Looking for an alternative to the seriously reliable, soothing yet informative sound of NPR? Try NPR! Prepare to be surprised by this collection of interviews with some of the funniest personalities on the planet, and by the memorabl...

Fighting midlife inertia, Sherry Stanfa-Stanley stares down a year of fear through The 52/52 Project: a year of weekly new experiences designed to push her far outside her comfort zone. Her exploits range from visiting a nude beach wi...

Julia Sweeney, the delightful former cast member of Saturday Night Live, takes listeners into the depths of her family in this hilarious and unique parenting book.Since her time on Saturday Night Live, where she created the infamous a...

"Tofield's cartoons stand tall-hilarious, loving observations of a privileged and bossy housecat…What elevates Tofield's simple but expressive line drawings above the large litter of competing kitties is his keen grasp of cartoo...

A mirthful and merciless skewering of the Trump administration from the senior statesman of political cartooning, Garry Trudeau.\r\n\r\nFrom the Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist whose acclaimed Yuge!: 30 Years of Doonesbury on Tr...

Ellen DeGeneres published her first book of comic essays, the #1 bestselling IMy Point...and I Do Have One, way back in 1996. Not one to rest on her laurels, the witty star of stage and screen has since dedicated her life to writing a...

Setting the record straight on folk remedies, traditional cures, and medical myths, an entertaining but informative medical reference furnishes informative answers to such questions as 'Do microwaves cause cancer?,' 'Is sperm nutritio...

The Darwin Awards commemorate those who improve our gene pool by removing themselves from it, showing us just how uncommon common sense can be. Meet the absentminded terrorist who opens a mail bomb returned to him for insufficient po...

The "Shirley You Can Do It" series features a woman named Shirley. She encompasses most aspects of every woman's life. She makes mistakes, but is always motivated by a good heart. She lives in the real world and has to deal ...

The beloved humorist and bestselling author returns with his most riotous collection of essays to date/BBRBRStarting with his trademark outdoorsman's wit, Patrick F. McManus's newest collection ponders the strange allure of the RV, th...

p class="bookscommentSunday school teacher: If Moses were alive today, he'd be considered a remarkable man. class="bookscommentStudent: He sure ought to be—he'd be more than 2500 years old! Most people are bothered by thos...

Sometimes you just have to laugh, even when life is a dumpster fire. With We Are Never Meeting in Real Life., "bitches gotta eat" blogger and comedian Samantha Irby turns the serio-comic essay into an art form.  Whether tal...

Whether young enough to look "hot" or of the age to only feel that way (in flashes with buckets of sweat), every woman has given, or will give, ample thought to preserving her best "assets" (thighs included), so th...

Learning to drive occasions emotions ranging from reasonable caution to unbridled terror. Learning under the watchful eye of one's spouse is an added challenge

What do the lives of Lincoln, Helen Keller, Joan of Arc, and other historical figures have in common with Paula Poundstone? In the hands of this wryly observant and self-deprecating comedian, the answer is outrageously funny and unexp...

Stupid White Men, Michael Moore's screed against 'Thief-in-Chief' George Bush's power elite, hit No. 1 at Amazon.com within days of publication. Why? IIt's as fulminating and crammed with infuriating facts as any right-wing bestseller...

In order to understand the news, a context of world geography and history is essential. That is why The Onion is publishing a world atlas: to help us. News that now makes no sense will now make sense. Thus begins a new age of enlighte...

They love nothing better than sipping free-trade gourmet coffee, leafing through the Sunday New York Times, and listening to David Sedaris on NPR (ideally all at the same time). Apple products, indie music, food co-ops, and vintage T-...

Randall Munroe describes xkcd as a webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language. While it's practically required reading in the geek community, xkcd fans are as varied as the comic's subject matter. This book creates laughs from s...

The author of the New York Times bestseller The Idiot Girls' Action-Adventure Club tackles her biggest challenge yet: grown-up life.

Originally broadcast on Christmas Eve 1994, IA Prairie Home Christmas is a delightful compilation of all-time-favorite highlights from past holiday broadcasts of Garrison Keillor's I A Prairie Home Companion.Contents:brChristmas Time'...

Funny, comforting, and nostalgic—kind of like Dad—DRIVEWAY MOMENTS FOR DADS is over 100 minutes of NPR at its finest. You'll want it for your father and yourself, and for those you know who frequently finds themselves in their dri...

[Read by Wil Wheaton]From the creator of the wildly popular webcomic xkcd comes this hilarious and informative book of answers to important questions you probably never thought to ask.Millions of people visit xkcd.com each week to rea...

In DON'T VOTE — IT JUST ENCOURAGES THE BASTARDS, bestselling humorist PJ O'Rourke, whose On the Wealth of Nations about the foundations of economics has been published in 18 languages, delivers a hilarious theory of politics. Americ...

From acclaimed, New York Times best-selling author Mary Roach comes the complete collection of her "My Planet" articles published in Reader's Digest. She was a hit columnist in the magazine, and this book features the articl...

New York Times best-selling author of such hits as How Stella Got Her Groove Back and Waiting to Exhale, Terry McMillan utilizes her trademark sass to craft this funny and extremely useful guide for today's college-bound young adults....

The original Pretty Good Joke Book was pretty darn funny. But it cant hold a trick candle to the latest edition of this perennial favorite. With more than 200 new jokes, this book runs the gamut from giggles to belly laughs, from gent...

emA hilarious memoir from one of the most creative, insightful, and hysterical voices on the entertainment scene today./emPBest known for his roles in the films emBig Fan/em and emRatatouille/em, as well as the television hit emThe Ki...