Humorous category: 20629 books

 After seventy years as a main speaker and toastmaster, I had accumulated boxes of materials on all aspects of life. One day, my wife of seventy-three years, Flo, told me I had to do something with them. So I embarked on the task of sorting materials and compiling this book, The Pleban Syndrome. Collected here are some of my favorite jokes and humorous stories.

================================================= WINNER OF THE B.R.A.G. MEDALLION AWARD (2018) 'Feathered Quill' Book Review by Holly Connors (9 June 2018): Author Mario Dhingsa delivers an interesting, and entertaining, read in his newest work, High Office Whispers. If you've ever wondered...

A short story. Sonny's is the neighborhood grocery store that Janie works at, and just happens to be haunted. See what happens when Janie goes up against the other point-oh-two of paranormal phenomenon in this humorous ghost story.

UPDATED for 2014. Thinking of a career in the thin blue line? Want to know what a police officer in the UK really does? It's not at all like you see on the TV, trust me - I'm a policeman. Occasionally frightening, but always exciting, PC Surname guides you all the way from application,...

A humorous collection of blog posts from the Travel Blog, The Middle Seat by Blogger and frequent business traveler Jay Conlin. A corporate Labor Negotiator, Conlin blogs about his various business travel headaches, successes and failures capturing the "spirit" of the Weary "Road Warrior"....

The excellent original introduction to the collection of 800 pieces of Irish wit, which portray life in Ireland and Great Britain, in all its vibrant rough and ready splendour (c. 1760-1810), was written by order of the Lord Chief Joker, Momus Broadgrin, Controller of the Comicals, from his Council...

Forget ‘Incredible India’. Forget ‘Malaysia, truly Asia’. Welcome to ‘Amusing Thailand.’ Whether you are newly retired, looking for an exotic holiday or scouring the country for a mate, this book is invaluable. Set mainly in and about, Sin City, otherwise known as Pattaya, the sixty-two...

Although "The Bold Stroke for a Husband," by Mrs. Cowley, does not equal "The Bold Stroke for a Wife," by Mrs. Centlivre, either in originality of design, wit, or humour, it has other advantages more honourable to her sex, and more conducive to the reputation of the stage. Here is contained...

Because love is the ultimate prize… The Kiss Talent Agency romantic comedy series follows the Kiss brothers and their clients as each pursues fame and fortune, only to find a love they never expected. From sexy sports agents and Hollywood actors to charming celebrity chefs and bad boy musicians,...

When a group of middle-class buddies obsessed with golf set up a bet to see who can finagle their way onto the nearby private course, their friendship is tested in ways they had never expected in this humorous novel from Rick Reilly, one of America’s most popular sportswriters. Missing Links...

What do you do when you are in the private chapel of an Irish castle ready and willing to marry the man of your dreams, but the groom is missing? Well you do what any other reality star marrying a rock star does in those circumstances when the world is watching and waiting for you to fall from grace...

Zero On Me is a thoroughly humorous recollection of a father-son relationship that unfolds during the fabulous 50s and 60s. It opens, however, with the father’s tension-filled episode during World War II, an incident that becomes the foundation for this true story. Following the father’s return...

The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (or, more briefly, Tristram Shandy) is a humorous classic by Laurence Sterne. It was published in nine volumes, the first two appearing in 1759, and seven others following over the next seven years (vols. 3 and 4, 1761; vols. 5 and 6, 1762; vols....

Arnold Bennett, in full Enoch Arnold Bennett (born May 27, 1867, Hanley, Staffordshire, England, died March 27, 1931, London), British novelist, playwright, critic, and essayist whose major works form an important link between the English novel and the mainstream of European realism. This is a short humorous story.