The Spanish Ambassador's Suitcase: Stories from the Diplomatic Bag by Matthew Parris
$25.00 AUD
Category: Gifts & Humour
The Spanish Ambassador's Suitcase is a hilarious new collection of diplomatic tales by Matthew Parris and Andrew Bryson Heard the one about the Spanish Ambassador who arrived in the scorching Saharan desert fully suited and with a mysteriously enormous suitcase? Or the horse they gave Prime Minister Joh ...Show more
Henri, Le Chat Noir: The Existential Mewsings of an Angst-Filled Cat by WILLIAM BRADEN
$19.95 AUD
Category: Gifts & Humour
This is the debut book from the winner of the best cat video on the internet award. My name is Henri. I am a black cat. I live a life of luxury, but I am filled with ennui. My filtered water tastes impure and no food can satisfy the emptiness I feel inside. It is my fate to contemplate the world around ...Show more
Tiny Confessions: The Secret Thoughts of Dogs, Cats and Everything by Christopher Rozzi
$17.00 AUD
Category: Gifts & Humour
Ever wonder what your dachshund, bulldog, great dane, or tabby cat are *really* thinking? Wonder no more, because artist and comedian Christopher Rozzi has channeled the innermost thoughts of canines and felines (along with the occasional rabbit or robot) and painted their portraits with great affection ...Show more
Odd Type Writers: From Joyce and Dickens to Wharton and Welty, the Obsessive Habits and Quirky Techniques of Great Authors by Celia Blue Johnson
$20.00 AUD
Category: Gifts & Humour
Every great writer has a unique way of setting a story to paper. And, it turns out, many of these writers used methods that were just as inventive as the works they produced. Odd Type Writers explores the quirky writing habits of renowned authors, including Truman Capote, Ernest Hemingway, and Alexandre ...Show more
Was She Pretty? by Leanne Shapton
$23.00 AUD
Category: Gifts & Humour
Was She Pretty? is a beautiful exploration of modern love, relationships and jealousy from Leanne Shapton, the author of Swimming Studies and Important Artifacts and Personal Property from the Collection of Lenore Doolan and Harold Morris, Including Books, Street Fashion, and Jewelry. "A dreamy explorat ...Show more
More Shit My Dad Says by Justin Halpern
$19.99 AUD
Category: Gifts & Humour
'Human beings fear the unknown. So, whatever's freaking you out, grab it by the balls and say hello. Then it ain't the unknown anymore and it ain't scary. Or I guess it could be a sh*tload scarier' Sam Halpern Soon after Sh*t My Dad Says began to take off, comic writer Justin Halpern decided to take the ...Show more
Things Bogans Like by E. Chas McSween
$20.00 AUD
Category: Gifts & Humour
The word bogan has a bad rap; first impressions are still associated with flannelette, VB, utes and mullets. But this would be wrong. The bogan has advanced and needs new explanation, evolution has cursed (or blessed, depending on your thinking) us with a modern version. The bogan with money. The bogan ...Show more
The Rules: The Way of the Cycling Disciple by Velominati
$27.00 AUD
Category: Gifts & Humour
Every pastime, every culture, every pursuit has rules. When you buy into the activity, you buy into the rules, and you obey them so that you can belong to the gang. The Velominati embrace cycling not as a pastime, but as a way of life, as obsessed with style, heritage, authenticity and wisdom as with pe ...Show more
Cozy Classics War and Peace by Jack Wang
$13.00 AUD
Category: Gifts & Humour | Series: Cozy Classics
Cozy Classics is the popular board book series that distils great works of literature into 12 child-friendly words. Accompanied by 12 stunning images of needle-felted characters, the gorgeous craftsmanship will appeal to children and adults alike. War and Peace is Leo Tolstoy's epic masterpiece about lo ...Show more
Les Miserables (Cozy Classics) by Jack Wang
$13.00 AUD
Category: Gifts & Humour | Series: Cozy Classics
The world's best loved stories are made adorably cuddly in this new board book series from Simply Read. Created by Jack and Holman Wang, this series distils great works of literature into just 12 child-friendly words. Each word is accompanied by 12 stunning images of needle-felted characters. Les Misera ...Show more
A Little Gay History: Desire and Diversity Across the World by R.B. Parkinson
$19.95 AUD
Category: Gifts & Humour
How old is the oldest chat-up line between men? Who was the first lesbian? Were ancient Greek men who had sex together necessarily gay? And what did Shakespeare think about cross-dressing? "A Little Gay History" takes objects ranging from Ancient Egyptian papyri and the erotic scenes on the Roman Warren ...Show more
More Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops by Jen Campbell
$15.00 AUD
Category: Gifts & Humour
"Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops" was a "Sunday Times" bestseller, and could be found displayed on bookshop counters up and down the country. The response to the book from booksellers all over the world has been one of heartfelt agreement: it would appear that customers are saying bizarre things ...Show more