ability to capture the pleasures of solitary pursuits like cooking and crafting, especially in times of trouble; as well as the ups and downs in the life-span of a friendship, whether it is a real relationship
£14.36
Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed The Original Dog Tarot Divine the Canine Mind
Book SynopsisGo inside the mysterious doggie brain with this entertaining, tongue-in-jowl deck of thirty tarot cards and accompanying book affectionately written for dog lovers who want to divine their canine’s mind. How often have you wondered what your dog is thinking? Who hasn’t stared into Lily’s innocent eyes, questioning why she shreds your socks but ignores her fuzzy designer toys. Or why Duncan casually lifts his leg and glares at your new boyfriend whenever he walks into the house. If you’re still asking the eternal question, “When my sweet, loving, brilliant, messy-muzzled Canis familiaris growls and wags her tail at the same time, which end do I believe?” then you need The Original Dog Tarot. The 30 cards are a takeoff on the traditional tarot; they’re divided into the Major Barkana and Minor Barkana. Each card offers advice for both canines and the humans in their lives
£15.29
Random House USA Inc Dear Girls Above Me Inspired by a True Story
Book SynopsisBased on the wildly popular Twitter feed Dear Girls Above Me, a roman à clef about how thinking like a couple of girls turned one single guy into a better man. When Charlie McDowell began sharing his open letters to his noisy upstairs neighbors—two impossibly ditzy female roommates in their mid-twenties—on Twitter, his feed quickly went viral. His followers multiplied and he got the attention of everyone from celebrities to production studios to major media outlets such as Time and Glamour. Now Dear Girls breaks out of the 140-character limit as Charlie imagines what would happen if he put the wisdom of the girls to the test. After being unceremoniously dumped by the girl he was certain was “the one,” Charlie realized his neighbors’ conversations were not only amusing, but also offered him access to a completely uncensored woman’s perspective on the world. From the importance of e
£11.99
Zondervan Stuff Christians Like
Book SynopsisUsing the same humor and honesty that galvanized more than a million online readers from more than 200 countries, speaker Jon Acuff brings his insightful take on Christianity to the book world with this new edition of Stuff Christians Like. From prayer shot blocks to Metro worship leaders, no stone is left unturned in this hilarious look at faith.
£14.24
Zondervan Stuff Christians Like
Book SynopsisUsing the same humor and honesty that galvanized more than a million online readers from more than 200 countries, blogger Jonathan Acuff brings his insightful take on Christianity to the book world with Stuff Christians Like. From prayer shot blocks to Metro worship leaders, no stone is left unturned in this hilarious look at faith.Trade ReviewAfter creating his answer to the blog 'Stuff White People Like,' Christian blogger Acuff saw his satirical Web site become a popular Internet destination. His best essays, accompanied by childlike illustrations, comprise this book, which maintains the structure of his short posts. From sexual purity to crock pots to clapping during worship, Acuff uses a standup comedy style to laugh with Christians at their private conventions. Readers will learn the unspoken rules of Christian living, including the (in)appropriate use of God's name to avoid a speeding ticket and obligations to 'think about going into full-time ministry at least once every three years.' Entries such as the diagram of a metrosexual worship leader mimic the truth-telling wit of the Web site ChurchMarketingSucks.com and will appeal most to young Christian hipsters. Sarcasm masks a deeper layer of commentary that exposes hypocrisies and faith flaws, and readers may want to amend these behaviors to avoid becoming the subject of Acuff's newest jokes on his blog. Acuff's ability to point out unbecoming idiosyncrasies while inducing a knee slap is stuff readers will like. (Apr.) * Publishers Weekly *Yes, the popular blog-turned-paperback Stuff Christians Like is a direct rip-off of the even more popular blog-turned-paperback Stuff White People Like. And yes, one of the things Christians like is making their own versions of “secular” intellectual property. Acuff’s is not the first book of insider evangelical observational humor (see Patricia Klein, Joel Kilpatrick, Matthew Paul Turner), but his background as a trend hunter at an advertising company makes it sharper than most. It’s also far more accurate sociology than all the sour-faced “explaining evangelicalism” books that came out after Bush’s reelection. * Christianity Today *
£10.99
St. Martins Press-3PL Uncle Johns Bathroom Reader
£12.34
St Martin's Press Moose That Roared The Story of Jay Ward Bill Scott a Flying Squirrel and a Talking Moose
Book SynopsisThe Rocky and Bullwinkle show - the first cartoon to reach both kids and adults with its humour. This guide includes a behind-the-scenes history of the show's creation, the firece script battles fought with network censors, and the impact of the show on 1960s culture.
£25.21
Griffin Publishing I Judge You When You Use Poor Grammar
Book SynopsisCorrect grammar and proper spelling can be a challenge, and their absence can be a source of gleeful humor to everyone but the victim of a bad grammar attack. How do you react to sandwich boards, road signs, laminated instructions, and other written missives that are just not exactly what their creator meant? If you''ve ever (gently) judged anyone else for their linguistic failures, if you find yourself guffawing about the frequent confusion between incontinence and inconvenience, if you''ve ever been tempted to whip out your marker to add in or cross out apostrophes, and if you''ve refused to answer e-mails in which your and you''re are used interchangeably, this book is for you. With pictures culled from the Facebook group by the same name, I Judge You When You Use Poor Grammar is a hilarious and eye-opening tour through restaurants and shops, through parking lots and along winding roads, and around the world.
£10.44
Griffin Publishing What Would Kinky Do
Book SynopsisThe author offers a collection that addresses the sorry state of our world and what to do about it.Trade Review"Sometimes he's outrageous. Most of the time, he's outrageously funny." - People"
£14.87
Little Brown and Company Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk
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Little, Brown & Company The Gift of Nothing
Book Synopsis* A cartoon book featuring characters from one of the world's most successful comic strips - Patrick McDonnell's Mutts.Trade Review'Mutts is one of the best comic strips of all time' - Charles Schulz (Peanuts) 'Smart, funny, brilliantly drawn and full of heart' - Matt Groening (The Simpsons)
£16.14
Little, Brown & Company How To Raise A Jewish Dog
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£12.74
Little, Brown & Company When You Are Engulfed in Flames
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£16.99
Little Brown and Company Lets Explore Diabetes with Owls
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£20.25
Back Bay Books Lets Explore Diabetes with Owls
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£16.14
Little, Brown & Company The New Dads Survival Guide
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£14.39
Little, Brown & Company Send Help
Book SynopsisThis timely reflection on isolation brings together the best of a beloved genre, featuring an array of desert cartoons done in the signature single-panel style of a New Yorker cartoon. Whether you''re feeling marooned in too-close quarters with a loved one, are frantically dreaming up ways to escape from your own quarantine island, or are simply feeling nostalgic for palm trees and sand, these cartoons are sure to make you smile-and we could all use a laugh right now.Drawn from a diverse collection of contributors, these humorous drawings are an essential addition to any coffee table collection, and bring a much-needed dose of levity to the circumstances we all find ourselves in.
£19.00
Back Bay Books A Carnival of Snackery
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£17.09
Little Brown and Company The Science of Game of Thrones
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£20.00
Little, Brown & Company What the Dinosaurs Did Last Night
Book SynopsisSince Toy Story (and maybe since the very first toys!) children and their parents have wondered what it would be like if toys came to life. Refe and Susan Tuma take this wonder several steps further in WHAT THE DINOSAURS DID LAST NIGHT.Every November, writer and social media master Refe Tuma and his wife Susan work into the night to bring their four children scenes from the secret lives of their toys - specifically the nighttime antics of their plastic dinosaurs. The dinosaurs wreck bathrooms, destroy vases, rock out, encounter terrifying hot irons, even do the dishes with hilarious, magical results. Each scene is photographed in meticulous detail, letting viewers joyfully suspend belief and think to themselves - just LOOK what the dinosaurs did last night!
£12.99
Back Bay Books Calypso
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£16.14
Little, Brown & Company Yowamushi Pedal Vol. 4
Book SynopsisThe 1000-km training camp run is in full swing, with a spot on Sohoku''s Inter-High team at stake! Sakamichi Onoda''s attack successfully breaks through the blockade created by second-year Teshima!! Friendship, perseverance, pride...As emotions run high, which side will cross the finish line first...?! Sohoku''s Inter-High team lineup is decided at last!! And once the ultimate roster has been selected, the entire Sohoku team must come together as one to prepare for the Inter-High!!
£17.09
Little Brown and Company An Almost Perfect Christmas
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£18.75
Little, Brown & Company What the Dinosaurs Did Last Night
Book SynopsisSince Toy Story (and maybe since the very first toys!) children and their parents have wondered what it would be like if toys came to life. Refe and Susan Tuma take this wonder several steps further in What the Dinosaurs Did Last Night, for the first time in board book!Every November, writer and social media master Refe Tuma and his wife, Susan, work into the night to bring their four children scenes from the secret lives of their toys--specifically the nighttime antics of their plastic dinosaurs. The dinosaurs wreck bathrooms, destroy vases, rock out, encounter terrifying hot irons, even do the dishes with hilarious, magical results. Each scene, now in board book, is photographed in meticulous detail, letting viewers joyfully suspend disbelief and think to themselves--just LOOK what the dinosaurs did last night!
£7.83
Little, Brown & Company The LifeChanging Magic of Not Giving a Fck
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Little, Brown & Company You Do You How to Be Who You Are and Use What
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£19.79
Little, Brown & Company Shit Actually The Definitive 100 Objective Guide
Book SynopsisOne of the 'Best Books of 2020' by NPR's Book Concierge**Your Favorite Movies, Re-Watched** New York Times opinion writer and bestselling author Lindy West was once the in-house movie critic for Seattle's alternative newsweekly The Stranger, where she covered film with brutal honesty and giddy irreverence. In Shit, Actually, Lindy returns to those roots, re-examining beloved and iconic movies from the past 40 years with an eye toward the big questions of our time: Is Twilight the horniest movie in history? Why do the zebras in The Lion King trust Mufasa-WHO IS A LION-to look out for their best interests? Why did anyone bother making any more movies after The Fugitive achieved perfection? And, my god, why don't any of the women in Love, Actually ever fucking talk?!?!From Forrest Gump, Honey I Shrunk the Kids, and Bad Boys II, to Face/Off, Top Gun, and
£20.25
Hachette Books The Witches Are Coming
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£15.29
Hachette Books The Book of Answers
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£18.69
Hachette Books The Literary Book of Answers
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£16.99
Little, Brown & Company If Keanu Were Your Boyfriend The Man the Myth the
Book SynopsisImagine dating the internet's boyfriend in this illustrated homage to the always charming and often enigmatic Keanu Reeves. This full-colour hardcover contains biographical information as well as illustrated quotes straight from the unicorn-of-a-man himself.
£10.44
Little, Brown & Company Monsters of the Ivy League
Book SynopsisIf, like most Americans, you think an Ivy League diploma paves the way to Nobel Prizes, Wall Street riches, and a life of prosperity and happiness, think again. Consider these distinguished alumni:* John Fairbanks (Dartmouth AB, 1946), embezzler* Amy Bishop (Harvard Ph.D., 1993), mass murderer* Eliot Spitzer (Princeton BA, 1981; Harvard JD, 1984), disgraced NY governor and patron of prostitutes* Cardinal Bernard F. Law (Harvard BA, 1952), protector of abusive priests* Jeffrey Skilling (Harvard MBA, 1979), felonious Enron CEO* Madison Grant (Yale BA, 1887; Columbia LL.B.), eugenicist* Ann Coulter (Cornell BA, 1984), professional bully* Jonah Lehrer (Columbia BA, 2003), plagiarist* Theodore Kaczynski (Harvard BA, 1962), the UnabomberIn 85 brief profiles of murderers, rapists, racists, cheaters, lying politicians, slavers, oligarchs, war criminals, traitors, forgers, kiddie-porners, and other moral reprobates, MONSTERS OF THE IVY LEAGUE e
£12.34
Little, Brown & Company Things You Should Already Know About Dating You
Book SynopsisA hilarious illustrated collection of tips for successfully navigating the dating world as a millennial. For single millennials, this situation is all too familiar: You''re on a date. It''s going well! Then suddenly your date looks at you like you''re a f*cking idiot and you never hear from that person again. Guess you''re going to die alone, right? Maybe not! Humble authors Ben Schwartz and Laura Moses have written a book to save the future of the human race: Things You Should Already Know About Dating, You F*cking Idiot, a collection of 100 dating tips -- complete with illustrations -- that teaches clueless guys and girls the dos and don''ts of dating. In their book, Ben and Laura cover all the basics, from Why are you texting in just Emojis, dummy?! to Stop playing games, idiot! and, of course, PUT YOUR PHONE DOWN, A**HOLE! Simply put, this book will make you laugh and finally give you a fighting chance at not dying alone.
£12.34
Little Brown and Company Little Weirds
Book Synopsis One of Vanity Fair's Great Quarantine Reads: Step into Jenny Slate's wild imagination in this 'magical' (Mindy Kaling), 'delicious' (Amy Sedaris), and 'poignant' (John Mulaney) New York Times bestseller about love, heartbreak, and being alive -- 'this book is something new and wonderful' (George Saunders). You may 'know' Jenny Slate from her Netflix special, Stage Fright, as the creator of Marcel the Shell, or as the star of 'Obvious Child.' But you don't really know Jenny Slate until you get bonked on the head by her absolutely singular writing style. To see the world through Jenny's eyes is to see it as though for the first time, shimmering with strangeness and possibility. As she will remind you, we live on an ancient ball that rotates around a bigger ball made up of lights and gasses that are science gasses, not farts (don't be immature). Heartbreak, confusion, and misogyny stalk this blue-green sphere, yes, but it is also a place of wild delight and unconstrained vitality, a place where we can start living as soon as we are born, and we can be born at any time. In her dazzling, impossible-to-categorize debut, Jenny channels the pain and beauty of life in writing so fresh, so new, and so burstingly alive, we catch her vision like a fever and bring it back out into the bright day with us, where everything has changed.
£21.60
Little, Brown & Company Someday a Bird Will Poop on You
Book SynopsisAt some point in your life, things are bound to get a little sh*tty. Whether that means an unexpected parking ticket, a layoff, or a ruined coat, some day a bird will poop on all of us. Metaphorically speaking. (Or not.)But when the going gets tough, the tough know that with the right outlook on life, they can handle any challenge. With hilarious illustrations, a universal message, and plenty of pooping birds, this book is your secret weapon against an uncertain future, and the perfect gift for grads, dads, or big kids.
£9.99
Voracious No Fcks Given
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£15.99
Orbit How to Rule an Empire and Get Away with It
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£18.04
Little, Brown & Company Get Your Sht Together How to Stop Worrying about
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£22.50
Voracious You Look Like a Thing and I Love You How
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£16.14
Hachette Books True or Poo The Definitive Field Guide to Filthy
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£13.60
Little Brown and Company Edisons Ghosts
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£21.75
Little Brown and Company Goodnight Trump
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£16.14
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers True or Poo
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£15.29
Little, Brown & Company New Teeth
Book SynopsisLaugh till you cry in this new collection of stories from the award-winning Serena Williams of humor writing (New York Times Book Review) about raising babies and trying not to be one.Called a comedic Godsend by Conan O''Brien and the Stephen King of comedy writing by John Mulaney, Simon Rich is back with New Teeth, his funniest and most personal collection yet.Two murderous pirates find a child stowaway on board and attempt to balance pillaging with co-parenting. A woman raised by wolves prepares for her parents'' annual Thanksgiving visit. An aging mutant superhero is forced to learn humility when the mayor kicks him upstairs to a desk job. And in the hard-boiled caper The Big Nap, a weary two-year-old detective struggles to make sense of a world gone mad.Equal parts silly and sincere, New Teeth is an ode to growing up, growing older, and what it means to make a family.
£13.49
Little Brown and Company A Carnival of Snackery
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£25.60
Pan Macmillan What I Do
Book SynopsisJon Ronson is an award-winning writer and documentary maker. He is the author of many bestselling books, including Frank: The True Story that Inspired the Movie, Lost at Sea: The Jon Ronson Mysteries, The Psychopath Test, The Men Who Stare at Goats and Them: Adventures with Extremists. His first fictional screenplay, Frank, co-written with Peter Straughan, starred Michael Fassbender. He lives in London and New York City.
£9.89
Pan Macmillan Shit My Dad Says
Book Synopsis''At 28 years old, I found myself living at home, with my 73-year-old father. As a child, my father never minced words, and when I screwed up, he had a way of cutting right through the bullshit and pointing out exactly why I was being an idiot. When I moved back in I was still, for the most part, an idiot. But this time, I was smart enough to write down all the things he said to me...'' Meet Justin Halpern and his dad. Almost 1.5 million people follow Mr Halpern''s philosophical musings every day on Twitter, and in this book, his son weaves a brilliantly funny, touching coming-of-age memoir around the best of his sayings. What emerges is a chaotic, hilarious, true portrait of a father and son relationship from a major new comic voice. As Justin says at one point, his dad is ''like Socrates, but angrier, and with worse hair''; and this is the sort of shit he says... ''You know, sometimes it''s nice having you around. But now ain''t one of those times. Now gimmie
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