Humor

Howie Mandel: An Unauthorized Biography

by Belmont and Belcourt Biographies

This is the unlikely story of a multi-talented stand-up comedian, actor, game show host and voice artist who has left an indelible mark on the entertainment business. Howie Mandel began as a high school dropout...

The New Yorker Book of Teacher Cartoons

by Robert Mankoff & Lee Lorenz

The riotous world of the classroom, captured by the cartoonists at The New Yorker

The New Yorker Book of Teacher Cartoons, Second Edition is a hilarious compilation of cartoons that capture the joy, terror, excitement,...

The New Yorker Book of Money Cartoons

by Robert Mankoff & David Sipress

A charming, irreverent treasury from the cartoonists at The New Yorker

Money doesn't just make the world go round—it spins it upside down, inside out, and out of orbit. Now, thanks to the world's most brilliant...

The New Yorker Book of Golf Cartoons

by Robert Mankoff & Danny Shanahan

A wry look at the golfing world, from the beloved cartoonists at The New Yorker

A hilarious hole-in-one for golfers and cartoon-lovers alike, The New Yorker Book of Golf Cartoons, Second Edition brings together...

The New Yorker Book of Baseball Cartoons

by Robert Mankoff & Michael Crawford

A loving look at the old ball game, from the cartoonists at The New Yorker

America's national pastime engages fans and fanatics across the country and around the world. Across the magazine's eight decades, the...

My Daddy Was a Pistol and I'm a Son of a Gun

by Lewis Grizzard

Lewis Grizzard always makes us laugh. But this time, when he tells us all about his father -- a certified war hero and a shameless passer of bad checks . . . a charmer of men and women and a consummate con artist...

Sketches Sartorial, Tonsorial and the Like: A Collection of Light, Humorous Verse

by St Claire Bullock & R. V. Andelson

A collection of rhyming couplets, these wry and witty poems ponder the foibles and vanities of mortals. Cartoon pen-and-ink drawings by well-known illustrator Barrington Barber accompany the limerick-like lyrics,...

Wolf

by L. David Mech

Throughout the continents of Eurasia and North American primitive man evolved in association with wolves. Wolves competed with him as a hunter, and raided his flocks and herds. Inevitably, folklore became rich...

The 12-Step Bush Recovery Program: A Lifesaving Guide to Shaking Off the Horrors of the Last Eight Years, with Practical Advice on Relapse, Remission,

by Gene Stone

The first step is admitting that you have a Bush problem–and that you have ten bucks for this book.

• Do you think that after eight years of George Bush, this country is in good shape?

• Do you feel that...

When You Lie About Your Age, the Terrorists Win: Reflections on Looking in the Mirror

by Carol Leifer

Stand-up comic and comedy writer Carol Leifer faced a critical dilemma and had only two options: either continue sharing her greatest childhood memory (seeing the Beatles at Shea Stadium in 1966) or lie about...

Exit Laughing: How Humor Takes the Sting Out of Death

by Victoria Zackheim

There’s nothing funny about dying … or is there? Malachy McCourt, Jacquelyn Mitchard, and 22 more share hilarious and moving stories of confronting death. Exit Laughing makes death more approachable as it...

Lizz Free or Die: Essays

by Lizz Winstead

The hilarious and poignant account of how one woman found her comedic voice.

Growing up in the Midwest, the youngest child of Catholic parents, Lizz Winstead learned early that the straightforward questions...

Clothing Optional: And Other Ways to Read These Stories

by Alan Zweibel

“Garry, it’s Alan. Look, I’m calling because I just felt the need to tell someone that I’m forty-four years old, and about an hour ago, for the first time in my life, I put suntan lotion on my ass. I’ll...

Women Who Date Too Much . . . and Those Who Should Be So Lucky: Happy Dating, Great Sex, Healthy Relationships, and Other Delusions

by Linda Sunshine

Have you been looking for love in all the wrong places? Are you so fed up with blind dates that you’re considering the merits of celibacy? Is even the geekiest Mr. Wrong beginning to look like Mr. Right?

Frustrated...

Do You Love Me or Am I Just Paranoid?: The Serial Monogamist's Guide to Love

by Carina Chocano

Wallowing in the murky haze of unhallowed unions everywhere, Do You Love Me or Am I Just Paranoid? offers solutions to some of life’s most vexing relationship predicaments, such as:

-Things to Do on a Date--If,...

The Book of General Ignorance

by John Mitchinson & John Lloyd

Think Magellan was the first man to circumnavigate the globe, baseball was invented in America, Henry VIII had six wives, Mount Everest is the tallest mountain? Wrong, wrong, wrong, and wrong again.

Misconceptions,...

Class Dismissed: 75 Outrageous, Mind-Expanding College Exploits (and Lessons That Won't Be on the Final)

by Ryan Mcnally, Derrick Pittman & Ben Applebaum

Your diploma says it, your student loans prove it: You went to college. But be honest: What you really learned had nothing to do with your GPA.

Just when you thought it was safe to matriculate, three university...

John McDonald's Maine Trivia

by John McDonald

Professional storyteller John McDonald, author of the now-classic A Moose and a Lobster Walk into a Bar, offers up his unique take on Maine trivia. John delivers an educational and hilarious mix of basic and...

Kick Me: Adventures in Adolescence

by Paul Feig

Written in side-splitting and often cringe-inducing detail, Paul Feig takes you in a time machine to a world of bombardment by dodge balls, ill-fated prom dates, hellish school bus rides, and other aspects of...

The Even More Complete Book Of Australian Verse: Text Classics

by John Clarke

Possibly the most important anthology ever published. The definitive collection featuring key works by such famous Australian poets as Gavin Milton, Arnold Wordsworth, Sylvia Blath, Very Manly Hopkins, R.A.C.V....