The Cycling Cartoonist : An Illustrated Guide to Life on Two Wheels by Dave Walker
23.00 NZD
Category: Humour | Reading Level: General Adult
A delightful celebration of cycling from renowned cartoonist and multiple-bike owner Dave Walker. With over 100 full-page cartoons that give an affectionate take on cycling in all its different forms, featuring cartoons about road cycling, mountain biking and bike ownership, via sportives and commuting ...Show more
Quietly Hostile by Samantha Irby
27.00 NZD
Category: Literary Criticism / Essays & Journalism
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Wow, No Thank You. This is not an advice book. Samantha Irby doesn't know anything. Irby is working in Chicago when the pandemic hits. After fleeing the city and returning home to Michigan, she finds herself bleaching groceries and wondering if her uppe ...Show more
Cock and Bull Stories: Tales from Two Kiwi Country Vets by Peter Anderson & Peter Jerram
40.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Biography
Humorous heartland stories from two New Zealand country vets. Peter Anderson and Peter Jerram have rounded up a selection of highly entertaining yarns about the animals, and owners, they've come across during their more than thirty years in practice together. Among these hard case and humorous tales are ...Show more
Highballs for Breakfast by P. G. Wodehouse
37.00 NZD
Category: Fiction - Contemporary
No writer knew better than PG Wodehouse how a drink can lift the spirits - and he was a master at the high comic effects of having a few too many. Highballs for Breakfast is a handpicked selection of wit, wisdom and comic moments from Wodehouse's work that involve getting pickled or plastered, or lather ...Show more
How to be a Good Parent by Jaqueline Mitchell
22.00 NZD
Category: Humour
To keep children clean is something that should never be attempted. It cannot be done. The mere provision of the vegetable is not sufficient; it must be actually eaten. If there is room enough for somersaults, the child can be satisfied. These are just a few of the words of wisdom on offer in How to be ...Show more
How to be a Good Motorist by Bodleian Library the
22.00 NZD
Category: Gift
How should a motorist converse with the police? Should you switch off your headlights when another car approaches? What parts of the engine can you fix with a sheet of emery paper, insulating tape and copper wire? The 1920s heralded the age of motoring with the arrival of the 'affordable' Austin Seven a ...Show more
Is It Bedtime Yet? by Emily Writes
35.00 NZD
Category: Humour | Reading Level: near fine
A collection of writings on being a parent in Aotearoa - from hilarious to heart-breaking. The experience of parenthood is different for everyone. And every day can be different too. Read a hilarious and moving collection of perspectives from the well-loved Emily Writes and her friends. Some of them are ...Show more
Wow, No Thank You by Samantha Irby
28.00 NZD
Category: Literary Criticism / Essays & Journalism
Staring down the barrel of her fortieth year, Samantha Irby is confronting the ways her life has changed since the days she could work a full 11 hour shift on 4 hours of sleep, change her shoes and put mascara on in the back of a moving cab and go from drinks to dinner to the club without a second thoug ...Show more
Common Prayer Gift Edition by LEUNIG, MICHAEL
25.00 NZD
Category: Humour
This is an illustrated collection of prayers. It contains 28 meditations/prayers, plus an introduction on prayer. The prayers have an element of social comment for a secular audience.
Prayer Tree - Gift Edition by LEUNIG, MICHAEL
22.00 NZD
Category: Humour
A person kneels to contemplate a tree and to reflect upon the troubles and joys of life. The person imagines mornings and evenings in a great forest of prayers, swarming and teeming with life. The person is learning how to pray. Michael Leunig.
Oh Dear Silvia by Dawn French
28.00 NZD
Category: Humour
Dawn French, number one bestelling author of A Tiny Bit Marvellous returns with Oh Dear Silvia. Everyone knows the real Silvia, don't they? Silvia Shute lies in hospital in a coma. Family and friends gather at her bedside, each thinking they know the real Silvia. But do they? For Silvia hides a secret. ...Show more
Really Important Stuff My Dog Has Taught Me by COPELAND, CYNTHIA
30.00 NZD
Category: Humour
Playful spaniels completely covered with snow There s no such thing as bad weather. Two happy dogs sleeping, one on top of the other Sometimes you need a pillow. Sometimes you are the pillow." The bulldog who s headfirst in her bowl Every meal is THE BEST MEAL EVER. Cynthia L. Copeland has a gift for di ...Show more