Humour

Kevin Goldstein-Jackson / The Public Speaker's Joke Book

 Over 1000 jokes for every occasion: business functions, conventions, dinners, weddings, kids' parties - never be lost for a humorous quip. Easy-to-find joke directory and jokes arranged by subject.      All of our books are second...

Sue Townsend - The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole - HB - Reprint - 1984

A hardcover reprint edition, Methuen UK, 1984 , of the classic second book in the bestselling series by Sue Townsend, The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole.  If I turn out to be mentally deranged in adult life, it will be all my mother's fault.'Adrian...

Geoff Tibballs / The Mammoth Book of One-Liners

 A collection of 10,000 side-splitting one-line jokes arranged in categories from bestselling humour editor Geoff Tibballs. 'Is my wife dissatisfied with my body? A small part of me says yes.' 'Letting the cat out of the bag is a whole lot...

Ross O'Carroll-Kelly / Seedless in Seattle

 Like the great Jesus Christ himself, I had a lot of shit on my mind when I hit 33 ...I had three new-born future Ireland internationals to feed, a daughter in need of psychiatric evaluation and a teenage son obsessed with uncovering the shameful...

T.C. Grey / Fifty Sheds Damper : A parody (Hardback)

 'Each firm stroke was bringing me closer and closer to that moment of relief and satisfaction. Soon my shed would be completely weatherproof.' Multi-millionaire Colin Grey thought he'd escaped a dark, forbidden world of pleasure and pain,...

Sean McCann / The Wit of Oscar Wilde (Hardback)

 `I can resist everything except temptation' Oscar Wilde is probably the most quoted and quotable man in history. His genius manifested itself in his plays and poetry but he is equally famous for his penetrating wit, humour and brilliant...

Colm O'Regan / That's More Of It Now : The Second Book Of Irish Mammies (Hardback)

 Colm O'Regan's massive bestseller Isn't It Well For Ye? The Book of Irish Mammies brought the wonderful world of the Irish Mammy to homes across Ireland, where it took pride of place alongside the good scissors and the bit of string that might come...

Ross O'Carroll-Kelly / Operation Trumpsformation (Large Paperback)

 'Our nation's great satirist ... the most sustained feat of comic writing in Irish literature' Irish TimesIt's the end of the world as Ross knows it ... this time, there's no way of escaping another monumental fock-up!Sorcha had thrown me out of...

Julian Gough - Jude, Level 1 - SIGNED Hardcover 1st Edition 2007

A signed hardcover first edition, of Jude, by Julian Gough, and published by Old Street Publishing 2007.  This is the tale of Jude, a Tipperary-reared orphan, who on his 18th birthday, sets off to discover the wide world and his true parentage. If...

Ross O'Carroll-Kelly / Ross O'Carroll-Kelly's Guide to South Dublin : How to Get by on, Like, 10,000 Euro a Day (Large Paperback)

 The incomparable, irredeemable Ross O'Carroll-Kelly gives the ultimate low-down on the centre of the universe, South Dublin. Nestled in between the badlands of north and west Dublin, and the boglands of Wicklow, is a land of untold beauty and...

Spike Milligan / The Bible According to Spike Milligan

 The Bible According to Spike Milligan is an irreverent but very funny spoof of The Old Testament in which, in his own inimitable fashion, Spike Milligan gives his version of the best known biblical stories.In the Bible, according to Spike Milligan:...

Lisa Owens / Not Working

 Now and again we all lie awake wondering what on earth we're doing with our lives . . . don't we? Claire Flannery has had more than a few sleepless nights lately. Maybe she shouldn't have walked out of her job with no idea what to do next...

Michael Frayn / Skios

 Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize'Good God, thought Oliver, as he saw the smile. She thinks I'm him! And all at once he knew it was so. He was Dr Norman Wilfred.'On the sunlit Greek island of Skios, the Fred Toppler Foundation's annual lecture is...

Linda Marsh / The Book of Limericks

 While no collection of limericks can claim to be 'complete', The Wordsworth Book of Limericks contains an astonishing collection of over 1,800 verses - all of them comical, and a great number so far from cleanliness as to verge on the obscene. This...

John Crace / Brideshead Abbreviated

 John Crace's 'Digested Read' column in the Guardian has rightly acquired a cult following. Each week fans avidly devour his latest razor-sharp literary assassination, while authors turn tremblingly to the appropriate page of the review section,...

Lara Williamson / A Boy Called Hope

 Since his dad ran off with the lady from the chip shop, Dan Hope's life has gone a bit topsy-turvy. So Dan decides to sort out his messy, muddled, madcap family, starting with getting his dad back. But as one genius plan after another goes...

Scott Adams / The Dilbert Principle

 The Dilbert Principle is an inside view of bosses, meetings, management fads and other workplace afflictions. Scott Adams examines even more bizarre and hilarious situations in the world of work with growing absurdity.In twenty-six...

Spike Milligan / Puckoon

 Puckoon is Spike Milligan's classic slapstick novel, reissued for the first time since it was published in 1963.'Pops with the erratic brilliance of a careless match in a box of fireworks' Daily MailIn 1924 the Boundary Commission is tasked with...

Spike Milligan / A Mad Medley Of Milligan

 This collection of poems, cartoons and stories is Spike Milligan at his very best. It ranges from nonsense rhymes about donkeys, elephants and Indian bankers to weirdly wonderful cartoons and a three-part story: Adolf Hitler, Dictator and Clown...

Stephen Fry / Paperweight

 A hilarious collection of the many articles written by Stephen Fry for magazines, newspapers and radio. It includes selected wireless essays of Donald Trefusis, the ageing professor of philology brought to life in Fry's novel The Liar, and the best...

Roger Kilroy / Kiss Me Hardy. Quotations Ancient and Very Modern

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Woody Allen / Complete Prose

 Although Woody Allen is best known for his cult movies, he is also a writer of outstanding wit and skill. Dip into this collection of fifty-two pieces for hilarity, deadpan weirdness, and some extremely outlandish ideas. Do you want to hear about...

T. S. Easton / Boys Don't Knit

Meet Ben Fletcher, an Adrian Mole for a new generationBen Fletcher must get to grips with his more 'feminine' side following an unfortunate incident with a lollipop lady and a stolen bottle of Martini Rosso from Waitrose. All a big misunderstanding of...

Ross O'Carroll-Kelly / Game of Throw-ins (Large Paperback)

I was a rugby player with a great future behind me. A 35-year-old father-of-five with an expanding waistline, who was trying to survive the bloody battlefield we call everyday life. My son was locked in a violent turf war with a rival Love/Hate tour...

Ross Carroll / Ross O'Carroll-Kelly's Guide to South Dublin (Large Paperback)

The incomparable, irredeemable Ross O'Carroll-Kelly gives the ultimate low-down on the centre of the universe, South Dublin. Nestled in between the badlands of north and west Dublin, and the boglands of Wicklow, is a land of untold beauty and wealth,...

John O'Farrell / Global Village Idiot

'This week the first pet passports came into effect. Around the country dogs have been hopping into photo booths and trying to look as relaxed as possible, which is not easy when you know you're not allowed on the chair.' Gathered here are the best of...

Colin Murphy / Stuff Irish People Love: The Definitive Guide to the Unique Passions of the Paddies

Do you love the taste of Red Lemonade, change into your swimming togs under a towel on the beach or find yourself admiring 'the grand stretch in the evenings'? Then this book, jammed with hilarious reflections on what it is to be Irish, will have you...

Christine Hamill / The Best Medicine

Philip is twelve years old and life is pretty good. He gets on with his mum and gets by pretty well at school - in spite of girl problems, teacher problems, bully problems and - er - poetry problems. Philip's happy-go-lucky life is disrupted when his...

John Cleese / So, Anyway... The Autobiography

Candid and brilliantly funny, this is the story of how a tall, shy youth from Weston-super-Mare went on to become a self-confessed legend. En route, John Cleese describes his nerve-racking first public appearance, at St Peter's Preparatory School at the...

John Lloyd / Qi: the Book of General Ignorance - the Noticeably Stouter Edition

This is an indispensable compendium of popular misconceptions, misunderstandings and common mistakes culled from the hit BBC show, QI. From the bestselling authors of The Book of General Ignorance comes a noticeably stouter edition, with 26% extra facts...

Jon Ronson / Out of the Ordinary: True Tales of Everyday Craziness

Jon Ronson's subjects have included people who believe that goats can be killed by the power of a really hard stare, and people who believe that the world is ruled by twelve-foot lizard-men. In Out of the Ordinary, a collection of his journalism from the...

Kim Izzo / The Fabulous Girl's Guide to Life

THE FABULOUS GIRL'S GUIDE TO LIFE is fully of witty, incisive and helpful advice for the thoroughly modern woman It covers many of the dilemmas and tricky situations a Fabulous Girl will encounter as she moves on to the next stage of her life, and will...

Ross O'Carroll-Kelly / Downturn Abbey

Since inheriting a pile in Killiney, Ross O'Carroll-Kelly - schools rugby legend, lover of the ladeez and award-winning author - can add a new string to his not inconsiderable (you know what I mean) bow - lord of the manor. Downturn Abbey is the...

Dave Eggers- Created in Darkness by Troubled Americans - McSweeney's - HB First Edition 2004

Justin Halpern / Shit My Dad Says

At 28 years old, I found myself living at home, with my 73-year-old father. As a child, my father never minced words, and when I screwed up, he had a way of cutting right through the bullshit and pointing out exactly why I was being an idiot. When I...

Bridget Hourican / The Bad Karma Diaries

Anna and Denise are always planning something, particularly when they need a bit of extra pocket money! They go into business as "The Party People", running birthday parties for younger kids in the area, and publicise it on their blog. As a...

Aleksandr Orlov / A Simples Life: The Life and Times of Aleksandr Orlov (Hardback)

All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of our books are in very good condition. Removing stickers from a book may damage it, so we refrain from doing so. If you see a price sticker on a...

Helen Bailey / Out of My Depth

Electra's totally out of her depth. Everyone's giving her the third degree! Freak Boy's dad wants to know whether he's being bullied. Sorrel's interrogating Electra about Lucy's private life. Even her dad is cross-examining her...

Ross O'Carroll-Kelly / Triggs: the Autobiography of Roy Keane's Dog (Large Paperback)

A loyal dog. Her infamous master. And the shocking truth about who was really walking whom. In a decade when Roy Keane was seldom out of the news - whether leading Manchester United to the Treble or telling Mick McCarthy to shove the World Cup up his...

Ross O'Carroll-Kelly / Downturn Abbey (Large Paperback)

Since inheriting a pile in Killiney, Ross O'Carroll-Kelly - schools rugby legend, lover of the ladeez and award-winning author - can add a new string to his not inconsiderable (you know what I mean) bow - lord of the manor. Downturn Abbey is the story of...

Ross O'Carroll-Kelly / Should Have Got Off at Sydney Parade (Large Paperback)

We don't think we can improve on the author's own summary of his book: So there I was roysh, in a state of basically very blissful ignorance, when suddenly Sorcha's up the Damien and I have to listen to, like, women's stuff. I am telling you, roysh, I...

Ross O'Carroll-Kelly / Rhino What You Did Last Summer (Large Paperback)

Fame. Fortune. Screaming girls. The adoration of strangers. I've had it all before, yet nothing could have prepared this Horny Little Devil for his new life in the City of Angels. Sacked as the coach of the Andorra rugby team and on the run from the...

Ross O'Carroll-Kelly / The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nightdress (Large Paperback)

So there I was roysh, life focked, reputation focked, finances focked - everything completely focked, roysh, and we're talking big time. And it's all Fionn's fault, basically. He's the four-eyed focker who told me that, like, the first time you do it,...

Ross O'Carroll-Kelly / Keeping Up with the Kalashnikovs (Large Paperback)

My friend, Fionn, was being held hostage in, I don't know, Unganga Nanga, and the Government was refusing to send in a team of marines to extract him. Pack of focking cauliflower worriers...I wouldn't have minded being bound and gagged in a basement -...

Ross O'Carroll-Kelly / Seedless in Seattle (Large Paperback)

Like the great Jesus Christ himself, I had a lot of shit on my mind when I hit 33...I had three new-born future Ireland internationals to feed, a daughter in need of psychiatric evaluation and a teenage son obsessed with uncovering the shameful secrets...

Ross O'Carroll-Kelly / The Shelbourne Ultimatum (Large Paperback)

After his brush with death Ross O'Carroll-Kelly - schools rugby legend, award-winning author and lover of the ladeez - is back with a renewed lust for life - all thrillingly revealed in "The Shelbourne Ultimatum". Ross wakes up from his coma to find a...

Ross O'Carroll-Kelly / We Need to Talk About Ross (Large Paperback)

Sportsman. Lover. Bon viviant. Cad. Ross O'Carroll-Kelly is many things to many people. But ten years after he lifted the Leinster Schools Senior Cup, Ireland's most beloved rogue remains one of its most misunderstood figures. His accomplishments on the...

Pat Shortt / I Will in Me Politics: The Maurice Hickey Diaries (Large Paperback)

It's rare that a political diary of such significance comes along. The O'Brien Press is proud to announce that Councillor Maurice Hickey has agreed to share his experiences in this informative and insightful account of his political exploits...

Olivia O'Leary / Party Animals

Continuing the theme of her well-received first volume of sketches, Politicians and Other Animals, Olivia O'Leary captures party animals of all colours, from frontbench lions and backbench lambs, to republican frogs and PD rottweilers. Opposition...

GaryShteyngart / Absurdistan

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Louise Rennison / Withering Tights

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Michael Moore / Adventures in a TV Nation

TV Nation" champions issues from the heavyweight to the irksome. Michael Moore has many hysterical things to say about deserving targets of all political persuasions from the anaemic left to the giddy right.All of our books are second hand, and...