The Game of Humor: A Comprehensive Theory of Why We Laugh 1351482378, 9781351482370

The Game of Humor 1560003138, 0765806592

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The Success Paradox: Why We Need a Holistic Theory of Social Mobility 9781447316367

Social mobility needs a re-boot. The narrow, economistic way of measuring it favoured by politicians and academics is un

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Late Modernity in Crisis: Why We Need a Theory of Society 150955629X, 9781509556298

In times of entrenched social upheaval and multiple crises, we need the kind of social theory that is prepared to look a

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We Play a Game 9780300235258

Duy Doan’s striking debut reveals the wide resonance of the collection’s unassuming title, in poems that explore—now wit

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Fear of Food: A History of Why We Worry about What We Eat 9780226473734, 0226473732

An “entertaining and enlightening” history of the scares, scams, and pseudoscience that have made food a source of anxie

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Why We Dance: A Philosophy of Bodily Becoming 9780231538886

Offers a visionary definition of dance that illuminates its constitutive work in the ongoing evolution of human persons.

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the Science of Sin: WHY WE DO THE THINGS WE KNOW WE SHOULDN’T 9781472965240, 9781472936141, 9781472963178

It can often seem that we are utterly surrounded by temptation, from the ease of online shopping and the stream of targe

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Laugh out Loud: A User's Guide to Workplace Humor 9811302820, 9789811302824

This book is the first-ever authoritative work on the use and management of humor in the workplace. It is a practical gu

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Humor, Seriously: Why Humor Is a Secret Weapon in Business and Life 9780593135280, 9780593238424, 9780593135297

WALL STREET JOURNAL, LOS ANGELES TIMES, AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER • Anyone—even you!—can learn how to harness the power o

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The Googlization of Everything: (And Why We Should Worry) 9780520948693

In the beginning, the World Wide Web was exciting and open to the point of anarchy, a vast and intimidating repository o

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