The Illustrated Winespeak by Ronald Searle
29.99 NZD
Category: Humour
This hilarious send-up of winetasters' jargon was hailed by the Financial Times as 'one of this year's bubbling successes.' Since then it has become a classic of its kind. For all who are mystified by the strange pontifications of wine-buffs, this is the perfect guide to such phrases as 'distinctive nos ...Show more
Something in the Cellar by Ronald Searle
49.99 NZD
Category: Humour
This lighthearted look at the secrets of the world's wine ceremonies invites vintners and wine drinkers to experience the mysteries of wine and its production. Illustrated in Searle's inimitable style are the ancient noble ceremony of slashing the "trockenbeerenauslese, the inauguration of the first aut ...Show more
Father Christmas's Last Present by Marie-Aude Murail
17.95 NZD
Category: Humour
A wonderful Christmas story, illustrated by Quentin Blake. Julien
David Boring by Daniel Clowes
29.95 NZD
Category: Humour
In this graphic novel, David Boring, a 19-year-old security guard with a tortured inner life and obsessive nature, finds love with a mysterious woman called Wanda. He also gets shot in the head (twice) and stranded on an island with his brutish family.
Cartoon Dave's No-Rules Cartooning: Faces, Bodies, Hands and Feet by Dave Hackett
16.95 NZD
Category: Humour | Reading Level: From 8 to 99
Cartoon Dave is here to share some of the best tips, techniques and trade secrets of cartooning. Ages 8+. Australian author.
Why Dogs Sniff Each Other's Tails - An old but true sory by Michael Leunig
25.00 NZD
26.00 (3% off)
Category: Humour
Australia's best-loved cartoonist and social commentator, Michael Leunig, stirs up the dirt and explores everything that is dark and hidden First published 1998.
The Darwin Awards VI: Countdown to Extinction by WENDY NORTHCUTT
30.00 NZD
Category: Humour
Named in honour of Charles Darwin, the father of evolution, The Darwin Awards pays homage to those who improve our gene pool - by removing themselves from it. Most of us know instinctively that igniting a blasting cap in our mouth is a recipe for disaster. Darwin Award winners do not. Most of us have ba ...Show more
Heidegger and a Hippo Walk Through Those Pearly Gates: Using Philosophy (and Jokes!) to Explore Life, Death, the Afterlife, and Everything in Betweeen by Thomas Cathcart
17.99 NZD
Category: Humour
A hilarious take on the philosophy, theology and psychology of mortality and immortality. That is, death. The authors pry open the coffin lid on this one, looking at the Big D, its prequel, Life, and its sequel, the Hereafter. Philosophers such as Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, Camus and Sartre have been wres ...Show more
Like Father, Like Son by Sue Borthwick
12.95 NZD
Category: Humour
The basis of this book is based on certain universal truths' about men: they are untidy, pig-headed, consumers of junk-food, sports heads and so on. The child in each drawing is Mitch, based on the author's own son. Paperback (Mini)
The Darwin Awards V: Next Evolution by Wendy Northcutt
29.00 NZD
Category: Humour
Named in honour of Charles Darwin, the father of evolution, The Darwin Awards pays homage to those who improve our gene pool... by removing themselves from it.
The Beaut Little Book of New Zealand Slang by Harry Orsman & Des Hurley
12.99 NZD
Category: Humour
A humorous study of all the words and phrases that are uniquely New Zealand's own. First published 1992; this edition 2008.
Hot . . . and bothered by Michael Leunig
28.00 NZD
Category: Humour
Another collection of irreverent humour from the much loved Michael Leunig. First published 2007.