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More wonderful interviews with Australia's leading citizens, drawn from John Clarke and Bryan Dawe's weekly broadcasts on ABC TV's 7.30 Report from 2003 to 2006. First published 2006.

An official enquiry into just about everything, covering the glittering age Australians have been enduring since 2003. First published 2006.

Rehashing all the shoddy articles from Chaser annuals over the last five years

wonderful and hilarious record of the highs and lows in the political career of our current government. This is a great book for every Australian household, and will make a wonderful gift. First published August 2004.

Men are from Earth. Women are from earth. Deal with it.

Trivia coversing a wide range of diverse topics from history to science, the arts, the animal kingdom, medicine, the human body and food and drink. Presenting its well-researched facts in a highly accessible and entertaining manner this book sets the record straight by exposing a great many of the common myths and everyday fallacies. Firrt published 2005.

So, you're writing an essay, a book, an article, your blog. You sit back having read it for the sixteenth time and decide to commit to print, press 'send' or say 'that's fine, let it go'. Of course, just after that moment the glaring error in the headline screams at you - too late. Your stomach feels like it's hurtling to your toes and the world goes slightly wonky. Welcome to the world of misprints! A Steroid Hit The Earth is a catalogue of errors, omissions, mistakes and other disasters, ranging from the straight typo or the amb... read more

: A Man's Guide to Ironing, Dusting and Other Household Arts

Linguistic mistakes. We all make them. And if your name is George W Bush or Jade Goody, you might make them more often than others. In THE ANTS ARE MY FRIENDS (delightfully misheard from Bob Dylan's 'Blowing in the Wind') Martin Toseland has collected the very best (and very worst) linguistic gifts of the gaffe. Catergories features include: Malapropisms (named after Mrs Malaprop in Sheridan's 'The Rivals' where the wrong word pops out to bizarre results); Eggcorns (where a new word is created from misheard real one -- the name ... read more

This is the original dangerous book for girls... unrevised since 1903!For a girl these days, it may be fashionable to know how to encrypt your text messages, set up your own webpage, and compile the ultimate playlist... But what about the things that really matter, the things that mattered to girls back in 1903 - what to wear when exercising with a Sandow Grip Dumb-Bell, how to give your poodle a French clip, and how to avoid the "evils of excessive tea drinking...""The Girls' Empire" is the real thing - written at the beginning of... read more

An only slightly insane antidote to the banalities of modern life, "The Enthusiast's Almanack" celebrates a quality that nowadays is underrated, if not considered downright weird. All too often, 'Enthusiast' is regarded as synonymous with 'anorak', 'geek' or 'nerd'. In reality, however, it has been rigorously proven that enthusiasm is the secret to a long and satisfying life. As Ralph Waldo Emerson said: 'What is a man good for without Enthusiasm?' Enthusiasm should be celebrated, not curbed! Rising to the challenge, "The Enthusias... read more

A humorous guide to the language of office English Ducks in a Row is a dictionary and guidebook celebrating the new and absurd language of Office English, or Offlish - workplace slang, common jargon, bogus phrases and all the myriad ridiculous idioms that we use to impress and confuse our colleagues and to climb the greasy pole of corporate advancement. All of the 700+ definitions of words and terms include examples of typical office behaviour and the types of character encountered. For each word or term there is an example of... read more

"We never really know what stupidity is until we have experiemented on ourselves" - Paul Gauguin "We shouldn't test people for drugs, we shouldetst thenm for stupidity" - P J O'Rourke

"With whiz and witdom, Keen James entertainingly presents the tips of the slung and thud and blunder in our tough and rumble language. After reading these English terrors and tinglish errors, you'll finish the book optimistically and misty optically" Richard Lederer, International Punster of the Year

Undefinitive, defiantly selective and unapologetically recondite, The Uncyclopedia is a compendium of knowledge neither trivial nor essential, yet always illuminating. Here at last in one convenient volume are lists of governors-general, Norse gods, phobias and instructions on how to toast in ten languages, use morse code and open an oyster. Away with dull care, farewell to vocational learning, viva epistemophilia! The Uncyclopedia is a reference book to delight all inquisitive readers.

This book is Jaquie's guide to all things important to the modern good-looking woman, from food and your body, to animals, birds and the environment, fashion and being cool, love, romance and dating, and politics. If you find Jaquie boring (unlikely), she's included some recipes, quizzes and puzzles for your enjoyment. Jaquie is full of tips and useful information on how to navigate life; for instance, how to lose weight by becoming a Breatherian, what your hat says about you, or how to know if you're talking to an alien. She expo... read more

To complete the remarkable Murray Ball celebratory trilogy comes a final volume to accompany the stunningly successful Footrot Flats: The Dog Strips and Footrot Flats: The Long Weekender. In this equally lavish book will be featured the best of the rest of Murray's work. If you loved Footrot and you love Murray Ball, you must own this book. FEATURES: Stanley Caveman - intellectual and classic no-hoper. It is due to having ancestors like this that we are in the mess we are today. The Prophet I have always believed that I would have ... read more

A second edition of the enormously popular Tui Yeah Right billboards. The first edition, published in 2005, was a publishing sensation and sold more than 30,000 copies. The funny, topical, but almost always tongue-in-cheek, messages have been running on billboards around the country for almost 10 years and have attracted a huge amount of interest. This second edition will bring together another 100 or so of the most popular messages. First published July 2007.

Earth worship has replaced Christianity as the new religion in many Western countries. People now worry about their carbon footprint in the same way previous generations worried about their immortal souls. And like anything else that encourages people to become too earnest, the eco movement has set itself up as a prime target for lampoonery, hence this book! How to Save the World ...is a fierce and funny satire on green worriers. 'Agony aunt' letters from concerned citizens of the environment pitch a host of bizarre and deliciously... read more

DoP - October 2008, Auckland A guide to life's little challenges This beautifully illustrated book combines a wonderful collection of animals and appropiate anecdotes. Furry Logic is a collection of the little challenges that life throws at us on a daily basis. If your little challenges are the same as some of the ones in this book, chances are you will have smiled, laughed even, in recognition.