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Books are listed in order of year of publication - newest titles are at the top. There are 238 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 Calvin and Hobbes Portable Compendium: Set 1 by Bill Watterson
    The Calvin and Hobbes Portable Compendium: Set 1 - by Bill Watterson

    £14.99   paperback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781524884970 | ISBN 10: 1524884979

    The first set of books collecting Bill Watterson's timeless Calvin and Hobbes comics in a compact, portable format designed to introduce the timeless adventures of a boy and his stuffed tiger to a new generation of readers. Featuring nearly 500 comic ... more

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  • Cover image of book Remainders of the Day: More Diaries from The Bookshop, Wigtown by Shaun Bythell
    Remainders of the Day: More Diaries from The Bookshop, Wigtown - by Shaun Bythell

    £10.99   paperback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781800812437 | ISBN 10: 1800812434

    Bookseller and bestselling author Shaun Bythell is back, and he has some thoughts about that Kindle you bought over lockdown.  The Bookshop in Wigtown is a bookworm's idyll - with thousands of books across nearly a mile of shelves, a real log ... more

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  • Cover image of book We See the Sights by Miriam Elia
    We See the Sights - by Miriam Elia

    £9.99   hardback   (2022) - ISBN 13: 9781739144203 | ISBN 10: 1739144201

    We see the sights follows Mummy, Susan and John on a jolly sightseeing trip of post covid London.  As our family re-emerge from two years of lockdown into the heart of their city, things have subtly changed. St Paul's cathedral is now St Primark ... more

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  • Cover image of book Britain
    Britain's Best Political Cartoons 2022 - by Tim Benson

    £14.99   paperback   (2022) - ISBN 13: 9781529153057 | ISBN 10: 1529153050

    In Britain's Best Political Cartoons 2022 the nation's finest satirists turn their eyes and their pens to the biggest, funniest and most poignant news stories of the year so far.  Bringing much needed humour to a tumultuous year in politics, this c ... more

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  • Cover image of book Victoria Wood: Unseen on TV by Victoria Wood and Jasper Rees (Editor)
    Victoria Wood: Unseen on TV - by Victoria Wood and Jasper Rees (Editor)

    £9.99   paperback   (2022) - ISBN 13: 9781398707474 | ISBN 10: 1398707473

    ‘There was none like her before and there’s been none like her since’ ~ Dawn French  In the five years since Victoria Wood’s death, one great sadness has been the realisation that we will never again be surprised by new material from he ... 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 Revenge of the Librarians by Tom Gauld
    Revenge of the Librarians - by Tom Gauld

    £16.99   hardback   (2022) - ISBN 13: 9781838858216 | ISBN 10: 1838858210

    A hilarious new comics collection from the New York Times bestselling cartoonist and illustrator – the perfect gift for all book lovers.  Confront the spectre of failure, the wraith of social media, and other supernatural enemies of the aut ... more

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  • Cover image of book And Away... by Bob Mortimer
    And Away... - by Bob Mortimer

    £9.99   paperback   (2022) - ISBN 13: 9781398505322 | ISBN 10: 1398505323

    The number one bestselling autobiography by national treasure Bob Mortimer.   Bob Mortimer's life was trundling along happily until suddenly in 2015 he was diagnosed with a heart condition that required immediate surgery and forced him to cancel ... 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 House Arrest: Pandemic Diaries by Alan Bennett
    House Arrest: Pandemic Diaries - by Alan Bennett

    £6.99   hardback   (2022) - ISBN 13: 9781800811928 | ISBN 10: 1800811926

    Reflections on Covid and confinement from the unparalleled pen of Alan Bennett.  4 March. HMQ pictured in the paper at an investiture wearing gloves, presumably as a precaution against Coronavirus. But not just gloves; these are almost gauntl ... 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 Warning: When I Am an Old Woman, I Shall Wear Purple by Jenny Joseph, illustrated by Lydia Coventry
    Warning: When I Am an Old Woman, I Shall Wear Purple - by Jenny Joseph, illustrated by Lydia Coventry

    £6.99   paperback   (2021) - ISBN 13: 9781788168182 | ISBN 10: 1788168186

    Voted Britain's favourite poem, 'Warning', written in 1961, is known and loved the world over for its message of old age as a time for indulgence and fun.   In the poem's respectable middle-aged woman, as she imagines herself in old age as a chee ... more

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  • Cover image of book A Library of Misremembered Books: When We
    A Library of Misremembered Books: When We're Searching for a Book but Have Forgotten the Title - by Marina Luz

    £9.99   hardback   (2021) - ISBN 13: 9781452171593 | ISBN 10: 1452171599

    How do you find a book when you can't recall the title... or the author? This homage to a common reader's dilemma is a gift the booklover in your life won't soon forget.   Readers know all too well the comedy and tragedy of forgetting the name of ... more

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  • Cover image of book 52 Times Britain was a Bellend: The History You Didn
    52 Times Britain was a Bellend: The History You Didn't Get Taught At School - by James Felton

    £7.99   paperback   (2021) - ISBN 13: 9780751582895 | ISBN 10: 0751582891

    Twitter hero James Felton brings you the painfully funny history of Britain you were never taught at school, fully illustrated and chronicling 52 of the most ludicrous, weird and downright 'baddie' things we Brits* have done to the world since time i ... more

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  • Cover image of book Pandemonium: Some Verses on the Current Predicament by Armando Iannucci
    Pandemonium: Some Verses on the Current Predicament - by Armando Iannucci

    £9.99   hardback   (2021) - ISBN 13: 9781408715086 | ISBN 10: 1408715082

    Tell, Mighty Wit, how the highest in forethought and, That tremendous plus, The Science, Saw off our panic and Globed vexation Until a drape of calmness furled around the earth And beckoned a new and greater normal into each life For which we g ... 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 From A to B: A Cartoon Guide to Getting Around by Bike by Dave Walker
    From A to B: A Cartoon Guide to Getting Around by Bike - by Dave Walker

    £12.99   hardback   (2021) - ISBN 13: 9781472976130 | ISBN 10: 1472976134

    More joyful cycling cartoons from the renowned Cycling Cartoonist.   Inside you'll find over 100 full-page cartoons that cast an affectionate eye over the delights and challenges of cycling: from everyday commuting to cycling adventures, and e ... more

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  • Cover image of book Frank Get The Door! ma feet are KILLIN me by Janey Godley, illustrated by Christina Connelly
    Frank Get The Door! ma feet are KILLIN me - by Janey Godley, illustrated by Christina Connelly

    £12.00   hardback   (2021) - ISBN 13: 9781910022146 | ISBN 10: 1910022144

    "Since lockdown began, people have woken up to Janey Godley’s comedy by the hundreds of thousands… [She] has provided much-needed relief throughout the coronavirus pandemic with her gallus Glesga interpretations which have been shared around the ... more

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  • Cover image of book Toksvig
    Toksvig's Almanac 2021: An Eclectic Meander Through the Historical Year - by Sandi Toksvig

    £14.99   hardback   (2020) - ISBN 13: 9781398701632 | ISBN 10: 1398701637

    'Toksvig's Almanac is intended merely as a starting point for your own discoveries. Find a fabulous (or infamous) woman mentioned and, please, go looking for more of her story. The names mentioned are merely temptations. Amuse-bouches for the mind, i ... more

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  • Cover image of book Department of Mind-Blowing Theories: Science Cartoons by Tom Gauld
    Department of Mind-Blowing Theories: Science Cartoons - by Tom Gauld

    £12.99   hardback   (2020) - ISBN 13: 9781786898050 | ISBN 10: 1786898055

    A dog philosopher questions what it really means to be a 'good boy'.  A virtual assistant and a robot-cleaner elope.  The undiscovered species and the theoretical particle face existential despair.   Just as he did with writers, p ... more

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  • Cover image of book F in Exams: Even More of the Best Test Paper Blunders by Richard Benson
    F in Exams: Even More of the Best Test Paper Blunders - by Richard Benson

    £6.99   paperback   (2020) - ISBN 13: 9781787835689 | ISBN 10: 1787835685

    Another year, another set of exams and another round of well-meaning students to provide us with our textbook mix of wisdom and wisecracks.  Bursting with yet more crazy and creative thinking, this book showcases an all-new selection of test pap ... more

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  • Cover image of book Jeremy Hardy Speaks Volumes: Words, Wit, Wisdom, One-Liners and Rants by Jeremy Hardy
    Jeremy Hardy Speaks Volumes: Words, Wit, Wisdom, One-Liners and Rants - by Jeremy Hardy

    £10.99   paperback   (2020) - ISBN 13: 9781529300369 | ISBN 10: 1529300363

    'Well good evening, my name is Jeremy Hardy and I'm a comedian who likes to make wry witty satirical observations about the society we live in - but I prefer to keep them to myself, thank you very much.'  Edited by his wife, Katie Barlow and his ... more

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  • Cover image of book 50 Things About Us: What We Really Need to Know About Britain by Mark Thomas
    50 Things About Us: What We Really Need to Know About Britain - by Mark Thomas

    £12.99   paperback   (2020) - ISBN 13: 9781912836550 | ISBN 10: 1912836556

    A fast and furiously funny journey through our national memory.  ‘Patriotism is often the point where history and advertising intersect, and it was that brand of nationalism that Rees-Mogg and Johnson attempted to sell. It is a brand that can o ... more

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  • Cover image of book F*ck Off, I
    F*ck Off, I'm Sewing: Swearing and Sewing That Will Have You in Stitches - by Profanity Embroidery Group

    £9.99   paperback   (2020) - ISBN 13: 9780750996051 | ISBN 10: 0750996056

    Once upon a time in the quiet coastal town of Whitstable, previously known for oysters and fingering, a bunch of (mostly) novice embroiderers but accomplished swearers came together to sew, drink and swear.   And amidst all the stitching and ... more

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  • Cover image of book A Snowflake
    A Snowflake's Guide to Christmas: How to Survive a Deeply Problematic Holiday - by Dave Skinner

    £9.99   paperback   (2020) - ISBN 13: 9781838952099 | ISBN 10: 1838952098

    Christmas is an ethical and political minefield. Luckily, this survival guide contains valuable advice on how to navigate the hazards of the holiday season.   Learn how to...  * launch a scathing dinner table takedown on your woefully ... more

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  • Cover image of book Bedtime Stories for Worried Liberals by Stuart Heritage
    Bedtime Stories for Worried Liberals - by Stuart Heritage

    £7.99   paperback   (2020) - ISBN 13: 9781788163385 | ISBN 10: 1788163389

    Anxious? Angry? Waking up in the middle of the night to worry about plastic pollution, Brexit and why everything seems to be so horrible all the time? Thumb sore from scrolling through the Guardian news app, even though it makes you want to cry? &nbs ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Princess and the Prick: Fairytales for Feminists by Walburga Appleseed
    The Princess and the Prick: Fairytales for Feminists - by Walburga Appleseed

    £9.99   paperback   (2020) - ISBN 13: 9780008401108 | ISBN 10: 0008401101

    The Princess and the Prick is a feminist humour and gift book for adults.   May I kiss you, he said. She didn't answer. She was asleep. So he kissed her anyway.   Revisit childhood classics, but not as you remember them.  Fam ... more

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  • Cover image of book Britain
    Britain's Best Political Cartoons 2020 - by Tim Benson (Editor)

    £12.99   paperback   (2020) - ISBN 13: 9781786332509 | ISBN 10: 1786332507

    A cartoon companion to an unprecedented year in politics.   2020 will forever be remembered as the year of coronavirus: twelve months in which we collectively forgot about Brexit, to turn our attention to the NHS, furloughs and social distanc ... more

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  • Cover image of book Soviet Visuals by Varia Bortsova
    Soviet Visuals - by Varia Bortsova

    £12.99   paperback   (2020) - ISBN 13: 9781526628404 | ISBN 10: 1526628406

    A funny, nostalgic and strange glimpse at life behind the Iron Curtain - from the hit social media account with over 1 million followers.  WELCOME TO THE USSR  PARADE in the latest fashions!  MARVEL at the wonders of the space ... more

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  • Cover image of book Where
    Where's Dom? Join Dom Cummings On a Sightseeing Tour of Britain - by Izzy Missing

    £8.99   hardback   (2020) - ISBN 13: 9781787395824 | ISBN 10: 1787395820

    Can you find Dom and his friends as they travel around Britain on their lockdown adventures?   Dom Cummings has had a busy lockdown. From the Cheltenham Festival and his local VE Day street party, to the Downing Street Rose Garden via a cheeky Ba ... more

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  • Cover image of book Politically Correct Bedtime Stories by James Finn Garner
    Politically Correct Bedtime Stories - by James Finn Garner

    £8.99   hardback   (2020) - ISBN 13: 9781788165136 | ISBN 10: 1788165136

    In this bestselling classic, James Finn Garner has rewritten classic stories for more enlightened times; from Snow White's relationship with seven vertically challenged men, Little Red Riding Hood, her grandma and the cross-dressing wolf who set up a ... more

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  • Cover image of book Fangs (Graphic Novel) by Sarah Andersen
    Fangs (Graphic Novel) - by Sarah Andersen

    £9.99   hardback   (2020) - ISBN 13: 9781524860677 | ISBN 10: 1524860670

    A New York Times bestselling love story between a vampire and a werewolf by the creator of the enormously popular Sarah's Scribbles comics.  Elsie the vampire is three hundred years old, but in all that time, she has never met her match. This all ... 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 Tall Tales and Wee Stories by Billy Connolly
    Tall Tales and Wee Stories - by Billy Connolly

    £8.99   paperback   (2020) - ISBN 13: 9781529361360 | ISBN 10: 1529361362

    In December 2018, after fifty years of belly-laughs, energy and outrage, Billy Connolly announced his retirement from live stand-up comedy. It had been an extraordinary career.  When he first started out in the late sixties, Billy played the banj ... 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 Funny Ha, Ha: 80 of the Funniest Stories Ever Written by Paul Merton (Editor)
    Funny Ha, Ha: 80 of the Funniest Stories Ever Written - by Paul Merton (Editor)

    £15.00   paperback   (2020) - ISBN 13: 9781838939021 | ISBN 10: 1838939024

    The Sunday Times Humour Book of the Year.   80 of the funniest stories ever written, selected and introduced by Paul Merton. From Anton Chekhov to Ali Smith, from P.G. Wodehouse to Nora Ephron, the greatest writers are those who know how to l ... more

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  • Cover image of book Klopp Actually: (Imaginary) Life with Football
    Klopp Actually: (Imaginary) Life with Football's Most Sensible Heartthrob - by Laura Lexx

    £9.99   hardback   (2020) - ISBN 13: 9781529348217 | ISBN 10: 1529348218

    A hilarious diary of married life with the sensible, no-nonsense man of all our dreams: Jurgen Klopp, from critically-acclaimed comedian and Twitter sensation Laura Lexx.  Inspired by the viral tweet: 'If I ever met Jurgen Klopp I'd say "omg ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Little Girl Who Gave Zero Fucks by Amy Kean and J Milton
    The Little Girl Who Gave Zero Fucks - by Amy Kean and J Milton

    £9.99   paperback   (2020) - ISBN 13: 9781783529469 | ISBN 10: 1783529466

    A fairy tale of everyday bravery and beautifully illustrated feminist handbook for the modern day.  This is the story of a brave young girl, Elodie-Rose, who one day decides to change the world and keep all her fucks in her basket.  Waaaaaaa ... 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 Abject Quizzery: The Thoroughly Depressing Quiz Book by Karl Shaw
    Abject Quizzery: The Thoroughly Depressing Quiz Book - by Karl Shaw

    £12.99   hardback   (2019) - ISBN 13: 9781910400661 | ISBN 10: 1910400661

    SNUFF OUT YOUR INNER OPTIMIST AND JUSTIFY YOUR CONSTANT GLOOM WITH THE ULTIMATE QUIZ BOOK FOR THESE DEPLORABLE TIMES.  Contains 834 questions, all with dispiriting answers, such as: 1. At what age does the human brain begin to deteriorate? 2. ... more

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  • Cover image of book Last Night a Bidet Drenched My Wife... And Other Misheard Lyrics by @Trouteyes with Moose Allain
    Last Night a Bidet Drenched My Wife... And Other Misheard Lyrics - by @Trouteyes with Moose Allain

    £6.99   hardback   (2019) - ISBN 13: 9781788702126 | ISBN 10: 1788702123

    'Six o'clock already I was just in the middle of a dream. I was kissing Danny DeVito by a crystal blue Italian stream.' 'I was loooking for some action and all I found were cygnets and a waterfall.' 'When I get that feeling I need saxophone clean ... more

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  • Cover image of book Strange Planet by Nathan Pyle
    Strange Planet - by Nathan Pyle

    £12.99   hardback   (2019) - ISBN 13: 9781472269058 | ISBN 10: 1472269055

    Based on the phenomenally popular Instagram comic, a hilariously perceptive and hugely addictive look at an alien world not unlike our own.  From the mind of New York Times-bestselling author Nathan W. Pyle comes an adorable and profound univ ... more

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  • Cover image of book Born Lippy: How to Do Female by Jo Brand
    Born Lippy: How to Do Female - by Jo Brand

    £8.99   paperback   (2019) - ISBN 13: 9781473687738 | ISBN 10: 147368773x

    HOLD MY CHIPS, THE WOMEN ARE REVOLTING! A darkly funny guide to life as a woman from Britain's favourite comedian.  Sometimes it's hard to be a woman and sometimes it's time to be a hard woman... This is a book for all those times.  Once upon ... more

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  • Cover image of book How To Be Right: In a World Gone Wrong by James O’Brien
    How To Be Right: In a World Gone Wrong - by James O’Brien

    £8.99   paperback   (2019) - ISBN 13: 9780753553121 | ISBN 10: 0753553120

    Every day, James O’Brien listens to people blaming hard-working immigrants for stealing their jobs while scrounging benefits, and pointing their fingers at the EU and feminists for destroying Britain. But what makes James’s daily LBC show such es ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Older Person
    The Older Person's Guide to New Stuff - by Mark Leigh

    £9.99   hardback   (2019) - ISBN 13: 9781472142375 | ISBN 10: 1472142373

    THE PERFECT GIFT FOR THE OLDER PERSON IN YOUR LIFE!  A handy guide for anyone who says, ‘The Facebook’ or ‘The Google’ or who asks, ‘Do they deliver emails on Sunday?’ This is a book for the elderly and not-so-elderly who are bamb ... more

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  • Cover image of book I
    I'm a Joke and So Are You: Reflections on Humour and Humanity - by Robin Ince

    £8.99   paperback   (2019) - ISBN 13: 9781786492616 | ISBN 10: 178649261x

    Evening Standard’s the Best Comedy Books of the Year, 2018 Skinny’s Book of the Year, 2018   What better way to understand ourselves than through the eyes of comedians – those who professionally examine our quirks on stage daily? In this ... more

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  • Cover image of book Toxic Femininity in the Workplace: Office Gender Politics Are a Battlefield by Ginny Hogan
    Toxic Femininity in the Workplace: Office Gender Politics Are a Battlefield - by Ginny Hogan

    £12.99   hardback   (2019) - ISBN 13: 9780062881229 | ISBN 10: 0062881221

    If there’s one thing we can agree on in a post-Trump America, it’s that sexism exists. While there are myriad books on female friendship in the marketplace, Toxic Femininity is the first book on the special relationship between female coworkers a ... more

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  • Cover image of book Straight Outta Crawley: Memoirs of a Distinctly Average Human Being by Romesh Ranganathan
    Straight Outta Crawley: Memoirs of a Distinctly Average Human Being - by Romesh Ranganathan

    £8.99   paperback   (2019) - ISBN 13: 9780552173704 | ISBN 10: 0552173703

    THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER   Straight Outta Crawley is the hilarious and irreverent autobiography from comedian Romesh Ranganathan.  At the age of 9, Romesh Ranganathan delivered his first ever stand-up set at a Pontin's holiday camp talent c ... more

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  • Cover image of book A Ladybird Book About Donald Trump by Jason Hazeley and Joel Morris
    A Ladybird Book About Donald Trump - by Jason Hazeley and Joel Morris

    £7.99   hardback   (2019) - ISBN 13: 9780241422724 | ISBN 10: 0241422728

    A charming introduction to the President of the United States, the important jobs he has to do, and the friends he's made all over the world.   'Anyone can grow up to become the President. Or they can become President first and think about gr ... more

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  • Cover image of book This Book Is Literally Just Pictures of Cute Animals That Will Make You Feel Better by Smith Street Books
    This Book Is Literally Just Pictures of Cute Animals That Will Make You Feel Better - by Smith Street Books

    £9.99   hardback   (2019) - ISBN 13: 9781925811186 | ISBN 10: 1925811182

    This zoological odyssey documents the cutest, cuddliest and silliest animals of all time, to brighten up the days of us mere humans across the world.  As its name subtly suggests, this book features 90 pictures of excessively cute animals. Th ... more

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  • Cover image of book Think Like a White Man: Conquering the World... While Black by Dr Boulé Whytelaw III and Nels Abbey
    Think Like a White Man: Conquering the World... While Black - by Dr Boulé Whytelaw III and Nels Abbey

    £12.99   hardback   (2019) - ISBN 13: 9781786894342 | ISBN 10: 1786894343

    A bold, satirical humour book on how to achieve success like a Great White Male.  By following the White Man Commandments – namely, that winning justifies anything and everything – you too can achieve success beyond your capabilities.  Wi ... more

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  • Cover image of book East of Croydon: Blunderings through India and South East Asia by Sue Perkins
    East of Croydon: Blunderings through India and South East Asia - by Sue Perkins

    £8.99   paperback   (2019) - ISBN 13: 9781405938143 | ISBN 10: 1405938145

    Follow Sue Perkins' extraordinary adventures across southern Asia in this fabulously funny travelling tale.   'A few years ago I was asked if I'd like to make a documentary on the Mekong River, travelling from the vast delta in Vietnam to the rem ... more

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  • Cover image of book Funny, You Don
    Funny, You Don't Look Autistic: A Comedian's Guide to Life on the Spectrum - by Michael McCreary

    £9.99   paperback   (2019) - ISBN 13: 9781773212579 | ISBN 10: 1773212575

    Like many others on the autism spectrum, 20-something stand-up comic Michael McCreary has been told by more than a few well-meaning folks that he doesn't "look" autistic. But, as he's quick to point out in this memoir, autism "looks" different for ju ... more

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  • Cover image of book We Are Never Meeting in Real Life by Samantha Irby
    We Are Never Meeting in Real Life - by Samantha Irby

    £9.99   paperback   (2019) - ISBN 13: 9780571349814 | ISBN 10: 0571349811

    If you haven’t already heard of Samantha Irby... where have you been?   In this painfully funny collection, Samantha Irby captures powerful emotional truths while chronicling the rubbish bin she calls her life. From an ill-fated pilgrimage t ... 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 Some Old Bloke: Recollections, Obsessions and the Joys of Blokedom by Robert Llewellyn
    Some Old Bloke: Recollections, Obsessions and the Joys of Blokedom - by Robert Llewellyn

    £16.99   hardback   (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781783526024 | ISBN 10: 1783526025

    When writer, comedian and Red Dwarf actor Robert Llewellyn's son scrawled a picture of him at Christmas and titled it 'Some Old Bloke', Robert was cast deep into thought about life and what it means to be a bloke and an old one at that.   In t ... more

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  • Cover image of book And Then God Created the Middle East and Said
    And Then God Created the Middle East and Said 'Let There Be Breaking News' - by Karl reMarks

    £6.99   paperback   (2018) - ISBN 13: 9780863569029 | ISBN 10: 0863569021

    'You may wonder why the Middle East gets so much airtime. Well, regions of the world were competing to host the apocalypse and the Middle East won.’   Online sensation Karl reMarks disagreed with the idea that reality had become too strange ... more

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  • Cover image of book What the Fuck! by Luster (Editor)
    What the Fuck! - by Luster (Editor)

    £9.00   paperback   (2018) - ISBN 13: 9789460582271 | ISBN 10: 9460582273

    A collection of astonishing photos from around the world, which the editors stumbled upon during their many hours on the world wide web. The book is a cross between a cabinet of curiosities and a documentary on the human species, offering a unique in ... more

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  • Cover image of book F in Exams: School Memes by Richard Benson
    F in Exams: School Memes - by Richard Benson

    £7.99   hardback   (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781786852557 | ISBN 10: 1786852551

    When you have endless exams to prepare for, the assignment you wrote has genuinely been eaten by the dog and you’re forced to wear the lost-property PE kit because yours is in the wash, life can become a little overwhelming. For all the times you ... more

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  • Cover image of book The World Cup Of Everything by Richard Osman
    The World Cup Of Everything - by Richard Osman

    £8.99   paperback   (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781473667273 | ISBN 10: 1473667275

    A fantastically funny book for all the family from much-loved TV personality Richard Osman.  In The World Cup Of Everything Richard Osman* gives you and your friends the chance to vote on some of the most controversial, and funniest arguments of ... 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 F in Exams: Back Again with More of the Funniest Exam Paper Blunders by Richard Benson
    F in Exams: Back Again with More of the Funniest Exam Paper Blunders - by Richard Benson

    £6.99   paperback   (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781786857255 | ISBN 10: 1786857251

    What was Sir Isaac Newton famous for? He invented gravity.   Another year has passed, which means more exams have been sat and more silly answers have been given by the children of our future. To make sure these hilarious blunders won’t be ... more

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  • Cover image of book Britain
    Britain's Best Political Cartoons 2018 - by Tim Benson

    £12.99   paperback   (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781847948342 | ISBN 10: 1847948340

    A blockbuster collection of the year’s funniest political cartoons, featuring the work of Mac, Steve Bell, Peter Brookes and many more...   2018 was the year that Brexit got serious, royals got married, football got (briefly) feverish, and Trump ... more

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  • Cover image of book We Do Christmas: A Dung Beetle Book by Miriam Elia
    We Do Christmas: A Dung Beetle Book - by Miriam Elia

    £8.99   hardback   (2018) - ISBN 13: 9780992834975 | ISBN 10: 099283497x

    In the latest in the Dung Beetle Learning series, Mummy, John and Susan are taken on a thrilling Christmas adventure.   “Come with me,” says Father Christmas, “and I will show you the magic of kindness.” “And I will undermine your vicio ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Snooty Bookshop: Fifty Literary Postcards by Tom Gauld
    The Snooty Bookshop: Fifty Literary Postcards - by Tom Gauld

    £12.99   card deck   (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781786891525 | ISBN 10: 1786891522

    A hilarious collection of fifty postcards celebrating multi-award-winning cartoonist Tom Gauld’s iconic Guardian comics – the perfect gift for book lovers everywhere.  Tom Gauld has created countless iconic strips for the Guardian over th ... more

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  • Cover image of book I, Maybot: The Rise and Fall by John Crace
    I, Maybot: The Rise and Fall - by John Crace

    £7.99   paperback   (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781783351596 | ISBN 10: 1783351594

    Ever since Theresa May first whirred into inaction as prime minister, there has only been one reliable source of strength and stability: John Crace's political sketches for the Guardian. These doses of biting satire not only provided much-needed resp ... more

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  • Cover image of book Cats on Catnip by Andrew Marttila
    Cats on Catnip - by Andrew Marttila

    £9.99   hardback   (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781472142672 | ISBN 10: 1472142675

    Cats enjoying catip! Professional animal photographer Andrew Marttila has captured wonderful split-second images of a variety of cats enjoying catnip (Nepeta cataria), which contains the oil nepetalactone. This non-addictive, harmless stimulant produ ... 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 The Grip of Film by Richard Ayoade
    The Grip of Film - by Richard Ayoade

    £9.99   paperback   (2018) - ISBN 13: 9780571316564 | ISBN 10: 0571316565

    Gordy LaSure’s passionate about film. He eats film, he drinks film, and sometimes he’ll even watch a film. But most of all he loves talking to people about film: whether a comely student with low confidence and a father complex, a Studio ‘devel ... more

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  • Cover image of book How To Be Champion by Sarah Millican
    How To Be Champion - by Sarah Millican

    £7.99   paperback   (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781409174325 | ISBN 10: 1409174328

    Sarah Millican's autobiography will make you laugh, feel normal and probably sniff your leggings.   Hilarious, heartwarming and inspirational, this is the number 1 Sunday Times bestselling autobiography by comedian Sarah Millican. The funniest ... 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 Text, Don
    Text, Don't Call: An Illustrated Guide to the Introverted Life - by INFJoe

    £11.99   paperback   (2018) - ISBN 13: 9780143130789 | ISBN 10: 0143130781

    An illustrated guide to the challenges and pleasures of the introverted life.   Introversion is “in.” But there are still many misconceptions about introverts in the world. They’re shy. Anti-social. They don’t want to have close relationsh ... more

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  • Cover image of book Ginger Pride: A Red-Headed History of the World by Tobias Anthony
    Ginger Pride: A Red-Headed History of the World - by Tobias Anthony

    £9.99   hardback   (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781925418651 | ISBN 10: 1925418650

    Carrot-top. Ranga. Ronald. Rusty. Fire-crotch. Red.   Given redheads only make up two per cent of the global population, why has society dedicated itself to inventing ever-more insulting nicknames for them?  It’s obvious: jealousy.   ... more

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  • Cover image of book Notes from the Sofa by Raymond Briggs
    Notes from the Sofa - by Raymond Briggs

    £8.99   paperback   (2017) - ISBN 13: 9781783524167 | ISBN 10: 1783524162

    From the beloved and bestselling author of The Snowman comes his first book in ten years: a charming and beautifully illustrated work for adults. In Notes from the Sofa, Raymond Briggs traces the course of his life in a series of wonderfully observed ... more

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  • Cover image of book Shabby: The Jolly Good British Guide to Stress-Free Living by Emlyn Rees and Josie Lloyd
    Shabby: The Jolly Good British Guide to Stress-Free Living - by Emlyn Rees and Josie Lloyd

    £9.99   hardback   (2017) - ISBN 13: 9781472127297 | ISBN 10: 1472127293

    From the creators of the bestselling parodies We're Going on a Bar Hunt, The Very Hungover Caterpillar and The Teenager Who Came to Tea.   Shabby - because there is no word for Hygge in English.   We all know Shabby when we see it. It's ... more

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  • Cover image of book How it Works: The Baby (Ladybird for Grown-Ups) by Jason Hazeley and Joel Morris
    How it Works: The Baby (Ladybird for Grown-Ups) - by Jason Hazeley and Joel Morris

    £7.99   hardback   (2017) - ISBN 13: 9780718188634 | ISBN 10: 0718188632

    The perfect gift for those deluded fools who are expecting a little miracle...  Allyce is taking Rainbeau to a local mother-and-baby group. It takes her forty five minutes to pack the bag with the change mat, nappies, wipes, nappy bags Sudocr ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Book of Barb: A Celebration of Stranger Things
    The Book of Barb: A Celebration of Stranger Things' Iconic Wing Woman - by Nadia Bailey

    £9.99   paperback   (2017) - ISBN 13: 9781925418477 | ISBN 10: 1925418472

    For the Barb in all of us.   In Stranger Things, Barb was a nerdy, faithful underdog – a minor character no one expected to break the internet. But Barb resonated with us – the chill, bespectacled BFF and her unjust abandonment hit a colle ... more

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  • Cover image of book The
    The 'Call Yourself British?' Quiz Book - by Michael Odell

    £9.99   hardback   (2017) - ISBN 13: 9780857525413 | ISBN 10: 0857525417

    Find out just how British you jolly well are: 500 multiple choice questions based on the Home Office Citizenship test.  Can you beat the 51% of British 18- to 24-year-olds who failed the test? Includes genuine, nationality-defining questions ... more

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  • Cover image of book F in Exams: Even More of the Best Test Paper Blunders by Richard Benson
    F in Exams: Even More of the Best Test Paper Blunders - by Richard Benson

    £6.99   paperback   (2017) - ISBN 13: 9781786852083 | ISBN 10: 178685208x

    Q: Define the term ‘antagonist’. A: Someone who tortures ants.   Q: What are levees? A: Expensive jeans.   Sharpen your pencils and have your rulers at the ready – it’s time for more F in Exams!  School years pass by a ... more

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  • Cover image of book Alan Partridge: Nomad by Alan Partridge
    Alan Partridge: Nomad - by Alan Partridge

    £8.99   paperback   (2017) - ISBN 13: 9781409156710 | ISBN 10: 1409156710

    The deeply personal follow-up to Alan Partridge's deeply personal autobiography, I, Partridge, charting the highs, lows and mediums of his one-man walking tour around (certain parts of) Britain.   In Alan Partridge: Nomad, Alan dons his boots, ... more

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  • Cover image of book 1,000 Unforgettable Senior Moments (Of Which We Could Remember Only 254) by Tom Friedman
    1,000 Unforgettable Senior Moments (Of Which We Could Remember Only 254) - by Tom Friedman

    £7.99   hardback   (2017) - ISBN 13: 9780761193678 | ISBN 10: 0761193677

    The president who left the nuclear launch codes in a suit at the dry cleaners. The novelist who put the orange juice outside and the kitten in the refrigerator. The Russian general who left home in full military dress ...minus his pants. The famous s ... more

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  • Cover image of book Britain
    Britain's Best Political Cartoons 2017 - by Tim Benson

    £12.99   paperback   (2017) - ISBN 13: 9781847948076 | ISBN 10: 1847948073

    Britain’s Best Political Cartoons 2017 offers a pictorial whistle-stop tour of a year in which, among many other things, Brexit became a way of life, the general election that wasn’t supposed to happen happened and the world became obsessed with ... 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 Don
    Don't Panic, I'm Islamic: How to Stop Worrying and Learn to Love the Alien Next Door - by Lynn Gaspard (Editor)

    £12.99   paperback   (2017) - ISBN 13: 9780863569999 | ISBN 10: 0863569994

    "Bursting with creativity, wit and intelligence"(Brian Eno) How can you tell if your neighbour is speaking Muslim? Is a mosque a kind of hedgehog? Can I get fries with that burka? You can’t trust the media any longer, but there’s no need to fr ... more

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  • Cover image of book Is Monogamy Dead? Rethinking Relationships in the 21st Century by Rosie Wilby
    Is Monogamy Dead? Rethinking Relationships in the 21st Century - by Rosie Wilby

    £10.99   paperback   (2017) - ISBN 13: 9781786154538 | ISBN 10: 1786154536

    In early 2013, comedian Rosie Wilby found herself at a crossroads with everything she'd ever believed about romantic relationships. When people asked, 'who's the love of your life?' there was no simple answer. Did they mean her former flatmate who sh ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Corbyn Colouring Book: #GE2017 Edition by James Nunn
    The Corbyn Colouring Book: #GE2017 Edition - by James Nunn

    £7.99   paperback   (2017) - ISBN 13: 9781910400654 | ISBN 10: 1910400653

    Comrades! Citizens!   Ready the pencil cases, arm yourselves with crayons, and prepare for revolution. The Corbyn Colouring Book has arrived.   Page after page of glorious line-drawings depicts The Leader in a variety of settings instructional ... more

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  • Cover image of book Content Provider: Selected Short Prose Pieces, 2011-2016 by Stewart Lee
    Content Provider: Selected Short Prose Pieces, 2011-2016 - by Stewart Lee

    £8.99   paperback   (2017) - ISBN 13: 9780571329038 | ISBN 10: 0571329039

    Over the last five years, often when David Mitchell has been on holiday, the comedian Stewart Lee has been attempting to understand modern Britain, and his own place in it, in a series of irregular newspaper columns. Will Scotland become the Promised ... more

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  • Cover image of book Five Lose Dad in the Garden Centre by Bruno Vincent
    Five Lose Dad in the Garden Centre - by Bruno Vincent

    £7.99   hardback   (2017) - ISBN 13: 9781786487551 | ISBN 10: 1786487551

    Enid Blyton's books are beloved the world over and The Famous Five have been the perennial favourite of her fans.   Now, in this new series of Enid Blyton for Grown-Ups, George, Dick, Anne, Julian and Timmy are keen to show Uncle Quentin what ... more

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  • Cover image of book Where the Wild Dads Went by Katie Blackburn, illustrated by Sholto Walker
    Where the Wild Dads Went - by Katie Blackburn, illustrated by Sholto Walker

    £10.99   hardback   (2017) - ISBN 13: 9780571332113 | ISBN 10: 0571332110

    The night Dad had a few cheeky ones after work, forgot the milk and tripped over the rubbish, Mum called him A Wild Thing and said "Don't mind me!" and spent the rest of the night on the phone...   In this hilarious, touching homage to Mauri ... more

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  • Cover image of book Miranda
    Miranda's Daily Dose of Such Fun! - by Miranda Hart

    £6.99   paperback   (2017) - ISBN 13: 9781473656451 | ISBN 10: 1473656451

    365 joy filled tasks to make your life more engaging, fun, caring and jolly   "There are little things we can all do that can make a huge difference to our lives and to the lives of those around us. Doing something jolly every day that you can lo ... more

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  • Cover image of book Animal: The Autobiography of a Female Body by Sara Pascoe
    Animal: The Autobiography of a Female Body - by Sara Pascoe

    £8.99   paperback   (2017) - ISBN 13: 9780571325245 | ISBN 10: 0571325246

    Take a funny and illuminating tour of the female body with award-winning comedian Sara Pascoe.   Women have so much going on, what with boobs and jealousy and menstruating and broodiness and sex and infidelity and pubes and wombs and jobs and memo ... more

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  • Cover image of book i-SPY Signs and Instructions: You Must Obey by Sam Jordison
    i-SPY Signs and Instructions: You Must Obey - by Sam Jordison

    £4.99   hardback   (2017) - ISBN 13: 9780008220693 | ISBN 10: 0008220697

    From Sam Jordison, author of the bestselling Crap Towns series, comes I-SPY for Grown-ups.  The I-SPY concept is very simple: it’s like the I spy with my little eye’ game, only instead of all the tedious stuff about something beginning with ... more

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  • Cover image of book Moranifesto by Caitlin Moran
    Moranifesto - by Caitlin Moran

    £8.99   paperback   (2017) - ISBN 13: 9780091949068 | ISBN 10: 0091949068

    �I�ve lived through ten iOS upgrades on my Mac � and that�s just something I use to muck about on Twitter. Surely capitalism is due an upgrade or two?�   When Caitlin Moran sat down to choose her favourite pieces for her new book she ... more

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  • Cover image of book What the Trump?! A Sane Person
    What the Trump?! A Sane Person's Guide to Surviving in the Age of Trump - by Steven S. Stevens

    £7.99   paperback   (2017) - ISBN 13: 9781911042785 | ISBN 10: 1911042785

    There is no getting away from it – the undisputed king of the comb-over Donald J. Trump is the 45th President of the USA. Love him? Step away from this book immediately. Loathe him? Read on.  Through a series of playfully mindful exercises we ... more

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  • Cover image of book I-SPY the UK: While It Lasts by Sam Jordison
    I-SPY the UK: While It Lasts - by Sam Jordison

    £4.99   hardback   (2016) - ISBN 13: 9780008220679 | ISBN 10: 0008220670

    From Sam Jordison, author of the bestselling Crap Towns series, comes I-SPY for Grown-ups.   The I-SPY concept is very simple: it’s like the I spy with my little eye’ game, only instead of all the tedious stuff about something beginning with ... more

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  • Cover image of book Tips for Actors by Fergus Craig
    Tips for Actors - by Fergus Craig

    £8.99   paperback   (2016) - ISBN 13: 9781786820297 | ISBN 10: 1786820293

    The perfect humorous gift for students, actors and anyone with an interest in theatre.  In the most important theatrical book of this or any other decade, twitter sensation @tips4actors gives you all the advice you need to take your acting to the ... more

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  • Cover image of book All Black Cats are Not Alike by Amy Goldwasser and Peter Arkle
    All Black Cats are Not Alike - by Amy Goldwasser and Peter Arkle

    £9.99   hardback   (2016) - ISBN 13: 9781452158716 | ISBN 10: 1452158711

    Every cat owner knows that no two cats are alike.  This pitch-perfect illustrated book proves this simple fact by diving whiskers first into the unique personality, charisma, and character of 50 real all-black cats. From Alfie, who "has no toler ... more

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  • Cover image of book How it Works: The Grandparent by Jason Hazeley and Joel Morris
    How it Works: The Grandparent - by Jason Hazeley and Joel Morris

    £6.99   hardback   (2016) - ISBN 13: 9780718184308 | ISBN 10: 0718184300

    A HILARIOUS, BRAND NEW BOOK IN THE PHENOMENAL LADYBIRDS FOR GROWN UPS SERIES, FOR AUTUMN 2016   How it Works: The Grandparent - a nugget of wisdom from bestselling authors Jason Hazeley and Joel Morris.  This delightful book is the lat ... 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 Five Go on a Strategy Away Day by Bruno Vincent
    Five Go on a Strategy Away Day - by Bruno Vincent

    £7.99   hardback   (2016) - ISBN 13: 9781786482242 | ISBN 10: 178648224x

    Enid Blyton's books are beloved the world over and The Famous Five have been the perennial favourite of her fans. Now, in this new series of Enid Blyton for Grown-Ups, George, Dick, Anne, Julian and Timmy confront a new challenge: what exactly is thi ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Bible According to Spike Milligan by Spike Milligan
    The Bible According to Spike Milligan - by Spike Milligan

    £8.99   paperback   (2016) - ISBN 13: 9780241978566 | ISBN 10: 0241978564

    The Bible According to Spike Milligan is an irreverent but very funny spoof of The Old Testament in which, in his own inimitable fashion, Spike Milligan gives his version of the best known biblical stories.   In the Bible, according to Spike Milli ... 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 Five Go Gluten-Free by Bruno Vincent
    Five Go Gluten-Free - by Bruno Vincent

    £7.99   hardback   (2016) - ISBN 13: 9781786482228 | ISBN 10: 1786482223

    Enid Blyton's books are beloved the world over and The Famous Five have been the perennial favourite of her fans. Now, in this new series of Enid Blyton for Grown-Ups, George, Dick, Anne, Julian and Timmy confront a new challenge: is it possible to g ... more

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  • Cover image of book OMFG! Why Parents Should (Still) Never Text! by Oscar Harris
    OMFG! Why Parents Should (Still) Never Text! - by Oscar Harris

    £5.99   paperback   (2016) - ISBN 13: 9781785300622 | ISBN 10: 1785300628

    Everyone knows that when parents get hold of a mobile phone the results are never good. Despite all their age and wisdom, they can never seem to get the art of texting quite right. Amidst awkward autocorrect fails and misunderstood acronyms, you can ... more

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  • Cover image of book eYE Marty: The Newly Discovered Autobiography of a Comic Genius by Marty Feldman
    eYE Marty: The Newly Discovered Autobiography of a Comic Genius - by Marty Feldman

    £9.99   paperback   (2016) - ISBN 13: 9781444792737 | ISBN 10: 1444792733

    The autobiography of a comic genius and godfather of surreal comedy.   Completed before he died, thirty years ago, this is the newly discovered autobiography of one of the most influential comedians of recent times, Marty Feldman.  Mar ... more

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  • Cover image of book Where
    Where's Warhol? - by Catherine Ingram, illustrated by Andrew Rae

    £9.95   hardback   (2016) - ISBN 13: 9781780677446 | ISBN 10: 1780677448

    Andy Warhol – Top of the Pops, devout Catholic, silver-wig wearer and now the star of Where’s Warhol?   Spot Warhol in the corridors of the Bauhaus or the Sistine Chapel as he and his famous friends pop up in 12 spectacles of art hist ... more

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  • Cover image of book We Go Out: Dung Beetle Book 1c by Miriam Elia
    We Go Out: Dung Beetle Book 1c - by Miriam Elia

    £7.99   hardback   (2016) - ISBN 13: 9780992834982 | ISBN 10: 0992834988

    In book 1c of the Dung Beetle Learning series, Mummy takes Susan and John out for an exciting day trip in London, as part of their new re-education programme.   Looking, thinking and re-evaluating the world around them is a crucial part of a child ... more

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

    £6.99   hardback   (2016) - ISBN 13: 9780718184377 | ISBN 10: 0718184378

    *A HILARIOUS, BRAND NEW BOOK IN THE PHENOMENAL LADYBIRDS FOR GROWN UPS SERIES, FOR AUTUMN 2016*  The Ladybird Book of the Meeting - a nugget of wisdom from bestselling authors Jason Hazeley and Joel Morris.  This delightful book is th ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Pie at Night: In Search of the North at Play by Stuart Maconie
    The Pie at Night: In Search of the North at Play - by Stuart Maconie

    £7.99   paperback   (2016) - ISBN 13: 9780091933821 | ISBN 10: 009193382x

    Factory, mine and mill. Industry, toil and grime. Its manufacturing roots mean we still see the North of England as a hardworking place. But, more than possibly anywhere else, the North has always known how to get dressed up, take itself out on the t ... more

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  • Cover image of book Thatcher Stole My Trousers by Alexei Sayle
    Thatcher Stole My Trousers - by Alexei Sayle

    £12.99   paperback   (2016) - ISBN 13: 9781408864548 | ISBN 10: 1408864541

    'What I brought to comedy was an authentic working-class voice plus a threat of genuine violence - nobody in Monty Python looked like a hard case who'd kick your head in.'  In 1971 comedians on the working men's club circuit imagined that they wo ... more

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  • Cover image of book Bill Bailey
    Bill Bailey's Remarkable Guide to British Birds - by Bill Bailey

    £20.00   hardback   (2016) - ISBN 13: 9781786483768 | ISBN 10: 1786483769

    A humorous and very personal guide written by Bill Bailey about his favourite British birds, complete with drawings, notes and cartoons by the comedian himself.  'When herons are spooked they have a habit of vomiting as a defence. Half-digest ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Actual One: How I Tried, and Failed, to Remain Twenty-Something for Ever by Isy Suttie
    The Actual One: How I Tried, and Failed, to Remain Twenty-Something for Ever - by Isy Suttie

    £8.99   paperback   (2016) - ISBN 13: 9781474600880 | ISBN 10: 1474600883

    Isy Suttie - writer, comedian and actress - on not quite being a grown-up "Isy Suttie turns the painful process of growing-up into something laugh-out-loud funny, and for that I could kiss her"(Bryony Gordon, author of The Wrong Knickers) "A cr ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl by Issa Rae
    The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl - by Issa Rae

    £9.99   paperback   (2016) - ISBN 13: 9781476749075 | ISBN 10: 1476749078

    In this universally accessible New York Times bestseller named for her wildly popular web series, Issa Rae waxes humorously on what it’s like to be unabashedly awkward in a world that regards introverts as hapless misfits and black as cool.   ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Feminist Activity Book by Gemma Correll
    The Feminist Activity Book - by Gemma Correll

    £7.99   paperback   (2016) - ISBN 13: 9781580056304 | ISBN 10: 158005630x

    Looking to smash the patriarchy and get your arts and crafts on? Want to have a laugh while taking down sexist stereotypes? Look no further than Gemma Correll's Feminist Activity Book, where your dress up doll can wear whatever she wants and the only ... more

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  • Cover image of book Spectacles: A Memoir by Sue Perkins
    Spectacles: A Memoir - by Sue Perkins

    £7.99   paperback   (2016) - ISBN 13: 9781405918558 | ISBN 10: 1405918551

    Spectacles is the hilarious, creative and incredibly moving memoir from much loved comedian, writer and presenter Sue Perkins. When I began writing this book, I went home to see if my mum had kept some of my stuff. What I found was that she had ... more

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  • Cover image of book Work Tends to Ruin Your Day by Cath Tate
    Work Tends to Ruin Your Day - by Cath Tate

    £7.99   paperback   (2016) - ISBN 13: 9781911042112 | ISBN 10: 1911042114

    In this brand-new title, part of her hugely popular ongoing series of hilarious gift books, Cath Tate, doyenne of the comedy greetings card, examines the world of work something we all have to do, although sometimes wed rather not! All the usual w ... more

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  • Cover image of book Seriously Funny: The Endlessly Quotable Terry Pratchett by Terry Pratchett
    Seriously Funny: The Endlessly Quotable Terry Pratchett - by Terry Pratchett

    £9.99   hardback   (2016) - ISBN 13: 9780857524300 | ISBN 10: 0857524305

    Ill be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when theres evidence of any thinking going on inside it.   The most quotable writer of our time, Terry Pratchetts unique brand of wit made him both a bestseller and an en ... more

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  • Cover image of book Festivals: A Survival Guide by Jo Hoare
    Festivals: A Survival Guide - by Jo Hoare

    £9.99   hardback   (2016) - ISBN 13: 9781909313873 | ISBN 10: 1909313874

    Every year when summer rolls around, millions of us sacrifice the joys of a comfortable bed and warm running water in favor of a weekend of debauchery in a field in the middle of nowhere. Whether you're planning a weekend hobnobbing with the A-lister ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Road to Little Dribbling: More Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson
    The Road to Little Dribbling: More Notes from a Small Island - by Bill Bryson

    £8.99   paperback   (2016) - ISBN 13: 9780552779838 | ISBN 10: 0552779830

    Twenty years ago, Bill Bryson went on a trip around Britain to celebrate the green and kindly island that had become his adopted country. The hilarious book that resulted, Notes from a Small Island, was taken to the nations heart and became the best ... more

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  • Cover image of book Texts from Jane Eyre: And Other Conversations with Your Favourite Literary Characters by Mallory Ortberg
    Texts from Jane Eyre: And Other Conversations with Your Favourite Literary Characters - by Mallory Ortberg

    £8.99   paperback   (2016) - ISBN 13: 9781472150752 | ISBN 10: 1472150759

    What if the greatest characters in literary history all carried around smartphones and typed out messages to each other? From the passive-aggressive to the clever, the strange, and the downright inappropriate, magnificent Mallory Ortberg gets to grip ... more

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  • Cover image of book A Book for Her by Bridget Christie
    A Book for Her - by Bridget Christie

    £8.99   paperback   (2016) - ISBN 13: 9780099590842 | ISBN 10: 0099590840

    Bridget Christie is a stand-up comedian, idiot and feminist. On the 30th of April 2012, a man farted in the Women's Studies Section of a bookshop and it changed her life forever.   A Book For Her details Christie's twelve years of anonymous t ... more

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  • Cover image of book Winnie-the-Pooh
    Winnie-the-Pooh's Little Book of Wisdom - by A.A. Milne

    £5.99   hardback   (2016) - ISBN 13: 9781405281270 | ISBN 10: 1405281278

    Winnie-the-Pooh's Little Book of Wisdom is a honeypot full of Wise Words and Useful Advice from the Bear of Very Little Brain. With topics ranging from the 'Art of Disguise' to 'Gastronomic Disappointment', this humorous book gives you Pooh's unique ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Entirely Accurate Encyclopaedia of Evolution by Robert Newman
    The Entirely Accurate Encyclopaedia of Evolution - by Robert Newman

    £11.99   hardback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781908885531 | ISBN 10: 190888553x

    In this witty, fact-packed A-Z, Robert Newman takes the reader on a whirlwind tour from caring, sharing vampire bats to intelligent slime-mould; from pacifist baboons to Richard Dawkins wrestling naked with his postman; from the invisibility cloak of ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Year of Living Danishly: Uncovering the Secrets of the World
    The Year of Living Danishly: Uncovering the Secrets of the World's Happiest Country - by Helen Russell

    £8.99   paperback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781785780233 | ISBN 10: 1785780239

    When she was suddenly given the opportunity of a new life in rural Jutland, journalist and archetypal Londoner Helen Russell discovered a startling statistic: the happiest place on earth isn't Disneyland, but Denmark, a land often thought of by forei ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Big Gay Alphabet Coloring Book by Jacinta Bunnell and Leela Corman
    The Big Gay Alphabet Coloring Book - by Jacinta Bunnell and Leela Corman

    £9.99   paperback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781629630922 | ISBN 10: 1629630926

    Grab your crayons and your backpack for a fantastical journey through The Big Gay Alphabet Coloring Book, sixty-four pages illustrating twenty-six words that highlight memorable victories and collective moments in LGBTQP (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Tran ... more

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  • Cover image of book Paul Sinha
    Paul Sinha's Real British Citizenship Test: Everything You Need to Know to Call Yourself British - by Paul Sinha

    £9.99   hardback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781910232293 | ISBN 10: 1910232297

    Since 2005, well over one million prospective immigrants have attempted to cement permanent residency in the UK by taking the Home Office-devised Life in the UK test. With questions such as What is the name of the admiral who died in a sea battle ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Teenager Who Came to Tea: A Parody by Emlyn Rees and Josie Lloyd, illustrated by Gillian Johnson
    The Teenager Who Came to Tea: A Parody - by Emlyn Rees and Josie Lloyd, illustrated by Gillian Johnson

    £9.99   hardback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781472121769 | ISBN 10: 1472121767

    But the teenager didn't take just one Pringle. He took a selfie of himself pouring a whole tube of them into his mouth, before sending it to his best mate, along with the letters LOL!   The bestselling authors of We're Going on a Bar Hunt and ... more

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  • Cover image of book Dead Funny: Encore by Johnny Mains and Robin Ince (Editors)
    Dead Funny: Encore - by Johnny Mains and Robin Ince (Editors)

    £8.99   hardback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781784630393 | ISBN 10: 178463039x

    What happens when mirth turns to murder? When the screams are not from joy, but flesh-ripping pain? Dead Funny: Encore is the second helping of monstrous tales from the brightest lights in UK comedy.   Award winners Robin Ince and Johnny Mains ... more

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  • Cover image of book Britain
    Britain's Best Political Cartoons: 2015 - by Tim Benson (Editor)

    £12.99   paperback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781847947635 | ISBN 10: 1847947638

    Britain's Best Political Cartoons 2015 is a compelling, razor-sharp and frequently hilarious collection of almost 200 of the year's most acerbic and insightful political cartoons.   All the highs and lows of the past year are covered: from ma ... more

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  • Cover image of book WTF: Why Parents Should Never Text by Anon
    WTF: Why Parents Should Never Text - by Anon

    £5.99   paperback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781845029920 | ISBN 10: 1845029925

    When parents get hold of a mobile phone for the first time, the results can be hilarious. Now, in WTF: Why Parents Should Never Text, the extent of their unbelievable lack of street cred is fully exposed.  This laugh-out-loud collection will mak ... 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 Surviving Ireland by Colm Tobin
    Surviving Ireland - by Colm Tobin

    £9.99   paperback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781848272132 | ISBN 10: 1848272138

    Its exhausting, being Irish. The constant self-flagellation is enough to put anybody off their breakfast.  Why are we so hard on ourselves? Is it the post-colonial overhang following centuries of oppression at the hands of a litany of foreign ... more

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  • Cover image of book Grumpy Cat: No-It-All: Everything You Need to No by Grumpy Cat
    Grumpy Cat: No-It-All: Everything You Need to No - by Grumpy Cat

    £8.99   hardback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781452149684 | ISBN 10: 1452149682

    Grumpy Cat is back with a mission: Teach the world to "NO" everything. She's collected all her least favorite things and can't wait to tell everyone what to think about them.   Grumpy Cat: No-It-All is packed with feel-good topics just begging ... more

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  • Cover image of book Switch It Off! by Emlyn Rees and Josie Lloyd
    Switch It Off! - by Emlyn Rees and Josie Lloyd

    £8.99   paperback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781472121783 | ISBN 10: 1472121783

    From the authors of We're Going on a Bar Hunt, the paper smartphone full of cool stuff to get you really connected with the people in your life... Bored of seeing everyone you know glued to their phones all the time? Feeling the need to get real ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Clown Manifesto by P. Nalle Laanela and Stacey Sacks
    The Clown Manifesto - by P. Nalle Laanela and Stacey Sacks

    £12.99   paperback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781783191192 | ISBN 10: 1783191198

    Part clown manual, part storytelling and part rant The Clown Manifesto covers the experiences, philosophies and methods of the clown performer/director/teacher Nalleslavski. A book for clowns, physical comedians, actors, musicians, jugglers, pu ... more

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  • Cover image of book Crazy Contraptions Colouring Book: A Wonderful Selection of Ingenious Images by W. Heath Robinson
    Crazy Contraptions Colouring Book: A Wonderful Selection of Ingenious Images - by W. Heath Robinson

    £6.99   paperback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781784045104 | ISBN 10: 1784045101

    Extraordinary complicated machines designed to perform the simplest and silliest of functions are the hallmark of the brilliant British cartoonist William Heath Robinson. This intriguing collection of drawings for you to colour in and customise ... more

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  • Cover image of book Ayoade on Ayoade: A Cinematic Odyssey by Richard Ayoade
    Ayoade on Ayoade: A Cinematic Odyssey - by Richard Ayoade

    £9.99   paperback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9780571316533 | ISBN 10: 0571316530

    In this book Richard Ayoade -- actor, writer, director, and amateur dentist -- reflects on his cinematic legacy as only he can: in conversation with himself. Over ten brilliantly insightful and often erotic interviews, Ayoade examines Ayoade ful ... more

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  • Cover image of book Thinking About it Only Makes it Worse: And Other Lessons from Modern Life by David Mitchell
    Thinking About it Only Makes it Worse: And Other Lessons from Modern Life - by David Mitchell

    £8.99   paperback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781783350575 | ISBN 10: 1783350571

    What's wrong with calling a burglar brave? Why are people so f***ing hung up about swearing? Why do the asterisks in that sentence make it okay? Why do so many people want to stop other people doing things, and how can they be stopped from stopping t ... more

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  • Cover image of book What the **** is Normal?! by Francesca Martinez
    What the **** is Normal?! - by Francesca Martinez

    £8.99   paperback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9780753555354 | ISBN 10: 0753555352

    What do you do when you're labelled abnormal in a world obsessed with normality? In a world where wrinkles are practically illegal, going bald is cause for mental breakdown, and women over size ten are encouraged to shoot themselves, what the **** do ... more

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  • Cover image of book Adventures in Stationery: A Journey Through Your Pencil Case by James Ward
    Adventures in Stationery: A Journey Through Your Pencil Case - by James Ward

    £8.99   paperback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781846686160 | ISBN 10: 1846686164

    From Bronze Age India to a Surrey Stationers via pencil wars and accidental inventions: a hilarious insight into the familiar yet unexpectedly bizarre world of stationery.   We are surrounded by stationery: half-chewed Cristal Bics and bent pa ... more

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  • Cover image of book Let
    Let's Re-Great Britain - by Al Murray

    £8.99   paperback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781405922104 | ISBN 10: 1405922109

    In Let's re-Great Britain, Al Murray's Pub Landlord sets out his party's vision for the country, and explains how politics actually works.   Citizens of Hope & Glory! It's time to bring common sense to the House of Commons.  Parliame ... 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 Humans: An A-Z by Matt Haig
    Humans: An A-Z - by Matt Haig

    £5.00   paperback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781782115427 | ISBN 10: 1782115420

    DO YOU A) Know a human? B) Love a human? C) Have trouble dealing with humans? IF YOU'VE ANSWERED YES TO ANY OF THE ABOVE, THIS BOOK IS FOR YOU Whether you are planning a high level of human interaction or just a casual visit to the planet ... more

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  • Cover image of book Knit Your Own Kama Sutra by Trixie Von Purl
    Knit Your Own Kama Sutra - by Trixie Von Purl

    £9.99   paperback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781845435943 | ISBN 10: 184543594x

    Today's knitters may be spoilt for choice when it comes to cutesy project books, but even the most enthusiastic needle crafters are likely to become tired of the same old dogs, cats, and farmyard animals after a while. Providing a delightfully refres ... more

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  • Cover image of book Very British Problems: Making Life Awkward for Ourselves, One Rainy Day at a Time by Rob Temple
    Very British Problems: Making Life Awkward for Ourselves, One Rainy Day at a Time - by Rob Temple

    £7.99   paperback   (2014) - ISBN 13: 9780751557039 | ISBN 10: 075155703x

    The new and updated paperback edition of Very British Problems. Now with extra awkwardness.  There's an epidemic sweeping the nation.  Symptoms include:  *Acute embarrassment at the mere notion of 'making a fuss' *Extreme awk ... more

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  • Cover image of book I, Migrant: A Comedian
    I, Migrant: A Comedian's Journey from Karachi to the Outback - by Sami Shah

    £12.99   paperback   (2014) - ISBN 13: 9781743319345 | ISBN 10: 1743319347

    Despite nearly being killed by a kangaroo and almost lynched and run out of town after his comedy was taken far too seriously, Sami Shah is very happy to be living in Australia. He has fronted his own satirical show on TV in Karachi, worked as a jour ... more

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  • Cover image of book I Used to Know That: Maths by Chris Waring
    I Used to Know That: Maths - by Chris Waring

    £5.99   paperback   (2014) - ISBN 13: 9781782432555 | ISBN 10: 1782432558

    If memories of learning algebra bring you out in a cold sweat and thoughts of quadratic equations cause you feelings of fear and dread, I Used to Know That: Maths can help. A light-hearted and informative reminder of the things that we learnt in scho ... more

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  • Cover image of book Shakespeare Insult Generator: Mix and Match More Than 150,000 Insults in the Bard
    Shakespeare Insult Generator: Mix and Match More Than 150,000 Insults in the Bard's Own Words - by Barry Kraft

    £8.99   hardback   (2014) - ISBN 13: 9781452127750 | ISBN 10: 1452127751

    Put dullards and miscreants in their place with more than 150,000 handy mix-and-match insults in the bards own words.   This entertaining insult generator and flip book collects hundreds of words from Shakespeares most pointed barbs and all ... more

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  • Cover image of book I Think I Can See Where You by Marc Burrows, illustrated by Tom Gould
    I Think I Can See Where You - by Marc Burrows, illustrated by Tom Gould

    £9.99   hardback   (2014) - ISBN 13: 9781783350674 | ISBN 10: 1783350679

    The Guardian publishes over forty thousand reader comments a day on its website. This is a miscellany of the best and most baffling thoughts from their witty, well-meaning readers. In the book, Guardian readers ponder the big questions ('Am I the onl ... more

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  • Cover image of book Bleak Expectations by Mark Evans
    Bleak Expectations - by Mark Evans

    £7.99   paperback   (2014) - ISBN 13: 9781472112583 | ISBN 10: 147211258x

    A brilliantly funny novel based on the Radio 4 series  Based on the beloved Radio 4 series, Bleak Expectations recounts the remarkable adventures of young Pip Bin as he tries to make his way in a world made all horrible by the machinations of h ... more

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  • Cover image of book 49 Things Not to Say to a Pregnant Woman by Kate Choyce
    49 Things Not to Say to a Pregnant Woman - by Kate Choyce

    £7.99   paperback   (2014) - ISBN 13: 9780956536839 | ISBN 10: 0956536832

    An insightful, clever and laugh-out-loud funny illustrated book, which is a perfect present for anyone that is, ever has been, or ever known anyone who is pregnant!   "Gosh, you don't look pregnant at all, expect from behind where you've got ... more

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  • Cover image of book H is for Hummus: A Modern Parent
    H is for Hummus: A Modern Parent's ABC - by Joel Rickett, illustrated by Spencer Wilson

    £6.99   paperback   (2014) - ISBN 13: 9780241971239 | ISBN 10: 0241971233

    A is for Apple, B is for Bear, C is for Cat... Z is for zzzzzz. Traditional ABC books just don't reflect the busy lives of today's toddlers. Far more useful to learn that A is for Allergy, B is for Babyccino, and C is for Controlled Crying. A ... more

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  • Cover image of book The ASBO Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Asbosen
    The ASBO Fairy Tales - by Hans Christian Asbosen

    £7.99   paperback   (2014) - ISBN 13: 9781782432548 | ISBN 10: 178243254x

    Sit back, relax and allow Hans Christian Asbosen to tell you fantastical stories of far-away lands. Once upon a time there lived ...   Hansel and Britney and their trail of Wotsits, Jack and the Weedstalk, Snow White and the Seven Dads and Blin ... more

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  • Cover image of book Older...But Not Wiser by Cath Tate
    Older...But Not Wiser - by Cath Tate

    £7.99   hardback   (2014) - ISBN 13: 9781909396388 | ISBN 10: 1909396389

    Don't worry about your age!  It changes every day anyway.  With more than 50 vintage photographs paired with witty captions, Cath Tate takes a long hard look at the aging process, showing what's worth celebrating and what to panic abo ... more

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  • Cover image of book Ultimate Signspotting by Lonely Planet
    Ultimate Signspotting - by Lonely Planet

    £6.99   paperback   (2014) - ISBN 13: 9781743604625 | ISBN 10: 1743604629

    Lonely Planet's original Signspotting books garnered phenomenal worldwide sales of over 300,000 copies. And now the world of gaffes and miscommunications is back with Ultimate Signspotting, a round-up of the world's most perplexing signs and garbled ... more

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  • Cover image of book Scotland
    Scotland's Jesus: The Only Officially Non-Racist Comedian - by Frankie Boyle

    £9.99   paperback   (2014) - ISBN 13: 9780007426843 | ISBN 10: 0007426844

    It's a funny book about the news, partly because it was decided that a pornographic book about Scottish Independence wouldn't really sell. In chapters ranging from International Politics to the Animal World, Scotland's Jesus is allowed the opportun ... more

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  • Cover image of book Something Nasty in the Slushpile by Sammy Looker
    Something Nasty in the Slushpile - by Sammy Looker

    £8.99   hardback   (2014) - ISBN 13: 9781472111029 | ISBN 10: 1472111028

    A hilarious and salutary rummage through the perils of the publisher's slushpile. Most publishers keep a 'slushpile' - the stack of unsolicited manuscripts which contains a large percentage of preposterous or frightening book proposals, which might ... more

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  • Cover image of book Monty Python at Work by Michael Palin
    Monty Python at Work - by Michael Palin

    £9.99   paperback   (2014) - ISBN 13: 9781848423602 | ISBN 10: 1848423608

    Drawn from his published diaries, this is Michael Palins account of the making of the Monty Python TV and stage shows, films, books and albums.   Monty Python at Work opens on 8th July 1969 with Michael Palins diary entry for the first day o ... more

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  • Cover image of book Manhood is a Serious Business by Cath Tate
    Manhood is a Serious Business - by Cath Tate

    £7.99   hardback   (2014) - ISBN 13: 9781909396395 | ISBN 10: 1909396397

    In the realm of amusing, deadpan greetings cards, Cath Tate is the original and best. In her thirty-year career she has created thousands of witty, original and often subversive cards, featuring grim-faced old ladies, ludicrously dressed 1920s gentle ... more

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  • Cover image of book House of Fun: 20 Glorious Years in Parliament by Simon Hoggart
    House of Fun: 20 Glorious Years in Parliament - by Simon Hoggart

    £10.99   paperback   (2014) - ISBN 13: 9781783350285 | ISBN 10: 1783350288

    Read about how John Major learned the English language from his time in Nigeria. There is Tony Blair, with his verb-free sentences which imply everything and promise nothing. Gordon Brown, the grumpiest prime minister of recent years, both Stalin and ... more

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  • Cover image of book Friends Are Cheaper than Therapy by Cath Tate
    Friends Are Cheaper than Therapy - by Cath Tate

    £7.99   hardback   (2014) - ISBN 13: 9781909396371 | ISBN 10: 1909396370

    In the realm of amusing, deadpan greetings cards, Cath Tate is the original and best. In her thirty-year career she has created thousands of witty, original and often subversive cards, featuring grim-faced old ladies, ludicrously dressed 1920s gentle ... more

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  • Cover image of book Bonkers: My Life in Laughs by Jennifer Saunders
    Bonkers: My Life in Laughs - by Jennifer Saunders

    £9.99   paperback   (2014) - ISBN 13: 9780241967263 | ISBN 10: 0241967260

    Bonkers: My Life in Laughs by Jennifer Saunders - the hilarious, touching life story of the iconic comedian and national treasure. Jennifer Saunders' comic creations have brought joy to millions. From Comic Strip to Comic Relief, from Bolly-swi ... more

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  • Cover image of book Going to Sea in a Sieve by Danny Baker
    Going to Sea in a Sieve - by Danny Baker

    £8.99   paperback   (2013) - ISBN 13: 9780753828939 | ISBN 10: 0753828936

    Comedy writer, journalist, radio DJ and screenwriter Danny Baker charts his 30 years in showbiz.  Danny Baker was born in Deptford, South East London in June 1957, and from an early age was involved in magazine journalism, with the founding o ... more

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  • Cover image of book Henri, Le Chat Noir: The Existential Mewsings of an Angst-Filled Cat by William Braden
    Henri, Le Chat Noir: The Existential Mewsings of an Angst-Filled Cat - by William Braden

    £8.99   hardback   (2013) - ISBN 13: 9780753541678 | ISBN 10: 075354167x

    The debut book from the winner of the Best Cat Video on the Internet award.   My name is Henri. I am a black cat. I live a life of luxury, but I am filled with ennui. My filtered water tastes impure and no food can satisfy the emptiness I feel ... more

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  • Cover image of book Glitzch! How Predictive Text Plays Havoc with British History by Hugh Kellett
    Glitzch! How Predictive Text Plays Havoc with British History - by Hugh Kellett

    £8.99   paperback   (2013) - ISBN 13: 9781909657212 | ISBN 10: 1909657212

    This is Britain rewritten in predictive text. One man and his mobile phone gremlin take on the people, institutions and events that have shaped this country, autocorrecting as they go and uncovering some shocking home truths.  So let's honour ou ... more

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  • Cover image of book New & Selected Potatoes by John Hegley
    New & Selected Potatoes - by John Hegley

    £12.00   paperback   (2013) - ISBN 13: 9781852249786 | ISBN 10: 1852249781

    Poet, comic, singer, songwriter and glasses-wearer, John Hegley has captivated and devastated audiences all over the country, in theatres and festivals, at gigs at the Edinburgh Festival, and with numerous appearances on radio and television.  T ... more

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  • Cover image of book Dead Interviews by Dan Crowe
    Dead Interviews - by Dan Crowe

    £12.99   hardback   (2013) - ISBN 13: 9781847088277 | ISBN 10: 1847088279

    These ingenious interviews will amuse, provoke and delight. Veering from the intensely serious to the wildly silly, Dead Interviews grants writers the chance to sit down with their heroes and flex their cerebral muscles, or simply indulge in some boo ... more

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

    £9.99   hardback   (2013) - ISBN 13: 9781909396227 | ISBN 10: 1909396222

    Awwww, the old days. A time when grime were fashionable, school sports a menace and exotic holidays were anywhere you couldnt cycle to.   Take a nostalgic trip back to a time before risk assessment and child welfare, when teachers could belt ... more

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  • Cover image of book Screw It! Traditional Male Skills That Every Woman Should Know by Aubrey Smith
    Screw It! Traditional Male Skills That Every Woman Should Know - by Aubrey Smith

    £9.99   hardback   (2013) - ISBN 13: 9781782431183 | ISBN 10: 1782431187

    Have you ever wondered how you'd survive without a man to attend to the odd jobs around the house? Have you ever wished you knew how to put up a shelf or check the oil in your car? And, more importantly, not have to call a man round? Then this is the ... more

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  • Cover image of book Darn It! Traditional Female Skills That Every Man Should Know by Sarah Williams
    Darn It! Traditional Female Skills That Every Man Should Know - by Sarah Williams

    £9.99   paperback   (2013) - ISBN 13: 9781782431176 | ISBN 10: 1782431179

    Have you ever wondered how you'd survive without your wife or girlfriend (or mum!) attending to those little tasks - such as mending, sewing and cleaning - that you should, rather embarrassingly, be able to do yourself? Have you ever wished you knew ... more

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  • Cover image of book Spinfluence: The Hardcore Propaganda Manual for Controlling the Masses by Nick McFarlane
    Spinfluence: The Hardcore Propaganda Manual for Controlling the Masses - by Nick McFarlane

    £9.95   paperback   (2013) - ISBN 13: 9781908211118 | ISBN 10: 1908211113

    Spinfluence will appeal to crooked politicians, media manipulators and corporate big-wigs alike, in fact anyone interested in how to exploit people for profit or power.  Covering fun techniques and tactics such as emotional hijacking, brainwashi ... more

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  • Cover image of book Tommy Cooper All in One Joke Book by Tommy Cooper, compiled by John Fisher
    Tommy Cooper All in One Joke Book - by Tommy Cooper, compiled by John Fisher

    £12.99   paperback   (2013) - ISBN 13: 9781848093126 | ISBN 10: 1848093128

    My wife is a magician, yesterday she turned our car into a tree.   A big white horse walks into a pub. The barman says, 'we have a drink named after you.' The horse says, 'what? Eric?'   I said, 'waiter, what's that in my soup?' he said ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Complete and Utter History of the World According to Samuel Stewart Aged 9 by Sarah Burton
    The Complete and Utter History of the World According to Samuel Stewart Aged 9 - by Sarah Burton

    £9.99   paperback   (2013) - ISBN 13: 9781780721835 | ISBN 10: 1780721838

    When his teacher sets the class a History project, Sam cannot choose which bit of History he prefers, so decides to do ALL OF IT. His version of History is a rumbustious collection of half-remembered facts, assembled roughly in the right order, ... more

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  • Cover image of book Is it Just Me? by Miranda Hart
    Is it Just Me? - by Miranda Hart

    £9.99   paperback   (2013) - ISBN 13: 9781444734164 | ISBN 10: 1444734164

    Well hello to you dear browser. Now 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 horror ... more

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  • Cover image of book Point Your Face at This by Demetri Martin
    Point Your Face at This - by Demetri Martin

    £12.99   paperback   (2013) - ISBN 13: 9781846147067 | ISBN 10: 1846147069

    From Perrier Award-winning comedian, Demetri Martin, Point Your Face At This is an eclectic volume of his trademark humour, drawings, one-liners and palindromes.   In his first book, This Is a Book, Demetri Martin introduced fans and readers ... more

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  • Cover image of book Camp David by David Walliams
    Camp David - by David Walliams

    £9.99   paperback   (2013) - ISBN 13: 9780241957721 | ISBN 10: 0241957729

    It's time to get serious with Britain's favourite funny man - Camp David, by David Walliams.   David Walliams has been the camp aide to the Prime Minister, the rubbish transvestite and the long-suffering wheelchair pusher for an able-bodied ... more

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  • Cover image of book Moranthology by Caitlin Moran
    Moranthology - by Caitlin Moran

    £9.99   paperback   (2013) - ISBN 13: 9780091940898 | ISBN 10: 0091940893

    Possibly the only drawback about the bestselling How To Be A Woman was that its author, Caitlin Moran, was limited to pretty much one subject: being a woman. Moranthology is proof that Caitlin can actually be quite chatty about many other thing ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Diary of Edward the Hamster, 1990 to 1990 by Miriam Elia and Ezra Elia
    The Diary of Edward the Hamster, 1990 to 1990 - by Miriam Elia and Ezra Elia

    £6.99   hardback   (2012) - ISBN 13: 9780752228037 | ISBN 10: 075222803x

    A deliciously dark gothic giftbook, for pet lovers and anguished existentialists of all ages.  Wednesday, May 7th Two of them came today, dragged me out of my cage and put me in some kind of improvised maze made out of books and old toilet t ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Nolympics: One Man
    The Nolympics: One Man's Struggle Against Sporting Hysteria - by Nicholas Lezard

    £7.99   paperback   (2012) - ISBN 13: 9780718197612 | ISBN 10: 0718197615

    Nicholas Lezard loved London. Then the London 2012 Olympics came along ...   Suddenly his beloved city was invaded by ber-people in branded sportswear who had contorted their bodies into odd shapes in order to run a bit faster, or throw thing ... more

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  • Cover image of book God Collar by Marcus Brigstocke
    God Collar - by Marcus Brigstocke

    £10.99   paperback   (2012) - ISBN 13: 9780552164474 | ISBN 10: 055216447x

    'There's probably no God ... but I wish there was. I've got some things I need to ask him.'   Based on Marcus Brigstocke's award-winning Edinburgh and West End show, God Collar focuses on the 'God-shaped hole' that opens up in Marcus's life fo ... more

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  • Cover image of book Gin O
    Gin O'Clock - by The Queen (of Twitter)

    £10.99   paperback   (2012) - ISBN 13: 9781444739763 | ISBN 10: 144473976x

    IN 2012, THE DIAMOND JUBILEE YEAR, HER MAJESTY'S DIARIES ARE OPENED AT LAST... 'Had a quick run-through of the opening ceremony. One wanted to call it "The Empire Strikes Back" but it was generally felt that might intimidate the smaller nations.' ... more

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  • Cover image of book How to be Danish: A Short Journey into the Mysterious Heart of Denmark by Patrick Kingsley
    How to be Danish: A Short Journey into the Mysterious Heart of Denmark - by Patrick Kingsley

    £9.99   hardback   (2012) - ISBN 13: 9781780721330 | ISBN 10: 1780721331

    What links Sarah Lund and Lars von Trier? Or Carlsberg and Kierkegaard? Or even Shakespeare and Metallica? The answer lies in Denmark, the country that has gripped the British imagination more than any other in recent memory. But though we watch thei ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Camper
    The Camper's Friend: A Miscellany of Wit and Wisdom - by Phoebe Smith

    £9.99   hardback   (2012) - ISBN 13: 9781849532488 | ISBN 10: 1849532486

    "It always rains on tents. Rainstorms will travel thousands of miles against the prevailing winds, for the opportunity to rain on a tent."(Dave Barry) Whether you enjoy sleeping under canvas, underneath the stars, or prefer a bit of glamping in ... more

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  • Cover image of book Comedy Rules: From the Cambridge Footlights to Yes, Prime Minister by Jonathan Lynn
    Comedy Rules: From the Cambridge Footlights to Yes, Prime Minister - by Jonathan Lynn

    £10.99   paperback   (2012) - ISBN 13: 9780571277964 | ISBN 10: 0571277969

    The co-writer of Yes, Minister and Hollywood comedy director presents an insider's look at how comedy works told through hilarious anecdotes.   Jonathan Lynn's credits include creating and co-writing the long-running comedy series Yes, Mi ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Wild Rover: A Blistering Journey Along Britain
    The Wild Rover: A Blistering Journey Along Britain's Footpaths - by Mike Parker

    £9.99   paperback   (2012) - ISBN 13: 9780007448456 | ISBN 10: 0007448457

    Mike Parker, bestselling author of Map Addict, is back with a brilliant, intelligent and witty exploration of a glorious and passionate British subject - footpaths and our rights of way. Mike discovers how these paths have become part of our ... more

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  • Cover image of book Pigeon-Guided Missiles: and 49 Other Ideas That Never Took Off by James Moore and Paul Nero
    Pigeon-Guided Missiles: and 49 Other Ideas That Never Took Off - by James Moore and Paul Nero

    £12.99   paperback   (2011) - ISBN 13: 9780752459905 | ISBN 10: 0752459902

    During the Second World War an American psychologist made the amazing discovery that pigeons could be trained to track objects and, when loaded into the nose cone of a missile, guide the weapon to its target. Pigeon-Guided Missiles tells this and oth ... more

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  • Cover image of book I Before E (Except After C): Old-School Ways to Remember Stuff by Judy Parkinson
    I Before E (Except After C): Old-School Ways to Remember Stuff - by Judy Parkinson

    £6.99   paperback   (2011) - ISBN 13: 9781843176589 | ISBN 10: 1843176580

    A Sunday Times top-ten title in 2007 and a bestseller ever since, I Before E (Except after C) has continued to inform and entertain its many readers. Now available in paperback, this delightful gift book has been repackaged with a fresh jack ... more

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  • Cover image of book Brideshead Abbreviated: The Digested Read of the Twentieth Century by John Crace
    Brideshead Abbreviated: The Digested Read of the Twentieth Century - by John Crace

    £9.99   paperback   (2011) - ISBN 13: 9780099505457 | ISBN 10: 0099505452

    John Crace's 'Digested Read' column in the Guardian has rightly acquired a cult following. Each week fans avidly devour his latest razor-sharp literary assassination, while authors turn tremblingly to the appropriate page of the review section, fearf ... 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 Mark Steel
    Mark Steel's in Town - by Mark Steel

    £12.99   paperback   (2011) - ISBN 13: 9780007412426 | ISBN 10: 0007412428

    On the way to a show in Skipton, in North Yorkshire, I noticed a road sign to a town called Keighley. So later, during the show, I mentioned this, asking the audience, 'Is that your rival town?' And the room went chillingly quiet, until one woman cal ... more

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  • Cover image of book Does Anything Eat Bankers? and 53 Other Indispensable Questions for the Credit Crunched by Andy Zaltzman
    Does Anything Eat Bankers? and 53 Other Indispensable Questions for the Credit Crunched - by Andy Zaltzman

    £6.99   paperback   (2011) - ISBN 13: 9781905847938 | ISBN 10: 1905847939

    The global economy has fallen to pieces like a cheap jigsaw puzzle in an earthquake. Now it is time for the financial world to pick up the baton of change, hold it proudly above its head, and club some sense into itself with it.  Luckily An ... 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 How to Leave Twitter: My Time as Queen of the Universe and Why This Must Stop by Grace Dent
    How to Leave Twitter: My Time as Queen of the Universe and Why This Must Stop - by Grace Dent

    £7.99   paperback   (2011) - ISBN 13: 9780571277742 | ISBN 10: 0571277748

    Three years ago columnist and author Grace Dent joined new social network site Twitter, mainly as a place to dump her surplus one-liners, rant about terrible TV and post mildly amusing pictures of her cat wearing glasses. But as every re-tweet and ... more

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  • Cover image of book Go the Fuck to Sleep by Adam Mansbach, illustrated by Ricardo Cortes
    Go the Fuck to Sleep - by Adam Mansbach, illustrated by Ricardo Cortes

    £10.99   hardback   (2011) - ISBN 13: 9780857862655 | ISBN 10: 0857862650

    Go the Fuck to Sleep is a bedtime book for parents who live in the real world, where a few snoozing kitties and cutesy rhymes don't always send a toddler sailing off to dreamland.   Profane, affectionate and refreshingly honest, it captur ... more

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  • Cover image of book Unmentionables: From Family Jewels to Friendly Fire - What We Say Instead of What We Mean by Ralph Keyes
    Unmentionables: From Family Jewels to Friendly Fire - What We Say Instead of What We Mean - by Ralph Keyes

    £8.99   paperback   (2011) - ISBN 13: 9781848542075 | ISBN 10: 1848542070

    We say a lot about ourselves by what we don't say. Words and phrases like 'collateral damage', 'wardrobe malfunction', 'vertically challenged', and old favourites like 'unmentionables' (trousers, apparently) or 'lady of the night' - all are ways of n ... more

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  • Cover image of book Mrs. Fry
    Mrs. Fry's Diary - by Mrs Stephen Fry

    £10.99   paperback   (2011) - ISBN 13: 9781444720785 | ISBN 10: 1444720783

    Stephen Fry`s secret wife speaks out at last... Enjoyed a nice cuppa this morning with a HobNob & Jeremy Kyle. There was a woman on there who'd been married 16 years without realising her husband was gay. Extraordinary! Which reminds me, it's ... more

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  • Cover image of book How I Escaped My Certain Fate by Stewart Lee
    How I Escaped My Certain Fate - by Stewart Lee

    £9.99   paperback   (2011) - ISBN 13: 9780571254811 | ISBN 10: 0571254810

    In 2001, after over a decade in the business, Stewart Lee quit stand-up, disillusioned and drained, and went off to direct a loss-making opera about Jerry Springer. How I Escaped My Certain Fate details his return to live performance, and h ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Bedwetter: Stories of Courage, Redemption, and Pee by Sarah Silverman
    The Bedwetter: Stories of Courage, Redemption, and Pee - by Sarah Silverman

    £9.99   paperback   (2011) - ISBN 13: 9780571251278 | ISBN 10: 0571251277

    Sarah Silvermans father taught her to curse - at the age of three. She was a chronic bedwetter - until she was old enough to drive. She lost her virginity at age 19 - but didnt really know it. These are just a few of the outrageous true tales ... 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 Tickling the English by Dara O Briain
    Tickling the English - by Dara O Briain

    £7.99   paperback   (2010) - ISBN 13: 9780141046662 | ISBN 10: 014104666x

    Nostalgia, identity, eccentricity, gin drinking and occasional violence... these are just some of the themes that stand-up comedian Dara O Briain explores in Tickling the English.   O Briain moved to England many years ago, but when he ... more

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  • Cover image of book An Utterly Exasperated History of Modern Britain by John O
    An Utterly Exasperated History of Modern Britain - by John O'Farrell

    £9.99   paperback   (2010) - ISBN 13: 9780552775465 | ISBN 10: 0552775460

    Following his hugely popular account of the previous 2000 years, John OFarrell now comes bang up to date with a hilarious modern history asking How the hell did we end up here?   An Utterly Exasperated History of Modern Britain informs ... more

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  • Cover image of book A Brief History of Tim: The World Minus One Letter by Kathy Clugston
    A Brief History of Tim: The World Minus One Letter - by Kathy Clugston

    £9.99   hardback   (2010) - ISBN 13: 9780753522684 | ISBN 10: 0753522683

    Rather than explaining our origins, A Brief History of Tim addresses our history and culture at the level we most deeply desire the trivial. By simply removing one letter, the world is tweaked with immensely enjoyable results:  For tho ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Atheist
    The Atheist's Guide to Christmas - by Various authors

    £8.99   paperback   (2010) - ISBN 13: 9780007389827 | ISBN 10: 0007389825

    42 atheist celebrities, comedians, scientists and writers give their funny and serious tips for enjoying the Christmas season.  When the Atheist Bus Campaign was first launched, over 150,000, was raised in four days - enough to place the adv ... more

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  • Cover image of book Universally Challenged: Quiz Contestants Say the Funniest Things by Wendy Roby
    Universally Challenged: Quiz Contestants Say the Funniest Things - by Wendy Roby

    £7.99   paperback   (2010) - ISBN 13: 9781843174660 | ISBN 10: 1843174669

    A compilation of 100 per cent genuine ridiculous answers from quiz-show contestants that is guaranteed to make you laugh.  Beg, Borrow or Steal (BBC2) Jamie Theakston: Where do you think Cambridge University is? Contestant: Geography isn' ... more

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  • Cover image of book In His Own Write and A Spaniard in the Works by John Lennon
    In His Own Write and A Spaniard in the Works - by John Lennon

    £12.99   paperback   (2010) - ISBN 13: 9780099530428 | ISBN 10: 0099530422

    A riotous collection of John Lennons poems, stories and drawings.  With an introduction by Sir Paul McCartney.   First published in 1964 and 1965, In His Own Write and A Spaniard in the Works are a brilliantly inventive and offbeat co ... 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 The Hell of it All by Charlie Brooker
    The Hell of it All - by Charlie Brooker

    £10.99   paperback   (2010) - ISBN 13: 9780571229581 | ISBN 10: 0571229581

    'Mankind clearly peaked about 40 years ago. It's been downhill ever since. For all this talk of our dazzling modern age, the two biggest advances of the past decade are Wi-Fi and Nando's. That's the best we can do'. In his latest laugh-out-loud ... 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 The Yes Minister Miscellany by Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn
    The Yes Minister Miscellany - by Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn

    £9.99   hardback   (2009) - ISBN 13: 9781849540100 | ISBN 10: 1849540101

    "Yes Minister is not a comedy. It is a civil service training manual"(David Davis) A collection of the funniest sketches, anecdotes, interviews, lists of interesting facts, character and actor profiles, and personal recollections from the endurin ... more

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  • Cover image of book Mrs Scrooge: A Christmas Tale by Carol Ann Duffy, illustrated by Posy Simmonds
    Mrs Scrooge: A Christmas Tale - by Carol Ann Duffy, illustrated by Posy Simmonds

    £5.99   hardback   (2009) - ISBN 13: 9780330515115 | ISBN 10: 033051511x

    A modern Christmas tale from the Poet Laureate, with illustrations by Posy Simmonds.   With her husband, Ebenezer, now 'doornail dead', the coldest Christmas Eve on record finds Mrs Scrooge outside the supermarket, protesting against consumerism ... 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 The Pocket Book of Boosh by Julian Barrat and Noel Fielding
    The Pocket Book of Boosh - by Julian Barrat and Noel Fielding

    £12.99   paperback   (2009) - ISBN 13: 9781847674142 | ISBN 10: 1847674143

    "Welcome to what will in no doubt be a groundbreaking work of collage / literature."(Howard Moon) "Hey Camden children, Vince here. Hope you dig the Boosh book and all the groovy photos Bollo took. Skip past Howards bits though. Well dry"(Vince N ... more

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  • Cover image of book Blackboard Blunders: Spelling Slip-ups and Homework Howlers by Richard Benson
    Blackboard Blunders: Spelling Slip-ups and Homework Howlers - by Richard Benson

    £5.99   paperback   (2009) - ISBN 13: 9781840247121 | ISBN 10: 1840247126

    Children are at their funniest when they are trying to be serious, and their earnest attempts at mastering the English language are a veritable goldmine of unintentional humor, from the charming to the ludicrous, and from the profound to the downrigh ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Audacity of Hype: Bewilderment, Sleaze and Other Tales of the 21st Century by Armando Iannucci
    The Audacity of Hype: Bewilderment, Sleaze and Other Tales of the 21st Century - by Armando Iannucci

    £12.99   paperback   (2009) - ISBN 13: 9781408701973 | ISBN 10: 1408701979

    In The Audacity of Hype, Armando Iannucci cuts straight to the heart of the insanity and sherbet-headed nonsense of modern life.   The Audacity of Hype brings together his views on diverse subjects, ranging from wickedly funny pen portraits o ... more

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  • Cover image of book Bits of Me are Falling Apart: Dark Thoughts from the Middle Years by William Leith
    Bits of Me are Falling Apart: Dark Thoughts from the Middle Years - by William Leith

    £12.99   paperback   (2009) - ISBN 13: 9780747596691 | ISBN 10: 0747596697

    One morning, William Leith wakes up and realises that something is wrong. He is alone and at the end of his tether. Bits of him are falling apart. With his trademark darkly humorous mix of personal story and social commentary, Leith attempts to answe ... 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 Bad Science by Ben Goldacre
    Bad Science - by Ben Goldacre

    £9.99   paperback   (2009) - ISBN 13: 9780007284870 | ISBN 10: 000728487x

    Guardian columnist Dr Ben Goldacre takes us on a hilarious, invigorating and informative journey through the bad science we're fed by the worst of the hacks and the quacks!   When Dr Ben Goldacre saw someone on daytime TV dipping her feet in ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Scandalous Life of the Lawless Sisters (Criminally Illustrated with What Was to Hand) by Philip Ardagh
    The Scandalous Life of the Lawless Sisters (Criminally Illustrated with What Was to Hand) - by Philip Ardagh

    £9.99   hardback   (2008) - ISBN 13: 9780571239047 | ISBN 10: 0571239048

    An outrageous adventure, disgracefully told... While leafing through issues of Punch from 1880, it soon became apparent to Philip Ardagh that lurking within totally unrelated illustrations was a gang of young ladies - whom he came to call the Lawl ... more

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  • Cover image of book Nuns Having Fun by Maureen Kelly and Jeffrey Stone
    Nuns Having Fun - by Maureen Kelly and Jeffrey Stone

    £6.99   paperback   (2008) - ISBN 13: 9780761150411 | ISBN 10: 0761150412

    Catholic kitsch doesn't get any funnier. Written by Maureen Kelly and Jeffrey Stone, pitch-perfect co-authors of the nuns calendar and the New York Times bestseller Growing Up Catholic, Nuns Having Fun features hundreds of sisters in full habit, cutt ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Best of Is it Just Me or is Everything Shit? by Steve Lowe and Alan McArthur
    The Best of Is it Just Me or is Everything Shit? - by Steve Lowe and Alan McArthur

    £9.99   paperback   (2008) - ISBN 13: 9780751541748 | ISBN 10: 0751541745

    An encylopedic attack on modern culture and the standard reference work for everyone who believes everything is shit. Which it is. This book brings together the very best of Is It Just Me Or Is Everything Shit? Volumes 1 and 2.   Anyone wh ... more

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  • Cover image of book Little People in the City: The Street Art of Slinkachu by Slinkachu with Will Self
    Little People in the City: The Street Art of Slinkachu - by Slinkachu with Will Self

    £10.99   hardback   (2008) - ISBN 13: 9780752226644 | ISBN 10: 0752226649

    Theyre Not Pets, Susan, says a stern father who has just shot a bumblebee, its wings sparkling in the evening sunlight; a lone office worker, less than an inch high, looks out over the river in his lunch break, Dreaming of Packing it all In; and ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Wit of Oscar Wilde by Sean McCann
    The Wit of Oscar Wilde - by Sean McCann

    £8.99   hardback   (2008) - ISBN 13: 9781847170675 | ISBN 10: 1847170676

    'I can resist everything except temptation.'   Oscar Wilde is probably the most quoted and quotable man in history. His plays, his novels and his lacerating with had London at his feet. He boasted that he could talk spontaneously on any subject ... more

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  • Cover image of book How to be Free by Tom Hodgkinson
    How to be Free - by Tom Hodgkinson

    £9.99   paperback   (2007) - ISBN 13: 9780141022024 | ISBN 10: 0141022027

    Have you ever wondered why you bother to go to work? Why so much of consumer culture is crap? Whether there might be a better, freer, happier way to live our lives? If so, this book is for you.  Following up his cult bestseller How To Be Idle, T ... more

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  • Cover image of book It is Just You - Everything
    It is Just You - Everything's Not Shit - by Steve Stack

    £9.99   hardback   (2007) - ISBN 13: 9781905548675 | ISBN 10: 1905548672

    Are you fed up with grumpy old men complaining about the state of the world? Have you had enough of bad news stories and tales of doom and gloom? Are you one of the silent majority who thinks that life is actually pretty good? Would you like to convi ... more

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  • Cover image of book Happiness by Edward Monkton
    Happiness - by Edward Monkton

    £6.99   hardback   (2007) - ISBN 13: 9780007254361 | ISBN 10: 0007254369

    Bestselling artist, humourist and philosopher, Edward Monkton, unlocks the secrets of Happiness in this funny, wise and inspiring collection of thoughts and drawings. Following the phenomenal success of such stylish and original gift books as The La ... more

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  • Cover image of book Grumpy Old Wit: The Greatest Collection of Grumpy Wit Ever Assembled from Socrates to Meldrew by Rosemarie Jarski
    Grumpy Old Wit: The Greatest Collection of Grumpy Wit Ever Assembled from Socrates to Meldrew - by Rosemarie Jarski

    £13.99   paperback   (2007) - ISBN 13: 9780091917838 | ISBN 10: 0091917832

    Do you think the worlds going to hell in a handcart? Do you reckon the light at the end of the tunnel is an oncoming train?  If the answer is a heartfelt yes, youll feel right at home amongst the malcontents and misanthropes here. Woody All ... more

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  • Cover image of book Grumpy Old Men - The Secret Diary: A Daily Chronicle of Life for the Terminally Irritable by Stuart Prebble
    Grumpy Old Men - The Secret Diary: A Daily Chronicle of Life for the Terminally Irritable - by Stuart Prebble

    £12.99   paperback   (2007) - ISBN 13: 9780563539230 | ISBN 10: 0563539232

    To everything there is a season. A time to be born, a time to die...and a time to have a bloody good moan. Following the huge success of Grumpy Old Men, Stuart Prebble, writer of the highly acclaimed TV series, gives us a more in-depth look at what i ... more

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  • Cover image of book Clare in the Community: Series One by Harry Venning and David Ramsden
    Clare in the Community: Series One - by Harry Venning and David Ramsden

    £16.50   audiobook on CD   (2007) - ISBN 13: 9781405677912 | ISBN 10: 1405677910

    Award winning Radio 4 comedy series based on the long running cartoon strip in the Guardian's Society section.  Clare (Sally Phillips- Smack the Pony etc) is a social worker enduring the endlesss trials of bombed out estates and byzantine bur ... 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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  • Cover image of book Yoga School Dropout by Lucy Edge
    Yoga School Dropout - by Lucy Edge

    £9.99   paperback   (2006) - ISBN 13: 9780091899233 | ISBN 10: 0091899230

    After over a decade spent working and drinking too much in the world of advertising, Lucy decided she'd had enough of debating what song sunflowers should sing and went in search of a more meaningful way of life. She'd find a guru and strip away the ... more

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  • Cover image of book How to be Idle by Tom Hodgkinson
    How to be Idle - by Tom Hodgkinson

    £9.99   paperback   (2005) - ISBN 13: 9780141015064 | ISBN 10: 0141015063

    As Oscar Wilde said, doing nothing is hard work. The Protestant work ethic has most of us in its thrall, and the idlers of this world have the odds stacked against them. But here, at last, is a book that can help.   From Tom Hodgkinson, edito ... more

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  • Cover image of book Random Acts of Kindness: 365 Ways to Make the World a Nicer Place by Danny Wallace and his Karma Army
    Random Acts of Kindness: 365 Ways to Make the World a Nicer Place - by Danny Wallace and his Karma Army

    £6.99   paperback   (2004) - ISBN 13: 9780091901752 | ISBN 10: 0091901758

    'Now, at last, the secret to a happier world! You have the power to make it a nicer place! All over the planet, thousands of people just like you are performing Random Acts of Kindness for complete strangers: Buy an old lady a hat! Give a policeman ... more

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  • Cover image of book One Hundred Ways for a Dog to Train Its Human by Simon Whaley
    One Hundred Ways for a Dog to Train Its Human - by Simon Whaley

    £6.99   paperback   (2003) - ISBN 13: 9780340862360 | ISBN 10: 034086236x

    On days out to the beach, always be the first in the family to get out of the car, onto the beach and into the sea.  Always be the last in the family to get out of the sea, onto the beach and into the car.  Remember to shake excess sea wate ... more

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