Category: Funny books

Finally, these assumptions lead to the corollary that such hierarchies are natural and immutable and not fashioned by critics.

Have you felt failure in forgiving? Do you know how your justices and legislators should be acting upon critical decisions affecting the family? Does your marriage need a boost? Or, even your divorce? Would you like to know more about how to please God and support your friends in marital status? Have other authors avoided…

An invaluable guide on how to “lighten up” from a distinguished pro who has provided laughs for JAY LENO, BILLY CRYSTAL, STEVE MARTIN, ROBIN WILLIAMS, BRAD GARRETT, WHOOPI GOLDBERG, AND MANY MORE. Who hasn’t wished for the perfect withering comeback line, a clever tension-breaking quip, or a winning flirtatious remark? Being funny is hard work…

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Finalist for the PEN/USA Award in Creative Nonfiction, the Thurber Prize for American Humor, and the Audie Award in Biography/Memoir This Random House Reader’s Circle edition includes a reading group guide and a conversation between Firoozeh Dumas and Khaled Hosseini, author of The Kite Runner! “Remarkable . . . told…

An incisive and wide-ranging study of Michael Haneke’s entire body of work, broadening the scholarship on this highly controversial filmmaker.

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Sam Henderson’s early minicomics and self-published Magic Whistle comic all collected under one cover. Henderson’s drawing is intentionally crude, but it has the same kind of energy you see in the work of today’s best gag cartoonists, whose drawing also tends to be a little basic. Extremely low-brow humor that almost parodies low-brow humor -…

Showcasing a bevy of ridiculous, poignant, and often confounding street signs, this entertaining tribute to the images submitted by the globetrotting fans of travel stalwart Getaway over the years is the third eyebrow-raising journey into international public oddity. With a lighthearted focus on the unintentional misuse and abuse of words, this world tour of grammatical…

Funny Things, Computers offers a humourous visual examination of the early days of the personal computer, when technology invaded everyday life in innumerable, often hilarious, ways. You can love them, you can hate them – but you certainly can’t ignore them. Computers in the home, computers on the job, computers that we’re plugged into every…

Everyone loves to laugh, and to hear and see funny things-but what makes something funny in the first place? What is humor? This book explains why our brains think something is funny, what happens to us physically when we laugh, why you can tickle your friend but not yourself, and so much more. Plenty of…