In the Interests of Safety: The Absurd Rules That Blight Our Lives and How We Can Change Them by Tracey Brown
$30.00 AUD
Category: Gifts & Humour
Does an airline pilot really need to surrender his tweezers at airport security when he's about to board an aircraft equipped with an axe on the back of the cockpit door? Can a mobile phone really cause a major explosion at a gas station? And is there really a good reason why you should be be prevented ...Show more
Fashion is... by Metropolitan Museum of Art
$24.95 AUD
Category: Gifts & Humour
What is fashion? This engaging book from the Metropolitan Museum of Art offers myriad answers to that question, pairing selected works in the museum's collection with concise observations. The simple reflections accompanying the illustrations encourage readers to think about the role of fashion in our c ...Show more
How About Never - Is Never Good for You? My Life in Cartoons by Bob Mankoff
$50.00 AUD
Category: Gifts & Humour
Memoir in cartoons by the longtime cartoon editor of "The New Yorker"People tell Bob Mankoff that as the cartoon editor of "The New Yorker" he has the best job in the world. Never one to beat around the bush, he explains to us, in the opening of this singular, delightfully eccentric book, that because h ...Show more
Fictitious Dishes - An Album of Literature's Most Memorable Meals by Dinah Fried
$30.00 AUD
Category: Gifts & Humour
Fifty Iconic Culinary Scenes from Literary Classics Sure to Delight Readers, Foodies, and Photo-Junkies AlikeFictitious Dishes serves up a delectable assortment of photographic interpretations of culinary moments from contemporary and classic literature. Showcasing famous meals such as the madcap tea pa ...Show more
Far Side Gallery 3 by Gary Larson
$19.99 AUD
Category: Gifts & Humour
This collection of "The Far Side" cartoons is taken from "Hound of the Far Side", "The Far Side Observer" and "Night of the Crash-Test Dummies". Yet again, the author's odd and dark sense of humour is expressed in the doings of man and beast.
The Far Side Gallery 4 by Gary Larson
$19.99 AUD
Category: Gifts & Humour
This fourth collection of The Far Side cartoons ranges from neanderthals to nerds, dogs to dinosaurs and horses to humans. Yet again, the author's odd and dark sense of humour is expressed in the doings of man and beast.
This Little Piggy Went to Prada by Amy Allen
$35.00 AUD
Category: Gifts & Humour
For the woman more accustomed to singing Missoni's praises than singing lullabies comes Amy Allen's irresistible This Little Piggy Went to Prada: Nursery Rhymes for the Blahnik Brigade. Filled from cover to cover with sumptuous full color illustrations by Eun-Kyung Kung, This Little Piggy Went to Prada ...Show more
Show Your Work ! 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered by Austin Kleon
$25.00 AUD
Category: Gifts & Humour | Series: Austin Kleon Ser.
In his New York Times bestseller Steal Like an Artist, Austin Kleon showed readers how to unlock their creativity by "stealing" from the community of other movers and shakers. Now, in an even more forward-thinking and necessary book, he shows how to take that critical next step on a creative journey--ge ...Show more
It's Not How Good You Are, It's How Good You Want To Be by Paul Arden
$12.95 AUD
Category: Gifts & Humour
" It's Not How Good You Are, It's How Good You Want to Be is a handbook of how to succeed in the world: a pocket bible for the talented and timid alike to help make the unthinkable thinkable and the impossible possible. The world's top advertising guru, Paul Arden, offers up his wisdom on issues as dive ...Show more
A Dog Walks into a Nursing Home by Sue Halpern
$27.99 AUD
Category: Gifts & Humour
A layabout mutt turned therapy dog leads her owner to a new understanding of the good life.
Cats: An Illustrated Miscellany by Frederic Vitoux
$39.95 AUD
Category: Gifts & Humour | Series: Flammarion Illustrated Miscellany Series
This handsome gift volume brings together a miscellany of anecdotes, facts, quotable quotes, and interesting stories that celebrate the beloved cat in all its guises. From the first apparitions of cats in Egyptian art and decoration to the story of Hemingway, who frequently left his house cat to babysit ...Show more
Stories of Fatherhood by (UK), Everyman's Library
$25.00 AUD
Category: Gifts & Humour | Series: Everyman's Library Classics