Humour & Comedy

Andrew Boyd / Life's Little Deconstruction Book

This tiny manual provides an introduction to theoretical posturing, a commentary on postmodernism, a subversive satire, and a tribute to the love-hate relationship many of us have with fashionable...

Kenji Kawakami / 101 Unuseless Japanese Inventions

A collection of the best of Kawakami's bizarre inventions: the portable crossing - cross the street safely when and where you want; the bath body suit - take a warming bath without getting wet; and...

Liz Bankes / Mr. Happy and the Office Party (Hardback)

The Mr. Men have been tickling children for generations with their funny and charming antics. The Mr Men for Grown-Ups series now gives adults the chance to laugh along as the Mr Men and Little Miss...

Ron Manager / Marvellous (Hardback)

Only now has Ron Manager decided the time is right to publish, because only now has he found a publisher with big enough brown envelopes. In this autobiography Ron Manager, the comic creation of Paul...

Lesley Blume / Lets Bring Back (Hardback)

When was the last time you wore a cape to the opera, or white gloves to lunch? Whatever happened to cuckoo clocks, quizzing glasses, and zeppelins? Why does everyone remember Coco Chanel, but her...

Heather Havrilesky / Disaster Preparedness (Hardback)

A perceptive, witty memoir about the transformative humiliations of childhood-and adulthood-from a unique, already-beloved voice. When Heather Havrilesky was a kid during the '70s, harrowing disaster...

Frankie Boyle / Scotland's Jesus (Hardback)

Reading 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...

Alex Johnson / The Book Lover's Joke Book (Hardback)

The Book Lover’s Joke Book is the funniest book about books you’ll ever read. You’ll find jokes about writers, agents, publishers, librarians, grammar, poetry, bookcases, and lightbulbs. There are...

Russell Ash / Fish Who Answer the Telephone and Other Bizarre Books (Hardback)

Out of the tens of thousands of books published every year, a significant proportion are unintentionally funny or just plain loopy. Bringing these choice works together, Russell Ash and Brian Lake...

Liza Donnelly / Be the Person Your Dog Thinks You Are (Hardback)

Be the Person Your Dog Thinks You Are is a fully illustrated book of affirmations and inspiration to remind you you’re just about the best person there is, according to your dog. Did you know your...

Allison Vale / Mothers' Wit (Hardback)

Mamma mia! Didn't think mums could make you laugh? Think again. Mothers' Wit is full of classic one-liners from a rich variety of red-hot mammas such as Victoria Wood, Joan Rivers, Roseanne and Marge...