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Books are listed in order of year of publication - newest titles are at the top. There are 27 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 Bibliomaniac: An Obsessive
    Bibliomaniac: An Obsessive's Tour of the Bookshops of Britain - by Robin Ince

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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  • Cover image of book The Jewish Joke: An essay with examples (less essay, more examples) by Devorah Baum
    The Jewish Joke: An essay with examples (less essay, more examples) - by Devorah Baum

    £9.99   paperback   (2017) - ISBN 13: 9781781255230 | ISBN 10: 1781255237

    The Jewish joke is as old as Abraham, and like the Jews themselves it has wandered over the world, learned countless new languages, worked with a range of different materials, been performed in front of some pretty hostile crowds, but still retained ... 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 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 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 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 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 America Unchained by Dave Gormon
    America Unchained - by Dave Gormon

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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  • 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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