Humour category: 17948 books
by Richard III
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2016
I had a hunch we’d be champions! The most unlikely story in the history of sport, told by our greatest football writer On 25th March 2015, when King Richard III, recently rescued from a municipal car park, was reburied in Leicester Cathedral, his beloved football team had just lost 4-3 to Tottenham...
God and Football
Faith and Fanaticism in the Southeastern Conference
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2010
At the age of 8, Chad Gibbs attended his first Southeastern Conference football game. Since then he has been in a constant battle to not let his love of all things pigskin consume him. As a Christian, Gibbs knows he cannot serve two masters, but at times his faith is overwhelmed by his fanaticism....
Somewhere in Ireland, A Village is Missing an Idiot
A David Feherty Collection
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2013
“Golf is not a game, it’s a punishment.” –David Feherty
“If you’re one of those people who think golf is a religion, prepare for some seriously funny blasphemy.”
--Troon McAllister, author of The Green
Somewhere in Ireland, A Village is Missing an Idiot is a collection...
by Marco van Basten
Language: Dutch
Release Date: May 18, 2012
Language: Dutch
Release Date: May 18, 2012
Brieven aan Bert bevat een twaalftal persoonlijke en humoristische 'brieven', geschreven voor en aan de bondscoach, op weg naar de EK-winst. Prominenten als Angela Groothuizen, Marco van Basten, René van der Gijp en Nico Dijkshoorn namen de pen ter hand, maar ook Van Marwijks intimi steken hem een...
The Men on Magic Carpets
Searching for the superhuman sports star
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2019
'An absolute gem. Funny, incredible and brilliantly reported, in Ed Hawkins the sports world has its own Jon Ronson.' - Will Storr
The bizarre true story about the cosmic side of sports
Ever wondered if the mind tricks used by Luke Skywalker or his Star Wars brethren were real? Ed Hawkins...
Ask a Pro
Deep Thoughts and Unreliable Advice from America's Foremost Cycling Sage
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2017
Author writes the popular "Ask a Pro" column for Velo magazine (45,000 paid circ)
Cycling fans have enjoyed following Gaimon’s career as he rose through the ranks onto the ProTour circuit, lost his contract, and once again rode his way back into the Big Leagues.
A regular Joe enters an arcane...
by Laurence E. 'Larry' Lipsher
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
A guide for the overseas American tax filer, written especially for people who hate taxes.
100 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings
How to Get By Without Even Trying
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
You know those subtle tricks your coworkers are all guilty of? The constant nodding, pretend concentration, useless rhetorical questions? These tricks make them seem like they know what they’re doing when in fact they have no clue. This behavior is so ingrained, so subtle, and so often mistaken...
The Dictionary of Corporate Bullshit
An A to Z Lexicon of Empty, Enraging, and Just Plain Stupid Office Talk
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2006
This caustically funny Webster’s of the workplace cuts to the true meaning of the inane argot spouted in cubicles and conference rooms across the land.
At a price even an intern can afford and in a handy paperback format that won’t weigh down your messenger bag or briefcase, The Dictionary...
Officespeak
The Win-Win Guide to Touching Base, Getting the Ball Rolling, and Thinking Inside the Box
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2006
Do you feel like putting a bullet through your head every time your boss tells you to "quarterback this one for me, champ"? Do you find yourself resisting the urge to put a chokehold on colleagues who use the phrases "on the same page" or "no-brainer" or "going forward"...
True Ladies and Proper Gentlemen
Victorian Etiquette for Modern-Day Mothers and Fathers, Husbands and Wives, Boys and Girls, Teachers and Students, and More
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2015
Regardless of time period, some things hold true: kindness is timeless.
Invasion of privacy; divorce; relationship issues; encounters between people from different places and cultures; new technologies developed at dizzying speeds . . . the hectic pace of life in the late nineteenth century...
by Charles Ionescu Tonino
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2012
Do you enjoy being poor and wish to remain that way? Perhaps you have money but you would like to join the lower classes? Maybe you feel like money makes you a big phony and you want to get rid of it all but don’t know how? If any of these things apply to you, then How To $tay Poor: a guide to remaining...
Do You Talk Funny?
7 Comedy Habits to Become a Better (and Funnier) Public Speaker
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2016
Public speaking can be terrifying. For David Nihill, the idea of standing in front of an audience was scarier than cliff jumping into a thorny pit of spiders and mothers-in-law. Without a parachute or advanced weaponry. Something had to change.
In what doesn’t sound like the best plan ever,...
Balance Is a Crock, Sleep Is for the Weak
An Indispensable Guide to Surviving Working Motherhood
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2010
wickedly funny, girlfriend-to-girlfriend survival guide for working mothers who want real answers, not mommy manifestos or sappy crap on finding "balance"
Most books for working mothers are earnest, serious guides with some usefull information, but lack the snark and praticality that...