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Best Gift Shopping > Books > Theories of Humor
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The Healing Power of Humor(more) »rank: 120207by: Allen Klein
Our review: :The ability to laugh at annoyances, crises, and even outright disasters can literally save your life. The author presents a series of proven techniques for overcoming the negative effects of loss, setbacks, upsets, disappointments, trials, and tribulations. Detail |
Jokes and Their Relation to the Unconscious(more) »rank: 253861by: Sigmund Freud, James Strachey, Peter Gay
Our review: :The ability to laugh at annoyances, crises, and even outright disasters can literally save your life. The author presents a series of proven techniques for overcoming the negative effects of loss, setbacks, upsets, disappointments, trials, and tribulations. Detail |
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Laughter: A Scientific Investigation(more) »rank: 361691by: Robert R. Provine
Our review: :'[A] well-written, often amusing and always fascinating exposé.' (Scientific American) DO MEN AND WOMEN LAUGH AT THE SAME THINGS? IS LAUGHTER CONTAGIOUS? HAS ANYONE EVER REALLY DIED LAUGHING? IS LAUGHING GOOD FOR YOUR HEALTH? Drawing upon ten years of research into this most common-yet complex and often puzzling-human phenomenon, Dr. Robert Provine, the world's leading scientific expert on laughter, investigates such aspects of his subject as its evolution, its role in social relationships, its contagiousness, its neural mechanisms, and its health benefits. This is an erudite, wide-ranging, witty, and long-overdue exploration of a frequently surprising subject. Review:Is it really the best ... Detail |
The Psychology of Humor: An Integrative Approach(more) »rank: 197857by: Rod A. Martin
Our review: :Research on humor is carried out in a number of areas in psychology, including the cognitive (What makes something funny?), developmental (when do we develop a sense of humor?), and social (how is humor used in social interactions?) Although there is enough interest in the area to have spawned several societies, the literature is dispersed in a number of primary journals, with little in the way of integration of the material into a book. Dr. Martin is one of the best known researchers in the area, and his research goes across subdisciplines in psychology to be of wide appeal. This is a ... Detail |
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I'd Rather Laugh : How to Be Happy Even When Life Has Other Plans for You(more) »rank: 1053198by: Linda Richman
Our review: :The first four decades of Linda Richman's life were rife with tragedy: She lost her father at eight and her mother to depression soon after; later, she lost her husband to compulsive gambling; her son to a car accident; and spent 11 years battling agoraphobia. But now, Linda shares her life story and how she learned that when all is said and done, the only cure that works, and the one that takes the most courage, is laughter. Combining wry, self-deprecating humor with hard-knocks wisdom, Linda makes it her mission to get everyone to shake off the blues and make their way ... Detail |
Becoming A Humor Being: The Power to Choose a Better Way(more) »rank: 990054by: Steve Rizzo
Our review: :Through his own and other people's stories, Steve Rizzo reveals how humor can affect our perceptions of challenging circumstances and life's tragedies. He shows how humor can short circuit negative thoughts and emotions-before emotional and physical havoc can set in. Inside this book Steve gives us the tools we need to reprogram our way of thinking and to take control of our negative emotions. The only criterion is for each of us to love ourselves enough to choose to awaken and nurture our humor beings. Detail |
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Humor at Work: The Guaranteed, Bottom-Line, Low Cost, High-Efficiency Guide to Success Through Humor(more) »rank: 678824by: Esther Blumenfeld, Lynne Alpern
Our review: :Humor can be an extremely useful tool for success; when used properly it can reduce dtress, improve communication, and create a more comfortable work environment. Now best-selling humorists Esther Blumenfeld and Lynne Alpern offer guidance for identifying and developing your own sense-and style-of humor. Focusing on both traditional and nontraditional workplaces-whether you're a seasoned executive or an entry-level assistant-HUMOR AT WORK reveals the inside track on using humor to improve you speeches and negotiations, to develop management abilities and leadership roles, and to guide you through the pitfalls of day-to-day life. Key chapters deal specifically with such professions as teaching, sales and ... Detail |
Lighten Up: Survival Skills for People Under Pressure (A William Patrick Book)(more) »rank: 1878470by: C. W. Metcalf, Roma Felible
Our review: :A guide to becoming more productive, resilient, and stress-free through laughter presents specific skills and proven techniques to develop and maintain a healthy sense of humor in the face of any business problem. Detail |
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The Joke and Its Relation to the Unconscious (Penguin Classics)(more) »rank: 300596by: Sigmund Freud
Our review: :Why do we laugh? The answer, argued Freud in this groundbreaking study of humor, is that jokes, like dreams, satisfy our unconscious desires. The Joke and Its Relation to the Unconscious explains how jokes provide immense pleasure by releasing us from our inhibitions and allowing us to express sexual, aggressive, playful, or cynical instincts that would otherwise remain hidden. In elaborating this theory, Freud brings together a rich collection of puns, witticisms, one-liners, and anecdotes, which, as Freud shows, are a method of giving ourselves away. Translated by Joyce Crick. Introduction by John Carey. Detail |
Your Seventh Sense: How to Think Like a Comedian(more) »rank: 553692by: Karyn Ruth White, Jay Arthur
Our review: :Want to be the last comic standing? You can! For years Jay Arthur, has been studying and reverse engineering how comedians think. With his co-author Karyn Ruth White, a standup comedian and professional speaker, they have refined the process and come up with the essential skills of how to think like a comedian and find the funny in everyday life. Detail |