From the author of the international bestseller A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian comes a tender and hilarious novel about a crew of migrant workers from three continents who are forced to flee their English strawberry field for a journey across all of England in pursuit of their various dreams ... more »

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How a New York Times editor set out to answer the peculiarly marvelous questions of his precocious young son - and wound up on an unexpected journey of his own. Wendell Jamieson's son, Dean, has always had a penchant for...odd questions. Dad, he asked, apropos of nothing, what would hurt more - getting ... more »

The Republicans won the White House and Congress in November. In Fall 2005, Al Franken strikes back. His new book picks up where Lies and The Al Franken Show leave off. Armed with an arsenal of facts and research (and comedy!), Al is ready to take the fight to the Bush administration and their right ... more »

I bought a new wrinkle cream. If you use it once a day, you look younger in a month. Twice a day, you look younger in two weeks. I ate it. As the years go by, and the decades begin to pile up, people will do just about anything to reverse the signs of aging: LASIK surgery, industrial-strength hair dye ... more »

All women know that Training Wheels (fake diamond earrings) don't count as a Big-Ticket Item (a gift big enough to get a man out of trouble). Most have spent an evening doing Raw Cookie Dough Time (after they've been dumped) and, when they were really desperate, dated men from the Recycling Bin. (What ... more »

Hey, goomba! Are you on the Goomba Diet? Do you need to be? " Do they put up crime scene tape after you visit the buffet table? " Is the air freshener in your car a slice of provolone? Stop crying! The Goomba Diet is herethe dolce vita diet that shows you how to eat more, drink more, laugh ... more »

There's no such thing as too much redneck. And it's easy to understand why. A veritable gumbo of indigenous ingenuity, this deliciously distinct dialect rolls off the tongue like drool in the presence of a barbecue sandwich. Now, just in time for no time in particular, Jeff Foxworthy's three bestsellers ... more »

Getting Out - Excerpts from a Cat's Diary is the first book in a trilogy of at least four books (according to the author). Translated from the original Cat by John Woodcock. It is a comedic 'diary' where 'Bridget Jones' meets 'The Great Escape' head on, usually. The escapee is a domestic cat who believes ... more »

Britain's hottest young comedian presents a seriously funny, up-close look at joking matters -- from the social origins of laughter, to the art and craft of humor, to why we can never remember the punch line -- featuring over 300 jokesAs the host of the hit game show Distraction (now in its third season ... more »

The New Yorker is, of course, a bastion of superb essays, influential investigative journalism, and insightful arts criticism. But for eighty years, it's also been a hoot. In fact, when Harold Ross founded the legendary magazine in 1925, he called it a comic weekly, and while it has grown into much ... more »

From Instant Messaging to dating, from tailgating to studying, this book leaves no collegiate stone unturned. Beginning with a guide to finishing high school, and ending with a guide to life beyond college, The CollegeHumor Guide to College is the perfect gift for any high school student with enough ... more »