House of Fun is a bumper collection of Simon Hoggart's finest and funniest sketches written since he took up the poisoned quill twenty years ago. It is instant history with added jokes.Read about ho……続きを見る
1913 - Suffragette throws herself under the King's horse.
1969 - Feminists storm Miss World.
NOW - Caitlin Moran rewrites The Female Eunuch from a bar stool and demands to know why pants are getting……続きを見る
Do you want to get your revenge on the airlines?
If you are like most people- you hate the airlines. Now, for the first time in the history of civilian air travel, you can fight back.
Richard Snow's……続きを見る
From the Hollywood assistant trenches, a hilarious guide to surviving life at the bottom of the totem pole.
I will not make you sort my M&Ms by color.
I will not take off four hours in the middle of……続きを見る
Emailing is the norm in today's jet-set age. Several such messages make rounds a number of times in various circles. They are humorous, thought-provoking, soothing, inspiring, relaxing, worth preser……続きを見る
Books for All Kinds of Readers Read HowYouWant offers the widest selection of on-demand accessible format editions on the market today. Our 7 different sizes of EasyRead are optimized by increasing ……続きを見る
著者:David Denby
出版社: Pan Macmillan
発売日: 2010年12月17日
Snark – noun
Also snarky (adj.) and snarkily (adv.)
But just what is snark?
We all think we recognize snark when we see it – it’s a tone of teasing, snide, undermining abuse, nasty and knowing, that……続きを見る
著者:Terry Denton
出版社: Allen & Unwin
発売日: 2012年01月11日
NO!
You've picked up a copy of Terry Denton's new book, THE GOLDEN UDDER.
Big mistake!
Now you are going to learn lots of things that you will never ever forget.
Did you know?
Udders are creatures……続きを見る
著者:Stephen Shearer
出版社: Butchered Tree Productions
発売日: 2013年07月20日
Welcome to Way Out Signs. I have 100 photos from around the world and around the net showing some of the wildest and most wonderful and wackiest signs seen somewhere in the world by somebody and cau……続きを見る
When Christopher Matthew was six, the poems of Milne always reassured him that other children were as naughty as he was, so on reaching sixty he decided that he should adapt Now We Are Six, for an o……続きを見る
'Heartwarming, romantic and great fun' CLOSER
Everyone in the newsroom knows that somebody is monitoring their emails, but Beth and Jennifer don't believe anyone would read their never-ending conver……続きを見る
Although the precise origin of Hector Hugh Munro's pen name is still unclear, writing under the name 'Saki' allowed the Edwardian satirist wide-ranging latitude to skewer the mores of the period. Th……続きを見る
Customers do say the dumbest things, and this hilarious book contains a whole host of crass, stupid and just plain odd requests and queries heard on the high street. Featuring laugh out loud remarks……続きを見る
著者:David Sedaris
出版社: Little, Brown Book Group
発売日: 2010年09月16日
'Unquestionably the king of comic writing' Guardian
'His best, funniest, most satisfying book' Time Out
In Dress Your Family in Corduroy & Denim, David Sedaris lifts the corner of ordinary life, rev……続きを見る
著者:Laura Petersen
出版社: Hallenberger Media Verlag
発売日: 2013年09月17日
Wie das Leben so spielt: Sarahs Zukunftspläne geraten durcheinander, weil ihr Lebenspartner sich als Enttäuschung entpuppt und es zur Trennung kommt. Aber die lebenslustige Sarah lässt den Kopf nich……続きを見る
著者:Kobus Galloway
出版社: Random House Struik
発売日: 2011年10月05日
Kobus Galloway se Idees Vol Vrees-tekenprente het Suid-Afrika binne maande na hul eerste verskyning stormenderhand verower. Dié ongewone, spitsvondige en grappige Afrikaanse tekenprente gaan gewoonl……続きを見る
Women are human, too. And although they’ll read every pregnancy book they can get their hands on to their lesser half’s one, they can use a hug and a “you’ll be juuuust fine” from time to time. That……続きを見る
Living without stress frees you to love more deeply, listen more clearly and laugh more freely. It opens you up to your natural, healthy state of being. Stress is only one option and, after reading ……続きを見る
著者:Mardy Grothe
出版社: Penguin Publishing Group
発売日: 2002年02月26日
What do Mae West, John F. Kennedy, Victor Hugo, and H. L. Mencken have in common? They all indulged in chiasmus-a literary device in which word order is reversed to hilarious or poignant effect. Whe……続きを見る
Chock full of things that Midwesterners love the most, I Love Ranch Dressing reveals the quirky tastes and characteristics of our favorite heartland residents. With good-natured fun and plenty of hi……続きを見る
From Silvio Berlusconi's bed to Casanova's memoirs (the most expensive manuscript in history), via the Statue of Liberty's nose and an X-ray of Marilyn Monroe's chest, here is a remarkable record of……続きを見る
I feel its approach, Inevitable as death: Internet dating. Unsolicited relationship advice from relatives, disastrous dates, men who wear thumb rings, and the moments of deep satisfaction when a sin……続きを見る
Possibly the only drawback about the bestselling How To Be A Woman was that its author, Caitlin Moran, was limited to pretty much one subject: being a woman.
In MORANTHOLOGY Caitlin 'gets quite chat……続きを見る
著者:damali ayo
出版社: Chicago Review Press
発売日: 2010年04月01日
On November 4, 2008, the citizens of the United States gave prejudice and discrimination a boot to the backside. The pride of this accomplishment was echoed from mountaintops to bus stops as America……続きを見る
著者:Tim Kreiter
出版社: Casa de Snapdragon LLC
発売日: 2013年08月15日
Adventures of a Substitute Teacher gives readers a glimpse of the often amusing, frequently hilarious, and always entertaining happenings inside contemporary classrooms. These real life adventu……続きを見る
著者:H. L. Mencken
出版社: B&R Samizdat Express
発売日: 2014年10月14日
Collection of humorous and satirical essays. According to Wikipedia: "Henry Louis "H. L." Mencken (1880 1956) was an American journalist, essayist, magazine editor, satirist, acerbic critic of Ameri……続きを見る
If war is hell, moving is a close second.
That’s what Michele “Wojo” Wojciechowski and her husband discovered when they accidently stumbled upon their dream home, impulsively decided to sell their o……続きを見る
Here's everything you need to know about Anarchists, Peace Moms, Granolas, and many other types of left-wing wackos…so you can annoy them before they annoy you!
Dreadlocks. Megaphones. The stench of……続きを見る
著者:Cary McNeal
出版社: Penguin Publishing Group
発売日: 2012年09月04日
You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll s#*t yourself!
Back by popular demand, the mind-blowing follow-up to the bestselling 1,001 Facts That Will Scare the S#*t Out of You. An all-new collection of entert……続きを見る