Sat, 08 Jan 2011 23:22:42 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/pistache-returns-8-114341.html pistache (pis-tash): a friendly spoof or parody of another’s work. [Deriv uncertain. Possibly a cross between pastiche and p**stake.] From the writer of such brilliant parodies as Thomas Hardy’s football report and Dan Brown's visit to the cash dispenser comes another collection of witty pastiches.

Author: Faulks, Sebastian  Publisher: Hutchinson]]> Mon, 06 Dec 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/driven-to-distraction-8-109779.html Tells you what the author thinks about some of the most aweinspiring, earthshatteringly fast and jawdroppingly gorgeous cars in the world.

Author: Clarkson, Jeremy  Publisher: VIKING]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/fantastically-funny-football-joke-book-8-109780.html Did you hear that Ashley Cole and Cheryl Tweedy are releasing a song together? They're calling themselves Goals Allowed. This funny joke book contains footballing jokes, anecdotes, cartoons and other stuff.

Author: Crooks, Rhodri  Publisher: PUFFIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/fat-bald-worthless-stories-behind-8-109781.html Fat, Bald & Worthless Stories Behind

Author: Easton, Robert  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/for-crying-out-loud-the-world-ac-8-109782.html For Crying Out Loud The World According to Clarkson Volume 3 .

Author: Clarkson, Jeremy  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/great-monster-joke-book-8-109783.html What sort of jokes do werewolves like best? Howlers! What's worse than being surrounded by huge great scary monsters? Being surrounded by awful jokes about monsters! Think you can stomach hundreds of and ghastly gags? This book contains monster gags.

Author: Li, Amanda  Publisher: PUFFIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/is-this-supposed-to-be-funny--8-109784.html A book written by the author of Should You Be Laughing At This?

Author: Dagsson, Hugleikur  Publisher: MICHAEL JOSEPH]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/naked-jape-uncovering-the-hidden-world-8-109785.html Naked Jape Uncovering the Hidden World

Author: Carr, Jimmy  Publisher: MICHAEL JOSEPH]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/penguin-pocket-jokes-8-109786.html Have you heard the one about the man who walked into a bar? This book is a useful reading for those searching for the perfect joke.

Author: Pickering, David  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/rock-me-amadeus-when-ignorance-meets-8-109787.html Rock Me Amadeus When Ignorance Meets

Author: Hunter, Seb  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/satisdiction-8-109788.html Want to know the word for the area on your back that you can't reach to scratch (acnestis)? Or the term for the smell of earth just after a rainstorm (petrichor)? With a chapter for each letter of the alphabet, this book introduces us to hundreds of words the author discovered that deserve to see the light of day again, and explains why.

Author: Shea, Ammon  Publisher: ALLEN LANE]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/tickling-the-english-8-109789.html Why do the English pretend to be unhappy all the time? Why can't they accept they rank about 5th, in everything? And what's with all the fudge? This book explores themes such as nostalgia, identity, eccentricity, gin drinking and occasional violence. It is an eyeopening journey through the Sceptred Isle.

Author: Briain, Dara O  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/whopping-great-bonkers-joke-book-the-8-109790.html What is the definition of a snail? A slug with a crash helmet. What sound do hedgehogs make when they kiss? 'Ouch!' This book features jokes that include knock knocks, animal quackers and monster madness.

Publisher: PUFFIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/yes-but-is-it-good-for-the-jews--8-109791.html Reveals the secrets of the ancient art of Judology. This book, a hilarious AZ of world history and popular culture, measures whether a variety of subjects are, in fact, Good for the Jews. It reveals to the outside world (yes, NonJews are allowed to buy this book), the mathematical formula that determines whether something is Good for the Jews.

Author: Geller, Jonny  Publisher: ALLEN LANE]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/yes-but-is-it-good-for-the-jews-how-8-109792.html Reveals the ancient mystical formula for calculating which people, products and places is, in fact, good for the Jews.

Author: Geller, Jonny  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/adventures-of-sally-8-109793.html Pretty, impecunious Sally Nichols never dreamed a fortune could prove a disadvantage until she became an heiress and watched in bewilderment as her orderly existence went haywire.

Author: Wodehouse, P G  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/can-we-have-our-balls-back-please-ho-8-109794.html Including all the many sports we Brits have to be proud of boxing, horse racing, cricket, football, rugby, hockey, lawn tennis, this title tells you what you need to know about the very British love of sports and all the great games it's produced.

Author: Norridge, Julian  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/comedy-of-errors-8-109795.html Two sets of identical twins, separated at sea as children, find themselves in the same city for the first time as adults. Soon, their friends mistake the twins for one another and bewilderment abounds, as the wife of one man declares the other to be her husband, pronouncing him mad when he denies the claim.

Author: Shakespeare, William  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/crackajoke-book-8-109796.html Packed with jokes sent in by children, the royalties from this book are donated to the charity Oxfam.

Publisher: PUFFIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/crazy-christmas-joke-book-8-109797.html How does good King Wenceslas like his pizzas? Deep pan, crisp and even Packed with brilliant seasonal jokes together with lots of silly stuff that will keep children giggling throughout the Christmas holidays. Cast an unwanted Gift Spell, read Santa's hilarious emails and try the Top Ten things to do with leftover turkey. With hilarious spoof ads and lots of fun Christmas features this book will really put the hohoho into your holidays.

Publisher: PUFFIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/crazy-classroom-joke-book-8-109798.html Hundreds of jokes and features about teachers, school subjects, sports, dinners and much more. Illustrated with John Byme's distinctive cartoons.

Author: Byrne, John  Publisher: PUFFIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/essential-groucho-the-writings-by-fo-8-109799.html Presents various examples of Groucho, one of the influential and wellloved figures in the history of comedy. From early scripts to complete screenplays, from magazine funnies to personal correspondence, via books, greedy banks, even greedier lawyers and the coming of television, this collection captures the essence of Groucho's comic genius.

Author: Kanfer, Stefan (Editor)  Publisher: PENG MOD CLASSICS]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/father-christmas--8-109800.html Presents the reader with a collection of Christmas jokes. This book also features some of the author's musings on what it's like to be Father Christmas for better or for worse year in, year out. It is suitable as a stockingfiller gift.

Author: Briggs, Raymond  Publisher: PUFFIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/ha-ha-bonk-book-8-109801.html This joke book is full of good jokes to tell dads, mums, baby brothers, teachers and just about anybody else you can think of!

Author: Ahlberg, Allan  Publisher: PUFFIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/i-hope-they-serve-beer-in-hell-8-109802.html Tucker Max drinks to excess at inappropriate times, disregards social norms, indulges every whim, takes no responsibility for his actions, rebels against any authority, and sleeps with more women than is safe. This work contains what the modernday bounder has written since he started sharing his depraved reality with audience.

Author: Max, Tucker  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/my-very-first-joke-book-8-109803.html This introduction to jokes and joke telling contains over 60 gags and rhymes, such as Knock knock jokes, Doctor doctor jokes, monster jokes and just plain daft jokes.

Author: Umansky, Kaye  Publisher: PUFFIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/phantom-hitchhikers-decoy-ducks-the-8-109804.html From Walt Disney's frozen head to the kidnap of JFK's brain, this title gathers together various urban legends. Exploring the events behind conspiracy theories, the exaggerations of history and the assumptions of old wives' tales, it shows us that the truth can definitely be stranger than fiction.

Author: Jack, Albert  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/piccadilly-jim-8-109805.html The life of Jimmy Crocker, (a.k.a. Piccadilly Jim) has been little more than broken promises and drunken brawls. However, Jim has fallen in love and taken to reforming himself. Unfortunately, to win the heart of his intended, Jim must pretend to be someone else.

Author: Wodehouse, P G  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/pigs-have-wings-8-109806.html Lord Emsworth's quickwitted brother must stop the portly Sir Gregory Parsloe's plan to slim down Emsworth's prize porker with a new miracle weightloss drug.

Author: Wodehouse, P G  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/rock-star-babylon-jawdropping-tales-8-109807.html Rock Star Babylon Jawdropping Tales

Author: Holmes, Jon  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/rush-limbaugh-is-a-big-fat-idiot-8-109808.html Al Franken strikes bodyblows at his favourite targets, the rantings of right wing politicians and the media hacks show support them, starting with his favourite, 300lbs (and growing) Rush Limbaugh.

Author: Franken, Al  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/scooby-doo-joke-book-monsters-unleashed-8-109809.html Scooby Doo Joke Book Monsters Unleashed

Publisher: PUFFIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/seriously-spooky-joke-book-8-109810.html Seriously Spooky Joke Book

Author: Woodward, K  Publisher: PUFFIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/service-with-a-smile-8-109811.html Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse wrote more than a hundred books and at least twenty film scripts, and he collaborated on more than thirty plays and musical comedies with the likes of George Gershwin, Cole Porter, and Irving Berlin. Best known as the creator of Jeeves the impossibly wise, supremely wellmannered gentleman's gentleman and Wooster his unflaggingly affable but bumbling employer Wodehouse invokes the very British spirit of a bygone era in a gentle satire that, as Evelyn Waugh puts it, satisfies the most sophisticated taste and the simplest. In Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves, fate conspires to draw Bertie Wooster back to Totleigh Towers, the site of an earlier ordeal that nearly landed our hero in prison and, worse still, in continuing danger of marriage to Madeline Bassett, the svelte and sadly syrupy daughter of the house. Only one thing stands between Bertie and the dreaded state of matrimony, and that is his good friend Gussie FinkNottle, lover of newts and Madeline Bassett. So long as Gussie and Madeline continue to profess their undying love for each other, Bertie is safe...but disaster looms when Gussie rebels at Madeline's attempt to turn him into a vegetarian. Throw in the intrigues of Miss Stiffy Byng and her dog Bartholomew to gain the Reverend Stinker Pinker a vicarage, the renewed rivalry of art collectors Sir Watkyn Bassett and Bertie's Uncle Tom, and the irresistible cooking skills of American Emerald Stoker (who happens to be the younger sister of Bertie's old friend Pauline, whom he also narrowly avoided marrying), and you have trouble of the sort that only Jeeves can mend. In other words, here is a classic version of one of the greatplots of the English language from the Master himself.

Author: Wodehouse, P G  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/silliest-joke-book-ever-8-109812.html A hilariously funny book containing hundreds of jokes, as well as the favourite jokes of famous celebrities.

Publisher: PUFFIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/sleepover-joke-book-8-109813.html Sleepover Joke Book

Author: Ransford, S  Publisher: PUFFIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/stitch-s-joke-book-8-109814.html Stitch's Joke Book

Publisher: PUFFIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/terror-of-st-trinian-s-other-drawings-8-109815.html Takes us to the world of the Gothic Public School. This book features shootings, knifings, torture and witchcraft, as well as many maidenly arts. It also contains a selection of the author's work from the nonschool books, including The Rake's Progress, Souls in Torment and Merry England, and others.

Author: Searle, Ronald  Publisher: PENGUIN CLASSICS]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/virginia-monologues-the-twenty-reason-8-109816.html When she started to clock up the years in earnest, everyone looked away and tried not to mention it. But now Virginia Ironside is actually sixty well, sixtyfive if she's honest she's can't see what all the fuss was about. She's thrilled to be old. Growing ancient is not a loss but a gain. You're more confident, and if your memory's going, at least you forget the bad times, like all those ghastly men you slept with in the other sixties. And isn't now the time to take lots of drugs, not just all the ones you've been prescribed by the doctor (which are, now you're old, completely free)? There's nothing more fun than comparing your various ailments with other oldies ('I take so many fish oils I'm thinking of joining an aquarium'), plus indulging in new oldie pursuits, from curtaintwitching to picking up litter with a litterstick, researching one's past or (Virginia's preference) just mooching about. From Funerals ('So much more fun than weddings') to Grandchildren ('The reward for not killing your children') to the White Slave Trade ('No longer a threat'), from Being a Bore ('You're in your anecdotage, so nobody can complain') to Sex ('I don't know about you, but I've had enough sex to last me a lifetime'), Virginia Ironside tackles all the issues that face today's elegant and distinguished oldies with optimism and enthusiasm and makes you want to cheer!

Author: Ironside, Virginia  Publisher: FIG TREE]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/who-writes-this-crap--8-109817.html Do you ever wonder who's responsible for the rubbish that you read every day? This book takes the examples of junk mail, packaging, emails and advertising and rewrites them.

Author: Wright, Luke  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/world-s-deadliest-joke-book-8-109818.html A collection of hundreds of original jokes, cartoons, mad ads and lots of features on the theme of spying. Super spies, bad guys, secret codes and weapons are among the thrills and spills of this joke book.

Author: Byrne, John  Publisher: PUFFIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/world-s-scariest-joke-book-8-109819.html This is a hilarious collection of jokes about all things spooky and scary; including witches, ghosts, vampires, werewolves and other horrible creatures. It includes hundreds of original jokes and cartoons, as well as fun features and mad ads, all given the distinctive John Byrne treatment.

Author: Byrne, John  Publisher: PUFFIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/asshole-how-i-got-rich-and-happy-by-no-8-109820.html Presents a programme for assholism, which includes essential body language; workplace etiquette; diet and exercise; relationships; and, feelings.

Author: Kihn, Marty  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/christmas-stocking-joke-book-8-109821.html The ideal stockingfiller, bursting with funfilled festive jokes and cartoons, this a joke book every child will love.

Author: Rayner, S  Publisher: PUFFIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/lies-the-lying-liars-who-tell-them-8-109822.html Al Franken, one of America's savviest satirists has studied the rhetoric of the Right. He has listened to their cries of 'slander', 'bias' and even 'treason'. He's even watched Fox News. A lot. And in this 'fair and balanced report', he bravely exposes them all for what they are liars.

Author: Franken, A  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/ross-o-carrollkelly-s-guide-to-south-du-8-109823.html Ross O'CarrollKelly's Guide to South Du

Author: Kelly, Ross O'Carrol  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/dad-rules-how-my-children-taught-me-to-8-109824.html Asks why men are so terrified of breeding. This guide examines the worries parents are likely to face.

Author: Clover, Andrew  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/much-obliged-jeeves-8-109825.html It is a time of stress at Market Snodsbury as Bertie must protect himself from the affections of Madeleine Bassett. The prospect of being linked for life to a girl who would come down at breakfast and put her hands over my eyes and say 'Guess who' had given my morale a sickening wallop. It is always my policy in times of crisis to try to look on the bright side, but I make one proviso viz. that there has to be a bright side to look on, and in the present case there wasn't even the sniff of one. If only Jeeves could come to the aid of the young master .

Author: Wodehouse, P G  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/wee-book-of-calvin-8-109826.html A collection of essays and aphorisms about Scottish Calvinism. This is Scottish literary humour at its finest. 'A work of contemporary shamanism, with all the bluff, poetry, deranged humour, sleightofhand and real magic that implies.' Don Paterson. This is the first (and maybe the last) selfhelp guide that promises to make you feel a lot worse after you read it. A hilarious satire on freezedried mysticism and offtheshelf enlightenment, it is also a haunting and lyrical reflection on places, voices and memories a literary journey into the heart of NorthEast darkness. 'A perfect evocation of Scotland's mysterious love affair with loss and sorrow. A powerful dram of Zen Calvinism.' Richard Holloway

Author: Duncan, B  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/lies-the-lying-liars-who-tell-them-8-109827.html Lies & The Lying Liars Who Tell Them

Author: Franken, A  Publisher: ALLEN LANE]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/naked-jape-uncovering-the-hidden-world-8-109828.html Is Man the only animal that laughs? Why are clowns so scary? Do jokes make children more intelligent? Are men funnier than women? Can God take a joke? What's brown and sticky? This work takes a tour of the strange and wonderful world of jokes to find out what's funny and why. With over 400 of the best jokes it is a lesson in jokemaking.

Author: Carr, Jimmy  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/should-have-got-off-at-sydney-parade-8-109829.html Ross O'CarrollKelly thought he knew all he needed to about women's bodies... And now he's getting a biology lesson he could have so lived without ... Sometimes, life just isn't fair to the babe magnet supremo.

Author: Kelly, Ross O'Carrol  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/dr-johnson-s-dictionary-of-modern-life-8-88471.html In this hilarious update of his original Dictionary, bewigged lexicographer Dr Samuel Johnson takes a curmudgeonly look at modern life, from Celebrity Big Brother to David Cameron. In 2009 Dr Samuel Johnson made a surprise re-emergence from eighteenth century retirement and began Twittering. It proved the perfect vehicle for his acerbic, aphoristic wit and he has quickly become the darling of the site. The Guardian calls him the 'greatest' thing on Twitter and the Telegraph dubs him its 'star'.nnOur gouty man of letters finds the modern world in a parlous state. It is peopled with fools like "Raisin-ey'd Tyrant Mister Nick GRIFFIN" and "BABOON-SLAYER, Fop, Macaroni, Dandy & Folderol, Mister AA Gill". His attempts to negotiate a path through the vagaries of modern life do not fare well either - for instance, on a trip to "Mister LIBERTY'S blast'd Haberdashery", upon finding "all else clad as Lumber-Jacks, I left thwart'd & alone unwilling to dress as an unmanly Pastiche of Mister COBAIN." nnIn his Dictionary of Modern Life, our gouty man of letters takes a wickedly funny look at all things modern. From Top Gear and the Daily Mail to Dubstep and Celebrity Big Brother, nothing escapes his sardonic gaze.

Author: Johnson, Dr  Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE]]> Wed, 20 Oct 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/biggest-ever-tim-vine-joke-book-the-8-88475.html The irrepressible, hysterical, puntastical Tim Vine, star of stage and screen, treats all of us here in his first joke book. Packed full of zingers and hilarious illustrations, if this doesn t put a smile on your face, nothing will. What s not to like:nnThe other day someone left a piece of plasticine in my dressing room. I didn't know what to make of it. nnI'm against hunting. I'm actually a hunt saboteur. I go out the night before and shoot the fox. nnI saw this bloke chatting up a cheetah. He was trying to pull a fast one. nnBlack holes. I don't know what people see in them. nnSo I fancied a game of darts with my mate. He said, 'Nearest the bull goes first.' He went 'Baah' and I went 'Moo'. He said 'You're closest.' nnVelcro. What a rip-off. nnBlack Beauty. He's a dark horse. nnI've got a sponge front door. Hey, don't knock it.

Author: Vine, Tim  Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE]]> Wed, 20 Oct 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/i-has-a-hotdog!-8-88478.html After the success of the bestselling I Can Has Cheezburger? A Lol Colleckshun, the loldogs wanted their share of the pie. And hotdog. And steak. I Has a Hotdog: What Your Dog is Really Thinking is a glimpse into the minds of loldogs everywhere. Hungry, playful, plotting, hungry and plain cute, these loldogs will delight dog lovers and readers hungry for more lols. nnThis colleckshun features over 100 loldog photos, complete with loldog-speak, and covers every portion of the average loldog's brain, from 'play' and 'kill cat' to 'zzzzz'. It is the ultimate loldog guide.

Author: Happycat,  Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE]]> Wed, 20 Oct 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/fully-authorised-history-of-i-m-sorry-i-haven-t-a-clue-the-8-88496.html The authoritative, entertaining and above all, very silly, celebration of an unsung comic legacy that is I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again and I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue, celebrates the lives of Willie Rushton, David Hatch and Humphrey Lyttelton.

Author: Roberts, Jem  Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE]]> Wed, 20 Oct 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/usefully-useless-8-89586.html Usefully Useless contains a wealth of miscellany on a vast range of topics, including Literature, Geography, Food, Science, the Natural World and Sleep from the export of frogs legs to the longest Monopoly game completed in the bath. Usefully Useless provides answers to such eternal questions as:nnWhich British league football team s name has no letters that one could colour in with a pen?nnWhy are astronauts banned from eating baked beans?nnWhat was the original colour of Coca-cola?nnWhich key do houseflies buzz in?nnWhich famous animal did John Wayne win in a poker game?nnFind out these answers and many, many more in Usefully Useless, the essential guide to the facts you never thought you d need to know.

Author: Hanks, Mark  Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE]]> Wed, 20 Oct 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/brief-history-of-tim-a-8-99372.html 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 those who think contemporary art is a load of rubbish, there’s the Tat Modern. Find out about the Ancient Geeks, nerdy types who spent far too much time doing maths. A Brief History of Tim is laugh-out-loud funny and will have you looking at the world through fresh eyes.

Author: Clugston, Kathy  Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE]]> Tue, 19 Oct 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/brideshead-abbreviated-8-99373.html 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, fearful that it may be their turn to be mercilessly sent up. Now he turns his critical eye on the classics of the last hundred years, offering bite-sized summaries of everything from Mrs Dalloway to Possession via Lolita and Midnight's Children. Those who have never quite got round to reading Ulysses will be delighted to find its essence distilled into a mere four paragraphs. Those who have never quite got on with Seven Pillars of Wisdom will be pleased to find it hilariously parodied in an easily swallowable 752 words. And those who find all such books intimidatingly highbrow will be relieved to find that they can also discover, between the covers of this book, John Crace's take on the likes of Jeffrey Archer, John Grisham and J.K. Rowling. Witty, occasionally a bit cruel, this is essential reading both for those who love literature and those who can't see what all the fuss is about.

Author: Crace, John  Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE]]> Tue, 19 Oct 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/texts-from-last-night-8-99374.html Ever texted after one too many? Ever texted the wrong person by mistake? Ever fired off a message before double-checking your predictive spelling? You are not alone! Texts From Last Night is a celebration of the best, worst and weirdest texts that have ever been sent. Humiliating for the sender but hilarious for the rest of us, it includes gems such as: - 'This is a mass text. Does anyone know where I am?' - 'Only girl wearing a fake beard and I STILL get laid!' - Uni reaches a new low. We just carved a shot glass out of a potato From the website textsfromlastnight.com, which has 4 million daily users, these are genuine, text-sized windows onto hilarious cringeful real-life moments. Once you've read Texts From Last Night you might think twice before pressing send on that mistyped message to the wrong person in the middle of the night after one too many. Then again, you might not...

Author: Bator, Ben,Leto, Lauren  Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE]]> Tue, 19 Oct 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/good-loo-hunting-8-99375.html Lake Titikaka! Canterbury Cathedral! Elephants crossing the Zambezi! Baseball! The Atacama Desert! Goats! These are just some of the sights you can see from the comfort of a convenience! We’ve been flooded with toilet tip-offs, new loo leads and dozens of fantastic photographs from loo hunters around the world. In this astounding collection, chief loo hunter Luke Barclay has brought together the world’s most scenic cisterns and panoramic privies. From a Buddhist monastery in India to Mount Kilimanjaro, Good Loo Hunting takes you to the most picturesque – and bizarre – loos with views on the planet.

Author: Barclay, Luke  Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE]]> Tue, 19 Oct 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/8-out-of-10-brits-8-88244.html A light-hearted, whistlestop tour of today's Britain, done entirely through statistics and survey results. In 8 out of 10 Brits, Charlie Crocker paints a quirkily numerical portrait of Britain. Full of surprising facts about who they are, fascinating information about what they do, and revealing figures about how they've changed, this is the essential companion to British life. - The British consume at least double the per capita quantity of baked beans eaten by any other nationality - By early 2005 there were more mobile phones in the UK than people -- at least 60 million - The divorce rate in 2007 was the lowest in 30 years "From the Hardcover edition."

Author: Croker, Charlie  Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE]]> Wed, 06 Oct 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/obstacles-to-young-love-8-99181.html From one of the greatest comedic writers of a generation comes a story of love, faith and taxidermy. ‘Three mighty obstacles threaten the burgeoning love of childhood sweethearts Timothy Pickering and Naomi Walls. They are Steven Venables, a dead curlew and God.’ 1978: Two lovers perch precariously on the cusp of adulthood. Timothy’s life ambition is to take on his father’s taxidermy business; while Naomi dreams of a career on stage. Across the decades their lives continue to interweave, and occasionally cross – bound by the pull of intoxicating first love. But will their destinies ultimately unite them? Nobbs moves his exceptional comic talent to a new-found depth. Memorable and moving, a tale of love won and love lost. You will never look at the art of taxidermy in the same way again.

Author: DAVID NOBBS  Publisher: HARPER COLLINS]]> Tue, 05 Oct 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/book-of-strange-and-curious-legal-odditi-8-97650.html You\'re probably breaking the law right now-and don\'t even know it. Did you know... a Naples, Italy, enforces laws for what constitutes real pizza, and \"pizza police\" visit restaurants to crack down on unlawful pies? a In West Virginia it is a crime to display or possess a red or black flag? a It is illegal to sell stuffed articles depicting female breasts within a thousand feet of any county highway in California? a Spherical fishbowls have been banned in Rome since 2004? There are hundreds of bizarre laws that we could be breaking at any moment. What exactly are we doing that we shouldn\'t be doing, and what happens if we get caught? In this engaging and insightful collection, Nathan Belofsky takes us on a journey of eclectic, unexpected, and bizarre laws from around the world. Written by a practicing lawyer with an eye for his profession\'s most unusual quirks, \"The Book of Strange and Curious Legal Oddities\" offers a delightful look at the legal system\'s peculiarities through the ages. From laws that crack down on how we eat, look, and have sex, to real legal battles involving litigious chimpanzees, you\'ll start wondering whether you\'re really the law-abiding citizen you claim to be.

Author: Nathan Belofsky  Publisher: PUSA-Perigee Trade]]> Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/best-of-sudhir-dar-8-96621.html For over forty years Sudhir Dar s pen has captured the different moods and faces of India with an unerring eye for detail and a delightfully irreverent sense of humour. This volume brings together his personal favourites from cartoons published in different newspapers and magazines including the Hindustan Times, the Pioneer, the Delhi Times and Outlook. Sharp, satirical and witty, the collection shows the ace cartoonist at his devastating best.

Author: Dar, Sudhir  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Wed, 25 Aug 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/brushing-up-the-years-8-96622.html From 1947, throughout the entire history of independent India, R.K. Laxman's cartoons have appeared regularly in the Times of India, commenting on every possible aspect of India's social and political life. Some years ago, Time magazine called R.K. Laxman 'the country's sharpest cartoonist and political satirist'. For many Indians, however, Laxman is much more. His daily cartoons, with their whimsical, idiosyncratic and downright hilarious depictions of Indianness, have become something of a national habit a way for millions of readers to tackle the perplexing and often frustrating headlines in the morning newspaper. Laxman's Common Man cartoons (where the Common Man, like the quintessential Indian, observes everything that goes on around him from political wranglings to household squabbles but never utters a word) are sharp and pointed observations on the rampant corruption, social injustice, financial fiascos and political byplays that have plagued the nation since its inception. His political cartoons, on the other hand, are marvellous caricatures of the personalities and policies of our larger-than-life leaders. Laxman's cartoons represent a uniquely Indian take on life, informed, humorous, philosophical and, above all, mischievous. These, perhaps, are the qualities that have made him India's best-loved cartoonist. Brushing Up the Years: A Cartoonist's History of India 1947 to the Present is a selection of the very best of Laxman's cartoons, drawn over a career spanning sixty years. From India's first general elections to Nehru's Five-Year Plans, from the wars with China and Pakistan to the reign of Indira Gandhi and the Emergency, from Rajiv Gandhi's government, the rise of regional politics and the fall of the Babri Masjid to economic liberalization, the rule of the BJP and the Congress's return to power, these cartoons trace a history of modern India, a history that is perceptive, provocative and humorous. Brushing Up the Years is a unique book that reveals what modern India is all about. It is a collector's item that every Indian will want to possess. This paperback edition of Brushing Up the Years contains eight new pages of cartoons, bringing the story up to the present.

Author: Laxman, R K  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Wed, 25 Aug 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/dose-of-laughter-8-96623.html A humorous look at doctors and their ilk by India's best-loved cartoonist Laughter, they say, is the best medicine. It is therefore fitting that the world's most honourable profession should have a great deal of fun made at its expense. Humour directed at physicians and medicine has sustained many a suffering patient through the bleakest of times. A Dose of Laughter is an exhilarating collection of cartoons and jokes about doctors and their practices that will bring a smile to the lips of those who wield the stethoscope as well as those who yield to it. The book contains 100 cartoons about the world of doctors, hospitals, laboratories, ailments, maladies, health schemes and hygiene that show R.K. Laxman at his inimitable best. These are accompanied by a hundred of the funniest jokes about doctors and the medical profession collected from all over the world. Together these make for a witty, perceptive look at the unequal effort doctors make to combat disease and bring succour to their fellow humans. This is a book that can be dipped into at random, or read from cover to cover. In either case, it is guaranteed to provide a great deal of unadulterated merriment and laughter.

Author: Laxman, R. K.  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Wed, 25 Aug 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/double-talk-8-96624.html Double Talk debuted in the Sunday Observer in Bombay, 1982. Suki, its central character, was a bushy-haired, baggy-clothed free spirit. With neither job nor family to tie her down, her life was breezily uncluttered, unencumbered and unconventional. In four years she had just one romance and her best friends were non-human. Her favourite concerns were bewilderingly abstract and her reference points were usually universal rather than local. In the nineties, Suki was resurrected in a daily strip of that name, in the Pioneer in New Delhi, where it ran for six years. Despite all the changes that have occurred in the real world since the birth of Suki, the character and the illustrations continue to bristle with their own quirky brand of humour. Or lack of it: Bombay s feisty readers had strong views about the cartoon, and sent in almost 60 published letters of complaint to the editor! This book represents a selection of the strips that appeared in print from 1982 to 1986.

Author: Padmanabhan, Manjula  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Wed, 25 Aug 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/laugh-with-laxman-8-96625.html The other side of R.K. Laxman For decades now, R.K. Laxman s cartoons, nestled in a corner of the front page of the newspaper and ridiculing the import of the very news items they are surrounded by, have delighted millions of readers every morning. These cartoons, featuring the trademark figure of the Common Man and collected in several volumes of the Best of Laxman series, have proved to be enduringly popular travesties of our public life. There is, however, another half of Laxman s oeuvre, comprising cartoons that appear on the back page of the Sunday newspaper. Some of these cartoons reveal what politicians, executives and high-placed professionals might say and do in private, often behind closed doors. Others look into the future or lend a speaking voice to animals to gain a different perspective on our everyday affairs. These are worlds that even the ubiquitous Common Man is not privy to. Yet it is here that Laxman s sense of parody and satire find some of their best expressions, commenting caustically on our social and political character by pointing out the incongruities inherent in our systems. Previously uncollected, some of these rare but masterly cartoons are brought together for the first time in this first volume of Laugh with Laxman as a special treat for all Laxman fans.

Author: Laxman, R. K.  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Wed, 25 Aug 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/mad-mad-world-of-cricket-the-8-96626.html The funny side of the gentleman s game captured by a master cartoonist In India cricket is more than a game; it is a national obsession. And with a World Cup always around the corner, there is no better way to prepare for the excitement of seeing the men in blue in action than with renowned cartoonist Sudhir Dar s creations. Dar shows in his inimitable style how cricket can change flight schedules, disrupt board meetings, encourage spirituality, promote the sale of effigies, and cause general disharmony in the household. He explains what actually goes on in a huddle ; what telescopic lenses on the boundary line are really used for; why duck is not a preferred item on the menu during the World Cup; why barbers across the nation are cursing Dhoni; and how a group of countries collectively known as the West Indies is likely to destabilize India. He also reveals the cheerleading mantra that might work when India plays Australia: May the better side lose. For several decades, Sudhir Dar has tickled our funny bone with his wit. The Mad, Mad World of Cricket contains his best and funniest work on cricket.

Author: Dar, Sudhir  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Wed, 25 Aug 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/sudhir-dar-classics-8-96627.html After the immensely successful The Best of Sudhir Dar, comes another brilliant collection from India s ace cartoonist. From acerbic takes on politicians of every hue and hilarious asides on everyday issues that plague us rising prices, traffic jams and bumpy roads to side-splitting comments on our national obsessions cricket, films and TV serials Sudhir Dar s masterly brush strokes are guaranteed to keep the laughter ringing.

Author: Dar, Sudhir  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Wed, 25 Aug 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/tales-from-the-kathasaritsagara-8-96628.html With a Foreword by Wendy Doniger The kathasaritasagara, which literally means the Ocean of the Sea of Story , is often described as the motherlode of the world s stories. Although its dates have not been conclusively established, the kathasaritasagara is said to have been compiled by a Kashmiri Saivite Brahmin called Somadeva in AD 1070. Legend has it that Somadeva composed the Kathasaritasagara for queen Suryavati, wife of King Anantadeva who ruled Kashmir in the eleventh century. The stories in this book are retold from ten of the eighteen books of the original kathasaritasagara. The main narrative, or frame story, deals with the adventures of Naravahanadatta and culminates in his eventual coronation as the king of the sky-dwellers with magical powers (vidyadharas). The numerous tales and stories in the book are told by various ministers of Naravahanadatta. The most remarkable feature of the kathasaritasagara is that unlike other classics of the time, it offers no moral conclusions, no principles to live by and is throughout a celebration of earthly life It is also an exhilarating anthology of stories. Thus we have promiscuous married women and clever courtesans; imbecile Brahmins and incompetent kings; and men and women who are cursed and granted boons and experience exciting adventures...

Author: Somadeva  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Wed, 25 Aug 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/the-big-fat-joke-book-8-96629.html Ribald, rib-tickling and outrageous, Khushwant Singh s inimitable brand of humour has made him a legend in his own lifetime. This volume brings together the funniest and most memorable selections from his enormous repertoire, including some of the wackiest jokes ever cracked about sex, God and politics.

Author: Singh Khushwant  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Wed, 25 Aug 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/funniest-jokes-in-the-world-8-96630.html The Funniest Jokes in the World brings together hundreds of jokes and epigrams collected over several decades from all around the world that are guaranteed to tickle the funny bone and brighten up the dullest of days.

Author: Shourie, H. D.  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Wed, 25 Aug 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/laugh-with-laxman:-vol-2-8-96631.html Laugh With Laxman: Vol. 2

Author: Laxman, R. K.  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Wed, 25 Aug 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/pothunters-and-other-school-stories-8-96632.html By the end of morning school, it was generally known that a gang of desperados...had taken the Pavilion down, brick by brick... When the silver sports trophies disappear from the cricket pavilion at St Austin s, the scene is set for a school full of characters to indulge in some desperately inventive detection. And when one of the boys is (wrongly) accused of the crime, he realizes he must produce the real villain to clear both his name and that of the school. In this early work, P.G. Wodehouse is already mixing all our favourite ingredients for a result that is fast, thrilling and very funny. Behind this seemingly effortless performance there is infinite skill, and a splendid, kindly wisdom; and in these early books, we can observe the young Wodehouse learning how to enchant us with these two rare and beautiful gifts. Colin MacInnes

Author: Wodehouse, P.G.  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Wed, 25 Aug 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/tunnel-of-time-8-96633.html Snippets from the life of India s best-loved cartoonist R.K. Laxman has always had a rather unique way of looking at things. His Common Man cartoons have lampooned just about every aspect of political and social life over the past five decades. Now that he has, at long last, decided to write the story of his life, the narrative is imbued with the same acerbic wit and quizzical insights we are so familiar with, while the tone is that of a relaxed after-dinner conversation. There are anecdotes here that can rival the most uncanny adventures of the Common Man. Laxman is tormented by gamblers who are convinced they can see lucky numbers concealed in his cartoons, mistaken for a Mexican and debarred from attending an invitation dinner on Park Avenue because he is carrying a raincoat, and charged with importing obscene literature into the country because a friend has sent him a copy of Playboy. These descriptions are interspersed with delightful thumbnail sketches of luminaries ranging from Graham Greene to V.K. Krishna Menon. Always looking for the contradictions that make life unpredictable and reveling in absurd juxtapositions, Laxman embellishes his canvas with a keen sense of humour and the satirist s ability to take a whimsical, cock-eyed look at just about anything under the sun. He is a gifted storyteller and pulls the reader along on an enchanting, comical journey down the corridors of time. The wry sense of humour, insight and healthy irreverence for everything that so indelibly stamp both Laxman s cartoons and his short stories are all there in abundance. Economic Times Laxman s disarming modesty and charm make this life story of his a page turner. Sunday Mid-day A chronicle of our times from a remarkable person s point of view. S. Krishnan, Frontline Cover and inside illustrations by R.K. Laxman Cover design by Santosh Dutta

Author: Laxman, R. K.  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Wed, 25 Aug 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/vintage-sardar-8-96634.html I will prove, if I must, that the pen is still mightier than the sword, a Kalashnikov or a self-loading rifle.’ —Khushwant Singh Khushwant Singh has spent a lifetime waging war against hypocrisy, humbug and intolerance. It has made him India's most provocative and popular columnist. This new collection brings together his essays and articles on themes as varied as God, the afterlife, the banning of books, caste, prostitution, crank calls and pets. His skills as a raconteur and journalist are used to brilliant effect in his sketches of Gandhi, Raj Kapoor, Vajpayee, Phoolan Devi, Zia-ul-Haq and the Dalai Lama, as also in his travel pieces on Nagaland and France, among other places. The Vintage Sardar ends with a frank and introspective autobiographical piece. --Khushwant Singh's distinctive candour, wit and insight make this an engaging and sparkling collection. --Khushwant Singh is one of India’s best-known columnists and journalists.

Author: Singh, Khushwant  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Wed, 25 Aug 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/vote-for-laughter-8-96635.html A witty look at the strange world of politics by India s best-loved cartoonist After the phenomenal success of A Dose of Laughter, a collection of R.K. Laxman s cartoons and jokes about the medical profession, comes the second book in the series, which takes a humorous look at the colourful personalities, peculiar codes of conduct and bombastic rhetoric that characterize the inimitable world of politics. A Vote for Laughter contains a hundred of R.K. Laxman s classic Common Man cartoons that have to do with political subjects from party meetings, election campaigns and VVIP movements to cabinet reshuffles, horse trading and foreign tours, not to forget the activity that for Laxman defines the Indian politician: the impulse to rush to the well of the House. These are accompanied by a hundred of the funniest jokes about politics and politicians, collected from all over the world. A Vote for Laughter is an exhilarating collection that will entertain everyone who enjoys seeing the farcical streak in our contemporary politics, even as we take pride in being the world s largest democracy.

Author: Laxman, R.K.  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Wed, 25 Aug 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/pants-and-more-pants-2-bk-bind-up--8-88446.html Small pants, big pants, giant frilly pig pants - you can never have enough pants, as this exuberant celebration of undies proves! Giles Andreae\'s brilliant rhyming text and Nick Sharratt\'s hilarious, vibrant illustrations will delight children and adults alike. Featuring amongst others, a gorilla, a hippo, a limousine and a dinosaur in pants - plus a rather embarrassed farty pants - this indispensible picture book omnibus is guaranteed to make you giggle!

Author: Andreae, Giles  Publisher: David Fickling Books (PB)]]> Tue, 10 Aug 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/man-walks-into-a-bar-3-a-8-88476.html "Did you hear about the scarecrow that won the Nobel Prize? He was outstanding in his field. What kind of cheese can hide a horse? Mascarpone. What about the red ship and the purple ship that collided at sea? Over one hundred sailors were marooned. Did you hear about the paranoid vegetarian? He always feared the wurst. A blonde Essex girl walked into a bar with an Englishman, and Irishman and a Scotsman, and started to change the lightbulb. The barman asked, ‘Is this some kind of joke?’ The third in the bestselling series of hilarious joke books – packed full of every kind of joke to make you laugh until your sides split. From elephants to mothers-in-law, priests to chickens, ‘knock knock’ to ‘doctor, doctor’ and much more besides, A Man Walks into a Bar 3 contains over 2,500 great new gags.Even Queen Victoria would be amused."

Author: Swan, Jonathan  Publisher: Ebury Press]]> Tue, 10 Aug 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/fear-of-hat-loss-in-las-vegas-8-88477.html A true-life travel tale of fate, coincidence, drugs and debauchery from 2007\'s if.comedy (Perrier) award winner. Fear of Hat Loss in Las Vegas is the true story of four men – Brendon (a delusional, self-confessed god-fearing preacher, drug addict and manic depressive), Barry (the everyman), Paul (an Italian New Yorker, devout atheist, actor and movie director) and Keith (Barry\'s dad and best friend, and a man down on his luck) – and one hell of a road trip.\n\nIn search of the realisation of Brendon\'s \'vision\' of happiness in the desert, and to try and mend Barry\'s broken heart, our four heroes set off in a hired convertible into the heart of the Nevada desert. What follows is a tale of debauchery, mushrooms, fate, hookers, coincidence, stand-up comedy, aliens, Vegas and, ultimately, friendship. \n\nFear of Hat Loss in Las Vegas is a travel memoir that will warm you heart and make you howl with laughter. About the Author Brendon Burns has been on the British comedy circuit for over 20 years. He has hosted The 11 O\'Clock Show as well as Help! I\'m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here NOW! and Comedy Cuts for ITV2. He has recently recorded his sixth live CD Thinking man\'s Idiot.

Author: Burns, Brendon  Publisher: Bantam Press]]> Tue, 10 Aug 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/al-murray-the-pub-landlord-says-think-yourself-british-8-95361.html Al Murray's "Book of British Common Sense "helped Great Britain get back on her feet by providing an injection of "Common Sense" to counteract all the balls and waffle they've been subjected to in that once great nation of theirs. Now he's back, and he's turning his attention to "You." The Pub Landlord knows that you, like so many others, need help to "Help Yourselves." Which is why he has stepped out from behind the taps once again and written (well, dictated, be reasonable) this Help Yourself book, "Think Yourself British." The guiding principle of Helping Yourself is this: in order to take one step forward, we must first take two steps backwards. Because you will only truly know that you are moving forwards if you have first seen what it's like to go backwards. And once you have read "Think Yourself British "you will undoubtedly become one of the most backwards people you know. Help Yourself to Health, Nutrition, Dating, Health, Wealth, Success, and Happiness. Help Yourself to make an omelet with a fried egg inside it. Help Yourself to "Al Murray The Pub Landlord's" "Think Yourself British "(remember to pay for it, though, don't just help yourself).

Author: Murray, Al  Publisher: HODDER & STOUGHTON]]> Sun, 08 Aug 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/loose-women:-here-come-the-girls-8-95362.html It's that time of year again -- the kids are going back to school, you've ditched the bikini diet and you've lost your other half to the football...Never fear though because the Loose Women girls are here to help get you through!Packed with brand new exclusive content, this warm, honest and jaw-achingly funny book is a must-have for all Loose Women fans.Just like a night out with the girls, and brimming with all-new wit, wisdom and hilarious stories, make time to relax and be reminded of the things that really matter in life...with a little help from the girls!

Author: Women, Loose  Publisher: HODDER & STOUGHTON]]> Sun, 08 Aug 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/robin-ince-s-bad-book-club-8-94992.html Is hideous prose and ghastly poetry more fabulous than great literature? Determined to find out, award-winning comedian Robin Ince has spent most of the 21st century rummaging through charity shops, jumble sales, and even the odd skip to compile the defining collection of the world's worst ? inadvertently hilarious ? books. Among the many genres it explores, the book will guide you through the hinterland of celebrity autobiography, unearthing underappreciated classics such as those by It Ain't Half Hot Mum's Don Estelle and the brother of a former PM (MAJOR MAJOR). It offers a detailed study of romance sub-genres, from the equine (DIAMOND STUD) to the gynaecological (SIGN OF THE SPECULUM). And it will prove invaluable to anyone who wants to know THE SECRETS OF PICKING UP SEXY GIRLS. Above all, the Book Club is a manual - almost a life guide - training you up for membership of the Grand Order of Curators of Books That Should Never Have Been. Join the club.

Author: Ince, Robin  Publisher: Little Brown]]> Wed, 04 Aug 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/blighty:-a-cynic’s-guide-to-britain-8-94993.html Having skewered modern life and culture in the bestselling Is it Just Me or is Everything Shit?, Steve Lowe and Alan McArthur set out to uncover the deep dark truth about Britain – its history, its myths and its people.Over the course of a year they endure the Last Night of the Proms and search for a couple of pissed dragons under a hill in Wales. They witness Scotland rising again (a bit), encounter terrifying Europhobe ladies in Surrey and lose the will to live in Gibraltar. They also meet a lot of druids.Hilarious, provocative and filled with fascinating facts, Blighty offers a brilliant, alternative vision of Britain – the island in the Atlantic that some people call Britain.

Author: Lowe, Steve & McArthur, Alan  Publisher: Little Brown]]> Wed, 04 Aug 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/eating-things-on-sticks-8-88444.html Harry is in trouble. He's burned down the family kitchen so now has to spend a week of his summer hols with his uncle Tristram - who's heading off to stay with a new girlfriend - Morning Glory - on a tiny British island. Harry doesn't expect it to be a lot of fun - with just a wacky competition at the end of the week to look forward to. He certainly didn't expect to discover all the beards. Or the angel on the mountain. Or the helicopters circling overhead all week. And he definitely didn't think it would be so wet . . 

Author: Fine, Anne  Publisher: Corgi Childrens]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/the-arks-anniversary-8-76535.html When Gerald Durrell was six years old, he informed his mother that he intended to have his own zoo. This is the story of how that little boy grew into his big ambition and how his dream grew into The Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust, which today is a major world force in wildlife conservation. Whether the author is on the trail of a pigmy hog or a bank manager, whether he is courting patrons or tracking down a Gunther’s gecko, Durrell does it with equal parts enthusiasm, optimism and good humour.

Author: Gerald Durrell  Publisher: WESTLAND]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/merde-actually-8-42639.html ‘Edgier than Bryson, hits harder than Mayle’ The Times A year after arriving in France, Englishman Paul West is still struggling with some fundamental questions: What is the best way to scare a gendarme? Why are there no health warnings on French nudist beaches? And is it really polite to sleep with your boss’s mistress? Paul opens his English tea room, and mutates (temporarily) into a Parisian waiter; samples the pleasures of typically French hotel-room afternoons; and, on a return visit to the UK, sees the full horror of a British office party through Parisian eyes. Meanwhile, he continues his search for the perfect French mademoiselle. But will Paul find l’amour

Author: Clarke, Stephen  Publisher: Black Swan]]> Sun, 11 Jul 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/yoga-school-dropout-8-42817.html A sharply funny travelogue from a fantastic new writer. Lucy Edge tells the story of her personal quest for serenity and yogic flexibility through the ashrams and gurus of India. After over a decade spent working and drinking too much in the world of advertising, Lucy decided she had to leave town for an altogether more spiritual and, well, meaningful way of life - And whilst she was at it, she could acquire a newly lithe and supple body. Would she come home looking like Christy Turlington and pick up some Buddhist serenity on the way? Or did something much funnier, interesting and complicated happen? Did she fall in love - with a place and its people? A divine comedy of the Western obsession with life's deeper meaning, a yogic experiment and a love letter to India, this is an entertaining book from a wonderful new travel writer.

Author: Edge, Lucy  Publisher: Ebury Press]]> Sun, 11 Jul 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/tossers-and-arseblowers-8-88503.html Not all Spaniards are Goat Tossers, not all Frenchmen are Arse Blowers, and not all Portuguese are Penis Cake Eaters. But JR Daeschner knows quite a few who are. In Tossers and Arseblowers, he picks up where he left off with True Brits and crosses the Channel in search of Europe's most surreal traditions. From the far west of Ireland to the Continental divide in Istanbul, he ventures where few foreigners have gone before, witnessing spectacles such as the Baby Jumping Festival and the Rigor Mortis Procession in Spain, Snake Handling and Fire Dancing in Greece, Cow Fighting in Switzerland and the celebrations in honour of England's patron saint in the heart of the EU. Along the way, he's inducted into the Order of the Priceless Sardine and catches countless characters in action, including a German detective turned 'love spy', the last of the Irish matchmakers, a Sicilian coprophile and a gay Turkish 'Bear'. Whether it's the furore over the camp following for Oil Wrestling in Turkey or the controversy surrounding the Dutch 'Santa' and his black sidekick, Daeschner finds that these centuries-old events reveal surprising insights into our Continental neighbours.

Author: Daeschner, J R  Publisher: Arrow]]> Sun, 11 Jul 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/utterly-impartial-history-of-britain-an-8-43198.html Many of us were put off history by the dry and dreary way it was taught at school. Back then ‘The Origins of the Industrial Revolution’ somehow seemed less compelling than the chance to test the bold claim on Timothy Johnson’s ‘Shatterproof’ ruler.But here at last is a chance to have a good laugh and learn all that stuff you feel you really ought to know by now… In this ‘Horrible History for Grown Ups’ you can read how Anglo-Saxon liberals struggled to be positive about immigration; ‘Look I think we have to try and respect the religious customs of our new Viking friends – oi, he’s nicked my bloody ox!’Discover how England’s peculiar class system was established by some snobby French nobles whose posh descendents still have wine cellars and second homes in the Dordogne today. And explore the complex socio-economic reasons why Britain’s kings were the first in Europe to be brought to heel; (because the Stuarts were such a useless bunch of untalented, incompetent, arrogant, upper-class thickoes that Parliament didn’t have much choice.) A book about then that is also incisive and illuminating about now, ‘2000 Years of Upper Class Idiots in Charge’, is an hilarious, informative and cantankerous journey through Britain’ fascinating and bizarre history.As entertaining as a witch burning, and a lot more laughs.

Author: O'Farrell, John  Publisher: Black Swan]]> Sun, 11 Jul 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/funniest-thing-you-never-said-the-8-43199.html Whether for the loo or bedside entertainment or as a work of reference or self-improvement The Funniest Thing You Never Said is the biggest and best humorous quotation book there is - a complete one-stop shop of witty one liners. Quotations are ordered not by A-Z, but by thematic categories: love; business; religion; celebrity, you name it, every category is covered. The collection includes all the classics from Oscar Wilde to Winston Churchill, Dorothy Parker to Groucho Marx but also mines many new hidden gems from lesser lights and includes many contemporary quotes by everyone from Jilly Cooper to Jonathan Ross. A standard companion for new collectors, and a fresh perspective for serious quotation addicts.

Author: Jarski, Rosemarie  Publisher: Ebury Press]]> Sun, 11 Jul 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/great-british-wit-8-50351.html There’s nothing much left to feel good about these days if you’re British, but one of the few things where we all agree that we're still a world leader is our defining sense of humour. Thematically covering every subject imaginable, from God to dogs, this collection is the seminal gathering of our national wit and a picture of who we are as a nation - a monument to our monumental silliness. 'An Englishman, even if he is alone, forms an orderly queue of one.' George Mikes Jane Austen, Jo Brand, Craig Brown, Winston Churchill, Alan Clark, Jeremy Clarkson, Billy Connolly, Peter Cook, Tommy Cooper, Stephen Fry, A.A. Boris Johnson, Samuel Johnson, Maureen Lipman, Spike Milligan, Eric Morecambe, William Shakespeare, George Bernard Shaw, Frank Skinner, Sue Townsend, Peter Ustinov, Queen Victoria, Oscar Wilde, P.G. Wodehouse, Victoria Wood and many more.

Author: Jarski, Rosemarie  Publisher: Ebury Press]]> Sun, 11 Jul 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/this-book-8-43397.html Did you know that: Sex between snakes lasts between 6 and 12 hours? Peter Kay's school metalwork teacher was Steve Coogan's father? The first novel written on a typewriter was The Adventures of Tom Sawyer? That Book sold 60,000 copies in the UK alone? If you are hankering to know more about anything from 'Famous People Who Had Liver Transplants' to 'Beatles Songs and Their Working Titles', This Book is everything you've ever dreamed of. Once you start reading, you won't be able to stop . . .

Author: Symons, Mitchell  Publisher: Bantam Press]]> Sun, 11 Jul 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/where-do-nudists-keep-their-hankies--8-43399.html Have you ever wondered just what it is that other people get up to in bed, or why it is that some people are kinkier than others? Well, worry no more. Where Do Nudists Keep Their Hankies? has the answer to every question you could ever have imagined, and quite a few more besides. Including: WHAT DO THEY CALL A BRAZILIAN BIKINI WAX IN BRAZIL? WHY DO MEN FALL ASLEEP AFTER SEX? DOES THE ETIQUETTE OF SWINGING EXTEND TO ASKING YOUR MATE’S WIFE IF SHE’LL IRON YOUR SHIRT? DO MEN REALLY THINK ABOUT SEX EVERY SIX SECONDS? DO GYNAECOLOGISTS MAKE BETTER LOVERS? WHY IS IT CALLED THE MISSIONARY POSITION? IS THERE SUCH A CONDITION AS NYMPHOMANIA OR IS IT MERELY A CHERISHED MALE FANTASY? IS IT REALLY INADVISABLE FOR A SPORTSMAN TO HAVE SEX BEFORE A MATCH? IS IT TRUE THAT ESKIMO MEN LEND THEIR WIVES TO STRANGERS? CAN EUNUCHS HAVE SEX? WHAT’S THE ORIGIN OF THE ‘F’ WORD? DO CELIBATES GET MORE WORK DONE THAN THE REST OF US? DO TOP-SHELF MAGAZINES DISCRIMINATE AGAINST SHORT MEN? Mitch Symons has left no stone unturned in his quest to get to the bottom of the world's greatest adult mysteries. Hilarious, a little bit rude but amazingly enlightening, Where Do Nudists Keep Their Hankies? is the perfect gift for the special person in your life. You never know where it might lead...

Author: Symons, Mitchell  Publisher: Bantam Press]]> Sun, 11 Jul 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/charm-school-8-49628.html I am NOT going to Charm School...’ But Bonny has no choice. Forced to spend a day at Charm School while her mother is on a course, Bonny makes some surprising and hilarious discoveries. Can Bonny cope with listening to Mrs Opalene’s Helpful Handy Hits (like ‘how to bleach your elbows’!)? And what about the other girls - the awful, self-obsessed little princesses who really want to win the ‘Glistering Tiara’ and are prepared to do almost anything to get it? After Bonny's day there, Charm School will never be the same again...

Author: Fine, Anne  Publisher: Yearling]]> Sun, 11 Jul 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/class-8-50006.html CLASS IS DEAD! Or so everyone claims. Who better to refute this than Jilly Cooper! Describing herself as ‘upper middle class’, Jilly claims that snobbery is very much alive and thriving! Meet her hilarious characters! People like Harry Stow-Crat, Mr and Mrs Nouveau-Richards, Samantha and Gideon Upward, and Jen Teale and her husband Brian. Roar with laughter at her horribly unfair observations on their everyday pretensions - their sexual courtships, choice of furnishings, clothes, education, food, careers and ambitions... For they will all remind you of people that you know!

Author: Cooper, Jilly  Publisher: Corgi]]> Sun, 11 Jul 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/man-walks-into-a-bar-8-50349.html Man Walks Into A Bar is a one-stop shop for anyone who likes to hear and tell jokes. The jokes are ordered thematically - wives, husbands, doctors, lawyers, the French, the Germans, jokes about nuns, jokes about monkeys, the lot. There are also regular panels which group jokes by type too - Essex girls, changing a lightbulb etc. Our material will turn you into the toast of your local pub or make you loathed in your own home - remember, it is all in the telling. From the sublimely erudite to stuff Frank Carson would turn down (the book has a 'world's worst jokes' section), this book can service you with every joke you'll ever need.

Author: Arnott/Haskins,Arnott, Stephen,Haskins, Mike  Publisher: Ebury Press]]> Sun, 11 Jul 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/word-from-the-wise-a-8-50352.html A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees,' as William Blake so aptly put it. What he probably meant, being a publisher and a printer himself, was that the wise man cuts down the tree and turns the resultant paper into a one-size-fits-all book packed with the sagest advice, quips and quotations from some of the wisest and funniest people whose counsel you could ever wish to hear. A Word from the Wise is a one-stop shop with over 6,000 quotes. It's a vast resource, but every one is a gem, from such knowledgeable souls as Hunter S Thompson, The Talmud, Dorothy Parker and Daffy Duck. With each quote handily placed within every possible category you could think of, and with more quotes in every genre than anywhere else, A Word From the Wise is a must for anyone who thinks they could do with knowing a little bit or a lot more. 'A quotation at the right moment is like bread in a famine' The Talmud 'Imagination is more important than knowledge' Albert Einstein 'If you can count your money, you don't have a billion dollars' John Paul Getty 'Violence is the repartee of the illiterate' George Bernard Shaw 'Women who seek to be equal to men lack ambition' Timothy Leary 'A narcissist is someone better-looking than you are' Gore Vidal

Author: Jarski, Rosemarie  Publisher: Ebury Press]]> Sun, 11 Jul 2010 18:30:00 +0100