Humorous category: 20629 books

Life is a marathon, a long drawn out battle with many ups and downs. Life can become a marathon for those individuals, and anyone connected with them, who enter the London Marathon every year. "Life is a Marathon" is a humorous fictional story of seven wildly different yet somehow connected...

The Funny Old World Collection, includes a wonderful mixture of humorous and tongue-in-cheek Poems (with a few Cartoons) as well as heart-felt Poetry inspired by Love and Nature. Some of the Poems are 'sheer imaginings' and some are based around real life events and people.Martin...

A collection from 2006-2012 focusing on the human condition - stranded in carparks, drunken potato pickers, first love - not to mention the odd bodily functions - many of the works are humorous, often turning digression into an art form. This book has been written to be read out loud.

Seeking inspiration, hack writer Hector Mortlake embarks on a journey across late 19th century Europe. He invites the people he encounters to submit short stories to a contest but soon the travellers find themselves at an isolated hotel and caught up in a series of suspicious deaths. Could there be...

Edward Lear was an English author and poet best known for his humorous works including limericks and The Book of Nonsense.  This edition of The Book of Nonsense includes a table of contents.

In Jack Hodgins’ new novel, Cadillac Cathedral, he is at his humorous best in describing the eccentric but lovable characters in the little town of Portuguese Creek on Vancouver Island. Arvo is the main figure, a Finn who has worked in logging camps all his life and who now spends his retirement...

Ethiopian expat and up-for-anything, Samson, prefers social diversion over self-analysis and parties as an escape from reality. Native American and certifiable germaphobe, Opie, embraces a different lifestyle. In an effort to find stability amongst chaos, he adheres to strict rules he's laid out for...

One family's humorous experiences of owning Volvos. Estate cars, SUVs, limousines, they are all the same to this family. Where was the daughter conceived? In a Volvo estate. Where did she lose her virginity? In a Volvo limousine. What make was the hearse that took granddad to his funeral? A Volvo....

"The trouble with cat people is that they cater and spoil the little beasts. You have to be firm. Set limits." Or so Dylan, a deaf writer in Ohio, believes when he accepts an invitation to cat-sit for a friend in Brooklyn in return for a week's free lodging. Soon enough he realizes Milord's...

An illustrated classic from the author of Saville and Flight into Camden Written before David Storey’s 1976 Man Booker Prize–winning novel Saville, Edward tells the tale of a kindly and aging bishop who lives his life by just and holy standards—until one day he is surprised by the appearance...

All-new stories featuring the “wonderful, real, lovable characters” of St. Jude’s, in the series that inspired the beloved British sitcom Bless Me, Father (James Herriot). Based on the author’s real-life experiences as a young clergyman, the five books in the Bless Me, Father series...

Duty Answered is the title feature among a host of “war stories” gathered over 30+ years while the author soldiered around the world from Central America to Iraq.  These tall tales are the rear area adventures of the soldiers who recounted them - some are bawdy and raucous, some are...

Humorous insights you wouldn't expect to find uttered by anyone less than Gran'Pa. All about bugs, boobs, and other offbeat subjects, presented in a way that's guaranteed to elicit more than a little smile. You'll be amazed at what you can do with corset staves, what you'll hear when nobody knows...

The forty-five short stories in this collection are dark; humorous; off-beat with a twist; and occasionally puerile. If you enjoy reading Dahl or Saki you might well enjoy reading these (it's a theory, but not necessarily a good one). Ragu The Eskimo - They say the innuit language has fifty...