During the Mao years, laughter in China was serious business. Simultaneously an outlet for frustrations and grievances, a vehicle for socialist education, and an object of official study, laughter bro
Stories define our experiences and connect us to our global community. In "Laughter Salad," author Dr. Kimberly Ann Borin narrates the moments that have defined her life as an athlete, teacher, counse
Stories define our experiences and connect us to our global community. In "Laughter Salad," author Dr. Kimberly Ann Borin narrates the moments that have defined her life as an athlete, teacher, counse
This book examines laughter in the Shakespearean theater, in the context of a cultural history of early modern laughter. Aimed at an informed readership, as well as graduate students and scholars in t
Most theories of laughter do not begin with laughter but with the laughable object, Variously conceived of as the comic, the humorous, the grotesque, the ridiculous, or the ludicrous. In Laughter, Anc
One of America’s most eminent nature poets, Robert Pack has won the acclaim of writers, critics, and readers from Stephen Jay Gould to Mark Strand. In his latest collection, Laughter Before Sleep, Pac
This stimulating introduction to laughter in theatre and performance examines laughter among actors, among audience, and the interaction between the two. Exploring the many uses and effects of laughte
This book of poetry will take you through laughter and tears, life and remembering yesterday. Anyone who reads this book will remember thoughts you have remembered for years.
Author Rose Marie loves to cook and to travel. These two loves come together in "Laughter in the Kitchen," a cookbook presenting recipes from her kitchen and from those of her friends and family. Inte
Author Rose Marie loves to cook and to travel. These two loves come together in "Laughter in the Kitchen," a cookbook presenting recipes from her kitchen and from those of her friends and family. Inte
Despite warnings from her mother that if she waited too long to get married she wouldn't be able to find a husband, Sara waited until she found the right man, but now she is thirty-five and she is hav
Poetry. Film. OBEDIENT LAUGHTER is the second book of Ray DiPalma's poetry published by Seismicity Editions, following the extraordinary 2009 volume, THE ANCIENT USE OF STONE, of which Don Share wrote
For grownups who've begun to wonder whether romance is just for the kids, C. K. Williams has answered with Catherine's Laughter, the short and sweet story of the poet's long love affair with his wife.
Laughter and Liberation is based on the idea that humor is an agent of psychological liberation. Since we are able to include every kind of wit and humor under the umbrella of this thesis, it amounts
Laughter in Interaction is an illuminating and lively account of how and why people laugh during conversation. Bringing together twenty-five years of research on the sequential organisation of laughter in everyday talk, Glenn analyses recordings and transcripts to show the finely detailed co-ordination of human laughter. He demonstrates that its production and placement, relative to talk and other activities, reveal much about its emergent meaning and accomplishments. The book shows how the participants in a conversation move from a single laugh to laughing together, how the matter of 'who laughs first' implicates orientation to social activities and how interactants work out whether laughs are more affiliative or hostile. The final chapter examines the contribution of laughter to sequences of conversational intimacy and play and to the invocation of gender. Engaging and original, the book shows how this seemingly insignificant part of human communication turns out to play a highly sig
This series is designed to bring to North American readers the once-unheard voices of writers who have achieved wide acclaim at home, but are not recognized beyond the borders of their native lands. W
Our greatest African American poet’s award-winning first novel, about a black boy’s coming-of-age in a largely-white Kansas town When first published in 1930, Not Without Laughter establis
When he is hired by Miss Louisa Bonaventure, the Vengeance Queen, to track down a group of outlaws led by Tony Lazzaro, Lou Prophet must team up with the lesser of two evils after garnering the attent
Psychic sex abuse is enabled by remote viewing and visualization. Called remote influencing, it is practiced by military operatives.Also, an object can be embued with psychic energy, called human psyc
The mid-1800s were years of unrest, foment, and violent ethnic and racial prejudice. Outwardly peaceful Connecticut towns were no exception.Irish immigrants were castigated as a lowly race. They faced
The mid-1800s were years of unrest, foment, and violent ethnic and racial prejudice. Outwardly peaceful Connecticut towns were no exception.Irish immigrants were castigated as a lowly race. They faced
The Mirror of Laughter presents a theory of humor and laughter by examining their relationship to human behaviors. Kozintsev is especially interested in the relationship between biological and cultura
Laughter from Heaven is a joyful reminder of the wonderful life awaiting us in heaven. With her humorous approach to all life's circumstances, Barbara wants her readers to catch a light-hearted look
With Love and Laughter is actress Amy Yasbeck’s most enduring memory of the life she shared with her husband, John Ritter. He was one of America’s most popular and beloved film and television actors.
More than 5.3 million Americans suffer from Alzheimer’s, and nearly 11 million family members and friends serve as unpaid caregivers.?Love, Loss, and?Laughter?challenges the typical perception of peop
Illustrations By: Tara Larsen ChangInside you is the power to do anythingGiggles, guffaws, chortles and chuckles are created within the Shell of Laughter. And now it has been stolen!But who would dare
'This book is a novel in the form of variations. The various parts follow each other like the various stages of a voyage leading into the interior of a theme, the interior of a thought, the interior of a single, unique situation the understanding of which recedes from my sight into the distance. It is a book about laughter and about forgetting, about forgetting and about Prague, about Prague and about the angels.'The Book of Laughter and Forgetting is the most secret of Kundera's novels.This new translation is the first to be fully authorized by Milan Kundera.
In A Natural History of the Senses Diane Ackerman revealed herself as a naturalist who writes with the sensuous immediately of a great poet. Now Jaguar of Sweet Laughter presents the work of a poet wi
Chicken Soup for the Soul’s first-ever humor collection, and the timing is perfect. This is storytelling at its funniest.If laughter is the best medicine, then this book is your prescription. Turn off
Using Lacanian psychoanalysis, as well as its pre-history and afterlives, In the Event of Laughter argues for a new framework for discussing laughter. Responding to a tradition of ‘comedy studies’ tha
Laughter, Literature, Violence, 1840-1930 investigates the strange, complex, even paradoxical relationship between laughter, on the one hand, and violence, war, horror, death, on the other. It do
Michael Palmer’s new book—a collection in two parts, “The Laughter of the Sphinx” and “Still (a cantata—or nada—for Sister Satan)”—contains 52 poems.The title poem begins “The laughter of the Sphinx /
Schools can use laughter to develop openness, bravery, teamwork, imagination, creativity, and, most of all, improve relationships between students and teachers. This book is the ultimate guide to gett
