Wednesday, August 28, 2024

iTunes Store: Top 25 Books in Humor 2024-08-28

Dites-le avec une blague ! - 100 blagues de blondes artwork 100 blagues de blondes
Dites-le avec une blague !
Genre: Humour
Price: $4.99
Publish Date: June 20, 2014
Publisher: Lemaitre Publishing
Seller: Primento Digital SR

Le meilleur des blagues sur les blondes enfin en numérique ! Effet sourire et franche rigolade garanti ! 100 blagues à déguster, parmi lesquelles : • celles que vous ne comprendrez pas du premier coup... • celles que vous trouverez nulles mais qui vous arracheront tout de même un sourire… • celles qui vous feront pouffer… • et puis, surtout, celles qui vous feront franchement éclater de rire ! Justement, voici une blonde qui se rend à un spectacle de ventriloque. Le ventriloque commence à faire parler son lapin : « Bonjour à tous ! Je vais commencer par vous raconter une petite blague sur une blonde… – Ah non ! se récrie une blonde dans la salle. Ça suffit les histoires de blondes ! – Mais madame, dit le ventriloque, ce ne sont que des blagues, rien de personnel ! – Excusez-moi, mais c’est au lapin que je m’adresse, pas à vous ! » Bref, un gros bric-à-blague des vannes les plus hilarantes pour faire un tabac en toutes circonstances, de jour comme de nuit, seul ou entre amis. N’attendez plus et laissez-vous porter par l’humour décapant du N°13 : les blagues de blondes ! Avec la collection « Dites-le avec une blague ! », retrouvez, pour les plus grands thèmes de l’humour, une sélection des 100 meilleures blagues du genre ! Depuis les blagues belges jusqu’aux histoires coquines, en passant par l’humour noir et les bourdes de Toto, vous serez sûr de ne jamais en manquer…



Dites-le avec une blague ! - 100 blagues de belles-mères artwork 100 blagues de belles-mères
Dites-le avec une blague !
Genre: Humour
Price: $4.99
Publish Date: June 20, 2014
Publisher: Lemaitre Publishing
Seller: Primento Digital SR

Le meilleur des blagues sur les belles-mères enfin en numérique ! Effet sourire et franche rigolade garanti ! 100 blagues à déguster, parmi lesquelles : • celles que vous ne comprendrez pas du premier coup... • celles que vous trouverez nulles mais qui vous arracheront tout de même un sourire… • celles qui vous feront pouffer… • et puis, surtout, celles qui vous feront franchement éclater de rire ! Deux potes discutent sur le perron d’une église : « Dis-moi, est-ce que tu crois à la vie après la mort ? – Non, pas du tout, et toi ? – Je ne sais pas trop, mais ce qui est sûr, c’est que depuis la mort de ma belle-mère, j’ai la sensation de revivre. » Bref, un gros bric-à-blague des vannes les plus hilarantes pour faire un tabac en toutes circonstances, de jour comme de nuit, seul ou entre amis. N’attendez plus et laissez-vous porter par l’humour décapant du N°6 : les blagues de belles-mères ! Avec la collection « Dites-le avec une blague ! », retrouvez, pour les plus grands thèmes de l’humour, une sélection des 100 meilleures blagues du genre ! Depuis les blagues de Toto jusqu’aux histoires coquines, en passant par l’humour noir et les bourdes des blondes, vous serez sûr de ne jamais en manquer…



Dyna Moe - Hipster Animals artwork Hipster Animals
A Field Guide
Dyna Moe
Genre: Humour
Price: $6.99
Publish Date: September 22, 2015
Publisher: Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed
Seller: Penguin Random House Canada

 A field guide to scenesters, trend-hoppers, and other cutting-edge species you’ve like, probably never heard of. They’re pretty obscure.    An illustrated pocket guide to the hip characters populating “cool neighborhoods” across America, Hipster Animals helps readers identify these urban wildlife in their natural habitats. Including details on the creatures’ identifying characteristics, diets, mating behavior, and calls, this parody reference guide provides a snarky glimpse into the foreign—yet all too familiar—world of the trendsetters among us.



Mike McCardell - Shoelaces are Hard artwork Shoelaces are Hard
And Other Thoughtful Scribbles
Mike McCardell
Genre: Humour
Price: $20.99
Publish Date: October 20, 2018
Publisher: Harbour Publishing Co. Ltd.
Seller: Perseus Books, LLC

Mike McCardell’s instinct for finding the perfect story at just the right time has led him to a lifetime of great scoops and gripping tales as an author and Vancouver news icon. Years of chasing and reporting human-interest stories have honed his ability to see the deeper meaning behind the everyday, and to capture the universal and familiar in even the strangest and most outlandish events. With this open-hearted approach, McCardell has become a master of weaving stories that are uplifting, compassionate and full of his signature brand of humour. It is no wonder then that so many of the stories from his bestselling books have become old favourites, to be reread and enjoyed over and over again. In Shoelaces are Hard, McCardell delivers brand-new stories in his classic format, to join other much-loved titles like Unlikely Love Stories, The Blue Flames That Keep Us Warm and Everything Works on the shelf. With a fresh batch of quirky and inspiring tales, Shoelaces are Hard is sure to quickly become a new favourite.



Justin Halpern - Sh*t My Dad Says artwork Sh*t My Dad Says
Justin Halpern
Genre: Humour
Price: $11.99
Publish Date: May 04, 2010
Publisher: Dey Street Books
Seller: Harper Collins Canada Limited

“This book is ridiculously hilarious, and makes my father look like a normal member of society.” —Chelsea Handler “Read this unless you’re allergic to laughing.” —Kristen Bell “If you’re wondering if there is a real man behind the quotes on Twitter, the answer is a definite and laugh-out-loud yes.” —Christian Lander, New York Times bestselling author of Stuff White People Like Tuesdays with Morrie meets F My Life in this hilarious book about a son’s relationship with his foul-mouthed father by the 29-year-old comedy writer who created the massively popular Twitter feed of the same name.



Frank Duran - Toxic Bible artwork Toxic Bible
The Book of Pluto
Frank Duran
Genre: Humour
Price: $3.99
Publish Date: June 23, 2024
Publisher: 1113 Publishing Group
Seller: Frank J Gonzalez

"Toxic Bible - The Book of Pluto," a playful and insightful journey inspired by the enigmatic figure of Future, the Toxic King. Explore the highs and lows of modern relationships, indulgence, and personal freedom through the lens of Future's iconic lyrics and persona. Inside, discover: - Commandments that push the boundaries of conventional wisdom. - Parables that weave tales of resilience, ambition, and the complexities of love. - Psalms that celebrate hedonism, authenticity, and the pursuit of happiness. - Proverbs offering humorous and thought-provoking insights into life's twists and turns. Whether a die-hard fan of Future or just curious about his cultural impact, "Toxic Bible - The Book of Pluto" offers a unique perspective. Not just a book, but a guide to living life on one's own terms, embracing both the toxic and transformative parts of the journey.



Dolly Alderton - Everything I Know About Love artwork Everything I Know About Love
A Memoir
Dolly Alderton
Genre: Humour
Price: $11.99
Publish Date: February 25, 2020
Publisher: Harper
Seller: Harper Collins Canada Limited

New York Times Bestseller "There is no writer quite like Dolly Alderton working today and very soon the world will know it.” —Lisa Taddeo, author of #1 New York Times bestseller Three Women “Dolly Alderton has always been a sparkling Roman candle of talent. She is funny, smart, and explosively engaged in the wonders and weirdness of the world. But what makes this memoir more than mere entertainment is the mature and sophisticated evolution that Alderton describes in these pages. It’s a beautifully told journey and a thoughtful, important book. I loved it.” —Elizabeth Gilbert, New York Times bestselling author of Eat, Pray, Love and City of Girls The wildly funny, occasionally heartbreaking internationally bestselling memoir about growing up, growing older, and learning to navigate friendships, jobs, loss, and love along the ride When it comes to the trials and triumphs of becoming an adult, journalist and former Sunday Times columnist Dolly Alderton has seen and tried it all. In her memoir, she vividly recounts falling in love, finding a job, getting drunk, getting dumped, realizing that Ivan from the corner shop might just be the only reliable man in her life, and that absolutely no one can ever compare to her best girlfriends. Everything I Know About Love is about bad dates, good friends and—above all else— realizing that you are enough. Glittering with wit and insight, heart and humor, Dolly Alderton’s unforgettable debut weaves together personal stories, satirical observations, a series of lists, recipes, and other vignettes that will strike a chord of recognition with women of every age—making you want to pick up the phone and tell your best friends all about it. Like Bridget Jones’ Diary but all true, Everything I Know About Love is about the struggles of early adulthood in all its terrifying and hopeful uncertainty.



Barney Stinson - The Bro Code artwork The Bro Code
Barney Stinson
Genre: Humour
Price: $11.99
Publish Date: October 14, 2008
Publisher: Gallery Books
Seller: Simon & Schuster Canada

From the hit TV show How I Met Your Mother comes Barney Stinson’s words of wit, wisdom, and awesomeness, The Bro Code— the New York Times bestseller (really!) with more than a million copies in print all around the world. Everyone’s life is governed by an internal code of conduct. Some call it morality. Others call it religion. But Bros in the know call this Holy Grail The Bro Code. The Bro Code is a living document, much like the Constitution. Except instead of outlining a government, or the Bill of Rights, or anything even resembling laws, The Bro Code provides men with all the rules they need to know in order to become a “bro” and behave properly among other bros. Historically a spoken tradition passed from one generation to the next and dating back to the American Revolution, the official code of conduct for Bros appears here in its published form for the first time ever. By upholding the tenets of this sacred and legendary document, any dude can learn to achieve Bro-dom. Containing approximately 150 “unspoken” rules, this code of conduct for bros can range from the simple (bros before hos) to the complex (the hot-to-crazy ratio, complete with bar graphs and charts). With helpful sidebros The Bro Code will help any ordinary guy become the best bro he can be. Let ultimate bro and coauthor Barney Stinson and his book, The Bro Code share their wisdom, lest you be caught making eye contact in a devil’s three-way (two dudes, duh).



Josh Peck - Happy People Are Annoying artwork Happy People Are Annoying
Josh Peck
Genre: Humour
Price: $11.99
Publish Date: March 15, 2022
Publisher: HarperOne
Seller: Harper Collins Canada Limited

A wonderfully candid memoir from one of the most recognizable faces of a generation, actor, writer, Youtuber, and television superstar, Josh Peck. In his warm and inspiring book, Josh reflects on the many stumbles and silver linings of his life and traces a zigzagging path to redemption. Written with such impressive detail and aching honesty, Happy People are Annoying is full of surprising life lessons for anyone seeking to accept their past and make peace with the complicated face in the mirror. Josh Peck rose to near-instant fame when he starred for four seasons as the comedic center of Nickelodeon’s hit show Drake & Josh. However, while he tried to maintain his role as the funniest, happiest kid in every room, Josh struggled alone with the kind of rising anger and plummeting confidence that quietly took over his life. For the first time, Josh reflects on his late teens and early twenties. Raised by a single mother, and coming of age under a spotlight that could be both invigorating and cruel, Josh filled the cratering hole in his self-worth with copious amounts of food, television, drugs, and all of the other trappings of young stardom. Until he realized the only person standing in his way...was himself. Today, with a string of lead roles on hit television shows and movies, and one of the most enviable and dedicated fanbases on the internet, Josh Peck is more than happy, he’s finally, enthusiastically content. Happy People are Annoying is the culmination of years of learning, growing, and finding bright spots in the scary parts of life. Written with the kind of humor, strength of character, and unwavering self-awareness only someone who has mastered their ego can muster, this memoir reminds us of the life-changing freedom on the other side of acceptance.



Darby Conley - The Fuzzy Bunch artwork The Fuzzy Bunch
Darby Conley
Genre: Humour
Price: $1.99
Publish Date: October 22, 2013
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Seller: OpenRoad Integrated Media, LLC

From the award–winning creator of Get Fuzzy, a wry comic strip portrayal of single life with pets, featuring the funny dog and cat duo, Bucky and Satchel. House cats are known to be aloof, but “cat-titude” reaches new heights in Get Fuzzy, the bitingly hilarious comic strip from cartoonist Darby Conley. At the center of this warm and fuzzy romp is Rob Wilco, a single, mild-mannered ad executive and guardian of anthropomorphic scamps Bucky and Satchel. Bucky is a temperamental cat who clearly wears the pants in this eccentric household. Satchel is a gentle pooch who tries to remain neutral, but frequently ends up on the receiving end of Bucky's mischief. Together, this unlikely trio endures all the trials and tribulations of a typical family . . . more or less. The National Cartoonists Society honored Get Fuzzy with a Reuben division award in 2002, naming it the Best Newspaper Comic Strip of the Year



Randall Munroe - How To artwork How To
Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems
Randall Munroe
Genre: Humour
Price: $14.99
Publish Date: September 03, 2019
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Seller: Penguin Random House Canada

AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “How To will make you laugh as you learn…With How To , you can't help but appreciate the glorious complexity of our universe and the amazing breadth of humanity's effort to comprehend it. If you want some lightweight edification, you won't go wrong with How To .” — CNET “[ How To ] has science and jokes in it, so 10/10 can recommend.” —Simone Giertz The world's most entertaining and useless self-help guide from the brilliant mind behind the wildly popular webcomic xkcd, the bestsellers What If? and Thing Explainer , and What If? 2, coming September 13, 2022 For any task you might want to do, there's a right way, a wrong way, and a way so monumentally complex, excessive, and inadvisable that no one would ever try it. How To is a guide to the third kind of approach. It's full of highly impractical advice for everything from landing a plane to digging a hole. Bestselling author and cartoonist Randall Munroe explains how to predict the weather by analyzing the pixels of your Facebook photos. He teaches you how to tell if you're a baby boomer or a 90's kid by measuring the radioactivity of your teeth. He offers tips for taking a selfie with a telescope, crossing a river by boiling it, and powering your house by destroying the fabric of space-time. And if you want to get rid of the book once you're done with it, he walks you through your options for proper disposal, including dissolving it in the ocean, converting it to a vapor, using tectonic plates to subduct it into the Earth's mantle, or launching it into the Sun. By exploring the most complicated ways to do simple tasks, Munroe doesn't just make things difficult for himself and his readers. As he did so brilliantly in What If? , Munroe invites us to explore the most absurd reaches of the possible. Full of clever infographics and fun illustrations, How To is a delightfully mind-bending way to better understand the science and technology underlying the things we do every day.



Norm Macdonald - Based on a True Story artwork Based on a True Story
A Memoir
Norm Macdonald
Genre: Humour
Price: $11.99
Publish Date: September 20, 2016
Publisher: Collins
Seller: Harper Collins Canada Limited

Wild, dangerous, and flat-out unbelievable, here is the incredible #1 bestselling memoir of the Canadian actor, gambler, and raconteur, and one of the greatest stand-up comedians of all time. A Globe and Mail Best Book of the Year As this book’s title suggests, Norm Macdonald tells the story of his life—more or less—from his origins on a farm in the backwoods of Ontario and an epically disastrous appearance on Star Search to his account of auditioning for Lorne Michaels and his memorable run as the anchor of Weekend Update on Saturday Night Live—until he was fired because a corporate executive didn’t think he was funny. But Based on a True Story is much more than just a memoir; it’s the hilarious, inspired epic of Norm’s life. In dispatches from a road trip to Las Vegas (part of a plan hatched to regain the fortune he’d lost to sports betting and other vices) with his sidekick and enabler, Adam Eget, Norm recounts the milestone moments, the regrets, the love affairs, the times fortune smiled on his life, and the times it refused to smile. As the clock ticks down, Norm’s debt reaches record heights, and he must find a way to evade the hefty price that’s been placed on his head by one of the most dangerous loan sharks in the country. As a comedy legend should, Norm peppers these pages with classic jokes and long-mythologized Hollywood stories. This wildly adventurous, totally original, and absurdly funny saga turns the conventional “comic’s memoir” on its head and gives the reader an exclusive pass inside the mad, glorious mind of Norm Macdonald.



Nora Ephron - I Feel Bad About My Neck artwork I Feel Bad About My Neck
Nora Ephron
Genre: Humour
Price: $13.99
Publish Date: August 01, 2006
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Seller: Penguin Random House Canada

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A candid, hilarious look at women of a certain age and dealing with the tribulations of maintenance, menopause, empty nests, and life itself. “Wickedly witty ... Crackling sharp ... Fireworks shoot out [of this collection].” — The Boston Globe With her disarming, intimate, completely accessible voice, and dry sense of humor, Nora Ephron chronicles her life as an obsessed cook, passionate city dweller, and hapless parent. But mostly she speaks frankly and uproariously about life as an older woman. Utterly courageous, uproariously funny, and unexpectedly moving in its truth telling, I Feel Bad About My Neck is a scrumptious, irresistible treat of a book, full of truths, laugh out loud moments that will appeal to readers of all ages.



Tim Urban - Wait But Why Year One artwork Wait But Why Year One
We Finally Figured Out How to Put a Blog onto an E-Reader
Tim Urban
Genre: Humour
Price: $4.99
Publish Date: April 11, 2015
Publisher: Wait But Why
Seller: Wait But Why

Since we started Wait But Why in 2013, we've received a bunch of requests from readers to get the blog onto their e-reader. This was easy for them to say—they weren't the ones who would have to figure out how to put a blog on an e-reader. Not an easy task for people with no skills. The good news is, with some grit and determination, we finally figured out how to hire someone to do it for us. So here it is—Year One of Wait But Why, perfect for reading on the go, when you're offline, or as a gift for someone you know will love the blog.



George Carlin - Brain Droppings artwork Brain Droppings
George Carlin
Genre: Humour
Price: $16.99
Publish Date: October 10, 2023
Publisher: Hachette Books
Seller: Hachette Digital, Inc.

Sometimes, a little brain damage can help. A book of original humor pieces by beloved comic George Carlin. Filled with thoughts, musings, questions, lists, beliefs, curiosities, monologues, assertions, assumptions, and other verbal ordeals, Brain Droppings is infectiously funny. Also included are two timeless monologues, "A Place for Your Stuff" and "Baseball-Football." Readers will get an inside look into Carlin's mind, and they won't be disappointed by what they find:   I buy stamps by mail. It works OK until I run out of stamps. What year did Jesus Christ think it was? A tree: first you chop it down, then you chop it up. Have you ever noticed the lawyer is always smiling more than the client? I put a dollar in one of those change machines. Nothing changed. If you ever have chicken at lunch and chicken at dinner, do you ever wonder if the two chickens knew each other? Carlin demolishes everyday values and yet leaves you laughing out loud. 



Reza Farazmand - Hope It All Works Out! artwork Hope It All Works Out!
A Poorly Drawn Lines Collection
Reza Farazmand
Genre: Humour
Price: $12.99
Expected Publish Date: September 24, 2024
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Seller: Andrews McMeel Publishing

The absurd antics, good-natured sarcasm, and misguided optimism of Mouse, Bird, Turtle, and Snail are inspiring and infectious, and a reminder that sometimes the best plan is to have no plans at all. The perfect book for comic lovers of all kinds,  Hope It All Works Out offers a deep dive into the  Poorly Drawn Lines  comics of New York Times bestselling author Reza Farazmand. On the surface, the animals in Poorly Drawn Lines are sophisticated, decadent creatures — Turtle sports a beret, Snail wears shades, Bird smokes cigarettes, and Mouse assumes a fighting stance when anyone challenges his emotional fragility. But lurking beneath their surface images is a surprising warmth and charming naivete that provides the perfect setup for Reza Farazmand’s unparalleled sense of humor. This author-curated collection of new comics and greatest hits showcases the unique and charming world of these small animals and the amusing gap between their tough guy images and animal innocence. Familiar to millions of readers of the  Poorly Drawn Lines  webcomic and FX animated series on Hulu, this book collection includes dozens of never-before-seen comics. 



Gerry Dee - Teaching artwork Teaching
It's Harder Than It Looks
Gerry Dee
Genre: Humour
Price: $2.99
Publish Date: October 23, 2012
Publisher: Doubleday Canada
Seller: Penguin Random House Canada

Gerry Dee, a rising comic star, spent ten years working as a teacher and survived (barely) to tell his tales. Told from the honest point-of-view of a not-so-good, often-very-bad public school teacher--the kind who teaches hungover (and lies about it), loses his students' exams (and lies about it), and stages an impromptu baseball game in the middle of history class just to kill some time, Teaching: It's Harder Than It Looks is Mr. D at his best. This book collects Gerry's funniest anecdotes about teaching, about students and about their parents. As Gerry's ode to school life, it's sure to bring back a memory or two, whether you were the teacher's pet or the class clown. Throughout, he offers tongue-in-cheek "Teacher Tips and Tricks," uncomfortable notes to parents, awkward report cards and all manner of memorabilia of school days. He's extremely funny, on the page as well as in person, and he's the kind of personality who will reach out beyond his own core comedy audience to a broad demographic of educators, parents and students who relate to his humour and experiences.



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.



Stassi Schroeder - Next Level Basic artwork Next Level Basic
The Definitive Basic Bitch Handbook
Stassi Schroeder
Genre: Humour
Price: $12.99
Publish Date: April 16, 2019
Publisher: Gallery Books
Seller: Simon & Schuster Canada

Discover how to embrace your best basic self in this instant New York Times bestselling, laugh-out-loud hilarious, and “refreshing to read” ( The Cut ) guidebook from the breakout star of Bravo’s hit reality show Vanderpump Rules. Millions of Vanderpump Rules viewers and podcast listeners know Stassi Schroeder as a major defender of Basic Bitch rights. There’s nothing more boring than people who take themselves too seriously. Stassi champions the things that many of us are afraid to love publicly for fear of being labeled basic: lattes, pugs, bubbly cocktails, millennial pink, #OOTD (outfit of the day, obvs), astrology, hot dogs, the perfect pair of Louboutins, romantic comedies...the list goes on and on. “There’s something for everyone under Schroeder’s big basic umbrella” ( Elle ) and in Next Level Basic, the reality star, podcast queen, and ranch dressing expert gives you hilarious and pointed lessons on how to have fun and celebrate yourself, with exclusive stories from her own life and on the set of Vanderpump Rules . From her very public breakups to her most intimate details about her plastic surgery, Stassi shares her own personal experiences with her trademark honesty—all with the hope you can learn something from them.



Miranda Hart - Is It Just Me? artwork Is It Just Me?
The hilarious Sunday Times Bestseller
Miranda Hart
Genre: Humour
Price: $6.99
Publish Date: October 11, 2012
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Seller: Hachette Digital, Inc.

THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER 'It will certainly raise what I call a smile in her thousands of fans' DAILY MAIL 'Miranda Hart will carry you along with the sheer force of her charm, bumbling cheer and charisma.' SUNDAY EXPRESS Well hello to you dear browser. N ow I have your attention it would be rude if I didn't tell you a little about my literary feast. So, here is the thing: is it just me or does anyone else find that adulthood offers no refuge from the unexpected horrors, peculiar lack of physical coordination and sometimes unexplained nudity, that accompanied childhood and adolescence? Does everybody struggle with the hazards that accompany, say, sitting elegantly on a bar stool; using chopsticks; pretending to understand the bank crisis; pedicures - surely it's plain wrong for a stranger to fondle your feet? Or is it just me? I am proud to say I have a wealth of awkward experiences - from school days to life as an office temp - and here I offer my 18-year-old self (and I hope you too dear reader) some much needed caution and guidance on how to navigate life's rocky path. Because frankly where is the manual? The much needed manual to life. Well, fret not, for this is my attempt at one and let's call it, because it's fun, a Miran-ual. I thank you.



Jon Allen - The Wit and Wisdom of Winston Churchill artwork The Wit and Wisdom of Winston Churchill
Jon Allen
Genre: Humour
Price: $3.99
Publish Date: August 20, 2013
Publisher: G2 Rights
Seller: Faber and Faber

In this book you will find the best of that wit - ripe plums of humour taken from Churchill's parliamentary replies and ripostes, prepared addresses, asides and off-the-cuff remarks - all revealing a trenchant sharpness of mind, fine appreciation of humour and devastating sense of fun.



Colin Bateman - Papercuts 1: The Dead and the Quick artwork Papercuts 1: The Dead and the Quick
Colin Bateman
Genre: Humour
Price: $3.99
Publish Date: February 01, 2016
Publisher: Head of Zeus
Seller: Bookwire Gesellschaft zum Vertrieb digitaler Medien mbH

Through world wars and civil strife, the Bangor Express has never missed an issue, but now it is losing money hand-over-fist and Rob Cullen, fresh off the plane from his London news desk, has absolutely no idea that he's the man to save it. Rob's back in Northern Ireland for the first time in 20 years for the funeral of his one-time mentor, the late editor of the aforementioned Express. Tomorrow morning Rob intends to be on the first plane back to London, but that's before an exceptionally good night out and the promise of £1,500 for just one day's work lures him into the Express offices. It's been a long time since Rob had a real story to get his teeth into... and with the Bangor Express, that's just what he's going to get. From armed robberies to arson attacks, immigration raids to human trafficking, there is no shortage of front-page news in the seemingly sleepy seaside town. Just as well Rob can rely on the Express crew to back him up. They're like a family. A dysfunctional, highly unpopular, poverty-stricken family...



Colin Bateman - Papercuts 2: The Return of the Native artwork Papercuts 2: The Return of the Native
Colin Bateman
Genre: Humour
Price: $3.99
Publish Date: February 01, 2016
Publisher: Head of Zeus
Seller: Bookwire Gesellschaft zum Vertrieb digitaler Medien mbH

Through world wars and civil strife, the Bangor Express has never missed an issue, but now it is losing money hand-over-fist and Rob Cullen, fresh off the plane from his London news desk, has absolutely no idea that he's the man to save it. Lured back to Northern Ireland for the first time in 20 years by the demise of his one-time mentor, the Bangor Express makes Rob an offer he can't refuse and the Guardian reporter can't resist sticking around. After all, it has been a long time since Rob had a real story to get his teeth in to... and with the Bangor Express, that's just what he's going to get. When Mark Dillon is released from prison after serving a sentence for killing a small child in a drink driving accident, Bangor Express reporter Alix knows there is bound to be trouble. And when the parents of the child are none other than Alix's best friends Roy and Ailsa, she can't help taking the law into her own hands. This feisty young journalist doesn't realise is that she's playing with fire and that writing her revenge story will only fan the flames...



Katie Spalding - Edison's Ghosts artwork Edison's Ghosts
The Untold Weirdness of History's Greatest Geniuses
Katie Spalding
Genre: Humour
Price: $19.99
Publish Date: May 16, 2023
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Seller: Hachette Digital, Inc.

Publishers Weekly  Best Summer Reads  Overturn everything you knew about history’s greatest minds in this raucous and hilarious book, where it turns out there's a finer line between "genius" and "idiot" than we've previously known. “As Albert Einstein almost certainly never said, everyone is a genius – but if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.” So begins Katie Spalding’s spunky takedown of the Western canon, and how genius may not be as irrefutably great as we commonly understand. While most of us may never become Einstein, it may surprise you to learn that there’s probably a bunch of stuff you can do that Einstein couldn’t. And, as Spalding shows, the famous prodigies she explores here were quite odd by any definition. For example:   Thomas Edison , inventor of the lightbulb, believed that he could communicate with the undead and built the world’s very first hotline to heaven: the Spirit Phone. Marie and Pierre Curie , famous for discovering radioactivity, slept next to a lump of radioactive material for years and strapped it to their arms to watch it burn them in real-time. Lord Byron , acclaimed British poet, literally took a bear with him to university. Isaac Newton discovered the laws of gravity and motion, but he also looked up at the sun without eye protection. The result? Three days of blindness. Tesla , whose scientific work led to the invention of the AC unit, fell in love with a pigeon. Edison's Ghosts is filled with examples of the so-called best of humanity doing, to put it bluntly, some really dumb shit.  You’ll discover stories that deserve to be told but never are: the hilarious, regrettable, and downright bafflingly lesser-known achievements that never made it into our history books, until now.



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The Encyclopedia Philomena - 'Essential reading for these slipshod times' Al Murray
Philomena Cunk
Genre: Humour
Price: $14.99
Publish Date: November 01, 2018
Publisher: John Murray Press
Seller: Hachette Digital, Inc.

*From the star of CUNK ON EARTH - BBC's landmark mockumentary, now on Netflix!* 'This book is great because it covers everything in existence apart from the 95% of stuff not worth bothering with' Philomena Cunk, star of Charlie Brooker's Weekly Wipe, Moments of Wonder and Cunk on Earth, Cunk & Other Humans 'Essential reading for these slipshod times' Al Murray Once in a blue moon, a book comes along that changes the world. The Origin of Species. War and Peace. 1984. The World According to Danny Dyer. And now, Cunk on Everything: The Encyclopedia Philomena , by Philomena Cunk. Philomena Cunk is one of the greatest thinkers of the 21st century, and in Cunk on Everything she turns her attention to our biggest issue: why are there so many books? Wouldn't it be better if there was just one? This is that book - an encyclopedia of ALL HUMAN KNOWLEDGE , from sausages to Henry of Eight to Brush Strokes to vegetarian sausages. Read it, and you'll never have to read another book again. 'This is a book' Philomena Cunk 'Never contact me again' Professor Rupert Delgado, MBE 'Cunk for PM' Rachel Riley '. . . book . . .' Guardian ' Truly the intellect for our baffling times' The Times 'This book is absolutely stupid' The Pool