Humour

This collection of hundreds of words from English speakers around the world - complete with space and an invitation to add your own - is a wonderfully entertaining celebration of the spoken word and the people who take pleasure in it.After all, what other language has fifty-seven words for the TV remote control?

The tone is carefully chosen: subservient, condescending, solicitous, disdainful. That's the way the now ubiquitous 'African Scam Mail' has descended upon us and that's the way German illustrator and author Henning Wagenbreth applies his own distinct style and wit to depict them. Using just a few bright ...

Dictators' pets are too often ignored, but no longer. They're all here in this hilarious collection of madcap ditties. The volume also includes a Holy Roman Opera, "Turmoil in Brindisi" about a long-forgotten ecumenical council called by Pope Sixtus the Sixth, an equally forgotten pope, and philosophers' ...

Women are complex creatures; men are beasts. Daisy Hay reminds us of 100 reasons why men are living proof that women can take a joke. And if men really are from Mars, why don't we have the technology to send them back?

Sean Thomas was single, thirty-seven and, by his own admission, just 'a tiny bit desperate' to meet the woman of his dreams, when he was asked by the editor of "Men's Health" to try Internet dating.

Groovy old men still move with the times. They were also present at the birth of youth culture in the 50s. A humorous, entertaining and occasionally provocative commentary on older male life in the noughties, this book invents then dissects the Groovy Old Men phenomenon, and peers into the glamorous world of Groovy Old Men of the future.

A cosy duvet and a hot drink, a supportive friend and a stack of old films - when we're out of sorts, these are the things that help us get well. This title presents the pick-me-up for a friend or loved one who's feeling under the weather.

Presents a way to celebrate a friend or loved one's birthday.

You know you're getting old when...

... you stop seeing the speed limit as a challenge.

... you have a party and the neighbours don't even realise it.

If this sounds all too familiar, this handy guide will help determine whether you're creaking gently into your autumn years or can still kick it with the kids!

Snap on your suspenders, whip out the ice cream and delve into this book for some great ideas on how to spice up your sex life.
From Randy Raffles to Blind Man in the Buff, Truth or Bare to The Great Knicker Chase, you'll never want to play board games again...

Birds do it, bees do it...

This collection of amorous quotations and beautiful photos from the natural world is guaranteed to melt your heart. Perfect for all animal lovers - great and small.

Bursting at the seams with inspirational quotes and beautiful photos, this book is a delightful celebration of everything that is great about fathers. For the father who is always there for you, offering help, advice, and love, this loving, thoughtful gift will show him how much you appreciate it and how much you care.

There's no escaping Cupid's arrow in this exquisite collection of romantic quotations and beautiful, sensual photographs. With amorous offerings from the likes of Shakespeare, Byron, and Barrett Browning, this love nest of starry-eyed sayings will warm the hearts of passionate people everywhere.

Bursting at the seams with quotes and photos, this book is a delightful celebration of everything that is great about mothers. For the mother who is always there for you, offering help, advice, and love, this loving, thoughtful gift will show her how much you appreciate it and how much you care.

We all have birthdays and the older we get, the quicker they come around. Despite the dodgy knitted cardi from your gran and reduced sale items from your dotty aunt, your birthday should be a day to remember. On the bright side, at least you've got a valid excuse for any wild and drunken behaviour.

Is being forty the new thirty or are we all just kidding ourselves? This work presents a riotous A - Z of the realities of fortysomething life in the Noughties.

It's the best of times and the worst of times. You're welcoming a new addition to the family, but you're now officially old. You're also an eternal babysitter. On the plus side, you can enjoy spoiling the little darlings rotten and hand them back at the end of the day before the nappies start overflowing