HUMOR
Showing results 1-16 of 293
Filter Results OPEN +
The Dreamcatcher in the Wry
Price:
CA$40.95
ISBN: 9781496240149
Pub Date: December 2024
Imprint: University of Nebraska Press
Tiffany Midge's hilarious and biting collection of essays, written during the COVID-19 pandemic, brims with satiric insight from a Native American perspective. The Dreamcatcher in the Wry entertains while it informs, gleaning wisdom from the incongruities of everyday life and turning over the colonizer's society and culture for some good old Native American roasting.
The Jazz Musician's Daughter
Tales of Love, Sex, Laughter, and Life's Messy Moments
Price:
CA$22.99
ISBN: 9781998206346
Pub Date: November 2024
Imprint: Sutherland House
Picture yourself with your best friend, lounging in comfy clothes, indulging in delicious snacks, and a good way through your second bottle of Sandbank’s Baco Noir—who in no way endorses this book,...
Books That Should Never Exist
A Coloring Book of the Best Worst Book Ideas Ever
Price:
CA$19.99
ISBN: 9781648414442
Pub Date: October 2024
Imprint: Microcosm Publishing
Everyday Vampirism. Gross-out Popsicles. Erotic Christmas Tree Decorating. Vice Presidential Fashion Advice. Never Pay a Dentist Again! These books are so bad they're brilliant-and they'll never exist...
The Bravest Pets of Gotham
Tales of Four-Legged Firefighters of Old New York
Price:
CA$30.95
ISBN: 9781978839892
Pub Date: September 2024
Imprint: Rutgers University Press
The Bravest Pets of Gotham takes readers on a fun historical tour of Old New York, sharing more than 100 touching, thrilling and amusing stories about the bond between FDNY firefighters and their four-legged friends. You'll meet countless brave and intelligent firehouse pets, from horses, dogs, and cats to monkeys and goats.
The Medical Carnivalesque
Folklore among Physicians
Price:
CA$39.95
ISBN: 9780253070234
Pub Date: August 2024
The practice of medicine is immersed in issues of life, death, and suffering in relation to the mortal body. Because of this, the medical profession is a fertile arena for folklore that serves to address...
Satire as the Comic Public Sphere
Postmodern “Truthiness” and Civic Engagement
Price:
CA$37.95
ISBN: 9780271090191
Pub Date: July 2024
Imprint: Penn State University Press
Nearly Departed
Adventures in Loss, Cancer, and Other Inconveniences
Price:
CA$33.95
ISBN: 9781891011627
Pub Date: July 2024
Imprint: The Experiment
How far would you go to save your own life? In this funny and heartfelt memoir, Gila Pfeffer recounts losing both parents to cancer and the choices she made to avoid the same early demise.
Just the Job!
A Light-Hearted Guide to Office Life for the Autistic Employee
Price:
CA$26.95
ISBN: 9781805012481
Pub Date: June 2024
Imprint: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
A humorously illustrated guide to office life for the autistic employee, with advice on navigating the world of office-speak, endless meetings, workplace relationships, banter and bullying, to help you become the best advocate for yourself at work (and an expert on your non autistic colleagues).
Consuming Anxieties
Alcohol, Tobacco, and Trade in British Satire, 1660-1751
Price:
CA$49.95
ISBN: 9781684485314
Pub Date: June 2024
Imprint: Rutgers University Press
Consuming Anxieties examines the varied representations of alcohol and tobacco products in literary satire from 1660-1751. Tracing the nuanced satirical treatments of these consumable items throughout the period, it considers understudied plays, poems, and essays alongside more canonical works, shedding light on critical responses to the rise of consumer culture.
Halfway Home
Thoughts from Midlife
Price:
CA$23.99
ISBN: 9781487012441
Pub Date: May 2024
Imprint: House of Anansi Press
Award-winning author Christina Myers navigates the uncharted territory of midlife in a time of rapid social, cultural, and environmental change.
Prints of a New Kind
Political Caricature in the United States, 1789-1828
Price:
CA$49.95
ISBN: 9780271094533
Pub Date: May 2024
Imprint: Penn State University Press
Window Shopping for God
A Comedian's Search for Meaning
Price:
CA$26.95
ISBN: 9781771623995
Pub Date: May 2024
Imprint: Douglas & McIntyre
Window Shopping for God is a memoir by your average people-pleasing, meaning-of-life-seeking, downward-facing-dog-posing stand-up comedian.Deborah Kimmett has worshipped a lot of deities. After emerging...
Greater Atlanta
Black Satire after Obama
Price:
CA$37.95
ISBN: 9781496850560
Pub Date: April 2024
Imprint: University Press of Mississippi
An engaging study of contemporary Black satire through the lens of a critically acclaimed television series
The Devil is Innocent
Price:
CA$14.95
ISBN: 9780776636139
Pub Date: April 2024
Imprint: University of Ottawa Press
The Devil is Innocent is a robust work of humor depicting life in a rural Ontario community in the 1930s. It is about growing up and discovering the facts of life, love, belief, and local tyranny. The...
Sealf-Care for Everyone
Price:
CA$16.95
ISBN: 9781615199860
Pub Date: March 2024
Imprint: The Experiment
We are so ordinary and so precious.
Green World
A Tragicomic Memoir of Love & Shakespeare
Price:
CA$28.95
ISBN: 9781625347824
Pub Date: March 2024
Imprint: University of Massachusetts Press
At twenty-three, Michelle Ephraim was failing at everything. The only child of reclusive Holocaust-survivor parents who were dismayed by her literary studies, she found herself dumped by her boyfriend...
The Dreamcatcher in the Wry
CA$40.95
ISBN: 9781496240149
Pub Date: December 2024
Imprint: University of Nebraska Press
The Jazz Musician's Daughter
Tales of Love, Sex, Laughter, and Life's Messy Moments
CA$22.99
ISBN: 9781998206346
Pub Date: November 2024
Imprint: Sutherland House
Books That Should Never Exist
A Coloring Book of the Best Worst Book Ideas Ever
CA$19.99
ISBN: 9781648414442
Pub Date: October 2024
Imprint: Microcosm Publishing
The Bravest Pets of Gotham
Tales of Four-Legged Firefighters of Old New York
CA$30.95
ISBN: 9781978839892
Pub Date: September 2024
Imprint: Rutgers University Press
The Medical Carnivalesque
Folklore among Physicians
CA$39.95
ISBN: 9780253070234
Pub Date: August 2024
Satire as the Comic Public Sphere
Postmodern “Truthiness” and Civic Engagement
CA$37.95
ISBN: 9780271090191
Pub Date: July 2024
Imprint: Penn State University Press
Nearly Departed
Adventures in Loss, Cancer, and Other Inconveniences
CA$33.95
ISBN: 9781891011627
Pub Date: July 2024
Imprint: The Experiment
Just the Job!
A Light-Hearted Guide to Office Life for the Autistic Employee
CA$26.95
ISBN: 9781805012481
Pub Date: June 2024
Imprint: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Consuming Anxieties
Alcohol, Tobacco, and Trade in British Satire, 1660-1751
CA$49.95
ISBN: 9781684485314
Pub Date: June 2024
Imprint: Rutgers University Press
Halfway Home
Thoughts from Midlife
CA$23.99
ISBN: 9781487012441
Pub Date: May 2024
Imprint: House of Anansi Press
Award-winning author Christina Myers navigates the uncharted territory of midlife in a time of rapid social, cultural, and environmental change.
Prints of a New Kind
Political Caricature in the United States, 1789-1828
CA$49.95
ISBN: 9780271094533
Pub Date: May 2024
Imprint: Penn State University Press
Window Shopping for God
A Comedian's Search for Meaning
CA$26.95
ISBN: 9781771623995
Pub Date: May 2024
Imprint: Douglas & McIntyre
Greater Atlanta
Black Satire after Obama
CA$37.95
ISBN: 9781496850560
Pub Date: April 2024
Imprint: University Press of Mississippi
The Devil is Innocent
CA$14.95
ISBN: 9780776636139
Pub Date: April 2024
Imprint: University of Ottawa Press
Sealf-Care for Everyone
CA$16.95
ISBN: 9781615199860
Pub Date: March 2024
Imprint: The Experiment
Green World
A Tragicomic Memoir of Love & Shakespeare
CA$28.95
ISBN: 9781625347824
Pub Date: March 2024
Imprint: University of Massachusetts Press