Secondhand Humour Books

The lizards are alarmed. The snakes are scared. The antelopes are apoplectic. Why? The meerkats have turned mean. Sure, they look cute with their little noses in the air. And...

A new collection of Clarkson's hilarious Sunday Times Columns.

As if by magic, the shopkeeper appeared. Learn the lessons of life from Mr Benn's adventures, as shown in the original TV series, as the Red Knight, Hunter, Cook, Caveman,...

If you hate: loft living; bar-clubs; Tony Blair; chick lit; global warming sceptics; Keane; loyalty cards; IKEA; Kabbalah; bling and Richard Curtis... ... then you need IS IT JUST ME...

Everyone is feeling miserable in the current economic decline. House prices are down, interest rates are the lowest ever and the country's growth shoots towards the negative like an amateur...

** THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP 5 BESTSELLER **** FEATURED ON BBC ARTS' BETWEEN THE COVERS **Award-winning comedian Sara Pascoe turns her attention to the things that really matter to humans...

The PERFECT GIFT for the ones who are yet to know the meaning of the words 'hard work' . . . in other words the back-to-schoolers and the university goers....

Ever wondered if a seven-year-old can bench press double his own bodyweight? Or who holds the record for the biggest enhanced breasts? Mark Dolan knows - he's actually met these...

Fizzing with the one-liners and surreal humour for which Milton Jones is famous, this is an authentic, hilarious story of the life of a stand-up comedian . A star of...

Just how long do you plan on defying the laws of gravity?"Responding to overwhelming demand, the Cambridge Women's Pornography Cooperative has researched deeply into the desires of women of a...

Have you ever called someone 'fluffle bunny'? Have you ever sent a text saying 'it's not you, it's me'? Have you ever written a dirty limerick in a Valentine's card?...

Nostalgia, identity, eccentricity, gin drinking and occasional violence... these are just some of the themes that stand-up comedian Dara O Briain explores in Tickling the English. O Briain moved to...

Herewith a handful of sample entries to tickle your funny bones...In the 1824 war between Britain and Ashanti (now part of Ghana), the British Redcoats found themselves surrounded by 10,000...

Cicero remarked that old age is a strange business. No one wants to miss it, he said, and everyone complains about it when they get there. Not I, though.Old age...

A beautifully written insight into the stresses, strains and successes of working for the London Ambulance service. Is there anyone who hasn't wondered about the state of the occupant of...

We're going on a bar hunt.We're going to find a cool one.The babysitter's booked.We're not old!Bestselling authors Emlyn Rees and Josie Lloyd also happen to be parents, so they understand...

'All I had ever wanted was privacy. In order to get it, it seemed that an exceptionally detailed 500,000-word book was in order...' He was born into an ancient powerful...

This Christmas you can finally let your bunnies out of their padded hutches, because Andy Riley doesn't want them anymore. He wants your children!From the creator of the bestselling Bunny...

Brace yourself, Clarkson's back. And he'd like to tell you what he thinks about some of the most awe-inspiring, earth-shatteringly fast and jaw-droppingly gorgeous cars in the world (alongside a...

Lacking that certain finesse at social functions Lost your savoir-faire Never know what to say Modern Manners has all the answers. How, for instance, do you introduce a younger sister...

Waterford Whispers News 2017 is the fourth annual from Ireland's leading online satirical site, featuring the funniest stories of the year, including the latest on Garda scandals, Donald Trump, Brexit,...

Whether you are single, married, or simply Fry-curious, Mrs Stephen Fry, the world's almost leading relationship expert, leads you gently but firmly though the marital process from proposal to divorce,...

Enid Blyton's books are beloved the world over and The Famous Five have been the perennial favourite of her fans. Now, in this new series of Enid Blyton for Grown-Ups,...

Back in the day, if you wanted to raise money you stood on street corner with a tin and a smile. That is until Mr John Cleese rounded up a...

Back in the day, if you wanted to raise money you stood on street corner with a tin and a smile. That is until Mr John Cleese rounded up a...

Thanks, Penneys is a love letter to an Irish institution, hilariously exploring our complicated relationship with the shop - from the chaos of the changing rooms to the questionable delights...

This work is based on the questions texted to Any Questions Answered (AQA), number 57275, and the answers given by the service. For example: How many baked beans would you...

The big things in life look after themselves. Birth, love, death - they're all terrifically exciting, but they happen whether we like it or not. It's the little things in...

'"The QI Book of the Dead" is a book about life. What an awful thing life is. It's like soup with lots of hairs floating on the surface. You have...

This book confirms P.J. O'Rourke's unassailable position as 'America's greatest prose comedian' (Sunday Times). Bestselling humorist O'Rourke introduces readers to his assistant, friends, family and smart-aleck babysitter, as he reflects...

"In The Bath: Conquering the Channel in a Piece of Plumbing" is a celebration of the epic absurd, an attempt to explain just how out of hand things can become...

Barry Trotter saved the Hogwash school for Wizards from the unwelcome attentions of Hollywood in BARRY TROTTER AND THE SHAMELESS PARODY. But things move on. Barry and Ermine Cringer have...

The Vacant Casualty is not prepared, authorized, licensed, approved, or endorsed by the author or the publishers of The Casual Vacancy. Nothing ever seems to happen in the sleepy English...

'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...

It's a grim fact that the world isn't as nice as it used to be. People are ruder, more greedy, more selfish and more violent. And even though those hardback...

Mark Thomas is one of the UK's most effective and best-known political activists, as well as being a highly successful stand-up comedian. His show, The Mark Thomas Product, ran for...