Non-Fiction: Humour

In Geordies vs Mackems & Mackems vs Geordies 2, Ian Black takes another look at the funny side of the enduring rivalry between Newcastle and Sunderland.

Wherever Scots gather they tell jokes and stories. And the very best of these much-loved tales find their way to the daily Diary column of Scotland’s best-selling quality newspaper, The Herald. In this volume we gather the very best tales from the column, proving that ordinary Scots are still the natural comedians of the world.

GP and comedian Phil Hammond has collected two hundred and fifty of life’s quirkiest queries from audiences across the UK. Open wide for the finest answers to the most bizarre questions, ranging from tongue in cheek to absolutely filthy... yet surprisingly useful.

Here is another collection of stories, jokes, anecdotes and tales that will tempt your laughter lines into making an appearance and have you flashing your gnashers.

Now Ian Black turns his rapier-like wit to this tale of two cities to bring this (mostly) friendly rivalry to life.

This book presents more friendly city rivalry anecdotes from Ian Black. How much do Mancs hate Scousers? Well, there’s not a lot you can compare it to, except of course how much Scousers hate Mancs.

GP and comedian Phil Hammond is easier to see on stage than in the surgery, but he always leaves time for questions. Here are life’s quirkiest queries, lovingly collected from audiences across the UK. Open wide for the finest answers to the most bizarre questions, ranging from tongue in cheek to absolutely filthy... yet surprisingly useful.

Tom Shields confesses all – the fun, the laughs, the cosy stop-drinking-or-you-will-die chat – and tries to work out if it’s possible to turn your life around.

In this volume we gather the very best tales from the column, proving that ordinary Scots are still the natural comedians of the world.

If you have ever wondered what a Dooboo looks like or why a Clype always loses his teeth or what size the manhood of a Chib is, then enter the weird, wonderful and sometimes downright worrying world of Baminals as written and illustrated by Scott Simpson.

How much do Mancs hate Scousers? Well, there's not a lot you can compare it to, except of course how much Scousers hate Mancs. Which is rather a lot.

Crabbit old buggers are not defined by gender, nationality, creed or class – to be a crabbit old bugger is a state of mind, a way of living, a reason to exist that transcends all. Crabbit Old Buggers, the book, is a guide to these determinedly dour, intolerant creatures.

The frank and hilarious diary of Real Radio's breakfast babe, Cat Harvey, The Cat's Whispers chronicles her fascinating life on and off the air, from asking the First Minister how he feels about Speedos to wearing pink pyjamas, pink diamante sandals and a pink waist-length wig out to dinner.

Even More Lies is the hilarious follow-up to Harry the the Polis’s first collection of anecdotes about life in the polis. With more stories and even more laughs from Harry’s twenty-nine years with the boys in blue, Even More Lies is another classic collection of tales tall and true.

Harry Morris is out to show a side of our industrious police force that we don't often see - the lighter side. His time with the Glasgow and Strathclyde constabulary, or 'polis' for short, hasn't robbed Harry of his sense of humour, and every wily witness, cocky con, and sarcastic sergeant he ever rubbed up against is here in page after page of humorous stories.

In Nuthin’ Like the Truth, Harry Morris continues to mercilessly expose the lighter side of our hard-pressed police force. And in the third book in the Harry the Polis series, Harry has plenty more funny stories to tell from the thin blue line.

A humorous and stylish look at the world of the ned and the rise of ned culture in Scotland

For every one person in Scotland there is one sheep. But how many of us can say that we really know our fine fleecy friends? In this uncomprehensive and ill-informed guide to all things woolly, you will discover many facts and figures that will amaze and surprise ewe – there are things in here that even the most ardent supporters of a certain north-east of Scotland football team don’t know!

If Scot's slang words are already part of your everyday vocabulary, then having them collected here and contrasted with their decidedly po-faced definitions is bound to bring a smile to even the most petted-lipped coupon.

With Series Three over and Series Four yet to come, here is an ideal way for fans of Still Game, BBC Scotland's hugely successful TV comedy, to keep in touch with their favourite characters. In Still Game, Ford and Greg present the original scripts from six of their favourite episodes, illustrated in full colour with stills from the shows and with a specially written introduction to each episode in their own inimitable style.

These endearing Scottish doggies, each humorously illustrated and accompanied by appropriate doggerel, are there for you to chew over at your leisure and they're bound to provide you with a kennel-ful of fun!

In the most honest diary about men, women and sex you'll ever read, Anvar Khan tackles the subjects that dare not speak their names at polite West End dinner parties. Pretty Wild is the real deal girl talk with no-holds-barred, charting love and relationships, sexual encounters, desires and fetishes and it's the most realistic examination ever of what people have in their heads and then do in their beds.

It's the ultimate battle the battle of the sexes and its time to find out the truth about men and women. Make up your own mind with the help of Ian Black and Lesley Riddoch and their hilarious book which looks for the truth behind the age-old questions: Is it a man's world? Are all men really that useless? Are women really in charge? Or will they never rule the world because they take too long to get ready in the morning?

This is a frank and hilarious account of pregnancy, childbirth and early motherhood. A must for anyone who has had a baby, wants a baby or has been a baby!

The quizbook no Glaswegian should be without. Funny, irreverent and informative.

This follow-up to the hugely successful Shut Yer Pus shows that there's nothing more pithy than Scots slang.