Humour & Comedy

Bob Monkhouse / Just Say a Few Words

This practical book contains advice on all aspects and techniques of public speech-making from mastering stage fright to shaping your speeches, moving in and out of humour, openings and endings, and short cuts to winning over your audience...

Stewart Ferris / The World's Greatest Chat-up Lines and Put-downs

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Lotta Sonninen / The Little Book of Bad Moods

Let’s face it: we’re sick of staying positive. Meditating. Doing yoga. Those things are so boring. How about finding a new and more engaging way to relieve your stress and get you through the hell that is your life?The Little Book of Bad...

Ronni Ancona & Alistair McGowan / Matter of Life and Death

Ronni Ancona is fed up with football: the way it dominates TV, takes over men's brains and scuppers any chance of romance. And so, for the sake of women everywhere, Ronni concocts an experiment to see if a man can be made to give up the very thing he...

Christine Green / The Little Book of Loony Driving Laws

This is a collection of the looniest driving laws from around the world. It is the perfect antidote to road rage and car congestion.         All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown...

John LeFevre / Straight To Hell

“Some chick asked me what I would do with 10 million bucks. I told her I’d wonder where the rest of my money went.”—@GSElevatorOver the past three years, the notorious @GSElevator Twitter feed has offered a hilarious, shamelessly...

Denys Parsons / It Must Be True: It Was All in the Papers

A compilation of newspaper misprints from the press of the English-speaking world. Typos and editorial bungles bring about unintentionally hilarious new meanings.         All of our books are second hand, and while you may not...

Tim Allen / Don't Stand Too Close To A Naked Man

The comic who's a guy's guy, Tim Allen is the star of ABC's Home Improvement, one of television's most successful sit-coms. In this first book, Allen shares his hilarious and helpful musings on being a hapless male in America. Black-and-white...

P.J. O'Rourke / Eat the Rich

P.J. sets off on a world tour to investigate funny economics. Having seen 'good' capitalism on Wall Street, he looks at 'bad' capitalism in Albania, views 'good' socialism in Sweden and endures 'bad' socialism in Cuba. The result is the world's only...

Mark Crick / The Household Tips of the Great Writers (Hardback)

As with the commander of an army, or the leader of any enterprise, so it is with a Great Writer and his house.'The Household Tips of the Great Writers covers all your household needs, indoors and outdoors, from pruning a rose bush with Pablo Neruda...

Richard Porter / Top Gear: How to Parachute into a Moving Car: Vital Survival Tips for the Modern Man (Hardback)

A collection of the  Top Gear  team's sensible, level-headed advice for coping with the everyday scenarios that readers all face now and again.  We've all suffered at the hands of life's little problems from time to time, whether it's...

Henry Morris / The Diary of a Secret Tory MP (Hardback)

(Almost!) True Stories from the Heart of British PoliticsThe long-awaited diary from Whitehall’s most scandalous MP…From Brexit to Covid, parties to pig culling, the Conservative government has lurched from crisis to crisis. With a front-row...

Yes, Prime Minister: The Diaries Of The Right Hon. James Hacker: Volume 1 (Hardback)

For all those who laughed at the political wisdom contained in the fictional diaries of The Complete Yes Minister, here is the hilarious sequel in which the hero, Sir James Hacker, successfully fails his way upward to the top political post in Great...

Maureen Lipman / Lip Reading (Hardback)

The popular comedy actress and raconteuse Maureen Lipman reveals how she found herself trussed up backstage in Birmingham, ponders the more peculiar aspects of cricket terminology and explores the miracle of plastic tablecloths.     All of our...

Martin Wainwright / The Guardian Book of April Fool's Day (Hardback)

Panorama's coverage of the 'Spaghetti Harvest' is legendary, as is the Guardian's travel supplement celebrating the imaginary island of San Seriffe. Nowadays the first of April is not complete without news stories like the Sun exclusive on the Queen...

Des MacHale / The Book of Kerryman Jokes (Vintage Booklet)

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Esquire Magazine / Esquire The Rules: A Man's Guide to Life (Hardback)

Just being a man was never more fraught with confusion and peril. Derived from Esquire' s popular feature, this men's manual to life in the 21st century offers more than 500 rules that make for lighthearted reading and manly musings. Accompanied by wry...

40 and Proud of It (Hardback)

Congratulations—you’re starting another exciting new decade! This little book, packed with wise and witty quotations, is the perfect way to show the world that you are 40 and proud of it.     All of our books are second hand, and...

Pietro Ramirez / How to get along with Girls

Originally published 1944, a guide for men.      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...

Richard Topping / Monty Python: From The Flying Circus to Spamalot

Have you ever wanted to be a lumberjack? Had trouble with a dead parrot? Or gone for a silly walk? Combining outrageous humor, unbridled creativity, and surreal animation, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones, and...

Favell Lee Mortimer / The Clumsiest People In Europe, Or: A Bad Tempered Guide To The World

In the middle of the 1800s, Mrs Favell Lee Mortimer set out to write an ambitious guide to all the nations on Earth. There were just three problems:She had never set foot outside Shropshire.She was horribly misinformed about virtually every topic she...

Colm O'Regan / It's Earlier 'Tis Getting (Signed by the Author) (Hardback)

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Raymond Allan / Frank Spencer - My Life and Times (Large Paperback)

Written by the genius screenwriter behind "Some Mother's Do `Ave `Em", the raucous British TV comedy of the 1970's that rocketed Michael Crawford to worldwide fame, this takes a look at the early life of Frank W. (Arnold here) Spencer, the hapless man...

Jane Matthews / A Girl's Guide to... Man Management (Large Paperback)

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Dear John: The John Mackay Letters (Large Paperback)

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P.J. O'Rourke / Eat the Rich - A Treatise on Economics (Large Paperback)

In the tradition of his contemporary classic Parliament of Whores, renowned political humorist P. J. O’Rourkeis back with Eat the Rich, in which he takes on the global economy. P. J. O'Rourke leads us on a hysterical whirlwind...

John McKay / Dear Me : The Diary of "Dear John" Mackay (Large Paperback)

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Harry Enfield / Harry Enfield and His Humorous Chums (Coffee Table Book)

Enfield reveals how the characters from his TV series came about, complete with pictures and his personal favourite sketches in full.     All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of...

Spike Milligan: A Celebration (Coffee Table Book)

Terence Alan Patrick Seán Milligan, known as Spike, was a comedian, writer and musician. He was of Irish descent, but spent most of his childhood in India and lived most of his later life in England, moving to Australia after retirement. He is...

Noel Fielding / The Mighty Book of Boosh (Coffee Table Book)

Join Howard Moon, Vince Noir, Naboo, Bollo, Bob Fossil, Old Gregg, the Moon, and all your other favourite characters on a unique journey in to the world of The Mighty Boosh. Content*An extract from Howard's jazz detective novel Trumpet Full of...

Brendan O'Carroll / Mrs Brown's Family Handbook (Coffee Table Book)

Mrs Brown's Family Handbook, the first and only official book from Brendan O'Carroll's brilliant comic creation, is filled with useful advice and gives us a unique look into the lives of the Brown family.Millions of us have wondered how Agnes Brown does...

Simon Tofield / Simon's Cat in Kitten Chaos (Coffee Table Book)

Like all great cartoon creations, from Peanuts to Asterix , from Garfield to Tintin , Simon's Cat has continued to evolve by introducing new characters and developing new storylines. After the runaway success of the original book, Simon Tofield returned...

Brendan O'Carroll / Mrs. Brown's A to Y of Everything (Coffee Table Book)

Mrs. Brown's A to Y of Everything is Brendan O'Carroll's hilarious follow-up to the bestselling Mrs. Brown's Family Handbook.If there's one Mammy in the world who knows what's what, it's Mrs. Brown. Here, Agnes, star of the incredibly popular TV show Mrs...

Adam G. Goodwin / The Brexit Souvenir Treasury (Coffee Table Book)

A hilarious gift book to help Remainers cope in the run-up to the fateful Brexit moment. 'So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, good night I hate to go and leave this pretty sight So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, adieu Adieu, adieu, to EU and EU and EU'...

Wendy Northcutt, Christopher M. Kelly / The Darwin Awards IV: Intelligent Design

The Darwin Awards 4 commemorates those who improve our gene pool by removing themselves from it, showing us just how uncommon common sense can be!         All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact...

Fred Metcalf / The Penguin Dictionary of Jokes

A good joke can lift the lowest spirits, enliven the dullest party, or be a welcome icebreaker at the start of a speech. But why is it so hard to find that key quip when you need it? Now anyone can have the best jokes at their fingertips with this...

Des McHale / Wisdom (Hardback)

The author of the "Wit" books presents a compilation of quotations covering all the big questions of love and happiness, politics and religion, good and evil. From the likes of Mark Twain, Benjamin Franklin and Evelyn Waugh, read words of wisdom as...

Justin J. Exner / 501 Excuses for a Bad Golf Shot (Large Paperback)

You can blame your job... You can blame the course... You can blame mother nature... Or you can blame your equipment... But Never, Ever, BLAME YOURSELF!         All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get...

Ted L. Nancy / More Letters from a Nut (Large Paperback)

Ted L Nancy continues his gently surreal correspondence with the great and the good. His hilarious and bizarre letters - as before with unusual queries, complaints and requests - not only manage to fool many recipients into starchy and strait-laced...

Adrian Edmondson / Berserker! (Large Paperback)

From brutal schooldays to '80s anarchy, through The Young Ones and beyond, Berserker! is the one-of-a-kind, fascinating memoir from an icon of British comedy, Adrian Edmondson.Berserk : out of control with anger or excitement; wild or frenzied...

Niall Toibin / Smile and Be a Villain (Large Paperback)

Smile and Be a Villain is a beautifully written, revealing account of the life of a consummate artist, one of Ireland's most outstanding actors, who has worked with the world's finest (and worst) actors, directors and producers. Filled with...

Judy Brown / The Funny Pages: 1,473 Jokes From Today's Funniest Comedians (Large Paperback)

The search for the perfect funny tidbit on virtually any topic can start and finish by letting your fingers do the walking through a copy of The Funny Pages. This fresh 304-page collection assembles quips from the country's top comedians of the last...

Allan Morrison / Laugh Scotland (Large Paperback)

Jokes classic, jokes new, jokes modern, old and blue... they're all here in Allan Morrison's book. From one-liners to shaggy dog stories, from Q&As to riddles, this book has the lot. Hot topics Glasgow versus Edinburgh; Scotsmen; Scotswomen; The...

Richard Benson / F in Exams: Even More of the Best Test Paper Blunders

Expensive jeans. Sharpen your pencils and have your rulers at the ready – it’s time for more F in Exams ! School years pass by and new students come and go, but there are always more exams to take. And with more test papers come more...

Joe Kerr / The Bumper Book of Would You Rather?: OVER 35 HILARIOUS HYPOTHETICAL QUESTIONS FOR ANYONE AGED 6 TO 106

Stuck at home on a rainy day or heading off on a long journey? Need something fun and engaging to occupy you, your kids or your whole family? Then get stuck into these 350 ridiculous, mind-boggling and hilarious hypothetical questions! Would you...

S.J. Perelman / The Swiss Family Perelman

The author offers a humorous account of his family's voyage to the Far East, France, and England     The author offers a humorous account of his family's voyage to the Far East, France, and England 1987   All of our books are...

Jillian & Michelle Madison / Dear Asshole: 101 Tear-Out Letters to the Morons Who Muck Up Your Life

Ever wish you could leave a nasty note for that jerk in the Hummer who blocked you in, or the idiot who didn’t clean up after his dog? Now you can! Dear Asshole includes 101 letters to all of the assholes you encounter on a daily basis, each...

Ben Bator / Texts from Last Night

Ever texted after one too many? Ever texted the wrong person by mistake? Ever fired off a message before double-checking your predictive spelling? You are not alone! Texts From Last Night is a celebration of the best, worst and weirdest texts...

Davytheghost / A Concise History of Scotland from Day One to Day Two

This book is meant to be taken as a piece of fun. The author has set out to let some of Scotland's amazing heritage be known. It includes the parts of Scotland's past that most people want to know about, while at the same time keeping the humour going...

Bill Casselman / Canadian Sayings 2

  Folk sayings are passed by word of mouth in a small communnity where life and work are shared. These delightful and sometimes pungent sayings are annotated and arranged in over 130 categories, ranging from All is Well and All is No Well through...

Elliott Hester / In-Flight Entertainment : Tales of Sex, Rage and Queasiness at 30, 000 Feet

In-Flight Entertainment is a classic humour book, an air steward's account of fourteen years' worth of airline incidents, reminding us of the absurdities of flying. This wonderful collection of over 30 eye-opening true stories Lechery at 30,000...

Geoff Tibballs / The Mammoth Book of Jokes 2

Everyone, at some time or another, is likely to have to stand up and make a public speech. For many this will be an embarrassing experience. Armed with this huge collection of jokes and assorted stories, even the shyest speaker should shine. This...