Parodies

The Amazing Troll-Man is a collection of hilarious exchanges between one man with a mission to make us laugh and unsuspecting Facebook users with petty complaints to air. After a very tough period in his life, Wesley Metcalfe rediscovered his passion for...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781400080465Author Amy Rosenthal KrouseFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Three Rivers PressPublisher Three Rivers PressWeight(grams) 315g

Gordy LaSure's passionate about film. He eats film, he drinks film, and sometimes he'll even watch a film. But most of all he loves talking to people about film: whether a comely student with low confidence and a father complex, a Studio 'development'...

The pictures are paired with tongue-in-cheek captions showcasing the likes and dislikes of both the man and the kitten. Like the guys themselves, this book is the perfect combination of cute, sexy, and funny. You'll find yourself saying "ooh" and "aw" at...

The mind behind the infamous Ig Nobel Prizes presents an addictive collection of improbable research all about us - and you Marc Abrahams collects the odd, the imaginative and the brilliantly improbable. Here he turns to research on the ins and outs...

**THE PERFECT GIFT FOR OUR TROUSERLESS TIMES** Office workers of the world, unite! (remotely.) You have nothing to lose but your trousers. Working from home has liberated many of...

Let's be honest, staying in is SHITE, but we need to keep that bloody curve down. We're guessing there are a lot of not-very-PC thoughts running through your head right now, such as: Why is my PISS WIZARD boss emailing me during my home workout?; Do my...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780609804131Author Jill Conner BrowneFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Crown PublicationsPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 215gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679726470Author Monty PythonFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Pantheon Books IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 499gDimensions(mm) 235mm...

Science shows that messy people are more creative (as well as cleverer and more attractive). With this book, learn how to clutter mindfully with checklists, quizzes, guidelines, flow-charts (really?) and inspirational stories. Your plants will stop dying...

When you like, live forever, what's there to live for?'About three things I was absolutely certain. First, Edwart was most likely my soul mate, maybe. Second, there was a vampire part of him - which I assumed was wildly out of his control - that wanted...

THE PERFECT GIFT for all of the 'GROWN-UPS' still wondering what life is all about. Talking about the farmer's market:How much are these carrots? What, per kilogram?Each? Really? What does 'heritage' mean? Could I just have an onion, then, please?Oh. Do...

John Crace's Digested Read first appeared in in February 2000 and has been running ever since. Each week Crace reduces a new book - anything from a Booker Prize winner to a Nigella cookery book is fair game - to 700 words in a parody of the plot, style,...

this book is a magical journey through life from the beginnings of time to the birth of a child and the adventure that we take on our way to the grave and beyond to the starsit is a celebration of being human and all of the beautiful things that is in...

Mallory Ortberg presents...Texts from Jane Eyre is a whimsical collection of sharp, satirical and side-splittingly funny text message conversations from your favourite literary characters. Of course if Scarlett O'Hara had an unlimited data plan, she'd be...

Be Afraid. Be Very Afraid. From ghosts, vampires, and zombies to serial killers, cannibalistic hillbillies, and haunted Japanese videocassettes, How to Survive a Horror Movie shows how to defeat every obstacle found in scary films. Readers will...

Cats once were proud, shrewd, independent animals who lived life on our own terms. But then came a life of domestication, comfort and free health care. And now cats are in danger of losing our sense of adventure completely. Fluffy and Bonkers say it's...

The greatest moments in sporting history in inglorious technicolour, from the 'artists' known as NO SCORE DRAWS 'Genuinely upsetting.' David Squires 'Repulsively ugly.' Seamas...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780992910778Author Jon LinkFormat HardbackPage Count 64Imprint Modern Toss LimitedPublisher Modern Toss LimitedWeight(grams) 196g

The hilarious guide to the countryside you never knew you needed, from up-and-coming TikTok-and Instagram-hit comedian Killian Sundermann.Welcome to the countryside! A place of rolling hills, winding rivers and natural beauty. Or is it? Killian...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780375761270Author David RemnickFormat PaperbackPage Count 528Imprint Modern Library IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 765gDimensions(mm) 234mm...

P.J. O'Rourke says we've worked ourselves into a state of anger and perplexity, and it's no surprise because perplexed and angry is what America has always been all about. This uproarious look at the current state of the United States includes essays...

Good manners are simply codified kindness, and being in possession of them enhances the quality of your everyday life and that of the people around you. At home and abroad, Debora and Kay have done the fieldwork, made the mistakes, and committed enough...

'Very funny book alert!' Nina Stibbe, author of Love, Nina'Made me chuckle heartily!' Greg Jenner, author of A Million Years Years in a Day'It's such a good idea. Were it not for my excellent bladder control, I would have weed myself' Stuart HeritageFrom...

A hilarious cautionary tale about greed, gold and the grasping of power - in time for the US election in November.Meet Trumplestiltskin, a vain and gold-obsessed little man with tiny hands who will stop at nothing to become richer and more powerful...

Brextorians had long suspected that at the time of the Brexit negotiations, a series of audio recordings were made by and of government officials. In the year 3563, their suspicions were confirmed with the discovery of the first cache of tapes:...

At home, work, and out in our ever-changing world, we're all just doing our best. In this modern parody, Frog and Toad are here to commiserate and lend some laughter.Full of wry humor and deep compassion for our modern vulnerabilities, the stories in...

YOUR Big Day is a hysterical spoof of the stressful (and sometimes silly) things a bride encounters when planning her BIG DAY. Comedian Laura Willcox takes on the voice of an outrageously overbearing wedding planner, offering guidance on all aspects of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525655015Author Carl HiaasenFormat HardbackPage Count 64Imprint Alfred A. KnopfPublisher Alfred A. KnopfWeight(grams) 168gDimensions(mm) 183mm * 132mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780399175077Author Taylor BayouthFormat PaperbackPage Count 212Imprint Perigee Books,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 174g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781596916142Author Jessica Pallington WestFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing PlcPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing PlcWeight(grams)...

Following the massive success of "Pride Prejudice and Zombies", and the impressive pre-pub sales of "Sense and Sensibility" and "Sea Monsters", we have "Quirk Classic 3". Like 1 and 2 the suspense will build as we discover what new monster mayhem will...

Following the massive success of "Pride Prejudice and Zombies", and the impressive pre-pub sales of "Sense and Sensibility" and "Sea Monsters", we have "Quirk Classic 3". Like 1 and 2 the suspense will build as we discover what new monster mayhem will...

A lot of leather has 'plunk-plicked' against willow since cricket was first played on the village greens of Olde England, but this doughty little book heroically manages to capture the true essence of the noble ball game in just 100 run-grabbing moments...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780061780196Author Paul RudnickFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 201mm *...

Parodies come in all shapes and sizes. There are broad parodies and subtle parodies, ingenious imitations and knockabout spoofs, scornful lampoons and affectionate pastiches. All these varieties, and many others, are represented in this stunning new...

Called a "comedic Godsend" by Conan O'Brien and "the Stephen King of comedy writing" by John Mulaney, Simon Rich is back with New Teeth, his funniest and most personal collection yet.Two murderous pirates find a child stowaway on board and attempt to...

From parenting to pints, dads are just spiffing and this tip-top collection of retro photos and frightfully funny captions capture everything to love about fatherhood.The Wit and Wisdom of... is a series of jolly humorous books brought to you by the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781617751301Author Ian SvenoniusFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Akashic Books,U.S.Publisher Akashic Books,U.S.Weight(grams) 193g

The World's First Post-Truth Gaming BookAfter rashly tweeting he would dream up an imaginary computer game for every 'like' received, Nate Crowley found himself on an epic quest to conjure up hundreds of entirely fictional titles. From 1980s hits like...