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Books are listed in order of year of publication - newest titles are at the top. There are 38 books in this booklist

  • Cover image of book Rambling Man: My Life on the Road by Billy Connolly
    Rambling Man: My Life on the Road - by Billy Connolly

    £25.00   hardback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781399802574 | ISBN 10: 1399802577

    THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING HILARIOUS NEW BOOK FROM THE NATION’S FAVOURITE COMEDIAN, BILLY CONNOLLY   Being a Rambling Man was what I always wanted to be, to live the way I damn well pleased. I’ve met the weirdest and most wonderful people who ... more

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  • Cover image of book GHOSTS: The Button House Archives (The Official Companion to the Hit TV Series) by Various authors
    GHOSTS: The Button House Archives (The Official Companion to the Hit TV Series) - by Various authors

    £20.00   hardback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781526669902 | ISBN 10: 1526669900

    By Mat Baynton, Simon Farnaby, Martha Howe-Douglas, Jim Howick, Laurence Rickard, and Ben Willbond.  The comic companion to the BBC sitcom GHOSTS, perfect for all the family.   Everybody leaves a trace. The ghosts of Button House may h ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Unadulterated Cat: The Amazing Maurice Edition by Terry Pratchett, illustrated by Gray Jolliffe
    The Unadulterated Cat: The Amazing Maurice Edition - by Terry Pratchett, illustrated by Gray Jolliffe

    £14.99   hardback   (2022) - ISBN 13: 9781399608688 | ISBN 10: 1399608681

    From the worldwide phenomenon Sir Terry Pratchett, via the unquestionable wisdom of the Amazing Maurice, herein is contained everything you’ll ever need to know to identify the real, unadulterated cat.  The Unadulterated Cat is becoming an ... more

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  • Cover image of book Bibliomaniac: An Obsessive
    Bibliomaniac: An Obsessive's Tour of the Bookshops of Britain - by Robin Ince

    £16.99   hardback   (2022) - ISBN 13: 9781838957698 | ISBN 10: 1838957693

    ‘A unique, funny picture of Britain... A love letter to bookshops and the vagaries of public transport.’ Richard Osman  Why play to 12,000 people when you can play to 12? In Autumn 2021, Robin Ince’s stadium tour with Professor Brian Co ... more

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  • Cover image of book You Goddess! Life Lessons from Awesome Immortals by Elizabeth Foley and Beth Coates
    You Goddess! Life Lessons from Awesome Immortals - by Elizabeth Foley and Beth Coates

    £9.99   paperback   (2022) - ISBN 13: 9780571359974 | ISBN 10: 0571359973

    The much-loved authors of What Would Boudicca Do? channel the feminist power of mythical goddesses in this witty, inspirational gift.   ‘What guts. What attitude! These are the immortals I wish I’d learned about at school.’ OLIVIA COLMA ... more

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  • Cover image of book My Mess Is a Bit of a Life: Adventures in Anxiety by Georgia Pritchett
    My Mess Is a Bit of a Life: Adventures in Anxiety - by Georgia Pritchett

    £9.99   paperback   (2022) - ISBN 13: 9780571365906 | ISBN 10: 0571365906

    This memoir, told in gloriously comic vignettes, is an utterly joyful reflection on living – and sometimes thriving (sometimes not) – with anxiety.  One of Stylist‘s Best Memoirs for Summer 2021  Multi-award-winning television w ... more

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  • Cover image of book What
    What's Up, Beanie? Acutely Relatable Comics - by Alina Tysoe

    £16.00   hardback   (2021) - ISBN 13: 9780358455486 | ISBN 10: 0358455480

    A collection of 160 comics from the hugely popular Whats Up, Beanie?, all adorable, humorously frank, completely wholesome, and acutely relatable   Hilariously eccentric and self-aware, Alina Tysoe, the pink-haired illustrator behind the wildly po ... more

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  • Cover image of book Sex, Power, Money by Sara Pascoe
    Sex, Power, Money - by Sara Pascoe

    £9.99   paperback   (2020) - ISBN 13: 9780571336005 | ISBN 10: 0571336000

    Award-winning comedian Sara Pascoe turns her attention to the things that really matter to humans – sex, power and money.  Following her hit book Animal, Sara Pascoe decides to confront her fear of the male libido, and turns her attention to th ... more

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  • Cover image of book Ayoade On Top by Richard Ayoade
    Ayoade On Top - by Richard Ayoade

    £8.99   paperback   (2020) - ISBN 13: 9780571339143 | ISBN 10: 057133914x

    At last, the definitive book about perhaps the best cabin crew dramedy ever filmed: View From the Top starring Gwyneth Paltrow.   In Ayoade on Top, Richard Ayoade, perhaps one of the most ‘insubstantial’ people of our age, takes us on a journe ... more

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  • Cover image of book Dishonesty is the Second-Best Policy: And Other Rules to Live By by David Mitchell
    Dishonesty is the Second-Best Policy: And Other Rules to Live By - by David Mitchell

    £9.99   paperback   (2020) - ISBN 13: 9781783351985 | ISBN 10: 1783351985

    ** THE NEW BOOK FROM THE AWARD-WINNING COMEDIAN AND WRITER **   David Mitchell's 2014 bestseller Thinking About It Only Makes It Worse must really have made people think - because everything's got worse. We've gone from UKIP surge to Brexit sh ... more

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  • Cover image of book Five Go Absolutely Nowhere by Bruno Vincent
    Five Go Absolutely Nowhere - by Bruno Vincent

    £8.99   hardback   (2020) - ISBN 13: 9781529412086 | ISBN 10: 1529412080

    'Ah! This is the dream!' says Julian one morning. 'With good old British common sense and community spirit like this, there's no reason that we couldn't exist on the island like this for the rest of our days!'   What could possibly go wrong...? & ... more

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  • Cover image of book Wow, No Thank You. by Samantha Irby
    Wow, No Thank You. - by Samantha Irby

    £9.99   paperback   (2020) - ISBN 13: 9780571359264 | ISBN 10: 0571359264

    Staring down the barrel of her fortieth year, Samantha Irby is confronting the ways her life has changed since the days she could work a full 11 hour shift on 4 hours of sleep, change her shoes and put mascara on in the back of a moving cab and go fr ... more

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  • Cover image of book I Can
    I Can't Remember the Title But the Cover is Blue - by Elias Greig, illustrated by Phillip Marsden

    £8.99   paperback   (2020) - ISBN 13: 9781760529451 | ISBN 10: 1760529451

    Hilarious, unpredictable and, at times, touching, this compilation is the perfect gift for fans of Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops and The Diary of a Bookseller.  As any retail or service worker will tell you, customers can be irrational, d ... more

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  • Cover image of book Help by Simon Amstell
    Help - by Simon Amstell

    £8.99   paperback   (2019) - ISBN 13: 9781784705695 | ISBN 10: 1784705691

    "A beautiful and clever book about being human."(Russell Brand) COMEDY. TRAGEDY. THERAPY.  Simon Amstell did his first stand-up gig at the age of thirteen. His parents had just divorced and puberty was confusing. Trying to be funny solved ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Greatest Love Story Ever Told: An Oral History by Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally
    The Greatest Love Story Ever Told: An Oral History - by Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally

    £19.99   hardback   (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781101986677 | ISBN 10: 1101986670

    At last, the full story behind Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman's epic romance, including stories, portraits, and the occasional puzzle, all telling the smoldering tale that has fascinated Hollywood for almost two decades.  Featuring anecdotes, ... more

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  • Cover image of book Me. You. Not a Diary by Dawn French
    Me. You. Not a Diary - by Dawn French

    £8.99   paperback   (2018) - ISBN 13: 9780241373705 | ISBN 10: 0241373700

    Me You is a pocket diary without the diary part. Or the pocket.   Me. You. Not a Diary is everything you loved about the original but without the calendar pages. To keep a working diary alongside Dawn, we recommend the hardback edition of Me. ... more

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  • Cover image of book My Teenage Diary: Adolescent Musings from the Hit BBC Radio 4 Series by Harriet Jaine
    My Teenage Diary: Adolescent Musings from the Hit BBC Radio 4 Series - by Harriet Jaine

    £12.99   hardback   (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781785943362 | ISBN 10: 1785943367

    Ever wanted to pick the lock of a celebrity’s teenage diary?   My Teenage Diary is a Radio 4 comedy show hosted by Rufus Hound featuring celebrities reading and discussing extracts from their teenage diaries. Collected together for the first ... more

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  • Cover image of book How Not To Be a Boy by Robert Webb
    How Not To Be a Boy - by Robert Webb

    £9.99   paperback   (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781786890115 | ISBN 10: 1786890119

    “It sounded to me that to be a gentleman, you needed both manners and bravery. And that thought was horribly fascinating. Because I thought only wimps needed manners. And only tough guys were brave”   Following Peep Show, and alongside Back, t ... more

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  • Cover image of book Parsnips, Buttered: How to win at modern life, one email at a time by Joe Lycett
    Parsnips, Buttered: How to win at modern life, one email at a time - by Joe Lycett

    £9.99   paperback   (2017) - ISBN 13: 9781473640436 | ISBN 10: 1473640431

    A selection of funny letters, emails, tweets and other correspondence in which Joe offers readers his own unique approach to tackling the frustrations, injustices and ridiculousness of modern day life.  **THE BRILLIANT & IRREVERENT GUIDE FROM ... more

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  • Cover image of book Five Get Gran Online by Bruno Vincent
    Five Get Gran Online - by Bruno Vincent

    £7.99   hardback   (2017) - ISBN 13: 9781786483867 | ISBN 10: 1786483866

    The Five go north to see their grandmother - Granny Barnard - who they haven't caught up with for many years, since she remarried. She is alone over the Easter weekend and so the Five decide to look after and reconnect.  They're shocked to find ... more

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  • Cover image of book I Wonder What I
    I Wonder What I'm Thinking About? - by Moose Allain

    £20.00   hardback   (2017) - ISBN 13: 9781783523689 | ISBN 10: 1783523689

    An illustrated insight into the world of the artist, cartoonist and prolific tweeter. "I wonder what I'm thinking about? As an artist people sometimes ask me what my work is like (particularly if they haven't seen it…). It's a question that ... more

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  • Cover image of book From Frazzled to Fabulous: How to Juggle a Successful Career, Fatherhood,
    From Frazzled to Fabulous: How to Juggle a Successful Career, Fatherhood, 'Me-Time' and Looking Good - by The Man Who Has It All

    £9.99   hardback   (2016) - ISBN 13: 9780593077863 | ISBN 10: 0593077865

    In this inspirational book drawn from the hugely popular Twitter and Facebook accounts, the Man Who Has It All helps men to nurture opinions of their own, make time to smile and choose between a career or baby. From Frazzled to Fabulous includes word ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Apocalypedia: A Utopian Guide to What Is and What Isn
    The Apocalypedia: A Utopian Guide to What Is and What Isn't - by Darren Allen

    £14.99   hardback   (2016) - ISBN 13: 9780857844057 | ISBN 10: 0857844059

    Encyclopaedias and dictionaries are often boring, of no help when it comes to secretly filling train carriages with subversive balloons and they rarely manage to offend everyone. Lexicographers assume that language is a big machine that you need an i ... more

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  • Cover image of book We Learn at Home: Dung Beetle Book 1b by Miriam Elia
    We Learn at Home: Dung Beetle Book 1b - by Miriam Elia

    £7.99   hardback   (2016) - ISBN 13: 9780992834999 | ISBN 10: 0992834996

    In book 1b of the Dung Beetle Learning series We Learn at Home, Mummy takes John and Susan out of their local school to be re-educated at home, and introduce to their young minds a new, alternative world view.  In order to do so, Mummy will ground a ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Ladybird Book of Mindfulness by Jason Hazeley and Joel Morris
    The Ladybird Book of Mindfulness - by Jason Hazeley and Joel Morris

    £6.99   hardback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9780718183523 | ISBN 10: 0718183525

    This delightful book is the latest in the series of Ladybird books which have been specially planned to help grown-ups with the world about them.   The large clear script, the careful choice of words, the frequent repetition and the thoughtful ... more

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  • Cover image of book Carsick by John Waters
    Carsick - by John Waters

    £8.99   paperback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781472118936 | ISBN 10: 1472118936

    From the Pope of Trash himself, John Waters, Carsick is his hilarious (if not always 100% true) account of hitchhiking fearlessly into the heart of middle America. John Waters is putting his life on the line. Armed with wit, a pencil-thin moustache ... more

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  • Cover image of book Subversive Cross Stitch: 50 F*cking Clever Designs For Your Sassy Side by Julie Jackson
    Subversive Cross Stitch: 50 F*cking Clever Designs For Your Sassy Side - by Julie Jackson

    £11.99   hardback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781576877555 | ISBN 10: 1576877558

    Subversive Cross Stitch: 50 F*cking Clever Designs For Your Sassy Side invites stitchers of all levels to fully express their bad-ass crafty selves, whether they need to release their inner curmudgeon or let fly with a witty insult.   With al ... more

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  • Cover image of book Let
    Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls - by David Sedaris

    £9.99   paperback   (2014) - ISBN 13: 9780349119427 | ISBN 10: 0349119422

    A new roundup of personal essays from the No. 1 bestselling writer named by Time as America's Favourite Humorist. A guy walks into a bar... From here the story could take many turns. A guy walks into a bar and meets the love of his life. A guy ... more

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  • Cover image of book A Twitter Year: 365 Days in 140 Characters by Kate Bussmann
    A Twitter Year: 365 Days in 140 Characters - by Kate Bussmann

    £10.00   hardback   (2011) - ISBN 13: 9781408828472 | ISBN 10: 1408828472

    Where can you find first-hand accounts of the Arab Spring, Japan's nuclear disaster or the Norwegian atrocities? Thousands flouting celebrity superinjunctions? X-rated snaps of politicians? A babysitter mistaken for a cricket match? Or Darth Vader's ... more

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  • Cover image of book Great British Losers: Brazen Bunglers and Heroic Failures by Gordon Kerr
    Great British Losers: Brazen Bunglers and Heroic Failures - by Gordon Kerr

    £9.99   hardback   (2011) - ISBN 13: 9781905847563 | ISBN 10: 1905847564

    Everyone knows we're a nation obsessed with runners-up and near-missers, that we find failure heroic and success boring, if not downright rude.  In this hilarious, fact-packed and up-to-date compendium, vintage losers such as Ethelred 'the ... more

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  • Cover image of book Read This Next: And Discover Your 500 New Favourite Books by Sandra Newman and Howard Mittlemark
    Read This Next: And Discover Your 500 New Favourite Books - by Sandra Newman and Howard Mittlemark

    £9.99   paperback   (2010) - ISBN 13: 9781846143724 | ISBN 10: 1846143721

    In 2009 it was How NOT to Write a Novel ('A hilarious, wickedly observed and deeply useful guide' Observer). In 2010 it's Read This Next - Sandra Newman and Howard Mittlemark have written the perfect book for anyone who has ever struggled to choose w ... more

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  • Cover image of book When I Were A Lad... Snapshots from a Time That Health and Safety Forgot by Andrew Davies
    When I Were A Lad... Snapshots from a Time That Health and Safety Forgot - by Andrew Davies

    £9.99   paperback   (2010) - ISBN 13: 9781907554001 | ISBN 10: 1907554009

    Ah, the past. A time when children could play in the snow without a helmet, crampons and a risk assessment report. When footballs were made from rhino hide and cricket was played with one pad, if you were lucky.   When I Were a Lad... looks a ... more

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  • Cover image of book Twitterature: The World
    Twitterature: The World's Greatest Books Retold Through Twitter - by Alexander Aciman and Emmett Rensin

    £7.99   paperback   (2009) - ISBN 13: 9780141047713 | ISBN 10: 0141047712

    Perhaps you once asked yourself, What exactly is Hamlet trying to tell me? Why must he mince his words, muse in lyricism and, in short, whack about the shrub? No doubt such troubling questions would have been swiftly resolved were the Prince of Den ... more

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  • Cover image of book Simon
    Simon's Cat - by Simon Tofield

    £14.99   hardback   (2009) - ISBN 13: 9781847674814 | ISBN 10: 184767481x

    With over 20 million hits on YouTube in little over a year, Simons Cat is a genuine word-of-mouth phenomenon. Fans from all over the world have fallen for this adorable but anarchic feline who will do just about anything to be fed. This autumn, S ... more

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  • Cover image of book In Search of the English Eccentric by Henry Hemming
    In Search of the English Eccentric - by Henry Hemming

    £11.99   paperback   (2009) - ISBN 13: 9780719522222 | ISBN 10: 0719522226

    The English eccentric is under threat. In our increasingly homogenised society, these celebrated parts of our national identity are anomalies that may soon no longer fit. Or so it seems. On his entertaining and thought-provoking quest to discove ... more

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  • Cover image of book America Unchained by Dave Gormon
    America Unchained - by Dave Gormon

    £9.99   paperback   (2009) - ISBN 13: 9780091899370 | ISBN 10: 0091899370

    The plan was simple. Go to America. Buy a second-hand car. Drive coast-to-coast without giving any money to The Man. What could possibly go wrong?  Dismayed by the relentless onslaught of faceless American chains muscling in where local busin ... more

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  • Cover image of book Grumpy Old Women: The Official Handbook by Judith Holder
    Grumpy Old Women: The Official Handbook - by Judith Holder

    £7.99   paperback   (2006) - ISBN 13: 9780563493884 | ISBN 10: 0563493887

    Ok, enough is enough. Those Grumpy Old Men have had their turn at complaining and now the Grumpy Old Women are taking over. It's high time the world knew what struggles and trials they have to go through. Not only do they multi-task in double fi ... more

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  • Cover image of book Out of the Ordinary: True Tales of Everyday Craziness by Jon Ronson
    Out of the Ordinary: True Tales of Everyday Craziness - by Jon Ronson

    £9.99   paperback   (2006) - ISBN 13: 9780330448321 | ISBN 10: 0330448323

    Jon Ronson's subjects have included people who believe that goats can be killed by the power of a really hard stare, and men who belive that the world is ruled by twelve-foot lizard men. In Out of the Ordinary, a collection of his journalism from the ... more

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