Secondhand Humour Books

You may now expect a dirty weekend to involve nothing more exciting than cleaning out the garden shed, and you may find yourself being snubbed even by high-street canvassers.On the...

An aunt is not someone to be rationalised or theorised. A nice aunt is an object of easy affection, at an emotional remove from the fierce, complex, passionate and difficult...

Luis Palau did everything he knew he should do to live the Christian life. He spent hours in prayer and Bible study. He participated in every Church event and even...

''Never eat healthy food. We so need all the preservatives we can get"The hilarious Spring Chicken greeting card range has brought wry smiles to the faces of millions. Older, Wiser,...

Jeremy Clarkson finds the world a perplexing place. So much so, in fact, that he wrote a book about it. But despite the appearance of the bestselling The World According...

A new bestseller from the pen of Ricky Gervais. New Flanimals! - Spotters Guide . Evolutionary Chart . Flanatomy for Beginners .It's Flanimals galore as Ricky Gervais's new book on...

A hilarious and horrific collection of Donald Trump's no-holds-barred opinions, brought together in one handy volume. It contains the rug-haired one's charming and intelligent thoughts on his opponents ('Hillary Clinton...

A Million Ways to Die in the West pays homage to the traditional Western with a modern comic spin, following a cowardly farmer who seeks the help of a gunslinger's...

Not for the easily offended, "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" is one dark and hilarious sitcom. Still, it garners critical praise and loyal fans with its smart writing. Rob McElhenney,...

In his own inimitable style, Boris Johnson turns his attention to the culture, manners and morals of British society, giving us a humorous, at times furious, but always entertaining read....

The concept of 'governance' has become a central catchword across the social and political sciences. In "Governing and Governance", Jan Kooiman revisits and develops his seminal work in the field...

In David Sedaris's world, no one is safe and no cow is sacred. A manic cross between Mark Leyner, Fran Lebowitz and the National Enquirer, Sedaris's collection of stories and...

A beautifully hand-lettered and illustrated story of a woman and the salvation she finds through chocolate. Edward Monkton's latest stylish and collectable book is the perfect gift for mums on...

Expect the unexpected in this ridiculously named, reassuringly chunky book, jam-packed full of eye-openingly absurd facts, lies, half-truths, thoughts, suggestions and musings with more footnotes than an orchestra of millipedes....

Lazy, erratic, unreasonable, self-absorbed - Sound like your cat? Or your boss? Or both? The horrible management decisions suddenly make sense, don't they? The dashing, self-important title character of Business...

Wherever Paris Hilton goes - and she goes to a lot of places - her dog Tinkerbell goes too, whether it's to the hottest nightclub in New York, shopping on...

Who is Pusheen? This collection of oh-so-cute kitty comics-featuring the chubby, tubby tabby who has taken the Internet by storm-will fill you in on all the basics. Things you should...

Harry Hill's unexpurgated diary of his year promises to do for the celebrity memoir what the Hadron Collider has done for particle acceleration. Think Samuel Pepys meets Katie Price.This frank...

With over 10,000 entries, arranged by topic and fully indexed, here is a giant new collection of witticisms and wisecracks for the 21st century. If you're looking for a bon...

You have to hand it to children. They do have a wonderfully straightforward view of the world, and a way with words that manages to make day-to-day life much more...

Do you remember tearing down the stairs at five in the morning, in wide-eyed anticipation of the mountain of wrapped boxes under a Woolies' fireproof silver tinsel tree? Do you...

I stopped off at the Peace Gardens - a memorial straddling the US-Canadian border commemorating 'Lasting Peace Between America and Canada', as if there had ever been a problem. Show...

Terry Ravenscroft is the world's most eccentric air traveller. He is the only man who has ever wanted to buy aeroplane lasagne for his personal consumption; been concerned about the...

The Guard's Parcel is a steaming 226-page hardback compilation of the most fragrant cartoons, articles, letters and Top Tips from a whole year of Viz - Britain's funniest* magazine (*manufacturer's...

The perfect Christmas present for the whole family!In The World Cup Of Everything Richard Osman* gives you and your friends the chance to vote on some of the most controversial,...

Atlas Obscura meets 1001 Facts to Scare the Sh*t Out of You in this serious survey of the most bizarre, creepy, and sometimes hilarious customs from cultures around the world....