Humour Books
Currency Press Pty Ltd The Cheeky Monkey
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£18.69
Wisconsin Historical Society Press From the Top Brief Transmissions from Tent Show
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£13.56
Wisconsin Historical Society Press Danger Man Working Writing from the Heart the Gut
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£16.11
Wisconsin Historical Society Press Ridge Stories Herding Hens Powdering Pigs and
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£17.00
Avalon Travel Publishing Age and Guile Beat Youth Innocence and a Bad
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£12.15
M. Evans & Company Will Rogers World
Book SynopsisWill Rogers still touches us more than a hlf century after his death in this comprehensive collection of his pithy commentaries about goverment, presidents, business, and philosophy.
£10.79
WW Norton & Co Malcolm
Book SynopsisThe twenty-first-century revival of James Purdy continues with his classic novel of innocence and corruption.Trade Review"The most prodigiously funny book to streak across these heavy-hanging times." -- Dorothy Parker
£12.34
City Lights Books Yokohama Threeway
Book SynopsisPeering into life''s cringe-worthy moments, best-selling author Beth Lisick excavates territory that most would rather ignore. Funny, odd, deeply personal, yet somehow universal, these are the kind of memories that haunt us all, the small awful moments of shame and humiliation that we''d rather forget than relive.Beth Lisick has made a career of opening her life to her readers in all of its messy, smart hilarity, but this type of story doesn''t usually find its way into a memoir. With her trademark humor and sly intelligence, writing in short flashes the way these episodes tend to pop up in memory, Lisick recounts her most embarrassing moments with gusto. From a trick she played on a neighbor thirty years ago to what she accidentally blurted out at last night''s dinner party, she explores the bad judgments and free-floating regrets that keep her up at night, and the result is a daring, candid and wickedly funny collection of embarrassment embraced, the triumph of humor and perspective over everyday mortification.Writer, performer and independent film actress Beth Lisick is the author of the New York Times best-selling comic memoir Everybody Into the Pool and the gonzo self-help manifesto Helping Me Help Myself.Praise for Yokohama Threeway:The ultimate joyride for those of us who enjoy cringe-worthy embarrassment, genuine pathos, and an overdosing amount of schadenfreude.?Michael Ian BlackThis book is fucking great.?Kathleen Hanna, of Bikini Kill and The Julie RuinA strangely touching and engaging portrait of the artist as a young screwup.?BooklistYokohama Threeway blends the funny and the painful into an elixir more closely resembling cough medicine than soda pop?a little bitter, made up of strange ingredients, not real pretty, but necessary if you want to get better. In the end, you are happy you took it, even if it leaves a funky aftertaste.?World Literature TodaySpeaking as someone who hates everything, I love this book.?James Greer, musician & author of The FailureHilarious, heartbreaking, compassionate, pitch perfect, utterly original.?Joyce Maynard, author of After Her and Labor DayA laugh-out-loud series of short, revelatory confessions propelled by curiosity and an acute desire to experience the world. It is not now and perhaps never will be quite in vogue for people to share their shames, but Lisick does it with aplomb and even exuberance.?Evan Karp, SF Weekly Beth Lisick''s new essay collection Yokohama Threeway made me laugh out loud more than anything else I have read all year, she is a master at sharing her life experiences with self-deprecating yet honest humor.?David Gutowski, Largehearted BoyBeth Lisick, divulges the most embarrassing moments in a series of short essays dripping with wicked humor.?7x7 MagazineTrade Review"The ultimate joyride for those of us who enjoy cringe-worthy embarrassment, genuine pathos, and an overdosing amount of schadenfreude."--Michael Ian Black "This book is fucking great."--Kathleen Hanna, of Bikini Kill and The Julie Ruin "A strangely touching and engaging portrait of the artist as a young screwup."--Booklist "Yokohama Threeway blends the funny and the painful into an elixir more closely resembling cough medicine than soda pop--a little bitter, made up of strange ingredients, not real pretty, but necessary if you want to get better. In the end, you are happy you took it, even if it leaves a funky aftertaste."--World Literature Today "Speaking as someone who hates everything, I love this book."--James Greer, musician & author of The Failure "Hilarious, heartbreaking, compassionate, pitch perfect, utterly original."--Joyce Maynard, author of After Her and Labor Day "The book that had me laughing the hardest this year was Beth Lisick's Yokohama Threeway and Other Small Shames. The stories in this hilarious collection are naked and embarrassing and pure. But what I most appreciate about Lisick's storytelling is her brazen disregard for anything except verity. She's not interested in participating in the worldwide clever competition. No, Beth is all about the sloppy, topsy-turvy, warts-and-all truth. Acerbic, ignominious and terrifying at times, the stories told in this slim book always have the core of earnestness."--Joshua Mohr, "Writers' favorite books of 2013," San Francisco Chronicle "A laugh-out-loud series of short, revelatory confessions propelled by curiosity and an acute desire to experience the world. It is not now and perhaps never will be quite in vogue for people to share their shames, but Lisick does it with aplomb and even exuberance."--Evan Karp, SF Weekly "Beth Lisick's new essay collection Yokohama Threeway made me laugh out loud more than anything else I have read all year, she is a master at sharing her life experiences with self-deprecating yet honest humor."--David Gutowski, Largehearted Boy "Beth Lisick, divulges the most embarrassing moments in a series of short essays dripping with wicked humor."--7x7 Magazine "I laughed and cringed and cared more and more. Thank you, Beth Lisick, it was and continues to be worth all the struggles."--Matthew Zapruder, author of Come On All You Ghosts "No matter how civilized we all like to pretend we are, Lisick's writing reminds us how simultaneously wonderful and terrible it is to be alive. By baring her own 'Oh, no!' experiences, she shows us there is no shame in being human. Okay, a lot of shame. But at least it's funny shame."--Kim Wong Keltner, author of Tiger Babies Strike Back "The Sister Spit vet, known for her wry wit and bare-all honesty, spills some of the most embarrassing, cringe-worthy moments of her life. Hannah Horvath, meet your match."--Out Magazine "Beth Lisick recalls a litany of minor transgressions with humility, hilarity and incisive wit."--Annie Atherton, Shelf Awareness Starred Review "Lisick celebrates our uncanny ability to pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and plod on. By making private abashment public, she pulls no punches. Indeed, by chuckling at life's whammies and zingers, she leaves us clamoring for more."--Eleanor Bader, Review Fix "Yokohama Threeway mixes equal parts of pain, humor, and honesty to deliver a short, fast, satisfying read. There are jokes, apologies, anecdotes, and confessions that range from the deeply personal to the universal and from the philosophical to the horrible. When you're ready to accept that you're as bad as the rest of us and take pleasure in the humiliation of others, pick this one up."-Gabino Iglesias, Entropy
£10.44
Minnesota Historical Society Press,U.S. Kevin Klings Holiday Inn
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£17.99
Baker's Plays Luann
Book SynopsisMusical / Characters: 5 female, 3 male singing leads, 12+ chorus / simple set Scores: Piano/Conductor, Synth, Guitar, Bass, Drums, Percussion. Instrumental track CD available. Luann and her school mates are stoked - it''s the last day of school! Summer vacation''s here! But will the high expectations soar or crash? Luann''s big dream is to hook up with Aaron Hill. But she''ll have to compete with hot cheerleader, Tiffany. Luann''s doofus brother Brad desperately wants to impress beautiful
£10.99
August House Friends Come Back
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£10.79
August House Button Box
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£14.41
August House Good Old Boys and the Women Who Love Them
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£14.41
Merriam-Webster MerriamWebsters Desk Dictionary
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£17.31
Rlpg/Galleys Piano Girl A Memoir
Book SynopsisThis is the story of one woman''s accidental career as a cocktail lounge piano player. Connecting the people she has met with the places she has played and the pianos she has known Robin Meloy Goldsby discovers the human side for better or worse of her audiences ä mobsters and moguls the down-and-out the downright scary and ordinary people dealing with life in extraordinary ways.
£10.79
ACTA Publications The Book of Catholic Jokes
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£11.66
ACTA Publications The Second Book of Catholic Jokes
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£10.56
ACTA Publications Last Book of Catholic Jokes
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£10.05
Globe Pequot Meeting of Minds Series 1 The Complete Scripts
Book SynopsisThe man who invented the television talk show surpassed even himself when he created "Meeting of Minds", the award-winning series that captured America's imagination. This title offers the original scripts from the series, including material edited from the broadcast versions that ran from 1977 to 1981 on PBS stations nation-wide.
£16.19
Prometheus Meeting of Minds
Book SynopsisA series of six scripts. The first two programs bring together Margaret Sanger, Mohandas Gandhi, and Adam Smith; the second two include Niccolo Paganini, William Blake, and Leonardo da Vinci; and the final two feature Oliver Cromwell, the nineteenth-century Irish nationalist leader Daniel O'Connell, and Catherine the Great.
£16.88
Prometheus Make Em Laugh
Book SynopsisDiscusses about the art of comedy. This book includes examples of the author's unique humour. It laces his formal instruction with written jokes, TV comedy sketches, satires, song parodies, humorous essays, amusing autobiographical reminiscences, one-act plays, witty speeches, and stand-up monologues from his comedy concerts.Trade Review"... a chuckle-a-minute sequel to How to be Funny." -- San Francisco Examiner
£22.00
Grupo Nelson Hazme Reir Soy Tu Madre
Book SynopsisCon una colección de relatos, ocurrencias y frases que sólo Barbara Johnson podría concebir, los lectores reirán con las sorpresas inolvidables y alocadas de ser una madre.Madres. Ellas lo han visto todo: lo bueno, lo malo y lo chiflado. Y decidieron contarlo. La autora de éxitos de librería, conferencista y graciosa Barbara Johnson continúa su tradición de diversión total enfocándose ahora en las alegrías de la maternidad. Una colección de relatos, frases y anécdotas que le ayudará a las madres a olvidar la tensión y la frustración de las camas sin tender y del estilo de vida de comida rápida, Hazme reír, soy tu madre es el libro adecuado que hará que los lectores pronto estén sonriendo y riendo a carcajadas.
£7.99
Graphic Arts Center Publishing Co Moose Views
Book SynopsisMoose show up in the oddest places in the North, in children''s inflatable swimming pools, peeking through living room windows, even at McDonald''s drive-ups. The comical nature of Alaska''s lumbering "Official Land Mammal" has long made it one of the "must-sees" high on every visitor''s wish list. Its popularity is even more evident in gift stores chock-full of souvenirs for the moose-obsessed, from moose-adorned T-shirts and cabin furnishings, to moose-dropping necklaces and swizzle sticks. Moose Views captures moose meanderings through the human world in hilarious photographs and commentary from the moose point of view. And, for those serious moose fans who want to know more about this curious beast, detailed natural history information on moose habits and habitat is provided at the back of the book.
£8.54
HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd Dogberts Top Secret Management Handbook
Book SynopsisIn this latest cartoon compilation, Dilbert's canine sidekick, the Machiavellian Dogbert, presents a break-through management manual to help the bosses "stick it" to their employees.
£15.29
HarperCollins The Dilbert Future Thriving on Stupidity in the
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£17.76
Museum of New Mexico Press Chistes Hispanic Humor of Northern New Mexico
Book SynopsisWhen I moved to northern New Mexico thirty-three years ago, writes John Nichols, I immediately fell in with my neighbours and commenced laughing. As folklorist Nasario García explains in his introduction to this collection, falling in with the voices of laughter and comic relief is a timeless, vital aspect of Hispanic culture. !Chistes! brings together for the first time in English and regional Spanish a medley of orally gathered humorous anecdotes from northern New Mexico and southern Colorado. The chistes range in form from practical jokes, pranks, slips-of-the-tongue, hyperbole, solecisms, slapstick, and double entendres. True for most of the villages and towns represented in this collection, Hispanic humour is a function of folks who understand how to deal with difficult times with verve and at time self-deprecation, places with a strong communal identification, where everyone knows everybody''s business and tells it with good-natured fun; where nothing is off limits, not even the
£23.24
Museum of New Mexico Press Chistes Hispanic Humor of Northern New Mexico
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£18.89
Persea Books Inc Soft Launch Poems
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£11.99
Down East Books The New Saturday Night at Moodys Diner
Book SynopsisTim Sample's humor is as much a Down East institution as the famous little restaurant that inspired the title story of his book.
£11.69
Little, Brown & Company Thank You Notes
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£12.74
Freedom Press Wildcat Anarchist Comics
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£5.53
Freedom Press Wildcat Strikes Again
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£5.53
Scouse Press How to Talk Proper in Liverpool Lern Yerself
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£5.85
Scouse Press Scouse International The Liverpool Dialect in
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£5.85
Gordon Wright Publishing Ltd Buchan Claik A Compendium of Words and Phrases
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£11.66
Bowerdean Publishing Co Ltd Keeping Your Job in the Digital Age How to Stop
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£9.45
Five Leaves Publications Starkness at Noon
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£7.99
Bartleby Press The Battle for Dung Hill
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£6.60
Bartleby Press Grannys Lost Her Marbles
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£6.60
Bartleby Press An Ear in Provence
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£6.60
Bartleby Press Gone Berserk
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£6.60
Bartleby Press My Summer Vacation
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£6.60
Great Potential Press Inc Life In the Fast Brain Keeping Up with Gifted
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£12.79
Sourcebooks The Essential Handbook of Victorian Entertaining
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£10.79
Taylor Trade Publishing Beer Games II The Exploitative Sequel
Book SynopsisThis hilarious sequel includes 40 new games, plus the outrageous Beer Catalog.
£6.99
Mustang Publishing Co., Inc. The Hangover Handbook 101 Cures For Humanities
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£62.10
Mustang Publishing Co., Inc. The Complete Book of Beer Drinking Games
Book SynopsisThe book that has intoxicated a generationâand has sold over 500,000 copiesâis back!
£8.50
Primer Publishers Cowboy Slang
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£12.59
