1,339 QI Facts to Make Your Jaw Drop by John Lloyd; John Mitchinson; James Harkin
$28.99 NZD
Category: Humour
It is impossible to whistle in a spacesuit. Wagner always wore pink silk underwear. Rugby School's first official rugby kit in 1871 included a bow tie. Lord Kitchener had four spaniels called Shot, Bang, Miss and Damn. J. K Rowling has no middle name. The first computer mouse was made of wood. Followin ...Show more
1411 QI Facts to Knock You Sideways by John Lloyd
$28.99 NZD
Category: Humour | Series: Quite Interesting Ser.
1,227 QI Facts blew your socks off. 1,339 QI Facts made your jaw drop. Now the QI team return with this year's groaning sack of astonishment. All new facts! Prepare to be knocked sideways...Orchids can get jetlag. Lizards can't walk and breathe at the same time. There are 177,147 ways to tie a tie. Lady ...Show more
A Carnival of Snackery: Diaries 2003 - 2020 by David Sedaris
$37.99 NZD
Category: Humour | Series: Language Acts and Worldm Ser.
For forty years, David Sedaris has kept a diary in which he records everything that captures his attention-overheard comments, salacious gossip, soap opera plot twists, secrets confided by total strangers. These observations are the source code for his finest work, and through them he has honed his cunn ...Show more
A Few Well-Frozen Worms by Ronnie Barker
$27.99 NZD
Category: Humour
With a fondness for spoonerisms and double entendres, Ronnie Barker is one of the nation's greatest comics. Gathered together in this second 'best of' volume is a cocktail of his sketches and monologues from every strand of his long and brilliant career.
A Funny Life - The Autobiography by Michael McIntyre
$39.99 NZD
Category: Humour | Reading Level: very good
Michael McIntyre is a much-loved stand-up comedian, with sell-out international tours and the hugely popular television series Michael McIntyre’s Big Show and The Wheel. But the road to stardom was paved with near-disasters, as he hilariously recounts in his autobiography. Picking up where his first bo ...Show more
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum: The World's Oldest Joke Book by Dan Crompton
$27.99 NZD
Category: Humour
They say the old ones are the best, and this long-neglected collection of jokes revived from the archives of Ancient Greece confirms that in some cases this is true, and in others it really isn't. "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" is the first commercial translation of "Philogeios" - a 16 ...Show more
A History of the World in 100 Limericks by Mick Twister
$16.99 NZD
Category: Humour
There is a young fellow named Mick Who's adapted the old limerick To cover, with mirth The whole history of Earth And what made its characters tick. These 100 lively and humorous limericks take us back to before the beginning of time itself and right up until yesterday evening when you were prob ...Show more
All the Dogs in the World by Jesse Hunter
$24.99 NZD
Category: Humour
Cute and uplifting, this book celebrates dogs all over the world, from Indonesia to Sweden and Afganistan to Bolivia, it is a quirky take on dogs happily ensconsed in life everywhere on the planet. Dogs asleep, dogs on the prowl, dogs with their masters, dogs of all shapes and sizes, fluffy dogs, happy ...Show more
Ambitious But Rubbish by No Author Name
$27.99 NZD
Category: Humour
"Ambitious but Rubbish" reveals the off-camera secrets behind some of "Top Gear's" most memorable creations. From the challenge of turning a Reliant Robin into a rocket and the genesis of the Hammerhead-i Eagle Thrust electric car to the complexities of building a caravan airship and the inspiration for ...Show more
Annual 3: A Miscellany from Aotearoa New Zealand by Susan Paris & Kate De Goldi (Editors)
$45.00 NZD
Category: Humour | Series: Annual
A TREASURE CHEST BRIMMING WITH DELIGHTS A unique, entertaining miscellany of all-new material for 9–13-year-olds in one beautifully presented package. Alongside familiar names (Paul Beavis, Giselle Clarkson, Ant Sang, Gavin Bishop, Kimberly Andrews, Tim Denee, Johanna Knox, Dylan Horrocks, Josh Morgan) ...Show more
BEST IN CLASS by Tim Clancy; Johnny Sampson (Illustrator)
$24.99 NZD
Category: Humour
From the very first week of Tim Clancy's 25-year career as a high school English teacher, he began to notice and collect funny and strange moments he discovered in his students' writing, moments like: "The word 'witch' has become a household word, like spatula," and "Wherever excitement is, there will a ...Show more
Bad Baby by R.D. Rosen
$9.99 NZD
$19.99 (50% off)
Category: Humour
You won't see anybody saying "Koochie koochie koo" to these babies. Just as "Bad Cat" and "Bad Dog" ripped the lid off the world of "cute" housepets, "Bad Baby" strips away all the illusions of innocence that have been swaddling babies for centuries, revealing them in all their petulant, pretentious, an ...Show more