Humour & Riddles

An island is a world out of time and place, separated by literal and figurative oceans, where the confines of reality are tenuous and magic may be possible. Iceland-with its relative isolation, enchanting mythologies, creative people, and the...

Six years ago, Jo Caulfield was about to go on stage when she found out that her big sister Annie had cancer. Not the best way to start a nationwide comedy tour. But the tour turns out to be a welcome distraction for both sisters. As Jo reports back from...

Cold Cuts on Wry consists of saucy observations about the human condition. Through poetry and slices of prose, she dishes out humorous and some serious takes on family life, advertising, and relationships.

A humorous account of the demise of British royalty, the dynasty of massive repute.'There was nothing very funny to write about his death except to say it was much appreciated.'From the tragic to the humorous, the unexpected to the almost unbelievable,...

With exuberant wit, Elena Passarello casts her gaze on famous historical animals, crafting an essay collection organised as medieval bestiary.Beginning with Yuka, a 39,000 year old mummified woolly mammoth recently found in the Siberian permafrost, each...

After being sacked from his day job as a business executive, Morris Magellan has cashed it all in the house, the car, family life to be free at last to pursue his true passion: music. He returns to his childhood home to escape city life, face his demons...

The first comprehensive guide to humour in the age of the internet and social media, this book makes the reader laugh (for the examples) while also engrossing them for its rigorous scholarship.The book shows how humour has changed since the advent of the...

Embrace your behind - flaws, farts, and all - with historical heinies, celebrity cabooses, seat self-care, and more fun facts in this little book of booty body positivity.Butts are amazing. They're practical, hilarious, and hardworking, and...

Can jokes win a hostile room, a hopeless argument, or even an election? You bet they can, according to Cicero, and he knew what he was talking about. One of Rome's greatest politicians, speakers, and lawyers, Cicero was also reputedly one of...

Possums: chaotic, cute, trash-eating, sometimes screaming.No Thoughts, Just Possumscelebrates the noble possum with 90 hilarious memes. Written by Sylvie, who runs the popular meme account @69possums420, they're sure to scratch the possum itch. The...

Light up and laugh out loud at this adult parody of a favorite children's series. A hilarious gift for your favorite stoner.A humorous play off of the bestselling If You Give a Moose a Muffin, this new installment of the Addicted Animals series reveals...

Tiddles is a suave, carefree kitty cat whose only pleasures in life are eating mice, wooing the ladies, and being generally apathetic toward his owner, Jake. But when a toxic spill occurs outside of town, Tiddles finds himself savagely attacked by a...

Explain away your bad at-bats and imperfect pitches-and have your friends laugh at the same time!InBaseball's Best Excuses, author Joshua Shifrin takes a witty approach in helping baseball players make sense of their worst days on the diamond. The next...

His first new collection of short humour infifteen years is classic Woody Allen.Zero Gravity is the fifth collection of comic pieces by Woody Allen, a hilarious prose stylist whose enduring appeal readers have savoured since his classics Getting Even,...

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Cops on bikes, undercover security in the supermarket, TSA agents wondering why there appears to be a gun in his bag, Keith Lowell Jensen has a lot of run-ins with all manner of cops. Sometimes they arrest him. Sometimes they beat him up and arrest him...

Fence poetry editor and rising star Michael Chang's Almanac of Useless Talents is a must-read for poetry lovers and newbies alike.This is a useless Almanac. There's no seasonal data, only poems good for leaving the club in haute couture with mid-level...

Where's My Wine Glass?!, Getting Your Kid to College Without Losing Your Mind is a frolicking collection of humorous essays for parents of children who are prepping for, leaving for, or attending college. As a long-time college coach, private tutor, and...

Audience demand: .Proven market appeal: , published by Cleis Press, which has sold 2,000 copies. This new book will be far more thorough, have a color photo insert, and receive proper support to reach its endemic audience and all those who've heard of...

Unique new addition to a successful genre (Chronicle, 2019), which has scanned more than 70,000 copies since its release.Author has a huge social media following, which presents a built-in audience: The author has 275,000 Facebook followers, 136,000...