Humor Ebooks

War, Memory, and the Politics of Humor

War, Memory, and the Politics of Humor features carnage and cannibalism, gender and cross-dressing, drunks and heroes, militarism and memory, all set against the background of World War I France.


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If This Is Mid-Life, Where's the Crisis

If This Is Mid-Life, Where's the Crisis

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If This Is Mid-Life, Where"™s the Crisis? explores the peaks and pitfalls of being forty-something and married--with kids. Sam Cook takes you on a rollicking ride through mid-life with stops along the way to enjoy life"™s special moments.


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American Humor

American Humor

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Among the questions posed by this collection of essays are: What are the characteristics of American humor? How have they evolved and expressed themselves? What elements are distinctively or uniquely American?


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Playboys and Killjoys

Playboys and Killjoys

Price: $23*
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Looks at the history of comedy from Aristophanes to Bertolt Brecht, focusing on two types of humor, and discusses theories of humor in comic repertory.


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I Feel Bad About My Neck

With her disarming, intimate, completely accessible voice, and dry sense of humor, Nora Ephron shares with us her ups and downs in I Feel Bad About My Neck, a candid, hilarious look at women who are getting older and dealing with the tribulations of maintenance, menopause, empty


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Humor in Advertising

Humor in Advertising

Price: $81*
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Draws on serious research on the use of humor from the fields of Advertising and Marketing, as well as Psychology, Mass Media, and Communications Studies.


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