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Books > Sport & Leisure > Humour
For anyone who loved St Trinian's - old or new - or loves a cozy
mystery on a grand estate filled with rather 'interesting'
characters. Gemma Lamb is ready for an uneventful term at St
Bride's, she's had enough of dastardly deeds and sinister
strangers. However, she's barely back at school before: Unlucky in
love Oriana is sneaking around at odd hours Handsome Joe is keeping
secrets Militant Mavis feels a scandal is brewing It's all a bit
much, so when a stranger appears, Gemma thinks she's had enough.
But this stranger isn't so sinister, instead he looks rather too
familiar. If Gemma can't get him away from the school the whispers
and scandal his presence could unleash may just close St Bride's
doors for good. Gemma's joined forces with her colleagues to save
the school in the past, but this time she's going to have to do it
on her own . . .
The perfect hilarious and heartwarming gift for the festive season!
When the Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards announced a contest for
the funniest animal photo, they received entries from all over the
world. Now authors and the original Award founders Paul
Joynson-Hicks and Tom Sullam showcase the best of the best - as
well as some never before seen - to present the most joyful
photographs of wildlife ever printed. A pelican losing its lunch; a
three-headed giraffe; a meerkat having a rough day... this is the
must-have book that is perfect for animal lovers of all stripes!
Cynthia Kaplan takes us on a hilarious and sometimes
heartbreaking journey through her unique, uncensored world--her
bungled romantic encounters and unsung theatrical experiences; her
gadget-obsessed father, her pill-popping therapist, and her
eccentric grandmothers; her fearless husband, whom she engages in
an ongoing battle over which of them is the most popular person in
their apartment; and, of course, her vengeful, power-hungry
one-year-old son.
Kaplan's voice is a lot like the one in our heads--the one that
most of us are only willing to listen to late at night . . . maybe
while locked in a closet. What a relief it is that someone finally
admits that she is afraid of nearly everything; that she is jealous
even of people whose lives are on the verge of collapse; and that
she has, at times, tried to pass for a gentile.
From popular humor writer and social media sensation Anna Lind
Thomas comes the second book of charming and uproarious essays that
capture our universal need for life to just slow down-we weren't
ready for this! Anna Lind Thomas wants everyone to just calm down
and give her a minute, okay? She's not ready for this! In fact,
through her latest collection of laugh-out-loud essays, she'll
prove she's never been ready for anything in her life. Adult
decisions, marriage, parenting, crow's feet, large pores, skinny
jeans--you name it, she ain't ready for it! Don't even get her
started on that one time she appeared on national TV in a blazer
two sizes too small because she thought she'd lose twenty pounds
before the shoot. Good grief, she just wasn't ready! I'm Not Ready
for This will give you the encouragement you need to: Embrace the
unexpected aspects of life Appreciate the incredible power of
vulnerability Let God push you forward, even if you feel like
you're not ready Through her signature wit, charm, and painful
relatability, Anna reminds us that no one's truly ready for
anything--so we might as well go for it and see what happens. She
bets it'll be real good--or at the very least, real funny.
A hilarious comic collection by Susie Yi, creator of the Instagram
sensation Cat and Cat Comics. Our feline friends can be quite
mysterious, but you're about to get a front-row seat to their
innermost thoughts. Learn how cats train their humans, what they
get up to when you're at work, the precise number of seconds they
will permit you to pet them for and what they really think of your
singing. Organised into sections, the comics provide humans with
insight into cat love, cat demands, cat judgements, cat schedules,
cat wisdom, cat ego, cat gratitude, cat physics and cat
relationships. This purrfect collection of Cat and Cat Comics is
guaranteed to make you laugh, cry and generally improve your day.
When it comes to the trials and triumphs of becoming a grown up,
journalist Dolly Alderton has seen and tried it all. In her memoir,
she vividly recounts falling in love, wrestling with self-sabotage,
finding a job, throwing a socially disastrous Rod-Stewart themed
house party, getting drunk, getting dumped, realising that Ivan
from the corner shop is the only man you've ever been able to rely
on, and finding that that your mates are always there at the end of
every messy night out. Glittering, with wit and insight, heart and
humour, this is a book about the struggles of early adulthood in
all its grubby, hopeful uncertainty.
Has this ever happened to you? You're reading Romeo and Juliet but
you keep getting frustrated because there's no bank heists and
barely any surfing. You're halfway through watching Point Break on
your laptop when you slam it shut, shouting "this doesn't even
rhyme!" You're trying to hold a copy of a Shakespeare play and your
Point Break DVD in the same hand so you can pick up a cup of coffee
with your other hand but they don't fit together and they slip out
of your hand so you try to catch them with your other hand but that
spills coffee all over your white t-shirt and the play and the DVD
and the cup hit your toe and you cry out in pain but then you
glance at the title of the play and it's Much Ado About Nothing
which just adds insult to injury so you throw your head to the
heavens and scream "there has to be a better way!" Well now there
is. Point Break and Shakespeare, together at last.
Arranged alphabetically by topic, from Adam to Youth, and culled
from his novels, speeches, letters, and conversations, this
anthology of quotes is timeless and represents the very essence of
Mark Twain -- hilarious, cranky, and insightful.
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