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Grasping how to swear is a crucial skill to any English-speaker, but it can be a tricky business. Owing to the rich and complex history of swearing, a single word can have a host of different meanings - from expressing surprise, excitement, anger,...

'If you grew up reading Jane Austen and Agatha Christie (or are a fan of the more recent Bridgerton and Knives Out), you will adore A Most Agreeable Murder" Kate Stayman-London, bestselling author of One to Watch'A delightfully entertaining debut! Be...

Tucker Max drinks to excess at inappropriate times, disregards social norms, indulges every whim, takes no responsibility for his actions, rebels against any authority, mocks idiots and posers, sleeps with more women than is safe or reasonable and...

Meet Woody. Former journalist. Die-hard Oasis fan. High energy. Low sperm count. Training to be a vicar. Obviously. Matt Woodcock's frank, funny real-life diaries reveal what it was like for him to train as a vicar while struggling against all...

Driving a cab for more than 30 years Gene Salomon has collected a remarkable selection of stories. He shares the very best in this unforgettable memoir. Gene has had everyone in the back of his cab... ...Lauren Bacall, Leonardo di...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781569757277Author Matt ColemanFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Ulysses PressPublisher Ulysses PressWeight(grams) 165g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780806532257Author Tucker MaxFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Citadel Press Inc.,U.S.Publisher Citadel Press Inc.,U.S.Weight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781478993438Author Jesse ItzlerFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Center StreetPublisher Center StreetWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 206mm * 135mm *...

For fans of TOWIE, Celebrity Big Brother and Celebs Go Dating, learn how you too can become a diva by the one and only Gemma Collins - one of the greatest gifts reality TV has ever given us.So girls, you alright darlings?By buying this book you will have...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781922539038Author Anouska JonesFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Exisle PublishingPublisher Exisle PublishingWeight(grams) 500g

School is 'wet and weedy', according to Nigel Molesworth, the 'goriller of 3B', 'curse of St Custard's' and superb chronicler of fifties English life. Nothing escapes his disaffected eye and he has little time for such things as botany walks and cissy...

This funny and beautifully observed book pulls together humorous stories, funny quotes, quips and anecdotes about this small but remarkable country.While the Scots are proud of their friendly reputation, loud about their many contributions to the world -...

Listen up, folks: Bees are incredible. If you don't think so, you're wrong; but you're also in luck! Professional bee appreciator Matt Kracht is here to set the record straight with this helpful guidebook to all things bees. Broken into fourteen...

Gary Janetti is bothered. By a lot of things. And thank God he's here to tell us. In Start Without Me, Gary returns with his acid tongue firmly in cheek to the moments and times that defined him. He takes us by the hand as we follow him through the...

Where's Bob? On a mountaintop? In a wooded forest? Maybe a TV studio? Find the world's favorite painting instructor in more than a dozen unique settings within this original search-and-find activity book. Where's Bob? includes 15 full-color illustrated...

'Warm, sad and funny... There is something very eccentric and British about A Fan for All Seasons' - Sunday Times'A heartfelt memoir through grief, family and a very funny, obsessive love of sports' - Cariad Lloyd, host of GriefcastA funny, heartfelt,...

'You've had some pretty crazy ideas in your life, Newby, but this is the craziest.' Grandmother Wanda Newby was exasperated after continuous rain, snow, and gales that knocked from her bike. Twice. To avoid other tourists, Eric Newby had...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780451469434Author Rainn WilsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Dutton / SignetPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc

'Most books on persuasion teach the few how to sway the many. With wit and vim, Guy has given us something else: an X-ray into the tactics of those trying to change our minds and behaviour.' - Stephen Krupin, former speechwriter for Barack Obama When...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Funny, fantastical and forthright, this is an indispensable survival guide to the real world' - Daily MailThis is a self-help book like no other. Because you are not helping yourself, James Acaster is helping you.In 2019,...

Single mum. Awful ex-husband with his shiny new girlfriend. And now a scary, overwhelming new job.Bambino is a glossy, weekly parenting magazine aimed at 'yummy mummies'. Their ideal mother always looks immaculate, never lets her children watch TV and...

Human beings love to create problems for themselves. I observe this on a daily basis, as do all my feline friends. They never stop, and one of their favourite tasks is to find more tasks to do. They are always looking for something, as if the life they...

A collection of proverbs in the original Gaelic, and translated into English covering family, work, money, self-Improvement and food and drink amongst other topics. Gaelic proverbs tell it like it is, and provide advice for a myriad of situations. This...

Longlisted for the Polari First Book Prize 2020Life's a drag... Why not be a queen?'Stories like the one where you shagged a 79-year-old builder and knocked over his sister's ashes while feeding him a Viagra. Or the time you crashed your car because you...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800991828Author Anne CakebreadFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Y LolfaPublisher Y Lolfa

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780645118735Author Simon Michael PriorFormat PaperbackPage Count 246Imprint Simon Michael PriorPublisher Simon Michael PriorWeight(grams) 152g

The highs and heartbreak of caring for the animals we love You never know who or what is going to walk, crawl or slither through the doors of veterinary hospital...Clumsy Luna the Greyhound and her fragile front legs; the tortoise in need of a prosthetic...

Welcome to another round of history's most absurd stories and the timeless lessons that come with them. In More Lessons from History, Alex Deane has unearthed yet more bizarre tales that you certainly haven't heard before. If you're wondering how large,...

Winner of the Goodreads Choice Award, and from the author of The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires, comes a New York Times bestselling horror novel that follows a group of heroines to die for. In horror movies, the final girl is the...

You don't have to own a dog and you don't have to be Jewish... A humour title about using guilt, shame and passive aggression to raise your dog that will have you barking with laughter.A 'Not Missing Yet' sign informs neighbours that dog is not missing...

A hilarious, family-friendly cookbook from the creators of the hit Netflix baking show Nailed It! Baking is not for the faint of heart. The perfect result may require overnight refrigeration, weighing different flours, a deft hand with a piping bag, and...

'The perfect gift for anyone who loves all things Christmas ... it's a festive gem' Woman & Home'A beautiful, funny and soulful collection of personal essays' Prima___________The perfect gift book, featuring the writing of Meryl Streep, Bill Bailey,...

The Mammoth Book of Dirty, Sick, X-Rated and Politically Incorrect Jokes is the ultimate collection of X-rated and decidedly politically incorrect jokes - an indispensable guide to the funny, the fearless and the filthy. Be warned, the contents of this...

Russell Howard and Greg Davies discuss Pantsdrunk:R: 'It feels very English to get pissed in your underwear, on your own, and then not go out' G: 'I've been doing it my whole adult life!' R: 'Do you think it will make us live longer?' G: 'No. Quite the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780762471317Author Michelle MorganFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Rp MinisPublisher Rp MinisWeight(grams) 113gDimensions(mm) 97mm * 74mm * 51mm

In Be(com)ing Nigerian: A Guide, Elnathan John provides an affecting, unrestrained and satirical guide to the Nigerians you will meet at home and abroad, or on your way to hell and to heaven. It is a searing look at how power is performed, negotiated and...

Betty Bendell was one of the top five British women's magazine columnists in the late 1960s and 1970s. She wrote continuously for a range of magazines, including Annabel, Woman, Homes and Gardens, The Lady and The Countryman, but she was most well-known...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781569758236Author Alice RoseFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Ulysses PressPublisher Ulysses PressWeight(grams) 150g

Discover all the foul facts about the history of leadership with history's most horrible headlines: Rotten Rulers edition. The master of making history fun, Terry Deary, turns his attention to the awful authorities. From who gave the job of high priest...

'There is nothing stronger than a broken woman who has rebuilt herself.' Hannah Gadsby, NanetteMulti-awardwinning Hannah Gadsby transformed comedy with her show Nanette, even as she declared that she was quitting stand-up. Now, she takes us through the...