Humour Books
Harbour Publishing Wildlife for Idiots: And Other Animal Cartoons
Book SynopsisFrom best-selling cartoonist Adrian Raeside, a new collection of wildly funny animal-themed cartoons.Prepare to walk on the wild side with 340 full-color Raeside cartoons, now collected for the first time into a single volume. Here is a menagerie of garbage-rummaging bears, squabbling eagles, philosophizing wolves, pre-handbag alligators, artistic elephants, shedding mammoths and many more from the animal kingdom.
£9.49
ECW Press,Canada Speed Bump: Cartoons for Idea People
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£15.26
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.
£11.66
Broadview Press Ltd An Essay on the Art of Ingeniously Tormenting
Book SynopsisPerhaps the first extended non-fiction prose satire written by an English woman, Jane Collier’s An Essay on the Art of Ingeniously Tormenting (1753) is a wickedly satirical send-up of eighteenth-century advice manuals and educational tracts. It takes the form of a mock advice manual in which the speaker instructs her readers in the arts of tormenting, offering advice on how to torment servants, humble companions and spouses, and on how to bring one’s children up to be a torment to others. The work’s satirical style, which focuses on the different kinds of power that individuals exercise over one another, follows in the footsteps of Jonathan Swift and paves the way for Jane Austen.This Broadview edition uses the first edition, the only edition published during the author’s lifetime. The appendices include excerpts from texts that influenced the essay (by Sarah Fielding, Jonathan Swift, Francis Coventry); excerpts from later texts that were influenced by it (by Maria Edgeworth, Frances Burney, Jane Austen); and relevant writings on education and conduct (by John Locke, George Savile, Dr. John Gregory).Table of ContentsAcknowledgementsIntroductionJane Collier: A Brief ChronologyA Note on the TextAn Essay on the Art of Ingeniously TormentingAppendix A: Advertisement to the 1757 EditionAppendix B: Models for Collier’s Satire From Sarah Fielding, The Adventures of David Simple, 1744 From Jonathan Swift, Directions to Servants, 1745 From Francis Coventry, The History of Pompey the Little, 1751 Appendix C: On Education and Conduct From John Locke, Some Thoughts Concerning Education, 1699 From George Savile, Marquess of Halifax, The Lady’s New-Year’s Gift: or, Advice to a Daughter, 1692 From John Gregory, A Father’s Legacy to His Daughters, 1774 Appendix D: Later Satires on the Art of Tormenting From Maria Edgeworth, An Essay on the Noble Science of Self-Justification, 1795 From Frances Burney, The Wanderer, 1814 From Jane Austen, Mansfield Park, 1814 Select Bibliography
£26.06
Arsenal Pulp Press What I Think Happened: An Underresearched History
Book SynopsisA wickedly funny 'femmoir' in which the author retells historical events and recasts historical personalities from her own feminist perspective.
£14.39
Arsenal Pulp Press So You're A Little Sad, So What?: Nice Things to
Book SynopsisEssays that locate the funny in low self-esteem, family dysfunction, and bad relationships.
£13.49
Black Rose Books Humorous Sceptic or, is it Just Me: An Irreverent
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£11.39
Black Rose Books How To Take An Exam
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£11.39
Black Rose Books Inside The World Of Comic Books
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£16.19
Black Rose Books Inside The World Of Comic Books
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£29.75
Fulcrum Publishing Rural Wit and Wisdom: Time-Honored Values from
Book SynopsisIn an updated and expanded edition of a timeless classic, bestselling author Jerry Apps has written and collected oft-spoken phrases, observations, comments, and conundrums celebrating country life and rural living. Black and white photographs by Steve Apps, an award-winning photojournalist, complement the text that offers humorous, touching, and unique glimpses into the lighter side of life in the Midwest.
£13.25
Graywolf Press Best Thought, Worst Thought: On Art, Sex, Work
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£14.40
Chicago Review Press How to Rule the World
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£11.69
Chicago Review Press How to Be a Genius: A Handbook for the Aspiring
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£13.50
Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S. Keep Your Pantheon (and School): Two Unrelated
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£11.39
Nova Science Publishers Inc It's My Money and I'll Cry If I Want to: The Blue
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£13.50
Nova Science Publishers Inc Cranks, Knaves & Jokers in China
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£52.69
Casa Nazarena de Publicaciones A VECES LA BIBLIA ME HACE REIR (Spanish: A Funny Thing Happened on My Way Through the Bible)
£8.66
Pelican Publishing Company Southerners Instruction Book The
Book SynopsisHeading south? Already there and feel out of place? Bone up on your Southern-isms before you stick out in a Dixie crowd like a pickup truck at a Porsche dealership!Arm yourself with the best defense to avoid being called a Yankee-The Southerner's Instruction Book. It's a simple approach to living life the way it's meant to be below the Mason-Dixon line. Inside are more than 300 quips, aphorisms, and pieces of advice that will help anyone fine tune his Southernness. Some are peppered with a little tongue-in-cheek spice, while others are as genuine as a hound dog's love for its master.From the covert Northerner trying to blend in with the kinfolk to the Southerner who is trying to get back to his roots, these simple sayings will inspire and enrich one's Southern experience. And even if this book fails at that, it should at least tickle the chitlins out of anyone!Just a few of the warnings issued are 'The friendly guy who asks you, 'How are they bitin'? is always the game warden' and 'Bar
£7.55
New Press Regime Change Begins at Home
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£119.25
Coffee House Press Idiophone
Book SynopsisLeaping from ballet to quiltmaking, from the The Nutcracker to an Annie-B Parson interview, Idiophone is a strikingly original meditation on risk-taking and provocation in art and a unabashedly honest, funny, and intimate consideration of art-making in the context of motherhood, and motherhood in the context of addiction. Amy Fusselman’s compact, beautifully digressive essay feels both surprising and effortless, fueled by broad-ranging curiosity, and, fundamentally, joy.
£12.34
David R. Godine Publisher Inc Instant Lives
Book SynopsisA literary humor classic—fractured biographical moments from the lives of great writers and composers.This is a collection of mostly imagined encounters between literary figures and their real or imagined family members, friends, and bitter enemies. In Howard Moss’s satirical voice and Edward Gorey’s twenty-five deadpan illustrations, we see Jane Austen wielding artful passive aggression and Sense and Sensibility galleys, the Alcott girls sculpting fudge, the rise of Emily Dickinson’s ruthless witch hazel business, among other delights.Perfect for those who love literature too much to hold it closely to actual facts.
£14.24
£12.34
Ulysses Press Lolcat Bible: In teh beginnin Ceiling Cat maded
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£10.79
Ulysses Press Everybody Poops 410 Pounds A Year: An Illustrated
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£8.54
Ulysses Press The Abide Guide: Living Like Lebowski
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£13.49
Barricade Books Inc Shtick Shift: Jewish Humour in the 21st Century
Book SynopsisNot your Zayde's Jewish joke book. This is a hilarious look at how humour has changed in the 21st century written a pretty funny rabbi.
£14.39
Trafalgar Square It's Been 20 Years, Fergus: (and you're still
Book SynopsisA rollicking comic treasury, starring the world's most famous cartoon horse. He has hundreds of thousands of followers on Facebook and a surging presence on Instagram. Each day, he and his diverse group of friends share their mishaps, their successes, and their innermost thoughts with the world. He is seemingly ageless, looking even better now than when his ascent to fame began. Who is this intriguing Internet celebrity? Fergus the Horse (Equus hilarious), the creation of artist Jean Abernethy, has been entertaining audiences—young and old, in print and online—with his comedic adventures for the past 20 years. His rise to fame was documented in the epic equine comic collection The Essential Fergus the Horse, and now, Abernethy celebrates his age—and the wisdom that should come with it—with an all-new selection of horsey humor, including many cartoons fans have never seen before, created exclusively for this book. With a genuine appeal that crosses boundaries of breed, discipline, and geographic location, Fergus unites anyone with an eye for a horse and a need for a laugh. Readers of all ages—from 5 to 95—will be delighted by his wit, honesty, and profoundly funny observations on horses, humans, and the life they strive to live together.
£14.20
Simon And Schuster Group USA Feisty First Ladies
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£14.39
Hal Leonard Corporation High Notes and Low: 300 and a Few More Whimsical
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£17.47
powerHouse Books Down in the Hole: The Unwired World of H.B. Ogden
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£16.96
powerHouse Books,U.S. Reflections From Hell: Richard Lewis' Guide On
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£17.84
powerHouse Books,U.S. You Had To Be There: Rape Jokes
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£12.79
powerHouse Books,U.S. Guac Is Extra But So Am I: A Millennial Handbook
Book SynopsisA reluctant adult's handbook to the stuff everyone expects you to know but no-one taught you.
£20.39
Hatherleigh Press,U.S. Canadian Wit, Wisdom & Humour: The Complete
Book SynopsisCanadian Wit, Wisdom & Humour collects the very best of humorous quotes, witty observations and funny one-liners from famous--and not-so-famous--Canadians. Collecting over 1000 of the wittiest remarks, deepest thoughts and side-splitting one-liners ever attributed to a Canuck, Canadian Wit, Wisdom & Humour features those writers, actors, comedians, politicians, and personalities that best represent the nation of Canada, including Margaret Atwood, Pierre Légaré, O.A. Battista, Norm McDonald, Mike Myers, Jim Carrey and many, many more!
£12.75
Hatherleigh Press,U.S. Irish Wit, Wisdom And Humor: The Complete
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£11.69
Seal Press You Are a F*cking Awesome Mom: So Embrace the
Book SynopsisTo anyone who is not a new mother, babyhood may seem like a nanosecond long--a quick blip on the radar of life. But to a new mother, it feels never-ending. A child is born, a thunderstorm comes barreling in, and the idea of buckling down to raise said baby seems like an eternity--and feels totally impossible. How will I ever make it through? This is especially true for women today, who are raised to foster strong personal and professional identities. Becoming a mother is a complete restructuring of one's life, and there's a necessary psychic reckoning that gets buried under dirty diapers and lost amid the nipple shields and mashed peas.Loaded with unfettered support from a mom who has been through it, You Are a F*cking Awesome Mom offers a welcome acknowledgement that motherhood is a mind f*ck--and that women deserve more than trite oversimplifying and sugarcoating about the miracles of child-rearing. It is not a parenting book, it's a mama book, one with an irresistible, irreverent voice, sharp insight, and some welcome doses of "truth salad," plus a few experts thrown in for good measure. It's You Are a Badass for new mothers, and a long-awaited life raft for all the mothers drowning in maternal confusion and terror.
£13.29
Seal Press Cinderella and the Glass Ceiling: And Other
Book SynopsisYou know what? It's super creepy to kiss a woman who is unconscious. And you know what else? The way out of poverty isn't by marrying a rich dude--or by wearing fragile footwear, for that matter. And while we're at it, why is the only woman who lives with seven men expected to do the cooking, cleaning, and laundry?Fairytales need a reboot and comedy queens Laura Lane and Ellen Haun are the women to do it. In Cinderella and the Glass Ceiling, they offer a rollicking parody of classic (read: patriarchal) tales that turns sweet, submissive princesses into women who are perfectly capable of being the heroes of their own stories. Mulan climbs the ranks in the army but wages a different war when she finds out she's getting paid less than her fellow male captains, Wendy learns never to trust a manboy stalking her window, Sleeping Beauty's prince gets a lesson in consent, and more.Busting with laugh-out-loud, razor-sharp twists to these outdated tales, Cinderella and the Glass Ceilingis fun, magical, necessary and totally woke.
£17.09
Random House USA Inc Odd Jobs: Portraits of Unusual Occupations
Book SynopsisWho blows the bugle at the Kentucky Derby? Who dusts the dinosaur bones at the Smithsonian? Who sniffs dog breath for a living? Who measures the breasts of real models? ODD JOBS introduces you to the real people who perform these truly peculiar jobs. In 65 intimate portraits, photo essayist Nancy Rica Schiff captures the personalities and occupations of these oddball professionals, providing a short profile of each. A 20-year photography veteran, Schiff has spent the better half of that time discovering the behind-the-scenes people who do what others can''t (or won''t) do. No one can say that America isn''t the home of the free, the brave, and the quirky, who will do almost anything to make an honest buck.• Profiles 65 of the most unique jobs in America.• Jobs include duck walker, coin polisher, doll doctor, and artificial inseminator.
£14.39
Random House USA Inc How to Survive a Garden Gnome Attack: Defend
Book SynopsisMove over zombies and adolescent vampires. There’s a new threat in town—and it’s only twelve inches tall. How to Survive a Garden Gnome Attack is the only comprehensive survival guide that will help you prevent, prepare for, and ward off an imminent home invasion by the common garden gnome. Once thought of as harmless yard decorations, evidence is mounting that these smiling lawn statues are poised and ready to wreck havoc. The danger is real. And it’s here. Class 1 gnome-slayer and gnome defense expert Chuck Sambuchino has developed a proven system—Assess, Protect, Defend, Apply—for safeguarding property, possessions, and loved ones. Strategies include step-by-step instructions for gnome-proofing the average dwelling, recognizing and interpreting the signs of a gathering hoard, and—in the event that a secured perimeter is breached—confronting and combating the attackers at close range.
£12.59
Random House USA Inc Kill as Few Patients as Possible: And Fifty-Six
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£13.99
Workman Publishing At Knit's End: Meditations for Women Who Knit Too
Book SynopsisThe tangled life of the knitter is the subject of inspired nuttiness in 300 tongue-in-cheek meditations from the Yarn Harlot, Stephanie Pearl-McPhee. At Knit’s End captures the wickedly funny musings of someone who doesn’t believe it’s possible to knit too much and who willingly sacrifices sleep, family, work, and sanity in order to keep doing it. Covering everything from the deadly “second sock syndrome” to a pile of yarn so big it can hide a washing machine, this hilarious collection will have knitters in stitches!
£10.70
WW Norton & Co The Joy of Leaving Your Sh*t All Over the Place:
Book SynopsisScience shows that messy people are more creative (as well as cleverer and more attractive). With this book, learn how to clutter mindfully with checklists, quizzes, guidelines, flow-charts (really?) and inspirational stories. Your plants will stop dying. Your whiskey bottle will never run dry. Your clubcard points will finally add up to a free jar of salsa and some nice shampoo. Go on—leave your pants on the floor tonight.
£11.39
WW Norton & Co Poetry from Scratch: A Kitten's Book of Verse
Book SynopsisHipster cats, stay-at-home-mom cats, windowsill cats, and outdoor cats—you’ll find them all here, immortalized in prose about, for, and sometimes by, cats. With a Brooklyn edge, author Jennifer McCartney ups the cool quotient on this burgeoning genre. Of Mice and Men There once was a cat who loved books He liked bookshelves that had lots of nooks He thought especially nice The tomes about mice One page and the kitty was hooked From limericks to beat poems, haikus to sonnets, riffs on famous verse to original blank verse, there is something here for every cat lover to enjoy.
£11.00
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
Seven Stories Press,U.S. One Hand Jerking
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£9.49
Seven Stories Press,U.S. Beating Around The Bush
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£26.07
Seven Stories Press,U.S. Surveillance Means Security: Remixed War
Book SynopsisHilarious follow-up to Wright's previous books of reworked propaganda posters, You Back the Attack! We'll Bomb Who we Want! and If You're Not a Terrorist...Then Stop Asking Questions.
£11.69
