Get ready to laugh, groan, and roll your eyes with this delightful collection of 300 original Irish dad jokes! Curated by acclaimed Irish writer Des MacHale, this charming book captures the unique humour and heart of Irish fathers.

From witty wordplay to punny one-liners, these jokes celebrate the special bond between dads and their kids. MacHale, inspired by memories of his joke-loving father, Jack, has compiled a treasure trove of clean, family-friendly jokes that will have everyone chuckling.

Irish Dad Jokes is a must-have for anyone who appreciates the gift of humour, perfect for St.Patrick's Day, Father's Day, or any day that needs a dose of laughter. This compact book, with approximately four jokes per page, is an ideal size for sharing, gifting, or enjoying whenever you need a laugh.

Get your copy today and experience the warmth, wit, and wisdom of Irish dads!

The Essential George Boole: Logic, Love, and Legacy is a captivating biography that explores the extraordinary life of George Boole, a self-taught English mathematician whose groundbreaking work laid the foundation for the digital age. Despite his humble beginnings and lack of formal education, Boole's passion for learning and his relentless pursuit of knowledge led him to master multiple languages, explore various scientific disciplines and ultimately revolutionise the field of mathematics.

This book not only showcases Boole's intellectual brilliance but also sheds light on his personal life, including his marriage to the remarkable Mary Everest, who hailed from a distinguished family. Together, they raised five talented daughters who left their own mark on the world in fields ranging from chemistry and mathematics to literature and medicine, creating a lasting legacy that spans generations.

Through a compelling narrative, the authors paint a vivid picture of Boole's life, from his early struggles to support his family to his rise as a respected professor and his untimely death at the height of his career. The Essential George Boole: Logic, Love, and Legacy is a testament to the power of perseverance, the beauty of the human mind, and the enduring impact one person can have on the world.

John Ford's The Quiet Man (1952) is the most popular cinematic representation of Ireland, and one of Hollywood's classic romantic comedies. For some viewers and critics the film is a powerful evocation of romantic Ireland and the search for home. This book contains new and original information and photographs about the film The Quiet Man. Des MacHale has found a range of unexpected new information about the film. The book opens with the letters of John Ford's secretary, Meta Sterne, giving authentic information and commentary about what went on behind the scenes on location in Ireland. There were many rumours of a sequel to The Quiet Man but they never came off. However, a belated sequel Only the Lonely starring Maureen O'Hara was produced in 1991 and it is described and analysed. The emergence of the screenplay of The Quiet Man is a long and complicated saga. The book examines the initial rejected screenplay by the Welsh novelist Richard Llewellyn which contained much of the inspiration for the final cut of the movie. The memoirs of Maureen Coyne--Cashman, who lives in Brooklyn, New York, are published here for the first time. She is one of the few surviving bit players and she describes her experiences on set with Wayne, O'Hara, and Ford. The real-life incidents on which the ecumenical scenes in the film are based are discussed.The final part of the book covers more recent events including the Quiet Man conference held in Galway in 2004 and the opening of Pat Cohan's bar in 2008 which featured in the film as a real bar. The book also contains dozens of previously unseen stills from the movie and many unseen photographs of locations and personalities.

Intended for kids, this fun book of puzzles includes many types of puzzle, of varying difficulty. It includes picture puzzles, mazes, math tests, lateral thinking, visual reasoning puzzles, along with spatial problems with solutions at the back.

Are you a smart kid? Of course, you are, otherwise you wouldn't be reading this book. Do you find school so easy that sometimes you fall asleep from sheer boredom? Do you finish your homework sometimes even before you start? If so, this is the book for you - dozens of brain-stretching puzzles to make you even smarter! There are all sorts of puzzles in here - word puzzles, number puzzles, trick questions, Su Doku puzzles, geometric puzzles, old puzzles and new puzzles composed especially for you in this book. So get cracking and boost your brainpower by solving these puzzles written for smart kids. Have fun!

Sometimes called imponderables' or rhetoricals', they do not necessarily have answers. These silly questions are always amusing and often interesting because they concern the little unnoticed contradictions in life. Why do we write things down but type them up? Why do ships carry a cargo, while cars carry a shipment? And how did the guy who made the first clock know what time to set it to? This is philosophy for the man and woman in the street, but stuff the real philosophers are not able to answer. Our response can vary from Yes, I've often wondered about that', through How the hell should I know?' to Who cares? This is the biggest collection of sillies ever assembled, and by the time you have finished reading them, you will begin to spot new questions for yourself, so it is a game anyone can learn and play. Have fun reading them using them to confuse and amuse others --- teachers, students, parents, spouses, bosses, employees, and anyone you want to take down a peg.

Comic Sections Plus is a revised and greatly expanded edition of the hugely popular book Comic Sections, published by Boole Press in 1993, and now long out of print. It is the biggest (and best!) compendium of material ever published relating to mathematical jokes, anecdotes, humour, wit and wisdom. The author writes: Much of Comic Sections Plus is devoted to 'anecjokes', that is, stories, jokes and anecdotes about mathematics and mathematicians, or jokes with a mathematical or logical content. I firmly believe that such material is not necessarily flippant, but has a serious if not essential role to play in the study, understanding, and popularisation of mathematics. Mathematics and humour are actually closely related and we can easily find structural links between the theorem and the joke. The mathematical problem and the facetious riddle have a lot in common too, and logic is undoubtedly a connecting link; mathematics is regarded as ultra-logical, while humour is often ultra-illogical, turning logic on its head. One rarely meets the legendary 'absentminded mathematician' in reality and in fact the level of appreciation of humour among mathematicians seems to be quite high, at least as great as that of any other profession. This is perhaps because mathematicians are quick to spot logical fallacies and also have to endure a considerable amount of jokes and humour, often made by other scientists. In addition, humour can be an excellent aid to teaching mathematics, as long as it is used skilfully and carefully. Historically, there have been several mathematical humorists, humorous mathematicians, and people with a foot in both camps. We may cite Lewis Carroll, Stephen Leacock, Tom Lehrer, Martin Gardner, Charles Babbage, John Paulos, Paul Erdos, Leo Moser, James Clerk Maxwell and John Horton Conway. This book draws on the contributions of these great luminaries, but also features the amusing blunders of the 'geniuses' at the other end of the spectrum of mathematical talent. Sadly, mathematics has the reputation of being the least popular and most difficult subject in school and college. We really cannot afford this state of affairs to continue, because mathematics is essential to virtually all human activity, since it is the basis of all organised knowledge. Perhaps the problem is that the subject has always been taken too seriously. Comic Sections Plus is an attempt to lighten mathematics, to make it more enjoyable, and above all to humanise it.

This book will make you laugh your socks off. It is full of absolutely useless advice.

For example:

• Take up meditation; it's better than sitting round doing nothing.
• When doing a crossword puzzle, you can use letters from across clues to help solve down clues.
• As you go through life remember these two words which will open many doors for you: push and pull.
• Change is inevitable - except from vending machines.
• Avoid a hangover by staying drunk all the time.
• When playing tennis try harder on the early points in a game as they are worth 15 points, later points are only worth 10.
• Shoes will last twice as long if you only wear them every other day.

The world already has too much serious advice. What is needed is some useless advice and here it is. There are sections on:

• General Advice
• Jobs and Professions
• Sports and Games
• Travel and Tourism
• Marriage and Relationships
• Health and Diet
• Business and Career
• Grammar Advice
• Bad Taste
• Around the House

If you like jokes and one-liners then this collection of over 1000 pieces of hilarious hints will bring you tears of laughter. Buy it as a gift for your Dad or Brother. Share the advice with your family and friends - everyone needs a good laugh.