Manners for Millionaires by Brummell & Beau

$8.00 NZD

Category: Humour | Reading Level: very good

Manners for Millionaires answers the cry for instruction and guidance from the aspiring rich: 'our readers as still belong to the Pauper, Practically Pauper and Comparatively Pauper strata of society - those, we mean, with less than GBP5000 a year and fewer than seventeen spare bedrooms - will natur ally feel grateful for a few introductory directions towards ameliorating their condition.' Following the course from penury to plenty, this book is intended to help readers ascend the staircase of Prosperity. There is also a special chapter devoted specifically to American millionaires. Originally published in 1901, this humorous guide will be equally valuable for the modern millionaire. ...Show more

Nat's What I Reckon Un-cook Yourself - A Ratbag's Rules for Life by Nat's What I Reckon

$12.00 NZD

Category: Self-help | Reading Level: very good

Nat’s What I Reckon was the tattooed lockdown saviour we didn’t know we needed, rescuing us from packet food, jar sauce and total boredom with his hilarious viral recipe videos that got us cooking at home like champions again. Now that we’ve cooked our way out of lockdown and are wondering what the hell to do next, Nat’s back – and he’s ready to teach us more about life in this thoroughly unhelpful (but maybe actually kinda helpful) self-help guide. Nat’s already shown us that jar sauce can get f*cked. But what else is sh*t – and what’s actually not sh*t? Is it all as bad as we feel like it is most of the time? No part of our weird world and idiotic behaviour is spared as our long-haired guru tells us what he reckons about it all – and amps up the flavour with some eye-watering stories from his early years before a sweary video about pasta sauce shot him to global fame. With Nat’s nine no-nonsense rules, you’ll be on the road to being less of a d*ckhead faster than you can say ‘quarantine spirit risotto with parzley on top’. And if you screw it up: it doesn’t bloody Parramatta, champ. Features a small illustrated selection of Nat's favourite recipes.   ...Show more

Whim Wham's New Zealand: The Best of Whim Wham 1937-1988 by Allen Curnow

$20.00 NZD

Category: New Zealand Poetry | Reading Level: very good

Whim Wham was the pen-name of the major New Zealand poet Allen Curnow. His highly entertaining verses, commencing in the Christchurch Press in 1937 and in the New Zealand Herald from 1951, voiced the awkward questions so many New Zealanders wanted to ask. Whim Wham became a Saturday institution and requ ired reading for generations of New Zealanders. His astute observations and wry take on New Zealand events offer invaluable insights for readers today. He captured New Zealanders' reactions to world affairs from Franco and Hitler to Vietnam and South Africa, as well as covering the local political scene from Walter Nash to the eras of Robert Muldoon and David Lange. With humorous renderings of our rugby obsession and ruminations on the state of the nation's teeth, Professor Terry Sturm's selection of the best 200 verses offers a wonderfully unique record of over fifty years of this country's recent past. First published 2005. ...Show more

Penguin's Penguins by Dennis Traut

$6.00 NZD

Category: Books About Books | Reading Level: very good

The Oxford Book of Humorous Prose: From William Caxton to P.G. Wodehouse : A Conducted Tour by Frank Muir

$12.00 NZD

Category: Humour | Reading Level: very good

Pocket Book of Boosh by Julian Barratt

$12.00 NZD

Category: Humour | Reading Level: very good

Join us on a journey through space and time. Join Howard Moon, Vince Noir, Naboo, Bollo, Bob Fossil, Old Gregg, the Moon and all your other favourite characters on a unique journey into the world of The Mighty Boosh. Incredibly funny, visually dynamic, surreal, musical, wildly creative - 'The Mighty Boo sh' is unlike anything else on television, and this beautifully illustrated Christmas humour book promises to be the same. ...Show more

The Monty Python Encyclopedia by Robert Ross

$16.00 NZD

Category: Humour | Reading Level: very good

Everything one might want to know about the history and stars of the Monty Python comedy team, from A to Z. The finest book on Monty Python that I've ever read.--Terry Gilliam. Photos.

Satire Against Husbands by Regnard; Translated by Roland Gant

$12.00 NZD

Category: Literature | Series: Miniature Books | Reading Level: very good

The "Dreadnought" Hoax by Adrian Stephen

$15.00 NZD

Category: Literature | Reading Level: good

The Life Of Python by George Perry

$14.00 NZD

Category: Humour | Reading Level: very good

The Bedsitting Room by Spike Milligan and John Antrobus

$5.00 NZD

Category: Humour | Reading Level: very good

Always Look on the Bright Side of Life - A Sortabiography by Eric Idle

$12.00 NZD

Category: Biography | Reading Level: very good

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER   From the ingenious comic performer, founding member of Monty Python, and creator of Spamalot, comes an absurdly funny memoir of unparalleled wit and heartfelt candor We know him best for his unforgettable roles on Monty Python--from the Flying Circus to The Meaning of Life. Now, Eric Idle reflects on the meaning of his own life in this entertaining memoir that takes us on a remarkable journey from his childhood in an austere boarding school through his successful career in comedy, television, theater, and film. Coming of age as a writer and comedian during the Sixties and Seventies, Eric stumbled into the crossroads of the cultural revolution and found himself rubbing shoulders with the likes of George Harrison, David Bowie, and Robin Williams, all of whom became dear lifelong friends. With anecdotes sprinkled throughout involving other close friends and luminaries such as Mike Nichols, Mick Jagger, Steve Martin, Paul Simon, Lorne Michaels, and many more, as well as John Cleese and the Pythons themselves, Eric captures a time of tremendous creative output with equal parts hilarity and heart. In Always Look on the Bright Side of Life, named for the song he wrote for Life of Brian and which has since become the number one song played at funerals in the UK, he shares the highlights of his life and career with the kind of offbeat humor that has delighted audiences for five decades. The year 2019 marks the fiftieth anniversary of The Pythons, and Eric is marking the occasion with this hilarious memoir chock full of behind-the-scenes stories from a high-flying life featuring everyone from Princess Leia to Queen Elizabeth. ...Show more