Spike - An Intimate Memoir by Norma Farnes

$10.00 NZD

Category: Biography | Reading Level: good-very good

The complete memoirs of a man of many talents and faces - the late, great Spike Milligan - affectionately recounted by his close friend and agent for 35 years, Norma Farnes. 'What's he really like?' Wherever I went and was introduced as Spike Milligan's manager I waited for the inevitable question. In n ot far short of thirty-six years it never altered. It wasn't one that could be answered in a few words so I generally made do with 'Interesting' or 'don't ask'.After chancing on an advertisement for a secretarial position, Norma Farnes found herself initiated into the world of Number Nine Orme Court where Spike and some of post-war's other greatest comedy writers like Eric Sykes, Johnny Speight, Ray Galton and Alan Simpson had formed a writers' cooperative. Soon promoted to be his manager, Norma was working for a man with a reputation for being brilliant and difficult in equal measure.In this affectionate yet true account, Norma Farnes looks at the whole of Spike's life from his childhood and extraordinary family in India, his ongoing battle with his restless mind, his numerous affairs and his heartening struggles with many varied causes. She gives a mass of wonderful anecdotes and revealing insights into Spike and his circle, including, of course, his often fraught but deep friendship with Peter Sellers.In Spike, Norma Farnes has written a moving portrait of her greatest friend. Above all, Spike's fascinating, very human character is brought to life on every page. ...Show more

Edward Lear's Nonsense Omnibus - With All the Original Pictures, Verses, and Stories of His Book of Nonsense ... by Edward Lear; E. Strachey (Introduction by)

$16.00 NZD

Category: Humour | Series: Warne Children's Classics Ser. | Reading Level: very good

Footrot Flats 6 by Murray Ball

$8.00 NZD

Category: Humour | Reading Level: good-very good

Why Dogs Sniff Each Other's Tails - An old but true sory by Michael Leunig

$8.00 NZD

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.

Footrot Flats 16 by Murray Ball

$10.00 NZD

Category: Humour | Reading Level: very good

Footrot Flats 4 by Murray Ball

$10.00 NZD

Category: Humour | Reading Level: very good

It's a Dog's Life by Murray Ball

$5.00 NZD

Category: Humour | Series: The Pocket Footrot Flats | Reading Level: good-very good

This volume continues the adventures of Wal, Dog and Dolly.

Footrot Flats Sports Collection by Murray Ball

$15.00 NZD

Category: Humour | Reading Level: very good

Footrot Flats is back! This 160-page treasury is all about sports but includes far more than the classic rugby and cricket cartoons - The Dog takes to the netball court, Wal tries his hand at waterskiing, and much more. Selected by author and illustrator Murray Ball, these cartoons are sure to delight o ld fans and new alike. Includes 32 colour cartoon pages. ...Show more

Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? and other concerns by Mindy Kaling

$12.00 NZD

Category: Humour | Reading Level: very good

Mindy Kaling has lived many lives: the obedient child of immigrant professionals, a timid chubster afraid of her own bike, a Ben Affleck-impersonating Off-Broadway performer and playwright, and, finally, a comedy writer and actress prone to starting fights with her friends and coworkers with the sentenc e "Can I just say one last thing about this, and then I swear I'll shut up about it?" Perhaps you want to know what Mindy thinks makes a great best friend (someone who will fill your prescription in the middle of the night), or what makes a great guy (one who is aware of all elderly people in any room at any time and acts accordingly), or what is the perfect amount of fame (so famous you can never get convicted of murder in a court of law), or how to maintain a trim figure (you will not find that information in these pages). If so, you've come to the right book, mostly! In "Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?, "Mindy invites readers on a tour of her life and her unscientific observations on romance, friendship, and Hollywood, with several conveniently placed stopping points for you to run errands and make phone calls. Mindy Kaling really is just a Girl Next Door--not so much literally anywhere in the continental United States, but definitely if you live in India or Sri Lanka. ...Show more

Sex Power Money by Sara Pascoe

$14.00 NZD

Category: Humour | Reading Level: near fine

Award-winning comedian Sara Pascoe turns her attention to the things that really matter to humans - sex, power and money. 'A genuinely hilarious explanation of the science of sex.' FRANKIE BOYLE Following her hit book Animal, Sara Pascoe decides to confront her fear of the male libido, and turns her att ention to the things that really matter to humans, delving into such questions as: Why don't people care about the welfare of the people they masturbate to? and Why is there such stigma around those who work in the sex industry? when Some women still want men to buy them dinner? In this comedic and educational hopscotch over anatomy, the history of sexual representation and the sticky way all human interactions are underwritten by wealth, Pascoe explores whether we'll ever be able to escape the Conundrum of Heterosexuality. Drawing on anecdotal experience, unqualified opinion, interviews and original research, Sex Power Money is thought-provoking and riotously funny: a fresh take on the oldest discussion. 'Important, timely, poignant, mind-blowing and VERY FUNNY. Written with kindness, bravery and ridiculous attention to detail, it will make you feel cleverer without all the usual effort.' AISLING BEA ...Show more

The Essential Spike Milligan by Spike Milligan

$10.00 NZD

Category: Humour | Reading Level: good

The Limerick - 1700 examples with notes variants and index by G Legman (ed.)

$18.00 NZD

Category: Humour | Reading Level: very good