The Home - Haynes Explains by Boris Starling

$19.99 NZD

Category: Humour | Series: Haynes Manuals

Written by bestselling author Boris Starling, The Home is one of the new titles for 2017 in the Haynes Explains series. A light-hearted and entertaining take on the classic workshop manual, it contains everything you'd expect to see including exploded views, flow charts, fault diagnosis and the odd wiri ng diagram. It takes the reader through all areas of life at home, giving the reader all the hints and tips needed to make domesticity run smoothly ...Show more

The Americans - Haynes Explains: by Boris Starling

$19.99 NZD

Category: Humour | Series: Haynes Explains

Written by bestselling author Boris Starling, The Americans is one of the new titles for 2017 in the Haynes Explains series. A light-hearted and entertaining take on the classic workshop manual, it contains everything you'd expect to see including exploded views, flow charts, fault diagnosis and the odd wiring diagram. It takes the reader through all areas of American life, giving the reader all the hints and tips needed to make cross-Atlantic relationships run smoothly. ...Show more

Instant! Maori by Nick Theobald; Paora Walker

$14.99 NZD

Category: Humour | Reading Level: very good

INSTANT! MAORI is a pocket-sized Maori-English phrase book packed with hundreds of practical and down-to-earth phrases - made easy. Using phonetics, it enables readers to speak correct Maori in seconds. The content includes the short and long version of what to say on a Marae, how to talk to your pets, appropriate phrases to say when at a hangi or in the pub, how to recite The Lord's Prayer, how to introduce yourself and family in Maori and even verbal exit strategies when you're surrounded by the Mongrel Mob. Each phrase or word is in three parts: The English, followed by the Maori and then the Instant! phonetics. ...Show more

A Victorian Lady's Guide to Life by Elspeth Marr

$14.99 NZD

Category: Humour

In this delightful and engagingly eccentric treasury of life lessons, redoubtable Victorian Elspeth Marr (1871-1947) reflects on the fundamental topics of life as well as the nuts and bolts of everyday living. Part journal, part commonplace book, among many gems you will find enlightenment and advice on everything from Dreams to Garlic; Patriotism to Wrinkles.Written throughout her life but only discovered after her death, by her great-great nephew, Christopher Rush, Elspeth's (known as Aunt Epp) journal was never intended for publication but her style of writing and the subject matter she covers nonetheless reaches a universal audience. Not afraid to put forth views on the big topics - religion, evolution, and ethical issues - she also tackles the nuts and bolts of living - food, sex and health.Vital, refreshingly frank and always amusing, A Victorian Lady's Guide to Life provides a wealth of sound advice. ...Show more

The Little Book of Bad Moods for Mothers: It's Your Turn to Tantrum by Lotta Sonninen

$14.99 NZD

Category: Humour

A grown-up activity book for mothers in a bad mood! Let's face it: motherhood, in all its glory, gives you so many reasons for bad moods. From stretch marks to toddler rage to teenage sulking - sometimes your little (or not so little) darlings seem to have been put on this earth for no other reason tha n to drive you up the wall. With The Little Book of Bad Moods for Mothers, you can drop the pretence of holding it together, and simply explode. Without hurting anyone. Activities in the book include...What UNWANTED advice have you been given about being a parent? Fill out the answers! Draw yourself BEFORE AND AFTER pregnancy. Be very realistic. What are the MOST IRRITATING characteristics that your child has inherited from your partner? A chance to secretly moan about your partner too! What would you REALLY like to say to your child? Resist the urge! Write it down instead. What is the most IDIOTIC TEEN TREND you have witnessed? Be honest... So if you have to stop yourself screaming louder than your crying infant or throwing food back at your terrible toddler, just remember that you are not alone. This book is for you. ...Show more

Pedantic: A Hilarious and Useful Guide to the 100 Terms Smart People Should Know by Ross Petras; Kathryn Petras

$22.99 NZD

Category: Humour

A compendium of 100 words and phrases smart people use-even if they only kinda sorta (secretly don't) know what they mean-with pithy definitions and fascinating etymologies to solidify their meanings.

Dictionary Of Slang In New Zealand

$24.99 NZD

$59.99 (58% off)

Category: Humour

"Sidney Baker, Harry Orsman and David McGill have all produced wonderful collections of New Zealand-bred slang terms. I have taken a blanket approach, stuffing everything in regardless of its origins. If we currently speak it, write it, text it, tweet it, facebook it or blog it I've attempted to record it here. However, when I could identify a word or phrase which probably has a kosher Kiwi heritage I have attached a (NZ) tag and, where appropriate, a potted explanation." - Noel Kelly ...Show more

The Germans - Haynes Explains by Boris Starling

$19.99 NZD

Category: Humour | Series: Haynes Explains

Written by bestselling author Boris Starling, The Germans is one of the new titles for 2017 in the Haynes Explains series. A light-hearted and entertaining take on the classic workshop manual, it contains everything you'd expect to see including exploded views, flow charts, fault diagnosis and the odd w iring diagram. It takes the reader through all areas of German life, giving the reader all the hints and tips needed to make relationships run efficiently. ...Show more

Football - Haynes Explains by Boris Starling

$19.99 NZD

Category: Humour | Series: Haynes Explains

Written by bestselling author Boris Starling, Football is one of the new titles for 2017 in the Haynes Explains series. A light-hearted and entertaining take on the classic workshop manual, it contains everything you'd expect to see including exploded views, flow charts, fault diagnosis and the odd wiri ng diagram. It takes the reader through all areas of the 'beautiful game', giving the reader all the hints and tips needed to make supporting run smoothly ...Show more

Teenagers (Haynes Explains) by Boris Starling

$19.99 NZD

Category: Humour | Series: Haynes Explains

The Haynes Manual is one of publishing's most famous and enduring icons. More than 200 million copies have been sold, covering everything from Austin Allegros to Zombie Survival.Now Haynes is sending itself up in a fabulously amusing and brilliantly-observed new format. Haynes Explains are compact guide s to four major stages of life: babies, teenagers, marriage and pensioners. Based on the classic 'stripdown and rebuild' outline, and using original Haynes lines drawings, these books are perfect gifts or stocking fillers. 'When you have babies, your friends come round and coo at them. When you have teenagers, your friends send you sad-face texts saying 'thoughts and prayers are with you."The aim of Haynes Explains Teenagers is to help you get the best value from your adolescent. It can help you (a) decide what work must be done (b) tackle this work yourself, though you may choose to have much of it performed by an off-site garage such as a boarding school and/or Young Offenders' Institution.Sections include:* Reliability (trouble starting in morning).* Service History (school reports). 'What the report says: Surprisingly good exam result. What the report means: Cheated.' * In-Car Audio (ghastly teenage music).* The CPU (technology obsession). 'The most effective punishment for any teenager is to take them on holiday to a remote rural cottage where there is no mobile reception or broadband.'* Bodykits (clothes and image).* The Horn (sex). 'The best way to ensure that your daughter's boyfriends are properly vetted is to become President of the United States.' ...Show more

How to Speak Droid with R2-D2: A Communication Manual by Urma Droid

$34.99 NZD

Category: Humour

Following the success of How to Speak Wookiee comes this essential manual for interacting with R2 units in various likely situations. Droids are made to be reliable, helpful and daring, but their personalities can sometimes be frustratingly stubborn. This convenient sound guide will help new R2 users su ccessfully understand their droids and utilise them to their full capacity. Featuring helpful scenarios - like convincing a droid to play back full messages, serve beverages and hors d'oeuvres at semi-formal events, diagnose and repair mechanical issues on an X-wing, or just walk the dog - plus a sound module including 10 different droid phrases, this handbook is a necessity for any new R2 user. ...Show more

Wreck This Journal by Keri Smith

$21.00 NZD

Category: Humour

Think of Wreck This Journal as the anarchist's Artist's Way - the book for those who've always wanted to draw outside the lines but were afraid to do it. For anyone who's ever wished to, but had trouble starting, keeping, or finishing a journal or sketchbook comes Wreck This Journal, an illustrated book featuring a subversive collection of suggestions, asking readers to muster up their best mistake - and mess-making abilities to fill the pages of the book (and destroy them). Through a series of creatively and quirkily illustrated prompts, acclaimed artist Keri Smith encourages journalers to engage in 'destructive' acts - poking holes through pages, adding photos and defacing them, painting with coffee, colouring outside the lines, and more - in order to experience the true creative process. With Keri Smith's unique sensibility, readers are introduced to a new way of art and journal making, discovering novel ways to escape the fear of the blank page and fully engage in the creative process. A new edition of Keri Smith's bestseller, with updated material ...Show more