Humorous category: 20629 books

Franglais is back! Apprenez le Franglais en 10 secondes! A delicious second helping of the most humorous and indeed essential languages of all, Let's Parler Franglais Again! will save the day when you find yourself 'Dans le Health Food Shop' having to deal with 'Le Porte-à-Porte Salesman'. Never...

In one of his Independent pieces Miles Kington once referred to a volume of Edward Lear's limericks translated into French. Not an easy task, you might think, and in translating Alphonse Allais into English, Miles Kington set himself a similar challenge. He carried it off with panache. As Max Harrison...

In this series of insightful, humorous essays, Chuck Thurston delights, informs and inspires his readers. This second in a series of wide-ranging vignettes is full of misdirection, nostalgia, personal insight, warmth and beautiful writing.

The book is light hearted and easy to read. Mostly a collection on humorous ramblings and insights on German society held together with a thread of a story. It has the same charters as “Three Men in a Boat” which makes it nice to read after each other.

It is rare to find a truly funny book. Jerome K Jerome was born in 1859. He was an English humorist best known for this travelogue Three Men in A Boat. Jerome decided to try his hand at acting, under the stage name Harold Crichton. He joined a repertory troupe, which had little money. The actors often...

Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow, published in 1886, is a collection of humorous essays by Jerome K. Jerome. It was the author’s second published book and helped establish him as a leading English humorist. The book consists of 14 independent articles arranged by themes.

In this, his first novel, David Jerome combines two of his passions: travel and comedy writing, into one warm, and funny, travel-adventure. A Promise, An Urn, And An Atlas is loosely based on the authors experiences while visiting the 48 contiguous United States during the mid-1990s. Prior to this...

Al..#1-4-1 as he refers to himself, drives a taxi for Desert Cab in Palm Springs, Calif. This job would place him in many odd and humorous positions as he encounters various strange passengers. During the year Al.#1-4-1 would have to break away from this job to sail at sea as a merchant marine for...

Men Suck: Thoughts and Reflections of a Disgruntled Ex-Girlfriend is a humorous fictional account of one womans frustration with men. Full of venom and vigor, this book vents, for every woman. One could say it is the ranting of a hopeless romantic off meds and armed with a wordprocessor!

A collection of humorous stories about growing up coal cracker.  Experience the zany adventures of the colorful characters that inhabit the Pennsylvania coal region in the Sixties.

Gretchen Johnson gives a sensitive and humorous account of dating in Southeast Texas. Paige, the heroine of the novel, is a young, recently divorced transplant from Minnesota and a professor of English Literature at Lamar  University.  She's fascinated by the culture(s) of her adopted state and...

Super short funnies. Like that short cute guy or girl that you friend zoned. Quick pick-me-up for a good chortle. Humorous, tongue-in-cheek book of bad advice aimed at the much maligned millennial generation. A funny twist on things heard every day and in popular culture. Not to be taken seriously!

A literary skewering of modern communication and lifestyle, this book includes 47 of Kathryn Higgins's humorous writings, most of which have been previously published in literary journals, magazines, and humor webzines. Imagine your most earnest self-help article, career-guidance pamphlet or villanelle...

What if a stranger took over the part of your best friend? In "Life Trade," a would-be screenwriter seeks answers after his buddy is replaced by a stranger. He discovers a matching website for people who want to trade places.In the surreal style of Her and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,...