Humor, Squib, Comedy

"You have to come, now."Those were the words that up ended Emma’s world and pulled the rug firmly out from under her feet. Up until that point her life had been relatively charmed: A good j …

A commentary on the entry ‘Looking Glass’ in Ambrose Bierce”s The Devil”s Dictionary. …

The day Mom didn”t get dressed and went on strike, Dad called her ”a Wild Thing” and Mom said ”Cook your own dinner” and stomped off upstairs to have a bath . . . In this hilarious, touching hom …

This book wasn”t made to poke fun at habits, it was more to make light of habits we all complain about. There are hundreds of habits, but I have handpicked the top 12 that people moan about. With ea …

Overnight Tom Hartley became a grieving widower after years of happy marriage and rebuilt his life by making new friends and taking up new interests. He moved house and set up a gardening club which …

Devotees of E.F. Benson’s books on the people of Tilling will not be disappointed in this sequel. From cricket matches, Christmas lunches and Roman villas, the lives of the residents of Tilling are l …

A sequel to the original and highly therapeutic "Becket List"…a compendium of the trivial but oh-so-phenomenally-irritating things that bedevil everyday life. Here you will find that you …

Not being on the same wavelength as your students is an occupational hazard for teachers. But for the English department, there’s the challenge of engaging a whole class in texts they’re at best relu …

A laugh-out-loud comedy in the vein of Spike Milligan and Tom Sharpe. Irreverent and a little bit surreal this book is a damn good laugh.It’s 1932 and four men have been brutally murdered in the vill …