Humour Comedy category: 17948 books

Le plus drôle... en numérique ! Retrouvez les plus grands noms du rire : Coluche, Pierre Dac, Jean Poiret, Laurent Ruquier, Groucho Marx, Jean Yanne, Oscar Wilde, etc. Ça y est ! Vous pouvez enfin rire aux éclats dans les transports en commun, chez le dentiste, ou bien dans votre...

If there's one thing that sets Weegies apart, it's our sense of humour. Come crisis time, we not only laugh in the face of danger, but we spit on its shadow, follow it around, and occasionally set about it. Take John Smeaton, the baggage handler who clobbered the Glasgow Airport terrorists. He showed...

The hilarious adventures of Harry the Polis as recalled by ex-polis Harry Morris, the self-appointed Chief Constable of funny stories, continue with the publication of his tenth book, The Last Night on the Beat. Full of brilliant anecdotes, oddball characters, quick comebacks and unlikely excuses,...

Clowns’ slapstick is their primary mode of performance and allows them to provoke audiences to laughter wherever they perform. This innovative book, focussing on contemporary practice in the USA and Europe over the last 50 years, investigates the nature and function of clown performance in modern...

Kristen Wiig is the brilliant and talented lady responsible for some of Saturday Night Live's unforgettable sketches. Known for her characters such as Gilly, Target Lady, Penelope, Aunt Linda and Sue, Kristen Wiig had definitely traveled a long and colorful road in showbiz. With unmatched talent in the...

Audiobook Included!Learn English Laughing! With "Extremely Funny Stories" by Zac Eaton you will learn English and get as up-close as you can to the famous ironic, black English humour. Warning: "Extremely Funny Stories" can be addictive! The running Series of Stories is a "must-have" for every...

'For many years it was assumed that poetry came from England. Research now clearly demonstrates, however, that a great many of the world's most famous poets were actually Australians.' Possibly the most important anthology ever published. The definitive collection featuring key works by such...

Tout l'esprit irrévérencieux et farceur du génial inventeur de l'humour moderne. Enfant à Honfleur, entre l'école et la pharmacie paternelle, étudiant à Paris, familier du Chat Noir et de la faune de Montmartre, chroniqueur, nouvelliste, inventeur de l'humour moderne, Alphonse Allais...

The hilarious adventures recalled by ex-polis Harry Morris, the self-appointed Chief Constable of funny stories, continue with the publication of his fifth book, Aye, That Will Be Right!. Since his retirement from Strathclyde Police, Harry has realised his dream of bringing to life in print his own...

There’s only one antidote to our speed-crazed, tech-obsessed, gluten-sensitive, password-plagued, financially-jittery, fitness-phobic, fatness-fearing world—and that’s laughter. He Who Laughs, Lasts takes the hassles and headaches of everyday life and converts them by alchemy into humour. This...

This book of commentaries on the vagaries of life sharpened up by (mostly) light-hearted verse is a reflection of some of the author’s thoughts and experiences. Love, sex, politicians, philosophy, box-ticking, egoism, political correctness and stupidity are treated with respect, appreciation, cynicism,...

This Quick Start Guide will show you how to utilise the power of laughter and humor for rapid stress relief.  All of us have occasional emotional upsets. Fortunately, most of us have hobbies or other recreations that give us relaxation and divert our minds from the things that cause us to...

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...

Audiobook Included! Learn English laughing! With "Extremely Funny Stories" by Zac Eaton you will learn English and get as up-close as you can to the famous ironic, black English humour. Warning: "Extremely Funny Stories" can be addictive! The running Series of Stories is...