Books of Humor / Form / Parodies
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The Official Politically Correct Dictionary and Handbook
By Christopher Cerf, Henry BeardAn updated edition of the hilarious guide to politically correct speech--in which an "airhead" is more correctly termed a "cerebro-atmospheric individual"--includes a special new section on military and corporate correct-speak....
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The Official Sexually Correct Dictionary and Dating Guide
By Christopher Cerf, Henry BeardFrom the authors of The Offical Politically Correct Dictionary and Handbook comes a wickedly funny send-up of the most dangerous trend ever to strike love, romance, and relationships--sexual correctness. An...
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How to Be a Villain: Evil Laughs, Secret Lairs, Master Plans, and More!!!
By James Dignan, Neil ZawackiA delightfully evil gift, How to Be a Villain is a step-by-step guide to joining the forces of darkness. Because, though villains may never win, they sure have more fun,...
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Laughing, a Psychology of Humor
By Norman Norwood HollandSurveys the various psychological theories which attempt to explain the nature of laughter, and explores the relationship between humor and a person's sense of identity
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The Eclectic Abecedarium
By Edward GoreyTwenty-six rhymed couplets, each accompanied by a tiny drawing by Edward Gorey. Originally published as a miniature, limited edition book, The Eclectic Abecedarium is now being published for the first...
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From Soup to Nuts: The Cannibal Lover's Cookbook
By Jon MacksIn an age when the most bizarre alternative lifestyles age are routinely accepted throughout American society, there is one group that is still shunned by the masses, forced to practice...
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ACME Catalog: Quality is Our #1 Dream
By Charles CarneyIron birdseed, anvils, fake holes, and morefor years The ACME Company has been the sole purveyor of the fine products used by Looney Tunes characters. Chronicle Books is proud to...
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It was a Dark and Stormy Night: The Best (?) from the Bulwer-Lytton Contest
By Scott RiceThe world-famous competition that seeks to find the most atrocious opening sentence to a hypothetical lousy novel, presents a hilarious, even perversely instructive, collection of skilled ineptitude.
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Without Feathers
By Woody AllenHere they are--some of the funniest tales and ruminations ever put into print, by one of the great comic minds of our time. From THE WHORE OF MENSA, to GOD...
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Understanding Laughter: The Workings of Wit & Humor
By Charles R. GrunerExplores the problem of why humor is funny, presenting the social history and psychological theories of laughter and concluding that ridicule is the basic component of all humor
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Another Field Guide to Little-known & Seldom-seen Birds of North America
By Ben L. Sill, Cathryn P. Sill, John SillBird enthusiasts will love this feather-brained field guide parody!Birders and just about anyone who likes birds will delight in this field guide parody. Thirty-two fabulous new species are depicted in...
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Make 'em Laugh
By Steve AllenThe success of Steve Allen's How To Be Funny led first to the republication of that book, and now occasioned a companion volume, Make 'Em Laugh. This new how-to book...
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Dave Barry Slept Here: A Sort of History of the United States
By Dave Barry“What caused the American Revolution? This is indeed a rhetorical question that for many years historians have begun chapters with. As well they should. For the American Revolution is without...
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Naked Under Our Clothes: Unzipped, Uncut, and Totally Unplugged
By Ed Lover, Doctor DreThe hottest comedy team around takes a hilarious look at women, money, sex, fame, and politics in a shocking, provocative book with a positive message. The self-proclaimed "ambassadors to the...
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Revelation X: The "Bob" Apocryphon : Appointed to be Read in Churches
By J. R. Dobbs, SubGenius FoundationIts hour come round at last: the prophesied do-it-yourself end times religion for swinging mutants and terminal abnormals! Eternal Salvation- or triple your money back. Beyond science, reason, and orgasm....
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The Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow: A Book for an Idle Holiday
By Jerome Klapka JeromeIdle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow, published in 1886, is a collection of humorous essays by Jerome K. Jerome. It was the author's second published book and it helped establish...
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Funny Business: The Craft of Comedy Writing
By Sol SaksA must read for writers interested in the field of screenwriting for film and television.
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Borat: Touristic Guidings to Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
By Ant HinesCONTAINS ALL NEW MATERIAL BORAT: TOURISTIC GUIDINGS TO GLORIOUS NATION OF KAZAKHSTAN JAGSHEMASH! WELCOMES IN KAZAKHSTAN! In coitus with Kazakh Minister of Information, telelviski journalist Borat Sagdiyev is...
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Digesting the Child Within: And Other Cartoons to Live by
By John CallahanNo one escapes the sharp pen of the knife-eyed maniac who somehow remains saner and wiser than the rest of us. His cartoons are regularly featured in Harper's, Utne Reader,...
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Romantic Parodies, 1797-1831
By David A. Kent, D. R. EwenThis is the first collection of literary parodies, both poetry and prose, written during the English Romantic period. Many anthologies of literary parody have been published during the past century,...