Humour category: 17948 books

In the tradition of Nigel Marsh's FAT, FORTY AND FIRED and OBSERVATIONS OF A SHORT MAN, Danny Wallace's YES MAN, Tony Hawkes' ROUND IRELAND WITH A FRIDGE, and Dave Gorman GOOGLEWHACK ADVENTURE, this book celebrates the underdog, the Aussie sense of humour, and giving your dream a go, no matter the...

Open the door to the unique world of professional organizer and declutterer Stephen Ilott. A self-professed domestic archaeologist, Stephen loves digging into others’ lives and helping them look inwards and organize outwards past their clutter. In this candid and often hilarious account of his career,...

Ever found a frog in your underwear? Or been arrested for cycling round a village green wearing a santa hat, skimpy panties - and nothing else? Do you realise that wearing clothes can kill you? And would you know who to avoid at a nudist camp?No? Thought not.But then you don't inhabit the whacky...

The first-ever joke book from one of the UK's best-loved comedians, Les Dawson's Joke Book is a must for any fan of this perennially popular comedian. Collecting together the highlights of his 26-year career across radio and television, from his early days on Opportunity Knocks to Cissie and Ada. A lover...

According to Wikipedia: "Stephen Butler Leacock, FRSC (30 December 1869 28 March 1944) was a Canadian writer and economist... Early in his career, Leacock turned to fiction, humour, and short reports to supplement (and ultimately exceed) his regular income. His stories, first published in magazines...

Vancouver news icon and co-host of CTV’s “The Last Word,” Mike McCardell is the crafter of human-interest stories that counteract the doom and gloom of conventional news programming. With his unerring instinct for teasing out the powerful “hook” of human connection from the most innocuous...

Guaranteed to make everybody laugh, and with an introduction by the renowned Stephen Fry, this collection of hilarious cartoons is an insight into the darkly comic world of one of the UK's leading cartoonists, Tony Husband. Tony Husband has created cartoons for many leading publications, including The...

A fantastic new sporting humour series with other titles planned for release over the next year. Superb collection of humorous football quotes, stories, anecdotes, jokes and chants, highlighting some of the key characters of the game such as Jose Mourinho, Sir Alex Ferguson, John Motson, Bill Shankly,...

**Finalist for the National Jewish Book Award “Dauber deftly surveys the whole recorded history of Jewish humour.” —Economist** In a major work of scholarship that explores the funny side of some very serious business (and vice versa), Jeremy Dauber examines the origins of Jewish...

’This fun and feminist series of humour books celebrates the sisterhood with a wry smile.’ – Red Have you ever…? A) Questioned how you can be expected to smash and clean the glass ceiling at the same time? B)Seriously considered poisoning your own sandwiches just to stop your colleagues stealing...

Nick Ferrari is the award winning, popular broadcaster and journalist. The host of LBC radio's primetime breakfast show, "Nick Ferrari at Breakfast's" listening figures are constantly rising, more and more people are waking up to the witty banter of this loveable star, now for the first...

Remember the time Ray Burke had trees planted for a by-election, then uprooted them when he lost? Remember the time Brian Cowen went on radio with a voice like Barry White, leading everyone to think he spent the night before on the black stuff? Or remember the time Pee Flynn told us a story of three...

A wry and extremely witty travelogue exploring all things Irish (and Oirish).'With Spike Milligan-ish humour, Bradford investigates the Irish psyche: at times he comes close to adding a new mythology of his own.’ Time Out 'If you know who Shane MacGowan is, you may well love this bizarre, funny,...

Straddling humour, trivia and sport, ‘Notorious’ brings together for the first time one hundred of the most potty sportsmen in history. From boxing to cycling, soccer to baseball, and most sports in between, here are the hard-men and the criminals, the psychos and the loonies, that make up the...