Humor

“Available recommendation signals cluster around Comedy, Fiction, Humor lists, suggesting this book may fit readers looking for imaginative storytelling, atmosphere, or character-driven reflection. Treat this as discovery context, not a quality guarantee.”

Now a New York Times BestsellerA hilarious, thoughtful, and indepth exploration of the pleasures and perils of modern romance from one of this generation?s sharpest comedic voicesAt some point, every one of us embarks on a journey to find love. We meet people, date, get into and out of relationships, all with the hope of finding someone with whom ...

“Available recommendation signals cluster around Romance, Fiction, Humor, LGBTQ, Adult lists, suggesting this book may fit readers looking for imaginative storytelling, atmosphere, or character-driven reflection. Treat this as discovery context, not a quality guarantee.”

Join Calvin and Hobbes on all their adventures in this fourvolume collection of every comic strip from the comic strips eleven year history (1985 to1996).Calvin and Hobbes is unquestionably one of the most popular comic strips of all time. The imaginative world of a boy and his realonlytohim tiger was first syndicated in 1985 and appeared in mo...

FOREWORD BY SHERYL SANDBERGYou_x0092_ve almost certainly laughed at Scovell_x0092_s jokes_x0097_you just didn_x0092_t know it until now.Just the Funny Parts is a juicy and scathingly funny insider look at how pop culture gets made. For more than thirty years, writer, producer and director Nell Scovell worked behind the scenes of iconic TV shows, including The Simpsons, La...

From the writer of Slate?s ?Dear Prudence? column comes a witty and clever collection of essays and cultural observations spanning pop culture?from the endearingly popular to the staggeringly obscure.Sometimes you just have to yell. New York Times bestselling author of Texts from Jane Eyre Daniel M. Lavery publishing as Daniel Mallory Ortberg has m...

This New York Times bestseller is the hilarious philosophy course everyone wishes they'd had in school.Outrageously funny, Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar... has been a breakout bestseller ever since authorsand born vaudevilliansThomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein did their schtick on NPR's Weekend Edition. Lively, original, and powerfully in...

The smudge looked suspiciously penislike. The doctor confirmed: "That's the baby's penis!" which caused not celebration, but panic in soontobe father and Time magazine columnist Joel Stein. Joel pictured having to go camping and fix a car and use a hammer and throw a football and watch professionals throw footballs and figure out whether to be s...

Comedian, activist, and hugely popular culture blogger at AwesomelyLuvvie.com, Luvvie Ajayi, serves up necessary advice for the common senseless in this hilarious book of essays. "This truthriot of a book gives us everything from hilarious lectures on the bad behavior all around us to the razor sharp essays on media and culture" (Shonda Rhimes, Ne...

The birth of Jesus has been well chronicled, as have his glorious teachings, acts, and divine sacrifice after his thirtieth birthday. But no one knows about the early life of the Son of God, the missing yearsexcept Biff, the Messiah's best bud, who has been resurrected to tell the story in the divinely hilarious yet heartfelt work "reminiscent of V...

What would you do if a time machine hurled you thousands of years into the past. . . and then broke How would you survive Could you improve on humanity's original timeline And how hard would it be to domesticate a giant wombat With this book as your guide, you'll surviveand thrivein any period in Earth's history. Bestselling author and time...

The Zombie Survival Guide is your key to survival against the hordes of undead who may be stalking you right now. Fully illustrated and exhaustively comprehensive, this book covers everything you need to know, including how to understand zombie physiology and behavior, the most effective defense tactics and weaponry, ways to outfit your home for a ...

Nick Naylor likes his job. In the neopuritanical nineties, it's a challenge to defend the rights of smokers and a privilege to promote their liberty. Sure, it hurts a little when you're compared to Nazi war criminals, but Nick says he's just doing what it takes to pay the mortgage and put his son through Washington's elite private school St. Eutha...

An honest, irreverent, laughoutloud guide to coping with death and dying from Emmynominated writer and New York Times bestselling coauthor of Shtty Mom Laurie Kilmartin.Death is not for the faint of heart, and sometimes the best way to cope is through humor. No one knows this better than comedian Laurie Kilmartin. She made headlines by livetw...

With Cruel Shoes, Steve Martin proves that his humor more than translates to the written page; it excels there. Since he has always written his own material, books are a natural medium for Steve's comic genius. And his extravagant wit shines brightly indeed in this rollicking collection of short fabulous pieces....

An introvert spends a year trying to live like an extrovert with hilarious results and advice for readers along the way.What would happen if a shy introvert lived like a gregarious extrovert for one year If she knowingly and willingly put herself in perilous social situations that she?d normally avoid at all costs Writer Jessica Pan intends to fi...

Congratulations! Your monster is growing up and up, and UP! Now it's time to potty train him! Potty training is not always the easiest task to navigateespecially for growing monsters. Thankfully, with the help of this easytouse guide, young ones can be sure not to forget any steps in the process. With hilarious text and playful, energetic illust...

“Available recommendation signals cluster around Dinosaur, Fiction, Humor, Children's lists, suggesting this book may fit readers looking for imaginative storytelling, atmosphere, or character-driven reflection. Treat this as discovery context, not a quality guarantee.”

Want to aspire to greatness Check out this new edition of Timmy Failure?s first adventure?featuring the bonus section ?How to Draw Timmy and Total.? He may be clueless, but the comically selfconfident Timmy Failure is CEO of the best detective agency in town, perhaps even the nation. Now Timmy?s legion of fans are invited to set off on their ow...

At Last! A Beginner's Guide to Newborn Baby Technology,You've mastered your DVR, you've networked your home, you can even check your email and Facebook on your smartphone. But none of this experience will prepare you for the world's biggest technological marvel: a newborn baby.Through stepbystep instructions and helpful schematic diagrams, The Ba...

The moment they saw each other, Bean and Ivy knew they wouldn't be friends. But when Bean plays a joke on her sister, Nancy, and has to hide quickly, Ivy comes to the rescue, proving that sometimes the best of friends are people never meant to like each other. Vibrant characters and lots of humor make this a charming and addictive introduction to I...

Sloane Crosley returns to the form that made her a household name in really quite a lot of households: Essays!From the New York Timesbestselling author Sloane Crosley comes Look Alive Out Therea brandnew collection of essays filled with her trademark hilarity, wit, and charm. The characteristic heart and punchpacking observations are back, but...

Motherhood is the toughest _x0096_ and funniest _x0096_ job you'll ever love. Raising kids is hard work. The pay sucks, your boss is a tyrant, and the working conditions are pitiful _x0096_ you can't even take a bathroom break without being interrupted with another outrageous demand. Hasn't every mother said it before _x0093_I just want to pee alone!_x0094_ I Just Want to Pee ...

For use in schools and libraries only. When Big Bad Wolf, who now lives in the Villain Villa Retirement Residence, is invited to the library for a storybook tea, he is careful to follow the advice of his crocodile friend and impresses everyone with how polite he can be....

A position a day keeps the love doctor awayFrom the perpetrators of Nerve.com's wildly popular Position of the Day: After all these years of thinking 69 was our lucky number, here comes 366 handpicked erotic scenarios from Nerve.com's treasure trove into one gloriously chunky, deeply inspiring, and hilarious compendium. Yes, that's 366 one for e...

"Good SciFi comedy is as rare as hen's teeth. This was a fun read." Kelly Frank is EarthCent's top diplomat on Union Station, but her job description has always been a bit vague. The pay is horrible and she's in hock up to her ears for her furniture, which is likely to end up in a corridor because she's behind on rent for her room. Sometimes she ha...

“Available recommendation signals cluster around Fiction, Humor lists, suggesting this book may fit readers looking for imaginative storytelling, atmosphere, or character-driven reflection. Treat this as discovery context, not a quality guarantee.”

A book with no pictures What could be fun about thatAfter all, if a book has no pictures, there's nothing to look at but the words on the page. Words that might make you say silly sounds... In ridiculous voices...Hey, what kind of book is this, anywayAt once disarmingly simple and ingeniously imaginative, The Book With No Pictures inspires laugh...

The companion to the #1 blockbuster bestseller, The Day the Crayons Quit! I'm not sure what it is about this kid Duncan, but his crayons sure are a colorful bunch of characters! Having soothed the hurt feelings of one group who threatened to quit, Duncan now faces a whole new group of crayons asking to be rescued. From Maroon Crayon, who was lost b...

The young narrator has discovered a disturbing trend: There's fuzz in his belly button his toes are peeling and something just fell out of his nose. The last straw is a loose tooth, which convinces him of the awful truth his parts are coming unglued!Parts deals with a subject of deepest interest to every young child: the stuff our bodies shed....

Roddy Doyle's winning trio of comic novels depicting the daily life and times of the Rabbitte family in workingclass Dublin.The CommitmentsStill one of the freshest and funniest rock 'n' roll novels ever written, Doyle's first book portrays a group of aspiring musicians on a mission: to bring soul to Dublin.The SnapperDoyle's sparkling second nove...

Narwhal is a happygolucky narwhal. Jelly is a nononsense jellyfish. The two might not have a lot in common, but they do they love waffles, parties and adventures. Join Narwhal and Jelly as they discover the whole wide ocean together....

When Bingo Little falls in love at a Camberwell subscription dance and Bertie Wooster drops into the mulligatawny, there is work for a wetnurse. Who better than Jeeves...

Time is a resource. Everyone knows it has to be managed.And on Discworld that is the job of the Monks of History, who store it and pump it from the places where it's wasted (like underwater how much time does a codfish need) to places like cities, where there's never enough time.But the construction of the world's first truly accurate clock sta...

In this hilarious new illustrated chapter book series, bad guys are doing good deeds . . . whether you want them to or not!They sound like bad guys, they look like bad guys . . . and they even smell like bad guys. But Mr. Wolf, Mr. Piranha, Mr. Snake, and Mr. Shark are about to change all of that . . .Mr. Wolf has a daring plan for the Bad Guys' fi...

Meet the inimitable gentleman's gentleman, Jeeves... From the moment Jeeves glides into Bertie Wooster's life and provides him with a magical hangover cure, Bertie begins to wonder how he's ever managed without him. Jeeves makes himself totally indispensable in every way, disentangling the hapless Bertie from scrapes with formidable aunts, madcap g...

“Available recommendation signals cluster around NonFiction, Basketball, Fiction, Humor, Sports lists, suggesting this book may fit readers looking for imaginative storytelling, atmosphere, or character-driven reflection. Treat this as discovery context, not a quality guarantee.”

“Available recommendation signals cluster around NonFiction, Fiction, Humor, Diy, Carpentry lists, suggesting this book may fit readers looking for imaginative storytelling, atmosphere, or character-driven reflection. Treat this as discovery context, not a quality guarantee.”

The Onion has quickly become the world's most popular humor publication, misinforming half a million readers a week with oneofakind social satire both in print (on newsstands nationwide) and online from its remote office in Madison, Wisconsin.Witness the march of history as EditorinChief Scott Dikkers and The Onion's awardwinning writing staf...

Drew Evans is a winner. Handsome and arrogant, he makes multimillion dollar business deals and seduces New York_x0092_s most beautiful women with just a smile. He has loyal friends and an indulgent family. So why has he been shuttered in his apartment for seven days, miserable and depressed He_x0092_ll tell you he has the flu.But we all know that_x0092_s not really...

Everyone loves Mrs. PiggleWiggleMrs. PiggleWiggle lives in an upsidedown house and smells like cookies. She was even married to a pirate once. Most of all, she knows everything about children. She can cure them of any ailment. Patsy hates baths. Hubert never puts anything away. Allen eats very slowly. Mrs PiggleWiggle has a treatment for all...

In a fit of enlightenment democracy and ebullient goodwill, King Verence invites Uberwald's undead, the Magpyrs, into Lancre to celebrate the birth of his daughter. But once ensconced within the castle, these winedrinking, garliceating, sunloving modern vampires have no intention of leaving. Ever.Only an uneasy alliance between a nervous young p...

The Bold family seems fairly normal, but they're keeping one hilarious secret: they're hyenas. That's rightthey're covered in fur, have tails tucked into their clothes, and really, really like to laugh. Will their neighbors ever find out...

Sharing neverbeforeheard stories ranging from their struggles with depression, eating disorders, and addiction, Karen and Georgia irreverently recount their biggest mistakes and deepest fears, reflecting on the formative life events that shaped them into two of the most followed voices in the nation....

Scaredy Squirrel is not too comfortable with the idea of camping unless it's on his couch! There will be no mosquitoes, skunks or zippers to worry about when he watches a show about the joys of camping on his brandnew TV. But first Scaredy must find an electrical outlet, and that means going into the woods! Will the nutty worrywart's plans prepa...

Many writing books offer sound advice on how to write well. This is not one of those books. On the contrary, this is a collection of terrible, awkward, and laughably unreadable excerpts that will teach you what to avoid?at all costs?if you ever want your novel published.In How Not to Write a Novel, authors Howard Mittelmark and Sandra Newman distil...

“Available recommendation signals cluster around For, Year, Olds, Fiction, Humor lists, suggesting this book may fit readers looking for imaginative storytelling, atmosphere, or character-driven reflection. Treat this as discovery context, not a quality guarantee.”

This bestselling first book in the Tapper Twins series is a hilariously authentic showcase of what it's like to be in middle school in our digitallysaturated world, told as a colorful "oral history" with photos, screenshots, text messages, chat logs, and online gaming digital art. Twelveyearold twins, Claudia and Reese, who couldn't be more diff...