Humor Books

Platitudes Undone: A Facsimile Edition of Holbrook Jackson's "Platitudes in the Making" with Original Handwritten Responses by G.K. Chesterton

Platitudes Undone: A Facsimile Edition of Holbrook Jackson's "Platitudes in the Making" with Original Handwritten Responses by G.K. Chesterton

by G.K. Chesterton

In 1955, in a used bookstore in San Francisco, Dr. Alfred Kessler, an avid collector of the works of G. K. Chesterton, uncovered a rare treasure - Chesterton's...

tags: humor, philosophy, nonfiction, criticism, literary criticism

The Universe According to G.K. Chesterton: A Dictionary of the Mad, Mundane and Metaphysical

The Universe According to G.K. Chesterton: A Dictionary of the Mad, Mundane and Metaphysical

by G.K. Chesterton

FashionFashion: An ideals that fails to satisfy.WaterWater: A medicine. It should be taken in small quantities in very extreme cases; as when one is going to...

tags: nonfiction, humor, philosophy

The Humor of Kierkegaard: An Anthology

The Humor of Kierkegaard: An Anthology

by Soren Kierkegaard

Who might reasonably be nominated as the funniest philosopher of all time? With this anthology, Thomas Oden provisionally declares S�ren Aabye Kierkegaard...

tags: nonfiction, humor, comedy, philosophy

The Life and Letters of Benjamin Franklin

The Life and Letters of Benjamin Franklin

by Benjamin Franklin

This antique hardcover book is a biography with letters of Benjamin Franklin. It then ends with a letter from Jefferson to Robert Walsh, Monticello dated...

tags: humor

The Reagan Wit: The Humor of the American President

The Reagan Wit: The Humor of the American President

by Ronald Reagan

Legendary for his clever gibes, bits of wisdom, and ability to laugh at himself, Ronald Reagan endeared himself to the public from the moment he entered the...

tags: humor, history

Comfort, the Feeble-Minded: Consolation for People Who Do Dumb Things: An Autobiography

Comfort, the Feeble-Minded: Consolation for People Who Do Dumb Things: An Autobiography

tags: humor, biography

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