Humor

A satirical, tragicomic story about a man on the edge from actor and comedian Miles Jupp. For readers of Jonathan Coe, Mark Watson, Michael Frayn and David Nicholls.Clive Hapgood is feeling stuck. The private school he teaches at is consuming his life,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Lambda Literary Awards (Humor) 2004. Commended for Stonewall Book Award (Nonfiction) 2005.Book InformationISBN 9780316143462Author David SedarisFormat...

Hadley Freeman, Guardian features writer and author of the popular 'Ask Hadley...' column, reminds the modern lady to 'Be Awesome'. All women need to listen to Hadley. She might just have the answers to life's trickiest questions, such as: why...

The heartwarming and hilarious part-memoir, part-guide from comedian and father-of-six Ashley Blaker, tackling parenting, adoption and raising children with special needs. 'A funny, irreverent and loving...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781902674964Author Camilla ZajacFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Bradwell BooksPublisher Bradwell BooksWeight(grams) 110g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780345336972Author Woody AllenFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Ballantine Books Inc.Publisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 130gDimensions(mm)...

The Joy of Sheds is a shed miscellany that chronicles man's need for a small space on his own. It's a humorous look at every aspect of the shed experience, mixed with shed facts and some practical information too. Many famous people have...

A fast-paced whirlwind of fantasy and mockery confined to a single room, The Alchemist offers a witty culmination of Jonson's experiments with city comedy. The play has been widely recognized as one of the most impressive achievements of the period's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781648450860Author Bill O'NeillFormat PaperbackPage Count 218Imprint Lak PublishingPublisher Lak PublishingWeight(grams) 299gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

Know your Mornington Crescent from your Cheddar Gorge? Are you partial to a bad-tempered clavier? Would you like some unhelpful travel advice?Featuring the very best moments from a forty-year history of broadcasting, Stephen Fry introduces this...

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom the co-creator and co-star of the hit series Broad City, a hilarious and poignant collection about love, loss, work, comedy and figuring out who you really are when you thought you already knew.When Abbi Jacobson announced...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780358197027Author Cazzie DavidFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Dey Street BooksPublisher Dey Street BooksWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 201mm *...

Why do obviously intelligent people believe things in spite of the evidence against them? Will Storr has travelled across the world to meet an extraordinary cast of modern heretics in order to answer this question. He goes on a tour of Holocaust sites...

China's shop cats are little emperors of their own retail kingdoms, keeping rodents at bay and enticing customers inside. And now they are also the stars of this delightful little book, the companion to Shop Cats of Hong Kong. Marcel Heijnen's...

For fans of Gut by Giulia Enders Eating is the most pleasurable, gross, necessary, unspeakable biological process we undertake. But very few of us realise what strange wet miracles of science operate inside us after every meal - let alone have...

*CATCH THE TV ADAPTATION OF SHRILL ON BBC3 NOW*'Women are told, from birth, that it's our job to be small: physically small, small in our presence, and small in our impact on the world. We're supposed to spend our lives passive, quiet and hungry. I want...

Did you know that Napoleon was once attacked by rabbits? Or that the Mars Rover sang itself "Happy Birthday"? How about the odd ingredient Civil War soldiers used to make coffee?Trivia meets its match. From Jupiter's diamond showers to why pirates wore...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781648450488Author Bill O'NeillFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Lak PublishingPublisher Lak PublishingWeight(grams) 195gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm *...

All of time and space...where do you want to start?Governed by Time Lord technology, the TARDIS Type Forty is the most powerful craft in the universe and this comprehensive fully illustrated manual holds the key to its operation.The appearance of the...

If your planet has been destroyed to make way for a new hyperspace bypass, your best friend turns out to be from a small planet somewhere in the vicinity of Betelgeuse (and not Guilford, as you'd thought), and you find yourself in the company of a...

The essential guide for those looking to reinvent themselves starting next week, next month or next year . . .Stella spent GBP190 on make-up designed to achieve that 'no make-up ' look.She had a promo code for the website, so has saved herself GBP10 on...

Were the 70s and 80s all they were cracked up to be? Or have we never had it so good? Philip Glenister - one of our best-loved actors - takes a swig of Babycham, jumps on his space hopper, and heads off down memory lane to find out. Which Bond was better...

The gorgeous new book in the heartwarming and bestselling Love Heart Lane series! Love Heart Lane - where friends are there for you no matter what Vet Molly has always been career...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250832665Author Betty GilpinFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Flatiron BooksPublisher Flatiron BooksWeight(grams) 204gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm *...

A Real Mum's Hilariously Honest Tales of Motherhood, Mayhem and Mental Health 'A wonderful book all mums should read!' Gemma Atkinson 'A book to be shared the world over.' ...

Our favourite cartoon cynic shares her lessons on life in this beautifully produced gift book for all generations. In her inimitable style, Lucy spends her days teasing Charlie Brown, offering up psychiatric advice, giving her little brother Linus a hard...

The Idle Parent is Tom Hodgkinson's radical parenting remedy against stifled, mollycoddled children.Modern life is wrecking childhood. Why can't we just leave our kids alone?If you've ever wondered why so many of today's children are unhappy, spoilt,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781948652650Author Rob StevensFormat PaperbackPage Count 102Imprint Little MemoriesPublisher Little MemoriesWeight(grams) 145gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

A modern, feminist take on the classic joke book to amuse and empower women.If a tree falls in a forest and only a woman is around to hear it, does it make a sound?We'll never know. The male forest ranger said it was a "she said, tree said" situation...

FROM THE VIRAL YOGA STAR - 43 MILLION VIEWS IN JUST FIVE DAYSYoga as it's never been seen before!'Yoga can feel elitist but the book does not alienate. Partly because of its gentle humour, and partly because the language does not assume any knowledge of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060784751Author Will PearsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint HarperCollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 536gDimensions(mm)...

Challenge yourself at home with word and number puzzles Give your memory a workout, stimulate your brain and hone your general knowledge with 80 definition-style puzzles from The Times2 section. Containing 80 definition-style...

History lessons have never been so hilarious thanks to this collection of insults through the ages - the targets of your barrage of vintage invective won't know what's hit them. Ever wanted to 'air the lungs (1)' like a cowboy or dreamed of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913159702Author Clive AgranFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Merlin Unwin BooksPublisher Merlin Unwin BooksWeight(grams) 229gDimensions(mm) 198mm *...

The first and best compendium of facts weirder than fiction, of intriguing information and must-talk-about trivia has spawned many imitators - but none as addictive or successful.For nearly three decades the editors researched curious facts, unusual...

A collection of Calvin and Hobbes cartoons. The author won the 1986 Reuben Award as Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year and has also illustrated Attack of the Deranged Mutant Killer Snow Goons , Calvin and Hobbes' Yukon Ho! and Weirdos From Another...

Darth Vader is learning that being a Sith lord and dedicated father to Princess Leia isn't quite so easy...In this irresistibly funny follow-up to the breakout bestseller Darth Vader and Son, Vader-Sith Lord and leader of the Galactic Empire-now faces...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780399174780Author Svetlana PetrovaFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Tarcher/Putnam,USPublisher Tarcher/Putnam,USWeight(grams) 1g

The only lie told more often than "No, that looks totally cute on you" and "I got AIDS through oral" is "It gets better." Well, a lotta times it don't. Sometimes it just sucks less. But I promise you: where there's a Willam, there's a way.But this isn't...

LONGLISTED FOR THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE 2021'One of the year's funniest books' i Paper'Funny, smart, soulful and sometimes devastating ... It made me laugh and cry' EMILIE PINE, author of Notes to Self_______________Patrick Freyne has tried a lot of...