Wednesday, June 17, 2020

iTunes Store: Top 25 Books in Humor 2020-06-17

Adam Carolla - I'm Your Emotional Support Animal artwork I'm Your Emotional Support Animal
Navigating Our All Woke, No Joke Culture
Adam Carolla
Genre: Humour
Price: $19.99
Publish Date: June 16, 2020
Publisher: Post Hill Press
Seller: Simon & Schuster Canada

Three-time  New York Times  bestseller Adam Carolla is back to take on social media, social justice warriors, and a society gone to s**t. “As the revolution reaches its final, most humorless stage, there’s no better, braver, or more insightful observer than Adam Carolla. You may feel despondent about what’s happening right now. This book will remind you that you should also be amused.”—Tucker Carlson In  I’m Your Emotional Support Animal , Adam Carolla examines how our culture went careening off a cliff. We used to have one that created real warriors who fought world wars. Now it spawns social justice warriors who fight Twitter wars. He takes on those who are traumatized by Trump and “emotional support animal” owners who proclaim their victimhood at every airport. He stands up for the collateral damage of the #MeToo movement and for freedom of speech on “safe space” filled college campuses. Examining the calculated commercials churned out by Madison Avenue, like the ones about cars “made with love,” Carolla rants on ads designed to either bum us out or make us think the corporation is run by Mr. Rogers. Turning to social media, Adam takes down the “hashtag heroes” who signal their virtue daily from atop Twitter mountain. And in the era of the Roomba, performances by dead celebrity holograms, and meals-on-demand delivery services, he looks down the road at our not-so-bright future as a species. “Adam and I agree on absolutely  nothing  but he’s a sharp, smart, funny guy to disagree with. And there’s a human heart under all the gruffness, snark, and melted cheese.”—Patton Oswalt Frank, funny, and utterly unapologetic, this is not a book for those who need a trigger warning, but is THE book for everyone who wants to hit the snooze bar on the “woke” culture.



Laura Clery - Idiot artwork Idiot
Life Stories from the Creator of Help Helen Smash
Laura Clery
Genre: Humour
Price: $17.99
Publish Date: September 24, 2019
Publisher: Gallery Books
Seller: Simon & Schuster Canada

From YouTube star and Facebook Video sensation Laura Clery comes a collection of comedic essays in the vein of We Are Never Meeting in Real Life by Samantha Irby and You’ll Grow Out of It by Jessi Klein. Laura Clery makes a living by sharing inappropriate comedy sketches with millions of strangers on the Internet. She writes songs about her anatomy, talks trash about her one-eyed rescue pug, and sexually harasses her husband, Stephen. And it pays the bills! Now, in her first-ever book, Laura recounts how she went from being a dangerously impulsive, broke, unemployable, suicidal, cocaine-addicted narcissist, crippled by fear and hopping from one toxic romance to the next…to a more-happy-than-not, somewhat rational, meditating, vegan yogi with good credit, a great marriage, a fantastic career, and four unfortunate-looking rescue animals. Still, above all, Laura remains an amazingly talented, adorable, and vulnerable, self-described… Idiot . With her signature brand of offbeat, no-holds-barred humor, Idiot introduces you to a wildly original—and undeniably relatable—new voice.



Patrick F. McManus - The Horse in My Garage and Other Stories artwork The Horse in My Garage and Other Stories
Patrick F. McManus
Genre: Humour
Price: $1.99
Publish Date: October 01, 2012
Publisher: Skyhorse
Seller: Simon & Schuster Canada

The Horse in My Garage and Other Stories  is a hilarious addition to Patrick F. McManus’s existing work in humor. The author weighs in on his childhood, everyday life, and outdoor tales with his typical exaggerated commentary that will elicit a belly laugh from all types of readers. Read about the antics of Patrick’s friends Rancid Crabtree and Retch Sweeney in such stories as “Shaping Up for the Hunt” and “Bear Hunters.” McManus plays off the recent obsession with hoarders in his surprising story “The Lady Who Kept Things.” In the titular story, meet Patrick’s horse, Huckleberry, and enjoy the experience of all the problems that come along with owning your own horse—or keeping him in the garage. Other great stories include: • “Catch-And-Eaters,” about the importance of a forked stick when fishing • “$7000 TV Historical Extravaganza,” a look at one director’s loose interpretation of historical accuracy and political correctness • “A Lake Too Far,” concerning the woes of Patrick and his wife, Bun, on a fateful birding trip in Australia • “Chicken Chronicles,” which involves Patrick’s memory of wandering around naked in the chicken yard when guests came to call So pull up a chair, sit back, and enjoy laughing to the hilarious adventures of Patrick F. McManus in The Horse in My Garage and Other Stories.



Samantha Irby - We Are Never Meeting in Real Life. artwork We Are Never Meeting in Real Life.
Essays
Samantha Irby
Genre: Humour
Price: $12.99
Publish Date: May 30, 2017
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Seller: Penguin Random House Canada

A  New York Times  Bestseller   This essay collection from the “bitches gotta eat” blogger, writer on Hulu’s Shrill , and “one of our country’s most fierce and foulmouthed authors” (Amber Tamblyn, Vulture ) is sure to make you alternately cackle with glee and cry real tears. Whether Samantha Irby is talking about how her difficult childhood has led to a problem in making “adult” budgets; explaining why she should be the new Bachelorette (she's "35-ish, but could easily pass for 60-something"); detailing a disastrous pilgrimage-slash-romantic-vacation to Nashville to scatter her estranged father's ashes; sharing awkward sexual encounters; or dispensing advice on how to navigate friendships with former drinking buddies who are now suburban moms (hang in there for the Costco loot!); she’s as deft at poking fun at the ghosts of her past self as she is at capturing powerful emotional truths.



Minte & Véronique Grisseaux - Le Journal d'Aurélie Laflamme - Tome 3 - ça déménage ! artwork Le Journal d'Aurélie Laflamme - Tome 3 - ça déménage !
Minte & Véronique Grisseaux
Genre: Humour
Price: $13.99
Publish Date: November 16, 2016
Publisher: Jungle
Seller: Izneo

Depuis qu’Aurélie sort avec le garçon le plus populaire du lycée, sa vie est complètement chamboulée. Adieu la gaffeuse que tout le monde regardait bizarrement : elle devient soudain la fille la plus cool du bahut. Mais elle passe tellement de temps avec ses nouveaux amis qu’elle en oublie presque Kat, sa meilleure copine. Et celle-ci ne se gêne pas pour lui montrer son mécontentement. Par-dessus le marché, on lui rapporte que Nicolas, son ex (qui trotte encore dans ses pensées) serait toujours amoureux d’elle.Retour ligne automatique Alors qu’elle prépare le plus grand chamboulement de sa vie (emménager dans sa nouvelle maison avec l’amoureux de sa mère), Aurélie n’a pas un moment de répit. Entre la fin du lycée, la recherche d’un petit boulot et les cartons à faire, elle n’est pas près de se reposer.



Laurie Kilmartin, Karen Moline, Alicia Ybarbo & Mary Ann Zoellner - Sh*tty Mom artwork Sh*tty Mom
The Parenting Guide for the Rest of Us
Laurie Kilmartin, Karen Moline, Alicia Ybarbo & Mary Ann Zoellner
Genre: Humour
Price: $13.99
Publish Date: September 05, 2012
Publisher: ABRAMS
Seller: Harry N. Abrams, Inc.

Sh*tty Mom is the ultimate parenting guide, written by four moms who have seen it all. As hilarious as it is universal, each chapter presents a common parenting scenario with advice on how to get through it in the easiest and most efficient way possible. With chapters such as “How to Sleep Until 9 A.M. Every Weekend” and “When Seeing an Infant Triggers a Mental Illness That Makes You Want to Have Another Baby,” as well as a Sh*tty Mom quiz, this is a must-have, laugh-out-loud funny book for the sh*tty parent in all of us. Praise for Sh*tty Mom : “A totally hilarious and uncensored look at some of the impossible situations we mothers find ourselves in.” —TheBump.com “Smartly, brashly, nearly criminally funny. It also—no small thing—carries a powerful message to all parents, but especially moms, that distilled to its essence is this: chill.” —Time.com “As the attachment parenting craze has hit a zenith in American culture, four very funny moms—comedy writers, TV producers, and a novelist—blast open a long-locked safe filled with frustrations faced by all modern mothers, with sympathetic and sharp humor. . . . The authors’ unfiltered candor is a welcome reminder for readers that they're not alone. . . .” — Publishers Weekly starred review “Both funny and practical.” —Brooklyn Based.net "Hilariously entertaining. A must-read survivor's guide for every mother!" --Christy Turlington Burns, founder of Every Mother Counts “Finally, Sh*tty Mom does for motherhood what Chelsea Handler does for female scatology. It’s a long overdue little burst of honesty from the supposed minority of mothers who are, in fact, not that maternal. . . . After a generation of supermoms one-upping each other in dead earnest on playgrounds and schoolyards, the emerging mass appeal of Sh*tty Mom is a welcome relief.” — The New York Observer "Witty, wise, and wicked! With tongue planted firmly in cheek, these savvy moms dispense some much needed comic relief about raising kids in our crazy culture."? --Dr. Harvey Karp, bestselling author of The Happiest Baby on the Block “The most inappropriate parenting book I've ever read. Loved it. The perfect book for any mother who wants to laugh instead of cry at those cringe-worthy moments and the universal indignities we experience on a daily basis.” --Jessica Seinfeld, bestselling cookbook author and founder of Baby Buggy “An antidote to the hostage situation that is modern parenting…subversive, delicious, and spit-out-your-latte funny.” --Pamela Druckerman, bestselling author of Bringing Up Bebe



Ryan North - How to Invent Everything artwork How to Invent Everything
A Survival Guide for the Stranded Time Traveler
Ryan North
Genre: Humour
Price: $13.99
Publish Date: September 18, 2018
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Seller: Penguin Random House Canada

An NPR Best Book of 2018 " How to Invent Everything is such a cool book. It's essential reading for anyone who needs to duplicate an industrial civilization quickly." --Randall Munroe, xkcd creator and New York Times -bestselling author of What If? The only book you need if you're going back in time What would you do if a time machine hurled you thousands of years into the past. . . and then broke? How would you survive? Could you improve on humanity's original timeline? And how hard would it be to domesticate a giant wombat? With this book as your guide, you'll survive-- and thrive --in any period in Earth's history. Bestselling author and time-travel enthusiast Ryan North shows you how to invent all the modern conveniences we take for granted--from first principles. This illustrated manual contains all the science, engineering, art, philosophy, facts, and figures required for even the most clueless time traveler to build a civilization from the ground up. Deeply researched, irreverent, and significantly more fun than being eaten by a saber-toothed tiger, How to Invent Everything will make you smarter, more competent, and completely prepared to become the most important and influential person ever. You're about to make history. . . better.



Phoebe Robinson - Everything's Trash, But It's Okay artwork Everything's Trash, But It's Okay
Phoebe Robinson
Genre: Humour
Price: $13.99
Publish Date: October 16, 2018
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Seller: Penguin Random House Canada

Entertainment Weekly , "Fall's 20 Must-Reads" (2018) Essence , "Fall 2018 Guide to All Things Funny " Bustle , "18 New Nonfiction Books to Know in October 2018" "Robinson offers deft cultural criticism and hilarious personal anecdotes that will make readers laugh, cringe, and cry. Everything may indeed be trash but writing like this reminds us that we're gonna make it through all the terrible things with honesty, laughter, and faith."--Roxane Gay, New York Times bestselling author New York Times bestselling author and star of 2 Dope Queens Phoebe Robinson is back with a new, hilarious, and timely essay collection on gender, race, dating, and the dumpster fire that is our world. Written in her trademark unfiltered and witty style, Robinson's latest collection is a call to arms. Outfitted with on-point pop culture references, these essays tackle a wide range of topics: giving feminism a tough-love talk on intersectionality, telling society's beauty standards to kick rocks, and calling foul on our culture's obsession with work. Robinson also gets personal, exploring money problems she's hidden from her parents, how dating is mainly a warmed-over bowl of hot mess, and, definitely most important, meeting Bono not once, but twice. She's struggled with being a woman with a political mind and a woman with an ever-changing jeans size. She knows about trash because she sees it every day--and because she's seen roughly one hundred thousand hours of reality TV and zero hours of Schindler's List . With the intimate voice of a new best friend, Everything's Trash, But It's Okay is a candid perspective for a generation that has had the rug pulled out from under it too many times to count.



Katie Kirby - Hurrah for Gin artwork Hurrah for Gin
The Perfect Mother's Day Gift
Katie Kirby
Genre: Humour
Price: $0.99
Publish Date: October 06, 2016
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Seller: Hachette Digital, Inc.

This book is not a how-to-guide. It won't tell you how to get your baby to sleep, how to deal with toddler tantrums, how to be a good parent, a cool parent or even a renegade parent. It is a book about parenting that contains absolutely no useful advice whatsoever. Instead it shares beautifully honest anecdotes and illustrations from the parenting frontline that demonstrate it is perfectly possible to love your children with the whole of your heart whilst finding them incredibly irritating at the same time. From pregnancy to starting school, Hurrah For Gin takes you through the exciting, frustrating, infuriating and wonderful whirlwind of parenthood, offering solidarity and a friendly hug after a tough day. Best served with gin.



Luvvie Ajayi - I'm Judging You artwork I'm Judging You
The Do-Better Manual
Luvvie Ajayi
Genre: Humour
Price: $3.99
Publish Date: September 13, 2016
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.
Seller: Macmillan

"A truth-riot of a book!" — Shonda Rhimes New York Times Bestseller #1 Washington Post Bestseller Redbook “20 Books By Women You Must Read this Fall” GoodHousekeeping.com “17 New Best New Books to Read This Fall” BookRiot “100 Must-Read Hilarious Books” Goodreads Choice Awards Finalist Now in development with "Shondaland" and ABC Signature Studios as cable television series Comedian, activist, and hugely popular culture blogger at AwesomelyLuvvie.com, Luvvie Ajayi, serves up necessary advice for the masses in this hilarious book of essays With over 500,000 readers a month at her enormously popular blog, AwesomelyLuvvie.com, Luvvie Ajayi is a go-to source for smart takes on pop culture. I'm Judging You is her debut book of humorous essays that dissects our cultural obsessions and calls out bad behavior in our increasingly digital, connected lives. It passes on lessons and side-eyes on life, social media, culture, and fame, from addressing those terrible friends we all have to serious discussions of race and media representation to what to do about your fool cousin sharing casket pictures from Grandma's wake on Facebook. With a lighthearted, razor sharp wit and a unique perspective, I'm Judging You is the handbook the world needs, doling out the hard truths and a road map for bringing some "act right" into our lives, social media, and popular culture. It is the Do-Better Manual.



Allie Brosh - Hyperbole and a Half - Enhanced Edition artwork Hyperbole and a Half - Enhanced Edition
Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened
Allie Brosh
Genre: Humour
Price: $11.99
Publish Date: October 29, 2013
Publisher: Touchstone
Seller: Simon & Schuster Canada

FROM THE PUBLISHER: Every time Allie Brosh posts something new on her hugely popular blog Hyperbole and a Half the internet rejoices. Touching, absurd, and darkly comic, Allie Brosh’s highly anticipated book Hyperbole and a Half showcases her unique voice, leaping wit, and her ability to capture complex emotions with deceptively simple illustrations. This full-color, beautifully illustrated edition features more than fifty percent new content, with ten never-before-seen essays and one wholly revised and expanded piece as well as classics from the website like, “The God of Cake,” “Dogs Don’t Understand Basic Concepts Like Moving,” and her astonishing, “Adventures in Depression,” and “Depression Part Two,” which have been hailed as some of the most insightful meditations on the disease ever written. Brosh’s debut marks the launch of a major new American humorist who will surely make even the biggest scrooge or snob laugh. We dare you not to. FROM THE AUTHOR: This is a book I wrote. Because I wrote it, I had to figure out what to put on the back cover to explain what it is. I tried to write a long, third-person summary that would imply how great the book is and also sound vaguely authoritative—like maybe someone who isn’t me wrote it—but I soon discovered that I’m not sneaky enough to pull it off convincingly. So I decided to just make a list of things that are in the book: Pictures Words Stories about things that happened to me Stories about things that happened to other people because of me Eight billion dollars* Stories about dogs The secret to eternal happiness* *These are lies. Perhaps I have underestimated my sneakiness!



David Sedaris - Naked artwork Naked
David Sedaris
Genre: Humour
Price: $12.99
Publish Date: May 04, 2009
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Seller: Hachette Digital, Inc.

In Naked, David Sedaris's message alternately rendered in Fakespeare, Italian, Spanish, and pidgin Greek is the same: pay attention to me. Whether he's taking to the road with a thieving quadriplegic, sorting out the fancy from the extra-fancy in a bleak fruit-packing factory, or celebrating Christmas in the company of a recently paroled prostitute, this collection of memoirs creates a wickedly incisive portrait of an all-too-familiar world. It takes Sedaris from his humiliating bout with obsessive behavior in A Plague of Tics to the title story, where he is finally forced to face his naked self in the mirrored sunglasses of a lunatic. At this soulful and moving moment, he picks potato chip crumbs from his pubic hair and wonders what it all means. This remarkable journey into his own life follows a path of self-effacement and a lifelong search for identity, leaving him both under suspicion and overdressed.



Nora Ephron - I Remember Nothing artwork I Remember Nothing
Nora Ephron
Genre: Humour
Price: $10.99
Publish Date: November 09, 2010
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Seller: Penguin Random House Canada

Nora Ephron returns with her first book since the astounding success of I Feel Bad About My Neck, taking a cool, hard, hilarious look at the past, the present, and the future, bemoaning the vicissitudes of modern life, and recalling with her signature clarity and wisdom everything she hasn’t (yet) forgotten. Ephron writes about falling hard for a way of life (“Journalism: A Love Story”) and about breaking up even harder with the men in her life (“The D Word”); lists “Twenty-five Things People Have a Shocking Capacity to Be Surprised by Over and Over Again” (“There is no explaining the stock market but people try”; “You can never know the truth of anyone’s marriage, including your own”; “Cary Grant was Jewish”; “Men cheat”); reveals the alarming evolution, a decade after she wrote and directed You’ve Got Mail, of her relationship with her in-box (“The Six Stages of E-Mail”); and asks the age-old question, which came first, the chicken soup or the cold? All the while, she gives candid, edgy voice to everything women who have reached a certain age have been thinking . . . but rarely acknowledging. Filled with insights and observations that instantly ring true—and could have come only from Nora Ephron— I Remember Nothing is pure joy.



Bill Watterson - Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat artwork Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat
A Calvin and Hobbes Collection
Bill Watterson
Genre: Humour
Price: $9.99
Publish Date: September 06, 1994
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Seller: Andrews McMeel Publishing

Now available for the first time as an e-book! Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat chronicles another segment of the multifarious adventures of this wild child and his faithful, but skeptical, friend. If the best cartoons compel readers to identify themselves within the funny frames, then all who enjoy Calvin and Hobbes are creative, imaginative, and ... bad, bad, bad! Calvin, the irascible little boy with the stuffed tiger who comes to life are a pair bound for trouble. Boring school lessons become occasions for death-defying alien air battles, speeding snow sled descents elicit philosophical discussions on the meaning of life, and Hobbe's natural inclination to pounce on his little friend wreaks havoc on Calvin's sense of security. Calvin's the kid we all wish we'd been. Sassy, imaginative, far more verbal than his parents can manage, Calvin is the quintessential bad boy -- and the boy we love to see. He terrorizes little Susie, offers "Candid Opinions" from a neighborhood stand, and questions his parents' authority. "What assurance do I have that your parenting isn't screwing me up?" he demands. Calvin and Hobbes manages to say what needs to be said about childhood and life: "Eww, mud," says Calvin. "Look at this gooshy, dirty, slimy, thick, wet mud ... Bleecch ... Talk about a kid magnet!"



Aziz Ansari & Eric Klinenberg - Modern Romance artwork Modern Romance
Aziz Ansari & Eric Klinenberg
Genre: Humour
Price: $14.99
Publish Date: June 16, 2015
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Seller: Penguin Random House Canada

The #1  New York Times Bestseller A hilarious, thoughtful, and in-depth exploration of the pleasures and perils of modern romance from Aziz Ansari, the star of Master of None  and one of this generation’s sharpest comedic voices At some point, every one of us embarks on a journey to find love. We meet people, date, get into and out of relationships, all with the hope of finding someone with whom we share a deep connection. This seems standard now, but it’s wildly different from what people did even just decades ago. Single people today have more romantic options than at any point in human history. With technology, our abilities to connect with and sort through these options are staggering. So why are so many people frustrated? Some of our problems are unique to our time. “Why did this guy just text me an emoji of a pizza?” “Should I go out with this girl even though she listed Combos as one of her favorite snack foods? Combos?!” “My girlfriend just got a message from some dude named Nathan. Who’s Nathan? Did he just send her a photo of his penis? Should I check just to be sure?”  But the transformation of our romantic lives can’t be explained by technology alone. In a short period of time, the whole culture of finding love has changed dramatically. A few decades ago, people would find a decent person who lived in their neighborhood. Their families would meet and, after deciding neither party seemed like a murderer, they would get married and soon have a kid, all by the time they were twenty-four. Today, people marry later than ever and spend years of their lives on a quest to find the perfect person, a soul mate. For years, Aziz Ansari has been aiming his comic insight at modern romance, but for Modern Romance , the book, he decided he needed to take things to another level. He teamed up with NYU sociologist Eric Klinenberg and designed a massive research project, including hundreds of interviews and focus groups conducted everywhere from Tokyo to Buenos Aires to Wichita. They analyzed behavioral data and surveys and created their own online research forum on Reddit, which drew thousands of messages. They enlisted the world’s leading social scientists, including Andrew Cherlin, Eli Finkel, Helen Fisher, Sheena Iyengar, Barry Schwartz, Sherry Turkle, and Robb Willer. The result is unlike any social science or humor book we’ve seen before. In Modern Romance , Ansari combines his irreverent humor with cutting-edge social science to give us an unforgettable tour of our new romantic world.



Terry Border - Bent Object of My Affection artwork Bent Object of My Affection
The Twists and Turns of Love
Terry Border
Genre: Humour
Price: $12.99
Publish Date: October 04, 2011
Publisher: Running Press
Seller: Hachette Digital, Inc.

Following the success of the wonderfully wacky and playful Bent Objects , this charming gift book from the offbeat mind of Terry Border features 60 new wire-based creations that seek to express the many wonders and reasons for love. Everyday objects like raisins, cupcakes, pears, and puzzle pieces take center stage as they're bent into clever visual vignettes that provide a new perspective on that ever-elusive emotion. Each photograph is accompanied by a sweet caption that is sure to evoke that warm, fuzzy feeling inside, but with the author's signature ironic twist. In the tradition of bestselling humorous photography books featuring artful creations with food such as Hello Cupcake! and Cake Wrecks , this book will surprise and delight with every spread. And with its affordable price point and gifty trim size, Bent Object of My Affection is the perfect present for loved ones on Valentine's Day, for anniversaries, or “just because.”



Ood Serrière & Christophe Cazenove - Hallow (version BD) artwork Hallow (version BD)
La dernière nuit d'Halloween
Ood Serrière & Christophe Cazenove
Genre: Humour
Price: $14.99
Publish Date: September 30, 2015
Publisher: Bamboo
Seller: Izneo

À la dernière heure de la nuit d’Halloween, les habitants du monde d’Hallow ouvrent leur porte et accueillent les gens morts en cette journée si joyeusement lugubre. Mais d’ordinaire on ne prend que les morts ! Or Geoffroy, garçonnet trouillard comme pas deux, est bien vivant lorsqu’il est « accueilli » par erreur dans cette ville peuplée de monstres et de créatures fantastiques ! Un vivant dans le monde des morts, le résultat ne se fait pas attendre. Hallow se disloque, se craquelle de tous côté et risque l’implosion si le garçon n’est pas renvoyé au plus vite chez lui ! Pas de chance pour Geoffroy, même dans le monde des morts, sa vie reste un cauchemar !



Jen Mann - People I Want to Punch in the Throat artwork People I Want to Punch in the Throat
Competitive Crafters, Drop-Off Despots, and Other Suburban Scourges
Jen Mann
Genre: Humour
Price: $13.99
Publish Date: September 09, 2014
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Seller: Penguin Random House Canada

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A debut collection of witty, biting essays laced with a surprising warmth, from Jen Mann, the writer behind the popular blog People I Want to Punch in the Throat   People I want to punch in the throat: • anyone who feels the need to bling her washer and dryer • humblebraggers • people who treat their pets like children   Jen Mann doesn’t have a filter, which sometimes gets her in trouble with her neighbors, her fellow PTA moms, and that one woman who tried to sell her sex toys at a home shopping party. Known for her hilariously acerbic observations on her blog, People I Want to Punch in the Throat, Mann now brings her sharp wit to bear on suburban life, marriage, and motherhood in this laugh-out-loud collection of essays. From the politics of joining a play group, to the thrill of mothers’ night out at the gun range, to the rewards of your most meaningful relationship (the one you have with your cleaning lady), nothing is sacred or off-limits. So the next time you find yourself wearing fuzzy bunny pajamas in the school carpool line or accidentally stuck at a co-worker’s swingers party, just think, What would Jen Mann do? Or better yet, buy her book. Praise for People I Want to Punch in the Throat   “ People I Want to Punch in the Throat is so good that it’ll make you want to adopt all the cats in the world. I’m not sure about the correlation, but it’s that good. It should come with a warning.” —Jenny Lawson, author of Let’s Pretend This Never Happened   “Jen Mann has an amazing way of telling stories that will make you cringe and burst out laughing at the same time. From swinger parties to racist toddlers, she makes the suburbs unbelievably funny.” —Karen Alpert, author of I Heart My Little A-Holes   “Jen Mann says the things we’re all too afraid to say. Her honest and hilarious writing style reminds me of David Sedaris and Tina Fey.” —Robin O’Bryant, author of Ketchup Is a Vegetable: And Other Lies Moms Tell Themselves   “Jen Mann’s shrewd and unrelenting assault on the absurdity of suburban life is an honest peek into the occasional nightmare that is part of living the American dream. I love Jen. I wish she was my neighbor. It’s so refreshing to know that I’m not the only one who wants to punch almost everyone in the f***ing throat.” —Nicole Knepper, author of Moms Who Drink And Swear



Chelsea Handler & Chelsea's Family, Friends, and Other Victims - Lies That Chelsea Handler Told Me artwork Lies That Chelsea Handler Told Me
Chelsea Handler & Chelsea's Family, Friends, and Other Victims
Genre: Humour
Price: $12.99
Publish Date: May 10, 2011
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Seller: Hachette Digital, Inc.

A hilarious #1 bestselling collection of essays from those nearest and dearest to comedian Chelsea Handler--the people she's lied to. "My tendency to make up stories and lie compulsively for the sake of my own amusement takes up a good portion of my day and provides me with a peace of mind not easily attainable in this economic climate." -- Chelsea Handler, from Chapter 10 of Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang It's no lie: Chelsea Handler loves to smoke out "dumbassness," the condition people suffer from that allows them to fall prey to her brand of complete and utter nonsense. Friends, family, co-workers--they've all been tricked by Chelsea into believing stories of total foolishness and into behaving like total fools. Luckily, they've lived to tell the tales and, for the very first time, write about them.



H. Jon Benjamin - Failure Is an Option artwork Failure Is an Option
An Attempted Memoir
H. Jon Benjamin
Genre: Humour
Price: $13.99
Publish Date: May 01, 2018
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Seller: Penguin Random House Canada

“Writing this funny requires immense talent.” — AV Club H. Jon Benjamin—the lead voice behind Archer and Bob's Burgers —helps us all feel a little better about our own failures by sharing his own in a hilarious memoir-ish chronicle of failure. Most people would consider H. Jon Benjamin a comedy show business success. But he'd like to remind everyone that as great as success can be, failure is also an option. And maybe the best option. In this book, he tells stories from his own life, from his early days ("wherein I'm unable to deliver a sizzling fajita") to his romantic life ("how I failed to quantify a threesome") to family ("wherein a trip to P.F. Chang's fractures a family") to career ("how I failed at launching a kid's show"). As Jon himself says, breaking down one's natural ability to succeed is not an easy task, but also not an insurmountable one. Society as we know it is, sadly, failure averse. But more acceptance of failure, as Jon sees it, will go a long way to making this world a different place . . . a kinder, gentler place, where gardens are overgrown and most people stay home with their pets. A vision of failure, but also a vision of freedom. With stories, examples of artistic and literary failure, and a powerful can't-do attitude, Failure Is an Option is the book the world doesn't need right now but will get regardless.



Nick Caruso & Dani Rabaiotti - Does It Fart? artwork Does It Fart?
The Definitive Field Guide to Animal Flatulence
Nick Caruso & Dani Rabaiotti
Genre: Humour
Price: $2.99
Publish Date: April 03, 2018
Publisher: Hachette Books
Seller: Hachette Digital, Inc.

From the scientist duo behind True or Poo? , their original New York Times bestselling sensation--a scientifically precise, fully illustrated, utterly hilarious guide to animal flatulence. Dogs do it. Millipedes do it. Dinosaurs did it. You do it. I do it. Octopuses don't (and nor do octopi). Spiders might do it: more research is needed. Birds don't do it, but they could if they wanted to. Herrings do it to communicate with each other. In 2017 zoologist Dani Rabaiotti's teenage brother asked her a most teenaged question: Do snakes fart? Stumped, Rabaiotti turned to Twitter. The internet did not disappoint. Her innocent question spawned the hashtag #doesitfart and it spread like a noxious gas. Dozens of noted experts began weighing in on which animals do and don't fart, and if they do, how much, how often, what it's made of, what it smells like, and why. Clearly, the public demands more information on animal farts. Does it Fart? fills that void: a fully authoritative, fully illustrated guide to animal flatulence, covering the habits of 80 animals in more detail than you ever knew you needed. What do hyena farts smell especially bad? What is a fossa, and does it fart? Why do clams vomit but not fart? And what is a fart, really? Pairing hilarious illustrations with surprisingly detailed scientific explanations, Does it Fart ? will allow you to shift the blame onto all kinds of unlikely animals for years to come.



Don Pasco - Joel Osteen Jokes: Hilarious Collection of Joel Osteen's Funniest Short, Clean Jokes artwork Joel Osteen Jokes: Hilarious Collection of Joel Osteen's Funniest Short, Clean Jokes
Don Pasco
Genre: Humour
Price: $3.99
Publish Date: July 15, 2015
Publisher: Don Pasco
Seller: Smashwords, Inc.

Every week Pastor Joel Osteen likes to get started with something funny. Having a sense of humor is an important attribute for all of us to have. We all need the capacity to laugh. After all, joy is a gift from God. We all know there's more than enough negative things in the world that we hear about each and every day, either through the news media or even in our own lives and the lives of those around us. Are You a Light Hearted Person? I personally feel that we should always be looking for things that make us laugh, chuckle or smile. I like the feeling of being a "Light Hearted" person and I hope you do too. I am arguably Joel Osteen's biggest fan and although I feel his messages are far more important to assimilate and comprehend, I also enjoy his short, clean jokes and thought perhaps others might enjoy them too, all put together in one place that you can read in one sitting if you'd like. And if you're like me, you'll enjoy telling them just as much as reading them. Joel states upfront that the jokes are not doctrinally correct... that they're just to make us laugh, so I too want to mention that here. Wouldn't you like to have 26 of Joel's short, funny clean jokes available to you anytime you want? And don't forget about the bonuses I created... the audio and video versions so you'll be able to read, listen or watch... whichever you prefer. Chapter Headings Included Are: Ladies Joel Heard About Men Joel Heard About Ministers and Pastors Miscellaneous You could use a good laugh right about now, couldn't you? You could be laughing within minutes. See you on the inside. LOL - No Really! Laugh OUT LOUD!



Léa Stréliski - La vie n’est pas une course artwork La vie n’est pas une course
Léa Stréliski
Genre: Humour
Price: $10.99
Publish Date: October 09, 2019
Publisher: Québec Amérique
Seller: Les Editions Quebec Amerique Inc.

Je m’adresse aux essoufflés. À ceux qui ont tout essayé. Aux éreintés qui poursuivent le bonheur sans l’atteindre. Ceci n’est pas une recette, mais un portrait des temps qui courent et qui font du bien quand ils s’arrêtent. Un appel à une autre manière de vivre.



Samantha Irby - Wow, No Thank You. artwork Wow, No Thank You.
Essays
Samantha Irby
Genre: Humour
Price: $13.99
Publish Date: March 31, 2020
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Seller: Penguin Random House Canada

*AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER* A Most Anticipated Book according to:  *Elle * Oprah Magazine * Vulture * New York Times * PureWow * AV CLub * Time Magazine * Entertainment Weekly * PureWow * Buzzfeed * The Observer * Bustle * Huffington Post * The Millions * Parade * Electric Literature * Bustle * Lithub * BookRiot * Bitch * Washington Independent * The Rumpus  * and more *  “Stay-up-all-night, miss-your-subway-stop, spit-out-your-beverage funny.... irresistible as a snack tray, as intimately pleasurable as an Irish goodbye.” —Jia Tolentino From Samantha Irby--beloved author of New York Times bestseller We Are Never Meeting in Real Life- -a rip-roaring, edgy and unabashedly raunchy new collection of hilarious essays. Irby is forty, and increasingly uncomfortable in her own skin despite what Inspirational Instagram Infographics have promised her. She has left her job as a receptionist at a veterinary clinic, has published successful books and has been friendzoned by Hollywood, left Chicago, and moved into a house with a garden that requires repairs and know-how with her wife in a Blue town in the middle of a Red state where she now hosts book clubs and makes mason jar salads. This is the bourgeois life of a Hallmark Channel dream. She goes on bad dates with new friends, spends weeks in Los Angeles taking meetings with "tv executives slash amateur astrologers" while being a "cheese fry-eating slightly damp Midwest person," "with neck pain and no cartilage in [her] knees," who still hides past due bills under her pillow.      The essays in this collection draw on the raw, hilarious particulars of Irby's new life.  Wow, No Thank   You. is Irby at her most unflinching, riotous, and relatable.



David Sedaris - Calypso artwork Calypso
David Sedaris
Genre: Humour
Price: $14.99
Publish Date: May 29, 2018
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Seller: Hachette Digital, Inc.

David Sedaris returns with his most deeply personal and darkly hilarious book. If you've ever laughed your way through David Sedaris's cheerfully misanthropic stories, you might think you know what you're getting with Calypso. You'd be wrong. When he buys a beach house on the Carolina coast, Sedaris envisions long, relaxing vacations spent playing board games and lounging in the sun with those he loves most. And life at the Sea Section, as he names the vacation home, is exactly as idyllic as he imagined, except for one tiny, vexing realization: it's impossible to take a vacation from yourself. With Calypso, Sedaris sets his formidable powers of observation toward middle age and mortality. Make no mistake: these stories are very, very funny--it's a book that can make you laugh 'til you snort, the way only family can. Sedaris's powers of observation have never been sharper, and his ability to shock readers into laughter unparalleled. But much of the comedy here is born out of that vertiginous moment when your own body betrays you and you realize that the story of your life is made up of more past than future. This is beach reading for people who detest beaches, required reading for those who loathe small talk and love a good tumor joke. Calypso is simultaneously Sedaris's darkest and warmest book yet--and it just might be his very best.