General Humour category: 16710 books

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by Bernie Mac
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2002

"My granddaddy would get mad at all of us. He couldn't just get mad at one of us. 'Ain't nobody got... You know what? Go to bed! All y'all, go to bed!' It'd be like two o'clock in the afternoon. 'Go to bed!'" Bernie Mac, the royal king of the Original Kings of Comedy, is salty and pissed...
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We Killed

The Rise of Women in American Comedy

by Yael Kohen
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2012

No matter how many times female comedians buck the conventional wisdom, people continue to ask: "Are women funny?" The question has been nagging at women off and on (mostly on) for the past sixty years. It's incendiary, much discussed, and, as proven in Yael Kohen's fascinating oral history,...
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by Alexandra Petri
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2015

Washington Post columnist Alexandra Petri turns her satirical eye on her own life in this hilarious new memoir... *Most twentysomethings spend a lot of time avoiding awkwardness. Not Alexandra Petri.* Afraid of rejection? Alexandra Petri has auditioned for America’s Next Top...
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Feminasty

The Complicated Woman's Guide to Surviving the Patriarchy Without Drinking Herself to Death

by Erin Gibson
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2018

From the wickedly funny and feminist creator and host of the "Throwing Shade" podcast, a collection of hilarious personal essays and political commentary perfect for fans of Lindy West and Roxane Gay. Since women earned the right to vote a little under one hundred years ago, our progress...
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Overshare

Love, Laughs, Sexuality and Secrets

by Rose Ellen Dix, Rosie Spaughton
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2018

Rose and Rosie are known for their candid and hilarious YouTube videos... but now they are taking oversharing to a whole new level. Discussing sexuality, revealing secrets and empowering others, OVERSHARE is a book packed with Rose and Rosie's unique take on friendships, fame, mental health and LGBT...
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Newsfail

Climate Change, Feminism, Gun Control, and Other Fun Stuff We Talk About Because Nobody Else Will

by Jamie Kilstein, Allison Kilkenny
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2014

A “feisty, literate, and uncompromising” (Publishers Weekly) primer on the most urgent issues of our day, from the creators and co-hosts of Citizen Radio, a listener-supported show whose slogan is “independent radio that won’t lead you to war.” #Newsfail is definitely not your grandmother’s...
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Failure Is an Option

An Attempted Memoir

by H. Jon Benjamin
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018

**“Writing this funny requires immense talent.” —AV Club H. Jon Benjamin—the lead voice behind Archer and Bob's Burgers—helps us all feel a little better about our own failures by sharing his own in a hilarious memoir-ish chronicle of failure.** Most people would consider H....
Cover of It’s Not Me, It’s You!: Impossible perfectionist, 27, seeks very very very tidy woman
by Jon Richardson
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2011

‘I loved Jon’s book. It’s even better than the real thing because you can’t hear his voice.’ Michael McIntyre A control freak looks for love (women who leave wet teaspoons in sugar bowls need not apply). ‘I haven’t woken up with a cup of tea by the bed for seven years. It seems such...
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by Stewart Lee
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2010

Experience how it feels to be the subject of a blasphemy prosecution! Find out why 'wool' is a funny word! See how jokes work, their inner mechanisms revealed, before your astonished face! In 2001, after over a decade in the business, Stewart Lee quit stand-up, disillusioned and drained, and...
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Lizard Tales

The Wit and Wisdom of Ron Shirley

by Ron Shirley
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2012

The star of TruTV's hit show, Lizard Lick Towing, shares stories of life as a small-town repo man, as well as the "Ron-isms" and "Ron-osophy" he is known for. Crazier than a sack of rabid weasels? Country as cornflakes? Gooder than grits? You bet he is!   Week after week,...
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I, Justine

An Analog Memoir

by Justine Ezarik
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2015

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A one-woman media phenomenon and a leading YouTube influencer takes readers behind the camera, and deep inside her world. Justine Ezarik has been tech-obsessed since unboxing her family’s first Apple computer. By sixth grade she had built her first website....
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Springfield Confidential

Jokes, Secrets, and Outright Lies from a Lifetime Writing for The Simpsons

by Mike Reiss, Mathew Klickstein
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2018

Semi-Finalist for the 2019 James Thurber Award * One of Vulture's Top-10 Comedy Books of 2018 * A "Must" pick by Entertainment Weekly * **An A.V. Club Best Books selection * A "New and Noteworthy" selection by USA Today In celebration of The Simpsons thirtieth anniversary,...
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How Hard Can It Be?

The World According to Clarkson Volume 4

by Jeremy Clarkson
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2010

How Hard Can it Be? is the fourth hilarious volume in Jeremy Clarkson's The World According to Clarkson series. How hard can it be... To build a power station without upsetting the eco-mentalists? To seek world domination if you've been hit the ugly stick? For the Met Office to get yesterday's...
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by Michael Showalter
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2011

I was at my wit's end. I'd had enough of this job, this life, and my relationship had broken up. Should I eat chocolate, or go to India, or fall in love? Then I had a revelation: Why not do all three, in that order? And so it was that I embarked on a journey that was segmented into three parts and...
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