Humour collections and anthologies Books

Bored? Not anymore. Written in a casual, upbeat and conversational style, Walking With My Foot in My Mouth is a light read for Seniors. Humorous mishaps, mini adventures and opinionated opinions remind readers that life is good, life is fun, and age...

Children are great in small doses, but having your own means lack of sleep, no time to yourself, mess, noise, expense… These are just some of the reasons why dogs are better than children. The rest of them are in this comic collection by...

Brush up your sketch skills with a 90 day challenge of odd sketch prompts. The book features hashtags to share your work and track the work of others. Happy sketching!

Do you have what it takes to be a Grrl Genius? Of course you do! You are a smart, funny, beautiful Grrl Genius -- just because you say you are. In The Grrl Genius Guide to Life, stand-up comic and Grrl Genius Club founder Cathryn Michon explains why she...

Nugae Venales means "jokes for sale" in Latin. It was the title of a 17th-century collection of jokes and paradoxes by Richard Head. This book was inspired by that one but is not entirely humorous. Many of the brief essays and poems are...

A couple years ago, there was a male beagle hanging around the neighborhood who apparently had nowhere else to go. We already had five dogs, which was probably the reason he came to us. He seemed to want to come inside the gate and play with the others...

"It has a hopeless millennial vibe. We're all so lost and clueless that it's comical. Super relatable."- Shae, close friend and fellow adventurer"This book gives you the opportunity to see life and adventures through Kristi's optimistic and jovial lens...

Reprinted in the original for the first time in 75 yearsListen to Dr. Hubbard!Keep your virtue! In the battle to retain her purity, a young woman's path is beset with dangers and traps. If he permits himself to look at suggestive pictures or indulge in...

Neal Pollack has been the Greatest Living American Writer across six decades, seven continents, and ten wives. He has won the Pulitzer Prize, the Booker Prize, the PEN/Faulkner Award (twice), and the Premio Simon Bolivar for contributions to the people's...

Rules! Crumbs! An illustrated collection of fifty of one toddler's often-hilarious world-ending meltdowns.

Amid a grueling job search, a cynical slacker named Ben Ackerman (aka "The Broke Agent") is convinced by reality television that residential sales is an easy ticket to monetary success and real world respect.  After getting his...

Written in an engaging, conversational style, Rivers Revealed combines the author's lifelong love of America's waterways with practical and historic information gathered from his three decades as a professional riverlorian for the Delta Queen Steamboat...

"A marvelous storyteller."--The New Yorker

"...the sort of vulnerable, honest, and spoken-from-experience material that's earned him such a strong online following... and qualifies him to write a book like Lose Well."--A/V Club

"At last-- a collection of poems mined from the interviews, speeches, and tweets of presidential candidate, business tycoon, and reality TV star... Donald Trump!"--Back cover.

Imagine a world where New York Times bestselling author, comedian, actor, television, and podcast host Adam Carolla is the President of the United States. Can't do it? You don't have to! Adam has done it for you!Podcast king Adam Carolla first shared his...

Emmy-Award winning writer and comedian Gondelman's collection of personal stories of best intentions and mixed results is full of the warm and relatable humor that's made him a favorite on the comedy club circuit.

In this hilarious series of incisive essays. NPR writer Gewn Macsai gives you some lip on chin hairs, bad boys, sagging breasts, going to the bathroom in twos, and many other rites of womanhood...

"Head2Head" Meet Buck and Lefty, Co-joined Twins from Opposite Ends of the Political Spectrum! If you have an interest in politics, a moral code you live by, and are mature enough to laugh at yourself, you'll have fun reading this book... Buck and Lefty...

"Those who can't be bothered with another dry grammar guide owe it to themselves to give this a look."-Publishers Weekly Grammar rules! Good Grammar is the Life of the Party: Tips for a Wildly Successful Life will convert certified grammar goofballs...

This is a personal memoir about growing up and my career of forty-seven years in banking. Growing up will take you back to the fifties and sixties. The banking material is humorous. It is entertaining for the reader with some anecdotes about my work...

This collection of memories from police officers across Canada and some outside jurisdictions, include firsthand accounts of situations they have encountered in their careers from the 1950's through to 2012. Contributions from RCMP, City Police,...

From rising NPR star Rob Sachs-irreverent takes on handling life's sticky situations based on the popular What Would Rob Do? podcastWhat do you do if you get a bad haircut? Do you have trouble remembering people's names? What happens if you clog the...

This "AhHa Guide..." is a curious combination of a 'Joy ride' of discovery, bizarre insights, and a mythic "Hero's journey" ascending up a mountain of Higher consciousness, based on a three law ten step vertical structure. As it ascends in our present...

"Pete's Pandemic" is all of our stories yet none of our stories. It is one man's attempt to understand the new reality caused by the coronavirus. We all have had to come to terms with very different lives. This is Jimmy Tolmie's attempt to manage his...

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...

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...

Meet Maxy Quinn the world's unluckiest kid, whose life has been turned upside down ever since he found a reverse four-leaf clover that gave him the worst luck ever. Could you imagine dealing with your principal living next door, a psychic lizard, or how...

""An Author In The Territorials: Experiences Humorous And Otherwise"" is a book written by Coulson Kernahan and published in 1908. The book is a collection of personal experiences of the author during his time serving in the Territorial Army, a part-time...

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...

Bill Nye's Comic History of England is a humorous retelling of the history of England, written by American humorist Bill Nye and originally published in 1906. The book covers the major events and figures in English history, from the Roman invasion to the...

Welcome to the streets of Los Angeles.Think about what you expect from most cop stories. High speed chases, ghastly crime scenes, tense showdowns, gunfights. Cop stuff, movie stuff. Now, spin around three times and take a shot or two of Sambuca...