Gerald Durrell 'What we all need,' said Larry, 'is sunshine...a country where we can grow.''Yes, dear, that would be nice,' agreed Mother, not really listening.'I had a letter from George this...

Author: Fredrik Backman Elsa is seven years old and different. Her grandmother is seventy-seven years old and crazy, standing-on-the-balcony-firing-paintball-guns-at-men-who-want-to-talk-about-Jesus-crazy. She is also Elsa's best, and only, friend. At night Elsa...

AJ Jacobs A collection of A.J. Jacobs’s hilarious adventures as a human guinea pig, including “My Outsourced Life,” “The Truth About Nakedness,” and a never-before-published essay.One man. Ten extraordinary quests.Bestselling...

Ellen Degeneres The personal story of Ellen DeGeneres, the star of ABC's comedy series, Ellen, offers insight into her simple observations on life, her outrageous dreams, and her strange-but-true experiences....

David SedarisWelcome to the hilarious, strange, elegiac, outrageous world of David Sedaris. In Naked, Sedaris turns the mania for memoir on its proverbial ear, mining the exceedingly rich terrain of...

Bill Bryson's first travel book, The Lost Continent, was unanimously acclaimed as one of the funniest books in years. In Neither Here nor There he brings his unique brand of...

David Lodge"A funny, intelligent, superbly paced social comedy." --The New York Times Vic Wilcox, a self-made man and managing director of an engineering firm. has little regard for academics, and...

Mary Pope OsborneJack and Annie have been transported back to ancient Japan. Here they learn ninja secrets from a ninja master. When they leave his cave evil samurai warriors follow...

Sue HendraBernard the robot loses his bottom on the park swing, and sets off to find it. Every time he gets close, it disappears again! Bird was using it as...

Author: Christopher Moore San Francisco. Summer 1947. A dame walks into a saloon . . .It might be love at first sight when a mysterious blonde named Stilton (like the...

Alan PartridgeThe deeply personal follow-up to Alan Partridge's deeply personal autobiography, I, Partridge, charting the highs, lows and mediums of his one-man walking tour around (certain parts of) Britain.In ALAN...

Lisa Owens Now and again we all lie awake wondering what on earth we're doing with our lives . . . don't we?Claire Flannery has had more than a few...