Humour & Gift

Schadenfreude
Tiffany Watt Smith
A hilarious quest to understand life's ultimate guilty pleasure – in a beautiful gift package

This is a Voice
Jeremy Fisher
Train your voice to speak (and sing) with impact using this practical guide, with a foreword by Cerys Matthews

The Economist Style Guide
An updated and refreshed edition of this bestselling guide to English usage.

Game Query
Philip Coggan
The non-trivial trivia quiz book that asks how well you really know your world

Nemo's Almanac
Ian Patterson
A literary quiz full of quotes that will challenge, cheer and enlighten book buffs

The Daily Stoic Journal
Ryan Holiday
Companion volume to bestseller The Daily Stoic, an elegant journal to help readers apply the stoic principles of wisdom and virtue in today's tumu…

What We Think About When We Think About Football
Simon Critchley
A philosopher's take on what makes the beautiful game

Alexander Hamilton's Guide to Life
Jeff Wilser
Two centuries after his death, Alexander Hamilton is headline news again.

The Jewish Joke
Devorah Baum
Heard the one about the Rabbi and the cow from Minsk? Look no further than this witty compendium, a fascinating and revealing celebration of the great…

That's The Way It Crumbles
Matthew Engel
Americanisms have been slyly coloring the English language for centuries, and this practice must stop. Period.

Modern Calligraphy
Molly Suber Thorpe
A complete beginner's guide to the basics of pointed pen script

The Desiderata of Happiness
Max Ehrmann
An illustrated gift book of Max Ehrmann's world-famous poem that begins 'Go placidly amid the noise and haste'

Go Figure
Tom Standage
Smart, savvy answers to universal questions, from the highly popular Economist Explains and Daily Chart blogs, a treat for the knowing, the uninitiate…

Scorn
Matthew Parris
A totally up-to-date compendium of the sharpest, wittiest and downright rudest insults in human history

Treasure Palaces
Maggie Fergusson
From Julian Barnes to Ali Smith, great writers give us personal tours of the museums they treasure

The Cuban Cigar Handbook
Matteo Speranza
The aficionado's guide to the best Cuban cigars in the world.

A Dog Day
Cecil Aldin
"One of my favourite books of all time… This adorable book is enhanced by wonderful drawings by Cecil Aldin." Jilly Cooper