Penguin Books Australia

Demetri Martin is a Very Important Award-Winning Comedian, so spends a lot of his time travelling around, with a notebook, filling it with jokes and incredibly long palindromes (over 500-words long, in fact). The very best of those are collected here, from his acclaimed comic drawings and the world's worst comeback lines, to brilliant charts and graphs (Incidence of Lung Cancer in Dragons, a Sad Clown/Happy...

The Australian cartoonist Stanley Cross once said: 'To create a joke, you first have to have a good laugh and then think backwards.' He must have been talking about Australians when he said this.

This highly dangerous book could permanently damage trans-Tasman relations, but let's face it, who really cares? A healthy contempt is the main feature of the New Zealand-Australia relationship, and no one...

This is the diet you've been waiting for. A deliberate and shameless ploy to expand a few waistlines,  The Fatkin's Diet features outrageous recipes from award-winning comedian Rhys Mathewson. With total disregard for his own health, Rhys re-interprets Kiwi favourites for a hungry audience – fish 'n' chips pizza, anyone?

The Australian cartoonist Stanley Cross once said: 'To create a joke, you first have to have a good laugh and then think backwards.' He must have been talking about Australians when he said this.

This highly dangerous book could permanently damage trans-Tasman relations, but let's face it, who really cares? A healthy contempt is the main feature of the New Zealand-Australia relationship, and no one...

If not, you're sure to find it (and many more) in this collection of popular jokes, particularly if you don't mind if it's occasionally sexist, ageist, blondest or politically incorrect.

Dip in and join Dad'n Dave shooting roos out back of Bourke; Pollies pontificating in parliament; an Italian dingo looking for a fresh feed; or a bunch of hapless lawyers doing just...

This book is dedicated to the proposition that laughing is better than screaming – although we've no objection if you combine the two and scream laughing.

Recommended dosage? Eat two pages daily.

WHEN cinema was invented, it promised culture for the masses. We got Austin Powers.

WHEN TV was invented, it promised education. We got Sex and the City.

The internet promised unprecedented access to information across the globe and an end to national barriers. What we got was 30 million netheads – nerds, rock stars...

In a world of war, woes and worries, this little volume is at least as good as valium. Read the pages aloud or tear them out and eat them. You'll feel them doing you good.

Were Freud and Jung alive today, they'd promote Pocket Jokes as the perfect therapy.

Recommended by nine out of ten dentists – because it encourages dazzling smiles!

But please do not open...