Humour & Riddles Books

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...

The Percy Anecdotes V7: Original And Select (1868) is a book compiled by Reuben Percy that contains a collection of original and selected anecdotes. The book is the seventh volume in the series and is a continuation of the previous volumes. The anecdotes...

""The Paths of the Prudent"" is a comedic play written by Joseph Smith Fletcher, first published in 1899. The story follows the lives of two young men, Jack and Tom, who are both in love with the same woman, Beatrice. However, Beatrice's father, Mr...

Experimental heta-uma style comic zine inspired by Gary Panter, the zines of Mark Gonzales and Harmony Korine, Daniel Clowes, Blutch, Kramers Ergot, Yamantaka Eye and the Boredoms, Fantagraphics, Garo Magazine Japan, Skateboarding and Teruhiko Yumura!

John Fletcher (1579-1625) was a Jacobean playwright. Following William Shakespeare as house playwright for the King's Men, he was among the most prolific and influential dramatists of his day; during his lifetime and in the early Restoration, his fame...

Discover two adventures of Captain Marvel ( Known as Shazam currently).Adventures from 1940 (WHIZ COMICS #2 AND #7), restoration 2022.New colors, correction colors shirft.IN THIS BOOK, TWO ADVENTURES:- Introducing Captain Marvel (February 1940)After...

In 2013, Donald Trump got involved in his first sustained Twitter War. Unfortunately for Trump, in this endeavor as in so very many others, he was not up to the task. If you’re someone with no discernible sense of humor – someone for whom...

‘More Birds Than Bullets’ is not just as the title suggests, there is more to it than that, it can be seen as a metaphor for life’s experiences. I struggled with how I should go about writing it, should it be factual, or should it be...

Is it acceptable to run out a team-mate? Should you bet on your Captain’s downfall? Would you tamper with a cricket ball to gain an edge? Do you think girls can bat, or would you send down your fastest ball? Have you ever dreamed of hitting the...

Philip Caldrock is recently retired. He sees an old film starring Cadaver Wincepole, gentleman detective and decides to set up as an investigator, assisted by his wife, Heather. They are joined by Clarissa, a genius receptionist who drops tea cups...

This humorous guide to Texas offers a description of the many splendors of Texas: ambling along uncrowded beaches, azaleas and dogwoods in the spring, distinctive epicurean cuisine (grits), songs to help ya’ll get chronically depressed, sprinting...

Vince Locker's life is tragic. His comedy act for the LaughCom competition has just bombed, ruining any chance of the cash prize he desperately needed. His life is in tatters; abandoned by his father as a child, an estranged wife, Jessica, who he seems...

The world’s second play set and performed on board a typical Melbourne tram as it makes its way from the St. Kilda terminus to the City and back. An audience gathers at the terminus where the tram soon arrives carrying a conductress and a sleeping...

ABOUT THE BOOKHello ladies. What on earth are you doing here? Didn’t you see the warning sign on the door? Don’t you know I wrote this book for, beginners and blockheads, who I’m just trying to domesticate so you don’t have to put...

These articles are a potpourri of the varied thoughts of a blogger whose writing spans the last twenty or so years. From Britain's suspicious entry into the United Federation of European States, with questions asked about the contravening of its...

A pervasive sense of parody and humour is displayed within The Empire Sells Out, where more-than-human figures, forms, and omnipresent forces play their part in a drama-charged, shifting society. The Emperor is at its centre, an evocation of humanity...

A short book on the wit and wisdom of chocolates, encompassing love and romance, life, luxury, and pleasure. Also included are definitions of new words that will add delight to every chocolate lover's vocabulary. 'The Meaning of Chocolates' is above all...

Some things in life are greater than the sum of their parts. At first inspection, Scattered Leaves is a collection of short essays on a range of subjects, written over the last decade. But, dig deeper and find that it is also a pricking of the...

From an eighth grade education I worked from being a driller's helper to a driller, worked in construction and real estate, and started an international drilling company. I am a self-made multimillionaire, polo player, miner, and helicopter pilot. Dreams...

From the author and illustrator of the twisted New York Times bestselling Christmas classic, It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Zombies, comes a heart-devouring collection of Zombie love songs, Every Zombie Eats Somebody Sometime. Michael P. Spradlin and...

Popular actress and stand-up comedienne Elizabeth Beckwith gives us the parenting guide to end all parenting guides: Raising the Perfect Child through Guilt and Manipulation. A frequent guest on The Late, Late Show and one of seven comics featured in the...

Popular football blogger Michael Tunison of KissingSuzyKolber.com offers the no-hold-barred rules and bylaws that every football fan should know in The Football Fan's Manifesto. With humor and tough love, The Football Fan's Manifesto takes readers...

In this classic work by the renowned wit and pundit whom the New York Times has lauded as "one of America's foremost arbiters of taste and mores . . . an acclaimed expert on what was highbrow, what was lowbrow, and what was no brow at all," the...

In the form of letters written to his son, Brian Sack gets right to the heart of what ultimately matters most. While some insights might seem obvious (high school is probably going to suck), others are refreshingly unconventional, and all are presented...

What you're holding in your hands is a very funny and sometimes poignant look at fathers. It's filled with stories of what it's been like as a dad and a son, from a child's first day of kindergarten to the awkward sex talk, right up to the day the always...

You have two choices: Be attacked by a wolverine or go on a date If you're smart, you chose wolverine. If not--well, wait, are you sure you don't want the wolverine?Happily ever after isn't so easy anymore. It's all speed dating, matchmaking terror, and...

Strange but True Bible FactsDid you know: that King David swore like a sailor?that the Book of Ecclesiastes encourages drinking, especially beer?that mandrakes were the biblical equivalent of Viagra(R)?that the law of Moses prescribes bikini waxing?that...

Bestselling author of The Gospel According to Peanuts Robert Short reveals what man's best friend can teach us about life. Dogs do much more than just keep us company and give us love and attention--they are models for how we can live better lives as...

A celebration of the character and style of one of the world's most spectacular cities! This vibrant insider's view of the most mature city on earth is the perfect companion for anyone who loves anything Italian. In 1995, after a twenty-year love affair...

John Leguizamo's smash-hit one-man shows have been acclaimed by critics and fans alike. In this new Harper Paperback edition, all four shows are compiled into one phenomenally entertaining volume. Mambo Mouth (1991), Leguizamo's first show, was an off...

In this fourth installment of his acclaimed Rants series, bestselling author, Emmy Award-winning talk-show host, and wisecracking analyst for ABC's Monday Night Football Dennis Miller makes hamburger meat out of society's most sacred cows as only he can,...

Can One Daring Woman Light the WayTo a New Era of Energy?Anxiety over a looming "climate crisis" gives enemies of the Crowe Power Company a reason-or an excuse-to attack chairperson Lindsey Harper Crowe and threaten to destroy her family enterprise. She...