Comedy & Humour

The ratings and views are off the chart. The fans just can't get enough. The dungeon gets more dangerous each day. But in a grinder designed to chew up and spit out crawlers by the millions, Carl and Princess Donut need to work harder than ever just to survive.,,,

In Made in America, Bryson de-mythologizes his native land....

The top 10 list is populated. The sponsorship program is open. The difficulty is ramping up. The first three floors were nothing compared to what Carl and Donut now face....

David Mitchell has written a book about his life....

Mark Manson turns his gaze from the inevitable flaws within each individual self to the endless calamities taking place in the world around us....

Why is every film or tv programme a sequel or a remake? Why are people so f***ing hung up about swearing? Why do the asterisks in that sentence make it okay? These and many other questions trouble David Mitchell. Join him on a tour of the absurdities of modern life....

Gary Thorn goes for a pint with a work acquaintance called Brendan. When Brendan leaves early, Gary meets a girl in the pub. He doesn’t catch her name, but falls for her anyway....

Over a long life, I've learnt a lot and had the opportunity to reflect. I've seen a new generation grow up, among them my own grandchildren, facing the world with all its challenges and problems.

Just along the coast from Penstowan, the local festival has filled the area. Former Met police officer Jodie ‘Nosey’ Parker has agreed to step in and help run the Pie Hard food truck, along with her rather reluctant fiancé, DCI Nathan Withers.

Graham Norton has been entertaining audiences and having fun with some of the world's biggest stars for nearly 20 years....

Things are not well within the Lodrak Empire. An entire city goes up in smoke and ash, and an entire province is slowly being consumed by an ever-expanding cloud of death....

Join us on another unforgettable adventure through the extraordinary life and strong opinions of Miriam Margolyes....

The City Watch needs men! But what it's got includes Corporal Carrot, Lance-Constable Cuddy, Lance-Constable Detritus, Lance-Constable Angua and Corporal Nobbs....

A collection of humorous autobiographical essays by the Academy Award-nominated actress and star of Up in the Air and Pitch Perfect....

Traumatized by the bombing of Dresden at the time he had been imprisoned, Pilgrim drifts through all events and history, sometimes deeply implicated, sometimes a witness....

Stand-up comedian Maria Bamford's memoir explores show business, mental health, and the comfort of rigid belief systems—from Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and Influence People, to Richard Simmons, to 12-step programs.

When the neighbours in question are the proud empires of Klatch and Ankh-Morpork, those are going to be some pretty large garden tools indeed....

In this hilarious warm hug of a book, Toni Lodge exposes the lies she has told herself about who she is and what she is capable of, inviting us on a riotous romp that will make you laugh, cringe, cry and utterly rethink the truth behind the stories we tell ourselves....

Lisa Edwards, top London magazine editor, has been fantasizing about promotion to New York. Instead, she's asked to launch a new women's magazine in Dublin....

Heartbreaking and hilarious, My Brother's Ashes are in a Sandwich Bag moves between grief and joy, reminding us that life's too short to be taken seriously.

My husband is dead. I attended his funeral. I watched his casket be lowered six feet into the ground. (Actually, it may have been only five feet, but that still seems like more than enough.)

It’s three days before Christmas, and detective-turned-chef Jodie ‘Nosey’ Parker is drafted in to cater a charity event run by a notorious millionaire at a 13th-century abbey on Bodmin Moor.

In a hilarious short story from New York Times bestselling author Fredrik Backman, the absurdities of modern life cause one man’s solitary world to spin suddenly, and comically, out of control.

What a thing of wonder a mobile phone is. Six ounces of metal, glass and plastic, fashioned into a sleek, shiny, precious object. At once, a gateway to other worlds - and a treacherous weapon in the hands of the unwary, the unwitting, the inept....

Tim Booth is shocked when his first emergency call-out for someone short of breath turns out to be an adult man with a blocked nose. Far from beginner's luck, this turns out to be an omen for the rest of his paramedic career....

Lucas knows the perfect night entails just three things: video games, wine, and pad thai. Peanuts are a must! Other people? Not so much. Why complicate things when he’s happy alone? Then one day the apartment board, a vexing trio of authority, rings his doorbell. And Lucas’s solitude takes a startling hike. They demand to see his frying pan. Someone left one next to the recycling room overnight, and instead of removing the errant object, as Lucas suggests, they insist on finding the guilty party. But their plan backfires. Colossally.

Bem-vindo à internet e hoje a jornalista Marie Declercq vai ser ser sua guia pelos cantos mais inusitados da rede mundial de computadores, onde todo mundo tem uma coisa em comum: a busca de comunidade para chamar de sua. Neste Original Aubible em dez episódios, você será guiado pela Marie para explorar dez comunidades criadas em torno de interesses difentes e a importância delas para que a gente não se sinta sozinho.

Five years after seventy-something Tess jetted off to Paris with her best friends, Jen, Rose, Della and Pam - the Five French Hens - for Jen’s hen do, a lot has changed. Prospective groom Eddie has been given the heave-ho, Tess’s husband has been sent packing and the Hens are making the most of their golden years. But Tess is stuck in a rut. Rather than embrace her independence, she watches on as Rose wows Paris, Jen explores Iceland and Pam heads to Greece. But when tragedy strikes Della, Tess is shaken into action.

Enquanto tenta salvar seu casamento, Bruno descobre que a humanidade inteira voltou a vida, o juízo final acontecerá em 10 dias, e que Rogério, o ex de sua esposa, Fernanda, também voltou dos mortos. Por meio de um app, a humanidade descobre se irá para o céu ou o inferno, e Bruno está bem longe de ir para o céu.

Un tragicomico tribunale, sei pericolosi camorristi, una donna capace di sbaragliarli tutti.Napoli, 1944. Il Natale è ormai alle porte e in casa di Calogero Martorio, Mammasantissima della camorra, è in corso una cena con tutti i capi dei Quartieri per decretare la condanna a morte di Carmine Atriere, un giovane delinquente accusato di aver ammazzato Zumpatiello, braccio destro del potente Tommaso Cacace. Le testimonianze sembrano tutte concordi: il ragazzo, vilmente, ha accoltellato alle spalle Zumpatiello, assassinando non solo un uomo d’onore ma il padre di cinque figli.

Agata ha quarant’anni e vive a Napoli da quando, diciottenne, ha lasciato il suo paesino dell’Irpinia per frequentare l’università. Lavora in un museo di arte contemporanea, ha un marito e due figli piccoli. Ogni mattina, per accompagnare i bambini a scuola, passa davanti alla cartoleria di zona, una stanza delle meraviglie piena di palloncini colorati, unicorni e indispensabili oggetti inutili che, nello spazio delle due vetrine su strada, scandisce il passare del tempo e l’avvicendarsi delle stagioni, dal periodo della cancelleria per l’inizio della scuola al momento dei gonfiabili per le vacanze al mare.

Two mismatched brothers must save their late mother's failing board game company using an unconventional marketing framework, or risk losing their family legacy forever. When their mother unexpectedly passes away, Joe and Pete inherit her once-thriving board game company. But with the stock price plummeting and their own incompetence threatening to sink the business, these polar opposite brothers – Joe, an overconfident jock, and Pete, a sensitive poet – must put aside their differences and work together to save their family's legacy.

Rosie is facing the ultimate ‘empty mansion syndrome’ in her 22-roomed Italian villa. With both her kids now living in different countries and the funds to finish renovations going AWOL, Rosie is starting to suspect that the Sighing House might be a tad too big for just her and hubby Ronan. To make matters worse, with Ronan’s pending criminal court case—following his encounters with a toupee rat pack and the anti-Mafia special police squad—Rosie may soon be the only resident in the house.

Bisou, c’est la transcription (mais pas tout à fait) de ce qui aurait été le tout premier one-man show de Jonathan Roberge. Un spectacle qui devait retracer les malchances qui ont ponctué la vie de l’humoriste et qui, comble du malheur, aura dû être annulé plus d’une fois en raison du diagnostic de cancer de son fils, d’une pandémie, d’une récidive, d’un confinement, d’une récidive, d’un reconfinement et de trois autres récidives.

Yusuf Karamak ist nur dem Namen nach Türke, ihn verbindet nichts mit dem Land seiner Eltern. Nicht einmal die Sprache versteht er. Warum ein Erbe, ein Papagei, ein Birnbaum und ein Jugendfreund seiner Ehefrau trotzdem dazu führen, dass er sich ein Hotel in Side andrehen lässt, einen Esel kauft und beinah auf einen Kangal pinkelt ... nun, kauft das Buch und findet es heraus. Aber Vorsicht, für Lachflashs bin ich nicht verantwortlich.

Are you ready to elevate your writing, speeches, and conversations with unparalleled wit and comedy? Look no further than The Elements of Humor by bestselling author and comedy writing legend, Scott Dikkers. This isn't just another book on humor—it's a transformative guide that stands head and shoulders above the rest, designed to make you the funniest version of yourself. The Elements of Humor is your key to making the people around you laugh. Perfect for enhancing presentations, content creation, or everyday conversations, this book will secure a prominent place on your library shelf.

Inflationär geht es ja nicht nur an der Börse zu. Auch Jahresrückblicke gibt es mehr als genug, die berühmte Qual der Wahl? Das muss nicht sein, denn gut Lachen hat man, wenn man weiß, worauf es ankommt: Achte auf Qualität, gute Verarbeitung, Nachhaltigkeit und geprüfte Lieferketten….wenn dann auch noch die Marke stimmt, kann man getrost zugreifen! Suchst du noch oder hörst du schon?!: Urban Priols TILT!2024 – Der etwas andere Jahresrückblick von und mit Urban Priol.

A Feast of Hungry Ghosts combines Magic Realism, Chronicle, and Travelogue, exploring the cognitive dissonance, muck-raking, and duplicity of our times, to unearth humanist catch-22’s and provide clues to reconcile the past. Set in contemporary Taipei, Taiwan, this darkly ironic satire challenges current, dominant American “woke” academic thought regarding memory, sex, race, and desire.

Today's parents are navigating a new frontier in child-rearing: raising "digital natives" in a world where "screen time" is ever-present. It's a journey strewn with questions, doubts, and persistent pings. But fear not. Parenting Unplugged turns these challenges into opportunities for humor, wisdom, and a screen savvy family life.

The Hilarious Truth about Parenting, Children and Relationships is a laugh-out-loud journey through the chaos, hilarity, and occasional wisdom of growing up in a family full of rules, traditions, and those all-too-familiar phrases we swore we’d never repeat (Spoiler alert: We repeat them).

At age 62, I became suddenly single as my wife of 30 years sought greener pastures. I was surprised and unprepared to be a bachelor. However, I recovered, and for the next 12 years, I enjoyed being a senior single. I met interesting and exciting women and had several wonderful relationships. I learned a lot about life and women.

Spinning Karma is the story of Rinpoche Edward Schwartz, reluctant figurehead of Mind of Pure Enlightenment (MOPE), a once-popular New Age group whose current membership has sunk to an all-time low. In an ill-conceived effort to bring the group and its teachings back into the limelight, Schwartz heads to Taiwan to film a fake “religious oppression” video—starring a group of clueless language students who believe that they're taking part in an English conversation class.

All Calvin Elkan has ever wanted to do is escape his mother and her Pentecostal church, the Lighthouse. Calvin is eternally at odds with the brutal abuses and ignorance of his upbringing in a right-wing evangelical sect in Ohio. Under the guidance of his great-grandfather, he turns to art and music to escape his mother’s blows and the grip of the Lighthouse. He spins the dark world around him into a satirical comic called The Brother Cobweb Chronicles. After high school, Calvin moves out and enrolls in art school, finally free of his oppressive childhood home.

Poems filled with emotions that ignite the senses.

A young man finds himself in an unenviable situation when the police arrest him in the middle of the road. The events begin with tension and comedic escalation, with his desperate attempts to explain what is happening. The more he tries to explain, the worse things get in a way that is both funny and surprising at the same time. But the truth that will be revealed in the end will turn everything upside down, making everyone rethink everything they have seen!

Magic beard oil works great when applied to beards, but what happens when you drink it? Find out in this quirky comedy sure to give you a laugh.

No one likes being embarrassed, and most of us have had our fair share of cringe-worthy moments that we'd rather forget. However, sometimes, people enjoy hearing stories about embarrassing moments that others have had - especially if they are humorous. This is a collection of true, humorous short stories from our family and friends. These stories are not just told but shared with a generous dose of humor, often leading to uproarious laughter at our family gatherings.

Notes for My Eulogist is not a book about dying or even being dead. It is a love story for life - an articulate and frequently poetic celebration of our differences, our similarities, and the common experiences that unite us as human beings. It is a book about telling our stories, out loud, as we live them. The storytelling is simple and approachable, but the language is lush and rendered in passages you will want to listen to over and over, and memorable lines that will echo in your mind long after you close the book.

Boston-born first-responder Alex Flynn is back with wry wit and still chasing emergencies in rural Vermont in this tale involving a gas line, a chainsaw, and other things that might or might not go boom and that might or might not go horrible wrong. Eavesdrop on emergency personnel as they attempt to diffuse a dicey situation in this, the first in the Trowbridge Dispatch collection of short stories.

Exiled by his uncle to England, and a job with Lord Tilbury's Mammoth Publishing Company, spirited young American Sam Shotter resolves to pursue the girl of his dreams—who, unfortunately, he knows only from a single photograph, torn from a magazine and pinned by some unknown hand to the wall of a remote Canadian fishing cabin. A night of misadventures in London brings Sam to the very house—in the quiet suburb of Valley Fields—where the girl lives, and Sam instantly moves into the vacant house next door. But unfortunately his stay there is not to be a peaceful one...